முதியவரின் அருள்மொழிகள்

1) அன்பாயிரு ஆனால் அடிமையாயிராதே

2) இரக்கங்காட்டு ஆனால் ஏமாந்து போகாதே

3) கொடையாளியாயிறு ஆனால் ஓட்டண்டியாகாதே

4) சிக்கனமாயிரு ஆனால் கருமியாயிராதே

5) சுருசுருப்பாயிறு ஆனால் படபடப்பாயிராதே

6) பொறுமையாயிரு ஆனால் சோம்பலாயிராதே

7) வீரனாயிரு ஆனால் போக்கிரியாயிராதே

8) இல்லறத்தை நடத்து ஆனால் காமுகனாயிராதே

9) பற்றற்றிரு ஆனால் காட்டுக்குப் போகாதே

10) நல்லோரை நாடு ஆனால் அல்லோரை வெறுக்காதே

Qualities of a Ruler as told by Thiruvalluvar

1)மணிநீரும் மண்ணும் மலையும் அணிிழற்
   காடும் உடைய தரண். - 742

Meaning in Tamil : ம‌ணி போன்ற‌ தெளிந்த‌ நீரும், நில‌மும், ம‌லையும், அழ‌கிய‌ நிழ‌‌லுட‌ன் கூடிய‌ காடும், ஆகிய‌ இந்த‌‌ நான்கையும் உடைய‌தே அர‌ணா‌கும்.

Meaning in English: A fort is that which owns fount of waters crystal clear,
An open space, a hill, and shade of beauteous forest near.

A fort is that which has everlasting water, plains, mountains and cool shady forests.

Ps.: A Fort with thick forest is required for Good rain
2) முறைகோடி மன்னவன் செய்யின் உறைகோடி

    ஒல்லாது வானம் பெயல். -559

Meaning in Tamil : அர‌ச‌ன் நீதிநெறி த‌வ‌றி ஆட்சி புரிவானானால், அந்த‌ நாட்டில் ப‌ருவ‌ம‌ழை பெய்ய‌த் த‌வ‌றி, மேக‌ம் பெய்யாம‌ல் போகும்.

Meaning in English: Where king from right deflecting, makes unrighteous gain,
The seasons change, the clouds pour down no rain.
If the king acts contrary to justice, rain will become unseasonable, and the heavens will withhold their showers.

Ps.: Do we have such a good king (state, nation, world level) ?

3) இயல்புளிக் கோலோச்சும் மன்னவன் நாட்ட

பெயலும் விளையுளும் தொக்கு. -545

Meaning in Tamil : நீதி வ‌ழுவாம‌ல் செங்கோல் ஆட்சி ந‌ட‌த்தும் அர‌ச‌னுடைய‌ நாட்டில் ப‌ருவ‌ ம‌ழையும் நிறைந்த‌ விளைவும் சேர்ந்து ஏற்ப‌‌டும்

Meaning in English: Where king, who righteous laws regards, the sceptre wields,
There fall the showers, there rich abundance crowns the fields.
Rain and plentiful crops will ever dwell together in the country of the king who sways his sceptre with justice.

4)படைகுடி கூழ்அமைச்சு நட்பரண் ஆறும்

உடையான் அரசருள் ஏறு. -381

Meaning in Tamil : ப‌டை, குடி, கூல், அமைச்சு, ந‌ட்பு, அர‌ண் என்று கூற‌‌ப‌டும் ஆறு அங்க‌ங்க‌ளையும் உடைய‌வ‌னே அர‌ச‌ருள் ஆண்சிங்க‌ம் போன்ற‌வ‌ன்.

Meaning in English: An army, people, wealth, a minister, friends, fort: six things‑
Who owns them all, a lion lives amid the kings.
He who possesses these six things, an army, a people, wealth, ministers, friends and a fortress, is a lion among kings.

Ps.: Fort means the type of Fort Thiruvalluvar has told.
Go thru all the sub topics padaicheruku, padaimatchi, natpu, natparaidal, amaichu, kudimai, aran. where all the qualities of king and country are defined.
Also read more 381-390 to know about what kind of king is required to rule a country.

Food for thought: Is there any person having all qualities which Valluvar has told? NO!!!

Are we training/trained for that?

Who's duty it is to train these qualities?

Which is the root cause of the worldy problems, whether it is rain or war?

