1. Practice bowl: also known as Buddhist sound bowl or prayer bowl. There are many different types of ritual instruments in Tibetan Buddhism, one of which is called a copper chime , also called Buddha Sound or Buddha Sound Bowl. It consists of a copper bowl and a handmade peach wood handle.
2. How to use: First, stretch your left hand flat, place the bowl in the center of your palm, hold the mahogany handle in your right hand, and then gently rub the edge of the bowl with the lower end of the handle, clockwise or counterclockwise, and so on The edge of the bowl is slowly rubbed, and gradually the Buddha's sound bowl will make a pleasant vibrating sound with the slight vibration caused by the wooden handle rubbing the edge of the bowl. The sound will become louder and louder, and it will not go around the beam. Jue, its sound is ethereal and profound. Some people think that its sound is like the sound of Buddha, so the bowl of Buddha's Sound is named after it. This bowl is mostly used by people to meditate on Buddha, making people's hearts peaceful and distant, ethereal and enlightened. Its miraculous effects vary from person to person.
3. The bowl was originally a pottery utensil for washing or holding things. It is a smaller pottery utensil shaped like a basin and used to hold rice, vegetables, tea, etc. There are similar shapes in China and India;
4. But after Buddhism came to China, "bowl" generally refers to the food utensils used by monks, including tile bowls, iron bowls, wooden bowls, etc. The amount of one bowl is just enough for one monk. The monks are only allowed to carry three robes and one bowl. This bowl is used to beg for food from others. Today, Thai and other southern Buddhist monks still go to the door for alms every morning.