Actually Lost the above link; the page had suddenly closed. Found her page after some effort, and found the link after a LOT of scrolling. Had a hard time passing them by. YOU WOULD FIND HER SITE INTERESTING. 🙂
When I was getting trained for my Priesthood some 45-50 yrs ago, We had classes on Values for quite a few periods. That, plus my latter studies on the subject and my Reflections, cannot be condensed into a post (of my type).
In the fewest words, Values are what Humankind Desires.
In my longish career, I had a student whose highest value was to cook and feed. …I do not think she was/is alone in that.
Thus there is a Hierarchy of Values (what are most important for an individual).
For a Long time, discipline was my most important value. People might find Courage, Honesty, Beauty, Cleanliness, whatnot as their first values.
Now I think Love, Peace and Happiness are the Most Important ones.
Pity the people (which is what Most people are today) who get their happiness from biryani, cars, …in short, Wine, Women and Song, as it is said.
Problem: the day they don’t get that, their happiness goes phut. So they have to make money, make money, make money, Every day, Every Hour; Even if they have to Sell their Honour, Honesty and Integrity. (Am sure none of my readers fall in this category)!
(cji=chief judge of India, called chief justice. Evidently there are other types of Justice)
(MP is member of Parliament! Indians tolerate this – viz: gogoi becoming mp!)
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Children are NOT born with the right hierarchy of values.
That is why the world has had teachers and gurus.
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It surprises me, horribly, that people think Only about themselves.
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The state, in the form of the ruling party, is NOT supposed to Interfere in teaching values.
In Ancient India, the king KNELT at the Rishi’s feet, STOOD UP for him, and GAVE HIM A HIGHER SEAT.
So, in the Original Indian way of things, IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED THAT THE STATE WOULD DARE TO TEACH ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG.
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Unless supervised by Parents (parents worthy of that name), children have frequently turned out like this, and worse.
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joodges and law-yers only know the law, (often made for their own advantage!). It is the Family (even, and particularly, Old Ladies, even if Uneducated) that knows about Justice, and Values. As such children should listen to their parents. Of course too many so-called parents take advantage of their children.
But We are not talking about them, are We? 🙂
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There is very little sense of THE OTHER in India now.
(Roughly, Selfish, Selfless, Actions and their End, Right vs Wrong)
were Common words of the time of my Youth. Now they are fed on hitler’s ‘nationalism’ and religious rituals.
This year (2022), modi had asked that Every house display the National flag. The man in the toon above asks modi when he is going to give them a House.
Above: For a Long time, running down the Bull dozer became a political tool of the bjp.
And the Well-fed middle class snores away.
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Not only अहंब्रह्मास्मि, (AhamBrahmaasmi, India’s most famous mantra), but
तत्त्वमसि, नेहनानास्तिकिंचन
(Tattvamasi, You too are ‘That,’ and Nehanaanaastikinchan, there is No multiplicity here)
are also Mahavakyas.
लोकसमस्तसुखिनोभवन्तु
(LokaSamasthaSukhinoBhavantu: meaning “Let the entire world be happy.” Somebody had told me this is the One verse Common in All the Vedas. Now Internet does Not say this! …And)
वसुधैवकुटुम्बकम
(VasudhAivKutumbakam: the Entire Earth is my Family; much touted by modi during his trips abroad)
are Lost. Where?
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If Love, Peace and Happiness are the Most Important values, what peace, what happiness can be found without Freedom, and Democracy, and Justice?
She, along with her Mother n 3 sisters were Actually (Gang) Raped. Banu’s 3 yo Daughter’s head was Smashed. A total of 14 Killing took place in that family. Now those men are Released!
Garlanded and Feted.
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It took the Bapu (Gandhiji) nearly half a century to get India her freedom.
First of all, children should learn to ‘take’ a no. I accept that there are nut-case parents who should be in jail. Before all this, WHY are children kept in separate rooms? So their parents can have sex ubditurbed?
Narcissistic parents are notorious for not allowing their children to have any boundaries. They have no problem going through their children’s personal belongings or even breaking or getting rid of things their child uses or loves. Children are allowed no privacy, & some narcissistic parents go as far as removing their bedroom doors. Possibly the worst thing narcissistic parents do is refusing to allow their children to say “no”.
Narcissistic parents are too self centered to realize or even care that by not allowing their children to say no, they are teaching their children some pretty terrible lessons. When children learn that saying no is bad & not allowed, this teaches them that others can treat them however they wish. This opens the door for other wicked people to abuse these children. It also sets these children up for a life of misery because they don’t believe they have the…
Saddened to hear, over the BBC, that No help is arriving.
This, despite a situation like this.
That reduces my belly to a jelly. But no matter.
WHY isn’t even the (Chritian) West involved? …Have noticed, over time, that helping ‘Others’ does not seem to be a priority for Hinduism. …But why not even Arab, and Muslim countries like Indonesia, et al?
As I see it, NOBODY seems to be liking the Taliban‘s policies.
Mi ha ricordato qualcosa detto anche da Updike, di cui oggi ricorre l’anniversario della nascita
John Updike fu un romanziere, saggista e scrittore di racconti americano nato il 18 marzo 1932 e morto nel 2009. Pubblicò oltre 20 romanzi, più di una dozzina di raccolte di racconti, e anche poesie, critica letteraria e libri per bambini. Ricevette numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui due Premi Pulitzer per la narrativa: è uno dei soli quattro autori ad aver vinto il Premio Pulitzer più di una volta.
Scrisse:
“Mi piacciono i vecchi. Possono essere dei meravigliosi bastardi perché non hanno niente da perdere. Le uniche persone che possono essere se stesse sono i bambini e i vecchi bastardi”.
My Dear Shiva, You present good hopes. …But I do not think a WW at this stage would be the end of the Earth. …Dog putin, if he starts it, would ally with china, n korea, and possibly venezuela. On the other side would be the West which is Bigger than NATO (non NATO members would be joining in).
I do not think most of Africa or S America would be involved (except for crackpots).
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