Question

what are upanishads and what do they teach?

Answer 1

Answer:

Upanishad literally means approaching and sitting near as pupils used to sit near a guru in the ashrams Their ideas about the concept of the atman or the individual soul, and the Brahman or the universal soul and ideas about life after the death were recorded in the Upanishads.

Answer 2

Upanishads are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of religious teachings and ideas that are still revered in Hinduism