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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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The Safety of Edges

Kural 659: Tiruvalluvar on Goodness Bearing Fruit

February 8, 2022

What comes by tears goes by tears—even in loss / Goodness yields fruit in time

A verse on right means, loss, and perseverance in goodness. From chapter 66, “Purity of Action” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 333: The Tirukkural on Money and What Lasts

February 1, 2022

Wealth by nature does not endure—when gained / Do what endures

A verse on wealth, impermanence, and what endures. From chapter 34, “Impermanence.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 667: The Tirukkural on Size and True Importance

January 25, 2022

Scorn none by size—there are some like the pin / In a great cart’s wheel

A verse on never scorning anyone’s size and what it means to be truly essential. From chapter 67, “Firmness of Action.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: […]

Kural 978: The Tirukkural on Humility and Greatness

January 18, 2022

Smallness adores and adorns itself—greatness / Is always humble

A verse on how humbleness leads to greatness and how largeness of heart grows from humility. From chapter 98, “Greatness.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s […]

THE KURAL Book Release: A Publication-Day Conversation with Archana Venkatesan

January 17, 2022

For the book launch of the Kural on January 11, 2022, the Elliott Bay Book Company and Tasveer hosted an online conversation between Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma and Archana Venkatesan, who wrote the marvelous introduction […]

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