Arthamulla Hindu Matham, Vols. 1-10

by Kannadasan

This book contains all the ten volumes of Arthamulla Hindu Matham.

Genres: Religion, Hinduism, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Indian Literature, Philosophy, God

800 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 1973

About the author

Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a Tamil poet and lyricist, heralded as one of the greatest and most important writers in the Tamil language. Frequently called Kaviarasu (English: King of Poets), Kannadasan was most familiar for his song lyrics in Tamil films and contributed around 5000 lyrics apart from 6000 poems and 232 books,[1] including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious essay on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indhumatham (English: Meaningful Hindu Religion). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Cheraman Kadali in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film Kuzhanthaikkaga.

Reviews

[Bala · Rating 5 out of 5]

this a very good and must read book.

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அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்துமதம்

[Karthik D.R · Rating 5 out of 5]

இது புத்தகங்கள் அல்ல - வாழ்க்கை நெறிகள்!

இக்கவியை பற்றி எழுத எனக்கு தகுதி குறைவு, ஒரே வரியில் சொல்ல :
"10 புத்தகங்களும் - பத்து அத்தியாவசியங்கள்!"

[Madhu murugesan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was terribly upset bcoz of this book. what is he even trying to say? kannadasan is one of the best and my favorite poet just bcoz of that I got the curiosity to try this one. But I got inevitably irritated by this one.
If you are a feministic person, you won't accept the points he were pointing out in this book. I barely crossed 100 pages.
I thought that this book would be regarding the scientific or psychological fact of Hinduism but this explains the mythical beliefs only.
for example, he tells that every women should watch her legs while walking just because of that other men won't get attracted to her. Why can't he just say men too to behave good with all women.

He also proves himself as a good one like he was the one who have been cheated by others always and he hadn't cause any hurtful things to others. That may be true too.. But he keeps on telling that all along the book which makes us to reevaluate about that.
I expected this book like the Osho's or J.Krishnamoorthy's book. BUT AT LAST I GOT ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT.

[Boobala Arunachalam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Book, which changed my life style. Love it..

[Prabhu R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great masterpiece by one of the greatest poets and writers of all times

[Sundarapandian Dhandabani · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5
இந்து மத தத்துவங்களையும், அதன் சடங்குகளையும் பாமர மொழியில் சுவையாக எழுதியிருக்கிறார். சில கருத்துகளை இக்காலகட்டத்தில் ஒப்புகொள்ள முடியாது என்றாலும், பல கருத்துக்கள் நம் அன்றாட வாழ்வில் பொருந்துகின்றன.
சிறிதுகாலம் கழித்து மறுவாசிப்பு செய்து விரிவாக எழுது வேண்டும்

[Soundar Phil · Rating 5 out of 5]

கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் என் நெஞ்சுக்கு நெருங்கிய எழுத்தாளர்களில் ஒருவர்.

“அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்துமதம்” மதங்களை தாண்டி அனைவரும் படிக்க வேண்டிய ஒரு புத்தகம். ஒரு தனி மனிதன் எப்படி தன் வாழ்க்கையை வகுத்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும், கடைபிடிக்க வேண்டிய கோட்பாடுகள் என்னென்னவென விளக்கிக் கூறுகிறார்.

குடும்பத்தை நடத்த வேண்டிய முறை, நண்பர்கள் மற்றும் வாழ்க்கைத் துணையை தேர்ந்தெடுப்பதில் தேவையான கவனம், துன்பத்தை கையாளும் முறை, தனிமனித ஒழுக்கம், இறை நம்பிக்கை, இல்லறம், நம்பிக்கை, தியானம், பாவ புண்ணியம், உணவு உண்ணும் முறை, ஆரோக்கியத்தின் முக்கியத்துவம் என சாதாரண முதல் அசாதாரண மனிதன் வரை அத்தனைப் பேருக்குள்ளும் எழும் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலாய் விளங்குகிறது.

அத்தனைக்கும் தன் வாழ்விலிருந்தும், தான் கடந்து வந்த பாதைகளில் ஏற்பட்ட அனுபவங்களையும் பட்டவர்த்தனமாக உரைக்கிறார். மிகச் சில விஷயங்கள், இன்றைய நடைமுறைக்கும், கால மாற்றத்தாலும் பின்தங்கிய கருத்தாக படுகிறது.

புத்தகம் முழுதும் திருக்குறளையும், நாலடியாரையும், பாரதியையும், பகவத்கீதையயும் இன்னும் பிற தமிழ் நூல்களின் பாடல்களையும் மேற்கோள் காட்டி நம்மை பயனிக்க வைக்கிறார்.

[Sooraj Naga · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ultimate compendium for living, especially for young adults. Because life excerpts of Kavingar Kannadasan augments the cognizance to understand spirituality from an outsider(nasthik) to Insider (asthik) perspective.

[Bin Diya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for every human being. Despite Hinduism author insists us to do righteousness

[Ramalakshmi shanmugavel · Rating 4 out of 5]

We everyone is unique,How are we segregating our needs/wants?it depends upon desires.why do we feel it?Is this a natural or a Refined thought?how are we realizing it?just cause' of being human!we all are having different colours on thoughts!Interalia,to accept our ownself (nature) is a crime?No. its all started when we take our own empowerment to gain wt we want.Eventually it ends Like our consumed food(our lives) which cannot be rise again (with backups)!#words#AIM book#kannadasan.

