THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
Schooling is not merely for food and delight, for earning a living and to
enjoy leisure. Its true purpose should be to activate the qualities of wisdom
in action, non-attachment and discriminatory power (Viveka, Vairaagya and
Vichakshana). The root is education and the fruit should be virtues. Every
school must shape its students into citizens, worthy of the country's precious
heritage and spiritual wealth. Otherwise, all schooling is a waste of time and
money. Schools are the temples of the Goddess of Wisdom who grants to each
child the wisdom to grasp the Ultimate Truth and acquire knowledge that will
dispel ignorance for ever. The school must facilitate this and ensure stability
in all the students to practice the virtues of Truth, Righteousness and Peace,
through the blossoming of Love.
BABA
