HOW to BE HAPPY
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 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 sons. 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.
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Great as you are after renunciation.thanks
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Thankyou for the talk !!! It is very helpful ❤
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well
Hi monk sir, I live in India and often eat dal and rice. I can relate when you said , "watery dal". At first, I was offended that you are insulting a traditional cuisine. Like once Gordan Ramsay called khichari a dog food. If the rice is low quality and dal is cooked with less spices (no tadka), It can get really boring, then it's not like a delicious experience but anyway it's healthy. Do you know "Yuttadhammo bhikku" ? , I like you all UA-camr buddhist monks, You are doing such a great social work.
I don't know him but have listened to his teachings for many years. Be happy and stay well.
Thank You
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Thank you..
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🙏🏻🪷 grateful dear monk
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The coconut sticky rice is certainly an obstacle. I am Vietnamese, and my mother used to make it often. I understand your sentiment entirely. It is much too rich, does not fill the stomach in a way a regular meal would, and instead feels as though one is eating sweets as a meal - the converse could be equated to eating a large bag of chips (crisps) as a dinner meal - it does not satiate. You are very gracious with your explanation, haha. It certainly is not bad, and having something to fill one's stomach rather than nothing is more than adequate, but it is difficult to go day-to-day on something like this.
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Thank you for your message 🙏.
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Thank you🙏🏽✨️🪷
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well
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Thank you so much, I've been inspired.to let go of more.
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well
Just want to say to all my friends on the path here, that i can highly recommend switching out your smartphone with a basic nokia-phone, which can basically text/call/set alarms for meditation and not much more
I would love to if my work would permit it :-)
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I have a question: when you became a monk did you give all your wealth away, or do you still have savings, a pension etc..? Thank you for any response. Namaste.
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.
Practice to be happy! Lovely 😊
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සාදුකාර දෙමින් වන්දනා කරමි
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Thank you, Bhante
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Minimalism seems good, a very good thing, nothing begets wisdom.
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SADU SADU SADU SADU
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“ Then , I recall while sitting under the cool shade of a Rose Apple
Tree… quite withdrawn from sensual pleasure ..
I entered the 1st Jayna -
“ could this BE the Path to Awakening? It IS the Path to Awakening “
“Then it occurred to me , this generation is
attached to sensual pleasures , craves Rice
Dahl and various Mangos !”
“ This Dharma which has understood only with difficulty would be
tiresome for me to Teach “
“and in the Second Watch of the Night
his thoughts turned to
Those with Much Dust in their eyes , attached to various forms of food
and sensual pleasures “
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Thankyou for the talk !!! It is very helpful ❤
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Thank you
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Sukhi Hontu
Thankyou for the talk !!! It is very helpful ❤
Sukhi Hontu
Thankyou for the talk !!! It is very helpful ❤
Sukhi Hontu
Thank you
You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well