... process and the real world in which the rituals are performed. Sometimes people went to the forest to meditate as recluses the writings form the third part of the Vedas which is the Aranyakas. The last of the Vedas are the Upanishads, consisting of teachings from highly realized spiritual masters. They explain the personal transformation that results in psychic participation in the ritual process. A big portion of the Upanishads seems to have been taken in the Aranyaka. The Aiteraya and Kausheetki are the 2 Aranyakas of the Rigveda. There are 5 texts of the Aiteraya and each of these is known as Aranyaka. The second and third are independent Upanishads. In the second half of the 4 last paragraphs are counted as Vedanta texts that is why they are referred to Aitereya Upanishads. There are 3 part of the Kausheetki Aranyaka. The 2 parts of this Aranyaka are full ...

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