I found, too, that a lofty idea prevails in Ceylon in regard to the status of the monkhood. |
And what is to be said of the present condition of the Buddhist monkhood? |
In regard to the gradations of the monkhood a more complete organization exists in Burma than in Ceylon. |
And therefore the monkhood, powerful as they were, left all politics alone. |
Of the internal management of the monkhood I have but little to say. |
Though sometimes called a novice he is merely under 264 education, and not necessarily a candidate for the monkhood. |