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REALIZING A BLISSFUL LIFE
1. REALIZING A BLISSFUL LIFE
RIMNI CHAKRAVARTY
ASST . PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING,
SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
SILIGURI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DATE:6TH OCTOBER 2012
2. HOW THE IDEA FLASHED IN MY MIND
• “EDUCATION IS THE MANIFESTATION OF
PERFECTION ALREADY IN MAN”
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
3. • “THE HIGHEST EDUCATION IS THAT WHICH
DOES NOT MERELY GIVE US INFORMATION
BUT MAKES OUR LIFE IN HARMONY WITH ALL
EXISTENCE”
-RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
4. “BY EDUCATION I MEAN AN ALL ROUND
DRAWING OUT OF THE BEST IN CHILD AND
MAN –BODY,MIND AND SOUL ”
JULY 31,1937 ,HARIJAN SABHA
5. LIFE
LIFE IS LIKE A HOUSE WITH FOUR ROOMS-
PHYSICAL-HEALTH,BODY AND MIND.
MENTAL- INTELLENGENCE,MINDSET AND
GROWTH.
EMOTIONAL-
FEELINGS,MATURITY,RELATIONSHIPWITH
OTHER PEOPLE.
SPIRITUAL-FAITH,TRADITION AND BELIEFS.
THESE FOUR PRINCIPLES MAKE A BALANCED LIFE.
6. LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSION –LATIN WORD PROFITEOR
PROFESS- MAKING A FORMAL COMMITMENT IN
THE SENSE OF TAKING A MONASTIC OATH.
PROFESSION ORIGINATED-1157-1225AD
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD.
RELATED WITH VOWS OF RELIGIOUS ORDER-
VOCATION –GOD’S CALL TO HIS CHOSEN SERVANTS
TO PERFORM TASKS ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY.
7. EMPLOYMENT
TO KNOW ‘HOW’ AND ‘WHAT’ FOR THE SERVICE
OF MANKIND IN A PROFICIENT WAY.THIS IS
THE MODERN CONCEPT.
8. THE HALLMARKS OF A PROFESSIONAL
THE PARAMETERS ARE:-
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
IMAGE.
BUSENESS /PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTES.
RESPONSIBILITY.
TRUSTWORTHY/RELIABILITY.
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
COMPETENCE.
EMOTIONAL MATURITY.
SELF RESPECT/SELF ESTEEM.
9. • ACCEPT CHALLENGES – GIVE 100% TO MAKE
THE JOB DONE IN A METICULOUS MANNER
• SELF MOTIVATED- MAKING USE OF THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
• LEADERSHIP.
• VALUE THE ORGANIZATION TO REALIZE ITS
MISSION AND VISION.
11. ENHANCE QUALITY
• UNDERSTAND THE 9 MOODS OR NAVA RASA
ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN STATE OF
MIND.IT IS ALL ABOUT WHAT THE MIND FEELS
AND EXPRESSES THEREAFTER
SANSKRIT
1.SHRINGARAM
2.HASYAM
3.ADBHUTYAM
4.SHANTAM
13. SHRINGARAM
• PRINCIPLE MEANING
LOVE/EMPATHY
• FURTHER MEANING:
FEELING FOR OTHERS, WORK AS AN EFFICIENT
TEAM MEMBER ,LEADERSHIP
QUALITY,BEAUTIFY THE WORLD AROUND AND
BE DEDICATED IN SERVICE.
14. HASYAM
• PRINCIPLE MEANING :-
JOY
• FURTHER MEANING:-
HUMOUR ,INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT
15. ADBHUTYAM
• PRINCIPLE MEANING:-
WONDER
• FURTHER MEANING:-
CURIOSITY/MYSTERY ,SEE THE UNSEEN ,
KNOW THE UNKNOWN .INNOVATIVE
APPROACH , FOR ‘WHERE INDEPENDENT
THINKING DIES OUT,WEEDS OF PROPAGANDA
ORIGINATE’ -(BERTRAND RUSSELL)
16. SHANTAM
• PRINCIPLE MEANING
PEACE
• FURTHER MEANING
CALMNESS/RELAXATION, GOAL CAN BE
ACHIEVED IN A RELAXED STATE OF MIND.
