- Author:
- O'Connor, V. C. Scott (Vincent Clarence Scott)
- Publication Info:
-
London:
Hutchinson and co,
1904,
pg 50
Text on page 50
The Silken East v
full title of " Builder of a Monastery." The good lady is more than willing, for the glory of her husband is reflected upon herself, and it is with her willing consent that the distribution of his wealth proceeds. He also, in calling to her in the presence of strangers,
wi 11 be particular to address her as Ky-aung-Taga-mah, or "O Wife of the Builder of a Monastery." Religious duties at this season of his life greatly occupy his attention. A rosary is constantly in his hand, and upon his lips there move all the day long, when he is alone, the phrases of his faith. He is much at the pagoda, to which he climbs, in spite of his failing powers, each day with an offering of flowers; and h i s constant haunt is the local monastery, his own if he be a Kyaung-Taga, where he sits reverently at the feet of the abbot, listening to pious homilies, and in moments of weakness retailing the day's news. I know of no country in the world in which old age comes so serenely upon its men as Burma, no country in which trie movement towards better things at this
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