Mahavakyas (Mahāvākyās)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: four “great sentences” from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity

Long Description: four “great sentences” from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity; they are: (1) prajñanam Brahman (“Consciousness is Brahman“); (2) aham Brahmāsmi (“I am Brahman“); (3) tattvam asi (“thou art That”); and (4) ayamātman Brahman (“this ātman is Brahman” ).

Sources: Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi