These daily couplets are drawn from Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukural, an ethical masterpiece written over 2,200 years ago in South India. This American English translation, known as Weaver’s Wisdom.
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Kural 301 It is restraint that restrains rage when it can injure. If it cannot harm, what does restraint really matter? Kural 302 Wrath is wrong even when it …
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Kural 311 Even if injuring others would bring princely riches, the pure in heart would still avoid it. Kural 312 It is the principle of the pure in heart …
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Kural 321 What is virtuous conduct? It is never destroying life, for killing leads to every other sin. Kural 322 Of all virtues summed by ancient sages, the foremost …
Tirukural.
Kural 331 There is no baser folly than the infatuation that looks upon the ephemeral as if it were everlasting. Kural 332 Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the …
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Kural 341 Whatsoever a man has renounced, from the sorrow born of that he has freed himself. Kural 342 The greatest gladness in the world comes after renunciation. Let …
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Kural 351 The muddled mentality that mistakes the unreal for the Real is the genesis of woeful births. Kural 352 For those of undimmed perception, free from delusion, darkness …
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Kural 361 At all times and to all creatures, the seed of ceaseless births is desire. Kural 362 If you must desire, desire freedom from birth. That will only …
Tirukural.
Section IV: Destiny Chapter 38: Destiny Kural 371 When destiny ordains wealth, it gives birth to industriousness. When it decrees a life of loss, it inspires only idleness. Kural …
Tirukural.
Part II: On Wealth Section V: Royalty Chapter 39: The Merits of the King Kural 381 He is lion among kings who is well endowed with these six: army, …
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Kural 391 All that you learn, learn perfectly, and thereafter keep your conduct worthy of that learning. Kural 392 Two are the eyes of those who truly live– one …
