Acharya Devo Bhava—the Vanishing Mantra
The Teacher is the third person who is respected and worshipped as Visible God next to Parents. It is the Mother and father worshiped and regarded as living and visible God “MATHRU DEVO BHAVA, PITUR DEVO BHAVA” and then it is “ACHRYA DEVO BHAVA”. Where do children get to learn first?-It is at HOME-by Parents, then SCHOOL-Teachers and finally SOCIETY. These components influence on children’s growth, development and make them responsible citizens. But these Mantras hold no good today. Why???? Where have we gone wrong, Is it at HOME, or at SCHOOL or at the SOCIETY???? This is second news about teachers being killed and stabbed to death by students. The police on Monday arrested one of the two students accused of allegedly mowing down a school teacher because he refused to allow one of their friends to cheat in the Hrayana Board Exam (April10, 2012) A teacher was stabbed to death in the classroom of a private school allegedly by a 15-year-old student who was upset at being repeatedly rep...