Alms Giving-Luang Prabang.
Every morning at 6am the monks in Luang Prabang undertake Alms Giving. People line up, kneeling along the main road and the monks accept gifts of food, usually sticky rice.
"Buddhism, alms or almsgiving is the respect given by a lay Buddhist to a Buddhist monk. The monk will then pray for the giver's family or requested others. It is not charity as presumed by Western interpreters. It is closer to a symbolic connection to the spiritual and to show humbleness and respect in the presence of normal society. The visible presence of monks is a stabilizing influence. The act of alms giving assists in connecting the human to the monk and what he represents"-Wikipeida.
NB: All posts are not written by Stephen but Rebecca-as if taking credit for my pictures wasn't enough!
posted by Stephen Pond at 11:00 am
5 Comments:
The trip to cambodia looks really cool. The golden buildings look great and so do the orange monks, youd never get run over if you wore those clothes. Can't wait till the summer holdidays
josh
6:57 pm
You have been up to so much. The monks look very interesting as do all the people you have met and seen. I wouldnt no what to do about the elephants either, tourism can be a great and nasty thing. Hope your having a fab time and are both well.
Love rhiain
3:28 pm
wow, those monks are lucky. I didn't know that they were respected so much over there. It all looks really interesting!
keep up the wonderful posts!
love chlo xx
4:05 pm
wow thepictures look great and you look like your having a good time love sian t
12:51 pm
Enjoying reading what you've been up to the last few weeks. It's been almost a year now, it's gone so quickly. On Tuesday (3rd) me, Josh and Tom along with about 15 other people are going to Cologne for 4 days, it should be fun! Enjoy your travels.
8:47 pm
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