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Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 18. Three golden instructions   Our Saint Thirumoolar instructs us lovingly through nectarine poems in Tamil language   to live a righteous life. His instructions can be grouped into three categories.   First, “do not commit any sin”, which is the primary responsibility of human beings. Second, in addition to not committing any sin, “do good deeds”!   A life that comprises these two is the basic code of conduct for a righteous living. After these two, the third instruction is to “experience the divine bliss while having a life with this human body”, that only human beings can experience !   We can find Saint’s Thirumoolar’s teachings in these three categories abundantly all over his sacred book, Thirumoolar thirumandiram.   Our Saint reminds first the sinful acts that people should avoid in the life, then he recommends a list of good deeds that people shou...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 17. Always live in a righteous way   Our ancestors have pointed that among the various bad acts, five stand out as the most dangerous. The five very bad acts namely, murder, stealing, drinking alcohol, lust, and telling lies are categorized as   “five grave sins”! கொலையே களவுகள் காமம் பொய்கூறல் மலைவான பாதகமாம்  sings our Saint Thirumoolar. Our sacred texts repeatedly exhort us to avoid doing any of these five acts as they will send one to hell! Nonetheless, unfortunately people still continue to these acts and spoil their precious life, laments our saint. Losing one’s mind to lust, how a person is attracted to another person’s wife that destroys both his and her life, sings our saint. ஆத்த மனையாள் அகத்தில் இருக்கவே ஆத்த மனையாள் – a wife who comforts him; who he has married lawfully; அகத்தில் இருக்கவே = who is at home as his sole companion. ...