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Even from the standpoint of basic moral instruction, we must ask: Who today is educated? The educated person is described by Cāṇakya Paṇḍita:

“The educated man sees another’s wife as his mother and another’s property as untouchable garbage, and

“The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, A degree-holder who has no tapasya and no character – Kṛṣṇa says he is māyayāpahṛta-jñānā, “his knowledge Although he has learned so many things, nonetheless, māyā has taken away his knowledge.

Now, in today’s educational institutions, who is teaching this tapasya?