Responsibilities of individuals as told by Puranaanooru

ஈன்று புறந்தருதல் என்தலைக் கடனே:
சான்றோன் ஆக்குதல் தந்தைக்குக் கடனே:
வேல் வடித்துக் கொடுத்தல் கொல்லற்குக் கடனே:
நன்னடை நல்கல் வேந்தற்குக் கடனே
ஒளிறுவாள் அருஞ்சமம் முருக்கிக்
களிறு எறிந்து பெயர்தல் - காளைக்குக் கடனே

'என்னுடைய முதன்மையான கடமை பெற்று வளர்த்து வெளியே அனுப்புதல். தந்தையின் கடமையோ அவனை சான்றோனாக ஆக்குதல். வேல் வடித்துத் தருதல் கொல்லனின் கடமை. நல்ல முறையிலே அவனுக்குப் போர்ப்பயிற்சி முதலியன அளித்தல் வேந்தனுடைய கடமை. இவ்வளவு கடமைகளையும் பிறர் செய்ய, ஒளிர்கின்ற வாளைப் போர்க்களத்திலே சுற்றிக் கொண்டு அஞ்சாது நின்று, வென்று, பகை மன்னர் களிற்றையும் கொன்று மீண்டு வருதல், வளர்ந்து காளையான அவனது கடமையாகும். '

Please note it says the duty of father/men to make him noble.

Will it not be too harsh to say 'Men are failing in their duties to make their children noble'. So let us take it as common responsibility of both, men and women.

Cause of Animal like behaviour in Human beings

The cause of animal like behaviour is also in the system of education.

Lucky are we, who had been taught the best way of living by good south Indian literatures.
The moral we learnt from 'Aram Seyya Virumbu', 'Aaruvadu Sinam',etc, from Avvaiyar's Aathichudi and more from Thirukkural, etc... had made us Good human beings than any other religious preachings. These morals are more valuable than what our children are getting from 'Ring-a-Ring- a-Roses', 'Johny-Johny- Yes-Papa' , etc....
The subject of Social studies in schools of neighbouring countries contain lot of false projections on India and other religions. Their people are never made aware of the truth. This kind of poisoning is done right from the childhood...

Entire world is yet to find a solution to this problem, causing more worries to the Globans..
The cause of global worries is 'Manidha Abhimaanam Seththukittu irukku or even say Seththu vittadhu (the quality of being human is dead. If not, some humans will not behave like animals.

'Aaruvadhu Sinam'...means 'One should try to control his/her anger'...This will help you not to behave like an animal.. There is a difference between animal behaviour and lack of agressiveness in professional way.

If you get a chance read the adhigaaram 'Veghulaamai' on not getting anger. How much disaster will be caused by not controlling one's anger. Crossing the limit in not controlling one's anger is equalent to one person being dead and Crossing the limit in controlling anger is equivalent to becoming Gnani. So we should decide where we want to be.

I agree that we are not taught enough on how to dominate others. I hope you saw the recent Vijay TV Talk show 'Neeya Naana' which discussed about Madhiya Manasa (Brain or Heart, which one should rule what)...Finally the judgement was given as one should use both.

If someone suggests to modify those Avai's Aathisudi and Thiruvalluvar's Thirukural according to modern life, I will disagree on that. because, let the base be as it is. They are the only good things we have and we should not loose them. I recommend one can purchase copies of Thirukkural to teach them to their children and gift them to friends. By knowing a part of them, it is early to say that we should change them. Let us try to understand it in full to find solution to the present day problems.

Let us not come to a conclusion that we should modernise these good literatures. In fact we should propogate these characteristics to younger generations, instead of changing them.

Learning to behave in professional way is different from animal like behaviour. Can any one recommend to change the contents of any other books on ways of life in relation to the changing culture?

My interpretation of Kalki Avatar

Hindu Mythology says:

The tenth and the last avatar, or incarnation of Vishnu, Kalki, is yet to appear. Kalki will appear seated on a white horse with a drawn sword. He shall come finally to destroy the wicked, to restart the new creation, and to restore the purity of conduct in people's lives.

I could interpret this Kalki story to reality like this: The white horse is nothing but the clouds(sky) and the drawn sword is the blazing of comet.
So far the Earth is being protected from comets, thanks to the gravitational pulls of Saturn and Jupiter.

Nostradamus predictions says:

Le monde proche du dernier periode,
Saturne encor tard sera de retour;
Translat empier devers nation Brodde,
L’oeil arrache a Narbon par autour.
111.92

The world approaching its final period,
Saturn will again come late to his return;
The empire will be changed over to the dark-skinned nations,
And Narbonne will have her eye picked out by a hawk.

