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Yājñavalkya:   Yājñavalkya(याज्ञवल्क्य) is a Hindu Vedic sage (c. 700 BCE). Yajnavalkya debates metaphysical questions about the nature of existence, consciousness and impermanence.   Yajnavalkya  describes the Atman, as different from the individual ego or Aham. Atman is eternal,  is unchanging. The Atman is associated with Brahman, and obtaining moksha comes from realization of the Oneness of the Atman and Brahman. He later became a wandering ascetic. His teachings are recorded in "Shatapatha Brahmana" and "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad," which dates to about 700 B.C.E. He is  mentioned in Brahma purana and Brahmanas and Aranyakas. Texts attributed to him include the Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yoga Yajnavalkya. Who is ParaBrahman?: This is the discourse of Yajñavālkya to  Gārgi in the Brihadaranyaka Upaṇiṣad. The presentation is called apophatic  or Neti-vāda. *Sa hovaca, etad vai tad akṣaram, gārgi, brahmana abhivadanti, asthut...