The Reforms I expect in India - Masters and Movie Makers

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The Reforms I Expect in India – The Next Generation

Chapter – Education System

 

Guru Gayathri : - Gnana Pradaya Vidmahe, mukti kaaranaaya dheemahi, tannoo

guru prachodayat.

 

According to Indian Tradition, respecting of the master is considered to be a

part of everyday duty for a student. The student may be in fine arts; may be in

school education; may be of Vedic studies; and whatever is the branch of study,

it is considered as a sacred duty of a disciple to bow down before his master in

expression of his obedience and in quest of knowledge.

 

Parents are just responsible to grant stoola Deha in other words, the physical

form of a body. And this is created mostly out of their pleasure without the

knowledge of the results, however resultantly human beings take shape. They

might sometimes, create opportunities for injecting samskaara – the finest

culture into their children, but the path of life commences only when the child

joins School – the Gurukulam, where the Master – Guru takes all pains to mould

the mental attitude of the child, while helping the child to acquire skills in

the line of his choice. Thus, he becomes a stepping stone for the bread earning

activity of the child and for building up a well structured society with good

conduct of the citizens.

 

The eminent personalities whom we come across are the resultant efforts of a

master. The greatness of the master is known through the presentation of the

skills of a disciple. Thus the role of a master is more comprehensive than a

parent. Therefore, the ancient scriptures attributed highest importance to the

master – the guru as “Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheswara, Guru

Saakshaat Para Brahma Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah”

 

Respect to the Master – the Guru is considered as respect to the SCHOOL OF

LEARNING. Well, this is what our ancient generations thought of, and what we

learned from the scriptures too. The full moon day , the bright fifteenth day

of Ashada Maasa – the month of Ashada is observed as GURU POORNIMA. On this

day, all disciples join together at the Lotus feet of their Masters and worship

him as a token of total surrender to HIM and to HIS KNOWLEDGE. The forthcoming

29th of July is such a Holy Day.

 

The importance of the day cannot be described on this small paper, but in

simple words, I can conclude that THIS DAY IS A PASSPORT for all our

achievements, our pleasures and everything in life. It is a passport to our

sorrows too where some of us disowned the teachings of the Guru or disrespected

HIM, disrespected his knowledge, in the past days and thus retained a position

of ignorance while accepting repeated failures in life.

 

I have seen in many movies where the Lecturers, Teachers are presented as

Jokers while some of the movie makers have gone to the extent of creating fun of

the teacher in a classroom for a momentary pleasure. Some of the movie makers

have gone a little beyond and created vulgar scenes too like the master

misbehaving with the students in many forms. In some of the movies, it is shown

as the master sharing an alcoholic drink or some such with their students. It

is an accepted fact that the MOVIES have become powerful media influencing every

part of our life. Most of the power politicians are from this field. If such a

powerful media degrades the status of a Master, what better Society we can

establish over a period of time and what culture we are nursing, and for what

kind of fruits?

 

Perhaps the Censors cannot do anything in this area, but something has to be

done immediately like movie producers association voluntarily coming up with a

principle of respecting the values of Tradition and not producing any movies

considered harmful to the society. The old movie makers did not got down to

present level, but created a better fun useful to the society and the films were

educative, informative, yet of enjoyable pleasantness.

 

-: MOVIE MAKERS:-Let us strive hard to protect the culture

and quality based ancient ideology.

 

Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji

 

Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji

E mail: shodasisai Web www.ashwamedhayaagam.org

12th July 2007