Precepts On Education
14. Siksasutra
Precepts On Education
Vivatti aviniassa, sampatti vinissa ya.
Jasseyam duhao nayam, sikkham se abhigacchai. (170)
He who is modest and respectful gains knowledge and he who is arrogant and disrespectful fails to gain knowledge. He who is aware of these two facts acquires education. (170)
Aha pancahim thanehim, jehim sikkha na labbhai.
Thambha koha pamaenam, rogenatassaena ya. (171)
Pride, anger, negligence, disease and laziness these are five factors on account of which one fails to receive education. (171)
Aha atthahim thanehim, sikkhasile tti vuccai.
Ahassire saya dante. na ya mammamudahare.
Nasile na visile, na siya ailolue.
Akohane saccarae, sikkhasile tti vuccai. (172 & 173)
Not indulging in jokes, ever controlling oneself, not revealing the secrets of others, not lacking good manners, not exhibiting bad manners, not being very much greedy, not being angry and being committed to truthfulness; these are eight traits of character on account of which one is called a (true) lover of education. (172 & 173)
Nanamegaggacitto a, thio a thavayai param.
Suani a ahijjitta, rao suasamahie. (174)
A person acquires knowledge and concentration of mind by studying scriptures. He becomes firm in religion and helps others to acquire that firmness. Thus throught the studies of scriptures he becomes absorbed in the contemplation of what is expounded therein. (174)
Vase gurukule niccam, jogavam uvahanavam.
Piyamkare piyamvai, se sikkham laddhumarihai. (175)
He who always resides with the preceptor, practising meditation and austerities, is pleasant in action and sweet in speech such a person is fit to receive education. (175)
Jaha diva divasayam, paippae so ya dippae divo.
Divasama ayaria, dippamti param ca divemti. (176)
A lamp lights hundreds of other lamps and yet remains lighted; so are the Acaryas who like a lamp enlighten others and continue to remain enlightened themselves. (176)
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Permalink Reply by Grigori Rho Gharveyn on -
Dear brother Swamiji,
Such may be a true path within context to the culture from which it is derived, but such is true in context to each culture's sacred teachings.
Will it be possible to define a goal for educating educators who teach World Peace that acknowledges and cherishes these cultural differences with mutual respect for all?
This is the heavy task, as we see it.
We see the happy faces of the people who share your wisdom, so we know there is much merit on your own path, we only wonder how that path is extended in peace to join all other paths.
We think, when we teach peace, we must teach each person to find peace in their own hearts first, and that from there they may also become teachers of peace.
We would say this to people of any faith who seek peace.
Our individual understandings of our respective Holy scriptures may seem to conflict with one another, we need not contribute to this apparent conflict. In truth our scriptures agree on much more than the small details too many people may argue over.
Each holy scripture describes how best to live with other people who share one faith. Each provides enlightenment and spiritual support.
Alas, each may also be abused in the search for political power and social domination.
We think building a global peace teaching process should be driven from the ground up, by agreeing on a level that ignores the forms of the words of our resepctive scriptures while defining a path that remains close to the intent of all of our Holy scriptures, collectively.
Our Holy scriptures all advise us to treat every person as our brother or sister, they have at least that much more in common.
Let us cease to see our differences; let us see only the deep abiding Love we each share for everyone, a love like no other, a universal, unconditional love.
We may each be better teachers of peace, and that is the purpose of our dialogues here on PeaceNext.
Thank you for your sincere interest and support of this worthy topic.
Namaste
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Permalink Reply by N.Shubhakara Jain on -
avyaktha pranamagalu,
Education is litaracy living world - Education to education is the step taken - If one and all knows the fact - positive development starts - let us think and decide.
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Permalink Reply by Tim on -
All of God's work is not contained within the bible. The study of the rest of the world is important if you wish to understand how stuff works. Studying only scripture will make you look very stupid when you get into an argument with an athiest.A person acquires knowledge and concentration of mind by studying scriptures. He becomes firm in religion and helps others to acquire that firmness. Thus throught the studies of scriptures he becomes absorbed in the contemplation of what is expounded therein.
