[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསིལ་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335) › [The Sutra on the Ringing Staff](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000) › intro.3 # འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསལ་གྱ་མད intro.3 The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff intro.3 - **Language:** English ### [intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.3) When a monastic shakes the staff during alms rounds, the ringing sounds produced by its rings alert householders to the presence of a monastic collecting alms. Beyond its practical usage, the staff reminds a monastic of salient points that pertain to the spiritual path leading to awakening. In addition, the components, combined in intricate ways, are themselves laden with symbolic significance. - [Previous: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.2) - [Next: intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.4) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.3) · Pramāṇa