MYSTERY INVITATION & BLESSINGS in DISGUISE
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 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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Thank you Bhante for your amazing teaching. I am grateful to all your videos. 🙏🙏🙏
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well
Dear Bhante, you are glowing with kindness in this video. I find it both, very soothing and very inspiring. I hope your dental work went well. Marina 🙏
Thank you. Sukhi Hontu
Thank you Bhante. As a Westerner who’s learned the Dhamma from the Pali Canon, I’ve always been a little perplexed by these cultural “Buddhist” practices in Thailand and Sri Lanka. But I enjoyed your way of relating them to the four heavenly abodes. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🏻❤️💎
Sukhi Hontu
Namo tassa bhagvato arahato samma sambuddhasa
Namo Buddhaya Sukhi Hontu
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu , new accommodation!!!!
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It's so refreshing to see and hear you dear Bhante 🙏🌹🙏
Sukhi Hontu
How lovely you were able to bless a residence, something wholesome left for the new owners to be 🙏
Sukhi Hontu
By enjoying dipping in the water publicly or similar an international monk could bring a flavour of international relations to the interpretations of Sangha which in a way is a syncretic authentic practice.
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.
I really enjoy your talks about the dhamma. I have no sangha where i live and i am just reading the word of the buddha. Thank you for sharing your insights. Do you think you will come back to europe some day ?
You're welcome it's my pleasure. No plans to visit Europe but will let you know if that changes. Be happy and stay well.