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Towards a value based education: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

By KESLS RAM
Towards a value based education: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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STUDENTS!



Embodiments

of Love!



Teachers

and Patrons of Education!







Education lends beauty to man. Education is man's most precious wealth. It confers happiness and renown on man. It is the teacher of teachers. When a man travels abroad, education stands by him like a kinsman. Education is adored by rulers, not wealth. One without education is an animal.







Degrees alone do not signify education. Education that is confined to the physical sciences is a travesty of true education. Together with knowledge of the natural sciences, one has to acquire humility, discipline and a good character. Everyone should recognize this sacred character of education.







The student of today is concerned with acquiring wealth, strength and position, but not good qualities. Education is meant to enable one to acquire what are good qualities. Every student should take note of this. Education is not intended merely to stuff the brain with information. It has to transform the heart and make it pure. This sacred truth has been forgotten.







Educational institutions should be sacred







Formidable problems have cropped up in educational institutions today. Educational institutions, which should serve to promote wholesome and progressive tendencies among the citizens, are going in the wr...

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~~~~~~ Towards a value based education ~~~~~~

Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 23 (1990)

Date: 22 November 1990

Occasion: Convocation - 9

Place: Prasanthi Nilayam

Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/6F6g

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Best Regards
Seetha Ram

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