What a Thai buddhist monk eats in a day
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Buddhist monks in Thailand have a rather peculiar diet. A monk can't just eat food whenever they want and they can't just eat whatever they want. A Buddhist Thai monk has to go on a quest for food. Monks in Thailand go on an alms round to collect their meal. Reverse engineers was lucky to be able to film the life of a monk (a bhikku) during his breakfast morning ritual in small jungle Temple in Sakon Nakhon.
The second best thing about Thailand is the food. I mean, who doesn’t love Thai food, right? And there is plenty of options to choose from.
But having too much options can be a problem sometimes. Every time when I’m with my sister and we are both hungry, we don’t seem to be able to make a choice.
When we finally made up our minds, we end up with enough food for a small family to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
This morning, Dong woke up at 4.30 for his first meditation session.
This is Dong’s first day as a true monk. I wake up at 06.00. I’m clearly not a true monk...
Monks are a bit of a mystery for me. I don’t know much about the life of monks, but I do know that they don’t possess much, they have a very basic wardrobe, and they don’t need hair gel.
Dong told me that monks in his temple can only have one meal a day. They are not allowed to cook or buy food. Monks don’t have a choice when it comes to food. They exclusively rely on food that people give them.
At 6.30 in the morning, Dong and the monks gather at this rendezvous point and start their quest for food, also called their alms round, almsgiving or begging for food.
They walk for one and a half kilometers of roads that look more painful than stepping on a piece of lego.
But on their road, they find a lot of people who are willing to share their food with the monks. Young, old, poor or disabled. Everybody showed a lot of respect towards the monks. And the monks were grateful for every piece of rice they got.
And then there are these dedicated helpers, who turn all offered goods into delicious Thai dishes.
Monks live this sober because they shouldn’t get distracted from their goals. All their time and energy should be dedicated on meditating and find spiritual peace.
The people who share their food with the monks get blessed by their act of kindness. The people who help to prepare the food will have a better life in the hereafter.
I don’t really believe in a life hereafter. But I do believe that all these people will get extra karma points in this life.
When everything is prepared, the monks will sit together and share all the food. They have to take at least something from every bowl to show their gratitude and not to discriminate any sort of food. Also, they can’t let food go to waste. So they have to eat everything they take.
And after a short prayer, it’s finally time for the monks to fuel up their minds and bodies.
The left-overs are shared by all the people who help the monks.
But the best thing about food in Thailand,
is that Thai people always share their food.
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Thai monks have to go on an alms round to get their food. Especially these 'forrest' monks can only have one meal a day and totally rely on what people offer them as they can't be involved in the process of preparing food. Do you think you can live like this?
Might be, but these monks are only having one meal a day seems pretty hard to me [wi]
Adam A. I’m not sure if it is necessary to help the world. For my friend it’s a way to get a structured life for himself and help others. First fix yourself before you can fix others
I'm not sure if you get what the meaning of being a monk is. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what others do or don't do. It is a way of living for themselves they eat one meal a day, following the way of living of Buddha, living a humble life. It's more a mental thing than a food wise thing. Also, neither do they say that everybody should live like them. They are in no way telling other people what you should or shouldn't do.
That's great to hear. I think there's a purpose for everybody. One becomes a monk and one becomes a teacher like you did. How do you feel about your choice nowadays?
Do these monks in Thailand consume animal by products? I once watched a documentary about a monastery in Vietnam and they had a monk as head cook. They cooked only what they grew and ate all plant-based foods. Part of their belief was not to harm living things. I believe i saw eggs in this video? Do these monks harm living things?
Truthfully, I envy the monks. To have such a simple and care free life is a great blessing. While I am unmarried and have no children, I still have some cares and things to maintain but these are those the most basic, but, even with that, I am freer than a great many people.
Dana and Pindapat is NOT begging for food. Dana is freely given, respectfully offered, and done so as a service.
I love the "Kung Fu Fighting " song I was waiting for the "Hook" but it never came!! LOL!!!
Ajahn Cagino, a Malaysian Theravadin monk ordained in Thailand and set up an orphanage in Mae Hong Son once mentioned during his Dhamma talk in Singapore that Buddhist monks eat what their devotees like to eat and not what they like to eat. They have to eat whatever their devotees had offered them. 😅🙏
i used to eat once a day too, what i learned was this , your body does not need as much fuel as you think it does , that eating slowly and knowing exactly how much you need as fuel means your body is healthier , eating with intention and with love for the body , that is what matters not eating only for the mouth but health , i am not a monk , not any religion , i do not kill, intentionally that is , but i eat flesh , so ... no angel , i will not see a person hungry and not feed them , i eat more often now , simply because my daughter and son in law need to , my daughter for sure as she is breast feeding , but still i eat for need , i am 57 , no fad eater , i just eat for health but yes eating raw as much as you can for sure the benefits show on your skin , in your health and in your face , that is me in the picture
Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks! :)
I just started watching. Man i was in thailand around the same time as the video upload date. I loved it. Plan to go back same time in 2018.
