K-Pop Monk Sells Out Every Buddhist Teaching Class

This extremely handsome Buddhist monk in South Korea is going viral right now He's selling out of his temple tours And basically the question is is lookism and the whole kpop wave finally infiltrating the monasteries. Let's talk about it Oh my gosh, this is the perfect intersection on the Venn diagram between the lookism bubble and the Buddhism bubble It is right in the middle. Yeah, let's shout out to the vulnerable Young Jung it means flower monk and Basically, he's his popular monk. He has a social media following but he also does temple tours They're selling out in hours of being going live online David and a lot of people are wondering like is it good that a monk has a following that he's so good-looking Are people just going to his tours because he's good-looking is this kind of shallows is taken away from it I guess that's kind of the argument Yeah And I think most of the debate was from the Asian community Andrew because as much as we don't think about it I think being Asian Americans Asia for the most part is very Buddhist Look at this chart right here. Like most of the world's Buddhists. I believe 90% are still in Asia to this very day All right, guys, we're gonna talk about this please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot pop boys and David as as hot as this monk is You know, what else is hot? Smile a sauce get it right now. The pre-orders are available at smile a sauce calm from Sichuan to Sicily This is a perfect finishing oil you can use it in any instant that you would use an olive oil and Very very very tasty. Check it out Um, and we're moving on a flower monk on his IG is a flower like practitioner It is somebody who is able to emit the deepest sense towards others. Basically. He aims to be a flower now. I Don't know if this caption is doing him justice because it kind of sounds crazy, right? Like he aims to be a flower, but he might mean more metaphor Yeah, well also that's a translation from Korean. Maybe it means something different in the language. I mean, you know, it's not a It's a direct translation. So maybe it's not perfect in Korean culture it is also a compliment to describe a young man as flower like as it means they look pretty or both delicate features as So many kpop idols do now this to Andrew was another point of debate because a lot of people were saying they don't like that Look, and why is it the dominant look in the Asian world right now? So, of course Andrew even just a beautiful monk Sparking a bunch of debates in 2023. How can you debate? No, I'm just kidding. But yeah, so we put some hairstyles on him using AI and I'm not gonna lie, man He definitely looks like a k-drama kpop kid. Yeah, he's definitely looks like a character. He's got the soft look Maybe it's too soft for some people but generally it fits in to this like nice kpop look so real quick Andrew Yeah, Buddhism. It came from Nepal, you know, India borderlands. It's debated right now, but long story short It's spread pretty much all across Asia. So that is why Buddhism globally is so strongly Correlated with being Asian, although a lot of Asian Americans are not necessarily the practicing practicing Buddhists I would say that for example us Andrew we grew up more Christian But we definitely have had some exposure to Buddhism for sure Do you think this handsome monk is good for Buddhism good for the spread? Like do you think some women are going on his tour? Like oh my gosh Young Jung like I you know might have like grown-up Christian But now I'm just coming back to the Korean roots of Buddhism because you have really show me the light through your eyes It's possible, you know at one point South Korea was Korea Back then it wasn't split was considered the most Buddhist place on earth actually Yeah, actually the type of Buddhism that he practices is a type of Korean Buddhism It is a modified version of the Mahayana Buddhism Very hard names to say so I don't want to say him but basically that's the type of Korean Buddhism that they're practice Yes, the major types of Buddhism in Asia are Vajrayana Mahayana and Theravada And of course, there are some derivatives of its Shinto and stuff like that Just to mention I think Buddhism has had obviously a large impact on Korea's even cuisine it is often said most people believe that Pan Chan aka the side dishes Comes from the Buddhist roots of them not eating meat now Also a lot of people back then did not have money for cows and cattles and all that stuff So a lot of people were eating veggies, but some people believe possibly that's why the punch on side dishes are so good Perfected over so many years I remember when we went to Seoul that was like the coolest spot that we went to was a spot that had a lot of Those Buddhists like deep cut like like herbs