The Tat Tvam Asi debate

[kalyan chakravarthy]

Namaskaaram,

>Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool ! Rules of
>Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.

That which the eye cannot see but by which the eye sees, know that to be
Brahman. It(Brahman) is not this which people worship here as an object.
-Kena Upanishad

When there is duality as such one sees something, one hears something or one
smells something(and one worships something).
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad


Best Regards
Kalyan








>From: Kiran B R <kiranbr at ROCKETMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: List for advaita vedanta as taught by Shri Shankara
><ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
>To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
>Subject: Re: The Tat Tvam Asi debate
>Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:46:44 -0500
>
>tvayi mayi chaanyatraiko vishhNuH
>vyarthaM kupyasi mayyasahishhNuH .
>bhava samachittaH sarvatra tvaM
>vaaJNchhasyachiraadyadi vishhNutvam.h ..
>
>In me, in you and in everything, none but the same Vishnu dwells. Your
>anger and impatience are meaningless. If you wish to attain the status of
>Vishnu soon, have samabhava always.
>
>bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM
>govindaM bhajamuuDhamate .
>saMpraapte sannihite kaale
>nahi nahi rakshati DukRiJNkaraNe
>
>Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool ! Rules of
>Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.
>
>-Kiran
>
>
>On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:17:27 +0000, kalyan chakravarthy
><kalyan_kc at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >Vidyasankar
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> >Date:         Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:17:27 +0000
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> >From:         kalyan chakravarthy <kalyan_kc at HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Subject:      The Tat Tvam Asi debate
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> >Namaskaaram,
> >
> >I have observed that dvaitins say that the "Tat Tvam Asi" is actually the
> >"Atat Tvam Asi". This looks out of the ordinary because, the whole world
> >including all the earlier and later commentators(other than Dvaitins) say
> >that it is "Tat Tvam Asi". Anyway, what is it? Tat Tvam Asi or Atat Tvam
> >Asi?
> >
> >I hope some learned Advaitin members in this forum will clarify this
>point.
> >
> >Best Regards
> >Kalyan
> >
> >
> >


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