**** is**** a set of**** nested**** bowls and other eating**** utensils**** for the personal**** use of**** Buddhist**** monks.**** Ōryōki also refers to a meditative form of eating using these utensils that originated in Japan and emphasizes mindfulness awareness practice by abiding by a strict order of precise movements. The term**** (,, , also**** known as**** ) is**** a transliteration of**** the Sanskrit**** , meaning 'vessel that**** contains**** just**** enough****'. The term is mostly used in the Sōtō school (曹洞宗) of Zen Buddhism. In the Rinzai school (臨済宗) and Ōbaku school (黄檗宗), the utensils are called, which is written as 持鉢 according to the Rinzai school and 自鉢 according to the Ōbaku school. is also used to refer to the bowls alone. The bowls are usually made of lacquered wood, with the utensils bundled in a cloth. The largest bowl, sometimes called the Buddha Bowl or, symbolizes the Buddha's head and his wisdom. The other bowls are progressively smaller. In describing the form of used at John Daido Loori's Zen Mountain Monastery, author Jack Maguire wrote: "The cantaloupe-sized bundle consists of three black plastic nesting bowls, two chopsticks, a wooden spoon, a small rubber spatula, a gray napkin, and a wiping cloth, all of which are wrapped tidily in a gray cloth with a topknot resembling a lotus blossom." This is the formal style of serving and eating meals practiced in Zen temples. Buddhist tradition states that after Huineng received the monk's robe and bowl as evidence of his receiving Dharma transmission, the bowl itself was considered a symbol of transmission from teacher to student. have evolved in in East Asia over many years and are part of the Buddhist tradition that has now been transmitted to the West. Both monks and laypeople use to eat formal meals in Zen monasteries and places of practice. A lineage was also transmitted from Kōbun Chino Otogawa to the Tibetan Buddhist sangha of Chögyam Trungpa and is now practiced at all Shambhala International retreat centers. Zen teachers say that taking meals with cultivates gratitude, mindfulness, and a better understanding of self. (In this regard, it is not unlike .) The intricacies of the form may require the practitioner to pay great attention to detail.

Meaning of Japanese word

According to Shohaku Okumura: "The initial in means "in proportion to", means "amount" or "quality," and means "container."" In Japanese, three Sino-Japanese characters comprise the word :