We Meditated With Buddhist Monks In Amarapura, Myanmar

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Hi! We’re Jack and Gab, a goofy American couple from San Diego, California. Working long hours at a desk job made us feel like life was passing us by, so in June 2019, we quit our jobs and booked a one-way ticket to travel the world. We’ve been on the road ever since!
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@JackandGabExplore 4 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Hope everyone is holding up well with all this craziness going on! Quick heads up that this was filmed about 3 weeks ago and we are currently back in the U.S. and self-quarantined :)

@mgtoo9149 3 жыл бұрын

Jack I know you I met your couple. I am buddhism. So I am very proud of watching your video. And also I often that monastery I know that monk very kind. But it not good that you talke about Donations. That is our traditional-sporting for the monk. Thank you for your creating your video but I am so sorry for your a little bit parts of video in end. Could you cut down a lityle parts of end of video that you talking that did asking us dollar. That can misunderstand other people Buddhism. Actually " this monastery has just made rule for thounds of monks righnow. Donations is our tradition and counstem. May be some small monks can ask did donation. You can reject for it. That is not problem. That is traditions.Everybody people No need to pay for entrance fee whthen they visit to that Monastery. I have already red all comments but si comment is not good it is not fair. They abuse to Buddhism. That why please cut off a little bit your end of talking Us $. After you can visit ti our country. Bymyself I will drive you to the monastery. I give promise you that you don"t need to donate money. MgbToo Tour Gide

@Ynphyo-ve6db 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for being able to make Myanmar's beauty known to the world

@remmi9925 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, I live in an international monastery in Myanmar. Please dont feel bad for not giving monks the money, because you have unknowingly helped the preservation of Buddhism. Now so many monks asking or accepting money. But in true practice, a monk is prohibited from asking and accepting money, either for himself or the monastery. Otherwise, a non-money donation should be done voluntarily based on devotion and faith.

@roxanne_jin 4 жыл бұрын

As a Buddhist and a Burmese, it's not acceptable that a monk is asking for donation especially for a specific amount of money. People must feel free either donate or not.

@minkhant4666 4 жыл бұрын

It's true tho...i feel sorry for that..

@jonathankuo4774 3 жыл бұрын

yuppp

@doggowoof9082 3 жыл бұрын

yea, as a myanmar, I agree on that.

@jigglysirr 3 жыл бұрын

true i am from myanmar tht is like kinda selfish i say coz plp donate like only 100$ if they are rich like that the amount that plp normal plp donate only 10 or 5 $ coz and monk can't ask to donate

@anobody5313 Жыл бұрын

A monk can ask for donations but not to a random person, they should have a main donor that donate to their every needs

@FrankyRolfe37 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video guys!!! Thanks for all the positivity despite other world events 👍

@JackandGabExplore 4 жыл бұрын

Anytime!! Gotta stay positive with all this craziness happening

@aungmyotun5223 3 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry to hear that monk asked you for donations. He should not ask at all. Please accept my apology on behalf. However glad to know you guys are back in one piece ans safe home. I really enjoyed watching your travel videos. On top of all so happy that you both had a good time.

@monywa2007 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome! I wish I could travel around the world like you guys..thumbs up for your videos.

@freeboy5364 4 жыл бұрын

A great monks never ask for donations trust me

@cchaw9777 3 жыл бұрын

No it's for donation so they can buy chairs n tables to learn

@atz7850 2 жыл бұрын

Facts I was born in Burma I have never had a monk ask for donation that much . People know better to donate it on Their own for good sins

@lingthefinch9376 2 жыл бұрын

@@cchaw9777 actually, trust me I'm a local and monks don't ask for donations but they have boxes if u want to donate

@prabhatganveer5383 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful vlog thank you ❤

@MrHk74 Жыл бұрын

wow, lovely and thanks for such video.

@novdea 4 жыл бұрын

The monk shouldn’t be asking for a specific $ amount. They can say if you want to donate to contribute for the temple, then you can do so. It is how much you want to donate. I believe in most cases they will give you a donation slip.

@alemap5879 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video!

@Alina_Valentina 4 жыл бұрын

so cool !

@mohankumar3458 3 жыл бұрын

You people are very positive... All the best. Love from India

@jaxminecoco2331 4 жыл бұрын

As a monk, he's not supposed to ask for the donation at all.

