8-compare The Brahmanical System Of Education With The Education System Ok 5z301i

Compare the Brahmanical system of education with the education system introduced by the Buddha There were many teachers in India. They came with new messages to the people. The ways that they adopted were different each other. The method of Brahmanism was not open to all. The Vedic religion believed the God who created the world. The man was created by God in four divisions: Brhmaa, Katriya, Vaiya, and udra. Their system of education was open to the first three classes but not fully. udras were left out. With regard to the full knowledge, even Katriya and Vaiya were left out. Therefore, there was no full education open to all according to the Brahmanical system. What they used for this system was theory of God creator, caste system, and sva-dharma theory. According to Brahmanism, everyone has one’s own duties (sva-dharma) which is given by God’s will. Nobody can go beyond the duties of one’s own caste. There were few cases of going beyond the caste; they were some people who challenged Brahmanism. But, for those who followed Brahmanism, they had to abide by the duties of their own castes. The details are given in a book called the Laws of Manu. The roles of the teachers were given according to Brahmanism. Nevertheless, there are non-Brahmanical teachers like Jaina teachers. Jainism did not accept the existence of God and creation but we don’t know much detail. Many valuable books belonging to Jainism were lost. Fortunately, for Buddhism, we have all the available sources. One is the Siglovda Sutta (DN) that we can get the general education theory for the lay men. For the education system of monks and nuns, we can find it in the Mahvagga and Cullavagga of the Vinaya Piaka. According to it, there were two important teachers: uppajjhya and cariya. Under them, there was pupil called antevsi one who lives close by the teacher. It was education mainly religious and spiritual. With regard the secular education, Siglovda Sutta gives three relevant directions out of six. They are duties regarding the parents and children; teachers and pupils; and religious teachers and the laity. In those duties, there is no caste system and no sva-dharma theory. Buddhism does not accept the sva-dharma theory. In the Aggaa Sutta (DN), It states that how the system of asceticism arose. It is said that those who wanted to follow asceticism rejected the sva-dharma theory and became ascetics. In the very beginning, Brahmins did not accept any form of asceticism or meditation. It is in the later period that they started to accept the value of asceticism and yoga meditation. But, in earlier period, they described a meditator under the tree as a mad man. The most important religious practice for them was sacrifice. They believed that they could go to the heaven by offering the sacrifices to please God. Even for the worldly matters, sacrifices were important. When the king wanted to invade other regions, they offered sacrifices to win the war. However, the non-Brahmanical religious teachers such as Jainism and Buddhism did not believe in the value of sacrifices. The teachers of Indian Materialism (crvaka or lokyata) rejected all the religious values; so also did not accept the caste system. In Short, Brahmanical system of education was based on the Varna theory (caste system), Asrama theory (the four stages of life) and the Sva dharma theory (one’s own duty or function). But all these three was rejected by Buddhism and Buddhist education is open to all caste. Anyone can reach even the highest stage (nibbna) if he follows the proper Buddhist path. 586