REALIZING A BLISSFUL LIFE

RIMNI CHAKRAVARTY ASST . PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES SILIGURI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DATE:6TH OCTOBER 2012

HOW THE IDEA FLASHED IN MY MIND

• “EDUCATION IS THE MANIFESTATION OF PERFECTION ALREADY IN MAN”

- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

• “THE HIGHEST EDUCATION IS THAT WHICH DOES NOT MERELY GIVE US INFORMATION BUT MAKES OUR LIFE IN HARMONY WITH ALL EXISTENCE”

-RABINDRA NATH TAGORE

“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

LIFELIFE 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.

LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL

PROFESSION –LATIN WORD PROFITEORPROFESS- 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.

EMPLOYMENT

TO KNOW ‘HOW’ AND ‘WHAT’ FOR THE SERVICE OF MANKIND IN A PROFICIENT WAY.THIS IS THE MODERN CONCEPT.

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.

• 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.

• TRANSPARENCY/HONESTY/HUMILITY.• EFFICIENT TEAM MEMBER.ALWAYS BELIEVE IN

THE ‘WE ATTITUDE.• PRODUCTIVE.

ENHANCE QUALITY• UNDERSTAND THE 9 MOODS OR NAVA RASAABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN STATE OF MIND.IT IS

ALL ABOUT WHAT THE MIND FEELS AND EXPRESSES THEREAFTER

SANSKRIT 1.SHRINGARAM 2.HASYAM3.ADBHUTYAM4.SHANTAM

5.RAUDRAM6.VEERAM7.KARUNYAM8.BHAYANAKYAM9.VIBHATSAM

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.

HASYAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING :- JOY

• FURTHER MEANING:- HUMOUR ,INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT

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)

SHANTAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING PEACE

• FURTHER MEANING CALMNESS/RELAXATION, GOAL CAN BE

ACHIEVED IN A RELAXED STATE OF MIND.

RAUDRAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING ANGER

• FURTHER MEANING IRRITATION/STRESS ,HARMFUL FOR ANY

ORGANISATION.

VEERAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING COURAGE

• FURTHER MEANING PRIDE ,CONFIDENCE TO SOAR HIGH AND MEET

NEW CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL.

KARUNYAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING SADNESS

• FURTHER MEANING PITY/COMPASSION ,FELLOW FEELING

BHAYANAKYAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING FEAR

• FURTHER MEANING ANXIETY/WORRY, HARMFUL FOR THE

ORGANISATION

VIBHATSAM

• PRINCIPLE MEANING:- DISGUST

• FURTHER MEANING:- DEPRESSION, SELF PITY, HARMFUL FOR THE

ORGANISATION AND ALSO FOF THE INDIVIDUAL

UPLIFTMENT OF THE SELF

CULTIVATE VALUESA) PSYCHOLOGICALB) AESTHETICALC) SPIRITUAL

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.

F) PROUCTIVITY –DO MORE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.

UNDERSTAND THAT WORK IS WORSHIP AND BUILD AN ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY AND GRACE.

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

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

SPIRITUAL VALUES

SELF DISCOVERYI) 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

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

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

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.

THANK YOU