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	Sanskrit: tvam
		tvam ekaḥ — Your Lordship is indeed; SB 8.7.22
		tvam eva — Your Lordship is indeed; SB 10.10.30-31
		tvam tava iti — "you" and "yours"; SB 10.74.5
	vedabase.net /t/tvam (256 words)

	Tat Tvam Asi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tat Tvam Asi (Sanskrit: तत् त्वम् असि), a sanskrit sentence, translating variously to "Thou art that", "That thou art", or "You are that", is one of the four Mahāvākyas (Grand Pronouncements) in Hinduism.
		The Dvaita interpretation holds that it is actually 'atat tvam asi', which means You are not that.
		The Advaita interpretation holds that the essentials of 'tat', translated as "That" and referring to the Ultimate Reality, (In Hinduism called Brahman) and 'tvam' (this individual soul called jiva) are exactly the same.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tat_Tvam_Asi (492 words)

	tat tvam asi (was Nature of Ved(a)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		tat tvam asi - thou art that or a more orthodox translation is 'you are that truth' Now let us analyse what that really means.
		Krishna (God) is the Absolute Truth (tat) and since we are His children, we are also 'tat' just as I am Tandon for the fact that my father is. Self-realization really is to understand who we really are.
		The moment one thinks that now (s)he has realized that (s)he is 'tat' so (s)he has become that cause of which (s)he is the effect, (s)he would automatically become unrealized for (s)he at that very moment denies the status of Truth to his/her own cause.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1995_Feb_1/msg00007.html (581 words)

	Tat tvam asi
		"Tat tvam asi" means "That art thou." It is found in the Upanishads, and refers to our experience of "identity" with Brahman.
		Some Indologists have said that the use of "tat tvam asi" in ethics is only relatively recent within Hinduism, and that in fact neo-Hinduism was influenced by Western interpretations of itself in coming to this viewpoint.
		Deussen gave a lecture in Bombay on February 25, 1893 concerning the tat tvam asi theory of the foundation of ethics.
	members.shaw.ca /jgfriesen/Definitions/Tattvamasi.html (516 words)

	Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Tat Tvam Asi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		So that text “Tat tvam asi” means absolute oneness of Brahman and the individual soul, which we should realize when we drop the imagined distinctions produced by avidya.
		“Sa atma tat tvam asi” is read as “Sa atma atat tvam asi” or “That Atman, thou art not.” Regarding the text, “ayam atma Brahma” Madhva says that it is either a simple eulogy of the jivatman or it is a subject for meditation.
		In the light of this doctrine of difference-non-difference, the famous text “Tat tvam asi,” is interpreted with “Tat” signifying the eternal, omnipresent Brahman; “tvam” referring to the individual soul, whose existence depends on Brahman; and “asi” brings out the relation between the two, which is one of difference compatible with non-difference.
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	Sri Visistadvaitha Tutorial - Lesson 12
		"Tat" is a word that denotes the "Brahman" by the qualities of Brahman like being the cause of the universe, having the universe as his body, infinite etc. "Tvam" is a word again denoting the same "Brahman" by the quality of Brahman which is having Swetaketu (Jeeva) as His body.
		The word "Tat" denotes the Brahman by his qualities like "Being the cause of the universe", "having the universe as his body/mode" etc. The word "Tvam" also denotes the same Brahman by his quality of having the Jeeva as his body/mode.
		Thus is the interpretation of "Tat Tvam Asi" by Visistaadvaita.
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	SriPedia: Tat Tvam Asi
		Sri Adi SankarA interprets this verse "Tat Tvam Asi" to mean "The Jeeva and the Brahman are identical and there is not difference between them and as such is the reality".
		"Tat" denotes the "Brahman" who is attributed with characteristics like being the only cause of universe, having the universe as his body etc. The term "Tvam" also denotes the same "Brahman" who is attributed by Jeeva (here Swetaketu) as his body.
		Thus is the interpretation of "Tath Tvam Asi" by VisishtAdhvaithA.
	www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/cgi-bin/kbase/Tat_Tvam_Asi (3650 words)

	Tat tvam asi: vishishtadvaita interpretation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tat tvam asi (meaning, That Thou Art) is one such.
		Every Jiva individually is the body of Isvara, just as the Cosmos as a whole is. The 'Tat' of the statement refers to Iswara who resides in the Cosmic Body and the 'Tvam' refers to the same Iswara who indwells the Jiva and has got the Jiva as the body.
		Tat Tvam Asi declares that oneness of Isvara.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tat_tvam_asi:_vishishtadvaita_interpretation (372 words)

	You, the Living Entity
		The Mayavadi philosopher teaches the philosophy of tat tvam asi, saying, “You are the same as God.” He forgets that tat tvam asi applies in terms of the marginal position of the living entity, who is like sunshine.
		Tat tvam asi is but a side word in the Vedic literatures, and therefore this word cannot be the primeval hymn of the Vedas.
		From the statement tat tvam asi, found in the Chandogya Upanisad, it is to be understood that spiritual knowledge is not impersonal but entails gradually perceiving the pure spiritual soul within the material body.
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	Tattva-muktavali (Mayavada-shata-dushani)
		The Mayavadi commentator on the Vedanta claimed that the words tat tvam asi are the maha-vakya, the most important statement in the Vedas.
		According to this explanation, tat means "the Supreme," tvam means "you," and asi means "are." He interpreted the phrase to mean "you are the Supreme" and he claimed that there is no difference between the Supreme and the individual spirit souls.
		According to his explanation, tat means "of the Supreme," and the entire phrase means "you are the servant of the Supreme." In this way the proper meaning of the scriptural statement is clearly shown.
	www.indiadivine.org /hinduism/articles/170/1/Tattva-muktavali-Mayavada-shata-dushani (2597 words)

	Bhagavad Ramanuja's vedartha_sangraha part 10
		Visishtadvaita is not suitable in "tat tvam asi".
		Further the Advaita telling this lakshaNa to both the terms (tat and tvam) is totally unfit to be told before scholars.
		The Advaita's interpretaion of "tat tvam asi" is therefore irrelevant.
	www.srivaishnava.20m.com /philosophy/vedartha_sangraha10.htm (1404 words)

	Sri Visistadvaitha Tutorial - Lesson 11
		The verse of the Veda "Tat Tvam Asi" is understood clearly using the concept of "Saamaanaadhikaranyam" as follows: The term "Tat" (that) denotes the Brahman on the grounds of its attributes/modes namely "being the only cause of the universe", "having infinite divine characteristics", "untouched by all impurities".
		The term "Tvam" (you) denotes the same Brahman on the grounds of it having the Jeevaatman (Chit) as his attribute/mode.
		Therefore the Sareera-Aatma Bhaavam (Body-Soul relationship) between the Universe and the Brahman is clearly told by the verse "Tat Tvam Asi".
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	Discrimination of the Mahavakyas
		This is not the identification of the limited individual 'I' with Brahman, but it is the Universal Substratum of individuality that is asserted to be what it is. The copula 'am' does not signify any empirical relation between two entities, but affirms the non-duality of essence.
		The term Tvam stands for that which is in the innermost recesses of the student or the aspirant, but which is transcendent to the intellect, mind, senses, etc., and is the real 'I' of the student addressed in the teaching.
		The union of Tat and Tvam is by the term Asi or are.
	www.swami-krishnananda.org /panch/panch_05.html (593 words)

	Tat Tvam Asi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This essay proposes a counter-theory to the generally accepted analysis of ethics and aesthetics originating from Immanuel Kant.
		Part of the reason, perhaps, why my cat and I are fond of each other is that some tens of millions of years ago there was a small furry ratlike and affectionate animal--not too bright--one of whose suckling babies was my ancestor, and one was hers: our mama.
		In the Hindu Upanishads this whole idea is summed up in the sublime words "Tat Tvam Asi".
	www.omidyar.net /group/uplift/ws/tat_tvam_asi (3956 words)

	Mahavakyas of the Upanishads
		In the Chandogya Upanishad occurs the Mahavakya, ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ or ‘That thou art.’ Sage Uddalaka mentions this nine times, while instructing his disciple Svetaketu in the nature of Reality.
		The term Tvam stands for that which is in the innermost recesses of the student or the aspirant, but which is transcendent to the intellect, mind, senses, etc., and is the real 'I' of the student addressed in the teaching.
		The union of Tat and Tvam is by the term Asi or are.
	jayarams.com /dharma/mahavakyas.html (604 words)

	Lord Ganesh - Page 30
		Tat Tvam Asi is a mirror image of Lord Ganesh Himself.
		The possibilities for analyzing the world are virtually infinite, and the meanings of the individual words TAT and TVAM and their synthesis ASI, are also infinite.
		Lord Ganesh, who is the Embodiment of TAT TVAM ASI, is also infinite in his Avatars or Incarnations.
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	Summa-Iru in Tamil scriptures
		The precept ‘Tat tvam asi’ in Chandogya Upanishad is in the nature of an upadesa.
		It is the state of cognition of the being ‘aham asmi’ (or ‘twam asi’).
		The answer is ‘yes’ as ‘Tat’ is itself beyond all descriptions and all the attributes we give to It is just upachāra and are with reference to what lakshanas we give It, i.e.
	murugan.org /research/jayavelu.htm (2314 words)

