Abstract

The Burmese people are known to be superstitious in many ways. One is a belief in prophetic sayings known as tabaun [inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="01i" /]. This paper explains how in the past, people placed importance on these prophetic sayings. It describes how learned Buddhist monks have reminded people not to be influenced by them. Rather, they should be concerned with their kamma.

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