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TRUTHFULNESS
attain clairvoyance or even omniscience and get liberation. 5. Truth by itself is illumination. Being self-luminous in nature, it cannot be hidden, like a shining lamp. Truth is therefore beyond all concealment.
6. He, whose way of life is well-established in truthfulness, for him truth is not a matter of prescription or prohibition but a way of life.
7. Let the truth be woven in our day-to-day affairs. so that one may experience peace, and fearlessness. Truthfulness also usually bestows upon the person, wide-spread respect, trustworthiness and veneration. One can be successful in achieving self-control, austerity and other spiritual practices by truth. People with due discrimination, never give up Truth even at the cost of their lives. LIVING EXAMPLES OF TRUTHFULNESS
(1) Pal Chowdhary was a social leader and businessman in Bengal who lived in the nineteenth century. He was famed for his great honesty and several philanthropic works. He was the follower of Lord Shri Krishna
Once he bargained a sale of salt to a man who left a certain amount as a deposit with him. The man did not return in time to buy the salt because of some difficulty and did not even come for his deposit. Meanwhile, due to scarcity of the salt, the price of salt shot up very high.
After some time Pal Chowdhary sold the salt purchased by that man and credited the amount of the profit of that quantity of salt in the account of that person; and handed over the amount to him when he eventually returned.
Another was a transaction of rice with an Englishman. The transaction was just oral and the quantity was also not fixed. The price of rice tripled after the transaction. Pal Chowdhary called the man to take the delivery of rice from his storage. When a few bags of rice had been loaded, that Englishman said, "Brother, this is enough for me. My steamer will sink if I take excessive advantage of the truthfulness of a pious religious man like you."
These examples show that Pal Chowdhary had devoted his whole life to truthfulness and keeping his word.
(2) In the nineteenth century, Calcutta University was quite famous
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