How education based on vedas help in developing personality?
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Relevance of Vedic Concept of Holistic Education
Mahatma Gandhi defined education as ‘all round development
of the child by drawing out the best in his body, mind, and spirit.’ Thus education
is the process of holistic development of a child. Though the concept of Vedic
education has trickled down to the present times, yet much of its essence has
been lost or little understood. The Vedic period has been considered as the
idyllic era of education in India when everything was perfect. If it had
continued to exist, Indian present education would be the best in the world and
there would be far better state of affairs, nationally as well as internationally.
Let’s have a brief peek into what Vedic education actually
meant. Rig Veda defines education as ‘Education is that which makes a man
self-reliant and self-less.’ Since self-reliance and selflessness were the
objectives of Vedic education, students were not given training in skills
developments such as reading, writing, grammar, reasoning, critical thinking, arithmetic,
etc. they were also taught the values of self-discipline, respect of universal
atma which is a part of omnipresent Parmatma.
The educationists during Vedic period knew the secrets of
high morals and ethics. Hence, development of morals through Brahamacharya was
as important as skills learning. The spiritual aspect was the focus of Vedic
education; all else was subservient to it. Owing to Vedic education, India at
that time was a very rich nation with abundance of resources, social and
political order. The glimpses of Vedic Utopia can be seen in the Historical
records of those times.
The modern education has become purely materialistic.
Employment, job, career, etc. seem to be the prime motive of contemporary
education. Knowledge, self-reliance, and selflessness seem to have forgotten. Hence,
in spite of education, there is no stopping of personal, social, political,
economical, and national problems.
Education has failed to provide us prosperity, advancement,
self-reliance, and the targeted happiness and success. It is all due to
omission of core values of self-reliance, high morality, and selflessness. Education
without Vedic values is like fire put to wrong use. In place of using it wisely
for cooking and lighting, we are burning ourselves with it.
Blending of the Vedic concepts of education is the need of
the hour to give the right direction to the misguided education. Though there
are subjects like moral education, yet they have been inefficient in providing
the right perspective to students.
If I had my way, I would reintroduce Vedic concept through
reorientation of teachers and students. I would have the purpose of education redefined.
In place of stress on grades and academic performance, again I would make the
objective of education as self-reliance, selflessness, and equal development of
body, mind, and soul. The students need to be retold that learning skills is
important but using them for the welfare of all is more important. They need to
be inculcated the sensitivity to dedicate all their words, thoughts, and deeds
to the omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent Spirit of the Creator that
watches all our actions in secret and rewards us with all-round success accordingly.
So they need to be taught to be always righteous in according to the standards
of the cosmic wisdom of the Spirit.
Explanation:
The formation of character by proper development of the moral feeling was aim of vedic education. ... The aims and ideals of Vedic education were to promote simultaneous and harmonious development. Men are social beings,vedic education not only emphasized social duties but also promoted social happiness.