Light Of Life

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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they were travelling by a wrong train. He checked the ticket of the second one and told him the same thing. The first one said, "You are wrong". When he checked the third one's ticket, he found that, he too was travelling by the wrong train.
The fourth one was a little in his senses; and he also knew something about politics. He said, "In which world are you living ? Ours is a democratic government. In a democratic set-up, the majority is right. We are in a majority. We are naturally right and obviously you are wrong".
Dharma always leads us in the right path. That is the point I want to make. It does not move on the path, you prescribe. In the sphere of Dharma, it is not quantity but quality that matters. We should not think of the world, o of ourselves but of the lord of the universe. We emulate not vices; but virtues.
WHY SHOULD WE PERFORM THREE CIRCUMAMBULATIONS IN THE TEMPLE ?
There is something rotten in our system of education and in our universities. Students do not acquire culture or real education; but they become spiritually ruined. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan said, "In india to-day, we need character building; not education". "There is a great Indian statement Education should liberate us from ignobility. An ideal education system is that which helps students to build up their character, which inspires lofty ideals in them; and which inspires noble thoughts in them.
To-day, one may get a certificate easily. Where Knowledge is not properly digested, arrogance appears, and the development of life ceases,
Education should inspire in students the lofty ideal of benevolence. The present-day educational system is harmful. Lord Macualay laid the foundation of this system. He has written in his diary : "In case, in future, the English
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