Nice! Thanks for the subscription :) Where have you been to in Thailand?
Do u know in india when our lord rama went to gurukul school he also lived like this ? He had to live on bhiksha and work hard take care of
Nature animals etc
Their mothers cried that how such rich prince had to live like hermit
ಹೌದು yes
*Buddham saranam gacchami*
💝 ಬುದ್ದಂ ಶರಣಂ ಗಚ್ಚಾಮಿ 🙏
Dhamman saranang gachchami.from sri lanka
@@Kamal-ju6qx ಸಂಘಂ ಶರಣಂ ಗಚ್ಛಾಮಿ 🙏 sangham saranam gacchami ❣️ from India 🇮🇳
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Nice bro !!! I am your subscriber from India . Do make more videos and it's really nice to see you .
Thank you bro!
2:05 Look at all those dogs!
What are buddhist eating restrictions? Particularly Theravada or Mahayana Buddhists?
Namo buddhaya🙏🙏🙏
What’s the song at around 3 minutes in that’s being sung? Who’s singing?
Once, I saw a Buddhist monk eat Doritos, her branch of Buddhism allows money and belongings, her branch is more focused more on meditation than any other branch. And she wears shoes and doesn’t go on alms rounds. #Lucky.
Haha that sounds like the easier way of being a Buddhist
is that even possible?
great videos...... need more viewers
I LOVE THAI BUDDHIST
Weeri, I have regarding one meal per day for a period of time while I was a n college. Money was very tight so I have only at dinner. Eventually I got used to it.
A school mate told me about another source of income since I was a student. I registered for that and things improved.
However, even though life has been better ever since, I still eat and live meagerly even though I don't have to do so. Now, I basically eat two meals per day- breakfast and lunch. If I am hungry around dinner, I will have something light or drink a fruit juice of some sort- orange, mango, or pineapple 🙏
All monks should go on a quest for food .....generally people offer food to monks .....this is called "Pinda Patha".......In Sri Lanka this could be seen......people offer whatever food ( fish or meat is not given) for monks in the morning ......
Sawadee Kop, we are from Chiang Mai, great vid, mak, mak!,lol
Sadhu sadhu sadhu.the monks begging for food is good in many ways.it is for they can get liberated quickly.and a liberated or on the path monk provides merit to the giver which establishes the donor on the path of liberation.this is very healthy virtue to make a dana to the monk.
People are programmed robot slaves of the system thinking happyness starts with extern factors like status, money, material things that means nothing and its relativ and an illusion create by society....
If your happyness depend on extern factors you will never be because extern factors are endless.
Happyness starts inside you.
The more people around you, the more expectations, talk about others, comparing, judge, own benefits, hate, negativity, jealousy, double standards etc..... reflection of the broken empty souls.
Alone or in solitude you have more strength, peace, power, happyness, freedom and time.
I change my life also when i was 35 and now i am 43.
No tv, social media, no people around me, no stuff etc....
Be the light in your life
And of the day do what makes you happy
You didnt say what they wat. Misleading title
Nice vidio
Can someone advice - where is this place ? And name of this Wat ? Tks
It's a very small temple near Sakon Nakhon. It's so small that it's not even placed on google maps. But if you search for these coordinates you will find it: 17.018275, 104.100858
@@weeri they are Forest Monk right ? But do they speak English too ? And any idea if layman could stay there as retreat - follow Monk ? Tks
Alex Fong yes, they are forest monks, they don’t speak English but you can definitely stay there. They have a place you can sleep
@@alexfong833 Wat Pah Nana Chart would be a better choice for you because they have western-foreign monks there so you can ask them questions and learn dharma from them..
@@wiputjat cool . Tks so much , I try to search online - Excited now 😁😁😁
🙏🙏🙏Namo Buddha 🤗🤗🤗
Very nice 🙏🙏🙏.
cool video? where in Thailand is this?
We all need to cut down on food intake it’s not nescessary
cool video. where in Thailand is this?
Thanks! This was in a small village near Sakhon Nakhon, in Isarn
+reverse engineers sweet!
Forgive me if this is an ignorant question but are the monks vegan?
most of them yes
no Theravada monks in thailand are not
Wow nice
Ur sister looks very healthy
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What’s the song in the background?
What is that music
Good to know
do monks give lord Buddha teaching to the people for the reciprocate of alms they received from the people
Usually after the meal.
Is this like Vipasana in india. ?
Yes.very true
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Didnt say if their meals are vegan or not.
Depends on the temple where you ordain some are vegan but mostly not.
Because some people believe that what they give to monks they will get it back after they die. Anyway Buddha didn't forbid monks from eating non-vegetarian except the 10 meats such as human meat, tiger meat, snake meat etc. However, all monks is not allowed to eat after lunch time but they can drink. There are 227 things (sila) that monks cannot do which includes 30 sila about eating.
