1.0EXO Travel Bloghttps://www.exotravel.com/blogadminhttps://www.exotravel.com/blog/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L3LpbbMlwM"><a href="https://www.exotravel.com/blog/en/monastic-life-southeast-asia/">Discover the Routines of Monastic Life in Southeast Asia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.exotravel.com/blog/en/monastic-life-southeast-asia/embed/#?secret=L3LpbbMlwM" width="600" height="338" title="“Discover the Routines of Monastic Life in Southeast Asia” — EXO Travel Blog" data-secret="L3LpbbMlwM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.exotravel.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Theravada Buddhism is the main religion is Southeast Asia and embedded into the historical, social and political life of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. It is expected that young boys and men be ordained, usually before the age of 20 or before being married. It is regarded as a way for him to repay his parents by making merit through ordination.https://www.exotravel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/laos-monk-sweeping1.jpg400573