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Chapter 27: தவம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 27

Kural 261

தவம்

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திருக்குறள்

உற்றநோய் நோன்றல் உயிர்க்குறுகண் செய்யாமை அற்றே தவத்திற் குரு.

Utranoi Nondral Uyirkkurukan Seyyaamai Atre Thavaththir Kuru

“Pains endure; pain not beings This is the type of true penance”

To bear due penitential pains, while no offenceHe causes others, is the type of 'penitence'

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Kural #261

The Strength of Kindness

The story illustrates Kural 261 by showing how Kavi bears his own physical pain without letting it manifest as anger or causing distress to his friend. The nature of religious discipline consists, in the endurance (by the ascetic) of the sufferings which it brings on himself, and in abstaining from giving pain to others

8–14 yr 2 min