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Again, the advancement of educational activities by a Godless people is, according to the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya [3.11], a decoration for a dead body. In India as in many other countries, some people follow the custom of leading a procession with a decorated dead body for the pleasure of the lamenting relatives. In the same sense, modern civilization is a patchwork of activities meant to cover the perpetual miseries of material existence. Such activities are targetted toward sense gratification, but above the senses there is the mind, and above the mind there is the intelligence, and above intelligence there is the soul. Therefore, the aim of education should be self realization, realization of the spiritual values of the soul. Any education which does not lead to such a realization of life must be considered avidya, or nescience. And to culture such nescience means going down to the darkest region of ignorance.
(More...) Karmis are considered like asses because they are working so hard day and night without profit. The Bhagavad-gita states: antavat tu phalam tesam/ tad bhavaty alpa medhasam [Bg 7.23]. "Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary.'' The karmis benefits are temporary and those who are seeking after such benefits are "mudhas.'' Srila Vishvanath Cakravarti Thakura has identified mudhas with karmis. So we are servants of the acharya, therefore we also cannot give any good position to the karmis. According to Narottama das Thakura: karma-kanda jnana kanda kevala visera bhanda. "The paths of karma kanda and jnana kanda are just like pots of strong poison''. Therefore according to the principles, of bhakti, one has to avoid the karmis and jnanis.
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