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TRUTH
Truth is
something that is not modified by time or space or GUNA(attribute). It must be the same forever, unaffected and
unchanged; then alone is it truth. It should not be proved false by some subsequent
event or knowledge.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 3, p.116
Nothing is absolutely true, really real. The waking experience is as unreal as the
dream experience. When you are in deep sleep, there is no world at all. When you
attain the superconscious fourth stage, the “I” alone remains, the universal
“I” which was mistaken even in the sleeping stage as limited and particular.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 4, p.97
The chief duty of man is investigating into truth. Truth can be won only through dedication
and devotion, and they are
dependent on the grace of God, which is showered on hearts saturated with
love.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 1, p.1
Truth is more
fundamental than the atom. Every atom and every star manifests the truth of those who have the eye
of wisdom... What is the special feature of man? If he too lives and dies as
any animal, how can his supremacy be justified? His supremacy lies in his
capacity to become aware of his truth.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 10, p.126
Man has doubt only when he does not know the truth.
Once you experience the truth, doubt will vanish. Truth is one, and for all time truth is truth. Whatever changes, know
that is untruth.
Conversation
with Bhagavan , p. 2
To discover this truth, the classic texts have laid
down two codes of discipline, one is external and other internal -- the outer
and the inner. The outer is NISHKAMA-KARMA (activity that is engaged as dedication
and worship; activity that is gladly carried out from a sense of duty regardless of the benefit that may accrue, with no attachment to the fruits thereof). The inner DHYANA (Meditation on
the splendor of which one is but a
spark). KARMA or activity has to be
regulated by DHARMA (righteousness),
the it will lead one to BRAHMAN (the
basic truth of the universe, including oneself).
Sathya Sai
Speaks 6, p.189
Speak the
truth, but speak pleasantly. Simply because a statement will welcome to the
hearer, don’t speak it out to win his approval; if speaking truth will cause
grief or pain, keep silent. That is the vow of truth in ordinary daily
life.
Don’t have
hypocrisy or crookedness in your speech. Both unpleasant truth and pleasant
untruth to be avoided.
Sathya Sai
Speaks Vol VI, p 128
People ask how
we can manage to live in society without a dash of falsehood. This is wrong
approach. Truth speaking is natural to man; it is falsehood that is an
artificial skill. Avoid even little misdeeds, for by repetition they wrap
character and develop into bad habits.
Speak the
truth and practice DHARMA. There is no better stabilising factor in society, no more support for
individual progress than truth (SATHYA).
Sathya Sai
Speaks Vol VI p 106
1. How can we
know our own truth?
To discover this truth, the classic texts have laid
down two codes of discipline, one is external and other internal -- the outer
and the inner. The outer is NISHKAMA-KARMA (activity that is engaged as dedication
and worship; activity that is gladly carried out from a sense of duty regardless of the benefit that may accrue, with no attachment to the fruits thereof). The inner DHYANA (Meditation on
the splendor of which one is but a
spark). KARMA or activity has to be
regulated by DHARMA (righteousness),
the it will lead one to BRAHMAN (the
basic truth of the universe, including oneself).
Sathya Sai
Speaks 6, p.189
The chief duty of man is investigating into truth. Truth can be won only through dedication
and devotion, and they are
dependent on the grace of God, which is showered on hearts saturated with
love.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 1, p.1
2. What is the
source of truth?
There is in everyone a spark of truth, no one can
live without that spark. There is in every one a flame of love, life becomes a
dark veil without it. That spark that
flame is God, for He is the source
of all truth and all love. Man seeks
truth. He seeks to know the reality because his very nature is derived from
God, who is truth. He seeks love to give it and share it for his nature is
that of God and God is Love.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 1, p.78-79
3. How can we
practice truth in daily life?
Have faith that truth will save you in
the long run. Stick to it regardless of what might befall.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 1, p.48
Implementing truth into action is DHARMA. There is no DHARMA higher than Truth.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 3, p.116
4. Is there a
time to speak truth that hurts someone?
Speak the
truth, but speak pleasantly. Simply because a statement will welcome to the
hearer, don’t speak it out to win his approval; if speaking truth will cause
grief or pain, keep silent. That is the vow of truth in ordinary daily
life.
Don’t have
hypocrisy or crookedness in your speech. Both unpleasant truth and pleasant
untruth to be avoided.
Sathya Sai
Speaks Vol VI, p 128
5. How do you
deal with a situation where, if somebody lies or steal and you are a witness to
it, Are you obliged to speak up even if you not a part of situation?
Your conscience knows the real source of joy; it will prod you towards the right path.
Your business is to take it as a ‘guide’ and not disobey it every time it
contradicts your fancy.
Sathya Sai
Speaks 1, p.91
God is the indwelled in the heart. When you
experience this you will lack nothing and will be ever-blissful. You commit no
wrong and will fear none. Your
conscience will be your guide. Love all.
Bhagavan’s
discourse on 20-7-97
Answer must based on : Discrimination, your
conscience, both unpleasant truth and pleasant untruth to be avoided.
6. Why should
we practice truthfulness of speech to experience universal truth?
Divine truth is like a flame. To experience universal truth, we must start by lighting the small
flame of relative truth.
Pathways to
God, p.100
