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Among pagodas and fair ladies : an account of a tour through Burma Page 263

Author:
Trench Gascoigne, Gwendolen Galton
Publication Info:
London: A.D. Innes and Co, 1896, pg 263

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POHN-GYEES. 268 monastery for one Lent, which means about four months, or sometimes, if very pious, for two Lents. A Pohn-gyee can take his vows for any length of time that he wills, and should he desire at any pohn-gyees teaching. time to cast them off and go forth again into the world, it is permitted that he should do so. No doubt Buddha was a real diplomatist, for insisting upon this law of conscription, as it mightNo doubt Buddha was a real diplomatist, for insisting upon this law of conscription, as it might
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