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Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish

In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks.    

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https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/

Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

Image credit: Khaosodenglish

On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to Facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing.  

Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

Image credit: Khaosodenglish

Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. 

Netizens weren’t really surprised

The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now.

Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

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Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime.

Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

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Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time.

Digital age of making merit Images adapted from: Khaosodenglish In the digital age, technology has been changing almost every aspect of our lives in the name of comfort. And now, this digital wave is also tweaking a Thai-Buddhist traditions, such as the act of offering food to monks. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/online-offering-thailand/ Image credit: Khaosodenglish On Sunday, Monk Itthiyawat in Trang shared his first-hand experience on Facebook after some folks had ordered him food on Foodpanda as an offering. Once finished, the delivery person had to facetime the client so the monk could give them a blessing. Image credit: Khaosodenglish Normally, the way of doing this is to wake up early in the morning and wait outside our houses with food. Then, monks from the nearest temple will come and collect the food before giving a blessing in return. Netizens weren’t really surprised The post has since been shared for over 7,000 times. In the comments section, many Thai netizens revealed that they’ve been doing this for a long time now. Source Translation: My friends have been doing this for me. They even did a group Facetime. Source Translation: When you want to make merit but don’t really have time. Source Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL It’s not wrong to do so After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not. He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too - that’s really nice. However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/ Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!

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Translation: [Tagging a friend] See?! It’s not only us. LOL

It’s not wrong to do so

After the post went viral, Monk Itthiyawat revealed to Sanook that many people flooded his inbox, asking him if this is appropriate or not.  

He replied that this method was not wrong as people have different conditions in life. And if they have a “charitable intent” to begin with, then they’ll be blessed. Even the delivery man will be blessed too – that’s really nice.

However, Monk Itthiyawat still encourages people to come to temples if they can, because monks, like many other people, want to interact with fellow humans too. 

Thanks to this story, we now know what to do next time we want to make good merit by offering monks food when we don’t really have time.

https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/bbt-holy-offerings/

Enjoying The Smart Local Thailand? Follow us on Instagram at @TheSmartLocalTH for more stories like this!