Phra Julien - a monk's life
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- This is an episode from the feature documentary "The Odd Monk"
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This episode portraits the everyday life of the Canadian monk Phra Julien who lives in the mountains of Northern Thailand. He claims that he is “just an ordinary” monk, while he actually has some unique features: he does yoga, his best friend is his vegan cat and most of all: he is getting famous on Facebook...
This guy is ACTUALLY living life
He is getting derobed today as had sexual relations with two women.
@@timetrader6064 yes it is true, thank you for your commenting: I am in contacting with him and he is very happy with his new life
What?!
@@timetrader6064 Thank you yes he quit, here is an article www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1728487/canadian-man-leaves-monkhood-after-sex-allegations
@@jescopuluj then his meditation gone wrong by the cause of desire. He can’t over come his trail and failed it.
Stay on path of peace and serenity... much happiness
Wonderful! Real happiness without any bonds. How nice it is?
Truth is, west culture is following east and east is following west
Thing is people get used to with regular stuff even if it's profound...
We need distance to get attracted to sth.
the grass is always greener on the other side
When all you know is darkness, you search for the light. When all you know is light, you search for the darkness.
Exactly...... Cultural exchange....
The difference is east is doing blindly.
His smile makes me happy. Beautiful. Thank you very much:-) .
Do you know how some people smile because they are lying through their teeth.......well now you can say you have met one too and it wasnt me.
glad you enjoyed it!
I'll crying ..
What a life u have ...I'm bagging for same life for me....sir please pray for me ...for next life is like u as monk
Vivekprakash Sahu 😆😂😂😂
@@sabinkhatri3169 😂😂😂
Vivekprakash Sahu 😁😊
When you watch his face, you can feel his compassion with tears 6:47
No thats just face expression..and shiny cheeks make it like he is crying
It's like seeing him you see you so you feel it with tears of happiness and that must be his blessings of compassion.
So glad I found this video.. Thank you for uploading!
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Excellent work Jesco Puluj
. You really captured the essence of Phra Julien's existence. He is a great example to us all. May we lessen our greed, aversion, and delusion.
thank you!
I will be in chiang Mai again next year , long term . I wish to study the Thai Buddhist tradition, Theravada. Perhaps Ajhan we can meet then . Thank you for the inspirational video. Forrest wheeler
beautiful soul
LOVE THIS! What a happy, warm and loving monk :)
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He's been disrobed for being a sex pervert.
Superb documentation... Thanks for sharing! Anumodana 🙏🙏🙏
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beautiful and simple - the simple life brings much peace
To those who do not understand why the monk asks for food. Here is the explanation,the alms(process of begging for food) are the communities choice to oblige to and they even encourage it. They want to, then monks let them as it is chance for the community to do good. Many monks in monasteries work very hard, build their own houses et al.They can grow food just more convenient not to as they now have more time to meditate and read.
Monks do not just perform empty rituals , everything they do must make sense to themselves. Some monasteries might make this a written guideline for new monks however for example this monk is alone and not answerable to anyone. He does it because it is a good thing not because he must.
Let's be honest, the communities' "choice" stems from the superstitious belief that by donating food to monks, the giver will earn merit and have a chance to be born into a deva-realm in their next rebirth. The propagation of this system of beliefs is what the monks take advantage of, sometimes from very poor people who can barely afford to give. If the monks are so hardworking, they should grow their own food and stop leeching off poor people. The extra time for reading and meditation benefits no one but the monks. If poor people didn't have to earn more to give to monks, they'd have the extra time to themselves and they could themselves use it to meditate and read. That would be a system that benefitted everyone, not just the monks.
It's very nice for this guy to expound on true freedom, but he is not free. He is dependent on the people who donate food to him. Freedom is not easy. Freedom entails independence, and that entails hard work.
If you want to believe that monks are out to take advantage of communities and their intention is to mindlessly take from others, then that is your choice. You’re allowed to. This is not what I have seen or experienced. I have experienced monks working hard ( in physical work and academically) but we don’t all experience the same things. May you have a good life and happy thoughts🙏
@@evee9020 I didn't say the monks do it intentionally. They benefit from an established system. I simply don't see how the givers benefit. There is no such thing as merit towards favourable rebirth. What annoys me (and I know I'm allowed to be annoyed) is that the monks pretend they're free and above it all and living in harmony with nature. No, they depend on a parasitical relationship with the communities. There are other forest monks that truly are free and subsist on foraged and gathered foods alone, but the ones that go on alms rounds are not even close.