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Permalink Reply by shree c k p swamiji on
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dear soul ,
we are not concern about wich religion what says
we are obey and respect to every religion wich good universal moral
giveing us like honest,truth,non stealing,non violence,non attachment,
no gambleing,non killing animal,non alchohalic method of discipline life
more help full to humanbeings some time its change according to circumstances we try to become a good moral humanbeing thnks for your opinion
with blessings
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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That's fine but by saying
non violence,non attachment, no gambleing,non killing animal,non alchohalic
You are already discounting lots of the world's religions.
My point is that the various religions will not be unified except by extreem violence. This I do not want. I prefer disunity to war.
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Dear soul ,
nothing like that mixed food habit is not big question understand humanity,anima welfare
Is more important also balance food habit knowingly unknowingly we strt habit another one is climate wise place to place food and drink habit is changed here we telling which one is more less harm choice peoples like isn't it but ur question is very interesting
We understand each other slowly without any boundaries we never miss anybody we are all one but our tradition,dress pattern,food habit, language is different,we like all tradition,life style but aim is in our life try maximum minimum harm to others obey law and orderes were we live we try to understand salve problem with good discuss not agree blindly yes multi diminution truth is give us more help
God bless you
With blessings
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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obey law and orders where we live
At the moment Syria is in a state of rebellion or something similar. I support the rebells. I urge them to oppose the dictator, do not obay the state.
Our principals are very different. I do not want to ever be united with you.
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Permalink Reply by Spencer Perdriau on
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Tim,
The unity you speak of and hope for can not and will not ever happen, as it it is based on the premise that difference and division is the main-essential ingredient of Life to make that happen. Unity cannot happen with those ingredients, let alone in conflict. The Unity I speak of (and have directly experienced) is an always constant in and upon all reality and us all, as this Unity I speak of is the essence and foundation of everything (known and unknown). This greater Universal Unity is not a man-made construct or belief system, but rather (of Universal Nature) to be realized and appreciated by experience of that Ultimate Reality. As I said earlier, whether we "consciously" realize this essential-sacred Unity of Life for our self or not does in no way take away from that unity always being there/here. Unity Is Always, whether we experience it or not. HOWEVER, only until we all collectively realize this sacred unity for our self (each and every one of us collectively) will we truly realize that we ALL "equally share" in that Unity of Life - the foundation and essence of us all. This sacred essential Unity cannot be claimed by any one of us, but it is very much all our true-deeper esoteric nature, and we are always in It. Quite simply, as much as we all miss the obvious, that is what Unity really means - in it together. "True" Unity always brings us back home into tolearance, understanding, compassion, kindness, acceptance, friendship, family, peace, harmony, Love. That is the very nature and quality of "true" unity. The unity you hope for, and the Unity I know and hope for us all equally is very different. Yours is based on difference. Mine is based on togetherness. At the end of the day, remember the obvious - "We all live on the "same" planet Earth." If that is not obvious enough for you about the sacred essential unity of us all, then I do not know what is.
"We are all in 'It' together."
Tim said:
obey law and orders where we live
At the moment Syria is in a state of rebellion or something similar. I support the rebells. I urge them to oppose the dictator, do not obay the state.
Our principals are very different. I do not want to ever be united with you.
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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Since I have not experienced your feeling of unity I will be different from you.
There are in nature plenty of examples of nasty ways of life. There are wasps who lay thier eggs in grubs, paralising the grub, but it remaigns alive whilst the wasp young eat it from the inside. The grub does not seek unity with the wasp.
To suggest that there should be a united religion is a very dangerous thing. It will require force and lots of death to happen. There will allways be those who oppose you with just as much passion and belief as you.
I prefer to see a framwork of society where we can manage to get along whilst using as little force on each other as possible.
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No world unified religion is required, Tim. All our "true" sacred religions of the world point towards that Ultimate Reality - Unity and Liberation in God/The Eternal Ultimate. The more that do that, the better. "All rivers run to the Ocean Source." But to put it again very simply, Unity is the "same" nature of/for us all collectively and universally. That is what the nature of Unity "actually" Is. Together as one greater Life of all, in which we all equally share. Do we not all have "being", Tim. This is what unites us all, amongst all or differences at the surface of temporal life. Being is Always.
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dear souls,
we strted already unity of minds talk like one family here
blessings
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