Tulsi Prajna 1993 01

SR No.: 524573
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 156
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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TULSĪPRAJNA
Understanding. Tulsidas also says in the very preliminary prayers prior to launching on the Mahakavya Ram Charit Manas:
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The more technical and scientific aspect of Guidance will be expounded under its conceptual clarification at the proper place.
बन्दे बोधमयं नित्यं गुरूं शंकर रूपिणम् । यश्राश्रितो हि वक्रोपि चन्द्रः सर्वत्र वन्धते ।।
(c) Implicit Integrality in Teacher-education Programmes:
Self-understanding as well as Guidance are among the most fundamental terms prevalent in Teacher-education Programmes. In Philosophy as well as Philosophy of Education, the concept of Self-understanding is epitomized in the age-old maxim "Know Thyself". Particualrly in Indian Philosophy, the very term used for Philosophy, viz. Darhsan carries the connotation of realistically looking at oneself., as one looks into a mirror, to get a true picture of his individual Self.
Psychology, which is the Science of Behaviour, underlines the significance of the SELF, and a need for its correct understanding in many ways. The very inception of the concept of SELF in a baby, its gradual development in the child's SELF-STRUCTURE, and its systematic integration in every aspect of his Personality's functioning, have been elaborated by phenomenological psychologists like Arthur Combs, Donald Snygg and others. Maslow's Hierarchy of Values, culminating in Self-Actualization is really the counterpart of the ultimate philosophical goal of Self-Realisation. The very nature of an individual's Self-Concept is central to the functioning and adjustment of an individual's personality.
Guidance and Counselling, which comprises a further specification of philosophical objectives, and systematic specification of psychological techniques, re-emphasizes the values of a realistic understanding of the Self, a vigilant consciousness of its dynamics, and a positive acceptance of related facts, thus enabling an individual for effective functioning in various life-situations.
The implicit integrality of the concepts of Self-understanding and guidance in other significant items related to the Teacher-Education Programmes, such as, Methodology of Teaching, Teaching Practice, etc., will be detailed in the last section to this Paper.
(2) Guidance:
Existence of the phenomenon of Guidance since the inception of life on earth, its close relation with Self-understanding, and the philosophical value for the need of a Wise Guide to lead an individual from darkness to Light have been observed in general terms in previous sections. In the present age of tehnological develop
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