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Chapter 37: அவாவறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 37

Kural 365

அவாவறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

அற்றவர் என்பார் அவாஅற்றார் மற்றையார் அற்றாக அற்றது இலர்.

Atravar Enpaar Avaaatraar Matraiyaar Atraaka Atradhu Ilar

“The free are those who desire not The rest not free in bonds are caught”

Men freed from bonds of strong desire are free;None other share such perfect liberty

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Kural #365

The Secret of True Peace

The story illustrates that being free from the cycle of craving is the only way to achieve true liberation, as per the Kural. They are said to be free (from future birth) who are freed from desire; all others (who, whatever else they may be free from, are not freed from desire) are not thus free

8–14 yr 1 min