Oct 9, 2010

An Old Teaching – A New Solution!

India, the country of abundance in all resources, has held human-kind with its deep roots of knowledge and learning. In this post I would like to share with you all a learning I had from one of my sessions at college.


Would you believe that a 2000 year old method of understanding can help unravel the complexity of any problem? Is it possible to understand anything or any situation by answering just 3 questions?


Well, the ancient scholars had found a way of understanding which was practiced in one of the first universities of the world - The Nalanda University!


The 3 questions which hold the key to understanding are –


What is it?
What is it made up of?
How does it all work together?


Wondering how this can help a person understand better? Try answering the questions with the example of a pen;


# A ‘Pen’ is a device that helps record (write) words on a smooth surface.
# It is made up of a body with a cap, nib to write and an ink tube through which ink flows.
# A ‘Pen’ is a device that helps write words on a smooth surface using ink which is in the tube and flows through the nib.



Getting a hang of it?? Or still not sure??


Give it a try because for sure its going to bring some fun in thinking in these lines!!

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