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Tsagain Myo: Ruined Tazoung

Linnaeus Tripe British

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Tripe’s photograph of this small, ruined wooden shrine suggests his curiosity at the Burmese Buddhists’ apparent lack of concern for the repair of certain religious structures. This neglect reflects the belief that one gains greater spiritual merit by establishing a new shrine or monastery than by repairing an existing one.

Tsagain Myo: Ruined Tazoung, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)

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