WELCOME NSS SEMINAR ON SOCIAL HARMONY & NATIONAL UNITY

SOCIO-CULTURAL VALUES & ETHICS IN INDIA PROF. V. VISWANADHAM

? SOCI0-CULTURAL BASIS OF VALUES & ETHICS VALUES ? WHY VALUES ? ETHICS ? WHY ETHICS ?

SOCIO - CULTURAL Social means relating to Society and the way it is organized, and to the way that the various groups within society co-operate with each other Cultural means relating to a particular society and its Ideas, Customs, and Art ~ Music, Literature etc.

VALUES Values of a person or group are the moral principles & beliefs that they think are important in life & that they tend to live their lives by such values as guiding principles

ETHICS ETHICS ARE MORAL BELIEFS AND RULES ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG THAT INFLUENCES THE BEHAVIOUR, ATTITUDES AND PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE MORALS MORALS ARE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES BASED ON WHAT A PERSON OR SOCIETY BELIEVES ARE THE RIGHT, PROPER, OR ACCEPTABLE WAYS OF BEHAVING

DHARMA DOING DUTIES & DISCHARGING RESPONSIBILITIES IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER ENTITLES YOU TO YOUR RIGHTS DHARMA FOR SOCIAL STABILITY SOCIETAL STRENGTH & HUMAN WELFARE TRUTH "IN ACTION" IS DHARMA Aacharinchabadina Satyame Dharmamauthundi

THE INEQUALITY, THE INEFFICIENCY, THE INDIFFERENCE, THE INEFFECTIVENESS . . . THE GROWING POVERTY, THE EXPLODING CORRUPTION, CHEATING, CRIME, VIOLENCE, VULGARITY, EVER-INCREASING POLLUTION, ~ NOT JUST IN ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN THOUGHT, WORD AND ACTION, DECREASING STANDARDS, DECLINING VALUES, WEAKNENING FAMILY TIES, GET-QUICK-RICH BY ANY MEANS ATTITUDE . . . HAS LACK OF CONCERN FOR VALUES ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE STATE OF AFFAIRS ?

ARE YOU HAPPY ? ARE OTHERS HAPPY WITH YOU ? DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY ? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY ? YOU NEED VALUES TO ENSURE HAPPINESS FOR ALL

1. WHERE ARE WE NOW? 2. WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO ? 3. HOW WILL WE GET THERE ? WAKE UP ! TAKE UP ! MAKE UP ! COME UP ! WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL, OR AN INSTITUTION, OR A NATION . . .

VALUES VARIETY VICES VIOLENCE VIOLATIONS VULGARITY VULNERABILITY VACUUM

VALUES POSITIVE ~ LEAD US TOWARDS FREEDOM, PEACE, PROGRESS, JOY, EQUALITY, FULFILMENT, ETC. ~ WARM, SHINING & UPLIFTING NEGATIVE ~ LEAD US TOWARDS BONDAGE, CONFLICT, SORROW, FRUSTATION, VICES, VULGARITY, VACUUM, ETC. ~ DISCRIMINATING, EXPLOITING & DEGRADING

PEOPLE ARE NOT HESITATING . . . TO TELL LIES TO CHEAT TO DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY TO THINK OF UNFAIR THINGS TO COMMIT A CRIME TO COMMIT SINS TO REMAIN A SILENT SPECTATOR TO BE EVEN A PARTNER IN THE CRIME DO YOU NEED VALUES OR NOT ?

WE ALWAYS WANT ALL OTHERS TO FOLLOW VALUES, TO BE FAIR AND JUST, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN SELF FOLLWOING VALUES . . . ARE WE FOLLOWING UNHESITATINGLY THE VALUES WE PREACH ? Why don't we walk our talk ? WHY THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS ? IS THIS NOT PURE SELFISHNESS ? IS THERE A SOLUTION ? AT LEAST, AN EXPLANATION ?

DESIRE FOR MORE AND MORE OF . . . GOOD THINGS ? OR BAD THINGS ?

HAS CHARACTER ANYTHING TO DO WITH VALUES ? C = R RESPONSES RESPONSIBILITIES RELATIONSHIPS P

HAS QUALITY ANYTHING TO DO WITH VALUES ?

