Lord Buddha is the founder of the Buddhist faith. Though Buddhism is given the place of a separate religion, yet the fact is that it has elements of Hinduism and the Buddha is recognized as the 9th Avatar of the supreme Deity Vishnu. One of the principles adopted by Buddha was one of feeding the poor and giving alms. He also espoused the case of a monk begging and living on alms and charity.
Buddha himself used a begging bowl and now it has come to light that a begging bowl is on display at the Kabul Museum in Afghanistan. The Bowl has Islamic inscriptions on it and that is the reason it escaped destruction at the hand of the Taliban.
We know that Buddha used a begging bowl in Vaishili when he was there in 5th century BC. This bowl is supposed to be the one on display at Kabul Museum. It is a gigantic bowl and weighs 40 kg with a diameter of 5ft 7 inch. The Chinese traveller to India Hiuen Tsang has referred to this bowl in his writings. Now archeologists from the ASI in India are studying this unique exhibit. However one wonders how Buddha could have begged for alms with such a heavy bowl.
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