Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.11

c16.11

**Study of Texts.** The student of Vedānta will thus study those Vedic texts which deal with *Brahman*, excluding those which deal with *Dharma* and the acts or rituals which are prescribed for purposes of *Dharma*. These are not his concern, because they lead only to transitory felicity, and not to eternal bliss which is his objective. Of the Vedic texts, Śaṅkara says that the teacher should first teach those bearing upon the unity of Self and then those containing definitions of Brahman, the Supreme Self.