... On Education Vital Education Of all education, vital education is perhaps the most important, the most indispensable. Yet it is rarely taken up and pursued with discernment and method. There are several reasons for this: first, the human mind is in a state of great confusion about this particular subject; secondly, the undertaking is very difficult and... mean by a rational method of education. That is why it is of prime importance that the vital education of the child should begin as early as possible, indeed, as soon as he is able to use his senses. In this way many bad habits will be avoided and many harmful influences eliminated. This vital education has two principal aspects, very different in their aims and methods, but both equally important... and generosity which will spontaneously find expression in his behaviour and will protect him from many base and perverse movements. And this brings us quite naturally to the second aspect of vital education which concerns the character and its transformation. Generally, all disciplines dealing with the vital being, its purification and its control, proceed by coercion, suppression, abstinence and ...
... *Training the Mental Faculties—a resource guide on the Mind *Understanding Ego—a process towards its dissolution *Understanding Tamas—a personal experience *Vital Education—its role in self development *Vital Education for Children of 4 to 8 years *Working Consciously—the right spirit in work. The Gnostic Centre comprises a library and a meditation hall, as well as a study... (talk) *The Golden Gift (talk) *Attitudes of a True Teacher (talk) *Power of Attitude (talk) *The Science or Living (talk) * Booklets, on topics such as Mental Education, Vital Education, Physical Education, Psychic Education, The Art of Healthy Living, Hathayoga-Pranayama-Mudra-Bandha, How to Bring up a Child, Education and Self-development, Power of Attitude, The Science ...
... psychological faculties and their development in such a way that the mental education does not veil the soul --this, in brief, should be the endeavour and its spirit. Vital Education We now come to vital education. Vital education aims at training the life -force (that normally vibrates in emotions, desires and impulses) in three directions: to discover its real function and to replace its egoistic... 39 in the vital the habit to open to this light and to. act in that light would be to place the vital in its proper place as a will-force executing the inner and higher knowledge. Vital education is greatly aided by stress on different kinds of fine arts and crafts. Sri Aurobindo has written at length on the contribution that Art can make to the integral education in his important book... on of sensuous pleasure which will disintegrate rather than build the character. They are, when properly used, great educating, edifying and civilizing forces." 1 A great lesson in vital education is to develop the will of the individual and to encourage the exercise of the will in which what is valued most is not the result, but application and doing one's best. Physical Education ...
... all the psychological faculties and their development in such a way that the mental education does not veil the soul - this, in brief, should be the endeavour and its spirit. Vital Education: Vital education aims at training the life-force (that normally vibrates in emotions, desires and impulses) in three directions: to discover its real function and to replace its egoistic and ignorant... A constant insistence of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother has been on detailed perfection of the human mind, life and body. We may, therefore, turn to the three domains of mental education, vital education, and physical education as expounded and experimented upon at Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry and subsequently at the Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research at Auroville... develop therefore in the vital the habit to open to this light and to act in that light would be to place the vital in its proper place as a will-force executing the inner and higher knowledge. Vital education is greatly aided by stress on different kinds of fine arts and crafts. Sri Aurobindo has written at length on the contribution that Art can make to the integral education in his important book ...
... development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. •In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional education or vital education, the values that are pursued are those of illumination, heroism, and harmony ...
... to be ________________________ "Sri Aurobindo: The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, Centenary Edition, Vol. 16, p. 2-4. Page 77 emphasised is what they call "vital education". Vital education aims at the training of the life-force in three directions: to discover its real function and to replace its egoistic and ignorant tendency to be the master by willingness and a capacity ...
... development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional education or vital education, the values that are pursued are those of illumination, heroism, and ...
... By The Way - Part III Sri Aurobindo's Integral Education: Physical and Vital Education (A Talk on All India Radio (Pondicherry) on 23.7.71) "The truth we seek is made of four major aspects: Love, Knowledge, Power and Beauty. These four attributes of the Truth will spontaneously express themselves in our being. The psychic will be the... one sits tightly upon it in order not to give it an expression, the vital is likely to get weakened. But this energy is not meant to be bottled up. It is to be used. And the next part of vital education is to learn how to use this energy rightly. To be able to use it properly one must take up the education of the senses, the eyes, ears, nose, palate and touch, which gather and feed the mind ...
... central meeting will be held by turn in one district every year. See the Mother's writings on physical Education for further details. Vital Education All about Vital Education is discussed in the Mother's writing on 'Vital Education.' People should be educated through exhibitions and teaching to understand, appreciate and develop all kinds of Page 15 arts ...
... themes of illumination, love and heroism. He referred to a question which was raised during the course of discussion as to what was the method of vital education. He said that his basic answer was that one of the most important instruments of vital education is that of good stories. He invited the participants to the task of collecting good stories from the world literature. He, however, explained that ...
