AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part-4
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In the introductory chapters of Tirukkural, human society is viewed both materially and morally. In the first chapter, Thiruvalluvar explains the importance of prayer to God as the only solution for the cares and anxieties, pangs of birth and deaths, the ambitious longing for wealth and pleasure and the last, if not the least, the innate ignorance which is responsible for all the deeds, good or bad.
The drama of human life is to be enacted on the face of the earth. The material aspect of life rests upon the food-stuff, which is the immediate product of the rain; but just like the grace of God, rain is also beyond the control of man.
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