There are certain characteristics of the Theravada Buddhist monk’s bowl that might be interesting to know.
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Today is my 21 anniversary for when I first got ordained as a monk on February 7th, 2001. As you know there was …
We have seen many Facebook selfies of politically active monks with their bowls turned upside down. What does this mean and is that proper?
Can a family in the West automatically know how alms are given in the East without ever knowing? Read on to find out what inspires me.
Would using a mixing bowl instead of a traditional monk’s alms bowl be more effective as a way to collect alms? This article looks at this issue.
When should you give to Saṅgha? When should you give to individual monks? This is a question that is not addressed very often and it can cause lots of trouble for monks knowingly and unknowingly. Quite often, many monks blindly prompt donors to recite a line of pāḷi before they offer anything to them. “Bhikkhu …
The benefits of “Faith piṇḍapata”. This is a term that I learned either in Abhayagiri, Ca, or Wat Pah Nanachat or both. Probably brought to the West from Ajahn Pasanno who is/was the abbot of both. This means that when you go on alms, you make a determination to only eat the alms food you …