Buddhist monks at the temple complex of Angkor Wat, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Two novice Buddhist monks, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Buddhist nun and monk at the Bayon, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Buddhist monks at the Bayon temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Buddhist monks at Angkor Wat, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Novice monks and Phra Atchana Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sukhothai Province, Thailand, Asia

Two novice Buddhist monks in front of a statue of the reclining Budha, Wat Lokayasutharam, Ayuthaya Historical Park, Ayuthaya (Ayutthaya), UNESCO World Heritage Site, central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two novice Buddhist monks with offerings, and Buddha head, Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayuthaya Historical Park, Ayuthaya (Ayutthaya), UNESCO World Heritage Site, central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two monks in front of Buddha statue, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddhist monks in front of the giant standing statue of the Buddha dating from the 5th century, Aukana, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young Buddhist monks, Paro Dzong, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monks, Paro Dzong, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist monk having his head shaved, U Min Kyaukse Pagoda, Sagaing, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Two Buddhist monks walking across U Bein Bridge, the world's longest teak foot bridge spanning 1300 yards over Taungthaman Lake, Amarapura, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Buddhist monks in front of the giant standing statue of the Buddha dating from the 5th century, Aukana, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddhist monks at the temple complex of Angkor Wat, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Young Buddhist monks, Paro Dzong, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Portrait of two elderly Buddhist monks, Ganden monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Two Tibetan Buddhist monks at Jokhang temple, with the Potala palace behind, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Two Buddhist monks chatting against the imposing backdrop of Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist monks in front of the Independence Monument, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Novice Buddhist monks sparring, Nanwu temple, Kangding, Sichuan, China, Asia

Two young monks in the door of a wooden monastery, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Buddhist monks standing in front of Angkor Wat, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Staircase with Nagas (sacred snake) and two Buddhist monks, Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Two Buddhist men chanting their Buddhist mantra inside roadside tea stall at the Sela Pass, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Buddhist monk in a tuk tuk taxi, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Asia

Buddhist monks in passageway, Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Buddhist monks at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Asia

Two Buddhist monks talking inside monastery, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist monks in Ta Prohm temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Two Buddhist monks talking inside monastery, Bhutan, Asia

Two novice monks lighting candle by Buddhist statue inside temple, UNESCO, Bagan, Myanmar

Two Tibetan monks with the main Mahabodhi temple in the background, Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India, Asia

Buddhist monks pass prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Temple Wat Lok Moli seen through an arch with two monks walking by, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monks of the yellow hat sect at Garze, Sichuan Province, China, Asia

Two young monks and traditional umbrellas, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Two young monks carrying basket of donations during the Pha That Luang Festival during Buddhist Lent, at the Great Stupa in Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Wat Benjamabophit (Marble Temple), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of two young monks during Buddhist Lent in Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two monks below the giant Buddha in the Sop Ruak temple, near the border with Laos and Burma, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two monks in the Sop Ruak temple, in front of the Mekong River, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two monks at the temple towers of the Bayon, Angkor Thom, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two monks at Wat Phra Kaew, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Adult male monks, sitting, Dhammikarama Burmese Temple. George Town, Thailand, Asia

Duel and training between two Shaolin monks, Shaolin Monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China

duel and training between two Shaolin monks, Shaolin Monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

Two monks in front of gilded Chedi, housed a Buddha relic of the Wat Saket on the Golden Mount, Bangkok, Thailand

Two monks with red and orange robes, participants of the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011, Buddhist dignitaries from various Buddhist traditions and schools are photographed in front of national flags in Nehru Park, Gandhi Smitri, New Delhi, India, Asia

Monks playing tibetan horns, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist monks at the stupa of Bodnath, a northeastern suburb of Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Monks playing tibetan horns, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Monks playing Gyalings, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist monks paddle boat in the canal. Two monks row the small wooden boat in a canal to receive alms from Thai people in the morning

Monks begging, Buddha figures, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia

Two young monks looking across the Indus from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Boys at Buddhist monastery school study to become monks, learn dances, in the remote Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

Buddhist monks dance during annual Tiji festival in Lo Manthang, capital of the remote Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

Asian mother and daughter lighting candles in temple

Asian monks lighting candles in temple

Asian Buddhist monks praying in temple, Mingun, Saigang, Myanmar

Asian girls lighting candles in Buddhist temple