Harmony as the Horizon of Higher Education 59health is lost, something is lost; character is lost,
everything is lost”, holds good even today. While
imparting a lot of information for a professional
placement, the teachers and institutions often neglect or
ignore character formation of the students. In this regard,
the principle of transformative education is: “preach the
gospel, when necessary use words.” Examples are better
than precepts. Responsible leadership means good
examples and attractive witness to the truth and
righteousness. It is time that higher education has to
invent the ways and means to attract the students to an
ethical and moral life. Much time is invested in fulfilling
the legal requirements, but not so much attention is given
to moral formation. Mahatma Gandhi spoke of seven
deadly sins, which are of great significance for our
discussion. The seven deadly sins are: wealth without
work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without
character; business without ethics; science without
humanity; religion without sacrifice and politics without
principles. These virtues are significant in the field of
education more than ever before. All these and more
should be part of the educational enterprise, for education
is intended to bring the best out of persons; it is to churn
out the nectar from the ocean of knowledge.
(v) TRUTH IS ONE, LEARNED SPEAK
DIFFERENTLY (ekam sat vipra bahudha vadanti):
Truth is that which exists. Truth sets us free. Truth will
prevail. Truth is God. Yet who has the absolute grasp of
truth? Who is right? Who is false? It is very difficult to
ascertain the claim for truth. In fact, nobody has the
absolute grasp of truth. Nevertheless, each one is true and