Today’s education system is inherently flawed. Our children do study sincerely but they do not really understand anything. Our young men and women study for 3-4 yrs in professional courses and yet miserably fail when it comes to real life.
Because true knowledge can never come from one single source. There are 4 sources of knowledge and you gain 25% from each of these. All 4 are equally important. And this is the very practical and wisdom from the Vedas. The Vedic dharma is the most natural and logical way of living life.
The first source of education is obviously the school, the college. It is whatever your teachers teach you in your classrooms. All your school work, college work, is only 25% of the knowledge you earn in life. These teachers are older, wiser and senior to you. Eg you learn to become a Doctor, but the course and the teachers account for only 25% of your real Doctor knowledge.
The second source of knowledge is, can you guess, the company around you ie. the people who accompany you like your friends, colleagues etc. You get another 25% of your total knowledge from these people. You learn from other people at the same knowledge level as you. This knowledge is shared through group discussions, debates and group study as a collective.
Then the third 25% of your knowledge is through self study. You have to read the books make your own notes. You have to think over what you have been taught in school, what you have discussed with your colleagues and what you have read in the library. Unless you give some time for this you cannot grasp the details of your chosen subject.
And the fourth source and last source of knowledge, which gives you that perfection, is your real life experiences. You get this final 25% with time. If you are an architect, this is what you gain in your years of practicing architecture. This finishing touch is whatever you have experienced in your life as an architect. These experiences give you that depth in the subject and also the confidence. Time also gives your knowledge that ethical, moral, Dharmic. And this can be a life long study. Eg I and my Dad are both Jyotishi, but my relatives will always prefer to ask my Dad, he has been practicing for more years than I have been alive. It is finally Time, who teaches you the subtlest things about the topic of the experience .
All these four sources of knowledge are equally important. If you miss out on even one of these four, your knowledge is incomplete.
This scheme of education is as per Vedic Dharma. And this is why our Maharishis and Acharyas were able to discover all possible wisdom. They have complied this wisdom in the Vedas. Wisdom connected to our material life, our pranic life, our emotional life, our intellectual life and finally the eternal Life. The Vedas were ‘discovered’, ‘heard’ by our ancestors only because they had this all round knowledge and in depth wisdom.
So whatever subject you choose to learn, make sure that you do it thoroughly, using all these 4 sources of knowledge. (YouTube video link here.)
Dr. Tejaswini Arvind Patil.
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