The Secret Key to Success | A Monk's Perspective
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- So what is the key to success? a big part of it is to have a strong and solid foundation. In this video, we delve into the crucial role of a strong foundation in achieving lasting success.
🧠 Mental Health: We all know that a healthy mind is the key to unlocking our full potential.
💪 Physical Health: Your body is the vehicle for your dreams, so taking care of it is vital.
😌 Emotional Health: Taking time to cultivate a healthy relationship with yourself and others.
🕊️ Spiritual Health: Spend time to meditate, pray, contemplate, be alone, etc.
The bigger your dreams and goals, the deeper your foundation needs to be. I hope this video is helpful. Enjoy! #monks #buddhism #mentalhealth
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0:00 Introduction
1:47 My story
4:01 Apply it to your life
6:30 Slow down to go fast
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Thanks for watching.
How strong is your foundation currently?
Not good. How can I stop being restless and worried?
very solid. The outside world is crumbling but my core & internal reality is strongest it has ever been. Thanks to solid meditation training! Jai Ho! Sadhu!
@@myplaylist6225start a practice of daily meditation
Thank you Nick never stop doing these videos. I'm going through a tough time, but your videos keep me grounded.
Hang in there my friend. Just keep doing the work and take it day by day. Remember to be very kind and gentle with yourself :-)
Thank you Bhante sadhu sadhu sadhu 🙏🙏🙏
Keep going it will pass and try and see the good in life x
@nickkeomahavong01 thank you from me (California, Inland Empire) also, appreciate your efforts especially right now,, it's a tough summer. 🙏
Thankyou Venerable Nick. You mean so much to all of us- your humble teachings are truly radiating out to us. I am so happy that you are safely back in Thailand with your community. Please know that we are so thankful. With love, Nancy B.
Aww thank you so much Nancy for your kind words. I appreciate our little community so much. Thank you 😊
Thank you Nick, three years of listening to your teachings. You have helped me lay a firm foundation, having almost surrcumbed to a life that became quick sand over night. Meditation,prayer and gratitude are my everyday tools. Sadhu😊
Wow! Well done my friend 😊
This is absolutely one of my favorite visits with you. Your 'rant' hits home. I am so scattered it seems little gets accomplished. Distractions are many. My foundation feels like its on an ocean wave. I definitely need to work more on myself in a compassionate and non judgemental manner. Blessings Venerable Nick, you happily made it back to Thailand. The US will miss you till your next visit. Stay healthy and smiling. Thank you for your teachings.
I’m glad it resonates with you. Thank you so much. And for your situation, just take a moment to get clarity and everything will fall into place 😊
You helped me, in the first place how to build a strong foundation, thankfully I am cultivating the good merits of your seeds nowadays. Say hi to Ven. Michael for me, please. Sadhu .
Yes will do and please keep up the good work with your practice 😊
50th comment ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Hello Sadhu 📿🤲🏻 I am pleased to inform you.. I have grown since I last commented on your channel. I now am able to feel 🤍 forgiveness & look 👀 at my past & have sympathy..
Yay!! I feel better ❤️🩹 I am healing 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Awwww thank you for sharing! That makes me happy to hear. Please keep it up my friend 😊😊
Hello Nick, I am forced to slow down when you try to help everyone else, and you failed. Then your sad trying to recover every aspect of your life gets affected. This encouragement will help get in balance. I appreciate your guidance.
Thank you. Glad it’s helpful 😊
My only dream and goal is simply more and more freedom- being freer today than I was yesterday, a month ago, and a year ago.
Again, "less is more, small is beautiful, and simple is best."
Beautiful 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 a proverb that I will hold to for life😊
My dearest Nick, what a great reminder, motivator to have the pillars so laid out . I immediately made a morning and evening routine adjustments based on the 4 pillars. Thanks so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and not keep it hidden in the monastery. Love and Light from Amsterdam, Holland 🙌🏽🙏🏽💞
Aww that’s so wonderful that it’s helpful. Keep up the great work my friend 😊
Thank you Ven. Nick! 🙏🏻🩵🙏🏻
You're so welcome! 😊
"Work on our foundation." Venerable monk, if I may be completely candid with myself with you as my audience, my foundation will be strongest if I remain a single man. I have seen enough of the human condition to realize that most people are not where we are and are headed. Hence, they will be a burden and not a benefit. We should company with those who add to us and not take away.
"If a man cannot find a wise friend to go with him, he should go alone, for it is better than having a fool for company."
Thank you for always edifying us with your teaching. Blessings to you and your family.
You’re welcome ☺️
You are just what I needed to see pop up on my CZcams ! Thank you for being here Nick. Blessings
You are so welcome. Thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much Nick 🙏. Please continue to share new videos 🙏
Thank you so much 😊
Sadhu! My phone sent me a notification yesterday that it has been one year since I met you in person and took a picture with you. One year ago I joined a candlelight meditation in Azusa and asked for a picture with you and excitedly told you about the Thich Nhat Hanh sanghas I am part of.
