Anuvrat - Atomic vows - small decisions that common people can commit

Anuvrat

Anuvrat - Atomic vows - small decisions that common people can commit - minimum code of conduct that everyone should follow:

I will not willfully kill any innocent creature.
1. I will not commit suicide.
2. I will not, commit foeticide.

I will not attack anybody.

I will not support aggression.
I will endeavour to bring about world peace and disarmament. [Believe in non-violence].

I will not take part in violent agitations or in any destructive activities.

I will believe in human unity.

I will not discriminate on the basis of caste, color etc., nor will I treat anyone as an untouchable.

I will practice religious toleration.

I will observe rectitude in business and general behavior.

I will set limits to the practice of continence and acquisition.

I will not resort to unethical practices in elections.

I will not encourage socially evil customs.

I will lead a life free from addictions.

I will always be alert to the problems of keeping the environment pollution-free.

[No Foeticide: Never kill the girl child in the mother’s womb]

anuvrat - sanyam - limit your desires

Irrespective of your belief in God, first thing is that we all can become a good human being, that's it.
It is one of the ways to eliminate violence in the world and to remove the threat of a nuclear holocaust which is still staring the people in the face.
This all gels nicely with what Mahatma Gandhi was talking about and in current times Anna Hazare is telling us. Non-violence, anti-corruption and proper code of conduct for election and so on and so forth.
If an individual is morally awakened and if he / she volunteers to follow the moral code of conduct based on the atomic vows (Anu-Vrat), this will naturally lead to the purification of society.

Students' Anuvrats

I will not vandalize nor take part in violent activities.

I will not use obscene language, will not read pornographic literature, and will not see obscene movies.

I will not use drugs and intoxicants.

I will not resort to unethical practices in elections.

I will not marry for a consideration in the form of dowry and under conditions of ostentation, nor will 1 participate in any such marriage.

I will not cut down trees and will not contribute to pollution.

Teachers' Anuvrats

I will help as much in the building students' character as in their mental development.
I will not adopt illegal means in helping students pass the examinations.
I will give no place to party politics in my educational institution; nor will I encourage my students to take part in it.
I will not use drugs and intoxicants.
I will contribute to the expansion of the Anuvrat Movement.

Businessmen's Anuvrats

I will refrain from adulteration and from selling counterfeit goods.
I will not indulge in under-weighing or false measuring.
I will not trade in or undertake the import or export of contraband, nor will I act as a smuggler.
I will not go back on my pledge to return articles under my custody or mortgaged by others.
I will not indulge in hoarding.

Officers'/Employees' Anuvrats

Election Candidates' Anuvrats

Voters' Anuvrats

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