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Essay on Eastern Philosophies
Education is not just a matter of label but it is a matter of content. There is a metaphor that says that early child education is as durable as drawing on a rock. It is difficult but once it is done, it lasts long. Many of our invaluable youths are easily carried away today by modern fantasies and the capitalist magic simply because they lack a proper early child education. What is important for those who administer education to understand however, is that proper education is more than building infrastructures, infrastructures are important but it only represents part of the label, proper syllabus content wise and conducive environment are very fundamental.
Hinduism
An important concept associated with pursuit of studies in ancient India was the gurukula system. A gurukula was a place where a teacher or a guru lived with his family and establishment and trained the students in various subjects. The gurukulas usually existed in forests, away from the buzz of the towns and cities. Admission into the gurukula was not an easy process. A student had to convince his guru that he had the desire, the determination and the required intelligence to pursue the studies and had to serve him for years before he was admitted into the school and initiated into the subjects. Students in the gurukulas were subjected to rigorous discipline. They had to live in a very austere environment, observe complete celibacy, practice yoga and meditation under the supervision of the master and also perform many menial jobs for the master's household. On specific occasions they had to undergo fasting as a necessary means of purification and mastery of the body and mind. Sometimes if the Guru traveled to other places, the students accompanied him. This generally happened when the Guru was summoned by a local ruler to perform some Vedic rites or enlighten him on some specific spiritual matter.................
