What bowls do people use in Buddhism?
The origin of the bowl
According to the Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha has not eaten since he became a monk for seven days. At this time, it happened that two businessmen of Polly presented honey. The Buddha thought, in the past, all Buddhas used alms bowls to receive alms. What should we do without them? The four heavenly kings realized the Buddha's idea and came to Xumi Mountain. They collected bowls of natural things from stones and presented them to the Buddha. The Buddha thought again, how to use four alms bowls? So he folded four alms bowls with his left hand, pressed them with his right hand, and launched divine power into one. It is said that the Buddha's bluestone bowl can hold three buckets, which is beyond the reach of monks. Only the waiters of the Buddha, such as Ananda, can hold it because of their strong physical strength and the help of Buddha grass. After the Buddha's nirvana, Buddhist bowls were solemnly collected and enshrined by monks. It is said that the Buddha Bowl was originally in Kendra. "After hundreds of years of obedience and support, it has been transferred to other countries, in Botswana." The Tale of Three Monks records the Buddha Bowl that people later saw, saying that it is "bright in all directions, purple in all directions", "black in all directions, clear in all directions, thick and divided, and extremely shiny", which is really a treasure of Buddhism.
Later, the bowl became a prescribed food container for monks to eat, such as being supported by the French. Therefore, the alms bowl is also called "reaction instrument". Buddhist precepts stipulate that a monk cannot have more than one bowl. In order to protect the bowl, you should always wash it with bath beans to remove dirt and grease. The bowl is damaged, so we can't use a new bowl. We should repair it in five ways. A bowl that does not leak after repair is called a five-fill bowl. Generally, monks can't use stone bowls. Buddhism believes that stone bowls can only be used by Buddhists.
Buddhism stipulates that bowls should not be dyed into variegated colors at will, generally black, red and gray. The material of the bowl should also be iron or mud.
The Buddhist code "Four Divisions" stipulates: "There are six kinds of bowls, namely iron bowl, sumo bowl, Yugaro bowl, Friends' Family Credit bowl, black bowl and red bowl. There are two kinds of iron bowls and mud bowls. " He also said: the capacity of the bowl "the big one can bear three buckets, the small one can bear half a bucket, and the middle one is more reasonable." At this time, three methods of "body, color and quantity" were put forward. Among them, the sumo bowl is nothing more than an iron bowl and a mud bowl, but the origin is different. (Net excerpt)