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Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 36

Kural 354

மெய்யுணர்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஐயுணர்வு எய்தியக் கண்ணும் பயமின்றே மெய்யுணர்வு இல்லா தவர்க்கு.

Aiyunarvu Eydhiyak Kannum Payamindre Meyyunarvu Illaa Thavarkku

“Knowledge of five senses is vain Without knowing the Truth within”

Five-fold perception gained, what benefits accrueTo them whose spirits lack perception of the true

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Kural #354

Seeing vs. Knowing

The story illustrates that sensory knowledge and facts are hollow without the deeper realization of the true nature of reality. Even those who have all the knowledge which can be attained by the five senses, will derive no benefit from it, if they are without a knowledge of the true nature of things

8–14 yr 2 min