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Thursday, 19 August 2004

Who we are 

Saraswati Mahavidhyalaya is a newly established institution whose vision is to be a centre for artistic and scientific learning, in keeping with holistic values. The institute is the brainchild of our late patron Swami Shantanand Saraswati. He envisioned an institute where arts and sciences, ancient and modern, can be learned and explored, synthesised into a holistic experience for the student, since “Truth is One and Paths are Many”. The ultimate goal is to serve humanity through education.
‘Saraswati' literally means ‘that which is constantly flowing’. ‘Maha’ means great and ‘Vidhyalaya’ translates ‘to seat of knowledge’, therefore “a great seat of knowledge that constantly enlightens the ever changing and moving mind".

 

Our Philosophy & Objectives

 

 Vision:

  • An institution of higher learning that fosters a broad and engaging learning culture and encourages interdisciplinary and cross-cultural education, with the overall goal of working together to produce a positive transformation of the world.

 

Objectives:

  • To promote the advancement of learning, knowledge and the professions and provision of education based on the premise that “Truth is One and Paths are Many”.
  • To promote the exchange of ideas in teaching methodology between different schools and educational disciplines.

 

Core values:

  • Knowledge is divine
  • Search for truth
  • Education should be holistic – spiritual and moral as well as intellectual; grow the heart and spirit as well as the mind.
  • Education for the betterment of the individual, mankind and the world
  • Education is a tool to break down boundaries - encourage cross-boundary learning and research – between disciplines (arts, sciences, religion, etc), between cultures, between religions, between ancient and modern
  • Respect for knowledge and the knowledge-giver
  • Access to all who thirst for knowledge

 

Overarching goal:

  • To be a world renowned institution of higher learning that serves humanity through education.

Our Inspiration


Swami Shantanand SaraswatiHe mirrors the minds of those around him. Infinitely sensitive to every phenomena and for whom every phenomenon is a stimulus capable of provoking an infinite series of thoughts, he is a man whom admirable texts cannot exhaust, do not even define. He says little, yet moves the young and old to action.

An Indian by birth, a Swami by choice, a Sadhu by temperament, his ideas are nurtured by the simple, universal truths repeated endlessly in all cultures – serve, love, give – selflessly. Homeless in the literal sense of the word, yet firmly entrenched in the hearts of all those who seek answers to the eternal mysteries, he guides by the light of the Masters. He creates, outside the realm of reason, real yet symbolic worlds. His words confound and enlighten simultaneously. They are as all great words are, open to a multitude of meanings. Together they form a myriad of tiny mirrors that reflect the minds of his listeners.

Perhaps the most striking quality of his words is the way they dismantle beliefs and notions foisted by years of schooled wisdom. And at the end of it all to glimpse in a strange intangible way, the quintessence of all things as they always were and always will be.

Such insights though rare and precious, are sufficient to inspire, to motivate action, to take that one extra step towards realising a dream.Reason and faith should go hand in hand. Faith without reason is blind, and reason without faith is lame. Faith strengthened with reason, and reason softened by faith ... such is the sure royal road to success.
 
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