Eternal India Encyclopedia

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EDUCATION

THE AIMS OF SPIRITUAL EDUCATION 1. To place a student on the path of self-confidence, self- satisfaction, self-sacrifice and self-realisation. 2. To promote the spirit of dedication in all we do through earnestness, sincerity, humility and reverence. 3. To remove the illusion that happiness consists in accumulating money, knowledge, comforts or reputation, whereas happiness is a state of mind which can be cultivated and which is unaffected by fortune, good or bad. 4. To enable students to bring the best in them and place it at the service of the community. 5. To introduce the pupil to the sweet experiences of meditation and yoga or of the joy of inquiry into one's own reality.

WAYS AND MEANS FOR ACHIEVING 1. The teachers themselves should be disinterested seekers of truth, on their Way to realising these aims. 2. There should be regular contacts with the sages, saints and spiritual heroes and heroines of the land through discourses or your study where a personal contact is not possible. 3. The student should have his own SADHANA. 4. There should be an opening prayer each day in the College and all should pray together. 5. There should be a regular provision in the time-table each week for studying great spiritual classics, the psychology of spiritual development, biographies of saints and books on the essentials of Indian culture.

TEACHING AS A VALUE COMPONENT

TRUTH

INDIAN HERITAGE I UNITY OF FAITH

T eaching Devices

Memorisation

Group Singing

Story Telling

Showing Pictures

Teaching Outcomes

Acquring skill

Respecting one's

Showing respect

Understanding

Appreciating Universal

& knowledge

own faith

towards all faiths

Unity in Diversity

Brotherhood of man in the Fatherhood of God

RIGHT CONDUCT

ETHICAL SKILLS

SELF-HELP SKILLS

SOCAL SKILLS

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Non Stealing

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Telling Truth

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Non Quarreling

To do one's own work \

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To maintain discipline To be punctual & regular To help arrange seats To kept books in order

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Talking less

To practise correct sitting \

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Avoiding wastage of Time, /

postures

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Money & Labour \

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To form correct breathing

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Forming simple habits

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Doing hard work

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teachers & elders

Teaching Devices

\* Role Play * Mono Acting * Dramatisation * Story Telling * Service Activities * Attitude Tests

Teaching Outcomes 1. A balanced dutiful disciplined personality 2. An effective leader in society, 3. An efficient follower in society