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TAT TVAM ASI, often translated as “Thou art that"
The verse originally appears in the Chandogya Upanishad (6.8.7) of the Sama Veda as the culminating thought in a dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Svetaketu.
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TAT TVAM ASI, often translated as “Thou art that"
The verse originally appears in the Chandogya Upanishad (6.8.7) of the Sama Veda as the culminating thought in a dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Svetaketu.
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2. Chandogya Upanishad belongs to Tandya school under Kauthuma Samhita of the Samaveda. Out of the ten chapters of the Chandogya Brahmana; chapters third to tenth are considered as the Chandogya Upanishad. #PhilosophicalMondays
3. The Chandogya is one of the 12 major Upanishads. The 12 being:Aitareya and the Kauhsitaki from Rig Veda;Chandogya and Kena from Samaveda;Taittiriya, Katha, Shvetashvatara, Brihadaranyaka and Isha from Yajur; Prashna, Mundaka and Mandukya from Atharvaveda #PhilosophicalMondays
4. Tat tvam asi, (“thou art that”), the expression of the relationship between the individual and the Absolute. The direct translation varies among traditions but its understood as a reflection of one’s connection with a Higher Self. #PhilosophicalMondays
5. The translation “I am that” is attributed to Adi Shankara. Representing a central theme of Advaita philosophy, Tat Tvam Asi unites the macrocosmic ideas of God and universal consciousness with the microcosmic individual expression of the Self.
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