Invite to Doban, a comfortable South Korean restaurant located in a basement that serves some of the most tasty vegan food you'll ever taste. Run by a Buddhist monk and temple cooking expert, Hongseung, Doban is a location where tradition fulfills development. In this video, you'll discover the secrets of temple food and how Hongseung, is promoting this healthy and sustainable cuisine to the general public. She'll discuss why everything she prepares is vegan and how she utilizes just the freshest and most healthy ingredients to develop her stunning meals, such as kimchis, japche, tofu, and mushrooms. Each meal is accompanied by Hongseung,'s homemade sauces that enhance the flavors of the food.
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She got me in feels with the analogy about lotus roots being clean and pure even though they were born in mud being similar to people.I want this woman to adopt this 40 year old white man.
Typical crazy white men. Creeps.
i just saw a comment on a video where a 70 year old woman wanted to be adopted by another 50-60ish yeah old woman. lol
To anyone celebrating. Happy Songkran.
Buddhism is so interesting to me; out of all the religions it seems to have the most well rounded approach, emphasizing not just matters of moral values, beliefs, and law, but also how you treat your body and mind and the overall connectedness of everything. I would love to learn more about it!
Most peaceful religion too. Super chill… I am buddhist and grew up with buddhist practices but it was never pushed down my throat like “You have to practice buddhism or you’re going to hell” or “You have to love buddha with everything or else you’re an abomination”
If I want to go to temple, I can go to temple. If not, the monks dont even care LOL. My grandma became a monk but it was like a social club for elder ppl to do good work and help the monks. They never made it feel like a cult or that they’re better than us because they are hardcore buddhists. No one ever asks me “are you a true buddhsit?” Its like a religion where they just want to spread positive and good vibes and asks nothing in return. If you want to be hardcore, be hardcore. If not, see you when you we see you
Buddhism really is the “live, and let live” religion lol
“Suck my tongue “
-Lama
They who have ears to hear, let them hear:
Through the Holy Spirit, God has put it on me to preach to those lost in the devil’s deceit!
I tell ye, truly, Jesus of Nazareth is the propitiation for the whole world’s sins. He is the anointed one, for he is, Jesus Christ. God the Father has raised him from the dead; who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God! Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by him. They who believe and are baptized with the Holy Spirit shall be saved; but they who believe not shall be damned. For they who believe not on him, shall die in their sins!
I tell ye now to repent of your sins, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you’ll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon asking the Father!
There are *NO* sub-divisions of Christianity. You’re either a disciple of Christ or not. A Christian is someone who follows God’s word, not a religion. Who obey the Father and follow his will; not man’s nor their own heart’s. Unless you keep Jesus’ commandments, think not the Holy Spirit will dwell within you!
They who heed this message and did what was stated with an open heart to God…
Read the Holy Bible (KJV) daily and every time before you read, pray to the Father and ask:
“Lord I ask that you give me understanding of your word, that I interpret it the way you want me to, and none of my own. I ask you in Jesus’ name, amen.”
1 John 2:2 KJV
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Acts 13:26-33 KJV
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, *and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.*
27 *For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.*
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 *And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.*
30 *But God raised him from the dead:*
31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 *And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,*
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
1 Peter 3:22 KJV
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Mark 16:16 KJV
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
John 8:24 KJV
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 2:38 KJV
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 11:13 KJV
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 14:21-24 KJV
21 *He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.*
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, *If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and *the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.*
@Call_Upon_YAH Not helpful to anyone. Spreading texts like this won’t bring you or anyone else closer to God. It will make you feel better about your relationship to God.
That was a fascinating look inside Korean culture and also the origin of Veganism. Koreans are such lovely people!
Thanks for highlighting this Munchies. We Buddhists in Taiwan also have amazing vegan found.
The picture of the three siblings is just 🥹
Eating that Food is like taking an auto detailing buffer to your pineal gland and buffing it to a High Mirror Shine. One meal there and you can fire your shrink.
I wish we could have seen more of the process behind her dishes and the making the soy sauce and soy paste.
NHK World Japan has a whole slew of documentaries about is. They have a series specifically about a Buddhist Temple (granted it is run by nuns) and what they do in a calendar year…
wow the food seems so peaceful and delicious
I’m reminded of that one episode of Chefs Table about Jeong Kwan.
“Everything is related to food.” Holy shite is that fucking true. Our society, civilization and ways of life’s are completely and utterly surrounded by the cultivation of food and commodities and their own economies
This is just mind-blowing. I never thought of the connection between food and buddha. Thank you Munchies for always showing us different aspects of food culture. Hope you guys can make a longer documentary of this topic cause I really like to dig in more!
supreme healthy food 😍😍😋😋
i didn’t know they were allowed to have their own businesses. would be interesting if she made a cookbook with her other recipes.
For those who aren’t familiar with Buddhism, there are many kinds of Buddhisms and how people choose to practice. What they serve or eat in Buddhist temple cuisine South Korea is different from Thailand, for example. I was surprised green onions, onions, chives, garlic, and something else wasn’t allowed in their cuisine. This was very educational!
Buddhist are not allowed to kill so all meat is of the menu but most people have no idea how much variation there is with vegetairian food
@definitlynotbenlente7671 Buddhist household have no this restrictions. Only monks are supposed to follow this tough rule.
Yeah, this is very different even from the other East Asian sects of Buddhism.
I argue that Japan’s Zen Buddhist vegetarianism is a happy coincidence in a country that has not much plains to sustain large herd of cattle. Eating meat on the daily is rather recent as far as modern history goes but in Japan it has a date: sometime in 1879 when the Emperor of Japan ate beef. The eating of meat in Japan has practical side to its promotion: prevention of Vitamin B deficiency. Navy curry was Japan’s answer to what was once an endemic beri-beri epidemic in the Navy that was resolved only in 1889…
Yes. Buddhist household like me aslo don’t eat garlic, onion, green onions,chives. They are restricted your connect with Deva. Aslo restrictions that to reduce your angry and sexual trigger in your body.
I was lucky enough to go to a temple in Vietnam. I’ve never had a more enjoyable meal – its so simple yet well done and delicious, I actually felt really good after, sated but not full.
Plant based Buddhist chefs!
That’s awesome!
Visiting buddhist temples and meditating, eating, cleaning is always on my list i cant wait to go to one soon❤
It truly is a beautiful religion and life style such good people and kind heart never judge’s others just offer’s advice ❤❤❤❤
My favorite part of this lifetime I found: growing food with my neighbors on their farm, to harvest and prepare for the Tri-State Dharma group who book retreats where I found space to hold in calmness and appreciation for all the grace it offers