When someone says they are educated, what is it that comes to mind?
School, college, university, 12th grade, board exams, coding, chemistry, MBA, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, IIT, IIM, doctor, lawyer, engineer, CAT, UPSC, JEE. These could be a few of the top ones.
All good.
This is indeed what education means today.
What about character building? What about spirituality? Self discipline? Values of love, truthfulness, goodness and nobility?
But is this all?
Today’s education is mostly about living off of others, one-upmanship – always gaining something at someone else’s expense, always wanting more. More and more. The wants never stop.
True education is in our scriptures. They teach us that we should live not for ourselves, but for others.