[[देवयान मार्ग|देवयान || Devayana]] (Path to the Realm of Gods) and [[पित्रयान मार्ग|पित्रयान || Pitrayana]] (Path to the Realm of Ancestors) is the journey to the higher realms. This can be explained with reference to the [[छान्दोग्य उपनिषद् |Chandogya Upanishad]] of the [[सामवेद| Sama Veda]] (5-3), where [[श्वेतकेतु|Shwetaketu]], once came to the assembly of Panchalas, whose reigning monarch was [[प्रावहन जैवली|Pravahana Jaivali]]. The King asks [[श्वेतकेतु|Shwetaketu]] five questions to gauge his understanding before imparting ब्रह्मविद्या || Brahma Vidya. These famous five questions are as below
+
[[देवयान मार्ग|देवयान || Devayana]] (Path to the Realm of Gods) and [[पित्रयान मार्ग|पित्रयान || Pitrayana]] (Path to the Realm of Ancestors) is the journey to the higher realms. This can be explained with reference to the [[छान्दोग्य उपनिषद् |Chandogya Upanishad]] of the [[सामवेद| Sama Veda]] (5-3), where [[श्वेतकेतु|Shwetaketu]], once came to the assembly of Panchalas, whose reigning monarch was [[प्रावहन जैवली|Pravahana Jaivali]].
+
+
== Introduction ==
+
The path that the different souls take to complete their journey in the higher realms is described by various texts mainly in the Upanishads and Brahmasutras. It shows the importance of || vairagya (renunciation) and the path to the moksha or Brahmaloka which is the ultimate realization of the soul, a point of no return when the soul leaves the cycle of births and deaths.
+
+
The King [[प्रावहन जैवली|Pravahana Jaivali]] asks [[श्वेतकेतु|Shwetaketu]] five questions to gauge his understanding before imparting ब्रह्मविद्या || Brahma Vidya. These famous five questions are as below
# From here (this लोक || loka) where do the people go (after death)?
# From here (this लोक || loka) where do the people go (after death)?