Is Sathya Sai Organization ‘Education’
Really Education?
Posted by
Barry Pittard on March 25, 2011
At 'Call For Media and
Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Baba', see the article:
Is Sathya Sai Organization ‘Education’ Really Education?
QUOTES
"There are many means by
which the Sathya Sai Organization spreads its influence in
communities throughout the world. In regard to education,
one is in-house, and introduces children of Sai devotees to the
major world faiths, but emphasises primary faith in Sathya Sai
Baba as God fully incarnate on earth at this time, and living in
Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh South India.
On the other hand, it seeks
to gain admissions to schools wherever it can, where its
devotees take a highly packaged, stripped down,
re-vamped version of the program, in which Sathya Sai Baba is
not promoted. This is called its secular EHV (Education in Human
Values) initiative.
.... we need to unfold
an emphasis on stimulating independent ethical thinking and
enquiry, rather than imposing received religious or
philosophical systems of one kind or another. Teaching
how to think, rather than
what to think. And fostering feelingful, mutual
acceptance, rather than mere toleration".
(See useful five-minute
video clip of an alternate approach in action)