What seems to be the first thing to do?
What is the first thing you do when you see
someone? Not for you, but for everyone else in general. Even if he is a
patient, many medical prescriptions will come out of our mouths without our
knowledge even if we do not study medicine.
It is the reflex of most people in the world
to start giving advice on seeing someone.
Don't you drool at the sight of sweets? Do
you not withdraw your hand after touching the fire? It is such a quality that
we start giving advice to anyone we see.
Everyone has something to say when they see
someone. It is mostly advice. Such is our habitual action and tradition.
There are a lot of things like this, talking
like this, doing like this, and so on.
The influence of these etc. keeps alive the
existence of instruction.
We also have a respectful culture where the
youngers should listen to the elders. That is the reason for the birth of
languages like 'Elders’ words are precious'.
There is also a social expectation that
children should listen to their father. It also creates idioms such as 'Father’s
words are holy statements'.
If we look at it this way, the eligibility of
an older person to give advice to another person who is younger is naturally
classified as a seniority system.
Apart from that, it is also accepted that a
knowledgeable person can give advice to an ignorant person. Following that
method Lord Muruga preaches the piranava mantra Om to the father and he is
worshiped by Brahma.
Texts like Tirukkural, Naladiyar, Athichudi,
Nalvazhi, Ulaganeethi in Tamil language are also written to further strengthen
the background of our teaching tradition.
It is the quality of advice that is the drain
on the expectation that everyone should live well. In our social environment,
the quality that everyone wants to live well is ingrained in us unconsciously.
So we can't help giving advice to anyone we see.
Because of the remnants of that custom, everyone
try to give advice to the deaf also.
Having one mouth and two ears is probably for
listening to a lot of advice. Having two ears and one mouth may also mean
giving less advice.
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