VIVEKANANDA ON EDUCATION (ARTICLE BY SIVADAS MASTER)

VIVEKANANDA ON EDUCATION

(ARTICLE BY SIVADAS MASTER)

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Swami Vivekananda was a great scholar of Indian Philosophy. His educational philosophy has been shaped according to his philosophical views. We can have a quick and brief tour of his educational thoughts.

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Being a Vedanthi, Swamiji regarded man perfect from birth. So, according to his vedantic views, Swami Vivekananda defined education as: “Education is the manifestation of the divine perfection already in man”.

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Education is not for imparting of instruction or for delivering huge quantities of information labeled as knowledge. Education is life building, character-forming and assimilation of ideas. It should help the learner to form adesirable character, to strengthen the mind, to expand the intellect and to enable one to stand on one’s own leg. Thus the ultimate aim of Education is man-making achieved by the development of an all round, wholesome and properly integrated personality.

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Swami Vivekananda believe in auto-education or self-learning or self-teaching.

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He compares the child to a plant in a garden; and the teacher to the gardener. The the gardener prepares the ground for the growth of the plants in his garden. He protects them in the natural way and nourishes them in such a manner that they can grow properly. Like that the teacher should:

(i) Take care of the children

(ii) Provide them a suitable environment

(iii) Look after their proper growth

(iv) Activate the motivation that comes from within the child and

(V) Encourage the child to use its body, mind and sense organs properly to achieve

maximum development

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The teacher has to provide environment so that the child may become aware of the immense treasure of knowledge lying buried in his/ her mind.

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Swami Vivekananda advocates for a national educational system. He says: “ The ideal is that we must have the whole education of the country , spiritual and secular, in our hands, and it must be on national lines, through national methods, as far as practicable.” He believed in the utility of the education of the masses. The real cause of our national downfall is our indifference to the education of the masses. To rebuild our mother India , we have to pay due attention to the education of the masses.

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Swami Vivekananda propounded a philosophy of education which India needs at present badly. Swamiji’s views on education is well appreciated, not only in India but in the whole world, by the educational philosophers and educational experts. (Read more …)

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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
(ARTICLE BY SIVADAS MASTER)

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It was a Monday morning, on the 12^th day of January, 1863. The members of Datta family were very happy. Bhuvaneswari devi, wife of Viswanath Datta, gave birth to a beautiful child. In due course they named the boy Na

rendranath Datta. But the relatives, neihbours and friends used to callhin ‘Naren’. Some others called him ‘Narendran’. No one thought then t

he boy would become a world famous spiritual leader.

Ancestral home of Swami Vivekananda

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Viswanath Datta arranged a private tutor to teach Narendranath the basic lessons. Later Naren was enrolled in Metropolitan School,Kolkatha. He passed the high school examination in first class (1879). Naren joined Presidency College. Next year he shifted to General Assembly’s Institution (which was later known as Scottish Church College) and studied Western Philosophy and World History.

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In 1881 Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, of Dakshineswaram, visited the house of Surendranath Mithra, the neighbour. Surendranath Mithra invited Naren also on the occasion. Naren sang a prayer for Paramahamsa. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa invited Naren to “come Dakshineswaram one day”.

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Narendranath Datta had a sharp intellect with a rational approach. He even questioned the existence of God. The friends advised him to go to Dakshineswaram. He began his journey in search of a person who could quench his spiritual thirst, which ended in Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Narendranath became the disciple of Paramahamsa.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa asked Narendranath to continue his work after Paramahamsa’s death. So after Paramahamsa’s death Narendranath vowed as sanyasi , with the name Vivekananda.

Swami Vivekananda

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He traveled from Himalaya to Kanyakumari. The worst condition of his motherland worried him. The experiences of his journey made him think how our nation could be saved. He spent in meditation on top of a rock, in Indian Ocean, at Kanyakumari for three days. He returned from the rock with a new light, with a new vision and with a new plan to save Indians and India, or the world itself.

Vivekananda Smarakam at Kanyakumari

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Swami Vivekananda took part in World Parliament of Religions, Chicago, America.

His historical speech began with the salutation: “My dear brothers and sisters of America…” This made the audience speechless. There Swami Vivekananda stressed on, in his speech, the importance of a vision for a universal outlook, which is already in Indian Philosophy. All the great philosophers presented there congratulated Swamiji. Swami Vivekananda showed the world what India was.

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He believed in the power of youth and considered it as the power of the nation. To him youths were the only hope for India’s progress. He encouraged the youth to awake from sleep and to work. He said:

"Arise awake and rest not ടില്‍ the goal is reached"

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