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Thirukkural- On Virtue- Compassion-Kural-242
The search for virtue's path, cutting across all religious and moral teachings,Will lead invariably to spiritual deliverance, through compassion.
The search for virtue and moral fulfillment, whatever be the channel along which it is directed, culminates in the ultimate finding of God through human compassion. That is why an English poet recorded the following:
'I
searched
for
my
God,
my
God
I
could
not
see;
I
looked
for
my
soul,
my
soul
eluded
me;
I
sought
out
my
neighbour
and
in
him
found
all
three.
Parimelalagar refers to two means of such rational search and scrutiny – 'Alavai' (measure of assessment) and 'Porundhu Maatru' (Code of appropriateness). The net result of the search and scrutiny, through whatever religious faith, has always been the realization that God is to be reached through the compassion extended to one's fellowmen.
Christ too summarized all his teachings and the ten commandments into two – love of God and love of one's fellowmen. (Matt. 22:37-40). In the Sermon on the Mount, mercy or compassion was stressed by Christ as a cardinal virtue. The parable of the Good Samarian drives home the same point in no uncertain terms.
Shakespeare's famous passage in the Merchant of Venice is well-known and extols in poetically expressive words the quality of mercy:
'The
quality
of
mercy
is
not
strained;
it
droppeth
as
the
gentle
rain
from
heaven
Upon
the
place
beneath
It
is
twice
blest:
It
blesses
him
that
gives
and
him
that
takes'
(Shakeshpeare Act IV Sc.1)
Perhaps
Valluvar
may
not
agree
that
it
blesses
him
that
takes,
though
he
does
not
rule
out
certain
circumstances
under
which
one
is
forced
to
take.
Obviously
there
is
a
difference
in
the
nature
of
the
two
types
of
blessings
referred
to
by
Shakespeare.
In
the
case
of
the
giver
it
is
a
subjective
satisfaction
while
in
the
case
of
the
taker
it
is
the
factual
blessing
of
rescue
from
certain
miserable
circumstances.
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