The University of Nalanda c7.80

c7.80

The modification that primitive Buddhism had made in the curriculum of the Kapila-age² was very little, because the preachings and doctrines of Buddha were primarily studied in the Buddhist vihāras, by those who had embraced Buddhism. These students, who were generally Bhikkhus, never troubled themselves about other studies, of the Vēdas, etc. Hindu institutions—gurukulas and the like, similarly, did not introduce the study of Buddhist doctrines, as it was feared that it might divert the students to Buddhism. Whatever modifications were effected by Buddhism in the curriculum, were effected by it, when philosophy entered it, and these modifications we will study in the pages that follow.