Ep270: Wandering Monk - Jina Kusala

[@ChieRises]

I am full of gratitude as I see this 🙏. I came across brother Jina Kusala when he was Axel many years ago and even then as a lay person he also had a radiant, glowing and authentic aura. I felt he had some "special" qualities about him. As I only experienced pleasant interactions with him when he was a lay person, I did not know of his struggles . Even if this brother's mind goes through dark times may he also remember he has shown light also in many moments. May he feel the light and cooling of 'himself' more and more with each day. I am overjoyed to see this brother in the monks robes, as he is a truth teller. May the noble triple jewel bless 🪷🫶🏽

[@tigronly]

He has such a great name, Jina kusala… one who has conquered wholesomeness. May he achieve such greatness for himself and for this world. 🙏🙏

[@harrylen1688]

I have listen so many spiritual Gurus interviews this is the most Authentic of a long time. Thank you so much for bring this up!!

[@jacksonsexson50]

felt the same 📿

[@agentszero]

Thank you for this Steve. Such wisdom. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Much metta on your path Jina.

[@purpledragon7150]

This is a beautiful interview, if you notice, when the monk finishes talking , his face always reverts to the same smile and shining eyes. This really says it all. 🙏🏼

[@Iwo26]

This was Beautiful! And the contrast in the setting between Jina and people passing by rang the bell of the Consciousness. All the best for Jina.

[@vividdreams7072]

What a beautiful soul. Found this very moving. Thank you

[@sagebay2803]

THis was good. Jina is very brave to speak. He is helping many by sharing his story. I also come from a family riddled with mental illness....Norwegain family. It has taken me decades to heal. Thank goodness there is now help (via KZbin)!! I had to follow a spiritual path to be able to heal. Best Wishes to Jina!!

[@tenzinthomasmasami]

Progress within a lifetime. Keep up the great work, Venerable Jina.

[@peterbudd44]

He is a brilliant communicator ... all the very best to him . Great video .

[@Ascensionintunez]

His level of wisdom is astounding 💖

[@freyasmith9588]

Yep; great Teachers and may this fellow be on the way well; glad this person has clarity on the basics. 🌸🌸🌸

[@michaeleveleigh5474]

Exceptional interview. Inspiring & authentic 🙏🙏

[@lobsangsherap2559]

His is a good story and his experiences should be publish for others to emulate . Thank you

[@hamishcollide]

Thank you, Great interview, I got so much from this young man's honest and insightful words 🙏❤

[@kensalculture]

In parallel to his path with buddhism , I highly recommend he research narcissistic personality disorder and the effects on childhood development . This info lifted the veil for me , after 30 years of searching through other methods for healing . Understanding with compassion melted a lot of pain.

[@guynamedowl1313]

Could you please provide a link or book title? Can‘t find anything

[@bonnie_gail]

the better advice

[@aparajitaghose]

End state is end of defilements🙏🪷 very clear thank you Jina Kusala 🙏

[@WanderingYogiThailand]

Incredible and inspirational. See you all soon in Kathmandu! 😎🙏🏻

[@sonjaveda9832]

I feel so at peace listening to this beloved monk

[@thoughtfog]

Liam bowing from Michigan. Inspiring. Thank you.

[@Buddhanature322]

Beautiful interview, thank you both.

[@robaire35]

Thank you, Venerable. May you be well on your path.

[@shemusmcquillaide]

Great interview. Its terrible to be in your twenties, listening to him reminded me of my own struggles from tha time I am so glad I somehow emerged. He knows himself very well tho, more than I did and he has the merit to take refuge in the dharma, I didnt and wasted much of my life essentially, hes very lucky and I think he knows that, listening to him I feel a lot of pain and confusion (my own) and also glimpses of a clear path to liberation, both are very helpful. Very intense interview, great stuff! Great to see Bouha too, I gotta get back there before another goddamn lockdown or what have you, nuclear war or some kind of crap like that. Can't they see, we're trying to develop a dharma practice!

[@boristurnsek9521]

Just I would say when you live a lay life it takes you way longer to emerge from that purification process.

[@noonespecial4171]

Yes, too much attachment to the 3 fetters

[@songtreemusicandwellness]

Thank you for this interview. I feel such lightness just listening to him

[@antiv]

Wise young man. 👍🏾🙏🏼

[@OZ1967]

Wise young Monk well spoken. Can you ask him what differences he noticed before and after adopting the monk’s clothes in regards to the public’s perception and approach towards him.? Metta.

