WHAT IS THE PURPOSE

of kindergarden? -2 years
 HOW TO TEACH ?
STUDENT UNDERSTANDS WELL
 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
of Schooling? – 12 years
• What is the purpose of studying Science and
Mathematics after 10th Standard in School (ie.,+1
and +2)?
• What is the purpose of studying Economics and
Mathematics after 10th Standard in School (ie.,+1
and +2)?
What is the purpose
of studying a degree?
3/4 years
 What is the purpose of
working/owning/Directing in a
company?

35 years
 Total Life time – 70 -120

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?

WHY AM I?
HAVE YOU FACED ANY TROUBLES
IN LIFE?
 Physical Troubles
• Have you ever got any pain
– Leg
– Stomach
– Hand
– Head
• Have you ever met with any Accident
• Small injury in bike
• Fell down
• Sprain
• Why disease?
• Fever
• Jaundice
Mental /Emotional Troubles
 Stress
 Dull
 Anxiety
 Depression
 Nagging
 Sadism
 Cranky
 Bursting to cry –Outburst
 Frustration
 Guilt
 Worry
 WHY TROUBLES?

• To maintain your tranquility you must

keep your mind away from duality
• Pleasure * Pain
• Profit * Loss
• Praise * Blame
• Gratification * Humiliation
 Total Life time – 70 -120

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?

WHY AM I?
 ARE THERE
SOLUTIONS TO TROUBLES

IS THERE AND ANSWER

FOR
PURPOSE OF LIFE
OR
WHO AM I?
WHY AM I?
 HOW SHOULD I LIVE?

To find the answers and life at peace?

Is it in my hands?
 VALUES

To practise
to

FIND THE ANSWER

CONDUCT and ACTIONS which are

righteous in nature
 SCHOOL
What is the purpose that you studied
• Thirukural
• Athichudi
 Fearlessness:

It is the state of freedom from concern for present

and future miseries.
Inordinate attachment of any kind causes fear.
– Attachment to wealth leads to dread of
impoverishment, attachment to social prestige
causes fear of infamy,
– attachment to bodily comfort causes the fear of
ill-health, and so on.
– Detachment and surrender to NATURE vanquish
all fear from the heart.
 PURITY OF MIND
• This is the state of inner cleanliness.
• ABSENCE OF
– Arrogance,
– Pride,
– Anger,
– Conceit,
– Harshness and
– Ignorance
– lust,
– false prestige,
– attracted by the impermanent
– gratify the senses
 Performance of sacrifice
• Do all actions and get detached from the
fruits
• STUDY OF SACRED BOOKS

STUDY OF
SACRED
BOOKS
 Study of the sacred books:
• An important aspect of cultivating the divine
nature is to
• feed the intellect with uplifting knowledge
from the scriptures.
• When the intellect is illumined with proper
knowledge, one’s actions naturally become
humble.
 SIMPLICITY AND
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
• The body-mind-senses are such that, if we
pamper them, they become pleasure-seeking,
• The condition of living without
unnecessary things
• Simplicity in speech and conduct unclutters the
mind and engenders the sprouting of noble
thoughts.
• The English phrase “simple living, high thinking”
aptly expresses the benefits of the virtue of
straightforwardness.
 NON-VIOLENCE AND TRUTHFULNESS
7. Non-violence:
– It means not impeding the progressive life of other
living beings through
• thought,
• word, or
• deed.
8. Truthfulness: It means restraining oneself from
distorting facts to suit one’s purpose..
 COMPASSION TOWARD ALL LIVING
BEINGS

• Develop empathy for all living beings.

• Compassion arises upon seeing the sufferings
of others.
 GENTLENESS AND MODESTY

• GENTLENESS
– The disposition of behaving roughly with others
arises from insensitivity to their feelings.

