Mahavakyas
(Mahāvākyās)
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four "great sentences" from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity |
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four "great sentences" from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity; they are: (1) prajñanam Brahman ("Consciousness is Brahman"); (2) aham Brahmāsmi ("I am Brahman"); (3) tattvam asi ("thou art That"); and (4) ayamātman Brahman ("this ātman is Brahman" ). |
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Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi |
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