50 DIVINE THOUGHTS - COURTESY KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETHAM

March 31, 2010

Priya Bhagavat Bandhu,

50 DIVINE THOUGHTS (CONTD.,)

11 TO 15

11. By education we realise Truth. There are many truths, History is one truth.

Geography is one truth, Mathematics is one truth. The content of truth is the

greatest in Mathematics. In others, there is an element of imagination. In

Geography, we come across names Asia, Africa, Madras, Calcutta, etc. These names

were given by us. By imagination, we have given names " plateau " " valley " , etc.

By a process of gradual elimination of all that is imaginary, when we arrive at

truth, that Truth is found to be God. To think of Him with real devotion is the

fruit of education.

12. What is the use of education? Its first use is to develop humility (vinaya).

In olden days, the disciple who went to a guru was called " vineyan " meaning a

person of humility which is the hall-mark of Instruction he had from his guru,

the fruit of education. Education without humility is no education. Education is

the same today as it was before, but methods have changed. The medicine is the

same but if the diet is changed, the medicine becomes poison. Education has

today become merely the means of livelihood. For true education, the student

should go to a guru and follow the guru-kula system.

13. Right education should make us know that God is the Truth. Knowledge must

fill one with good qualities, through which one can realise the Truth, that is

God. Therefore, the goal of knowledge is the understanding of the Ultimate

Truth. The first fruit of education must be humility and self control.

14. The total surrender to the Lord is a means of learning our insignificance

and the transcendent grace of the Lord.

15. If we engage an inquiry into the Atman, at the end of it, it will be clear

that God is in us as our very self. When that stage is reached, we have no use

for the devas. Then all karmas will fall away from us. But, until then, we must

obligatorily do the karmas directing them to the Gods.

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