00:00Hello Achari ji
00:02My name is Arvind Rajahot
00:04I am a professor here in Manit
00:07First of all, welcome for coming here
00:11So this could be about the majority
00:14There is an individual goal in it
00:16Like individual goals of an institute
00:19If I talk about the educational system
00:21There is a student
00:23The student has their own goals
00:25They want to go for placement
00:27There is a faculty
00:28They have their own goals
00:30Some are related to careers
00:32And are being defined
00:34Related to the institute's policy
00:36Like how many projects to take
00:38How many papers to do
00:40And then that goal is based on national policy
00:42Some are related to careers
00:45And are being defined
00:46Related to the institute's policy
00:48Like how many projects to take
00:50How many papers to do
00:51And then that goal is based on national policy
00:54In which we can see differences of this kind
00:56like between Harvard and Trump,
00:58where there can be disputes,
01:00there can be differences at this level,
01:02where there is talk of stopping Harvard's funding,
01:05so obviously the national policies affect them,
01:08then there is the market,
01:10so at so many levels,
01:12the different fragmentations that are seen,
01:14it appears as an educational system,
01:16how many parts is this divided into,
01:18and is there any solution to it,
01:20can I operate by looking at it as a whole,
01:23integrally,
01:24and on the other hand,
01:26it seems that if this is everything,
01:28then it keeps us busy with arrangements,
01:31but what arrangements are they making?
01:34The question is,
01:36in the education system,
01:38there are multiple stakeholders,
01:40and each one has a separate set of priorities,
01:46right?
01:48The government,
01:49the central government issues a set of guidelines,
01:52and they have a certain policy,
01:56that they want to get implemented,
01:58the NEP is there for example,
02:00and various kinds of forces,
02:02including religious and cultural forces,
02:05have stakes in the NEP,
02:06then it comes to the students,
02:08who have their own priorities,
02:10that relate to placements,
02:11and higher education after graduation,
02:14then there are parents,
02:16who have their own priorities,
02:17then there is the market,
02:18that says,
02:19you should teach that,
02:21which is currently being practiced by us,
02:24so that your students are employable with us.
02:27He is saying,
02:28there are so many stakeholders,
02:30and not all of them have aligning priorities,
02:34what do we do?
02:36We have so many of us here,
02:42so many of us here,
02:44and we all are separate individuals,
02:48distinct personalities,
02:50coming from different backgrounds,
02:54coming from different backgrounds,
02:56before the stage was occupied,
03:02what were we doing?
03:04Let us say,
03:06we have 500 or 700 of us here,
03:10what were these 500 people doing,
03:12before the stage was occupied?
03:14You know, looking hither, dither,
03:20this way, that way,
03:22talking to each other,
03:23getting up, looking for a better chair to sit on,
03:28trying to locate,
03:29where one's friend is sitting,
03:31huh?
03:32Ah, there is a pretty face there,
03:35this one,
03:36where does that one come from?
03:38All those things,
03:40right?
03:41All that was happening,
03:42all that was happening,
03:43and that's personal priorities,
03:44and that would happen,
03:46and someone would say,
03:47you know,
03:48the speaker is not yet there,
03:50so let me,
03:51till that time,
03:52scroll a little,
03:54so many of you would be busy with Instagram,
03:57and all of that was happening,
03:59in this hall itself,
04:01because we have 500 different universes here,
04:05we have 500 different sets of priorities here,
04:09right?
04:10All that was happening.
04:11In fact,
04:12if there would have been,
04:1420% people would have been looking in this direction,
04:18because someone loves videography or cameras,
04:21so hey,
04:22what make is this one?
04:23Which particular model is this one?
04:25And that one?
04:27And wow,
04:28fascinating!
04:29And someone likes something else,
04:31and someone is looking at the exit door,
04:33and someone is saying,
04:34okay, fine,
04:35I have to complete an assignment,
04:36and carrying a notebook,
04:37and doing something,
04:38and all those things are happening.
04:39there is so much divergence,
04:41no?
04:42There is so much divergence.
04:43One does not see,
04:45any kind of alignment.
04:49But what happened,
04:50the moment the stage got occupied?
04:55What happened,
04:56the moment the stage got occupied?
04:58All of you are still very,
05:01very different personalities.
05:03How come all of you are looking in one common direction now?
05:10How is it possible?
05:14Because something more important has appeared in front of us,
05:19and then your personal priorities become secondary or subservient.
05:25You say all that can be kept aside.
05:28Something important,
05:32and something so important,
05:35that it is important to everybody equally,
05:38is now seen.
05:40And then you can leave other things aside.
05:43Most of us that is.
05:44Some of us might still be busy with Instagram.
05:50Are you kidding?
05:51In spite of all our differences,
05:54there is something certainly,
05:57that we all commonly value.
05:59If that is revealed,
06:04then these contradictions,
06:07are taken care of.
06:11Then the fault lines disappear.
