Dhyanabindu Upanishad

[15] Gavin Flood dates this text, along with other Yoga Upanishads, to be probably from the 100 BCE to 300 CE period.

[16] It is listed at number 39 in the serial order of the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads.

[19] The Narayana anthology, popular in south India, also includes this Upanishad at number 20 in Bibliothica Indica.

[23] Atman in all beings As fragrance is in flower, As butter is in milk, As oil is in oil-seeds, As gold is in ore.

The Upanishad asserts that Om is a means to meditation, to understanding Atman and the Brahman (ultimate reality).

[29][30] The longer version of the Dhyanabindu manuscript that has survived into modern era, includes a six-staged Yoga method quite different from Patanjali's eight-staged practice described in the Yogasutras.