Editing Mendicant (section)

==Religious practice==
Many religious orders adhere to a mendicant way of life, including the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] mendicant orders, [[Hindu ascetic]]s, some [[Sufi]] [[dervishes]] of [[Islam]], and the [[monastic]] orders of [[Jainism]] and [[Buddhism]].

While mendicants are the original type of monks in Buddhism and have a long history in Indian Hinduism and the countries which adapted Indian religious traditions, they did not become widespread in Christianity until the [[High Middle Ages]]. ''[[The Way of a Pilgrim]]'' depicts the life of an [[Eastern Christian]] mendicant.