Value of Meditation in Education : A Krishnamurtian perspective
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Meditation, as we know it, is not an integral part of education under contemporary academic curriculum; however, the Vedic concept of Ashrama Dharma suggests its practice (in different degrees) throughout the four stages of man's life. The common belief, that the value of meditation resides in a religious and spiritual context, robs it of its place in education. The purpose of our current education system is to make human beings conform to and fit into society and culture, to fit into the stream of social and economic activity; for most mainstream educationists there seems to be no apparent connection between ‘classroom meditation’ and education. J. Krishnamurti’s perspective on meditation stirs the human mind with a number of questions, interrogating and trying to build a possible connection between the two. The article proposes to look at Krishnamurti’s perspective on the connection between the value of meditation and education by examining his ideas on the following aspects: (i) the function, method and significance of education; (ii) the proposal that ‘classroom meditation’ is an integral component of transformative education; and (iii) how ‘classroom meditation’ leads to a valuable wholeness and totality of life. The Krishnamurtian meditation when made an integral part of academic curricula can lead to the natural flowering of values which has potential advantages at different levels, viz.,individual, family, society, community and the globe.
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Simmin Bawa
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- EP ID EP248562
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.2.2.2015.127-131
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