அறிவு, நட்பு, நிலையாமை குறித்த அருணகிரிநாதரின் அரிய செய்திகள் (Arunagirinathar's Rare Messages on Wisdom, Friendship, and Impermanence)

Abstract

Social norms are values that distinguish humans from the other living things. Briefly, social norms refer to positive values practiced in a society. Man needs to understand such social norms as man's belief, thoughts and opinions are all based on these norms which determine the positive thoughts and behaviour  of individuals and society itself, and  to grasp insights of life to achieve personal development. On the contrary, one who deviates from these social norms undergoes sufferings and faces challenges in life as well as becomes cause of sorrows and hardship to others who depend on him. Consequently, one such person was Arunagirinathar. Arunagirinathar, who was in search of bodily pleasure had deviated from  social norms, thus faced inexplainable sufferings and humiliations, and was inflicted with various diseases. Thus, Arunagirinathar emphasized various social norms in his text Tiruppukal with  humanistic view that others should not experience his  plights. Therefore, this paper focuses on such social norms, namely wisdom, friendship, and impermanence.