[@sonnim3403]

May you be successful and Blessings of Noble Triple Gem! from Sri Lanka- Nimal

[@Onthepath1spblsa17]

I wish him well on this journey and path he has chosen and hope that he finds a good and authentic guru soon to guide and protect him 🌻🕊

[@noonespecial4171]

He's Buddhist, there us no Guru but the Dhamma

[@NJHMhandyman]

Thank you guru viking, that was inspiring to say the least. I can relate with the trauma issues and having better results in solitude compared to group settings. His story too, shows me how I'm good with the way I'm doing things. Thanks again for the deep dhamma type content. 🍀

[@grindPracticeBLESSED]

Congratulations on your achievements, Jina.

[@angrysammo]

Thank you both 🙏🏼

[@ruipedroparada]

Just a brief remark, written in good faith: Theravada is not Hinayana; in fact, "hina" means "deficient", or even "despicable", not "small" as opposed to "maha" in "Mahayana". "Small" is "cula". Also, this mendicant seems to have embarked on an interesting, unusual (at least these days), and even perilous journey - may he be well!

[@tantrichill192]

In the Buddhist term, Theravada means the way of elders. Mahayana means Big Vehicle. Vajrayana is Tantrayana or Tantric Buddhism which is practiced in Himalayan region.

[@inlovewithuify]

Peace be with you🙏

[@demois]

Inspiring

[@Tony-yw4ns]

Good lad . Such wisdom at a young age . What a mind of development 😊

[@KaaLee8]

Jina la, in swayambunath there is a karma kaguye rinpoche, Sangye Nyempa Rinpoche, monastery opposite of chauni hospital.Benchen Phuntsok Darjeeling . He is one of the great old meditation masters still alive. I highly recommend my precious Guru to you 🙏💜💙💎🌈🪷 Thank you so much for this brilliant explanation of the path 🪷🙏🦅

[@mm-gg4hc]

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu Anumodana Venerable Jina Kusala 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you for your integrity and practice

[@judithway824]

such beauty

[@onelove7069]

I see my comment has been deleted..it would be nice to know why, so that I know the mistake I made.. All I said was that I very much relate to what he is going through, his journey of intensive karmic purification, and that if he is in bodhgaya he should find sayadaw ashin otthamasara..I believe he might be a teacher that is able to understand clearly what jina is going through. He helped me with my panic attacks when no one else could.

[@philmcdonald6088]

he's already a good teacher.

[@pilgrimage-ati]

It would have been interesting to know how he did fund his life style. This one could ask in forth coming interview from others.. Always interesting to know and might inspire others for alternative life style. Nice interview again, thanks!

[@yewcookies]

He's Theravada, so he can't touch money. He must have had some generous lay people around to support him.

[@suryathapa-chhetri5638]

WOW!

[@shakujoshin473]

Wonderful 🤠🙏

[@aparajitaghose]

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🙏🙏

[@ishtarishaya]

Lovely video, Steve :)

[@Beojang-rm8es]

You well come our buddhism brother and sister. If you came to india let me know.

[@van123446]

this is all good, such commitment to live your path. To test your progress, try going back to your country of origin, and before you go, take off your robe and put back on your jeans, or whatever you like. You might, or might not, have the same experience I had when I was your age.

[@IbrahimKhan-dn6un]

Pls pray for me too and remember me in ur meditation 🙏 I get attached to material things too much and lazyness overcomes keeping me trapped in the cycle

[@Positive9425]

wooooooow❤❤❤

[@ABO-Destiny]

He is a nice person 👍

[@boristurnsek9521]

What is the place he visited after meeting Mingyur? I didn't quite understand what he said.

[@ming-tse4621]

I think it's Manang.

[@Positive9425]

If you anyone listen this discussion atleast until 11.24 your game also will changes😊😊 am also a monk now😊😊

[@palden4579]

What was the place name Mingyur Rinpoche recomended for retreat? If someone knows the place name, can you write it down for me, thanks! :)

[@tantrichill192]

Manang Nepal

[@paulbail1451]

What deities is he talking about around 45:00 ? Wrathful deities?

[@ConstanceSlanina]

Having studied so many paths and still studying, I feel that Buddhism does not give answers to many problems of real modern life. I feel some answers could be found in even more ancient teachings of Surya Yoga. This monk has accumulated too much Tamas energy

[@LyhzHf]

In India perhaps travel to Vrindaban and visit Jiva Institute.

