Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c14.8

c14.8

Certain moral and mental qualities are insisted upon as constituting the eligibility for studentship, implying the duties as mentioned above. Learning is regarded as a process of discipline which cannot operate successfully except upon suitable material [*Kriyāhi dravyaṁ vinayati nādravyam*]. Learning cannot train up any student unless he is intent upon or keen about the following requisites thereof, viz. (1) desire to learn, (2) receiving the lessons duly, (3) understanding them, (4) retaining them in memory, (5) reflection upon them, (6) exercise of judgment or discrimination, and (7) love of truth.