Truth
Sat · Sach
Living in truth — and truthful living above truth itself.
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Read
Sit with a few of these lines from scripture — read slowly, more than once.
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Reflect
Let one of the stories below settle the teaching into the heart.
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Live
Keep every word true today, however small.
📜 Read — verses on truth
Chandogya Upanishad · Chandogya Upanishad 8.5.2
…really abstinence, for by abstinence he obtains from the Sat (the true…
Chandogya Upanishad · Chandogya Upanishad 7.16.1
…True (Satya).' 'Sir, may I become an ativâdin by the True.' 'But…
Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.16
…non-being of the real; the truth about both has been seen…
Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 17.26
The word "Sat" is used to refer to reality and goodness; likewise…
Thirukkural · Kural 354
…human birth, nought is gained if the soul realiseth not the Truth.
Thirukkural · Kural 353
…uncertainties and who hath realised the Truth : heaven is nearer to him…
Thirukkural · Kural 356
Behold the man who hath studied deeply and hath realised the Truth…
Thirukkural · Kural 249
…of righteousness as for the confused in mind to realise the Truth.
📖 Reflect — stories
Thirumālai
Thoṇḍaraḍippoḍi Āzhvār — “the dust of the feet of the devotees” — tended a garden of flowers for the Lord of Srirangam. In the Thirumālai he speaks plainly of his own failings and of the saving power of the divine name, holding nothing back. It is a hymn of confession and refuge, treasured for its raw honesty about the human condition and the mercy that meets it.
Kaṇṇinuṇ Siṛuthāmbu
Madhurakavi Āzhvār is unique among the Alvars: he sang not of the Lord but of his teacher, Nammāzhvār. Eleven verses pour out a disciple's gratitude — that through his master's grace alone the divine became real to him. It is the Prabandham's quiet teaching that the way to God runs through the one who shows him to you.
🪔 Live — your practice
Keep every word true today, however small.
Continue your path
A guided path for reflection — the verses are drawn live from the scripture library by theme. Follow the guidance of your sangat or teacher for practice.