Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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(Humanity is one thing ; but learning is another thing. Howevermuch we may teach the parrot, it remains an ignorant bird) The parrot utters the word Ram! Ram! but it does not know who Ram was and what great qualities he had; so it does not act according to the ideals embodied in Ram. No one becomes a true gentleman without virtues.
"मानता हूँ, हो फरिश्ते शेखजी
आदमी होना मगर दुश्वार है !” (Mantha hum ho Pharisthe Shekhji
Adami hona magar dusvar hai) An individual can become a god but it is difficult to become a true gentleman. In this poem, the rarity of humanity has been described. Our highest object in life should be to attain humanity.
An inspector came to a school. He went to the highest class and posed a question to the students, “Why do you come to school ?” The Inspector wanted written answers to this question from all students. Every student wrote his answer on a paper and submitted it to the Inspector. Of the answers given the following were some:“I need more time to think of this question”. “The answer to this question is not found in our text books."