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Chapter Eight
INSPIRING STORIES
1. TIRUVALLUVAR
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N MYLAPORE, Madras, there lived about two thousand years ago a born Siddha and born poet by the name of Valluvar, or, as he is more commonly known, Tiruvalluvar. He is regarded as an Avatar of Brahma. He married Vasuki and led the life of a householder to show people the way of leada divine life, a life of purity and sanctity, while living in the world. All his wise sayings and teachings are now in book-form and is known as Tirukurral These sayings and teachings are in couplets Here are some of them:
Just as the alphabet 'A' is the beginning of all letters, so also God is the beginning for this universe. Learn the Sastras completely and then act according to their injunctions
The Anicha flower will fade by smelling but guests are more sensitive if the hosts turn their faces a bit Death is like sleeping in the burial ground, birthis like waking in the morning.
These couplets are 1330 in number. They contain the essence of the Vedas, the Upanishads and the six Darshanas Tirukurral is regarded as a universal Bible. It is another Gita, Koran or Zend Avesta.
Some aspirants repaired to Tiruvalluvar and en
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