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Quote Originally Posted by nathanielnong View Post

Usually they raise the food to be offered in both hands and sometimes I hear words like "sa tu", but I don't really understand the meaning. I have asked. It seems difficult for them to explain.
I can answer you instead. They are asking things from the monks. Things such as "May I be rich", "May I hit a lottery this time", "May I cover my debt soon" and etc.

These are what typical Buddhists do while doing "tak batr".

They are considering Buddhist monks as magicians who can grant wishes and that is totally wrong.

The duty of Buddhist monks is nobler than that. They carry out Buddha's teachings to the world of Buddhism not granting wishes to people.

The meaning of Buddhism is dwindling away.