Budha was a vegetarian, no killing of any beings, if serve vegetarian would be better.good fr health n meditation.
Not true. Meat is the healthiest food you can eat.
Chase B The Maverick Method ...hi, we were chating about the religion yesterday, and i couldn’t find our old messages.. guess someone might delete them.. 555... btw, nice chating with you..Thank you
@@benben5271 Yes it looks like it was deleted. Nice talking with you too.
@@benben5271 A lot of my comments in here are being deleted, yet they'll let someone ask to kill and eat my family. Haha. People are messed up.
Chase B The Maverick Method ...555 you’ll be fine.. you know this is the first time in my life that makes me realize how narrow minded they are.. it’s not like what i have been taught.. Maybe it’s time to let my mind free like you said.. Thank you to open the gate for me.
'Karma' is 'shrota'. . . without karma You can never be a MONK.
Learning - 'Give and Take' process is much difficult in this world.
Begging is easier.
I am against this life. [ jist sharing true thought]
They are vegetarian or not
These monks are not strictly vegetarian. They rely on what people give, but only eat what they need. Certain animals they won’t eat and they won’t eat a lot of meat (if I understood everything correctly)
To follow the Buddha’s principles, one must be vegan. It’s not possible to be of Right Mind and Right Action while consuming dead animals and their suffering.
That's not true. According to the list with 227 rules of a Thai Monk, it doesn't say he needs to be vegetarian or vegan (en.dhammadana.org/sangha/vinaya/227.htm). Some sects may do live by the vegan / vegetarian rules.
But for all Monks it's the same that they can't kill an animal or eat meat that is purposely killed for them.
theravada Buddhist eat meat as Buddha ate meat, can eat meat but not partake in the killing of the Animal.
In Theravada tradition they eat what they are given
cool video* hehe. ignore that question mark
What do they get out of living like this,
Waist of life and time
It's not like you think.there main purpose is nirwana then their practicing bhavana.for example if youre concentrating for some series work mostly you only want to live to do that work.in buddhism buddha says to monks eat for live.don't live to eat
Nothing against the monks culture, but I find them slightly malnourished. At least 2 meals a day are essential for healthy body. Too scrawny would not get them focus in their spiritual journey.
They say one meal is enough. If they eat more easily get hungry again. meditation gives them enough energy to survive focus and it's like a medicine.
There is a lot of misinformation in the comments here.
Yes there is, Buddha himself ate meat, as do Theravada Buddhist today.
My wifes brothers are Monks for over 10 years, they eat meat.
Monks in Theravada cannot kill animals but can take meat for food off others.
Monks in Theravada cannot refuse an offering
That monks got tatooosss..
Yess, he sure has. Those are tattoo's from his 'past life', from the younger version of himself.
The tattoos in Thailand is also called sakt yant (I hope I spelled it correctly).
Sakt yant are kinda like blessings from the monks and is carried by many and unreligious people in Thailand (should mention that Thailand are superstitious compared to the western world). Just some chopped information.
Sakt yant are preformed by (you might have guessed it) monks.
They poke you with a stick and it feel like being stung be bees uncontrollably.
Each designs are like blessing like wishing being more charismatis, wanting to be a better leader, warrior to protect, you get the ges. It is believed to also protect you and your folks around, and claimed to protect you from mortal wounds like gunshots, so it is common knowledge that even yakuza in Thailand are also invested in this practice.
Some temples perform them. I have heard that the monk chose the design for you. People give them a symbolic flower and also a pack of cigs, money donations are all from maintaining the temple, helping orphans, helping the monks lifestyle like glasses and a couple other things.
I have considered to get these blessings besides being appealing, but a give a sense of spirituality inspiration.
As a guy from the west, consider just get them made in a tattoo salon instead, you will know why if you looked this method up
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they mainly rely food on the community then what they contribute to the community
The monks teach dhamma. Dhamma will be used to set yourself free from rebirth
And we cannot teach Dhamma if we are not practice it because we cannot really understand Dhamma without the practice, and the monks are the best teacher of Dhamma because they practice the Dhamma everyday, compare to the normal people that cannot let go worldly pursue.
Not allowed to prepare food for themselves, or idiot discipline
So they eat meat also if it is offered
Then they are disobeying the rules of Buddha
Incorrect, many monks eat meat. One story says the Buddha died from eating bad pork.
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Buddha died of poisonous mushrooms
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And people in India are almost Hindu at the time of Buddha and Hindus not Eat meat and it is very important not to offer any animal to Sages or Gods, if they do so they are disobeying the rules of Nature
Historical Buddhist eat meat if it is give. You cannot argue with that historical fact.
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Only Chinese monks eat meat those who follow Mahayana Buddhism
But in Theraveda Buddhism which is followed in India, Thailand, etc they don't eat meat and is strictly prohibited
Not everyone likes Thai food
Thanks for letting us know.