Two Kinds Of Teachers - Devdutt Pattanaik In the Ramayana, Ram is educated by two teachers: Vasistha and Vishwamitra. And these two teachers are as different from each other as day and night. Vasishtha is one of the primal seven sages. He is associated with Vedic wisdom. After Ram completes his study, he travels around the world and returns disillusioned by the illusory nature of the world, uninterested in worldly life.