<P> Tat Tvam Asi ( Devanagari : तत्त्वमसि ) , a Sanskrit phrase , translated variously as `` Thou art that , '' ( That thou art , That art thou , You are that , or That you are , or You 're it ) is one of the Mahāvākyas ( Grand Pronouncements ) in Vedantic Sanatana Dharma . It originally occurs in the Chandogya Upanishad 6.8. 7 , in the dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Śvetaketu ; it appears at the end of a section , and is repeated at the end of the subsequent sections as a refrain . The meaning of this saying is that the Self - in its original , pure , primordial state - is wholly or partially identifiable or identical with the Ultimate Reality that is the ground and origin of all phenomena . </P>
<P> Tat Tvam Asi ( Devanagari : तत्त्वमसि ) , a Sanskrit phrase , translated variously as `` Thou art that , '' ( That thou art , That art thou , You are that , or That you are , or You 're it ) is one of the Mahāvākyas ( Grand Pronouncements ) in Vedantic Sanatana Dharma . It originally occurs in the Chandogya Upanishad 6.8. 7 , in the dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Śvetaketu ; it appears at the end of a section , and is repeated at the end of the subsequent sections as a refrain . The meaning of this saying is that the Self - in its original , pure , primordial state - is wholly or partially identifiable or identical with the Ultimate Reality that is the ground and origin of all phenomena . </P>
the phrase tat tvam asi ( you are that ) refers to
the phrase tat tvam asi ( you are that ) refers to
that the Self - in its original , pure , primordial state - is wholly or partially identifiable or identical with the Ultimate Reality that is the ground and origin of all phenomena
that the Self - in its original , pure , primordial state - is wholly or partially identifiable or identical with the Ultimate Reality that is the ground and origin of all phenomena