Character Is The Goal Of Education: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Character Is The Goal Of Education: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Students, Boys and Girls!
The present Vice Chancellor, the former Vice Chancellor, the Secretary of the Central Trust, and two other students have made excellent speeches in beautiful vocabulary. In this vast world, wherever you see, you find most wonderful and joyful events that awaken your inner being and fill your heart with immense bliss. Our students also have developed great skill, intelligence, and expertise in the fields of sports, games, and music and demonstrated their talents giving joy to one and all. Whatever the activity they undertake, they do it to please Swami and not for temporary happiness.
Right from the time of birth, all activities of man are centred around the process of learning and acquiring wisdom. It is absolutely necessary to teach the spirit of idealism to our students so that they fill their hearts with love and give happiness to one and all. Today, there are a number of educational institutions all over the world, but, nobody seems to have understood what education really means. Students fill their heads with mere bookish knowledge, write examinations, secure pass marks and claim that they are educated.
In spite of his education and intelligence, a foolish man will not know his true Self and a mean-minded person will not give up his evil qualities. (Telugu Poem)
Modern education leads only to argumentation, not to total wisdom. What is the use of acquiring education that cannot l...
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~~~~~~ Character Is The Goal Of Education ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 37 (2004)
Date: 15 January 2004
Occasion: Sankranthi, Sports Meet
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/PzVT
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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Students, Boys and Girls!
The present Vice Chancellor, the former Vice Chancellor, the Secretary of the Central Trust, and two other students have made excellent speeches in beautiful vocabulary. In this vast world, wherever you see, you find most wonderful and joyful events that awaken your inner being and fill your heart with immense bliss. Our students also have developed great skill, intelligence, and expertise in the fields of sports, games, and music and demonstrated their talents giving joy to one and all. Whatever the activity they undertake, they do it to please Swami and not for temporary happiness.
Right from the time of birth, all activities of man are centred around the process of learning and acquiring wisdom. It is absolutely necessary to teach the spirit of idealism to our students so that they fill their hearts with love and give happiness to one and all. Today, there are a number of educational institutions all over the world, but, nobody seems to have understood what education really means. Students fill their heads with mere bookish knowledge, write examinations, secure pass marks and claim that they are educated.
In spite of his education and intelligence, a foolish man will not know his true Self and a mean-minded person will not give up his evil qualities. (Telugu Poem)
Modern education leads only to argumentation, not to total wisdom. What is the use of acquiring education that cannot l...
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~~~~~~ Character Is The Goal Of Education ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 37 (2004)
Date: 15 January 2004
Occasion: Sankranthi, Sports Meet
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/PzVT
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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