Author: A Compilation
Publisher: Ramakrishna Math
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
This book is specially designed to help you grasp the basic principles of a good and purposeful life. These chapters unfold before you the whole gamut of your activities in life. A careful precepts and a sincere practice of these virtues will enable you to live your life to its fullest potential.
Knowledge, work and love help you to become a perfect human being. True knowledge is gained by an increasing awareness of the totality of your existence. Work means the way you relate yourself to the world. It involves association with people. trample on their Etiquette or manners are the way in which you conduct yourself with the people around you. Good manners make living with people much more comfortable.
In encountering the challenges of life you will be called upon to show the highest integrity, reliability, sensitivity and depth of perception, and above all an openness of mind. These are traits which will enable you discover resources within yourself and evolve strategies to deal with any situation you may find yourself in. You can carve out a higher destiny for yourself only when you understand that the quality of life includes not only comfort in living but also living with a purpose.
Contents
1. Foundations of a Strong Personality
2. Essential Values for Cultivation of Good Manners
3. Early Rising
4. Cleanliness
5. Your Clothes
6. At Home
7. Health and Exercise
8. Food and Dining Etiquette
9. While at School
10. Study and its Methods
11. you and Friendship
12. On the Playground
13. At the Library
14. On the Road and Side-walks
15. Privacy
16. With Guests
17. Travels
18. On the Telephone
19. The Right Use of the Media
20. Constructive Utilization of Time
21. Role of Emotions in Our Lives
22. Common Sense and Ways of Working and Behaving
23. Enlightened Citizen
24. Moral and Spiritual Values
25. Prayer and Spiritual Culture
26. Thus They Lived