Satyam (truthfulness) is primarily a verbal discipline. We maintain harmony between knowledge, motives and words. Our words must not hide our knowledge or motives. There must be harmony between thought and word. Satyam is a positive attribute and yet it is listed as a yama. So we have to redefine satyam as something to be given up, i.e. the avoidance of asatyam. We must emphasize more on eschewing asatyam, by not telling lies or speaking untruths. |