Quote of the week:
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Kattaiyaalsey thaevarum kallinaalsey thaevarum
mattaiyaalsey thaevarum manjalaalsey thaevarum
sattaiyaalsey thaevarum saaniyaalsey thaevarum
vettaveliya thanrimatru vaerutheivam illaiyae.
- Sivavaakiyar
[Kattai - wood (kattaiyaal - made of wood); thaevar - gods/idols;
kall - stone; mattai - bark; manjal - turmeric; sattai - shirt
(cloth); saani - (cow)dung; vettaveli - Infinity; matruvaeru - nothing
else; theivam - God; illai - no]
[All the gods or idols made of (symbolised in) wood, stone, bark,
turmeric, cloth, cow-dung are nothing but the same God - the
Infinity.]
Kural of the week:
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Purathurup pellaam evanseiyum yaakkai
agathurupu anbi lavarkku.
[Puram - external; uruppu - (humanbeing) organ; evan - who; sei -
(to) do; yaakkai - human body; agam - internal; anb(u)i - love;
ilavar - one who doesn't have]
[What is the use of (external) organs in human body, when one
does not have (internal) love or kindness towards others ?]
What a simple egg can teach ?
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Have you ever wondered about an egg ? Well... it is not simply to
eat. If you think about an egg.... you will wonder the beauty or
greatness of nature. How ?
As you know, almost all eggs are oval in shape. Why ? Because, it
is the strongest shape any one can think of.
Remember... the arch type bridges you studied in strength of
materials.... can withstand heavy weights. Similarly.. eggs can also
withstand good amount of external forces, thereby saving the embryo
inside. Also, when the chick(en) grows, it can easily break from
inside, just with a 'tok' with its beak. It is the easiest geometrical
structure which can break easily from inside but also can withstand
high external forces. Even a egg can teach us something - isn't it ?
Nature has a meaning for everything. It's only our ignorance to
ignore learning about it.
[Read somewhere, longtime back. ]
Site of the week:
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The site of this week's says...
"I am not satisfied with any of the pictures above. HER
beauty is beyond description. .. one can take a photograph of a
candle, but it will not emit light. To feel HER presence and beauty,
either one has (to) go to Madurai..."
What is he talking about ? Can he be true ? Visit to find.
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~msr/mInAkshi/
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Use what talent you possess; the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those that sang best.
- Henry Van Dyke
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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