
Originally Posted by
Farang Ky Ay
^^ Thanks!
It's a tad complicated (many if and except), here my understanding :
The main rule is no food after noon, excepting some food not considered as real food : water, filtered juice but no coffee, milk (cow, soy), chocolate, infusions are OK as long as it's not made from something you can eat (camomille ok, mint ko as you can eat mint leaves)
Concerning the monks I saw drinking Fruit juices on buses, it seems allowed in afternoon and evening as long as they have been filtered (smoothie is not allowed then), and for many communities the juices from large fruits (watermelon, pineapple, coconut, jack fuits) are forbidden, even if filtered.
If they are not hungry they should drink water only, not sugar-loaded drinks.
Agree, Thai Monkhood is clearly bending the rules here, nothing unusual here