Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

No monkeys pray to God; no mammals do.
No animals pray to God; no other lives do.
They live their life and die as we all do.
Must we pray to God and die unlike them?
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Human's psyche is what we call soul.
It is the cause of its motion
And the seat of its sensations.
Nondetachable is its character.
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When you do something good to someone,
You have earned Punya (merit) in your account.
Punya is an act that benefits others.
Actions under virtue (Dharma) qualify for it.
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The Aseevagam or Ajivika
Is the vanished Indian religion,
Founded by Sage Makkali Gosala,
Probably around 500 BCE.
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Everything was composed of minuscule atoms,
Qualities of things are derived from aggregates
Of atoms, but the aggregation and nature
Of these atoms are as per cosmic forces.[17]
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There exist no objective moral laws
Buddhaghosa summarizes this view as,
'There is neither cause nor basis for sins
Of living beings and sins form without cause.
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Ayyanar statues dot the rural landscape
of Tamil Nadu and not a Hindu God.
He is not to be confused with Aiappa.
He is the founder of Aseevagam faith,
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All future occurrences are predetermined.
Coming events are to exist already.
The future exists in the present, and
Both exist in the past. Time analysis
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The Alvars were the Tamil poet-saints
Who espoused bhakti (devotion) to Vishnu, in songs
Of longing, ecstasy, and service to Him.[2]
They are venerated in Vaishnavism.
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Vaishnavism is one of the major Hindu sects
Along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Lord Vishnu is the sole Supreme being.
Its subsects are Krishnaism and Ramaism.
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