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Satsang

World Religion
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The company of truth, especially spiritual gatherings where seekers listen to teachings, chant, or meditate together.

Detailed Definition
Satsang in poetry is the circle of souls who remember—the whispered word, the shared silence, the breath that lifts. Poets use it to depict awakening as communal: not solitary, but shared. It becomes the poem’s gathering: the reader, the writer, the silent one between—each a part of the same truth, echoing in the same breath.
Example
Example in poetry:
Satsang is the company of truth—Kabir writes: “Satsang is not temple walls—it’s the breath shared between two souls”; A modern poet says: “In Zoom meditation, Satsang blooms—silence holding us, though screens divide”; A haiku: “Three sit in silence—Satsang: no words, just presence”; Another: “Satsang isn’t guru’s voice—it’s the echo of your own heart remembering”; A devotional lyric: “Even in prison, Satsang came—a whispered ‘Ram’ from the next cell”; A minimalist verse: “Together in stillness. / Satsang: truth shared, not taught.”
Additional Notes
Satsang transforms communal gathering into spiritual alchemy; it is not mere lecture but resonance—chanting, silence, and shared presence dissolve egoic boundaries; in poetry, Satsang appears as the “company of the wise” where words fall away and truth is transmitted through stillness, making it essential for interpreting devotional verse as collective awakening, not individual insight, and linking it to Sufi sama or Zen sesshin as cross-traditional practices of sacred listening.
Also Known As
Company of Truth Spiritual Gathering Sadhu Sanga Truth Assembly
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