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Publisher: Indica Books, Varanasi
Author: Purnima Zweers
Language: English
Pages: 223 (B & W Illus: 26, Figures: 42)
Cover: Hardcover
23 cm X 14.5 cm
Edition: 2002
ISBN: 8186569316
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Book Description

From the Jacket:

Spiritual Education is meant for parents, teachers, and all who are interested in education based on spiritual values.

Included in the book are the views of Swami Sivananda, Mata Amritanandamayi, Krishnamurti, Aurobindo and other great spiritual masters on education. Also included are many practical examples using mandalas, meditation, different yogas and story-telling as aids to spiritually value-based education. The author gives a detailed description of schools based on spiritual ideas in the West as well as in the East.

About the Author:

Born and trained as a social worker and a teacher in Holland, Purnima Zweers has lived many years in India, where she has studied with many great spiritual masters. Her great dedication to her own personal spiritual journey led her to writer her graduate thesis on spiritual education. That paper has been greatly expanded to create this book.

Purnima's experience of India's ashrams and spiritual traditions, as well as her awareness of the importance of value based education, makes her feel very strongly that no effort should be spared to build up a generation with strong character, ethical values and moral principles. The well-being of the world depends on the education of our children.

Purnima has exhibited an exceptional skill in translating her years of experience into an easily readable format. Anyone interested in spiritually-based education will surely appreciate this book.

 

CONTENTS

 

  Foreword by Swami Chidananda 11
  Acknowledgements 13
1. Introduction 15
  1.1 Research questions 16
2. Education in the light of our destiny 19
  2.1 East and West: a different approach 19
  2.2 Spiritual education 27
  2.3 What have our great masters said about education? 31
3. Mind, Concentration and Yoga 43
  3.1 Mind 43
  3.2 Concentration 49
  3.3 Yoga 51
4. Practical activities with children 59
  4.1 Stories 59
  4.2 Mandalas 69
  4.3 Children's art through meditation 73
  4.4 Japa Yoga 80
  4.5 Hatha Yoga 85
  4.6 Places of Pilgrimage 94
  4.7 Prayer 99
  4.8 Can the activities described be applied in non-denominational schools? 102
  4.9 Conclusion 106
5. Two Schools reviewed 109
  5.1 The Integral Yoga School 109
  5.2 The Plato School 133
  5.3 Swami Chidananda's visit to the Plato school 148
6. Value-based education in India 157
  6.1 Introduction 157
  6.2 Amrita Vidyalayams - Mata Amritanandamayi Math 160
  6.3 Vedapathashala - Sri Ramanasramam 176
  6.4 Kanyapeeth - Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee Ashram 181
  6.5 Alice Project - Universal Education 189
  6.6 Activities for children - Anandashram 194
7. Epilogue 201
  Glossary 205
  Bibliography 213
  School Information 217

 

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