Passage 8

In English

Aim of education is not money. Its aim is to acquire virtues. Virtue is real greatness and real power. We have physical sciences in the field of science. Physics says a needle of six millimeters length becomes longer when heated. In another context, turmeric is yellow in color, lime is white. When they are mixed along with water, they become red. This is a chemical fact. From biology point of view, even when you grow a sapling keeping its leaves down and roots up in a tube you will find after some time that roots find their way downwards and the branches go upwards. Similarly, there is a fact pertaining to the science of our life. This is 'Satyasya Satyam' (Truth about truth) 'Satyannasti paro dharmah' (Truth alone is the basis for ). The edifice of is based on the foundation of Truth. We are dwelling in the building called . So our house of is resting on Truth. Truth is God. The goal of life is to dedicate it to truth and to reach God in a path of Truth. This should be our path. But we are neglecting this goal. From the moment we get up, we keep ourselves in untruth till we go to sleep. We are whiling away the time in untruth. Time is fleeting like a passing breeze. As it is born, so the body melts away like a piece of ice. Lifespan goes on decreasing even without knowledge.