This has got to be the best talk show/ podcast channel in Singapore where they actually have intelligent, deep and educational conversations and have fun at the same time. Unlike other talk shows where they are just showing boobs and talk about materialistic shit.
I'm so glad you guys invited a real monk to this interview! There's rarely English speaking monks around, mostly are Mandarin speaking. He debunked a lot of myths and things that are unknown to most people. Hope you guys would invite other religious leaders too! Religion is a topic seldom touched on and it should be discussed more openly.
With the model of Singapore education system , perhaps in future all the Buddhist monks and nuns can discuss Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist doctrines , all comfortable in English language.
Thank you! As a Muslim, I find this informational, create deeper understanding and respect for Buddhism and Buddhist. This is important in a multi cultural and religion society like Singapore. Its how we remain strong together.
I learnt a good teaching from Venerable in the interview: Whatever happens to us (good or bad), we internalize them. We don't externalize them (attribute them) to outside factors or other persons. Karma is volition (intention). When we don't externalize our "suffering", we don't blame outside factor and other people. Our intention will not be "blameful" or hateful or non-worthsome. This is how we purify our intention and hence our karma. Thank you Venerable for the teaching.
Very underated podcast, deep and intellectual conversation with a tinge of subtle clowny comments at times. Loving the frequent uploads! You have earned yourself a subscriber!
came across this episode whilst binging on yalls' podcast and as a buddhist/taoist myself, i have to say that the 2 episodes with Venerable Shi was not only informative but entertaining as well. I learnt more about my own religion in these 2 episodes as compared to my whole 20 years of living! Thank you Venerable Shi for answering our questions and educating us on Buddhism in such calm and graceful manner, and thank you Daily Ketchup podcast crew for asking such informative questions whilst making it entertaining as well. Truly enjoyed Venerable Shi's presence and humour as well as the mannerisms of the whole crew! Would love to see Venerable Shi back on the podcast in the near future. Until then, I will continue binging on past episodes and future episodes of The Daily Ketchup Podcast!
This is truly an educational and transparency in regards to religious affairs. The crew members also be praised for asking hard questions which many devotees failed to understand. Hope to see more of such interview in future.
Thanks for doing this video! I always wondered about things like that growing up and didn’t dare to ask because I didn’t wanna come off rude. But thank you guys so much for this!
Alot of much more interesting topic in this episode!!! Though I'm a mix Buddhist/Taoist, this episode actually gave me more content into what Buddhism really is!! Love that he is so open in sharing as well bit I hope he didn't sin anything for himself 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 A next episode will be good !!! And maybe also on other religions like Taoism or Muslim/Islam/ Hinduism ?
So interesting and informative topic. Very knowledgeable and a good speaker as he simplified the details and makes it easy for most to understand the religion, the life of a monk and how the temple operates. 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
Thank you for this informative, engaging and moving episode. Not sure why, but I was moved to tears for parts of the podcast. Appreciate the authenticity of the Venerable. 🙏🏼
Chanced upon this channel and Thank You for making it! Thank you to Venerable Shi You Wei for stepping forward to share more on Buddhism on this Talk Show. Very informative!
This is such a lab interesting and fun podcast to listen to. Coming from a person who has a short attention span, I love this podcast a lot. And I sat through the entire thing. Thank you for producing this ❤️❤️
I’m sorry but I’m half Thai and I need to say something. 😂 Alms offering is not really begging for food. They don’t beg but people offer food or daily necessities wholeheartedly. Thai monks act like an entity or a communication gateway between life and after-life. So if you’re offering food to Thai monks, that means you’re offering food to your love ones in the afterlife. Your love ones can received it. And yes thai monks can eat meat or whatever that is being offered to them. They also only have 1 meal per day which is in the morning at 11am.
But from the Buddhist doctrine, the Buddha ‘s objective is to let his ordained disciples to beg for the foods they eat to eradicate their ego and pride . Part of the training.
@@ct9245 “beg” is not a nice word. I’m a normal person and I’m not as enlightened as buddha or monks, so I find it disrespectful to use the word “beg”.
