The followers of Buddhism reaffirm their faith in the five principles called Panchsheela listed as follows.
1. Never take life
2. Never steal
3. Never commit adultery
4. Never lie
5. Never consume liquor or other intoxicants
in present context of covid crisis, told Professor Goel.
The present generation holds out through the writings and verses and, of course, through those images and tales of Tagore’s charisma for all times to come with great fondness. Let the modern youth understand, analyze, interpret and imbibe the thoughts of Tagore to draw implications for the coming generations, believes Professor Goel.
Lord Buddha preached equity, inclusion, non-violence, compassion, peace, austerity and simplicity. He had stressed a life free from worldly desires and materialistic cravings which are the cause of sorrow or suffering.
The Buddha did not believe in the existence of God and Buddhism does not subscribe for theistic world view.
The great teachings of the Buddha are meant to liberate sentient beings from strife and suffering
Tagore's extraordinary work comprises of a large array of paintings, sketches, doodles, texts and songs. He subscribed for naturalistic philosophy of education and founded Visva-Bharati University to carry on his legacy
The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance in United States which held on the first Thursday of May to call upon of people of different faiths to pray for the Nation. This year the observance fell on May 7 and the observance was dedicated to the patients of COVID-19. The tradition has caught up in many countries now.
It was in 1912, Anna Jarvis proposed Second Sunday in May as "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day International Association to revere motherhood and celebrate their contribution to society and families. However, materialism and market forces have commercialized the observance meant to revere mothers.
According to Rebecca Garland, there is no limit to what could be considered motherhood. While addressing mothers, she adds, “When your child was happy, you practically cried from joy yourself. Motherhood heightened the emotions we felt and exploded the limits of what we thought was possible in life.”
For the revival of the economy through demand side, the government should understand the plight of the middle class as the real victim of the crisis with discontent and deprivations, emphasized the needonomist Goel.
It has been suggested for school-going age children staying at home, should help their mothers to deep clean the common spaces, such as corners, window frames, door frames, latches, handle bars in their houses with sanitizers as way to celebrate Mother's Day.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian political leader, a freedom fighter, a social reformer, and a self-rule advocate who worked as senior leader of the Indian National Congress and had been the founder of the Servants of India Society.
"Whether they're near or far, make Mom a little piece of art from your heart in today’s interactive, digital card-maker Doodle," informs Google website urging to 'Cut out some time to send a mom some love today! Search for ”GoogleDoodles” in Gboard, GIF Keyboard by Tenor, or the GIF search in your favorite social apps.'
World Migratory Bird Day was observed by UN Agencies on May 9 and bird lover groups to strengthen global recognition and appreciation of migratory birds.
It was found that the Weighted Average Mark (WAM) can work as a cross-check for measurement of academic performance based on objective type testing by Grade Point Average (GPA) measurement.
Some recent surveys have indicated that there has been an up-swing in the number of children with learning delays and deficits due to ways children are being brought up and educated in their pre-primary and early primary grades. The mainstream schools are blaming children as non-educable are being thrown out for being admitted in special schools.