Truth
Jataka Tales
Jātaka No. 1: two caravans enter a goblin-haunted desert. The foolish leader pours out his water and perishes; the wise leader keeps his and returns rich.
A chaplain condemned by a queen's false accusation is led toward execution, until a quiet word of truth unbinds him and teaches what truly frees the innocent.
Eight renunciant siblings swear oaths over missing lotus roots, treating wealth and marriage as curses, until Sakka confesses his hidden test (No. 488).
Jātaka No. 7: a king denies the son he fathered with a woman gathering sticks, until the boy sits in mid-air and proves his birth by an Act of Truth.
In Jataka No. 75, a fish king performs an Act of Truth during a catastrophic drought, commanding the rain god Pajjunna to save his dying kin.
A king plants his own crest-jewel on an innocent householder to steal his wife, until Sakka descends and swaps the two men's fates at the execution block.
A flightless quail chick, abandoned as fire approaches, invokes the power of truth itself, and flames still will not cross that ground an aeon later.