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…d by a decorative casket made of solid silver and gold. Inside the golden casket were silver sheets woven together as a box. The exterior of the casket was made from real thin gold sheets woven together by…
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Understanding Aging: The Unseen Process
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Understanding Aging: The Unseen Process
…me left to go until our death. Just like the shuttle of the weaver advances the woof, adding to the woven cloth but detracting from the unwoven warp, aging takes away the remaining years of our life, addin…
…process continuously whittles down the time we have left, similar to how a weaver's shuttle adds to woven cloth while decreasing the unwoven. Just as natural disasters leave evidence of their occurrence, a…
Forms of Sa-Paper Manuscripts in Sipsong Panna
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Forms of Sa-Paper Manuscripts in Sipsong Panna
…ide-breadth manuscript", with a length of about 18cm, a height of about 25cm and the top bound with woven cords; each page contains 14 to 20 lines. The second is the "folding sa-paper manuscript." This for…
In the Sipsong Panna region, there are three main forms of sa-paper manuscripts. The first, the ordinary wide-breadth manuscript, measures about 18cm x 25cm and has 14 to 20 lines per page. The second
The Story of Venerable Tissa
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The Story of Venerable Tissa
…, pounded them in a mortar, whipped and beat and cleaned the shoddy, and, spinning fine yam, had it woven into a robe-cloth. The Venerable procured thread and needles, and assembling some young monks and …
While staying at Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha recounted the story of Venerable Tissa, a monk from a respectable family who, after receiving a coarse robe-cloth, worked with his sister to create a fi
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…when state schools still did not exist. The teaching was performed by the monks and moral fibre was woven into the weft of knowledge inculcated in all children. The monks were the most literate, usually be…
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