Desires

"Desire to possess" when directed towards Narayana becomes the "burning spiritual anxiety of devotion for the Lord" -Swami ChinmayanandaAll our desires, be it the desires for possession or progeny, wine or wealth, name or fame, spring forth from one common desire ...

Avaa illaark killaakundh thunbamak thundaelThavaa adhu maenmael varum No grief will come to those who have eliminated all desire;Where there is desire, endless sorrows will co-exist.This again is a reiteration of the idea of the previous Kural, the desirelessness is the ...

Avaavinai atra arupin thavavinaiThaanvaendu maatraan varumIf one roots out all desire fully, the soul’s ultimate yearningFor a good and spotless life, will be realized easilyFull elimination of desire will surely lead to the soul’s deep and persistent yearning for a virtuous ...

Anjuva thoarum arane oruvanaiVanjippa thoarum avaDesire is what cheats a man out of his birthright;Only conquest of desire is, therefore, true virtueEvery man’s birthright is the pursuit of truth and the attainment of final release, or heaven. It is desire ...

Atravar enpaar avaa atraar matraiyarAtraaha atradhu ilar.Only those, who have given up all desire, have truly renounced;The rest surely have not renounced adequatelyThe idea is that renunciation is a purposeless exercise unless it is absolute.The ceremonial giving up of external attachment ...

Thuuymai enpadhu avaavinmai matradhuVaaymai vaenda varum.Purity consists in the freedom from all desire,Which comes from the relentless pursuit of Truth.With the pursuit of Truth comes absence of desire, which leads to purity and also ultimate release. This translation is based ...

Vaendaamai anna viluchchselvam eendillaiYaandum akthopadhu il.There is no wealth better than desirelessness in this world;Nor is there anything like it beyond too.Absence of desire is the best wealth in this world as well as the next.This is probably what Plutarch meant, ...

Vaendunkaal vaendum piravaamai matradhuVaendaamai vaenda varumThere is nothing worthier to be desired than release from births,And this comes only out of the absence of all desire.The deliverance from the cycle of births and deaths is the summit of all human achievement, ...

Osho says that discontentment drowns one in the whirlpool of desires. A short story reveals the fruitlessness of a mad race.God once appeared before a man who had worshipped him for a long time to grant him a boon.He asked God ...

Avaaenpa ellaa uyirkkumen nyaanrumThavaa ap pirappeenum vithuDesire is for all beings, the seed out of which,Is born the endless cycle of birth and death.Desire is something which is innate in all beings and it is out of this desire that the ...

Fulfillment of desires only leads to an endless chain of desires .An ancient story reveals the futility of long life for the fulfillment of desires.Death knocked the door of king Yayati who was a hundred years old, much to his shock. ...

Is not the master the one who pulls out the seeming weeds of desires on the vast expanse?Annamalai Swami, a disciple of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi was tormented with sexual desires that he wanted to do away with. He ...