Quote of the week:
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Pennukku (g)naanathai vaiththaan - puvi
paeni valarthidu meesan,
mannukkul lesila moodar - nalla
madhararivaik keduththaar.
- Bharathiar
[Penn - woman; gnaana(m) - wisdom; vaithaan - gave; puvi - world;
paeni valarthidum - takes care of; eesan - God; mann - land; sila - few;
moodar - fools; nalla - good; madhar - women; ariv(u) - knowledge;
keduththaar - spoiled]
[God, who takes care of this world gave wisdom to women, but few
fools here, spoiled their knowledge.]
Kural of the week:
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Thaeraan thelivum thelindhaankan aiyuravum
theera idumbai tharum.
[Thaeran - unclear; theilvu - clear (trust); aiyuravu - to doubt;
theera - never ending; idumbai - problem; tharum - cause]
[To trust a person before analysing and to doubt anbody (already)
trusted, will always cause problems.]
Thought for the week:
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Why do we break coconut ?
Coconut is the purest form of offering that one can render unto
God. The fruit is unique in many respects. The sweet, nector-like water
that it holds, is pure and untouched by human mind. It is drawn by the
tree from its very base to its highest level. The coursely-knit outer
fibres of the coconut represent the jealously, greed, lust, selfishness,
and other vices of man, which must be broken up and removed if one is to
penetrate and reach the white inner purity and thereafter taste the
sweet untouched nector of spiritual purity and bliss. No other fruit has
the three distinct eyes of the coconut. These symbolise the Trinity of
Evolution - Creation, Preservation and Dissolution. The eyes also
represent the three eyes of man - the two physical eyes plus the third
inner eye which is the mind's eye or conscience. Only the inner eye can
penetrate the false, outer facade and reach the ultimate truth. It alone
distinguishes right from wrong. The composition of the coconut is
characteristic of the three elements of man. The hard outer shell with
its course fibers, represent the physical composition. The inner white
fruit represents man's psychological element, and the untouched water
signifies his spiritual composition. Having been offered to God by way
of prayer, the coconut is then eaten by the people as blessed food or
prasad in the belief that it has now received divine vibrations from God
and will therefore give them good health and prosperity.
Site of the week:
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This week's site is a gopher menu to an excellent collection of
children's literature links. Visit here to read the great classics by
Carrol Lewis, Rudyard Kipling, Stevenson, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens &
others.
gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/11/.subjects/Education/.childlit
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"When one door closes, another opens; but we often
look so long upon the closed door that we do not
see the one which has opened for us."
- Alexander Graham Bell
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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