Author(s): Mr. Diptiranjan Mohanty, Prof. Manoranjan Senapaty
Abstract:
In ancient India, the institutions designed for imparting knowledge of both secular and spiritual fields were considered as the knowledge capital of the Asian sub-continent. Those institutions used to stand on a foundation of three disciplines - Śravaṇa, Manana, and Nididhyāsana. But in the later period, with various foreign invaders, leading all the way up to the British empire in 1947, India and its glorious education traditions were thwarted and, in some cases, totally corrupted. Evidently, we see aspects of the format of British education in our current education system and unfortunately have turned a blind eye to our own methodologies in the form of Śravaṇa, etc. To throw light on our own ancient methods and their relevance, this paper briefly presents ideas about the Gurukula System, and comparatively the current education system, with the hope of linking tradition with modern styles of learning.
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