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Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7: Tat Tvam Asi — That Thou Art

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One of the great Upanishadic statements: the subtle essence that is the Self of all — that thou art. A verse on identity and inherent worth.

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tat tvam asi

Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 · Sama Veda

That thou art — the boundless Divine that pervades all is your own true Self.

Taught by the sage Uddalaka Aruni to his son Shvetaketu — again and again he repeats 'that thou art,' pointing to the boundless Self within.

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That thou art — the boundless Divine that pervades all is your own true Self.

Taught by the sage Uddalaka Aruni to his son Shvetaketu — again and again he repeats 'that thou art,' pointing to the boundless Self within.

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That thou art — the boundless Divine that pervades all is your own true Self. (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 · Sama Veda.) Godify shows this verse verbatim from a verified corpus with its exact source, never a paraphrase passed off as the original.

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