ART OF THE DAY: PRESERVING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
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PROCEDURE
❖ Once they are done, ask them to share about the symbolism of each item they have chosen to preserve and protect.
❖ Ask them to share how they feel they can protect traditional knowledge-the treasures of the Vedic tradition
INFERENCE
Without the brāhmaṇa being the keepers of knowledge, our Vedic treasures would have disappeared thousands of years ago. Do you know that there is a group of scholars in Chidambaram, the dīkśitars even today, and similarly in other places, who take their traditional job of preserving Vedic wisdom so seriously that they will not travel out of their town limits? They have made this sacrifice for generations and for thousands of years so that this knowledge could be preserved for posterity.