[@jasongarcia2140]

You just told me everything hes gonna talk about instead of letting me enjoy the mystery!!!! Lol

[@HesselBe]

Does anyone know of a theoretical account of the energy satipattana practice he described? Or someone who teaches it?

[@ethanschaltegger]

Definitely not the same but the way Shinzen Young describes the see hear feel “flow” technique (which see hear feel is based on the foundations of mindfulness) I found to be very similar to how Jina was describing the energy part of the technique.

[@jinlin4326]

look into TWIM, or master guo gu, both teaches relaxation as the basis of practice. relaxation is just another way of looking at how the body will get tense, energy stuck when there is craving, aversion.

[@Actualhumanlive]

He doesn't say "I" he says "you" and discusses his mind in third person

[@AbhijitWankhade3]

Seems he has at minimum understood ananta completely. I felt like he knows nibbana personally.

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Their is no me mind or I Gurus and Monk have this Understanding

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Me ,, mine,,or I

[@BtwinUnW]

@@AbhijitWankhade3 He is quite good and wise.

[@kevinshari8262]

I could not here the place in Nepal he was talking about on min 54

[@tantrichill192]

Manang Nepal

[@Alsolikethis]

Around 52-54 minutes in the clip

[@mbaker9861]

🙏🙏🙏

[@tantrichill192]

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

[@SunRisen-sg3cw]

🙏😍🙏

[@viniciusvoronandeck4680]

🙏

[@debendralimbu8891]

❤❤❤

[@SamZeroKG]

Potato chips effect! :-) 🙏

[@HesselBe]

Hi Guru, do you know if Jina is still in Kathmandu? I'm doing something similar and like to connect to him in person

[@michaelfox4503]

Seems quite ignorant of Mahayana and Vajrayana philosophy and practices, but it was intriguing hearing his outsiders perspective. Seems like the Theravadan approach fits his inclinations 😊

[@germank7924]

he looks very similar to another Norwegian I know with another eastern religion, it makes you wonder if same face rejects same western normality, or if they get this face after going vegetarian and celibate.

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Very nice teaching 👍 the path has many roads , and though studies I have found peace ...this life is a breath to experience ✨️ 😌 Our inner light is our eternal guide ✨️ 💛 Blessings to you both 🙏 Always love Jai Gurudev ❤

[@shane1948]

I see the same things as you too. I believe similar faces have similar personalities.

[@ABO-Destiny]

I often thougt it is easier to reach Jesus Christ through the environment and culture of eurasian landmass than withhout it. Why i mention this here is modern europe or at least part of it i have seen so far is not the europe I had expected to see , and i had similar feeling of not liking South Asia outside the himalayan region with exceptions here and there and I have a strong belief the reason for that is mixture of traditional eurasian and non eurasian people in both these places. Buddhism probably also runs in our culture more than I know about, I can see that from many angles but the important part of it is Buddhism around the himalayas is embodiment of that Eurasian spirit in South Asia which I missed and still miss.

[@dekyphupatsang5558]

🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷

[@LoneRanger.801]

This is just intellectualization. There is no internalization. He still holds the charge of his past.

[@bennieschrijvers7715]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q52nq3-gr5Wqmtk :This link refers to a movie about another young monk called Xuan Zang who went from China to Nalanda in India in the 7th century AD. Thank you both for this interview.

[@andrews7414]

I don’t get how your hopeless to have loved. I’d rather have loved deeply and have my heart break open then not loved at all.

[@JustFiddler]

aku butuh teman dari norway untuk mengajari ku norsk😊

[@hendrewassermann5846]

37:15 What he describes sounds a lot like what the psychiatric world calls bipolar disorder.

[@Schizopantheist]

I don't think so. Issues to do with trauma are often misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. Childhood trauma can explain all of the things he described. I am in much the same situation as him in this, though I am not a monk. Mindfulness can be very challenging and upsetting for those with traumatic childhoods or other forms of complex trauma. But if directed and focused rightly it can help lead to healing.

[@usenlim4379]

It strikes me as weird when I see Scandinavians become a Buddhist monk. I mean, what's wrong with Scandinavian culture that some Scandinavian find it necessary to learn other culture?

[@lobsangsherap2559]

Like you , I find it quite strange too but listening to him . I am convinced he found what causes his suffering and he found the tools to negate those . His smiling face suggest he is quite at peace .

[@turner373]

Yes, why learn?

[@karanvasudeva5424]

Doesn't imply that there's anything wrong with Scandinavian culture. Many people become interested in things from other cultures. If an Indian develops a taste for gelato, does that imply there's anything wrong with Indian sweets? Of course not. Maybe we should think of all cultures as belonging to one world culture. They're all connected anyway, to lesser or greater extents.