I keep building this strong foundation by practicing. Tonight I am going to a full moon mediation in Azusa and I will keep joining my sangha when I can. I am also hoping to go to Deer Park Monastery for part of the Rains retreat at the end of the year
Wow so wonderful to hear. It has been quite the journey for you. Please keep up the great work that you are doing. Keep going my friend 😊
I just wanted to comeback to this channel and this clip to express my gratitude for you video Venerable Nick.
I’m living your guidance and trying to be better in my everyday and I also feel like I need to see you in real life.
Plz let me know when you come to Australia or Thailand I will make an effort in being around you
I also watched and listened to your video 3x over, as they are so meaningful and beautiful
Thanks you
Awww thank you so much. I’m glad these videos are helpful 😊😊😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 thank you again ☺️
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hi nick. i m very drawn to your lovely simple life. i also live a single life. my vocation is helping people with impairment. my dream is to drive the work bus. i have my full driving licence. at the moment i doing driving lessons. i going to work hard. please pray that I will be successful to drive the work bus. thank you. God bless. miriam ❤
Good luck my friend 😊 you got this!
@@nickkeomahavong01 thank you
Thank you for this reminder. Stop and build a nice foundation.
You are so welcome 😊
Thank you Ven Nick, I'm so grateful for your Videos, light and love to you 🌞
Thank you so much 😊
Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu 🙏
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Thank you Nick for this timely reminder. Life is dealing my family and I a tough hand right now. I have faith that all will work out, so to keep myself buoyed I love to listen to your beautifully grounded wisdom. In Māori culture we call foundational strength Te whare tapa whā (The house with four sides) The house represents the whole person made up of these four components: Te Taha Hinengaro (psychological health), Te Taha Wairua (spiritual health), Te Taha Tinana (physical health), Te Taha Whānau (family health). You are so right in teaching that we need to slow down to speed up. Like a house, we need to constantly maintain and care for our whole selves in order to give of our best. Once again kia ora thank you, have a beautiful day ❤🙏🏼
Thank YOU for Sharing this Wisdom 💫😌💫
Blessings on You & Your Family 🕊🤲🏼
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful tradition. That’s beautiful. And sending you my blessings to you and your family. Please hang in there 😊
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@ggbythesea9231 You are so welcome. I feel like it's a privilege to both learn and share knowledge. Love & light to you and yours 🙏🏼 💖
@nickkeomahavong01 Thank you Nick, your words inspired me to reconnect with this knowledge. It was buried beneath current sadness and pain, a situation caused by my own doing. It feels so powerful to bring it back to the fore 💖💪🏽🙏🏼
I gain so much from your videos. Thank you, you are helping me become a better person ❤
Aww I’m glad to hear. Thank you so much 😊
Look after yourself x
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Hi Nick! I had a meditation class today where you appeared as my teacher during the meditation process! We sat on meditation cushions after a meditation walk and then a seal appeared out of the water alongside us. You said it was to teach me to travel as the seal does, smoothly and without friction. You have no idea how meaningful this was and I’m sorry to intrude, but I wanted to thank you so much for the gifts you have clearly implanted in my subconscious mind 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh wow! Thank you for sharing. That’s awesome 😊
Saa Tuu!!! Thank you…this resonates with me
I’ve been on my Ascension for 11 years and….
I let my foundation crumble….
So on my spiritual awakening journey im working on rebuilding my foundation and make it sure it will not crumble again
So I will Trust The Process
I’m glad you are coming back to your foundation my friend. You got this! 😊
So good to watch your message 🙏🏼💯
Thank you
Thank you Nick for such great advice. Warm regards,
Glad it was helpful! 😊
Thank you for this important reminder about slowing down and making space for the most important things. ❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you Nick!!
My pleasure!
Slow down to go fast. Well said! :) All the best to you. Really appreciate your work.
thank you so much 😊
Great message, thank you!
You are so welcome 😊
I live by the Azusa meditation center. Nice place.
Oh wonderful! Hope you can attend the classes 😊
Excellent video thanks so much for your words of wisdom that you share with us; help me a lot in my daily life, much blessings for you ❤ ❤
You are so welcome 😊
Thank you ven. Nick for this very relevant message. I've lost sight of my foundation recently and am trying to get back to it. Learning to say no to commitments and setting my own priorities are my biggest stumbling blocks right now. It's hard but I know it's worth it. Your videos always serve as a good reminder to look inward and see if I'm on the right path :)
You're so welcome!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
You're most welcome 😊
Interesting video. So much more there than the words.
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you, so much.
