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Myra used the baby voice her own mother had used singing this song: "Down in da meadow inna itty-bitty pool twam fwee widdle fishies anna mama fishie too, 'Twim' said da mama fishie, 'Twim if you can', and dey twam and dey twam all over da dam --"
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM Maggie Jochild 2007
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The readers of my Ethics know that with me the ultimate foundation of morality is the truth which in the Vedas and the Vedanta receives its expression in the established, mystical formula, Tat twam asi (This is thyself), which is spoken with reference to every living thing, be it man or beast, and is called the Mahavakya, the great word.
On Human Nature 2004
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The standard recognized by the Hindus and Buddhists is the Mahavakya (the great word), — “tat-twam-asi” (this is thyself), which may always be spoken of every animal, to keep us in mind of the identity of his inmost being with ours.
Religion 2004
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The other way of regarding the world is in accordance with what I may call the Tat-twam-asi — this-is-thyself principle.
On Human Nature 2004
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The correct reading is cha after arthan and not twam after it.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Then again, Mr. Davies commits a ludicrous blunder in rendering Rite twam as "Except thee."
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Ofte heo stilleliche spækeð {;} ⁊ spilieð mid runen. of twam ȝu {n} ge monnen {;} þat feor wunieð hennen.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Eal þ̵ me rǽt ⁊ eal þ̵ me singð. bi {} fore godes borde. eal hít hanget ⁊ bi {} halt. bi ðisse twam worde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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They agree that that is the essence of salt; and the father says again, ` ` Tat twam asi. ''
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When they have rejected the external characteristics -- the leaves, the branches, etc. -- and agreed that the sap is the essence, then the father says, ` ` Tat twam asi -- That thou art. ''
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