Category:University Education
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category examine the limitations of modern university education. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that degrees, technical knowledge, and material learning do not equate to true understanding. Real education is spiritual, focusing on self-realization, knowledge of the soul, and awareness of Kṛṣṇa. University education, while useful for material advancement, often leaves one blind to the ultimate purpose of life and the reality of the soul.
- Illusion of Degrees: Possessing degrees or technical knowledge does not make one spiritually wise or morally intelligent.
- Material Knowledge vs Spiritual Wisdom: University education primarily develops skills for sense gratification and material success, neglecting the soul and ultimate goal.
- Spiritual Education Essential: True education, brahma-vidyā, is the knowledge of the self, understanding that we are not the body, and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
- Human Civilization and Purpose: Without spiritual understanding, even highly educated individuals cannot attain true happiness or proper human civilization.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: True Knowledge Beyond University Education.
Pages in category "University Education"
The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
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- According to Bhagavad-gita, one may not be a learned man just because he has received a lot of education from a university. Bhagavad-gita says that he is a learned man who can see everything on an equal level - BG 5.18
- After taking so much university education, they have learned how to love hogs. Just see the fun
- Ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam ca. These four things, there is no need of university education. But at the present moment to go to university means how to gratify the senses very scientifically. Scientifically. How to steal scientifically
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- Dehi means the possession of the Dehi is within the body, not the body is the person. But no education. Throughout the whole scientific world, university education, there is no concern that - I am not this body; I am soul
- Does it require any scientific knowledge how to cut throat and how to steal? No. They require education for spiritual understanding, not this material knowledge. It doesn't require. This modern university education is simply a waste of time
- Dog is loitering in the street, no food. So these men with all this high technological knowledge, if they do not get a proper master, they are nothing but dog. This is university education
- Dull means cannot understand what is God. That is dullness. Otherwise for eating, sleeping, sex life & defense there is no need of university education. Nobody goes to the university to learn how to eat, how to sleep, how to enjoy sex life, how to defend
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- Every material things deteriorate, and it becomes useless at certain length of time. Any machine, any cloth. Therefore it has been taken as dress. But unfortunately modern universities, educational system, they do not know anything about this
- Everyone knows how to eat, how to use sex. Nobody requires any university education
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- If you want to get this (Raja-vidya) knowledge, then you have to take to Krsna consciousness. Otherwise, it is not possible. Just like a dog cannot get university education. That is not possible. He must get a human body
- In samsara there cannot be any sukha, but he's attracted. Majilo samsara sukhe. Vidya-kule ki koribe tar. What we'll do with university education or born in big family or . . .? This will not help. This is not possible
- In the material world there are so many gradations of education. Some people never finish grammar school or high school, whereas others go on and receive a university education, a BA, MA, PhD, and so on
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- Many births we are spoiling in this darkness. We do not know that. The university education is blind, andha. They cannot give you this information that we are going to the university, we are spoiling our time simply
- Modern university education practically prepares one to acquire a doggish mentality with which to accept the service of a greater master
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- The number of sudras are always bigger. Just like in university education, the . . . the number of graduates and postgraduates, they're less. Others are big, number bigger
- The people of the West are seeing their students becoming hippies, despite gorgeous arrangements for university education. The Krsna consciousness movement, however, is trying to convert misguided, drug-addicted students to the service of Krsna
- The reason is asuram bhavam asritah: "They have taken to the nonsense philosophy of godlessness." That's it. For this reason their so-called education, university education, degrees, are simply illusion of maya
- The so-called university education, D.H.C., Ph.D., they are simply expansion of ajnana. He is again . . . therefore the more a person is so-called scientist, educated, he is more godless
- The university education, school, college, institution, they are meant for human society. There is no such thing in the animal society. And religion. Religion also meant for human society
- They do not believe that there is an ultimate goal of life, there is life after death, and what kind of body he's going to get next. These things are not . . . neither in the university education curriculum, neither people are interested
- They require education for spiritual understanding, tad-vijnanartham, not this vijnanartham, this material knowledge. It doesn't require. It is simply a waste of time. This modern university education is simply a waste of time
- This is the university education, that one is not afraid of becoming a dog. He thinks that "This is also very good." So where is the humanity? Where is the human civilization?
- Train your mind, always Krsna conscious. And the method is simple. You do not require much education or university degree - nothing of the sort. Simply man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah: you just become devotee of Krsna and always think of Him
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- We have accumulating knowledge from university education, but everything remains imperfect. The scientists, they give some theory, but that is imperfect
- We have got enough of a university educational program in our Krishna Consciousness movement
- What is learned? A child, does he require learning? When the father says, "You do it," does it require any university education
- What university education? They give some technical education, that silpa-vidya, to earn money and eat and sleep and have sex life and die. This is the education