Intorduction to Vedanta, Indian Philosophy

Historically one can speak of three periods in Vedanta. The first period is the creative presentation of the Upanishads. The next period consists of the systematisation and harmonisation of the Upanishadic teaching represented by the Brahma Sutras. And finally the third stage consists in the exposition, elaboration and diversification by the commentaries on the Brahma Sutras. We shall say a word about each of these periods.

First phase The Upanishads came to be written

Second Phase The Systematisation of the Upanishads through the Sutras

Third Phase The Commentaries on the Sutras were written by various theologians

The Upanishads hold that the ultimate reality could not be comprehended through logical reasoning. True knowledge consists in the direct experience of the ultimate reality. Thus in the Upanishads we see a shift in

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