As I was reading today's `Master Course Daily Lesson'' via email, ``Tirukural'', it grabbed my attention span & compelled me to post it in today's blog spot. Click Minimela to enjoy further reading on these couplets by Saint Tiruvalluvar written over 2,2000 years ago.
These daily couplets are drawn from Saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, an ethical masterpiece written over 2,200 years ago in South India. This American English translation, known as Weaver's Wisdom, is available at our Minimela online store.
Tirukural.
A daily chapter from South Indian saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, "Holy Couplets."
Kural 91
Pleasant words, full of tenderness and devoid of deceit, fall from the lips of virtuous men.
Kural 92
Better than a gift given with a joyous heart are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.
Kural 93
A kindly countenance and sweet words spoken from the heart are virtue's way.
Kural 94
Poverty-provoking sorrow will not pursue those who speak joy-producing words to all they meet.
Kural 95
Humility and pleasant words are the jewels that adorn a man; there are none other.
Kural 96
If a man seeks to do good while speaking sweet words, his virtues will wax and his vices will wane.
Kural 97
Words yield spiritual rewards and moral excellence when they do not wander far from usefulness and agreeableness.
Kural 98
Sweet speech that is a stranger to pettiness imparts pleasure not only in this life, but in the next.
Kural 99
Why would anyone speak cruel words, having observed the happiness that kind words confer?
Kural 100
To utter harsh words when sweet ones would serve is like eating unripe fruits when ripe ones are at hand.
Pleasant words, full of tenderness and devoid of deceit, fall from the lips of virtuous men.
Kural 92
Better than a gift given with a joyous heart are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.
Kural 93
A kindly countenance and sweet words spoken from the heart are virtue's way.
Kural 94
Poverty-provoking sorrow will not pursue those who speak joy-producing words to all they meet.
Kural 95
Humility and pleasant words are the jewels that adorn a man; there are none other.
Kural 96
If a man seeks to do good while speaking sweet words, his virtues will wax and his vices will wane.
Kural 97
Words yield spiritual rewards and moral excellence when they do not wander far from usefulness and agreeableness.
Kural 98
Sweet speech that is a stranger to pettiness imparts pleasure not only in this life, but in the next.
Kural 99
Why would anyone speak cruel words, having observed the happiness that kind words confer?
Kural 100
To utter harsh words when sweet ones would serve is like eating unripe fruits when ripe ones are at hand.
