Ten Commandments for Students from Taittiriya Upanishad – Last Part

[Ravishankar.G]

Dear All,

 

Last of the Ten Commandments:

 

10. BRING WEALTH TO YOUR TEACHER TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATIONAL WORK (acharyayapriyam dhanam aaharitya :

 

To run an educational institution one needs funds support in many other ways. If students do not give back what they received from the teachers in the form of money or other type of help, It only proves that they have understood the true meaning of education. An educated person is one who has a spirit of gratefulness. This gratefulness can be expressed in many ways such as offering monetary support or protecting the interests of the institution at the political or administrative level and so on. The best way to express one’s sense of gratitude is to follow the principles of truthfulness and kindness and other higher principles one learns from ones teachers.

 

                                                      Conclusion

 

 If one wants to overcome the problems of youth (such as restlessness, lack of self-control, being too soft or being too rash and so on), One must learn to practice these values.

Life means change. Often it is said that we are living in changing times. Indeed the very word used in Sanskrit for “World” is samsara, which means, that which is changing. The rich becomes poor and the poor becomes rich. The young becomes old and the old ones pass out. The healthy becomes sick and the sick becomes healthy. Governments change, policies change, Fashions change, . There is constant change in this world. But in this midst of this change and new challenges at levels of our life, one needs certain changeless values. These Ten Commandments from the Upanishads are truly eternal values which makes life meaningful and rewarding.

 

 Students often search for lasting solutions to the problems they face. The values discussed above contain hints and suggestion to face life from a deeper level. In order to grasp their true meaning, one must meditate on them and practice them in life. 

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Regards & Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan:
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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