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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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    • THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
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Poems from The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural.

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Kural 93: The Kural on Sweet Speech and Good Deeds

October 18, 2022

A verse on the power of speaking kindly and looking gently. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 701: Tiruvalluvar on Body Language

October 11, 2022

A verse on seeing and sensing the unsaid. From chapter 71, “Reading Faces.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 475: The Kural on Humility and Strength

October 4, 2022

Even the axle of a cart of feathers breaks / If heaped with too many

A verse on power and limits and the true weight of a feather. From chapter 48, “Knowing Strength.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, […]

Kural 92: The Kural on Offering Sweet Words with a Smile

September 28, 2022

Speaking sweet words with a smile—better / Than giving with joy

A verse on the importance of sweet and compassionate speech. From chapter 10, “Sweet Speech.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 637: The Kural on Knowledge and Ecology

September 20, 2022

Even one who knows action must act knowing / The nature of the world

A verse on action and the nature of the world. From chapter 64, “Ministers.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

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