Young girl with sticky rice containers for the morning alms in Luang Prabang, Laos in May 2023

Young girl with sticky rice containers for the morning alms in Luang Prabang, Laos in May 2023
 

Morning alms scenes in Luang Prabang, Laos in May 2023

Morning alms scenes in Luang Prabang, Laos in May 2023
 

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023 pt. 4

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023

 

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023 pt. 3

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023 pt. 3 

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023 pt. 2

 

Alms giving at Luang Prabang in Laos in May 2023 pt. 2

Monk alm bowls in Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon temple ( พระมหาธาตุแก่นนคร) in Khon Kaen, Thailand

Monk alm bowls in Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon temple ( พระมหาธาตุแก่นนคร) in Khon Kaen, Thailand in August 2016

Alm begging bowls in front of a row of Buddha statues at the Big Buddha complex in Phuket, Thailand

Alm begging bowls in front of a row of Buddha statues at the Big Buddha complex in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017

Young nuns

Two young nuns in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Buddha alms bowl

Buddha with an alms bowl at Doi Suthep temple outside Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012

Monks seeking alms

Monks at the market in Sathorn, Bangkok, Thailand, in September 2012

Begging nun

A nun with her alms bowl in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Radiant monks

A painting of monks in Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012

Burmese monk

A monk near the Center Point shopping Centre in Yangon, Burma in August 2010.

An Anchorite monk in Burma

A Buddhist Anchorite monk (Hermit) in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Young monk

A young monk with his alms bowl on Anawrahta Road in Yangon, Burma in August 201

Monk and his alms bowl

A monk with his alms bowl in Sukhumvit Soi 4, Bangkok in August 2010

Monk receiving money

A monk receiving money in his alms bowl from an American tourist in Sukhumvit Soi 4, Bangkok in August 2010

Young Burmese monk

A young monk in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Old and new

I really like the contrast in this photo, the old and the new, the modern and the traditional. A beautiful young Asian woman with an expensive digital SLR photographing the morning alm ceremony in Luang Prabang, Laos, in December 2005. She took dozens of photos of the monks.

Young nuns

Young nuns on Anawhrata Road in Yangon, Burma in August 2010