06:15Otherwise there are only contradictions and contradictions.
06:19And that one will say,
06:20I have that thing that I value more,
06:23and this one will say,
06:24I have that thing that I value more.
06:25And there will never be a common meeting point.
06:31The common meeting point,
06:32is greatness itself.
06:34Vedanta calls that as Atman,
06:37the true self.
06:38Only that is what is common between all individuals.
06:44Only that.
06:45And if you cannot have that in life,
06:48then all you will have,
06:50is divisions,
06:51conflicts,
06:52contradictions,
06:53disagreements,
06:56and dissipation of energy.
06:59Because one half is trying to go this way,
07:01the other half is trying to go this way,
07:03and there is a lot of wastage.
07:04Are you kidding?
07:05There has to be an overarching vision.
07:09The education system has to include something,
07:13that everyone can be ready to lay down his or her life for.
07:19And I am not talking of indoctrination.
07:33I am talking of revelation.
07:36I am talking of really knowing,
07:39what life is worth living for.
07:42And that is the only point of unity,
07:46commonness,
07:47cohesiveness.
07:49Otherwise,
07:50we all are distinctly different people.
07:57Our houses are different.
07:58Our regions might be different.
08:01The level of caste etc.
08:02we are different.
08:03Our backgrounds are different.
08:06Genders,
08:08age wise,
08:10economics,
08:12everything is different.
08:13Everything is different.
08:14And when there is so much difference,
08:16and diversity,
08:17even disparity,
08:18how will you come to a commonness?
08:22That commonness
08:25is
08:26what is the subject matter
08:29of all philosophy,
08:31particularly Vedanta.
08:35If you want to unite two people,
08:37coming from different religions,
08:39different countries,
08:40of different age,
08:41different gender,
08:43different gender,
08:44whatever,
08:45if you want to really unite them,
08:48then both of them have to be devoted
08:52to one common thing.
08:54And that one common thing is the only thing worth living for.
09:00Otherwise, A and B can never be united.
09:02They will just keep fighting with each other.
09:04If you want to unite A and B,
09:05show both of them that the purpose of their life is C.
09:15And then they both will rise towards a common point.
09:19So you will get both arise and commonness.
09:26Here is A and A is very different from B.
09:30A is very different from B.
09:32And A and B can never meet.
09:34But show A that you are born to reach C.
09:39And show B that you too are born to reach C.
09:42And then these two lines will keep converging.
09:47That is the only way to achieve unity.
09:49And that is the only level at which unity is possible.
09:52All other kinds of unities are superficial and very fragile.
09:56And very fragile.
09:59Very fragile.
10:04If the government is thinking of securing the next term.
10:08If the market is thinking of salvaging the next quarter.
10:12If the institution is thinking of doing better in the rankings next year.
10:18Or getting a better crop of students the next year.
10:21If the placement department is saying, how do I raise the average CTC?
10:26There is no way they can come together.
10:31Yes, the system will somehow function.
10:34But with a lot of wastage.
10:36Lot of wastage.
10:39But when, when there is this C present.
10:45Then all these stakeholders work commonly towards C in their respective ways.
10:50The ways are different but all of them then try to rise towards that same point.
10:56What that same point is that cannot be easily defined.
11:03That, that point, that point in the sky is what we are born for.
11:09That point in the sky if loved is that which gives you unlimited energy to carry on.
11:16In spite of obstacles.
11:22Are you getting it?
11:23This happens in, in the interactions between various departments of an institution.
11:29It happens in the interactions between various ministries of a government.
11:35It happens in the interactions between various members of a family.
11:38You see, we think, in a family situation let's say, we think, we like each other, we love each other.
11:48See, loving each other directly is not possible because A and B, A and B, they are different at the level of personality.
11:57And therefore, they will always have different priorities.
12:02And that's why even in relationships, love is so difficult.
12:06A and B can truly love each other only via C.
12:11A loves C and B loves C and hence A and B keep coming closer and closer.
12:16That's the only way to have agreement and unity in any kind of relationship, formal or informal.
12:24When A and B directly try to approach ethers, then that's like two protons trying to come close.
12:36Won't happen.
12:38In fact, the closer they come, the more energy it will require to bring them yet closer.
12:42But both these protons are silently in love with the electron there, C.
12:58If both of them can move towards that, then the distance between them will reduce.
13:04The only problem is that we are great lovers but the love is silent.
13:13We do not even know that we love.
13:16And therefore, the hidden love, the unexpressed love keeps eating us from within and destroys life.
13:24The infinite love is not easier to switch to transition.
13:28There are many people who find a way to live it.
13:31The closest thing goes, but the only way to open the screen.
13:35The most interesting thing about this is a sign of the universe.
13:37My mission is to say you are ready to be a source of faith for the world.
13:39This is not the only way to be driven by the universe.
13:43This is not the only way to be driven by the universe.
13:45But the value of the universe is also the only way to the universe.
13:47You've been given the aumented global curves.
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