You're welcome! 😊
Hola Nick! I am so glad you return to Thailand! The happiness is reflected in your face! You nailed it with the rock star 😁 love today's message and I remember when you said the first time "slow down to go fast" it had an impact on me. Now things I feel them totally different. I see the illusion since I am awaken and I am more calm and more centered. Meditation and the teachings of all the Masters human and animals beings have transformed me. I feel more mature and wise. I still have a long way to achieve my dream in the therapy field but I am ok with the process. I am just happy to be in the service of others and be useful to society!! Blessings to you and the brothers monks!! Namo Buddhaya!!! ❤️❤️🙏
Thank you so much. Keep it up with your wonderful dream my friend. Just chip at it one day at a time 😊😊
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank you LP Nick. I was in Pa Pae in January this year for about a fortnight and enjoyed every minute of my stay. Hope to revisit sometime during the end of this year or early next year, hopefully bringing along friends. Hope to meet up with your goodself. 🙏Sadhu.
Wow that makes me so happy. I’m glad you got to experience Papae😊 and yes hopefully we’ll get to see you again.
Thanks Nick
You’re welcome Deborah 😊
and thank you for your videos.
My pleasure!
Great thanks!
You're welcome!
Pushing can lead to anxiety and stress. Let us do things just following our pace, our unique rhythm. :)
Wonderful 😊
I stopped by Azusa yesterday looking for you. ❤ thank you for todays lesson date Bhante. 🙏💫
Aww I’m sorry I missed you. I hope you can continue to join their Thursday night and Sunday morning classes 😊
Thank you @nick. I was waiting for your next video. For me, my foundation is weak right now but I know I am slowly progressing towards a stronger one! ❤
Wonderful my friend! Keep going. One day at a time :-)
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Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Venerable Nick. I am happy you had a safe journey back to Thailand 🙏🏻
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you much appreciate lots of gratitude one love 🤗🦋💙☀️
You are so welcome 🤗
Love your videos. It’s like listening to living Joda (sorry for this silly comparison). Makes so much sense and expensive value. Thank you a million times! ❤️🙏
❤️❤️❤️😆😆 thank you so much my friend
Thank you,your video always comes in the right time.🙏❤
You are so welcome 😊 glad it’s helpful
I really love your vídeos! Thank you
Aww thank you so much my friend 😊😊
ThankYou ❤🙏
You're welcome 😊
Thank you so much. You bring me so much peace. 🙏
You’re welcome ☺️ thank you so much
Thankyou ❤️ I love you
🙏🙏 thank you
Thank u ven. Nick.
I just needed it and u gave me!
You’re welcome! I’m glad it’s helpful 😊
So nice, love you
Thank you so much
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos and share your wisdom, truly appreciated 🙏🏻
You are so welcome! It’s my pleasure 😊
Thank as always for your videos. ❤ I missed your videos but so looking forward for more!
Thank you so much 😊
I’ve been waiting for your video to come up for a while now and it feels it was meant to happen this way. Just yesterday I was educating myself on how to manage stress (Dr Berg’s channel is great BTW) and part of the the clip was about slowing down and being more relaxed in high stress situations. For those that want to know the medical side of how important being calm in stressful video.
I used to be calm, but something happened, somewhere and it feel like the whole balance is off.
But your teachings help me a lot.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤❤❤
Aww thank you so much 😊 I’m glad it’s helpful.
Your video came to the right time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experiences 🙏 This is much appreciated.
You are so welcome 😊 glad it’s helpful
Thank you Venerable Nick for another great message to apply in our lives that will benefit each of us. Your kindness, practical and spiritual teachings are so timely and appreciated. Every blessing to you in Thailand. 🙏
Aww thank you so much 😊
Thank you for sharing your kindness and wisdom. I‘be been working on a dream protect for the last two years, and applying this philosophy throughout my journey I’ve been able to enjoy every step and improve the protect itself. Love from Spain to you and everyone reading 🕊
thank you so much 😊
I love following you . I'm 9 days off kratom . I'm so over taking this drug. You are a very big help to me . I want to find a temple in Nashville Tn . If you happen to read this , I could really use any recommendations. Thanks 😊
Congratulations my friend. Please take it one day at a time. Here is a meditation center in your Tennessee. shorturl.at/aouCJ
Also if you get a chance, you can try to join the Georgia meditation center. It’s only a few hours away but they have a great community. You can look up Georgia meditation center on Facebook.
Thank you ❤
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You have such incredible insight and your videos are amazing. Do you ever go live or do any type of Q&A so that viewers can interact with you and ask questions and seek advice?
Thank you. Unfortunately I do not
Thank you so much! I hope you had a good trip back to Thailand. Now I know why it doesn’t work for me. I actually knew it all the time but it’s hard to accept. I still don’t want to give up completely, though, because I have one last idea what I could try to improve my foundation. I hope that it will work.
