Guru/Shishya/Internet/Online learning Namaste, With the onset of COVID during Feb 2020, many paradigms and norms are being challenged and changed; convictions and understandings are being challenged. Since most of the schools have moved to online teaching their students, two things have happened. First is that parents have got a much better view into how education...Read More

Daan/ Dakshina/ Bheeksha/ Bheekh Namaste, I sincerely express my gratitude to all the parents and teachers of Vidyakshetra for extending your support for the very important cause of collecting daan for Punarutthan Vidyapeeth’s initiative of publishing 1000 books as a part of their ‘gyan sagar maha prakalp’. In Bharatiya samskruti any activity of Shuddha Sattva...Read More

Dependence, Independence and Interdependence Namaste, One of the fundamental principles of Bhartiya shiksha is that children develop ‘viveka,’ or sense of discrimination over a period of time and for it to develop appropriately they need guidance and support from parents, teachers and other adults in their environment. If children grow through panchkosha based education, then,...Read More

Education to connect Namaste Vyavahara and Paramartha are an integral part of Bharathiya Samskiriti. We see God element in everything around us. In our traditions, in our actions, there is always a connection to God. The following verse from the ancient text of Brahma Samhita explains how Paramatma or God is situated in every atom....Read More

Ganit Namaste, उतादकम्यत्पवद नि बुदेर धि षि तम्सतुरषेण संखाः |वकस कृ तस तदेकबीजमवकमीशम्ग णि तम्च वने || This is the first shloka from Bhaskaracharya’s 2nd part of Siddhanta Shiromani known as “Bija Ganita“, wherein Bhaskaracharya is praying to Ganit. In traditional India it was our acharyas like Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Varahamihira, Madhava etc who studied ganit...Read More

Namaste, In the 4th canto of Bhagavata Purana, there is the story of Daksha Prajapati. Once there was a great sacrifice taking place and all important devatas and brahmanas had gathered there. When the effulgent Daksha entered the sacrificial arena, the entire assembly was illuminated. Influenced by his bodily lustre, as a mark of respect,...Read More

Namaste, In today’s day and age where our markets force us to jump brands and not stay long with one, where our education teaches us to skim the subject and not go deep, where our virtual social presence makes us be someone who we are not, it is not surprising, increasingly man is loosing connections...Read More

Namaste, One of the most important method integral to Bhartiya shiksha is samvad between acharya and shishya. The seed to any samvad is a question asked in humility, learning as the objective. त दि दि प णि पातेन प रि पशेन सेवया ।उपदेक नि तेजानं जा नि नसतद रशि नः ॥(Bhagavad Gita 4.34) Bhagavad Gita,...Read More

Dear Abhibhavakas, I remember in mid-80’s we used to book a trunk call to talk to a relative staying in a different city which was replaced by a direct call on the large telephone set installed in our house. In early 2000, we moved to mobile phones on which having an integrated radio/FM was a...Read More

Namaste, It has been 4 years since we began the journey of Vidyakshetra. Current holidays and the lockdown has given me some good time to reflect a little as to why we started Vidyakshetra and the principles on which we want it to run. Here is my background and a brief story of how Vidyakshetra...Read More