International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1

Spiritual education in Vivekananda philosophy

  • Author:
  • Prem Shankar Srivastava
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 826 to 837

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

Online published on 12 February, 2015.

Abstract

The paper deals with the spiritual education with special reference to the Vedanta Philosophy and Yoga in which Vivekananda's life philosophy influence spiritual education. The paper also deals his truth, doctrine of divinity, true religion and four yogas which are the integral part of spiritual education. In this paper an attempt has been made to recognize, analyze, evaluate and critically examine the dominant factors responsible for strengthening spiritual education in Vivekananda's Vedanta philosophy and yoga. The paper concludes ‘Spiritual Education’ as “the education which helps to fulfill the divine potential of the individuals through Doctrine of Divinity, Universal Brotherhood, Freedom, Fourfold Yoga of work, worship, contemplation and knowledge, Optimism, Strength, Service, Love, Wisdom, Peace and Harmony, Truth, Tolerance, Self-control, Self-Confidence 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, - this is spiritual education.”

Keywords

Spiritual Education, Vedanta Philosophy, Yoga