dharmasthala seers at the national dharma sansad 2018 organised to mark the decennial of ascension of sri brahmananda saraswathi swami as the religious head of sri rama kshetra maha samsthanam stressed on the need to give up macaulays education system and revert to indias old and ancient gurukulbased education system technicalities in western education system should be adopted at best to be on par with modern times they averredmahant devanand saraswati national secretary sri pachadashanam juna akhada in his keynote address said only sanatan culture can take india towards bliss western culture is a digression from indian way of life he said adding role of saints in this direction is most important present day education system is taking indian youth away from its core values as espoused in the gurukul system that was selfcontaining and holistic he saidif india wishes to be a vishwa guru as it was prior to colonisation mahant devanand saraswati said the country needs to undertake comprehensive review of its education system and include indian cultural values in its education system education system that reflects indian traditions and culture will help india regain its rightful place among comity of nations and minimise influence of western education that dominates the system he saidin his presidential remarks d veerendra heggade dharmadhikari sri kshetra dharmasthala said just as the parliament has a nationalistic outlook to it the dharma sansad or religious parliament too works on the same principle averring that people leading their lives on basic principles of dharma can lead a peaceful life he said india cant allow basic foundations of society based in dharma to collapse if we want to build a better societyinsightful study of our ancient scriptures will help the society to progress heggade averred adding that this will also help counter the superstition and disbeliefs that abound in society i come across a lot of these issues when people come to meet me with their problems he said while exhorting the people to see the inner beauty of the yogis who have come from all over the country to attend the sansad and not go by their external appearancesdelivering benedictions sri brahmananda saraswati asserted that it is the role of religious leaders to decide what dharma is sages have guided the society for ages in the right path he said adding that ego of politicians has changed it for the worse nothing happens without us sages he said adding that elected representatives go about with the airs that no one can question them for they are law framers which is borne more out of their mython the other hand there are more than 2 crore saints across india who can easily decide on the future course of action for the country we keep the law makers close to us for we do not have the legislative powers he said adding the collective voice of the seers that is against continuation of macaulays system of education has to be heard by the law makers the