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Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 38. The Blissful Cosmic Dance   Our Saint Thirumoolar sings in these poems how the universe functions. Our wise elders identified that all three tasks, namely creation, sustenance, and destruction take place due to the cosmic dance of Siva (Nataraja). They also explained that understanding that cosmic dance is the true wisdom. Further, they illustrated that only with God’s blessings once can receive that wisdom.   Our scriptures have exemplified that “all that happens in this universe is God’s will, and it is full of bliss”. Our Saint Thirumoolar sings nicely in this poem on this. ஆனந்தம் ஆடரங்கம் ஆனந்தம் பாடல்கள்   ஆடரங்கம் – the cosmic stage; பாடல்கள் – the songs suitable for the cosmic dance. He says, God’s cosmic dance is filled with bliss. His stage is filled with bliss. The songs are all full of bliss. ஆனந்தம் பல்லியம் ஆனந்தம் வாச்சியம் பல்லியம் – grou...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform. Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 26. The Omnipresent Divine Our Saint Thirumoolar sings about the glory of the Divine who is Omnipresent, and how the Divine creates the Universe. He says that the Eternal Divine principle that is present everywhere, creates the human body and permeates inside the body as the soul, protects the life of the body. He explains that the Divine performs this cosmic task of creating life in the human body, protecting it and eventually destroying it, as one would fill air in a skinny bag and later release it. எட்டுத் திசையும் அடிக்கின்ற காற்றவன்   The Wind that blows in the eight directions and all destinations is verily the Divine, says our Saint Thirumoolar.The air is one of His form! வட்டத் திரையனல் மாநிலம் ஆகாயம் The Divine is the ocean that covering the earth in all directions. He calls ocean as   திரை , the fire as அனல் , and earth as மாநிலம் . All these and ...