Spiritual perfection or goal cannot be achieved, unless it is solidly and firmly rooted in ethical and moral values. To be completely ethical and moral is a basic requirement of any real progress in spiritual field. The ethical or moral conduct is known as ‘Dharma’. Dharma is the very base the foundation on which a spiritual temple can be build. Any spiritual construction without a foundation of Dharma, without ethical base, would be like a structure built on the sand. One has to be really a good man before he can became a Godly man. One can be good man, without being a godly man, but no person could be a godly man without being a good man, ethical man.

To be good man, is to be Satpurusha (meledHegª<e) to be a man of first Category, as categorised by that great king philosopher, Raja Bharthahari. These are persons, who seek the goodness of other, who seek welfare of others, by sacrificing their own interest, these people are highly ethical, practice ethics of self effacement, of renunciation and selfless service. They are embodiment of two great ethical qualities of ‘Tyaga’ and ‘Seva’. They practice the divine acts of sharing, serving and scarifying and all these are dominate by spirit of love and selfless service. They believe and practice dynamic selflessness and selfless service. They inhale love and exhale service. The normal selflove instinct of a common man, is replaced by love for all, in case of a good, and ethical man. This selflessness and love for all is expressed in a dynamic manner, by selfless service, service for service sake, no motive, no expectation of any reward or even recognition. It is done silently, and as Swami Vivekananda puts it many Karmayogis quietly end their journey, without being recognised. It is done as sake duty for duty’s sake. An ethical man, a good man, is river of compassion, fountain of kindness, ocean of love, a spring of selfless service, believing that human life is for service of mankind.

Tragedy of human history, particularly of India, is under mining or ignoring the social ethics, which is a real foundation of society’s existence, its progress and its happiness, its welfare. Unfortunately, in the history the society is individual based whereas in an ideal welfare society it should be society based. It must be recognised that individual is for the society and not the society is for the individual. Most of us behave as if the society exists for us, it is a means and we ourselves are the end. However in truth it is the individual who is the means and society is the end, and each individual is a means to achieve the common welfare of the society, and individual interest, lies in the common welfare of the society and his welfare cannot be at the cost of the social interest.

Each individual in the society is a bundle of energy each has great potentiality. This energy cannot be suppressed. It has to be properly channelised this energy is either used for the self glorification, self acquisition, self gratification, for one own name and fame. The same may be used and is mostly used, to achieve the three ‘P’s pleasure, property and power. It is used for grabbing, it is used for seeking and serving self interest at the cost of others’ interest, at the cost of the interest of the society. As against that realising that the individual is the means and the social interest, the common interest of all is the goal and the end of all human existence, the individual energy has to be diverted and to be channelised to achieve and to contribute to the common welfare of the society as a whole. The individual is for the society, he is a social being first, and his welfare is directly linked with the welfare of the society as a whole. Each individual has to seek and see that each individual in the society becomes fit to live with all basic amenities available to each and every member of the society. In society there should be a welfare Raj, seeking welfare of all. It should not be as it is today, jungle Raj where it is the survival of the fittest.

Only those societies where social ethics, is dominant would progress. On the other hand where self interest self love, self glorification take driver’s seat at the expense of the common good and common welfare, that society will meet a certain disaster and destruction.

Coming to our own country, though there were great efforts by great personalities like Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, Lord Mahavir, and others to bring social ethics into our society, in the ancient times, Rajaram Mohan Roy, Ramkrishna Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda, Maharshi Arvindo, Mahatma Gandhi, and others in the modern times, our society has largely remained individualist, sadly lacking social ethics and there is no awareness of social responsibilities and duties. Individually, we have produced great giants, but collectively we have failed to achieve the common welfare of the society as whole. Even in the spiritual feild, the dominant idea is individual mukti, rather than deliverance of all.

We Indians, are individually quite intelligent, efficient and comparatively good also. But because, of lack of social sense, leading to disregard to social duties and responsibilities, the condition of Indian society is very pathetic, facing all possible social evils. As a people we are not lacking in intelligence, as a country we are not lacking in natural or even human resources, in culture we are not lacking in great eras of expansive minds and impressive achievements. But all this has gone waste and is going to be waste, because we lack sterling character dominated by social spirit. We have not become from individual to persons, from persons to enlightened citizens, from enlightened citizens, to noble nationalists, and from nationalists to great international human beings.

One silver lining, in otherwise gloomy atmosphere, is that, the present Indian youth, Indian children and students are highly efficient, very smart extremely capable with dare devil attitude and brimming with self confidence. It is great treasure of the country. However, this great youth energy must be properly channelised. We must train them educate them in right direction. The education should not be as it is now just information based. Remember children are lights to be lit and not just empty vessels to fill them with information of facts and figures. In the words Romond Rolland, unless along with knowledge we grow in wisdom, it will lead to sorrow. It should be in the words of Swami Vivekananda, ‘Man making education,’ to make heroes out of our children and to see that again in the words of Swami Vivekananda.

‘A hundred thousand men and women, fired with the zeal of holiness, fortified with eternal faith in the Lord, and nerved to lion’s courage by their sympathy for the poor and the fallen and the downtrodden, will go over the length and breadth of the land, preaching the gospel of salvation, the gospel of help, the gospel of social raising-up the gospel of equality.’