When I use the term education, I tend to define it within certain parameters. This way I keep my discussion on this vast subject limited and focused. Hopefully clear too. So here goes.. Education can become a universal concept, only when it is accepted as an empowering tool universally. For eg I stay in a rural part of India, where the education isnt considered to be so important especially because many of the parents are either farmers or poorly educated. They havent seen education bring any value-addition to their lives, as such. So in such a scenario, how can we sell education as an empowering tool? First, show education in the light of its usefulness....preferably in everyday life. For e.g. if a kid were to go to a shop, and tell the shop-owner what its mother has told him to get...4 packets of CCC shampoo. If the shampoo costs 2 rs. per packet, how much would the kid have to pay for 4? It needs to use multiplication and deduce that the order costs 8 Rs. There....that's...
NAMASTE, While I was searching for Subhashitas on the net, I came across this wonderful blog.....I am giving one of the posts of that blog and also the link to it. अन्नदाता भयत्राता, यस्य कन्या विवाहिता । जनिता चोपनेता च, पञ्चैते पितरः स्मृताः ॥ कन्यादातान्नदाता च ज्ञानदाताभयप्रदः । जन्मदो मन्त्रदो ज्येष्ठभ्राता च पितरः स्मृतः ॥ The roles and duties of a father Beautifully Explained : A Must read http://blog.practicalsanskrit.com/2010/06/dear-father-thank-you.html This Sloka tells us how many father figures we may be fortunate to come across in our life. For a very good explanation of the same, I urge you to visit that person's blog. Regards
सुख दुखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ | ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवम् पापमवाप्स्यसि || This is a verse from Bhagavad-Gita. It was transmitted to Arjuna from ShriKrishna when Arjuna was haunted by duality - between siding with his brother to fight for right, and having to face and possibly slay his teachers and revered elders. Here the Lord says, "If you were to fight in the war, just like you are supposed to take pleasure and pain, loss and gain, victory and defeat equally, then you would not gain any sin". My 2 words: "If we were to feel comfortable in the multiple highs and lows of our life, then we too would not be lured into committing more mistakes". Let's meet again!
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