NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF TAOSHOBUDDHA
STATUE OF JOHN HARVARD AT HARVARD SQUARE, HARVARD CA
TAOSHOBUDDHA IN FRONT OF THE STATUE OF JOHN HARVARD, CA
TAOSHOBUDDHA AT THE FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF SCIENCE CENTER HARVARD UNIVERSITY
SWEDENBORG CHAPEL, HARVARD CA HARVARD UNIVERSITY
PEOPLE QUED TO ENTER THE CHAPEL FOR THE TALK OF TAOSHOBUDDHA 22-9-09
TAOSHOBUDDHA TALK ‘MEDITATION THE MISSING DIMENSION IN EDUCATION’ AT SWEDENBORG CHAPEL HARVARD 22-09-09
‘MEDITATION THE MISSING DIMENSION IN EDUCATION’ AN EXCERPT OF TALK BY TAOSHOBUDDHA AT SWEDENBORG CHAPEL, HARVARD SQUARE , 50,QUINCY STREET CA MA SEPTEMBER 22, 2009HA
I am happy that you all could make here this evening at such a short notice. I welcome you all at Swedenborg Chapel at Harvard Square, CA this evening. This evening’s topic is not only eye opener for those who are in authority to look into the education systems throughout the world instead through this I share my insights into meditation and how it can bring about a new dimension into the life’s of the youth. The youth today is the backbone of the humanity. It is our responsibility to mould this life energy into a direction that it is a blend between the inner and the outer. Inner and the outer are two wings. And without one you can simply limp. The two are complimentary to one another and therefore cannot be negated. Before I begin this evening’s talk I must take you into retrospect. It was the year 1893, the same month of September as it is now. However, it was eleven day earlier on September 11. 1893 that a simple, but elegant, unique in his gestures, radiant, and serene monk travelled all the way from the shores of the east in India. He came to attend the Parliaments of Religions at Chicago. Vivekananda was the name assumed by this wandering monk. No credentials, unknown, unaware of the ways and means of this world that he was plundering into he set his feet on the shore of United States of America. He was not even the official representative. However, the date for the registration at the parliaments had expired. He was an orator by divine rights. And a messenger from Heavens! None could stop him the opportunity to enter the Parliament of Religions. Heavenly forces brought him into contact with one Professor of this very Harvard University – Professor Henry John Write. The way was paved the registration. This very ‘Harvard University’ opened a new avenue for the merger of the wisdoms of the East and the West. Once again, this day twenty - second of September in the year 2009 the history seems to repeat itself. Things have diluted somewhat. Instead of Vivekananda it is Taoshobuddha here once again bringing the wisdom of the east to merge in the stream of the west to create a new confluence where the weary traveller can sojourn for a while feel resurrected and full of vitality to continue life’s journey. Also instead of Professor John this time it is a Harvard Scholar a Don Mr Ward Williamson and a Samaritan a long time friend Subhash Sehgal whose combined efforts have made this event possible. It is a new beginning. Let us all cherish it to the very core of our being that such opportunities come our way more often than not. ‘Meditation the missing dimension in education’ is indeed a revelation for the educationists so that they can look into the education system.
As a student or an educationist, you either spend or help someone go through nearly one third precious years of life in acquiring all that is deemed necessary to plunder into the outer world of competition, conflict, and duality, where everything is measured in terms of money, efficiency, and speed. After spending nearly 20-25-27 years of your youthful life of vigour you are decorated with degrees, credits, honors of various kinds and colors. It is said, ironically, you are now ready to the world that lies ahead of you. Have you wondered that after spending nearly one third of your life’s precious years when you leave the universities to enter the outside world are you a balanced human being. Are you capable to deal with the unique questions the life poses to you? Are you blissful deep within? Are fully ready to enter the mysterious world, with unique way and means, that is inviting you in all its glamour and glitter? I can answer on your behalf. But I leave this for you to introspect deep within the silence of your being. If the answer is a capital NO then we need to revisit our systems of education at schools colleges and universities. Certainly, something is grossly missing in your education system. And that which is missing is Fourth Dimension or Dimension of the Being. It is Meditation. Meditation is the missing dimension in education. When we look at ancient systems of education in the east the universities at Nalanda, Takshila and the system of teaching we find something unique. In such companies, the students were prepared inwardly to venture into the life ahead of us. Let not any hasty conclude that I want the entire education system into older one. Remember life does not move backward. Life always moves forward. Wise never lament for that which is not. But certainly learn from the wisdom of the past and translate or present the old into new jargons. Each master does this. He is the link between the past and the present. Like a bridge under which life energy flows, he connects the two shores. My purpose of this talk this evening is to bring a new awareness and deep down a realization that indeed ‘Meditation is the missing dimension in our education system’. This realization is the first step for journey forward into a new horizon. Meditation is that link or bridge or the master within that connects the two shores – the inner and the outer and in the process prepares you to face the intricate situations that life presents as you interact in the outer world of objects and beings. Let us embark on a journey that we create balanced, harmonious, and blissful human beings who are the essence of life.... Excerpt!!!