राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

26 NATIONAL EDUCATION
form of meditation, devotion or religi-
ous duty must be put in its place.
Otherwise, Religious Teaching is of
little use and would almost be better
ungiven.
But whether distinct teaching in
any form of religion is imparted or not,
the essence of religion, to live for God,
for humanity, for country, for others
and for oneself in these, must be made
the ideal in every School which calls
itself National. It is this spirit of
Hinduism pervading our Schools which
—far more than the teaching of Indian
Subjects, the use of Indian methods or
formal instruction in Hindu Beliefs
and Hindu Scriptures—should be the
essence of Nationalism in our Schools
distinguishing them from all others.