True meaning of Educare

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"What Truth have we realised from this large scale mushrooming of universities? What help has the society received? What is the proof that we work for the advancement of society? With the development of modern education, knowledge of the Self has declined. Vidya is called 'education.' What is the meaning of this word? This has come from the root word educare. What is meant by educare? The meaning is 'to bring out'. All powers physical, mental and psychic are within the individual. We should acquire the sacred education to bring out what is within us and serve society. There are two things. Educare is a Latin word. The inner meaning is as follows. We have to bring out [two] things that are latent - one is to bring out external feelings. Head is the instrument for doing so. The other is to bring out what is inside the heart (Hridaya). When both the inner and outer faculties are made to manifest, life will be

ideal. One is 'life' and the other is 'living'. All that come from the head will help you in carrying out works to earn your livelihood such as reading and writing. This is called bookish knowledge. They say Masthaka (head) absorbs the knowledge from Pusthaka (the book). Things from the head have gone into the book and in the reverse order they go back to the head. Bookish knowledge is superficial knowledge. Only after this, we need general knowledge and later, we need discriminatory knowledge. It helps you judge what is right and what is wrong; what is good and what is bad. After this only comes practical knowledge. All the others pertain to mundane matters. They are for external (Pravrithi) not for internal (Nivrithi) wisdom. - From Bhagawan's 1999 Convocation Discourse

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