Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.97

c16.97

There is another work on the *Sāṁkhya* which, though of a comparatively modern date and inferior in some ways to the *Kārikā* as an exposition of the system, is worthy of consideration for considerable old matter which it may contain. The Sūtra is at pains to prove the harmony of its views with scriptures and emphasizes conformity to Vedic practices as a means of securing emancipation. The Sūtra also emphasizes the need of the really competent teacher possessed of supreme enlightenment securing him final release in death and of the practice of *Vairāgya*. The value it attaches to asceticism is derived from the Yoga, and there is a view that both Sāṁkhya and Yoga are fundamentally parts of a common system. It also points out the insufficiency of the mere listening to the teaching of truth which must be supplemented by reflection and meditation to which the Yogic practices are recommended as being contributory.