Monday,
June 20, 2016
Wisdom
The
word wisdom implies something more than knowledge. We may have
knowledge of something, but if we do not know how, where and when to use it,
that means we lack wisdom. Sri Ramakrishna used to give the following example.
We all know there is fire in wood. That is knowledge. But this knowledge is
useless if we do not know how to light a fire from the wood and use that fire
in cooking food. If we know that, then we are wise.
Wisdom then
is something more than knowledge . it has its roots in knowledge all right, but
it is something more. If knowledge and
yet make mistakes about the fundamental things of life. On the other hand, wise
people may not have much knowledge, but they are sound in their judgment and
they seldom makes mistakes. There are scholars who are unscrupulous and can do anything
for selfish reasons. Is scholarship good if it is used to hurt others?
Knowledge is
power. But is it a power for good or for evil? Often it is for evil. Look at
the aborigines, all over the world. They are innocent people, though shy and
ignorant by our standards. But how they have been exploited over the centuries!
They are now on the verge of extinction, or they are preserved only as show –pieces.
What a price they have had to pay, and are still paying, for our so-called
civilization! They history of civilization is the history of the exploitation
of the weak by the strong. of innocent people. The nation who lead the world
today are powerful, ruthless, and unscrupulous. They do not worry about the
means. By hook or by crook they get what they want. And they are not ashamed of
the ways and means they employ
The rise of
colonial powers makes an interesting study. Greed combined with enterprise and superior
knowledge of the military are made some nations go round the world looking for
loot. They robbed one nation after another taking advantage of their weakness. Some
of those victimized countries were superior in many ways but they were not
strong enough to meet the on slaught of the marauding nation. Often the marauding
nations came with the apparent intention of trading , but their real intention
was to annex those countries. Then, having once captured power they treated the
people as salves
This is what happens
when knowledge is divorced from wisdom it makes us arrogant, unscrupulous, and aggressive.
We exploit the weak, and gain what we want by any means possible. We are rash
and thoughtless in our actions. we have no self-control , so we are carried
away by our passion, brining more harm to ourselves than good.
A wise person
on the other had, is thoughtful and never does anything without giving due thought
to the consequences. He has full control over himself. He is conscientious and never
hurts anybody except under extreme provocation. And if he has to hurt , he
hurts with moderation and great sympathy . His knowledge of things may be
limited but he uses that knowledge only for the good of others and never for
their harm. The difference between knowledge and wisdom then is that while
knowledge means merely having something, wisdom means having something and putting
it to good use. Curtsey Vedanta in practice
Quote
from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
This universe
is truly the Divine Person only. Therefore it subsists on Him- the self –
effulgent Divine Being-who has many heads and many eyes, who is the producer of
joy for the universe, who exists in the form of the universe , who is the
master and the cause of humanity, whose forms are the various gods, who is imperishable,
who is the all surpassing ruler and savior, who is superior to the world, who
is endless and Omni-form, who is the goal of humanity, who is the destroyer of
sin and ignorance , who is the protector of the universe and the ruler of the
individual souls, who is permanent, supremely auspicious and unchanging, who
has embodied Himself in man as his support (being the indwelling Spirit), who
is supremely worthy of being known by the creatures, who is embodied in the
universe and who is the supreme goal. courtesy Prusha Suktam
But,
if He exists?
I drive joy There was a
doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation
on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they
argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been
misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I
agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But if He exists? I am afraid you
are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a
lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.
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