THE DECLARATION OF FAITH

The declaration of faith is a process of Reversion to Tamil humanism. It is a reversion to their original spirituality, a return to the Tamil faith. Every person has an opportunity to take the Declaration of Faith to be a Tamil humanist. Every human being belongs to the one specie of Homo sapiens. Every person is born pure and is born of love. All human beings are equal in dignity and worth. Every person is unique and special. Therefore every human being is entitled to convert to Tamil humanism without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, age, physical appearance, language, religion, creed, culture, caste, political or other opinion, belief, conscience, nationality, ethnic, social origin, region, property, class, birth or other status, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation and disability.

The Declaration of Faith reinforces a commitment to the core beliefs of Tamils which are:

  1. Tamil Marai is the Sacred Word of God.
  1. Thiruvalluvar is the Messenger of God.
  1. There is only one God.

The Tamil words for God are Pagavan, Iraivan, Kadavul.

  1. Praise the one God who is inconceivable to the human mind and body.
  1. Praise the Eight Divine Virtues aspect of the one God.

The Eight Divine Virtues is the culture of love, peace, truth, right conduct, non-violence, human values, human rights and nature  rights.

  1. Declare your faith in the Eight Divine Virtues.
  1. Express the humanist culture of the Eight Divine Virtues in a devotional mood in your daily life as an offering to God.
  1. Read, learn and teach the next generation Tamil Spirituality, the Tamil Culture and the Tamil Language.

When you accept the principles of Tamil Humanism, and wish to make a commitment to practicing its principles, you can make this personal individual declaration by saying it aloud and completing your details in the Sign Up.

The Declaration of Faith is:

“God is Spirit and God’s attributes is Divine Virtues.

I am a child of God. I am human.

Thiruvalluvar is the Messenger of God.

I have faith in the Tamil Marai as the Word of God.

I will express the humanist culture of the Eight Divine Virtues in a devotional mood in my personal life.

I am a Tamil humanist.”

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