The Kural is the most relevant sacred text I know, applying to everydaymatters and common concerns.Īlthough it has been translated into English by many scholars, the Holy Kural Insights of life and really teaches us how to deal With the various feelings andĬircumstances that come to us in our interactions with others. Introduced to the Holy Kural in those early days. Many years ago when I was in Sri Lanka - that was in 1949 - I made a vowto bring together the best of the East and the best of the West. Subramuniyaswami, on Saint Tiruvalluvar's Guru Puja Day, February 15,ġ979, introducing selections from the Holy Kural, the Saint's 2,100 year-oldTamil classic on virtuous living: The following represents an inspired talk by Gurudeva, H.H. * Chapter 88 - Understanding the Nature of Enmity* Chapter 89 - Internal Enmity * Chapter 82 - Harmful Friendship* Chapter 83 - False Friendship * Chapter 80 - Testing Fitness for Friendship * Chapter 77 - Merits of the Army* Chapter 78 - Military Pride * Chapter 76 - The Ways of Acquiring Wealth

* Chapter 71 - Discerning Unspoken Thoughts* Chapter 72 - Judging the Audience * Chapter 66 - Purity of Action* Chapter 67 - Resoluteness of Action * Chapter 64 - Essentials Of the State Ministers * Ministers & Subjects - The Essentials of the StateMinisters * Chapter 63 - Being Undaunted by Troubles * Chapter 61 - Avoidance of Laziness* Chapter 62 - Perseverance * Chapter 60 - Possession of Industriousness * Chapter 56 - Unjust Reign* Chapter 57 - Avoidance of Tyranny * Chapter 54 - Avoidance of Unmindfulness * Chapter 50 - Understanding the Right Place* Chapter 51 - Testing and Trusting Men * Chapter 47 - Deliberation Before Action * Chapter 45 - Gaining Support from the Great* Chapter 46 - Avoidance of Base Company * Chapter 39 - The Merits of the King* Chapter 40 - Learning * Chapter 33 - Avoidance of Killing* Chapter 34 - Impermanence of All Things * Chapter 32 - Avoidance of Injuring Others * Chapter 27 - Austerity* Chapter 28 - Ascetic Pretense * Chapter 26 - Abstaining from Eating Meat * Chapter 22 - Understanding One's Duty to Society * Chapter 20 - Avoidance of Pointless Speech* Chapter 21 - Dread of Sinful Deeds * Chapter 15 - Not Coveting Another's Wife* Chapter 16 - Possession of Forbearance * Chapter 14 - Possession of Virtuous Conduct * Chapter 12 - Impartiality* Chapter 13 - Possession of Self-Control * Chapter 6 - The Good Wife* Chapter 7 - The Blessing of Children Family Life - The Way of the Householder.Translation, which was oversighted by Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami,student of the Sri Lankan sage Yogaswami (1872 - 1964), and the founder of Tirukural some two millenia or more ago, and to this recent Tirukural

Providing some background information to both the original writing of the * Introduction - This introductory text will serve well the purpose of

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