Burma . lf clad in a plain loin-cloth,offering his robes and the rest of the partikaya for acceptance as before. Therecluse will now accept the robes on behalf of the Assembly, and deliver themto the candidate, who retires to robe himself Invested with the thingdn, hereturns as accepted probationer, to make obeisance (shiko) to his novice takes no vow and owes no formal obedience. Like the full memberof the Assembly, he is always free to abandon the religious rule of life(lu-twH—to become a layman again). The goyin (jnaimg-yin, Pali samanera,chinthamani) or gentle-brother, as th
Burma . lf clad in a plain loin-cloth,offering his robes and the rest of the partikaya for acceptance as before. Therecluse will now accept the robes on behalf of the Assembly, and deliver themto the candidate, who retires to robe himself Invested with the thingdn, hereturns as accepted probationer, to make obeisance (shiko) to his novice takes no vow and owes no formal obedience. Like the full memberof the Assembly, he is always free to abandon the religious rule of life(lu-twH—to become a layman again). The goyin (jnaimg-yin, Pali samanera,chinthamani) or gentle-brother, as the novice is designated, discontinuesthe use of his secular name,in lieu of which he receivesfrom his preceptor a Pali title{bwi), chosen in the same wayas the secular name from oneof seven sets. Thus MaungShwe Ni, Brother Golden-red,becomes U Alawka, SageAbove-the-world. The whole male popula-tion of the village are free ofthe monastery. The recluseand his novices have with-drawn from participation inD. 36. SHINLAUNG PRAYING FOR ACCEPTANCE (BURMA). i8 BURMA
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