Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.22

c16.22

It will thus be apparent that such supreme knowledge can come only to one who has conquered desire for son, wealth, and fame, has renounced the world, and is in the fourth *āśrama* of life, as a wandering mendicant marked by the virtues known as *Śama*, "control of the overt behaviour." *Dama*, "regulation of the inner impulses," *Samādhāna*, "attention and concentration of mind," *Śraddhā*, "faith," *Titikshā*, "ability to bear with equanimity the tensions caused by the operation of stimuli coming from antagonistic qualities, and by the appetites of the body," and, lastly, *Uparati*, "ability to withdraw one's mind completely from the external stimuli."