{"id":4874,"date":"2017-05-12T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2017-05-03T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:17:38","slug":"tirukular-chapter-29-avoidance-of-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukular-chapter-29-avoidance-of-fraud","title":{"rendered":"Tirukular.Chapter 29: Avoidance of Fraud."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 281<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4863 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>He who wishes not to be scorned by others<br \/>\nguards his own mind against the slightest thought of fraud.<br \/>\nKural 282<\/p>\n<p>The mere thought of sin is sin. Therefore,<br \/>\navoid even the thought of stealing from another.<br \/>\nKural 283<\/p>\n<p>A fortune amassed by fraud may appear to prosper<br \/>\nbut will all too soon perish altogether.<br \/>\nKural 284<\/p>\n<p>Taking delight in defrauding others yields the fruit<br \/>\nof undying suffering when those delights ripen.<br \/>\nKural 285<\/p>\n<p>Benevolent thoughts and kindly feelings flee from those<br \/>\nwho watch for another&#8217;s unwatchfulness to swindle his property.<br \/>\nKural 286<\/p>\n<p>Those who walk deceit&#8217;s desirous path<br \/>\ncannot hope to work wisdom&#8217;s measured way.<br \/>\nKural 287<\/p>\n<p>The dark deceits of fraud cannot be found<br \/>\nin those who desire the greatness called virtue.<br \/>\nKural 288<\/p>\n<p>As righteousness resides in the hearts of the virtuous,<br \/>\nso does deceit dwell in the hearts of thieves.<br \/>\nKural 289<\/p>\n<p>Men who know nothing but deception die a little<br \/>\neach time they contrive their crooked deeds.<br \/>\nKural 290<\/p>\n<p>Even the life in his body will abandon him who cheats others,<br \/>\nwhile Heaven itself never forsakes those who are honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 281 He who wishes not to be scorned by others guards his own mind against the slightest thought of fraud. Kural 282 The mere thought of sin is sin. Therefore, avoid even the thought of stealing from another. Kural 283 A fortune amassed by fraud may appear to prosper but will all too soon perish altogether. Kural 284 Taking delight in defrauding others yields the fruit of undying suffering when those delights ripen. Kural 285 Benevolent thoughts and kindly feelings flee from those who watch for another&#8217;s unwatchfulness to swindle his property. Kural 286 Those who walk deceit&#8217;s desirous <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4874","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\/4874","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=4874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}