Customary desires will never get to know the new things,its all exist here and the way of getting it also doesn't change!(being in the same state we all know the way of thinking of others)we may split it into two pieces,Emotional(love) and Non-emotional(commitments)
Although Accepting Emotional fact of existence may be looks simple but never be easy like as Life"#In all the way.
we are living in Non-theoretical experience,we cant research before we realizing it,Just like before knowing the ingress purpose of live we are stepping towards the exit.Non-emotional desires such as Food,place,things are flexible.
we have to sense about two philosophies,preaching or any other fictional/Non fictional stories may unable to comply us,though its the ally of thinking.
It attempts to help us from human being to God (immortal soul)but fortunately still it didnt sculpt a man to live with Humanism!#AIM book#kannadasan
worth reading!

[Antony Raj · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book written on Indian culture and its benefits. Do good to others is the gist of the book.

I would like to encourage people from other religions to read this book too. It shows insight into the life.

[KARTHIKEYAN RAJAMANICKAM]

all hindus must read this book

[Kamal]

like it

[Aswin · Rating 4 out of 5]

மனம் ஒரு அங்காடி நாய்

[Emmi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's actually good book, but there are more things that Kannadasan wrote only on his perspective. But actual Hinduism is more than that. Actual Hinduism is unbelievable good that most of us haven't yet realized. I can take only good points where Kannadasan pointed out in this book. But there are more things that Kannadasan missed to point out in Arthamulla Hindu Matham.

[Siddharth Govindarajan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyday customs - that we are doing in India without realizing the value in it is clearly explained in this book.

Author mocks about when an atheist becomes god lover.

This book won't bore you even for a single second...

[Balakrishnan]

Arthamulla indhu madham part 1

[Veeramani]

nice book

[Nithya]

i want to read this book

[P.venkatraj · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good book fro know about religions

[Chandra Mohan]

good

[Kirubaharan]

I want to read

[Tamil]

best book

[Saravanan Kumar]

good

[Vsr Vinoth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the one of my FAVORITE BOOK.... Actually i love this to read...

[Pavithran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must Read. The book has changed my way of living. Kannadasan is a Legend.

[Shrinath Kannan · Rating 4 out of 5]

As actor Sivakumar said in one of his speeches, the book has got nothing to do with the Hindu religion. The book empowers you to take more of a spiritual journey rather than impose religionism. The book is dated a bit with respect to a certain cultural perspective, especially towards feminism. But culture is something which changes every few decades. Since the book is an autobiography/non-fiction/self-help book, the reader is strongly advised to have a filter of their own in order to feel enriched about the values said in the book.

P.S: It helped a lot to get through the corona lockdown. And I don't believe the author's notion of Hindusim proposing so many good values first. It's not like moon landing after all. It doesn't matter in the spiritual journey who said what first. If someone said it that is greater than saying nothing.

[Sudharsan srinivasan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good book for people who are in search of life, philosophy and religion (Hinduism). The essence of Hindu philosophy and dharma is shared in glass of author's experience. Many may think it is against female. Feminist would recommend to avoid this book. JUST KEEP IN MIND THIS WRITING IS ATLEAST 50 YEARS OLD. Please think about author's mindset and the way he grown up. Author has justified all his writing and every piece of writing is for well being of human. Since author is male he might have portrayed his sayings from men perspective but surely for all. And not only Hindus should read it but all liberal Muslims,Christians, bhudhist, Jains etc.. can read it. Suitable for everyone and worth reading 900 pages.

[Poorni Babloo · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is a collection of teachings from different hindu saints from the south and some life experiences of the author himself. He has tried so much to give meaning to the principles of hindu matham but definitely not very convincing to me. Some of his life experiences with cinema and politics are interesting to read but trying to fit those with hindu matham beliefs doesn't blend well.
I would never recommend this to any women as its all set on patriarchal grounds and its hard to digest to even understand that many women are made to believe that those are hindu matham beliefs. This is definitely not a book to know about hindu matham as the writer himself seems to have little knowledge on this topic.

[Sridhar Murugesan Santhi · Rating 3 out of 5]

கண்ணதாசனின் அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்து மதம். மதம் என்பதின் தோற்றம் , தேவை, மனித குலத்திற்கு அது தரும் போதனை, தனி மனித ஒழுக்கம், கட்டுப்பாடு ஆகியவற்றை பத்து பாகங்களில் அழகாய் விவரிக்கிறார். கடவுள்கள், சிறு தெய்வங்கள், கோயில்கள், சிலை வழிபாடு, புராணங்கள், இதிகாசங்கள், அவதாரங்கள் ஆகியவற்றை தனக்குரிய எளிய நடையில் விளக்குகின்றார். நடுவில் வரும் பட்டினத்தார் கதை சிறப்பு. மனித நிலையின் மேம்பாடே தெய்வ நிலை, மனிதாபிமானத்தை உருவாக்குவது மதாபிமானம் என்ற வரிகள் இனிமை. இந்து மதம் மட்டுமல்ல எல்லா மதங்களுமே போதிப்பது அன்பு, கருணை. ஆக ஒரு நல்ல மனிதன் ஒரு நல்ல இந்துவாகத் தான் இருப்பான் என்பது ஏற்புடையதாய் இல்லை. மதங்களின் நோக்கம் மனிதனை மேம்படுத்தவதாயின், எல்லா மதங்களுமே அர்த்தமுள்ள மதங்கள் தான்.