*** Truth - the all-inclusive virtue ***
Speaking truth is the most important qualification of a Yogin. Truth is the queen of virtues. Truth is the supreme virtue.
Truth constitutes the essence of the Vedas. Control over passions constitutes the essence of truth. Self-denial or refraining from worldly enjoyments forms the essence of self-control. These attributes are always present in a virtuous man.
Truth is righteousness. Righteousness is light, and light is bliss. Ahimsa, Brahmacharya, purity, justice, harmony, forgiveness, peace are forms of truth.
Impartiality, self-control, modesty, endurance, goodness, renunciation, meditation, dignity, fortitude, compassion, and abstention from injury are the various forms of truth.
All the above virtues, though seemingly different, have but one and the same form, namely, truth. All these hold up truth and strengthen it.
When the path of truth is trodden, everything else also is done. When the root is watered, all the branches are automatically watered.
Swami Sivananda
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