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"That Thou Art" (Tat Tvam Asi)

The most famous sentence in the Upaniṣads: 'That — the ground of all things — thou art.'

Literally 'that thou art,' this is the most famous of the Upaniṣadic 'great sayings.' A father, Uddālaka, repeats it nine times to his son to teach that the subtle essence underlying all things is also the very self of the listener. Advaita Vedānta makes it the textual cornerstone of its non-dualism; other Vedāntins accept the saying but read its 'identity' in a qualified way.

How it traveled

  1. Chāndogya Upaniṣad
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -700
    explains
  2. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
    Śṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400
    explains

Key passages(8)

Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

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Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

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Upadeśasāhasrī · Ādi Śaṅkara

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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)

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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)

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Aṣṭāvakra-gītā · Aṣṭāvakra

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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

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Aṣṭāvakra-gītā · Aṣṭāvakra

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