Burma . 89. SOOTHSAYER, BURMA. 90. PAYA SUN-KAN. {Pay& sun-kail), or pri-vately prepared, is con-veyed. The day is de-voted to contemplation,and the night is passedat the zaydt. Those whokeep theduty-day presentofferings at the zedi andthe adjoining kyaung. Ateither of these places ayahdn is invited to re-hearse the precepts, whichthe laity chant verse byverse after his lead {tkila-kan). Passages from other scriptures are added, withtheir interpretations. This is called TayA-haiv—the preaching of the Law. Thegreat Mun King, Yazadiyit of Pegu, in the year 1400 , is reported to havebeen so i
Burma . 89. SOOTHSAYER, BURMA. 90. PAYA SUN-KAN. {Pay& sun-kail), or pri-vately prepared, is con-veyed. The day is de-voted to contemplation,and the night is passedat the zaydt. Those whokeep theduty-day presentofferings at the zedi andthe adjoining kyaung. Ateither of these places ayahdn is invited to re-hearse the precepts, whichthe laity chant verse byverse after his lead {tkila-kan). Passages from other scriptures are added, withtheir interpretations. This is called TayA-haiv—the preaching of the Law. Thegreat Mun King, Yazadiyit of Pegu, in the year 1400 , is reported to havebeen so impressed by the preaching of a yahdn that he abandoned a campaignon which he had embarked. More than once in Burman history the peacefulcontest of building rival temples has been substituted for battle by opposingarmies. The Buddha has passed out of existence. While existent, all that theBuddha could accomplish for any being was the human service of showing himthe way to work out deliverance by individual effort. Self-re
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