Sage of Kanchi -

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya continues, children should not get involved in politics leaving their studies halfway; an uneducated person cannot manage the affairs of the country in any better way.  While studies, his main objective should be acquiring knowledge, he also has to concentrate on devotional life, morality, discipline, learn to handle emotions in an amicable way.  If he has achieved all these, and he really wants to pursue a career in politics that involved the life of millions and millions of people and their emotions, rest is God’s willing.  Education plays important role in children’s lives, without proper education it would be impossible to find a means of livelihood if a person cannot run a family how can he manage the affairs of the state?  In olden days the educational system was completely different, children were sent to Gurukulam/Preceptors home, at the age of eight.   In the Gurukulam there were limited facilities and strict disciplines, as a result, the child will learn adaptation techniques very easily, he will be good enough to live in any circumstances with strict discipline.  Preceptor love the children as his own, children will have little freedom to act, he has to strictly follow the rules of the Gurukulam otherwise severe punishments were imposed, children were taught to handle personal life as well as studies.   Modern day education provides all those comforts and luxuries of home;  children lived in the luxuries of home with a great lot of attention from parents move to a school where he is provided with all those comforts and freedom, these take a large control in their lives, it reflects in their overall life and behavior too.  Discipline cannot be imposed on a child’s life in a day or two, it is a lengthy process, firstly parents who enforce discipline on the children should have a history of good discipline, otherwise, it is impossible to implement on them.  Young minds have a lot of notions that are completely different from elders; they need a proper response for all their qualms, hence elders should patiently handle them with great care and love.  People who practiced self-control, humility, devotion and good discipline will not commit sins easily. Youths are full of life if they have adopted strict disciplines and morality, they will stick to it, moreover, they will create a world of young dynamic people.  We can see the enthusiasm in the youth forming Unions to fight for their needs if they utilize their ability in forming Unions for good causes like charitable purposes they can create a healthy society, medicine cure illnesses, education removes ignorance and helps them to grow noble-minded.  Education with humility is an essential quality.  The whole Universe is a mixture of good and bad, only human has the capabilities to elevate himself from the all-pervading illusion/Maya, he should continuously strive to raise his standards from normal to noble soul with the knowledge self and God-realization.  Supreme spirit has created the abode of deities and abode of demons as well, to strike a balance between good and evil.    We are living in Kali era, the nature of this era itself is predominant of wicked deeds, that does not mean that there will be no good, we all can strive to curtail the evilness.  Acharya concludes his speech amiably with an expectation that the younger generation will work hard for the betterment of society, promote spiritual as well religious rites, perform abundance of charitable work, remain noble soul, follow strict discipline, simplicity, morality, humility, and create a society better place to live in with the grace of Lord.