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Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: Kauai's Hindu Monastery <[email protected]> Date: 12/06/2016 5:01 pm (GMT+05:30) To: srika4451 <[email protected]> Subject: Tirukural - Chapter 19: Avoidance of Backbiting img { max-width:100% !important;height:auto !important;} Tirukural A daily chapter from South Indian saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, 'Holy Couplets.' Chapter 19: Avoidance of Backbiting Kural 181 Silent about virtue and swift to act wrongly, one who does not slander others may still be called good. Kural 182 More vile than violating virtue and committing crime is slandering a man, then smiling to his face. Kural 183 Virtue declares that dying, not living, will bring better rewards to deceiving backbiters. Kural 184 Though you speak unkind words to a man's face, do not talk behind his back heedless of consequent harm. Kural 185 Though his every word is full of kindly virtue, a man's mean backbiting will betray an empty heart. Kural 186 If a man spreads tales of others' faults, his own worst faults will be exposed and spread. Kural 187 Not knowing the companionable art of cheerful conversation, men estrange even friends by divisive discourse. Kural 188 If men are disposed to spread the faults of friends, what deadly harm might they do to strangers? Kural 189 Only because she weighs duty well does Earth bear the weight of those who wait for a man's departure to defame him. Kural 190 If men perceived their own faults as they do the faults of others, could misfortune ever come to them? • Email to a friend • Click for details on Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's next mission. These daily couplets are drawn from Saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, an ethical masterpiece written over 2,200 years ago in South India. This American English translation, known as Weaver's Wisdom, is available at our Minimela online store. Learn about Himalayan Academy study programs Connect with us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Donate to support our online publications Reuse and Copyright Information More information on Kauai's Hindu Monastery, the source of this e-mail Today at Kauai Aadheenam, the monastery's daily blog Click here to safely unsubscribe from "Tirukural RSS Feed." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
