Monk holding alms bowl with temple in the background, Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monks begging alms at dawn on Doi Suthep mountain, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Alms bowls, Paris, France, Europe

Alms bowl, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Statues showing Sangha with offering bowls (Alms for Buddhists monks), Mongkol Serei Kien Khleang Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long line of Buddhist nuns dressed in pink robes, heads covered, alms bowls on their heads, crossing main road in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Carved relief showing Buddhist monks (Sangha) with alms bowls, Phap Vien Minh Dang Quang pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Statues showing Sangha with offering bowls (Alms for Buddhists monks), Mongkol Serei Kien Khleang Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Novice monk receiving alms in the early morning, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Asia

Young novice monks collecting alms at Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A monk in maroon robes holding a staff and a steel alms bowl standing in the grounds of a temple, Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Detail of monk holding alms bowl, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of Buddha statue showing alms bowl covered in gold leaf, Nakhon Pathom Chedi, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of monk holding alms bowl, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monk in orange robe holding black bowl

Theravada Buddhism, That Luang Festival, Tak Bat, novice, monks receive alms, Laotian believer with sash and alms bowl, pilgrims giving alms, orange robes, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Theravada Buddhism, That Luang Festival, Tak Bat, monks standing behind begging bowls, believers, pilgrims giving alms, orange robes, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha statue holding a begging bowl, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Asia

Buddha statue holding a begging bowl, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Asia

Myanmar, Bagan, Mandalay Division, Buddhist monks holding bowls during morning alms