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Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 33

Kural 322

கொல்லாமை

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பகுத்துண்டு பல்லுயிர் ஓம்புதல் நூலோர் தொகுத்தவற்றுள் எல்லாந் தலை.

Pakuththuntu Palluyir Ompudhal Noolor Thokuththavatrul Ellaan Thalai

“Share the food and serve all lives This is the law of all the laws”

Let those that need partake your meal; guard every-thing that lives;This the chief and sum of lore that hoarded wisdom gives

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Kural #322

The Joy of Sharing

The story illustrates that the essence of virtue lies in sharing what we have and showing compassion to all creatures. The chief of all (the virtues) which authors have summed up, is the partaking of food that has been shared with others, and the preservation of the mainfold life of other creatures

8–14 yr 1 min