{"id":3842,"date":"2012-01-25T13:35:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2012-01-25T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T08:36:25","slug":"new-zealand-school-teaches-sanskrit-claims-it-helps-children-understand-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet-bharat\/new-zealand-school-teaches-sanskrit-claims-it-helps-children-understand-english\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand school teaches Sanskrit &#038; claims it helps children understand English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Radhe Radhe !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A school in New Zealand has \u201cSanskrit Language Studies\u201d program and claims that learning Sanskrit accelerates a child\u2019s reading ability.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ficino School in Mt Eden area of Auckland (New Zealand), which calls itself &#8220;values-based academic institution&#8221; and offers education for girls and boys from year one to eight, says about Sanskrit: \u201cIt has a wonderful system of sound and grammar, which gives the child an excellent base for the study of any language. Children love its order and beauty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has applauded Ficino School for fostering universal virtues and encouraging Sanskrit studies and adds that\u00a0Sanskrit has a close relationship with other classical languages like Latin, Greek, French, German, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">According to Peter Crompton, principal of this school founded in 1997 where curriculum includes \u201cfood for the mind, food for the spirit, food for the body\u201d, \u201cSanskrit with its almost perfect grammatical system\u2026provides children with a roadmap for understanding English.\u201d Sanskrit not only gives young learners a clear understanding of the structure of language, it also heightens their awareness of the process of speech, creating a greater understanding of and ability to, enunciate words clearly, Crompton adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, pointed out that\u00a0Sanskrit should be restored to its rightful place and needed to be brought to the mainstream and hidden scientific truths in ancient Sanskrit literature should be brought to light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rajan Zed strongly criticized India Government for not doing enough for Sanskrit promotion.\u00a0He\u00a0asked India Government to do much more for the development, propagation, encouragement and promotion of Sanskrit in India and the world, which was essential for the development of India and preservation of its cultural heritage. Sanskrit also provided the theoretical foundation of ancient sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Besides Hindu scriptures, a vast amount of Buddhist and Jain scriptures were also written in Sanskrit,\u00a0which is known as \u201cthe language of the gods\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0According to tradition, self-born God created Sanskrit, which is everlasting and divine.\u00a0Oldest scripture of mankind still in common use,\u00a0<em>Rig-Veda,<\/em>\u00a0was written in Sanskrit, Zed added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mahatma Gandhi said, \u201cWithout the study of Sanskrit, one cannot become a true learned man.\u201d German philologist Max Muller added, \u201cSanskrit is the greatest language of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radhe Radhe ! 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