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SATYAM BROOYAAT
PRIYAM BROOYAAT
Truth
Untruth
Pleasant
YES
NO
Unpleasant
NO
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Satyam brooyaat priyam brooyaat na brooyaat sataym apriyam l
Priyam ca naanurtam brooyaat esha dharmah sanaatanahaa ll (na anrutam)
Speak the truth, speak the pleasant, do not speak the unpleasant truth
Do not also speak the pleasant untruth (anrutam)
This is the eternal dharma
I had an interesting chat with a friend about this Sanatana dharma matrix
after it was posted. He wanted to know why "NO" was not added to the box
Unpleasant-Untruth.
Actually, EVERYONE, EVEN A CHILD, knows that we must NOT speak the
untruth AND the unpleasant. There is no need to put a NO in that box. What
we, even adults, do NOT know is that
a) we should NOT speak unpleasant truths and
b) we should NOT speak the pleasant untruths.
Hence, these two boxes are highlighted with NO. Even adults indulge in them.
We mistakenly think that we should always speak the truth, even if it is
unpleasant. Our Sanatana dharma says NO to it.
We indulge in pleasant lies (or untruths) when it is convenient to us, although
we know it is wrong. Our Sanatana dharma again says NO to it. Hence, these
two boxes are highlighted with a NO. Highlighting the untruth-unpleasant box
with a NO will actually dilute the message of the other two NO boxes.
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Vj Laxmanan
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This is a pictorial representation of the famous Sanskrit sloka, considered to be the essence of
Vedic dharma, and highlighted by Kanchi Mahaperiyavaa (the sage of Kanchi) in one of his
discourses (see Daivatthin kural).
Vj Laxmanan This was prompted by the discussion in another post today about "How will we
remember Bill Cosby?".
verse, which describes the eternal (sanatana) dharma. I am sure many of your ears have turned
sour after my posts on this topic. Nonetheless, it popped again in my memory after I read, "How
will we remember Bill Cosy?"
For all that happened, and for all that is still to happen, there is only one teaching to follow - the
teachings of sanatana dharma. Here it is
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Satyam brooyaat priyam brooyaat na brooyaat sataym apriyam l
Priyam ca naanurtam brooyaat esha dharmah sanaatanahaa ll (na anrutam)
Speak the truth, speak the pleasant, do not speak the unpleasant truth
Do not also speak the pleasant untruth (anrutam)
This is the eternal dharma
Here's the Bill Cosby article again. http://www.cnn.com//celebrity/bill-cosbyfuture/index.html
If every accuser had followed this teaching, we would not be where we are. There is nothing
really for Mr. Cosby to do ANYMORE. There is no reputation to defend - not anymore whatever was there is ALL GONE. He should just make peace with His God and be done with. If
the accusations are true and he wishes to confess publicly that is his choice. If not take it to his
grave and let the Lord decide.
Let the immortal verses of the Gita, chapter 9, verses 30 and 31, be the guide. Even the greatest
sinner is redeemed, says Krishna in these two verses, once that person surrenders and starts
worshipping Me. That Me can be Jesus, or Allah, or Jehovah, or Buddha. The results are the
same.
P. S, We do not know the truth. We also do NOT have to seek the truth in this case. If this ends
up in court, which is highly unlikely, that is a different matter. Then it is up to the judge and jury.
But, in the interim, everybody else needs to just shut up and let Mr. Cosby deal with whatever he
has been dealt with.
How will we remember Bill Cosby? - CNN.com
It's as if the other Bill Cosby never existed. The admired Cosby of many years has been almost forgotten
amid the allegations against him.
cnn.com|By By Todd Leopold, CNN
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Satyam brooyaat priyam brooyaat na brooyaat satyam apriyam l
Priyam ca naanrutam brooyaat esha dharmah sanaatanahaa ll
The word anrutam ( = + ) is actually the opposite of rutam (the
"ru" is pronounced as in "rishi" and Hrusheekesha). There is a famous mantra
from the Rig Veda, given below, which has both rutam and satyam. This
mantra is also part of the Mahanarayana Upanishad and the daily Sandhya
vandanam namaskara mantras,
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Maanasam vaachikam paapam karmaNaa yat samupaarjitam l
Shree Raama smaraNenaiva vyapohati na samshayahaa ll
Shree Raam Raam Raam ll
We say the above and then follow it with utterring the name of the Lord,
Raama, three times. The verse means that all our accumulated sins, be they
committed by words, or our thoughts (maanasam) and actions (karmaNaa),
are instantly eradicated when we think of the Lord as Raama. This is
reinforced by utterring the naama three times.
Thus, the difference between ritam (or rutam) and satyam is the difference
between our words and our thoughts and actions. Sometimes we lie with our
words. But more often we lie not with words but with our thoughts and
actions. We promise to do something, with words, and then do NOT follow it
up with our actions. We say one thing, with words, while thinking just the
opposite in our minds and almost negating ourselves as we speak. We know
that we do not mean what we say.
This is the domain of "ritam" and so anrutam, or anritam, in the Sanatana
dharma statement is a very powerful one. The prohibition against pleasant
lies extends to all our words, thoughts, and actions, that are superficially
pleasant but which are not meant to be. They are convenient escapes from the
"evil" or the "paapam" that lies hidden within us.
Well, I did find one discussion that supports the above distinction between
ritam (or rutam) and satyam. Here's the link. http://www.advaitavedanta.org//adv/1998-April/008376.html
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