(Part 2) Jungle Monk AM Routine & Why Thai Food is SO GOOD & Vital to Thai Culture
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.พ. 2024
- Part 2 of a series that covers a Thai Jungle Monk's daily routine, so you may want to watch Part 1 first for the sake of continuity.
Jungle Monks in Thailand follow a lot of rules when it comes to eating. Food must be offered by hand from a layperson or "Yohm" and those who have received food can share food with other monks. Most food is consumed by noon although limited types of beverages may be offered and consumed until dawn the next day.
Contrary to common belief, receiving alms or "Bin Tabat" does not involve begging because Monks are not allowed to request anything. Bin Tabat is a ritual that offers yohm/villagers/laypeople the opportunity to donate food, thus increasing their sense of worth, pride in their community and the feeling that they have done something beneficial as they begin a new day.
Offerings are made out of respect for the monastic community which, in Dagwood's experience, causes individual Monks to feel they must uphold the reputation of the temple and be worthy of the alms.
Yohm/lay people at the temple do not sit and eat with Monks but eat what Monks have left over plus other food prepared earlier that morning.
It should be noted that the specific dishes in this video are not necessarily representative of every temple because various temples across Thailand will have a different menu, depending on location and specific food items found in that area. This video is somewhat representative of the food one may encounter at a jungle temple in Northeast Thailand.
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Thanks Bucko!
You're welcome laddie!
Just subscribed, fascinated with this journey you're on. Keep the vids coming!
Thank you! Will do!
A great ‘behind the scenes’ look at the daily morning meal preps
Thanks, filmed on phone and action camera so low budget and gritty
Interesting thx. Love Thai vegetarian meals
Thai Jungle Monks are permitted to eat meat but vegetarian options abound. Take care! SATU!
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Ajarn Chah would take all the food and stir it together into a big mush so that all monks would eat the same food and not choose. My Abbott in the UK says you can't say aroy as all food should be for the purpose of feeding the body to make it healthy for the study and promotion of the Dhamma rather than satisfying the senses. Saddhu
Great videos BTW
Additionally, Monks cannot specify what they want to eat or ask for certain dishes. In my experience every monastery has slightly different rules about food. Thanks for watching 🙏 SATU!
Thank you so much!
Which Monestry in U.K.? I’m on the winter retreat at Amaravati for 3 months.
Hello Khun Pra! Which temple is this and in which area of Thailand are you? I'm loving your channel Sir
Wat Nong Song Hong in Isan (northeastern Thailand). Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🙏🙏
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Interesting insight there into Thai food culture. Question about monks driving a car though. It's against the Vinaya right, so how do they justify it? Also is it normal for monks to lock their kutis there? 🙏
Excellent question! In our area that includes many monasteries monks can drive if inline with temple duties such as alms, taking the vehicle in for repairs and visiting other monasteries. Still, monks should only drive if there is no other choice. I was a Sang Gali (Monk assistant) for 3 days and did all the driving during that time.
It is customary to keep our Guthi (sleeping quarters) locked.
@@DagwoodsThailand ok thanks for the info..it's a tricky one when circumstances pressure monastics into adapting the Vinaya hey? Also just wondering for you personally how much recording and editing the videos impacts your peace of mind and Dhamma practice? Do you find it at all distracting?
Interesting and valid questions. Editing is not allowed at our monastery but filming and picture taking are acceptable.
Prior to arrival I wasn't sure I'd be allowed to video but received permission.
Did filming distract from the experience? In the short term I'd say maybe a bit but in the long term I'll always be reminded of my time as a monk, causing me to be more likely to carry with me what I learned.
@@ady38I don’t think it’s ‘tricky’, nor is there any ‘pressure’. Remember, Buddhism is the so-called middle way. But the 'problem' is that if one is coming from the Judeo-Christian tradition (not you per se), there is the tendency to filter Buddhism through the absolutist Mosaic Thou-Shalt mind set (or the contemporary populist version called woke-ism).
E.g., a lot of Buddhist monastics eat meat, but the western Buddhist world was in uproar when the Dalai Lama announced that he’d started eating meat for health reasons. It’s hard to shake millennia of cultural conditioning.
@@DizzyCsango I was trying to be subtle in my response. The Dhamma vinaya is 100% clear on what is and isn't allowed. There are 227 rules which monks are to follow diligently. The suttas talk about a monk preferring to die than break the Vinaya. The circumstances I was referring to are those of the culture within the specific monastery. It has nothing to do with how other traditions might interpret what's going on in this instance. It's a blatant breach of the Vinaya, and bit by bit can only serve to loosen adherence to other rules, as well as reducing the faith of the lay supporters...
Eating meat isn't prohibited for monks, killing or having animals killed expressly for you is so vegetarianism is an individual choice for monastics.
I’m curious Dag why are you putting medicine on your feet? It’s danger walking barefoot or it’s about something else?
Daily Bin Tabat (receiving alms) in the village requires us to walk house to house barefoot over rugged streets strewn with broken glass, dog feces and other things that in the jungle can cause infection if you get open sores, which I had on top and bottom of my feet.
@@DagwoodsThailand Hi Doug thank you for answers. Can you tell me what is the name of this medicine which are you putting on the wounds?
Iodine
No feet pain, no 'Boon' gain.
Lol I was wondering if anybody would catch that remark, you nailed it!