How should those playing the role of teachers approach their work and workplace? Bhagawan lovingly and clearly explains to us today.

The school is always a house of God. To treat it as a caravanserai or as a prison or a house of correction is sacrilege. Treat it as a holy place where Saraswati, the deity presiding over knowledge and the arts, is present and is worshipped. Then, in that atmosphere of veneration, the pupils will mould themselves into worthy examples for the entire world. By taking this care, the teacher will be evincing an intelligent love towards the child. He will be prompting the pupils to harmonise their conduct with the sacred atmosphere of the school. After all, even the mother of the child may ignore some of its faults or even appreciate some of its peculiar mannerisms, but the teachers must be vigilant enough to take note of them and correct them by soft, sweet persuasion. The pupil will surely listen and obey if he senses the sincerity behind the teacher’s love. If, however, the teacher preaches love but behaves as if he or she has no love, the persuasion would not succeed.