Passage 8

In English

, The Ultimate Goal Of Life

Today’s education is secular. Even then, it is said ”, which means secular education for this world and spiritual education for the other world. This is for making a living; that is the ultimate goal of life. If man cannot make a comfortable living by acquiring secular education, he will not be able to cultivate a taste for the goal of life and the method of reaching that goal. Therefore, you should not neglect secular education. But, what is more important is that education and culture must go hand in hand. The great of yore like and acquired education with culture. That is why they were able to contribute great literature like the and the to the world and thus become true friends of the world (). If Maharishi could compose 18 and demarcate the knowledge into four divisions, it is only because he had had respect for secular education as well. The whole universe and everything contained therein is embedded in Divinity. There is nothing we can offer to God except pure love. God also does not expect anything from us. That is why a great poet once sang thus: