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* '''Modern Education Creates Śūdras :''' Education aimed only at securing a service job, where one becomes dependent on others, is the education of a śūdra (servant) and creates unemployment and a "doggish mentality." | * '''Modern Education Creates Śūdras :''' Education aimed only at securing a service job, where one becomes dependent on others, is the education of a śūdra (servant) and creates unemployment and a "doggish mentality." | ||
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Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda clearly distinguishes real education—brahma-vidyā—from so-called animal education. True education is meant to awaken inquiry into the living force within the body and to elevate human consciousness toward spiritual realization. When education neglects this purpose, it degrades human life into a polished form of animal existence.
- True Education is Brahma-vidyā: Education means brahma-vidyā, or inquiry into the living force, the spirit soul (brahma-jijñāsā), which solves the ultimate problems of life: birth, death, old age, and disease.
- Material Education is Animal Education : Modern education, which focuses on technology, craftsmanship, and the satisfaction of bodily demands (eating, sleeping, mating, defending), is categorized as "animal education."
- Education Cultivates Virtue : True education makes one gentle, sober, cool-headed, and leads to the qualities of a brāhmaṇa (sense control, truthfulness, cleanliness). It is meant to enlighten one to distinguish right from wrong.
- Modern Education Creates Śūdras : Education aimed only at securing a service job, where one becomes dependent on others, is the education of a śūdra (servant) and creates unemployment and a "doggish mentality."
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Education Means Brahma-vidyā, Not Animal Education.
Pages in category "Education Means"
The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total.
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- A Krsna conscious education means one is trained to give up material consciousness altogether. That is perfect Krsna consciousness
- All educated and wealthy persons must join this movement, since money and education are meant for service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Animal education means when at the present moment the education system is so bad that it is practically animal education
- Animal education means when we are too much interested with eating, sleeping, mating and defending, that is animal education
- Anyone who has come to this material world, he is illusioned. But advancement of so-called material education means the increasing of the same illusory propaganda
- At the present moment education means many Indians are coming to America to learn how to polish motorcar parts or how to create technology. This is not education. Europeans & Americans, they are going to India for learning brahma-vidya. That is education
- At the present moment education means to get some service. What is the value of that education? If you become dependent on others, then what is the value of this education? Therefore kalau sudra-sambhavah, everyone is a sudra
- At the present moment there is no education, because education means to understand my identity. The so-called education which is going on, that is called art
- At the present moment, education means how to become expert servant. That means sudra. So we cannot expect any good things from sudra. That is not possible
- At the present moment, education means to give facilities for sense gratification. That's all. Boys and girls in the school and colleges, just from the very beginning they are given all liberty for sex life
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- Bhagavad-gita says you are not this body. That is the beginning of education. And now education means be nationalist
- Brahmana does not keep himself educated. That education, that means he is brahmana, he makes others also brahmana. That is brahmana, not that "I remain brahmana. I remain Vaisnava, and others may suffer." No
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- Education does not mean how to find out a fish expertly. That is being done by the birds. Education means to solve the problem of life. And what is the real problem? Birth, death, old age and disease
- Education means . . . Veda means knowledge. So the Vedas are there for education
- Education means atyantika-duhkha-nivrtti, the ultimate solution of all unhappiness. That is education. Not that after coming to some extent - No, you can die happily
- Education means brahma-vidya: to understand what is that living force within this body that is working, what is his position, constitutional position, how it is working, wherefrom it has come, so many things. That is called brahma-jijnasa
- Education means enlightenment. If you foolishly do something, immediately you become criminal. So education means to enlighten them to know what is right, what is wrong. That is education
- Education means everyone should be gentleman
- Education means how to make one brahmana, how to teach him how he become sense controlled, sama, dama, mind control, how to become truthful, how to become clean, how to become simple, how to become full of knowledge
- Education means knowledge, to get knowledge. And the Vedic direction is that if you want really knowledge, then tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet (MU 1.2.12): "One has to go to the guru, or the spiritual master." Gurum eva abhigacchet. One must go
- Education means nobody can live independently. One takes titles in education degrees, "agriculturist." But he does not go to the field actually to act as agriculturist
- Education means one becomes gentle, sober, cool-headed. Therefore it is said, vidya-vinaya-sampanne. When one is learned, advanced in education, he must be very gentle, not haughty
- Education means one becomes gentle, sober, cool-headed. Therefore, it is said, vidya-vinaya-sampanne. When one is learned, advanced in education, he must be very gentle, not haughty
- Education means one is very gentle and learned
- Education means one should be advanced in education to inquire about himself. That is brahma-jijnasa. Athato brahma jijnasa
- Education means spiritual education, brahma-vidya. This education how to make aeroplane or a nice bridge or a machine, this is called kala-vidya
- Education means that you must know what is your position