Karan Vasudeva giving alms has merits for the giver,equals to doing a good deed .doing good deeds one will get to have a rebirth in a better environment, family ,people .
if monks behave that they higher than other people then that's earning bad deeds for themselves.
if one is poor he she shouldn't give alms but take care of their family first. if he she gives food and has none for her family the bad consequences are on her him.
@@andrewjonas6437 Thanks for the explanation but you haven't addressed my points at all, other than the case of the giver being poor.
Very interesting..From one who lives in the city and rides the Metro. Watching this was Meditation to me!
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Inspiring film. Great work brother.
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Any one noticed how sweet his voice is specially when he spoke to native people
May you be blessèd and sustained on your path.
That video made me so happy inside! Congrats! Hugs from Brasil ❤
What a lovely man. Truly inspirational!
Love the life this monk lives
this is the best thing i ever seen in my life.... satu x3 wow
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self worth exceeds all treasures * unconditional love for ALL nurtures psyche * Good karma transcends * Love to ALL
This is very special! 🌸
God bless you!
Merci pour votre générosité 🙏🏾
I thought he was like 60 years old and he is just 40 here, wow.
What a wonderful beautiful life
Happiness is free.
Lets see how happy he is when the villagers, who can ill afford to feed themselves, stop giving alms to feed him. As mentioned previously, his happiness is dependant on them and to be truly free, he should stop being a burden to them and find his own ways to feed himself instead of leeching off the poorest in the community.
This man is truly happy and it shows.
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Beautiful
👍👍👍 He seems so happy with so little. That, to me, is the highest form of success.
He is living a great life, The real life
What a truly wonderful monk - no ego, no BS, just living life as Buddha taught. A very inspirational bhikkhu!!
He's been disrobed for being a sex pervert.
He is one of the Greatest person in this world
And here i am reading about zen, yogis, the heart and diamond sutra. And this Guy lives it. Embodies it. I'm ashamed. Thank you brother. This IS Life.
Excellent!
great....
Is get into peaceful life and amazing give up everything and went to best nice way be monk at forest. This monk is real monk.
oh no he isn't.......
What a cool cat.
this is fantastic beauty
After watching this I confirm I still have A LOT to throw away. Oh my !.
I really have great respect for monks so sincerely practised a spiritual life.can stand alone. My great respect to u . May Buddha bless you.
May your wish and your dreams come true and thank you for help our religion stay longer. Please continue blessing us all.
very peaceful and brave to choose a reclusive monk life in thailand. may you stay healthy and happy and keep yourself ever mindful and peaceful
Love you monk
Wow, great path great life ,. I like it very much.
Your voice is soothing and very sweet.
the 1 dislike is from that Vegan cat
R u buddhist?
@@manash253 I M A Buddhist. 2nd dislike is from Donny Trump because this guys doesn't eat hamberders.
@@alexcarter8807 wow so great to see u
mu - What do you expect from a carnivore?
@@alexcarter8807 Wow didn't know Buddhists suffer from TDS maybe they need more meditation.
homage to Pure Bhikkhu ... I am also planning to be Monk soon.. May Buddha bless me strenght and willpower to be in his path
thats beautiful
❤Best video ever
weird but i sensed his happiness beams toward my direction as well
2:15 minutes. A vegan cat by contact with a monk...it turned vegan by his own.
No mention about the cat having an ego, which a strict no no in Buddhism. Chances are it will be reborn as a mouse.......and killed by a snake
I enjoyed that.
May all Buddhists be happy, May they be healthy, May they be at peace 🧘🏽🙏🏽❤️ blessings from the U.K. ☺️
I'm amazed that a cat - an obligate carnivore - can live without meat. The only other example of a vegan cat that I know of died of malnutrition.
