In plain words
Because of this very outlook of pleasure and riches, society has been unable, from time out of mind, to attain divinity. So it is only in these educational institutions that we see the holiness which makes the divinity of humanness recognised. When those who had studied in the gurukula were about to enter the householder's life, the gurus who wished them well would gather the children close and give them good counsel; that gathering was called the snātakotsava. That very thing we are experiencing today under the name convocation.
Education does not mean teaching the knowledge of words, teaching their meanings. The divine Jñāna gained in schools and in educational institutions must be put to use in society, and must show our fellow men the right path. The place where the truly educated man and true students come together must abound in an atmosphere of peace, an atmosphere of safety. The place where today's students gather is full of fear and alarm. Peace and safety have vanished. This cannot be the distinction of education. The hearts they should make tender and sweet: today students are turning into people with hearts of stone. This cannot be the mark of education. Humility, obedience, sympathy, patience, tyāga, mastery of the senses: these are the qualities that show the distinction of education.
Today technological science has kept on growing. But it is travelling along a path that breaks things apart. It is dragging humanness down day by day. Among men today there are many brilliant minds, many men of knowledge. Merely having knowledge is of no use. The Viveka that puts it to good use is essential too. Knowledge without Viveka, humanness without discernment, music without sweetness, friendship without gratitude, a society without morality and honesty: none of these wins the people's regard. So along with knowledge, Viveka too is most essential for man. For this Viveka, humility is very necessary. “Education bestows humility.” But today scientists win success through wonders of many kinds. In plastics and in electronic computers they are achieving wondrous successes far beyond imagining. With atomic power and with journeys into the infinite they keep showing wonders that fill man with amazement. In travel into space they have achieved successes of many kinds. When we look into it in this way, science is growing on a vast scale. Look at the other side: political and economic upheavals, upheavals of country and nation, of caste and creed. Regional chauvinism and the agitations of students are roaming the whole world unchecked, along a path that breaks things apart.