Quote of the week:
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Thanthaiyaar poayinaar thaayaarum poayinaar thaamum poavaar
kondhavael kondoru kootraththaar paarkintraar kondupoavaar
endhanaal vaazhvadharkae manam vaiththiyaal aezhai nenjae
andhan aaroor thozhudhuyyalaam maiyalkondanjal nenjae.
- (Thirugnanaa)Sambandar
[Thanthai - father; poayinaar - went/passed way; thaayaar - mother;
thaam - themself; poavar - will die; vael - spear; kondu - with; oru -
one; kootra(m) - Yeman (Lord of Death - ??); paarkinraar - watches;
endhanaal - when/which day; vaazhvadharkae - to live; manam - desire;
vaithiyaal - had intentions; aezhai - poor; nenja(m) - heart; thozhu -
worship; uyyalaam - escape from bondage; maiyal - liking; kondu -
having; anjal - to fear]
[His father and mother passed way. He shall also (one day) die. No
one knows, when the Yema or Lord of Death, who carefully watches with a
spear will take life away. O! poor mind... if u still like to live, even
after knowing this, you can escape these traps with His grace - worry
not.]
Kural of the week:
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Naguthar poruttandru nattal miguthikkan
maersendru idiththar poruttu.
[Naguthar - to laugh; poruttu - purpose; nattal - mistake (?);
miguthi - excess; kan - in case; idaththar - to correct]
[Friendship is not only to laugh, but to correct when the other
makes mistakes.]
Thought of the week:
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Nothing can be more rewarding than striving to apprehend the
Ultimate Truth. When the Upanishads speak of an Ultimate Truth, the
Truth they allude is not the synonymous with dictionary meaning of the
english word 'truth'(That is why the capitalization of 'T').
The Ultimate Truth transcends both good and evil, truth (the
dictionary meaning) and lies, and all such qualifying articles.
The definition of Ultimate Truth as understood by you is not the
same as the one Upanishads give.
According to them, you are not just a component of the Truth, you
are it (Tat tvam asi). To use the words of Alexander Pope,
Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise;
My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
That is the confidence of the realized person. They (Upanishad)
say: "You imagine yourself to be a mere 'component' of the Truth, but
that is your ignorance - 'Maaya'. You 'are' the Truth, fully and
unconditionally; only you don't realise it. All your spiritual quest is
an excercise in removing this misconception as to who you are".
{From a website, whose address I donot remember now.}
Site of the week:
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Templenet. The site of this week features all about temples, all
over India. Also has small descriptions of most of the temples. Ready
for a pilgrimage on the internet to visit all the great temples ??
Visit,
http://www.templenet.com/encyclo.html
Want to have a look at the temple of my hometown (Tiruvannamalai)
for there is a saying 'Ninaithaalae mukthi alikkum Annamalai" (the very
thought of Tiruvannamalai will give mukthi) ? Visit,
http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/aruntiru.html
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All things are possible, until they are proved impossible
- and even the impossible may be as of now.
- Pearl S. Buck
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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