Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.30

c16.30

The scheme of Nimbārka is ultimately an interpretation of the Vedānta Sūtras from the standpoint of devotional love. First, the resources of ritualistic religion must be fully exploited, their elements of devotion, and incentives to energy and activity, by means of a thorough Vedic study and intellectual culture. It is then only that one can take advantage of the higher spiritual discipline which takes possession of the total trends of the personality. Hindu thought takes philosophy in the sense of a totalitarian discipline and education.