Tirumantiram: 6 key ideas
The core ideas of Tirumantiram, each in under a minute, written in our own words. Want the full depth? Get the book.
- IDEA 1 OF 6
Love itself is the divine
Tirumular says the ignorant think love and God are two, but the wise know they are one.
Anbe Sivam: love is Shiva.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
One family, one God
He teaches that humanity is one family under one God.
Divisions between people are of our own making.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
The body as a temple
He first saw the body as an obstacle, then as a temple to care for.
Looking after the body supports the inner life.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Small daily kindness
He suggests simple daily acts: a handful of grass for a cow, a mouthful of food for the hungry, a kind word for others.
Goodness lives in small habits.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Breath and stillness
Tirumular describes yoga of the breath to quiet the mind and turn attention inward.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Kindness to all creatures
Compassion is extended to every living being, not only to people.
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