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Hinduism
Sarvapalli Radakrishnan
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Mahatma Gandhi |
Swami Vivekananda |
The
seven modern SOCIAL SINS of humankind
• Politics without principles
• Business without morality
• Wealth without work
• Education without character
• Science without humanity
• Enjoyment without conscience
• Religion without sacrifice
according to Mahatma Gandhi
Virtues
of the YOGA WAY
Non-violence, doing no harm (a-himsa)
Truthfulness (satya)
Not stealing (a-steya)
Treat all beings as creations
of the ONE GOD (brahmacharya)
Renunciation of greed (a-parigraha)
according to Patanjali
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The union of hearts and minds and freedom from hate I will
bring you.
• Love one another as the cow
loves the calf that she has borne.
• Let son be loyal to father
and of one mind with his mother.
• Let not a brother hate a
brother, nor a sister hate a sister;
• unanimous, united in aims
speak your words in friendliness.
Atharva Veda 3.30
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One should speak the truth and speak it pleasingly.
• One should not speak the
truth in an unpleasant manner nor
• should one speak untruth
because it is pleasing; this is the eternal law.
Manu
Smriti 4, 138
Truth, self-control,
asceticism, generosity, non-violence, constancy in virtue –
these are the means of success, and not caste or family.
Mahabharata
One should
not take what belongs to others, that is an eternal duty.
Mahabharata
Sri Krishna
is opposed to the amassing of wealth by irresponsible means and
the hoarding of merchandise with intent to gain undue profit at
the expense of the society’s needs.
Bhagavad-Gita, 3.13
To incline
to neither side, but to rest impartial as the even fixed scale
is the ornament of the wise.
Thirukkural, 118
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