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A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism

ayam ātmā brahma

(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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Ayam āTmā Brahma from A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. ISBN: 0-203-98618-0. Published: 2005–05–30. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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