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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Poems from The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.

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Kural 540: The Tirukkural on Mind and Mindfulness

December 7, 2021

One easily enacts one’s thoughts / If one keeps thinking

A verse on mindfulness, intention, and ease. From chapter 54, “Absence of Mind.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 672: Tiruvalluvar on Action, Timing, and Delay

November 30, 2021

Delay what is meant for delay—delay nothing / Not meant for delay

A verse on when—and when not—to take action. From chapter 68, “Ways of Action.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 1005: Tiruvalluvar on Money

November 23, 2021

Those who won’t give and enjoy—even with billions / They have nothing

A verse on the two uses of wealth. From chapter 101, “Fruitless Wealth.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 83: Tiruvalluvar on Hospitality and Safety

November 16, 2021

Kural 83 | The life that cherishes strangers each day / Never falls upon ruin

A verse on strangers and the paradoxical gift of openness. From chapter 9, “Hospitality.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 382 from THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural

November 9, 2021

Generosity fearlessness knowledge energy—the nature of a king / Is these four in fullness

A verse on the four qualities that make a true leader. From chapter 39, “The Splendor of Kings.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, […]

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