Bhagwan endearingly implores us today.
Education is not to be taken as a process of filling an empty sack and pouring out its contents, making its sack empty again. It is not the head that has to be filled through education, it is the heart that has to be cleansed, expanded and illumined. Education is for life, not a living. The sign of the educated man is the humility, that he has not been able to know the vast unknown that still remains to be explored.
The educated man must realise that he has more obligations than privileges, more duties than rights. He has to serve the society amidst which he is placed and the heritage that has been handed over by forefathers. He should be delighted to serve and not desire to dominate. For, service is divine; service makes life worthwhile. Service is the best way to use one's skills, intelligence, strength and resources.
Divine Discourse, Apr 01, 1973.
Sivatwa – The Divine Principle
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The sages believed that the Divine principle was present in and outside of everything and that it could be experienced directly as well as indirectly. They pursued their penances further, for the benefit of mankind. They realized the Truth that the Divine Effulgent Person was beyond the outer darkness and, experiencing this Reality, they called upon all to seek and experience it.
This Effulgent Purusha is utterly selfless, full of light, the embodiment of all auspicious qualities and free from attributes. He was described as "Siva" meaning one who is beyond the three gunas (satwa, rajas, tamas) and hence absolutely pure and untainted. He was regarded as eternal, omnipotent, all-pervading and the possessor of all that is great and glorious―the six indices of the Divine: Wealth, Righteousness, Fame, Sacrifice, Wisdom and Reputation. And for this reason, He was given another appellation―Easwara. Easwara is one who is endowed with all conceivable kinds of wealth.
The sages found that Siva is also the protector of those who seek refuge in Him. Hence, He was called Sankara―one who confers protection and grace. His Sankalpa (Will) and grace have no bounds and are not dependent on any person, condition or qualification. Hence He was described as Swayambhu (self-created).
The sages conceived of Him as one who could incarnate at will for the protection and rescue of man and the safeguarding of dharma. In view of this transcendental power, He was described as Sambhavah―the one who incarnates whenever the practice of dharma (righteousness) is in danger and the good need protection.
Another name given to this Divine entity was Easwara. That is, the Divine was regarded as the possessor of infinite and inexhaustible wealth. What is this wealth? Health is one kind of wealth. Material riches are one kind of wealth. Knowledge, virtues, wisdom, are all included in the term Aiswaryam (wealth).
They realised the truth that Easwara is the embodiment of every kind of wealth. Probing further into the mystery of the Divine, they described Him as Siva. Siva means the One who is free from three gunas (satwa, rajas and tamas). He transcends these three qualities. As one who is without qualities, He was also called Shuddha-Satwah.
Siva is that pure untainted satwa quality. It represents the principle of Mangala (auspiciousness). This means that only when the gunas are absent, auspiciousness appears. When qualities are present, it is inauspicious. Hence, Siva is the Mangala-swaroopa (Embodiment of Auspiciousness).
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