Abstract

The paper is devoted to understanding education as bringing to “true adulthood” and to the educational model based on this concept. What would be the future of humanity if infantilism was to increase? To comprehend the nature of “childish people” and that of “true adulthood”, the author observes the characteristics of these two, the structure of maturity modus and genesis of maturation using materials of Buddhist tradition. “Childish people”. In Buddhist texts is a concept that describes common people, possessing ordinary mind. This state is a starting point for education. Buddhist educational model with its main elements is substantiated by scheme of the maturation’s genesis. Bringing the mind to maturity in terms of the cognitive model is here the foundation for transformations of all other spheres of human personality: emotional, motivation, values and will, activity and communication.