MahaVakyas - The Great Contemplations There are 7 Mahavkyas in Vedanta. This thread is to discuss these Mahavakyas. Four of the Mahavakyas are most traditional to Vedanta. Some 1200 years ago Adi Shankaracharya assigned one Mahavakya to one of four monastic teaching centers or mutts in India. Prajnanam brahman Brahman is supreme knowledge Aitareya Upanishad 3.3, of Rig Veda Puri/Govardhana East Tat tvam asi That is what you are Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7, of Sama Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad Dwaraka/Sarada/Gujrat West Ayam atma brahma Atman and brahman are the same Mandukya Upanishad 1.2, of Atharva Veda Jyoti/Badrinath North Aham brahmasmi I am brahman Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10, of Yajur Veda, Mahanarayana Upanishad Sringeri/Mysore South These are the 7 MahaVakya. They give us the essence of the Advaita Vedanta. 1. Brahma satyam jagan mithya Brahman is real; the world is unreal 2. Ekam evadvitiyam brahma Brahman is one, without a second 3. Prajnanam brahman Brahman is the supreme knowledge 4. Tat tvam asi That is what you are 5. Ayam atma brahma Atman and brahman are the same 6. Aham brahmasmi I am brahman 7. Sarvam khalvidam brahma All of this is brahman