BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS. After they had crossed the river, there was a country named Pe- t'oo,[1] where Buddhism was very flourishing, and (the monks) studied both the mahayana and hinayana. When they saw their fellow-disciples from Ts'in passing along, they were moved with great pity and sympathy, and expressed themselves thus: "How is it that these men from a border-land should have learned to become monks,[2] and come for the sake of our doctrines from such a distance in search of the Law of Buddha?" They supplied them with what they needed, and treated them in accordance with the rules of the Law. A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS NOTES [1] Bhida. Eitel says, "The present Punjab;" i.e. it was a portion of that. [2] "To come forth from their families;" that is, to become celibates, and adopt the tonsure. A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS