Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

REMEMBERING TO FORGET: The Kural and Living Fully

I was delighted to write about verse 108 from the Kural in the wonderful online magazine The Porch: A Slow Conversation about Beautiful and Difficult Things.

You can read the essay here:

https://www.theporchcommunity.net/essays/2023/5/16/remembering-to-forget-the-kural-and-living-fully-thomas-hitoshi-pruiksma

You can also listen to verse 108 here:

108
Forgetting good done is not good—forgetting at once
What is not good—good

நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று நன்றல்லது
அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று

From chapter 11, “Gratitude.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston