Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.18

c30.18

Thirdly, as observed by Hiuen Tsang, these votaries of Learning "left the world to give the law unto the world". They left society only to qualify themselves for serving it better as teachers and preachers, lecturing and travelling through the country without knowing any fatigue and thus aiding in the spread of learning and public instruction. A system that can ensure a permanent supply of qualified men giving themselves up to the service of the country by a life of complete self-denial, of continence and celibacy, of poverty, beggary, and wandering homelessness, can stand comparison with any other system in the world.