Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has advised educational institutions to refrain from doing Dharmadroha. Addressing the convocation ceremony of the Regional College of Management (RCM) here on Wednesday, the Shankaracharya said, “Those who use their knowledge, education and position only for self-centred, materialistic development, should be treated as ‘Dharmadrohis’.
In that sense, the educational institutions are today producing Dharmadrohis. Not only do you have to look at the system and its benefits but also focus on the limitations of the system to ensure educational institutes to avoid the ‘Dharmadroha’,” advised the seer.
He had an advice for Governments too. “Can’t there be development without polluting the environment and without price rise? Governments, irrespective of who is in power, take liberties with environment, which we cannot allow,” he said.
Taking a dig at the Odisha Government, the spiritual guru said, “On one hand the State Government is meddling with the rights and activities of the Shankaracharya, but on the other hand I am invited to address a convocation ceremony which is usually addressed by Chief Ministers and Governors.”
Speaking on the occasion, Puri Pitha Parishad Upadhakhsa Prasanta Acharya went all out against the State Government. He took strong objection to the activities of Government officers in the Jagannath Temple administration and said, “The managers and officers are supposed to serve. But the Babus think they are the owners.”
Another Upadhakhsa of Puri Pitha Parishad Prafulla Rath went a step further by stating, “Democracy has become demonocracy.” He called for a ban on cow slaughter.
Rath, however, complimented the RCM management for breaking the tradition of inviting politicians to convocation ceremony and instead choosing to invite the highest guru of the Sanatan Dharma.
RCM secretary Prabir Pal said. “The business world today requires managers who would not only contribute to their organisations but also provide new direction and leadership to the society to make it a better place to live in.”
Source-http://mail.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/puri-seer-happy-being-invited-to-convocation.html
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