Chandogya Upanishad, one of the oldest Upanishad has been written during the Vedic Brahmana period. Chandogya Upanishad is associated with Sama Veda. It is ranked ninth in the Muktika canon of hundred and eight Upanishadas. The 3rd Khanda of Chapter Seven of Chandogya Upanishad describes the mind as the real Brahman. Narada approached Sanatkumara to know about the real Self or the Supreme Brahman. Narada wished to know what was greater than speech. Sanatkumara said that the mind is greater than speech. He further explained that just as a closed fist holds two amalakas, or two plums, or two aksha fruits, so does the mind hold the name and the speech. A man first thinks with his mind that he would read the hymns and then he actually reads them. He first thinks with his mind that he would perform an action and then really performs it. He first needs to think with the help of his mind that he wished to have cattle, sons and then actually fulfils his desires. He initially thinks in his mind that he would have this world and the other, then only he desires for them. Thus, mind, is the self; it is the world; the Supreme Brahman. He who is aware of this, realises it and meditates on the mind frees himself and reaches as far as the mind reaches.
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