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23 November, 2005 Satya Sai Baba's advice to students

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Tells everyone to have compassion for the poor and needy

Truth and righteousness foundations of meaningful education No peace in society

without satya, dharma and love Stresses need for spiritual education

WORDS OF WISDOM: Satya Sai Baba delivering a discourse at Prashanti Nilayam on Tuesday.

PUTTAPARTHI: Satya Sai Baba observed that selfishness was predominant in

today's education system and has called upon the seekers of education to shun

selfishness to attain meaningful learning. He suggested the students to come

out of self-centred thinking. In his discourse during the 24th convocation

of Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning held at the Sai Kulwant Hall in

Prashanti Nilayam here on Tuesday, he advised the students to inculcate a

spirit of service to make their education complete in all respects. Apt

foundations

Truth and righteousness were the foundations of meaningful education.

One's association with education and family should be in unison to bring out

the divinity in him, he said. Unfortunately, no qualities were found in human

beings today to help others nowadays, the spiritual leader said. Spiritual

education

Physical and secular education would also be meaningless until it was

provided in combination with spiritual education, which, he said, was

essential. Earlier, Karnataka Governor T.N. Chaturvedi said in his

convocation address that the integrated education being offered in Satya Sai

educational institutions would help in the total development of students.

By providing free education completely, Sai Baba was democratising the sector,

he said.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/23/stories/2005112308090400.htm

 

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