Education

 

True education is learning that good deeds bring prosperity

And wrong acts bring failure,

All according to Divine Law.

How sad it is that present education

Teaches only surface knowledge,

Leaving the mind unaware of spiritual Truth.

The world is so steeped in surface knowledge,

Lacking the true perception

Of eternal life. (Nidai-sama)

 

I believe the present system of education makes a great

mistake in overemphasizing material learning. Unless

spiritual and moral education is given hand-in-hand with the

material, the true aim of education will never be achieved.

“Spiritual education” means awakening people to the

existence of spiritual things – above anything else, to the

existence of God. This is the essence of spiritual education.

Through it, people can learn the spiritual meaning of life and

thus bring about the balanced advancement of both the

spiritual and the material sciences. Only with this will the

eternal peace of the world be born and humanity becomes

able to enjoy a paradise-like life.

 

See Also: Foundation of Paradise, p 48, “Introduction to the Spiritual Aspects of This World and the Next” – August 25, 1949 and p.34 Materialism Creates Evil – May 7, 1952