A Study of Some Components of Spiritual Education Curriculum Based on Seyyed Hosein Nasr`s Traditionalism

This article aims to probe some components of spiritual education curriculum based on Seyyed Hosein Nasr`s traditionalism. Those components are spiritual education principles, methods and contents. This study is a philosophical one and it was done by applying Frankena’s deductive method. Findings shows that some spiritual education principles in Nasr`s thoughts are obeying the tradition, following the spiritual master, actualizing human innate nature, removing the veils and negligence, active social presence, and plurality of the spiritual ways. Some concluded educational methods are contemplative thinking, spiritual contemplation, meditation, spiritual hermeneutics, studying traditional sciences, theoretical and practical practice of traditional arts, acting based on the spiritual rites and rituals, righteous actions based on goodness, piety and repentance. The aforementioned education contents are tradition and its components. Nasr’s approach pays much attention to aesthetics, morality, affective domain, love and the essence of religion and implies pluralism in education as well.