#2 World Peace and Children (in English)
"In order to secure a peaceful social and political order, it is essential to make every endeavour to resuscitate moral values. For this purpose, we must begin at the roots. We must give the greatest possible attention to our children, to their proper upbringing, for the children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. ... ...
The education and training of children should create respect for elders, respect for their teachers, respect for each other and respect for society, respect for the country and respect for all the people of the world, as we are expecting a Global Transformation. They should learn and assimilate the concept of one human family, global peace and global religion at a very young age. They should know, through their caring parents, that pure and selfless love is the most important thing in life and that morality is the most valuable virtue, far more important than money. By reading well-selected stories and novels, children will take to a righteous life. Their language should be sweet and respectfully humble. They must be made aware that, as members of the human race, they are at the apex of evolution and they are born here on this earth to ascend even higher. ... ...
The teachers have to teach the children how to love, in the pure sense of the word, how to be compassionate, how to be detached and how to be useful to the society. That is the first lesson that has to be imbibed by the children. Other things like arithmetic and spellings and all that can follow but the main thing for the teachers should be to instil all these qualities in the children, firstly by their own high standards and secondly by teaching them through good books, books written by great souls, as well as books which show how a person suffers if he does not have these qualities or does not heed the commandments which have to be followed. ... ...
The children should know that avoiding quarrels is not a sign of weakness in personality and that living together peacefully and happily is glorious. One must forgive and forget. That is a virtue. Once the children start enjoying virtues, they will not take to foolish things."
Chapter 8, Meta Modern Era, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
The education and training of children should create respect for elders, respect for their teachers, respect for each other and respect for society, respect for the country and respect for all the people of the world, as we are expecting a Global Transformation. They should learn and assimilate the concept of one human family, global peace and global religion at a very young age. They should know, through their caring parents, that pure and selfless love is the most important thing in life and that morality is the most valuable virtue, far more important than money. By reading well-selected stories and novels, children will take to a righteous life. Their language should be sweet and respectfully humble. They must be made aware that, as members of the human race, they are at the apex of evolution and they are born here on this earth to ascend even higher. ... ...
The teachers have to teach the children how to love, in the pure sense of the word, how to be compassionate, how to be detached and how to be useful to the society. That is the first lesson that has to be imbibed by the children. Other things like arithmetic and spellings and all that can follow but the main thing for the teachers should be to instil all these qualities in the children, firstly by their own high standards and secondly by teaching them through good books, books written by great souls, as well as books which show how a person suffers if he does not have these qualities or does not heed the commandments which have to be followed. ... ...
The children should know that avoiding quarrels is not a sign of weakness in personality and that living together peacefully and happily is glorious. One must forgive and forget. That is a virtue. Once the children start enjoying virtues, they will not take to foolish things."
Chapter 8, Meta Modern Era, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi