{"id":4704,"date":"2017-05-01T17:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2017-05-01T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T14:28:18","slug":"chapter-18-avoidance-of-covetousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/chapter-18-avoidance-of-covetousness","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural. Chapter 18: Avoidance of Covetousness."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Kural 171<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>In the very attempt to wrongly gain another&#8217;s wealth,<br \/>\na man forfeits his family&#8217;s future and his own faultlessness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 172<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Those who deem injustice shameful never commit<br \/>\nguilt-yielding deeds driven by money-yielding desires.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 173<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Those who seek immortal bliss will not succumb<br \/>\nto immoral deeds that follow desire for fleeting delights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 174<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>With senses conquered and sight unclouded by depravity,<br \/>\none will not wish for others&#8217; wealth, even in destitution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 175<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>What avails a man&#8217;s subtle and comprehensive learning,<br \/>\nif, crazed by covetousness, he treats others insensibly?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 176<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Desiring grace and doing his duty, a man who desires wealth<br \/>\nbut acquires it wrongly is destroyed nevertheless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 177<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Do not seek the fortune that greed gathers,<br \/>\nfor its fruit is bitter on the day of enjoyment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 178<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>To protect one&#8217;s own prosperity from decline,<br \/>\none must not crave the property held by others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 179<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Just as wise men know the goodness of noncoveting,<br \/>\nso Fortune Herself knows their goodness and draws near.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Kural 180<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>There is a thoughtless desire for others&#8217; things that is destructive.<br \/>\nThere is a mindful pride that, in refusing to covet, is triumphant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 171 In the very attempt to wrongly gain another&#8217;s wealth, a man forfeits his family&#8217;s future and his own faultlessness. Kural 172 Those who deem injustice shameful never commit guilt-yielding deeds driven by money-yielding desires. Kural 173 Those who seek immortal bliss will not succumb to immoral deeds that follow desire for fleeting delights. Kural 174 With senses conquered and sight unclouded by depravity, one will not wish for others&#8217; wealth, even in destitution. Kural 175 What avails a man&#8217;s subtle and comprehensive learning, if, crazed by covetousness, he treats others insensibly? Kural 176 Desiring grace and doing his <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}