Did Tvam Asi
Tat Tvam Asi ( Sanskrit : तत् त्वम् असि, or तत्त्वमसि, "That is you", or "You are that") is one of the Mahavakyas (Great Annunciation) in Vedantic Hinduism . It originally appears in the Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 in the dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Shvetaketu; it appears at the end of the chapter and is repeated as a refrain at the end of the following chapters. One interpretation of the saying is that the self - in its pure and original state - is wholly or partly identical with absolute reality (Brahman), the ground and cause of all phenomena. Knowing ( jnana ) that this is so causes the experience of moksha (liberation).
According to another interpretation, the formulation expresses that the outside world is identical to the self.
The three main Vedantic training directions represent different interpretations:
- The advaita interpretation is that deed translated as “ that ” relating to absolute reality ( Brahman ) and tvam (this is the Self, Atman ) are principally the same .
- The Vishishtadvaita interpretation is that the individual self is part of the whole ( deed ).
- The Dvaita interpretation is that it should actually be atat tvam asi , which means “ you are not that ”. The first a was canceled because of the rules of the Sandhi , because the sentence before it ends with a long a: sa ātmā, ' tat tvam asi (“that is the self, not that you are”). When a short a follows a long a in Sanskrit, the short a is dropped, and the followers of Dvaita claim that this is the case here.
This sentence occupies a special position in Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy .