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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 28. Our body is a temple; keep it healthy and clean   The Thirumandiram is filled with experiential knowledge of our Saint Thirumoolar. Our Saint has lovingly composed and sung poems to share with joy his experiences from his personal spiritual practices, in simple Tamil. Though we know that our body will perish one day, there is an important exercise, called “Kaya siddhi”, that helps to keep the body healthy and fit while the body is alive. Our saint Thirumoolar sings nicely explaining the importance of taking care of the body and keeping it healthy. Using our own body, we need to perform the tasks that benefit our soul to achieve the purpose of this life. If our body perishes, before we achieve the purpose of life, it will be a huge waste of life or being born with a human body! உடம்பார் அழியில் உயிரார் அழிவர் உடம்பார் அழியில் – if the body perishes; உயிரார் அழி...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation   25. Experiencing the Divine within God is residing in our body together with our soul (life force within).   However, the our soul does not know that form of God that is within the body! Our Saint Thirumoolar sings about this nicely. உள்ளத் தொருவனை உள்ளுறு சோதியை உள்ளம் – soul (Life force); ஒருவனை – the God who is incomparable; உள்ளத் தொருவனை – the incomparable God who is within the soul; உள்ளுறு சோதியை – that effulgent God who is in the form of light. உள்ளம்விட் டோ ரடி நீங்கா ஒருவனை 1 ஓரடிநீங்கா – God who is not even away by a step from the soul உள்ளமுந் தானும் உடனே இருக்கினும் 2 Though God and the soul are residing together உள்ளம் அவனை உருவறி யாதே The Soul does not have the vision of the form of the God! The soul is residing in the body without knowing the God who is also within.   உள்ளத் தொருவனை உள்ளுறு சோதியை உள்ள...