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Chapter 37: அவாவறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 37

Kural 362

அவாவறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

வேண்டுங்கால் வேண்டும் பிறவாமை மற்றது வேண்டாமை வேண்ட வரும்.

Ventungaal Ventum Piravaamai Matradhu Ventaamai Venta Varum

“If long thou must, long for non-birth It comes by longing no more for earth”

If desire you feel, freedom from changing birth require!'I' will come, if you desire to 'scape, set free from all desire

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Kural #362

The Secret to True Peace

The story illustrates that by desiring the state of being desireless, one attains true peace and freedom from the cycle of cravings. If anything be desired, freedom from births should be desired; that (freedom from births) will be attained by desiring to be without desire

8–14 yr 2 min