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Chief Reverend replied, “Every year, Muslims observe fasting for one whole month. Chief Reverend replied, “Every year, Muslims observe fasting for one whole month.
We Buddhist monks also do the same but we fast everyday throughout the year.”
W e B u d d h i s t m o n k s a l s o d o t h e s a m e b u t w e f a s t e v e r y d a y t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r . ”
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