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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
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Tirukkural Videos

Poems from The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.

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Kural 1330: The Kural on Love, Sulking, and Joy

December 27, 2022

Sulking in love is joy—and joining / Again—joy of joys

The last kural of the Tirukkural, on turning back to love. From chapter 133, “Sulking and Bliss.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 874: The Kural on Friendship and Enmity

December 20, 2022

Those whose kindness turns enmity to friendship—the world / Lives by their light

A verse on enemies, kindness, and friends. From chapter 88, “Knowing an Enemy.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 1164: The Kural on Love and Longing

December 13, 2022

Right here the sea of love and no vessel / To cross it safely

A verse on the sea of love and the agony of separation. From chapter 117, “Pining Away.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 76: The Kural on Love and Wrongdoing

December 6, 2022

It serves only virtue say those who don’t know—but love / Is friend to wrong too

A verse on having love and what love befriends. From chapter 8, “Having Love.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 452: The Kural on Nature, Company, and Knowledge

November 29, 2022

The nature of earth alters water—the nature / Of company alters what we know

A verse on the interconnections between nature, company, and knowledge. From chapter 46, “Freedom from Smallness.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

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