CART : $0.00 USD

TOTAL
$0.00 USD

Monk's Begging Bowl (6" Bowl with Stand)

  • Monk's Begging Bowl (6" Bowl with Stand)
  • Monk's Begging Bowl (6" Bowl with Stand)

$110.00 USD


Hard to decide? Ask your friends :)

The begging bowl or alms bowl 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. According to one legend, when he began meditating beneath the Bodhi Tree, a young woman offered him a golden bowl filled with rice, thinking he was the divinity of the tree. He divided the rice into 49 portions, one for each day until he would be enlightened, and threw the precious bowl into the river.

The bowls are all made laboriously by hand. They are constructed from eight pieces of steel â €š ¬ ‚¬œ particularly auspicious as this invokes the eight spokes on the Buddhist Wheel of Dharma and the enlightenment of Lord Buddha.  The seams of the bowls are then fused with copper to give them their distinctive pattern. Some of the finished bowls are polished to give them a clear, natural metal finish, but others are coated with layers of black lacquer.

  • Origin:  Monkâ €š ¬ €ž ¢s Bowl Village â €š ¬ ‚¬œ Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Materials: Â Steel and Copper
  • Size:
    • 6" Bowl opening (6.5 at widest part of bowl)
    • 3.75" high (without stand) / 5.5" (with stand)
    • Stand: Â 2.25" high
  • Stand included
  • Due to the uniqueness of these handmade products, measurements are approximate and will vary in each item.
  • See related blog:Â Baan Bat Alms Bowls; June 5, 2017

Related Products
"Boun Maa" Elephant framed Print

"Boun Maa" Elepha...

"Boun Maa" was photographed by Carol Stevenson.   Stevenson is a photographer whose work centers ...

View
"Bua Tong" Elephant framed Print

"Bua Tong" Elepha...

"Bua Thong" was photographed by Carol Stevenson.   Stevenson is a photographer whose work centers...

View
"Comfort" Elephant Summer T-Shirt

"Comfort" Elephan...

Our own custom premium crew t-shirt in bondi blue with orange imprint.  Our most comfortable t-sh...

View
"Comfort" Long Sleeve T-Shirt

"Comfort" Long Sl...

The Elephant Story introduces our latest exclusive t-shirt design that combines our love of the A...

View