Learning Model of Upanishad

Who will go through those text again... Just trying to relate some insights here There are few stories in various major (top 10) reciting how the students learned with their teacher (Bhrigu with Varuna, Indra with Prajapati,Svetaketu with Aruni). I never thought these stories and their relevance in that particular context. Upanishad is itself learning in proximity of Guru, wow just wow, and these stories are relating student and their teachers. Unlike classrom practice or guidance of Guru often prescribed in Smritis where service of Guru is the primary mode of learning or by grace of Guru one should learn, these stories simply show patience, in all these stories, Teacher(Guru or Bramhabetta) cater knoweledge that the student is capable of handaling or one can say, knowledge take one's mind in the form of insight or cloud that is full of water yet unable to shower, only there Guru strike with his enlightment and only to the extent student's insight, student will yield. However, teacher say it is not enough and do not even deliver any futher knowledge, what is not sufficient, it is the duty of studnet to reach there. This learning model is quite different from Vedic Karmakanda with repeatition, harsh form of Yoga, dialouge or debate of Greeks where Socarate first question show darkness and then enlighten. Here, knowledge is discovery, teacher dont intervene in the process and the seed is allowed to be tree in its fullest. ......

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