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Monks in Bangkok - What to Offer Them?

• Going to Bangkok this December. Will probably stay at Suk11 Hostel in Nana or HQ Hostel near Silom or maybe even the Sofitel (also near Silom). I read that the monks around 6am will go through the streets and beg for food. They approach strangers with their empty alms bowl from which people drop food items. It's my goal to fill up that bowl if I see those monks. And I mean fill it up. If I happen to find the monks they will get to have a breakfast they won't forget. I'm going to fill up their bowl with so much food they'll be stuffed for two days. Actually they would probably eat until full, then donate the rest but that's on them. My problem is: I don't know where or when the monks will go. I know they start early, like around 6am. Also I don't know other details, like exactly how many monks will I see? Will it be one, two, half dozen, a hundred? I'd like to buy fruits and sweet buns with pork and other good tasties. I know the monks eat one meal per day so this meal is their only one. I am buddhist so I can sympathize with them as I know other buddhist monks. I also admire them because it's very difficult to live life like they are. I wonder if there are any eating restrictions the monks follow? Like eating meat? Or eating too much? Will they just share the food if I give one monk a lot more food than another? Part of me is hesitant to do this because I would feel very self conscious holding a bag full of food ala Santa Claus giving it out to every poor deserving monk who comes by.

• Answer:

  Rejoicing in your merrit. Sorry to tell you that the Bhudist monks have never beg for food or anything, and they cannot do that. In stead, they have been so kind roaming to streets or villages so that people can easily make a merit by offering whatever they have and they're willing to give to those monks. Without their roaming, making a merrit would have become more difficult. According to the Bhudists' belief, offering food the monks to get rid of starving in your next life, offering medicine to get best health, offering money to get rid of poverty. You can offer anything that is neccessary for dialy living. I normally offer something that is not spoil within that day, e.g.milk in boxes so the the monks can keep for many days. If someday there is nobody donate something for them, the monks still have some meals. Here is the list I normally offer to the monks: soy milk in box or something like that toothbrush and toothphase medicine canned fish canned food& fruits honey instant noodle fresh flowers Bhuddist monks can eat cooked meat, and they can eat up to 12 at noon. Mostly, they eat twice a day, breakfast and lunch. After the noon, the monks cannot eat anything that need need to be chewed, only drinks are allowed. Some Wat(temple) eat only one meal, but very rare in Bangkok. It has been a normal prctice for temples to give away things that is too much for their daily life to disable children or orphants houses. If you cannot find any monk in your area(Silom), you can go to Wat Patumvanaram to where you can have many monks to offer your stuff for sure. The wat is not so far from where you're going to stay(next to Siam Paragon). Or, you can ask staff at the hotel where to get monks. You can give any quantity to any monk, no restriction for this. If yo're offering money, better put banknotes in envelopes. If you need help on what, when, where, how to make merrit, contact me when you're in Bangkok. Have a nice time making merrit in Thailand. Hope this help,