FOUR GREAT UPANISHADIC SAYINGS: THE FOUR MAHAVAKYAS – APHORISMS - OF THE UPANISHADS

 

FOUR GREAT UPANISHADIC SAYINGS: THE FOUR MAHAVAKYAS – APHORISMS - OF THE UPANISHADS


 (1)

तत् त्वम् असि

(Tat Tvam Asi)

That Thou Art

(You're the very nature of all existence as eternal Divine Consciousness)

~Sama Veda

***

(2)

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि

(Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi)

I am Brahman

(I am Divine)

~Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

***
(3)

प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म

(Prajnanam Brahma)

God is Existential Truth Beyond Mind

(God Knowledge is true knowledge)

~Aitareya Upanishad

*** 
(4)

अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म

(Ayam Ātmā Brahma)

This Self or Atman is Brahman

(Soul - pure awareness - is God within)

~Mandukya Upanishad


It is believed in Vedism that recitation, chanting and contemplation on theses aphorisms enhances spiritual intelligence or soulfulness. 

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