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Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context
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PANKAJ KUMAR , ARUN KUMAR
Keywords
Holistic Education; G. I. Gurdjieff; Fourth Way; Indian Philosophy; National Education Policy 2020; Value-based Education; Experiential Learning
Abstract
Education today suffers from a crisis of fragmentation, with systems privileging measurable outputs while neglecting the integrated development of intellectual, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual capacities. This paper advances a framework for holistic education in India by synthesizing G. I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way--grounded in self-remembering, conscious labour, and the harmonization of human centres--with Indian philosophical and pedagogical traditions from the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist mindfulness, Jain ethics, and the educational visions of Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Tagore, Krishnamurti, and Malaviya. Holistic education is conceptualized here as the intentional cultivation of integrated being and ethical agency,
reframing the aim of schooling from market readiness to responsible and awakened personhood. The paper highlights convergences and productive tensions between Gurdjieff's practices and Indian ideals of dharma, yoga, ahi?s?, and mindful action, demonstrating how inner disciplines can operationalize values often left aspirational in policy. Situated within the context of India's National Education Policy 2020, the framework translates mandates for multidisciplinary, value-based, and experiential learning into implementable curricular designs, illustrated through applications in guru-shishya mentorship, meta-learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Learning to Live Together, and Global Citizenship Education, supported by alternative assessments such as portfolios, performance tasks, and narrative evidence. Further, it outlines teacher
preparation pathways that embed attention practices and reflective communities, while proposing a research agenda linking Gurdjieffian exercises to outcomes in attention, regulation, empathy, and school climate. By bridging classical wisdom, contemporary psychology, and policy directions, the paper offers a practical and transformative vision for rehumanizing Indian education and reorienting success toward presence, responsibility, and harmony.
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KUMAR, P., & KUMAR, A. (2025). Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, 13(10), d867-d881. https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312
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KUMAR, PANKAJ, and ARUN KUMAR. "Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context." International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, vol. 13, no. 10, 2025, pp. d867-d881, https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312.
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KUMAR, PANKAJ, and ARUN KUMAR. "Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context." International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts 13, no. 10 (2025): d867-d881. https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312.
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P. KUMAR and A. KUMAR, "Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context," IJCRT, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. d867-d881, Oct. 2025, doi: 10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312.
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KUMAR P, KUMAR A. Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context. IJCRT. 2025 Oct;13(10):d867-d881. doi: 10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312
AMA — 11th edition
KUMAR P, KUMAR A. Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context. IJCRT. 2025;13(10):d867-d881. doi:10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312
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@article{IJCRT2510460,
author = {PANKAJ KUMAR and ARUN KUMAR},
title = {Holistic Education and Gurdjieff 's Ideas: A Framework for Transformative Learning in the Indian Context},
journal = {International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts},
volume = {13},
number = {10},
pages = {d867-d881},
year = {2025},
month = {October},
issn = {2320-2882},
doi = {10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312},
url = {https://doi.org/10.56975/ijcrt.v13i10.295312}
}
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