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Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 36. How to win Divine Grace?   Our Saint Thirumoolar sings lovingly in this poem that we are able to think of God and cultivate devotion to God, due to the grace of God. Our scriptures proclaim, “God’s blessings bestows one the privilege to pray to Him.” We may think that we have made a decision to pray to God, and think that we are making our individual effort to seek His grace. Our Saint Thirumoolar says, that it is with the blessings of God can one think of praying to Him. To seek God’s grace, we need His blessings. We should pray that we are blessed by God to keep our mind away from swaying in other directions, and remain focused on God. Our Saint Thirumoolar sings about this joy, in this nectarine poem. சிந்தையின் உள்ளே எந்தை திருவடி சிந்தை – mind or heart. எந்தை திருவடி – God’s lotus feet. The lotus feet of God is the boon that a devotee of God earns with...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 32. Human Body is a temple   Our Saint Thirumoolar lovingly shares his personal experience of divine bliss to all people.   He sings in this poem, how God (Siva) showered His grace by coming in the form of a guru (teacher) and guided our Saint to experience divine bliss.   அருளால் அமுதப் பெருங்கடல் ஆட்டி Coming in the form a   guru   (teacher) God (Siva) immersed me in his ocean of divine bliss. அருளால் அடிபுனைந்து அடிபுனைந்து – with his divine lotus feet   With his blessings, God put His feet on his head, says our Saint Thirumoolar. அருளால் அடிபுனைந்து ஆர்வமும் தந்திட்டு   ஆர்வம் – devotion. God blessed our Saint Thirumoolar to cultivate devotion at His lotus feet. அருளானஆனந்தந்து ஆரமுது ஊட்டி God showered His blessings and fed our Saint Thirumoolar the nectar of divine bliss. அருளால் என்நந்தி ...