Vedic Siksha

We celebrated world children day on 20th Nov 2020, but children are not just for a single day. They are our future and they must be treated in such a way to get a good education, discipline, responsibility and culture. Srila Prabhupda started Gurukula in foreign country although he built so many temples over there but He knew, children can not be neglected, they must get good education. And Gurukula is the only system where a child can nourish properly.  Children are like a wet mud, if we shape them in very early age as Prahlad Mahraj has already stated in Srimad Bhagwatam: श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच कौमार आचरेत्प्राज्ञो धर्मान्भागवतानिह । दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म तदप्यध्रुवमर्थदम् ॥ 7.6.1 ॥ Prahlāda Mahārāja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life — in other words, from the tender age of childhood — to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other engagements. The human body is most rarely achieved, and alt...