I just couldn't help but connect the word "Truth" to the Sanskrit word "Sathyam". The definition of Sathyam is 'that which is true in the past, present and future'. Doesn't this definition give Sathyam some sense of absoluteness? Can such a definition not imply that there is something out there that is indisputably true and not relative and momentary as we discussed?
Also we should ensure that we differentiate between Fact Vs. Truth. Facts may be correct momentarily, but may vary over time... however, Sathyam could be THAT which is transcending time.
A third point is about another Sanskrit word I recall -- "Rtam" or "Ritam". I guess this connects to the phenomenal reality (??) could we be refering to this version of Truth in our dialogue?
BTW, here is the Sanskrit definition of truth I could pull from the internet:
"We may also say that sathyam is concerned more with the external world, while ritam relates more to the internal world of mind and its modifications. Sathyam is said to transcend time—past, present, and future, ..."
http://www.sssbpt.info/summershowers/ss1990/ss1990-08.pdf SaiBaba
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