Education
The motto of Ananda Marga education is "Education
for liberation." Education means the development of the child's
potentiality in all three spheres of existence: physical, mental
and spiritual.
"We should remember that morality, spirituality,
and a happy blending of occidental extroversial science and oriental
introversial philosophy is the very foundation of our education."
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Three fundamentals of education are:
1. It must be based on factuality,
2. It must awaken a thirst for knowledge, and
3. Students and teachers must both have a balanced mind.
"We must start primary schools throughout
the entire world to create a spiritual urge amongst the little people.
When they get proper education, a proper spiritual urge is created
and they will start sadhana [spiritual practice]."
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Education stands for:
E – Enlargement of mind
D – DESMEP (Discipline/ Etiquette/ Smartness/ Morality/ English/Pronunciation)
U – Universal outlook
C – Character
A – Active habits
T – Trustworthiness
I – Ideation on the Supreme
O – Omniscient grace
N – Nice temperament
"Education is a part of cultural life.
Education should be free,
and education must be based on universalism."
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Teachers and guardians should:
1. Be morally virtuous,
2. Have self-restraint,
3. Have good judgment.
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's message to teachers:
"The noblest form of social service is to educate
the public and create a sense of consciousness in them. This sense
of consciousness is to be inculcated in every human being. This
is your duty. The goal of education is to elevate the all-round
standard, and especially the intellectual standard. In addition,
the elevation of the moral standard is extremely necessary in the
sphere of education. This moral standard is deficient today. It
is lacking in the present educational system also. You are to create
a new social order. Therefore, you should first acquire more and
more knowledge in different spheres of life and also you are to
upgrade your morality. Along with your intellectual standard, if
you have morality, then everybody will respect you. Try to acquire
as much knowledge as possible through our own books. Education which
leads to the acquisition of knowledge plus morality makes for a
peaceful society."
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Email info at anandamarga.org
if you have any questions.
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