whenever you have a truth-utterance (a profound statement by someone in a higher state of consciousness) you have an Upanishad. In this sense the Bhagavad Gita is an Upanishad, and the epic in which it is embedded, the Mahabharata, however violent on the surface, itself teaches detachment from worldly gain and communicates the predisposition of inner calm (shama) leading also to spiritual peace (shanta).[6]