I hope you guys get someone from the other religions to share about their faith and beliefs! This series has been very insightful and enjoyable! As someone who was very confused with the religions as a kid (i went to a Christian kindergarten then a Buddhist pri sch - very confusing to a 7 year old 😂) actually even now i still dont know alot, im learning alot without needing to step into the circle. Hope to see more! Wah i died at the paywave part 🤣
Dont need to learn religion. Learn mental health,learn how to communicate with each other,respect each other. Science if u are interested or practical skill.
Dear Venerable Shi You Wei, I am a Christian. I love your energy. I am a vegan and I really can see the karmic effect. Since becoming a vegan, my mind has been so clear and I become very sensitive spiritually, things become transparent such as I can read people around me its like I can read their mind. If someone has an intention towards me, I can see it even months before it happens. It did not happen instantly, after a few years its like things are clearing up. Also, doors of opportunity started opening up for me. I became a vegan for justice as I do not agree with murdering an innocent being with feelings of pain and having family like myself. Put health aside, I definitely is much healthier than before. But the spiritual side is really obvious.
New to this channel and am digging it so much. Love the questions bouncing off each other and how the cast kept poking the monk but he was p chill w that and engaged deeply. Def underrated channel/podcast
This interview is so insightful, I get to know more abt Buddhism and also those qns I'm always curious of are being answered, maybe more of such interviews with different religions in sg... one of the best interview I have ever watched frm TDK!!!!!
In India, man represents compassion. Whereas in China, female represents compassion. In order for the easy acceptance of Buddhism in China, Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva becomes a female figure.
Because in old days the female Buddhist practitioners felt more at ease to have a female deities offering in the room, like having a mother to seek comfort with. In fact heavenly bring do not have gender and can change form as they like .
Buddhism is about philosophy of life and rid of worldly desires that pollute and corrupt the mind. From the way 4 hosts and the guest speak, we can tell how much a person is cultivated👍👍👍
Buddhism is still a religion as it is registered as religion similarly to Christianity , Islam and Hinduism, both in respective countries and in the United Nations. So as religion it is normal to talk on heaven and hell, ghost and angels/ heavenly beings , and the supernatural stuffs . As such they are similar in level of grouping.
I heard from him the whole process of becoming a monk. So once you become a monk, is there a way to quit being a monk? and what is the whole process of it? Will the family take you back?
SUPER GOOD CONTENT!!! gonna share this with my friends!!! omg seriously love this style please do more of things discussion style podcast discussing more about Singapore issues please! great job MOSG team!
Thank you for having this awesome interview. It's very informative and yet entertaining. I am learning about Buddhism and will definitely share this with my family members. Perhaps in future will get to listen to an interview with a Buddhist Thevarada nun to hear from their perspective. Thank you
' a religious person tends be a good person' - hmmmmm very debatable for some people esp those that use religion for bad or to put down others who arent in the same religion or beliefs
When the social norm for good is at a certain high level / highly civilised and educated, all the religious bodies needs to meets their similar high expectations of the people in that land.
Great episode with a wonderful host. Questions could have been more thought-provoking, but still insightful nonetheless. One thing I think is important is hopefully you guys can find a solution for your mic issues. Since your mic setup is on the table, whenever someone accidentally touching the mic or bangs the table it causes a subtle but annoying distraction especially to audio listeners. It happens quite commonly throughout this ep. Keep the series up! :)
I love this kind of topic. Very informative. Too many people are talking, asking questions, laughing etc. at the same time. Luckily the CC button is working. At least I didn’t miss any of the conversation. Otherwise I don’t know who’s talking and to focus on. Overall great content! Well done guys! ❤️
Personally I am from a Buddhist background. N I disagree such discussions. As alot of the words is misleading labels. N Buddha allows equality. Hence, why would Buddha hierarchy monks over nuns. As in Buddhist there is this teaching, "众生皆平等". That is why Buddha even allowed the practice the practice of Zen Buddhism, popularized by Budhidharma. His presence further convey that the positive practices will benefit n spread merits to the surrounding people.
i remember for the alliums one its because when the monks have to meditate and do their prayers, it can cause gas to build up in the body and has to be release so they cant really 100% focus on whatever they are doing.
