The University of Nalanda c13.204

c13.204

Leaving apart the question as to how many attained their ideal as being personal, depending on each individual's experience, the discussions and debates may appear as a constant and continual search after truth. They may be thought of as an index of the nation's mind, as religious, philosophical and averse to worldly pleasures. One thinking in such a strain will interpret the discussions as encouraging spiritualism. From a practical point of view, these very discussions will be regarded as those which "trained intellect, encouraged habits of laborious subtlety, heroic industry and intense application."