Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.134

c30.134

**Spiritual Exercises.** Secondly, above the stage of manual work, there were other practices binding upon the monks for their moral growth which varied with the sects to which they belonged. Thus while the Hīnayānists inculcated the practices of "sitting in silent reverie, the walking to and fro, and the standing still", the Mahāyānists enjoined "Samādhi and Prajñā".