Korean Buddhism, History-Condition-Art : Three Lectures
The book Korean Buddhism, History-Condition-Art : Three Lectures was written by author Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933 Here you can read free online of Korean Buddhism, History-Condition-Art : Three Lectures book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Korean Buddhism, History-Condition-Art : Three Lectures a good or bad book?
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Do you suppose he got much in the way of a satisfactory answer? In reality he got nothing. All these educated men had other business than to know about the Holy Ghost. They were not well informed in regard to the religion in which they had been reared ; and yet we [60 J PLATE XXI Gigantic Deva King, Guardian of World Quarter: Pawpchu-sa (The Korean standing by is a man of normal stature) [Page 80] CONDITION expect Buddhists, who have been exiled in mountain monasteries for four hundred years to... know so much ! How is the population of the monasteries maintained? Whence do new members come to-day? There is, of course, always a supply of orphan children, few of whom ever go back into the world after they have been brought up in monastery surround- ings. Other people drift in for many rea- sons. Men who have lost their friends and relatives by death often go to the mon- asteries. So do those who fail in business, or who have been disappointed in life enterprises. The head-priest of one small, but very famous, ancient monastery, only recently became religious; he had been employed as a janitor or helper in a Bud- dhist temple of Japanese in a Korean city and became interested and attracted.
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