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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 ...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 15. That Illusory Youthfulness   The human body is impermanent. Once the body perishes, all the life principles within also decay immediately. Therefore, our Saint Thirumoolar reminds us that while the body is alive, we should make every effort to use the life principles within us to realise our true nature, the indwelling divinity. Now, he moves on to explain the illusory nature of youthfulness. During this phase of life, forces of desire are bustling in a person. What we fail to acknowledge is that this youthful phase in one’s life is but a short period that will soon go away very quickly! Using the body’s strength and attractive features, human beings are tempted to dwell deeply in worldly desires,  spoil their body and regret later!  Our Saint Thirumoolar laments at this sad situation! He strongly recommends that when a person has a strong body, t...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 11. Lord's Grace is like the Sun's rays   Our Saint Thirumoolar has learned and mastered many forms of science and arts. He is proficient in medicine, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and others. His poems comprise words that   are within the reach of common people. But the wisdom that he shares based on his personal experience are often beyond common man’s knowledge. We can see the astonishing flavor these in several places in our Saint’s works. To share principles that are beyond common person’s knowledge or intellect, our Saint will point as examples facts that are detectable with common person’s knowledge. The sun stone is like a magnifying glass. When we keep this stone above a piece of cotton and pass sun light through the stone, the cotton will catch fire.   The sun stone has the capability to gather sun’s rays. Cotton has the ability to catch fire. Ho...