A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism
(this self is brahman, BU 4, 4, 5) one of the ‘great pronouncements’ (mahāvākyas) of the
asserting the identity of the inner self with the divine essence of the universe, which is the central theme of the
teachings.
It is further the main tenet of the Advaita Vedānta school of thought and in a modified way also of
Advaita. It is, moreover, the most widely held view among Hindus, often in a popularized form, namely that God or the Divine dwells in the human heart, in all creatures and in every single thing.
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