Educational Implications Of Buddhism

Authors

  • Dr. Somnath Das

Keywords:

Buddhist, Viewpoint, Education, concepts, definitive statement

Abstract

How could one person encapsulate the entire Buddhist canon and history and its many different paths into one definitive statement on education? One could structure this in a host of different ways and part of the challenge in taking on a task such as this is to find a way in which thoughts can be marshalled into some semblance of order which makes sense to Buddhists and non – Buddhists alike. I have chosen to identify two key concepts: citta which translates as ‘heart or mind’ ; and the four ‘divine abidings’ or mental states – the Brahma Viharas – which many Buddhists try to develop and which are a very important part of my own practice. These two concepts present one way, a ‘skilful means’, by which this large and difficult question can be addressed. There are, no doubt, many others.

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Published

30-06-2015

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Dr. Somnath Das. (2015). Educational Implications Of Buddhism. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 6(2). Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/731

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015): Volume 6 | Issue 2 | May-Jun 2015

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Original Research Article

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