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 tainly know God,' because He is the Truth. And you must also keep in mind that you should not do anything that is deceitful and injurious to others. If you keep these things in mind, you may be considered to have Truth in Mind.

If you perform honestly and righteously the duties particularized in the lecture on Duty, you may be considered to have Truth in Deed. Besides the doing of duty, you must observe truth in every action that concerns friendship, society, sports, and household affairs. Your every action in all these relations must be strictly truthful, and there must be not the least deception of others. The fulfilment of a promise also is a case of Truth in Deed.

As I said before, this is the most difficult branch of the subject. In the Vedas, in the Koran, and in the Bible, it is clearly