It is quite common that parents undergo a lot of agony and suffering and feel distressed when their wards lag behind in education and knowledge. A thousand times more is the anxiety and suffering that Mother Bharath undergoes when her children lag behind in moral and spiritual values and deviate from the righteous path. She will be totally depressed at the state of affairs. The mother of the physical body (deha matha) is a reflection of the mother of the country (desa matha). In fact, it is only the students who can alleviate the pain and suffering of the mother of the physical body as well as that of the mother of the country. In any country, the citizens are more valuable than the size of the country. Hence, progress of the country signifies the progress of the citizens who live in that country, in all fields. It is therefore, the foremost duty of the students to bring about a transformation in the human beings morally and spiritually, so that they may tread the righteous path.
The governments however, have no power or the where withal to bring about this social, moral and spiritual transformation in the lives of the citizens. Neither the citizens nor the government are capable of ushering in this reform. The reason for this pitiable state of affairs is that people since their childhood are not trained to mould their lives to attain a bright future morally and spiritually. The student life, in fact, is the foundation for the mansion of life. Those who recognise this truth and conduct themselves accordingly will have a bright future. Not only that, they shape themselves into ideal citizens. The value attached to the life of an individual will be based upon the transformation he or she has undergone. There are of course, some villainous people in society who lure the calm, innocent and pure-hearted students who are the future citizens of Bharath into the political field to serve their selfish interests. They spoil the young minds and turn them into madcaps, loosing their balance. That is the reason why the student community in present times is indisciplined. However, I for myself have the firm conviction that the students themselves are not indisciplined and do not indulge in undesirable and anti-social activities of their own accord. I strongly disapprove participation of students in political activities. Instead, they should make a serious effort to develop qualities such as purity of mind, truth, love, tolerance and a spirit of enquiry. They should confine themselves to their duty as students, with morality and integrity. After completion of their education, they can mould the society and work for the transformation of the individuals by their own truthful qualities and good behaviour. On the other hand, if they allow themselves to be misguided by others' evil thoughts, words and deeds, not only they will ruin themselves but also cause harm to the society. The problems faced by the students are to be enquired into deeply and solutions found people who are competent to deal with them. If, on the other hand, they resort to meaningless agitations under the leadership of self-seeking politicians and anti-social elements, not only their problems will not be solved but serious damage will be caused to public property. Solutions to problems can never be achieved and society will not progress by destroying public property.
Since I am aware of the fairness of students and their capacity to understand the truth easily, I have resolved to teach them about the life history of some Avathars, Puranic characters, Spiritual personalities and prominent devotees in the Indian panorama who richly contributed to the spiritual wealth of this country. I have great love for the students, as also faith in their reasonableness.
Therefore, I am trying to inculcate moral and spiritual values in the students by establishing some Educational Institutions and Vedic Schools to mould their character and personality. If is a fact that students cannot transform themselves. There is another reason which motivated my resolve. If the students are helped by the parents in the home and the teachers in the temples of education in leading an ideal and purposeful life, that would greatly contribute to the development of their innate noble qualities.
The characters in this book would highlight the ideal lives and elightening experiences, their exemplary character, tolerance, love and the great heights in spiritual and temporal fields these noble souls attained.
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