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The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East; (1903)

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?, Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925, Yule, Amy Frances, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London, J. Murray · leaf 623

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)—H. C] One of the ■refori?is of Tsongkhapa was the absoluteprohibition of marriage to the clergy, and in this he followed the institutes of theoldest Buddhism. Even the Red Lamas, or unreformed, cannot now marry withouta dispensation. But even the oldest orthodox Buddhism had its Lay brethren and… … Chap. LXI. ASCETICS CALLED SENSIN 321 Ubashi and Ubashaiiza. Their vows extend to the strict keeping of the five greatcommandments of the Buddhist Law, and they diligently ply the rosary and theprayer-wheel, but they are not pledged to celibacy, nor do they adopt the tonsure.As a sign of their…

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