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tat tvam asi

[ tat tvam as-ee, tuht twuhm uhs-ee ]

Sanskrit.
  1. Thou art That (the statement, in the Upanishads, that Atman is identical with Brahman).


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Example Sentences

Or to propose another explanation of the text, Átmá tat tvam asi, That art thou, it may be divided, átmá tat tvam asi.

Tat tvam asi ayam âtmâ brahmetyâdibrahmâtmabhâvopadesât, nânâtmatvavâdinyas tu pratyakshâdisiddhârthânuvâditvâd ananyathâsiddhâdvaitopadesaparâbhih srutibhih pratyakshâdayas ka avidyântargatah khyâpyante.—Athavâ brahmaivânâdyupâdhyavakkhinnam jîvah.

Anyathâ kâbhedena vyapadesos pi tat tvam asi ayam âtmâ brahmetyâdibhir drisyate.

In India it was taught in the Veda and the Vedanta under the formula tat tvam asi—thou art this—i.e., individual differs not essentially from individual, nor a man from the whole human race.

Scripture does not teach that Release is due to the knowledge of a non- qualified Brahman.—the meaning of 'tat tvam asi.'

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