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Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Kireet Joshi/English/Taittiriya Upanishad/Review of Education in the Taittiriya Upanishad.htm
Review of Education in the Taittiriya Upanishad
Introduction
In my search for the Indian systems of education which have
dealt with the centrality of education for spiritual development, I found the relevance of the text of the Taittiriya
Upanishad, which has a special section (with several chapters)
on education titled Śikṣāvalli.
In this paper I have tried to study the aspect of education
for spiritual development as can be discerned in this section of
the Taittiriya Upanishad and draw out those points which are
relevant to education for spiritual development in liberal and
democratic societies in contemporary times.
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Illumination, Heroism and Harmony
Preface
The task of preparing teaching-learning material for
value oriented education is enormous.
There is, first, the idea that value-oriented education
should be exploratory rather than prescriptive, and that the
teaching-learning material should provide to the learners a
growing experience of exploration.
Secondly, it is rightly contended that the proper inspiration to turn to value-orientation is provided by biographies,
autobiographical accounts, personal anecdotes, epistles, short
poems, stories of humour, stories of human interest, brief passages filled with pregnant meanings, reflective short essays
written in well-chisell
Taittiriya Upanishad
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Note on Illustrations
In this book, we have used six illustrations of flowers under which their special spiritual significance is mentioned. The
spiritual significance of these flowers was identified by The
Mother. She said, "Flowers speak to us when we know how to
listen to them. It is a subtle and fragrant language."
The names of these flowers and their spiritual significance
are as follows: Canna Xgeneralis (Physical Centre), Dendranthema Xgrandiflorum (Life Energy or Vital Energy), Thevetia
Peruviana (Mind), Leucaena Leucocephala (Knowledge), Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis (Ananda). There is also a picture of Anthocephalus Cadamba (Supramental Sun).
The rele
Dakshinamurti (Kanchipuram)
Introduction
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Just as the Kathopanishad belongs to the Krishna (Black)
Yajurveda, even so the Taittiriya Upanishad also belongs
to the same Veda. Both these Upanishads have internal
connection. In particular, the knowledge of the soul, which we
find in the Kathopanishad, is confirmed and elucidated in the
Taittiriya Upanishad. And it is to this aspect that we may turn
at once.
The Kathopanishad speaks of three fires and five fires,
indicating that the soul that is fire is to be found at three levels,
the level of the body, the level of the vital being, and the level
of the mental bein
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