Burma . kemen, through virtue. Under gods in the Pali scripturesare to be understood suchbeings as these. Togetherwith men they form thegroup thaddawd — rationalbeings—to whom the mes-sage of the Buddha is de-livered. (See Stevenson,Lexicon, pp. 603, 788.) Thehigher orders of existenceare not to be confoundedwith the higher religiousstates, ayahdt,aydttap6,-w\i\c\iare attained by the noblepath alone (p. 46). Inthis fairyland, situated inthe Himawunta taw (Hima-layas) and its clouds, thepoetry of the people centres.(See The Soul of a People,Chapter XXI.) As theheavens are indwelt byethereal bei
Burma . kemen, through virtue. Under gods in the Pali scripturesare to be understood suchbeings as these. Togetherwith men they form thegroup thaddawd — rationalbeings—to whom the mes-sage of the Buddha is de-livered. (See Stevenson,Lexicon, pp. 603, 788.) Thehigher orders of existenceare not to be confoundedwith the higher religiousstates, ayahdt,aydttap6,-w\i\c\iare attained by the noblepath alone (p. 46). Inthis fairyland, situated inthe Himawunta taw (Hima-layas) and its clouds, thepoetry of the people centres.(See The Soul of a People,Chapter XXI.) As theheavens are indwelt byethereal beings, so alsoeveiything on earth has itspresiding genius. Theheavenly genii are benefi-cent, the terrestrial onesfriendly or malign. The. nats of the mountains in-spire awe, and their protec-tion is invoked against wildbeasts and other dangers totravellers. A nat is pro- ^^H^^^B :»?>. ?* ^ « V. Clll*1MII r ^5!5^i ???llllllllllV-^« B?mmaMmtl^m l^ 420. RIVER ILLUMINATIONS .AT 421. MAZES AT. THADINDYUT.
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