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And this is the first вrya satya (noble truth The cessation of sorrow can only happen with "the utter cessation of and disenchantment about that very craving, giving it up, renouncing it and emancipation from it [Footnote ref 5 When the desire or craving (_ta@nhв_) has once ceased the sage becomes an arhat, and the deeds that he may do after that will bear no fruit.

—A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1

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A little distance away, nine-year-old Jaya was being told by her father Sunder Singh Bhandari that 'satya woh bhi hai jo doosron ko bachane ke liye bola jaye (Truth is also something that is used to protect somebody)'. — India eNews
How similar indeed are the ideas of ahimsa (non-violence), satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing) and aparigraha (non-covetousness)? — Tyee - Home
Yeh satya lekar hum chale the ... a person was not a writer, he could not write ... is that an issue at all? — Top Stories - Google News
You know, burn a few buses, shout some slogans, do your own little satya-what-was-it? — Blogbharti
The five components of yama are satya, ahimsa, asteya, brahmacharya & aparigraha. — Recently Uploaded Slideshows