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Monasteries were the pivot of Buddhist education whereas sacrifice was
the axis of Br膩hmanic education. All education, sacred as well as secular
was in the hand of learned monks.鈥�
44 In the Buddhist system of education the student had to leave his
home and stay with the teacher in the Vihara at the age of eight. This was
known as pabbajja or prabrajya."
45 At an early age after the pabbajja one
would enter the monastery as a '艢rama峁嘺'. For the admission to the order
one had to pledge oath of three Refuges, buddha, dharma and sangha.
Var峁嘺 distinction did not come in the way of admission. Just like all the
rivers that reach into the ocean become one and are called great ocean, in
the same way different var峁嘺s became one when being admitted to the
order. A 艢rama峁嘺 was strictly forbidden to commit violence, speak
untruth, take intoxicants and indulge in dance or music. A candidate could
not get admitted in the sangha without the permission of his parents. He
should be sound in mind and body. Both the Br膩hma峁噄cal system and the
Buddhist system considered the period of twelve years as the minimum
period for studentship. After receiving education for 12 years in
monastery, the 艣ramana had to undergo ceremony called Upasampada at
the age of twenty. After Upasampada 艣raman a became a full fledged
member of the monastery and he cut off all family relation.