Humans are the only living being who could attain "intellectuality" and this alone makes humans superior than any other living or non-living being. Even Chimpanzees, Elephants, Dolphins have limited intellectuality but only humans have far more greater capability to learn and become an intellectual. This is clearly proved by Buddha because he was born as a "human" during his last birth in order to realize Nirwana. He descended from the absolute pleasurable Heaven to the human realm to realize Nirwana. WHY? It is because humans are the only capable living being who can advance his/her intellectual capacity to see beyond the "myths" in the world and finally realize the ultimate truth.
Unfortunately, today the World is on a rat-race for information, to be educated and to be called as an "intellectual" or a "professor". Parents force their children to study harder comparing them to other children. They send the children to school plus numerous additional classes called "tuition" under various teachers. Children have lost their childhood, their time to play and exert the energy they accumulate inside their bodies. They see no world other than this endless race to earn marks and more "prefixes" (Dr, Prof. Eng. etc) and "suffixes" (BA, Msc, PhD). Their ultimate goal is to learn/earn better than "the other person".
The moral ethics we learned from our parents and teachers have been disregarded now as "not important to find a good job". That label appears in every step child takes in his/her life. When the child wants to do some sports, the parents shouts "Who can find a job by doing sports unless you do Cricket and get selected to the national team?". Children today are like herd of robots made of only education but no righteousness or morality. They are trained to be selfish and encouraged to be selfish by parents as well as teachers. Even poor parents are forced to pay bribe in the disguised from of "gifts" to teachers under duress that their children being down-graded or maltreated otherwise by the teachers. This is the unfortunate black-hole of unethical practice which is eating the "free education" system enjoyed by the poor Sri Lankans for past 5 decades.
This is undesirable because intellectuality without righteousness is the ultimate suicidal of human-kind. An intelligent mind which does not recognize right from wrong will cause harm to oneself as well as to others. Simple example of atomic energy used as a nuclear bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Or the invention of gun-powder being used to develop numerous destructive weapons even today.
Buddha explained if the society only progress from its intellectual capacity but disdains its spiritual and moral ascent, then that society will deteriorate from within like a cancer. The selfishness cultured by us will only encourage the destruction of 'the other' in order to benefit from their resources. The circular process of this destruction will one day result in the total destruction of the humanity and thereby the only opportunity to realize the truth, the Nirwana, the utmost emptiness...!!
Unfortunately, today the World is on a rat-race for information, to be educated and to be called as an "intellectual" or a "professor". Parents force their children to study harder comparing them to other children. They send the children to school plus numerous additional classes called "tuition" under various teachers. Children have lost their childhood, their time to play and exert the energy they accumulate inside their bodies. They see no world other than this endless race to earn marks and more "prefixes" (Dr, Prof. Eng. etc) and "suffixes" (BA, Msc, PhD). Their ultimate goal is to learn/earn better than "the other person".
The moral ethics we learned from our parents and teachers have been disregarded now as "not important to find a good job". That label appears in every step child takes in his/her life. When the child wants to do some sports, the parents shouts "Who can find a job by doing sports unless you do Cricket and get selected to the national team?". Children today are like herd of robots made of only education but no righteousness or morality. They are trained to be selfish and encouraged to be selfish by parents as well as teachers. Even poor parents are forced to pay bribe in the disguised from of "gifts" to teachers under duress that their children being down-graded or maltreated otherwise by the teachers. This is the unfortunate black-hole of unethical practice which is eating the "free education" system enjoyed by the poor Sri Lankans for past 5 decades.
This is undesirable because intellectuality without righteousness is the ultimate suicidal of human-kind. An intelligent mind which does not recognize right from wrong will cause harm to oneself as well as to others. Simple example of atomic energy used as a nuclear bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Or the invention of gun-powder being used to develop numerous destructive weapons even today.
Buddha explained if the society only progress from its intellectual capacity but disdains its spiritual and moral ascent, then that society will deteriorate from within like a cancer. The selfishness cultured by us will only encourage the destruction of 'the other' in order to benefit from their resources. The circular process of this destruction will one day result in the total destruction of the humanity and thereby the only opportunity to realize the truth, the Nirwana, the utmost emptiness...!!
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