Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Mysticism of Beauty and the Mind of John Keats

Beauty is the manifestation of God. It develops an impulse of love, and to love beauty is to love God, the Creator of the universe. Beauty is comprehended through senses, and sensuous values develop spiritual consciousness. The awareness of Beauty is acquisition of Truth that is Beneficial or the cause for Welfare. Keats was a worshipper of beauty. “He loved the principle of beauty in all things.” Primarily he was considered a poet of sensuous beauty but a thorough study of his poetry and letters reveals that his conception of beauty was holistic and transcendental, being closer to the Indian concept summed up in the expression- Satyam Shivam Sundaram. The present paper is a critical study of Keats’ mysticism of beauty in the lines of Indian views. The attempt has been made to go through some of the relevant Indian religious texts to prop up Keats’ belief and present the veracity of Keats which has remained dormant in the oblivion of time. Keywords: Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram, beauty, truth, beneficial, Keats, Bhagvadgita, imagination, delight, spiritual consciousness, holistic, transcendental.