Volume 3 Issue 5 May, 2013
To Acknowledge Ignorance
All holy books speak nothing but truth. Even though many valuable lessons are conveyed in the form of stories, there are immensely meaningful conversations within these stories. One of the stories on Lord Hanuman is about his great adventures during his childhood. His parents being from royal lineage invite the best of best teachers from the kingdom to teach Bal Hanuman. However the story goes on to state that none of the teachers accept him as their pupil. They humbly acknowledge that considering the adventures of Bal Hanuman only the gods can teach the child. Even though anybody could overlook this aspect of the story and move on with more adventures part, this issue has great relevance in today’s world. Today, our world has numerous individuals who although are well recognized in certain areas but over the period of time assume “omnipotent role”. They find it difficult to acknowledge that any field or area of knowledge could simply be beyond their competence. And this assumed belief only strengths with time; strangely it also creates a dent in their chosen field without their awareness. It is to be propagated that it is only humbleness, one has to learn to acknowledge that there are many things we do not know or cannot do.
