Comparing Vedic and Modern Education System-Psychology, Teaching and Learning

सार

Vedic literature is meant to be a fragment of our lifestyle. Vedic education is the fundamental foundation of India's culture and rich heritage. It provides holistic education instead of simply providing employment opportunities. Development of inner strengths and virtues-a central concept of Positive Psychology- is extremely closely related with the Indian thoughts. In Indian Philosophy, education has given an impression to bring out constructive, practical and comprehensive character of a youngster. The aim of education is to manifest in our lives the perfection, which is that, the very nature of our inner self. This study is about the importance of Vedic ideals of education within the modern education system. The necessity of this study is to maintain the discipline within the modern educational institutes and to mark cordial relation between teacher and student. The aim of this article is to capture the wisdom of the ages and to make it relevant for these times and to assist the educators come up with innovative methodologies to assist students to harness their latent potential and channel their energies towards cultivation and sharpening of multiple dimensions of human competencies.