London is to have a Buddhist monastery. For some time past the Buddhist Socisty of Great Britain and Ireland have been raising funds for the purpose (says the ''Standard"), and their efforts seem now nearly to be crowned with success, The Buddhist Soc'ety was formed in 1907 at a meeting over which Professor Days Davids presided.
The Bhikku's Arrival.
In the following year a Buddhist monk Bhikku, to ploy the technical term, paid a visit to Lon don and gave several lectures on the Buddhist:
He afterwards went to resi@s in Ceylon, where at 30 years of age he donned ths Yellow Robe qnd be came a professed Buddhist monk.
Three or four of his fellow-countrymen have since followed in his footsteps, and there are now several Buddhist monks of British birth in the order at Qsylon and Burma, Since that date no efforts have been spared to collect the necessary funds for the establishment of a sangha or monastery in the metro polis.
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