The shaking of the sticks at the temple - how does it relate to Buddhism?

Also, could someone explain พรหมลิขิต, which means destiny or fate.

The shaking of the sticks at the temple - how does it relate to Buddhism?

Also, could someone explain พรหมลิขิต, which means destiny or fate.

are you asking how it relates to what SOME buddhists believe in or how it relates to what buddha taught?

It has nothing to do with Buddhism

It has nothing to do with Buddhism

It must have something to do with it or they wouldn't be seen in Buddhist temples, would they?

It's one of those things that farangs like to teach Thais about - what is and what is not Buddhism. Everybody is an expert here, expect those "stupid" Thais shaking their sticks, and monks decyphering the results.

If we don't see the connection it doesn't mean it's not there.

Whether everything that people do in temples is part of Buddhism or not is a debated issue. Whether eveything that monks do is part of Buddhism or not is a debated issue. Just exactly how to define "Buddhism" is a debated issue.

For people who like to debate, Buddhism is a god send.

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The shaking of the sticks at the temple - how does it relate to Buddhism?

Also, could someone explain พรหมลิขิต, which means destiny or fate.

Buddhisim as practiced in Thailand as in other Asian countries has many elements that were brought in from other religious traditions including elements from Taoist, Hindu, and other traditions. Fortune telling and using the sticks to fortell the future are more a Chinese practice. Probably more often seen in the Chinese Buddhist traditions. Go to Penang, and you will see the practice in temples there as a good example. Also note the Lingyams (spelling?) in Thai temples (for fertility...women wanting to become pregnant).