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Chapter 35: துறவு

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 35

Kural 349

துறவு

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திருக்குறள்

பற்றற்ற கண்ணே பிறப்பறுக்கும் மற்று நிலையாமை காணப் படும்.

Patratra Kanne Pirapparukkum Matru Nilaiyaamai Kaanap Patum

“Bondage cut off, rebirth is off The world then seems instable stuff”

When that which clings falls off, severed is being's tie;All else will then be seen as instability

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Kural #349

The Little Wooden Toy

The story illustrates that letting go of desire prevents the suffering caused by the instability of worldly things. At the moment in which desire has been abandoned, (other) births will be cut off; when that has not been done, instability will be seen

8–14 yr 1 min