S3f6: RgiHgtbipffi'the^effiyiese.
BrahfomspiM tfe €oll#rdw ."¥t' Buddou who; #fetefotmedodhe
of.■ tbfnfyii<pOtiBI-sfectdlon; the? '-continent*,t • 'The* fi Brahmins-8 prevailed,
«and? the' tBuddites) wgisedeompsffied^ to take ilrtelhge^ift^i^-
ffljfpl What dfiligian' -subsisted:. fther#bei©i&? or- ifothe ?same ? 1 fe-
ligiorfi :then:prevaitM,Uasna fruitlesSiand unavahing ekqairyl^w^he
Badditrf'i4he' sai^
father termifSi1*whhfi led» a #anderffig'T«elitayy’'iIlfe^remm‘fkaJKe
■fa* chastity,« renouncing all '5#ie>; world,aia«datall
m m ‘ of property ,i4and contented« with^the* *1 support? '-dife piety:
amidst the;»extceiarest' poverty.-.
j; In iams*ieirf%otik called the Sacred; Work- adf ’Maha1 Baja
Wffiidhy the religion ;o£ Buddouisi&ifiddo faavetteenintrodiMed
in the ’feign <rf'^legi||ijabj wjhdtcaiHe ifithvfeis'peopteHB®’Geylhn
as far hack as thfe-sixth eehfury l%efores CMiat*;: 'and>4hat ':@on-
tamfoiBuddou, the “same «that dsrkfoMwteshjpped, wasksuppbsed
to bavedihade'Iiik appearance'five. hiTndfed^ and fo®ty^f.wo >yeafs'
h e fi^ d fte ;h irth :M?Cfckfe’j But this wdrk* evidentiyefiduteated
by !the jpriests; of a later d ate;; cannot rbefcsupposed«,to vc#ry
ffihch ^authority. r
! istldfe^ed: that! Buddou is-worshipped in Begu«andasefehl(
Otter pafts-Mnthe? ebntiaifehfe under a«difieikhbf name; j the «Deity
of th e Moon.
iSfehdrpriests.nf Buddou i are invGgylote accountedjfeupefrof^to
all: others» , They are« called j®imitmices* jg and ihigh
Estimation a t the i court | o£/t>andy; where indeedldhey1 haveskhe
chie£>management.1of affairs. 'The-King has tno, a»fterityGoder
them,, h u t .epdeavours to gain ' their good-will by respecting
their fj imimmities;g an d «loading thete«‘WithIdirtitetiorasp q I#hey
have on? many; occasions shewn their ‘gr&tifckderfor .«these ^attentions,
I and have materially assisted «Mm both«ih*!Bepressing:.-;diis^
, Meligion o J^h eX ^0 h '0 se t, ■ *
•tutbanees in his o'wn < aacfr&jp ex4$fhig £lh&lpe®plegto!
support :hjml inkhls wa$suJg^^1$.tlae. Dhijolij ®he Jo lW d is I;o£
Buddtph^eMfeyel^ilothe immortality of^Sfehfe |sohfo6and itshtfahs^
■mipption „liufco- ''^ io ^ ^ pM e s | i j p r e t e h e s -Nimbah oF thte
®@gfoh“Of £©tefmby~.>. 1
In luftte'-fcigh? ydiferation - a te ^ te i .TiMnanisesK.hehh thaWt-their.
ffersOps- a)E%, ateoifrited 'sacred; «.agfduth^riMifl^ofi^aijdy;-absolute
as ^ihi^yh'aslnfeipower. 'to, take .«Way '«their! ■ 1 ryes'! o & ^anywise! pm
hi^tethfem e#n.* for- conspiring» «gains# ‘hi'&uowrt^lsf®'.-» .They chase
iftiias^nj>®upefidrsl;»' ancle ttete'icWe^^riestlfeo'Bkrchb rsfeqp e-te
te^e?tedSs4i^% theLp'oyeidbfc<setfehngl aSlfer^ligrous.' disput&cr «The
tedy>‘>^|#he^llirirlanxes fareiielteted/'iby the« King tfrcto' anabng
tbedM>bfe§,i and'" they are -consequently unch jpossessfednof rpoWeit
latdd' lhfltaendfe eve&dindeperilesk -^ ih e irJsic re d itn h a ^ c ^ f .fh T te
dionours and • respect with which blidydare*resceryg wterei afcfeifd^
Odd stew-'5the &s^#ng-ohold whietelathcyithstoe ^on qtheomiac^lfi!/
^ll- tanks bo#.! dq\tnfi:teforpl^theiSn ;3’WhienLthey f-sife
doPn they"find their seat^ .covered, with- a ,whitettctotiti‘ and
when thPy'*. walk forthv-the'/.bread.rend', o&i^h^ Taiipotrfleaif fis>
hdfne!tefoi;e them: "ihll these'JafeppriVijleo.es,‘ctfi thefhigli^t» kinds?
and shdrjed with?fthenlJby thOiinanareh ortly.: t /fpt'p Tirincinx,et lire
idteo exeteptfedfromalktax^s. They!afe|lacedt.unde:r ee^rthid .fertiiq-i
tions, and are'?t:0tally debarredifrom. wineior. ‘women; •. They-jhaVe;
however an opportunity' of! escaping fronuAtesevrestfaimbs!; and tee
allowed ^toi lay$side1 (heir oiflepwtenkif^kaiteftbdPiihelinatiod: !vt
> InM if # v e r eat meat>> od any thing > th lt has' had life^, «To httein
gifdles?(|hey wear suspended strings of teddsonia.de:ofoa;(br(cp\rnish
;Oi;i?'blaekf^wood; and?jmatt^> lpf^ifeiva§; -ttey%bi!:g}:o®gr;
ij-Theh-.'' fdrefis 4<e6n^istiS! of a ;‘la)rge' loos^opiece^bftycllowaelQth
thrown ? ovessSteif feft
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