The University of Nalanda c13.80
The University of Nālandā c13.80
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c13.80
To give, in Buddha's own words, the duties of the preceptor towards the pupil: "The former ought to observe a strict conduct towards the latter. Let the preceptor, O Bhikkhus, afford (spiritual) help and furtherance to the pupil by teaching, by putting questions to him, by exhortation, by instruction."[2] Just as the pupil was to be a nurse to the teacher when ill, so also the teacher in his turn was required to wait upon and nurse the pupil, when the latter fell ill.[3]