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Social Norms is the 8^th chapter of Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 2 written by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. In this chapter he instructed social norms and etiquettes one should follow in society.^[1]

In this chapter Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar instructed 39 social norms.

No.	Topic	Description
1	Thanking someone	One should offer thanks to someone from whom he or she it taking service. He or she may do it by saying the words "Thank you".
2	Replying to Namaskara	One should quickly reply to someone’s namaskara in a similar way.
3	Mudra for recieving or offering something	One should receive or offer something with the following mudrá: extend the right hand, touching the right elbow with the left hand.
4	Standing up to show respect	One has to stand up if any respectable elderly person approaches him.
5	Yawning	While yawning, one has to cover his or her mouth, and at the same time make a snapping sound with his or her fingers.
6	Respectful words for absent person	While talking, one has to always use respectful words about someone who is absent.

No.	Topic	Description
11	Organizational talk in transport	One should not engage in private (organizational) talk in a train, bus or other public transportation.
12	Taking someone else's article	One should not take another’s article without his or her prior consent.
13	Using someone else's belonging	One should use anything that belongs to someone else.
14	Usage of pinching words	While talking one should not hit someone else with harsh or pinching word. It can be said indirectly.
15	Criticizing others	One should not indulge himself or herself criticising others' faults or defects.

No.	Topic	Description
21	Sitting in a zamindary posture	One should not sit in a zamindary posture, and dance his or feet in a silly way.
22	Respecting others' privacy	If someone one person is going to speak with is writing at the time, he should not look at his or her writing paper (or communications medium).

No.	Topic	Description

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-| 22 || Respecting others' privacy || If someone you are going to speak with is writing at the time, do not look at his or her writing paper (or communications medium).
+| 22 || Respecting others' privacy || If someone one person is going to speak with is writing at the time, he should not look at his or her writing paper (or communications medium).
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