The Five Human Values

"Sathya is what I teach, Dharma is the way I live, Shanti is the mark of my personality, Prema is my very nature."

- Baba

Below you will find some quotes on the Five Human Values established by Swami. These being Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanthi (Peace), Prema (Love) and Ahimsa (Non-Violence)...

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education.
Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others.
Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God.
Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service. So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change; then, man will share in the sorrows and joys of his fellow-beings; thereafter he contacts the very source of the Bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world.
The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education.
Wherever Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Santhi (Peace) and Prema (Love) are emphasised, in whatever religion or language, there we have Sanathana Dharma (the Eternal Gospel).
Whoever tries to understand the Human Values of Truth, Righteous conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence properly, who practises these values and propagates them with zeal and sincerity can alone be described as a truly educated person.

Virtue is the fragrance of the flowers which the tree of life puts forth. Educated people must be identified in society by their strict adherence to virtue, not by more skilled methods of escaping the consequences of vice.

If there is righteousness in the heart
There will be beauty in character.
If there is beauty in character
There will be harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home
There will be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.
So, be righteous; avoid all prejudices against others on the basis of caste, creed, colour, mode of worship, status or degree of affluence. Do not look down on any one; look upon all as Divine as you really are.

Truth is man’s nature; to be untrue is to be false to one’s nature. Dharma (Righteousness) is the practical application in real life of the ideal of Truth. Shanthi (Peace) is the result of Dharma and Prema (Love) is the affulgence of Shanthi.

The man filled with good qualities like Truth, Love, absence of jealousy, ego and hatred, can see God without searching for Him. He becomes a Jnani (a man of spiritual wisdom).

At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing Love mankind has lost its humanness. Love is the Supreme human value. Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Non-Violence are other human values. Knowing these values, men are foolishly leading valueless lives.