Gasa: letting go of our possessions

Gasa’’ is a translateration of a Sanskrit term meaning monk's robe; the monk's or nun's robe is made from scraps of material. The Sanskrit term denotes decayed, impure (in color), dyed, not of primary color, so as to distinguish it from the normal white dress of the people. A gasa is an official robe, which monks wear like a mantle on top of the ``jangsam,’’ the outer garment. It is, in fact, patchwork clothing, and dyed with miscellaneous colors, other than the five primary colors _ blue, yellow, red, white and black. It is supposed to be made out of several pieces of material.

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