VML-3/3/01

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While he was quite young, his father died; and the boy was sent to

school. A Brahmin's boy must go to school; the caste restricts him to

a learned profession only. The old system of education in India,

still prevalent in many parts of the country, especially in

connection with Sannyasins, is very different from the modern system.

The students had not to pay. It was thought that knowledge is so

sacred that no man ought to sell it. Knowledge must be given freely

and without any price. The teachers used to take students without

charge, and not only so, most of them gave their students food and

clothes.