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>,including the Katha Upanishad, are dualistic.[92]
Wrong, The Katha Upanishad states that Purusha is the pure immortal Brahman in verse 2.1.8. and then shortly afterwards states in verse 2.3.17. that this Purusha is also the inner Self dwelling in the hearts of men

He, the Purusha, who remains awake while the sense−organs are asleep, shaping one
lovely form after another, that indeed is the Pure, that is Brahman and that alone is called
the Immortal.
- Katha Upanishad 2.1.8.

The Purusha, not larger than a thumb, the inner Self, always dwells in the hearts of men.
- Katha Upanishad 2.3.17.

>The Maitri is one of the Upanishads that inclines more toward dualism
Wrong, verse 7 of the Seventh Prapatraka of the Maitri Upanishad states that the Self within the heart is the highest lord and supreme master of all, i.e. Brahman

And he is indeed the Self, smaller (than small) within the heart, kindled like fire, endowed with all
forms. Of him is all this food, within him all creatures are woven. That Self is free from sin, free from old
age, from death and grief, from hunger and thirst, imagining nothing but what it ought to imagine, and
desiring nothing but what it ought to desire. He is the highest lord; he is the supreme master of all
beings, the guardian of all beings, a boundary keeping all things apart in their right places. He the Self,
the lord, is indeed Sambhu, Bhava, Rudra, Pragapati, the creator of all, Hiranyagarbha, the true, breath,
the swan, the ruler, the eternal, Vishnu, Narayana. And he who abides in the fire, and he who abides in
the heart, and he who abides in the sun, they are one and the same. To thee who art this, endowed with
all forms, settled in the true ether, be adoration!

- Maitri Upanishad 7.7