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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2024
- MAN GIVES UP EVERYTHING
In 2015, aged 47 an English businessman gave up everything and travelled Asia to find true happiness. Now a Buddhist Monk, living a simple life in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, he shares the continuing story.
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Phra Dan (Bhante Dhammarakkhita, Bhikkhu) is a Theravada Buddhist Monk who lived in India from 2020, Thailand and now Sri Lanka. Born in Sussex, England in 1967. Educated by French Catholic Monks. A successful businessman in Estate Agency and Financial Services during the 1980's and 90's. Married, now divorced with 3 adult son's. 2000 marked change and travel including South Africa returning to the UK in 2003 to continue different work and business activities until 2012. Gradually materialistic values turned to renunciation, simplicity and meditation, living nomadically in an old Ford Transit van full time for 3 years. Van life and meditation led to Buddhism and a Thai Forest Tradition, Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the UK. During 2015 travelling the Buddhist Holy Sites of India, deep faith reinforced desire for Ordination. In 2020 after 5 years of intensive meditation practice between Thai Forest Monasteries in Thailand and England he was Ordained in India where he lived for 3 years until returning to Thailand in 2023 and now Sri Lanka.
Sabe Satta Sukhi Hontu
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Q and A
Q1. Ordaining without parental permission 1:15
Q2. Meditation cushion 6:45
Q3. Emptiness in Meditation 16:38
Q4. Burning in Meditation 24:02
Q5. Light in Meditation 29:27
Q6. Scientific thinking and Meditation 31:25
Q7. Seeking approval of others 39:19
Q8. Wish I could be a Monk 45:57
Sukhi Hontu
The Light that Shines in me is as Same as in You..For that I Am Blessed!!!
Sukhi Hontu
Thank you for your answers and guidance 🙏
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well
Greetings from Wales, UK 🙏
Sukhi Hontu. Be happy and stay well.
Loving kindness to you brother
Sukhi Hontu
Thank you. At this moment in my life, I’m more interested in meditation than watching television or socialising. I was just about to go meditate. Then a friend texted and asked if I want to watch a movie with him in virtual reality. Now I don’t know what to do. Oh dear.
Meditate
Vandami Bhantey
Sukhi Hontu
Dear Banthe , could you make dharma about cravings, please, how is it works in life simple ordinary people ? Cravings killed many members of my close family.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu
I've made so many in that subject. Maybe you can watch those. It's also the subject of Buddhism and therefore all of these talks. Be happy and stay well
Nammo Buddhaya Bhante 🙏. Thank you so much for this precious explanation and answers. I will take all the experiences as a phenomena and continue with my object meditation. 🙏
Sukhi Hontu
Much much MUCH Metta to you Bhante 👍🙏🏻❤️💎
Sukhi Hontu
Are you posting less Bhante? I hope you are ok, well and at peace 🙏
Very well thank you and making the most of this opportunity to practice. So maybe I have recorded a little less. Be happy and stay well
@englishmonk a relief to hear Bhante thank you 🙏
🙏 Thank you venerable Ajahn for your precious guidance 🙏 I have a question, please, If everything is impermanent, subject to change, what created or maintaining the phenomenal world or Universe constantly and apparently for eternity??
Where do this constant energy moving all atoms, this perpetual cosmic vibration, this life force come from and isn't it immutable, permanent ??
Sorry to bother you, I've been asking myself those questions for so long now with no conclusive answer.
Sending you plenty of metta 💜 💜 💜
Namo Buddhaya 🙏 🙏🙏
Thank you for watching and your comments. I will talk about this in a Q&A's video coming soon.
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Hi, could you talk about energy centres, eg chakras or if there is a buddhist view point? I had a kundalini awakening ten years got and searching for answers. Thanks. Been listening to you nonstop 🙏🏻
It’s not part of Theravadan Buddhism. It’s Hinduism 🙏
In Theravada Buddhism there is no concept about kundallini or chakras at all.
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How do I deal with intense anxiety during meditation? Sometimes it dominates my whole practice. On some occasions it’s not there and the practice is great.
Do you have any tips or have you spoken on this before?
Yes I often talk about anxiety as it is a commonly recognised form of suffering. Here are some:
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To me meditation seems like a form of escapism. I've red stories about buddhist monks commiting suicide after realising trough meditation that they are actually not their bodies, and not finding any purpose in having a body anymore.
Thank you for watching and your comments. I will talk about this in a Q&A's video coming soon.
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Be happy and stay well.