Truth

Truth is ultimately the repository of all human values, the basis of life lived with integrity, and the basis of life itself. Truth is not a temporal activity or phase; truth is not what is seen, heard, or done by others; truth is a composite of inner qualities and capacities which are discovered, excavated by reflection and self-enquiry. Truth is timeless, changeless, and reveals the inner character and qualities of the human being. People who act with truth act with integrity; they think and live with love and peace, and their lives are filled with non-violence, self-control, self-respect, and self satisfaction.

Right Conduct

Right conduct is activity ranging from personal conduct, thought, right action, duty, and applying morality as a way of life and action, generally. For simplicity, we include all notions of this uniquely human state into the term right conduct.

Right conduct is known through time by many different words expressing activity, and essential character of persons, deeds, and duty. It is unbound action, truth in action, love in action, peace in action, non violence in action. It is both personal and social at the same time. It is revealed in conduct, daily behavior, attitude towards others and human integrity. This display of good character is social morality in action. In all compartments of human and social life, right conduct leads to productivity, progress, and prosperity.

Peace

Peace is innate in all human beings; it is within each person simply waiting to be uncovered. Peace is best described as inner mental calm, mental equipoise or equal-mindedness. Equanimity is achieved when a person is able to switch from outward vision to inward vision and is consequently able to minimize his or her desires and achieve a greater degree of contentment.

Love

Love is a form of energy which each person transmits and receives every moment. It is said that love "flows from the depths of our soul". It is more than mercy or gentleness; it flows all the time and not just to persons to whom we are attached. It is for everyone, for the whole of creation. It affects all forms of life. The more it is shared, the more it grows.

Love is the natural state and all other contrary emotions are unnatural. Therefore, when you send a wave of spontaneous Love to a person, it is bound to strike some chord in him or her. When you go on showering Love, it will slowly begin to cleanse and purify and ultimately the undesirable traits will be weeded out and goodness will shine through. The happiness that can be derived from unselfish scattering of Love is a rare elevating experience.

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -Albert Einstein

Nonviolence

Nonviolence is the sum of all the other values and our legacy to future generations. Nonviolence may be defined as "universal love". It fosters the understanding that human beings have an obligation towards every component part of this universe and that they should try to expand this love to all. Nonviolence goes beyond a person's relationship with their fellow-beings, it embraces all non-living things. With regard to human beings, it means not causing harm in thought, word or deed. Nonviolence represents the fruition of all human values. If one practices Truth, Right Conduct, Love and Peace, one is nonviolent in one's actions. Nonviolence is described as the zenith of human achievement and perfection and present when one recognizes the oneness and unity of all creation.

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. -Martin Luther King Jr.