What community activities do monks in southest asia take part in?
They try to fulfill   &quot;Muni vrutha&quot; - Muni's=Saga's, vrutha=Duty.
refer - Nalaka sutta.
[Nalaka:]  I ask you, Gotama, you who have gone to the beyond of all things. I'm intent on the homeless life; I long for the almsround. Tell me sage, when I ask you, the utmost state of sagacity.
[The Buddha:]
I'll explain to you a sagacity hard to do, hard to endure.
Come now, I'll tell you.
Be steadfast. Be firm.
Practice even-mindedness, for in a village there's praise &amp; abuse.
Ward off any flaw in the heart. Go about calmed &amp; not haughty.
High &amp; low things will come up like fire-flames in a forest.
Women seduce a sage. May they not seduce you.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse,……..