"We must train our people from an early age to study the lives of great men who led an unattached life, free from debasing passions like lust, anger, greed and fear and, following their example, develop faith in God. This will help them to grow up into dutiful and honest citizens 
disciplined to lead a moral and ethical life. If the Government also takes sufficient interest in making provision for teaching moral and spiritual values to children, it stands to gain much. For one thing, expenditure on police and law courts will get reduced. They will also be
free from the troubles arising from strikes and other forms of student indiscipline. On the ground that free India is a secular state, the Government failed to make provision for religious and moral instruction in educational institutions. One line of justification adopted for
his failure is that India being a land of many religions, the state cannot favor any particular religion. The mistake has now been realized. A few days back a committee appointed by the Government of India (Sri Prakasa Committee), has submitted its report. The committee has
expressed the view that “many ills in the educational world and in society as a whole today which have resulted in widespread disturbances were mainly due to gradual disappearance of the hold of religion on the people.” The committee wants “the inculcation of moral and spiritual
values in the minds of the people from the early years” and has emphasized “that it is most desirable that provision should be made for the teaching of moral and spiritual values in educational institutions." Love of God should be implanted in our people during their
impressionable age. We must bring up our children with faith in God. Then alone will get the courage to resist evil thoughts and to stand firmly by moral and spiritual values. It is with this object in view that our ancients introduced the Pavai Nombu. It was this training that
was responsible for the absence of theft in the land about which the Greek visitor has recorded. Twelve valuable years after the attainment of freedom have been lost. If teaching of spiritual and moral values had been introduced as soon as India became free, the Government, which
ever party may be in power, would have been saved the troubles which arose from language differences and student indiscipline. It is only now that the Government has realized its mistake, and feels the need for religious hold on people. We have attained freedom. We must retain it
The reason why nations have lost their freedom in the past can be traced more to the internal enemies that got established in the people’s heart, than to external enemies. The removal of mental dirt is as important as the removal of bodily dirt. The soap that can remove internal
dirt is faith in God. If we keep God constantly in our heart, no internal enemy can approach us. We have a duty to drive out our internal enemies. The attempt in this direction should be made by teaching our children faith in God. That is the significance of the Tiruppavai-
Tiruvembavai movement.
"Acharya's Call"- invaluable speeches given by His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji
H.H. Jagadguru’s Madras Discourses (1957-1960)
Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara🙏🏾
"Acharya's Call"- invaluable speeches given by His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji
H.H. Jagadguru’s Madras Discourses (1957-1960)
Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara🙏🏾
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