@zawkantlant 4 жыл бұрын

JaXmine CoCo Right

@kaungthanthein9648 3 жыл бұрын

1:13 Jack you really nailed it. You sound like a local

@kaungkyi5421 4 жыл бұрын

dammmn $200 ? that's a disgrace!!! as a Burmese ik some rules that the monks should and shouldn't do and that's the one that they shouldn't do ! I m sooo embarrassed about that case but I promise myanmar is really beautiful and there are many authentic monks out there.Wish you guys the best with your works.

@KeeANMing 4 жыл бұрын

Hi.. Jack n Gab, thank you for your sharing.. Do they start to use Grab again now in Mandalay? (The tuk tuk service was by Grab, wasn't it)

@abroadlife6558 3 жыл бұрын

Wow inspired. We are also doing a vlog.

@moemoe9875 4 жыл бұрын

Warmly welcome Back to Myanmar

@user-pv2tp6dx7p Жыл бұрын

မြန်မာပြည်ကပြည်သူ, ေတ့ကြိုဆိုပါတယ်😊

@zayyaraung7946 3 жыл бұрын

You should visit to jade pagoda

@kl-nc5rc 4 жыл бұрын

I was shocked he asked for 200USD . monks are not supported asked for money at all. He should be reported to senior monk.

@pamokkha22spsu89 4 жыл бұрын

Kyaw Lin ဒီကျောင်းတိုက်ထဲ အဲဒီလို အလှူခံရမယ်လို့တော့ ခွင့်မပြုထားလောက်ဘူး သေချာတယ် ။ အပေါ်က ဆရာတော်ကြီးတွေ သိမှာ မဟုတ်ဘူး ဦးဇင်းတောင် အတော် လန့်သွားတယ် သေချာစုံစမ်းကြည့်အုံးမယ်။

@kaunghtet799 4 жыл бұрын

yes. I was shorked when they said.

@pepushein1350 4 жыл бұрын

I myself was a close Upsaka ( daryakar) of pongyi U Sandhobasa ( pongyi U San-daw-bar-tha), one of the direct disciples of The Great Ashin Zanaka sayadawgyi( 1900-1977). Many of my monks-teachers were educated in that monastery during Ashin Zanaka's time. $200 is a not at all a small sum for any westerners travelling. It is a lot of cash. That monk's behaviour is breaching of Vinaya / monastic code and totally disgraced to our late sayadawgyi myer , to the monastery and to Myat Buddha's Sarsana itself. The time has changed for the worse. Senior monks there ( mostly corrupted / no respect for Vinaya themselves ) at present time are very different from the senior monks ( very well-trained by Ashin Zanaka sayadawgyi himself) at old time. I take 'than wai ga'. Time has changed for the worse. The saying 'pongyi become Loo' 'Loo become be-loo' is happening there right now. Sad.

@santheburmese 4 жыл бұрын

@@pamokkha22spsu89 It is a disgrace .PLease report to the senior monks. I know it's against the rules.

@mgchanthar5977 3 жыл бұрын

@@pamokkha22spsu89 အရှင်ဘုရား အဲလောက်ကြီး မဟုတ်ပါဘုရား တိုးက ဗီ ဒီယို ဖိုင်တွေ ရှောက် ပီး တင်တော့ တသ်ချို့ နားလည်မှုတွေ လွဲတာပါ တပည့်တော်ဆီ ဆက်သွယ် မေးမြန်းနိုင်ပါတယ်ဘုရား။ ဗီဒီယို ဖိုင်က ကျောင်းတိုက် အထင်မြင် လွဲအောင် လုပ်နေသလိုဖြစ်နေတယ်ဘုရား ဲအခု လဲ ကျောင်းတိုက်မှာ အရမ်းစည်းကမ်းကြပ်ပါတယ်ဘုရား

@peace5123 2 жыл бұрын

💖💖💖

@xinxinxin138 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@audreyslim3902 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@qwertyytrewq308 3 жыл бұрын

As a former monk myself that sort of behavior from the monk is not acceptable at all, if the senior monk were to find out he would be rid of his title as a monk. Also it is preferred that you take socks off in a Buddhist site. Great vid btw love the content.

@linlinsoe5732 3 жыл бұрын

Sadu sadu sadu

@linlinmaung 2 жыл бұрын

I live in myanmar 🇲🇲

@sawyehtike7831 2 жыл бұрын

I live in amapura

@user-xg9en3fk6b 4 жыл бұрын

👐👐👐👐🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@erniccl1 4 жыл бұрын

How the situation w the coronavirus down there??