21. VIBHATSAM
• PRINCIPLE MEANING:-
DISGUST
• FURTHER MEANING:-
DEPRESSION, SELF PITY, HARMFUL FOR THE
ORGANISATION AND ALSO FOF THE
INDIVIDUAL
22. UPLIFTMENT OF THE SELF
CULTIVATE VALUES
A) PSYCHOLOGICAL
B) AESTHETICAL
C) SPIRITUAL
23. PSYCHOLOGICAL VALUES
DEVELOP ONESELF AS AN INTEGRATED PERSONALITY
WITH A SOUND MENTAL HEALTH POSSESSING:-
A) EFFICIENT PERCEPTION OF REALITY.
B) SELF KNOWLEDGE-STRONG PERSONALITY AND
THEREBY LESS FRUSTRATION.
C) ABILITY TO EXERCISE VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER
BEHAVIOR.
D) SELF ESTEEM AND ACCEPTANCE.
E) ABILITY TO FORM AFFECTIONATE RELATIONSHIP.
24. F) PROUCTIVITY –DO MORE WORK FOR THE
PEOPLE.
UNDERSTAND THAT WORK IS WORSHIP AND
BUILD AN ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY AND
GRACE.
25. AESTHETIC VALUES
• UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS A CONTINUOUS
MOVEMENT LIKE A HIMALAYAN RIVER GUSHING
WITH JOY TO MEET THE OCEAN .
• ‘ANAND ROOP AMRITAM YAAD VIBHATI’
-UPANISHAD
( TO SHINE WITH BLISS)
• CREATIVE APPROACH - LEADS TO PRODUCTIVITY.
• “UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE TRUTH,
BEAUTY AND GOODNESS” -PLATO
26. SATYAM,SHIVAM ,SUNDARAM
-UPANISHAD
LIFE BECOMES A MEDITATION
Beauty is truth and truth is beauty
-JOHN KEATS
A thing of beauty is joy forever
-JOHN KEATS
THIS REALIZATION IS BLISS,PARAMANANDA OR
SACCHIDANANDA
This is the realization of divinity within us
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
27. SPIRITUAL VALUES
SELF DISCOVERY
I) TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF ONE’S
CONSCIOUSNESS-HIDDEN MOTIVES AND
DESIGNS.
II) FREEDOM FROM SORROWS,FROM LIMITATION
OF THE LOWER ORDER,DESIRES,CRAVINGS AND
FREEDOM TO LIVE A CREATIVE,HUMANE LIFE
III) SELFLESS,UNIVERSAL LOVE WHICH SEEKS NOT
ITS OWN BUT READY TO SACRIFICE FOR A
GREATER CAUSE
28. WIN/WIN SITUATION
KARMANY EVADHIKARAS TE MA PHALESU
KADACHANA MA KARMA PHALA-HETUR
BHUR MA TE SANGO’STVA KARMANI
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO PERFORM YOUR
PESCRIBED DUTY, BUT YOU ARE NOT
ENTITLED TO THE FRUITS OF ACTION
NEVER CONSIDER YOURSELF THE CAUSE
OF THE RESULT OF YOUR ACTIVITIES AND
NEVER BE ATTACHED TO NOT DOING YOUR
DUTY.
-BHAGAWAD GEETA-CHAPTER 2 LINE 47
29. REFERENCE
1. HUMAN VALUES :- PROFESSOR A.N
TRIPATHI-(NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL
PUBLICATION).
2. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF EDUCATION.
B.R PURKAIT- (NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY)
3. INTERNET- GOOGLES
30. SPECIAL THANKS
IT IS A PRIVELEGE TO THANK MY STUDENT
SUDIPTO DOLUI 2ND YEAR, FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHO
HELPED ME DECORATE THE SLIDES.