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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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    • THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
    • The Safety of Edges
    • Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar
    • Body and Earth
    • A Feast for the Tongue
    • Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo
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Gratitude and Playfulness

December 5, 2025

Forgetting good done is not good—forgetting at once / What is not good—good

With the end of the year approaching, with its holidays of all kinds, I find myself reflecting on gratitude. I know from my own experience and from the work of […]

Learning That Starts From Within

November 13, 2025

A sunlight Cascadia forest

A quick reminder that I’m offering a free webinar. Scroll down for details! A Paradox Anyone who teaches or studies anything formally has to confront a paradox: If you’re a […]

How do we mean what we say?

November 5, 2025

A quick reminder that I’m offering a free webinar. Scroll down for details! What Engages Our Ears I recently found myself listening to an afternoon’s program of speakers. Each one […]

How does wisdom pass from one generation to another?

October 26, 2025

Over the past three years, speaking at various Tamil community events around the world, I’ve heard person after person voice a deep fear: What will happen to my children’s connection […]

Openness to All People and Amma’s Pride

October 9, 2025

Amidst the ongoing political and cultural turmoil we see in the United States and around the world, I often return to the opening verse of the Kural’s chapter on kindness. […]

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