Character

When a breakup occurs, you might feel shattered but it is better to quickly analyse what went wrong and what you could learn from it. Of course, it isn't easy to go through the pain. In fact, it is better to ...

Manath thuladhupoalak kaatti oruvarkuInath thulathaakum arivu.It looks as if one’s knowledge and dispositions arise from the mind,But in reality they stem largely from one’s company.This verse would indicate how remarkable a psychologist Thiruvalluvar is, when he warns the Prince against association ...

Manathaan aam maandharkku unarchchi inattanamInnan enappatum col.I cannot do better, by way of translation of this Kural, than adopt bodily K Srinivasan’s translation itself:Men’s perceptions are of their own mind,But their nature is known by their kind.A person is very often ...

Nilathiyalpaal neer thirindhatraakum maandharkkuInathiyalpa thaahum arivuWater takes the character of the soil through which it flows;So too men’s character changes with their associations.This translation is based on V V S Iyer’s, who would say that the mind assumes the colour, nature ...

The need for characterApart from technical perfection, we must have character, a cheerful outlook on life and a readiness to face all problems and challenges which confront us. Then alone can we become personalities which will attract others ...

Continued From The Third Part Character-building on a Larger Canvas Let us look at character-building from the viewpoint of spiritual life, where meditation plays a central role. Meditation depends upon concentration, and concentration depends upon withdrawal ...

Continued From The Second Part More about Character-BuildingThis means that character-building is the result of whatever we do and do not do (for not doing is also a kind of action). But is character inherited or is ...

Continued From The First Part The Importance of Character Building The importance of character-building occupies a vital and central place in spiritual life. Spiritual life sans character-building is like constructing a house without any mortar or ...

'Build your character!' A good number of people in today’s world do not think this is a good advice. To substantiate their stand, they cite the examples of a large number of people, morally bankrupt and without ...

Continued From The First Part Quieter the mind, the more sensitive and subtle it becomes. With the increasing subtlety, the mind then becomes more and more alert, and thus capable of detecting even those thoughts which are in ...

"Character is formed from the repeated choice of thoughts and actions. Make the right choice; then we shall have noble character. " - ChinmayaIn the Bhagawad Geeta the Lord says that we ourselves are our best friend and ...

Continued From The First Part When we step into our inner world of ideas, emotions and desires, there too we find the bridge-idea playing an important role. For example, we all have certain ideas, but very ...