A very good reply by venerable Yutthadhammo,
I asked Sujin Boriharnwanaket about the pouring of water - thinking
(like Paul)it a ritual act.
But she said it helps to concentrate the mind on the thoughts of
anumodana. One can see this.

It is like bowing down to a Buddha image, one can do it in a ritual
way, but too it can be done while remembering the Buddha's virtues -
and then it is the outward sign of the inner kusala.
Robertk

In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ven. Yuttadhammo" <buffer@...> wrote:

> > The impetus behind this request is a practice at my local

Buddhist

> > Temple. (I'm fortunate to have Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram
> > only
> > 20 miles or so from my home.) The practice is referred to as
> > "lustral
> > waters" and involves the pouring of water from one vessel to

another

> > as
> > the monks chant in Pali.