Thought for the day as written in Prasanthi Nilayam, March 13th 2014What is the objective of studying? You must study to become steady. When you have a steady mind, you can prosper. Your mind should not move like the pendulum of a clock. See to it that the Divine Love in your heart is steady. The goal of education should not be to just acquire theoretical knowledge but to practically apply it in your life. Your education should be for life and not for a mere living. Birds and animals lead life without studying, but your education must result in you developing a strong and good character. In this life, the only high aspiration you must have is for God. Many people collect a lot of information from newspapers and other sources, trying to find out what happened in Germany, USA, etc. These are good to know, but not very important. The aim of education should be to concentrate your mind onto a higher ideal and not merely to become like a library which is a conglomeration of all kinds of facts. (Divine Discourse, My Dear Students, Vol 1, Ch 7, Apr 10, 2000.)-BABA
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:33:41 +0000
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