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Chapter 26: புலான்மறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 26

Kural 255

புலான்மறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

உண்ணாமை உள்ளது உயிர்நிலை ஊனுண்ண அண்ணாத்தல் செய்யாது அளறு.

Unnaamai Ulladhu Uyirnilai Oonunna Annaaththal Seyyaadhu Alaru

“Off with flesh; a life you save The eater hell's mouth shall not waive!”

If flesh you eat not, life's abodes unharmed remain;Who eats, hell swallows him, and renders not again

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Kural #255

The Harvest of Kindness

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that abstaining from meat preserves the sanctity of life and prevents the spiritual burden of causing harm. Not to eat flesh contributes to the continuance of life; therefore if a man eat flesh, hell will not open its mouth (to let him escape out, after he has once fallen in)

8–14 yr 2 min