Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

the inner vision. A women without this training is a rock without support,
a danger to herself and others, a very unbalanced individual. Sulabha
and others who pursued such studies became Brahmavadins of
great fame. India produced several such saints and scholars, among
women. Sages and wise man used to approach such women for inspiration
and guidance.
On what is progress based? The progress of the nation, the community
and the family, depends on the proper education of women. The
country can be lifted to its pristine greatness only through women mastering
the Divine knowledge, the science of realization of reality. If the
nation must have lasting prosperity and peace, women have to be
trained through an educational system which emphasizes moral conduct
and moral qualities. The cause for the present fall in moral standards
and absence of social peace is the neglect of this aspect of women's
education. The earth and sky are still the same; the change is in
the ideal of education from Divine order to ignorance. (...)
The grace of the Lord was the diploma which every student sought to
secure in the old days. That diploma was awarded to those who were
proficient in the cultivation of morality, the knowledge of the Atman, the
sublimation of instincts, good conduct, pure habits, control of the senses,
restraint of the mind, and the development of Divine qualities. Today,
however, things are different. Diplomas can now be gained by
mugging up a few books! By going through modern schooling one cannot
acquire moral and spiritual training.
Every women must be given education in a well-planned manner. She
must be able to understand the problems of the country. She must
render such service and help as she can, within the limits of her resources
and capacity, to the country, the community and the family. No
nation can be built except on the culture of its women. The coming
generation is shaped by the mothers of today; this generation is full of
ignorance and injustice, because the mothers who brought it up were
not vigilant and intelligent enough. Well, what is past is past. To save
the next generation, women have to be warned in time and guided to
take the ancients as their model.
Past, present or future, for all time, women are the backbone of
progress; the heart of the nation, the very breath. They play the chief
role in the Divine conduct of life here below, a key role that is charged
with holiness. Their mission is to lay down the canons of rightness and
morality. They must provide children with moral and spiritual training.
When the mother is imbued with spiritual discipline, the children get
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