The Upanishads

What follows is a list of the principal Upanishads, with notes about what subjects to find in which, broadly speaking.

Mundaka
Projection of universe: spider and web, sparks from fire.
Simile of bow, arrow and target: OM .
Two birds of same species in one tree.
How to attain the Self .

Isa
Cover everything here with the Lord.
Paradoxes about moving, not moving, near and far off .
The end of hatred, fear and sorrow.
Study of matter vs. study of scriptures and rituals.
O Sun, remove your golden disc!
(Prayers at death)

Kena
Who is running our organism?
Answer: the Soul of our soul, transcendent . Different; not what people worship here.
He who "knows" doesn't know.
Discover Him everywhere.

Katha
Story of Nachiketa and Yama .
Yama, pleased explains many things.
Nature of OM .
Simile of the rider in the chariot .
Simile of spiritual life like a razor .
Only children pursue the many .
Pure water into pure water.
Brahman pervades like fire what it burns, like air what it fills.
Who gets eternal peace...
How to get it.
Knots of the heart untied.

Aitareya
Creation from the Self .
Embryology analogies .

Mandukya
The four legs of OM, the three states of consciousness and turiya.
Consciousness defined.

Taittiriya
(A transitional work, retaining much of the earlier part of the Vedas) Chanting directions.
Valedictory address by the forest teacher.
Where joy comes from.
Brahman is beyond mind and words.
Story of Bhrigu, who pursues bliss.
Brahman as source, sustenance and destination of all beings.

Chandogya
Make a purpose for yourself .
Episode of Satyakama, taught by many, the nature of the Self .
Life is Brahman, Joy is, Space is...
Story of Upakosala.
Story of Svetaketu: knowing That which makes it possible to know everything. Illustration of fig & seeds, salt in water.
Greatness of prana.
Happiness is in Infinite alone, and Infinite explained .
I am that Infinite .
Treasure buried in field.
Self as a bridge; end of sorrow .
Story of Prajapati, king of gods and king of demons.

Brihad-aranyaka
Lead us from the unreal to the Real .
Self not a "function" of the organism .
Who knows Brahman becomes Brahman .
Story of Yajna-valkya and Maitreyi: immortality, love is for the sake of the Self; "who sees whom, who knows whom?"
"Honey doctrine" sweetness in all
"He who dwells in the earth, whom the earth does not know... the Inner Controller, immortal Self
What is light for a man?
Descriptions of dream, deep sleep .
Knowing Self is like embrace of husband & wife .
In Brahman, Vedas are no Vedas etc.
Body like slough of a snake .
Self is to be discriminated, not this, not that.

Svetasvatara
What is the cause of everything?
Various answers to be rejected .
It is the power of God .
Self discovered by use of mantra OM; analogies to oil seeds etc.
Practice of Raja Yoga .
"I know that Supreme Purusha, shining beyond all darkness..."
All faces are His faces etc.
Pervading the universe He also surrounds it and is beyond it.
"Thou ar t the woman, thou art the man...
One unborn female.
"Only when men can roll up the sky like a skin, will there be an end to sorrow, unless God is realized."