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Our Philosophy
Education as an agent for Transformation:
Religious Pluralism, Spirituality and Higher Education is something that is new but in many ways traditional.
Many people are longing for such a combination of education and spirituality — even in India, which is already known for its spirituality. Leading a successful life in this highly complex and Competitive world is the reason behind such a quest for total transformation, since Indians appreciate spiritual values. Entwined in our fabric of life is the value of the family and the extended family. People believe that parents and gurus are immediate representatives of God.
Education – must change for success in a changing world.
People continue to say that education must change — but what exactly does ‘change’ mean? Some would say that we need to go back to the basics. After all, reading, writing and arithmetic have always been essential and continue to be just that. Others call on us to make learning more flexible — to include various learning styles and to make learning more experiential and collaborative. Others want both, and we count ourselves in this third group.
The perspective that we bring to education at VIS is shaped both by current brain research and by what is happening to society as it moves into an era where working with information and communication technologies (ICT) is the future for most of the students we teach. And the real truth is that at this moment very few people know what schooling should look like in the era of ICT.
However, the traditional learning and teachings from our spiritual leaders are contemporary. More and more the word ‘Karma’ is becoming a watchword around the world. It is indeed true
that ‘what goes around comes around’. Our learning, teaching and sharing of knowledge should reflect on the strengths and strategies one would deploy to lead a satisfactory life, now and for all eternity, in the real sense of the word.
“What goes around comes around”
“Whatever you to do the least of my sisters and brothers you do unto Me”
Loving your neighbor as you would love yourself and laying down one’s own life for others are all examples of real love.
The best education can be offered only when you follow the principles of the early days’ catechism, which reads as: ‘to know, to love and to serve’. This seems a simple cluster of words, but they are heavily and philosophically loaded. This provides a real education that has great value in everyday life, be it commercial, family or spiritual. This education is as contemporary as our modern-day religions, and as contemporary as the lives and teachings of our spiritual and religious leaders.
