Lesson 15: Contributions of Indian Philosophers to Early Childhood Education
Aurobindo’s philosophy
According to him Vedas contain the highest truths and ideals. Gita and Upanishads are the natural continuation of the Vedas. There are 4 types of Yoga of Gita. They are
Yoga of knowledge (Jnana)
The yoga of Devotion (Bakthi)
The yoga of activity (Karma)
The yoga of concentration (Dyana)
Similarly there are four layers of mind. They are
Chitta: It is the store house of memory which contains both active and passive memory.
Manas: It is the sixth sense. All five senses together serve as a faculty of development. The function of Manas is to receive the images coming from the five senses and translates them into thought sensations.
Budhi: Is the actual instrument of knowledge and important for intellectual development of human mind.
Intuition: It is characterized by multiple concentration and intuitive vision.
The human beings make efforts at various levels of mind to increase their capacity through widening and expansion of the complexity of the cognition which includes ideas and perception. Education plays a key role to increase the capacity of a person to the greatest extent to enable him to realize the super mind.
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