EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vivekananda’s philosophy of life was derived from
A
Plato’s Idealism
B
Vedanta philosophy
C
Sarakhya philosophy
D
Buddhistic philosophy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vivekananda propagated that the essence of Hinduism was best expressed in Adi Shankara’s Advaita Vedanta philosophy. Nevertheless, following Ramakrishna, and in contrast to Advaita Vedanta, Vivekananda believed that the Absolute is both immanent and transcendent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves for the possession of the divinity. It is essential teaching according to Swami Vivekananda’s words, is that “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature: external and internal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madhva (Tattvavada or Dvaita Vedanta)(13th–14th centuries) Tattvavada or Dvaita Vedanta was propounded by Madhvacharya (1238–1317 CE). He presented the opposite interpretation of Shankara in his Dvaita, or dualistic system.

Detailed explanation-4: -essential characteristics of the educational philosophy of Swami Vivekananda are Idealism, Naturalism and Pragmatism. ➢ In a Naturalistic view point, he emphasized that real education is possible only through nature and natural propensities.

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