Education for Life

Education for Life offers a constructive and brilliant alternative to what has been called the disaster of modern education. The need for a change is universally recognized. The statistics of illiteracy, drug abuse, and violence speak for themselves. In this book, Kriyananda traces the problems to an emphasis on technological competence at the expense of spiritual values, which alone can give higher meaning to life. Education for Life offers parents, educators, and concerned citizens everywhere techniques that are both compassionate and practical. Based on the pioneering work in India of Paramhansa Yogananda, in the early twentieth century, this book offers a workable combination of idealism and practicality telling educators what to teach, when to teach it, how to teach it, and why. The Education for Life system has been tested and proven for over three decades at the many Living Wisdom schools located throughout the United States. Educators in both American and Europe have acclaimed