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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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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

Kural 571: The Kural on Compassion

September 13, 2022

The astonishing beauty of eyes that are moved—because / It exists this world exists

A verse on how Tiruvalluvar speaks of compassion and leadership. From chapter 58, “Eyes that are Moved.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 158: The Kural on the Art of Forbearance

September 6, 2022

To overpower arrogant insolence practice / Inborn patience

A verse on overcoming arrogance with one’s own innate goodness. From chapter 16, “Forbearance.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 786: The Kural on Friendship

August 30, 2022

Friendship is not a face smiling—friendship / Is a heart that smiles

A verse on the heart of true friends and friendship. From chapter 79, “Friendship.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 108: The Kural on Gratitude

August 23, 2022

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

A verse on gratitude, memory, and the art of forgetting. From chapter 11, “Gratitude.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon Press, Boston

Kural 1094: The Kural on Young Love

August 16, 2022

When I look she looks at the ground—when I don’t / She looks smiling softly

What a poem and poetry can show us. A verse on looking and longing. From chapter 110, “Knowing Signs.” Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s TirukkuralBeacon […]

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