The University of Nalanda c10.184
The University of Nālandā c10.184
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Other circumstances were also favourable for the rise of Tāntrism. From very early times belief in superstition, magic and sorcery was prevalent in India. Even Buddha seems to have believed in miraculous powers for we find him in the Vinaya Texts scolding his disciples for making an unwarranted use of his powers.² So when Tāntrism with its various sorts of Mantras, Dhāraṇīs, and other practices held forth miraculous powers it was readily seized upon by the people.