umbrella tent การใช้
- These generally consist of the bowl, the three robes, a bathing cloth, an umbrella tent, a mosquito net, a kettle of water, a water filter, razor, sandals, some small candles, and a candle lantern.
- After the end of the Vassa period, many of the monks will go out far away from the monastery to find a remote place ( usually in the forest ) where they can hang their umbrella tents and where it is suitable for the work of self-development.
- Ajahn Jayasaro notes that they wandered in " the traditional manner of the wandering mendicant or tudong monk, carrying their iron bowls in a cloth bag on one shoulder and their glots on the other . " They usually walked single file for fifteen miles a day, and the end of the day find a stream to bathe in, set up their glot umbrella tents under trees nearby, and practice meditation at night.