[@usenlim4379]

@@karanvasudeva5424 In some extent, there is. English, instead of Spanish or French, becomes a lingua franca because in some extent English culture is better. If anything, Scandinavians should export their culture abroad not the other way around. Scandinavian countries are the most happy, peaceful and productive countries.

[@jesse67347]

From what I understand, he wanted to learn the teachings of the Buddha, not learning about others cultures per se.

[@bandido-ux6qq]

BIG SMILES AND BALD HEADS DONT MEAN SHIT

[@trixy1823]

We walk such a similar path and I still say that the “powers that be” that claim any righteousness, in the torture of a child, is the deepest most true proof that this world is nothing but a trap. To pay off karma? To learn about ourselves? 🤬 There is NO justification to hurt the heart of a child except for the personal gain of another. To crush their soul out of bitterness, jealousy, greed, and fear. We were and are light beings with no reason to learn any more about ourselves. We were full and complete when they enticed us here through our love. We saw suffering and came to help. Just as they knew we would want to do. Now we are stuck until we learn to quantum travel beyond their trap. BUT the hardest part is to leave anyone behind in this 🤬 trap. So very hard to know that they will entice others to replace us. Long before I learned of this idea, that we live in a trap, I was already joking that while my soul was waiting for a body I was talked into the “deluxe” package. They played it up as some kind of personal challenge that I proved I was worthy of taking. My 🤬🍑! The Astro plane, and the reincarnation industry, is driven by fear obsessed beings. They lost their love and mutual respect and were swallowed up by their fear. We are waking up and escaping so they have sent out alarms to attract more light beings. Alarms about the 1000s of cows and pigs taken out per hour. The alarm of climate change. The horror of the shredding of 14,000+ children in just 9 months of letting Netanyahu loose on the Palestinian people. Not to mention Sudan and the other gen sides happening at this moment. Feeding… what? Not sure but none of this is for learning, atoning, or love. This world is run by cowards who want nothing more than to crush the strength that comes from love & mutual respect. I cannot see it any other way than that. When our souls leave this world, and enter the Astro plane, we think we feel love surrounding us there but NO. It is simply the absence of the pain they made us feel in this world. Love and absence of pain are two different things.

[@memesmojo5622]

48:37 This is not proof at all, in fact its the proof of the opposite. Arupa meditations lead to rebirth in the arupa realms, so if vajrayana masters are able to take births as humans it proves that they have control over karma and are not cultivating arupa dhyanas... Also, there are different nondual states, ans it is said that a person who has realized true buddhist nonduality has no defilment...

[@nirmalaranaweera4100]

Why didn't you offer a pair of slippers.They never ask but accept with the kind heart. It's a good merit for you r reincarnation.

[@tantrichill192]

They walked on barefoot in Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha time. It is theravada tradition.

[@bonnie_gail]

lol

[@anicca-ent]

During his first years after ordaining a Theravada monk cannot decide himself that he want's to leave a monastery. Not unless he disrobes.

[@jinlin4326]

this rule is from Thai monastery, SriLanka has different rule

[@anicca-ent]

@@jinlin4326 Thanks for clarifying 🙏

[@thethreeholybaskets4401]

@@jinlin4326 yes. true...

[@lisabuschmann8694]

I suspect he might be suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder as a result of the trauma. He might gain some insight into his symptoms and ways to heal by researching this condition.

[@TikuVsTaku]

Do you think that the Buddha also suffered from BPD or some other type of mental disorder?

[@lisabuschmann8694]

Certainly not! The Buddha didn’t suffer from childhood trauma. This monk did and his description of some of what he was going through are similar to some symptoms of BPD. It would be wonderful if this monk can help others with BPD.

[@paulbail1451]

I do not see any BPD symptoms. What are you talking about????

[@nischaltiwari4730]

Historical figures who broke new ground or pursued unconventional paths were often misunderstood or labeled negatively in their time. Now your are tying hard to do so, please don't comment especially if it's not your area of expertise, world needs peopel like him, In many Eastern philosophies, such as those found in Buddhism or Taoism, there's an emphasis on inner growth and self-awareness as keys to understanding and transcending ordinary life. This contrasts with the more materialistic or competitive views that dominate much of modern life.

[@mariapersson7540]

How can you suggest a mental diagnosis for someone you don't know????

[@waiataaroha]

boring

[@tashilhamo9807]

🙏