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Manasa, vacha, karmana are three
मनस
or ''manasa'': "mind (in its widest sense as the seat of intellectual operations and of emotions)"
वाचा
or ''vācā'': "speech, word"
कार्मण
or ''karmana'': "relating to or proceeding from action" These three words appear at
These three words also appear in at least one version of the Guru Gita:
Trikaranaśuddhi indicates the purity and unity of (1) ''manasa'' (thought), (2) ''vacha'' (word/speech), and (3) ''karmana'' (deed/action), and a harmony and congruence between them. A spiritual saying of India speaks about the existence of this congruence in great people ("''Mahatma''"): "''Manassekam, Vachassekam, Karmanyekam Mahaatmanam''". The idea of Trikaranasuddhi has some connection to the commonly expressed adage of 'Talk your Thought, Walk your Talk'.
There has been exploration about the linkage between ''trikaranasuddhi'' and effectiveness in leadership.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...
words. The word ''manasa'' refers to the mind
The mind is the set of faculties responsible for all mental phenomena. Often the term is also identified with the phenomena themselves. These faculties include thought, imagination, memory, will, and sensation. They are responsible for vario ...
, ''vacha'' refers to speech
Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are th ...
, and ''karmana'' refers to actions.
In several Indian languages, these three words are together used to describe a state of consistency expected of an individual. The motto manasa, vacha, karmana is usually invoked to imply that one should strive to achieve the state where one's thoughts, speech, and the actions coincide.
Sanskrit words
The definitions below are from Macdonnell's Sanskrit Dictionary:मनस
or ''manasa'': "mind (in its widest sense as the seat of intellectual operations and of emotions)"
वाचा
or ''vācā'': "speech, word"
कार्मण
or ''karmana'': "relating to or proceeding from action" These three words appear at
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the K ...
br>13.8.16These three words also appear in at least one version of the Guru Gita:
''Trikaranasuddhi''
Trikaranaśuddhi indicates the purity and unity of (1) ''manasa'' (thought), (2) ''vacha'' (word/speech), and (3) ''karmana'' (deed/action), and a harmony and congruence between them. A spiritual saying of India speaks about the existence of this congruence in great people ("''Mahatma''"): "''Manassekam, Vachassekam, Karmanyekam Mahaatmanam''". The idea of Trikaranasuddhi has some connection to the commonly expressed adage of 'Talk your Thought, Walk your Talk'.
There has been exploration about the linkage between ''trikaranasuddhi'' and effectiveness in leadership.
See also
* Three wise monkeys *Trikaya
The Trikāya doctrine ( sa, त्रिकाय, lit. "three bodies"; , ) is a Mahayana Buddhist teaching on both the nature of reality and the nature of Buddhahood. The doctrine says that Buddha has three ''kāyas'' or ''bodies'', the '' Dhar ...
*The Confiteor, a Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
prayer, contains the phrase "thought, word, and deed": ''peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere'' ("I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed")
*The Zoroastrian
Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ...
principle of "Humata, Hukhta, Huvarshta" or "Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds," also symbolized in the Faravahar
The Faravahar ( fa, فروهر), also known as the Foruhar () or the Farre Kiyâni ( fa, فر کیانی, label=none), is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. There are various interpretations of what the Far ...
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