History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.63
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.63
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in his Autobiography (p. 432) pays in passing a tribute to the Brāhmaṇa ideal as follows 'But the West also brings an antidote to the evils of this cut-throat civilization—the principles of socialism, co-operation and service to the community for the common good. This is not so unlike the old Brahmin ideal of service etc.' The ancient Indian culture exalted the mind and soul over the body and hence arose an extra-ordinary development of asceticism.