Toward the end of this great round, the black and brown nations will come into their own as centers of world power, and the French and other European nations will lose their supremacy. We are now entering the final phase of the old “world” or age, and the Third World nations are indeed coming into their own. This indicates a coming period of great ascent for brown and black races in the new order

If Nostradamus predictions are to be believed and the Mayan calendar applied then there is a possibilty of an asteroid/comet hitting earth between 2012 till 2020 causing partial extinction during the transition period.

http://cosmiclog. msnbc.msn. com/archive/ 2009/07/30/ 2014376.aspx

We also believe that a collision from an asteroid was responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs from the earth 65 million years ago.

Some of my views on Hindu Mythology

Why was the ocean churned in Hindu mythology?

In Hindu mythology, the churning of ocean was one of the central events in the ever-continuing struggle between the devas, who were gods, and the asuras, who were demons.
Both the gods and the demons wanted Amrit, the nectar of immortality which would give them the power to live forever. Brahma, the Creator, advised the gods to churn the ocean to obtain Amrit. He told them to use the Mount Meru as the churning stick, and the Serpent Vasuki as the rope that turns the churning stick.
The gods and demons wound the serpent around the mountain, and pulling it this way and that way, they splashed and dashed the ocean up and down and to and fro, and the ocean frothed and bubbled as they churned. The gods and demons continued churning for 100 divine years. As the churning proceeded, wine, milk, and butter were produced.. The ocean gave up many of its treasures as well as deadly poison that Lord Siva swallowed to save the universe from being destroyed.

I could relate this story to two real-time incidents:

1) Tsunami, which happens as a result of the earth quakes(on land surface or mountains) in the deep ocean. The rope is nothing but the cracks on the floor under ocean. The splashing and dashing of the ocean causes heavy waves.

2) Solar ecllipse, the appearance of Moon hidding the Sun was assumed as deadly poison, and slowly the Sun reappears after the ecllipse... the slow movement of Moon was assumed as Lord Siva swallowing the Moon. It is also told as deadly poison because if the ecllipse is seen with naked eye, it will burn the cornea of eyes, relating it to save the universe from being destroyed... Even during ecllipse, heavy tidal waves are created at sea shores due to the gravitational attraction of the sun and the moon. Reappearance of Sun is said as saving the universe from being destroyed, because without Sunlight human existence becomes impossible.

Both these incidents happen severely once in every 100 years.

So if were remove Gods and Demons from the story everything else is real time incidents.

If we are preaching these stories to our children, it will be nice if we could relate them to realtime events than just stories.

P.S: There is also a mountain called Meru in Kenya.

God is a myth

According to Carl Jung, the world famous pyscologist, myths are universal, and necessary for the health of human psyche.
I read, "Myths and legends are a universal human invention.. All races, without exception, have possesed their own unique mythology, which has arisen at different times and in different places, as explanations of the critical problems that people always face.These myths are ancient tales of wonder and glory, they are explanations about the mysteries of the universe in the form of stories that ordinary people can easily understand.
Why myths were created? From ancient times, human beings have been puzzled by many things that they saw around them. They wondered why mountains were shaped the way they were and why volcanoes spit fire. They pondered on what caused eclipses, and what made the sun move from East to West. They were amazed by the movement of the tides, the restless seas, the vast skies. They were also bewildered by the many mysteries of life. why do people die? What happens after death? Their questions were endless.

Wise men tried to find an explanation for all this, and they also tried to make ordinary people understand their reasoning through the wonderous stories called myths. Ancient rulers also played an important part in creating myths, and changing them too, when it suited them!

Some myths took the form of sacred religious texts, and were retold faithfully. Others changed with each teller, and people often forgot what the original version was! It is only much later, with the invention of the printing press that myhts were written down in a fixed form, So, a myth doesn't have an 'author' like a story has."

P.S: The authors of Ramayana might have overheard of it and put in print form. When Ram returned to Ayodhya with Sita and narrated the incidents, he might have told that some of the Dravidians were looking like monkeys and the painter literally drew dravidians with monkey-like mouths and tails.

People are spending more time in religious thoughts(listening to mythological stories) in their daily routines than highlighting the mistakes of the rulers and Gundas, ultimately causing the world a more insecure place to stay.

So believe in God only to the extent of gaining power to questioning the ruler and maintaining nature(environment) as it is at the time of creation.
I too believe in God only to the extent of getting additional strength to perform my duties. It can only be a moral support.

Add-ons:
Various mythologys around the world:
Greek mythology inspired the famous epics, the Iliad and Odyssey, Roman mythology, Mesapotamian myths, Egyptian Mythology, Indian Mythology, Chinese Mythology, Japanese mythology, African mythology, 'Celtic, Slavic and Nordic' Mythology, North and South American Mythology