In observance of the Kathina, a special Kathina robe is made in 24 hours from donations by lay supporters of a temple.

While Theravada monks are compelled to eat whatever is provided for them by their lay supporters, including meat, Mahayana monks in East of Asia are most often vegetarian.

Harwood was known as a lay supporter of Puritanism.

The nuns and their lay supporters cleared a road part way up a nearby hill and Lady Abbess oversaw the construction of the new church, the culmination of a fund drive lasting more than 40 years.

He and other lay supporters from around Dodanduwa conveyed alms food and other requisites to the hermitage by boat every morning.

In Roman Catholicism, the expression zelanti has been applied to conservative members of the clergy and their lay supporters since the thirteenth century.

At the same time, they have not embraced the modernist/Engaged notion of monks as agents of social development, preferring instead to stick closely to traditional monastic roles of study, meditation, and providing merit-making opportunities for lay supporters.

Smyth and his lay supporter, Thomas Helwys, together with those they led, broke with the other English exiles because Smyth and Helways were convinced they should be baptized as believers.

Aside from the two tower complexes, there is a reception office, administrative block, monastic quarters, meditation halls and a kitchen complex where lay supporters prepare meals for the monks and visitors.

However, his son, Job, was later one of the most active lay supporters of the Puritan opposition, and was deeply involved in the publication of the Marprelate Tracts.