Alms Round in North Hollywood

[BIGBOSS1983100]

Beautiful!

[aamir03214216619]

what happent to you man and why you doing this all?

[emberry1]

Dear Yuttadhammo, I don't know if you'll receive this comment, but I found your channel a couple of weeks ago, and I just wanted to let you know that your efforts to share videos are greatly appreciated. You serve as an inspiring example of the values that I and many others aspire to embody. Thank you for representing goodness. -- Evan

[LuxXxKiTTen]

i dont understand why they are giving you all this stuff

[aromchuen]

@LuxXxKiTTen Monks don't use money or any benifits of normal day life. So he can't go and buy food, so the people give him food. It's how it works in Thailand.

People give what ever they want. And thats basicly a monk's only meal for the day. :) It's karma, do good to someone who is doing good.

[angellicvoices]

@LuxXxKiTTen This is a tradition of giving to the buddhist monks because it teaches communities the act of giving. The buddhist monks recieves food in order to teach people the kind act of being generous.

[jamesisaak777]

What are they singing? And who are they singing to?

[kubanpap]

Buddha is the Enlighten One peace be onto you brother.

[PeekMuth]

Have you ever had a splinter or any kind of cuts on the bottom of your feet due to walking barefoot?

[yuttadhammo]

@PeekMuth yes, in North Hollywood there was a lot of glass.  Here in Ventura County I haven't had any problem.

[beartito]

@yuttadhammo are you still in ventura county? that's where i live! right off the avenue as you go up to ojai. bowing.

[adamrafferty]

Awesome. You can see this in Jackson Heights NY at around 7:45 am on 37th ave as well.

[kou12]

I take refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. May all beings be well.

[nimobubu]

dear Venerable Yuttadhammo, you receiving a lot of food and how can you take home and how can you finish and how can you inside the restaurant, I am just wondering, thank you.

[paul333]

Thanks for the video upload. This is awesome blessing!!!

[EdwardGabrielsen]

This is so beautiful. Bringing an ancient tradition full of meaning and blessings to urban America.

I would like to send you some money. Do you have a mailing address?

I take refuge in Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.

[yuttadhammo]

I don't touch money. Thank you for the offer, though.

[uilium]

@EdwardGabrielsen You could get the meditation DVD...they ask for 5$ in donation to recoup the production costs...I guess they have to have a non monk person touch the money...

[EdwardGabrielsen]

@uilium Thank you. Good idea.

[maxaveniko]

I was wondering if you know Ajahn Benton Pandito. I am his student and looking for him.

You bring merit to the world. The Sangha was have practice well; I offer my homage to that Sangha.

[yuttadhammo]

Never heard of him... can you give me any details?

[usakyaputta]

I admire your courage, Ven. Yuttadhammo. Don't be discouraged by some kind of negative responses you might encounter. I hope that your alms round should be successful as long as possible. I'm a little touched. Thanks a lot.

[insurge]

I see you on the way to work in the morning on sherman wy:) i will watch more of your videos to get more of an understanding of monk life.

[indigoblue66]

Nice video :)

Metta

[pazcecipaz]

What do you carry under your robe?

thank you for sharing ....lovely chanting amonst the business ...Namaste

[OverRideGeneration]

His bowl to carry the food in

[kendoc003]

very nice vid. You touch many people. Keep them coming.

[noxtradamentus]

Desde que empece a ver estos videos me siento mareado pero seguro!!! :D

[romancebao]

That's awesome. Please keep it up.

[dabeisyin]

u must have very strong feet, don't u worry about glass in the road.

[CatCommunication]

Can you explain more about what is taking place? What are the people doing when they squat down after they give you something? Are the reciting a rote prayer, or are they simply meditating, or something else?

Does the food offered go toward feeding the monks?

[1laochild]

I bow my head to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha.

sadhu, sadhu, sadhu...

[AryaSravaka]

Criminal King Asoka became "Dhamma Asoka" after seeing a monk like this going alms round...Saadhu..saddhu..saadhu­. These days Many depressed troubles superstars in holywood may go Dhamma path after seeing this..Saadhu

[Snowmeltas]

A practice that can easily be misunderstood as begging until one understands what some Theravada Buddhist monastics achieve in terms of disciplining their own minds to perfect peace and happiness and offering that sublime example to the world. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

[tigernov6]

Isn't that road hot? His feet would feel the heat badly.

[Siddhartha02]

Intriguing!

[BuddhaWhisper]

namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhasa.....