The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar/Chapter 36
CHAPTER 36
REALISATION OF THE TRUTH
351. From the delusion of taking vanities for the Reality a man cometh by a life of sorrow.
352. Behold the man who is freed from delusion and who hath an unclouded vision : darkness ceaseth for him and joy cometh unto him.
353. Behold the man who hath freed himself from uncertainties and who hath realised the Truth : heaven is nearer to him than the earth.
354. Though risen to human birth, nought is gained if the soul realiseth not the Truth.
355. To separate the true from the false in everything, whatever its nature may be, that is the part of a wise understanding.
356. Behold the man who hath studied deeply and hath realised the Truth : he shall enter the path that leadeth not again into this world.
357. Verily those that have meditated upon and attained to the Truth need not think at all of future incarnations.
358. It is the part of Wisdom to desire to escape the folly called birth, and to aim at realising the Supreme and the Good.
359. Behold the man who understandeth the means of his salvation and laboureth to conquer all attachments: the ills that he is yet to suffer depart from him.
360. As desire and anger and delusion leave a man, his ills also follow their pace and slowly melt away.