Happy to hear the connections of religious people like a monk. Wishing to know about others denominations and christian pastor. Good and bad apples from them. SMiLE 😃
Great discussions! If you happen to invite him again, I’d like to know if the venerable could list some evidences of reincarnation, enlightenment, deityhood and the concept of karma apart from believing these just because of tradition? I say that because these concepts affect a life greatly in terms of outlook and motivation, and it is needful to verify the truthfulness of these concepts before anyone decides to go this route.
🙏 With great respect to All Faiths , since 5,500+ years ago , the Middle Kingdom of China had many Dynasties & their believes in the Heavenly Gods & Goddesses & the Knowledge of the Ways of the Universe ( Tao ) & around 2600 years ago , Buddhism spread to the Middle Kingdom of China from Northern India around the Tang Dynasty ... Buddhism divided roughly into Hinayana ( Small Wheel ) , Mahayana ( Bigger Wheel ) & the Vajrayana ( Diamond Wheel of the Highest Teachings , normally practiced by the Tibetan , Bhutanese & Nepali ) ... 🙏 NÅMÖ ŠÅKYÅMÜNÏ BUDDHA was a Maha Dewa in the High Heavenly Realm & had been attended at least 84,000 Million Buddhas before Him & it roughly took Billions of Years for just one appearance of a Buddha in our universe! So , yes , NÅMÖ ŠÅKYÅMÜNÏ BUDDHA had been cultivating the Buddhas' teachings for a very long time & accumulated to His Full Total Enlightenment under a Ficus Religiosa tree some 2,600 years ago in Northern India to show us the correct ways to teach us the Teachings for our own salvation or liberation from these 6 Realms of Samsara. ( Sufferings in Sanskrit ) ... 🙏🕯🌷🌿💜🌏🕊
thanks Guys for a good job well done! why ?--- 1. real modern person....speaking truthly --- the modern way...all the hard words, no "bullish", good hard questions. honest and direct ...and you guys are real. you guys are real. Well Done Guys!
Very free-minded and informative podcast and Venerable Shi Yu Wie Bhante ji was kind enough to answer all the questions, but I feel that hosts should take care of not using cuss words in from of a monk, and they should sit in front of him and not with him because he is a teacher and they have invited him to learn/understand from him and he is not their friend or a lay person with whom they are hanging out, the hosts should be mindful of how they have to be around a religious teacher.
Wow! Now I think I sinned…. I fall in love w this man seahhh… He’s such a likeable man to not to like. Thx @Daily Ketchup for asking him e questions I wanted to ask. U guyse are GREAT!
just to share , the purpose of the alm round in thailand is also to give the lay person an opportunity have build merit for offering the monk basic necessities like foods..The old and elderly do not need to walk long/travel to the temple for their merit making , regardless the person is rich or poor , everyone is given the opportunity for doing the merit by giving.. regardless just plain rice or water..etc indirectly , it help to maintain the support of the "body" of the monk for practice. With modern-day mentality and rushing pace , people start to give out $$ instead of getting food.. which indirectly is semi wrong but for donor convenience purpose . So it good that to offer food instead of $$ for the alm round... ( also prevent bogus monk) That is my personal sharing.
For monk and nun, they don’t eat garlic, chive etc that cause arousing due to such vege stimulate body organs with negativity. But for laybuddhists, there are expedients for such veggies so long as it is very small quantity to generate favour would be fine. However, it must not be personally desired to use it for cooking, which means, the family of laybuddhists prepared for them or bought it for them. Or the laybuddhists personally cook for their family members. Small quantity will not stimulate and intrude the body organs badly that arousing unknowing temperament due to minor discomfort of inner body organs.
5 pungent plants= garlic, onion, leek, chives, spring onion, asafoetida. All give rise to sexual desire when eat cook. When eat raw, give rise to temper, anger, and hatred....
I find it weird when parents think sending son to monkhood is giving him "away". The unlimited merits cultivated is more precious then money can bring. I would be joyous if I have a kid who wants to gain enlightenment.
