Friday, February 7, 2014

The most adorable values !

Bodhavachanas: The most adorable values :[1]

Satyam Vad |
Dharmam Char |
MatrudevoBhav |
PitrudevoBhav |
AacharyadevoBhav |
AtithidevoBhav |
SwaddhyayanmaPramadah |
ShraddhayaDeyam |

Here, Shobha Kulkarni tries to give the list of most adorable human values from Indian culture. Speaking the Truth, going on the path of Dharm, giving respect to parents and teachers as well as the guest, daily studying the religious and spiritual granthas and last but not the least is to give with shraddha. 

Character :

Our present crisis is in fact the crisis of character - the crisis of value. Sethi blames the Government for this crisis. He observes that after independence, the crisis in India is not due to economic factor but is politically created by faulty planning.[2]

According to Dr. Manohar Wadhawani, “Noble, spotless, shining, moral Character is the sum of Purity of Thought And Its Power, Purity of Speech And Its Power, Purity of Action And Its Power, Positive Mental Attitude And Its Power, Purity of Love And Its Power, Robust Enthusiasm And Its Power, Self Confidence and Faith in Others And Its Power, Discipline And Its Power, Industry, Patience and Perseverance And Its Power, Appreciation of Others And Its Power, Strengthening of Emotional Intelligence.”[3]

The views of Mr. R. Rena about the Value-based Education for Human Development in Eritria are most fitted to the Indian contemporary education scenario. “The student community is drowned neck-deep in poverty, ignorance and unhealthy surroundings. Hence, they are not in a position to understand the real values of contemporary India. The present curriculum some extent reflect human values and the value system. Besides, the Indian schools and colleges have to promote the value-based education.”[4]



[1]LeNaSamskaaraanche (Marathi) - ShobhaKulkarni, SiddhagiriGurukul Foundation, Kaneri, Kolhapur,2008, pg. 82-86
[2]India In Crisis - Sethi, J. D, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 1975.
[3]A B C of the Enlightened Leadership - Dr. ManoharWadhawani, Sultan Shah Publications, Mumbai,2007, pg.169-232
[4]Value-based Education for Human Development – Eritrean Perspective by Ravinder Rena, Eritrea Institute of Technology – Mai Nefhi Asmara, Eritrea