how is the knowledge of the sacred understood in upanishad hindhuism
Upanishads are a collection of holly texts and sacred literature developed by both the Brahmins and the non-Brahmins. ... Actually, the term Upanishad refers mainly to the secret knowledge that followers of the Upanishad Hinduism experience once getting closer to God. ... Upanishad Hinduism centers on two main concepts. ... The sacred in Upanishad Hinduism is mainly the atman Brahman and the way to reach the atman Brahman. The atman Brahman in Upanishad Hinduism refers to the ultimate reality; once one discovers the nature of the self he/she reaches the atman Brahman and at this stage the atman becomes included within the Brahman. As explained in class, Upanishad Hinduism advocates the fact that everything has god in it, which totally differs from the other religions such as Islam that claims that everything is created by god. ... It becomes then necessary for Upanishad to reach the atman Brahman in order to be relieved from the world of illusion. The major goal behind the struggle to reach the atman Brahman in Upanishad Hinduism is to escape from the cycle of birth and rebirth known as samsara. ... People with a register full of bad actions, the ones that run in contradiction with the good actions described in the Upanishad texts and scriptures, may be reincarnated into a lower state as for example he/ she may become a "cafard".