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5 HABITS OF STUDENT SHOULD HAVE I read a very amazing sanskrit verse once, which spoke about the 5 qualities that a student must have. In fact each one of us is a student in our life, and this is why we should possess and try to cultivate these 5 qualities. Kak chesta bako dhyanam, shwan nidra tathaiwa cha Alpahari, grihtyaagi Vidyarthi panch lakshnam Vidyarthi, vidya means knowledge and arthi means one who desires knowledge. Vidyarthi, one who desires knowledge, all of us, should possess pancha lakshnam, these five characteristic features and qualities. The first one, kaka chestha- kaka means a crow and chestha means effort, KAK = CROW & CHESTA= EFFORT, so it means the effort of a crow. All of us in childhood read the story of a crow, who was extremely thirsty and was flying around looking for some water. The crow found a pitcher of water. As the crow landed itself on the rim of the pitcher and looked inside at the contents, he found there was water, but the water was at the very bottom of the pitcher and there was no way the crow could drink water by putting it’s beak inside. The crow started thinking what should be done and it came across a brilliant idea. It started looking around and started picking up its beak tiny pebbles and putting them inside the pitcher. Pebble by pebble by pebble, the crow kept working hard until the level of the water rose way up to the rim of the pitcher and the crow quenched it’s thirst. Kaka chestha refers to the patience, hardworking and the effort of the crow. Yes ladies and gentleman if we have to work on our lives, if we have to truly bring out what is within outside we have to go through some painful sharpening of kaka chestha ,hardwork, and don’t they say, that the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary, that is because ‘S’ comes before ‘W’. The second quality of vidyarthi is bako dhyanam. It means the intense focus of a crane, When one looks at the crane standing on one leg completely focussed into the waters, the crane with one pointed attention is looking at the waters as the fishes are swimming inside the waters. The crane will allow the tiny, the small fish to swim around and not be satisfied with them. It will allow the fishes to go around and swim around. The crane will focus and wait for the big fish to come. If the crane settles with the small fish, it will loose the big fish and if the crane wants the big fish, it has to allow the small fish to pass by and go around. Similarly in life, when you want to focus what is important, we should allow the small things to pass by. We shouldn’t be distracted by the little things, sometime there will be interpersonal issue & conflicts. Let the small things pass by and focus on what’s important. The third quality is shwan nidra. SHWAN = DOG, NIDRA = SLEEP or to be more precise the alertness of the dog. All those who want knowledge in their lives and want to pursue that is meaningful in life have to practice the quality of alertness, we shouldn’t miss out to be alert to the world around us. The fourth quality that a vidyarthi must possess is alpahari. AHAR = FOOD & ALPA = LESS i.e one seeking knowledge should eat less. Now this is not what is implied by this world though. We have varieties of ahar, like for example, for our tongue we have food, that’s the ahar. So, for each of our sense, there is ahar. It mean we should be very careful of what inputs what we give to our senses, because whatever inputs we give to our senses actually go and make a very deep indelible impression on our psyche, on our inner systems; in sanskrit that is called sanskara. The fifth quality that a vidyarthi must posses is grihatyagi. GRIHA = HOME & TYAAGI= TO GIVE UP. In the ancient eastern world of India, students would leave their home at an early age and go to study under their teachers or gurus in the school which was called gurukula. It means leaving home, to go in pursuit of knowledge. In its real implied sense it doesn’t mean leaving home, it mean living our comfort zone. If we are going to live in a comfort zone there is no question of pursuing that which if of true value. Therefore, griha tyagi refers to coming out of our comfort zone, which is what no pains no gains means. And thus these five qualities are painful ladies and gentleman but no pains, no gains