Passage 6

In English

The creative ability that should exist in the field of education has broken to pieces. Man is performing his journey along a path where he is not able to recognise the true aspect of human nature. Today, the entire field of education appears to be covered with a rough blanket. While eating our food out of such a rough blanket, it is foolish of us to think that our food should not contain any bits and pieces of cotton or fibre. If we think so, it will be an illusory belief on our part. The human nature of today is such that we are not able to see any spirit of sacrifice or adherence to truth in it. In these circumstances, the students should enter into the spheres of worldly matters, ethical and spiritual, and set themselves as ideal examples. In fact, these summer classes are arranged with that objective and hope. Truly, the essence of the right type of education is that it should give you the ability to stand on your own legs. Good education is to enable you to get rid of servitude in all aspects. The very object of correct education should be to enable you to have a vision of your divine self. When man loses his ability to sacrifice and his ability to conduct himself in a selfless manner, the education he receives will become utterly useless. So long as we depend only on economic prosperity, this will be our fate. What cannot be achieved through work, what cannot be achieved through wealth, can be achieved through sacrifice. The immortality that you wish, and the divinity that you wish to reach, can be achieved through sacrifice.