International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Spiritual education in Sri-Aurobindo's philosophy

  • Author:
  • Prem Shankar Srivastava
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 314 to 324

Principal, V. B. College of Education, Bhagalpur, Bihar-813210, India

Online published on 22 April, 2015.

Abstract

The paper deals with the spiritual education with special reference to the Aurovindo's Philosophy in which his life philosophy and social psychology influence spiritual education. The paper also deals with the Principles of his educational philosophy based on Consciousness, Mind, Intelligence, and Knowledge which are the integral part of spiritual education. In this paper an attempt has been made to recognize, comprehend, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and critically examine the dominant factors responsible for strengthening spiritual education in Sri-Aurovindo's philosophy. The paper concludes ‘Spiritual Education’ as “it is highest level of education which helps to fulfill the potentialities of the individuals through Universal Brotherhood, Freedom, Service, Co-operation, Knowledge, Power, Beauty, Love, Sympathy, Wisdom, Peace and Harmony, Truth, Tolerance, Self-control, Self-determination, Self-Confidence, self-expression, and Self-Realization and to prepare them to solve the everyday problems for life creatively and constructively in the new situation of the socio-psycho-physical environment for attaining the highest values and ideas of education, if the teachers enable to modify such kind of behavior patterns of individuals in the free and creative environment, - this is spiritual education.”

Keywords

Spiritual Education, Sri-Aurobindo's Philosophy