8 March 1981, Laying of the Foundation Stone, Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Hyderabad
Professor Kasturi's English.
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Educated persons must serve the people
As a consequence, products of this process, who have no sense of values, gradually enter the professions and positions of authority in administrations of nations and rise up in time to higher levels. The world has come to the brink of disaster as a result. shone among nations as the land of Forbearance, Self-control and Service. Now, it is being fast converted into a land pursuing pleasure. Each one desires, to loll on sofas in airconditioned office rooms. Can this be named "pleasure'? Can this be ideal for educated person? No. This state will breed physical and mental illness.
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The educated person must serve the people, through sweat and toil. Education has to inspire youth to offer service, to sacrifice and to help. It must not inspire youth to amass money as its goal, and to travel farther and farther to earn more and more of it. For, accumulated money brings arrogance and arrogance brings in its train many other vices. The educational institutions do not at present instruct pupils on these lines and inspire them to practise these ideals. They do not strengthen and sublimate material and secular instruction into moral and spiritual training. Only when this is done can man evolve into God who is his reality. It is for this reason and with this purpose in view that this Foundation Stone is being laid by Me for this Home for Students () here. When such institutions spread more and more, there can be no doubt that the ancient invaluable culture of will renovate and establish (peace).