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becomes apparent that there is an unbreakable unity in the spiritual views of all saints. Saints have appeared in different times and in different places, and their followers name their tradition in respect to the particular saint (for example, Kabir Panth and Dadu Panth). The apparent differences can be attributed to variations in time, place, language, and labels given to the views, but in reality, they are the same. It also happens that excessively zealous followers tend to accentuate these seeming differences. When sectarianism and the forms of the particular time or place of the teachings of a saint are removed, the basic principles of Santmat are in unity.
Satsang
The word satsang is comprised of two words: sat and sang. What is sat? Sat® is that which can never be destroyed and is ever-existent. It is the essential element, indestructible and beyond the limitations of time. And it is Truth or Being. Sang means association or contact. Thus, the word satsang refers to association or coming into contact with Sat (Truth).
In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna states:
Whatever is Truth always exists and is never nonexistent. That which is non Truth has no existence whatsoever. (2:16)
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