Friday, 24 February 2012

Core subjects & Gita

In formal education English, Maths & Science are considered core subjects.

The way I explained to my son was that any language , Maths & Science is the basis of knowledge development. One can probably prepare for a History/ Geography exam by studying in the last 2 weeks prior to exam . But can any one do that for Math? or English. These subjects are to be imbibed & practiced. The knowledge of these is built block by block from Kindergarten days.

There is a bit of Science in Geography when they learn about types of rain. And their is Math in History when they speak of army formations. There is Chemistry & Physics in understanding erosion of coastlines. There is loads of mathematical applications in Astronomy . There is a lot of Geometry in Art and the world without languages, we cannot imagine. There is load of scientific principles in learning to swim.

In the spiritual space, knowledge from the Gita is like core knowledge that can be found & applied all around us. If you have knowledge about this core, developing the rest should not be difficult at all.

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