Source: # Teaching Is A Sacrifice — Manusmriti 3.70 *Teaching is the offering to Brahman (sacred knowledge); water for the ancestors is the offering to forebears; the fire-offering is for the gods; the food-offering is for living beings; honouring guests is the offering to humankind.* अध्यापनं ब्रह्मयज्ञः पितृयज्ञस्तु तर्पणम् । होमो दैवो बलिर्भौतो नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् ॥ *adhyapanam brahma-yajnah pitri-yajnas tu tarpanam | homo daivo balir bhauto nri-yajno ’tithi-pujanam || How to say it: a-dhyaa-PA-nam brah-ma-YAG-nah, pi-tri-YAG-nas tu tar-PA-nam. HO-mo DAI-vo ba-LIR BHAU-to, nri-YAG-no ti-thi-poo-JA-nam.* Teaching is the offering to Brahman (sacred knowledge); water for the ancestors is the offering to forebears; the fire-offering is for the gods; the food-offering is for living beings; honouring guests is the offering to humankind. These are the panca mahayajnas , the five daily duties of a householder. Notice what teaching is called: a yajna , a sacrifice, an offering placed on the altar. A sacrifice is given away. It is not priced. [All 35 chapters](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/chapters/) · [183 stories from real life](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/stories/) · [61 Hindu shloks for the mind](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/shlokas/) · [Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/contact/) · [About](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://vedant.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/)