Tiruvasagam: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
Hymns that melt the heart
Tamil tradition says a heart that does not melt at Tiruvasagam will melt at nothing.
Manikkavasagar's hymns are known for their tenderness.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
From minister to devotee
Manikkavasagar was a royal minister who, the story goes, spent the king's funds on a temple and gave up his position for devotion.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Grace for the unworthy
He calls himself unworthy, yet describes being embraced by grace anyway.
Love reaches us before we have earned it.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Longing as prayer
The ache of feeling far from the divine is itself a form of devotion.
Longing is already a kind of closeness.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Closer than breath
He sings of a divine presence nearer than our own breath.
The sacred is not far away.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Singing as a path
His verses were meant to be sung.
Music and praise can quiet the mind and open the heart.
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