Virtues and ethics development in Society responsibility of whom?

As the day progresses we today constantly hear of violence, unrest amongst citizens and in addition in paralle hear the common moto of peace promised by different political parties.
Is Peace possible without a systematic training and development of moral and ethics in the society?

Today;  families,  until the top government ; lay less importance to moral and ethics development in children; rather emphasize on technical growth and development in the children. Thus we see parents and political leaders boast of their children handling technology in ease from their young age; but disregard their relegious and spiritual education which influences moral and ethical balance in the society. Today although the society has become advanced in the use of technology; we see a parallel exponential rise in crime rate among men, against women, children, elders, amongst family members for simple reason of greed. In addition we see exponential rise in suicide rates amongst children unable to cope up with material competition.

A systematic spiritual education in  Sanatana Dharma culture not only creates mental strength; but also inner peace and satisfaction deep within the heart of the individual, thus acts as an instrument in maintaining harmony amongst individuals.

Traditionally a Kshatriya King acted as a true father by taking full responsibility in its citizens by facilitating their spiritual development along with their economic development.

Its upto todays government to take true ownership in this regards and thus being instrumental to peace in the society instead of giving blind promise to communal peace in exchange of power.

Hands that serve are better than lips that pray ??

Today we hear this common saying quoted by everyone; that is " Hands that serve are better than lips that pray". Is this saying a recent invention? or has been practised since the past?

According to our Sanatana Dharma; our eternal preceptors in this line have practised the art of " lips that prays along with hands that serve". Just like two parallel running railway tracks that accompanies each itself in the path; similarly hands cannot serve truly until it is empowered with true determination and selfless service which is obtained by praying unto the Divine.

Today we hear people engaged in different social welfare activities from the NGO's and in addition different influential business magnates and politicians performing different social services to the common men. But are these activities truly dedicated to others without a hidden agenda of material profit, self adoration, display of power, political domination etc...?
Unless each individual is helped to understand and develop its lost relationship with the Supreme Divine and trained to pray, there is no chance for individuals hearts to get purified of all material contamination. Unless the hearts are purified, there is no chance of sincere selfless service to sprout from the core of ones heart.

The Ultimate Poison!!

In Samskritam Subhashitham there is a wonderful verse which says

"दीपो भक्षयते ध्वान्तं कज्जलं च प्रसूयते 

यादृशं भक्षयेदन्नं जायते तादृशी प्रजा      ||"

The lamp consumes darkness and generates soot/smoke. (Similarly) The type of food you eat has a corresponding influence on the offspring.]

Another variation of the subhashita ends as 'तादृशी मति: ' which means that the food you eat produces the quality of thinking that emanates from you.

Now a question arises, what kind of food do we need to consume?

Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says 

"Bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt." 

 "Anyone who eats for sense pleasure, or cooks for himself, not offering his food to the Supreme Lord Sri Hari, eats only sin."

All the variegated objects in the material worlds are of 3 kinds i.e Sattva ( Goodness ), Rajas( Passion ) and Tamas( Ignorance ).

Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita has described elaborately on the 3 kinds of food that must be consumed and that must be avoided.

Bg 17.8

āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya-
sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ
rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā
āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ

Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.

Bg 17.9

kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-
tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ
āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā
duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ

Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease.

Bg 17.10

yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ
pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat
ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṁ
bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam

Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness.

The Supreme Lord Sri Hari who is situated in the pure sattva platform purifies the food we offer to him, and thus the food consumed purifies our mental and physical existence, creating a suitable platform to help understand the absolute truth.