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Description acceptable. After seeing one of these people paying homage to the six directional quarters, the Buddha teaches the Sigalovada Sutta to offer a code of conduct for these people, whose faith and virtues are also delineated in the Mahanama Sutta. One of these people named Citta, a renowned teacher of the dharma, once declared he did not want to be a king in his next life because that was an impermanent state. In his namesake Mahayana sutra, another of these people named Vimalakirti (-5[1])feigns illness so that he is able to teach the dharma (15[1])to his well-wishers. Boys temporarily lose their status as these people during the shinbyu (*) rite of passage in Myanmar. These people make offerings such as new robes (-5[1])during the kathina ceremony and, (emphasize) unusually, observe eight precepts during Uposatha Days rather than their typical five. For 10 points, name these people who, through almsgiving, support the monastic Sangha. (10[2])■END■

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