Thank you 😊
🙏🙏thank you for your wisdom Venerable Nick.
Such great advice - perfectly timed. And helps me to make a potentially difficult decision 🙏
Do you think you would ever visit the UK?
You're so welcome! I’m glad it’s helpful 😊
Yes I hope to one day 😊
Ohh you're back to Thailand! I hope the trip goes well... and now that you're back, I'm genuinely curious about what more can we learn from Thai's monastic culture, the way of simple living has been inspiring. I hope I can see more of your documentaries!
Thank you so much. I’m glad to be back and looking forward to more documentaries 😊😊
Thanks again for these. The struggles seem more bearable with this kind of wisdom. I wonder if you could speak on the topic of humour, and lightness. I find it sorely lacking in my own life, and crave the release of laughter and absurdity. It is a strong ability within me to bring out this playfulness in others, but since undergoing the spiritual groundwork I have been really missing silliness. It has felt like to laugh is a form of people pleasing or denial. But as I am reaching a better place it feels like no, it is actually a rather essential part of life. How do you feel on this?
Very valuable content !
Nick,what are the simple steps to build one’s Emotional health ?
I have a whole video on how to develop emotional intelligence
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Hello, please. I was on a group for ESFP personality types and there was a discussion under a post on what life is really meant to be lived like. Someone said at the end of their comment, "Nobody says you can’t be a buddhist sky diver." I began to ponder and then I decided I wanted to come find you and ask you if it is true and, whether yes or no, what your further thoughts are. Thank you for your time.
I’m not quite sure what that means.
You forgot to say go to Georgia.❤😂
Yes that’s a great community 😊
I am just a bit sad right now as i feel that ambition is actually greed even if its for a noble cause because the wanting for more is greed.
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Thank you Nick for your valuable reminder 🙏
My pleasure! Thank you 😊
Morning Nick, Ive noticed what I think maybe the impact of being in the USA for 7 months: you seem to be speaking very quickly compared with before and saying a lot in a short time. Wishing you pease,calm and ease.
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How the heck are yuh nick?
You look great.
I’m well. Thank you so much 😊
Namo Buddhay 💝🙏🙏🙏💝
I want to become a monk but my family doesn't permission me.
Now what do I do?
When will you visit Seattle?
I don’t have a date yet but would love to in the future 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 you always have a place to stay here.
but the strong and noble foundation would still be built on greed (the wanting of more) is that correct? I am really trying to understand and apply your teachings...
Curious, when you're learning about Dhama with the other monks...is it in English? Or have you been also studying Thai language as well?
Both. Mostly in English but some in Thai because it’s quite deep 😊
I have a lot of work to do to even make a foundation. everything is decayed rubble right now.
No problem my friend. Just take the pressure off and do one thing and slowly build on top of it 😊
Thank you very much sir.
Ben Nick. I was just wondering who pays for your travels since individual monks don't have money or bank accounts?
We have the temple or lay supporters 😊
Interesting question, I am one of lay people.
Good monks will always get support from lay people. We are really happy to support all good monks who work hard to make our communities (or this world) better🙏😊
I feel something wrong from 8 years, am under treatment for depression for 5 years(lately treated ). Now lam suspect that it is bipolar,not depression. I don't know what to do. Feel to committ suicide
What can l do😢can you help me
For your case, it’s recommended to seek a professional mental health professional in your area. They’ll be able to assist with your situation Best.
I want to practice meditation, but why l can't do it for my benefit. Nick do you think a person in my situation can make it?
Please please reply me nick
How is physical health being worked on in the monastery? Can't really imagine people going to the gym.
We do a lot of walking in the forest and also alot of heavy lifting during chores. Simply we are quite active 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 Thank you so much.
Sir, I am preparing for competitive exam. One has to study for 12 hours everyday. How should I overcome mental resistance to study?
You can set a schedule for yourself that includes breaks 😊
Nick I am major depression wil you please help me... Please reply
It is best to seek help from a professional or a support system in your area.
@@nickkeomahavong01 does meditation help in curing depression I am on medicine now
Meditation could help you feel the feelings you’re feeling and accept them. It’s hard accepting depression but the more you sit with it the more it loosens it’s grip and then it eventually let’s go.
sorry not a foundation but I mean a tower you referred to
Your videos has helped me so much... I was going through a tough time at work which gave rise to rage and anger inside of me...watching you videos helped me return to my calm self. I can now focus on things that are actually important in my life. I know whenever I feel anxious or need some guidance I will be returning to your videos. Thank you so much. You have my greatest respect, Sir.
I’m glad it’s helpful. Anytime this Anger or rage comes up, do your best to catch it and be aware of it. That a good first step 😊
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Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