Good Parenting

As parents, our primary focus is often on providing the best—the best schools, the best facilities, the best opportunities for a successful career. We try to impart good values (संस्कार), but often through instructions and rules. This workshop asks a deeper question: What is the purpose of parenting? Is it to create a successful professional, or a resolved, happy human being? The text suggests that the highest duty of a parent (माता-पिता) is to provide an environment where a child can develop Right Understanding (ज्ञान) and Right Feeling/Resolution (समाधान). This involves helping them understand themselves (the जीवन and the शरीर), their relationships, and their role in the larger existence. A child learns not from our words, but from our being. If we ourselves are living in confusion (भ्रम), anxiety, and contradiction, can we truly provide an environment of clarity and fearlessness (अभय) for them? The greatest gift we can give our children is our own resolved state of being—our own जागृति (awakening).