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'''Sat''' (devanāgarī: सत्) is a [[Sanskrit]] adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the [[Vedanta]]. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, [[Brahman]]. | '''Sat''' (devanāgarī: सत्) is a [[Sanskrit]] adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the [[Vedanta]]. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, [[Brahman]]. | ||
In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] literature ''sat'' is frequently used to refer to the Absolute: | In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] literature ''sat'' is frequently used to refer to the [[Absolute]]: | ||
<blockquote>'''Sat''' (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, Be-ness itself.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>'''Sat''' (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, [[Be-ness]] itself.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 28 March 2012
Sat (devanāgarī: सत्) is a Sanskrit adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the Vedanta. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, Brahman.
In the Theosophical literature sat is frequently used to refer to the Absolute:
Sat (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, Be-ness itself.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.
Further reading
- Sat at Theosopedia