Education & Profession

The purpose of education is not only to provide knowledge or skills to obtain a living & provide status. Even people without education can obtain wealth & status, for example, in the underworld. The purpose of education is to produce a cultured individual capable of appreciating the fine arts & sports.

In addition to a knowledge of the natural world & overview of the sciences & arts, one should also be a useful member of society. Unfortunately, this comprehensive view of education is completely forgotten in the mad rush for wealth & status. The most frequently asked questions in a Google search are the searched person's "networth" rather than his/her achievements. 

This perversion has become so normalised that one views even entertainment through the distorting, irrelevant & ultimately egregious prism of money. One is more interested in the money earned by the filmstar or cricketer rather than enjoying their artistry on the screen or cricket field. 

How harmful it is to become besotted by film stars or cricketers, who are after all only entertainers, was probably anticipated by Chanakya himself when he placed various restrictions on entertainers' stay & travel from place to place, whereas bars, gambling dens & places offering female society were allowed, albeit under government control.

Coming back to education & profession, every professional person is quite often not educated at all in the true sense of the word, even though he/she may have a string of letters after their name.