sat
सत् satBeing, existence, reality, that which truly is; related to satya, truth. In Vedanta, sat is the first term of sat-chit-ananda: the pure being that never ceases and never changes, on which all passing things depend for their existence.
Where this term appears
- Atman and Brahman Essentials
A later tradition compressed this into a single famous compound, sat-chit-ananda , being-consciousness-bliss.
- Ishvara, Bhagavan and Brahman: How Hinduism Conceives God Essentials
Hinduism conceives the one ultimate reality under three principal names that mark three ways of approaching it. Brahman is the formless, attributeless Absolute…
- Lila: The World as Divine Play Essentials
Lila (leela) means play or sport, and it is the tradition's answer to the deepest question of all: why does a universe exist? The reasoning is this. The ultimate…
- Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss Essentials
…by side toward the one thing that cannot be pointed to. The words are sat , chit , and ananda .
- The Three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) Essentials
Its very name is related to sat , "being" or "truth", and where it predominates there is lucidity, calm, balance, and knowledge.
- What is Maya? The World as Appearance Essentials
It cannot be called simply real, sat , because the real by definition is what is never cancelled, and maya is cancelled the moment knowledge dawns; the snake vanishes utterly when the rope is seen.
- Anatomy of a Hindu Temple: Gopuram to Garbhagriha Temples
In the sixth century of the Common Era, an astronomer sat down to write the rules for building a house for god, and the first thing he wrote about was water.
- Hinduism and the Coming of Islam History
If conversion had come mainly by force, the Muslim population of the subcontinent should be densest where Muslim power sat longest and heaviest, in the Gangetic heartland around Delhi and Agra.