	Nothing is your Own - words
		He suggests that, on the fundamental level, the object is indiscernible from the subject — “I” am inextricably bound up in the cosmos itself, in all things.
		In my recent polyptych entitled, Nothing is Your Own (Tat Tvam Asi), 1994-2000, I have used the structure of the altarpiece as a field on which to play out my own concerns: aesthetic, conceptual, and personal.
		As I worked on Nothing is Your Own (Tat Tvam Asi) I met an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago.
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	Eyes of the World Vinyasa Yoga
		Tat or That, is defined as ‘one alone without a second’, ‘which existed before creation, as well as after creation,” ‘pure Existence alone.’
		Tvam signifies the innermost essence of the student or the aspirant, which is transcendent to the intellect, mind, senses.
		Asi means ‘are.’ The notion that Ultimate Reality or Quantum Reality is far away is a misconception.
	www.innerhappiness.com /5whoami.html (336 words)

	Vedanta for Beginners
		It is open for anyone to contend that the words Tat and Tvam may be interpreted and identified through the use of either solely Samanadhikarana or Viseshana Viseshya Bhava as in the case of a Blue Lotus, without the help of Bhagatyaga Lakshana.
		In the sentence Tat Tvam Asi there is no effort to bring two contrary ideas in the relationship of the qualifier and the qualified, and thus to effect a unity between two contrary ideas, so as to bring out the meaning of the substratum.
		When the true significance of the words Tat and Tvam are heard and considered through the method of refutation of superimposition and identification of the Consciousness, there arises in the mind of the aspirant an idea pertaining to that state of Absolute Oneness.
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	MantraOnNet.com: Ram Gita
		When we examine tat and tvam closely (samsodhitam) and successfully derobe them of their conditioning, avidya and Maya, we come to recognize the pure state of Consciousness, which is the one enlivening Essence behind both the ego and the Creator.
		Since the suggestive meaning of the terms tat and tvam indicates their total identity, the jahati method cannot be employed.
		Similarly, in trying to understand the significance of tat tvam asi, we see the word meanings to be the supreme Lord of the Universe, the Creator (Isvara), and the limited ego (jiva).
	www.mantraonnet.com /ram-gita/26-30.html (1726 words)

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		1 - Ok Interpretation of âTat tvam asiâ in accordance with philosophies of Ramanuja, Samkara and Madhva
		Philosophical interpretations of 'Tat tvam asi' are a great insight into relation between God and Creation (the soul and the world).
		Interpretation of 'Tat tvam asi' ('That thou art') in accordance with philosophies of Ramanuja, Samkara, Madhva, Vallabha, Nimbarka, Bhaskara and Yadava: http://www.hindunet.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=andNumber=60582andpage=0andview=collapsedandsb=5ando=andfpart=1
	seva.sulekha.com /blog/post/2006/01/interpretation-of-tat-tvam-asi-in-accordance-with/comments.htm (196 words)

	Angelic hymn to Dea
		In the next line She is also referred to as Bliss, while Dea as Being — both the Being of the universe and the Being that lies beyond it — is the subject of these two verses.
		In the previous verse it is explained that Dea is the That (tat) of the Upanishadic Tat tvam asi ("That thou art"), in other words, She is the Absolute Brahman or Deity.
		Now it is made clear that she is also, in essence, the second term:thou (tvam: root tv/tu, common to Latin tu, Greek thu, German du, and English thou, from earlier thu).
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	tat - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		The meaning of tat tvam asi V.C.- Commentary of S'rii Jagadguru Chandras'ekhara Bhaarati on verses 243 to 251- The word tat stands for Brahman as qualified by the functions of creation, sustenance and dissolution (i.e.iis'vara).
		The two terms tat and tvam (That and Thou) are to be understood properly by their implied meanings in order to grasp the import of the absolute identity between them.
		This is to be done neither by total rejection of their literal meaning nor by total non- rejection, but by a combination of both.
	acharya.iitm.ac.in /mirrors/vv/scripture/vedanta/vtca27.html (1374 words)

	Sanskrit: asi
		dhṛta-vratā asi — you have undertaken sacred vows; SB 3.24.3
		kasya asi — whose are you (whose disciple or son are you); SB 5.10.16
		avatīrṇaḥ asi — You have descended; SB 10.27.21
	vedabase.net /a/asi (980 words)

	Bhagavad Ramanuja's vedartha_sangraha part 5
		Asi" leads to a debate as the Advaitins tell their own personal idea as its
		Now the verse "Tat Tvam Asi" is taken up for a lengthy debate.
		The verse "Tat Tvam Asi" has three words in it and they are "Tat",
	www.srivaishnavam.com /philosophy/vedartha_sangraha4.htm (1094 words)

	Tat Tvam Asi
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