Role Of Ideals Depicting In Ramayan For Inculcating Morals In Students

                 Abstract

                  This article aims at knowing the ways that will train students attitude for living harmony  with oneself or others .For inculcating values in youths , teenagers or in students , the holy books like GITA, RAMAYAN, BIBLE  and QURAN play a vital role to fulfill this aim. The importance Of RAMAYAN is in inevitable  because  this book embodies timeless value and inspires one’s to broaden one’s consciousness  developing  a view from ’ ME to WE ’ revealing high spiritual sacrifices and makes enable to  face problems of daily life. In this way research paper covers the relevance of RAMAYAN in present scenario.   

           Introduction

 

       Value education  is the process  of acquiring values , developing attitudes and behavioral skills in  order to live  peacefully .Value education  programs centered  on learning to manage anger and improve  communication  through skills such as identifying needs, fulfillment and performing the action of brainwashing . In this way approach to value education  changes attitudes  and behavior of individual  from negative to positive  in order to prevent  violence  .                     

                Conflict is very natural process in daily life . We cant  go through it ,  so have to learn different ways to resolve conflict or tension . To remove conflict  in a democratic society needs the commitment of citizens  and accept  the certainty of  removing the conflict  along with necessity  for tolerance . An education based on  value education  fosters a conflict of  positive orientation in a society  and trains  students  to view  conflict  as a platform  for attaining growth. 

                 Contemporary value education related to specific form of violence and similar to human rights and conflict resolution  . So there is need of value education in school curricula in order to foster positive attitude of students and decrease violence in society . It is need of time that we have to return back to our spiritual and holy books like RAMAYAN or  GEETA  to follow the ideals of values depicting in it .

ROLE OF RAMAYAN FOR INCULCATING MORAL VALUES

                Ramayana that is  combination of two words ‘ Rama ‘ and Aayana  means goodness and journey So Ramayana means journey of Goodness . In this holy book VALMIKI Puts Rama as an epitome of virtue and idol of DHARMA in order to educate us what is one’s consciousness developing a view from  ‘ ME TO WE ‘. It consists of high spirit of sacrifice and make enable to face the difficulties of daily life . Ramayana teaches that one of the most important and ultimate goal of life is MOKSHA (Liberation) that can be attained only by following ARTHA and KAMA , strictly following the way of DHARMA . Shri RAMA , a man of eternal values is central figure of Ramayan who follows the path of righteousness and tolerance.The central figure (Rama), who is abode of DHARMA accepted the orders of his elders and went to forest when he is instructed to go to forest for forteen years by Mother KAIKEYI. His younger brother ignored crown and istalled elder-brother's CHARAN PADUKA on the throne of Ayodhyaya. In this way Bharata ruled for fourteen years in absence of his elder brother Rama' s behalf as his agent .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                But in present scenrio while everything is corrupted and environment is subjected to selfishness. Then how one can expect to follow these ideals, if one sacrifices oneself,will go to exploited situations . Now very need tobe  awaken Ravana hide innerself and follow the ideals of Rama . In present erawhat is the relevance of Ramayan . In reply to this question Manas is such wardrobe where all indians Sadhna and knowledge traditionally get a direct look . Even today ideals of Ramayan can satisfy our goal  toward a great extent , such as respecting your family , keeping your promise and sooner giving a lesson to obey the elders in order to maintaining values .

               Ramayan teaches us the duties and responsbilities of each relationship and depict ideal relationship such as ideal son , ideal brother , ideal wife ,  ideal husband and ideal king . As epitome of righteousness (DHARMA )  he embodies everything that is good and divine and known as ' MARYADA PURUSHOTTAM ' which means the greatest of all man or divine that can never changes .

                Ages can change but relivance of RAMAYAN is lasting forever because values and ideals are not subjected to time . That is why the valuable lessons from Ramayan have significence in present scenrio in following way --------

 1-    First of all , to be humble and treat everyone with resect and humility that is                    dissappeared now-adays . Similarly Bharata's  refusal for kingdom offers a lesson among parental property .

 2.    Secondly kaikeyi's  selfishness that caused the death of her husband affects us to safeguard ourselves from selfishness. Besides these old JATAYU 's continuous fight against RAVANA gives us courage in challenging situations . 

3.      Rama journey from Ayodhya to forest shows the ups and downfall of life  that should accept happily because both aspects of life dark mand bright walks together .

4.      Sumitra's nobility  ordered Laxmana to stand and look after his elder brother Rama . Such type of mothers are needed in present .

5.       Ramayan also work as management Guru , Jamvanta -team work to prompt Hanumana to take trip to Lanka  or to motivate Hanumana to go across Lanka. 

6.     To maintain calm and peaceful environment along with devoiding anger in unwanted situations , it is must to teach the lessons of morals of Ramayan . 

7.    Not to forget expressing the gratitude to Lord when rewarded by God with all the goodness of life. We can teach value and ethics to our child by way of story telling , preach a lot of value that we would want to imbible in our children .

8.         We pay attention to our child to love his or her by giving examples of Rama , Laxmana , Bharata and Shatrughan . Laxmana who decided to give up all for the sake of his elder brother Rama . In today materialistic life where disputes among siblings are common .So story like these need to be repeated . 

9.         Another important lesson is Hanuman's devotion , determination , courage and single minded focus to accomplish task . His focus is  only on  his duty, not on reward. Similarly we are supposed to focus on our respective duties and not to fix our mind on benefits .

Dr. Madhu Trivedi

Principal 

Shanti Niketan College Of Business Management And Computer Science Agra