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Chapter 26: புலான்மறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 26

Kural 258

புலான்மறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

செயிரின் தலைப்பிரிந்த காட்சியார் உண்ணார் உயிரின் தலைப்பிரிந்த ஊன்.

Seyirin Thalaippirindha Kaatchiyaar Unnaar Uyirin Thalaippirindha Oon

“Whose mind from illusion is freed Refuse on lifeless flesh to feed”

Whose souls the vision pure and passionless perceive,Eat not the bodies men of life bereave

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Kural #258

The Seed of Compassion

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that wise people refrain from eating flesh because they recognize it as something once inseparable from a living soul. The wise, who have freed themselves from mental delusion, will not eat the flesh which has been severed from an animal

8–14 yr 2 min