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Sraddha dd wrote:

 

>Maybe it is the question what they got teached in the gurukula? And it

doesn't seem >that what they have learned can help them very much in the

real life. I think that >those boys were more getting training how to be a

sannyasi and not how to be a >householder, even if the household ashrama is

the first thing which they have to hit >in the real life.

 

What we learn from SP is that the gurukula education was based primarily

upon spiritual practices: brahmacari gurukule vasan danta. The boys learned

to control the senses, to see all women as mother, to cultivate spiritual

knowledge, etc. As they grew older, they were trained in a specific varna

according to their specific natures. As for being prepared for grhasta life,

I humbly challenge you to point out a better system of edcuation for that

purpose than gurukula. But that you will not find.

 

>But, if we have only flaming idiots who don't know how to drive a

superexcellent >vehicles, then I think we have to give them some kind of

simpler car which they can >manage, that they don't end up driving into the

walls.

Ys. Sraddha dd

 

No, mataji. The example is to show that *even* given the *best* vehicle, an

incompetent driver will cause havoc. Gurukula is the best vehicle for

education. Next step then is to properly choose/train the teachers.

 

--gkd