The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes #1419 - Yoga For Today - Dilip Cherian & Sadhguru
Dec 5, 2025
In this enlightening discussion, Sadhguru, a renowned yogi and founder of the Isha Foundation, shares his insights on education. He critiques conventional schooling as merely information-driven, arguing it stifles creativity and promotes competition over joy. Highlighting the Isha Home School's unique approach, he emphasizes equal respect for all roles, and a focus on inspiration and practical skills over mere qualifications. Sadhguru advocates for a seamless home-school life, fostering curiosity and a holistic exposure that nurtures each child's potential.
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Education Should Enlarge Perception
- Education has shifted into enforcing heaps of information rather than enlarging human perception.
- True education should cultivate active intelligence that constantly searches and wonders.
Competition Compresses Potential
- Competition narrows human potential by forcing people to aim just above others instead of exploring unique possibilities.
- Joyful, expansive states propel people to stretch toward their fullest capacities, not fear-driven rivalry.
Reject Hierarchies In Perception
- Treating roles and beings as hierarchically higher or lower distorts perception and creates prejudice.
- Education ought to make a child perceive a blade of grass as important as a coconut tree, simply different not lesser.