Value Education

The value education is not a new concept. It is recommended by Sri. Prakash, Dr.Mudolia Azad, Dr. Kothari, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Radha Krishnan, etc.

Education not only develops morality but also makes an individual capable for leadership and or intelligent fellowship. Regarding the need of introducing religious values. Peters (1979, p.473^[1]) writes that the religious values are “prosecuted and severely censored in totalitarian or collectivist societies”. He further mentions that education demands the development of various types of awareness, abilities and skills. An individual in a democratic set up should be given some form of initiative to inculcate religious values in the hope that he may develop them. Peters (1973, p. 473)^[2] mentions that in “democracy liberal view of the role of religious values is taken because of the importance ascribed to freedom and tolerance and because reductions in transmitting cultural heritage. But certainly religious values are not distinctive of the democratic way of life”. From these central values the aims of education are generated, i.e. morality, knowledge and understanding of human condition, self-fulfillment of the individual, preparation of work, etc.

Dr. C. M. Yogi, Founder - Society for Value Education (SVE) has nicely compared Education with the Value-Based-Education in his paper presented in a Workshop organized by Save The Children and Curriculum Development Centre on 29th December, 2009 as follows:^[3]

Education	Value Based Education
opens up our mind	gives us purity of heart too
provides us with skills	provides us sincerity too
extends our relationship with the world	links us with our own family members too
makes our living better	makes our life better too
teaches us to compete with others	encourages us to be complete too
makes us a good professional	makes us a whole human too
takes us to the top	takes the whole society to the top
gives us capacity of better learning	gives us the tool for a deeper understanding too
gives us Anna	provides us Ananda too
may bring limitations	is for liberation

After all right education means- "Sa VidyaYaVimuktaye”. It means, “that is knowledge which liberates.” In one of the post in this blog I have explained elaborately about its meaning. Actually this is my favorite saying in Sanskrit which I quote everywhere. The education which we are imparting nowadays doesn’t fit at all in this definition of Vidya. As the vidya in this saying, connotes very high meaning, spiritual meaning.

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^[1] Peters – 1979

^[2] Peters, 1973

^[3] Dr. C. M. Yogi -Founder - Society for Value Education (SVE) has nicely compared Education with the Value-Based-Education in his paper

Goal of Education !

Each society wants that its children acquire a desirable set of values. The goal of education in every country is the development of desirable values. Evidently, it is important to know as to what values are held by its school students. What kind of values do they possess? Such a knowledge is essential to design curricular experiences for the achievement of the objectives of education which the society wants to formulate.  We see today the disintegration in society. One of the reasons for the disintegration is conflicting values, ground. If we go through history we find that the society is changing rapidly. The impact of the West has brought about changes in it. The Western ways of thinking, dressing and behavior influenced the Indians. This impact of still seen in every big society. It is rather increasing.

Values have social, psychological, economic, spiritual and philosophical aspects. They have a wide impact. Not a single vital action in life of a human being can be said to be valueless. Thus if values are good, life will be peaceful and useful, if values are undesirable, life will be burdensome and unwanted.

Spiritual Education

Education has long been recognized as a central element in development.  It is considered as a vital input in modernization where the developing countries like India began its drive for social and  economic development since its independence.

Education  is important in  a small country India,  because it promotes the knowledge,  skills,  habits,  values,  or  attitudes and  understanding  of  the people in the country. And it is also considered as the backbone of the development of India. Therefore, greater concern and emphasis must be put into the means and ways by which education transfer  the needed knowledge and  information  to  students/children.  It helps people to become a useful member of the society and to develop an appreciation of their culture heritage and live more satisfying human lives.

There is an acute need for incorporative Spiritual values on the realms of religion, education, social service, economics and politics in India. The term “Value” refers to a development of “heart”. It is not enough to find for Mother India a modern independent, secular, technological “herd” if, in the process she has lost her “heart”.[1] Spirituality is more about “Developed Heart, which is concerned about the Vyapakta of the understanding of Heart. 

It is our ignorance which does not allow us to get over the dichotomy between Matter and Spirit. But, says Sri Aurobindo, "The affirmation of a divine life upon earth and an immortal sense in mortal existence can have no base unless we recognize not only eternal Spirit as the inhabitant of this bodily mansion, the wearer of this mutable robe, but accept Matter of which it is made, as a fit and noble material out of which He weaves constantly His garbs, builds recurrently the unending series of His mansions."[2]

“A spiritual education would prepare the student to face life armed with a greater faith and face with an outlook which is integral. His recognition of the problems of life will not depend entirely on their appearances; he will be able to delve deep into them and see the play of hidden forces behind them. He will be able to grow spiritually through tackling the hurdles, presented by life.”[3]

In today’s world Spiritual Education is the need of this hour for the so called modern society because our lives have become more miserable. The number of educational institutions has considerably increased, but the quality has gone. The number of educated people has reached at a higher level, but murder, hatred, and selfishness have spread out like wildfire everywhere. Many institutions are opened, but only few civilized people are produced. Degrees are available for all, but the dignity has gone down. Trained people are produced from many institutions, but sincere people are very few. Many books are written; much research is done; many professional achievements are attained, but humanity is threatened. At this hour of such a crisis of character, we need Value-Based-Education and according to the author it should be touched by spirituality.

An educated person should have all kinds of qualities. Education should make every individual capable physically, mentally, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Therefore, some universal ideals of “love, respect, friendliness, non-violence, tolerance, forgiveness, compassion, peace and bliss” should be accepted by all the educators worldwide. These values are truly indispensable, which are called virtues in spiritual language, devoid of which, our society cannot survive and people cannot achieve the ultimate spiritual goal i.e. enlightenment.