... development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. e. In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional education or vital education, the values that are pursued are those of illumination, heroism, and harmony ...
... Though the immixture of politics may increase the budget allocated to physical education, its effects on the morale of the athletes cannot but be harmful. Page 55 The Vital Education . . . the vital is the Life-nature made up of desires, sensations feelings, passions, energies of action, will of desire, reaction of the desire-soul in man and of all that play... precedence and domination should disappear giving place to a will for harmonious organisation, for clear sighted and effective collaboration".27 We have dealt up till now with the first part of vital education, the building up of character. There is another part, the training of the aesthetic being, This begins with the education of the senses. They should be trained so as to attain ...
... heightened and perfected but not blunted or impoverished. Spiritual education will not aim at weakness but at strength, not at escape from action but at mastery of action. Just as mental and vital education can form part of spiritual education, even so, physical education, too, can be so conceived and practiced that it forms part of spiritual education. First is the question of attitude towards ...
... but will extend to the domain of aesthetics, rationality, and even to the domain of supra- rationality. This question will become complex when we come to consider values of physical education, vital education, and mental education in the context of integral development of personality and of the perfectibility of the individual and the collectivity. Science and Values: The second ...
... concentration, learning by purification, learning by creativity; Yoga and the search for meaning and unity of Knowledge Yoga and life-long education and perpetual youth; Yoga and the mental education, vital education, physical education; Page 371 Yoga and development of latent faculties and powers; Yoga and development of spiritual experiences; Yoga and education for values; Methods of ...
... she sees them really as a single integrated discipline. But it often becomes necessary to stress, now this and now another aspect. With children, and at school generally, physical, mental and vital education may have to take precedence, but psychic discipline is truly the heart of the matter. The journey to the soul may be long and difficult, yet the goal is not impossible of attainment. Once the way ...
... Questions and Answers (1954) 3 February 1954 This talk is based upon Mother's essay " Vital Education ". "In some ancient initiations it was stated that the number of senses that man can develop is not five but seven and in certain special cases even twelve. Certain races at certain times have, out of necessity, developed more or less perfectly ...
... generosity which will spontaneously find expression in his behaviour and will keep him away from many base and perverse movements. And this brings us naturally to the second aspect of vital education, i.e., that which concerns character and its transformation. Generally, systems of discipline dealing with the vital, its purification and its mastery proceed by coercion, suppression ...
... appropriation and domination and the background of vanity which supports them, together with their counterparts of weakness, discouragement, depression and despair. The Mother On Education: Vital Education … there are many things in the ordinary man of which he is not conscious because the vital hides them from the mind and gratifies them without the mind realising what is the force that is ...
... will also extend to the domain of aesthetics, rationality, and even to the domain of supra-rationality. This question will become complex when we come to consider values of physical education, vital education, and mental education in the con text of the integral development of personality and of the perfectibility of the individual and the collectivity. Science and Values The second question ...
... aided by promoting certain specific values. In the domain of physical education, the values that we ought to promote are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of vital education, the values that we ought to promote would be those of harmony and friendliness, of courage and heroism, of endurance and preservence, and the irresistible will to conquer the forces of ignorance ...
... heightened and perfected but not blunted or impoverished. Spiritual education will not aim at weakness but at strength, not at escape from action but at mastery of action. Just as mental and vital education can form part of spiritual education, even so, physical education, too, can be so conceived and practiced that it forms part of spiritual education. First is the question of attitude towards the ...
... it is able to sharpen in-born capacities and potentialities towards their own highest values. A developed character is a developed personality that harmonises the demands of physical education, vital education, emotional education, of rational education, aesthetic education, ethical education, and spiritual education. III In our present system of education, all that we have conceived here to ...
... out considering that relativism permits pluralism but not vacuum, and that values are not exclusively related to the field of morality, but they extend also to the fields of physical education, vital education, aesthetic education, intellectual education and even to higher realms of human personality. In fact, value-oriented education, when rightly understood, opens up a wide scope so as to become ...
... is able to express pity and mercy and friendship to his foe when the gods demand it of him. In Homer's description of the events of the siege of Troy we are presented with a vast field of vital education: war. In the experience of war a man is tested to see the strength of his courage and heroism. His nature is honed by gigantic forces (human and divine) that work to bring out noble human pos ...
... generosity which will spontaneously find expression in his manner of action and will keep him away from many base and perverse movements. And this brings us naturally to the second aspect of vital education, i.e., what concerns character and its transformation. Generally, systems of discipline dealing with the vital, its purification and its mastery proceed by coercion, suppression, abstinence ...
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