Editing Sangha (section)

===Possessions===
Monks and nuns generally own a minimum of possessions due to their ''[[samaya]]'' as renunciants, including three robes, an alms bowl, a cloth belt, a needle and thread, a razor for shaving the head, and a water filter. In practice, they often have a few additional personal possessions.

Traditionally, Buddhist monks, nuns, and novices eschew ordinary clothes and wear robes. Originally the robes were sewn together from rags and stained with earth or other available dyes. The color of modern robes varies from community to community: [[saffron (color)|saffron]] is characteristic for Theravada groups; blue, grey or brown for Mahayana Sangha members in [[Buddhism in Vietnam|Vietnam]], [[maroon]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[grey]] in [[Buddhism in Korea|Korea]], and [[black]] in [[Buddhism in Japan|Japan]].