True Education and Man and God

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Dear Devotees in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone...

 

In a series of posts, I would like to reproduce the small booklet on

the above subject penned by Pujya Swami Chinmayananda. In this

booklet, Swami Chinmayananada defines true education with an example

of a scriptural text. " True Education " says Swamiji, " begins with

discrimination " , and it enables man to fight all the complex

challenges of life. For this, man will have to reeducate himself

with the import of the scriptures. One can being with Bhaja

Govindam, a simple, yet comprehensive text that rips open the

hollowness of worldly attachments and leads one from insanity to

equanimity. I hope you all enjoy reading the postings.

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

Here is the first post:

 

1.

True education enables us to lead a simple, sanctified and

harmonious life. It is not the education which we gain in our

elementary and degree classes, but it is the education ofhte

intellect in order to analyse the mind logically. True education

makes a man a better entity, a more powerful and cheerful man

everyday in his pursuit of success whatever sphere of activity he

may find himself in. The greatest philosopher known to the Hindus is

Krishna, and He had an eternal joy and delight even in the worst

circumstances He had to face.

 

A true education of the intellect is necessary to develop human

personality into a radiant image of divine perfection. The blazing

fire of aspiration if inevitable for the discovery of the Truth. The

goal to be reached in Vedanta which is the state of perfection or

Godhood, is beyond the intellect. It has to be experienced and as

such the intellect has only a limited part to play. It is faith

which helps the student of Vedanta to go beyond the intellect and

experience the Reality. In fact even to begin with, one must have a

certain amount of faith in the scriptures. But in the modern world

faith is looked down upon, and, therefore, the study becomes all the

more difficult.

 

So one has to tackle many problems in order to bring about a new

orientation in one's outlook on life through a true education. To

start with, even to go and listen to the scriptures from a learned

guru one needs faith. So the problems start from the beginning. If

one lacks faith in the scriptures, listening to be learned guru will

not make impressions upon a student.

 

Contd....