He's look happy everyday
Namaste 🙏
RESPECT
I saw this dude on TV so sad that his cat died😢 r.i.p
Michael Guffick 😭 May the cat have a fortunate rebirth-or better yet, Nibbana. She was very lucky to have such a kalyanamitta as Phra Julien.
Thanks for sharing that bit of positive information dick
That's so sad 😢
Sādhu Sādhu Sādhu
For meditation
we love you
I feel the heart chakra. 🙏
The "vegan cat" :D goes hunting when you are not there :D Beautiful country! Nice people!
Three bows
since a while i m looking for the right place... would like to ordinate at his place, any chance to get in touch... mae hong song, maybe closer details about location?
Good life
Simple monk is good enought for me to teach me about humble.
He looks like a real monk
This is so wonderful!
Jesco!
I'd really love to see the whole documentary.
Where can I watch it?
Kind regards from Chile!
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What is the instruments was played at the end of this video? It's so amazing...
It's the marimba
Renunciation is very tough ,
🙏
Did he say there full of ego? ❓
Sadhu!
美！Beautiful!
I want to live near nature but I am so afraid of snakes :((
Would be great to bring this kind of mindfulness and peace into married and family life
Yes, and into ordinary working life in cities.
There’s a reason the vinaya was established by the Buddha and why it has been preserved for about 2600 years
The only way to bring mindfulness and peace into married and family like is to not trap yourself in marriage or with a family. Don't marry, don't be a breeder.
You can be a monk for 2 weeks or 2 years if you want
As of today, a monk no more. Disrobed in disgrace. Apparently, as human and imperfect as the rest of us. A sad ending to what seemed to be an inspiring and elevating story....
What happen to him?
docno62 that sounds like a very western view of things.
It was not a sad ending, it was a small incident in his life, his life did not end.
He seems genuinely happy, and still continues his dharma practice.
He was disrobed for having sex with a woman, monks aren’t allowed, it’s an arbitrary rule.
He harmed no one, though he didn’t honor his vows.
@@serchsource8744 It was discovered that he was having sex with multiple women, which is against the rules of the Sangha: www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1728487/canadian-man-leaves-monkhood-after-sex-allegations
@@michaelgusovsky Not so. I've been living in SE Asia for 20 years and have had a Thai Buddhist girlfriend for 9 years of that time. She and her friends were very disappointed too. As a Canadian myself, my gf would often send me stories and videos about Phra Julien and she considered him a model of the Buddhist way of life. Turned out that was not the case, because as you note, he broke the Thai Sangha rules and was fully aware of doing so. My comment was in relation to the fact that monks are expected to rise above desires of the flesh--to be able to control human desire--and while know that what he was doing was wrong (and would get him into trouble if discovered) he nevertheless continued to engage in this behaviour. That doesn't take away from the good he has done...
@@DocnoXXX
Wow...thanks! Very appreciated it!
Waw very nice monk
Highest spiritual freedom Supreme bliss
as a monk you should able to explain ALMS round you can't even articulate that!
When i look at him he is shining like buddha
does he drink coffee ? curious
ferooze ali he might not but with all the precepts monks follow, some monks do indeed drink coffee. Moreover, monks in Thailand chew that betel nut, which is psychoactive. That does seem like it might break the precepts
Sadhu sadha สาธุท่าน
He is a true monk and not like other monks
마하반야바라밀 摩訶般若波羅蜜 / Great Prajna Paramita
Ironically he's from Montreal. Je suis content pour toi mon ami A+.
help! someone knows what is the meaning of the blessings 1:21? thanks
@@bhikkhuariyavamsa8247 thank you for providing this great translation!
Abhivadana Silissa, niccam vuddhapacayino, cattaro Dhamma vaddanti, ayu, vanno, sukkham, balam...meaning for one who have a respectful nature and constantly honour the worthy, four qualities increases for one ie..ayu (long life)' vanno (beauty), sukkham (happiness), balam (vitality/strength). Sadhu sadhu sadhu
善哉 尊者
❤
how can monks buy toothpaste and soap for bathing?
Wow a vegan cat ?? Amazing
南无阿弥陀佛。😇🙏
😍😍😍
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Sadhu sadhu sadhu....