Show Students wishing work dnr 0001 Student Life 18 rank They were chosen by competition which is peculiarly Hsuan - Tsang says that a philosopher who wanted the professorship went to the capital of the empire blew his horn and sent a message to the emperor to this effect: “It seems there is a great philosopher in your em- interesting pire by the name of t so-and-- so I am but an ordinary philosopher yet I wish to compete with him” The emperor called for a general meeting and appointed competent men to act as judges One who came out successful got the coveted honor of being the professor in the Nalanda University His was never secure as he position may have been defeated by another at any time The professors had great influence in the country They were the most intellectual and so were highly respected by the Their sacrifice has people much to do in this respect They never cared for wealth Their only worldly possessions were their clothes on their bodies and the huts they liv:d I ncy neer cared for in kings because tiny nova- ruvd for money or hi varies They weie consulted oy Kiir'v m yawi'ni''-th- e country All the iuiportani pioblems were rcd'i rr d to tmm they got '(ds nn lp rigii-han- il sid" of tin' tlum in Tact the kings how d to th on the pemoiialiiv of ne professor plaed a great orrt in old u n i v'l’si t ios were aj traded wa Xalanda a 1 in I t lip ti’dpnt hoeau-- nivorsitv e it hnt because there was the professor They walked thousands of miles begged and fasted on their way and underwent numerous hardships They craved to learn under him They assisted him in household duties stayed around him and slept in his house just to learn something from him In time they were influenced by his personality When they went back home they became central as their professor was figures before them The importance of this can be understood from the fact that the success of all religions was due to the personality of the founder more than his intelligence The success of all revolutions and other big movements in the world can be traced to the personality of the leader It is a deplorable fact that in modern universities we cannot come in close contact with the so-and-- so professor It is but natural that students at the close of their stud- were anxious to present something to their professor as a token of gratitude for what But they were they learned very poor Anyhow it was easy to satisfy the professor who never cared for worldly possessions A suit of clothes to the professor and dress to his wife or “betel leaves” and arrea nuts” to the value of half a cent were the presents ilay would give This custom i' dill in practice in India The piofessor was proud of his students and blessed them to the effect that he would like to ies ‘ -- |