[8][7] However, all Sannyasa texts including the Shatyayaniya Upanishad emphasize nondualism, same renunciation rites and outlook, the use of yoga, meditation on Om and Brahman as the ultimate reality, pursuit of living liberation, a virtuous simple life that journeys towards and with self-knowledge, with Shatyayaniya calling Vishnu as the "very self, and into whom the renouncers enter, liberated".

[10][11] The Shatyayaniya text extensively references and includes hymn fragments from the Vedas and ancient Principal Upanishads of Hinduism.

[13] Conduct prescribed for Hindu monk Overcoming lust, anger, greed, delusion, deceit, arrogance, envy, egotism, conceit and the like, shunning honor and dishonor, praise and blame, let him stand like a tree and when hacked, not utter a word.

[11] It lists never injuring any creature by word, thought or deeds,[14] never getting angry, being devoid of delusion and deceit, abandonment of arrogance and envy, never being conceited and egotistic,[14] never even uttering a word even if one is abused or physically attacked or verbally dishonored,[14] abiding in a state of calmness, being without desires, tranquility in one's behavior, treating everyone as equal, and persistent devotion to learning.

[13] The monk should diligently study the Vedas and ponder on the meaning of the Upanishads, asserts the text, he should meditate on Om, and consider knowledge as the best ritual, the best dress, the best wealth.

[15] In other months, he should travel while reflecting on Vishnu, sleep in temples, fire halls of towns, in caves and solitary abandoned places.