Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-25


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/ never Thank you The reason Of this =
/ tbzz tn mClE e0nfers a favor On the giver
by afi0: ding him an opportunity q acquir
M merit for his next existence
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liberzliry u their countryEnen. who az
very - lergu= 10 them. A. a compensation
they ia ch children the first rlldIEeuts d
rsacjEZ writing and arithmetic. BY an
imIer7lt We rz-le 81 their order the Phooa-
gyees are obliged 20 beg their daily food.
For this r-asgn every morning. between :
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I from th.iE rs-peetive u0Ba-reries carrying
a large -acGuered wooden bowl. which they
clasp vi % both hands in front Of their per
! sons an, with slow step. eyes down mouth
/ shut, = !smuly pace the streets hating
/ from time 10 time before a door They
/ neither knock nor make their presence
known by any sign whatsoever, but stand
I there as mute and mCtiCulesz as statues.
Should no one come ont and attend 10
Z them, they move on 70 the next house,
I where, Perhaps, they viii receive cupful
81 bOile1 nee OF curry. which they accept
/ without betraying the least sign Of graft
! tQde Or -ecOguition-uO, not even 50 much
/ a. looking az the donor. When they think
| they have enough for the day they return
/ home In the same slow. silent and solemn
/ manner a. they went out. The senior mem
/ bers Of the fraternity very often stay at
/ home. But their wants are regularly and
| plentiful ~ supplied by pious women who
/ carry foDd and little daiuties 10 them :
/ monk nay have his I'll from sunrise to
| noon; after that hour no more solid food
must enJer his mouth till next morning.
/ On entering the monastery the monks
/ promise TO observe poverty. chastity and
| 5eclusiou. Ia common with every Bud
| dhisr. they are bound TO the observance of
the FIVE great precepts. over and above
/ these there are five others which concern
them alone. These are first, not to eat
/ after N dday: second. not TO dance sing
OF play any musical instrument; third
not to use cosmetics; fourth, not TO stand
| in undUly elevated places; fifth. not to
| touch gold or silver. OF late years abuses
| have crept into the order making the last
named precept almost nugatory. But they
observe With scrupalous fidelity the other
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particular with regard TO their vow. If we
may 50 call it, Of chastity. Seldom or
never On. hears Of a monk having broken
il. Ia fact. he has no occasion for so do
ing. because If he cannot bear the re-
straints u a Tnouastic life he Is always at
liberty u return TO secular pursuits. This
however is attended in Burmah. as every
where else, with dishOnor and disgrace
To secure his monks from possible
| breaches Of their vow Of chastity, eau
dana, their founder. prescribes that when
any one II them Is obliged TO converse with
women lie must screen his face with the
fan he ca rries for that purpose; the CONVEX
sation m 1st not be prolonged beyond five
or six words, and this, too, must be done
where every one can see and hear them.
On no occasion or pretext whatsoever
may "A N Jnk touch, never so slightly, even
mother or sister. All oriental scholars are
familiar with the famous ''casus conscieu-
tiB" proposed to Gaudama by one Of his
rahans, What if / saw my own mother
lying in - ditch" Pull her out by giving
her the end Of a stick" was Gaudama's
stern repy.
The life Of a PhoOngyee is, on the whole
uneventf ii and uninteresring. Most Of the
forenoon he spends in ministering TO his
bodily wants. After that be may, perhaps,
talk a walk to some shrine, accompanied
by few Of his disciples, or sit idly at home
chatting with visitors or listening to the
town gossip.
must not forget to mention that he is
bound to the daily recital Of his Kama
than" or book Of devotions; also TO say his
Buddhistic formulas on his string Of
beads, wi h which he closes his spiritual
duties for the day. On feast days he
mounts & platform, upon which he sits
cross legged, and putting his large palm
leaf fan before his eyes he reads out por-