Begging bowl used by Buddhist priests. The begging bowl or alms bowl (Pali patta ; Sanksrit patra) is one of the simplest but most important objects in the daily lives of Buddhist monks. It is primarily a practical object, used as a bowl in which to collect alms (either money or food) from lay supporters. But the begging bowl also has symbolic significance associated with the historical Buddha.
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