Dr. C. M. Yogi, in his paper on ‘Value-Based-Education in Nepal’ rightly quotes Mahatma Gandhiji explaining the concept of education, "The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education".^[4]

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[1] Indian Insight - Mrs. Lacy, C., Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1972, p.334

[2] The Life Divine

[3] http://www.ncte-india.org/pub/aurobin/chap5.htm

^[4]‘Value-Based-Education in Nepal’- Dr. C. M. Yogi.

Jay Bharati, Jay Bharati!

India used to be an abode of Spiritual Education in ancient times.  All Indians were so spiritual at that time. Truth, Non-Violence, Obedience, Tolerance, such virtues were at the helm of everybody's behavior

   

“Jahan Satya, Ahimsa Aur Dharma Ka

Pag Pag Lagata Dera,

Voh Bharat Desh Hai Mera,

Voh Bharat Desh Hai Mera,

Jay Bharati, Jay Bharati”

“No wonder that at a certain phase in Indian history, the greatest emphasis the educational system laid was on making the student conscious of his soul. The process of learning, from this point of view, began from within.

What the teacher—who was often a Rishi or a seer—wished to see was, all the faculties, all the parts of the pupil’s personality, must be governed by his soul, instead of by his crude physical desires, mental preferences or impulses. A great doctrine to which they subscribed was the doctrine of Swadharma. In the phenomenal world marked by multiplicity, each human being had a specific inner nature, apart from his share of the common stock of desires, emotions and passions, constituting his superficial personality, his ego-self. To transcend the ego-self and to illumine the consciousness in the splendor of the soul was looked upon as the true goal of education.”[1]

As we see how the Society is diminishing in case of values day by day. It is necessary to develop the programs for inculcating spirituality in the society.

Today’s Indian youths are little bit confused because of the bombarding of the new technological devices, information explosion and violent news by the press & media. To inculcate the value system in their confused minds and make them value-oriented-powerful leaders, educational institutions should take the initiative to impart Value Based Spiritual Knowledge to this new generation.

“Imbibing the qualities of good conduct, self-confidence and high values would help students earn a significant place in society.  Education without spiritual values is like a flower without fragrance.  Students should realize that character building is equally important as career building.  A good character in life is ultimate thing that stretches person’s self-realization”.

An attempt is made in this paper to discuss the role of the spiritual education in society, it elaborately discusses about the implications to develop the spiritual education. Rena, R. rightly points out that “There is a popular misconception that values are “better caught than taught”. In reality however, values are both caught and taught.” Today’s generation is not going to catch the spiritual values without teaching. We have to teach the spiritual values to this generation before they are caught by the bombarding of the new technological devices, information explosion and also by the media.

According to the author Value Based education cannot be taught without Spiritual Knowledge or Spiritual Consciousness.

In conclusion, mere desire or aspiration to progress in life is not enough; success should be based on values. And for that value-based education must be imparted in today’s institutions. So that the students may emerge as good leaders in their chosen fields.

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Resolution for the New Academic Year

Prayer begins by talking to God;

But it ends by listening to Him.

O Lord, My God, I need your assistance, Because I fully realize that on my own I am weak and wayward and good for nothing.

I want to do my duties as a Student of this College to the Best of my ability.

I want to shoulder my responsibilities and fulfill my obligations and commitments seriously with determination perseveringly.

I want to do always what is right And pleasing in your sight.

I want to overcome all kinds of temptations whenever they come my way.

I want to avoid all bad thoughts, words, persons, places and things which
would lead me away from you.

I want to shun sin and lead A good and upright life.

Please help me O God to keep these resolutions not just for today
But for every day as long as I live।
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Self healing

Understanding the power within :

When we are protected by God, when we have a definite divine design to live & when we have spiritual powers within us, why are we not free ? why we don’t feel peaceful? why there is misery in our lives? why we are not happy? Just because we don’t understand our powers. We don’t understand that we can heal ourselves. We don’t understand that we have a whole battery of healing from the misery, that we can achieve happiness all by ourselves with the help of God within.

Everything is possible with God & with our power within. Man is a “Divine Computer” made by God Himself. *(“Think Positive”) We get the same results from it which we feed into it. When we feed any wrong information it gives wrong result & when we feed the right one it shows us the right results. We can say, ‘it is more than a Computer.’ Of course, we can make computers, so we are more powerful than the computers. But we don’t understand this. And many of us do not even know this fact.

We can get what we want out of our lives with the help of our computer within. We can heal anything for our own good. For healing we must use a proper technique. If we go by that technique we are surely going to get what we want. Our desires of our hearts are definitely going to be fulfilled.

MENTAL HOUSE CLEANING : First step of this technique is cleaning ourselves. Not only outward but inside us. We have to clean our mental house. Take out all the Negative ideas, Negative beliefs & wipe them out. Release them out by writing, by talking to best friends, by speaking with God is the best way. Then thinking, breathing out, then mentally seeing that it is going out. Mentally seeing the picture of negatives going out. Lastly, feeling fresh, mentally seeing the mind as clean and fresh. “ Breathing in ” the fresh air, divine air, feeling it inside.

FORGIVING, LOVING & PRAYING : After cleaning ourselves inside we must fill our mind with all the positive ideas, with full faith, prayers, love, forgiveness. We have to breath in the positive, the faith, love etc.

FEELING POSITIVE : Feeling positive is everything in man’s life. His success and failure depends only on his feelings. Deep feeling comes out in the real form if we have strong faith on our feelings and if we keep that feelings a secret.