The Four MahāvākyasNallur · Columbuthurai

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The Four
Mahāvākyas

Four great sayings Yogaswami of Jaffna flung at those who came to his hut by the water expecting answers — not conclusions but riddles, each one the whole teaching. Select an entry.

  1. 01

    ஒரு பொல்லாப்பும் இல்லை

    Oru pollāppum illai

    There is not one wrong thing

    Nothing is out of place — the darkness folded in

    Fig. 01 · [x 0.62 · y 0.31] · read entry

  2. 02

    எப்பவோ முடிந்த காரியம்

    Eppavō muḍinda kāriyam

    It was all finished long ago

    The completion is behind you, before time

    Fig. 02 · [x 0.5 · y 0.5] · read entry

  3. 03

    நாம் அறியோம்

    Nām aṟiyōm

    We know not

    The silence that opens above knowledge

    Fig. 03 · [x 0.42 · y 0.88] · read entry

  4. 04

    முழுதும் உண்மை

    Muḻudum uṇmai

    All is truth

    No veil, nothing behind — this too, this too

    Fig. 04 · [x 0.77 · y 0.19] · read entry