• MODESTY
– “sense of guilt in performing actions contrary to
the nature.”
 Cleanliness
• It refers to both internal and external purity.
• Virtuous people believe in maintaining
external cleanliness because it is conducive to
internal purity.
• George Bernard Shaw said, “Better keep
yourself clean and bright; you are the window
through which you must see the world.”
 Twenty-six virtues
1. Fearlessness 14. Renunciation
2. Purity of mind 15. Peacefulness restraint from fault-
3. Performance of sacrifice finding
4. Spiritual knowledge- study of16. Compassion toward all living beings
sacred books 17. Absence of covetousness
5. The condition of living without 18. Gentleness
unnecessary things 19. Modesty
1. Straightforwardness 20. lack of fickleness
2. non-violence 21. Vigor
3. Truthfulness 22. Forgiveness
4. Steadfastness 23. Fortitude
5. Charity 24. Cleanliness
6. Control of the senses 25. Bearing enmity toward none
7. Absence of anger 26. absence of vanity
AVOID
GOSSIP
 Absence of anger
• The manifestation of anger is a defect of the
material mind.
• By developing detachment and surrender to
NATURE, one overcomes anger.
 CONTROL OF THE SENSES
• The senses are notorious in their ability to
drag the mind deeper into material illusion.
• They tempt the living being to seek
immediate gratification.
• However, walking the path of virtue requires
forsaking the lower sensual pleasures for
achieving the higher goal.
• Thus, restraint of the senses is an essential
virtue for treading the path to God.
FAULT-FINDING
 Restraint from fault-finding
• The whole world and everything in it is a
mixture of good and bad qualities.
• Focusing upon defects in others dirties our
mind, while focusing upon their virtues
purifies it.
• The nature of a saintly person is to see his or
her own defects and
• observe the virtues of others.
COVETOUSNESS
 Absence of covetousness

Greed is the desire to accumulate more than

what one legitimately needs for the
maintenance of the body.
Under its sway, people acquire huge amounts of
wealth and possessions, though they know,
that at the time of death, everything will be
left behind.
Freedom from such covetousness leads to
contentment and inner peace.
 Absence of vanity.
• Self-praise, boastfulness, ostentation,
etc. all stem from pride.
• Saintly personalities see nothing in
themselves to be proud about,
but instead
• feel gratitude to God for the good
qualities they possess.
 TWENTY-SIX VIRTUES
1. Fearlessness 14. Renunciation
2. Purity of mind 15. Peacefulness restraint from fault-
3. Performance of sacrifice finding
4. Spiritual knowledge- study of16. Compassion toward all living beings
sacred books 17. Absence of covetousness
5. The condition of living without 18. Gentleness
unnecessary things 19. Modesty
1. Straightforwardness 20. lack of fickleness
2. non-violence 21. Vigor
3. Truthfulness 22. Forgiveness
4. Steadfastness 23. Fortitude
5. Charity 24. Cleanliness
6. Control of the senses 25. Bearing enmity toward none
7. Absence of anger 26. absence of vanity
 QUALITIES TO AVOID
• Arrogance,
• Pride,
• Anger,
• Gossip
• Harshness
• lust,
• false prestige,
• attracted by the impermanent
• gratify the senses
 அரியது

• அரிதரிது மானிடர் ஆதல் அரிது

• மானிடர் ஆயினும்
• கூன்குருடு செவிடுபேடு நீ ங் கிே் பிறத்தல் அரிது
• பேடு நீ ங் கிே் பிறந்த காலலயும்
• ஞானமும் கல் வியும் நயத்தல் அரிது
• ஞானமும் கல் வியும் நயந்த காலலயும்
• தானமும் தவமும் தான்செயல் அரிது
• தானமும் தவமும் தான்செய் வ ராயின்
• வானவர் நாடு வழிதிறந் திடுபம.
 PEACEFULNESS
• The cultivation of virtue requires mental
poise.
• Peacefulness is the ability to retain inner
equilibrium despite disturbing external
situations.