Few weeks back, I visited an ashram in a place 40 to 50 KM from Pune. As soon as we reached there, one of the seniors escorted us, showed us the facilities, and explained the purpose of his stay. He talked about so many things about philosophy and life, and also how the ashram daily activities map to the issues in the real world. One of the things he mentioned was, people there work as a team to perform some of the activities. The goal of this is to teach them how to work as a team, which will help them use this experience in the real world, once they complete the course. My question is: will it help at all? The issues in real world are completely different: each person in a team is a completely different person with different perspectives. People try to cheat, take advantage of, and outsmart each other. Whereas, in ashram, everyone of your team tends to be humble, and cooperative, and there will be the least possibility of conflicts.
I am bringing this small instance to question the very purpose of existence of ashrams. Will ashrams ever help us to live peacefully and competently in the real world? Can they train people to meet the different challenges that people face in the real world? In other words, is it technically possible to simulate the real world environments in Ashrams?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Are ashrams useful?
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Did you learn everything to face the world in schools? Did you learn at IITM every technical detail you need to work in your current projects? No right? similarly, Ashrams will give a base to fight our own internal problems and get us closer to a complete man inside. Its up to you how you raise to the requirements of the real world!
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