Jaina System of Education

Author(s): Debendra Chandra Das Gupta
Publisher: Bharti Mahavidyalaya

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large and extensive array and train of waggons 13 The modern psychological principle of individual differences was known to the Jaina fathers One authority obsctics Somc men differing in intellect, will character opinions tastc undertakings and plans study various evil sciences This is a fact which is borne by individual opinion According to Kundah unda Ācarya high native abilities or talents are of four kinds
Intuitivc- Autpattıkı Disciplined- Varnayıkı the talent acquired by practice - harmaja and devcloped talent or the talent acquired by the maturity of age Parinamiki 17 This is a golden observation on which volume might be written here is a plain truth borne out by experience A Valmīkı or a Kalidasa or a Hemacandra is born with ? poetic intution No amount of study horvever vast, no discipline how eter rigorous no training holder sedulous can make a Kalidasa or a Shalcspeare But practice can develop the latent gifts of nature By training the power of thinking speaking may be developed Auto matic or habitual actions like speaking walking and moving and extra ordinary feats like the gymnastic feats performed by professional athlets all belong to this category The fourth type of talent u equally com mon It is refreshing to read so much of sound common sense applied to the realm of psychology in our Jaina authorities
The adolescent youths males and females are fond of gangspirit and violence They constantly move about in gangs We already referred to such a story in connection with our lecture on femalc edu cation They are also fond of games music and wild demeanour 16 During this period young man or woman becomes social in their deal ings with the public which earns hun or her universal admiration "That magnanimous young one becomes a pleasure to the cyes of the people like the fullmoon 10 This is followed by a period of adolescence the period par excellence of Romance. He then attained to youth which is a pleasure garden of Rani (or sport) a short Teapon of cupid and a charm to attract love-sick maidens > We
15 Jauda Sutras, part i tr by Hermann Jacob2 P 240 16 Thid p 866 17 The Nirayávliyao p 16 18 Rajasekhara Sari Prabandhakopa, vol i p 86
19. Jaina Jatakas of Lord Rabhas Porvábhán, tr by Amulya Charan Vidyabhushano p s8 verse no 245
20 Ibid p 28 yerse DO 245.