Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 advaitin , " Durga " <durgaji108> wrote: > > Namaskar Advaitins and Scholars of Vedanta, > > I have two questions for you. Recently > I was having a discussion with a friend of mine. > (We are both students of Advaita/Vedanta in the > tradition as taught by Swami Dayananda). I tried > to tell my friend about a beautiful bhajan, which I > believe was composed by Shankara. > > The words of the refrain are: > Chidananda Rupa Shivohum Shivohum > > Perhaps many of you are familiar with this bhajan, > which lists everything that one is not, and then > repeatedly states the refrain above. > > I mentioned to my friend that Shivohum Shivohum > means the same things as Tat Tvam Asi, and she > said that it did not. > Namaste,Durga, Sivohum, Siva Sohum or Aham is the same thing as saying Aham Brahmasmi. I am God. However this admits to duality, as there are two persons there, you and God. Whereas 'Kohum' or 'Who am I' doesn't posit the duality, and goes direct to the source...............ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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