If a cup which is already filled with liquid (or something else)
then how can you fill that cup?
To enrich our knowledge…we have to be an empty cup,
“I have to know more”…this sense should always be in our minds otherwise
we have to spend live with a false pride that “I know much more than anyone”
This sense…better to say consciousness should be created among the
students and the learners of different fields.
We should realize that our teachers and elder ones have larger
knowledge than us and we always should have the intention…how to enrich my knowledge
from them.
This sense/consciousness can be created among the students from
their very childhood days and on the other hand some students/learners already
have the “thirst for knowledge” and they do not need any such teaching, they can
spend hours of hours of time with books, they will find out the people from
whom they can get certain answers…but this types of students are very rare in
case.
Let me cite some examples here…
1. We all are well known with the name
Swami Vivekananda and Ramkrishna Paramhansha Dev…Vivekananda was a brilliant student
from his childhood days and never secured second in class, had deep and vast knowledge
in Philosophy but the very truth is…he used to visit Ramkrishna Paramhansa Dev,
who was not as much as qualified like Swamiji, before that he used to ask every
monk “have you seen God” and when Ramkrishna
Dev said “yes” then Swamiji started to visit and spent lots of time with
the expectations to get answer…he was not busy to show Ramkrishna how much
knowledge he has.
If Narendranath Dutta used to be busy to
show his knowledge to Ramkrishna Dev then it would never be possible for us to
get Swami Vivekananda.
2. Now coming to the other example…
This is the reason why he is actually a genius…no show off, no
self-conceit after indescribable contribution to physics.
We all are well acquainted with the quote…”rolling stone gathers no
moss”…for the advancement of our knowledge we have to stick to certain
occupation/work, being restless and fickle minded we will never be able to
acquire knowledge (the lives of great personalities are the best examples of
it) this is the reason when interviews are taken for the post of a teacher they
will ask about teaching experience, not the experience in the field of
sells/marketing.
3. Chanakya also known as Kuatilya in his
slokas mentioned what should be the qualities in a good student…
"parihasang Guroh sthane chapalanchya bibarjayet "
Means...its not the right thing to express your restless nature in front of respected persons, if you act so then its not only express your arrogance but also your shallow knowledge.
I felt to write this post for the recent experience when I visited
one of my fav tuition teacher’s house…he was teaching the students of physics
hons of 2nd year, I had to wait thirty minute after my entry and
sitting in the room I was listening his explanations, when everyone was about
to leave, my teacher asked a certain student to stay and when everyone left
addressing the student my teacher said
…I have a question for you, try to answer it and if not then next
day I will listen to your answer.
The student said…yes please.
Why Sir Newton mentioned ‘same velocity’ and “straight line” in his
first law of motion…my teacher asked.
That student took more than five minute to give the answer but was
unable, uttered some meaningless words.
I already became very much surprised for such an easy question to
an honors student of second year and asked the reason when the boy left, what
my teacher explained is
…I am trying to make him realize that he is “an empty vessel”, he
has achieved the habit to show off and has forgot totally that it’s his
learning time, asking such an easy question I am trying to make him realize
about his show off nature.
I already understood it that the student actually has no deep
knowledge in physics otherwise reading Newton’s laws from the seventh standard
he could surely explain the answer.
I asked …why did not you discuss about his nature directly?
The people who are actually
‘empty vessels” are the empty headed and the most talkative and noisy, their
talks are most of the time are meaningless and never should be taken seriously,
they always live with the thought that they have acquired huge knowledge and if
you try to break his notion it can make him arrogant…my teacher explained.
For a learner/student it’s very much necessary to be clam, steady
and should have thirst for knowledge or should have the realization that “still
I have to learn a lot” because there is no limit of knowledge.
After a certain phase she/he has to show how much knowledge they
posses but surely with the intention that “I will learn something from others”.
Above all its all about “thirst”… if you have thirst for
knowledge…you will read for hours after hours and if you have thirst for show
off then you will talk nonsense in every issue.
Recently watched a movie named “The forbidden Kingdom” there Jackie
Chan gave the same teaching to the boy, watch it here…
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