- Education means they must learn to sacrifice everything for the topmost
- Education means to become human being. Canakya Pandita, he also, although he was a politician but brahmana, he also says who is educated, pandita. The brahmana is known as pandita
- Education means to become servant, to write one application and go office to office: "Sir, give me some service." "No, no, no. No vacancy. Get out." This is education
- Education means to develop the intelligence. That is education
- Education means to do the right thing, not the wrong thing. That is education. Education means enlightenment, to know what is right, what is wrong
- Education means to enquire about the living force which is moving this body. That is education. This is not education, that we have manufactured nice car or nice machine. That is called craftsmanship
- Education means to find out the ultimate goal, Absolute Truth. In whatever field of education you may be, that doesn't matter. But try to find out the ultimate. Because in the Vedanta-sutra it is said - What is Absolute Truth
- Education means to lead the people gradually to Krsna consciousness. That is education, God consciousness
- Education means to learn from the learned person. But if you are learning from a rascal and fool, then what is your education
- Education means to purify the knowledge, because we are all born animals. Abodha-jata. Abodha. Abodha means one who has no knowledge
- Education or learning means to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore, although Lord Balarama appeared on the earth as a ksatriya, all the brahmanas and sages stood up because they knew who Lord Balarama was
- Education you cannot give. Education means it is practical practice. But to show something, that you can attract even without film. The yatra-party can do it
- Education, culture, is meant for the higher two classes, the brahmanas and the ksatriyas. Education means for them, those who are intelligent, for them
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- Mass education means it will produce undesirable elements. That's all. So the Vedic system is there must be first of all the most intelligent class of men. They should be given education how to become self-controlled
- Material education means attachment education. Bhaktivinoda Thakura has said, yara vidya sa maya boyba: our attachment for this material world, it is maya, illusion. Maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato vimudhan (SB 7.9.43). Material happiness is made by maya
- Modern education means simply a craftsmanship. If you can prepare a nice motorcar, oh, that is advancement of the . . . And what is this? This is craftsmanship. It is the blacksmith's work. It is not knowledge
- Modern education means to create dogs. The dog goes door to door and moves the tail: "Please give me if you have anything." So this educated person with application goes, and they say, "No vacancy. Get out." Therefore they are dogs
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- National education means to make you more foolish. Am I not foolish? I am changing my body like a dress life after life. You have so many minds, so many dresses - why do you claim this one
- Now, at the present moment, education means you learn technology and learn how to earn money, and then, after earning money, you spend it for sense gratification: eating meat, eating wine, going to the brothel, prostitute
- Nowadays it is going on if you know some art, technology, then you are educated. This is not education. Education means culture
- Nowadays it is going on that if you know some art, technology, then you are educated. This is not education. Education means culture
- Nowadays the education is that nobody can live independently. Higher education means if he does not get a suitable service, then it is useless
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- Simply by hearing from the teacher, they'll remember. That is called tradition by hearing. Therefore education means sruti. Srutibhir pratipannam. Anything, if you want to prove, then you have to give evidence from the sruti
- So spiritual education means, spiritual enlightenment means, first of all, we must try to understand the jiva. Because jiva is the small particle of the Lord. So that we can understand the quality of the Lord
- So the purpose of education means to know God, to know Krsna. That is the ultimate purpose. But they do not know. These rascals, they do not know
- So what is the use of these rascal universities? If they are producing greedy and lusty people, then what is the use of education? Vidya dadati namrata. Education means everyone should be gentleman. That is education
- So-called advancement of education means mayaya apahrta-jnana. The maya, the illusory energy, is plundering the real purpose of knowledge
- So-called education means creating unemployment. They will go with application, "Give me some clerical post, some this post, that post, that post." This is education
- So-called scientific education means people become more attracted with this temporary world, and he works very hard, just like an ass
- Spiritual education means just to inject in their ears about our philosophy, externally they chant beads, wear telok, without any discrimination of Hindu or Muslim or anything
- Spiritual education means, beginning is, to understand that "I am not this body." Aham brahmasmi: "I am beyond this body." But in the case of Krsna or His different expansion, plenary expansion, there is no such difference
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- The cats and dogs, they do not give any education, neither they know what is the meaning of education
- The whole Vedic language, Vedic education, means to take care of the soul. The soul is entangled, embodied, engaged in this material affair, and he is suffering, and to rescue him, to get him out of this material clutches, that is called education
- They have no education in the universities, degrees; they're also eating, sleeping, mating and defending. So if our education is meant for simply eating, sleeping, mating and defending, then what is the difference
- This so-called technical education or smoking education, drinking education and so many rascal education. This is not education. Education means bhagavata education: to understand God. That is wanted
- Transcendental education means learning how to gain relief from the entanglement of material life. This is made possible by learning about the Lord's transcendental activities