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But it is now popularly applied to all Buddhist monks. In the text there seems to be implied some distinction between the "teachers" and the "ho-shang;"-- probably, the Pali Akariya and Upagghaya; see Sacred Books of the East, vol.xiii, Vinaya Texts, pp. 178, 179. (12) It might be added, "as depending on it," in order to bring out the full meaning of the {.} in the text.
If I recollect aright, the help of the police had to be called in at Hong Kong in its early years, to keep the approaches to the Cathedral free from the number of beggars, who squatted down there during service, hoping that the hearers would come out with softened hearts, and disposed to be charitable.
I found the popular tutelary temples in Peking and other places, and the path up Mount T'ai in Shan-lung similarly frequented. (13) The wife of Anatha-pindika, and who became "mother superior" of many nunneries.
See her history in M.B., pp.
220-227.
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