He had a dream and in his dream he was having a question and answer session with Valluvar. It was interesting to note that his question was regarding Aram, a topic on his ongoing series on Valluvar's Kural. Rakesh of Chennai was uploading daily quotes and sayings from Valluvar's Kural on fb and Whatsapp. Valluvar patiently explained the meaning of the word and spoke further on it. Rakesh walks the walk and talks the talk. He brings together his teammates to carry out many programs to help the less fortunate. With his brother Mano.R's artistic and graphic talent and Rakesh's poetic talent, this siblings have put together a fantastic blog at http://tut-temple.blogspot.my/.
SH borrows some of his posts on Valluvar's Kural.
There is joy in giving.
Aasan TR brings to light the necessity to perform acts of aram or dharma as spoken by Valluvar. With his extensive knowledge on the Tamil literature and his vast experience in reading the Nadi, comprehending and understanding the principles upheld by the Siddhas, Aasan puts it all in plain language for our understanding and comprehension, citing the need to give back to society. There is joy in giving.
My learning from various discourses, readings and experience points to only one way out and that is service and charity.
It is important to give back to creation.
Feeding the not so privileged has been an inherent part of all religions.
Another saying is that do your part and move on. Do not get attached to the act of giving... Give to anyone but give without judging.
Service is another way we can give back to creation. Hungry stray dogs, cows feeding on garbage are a common sight in our country. People most often object to feeding of strays; dogs and pups are poisoned and incidences of them being burnt alive have come to my notice. We turn a blind eye to such incidences and remain silent. We at times do not speak for them. But somebody watches us. Letting an act of adharma happen in front of you and not reacting to it makes us an equal partner in the crime if not more.
Today a whole market was protesting against a man who feeds pups and a couple of strays. Instead of helping out they were keen to get rid of the pups. We empathise with those who do not have a voice and stand with them.
We are privileged since our karmas allow us to do charity. There is no second thought to the fact that one cannot do service and charity without the requisite karmas.
This is the key to all locks including the one that we all took birth for... Self realization.