The Monk and the Peasant: A Study of the Traditional Sinhalese Village |
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... bhikkhu . Questions relating to his knowledge of the scriptures are asked in the presence of the assembly of monks . His knowledge of scriptures will include his ability to recite from memory several of the basic Buddhist texts , which ...
... bhikkhu . Questions relating to his knowledge of the scriptures are asked in the presence of the assembly of monks . His knowledge of scriptures will include his ability to recite from memory several of the basic Buddhist texts , which ...
Page 50
... bhikkhu is delivered by one of the elder monks . The upasampada ceremony comes to an end when the new monk returns to his village temple . The villagers are happy that they now have another bhikkhu in their temple . They pay respects to ...
... bhikkhu is delivered by one of the elder monks . The upasampada ceremony comes to an end when the new monk returns to his village temple . The villagers are happy that they now have another bhikkhu in their temple . They pay respects to ...
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... bhikkhu sangha , headed by the Buddha himself . Hence the phrase , Buddha pamukhassa sakalassa bhikkhu sanghassa which laymen are made to repeat at the alms - giving . The dane itself is referred to as sānghika dāne , communal alms ...
... bhikkhu sangha , headed by the Buddha himself . Hence the phrase , Buddha pamukhassa sakalassa bhikkhu sanghassa which laymen are made to repeat at the alms - giving . The dane itself is referred to as sānghika dāne , communal alms ...
Common terms and phrases
ambalama arecanut atta auspicious baeta Bandāra betel bhikkhu blessings Buddha Buddhist budu Budun bulat called cattle chanting child civara community of monks culture dāne denotes Deviyo devotee Dhamma dukkha flowers gedara gods hāmuduruvo hēvisi Image House Jātaka kamata karanava Kataragama kathina kavi kind king kiri known land layman maduva maha mahattaya Martin Wickramasinghe merit monk monks and peasants mother Nāga nirvāna nivan novice offered paddy fields paen Pali Pali stanza parents peasant perahaera performed phrase pilgrim pilgrimage pinkam pirit Pota pōya precept to abstain pūjā Rain Retreat rāla recited religious rice rite of passage ritual robe sabba sacred sādu samādiyāmi I take sangha Satakaya sermon Sri Lanka stupa take the precept teacher temple Ten Precepts term threshing floor traditional Sinhalese village upāsaka upasampada vaeda vahanse values vandanā veda venava vēramani sikkhāpadam samādiyāmi verses worship පූජා මේ වහන්සෙ වේරමණී සික්ඛාපදං සමාදියාමී