Human Rights and Indian Psychology

Recently I joined a Panel Discussion in a reputed college set to launch two Certificate Courses in Human Rights and Applied Indian Psychology sanctioned by the UGC in the Department of Sanskrit there.
The Charter of Human Rights I felt,is already implied by a few statements in Sanskrit literature on polity,ethics and the like,beyond the limited purview of that our Vedic culture has enormous materials to offer to humanity for ages to come.But we have to have a just and a universally acceptable framework corresponding to the individual,national and global aspirations of contemporary times.
The practical parameters set by pioneers of psychology like the propounders of the six orthodox systems of philosophy and the heterodox systems including the ideal Indian materialist,make great sense even now in analysing and uplifting our psyche to achieve the best here if not also the hereafter.But then it requires application in life situations at present to develop statistical methods of observation and experiment.
The vast ocean of Indian wisdom awaits in Sanskrit to be tapped by the earnest seeker and researcher to verify the truth with current modes of research.Holism has been our hallmark and universality of vision our touchstone.

Evolution of the Shaastras

The dharmashaastras seem to have stopped evolving further into our times,after probably Paraasharasmriti, guiding us along the temporal needs and exigencies of life as obtaining at present.
Thus we at times feel bewildered by the prescriptions of the old shaastras notwithstanding the perennial gems of wisdom they contain.
Those who are moved by the lofty ideals of lokasangraha ought to take the lead in composing a dharmashaastra befitting our times for sacred and profane conduct.

"DALIT" WORD IS PAINFUL !

The first page flash in Times of India,22 May '10 "Dalit teacher kills himself after caste remark"is unnerving and highly offending to our sense of culture and civilisation.The intelligentsia and,the truly religious and the statesmen must go for a self searching as to why are we failing in social values.
While 'social' caste has a remedy in social thinking,'politicised' caste has to have a cure in ideal political thought.
We replaced 'shudra' with 'harijan' and the same with 'dalit'.Now the vogue is 'anusuchit jati' or 'scheduled caste' ! A game of names,but have we succeeded ?When shall we practically accept all human beings as one ?
We must rise above pettinesses of all kinds to have an India free and fair in all respects.
Back to the Vedas see caste as mere profession and caste as glory or stigma as a blatant lie !

HAVE A COMPLETE SAMSKRIT CHANNEL !

the seers and sages,scholars and statesmen,philosophers and scientists always extolled the great qualities of samskrit as a language that represented life in its vibrant entirety.
now the psycholinguists have again scientifically proved the unequalled potentials of samskrit for human peace,bliss and prosperity.
here our electronic mass media can do miracles by launching
A COMPLETE SAMSKRIT CHANNEL
to spread the benign sound around along with beaming the culture inspiring us to imbibe the best of our past to guide our present and a better tomorrow in achieving further destinations of dharma(righteous conduct),artha(material resources),kaama(blissful life) and moksha(spiritual realisation).

ACADEME IN 21ST CENTURY

"It is to be hoped that our universities will be governed,as in the past,by intellectuals --
faculty and administrators alike -- so that the creative minds could thrive and revive the art of fiction and poetry writing to its old glory.Then only a university will become a place of innovation and critical thinking."
Dr Satya S Pachori
Professor of English & Head,University of North Florida,USA(in his preface to Paul S. Vij's Dust Storm and Other Short Stories

CASTE COUNT !

While caste count will act as a reality check the efficacy of which ought not to be denied,counting on caste will take us further from an equal and just society.

Caste is a truth undeniably there,but what is more undeniable is that never in this subcontinent was such a falsehood established as a fact to distort,divide and debilitate society.

True education can do this,that education which India has banked upon for milleniums - the Vedic education which calls our notion of caste as a myth as true caste (varNa) comes from within and not without.

Minimum of Ethics !

Throughout history everyone spoke of ethics : here's the mother of all the good that happens to the human world !

Have minimum of ethics and the world's sufferings will come down !

But one needs the guts to behave ethically !

The Sparsh Ganga Campaign

H.H.Dalai Lama's " Worship Ganga : Protect Ganga " slogan is most welcome.
But the nation should be told as to what exactly is done to tame the villainous industrial effluent flowing into the Ganga unchecked in spite of slogans of all kinds
by sacred and profane interests !
Left alone the Ganga can take care of herself.Our excesses are her undue burden !