POLITICS PRINCIPLES SCIENCE HUMANITY COMMERCE MORALITY WEALTH WORK WORSHIP COMPASSION EDUCATION CHARACTER

PURUSHARTHAS & ASHRAMAS DHARMA ARTHA KAMA MOKSHA BRAHMACHARYA GRUHASTHA VANAPRASTHA SANYASA 4

RIGHT / WRONG ? GOOD / BAD ? ? WHAT IS JUST / UNJUST ? S I N TRUTH / UNTRUTH ? DHARMA / ADHARMA ? LOVE / HATE ?

WHAT IS THE CAUSE ? WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE ? CAUSAL CONNCTION

IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED ? IS IT SELFISH ? THINKING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE WHAT DOES YOUR CONSCIENCE SAY ?

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WANT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU IS NOT THIS VERY FAIR ? CAN YOU IMPROVE UPON THIS ?

DESIRES SELFISHNESS DOUBLE STANDARDS WEAKNESSES C O N T R O L

WHAT IS THE REWARD FOR DEVELOPING AND PRACTICING VALUES ? HEAVEN AND HELL IS FAITH IN GOD NECCESSARY FOR PRACTICING VALUES ?

JUST THINK . . . WHETHER WHAT WE ARE THINKING, SAYING, DOING & ACHIEVING WILL MAKE OUR MOTHER, FATHER & TEACHER FEEL PROUD OF US ? WILL MAKE OUR GOD FEEL PROUD OF US ?

DEVELOP & PRACTICE VALUES

CHARACTER INTEGRITY OBJECTIVITY PURSUIT OF TRUTH CONCENTRATION PURITY OF [ T+W+A ] TRUTHFULNESS PATIENCE SELF-MASTERY HUMAN VALUES

CHARACTER

INTEGRITY

OBJECTIVITY

PURSUIT OF TRUTH

CONCENTRATION

PURITY OF [ T+W+A ]

TRUTHFULNESS

PATIENCE

SELF-MASTERY

COMMITMENT PUNCTUALITY EQUALITY ORDERLINESS SIMPLICITY HONESTY HUMILITY ABSENCE OF ANGER CLEANLINESS Etc., HUMAN VALUES

COMMITMENT

PUNCTUALITY

EQUALITY

ORDERLINESS

SIMPLICITY

HONESTY

HUMILITY

ABSENCE OF ANGER

CLEANLINESS Etc.,

DO WHAT YOU LOVE OR LOVE WHAT YOU DO YOU BECOME MOTIVATED WHEN YOU ADOPT "WORK IS WORSHIP" ATTITUDE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ADOPT "WORK IS WORSHIP" ATTITUDE ? Q U A L I T Y GETS IMPROVED P R O D U C T I V I T Y GETS ENHANCED W A S T A G E GETS REDUCED

W.A.T.C.H. W = WORDS A = ACTIONS T = THOUGHTS C = CHARACTER H = HEAD & HEART

WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THESE T + W + A ~ C ? WITH WHAT CONSEQUENCES ? . . . On YOU ~ as an Individual . . . On the Society ~ of which you are a part

LOVE FOR GOD FEAR OF SIN S O C I A L M O R A L I T Y

LOVE FOR GOD ? FEAR OF SIN ? S O C I A L M O R A L I T Y FEAR OF GOD LOVE FOR SIN

IN UNDERSTANDING LOVE – THE MOST BASIC HUMAN VALUE IN SPEECH IN ACTION IN THOUGHT IN UNDERSTANDING TRUTH RIGHTEOUSNESS PEACE NON- VIOLENCE

S T A R T THE DAY WITH L O V E S P E N D THE DAY WITH L O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY WITH L O V E ~ THAT IS THE WAY TO FIND G O D

DO YOU FEEL THAT EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES IN OUR LIVES ? THAT IS THE WAY TO PRACTICE VALUES THAT IS THE WAY TO BECOME HAPPIER

HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION. DO YOU FEEL MOTIVATED TO DO SOMETHING ? PUT SOMETHING INTO PRACTICE, FROM TO-DAY. THANKS A LOT, FOR THE PATIENT LISTENING. PROF. V. VISWANADHAM. [ 040 – 2722 3383 ]