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... Siam , such differences lie outside my scope . In this narrowness of scope there are , I think , advan- tages . If the vast extension of Buddhism has aroused interest in it , the variety of its forms has THE SUBJECT DEFINED 3.
... Siam , such differences lie outside my scope . In this narrowness of scope there are , I think , advan- tages . If the vast extension of Buddhism has aroused interest in it , the variety of its forms has THE SUBJECT DEFINED 3.
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... Siam ( in the seventh century ) . Similarly , the Northern may be named from China , for from China the religion was carried to Corea ( in the fourth ) and to Japan ( in the fifth or sixth century ) . The Lama- ism of Tibet was probably ...
... Siam ( in the seventh century ) . Similarly , the Northern may be named from China , for from China the religion was carried to Corea ( in the fourth ) and to Japan ( in the fifth or sixth century ) . The Lama- ism of Tibet was probably ...
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... Siam . During the pressure of the Dutch wars it fell so low that , the historian more than once says , ' there was not one monk in Ceylon . ' Portuguese and Dutch authority - and , to some extent , in the latter case , at least ...
... Siam . During the pressure of the Dutch wars it fell so low that , the historian more than once says , ' there was not one monk in Ceylon . ' Portuguese and Dutch authority - and , to some extent , in the latter case , at least ...
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... Siam , we never read of their bringing nuns , or noticing the want of them . There are none in Ceylon now ; and the received opinion , I believe , agrees with the conclusion to which I have been led , that the institution of female ...
... Siam , we never read of their bringing nuns , or noticing the want of them . There are none in Ceylon now ; and the received opinion , I believe , agrees with the conclusion to which I have been led , that the institution of female ...
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... Siam , countries where Buddhism flourished , obtained monks from Ayodhya in Siam to continue the succession . This is the first mention of the Siam line . 1 The Provinces situated between Arakan and Siam . The author of a modern ...
... Siam , countries where Buddhism flourished , obtained monks from Ayodhya in Siam to continue the succession . This is the first mention of the Siam line . 1 The Provinces situated between Arakan and Siam . The author of a modern ...
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