[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) › [འཁར་གསིལ་འཆང་པའི་ཀུན་ཏུ་སྤྱོད་པའི་ཆོ་ག](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336) › [The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000) › intro.1 # འཁར་གསལ་འཆང་པའ་ཀན་ཏ་སྤྱད་པའ་ཆ་ག intro.1 The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.intro.1) The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff is a short text that deals with the practical matters relating to the use of the mendicant’s staff known in Sanskrit as a khakkhara, or “rattling staff.” It begins with a simple ritual during which a Buddhist monk ceremoniously takes up the ringing staff in front of his monastic teacher. The text then provides a list of twenty-five rules governing the proper use of the staff. The rules stipulate how a Buddhist monk should or should not handle it in his daily life, especially when he goes on alms rounds and when he travels. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.336~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa