page_title: Darshana Upanishad
hierarchical_section_title: Darshana Upanishad
caption_attribution_description: English: Mural depicting a Nath yogi in Mayurasana, peacock pose, at the Mahamandir temple, Jodhpur, India
context_page_description: The Darshana Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas, and it is attached to the Samaveda.
  The text presents classical Yoga similar to the Patanjali's Yogasutras-style format in a sequential ascending eight yogic stages, but unlike Yogasutras, the Darshana Upanishad includes kundalini concepts. The ultimate goal of Yoga, states the Upanishad, is self-knowledge and realizing the identity of one's soul with the universal reality.
context_section_description: The Darshana Upanishad (Sanskrit: दर्शन उपनिषत्, IAST: Darśana Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas, and it is attached to the Samaveda.
  The text presents classical Yoga similar to the Patanjali's Yogasutras-style format in a sequential ascending eight yogic stages, but unlike Yogasutras, the Darshana Upanishad includes kundalini concepts. The ultimate goal of Yoga, states the Upanishad, is self-knowledge and realizing the identity of one's soul (Atman) with the universal reality (Brahman).
caption: Mayurasana is one of eight postures described in Darshana Upanishad. Mural painting at Mahamandir temple, Jodhpur, India, c. 1810
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