Kurals

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Pranam. These kurals remind one to beware of false swamis who will lead us to

suffering and not to the Bliss.

 

He who has not attained the power yet wears the garb of saints

Is like a cow that grazes about wearing a tiger's skin.

 

He who conceals himself beneath saintly robes and commits sins

Is like the hunter who hides in the bushes to snare unwary birds.

 

 

-Tirukkural 28: 273-274

 

With love

 

Shankaree

 

 

 

 

Let my every word be a prayer to Thee,

Every movement of my hands a ritual gesture to Thee,

Every step I take a circumambulation of Thy image,

Every morsel I eat a rite of sacrifice to Thee,

Every time I lay down a prostration at Thy feet;

Every act of personal pleasure and all else that I do,

Let it all be a form of worshiping Thee."

>From Verse 27 of Shri Aadi Shankara's Saundaryalahari

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter 54 -- Avoiding Unmindfulness

 

 

KURAL 531

 

Excessive anger's harm is exceeded

by excessive merriment's mindless mishaps.

 

KURAL 532

 

Just as perpetual poverty slowly nullifies one's knowledge,

so frequent forgetfulness destroys one's prestige.

 

KURAL 533

 

Unmindful men will never know renown.

This is the verdict of every virtuous text in the world.

 

KURAL 534

 

Nothing will provide defense for the cowardly,

and nothing will secure good for the unmindful.

 

KURAL 535

 

The forgetful man who fails to take precautions

against impending perils will regret his negligence afterwards.

 

KURAL 536

 

Nothing can compare to watchfulness

extended unfailingly to all people at all times.

 

KURAL 537

 

There is nothing too difficult for the man who

consciously conceives and carefully executes his work.

 

KURAL 538

 

One should do that which men extol as praiseworthy.

Forgetfully failing to do so brings deprivation lasting seven births.

 

KURAL 539

 

Whenever the mind is engrossed in pleasant infatuations,

one should remember men who were ruined by forgetfulness.

 

KURAL 540

 

It is easy to get what you think of

if you can get yourself to think of it.