@nlwin7789 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a devout Buddhist from Myanmar and Buddhist Monks are not allowed to beg for a certain amount of money per strict Buddha's rules as a donation. He was breaking his principles as an ordained monk.

@jackolsen9786 4 жыл бұрын

You guys should have complained about 200 USD. Monks are not allowed to ask for money by the rules of Buddha. By the way I am pleased you guys had an amazing time in my country.

@godriclil9379 3 жыл бұрын

Buddha forbids monk to hold money! They can't even touch it! That's the strict rule! "Money and women the two enemies of monk'' just metaphor!

@kaungzawhein7354 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry bout the 200 $ donation.i Don't think it's supposed to happen. Glad u didn't go with it

@mrkyawkyaw3894 3 жыл бұрын

Hi , I am from Myanmar, a Buddhist man.We are not allowed to wear boots and socks in the Buddhist campus.We are pay respect to your Churches.

@zetelomere4611 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to know that he is asking donations. It's NOT that Buddhist monks can do. That makes him that he is no longer Buddhist monk and he should be removed. Very shameful for his manner I apologized for his behavior.

@cchaw9777 3 жыл бұрын

He asked for money for donation to buy chairs n tables for the students to lear

@emmahart7440 3 жыл бұрын

@@cchaw9777 You believe him!It is against Buddha's teaching to ask for donation,more shameful is he asked for specific amount!

@jigglysirr 3 жыл бұрын

@@cchaw9777 that is a lie

@jigglysirr 3 жыл бұрын

@@emmahart7440yeh sorry for tht

@sheinhtet2324 2 жыл бұрын

Mingalar .

@khantivk7173 3 жыл бұрын

I'm also Buddhist monks to, but I never go to Myanmar

@atz7850 2 жыл бұрын

As a Burmese myself I am kinda mad that the monk asked for 200$ donation that is a lot . We r not that kind of people that beg for money . Only if the person wants to donate then it is allowed

@hangtuah888 4 жыл бұрын

Jack and Gab, safe journey throughout Myanmar. Best sunset photos and thank you for them. But disappointed about the demand by the "Buddhist monk" who demanded $200 US dollars. Very bad and insincere. Despite being brought up as a Buddhist, I have left all religion behind as they are the cause of so much angst and deaths throughout the world. Sorry if I intrude on to your page for his rant, because I am shocked by his demand.

@ramborambo2072 2 жыл бұрын

NOTHING BUT TEMPLES

@kaybreilgabriel9794 4 жыл бұрын

That monk must be in some way related to the notorious Burmese junta...Lol

@aclearlake6210 3 жыл бұрын

The monk asking you money is fraud. Should be reported. As a Bumese, feel so embarrassed about it. Buddha said Buddhism will be destroyed only by monks, not outsiders.

@ppsahufreelitun116 3 жыл бұрын

Every body who are capable should donate to Buddhist Monks. Thanks. P. P. Sahu. Bhubaneswar. Odisha. India.

@SoundCloudLyrics 3 жыл бұрын

jack when you see the buudha you should not point the buddha whith your fingers. In myanmar it not allowed.

@richardtun4225 3 жыл бұрын

A monk can not demand or accept the money. You guys should report it to the monastery in charge because that is against the buddhist teaching. If you want to donate please drop at donation counter or donation box displayed. Thank

@bluenavy22 3 жыл бұрын

As Buddhist, the monk is a disgrace to ask for donation.. I hope this thing get reported to senior monk..

@Nina-May27 3 жыл бұрын

...he asked for a donation??? Normally the people are the one who would offer the donation to the monks.

@Ye78131 4 жыл бұрын

Beware of those monks!

@avakinbambi327 3 жыл бұрын

$200?!!!!!!! that’s robbery

@joohanhtae3965 3 жыл бұрын

monk asking 200$ donation ? he is not a monk

@chibiittomi1575 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re not supposed to point at the Buddha

@kaitenzero2224 3 жыл бұрын

Are you guys are Buddha?

@kaitenzero2224 3 жыл бұрын

NANI!?

@tampazeke4587 Жыл бұрын

It was completely inappropriate for the monk to ask for a donation. Especially a Theravada monk. It was also inappropriate for you to wear a t-shirt with an alcoholic beverage ad on it into a temple. As you are traveling and being graciously welcomed as guests in foreign countries, cultures and religions, please be more mindful of being respectful.