Quote of the week:
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Thaedich choarunidham thinru pala
chinnan chirukadhaigal paesi manam
vaadi thunbamiga vuzhanru pirar
vaadap palaseyalgal seidhu narai
koodik kizhapparuva meidhi kodum
kootruk kiraienap pinmaayum pala
vaedikkai manidharaip polae naan
veezhvae nenruninaith thaayo.
- Bharathiar
[thaedi - in search of ; choaru - food; nidham - daily; thinru - eat;
chinna - small; chirukadhaigal - small stories; paesi - to talk; manam
vaadi - ; thunbam - grief; vuzhanru - toil; pirar vaadap - make others
worry; pala seyalgal - many tasks; seidhu - to do; narai koodi - getting
white hair; kizhap paruvam - old age; kodum kootru - Yeman (tamil);
iraienap pinmaayum - become a prey; vedikkai manidhar - fool; naan - me;
veezhvaen - get defeated; enruninai thaayo - did you think so]
[Did you think me, O Mighty, that i too will give up my struggle in my
life, like the fools who in search of food, in useless talks, in
sorrows, in commiting sins, get older and die ? ]
{This was quoted by Kamalhaasan in Mahanadhi. }
Kural of the week:
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Manathodu vaaymai mozhiyin thavathodu
dhaananchei vaarin thalai.
[Manam - heart; vaaymai - truth; mozhiyin - to speak; thavam -
penance; thalai - better]
[One who speaks truth to his heart, is better than the one who does
great penance and is kind hearted.]
Excerpt from Vedanta:
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"Each soul is potentially divine.
The goal is to manifest this Divinity within byy controlling nature,
external and internal.
Do this either by work or worship or psychic control or philosophy - by
one or more or all of these - and be free. This is the whole of
religion.
Doctrines or dogmas, or rituals or books or temples or forms are but
secondary details."
- The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Site of the week:
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http://www.subcontinent.com
Celebrating 50 years of Indian Independence. This site has some short
stories of past years like Pakistan war, Bangaladesh liberation etc,.
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Of which we cannot speak, we have to remain silent.
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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