Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy of Education and it’s Influence on Indian Education

Abstract

Rabindranath Tagore had firm belief in self-realization. He believed that the man should live for the “ultimate truth” which liberates us from cycle of birth and death. The aim of education too must be self-realization He himself was a writer and a saint, who had, through his imagination and insight, realized the universal soul in himself and in nature. He believed that this realization was the end of education. Because the universal soul is the root of our own soul, man’s aim in life is to succeed in that universal soul of that all human beings are elements. The evolution of nature is consciously or unconsciously steers us towards this universal soul, a processes that can be helped by education. Though it's not assisted, the progress towards the universal soul remain continue, on the other hand individuals will be deprived of self-realization. It is therefore evident that Rabindranath Tagore’s educationally philosophy is associate adjunct of his general philosophy of life. He believed that each individual is one who has capabilities of progressing towards the Super individual and the universal soul. His conception of the universal soul bore clear imprint of the sacred book Gita and Upanishadic philosophies.