It is necessary to place in its historical context, cultural religious and educational concepts, contents and educators of the ancient civilization of India. It begins with the migration of Aryan peoples from the steppes of central Asia to the shores of rivers Indo and Ganges, Circa 2,000 BC It is in these moments when society is castes that survives today: the Brahmins or priests at the top, the warriors kchatrias or below, encompassing vanysias artisans, merchants and peasants, and the base, the Sudras or servants excluded, is the caste of pariahs, untouchables.
Religion Hindu permeates education. From the Vedic and Brahmanic variations brought by the Aryan peoples, to developments accounted Buddhism and Jainism arisen in the sixth century C. The teacher, guru, instructs, initiates and guides the disciple in spiritual formation. Can only access the guru's teaching members of the three-upper classes or Sudras servants and outcasts are outside. The disciple, sisya should possess in addition to the social, physical qualities, mental, moral and spiritual. With the ceremony of "Upunayana" started studying, it symbolizes the spiritual birth of the student, who receives from his guru, a mantra or sacred formula. For years seek knowledge through the truth that puts the teacher, will be devoted to reflection and yogic meditation.
The contents to be studied from a dual literary canon, one in Sanskrit, the Vedic language and another in Pali, the Buddhist. The first consists of the sacred books called "sruti" means Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads, They follow the "smriti" covering topics in astronomy, grammar, math, history and law, all of them in the form of aphorisms, proverbs and maxims sentential. The Buddhist canon or "tripitaca" is the Vinaya Pitaka On discipline, Sutta Pitaka dealing with disclosure and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The student must memorize and reflect on the exegesis that the guru imparts intellectual whose authority is beyond doubt, the disciple should worship their master.
The fundamental goal of education is liberation from ignorance, "moksha". It seeks to educate the men in obedience, respect for parents and piety to the gods, the woman must learn the virtues of submission and worship the husband, fidelity, chastity and obedience, resignation, joy and bring home perfectly.
Religion Hindu permeates education. From the Vedic and Brahmanic variations brought by the Aryan peoples, to developments accounted Buddhism and Jainism arisen in the sixth century C. The teacher, guru, instructs, initiates and guides the disciple in spiritual formation. Can only access the guru's teaching members of the three-upper classes or Sudras servants and outcasts are outside. The disciple, sisya should possess in addition to the social, physical qualities, mental, moral and spiritual. With the ceremony of "Upunayana" started studying, it symbolizes the spiritual birth of the student, who receives from his guru, a mantra or sacred formula. For years seek knowledge through the truth that puts the teacher, will be devoted to reflection and yogic meditation.
The contents to be studied from a dual literary canon, one in Sanskrit, the Vedic language and another in Pali, the Buddhist. The first consists of the sacred books called "sruti" means Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads, They follow the "smriti" covering topics in astronomy, grammar, math, history and law, all of them in the form of aphorisms, proverbs and maxims sentential. The Buddhist canon or "tripitaca" is the Vinaya Pitaka On discipline, Sutta Pitaka dealing with disclosure and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The student must memorize and reflect on the exegesis that the guru imparts intellectual whose authority is beyond doubt, the disciple should worship their master.
The fundamental goal of education is liberation from ignorance, "moksha". It seeks to educate the men in obedience, respect for parents and piety to the gods, the woman must learn the virtues of submission and worship the husband, fidelity, chastity and obedience, resignation, joy and bring home perfectly.
