Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t4.4

Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t4.4

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c5.s2.t4.4

A passage in the *Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad* (1.4.10) states in effect that gods desire to keep people ignorant in order that they may continue to receive sacrificial offerings. The *Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad* (1.2.6–10) has an interesting and satirical passage regarding the inefficacy of sacrifices and the delusion that constitutes the sacrificial theology contained in the Vedic texts. After describing (1.2.1–5) the efficacy of sacrifices proposed by those theologians, the author puts these words in the mouth of the offerings personified:

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Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Muṇḍakopaniṣad — Sanskrit