Today, however, education does not transform the mind. It stops with the listening process by the ear. What enters the ear might not be clear to the mind; it might reach the mind in a hazy form only. So education has to be so imparted that it is received by the mind clearly. To achieve this aim, it has to be transmitted through heads, tongues and hands that are pure, with no blemish that warps. Then only can the learning be clear and the wisdom bright.

Students study only for a few years but teachers, in order to justify being in the profession, have to be engaged in studies always, without stopping. So teachers are to be reckoned as the only genuine students. To the question, who is a real student, the answer is, "The teacher." "I shall be the ideal student which my pupils can emulate," this must be the motto inspiring the teacher. Such a teacher has surely recognised his duty. The teacher must come down to the level of the student; if he does not and still continues to teach, the fate of the student is best left to the imagination.

This is the process called "Descent." It does not mean stepping down from the top to the ground. It means only accepting the level of the person who is to be benefited. The baby on the floor cannot jump into the arms of the mother when she calls upon it to come up. "I am a great person; I cannot stoop" - if the mother feels like that she cannot possess the child. Stooping does not make a person small. The teacher too is not demeaning himself when he comes down to the level of the pupil in order to teach him. It is only a laudable sign of Love.

Many teachers at the present time have fallen into the habit of asserting, "Well! I have got one lesson ready on one topic for today. My duty is to speak on that. I will do just that and go." Have the pupils grasped the lesson aright? Which subject has to be taught in which way, through which method? These problems do not seem to bother them. Moreover, they should conduct themselves just in the same manner as they advise and expect the students to behave. When they are taught the lessons through love, their reverence for the teacher will also be deepened. Each teacher should strive to encourage the all-round development of the student. He must expand his own heart through Love and not waste the years of his life in furthering his own interest.