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அழித்துப் பிறக்கவொட் டாஅயில் வேலன் கவியையன்பால்
எழுத்துப் பிழையறக் கற்கின்றி லீரெரி மூண்டதென்ன
விழித்துப் புகையெழப் பொங்கு வெங் கூற்றன் விடுங் கயிற்றாற்
கழுத்திற் சுருக்கிட் டிழுக்குமன் றோகவி கற்கின்றதே.
அழித்துப் பிறக்கவொட் டாஅயில் வேலன் கவியையன்பால்
எழுத்துப் பிழையறக் கற்கின்றி லீரெரி மூண்டதென்ன
விழித்துப் புகையெழப் பொங்கு வெங் கூற்றன் விடுங் கயிற்றாற்
கழுத்திற் சுருக்கிட் டிழுக்குமன் றோகவி கற்கின்றதே.
This is rather a simple and uncomplicated verse. It underlines the necessity of devotion, citing the reality of death.
Ayil velan kaviyai anbal ezhuthu pizhai ara karkindrileer: You do not learn with love to praise the one with sharp spear, meaning Lord Muruga.
As long as we have a sense of identity with the body, we cannot but fear our vulnerability, and out of that fear we feel compelled to worship a higher power. Whether that power is a person like us, what kind of personality it has are questions that are not really relevant to our needs. We project whatever we feel impelled to, and whether God is really 'real' is only a theoretical question. Some of us will worship, no matter what our intellect tells us to do.
What matters is that the devotion is not mercenary, but that there is an element of love and sincerity in it. Our devotion should not be for more and more of me and mine, but for less me and for less mine.
All this sounds idealistic, but if our devotion is to help us in the moment of crisis when our psychological investments are threatened, it should be grounded in selflessness and love. In that sense, devotion with an attitude of surrender is a preparation for death, and an acceptance of life as it is- uncertain, verging on destruction.
So the body and soul, or whatever is considered spiritual, are not alike.
ReplyDeleteAnd intellect is inferior to fear.
The worship of the higher power (man, god) is for survival. Through prayers, we share responsibility of our self.
The prayer should be for less and less of mine because 'more' brings pain, greed, evil.
That we have to pray to be selfless is interesting. Should religion be a man made festival, then it can be assumed that some humans saw much harm in not being selfless. The non-selfless ones, for instance, may have opposed the formation of religion, if religion is a man made festival.
"The non-selfless ones, for instance, may have opposed the formation of religion, if religion is a man made festival."
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. I am not any authority on this, but am just posting whatever I think, they may be right and they may be wrong.
Religion is definitely a man-made festival, much as everything else that is handed down as culture. Education, Science, Technology, Ethics and Morals are all grounded in human history.
Did God come from somewhere out of time and thought? The answer has to be yes, but I feel that the kind of religion that we ordinary people practice is totally man-made.
It might be different for Saints and Rishis, of course. But we don't have any way of knowing that.