Satya
Satya (सत्य) — From sat — "being, existence, truth." Satya is truthfulness: the alignment of thought, speech, and action. The second of Patañjali's yamas. In Vedāntic philosophy, satya carries a deeper resonance: that which is real, that which endures — ultimately pointing to Brahman as the only satya, while the world of change is mithyā (not unreal, but not independently real). The tension between conventional truth and ultimate truth (paramārtha) is a recurring theme across Upaniṣadic and Vedānta literature.
In Brief
- From sat — "being, existence, truth." Satya is truthfulness: the alignment of thought, speech, and action. The second of Patañjali's yamas. In Vedāntic philosophy, satya carries a deeper resonance: that which is real, that which endures — ultimately pointing to Brahman as the only satya, while the world of change is mithyā (not unreal, but not independently real). The tension between conventional truth and ultimate truth (paramārtha) is a recurring theme across Upaniṣadic and Vedānta literature.
From sat — "being, existence, truth." Satya is truthfulness: the alignment of thought, speech, and action. The second of Patañjali's yamas. In Vedāntic philosophy, satya carries a deeper resonance: that which is real, that which endures — ultimately pointing to Brahman as the only satya, while the world of change is mithyā (not unreal, but not independently real). The tension between conventional truth and ultimate truth (paramārtha) is a recurring theme across Upaniṣadic and Vedānta literature.