TIME, DAILY REFLECTION & DISENCHANTMENT - NIBBIDA

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 and India, 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 and Thailand from 2023. 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 son's. 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. Vanlife 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.
Sabe Satta Sukhi Hontu

[@kathatziandreou4314]

🙏🙏🙏Thankyou Phra Dan

[@englishmonk]

You're welcome it's my pleasure. Sukhi Hontu

[@sovanhapMom]

❤🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏😊

[@englishmonk]

Sukhi Hontu

[@WANDA30100]

🏵🏵🏵🌾

[@englishmonk]

Sukhi Hontu

[@lukemckean6155]

Thanks Bhante 🙏

[@englishmonk]

You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well

[@FRED-gx2qk]

Greetings Phra Dan 💥🖖

[@englishmonk]

Greetings. Sukhi Hontu

[@DeMerDonie]

Thank you for your helpful response! Maha sadhu to you

[@englishmonk]

You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well

[@user-ol7bl1iy8u]

Thank you so much Prah Dan. I will commit to practice with this better understanding :)

[@englishmonk]

You're welcome it's my pleasure. Be happy and stay well

[@FRED-gx2qk]

I can relate to the disenchantment question .🧐

[@englishmonk]

Sukhi Hontu

[@helloalanframe]

Hi Phra Dan, I appreciate your channel very much and find your teachings very inspiring in their simplicity. I am actually a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. Some people say that we should just stick to one tradition and not pay any attention to others. I wonder what you think about that? I have been practicing for about 18 years and can understand why it might be confusing for a beginner but I think it’s ok for an experienced meditator. I think it’s good to pay attention to inspiring content. Or maybe it’s better to just choose one tradition and immerse oneself as deeply as possible in it? Thank you .

[@englishmonk]

Thank you for watching and your comments. I will talk about this in a Q&A's video coming soon. kzbin.info/aero/PLiX6s1kV1fRMCQyR6F7b6HxXuBUn9Zgck&si=7nWb2Y5dT2JpZjzj Be happy and stay well

[@GardeningcanBfree]

Hello, I have a question I have been watching Dharma video on KZbin everyday for about 7 or 8 months now, and my mindset has changed a lot just in that short period of time, probably becuase of how young I am. But the people around me have started to get mad at me becuase I have stopped caring about the things that matter like school, I have been told that stress it just apart of life and that it is normal to feel it and I should feel it. I have relized that maybe I should care about school, and get my grades up. So I did, and I got my grades up. but caring brings me stress and makes meditating harder, I don’t like to care, but the people around me don’t want to see me fail my classes. So my question is how do I let go of school and the things around me wail still caring about those things?

[@englishmonk]

Thank you for watching and your comments. I have just talked about exactly this in the most recent Q&A's video coming soon. Hopefully this will help you see the benefits of combining the Dhamma with responsibility to be diligent in our duties. kzbin.info/aero/PLiX6s1kV1fRMCQyR6F7b6HxXuBUn9Zgck&si=7nWb2Y5dT2JpZjzj If I can help you further please email or comment again. Be happy and stay well.

[@jens6754]

Hello! I see that many commenters address you by various names and titles with which I'm unfamiliar. What title or honorifics are appropriate? Is there one you prefer? How important is it? I don't want to over-reach or sound a way that I don't feel is natural, but I do want to show respect. Thank you 😊

[@englishmonk]

Yes it's confusing. I really don't mind, monk is fine by me but here's how it is for monk's generally. Venerable (English) Bhante (Pali) Phra (Thai) Dan (English given name) Dhammarakkhita (Pāli ordination name) Bhante Dhammarakkhita, Bhikkhu (Official) Phra Dan, Bhante Dan or Venerable (Usual) Thank you for watching and your comments. Be happy and stay well.

[@lazydaisy649]

I have got an enchanted mirror if you look at the moons reflection in it you can see …

[@englishmonk]

ok, be happy and stay well and don't look into the mirror unnecessarily

[@lazydaisy649]

@@englishmonk human imagination is quite natural.