Module 12:Human values and humanism: dilemmas and directions
  Lecture 37: Value Education -II

Right Understanding is necessary for every human being. When one is not having the right understanding, he remains disturbed and he starts disturbing others. Prosperity in every family implies family being able to identify its needs and being able to produce/achieve more than its requirement. Trust in society implies that every member feels related to everyone else (Akhand Samaj). Finally, co-existence in nature implies that there is i.e. a relation of mutual fulfillment among four orders of nature. According to JV nature consists of:

  • Material Order ( Padartha Avastha) characterized by composition and decomposition

  • Pranic Order (Prana Avatha) characterized by composition and decomposition and response and growth

  • Animal Order (Jeeva Avastha) characterized by composition and decomposition, response and growth, and selection in I

  • Human Order (Gyana Avastha) characterized by composition and decomposition, response and growth, selection in “I”and thinking, desire and will to live with happiness and understanding.


Table 37.3: The various orders and their characteristics
ORDER
THINGS
ACTIVITY
DHARMA
SVABHAV
Physiochemical (Padarth) Air, water, minerals Composition, decomposition Existence, self-orgnization Composite, decomposite
Pranic (Pran) Plants, animal body, human body Composition, decomposition + resp Existence, self-org + growth Pran, enhance/worsen
Animal (Jeev) Animal Body + I Composition, decomposition + resp.+ selection in I Will to live in I Dinta, hinta, krurta
Human (Gyan) Human Body + I Composition, decomposition + resp.+ selection in I + selection, thinking, desire Will to live with happiness, understanding Dinta, hinta, krurta, + dhirta,veerta, udarta