[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c14.55 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.55 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.55 - **Language:** English ### [c14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.55) ¹ Another possible mode of life for which I find no analogue in Brahmanical sources is sometimes allowed to a young Brâhmaṇa by his parents. These kindled a fire (jâtaggi) on the day of his birth and kept it burning ever since. When the boy becomes sixteen years old, his parents say to him, "Son, we have kindled a fire on the day of your birth and have not allowed it to be extinguished; if you wish to lead a householder's life, learn the three Vedas; if you, however, wish to enter the world of Brahmana, take the fire into the forest and serve it, so that you may win the favour of Mahâbrahma and attain the world of Brahma." The agni-service mentioned here is probably identical with the "service of fire" (aggiparicariyâ), the third of the four false paths (apâyamukhâni), of which it is said in the Digha Nikâya (III. 2.3) that they don't lead to the attainment of the highest perfection in knowledge and mode of life. - [Previous: c14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.54) - [Next: c14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.56) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.55) · Pramāṇa