The assumption that education is solely defined by the accumulation of knowledge and degrees is often challenged by encounters with individuals who defy this notion. True education encompasses more than just academic qualifications; it involves the development of critical thinking, empathy, emotional intelligence, and a broader understanding of life beyond factual knowledge.
As a society, it's essential to acknowledge that education extends beyond academic institutions. Encouraging holistic learning experiences that integrate spiritual, moral, and ethical teachings alongside traditional academics is crucial. Let's see the ideas of Swamiji about the true education..
"Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library — “The ass carrying its load of sandalwood knows only the weight and not the value of the sandalwood.” If education is identical with information, the libraries are the greatest sages in the world, and encyclopaedias are the Rishis. The ideal, therefore, is that we must have the whole education of our country, spiritual and secular, in our own hands, and it must be on national lines, through national methods as far as practical."
- Swami Vivekananda (Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda - Lecture given at Madras)
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