Young nuns with begging bowls, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Line of Buddhist monks with begging bowls, Shwedagon (Shwe Dagon) Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Holy man begging outside a temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Holy man begging outside a temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Monk, Dali Old Town, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Monks during the dawn procession for food in the streets in Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young monk asking for food at the Bagan market, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Very young monks in the gallery of the Paya Shwedagon temple in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Sadhu with a white beard and a begging bowl, Ramanathaswami Temple, Rameshwaram or Ramesvaram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, 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

High angle view of beggars begging in front of a temple, Mingun, Sagaing Divison, Myanmar

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