09.06.06
According to me, so long as we are materialists (that is, dependent on the external), we cannot but end up being corrupt. We have to be spiritual (dependent on the power within ourselves - i.e. 'in-dependent') to be free from all forms of corruption. Corruption begins with the feeling of lack and in truth this is an erroneous feeling because this feeling is based on ignorance. Our search for ending our perceived lack continues till we realise that there never was, is or will be a lack in us – for we are as perfect as the idea of perfection we have. Understanding this is true education. Today what goes on in the name of education is simply a training in technology – training in all sorts of methods to eradicate the sense of want that is nagging us. How can our training and technology help us when in actual fact we have no need for them?
And so on and so forth goes the argument. A very boring subject really, but a vital subject none-the-less. Traditionally Indian culture has called this subject Vedanta. So, according to me, if we want to make education corruption free, we must be teaching/learning the Vedantic principles. Swami Sukhabodhananda, I can make out from his talks on TV, is a great teacher of Vedanta. Lok Hith should think of inviting persons like him to talk. (There might be a problem here because ‘secular’ folks might say that he is preaching Hinduism. But if we understand that quintessential Hinduism is nothing but the art of freedom, then such ‘secular’ folks might see Hinduism in a new light). If we call any non-Vedantic speakers, they would only be talking of proper action. The effect would be to simply make corruption an ordered thing so that we don’t feel guilty about corruption. We need speakers who understand that the problem cannot be solved by any type of action, but by an understanding – an awakening to our true self and the reality.
According to me, so long as we are materialists (that is, dependent on the external), we cannot but end up being corrupt. We have to be spiritual (dependent on the power within ourselves - i.e. 'in-dependent') to be free from all forms of corruption. Corruption begins with the feeling of lack and in truth this is an erroneous feeling because this feeling is based on ignorance. Our search for ending our perceived lack continues till we realise that there never was, is or will be a lack in us – for we are as perfect as the idea of perfection we have. Understanding this is true education. Today what goes on in the name of education is simply a training in technology – training in all sorts of methods to eradicate the sense of want that is nagging us. How can our training and technology help us when in actual fact we have no need for them?
And so on and so forth goes the argument. A very boring subject really, but a vital subject none-the-less. Traditionally Indian culture has called this subject Vedanta. So, according to me, if we want to make education corruption free, we must be teaching/learning the Vedantic principles. Swami Sukhabodhananda, I can make out from his talks on TV, is a great teacher of Vedanta. Lok Hith should think of inviting persons like him to talk. (There might be a problem here because ‘secular’ folks might say that he is preaching Hinduism. But if we understand that quintessential Hinduism is nothing but the art of freedom, then such ‘secular’ folks might see Hinduism in a new light). If we call any non-Vedantic speakers, they would only be talking of proper action. The effect would be to simply make corruption an ordered thing so that we don’t feel guilty about corruption. We need speakers who understand that the problem cannot be solved by any type of action, but by an understanding – an awakening to our true self and the reality.
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