The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s1.4

c10.s1.4

The fate of Buddhist literature has been mainly that of Vedic literature in so far as its value as a source of sociological investigation is concerned. Each has in the main been relegated to the fields of religion and superstition. And the category, "sacred books," has served to isolate both the Vedic and the Buddhist texts from contacts with the "profane," i.e., secular, materialistic, economic and political studies. The one-sided approach, or rather the segregation, has hindered the proper evaluation of Buddhist as of Vedic literature as an expression of culture.