🌷 **Ideal Conduct and Behavior** 🌷


 




## 🌷 **Ideal Conduct and Behavior** 🌷


**“One should desire for others the same things that one desires for oneself.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 259.22)*


**Meaning:** Whatever we wish for ourselves, we should wish the same for others.


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**“One should not do to others what is unfavourable to oneself.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva 38.71)*


**Meaning:** If something feels wrong for us, we should not do it to others.


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**“When someone speaks to you, respond with sweet and gentle words.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 67.38)*


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**“In times of trouble, when someone goes on the wrong path, or delays important work, a well-wisher should offer good advice—even without being asked.”**

— *(Shukra Niti 2.223)*


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**“Win people with kind words and good actions. Always say, ‘I am yours,’ and appreciate the virtues of others.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 123.23)*


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**“Do not speak about the faults of others.”**

— *(Charaka Samhita 8.19)*


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**“Do not try to uncover others’ secrets.”**

— *(Charaka Samhita 8.19)*


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**“Do not create fear in others.”**

— *(Charaka Samhita 8.19)*


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**“Avoid interest in alcohol, gambling, and immoral activities.”**

— *(Charaka Samhita 8.25)*


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**“Do not insult anyone.”**

— *(Charaka Samhita 8.25)*


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**“Never neglect the practice of righteousness (Dharma).”**

— *(Taittiriya Upanishad 11.1)*


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**“Do not commit injustice or cruelty thinking ‘I am powerful.’”**

— *(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 133.19)*


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**“Even in difficulty, never turn your mind away from righteousness.”**

— *(Manusmriti 4.171)*


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**“Do not secretly listen to others’ conversations.”**

— *(Shukra Niti 3.144)*


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**“Do not speak arrogantly in front of elders.”**

— *(Nitivakyamrita 17.27)*


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**“Do not delay work after promising to do it.”**

— *(Shukra Niti 2.232)*


**“One who washes the feet before eating lives a long life.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 104.62)*


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## **God (Parameshwar)**


**“Truth is One; the wise call it by many names.”**

— *(Rigveda 1.164.46)*


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**“To that Supreme Being whose feet are the earth, whose body is the sky, and whose head is the heavens—we offer our reverence.”**

— *(Atharvaveda 10.7.32)*


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**“I realize that Supreme Being, radiant like the sun and beyond all darkness. Knowing Him alone, one transcends death—there is no other path to liberation.”**

— *(Yajurveda 31.18)*


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## **Respect for Elders and the Wise**


**“Never insult elders, nor treat them like servants. If they are standing, do not remain seated. Such conduct ensures long life.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 162.45)*


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**“Even in great difficulty, do not address elders disrespectfully. Calling them ‘you’ disrespectfully is as grave as harming them.”**

— *(Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 162.52)*


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## **Important Life Principles**


**“Leave a hundred tasks to eat, a thousand to bathe, a hundred thousand to give in charity, and millions to worship God.”**


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**“One who desires prosperity must give up six faults: excessive sleep, laziness, fear, anger, idleness, and procrastination.”**

— *(Vidura Niti 1.83)*


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**“The procrastinator is destroyed.”**


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**[Source: Swami Jagdishwaranand Saraswati]**

Reproduced by Dr. Vivek Arya

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