Hinduism and other religions emphasize the importance of internal and external cleanliness. Maintaining a clean mind free from negative thoughts like lust, anger, and greed is considered just as important as keeping one's physical body and environment clean. A clean mind leads to purity of thoughts and actions. Initiatives like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Modi aim to make India clean by improving sanitation facilities and practices. Cleanliness benefits physical and mental health by reducing diseases and promoting positive well-being. Religions also link cleanliness to being close to God.

1. Cleanliness of
Thoughts & actions
- ATHARVAVEDA

3. • Hinduism extols not only external cleanliness but also internal purity.
since the minds of devotes are constantly absorbed in all pure lord , they become internally cleansed from the
defects of lust , anger , greed ,envy ,ego etc.
In this state of mind , they naturally prefer to keep the external body and environment pure as well.
Thus in accordance with the old saying ,”cleanliness is next to godliness ,” they are also externally pure.
• the Bhagwad gita describes it as one of the divine qualities which one must practice. The gita mentions it as :-
• One of the four legs of “satya yuga”
• As a spiritual practice
• Purity of atman
• One of the thirty qualities to be acquired
• As a characteristic of a Brahmin
• As a quality of the best worker
• Quality to be practiced by a householder
• As a virtue among those who have realized god
• In the Mahabharata , lord Krishna explains….
• In Islam the Quran states “….truly Allah loves those who turn to him constantly and he ‘loves those who keep
themselves pure and clean.’

4. Benefits of cleanliness :-
 Cleanliness is a solution for reducing diseases.
 Cleanliness makes us feel good & joyful.
 Cleanliness can also increase our life span.
 Cleaning offers a sense of satisfaction, but may go further by protecting
your mental health as well.

5. ”
“A human may be expert in any field
but without cleanliness his brain is
like a waste desert.
Cleaning our actions :-

6. Cleanliness of actions :-
 It is the most significant form of cleanliness in this era. People rarely focus upon
the inner cleansing , so what is left out is the external cleanliness .
 Cleanliness is a solution for reducing diseases .
 Cleanliness makes us feel good & joyful.
 Cleanliness can do increase our life spam.
Mahatma Gandhi said
“Sanitation is more important than independence”.
He made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. His dream was
total sanitation for all.

7. The Clean India
Campaign
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was
announced by Prime Minister
of India Mr. Narendra Modi on
Indian Independence Day and
launched on 2 Oct
2014, Gandhi Jayanti
• By 2019, Gandhi’s 150th birth
anniversary, every city, town
and village is to be ‘clean’, that
is, they will have pucca toilets
for all, safe drinking water,
waste disposal systems and
clean roads & lanes.
• The campaign was described as
"beyond politics" and "inspired
by patriotism".

8. Initiatives By our school
The Swachh school campaign Helping the needy

9. What is a clean mind ??
 It is a mind which can think clearly , which is free of clutter ,free from jealousy ,
hypocrisy , and bad intentions, and a mind which is compassionate .
 Basically a healthy living not only depends on physical cleanliness but also
depends on a clean mind which includes positive mental attitude , where our
thoughts are rehearsed .
 Internal cleanliness keeps us mentally peaceful and away from anxiety. Internal
cleanliness means a mind absence of dirty, bad and negative thinking.
 Keeping the heart, body and mind clean and peaceful is the complete
cleanliness.

10. The problems without :-
Depression Psychological
disorders
Loneliness

11. And the list continues :-
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorders Overthinking & Stress
The final :- Suicides

12.  Change the negative thought into a positive one. For example, if you are
worried and focusing on what could go wrong in a situation, change your
thoughts to what could go right. The mind can only think one thought at a time;
so changing the negative into a positive eliminates the negative.
 Use an affirmation. Begin affirming to yourself something positive and self-
supporting. The mind will focus on what you are repeating to yourself.
 Use humour and fun. We get very serious and stressed when we’re thinking
negative thoughts. Think of something funny to change the energy, or do
something fun like going to a movie or having a night out with friends. Don’t let
your negative thoughts have power over you. Be proactive in eliminating them.
 Remind yourself that the negative thought you are thinking is “only a negative
thought.” It has no power other than what you give it. Negatives gain
momentum from your thinking them over and over again. So stop thinking
them.

13.  Mother Teresa  Swami Vivekanand  Azim premji

14. Let us pledge to try to keep our souls and mind clean and as a result our surroundings
and environment will become clean.