from the mountains all this burdock and etc It's hard to find if you eat a lot like royal Joseon dynasty cuisine a lot of it is vegetables And then we actually had that meal in in South Korea. Um, let's get to the comment section Andrew Somebody said is he even a real monk man? I know as far as I know the Vietnamese monks they don't wear lipstick or Navy uniform man because uh There's some photos of Byung-jum and he still had to do mandatory military service in South Korea being a monk did not exempt him from So a lot of people were basically saying like, you know Like this is so different from like what I know as a monk man Like because like, you know, we got thick in that hand and he writes all the books man But he's not like trending in like a kpop way So people are saying like obviously it would be Korea that brings the kpop to the monastery. Yeah I mean, maybe just everything Korea does now is just kind of flashy and good-looking whether it's kpop TV show hosting the chefs The most the best-looking sniper, yeah, I'm sure their army men are good-looking too, man Just they just or at least that's who they're showing I'm sure they're not everybody in Korea is good-looking, but at least they're showing all the good-looking ones Someone said man what all I know right now is just it's getting so diverse some of the monks They are still legit, but other ones they are just scamming for money or even on meth or heroin Um Andrew some of these stories are coming out of around Asia, right? Like some some people are not legit Well news flash monks are people and humans and humans can be corrupted So, you know that happens with every religion every every religion has a lot of good people It also has their bad people and it's just any man with power that goes unchecked man They have a chance. Um, somebody said man y'all gonna have to start have this man questioning his religion, you know But I want to sign up for the sessions This was from a girl and somebody said Akali ABG will ruin him man and make him lose his Enlightenment Someone said I enter there was a bunch of arguing over how attractive he is a bunch of comments some people saying he's basic Some people say he's too feminine. Some people said he's a Buddhist snack. What are we going a hunk monk? Why is there so much debate over this? Look, uh, I guess because he's he looks soft I don't want to say feminine as in like he doesn't look like a woman, but he does look very soft He wouldn't hurt a fly. Literally. He wouldn't hurt a fly, right? Literally that would be against his beliefs I believe but then like he um He has like a glow to his face his skin. I don't know. It's like flawless. It's kind of like it's kind of uh Incaptivate captivating I guess do we do we oh, you mean like morning do I voice? yeah, I would say that to me the flower boy niche look that some women like Like rank, you know, every woman has like a different rank of looks that she's attracted to I think it's a growing niche But it's certainly maybe not a dominant look but it could vary group to group class to class, etc Somebody said oh man, is he gonna ask kids to suck his tongue too? That's a crazy comment Oh, obviously, I think it's good to have some good Buddhist monk PR after you know, the Dalai Lama controversy recently. Somebody said you're barking up the wrong tree ladies Somebody said my man is after peace not Punani and then uh, yeah There was some arguing over why people become monks or people's like I don't even know I don't even want to get into this debate that this comment was bringing up Um, someone was saying put up a female monk and have people sexualize her Would it be received the same and this said no man, it would be outrage Yeah, obviously like people fanning over a good-looking male monk is it's different, right? Yeah, but I don't know if there's are they sexualizing him? Like what are the comments are people saying like leaving really sexual comments? Because I feel like sometimes you'll see like a street vendor in Asia That's like really good-looking whether it's a man or woman and they're both getting sexualized So I just think people are sexualizing everybody nowadays obviously this Buddhist monk who knows our women really trying to reach out to him like that like and trying to like me to go to the 10 out of 10 level to Really get to really come after him and you know Like date him and stuff like really are they or are they respecting his boundaries? Which I'm sure listen if he ever stops being a monk and he decides that he wants to date women. He's gonna have He's gonna have a he's gonna have a good time. Someone said geez even the Korean monks are getting plastic surgery these days I don't know if he has surgery though. Somebody said man overall I just got to say this based off all the internet fervor over a hot monk that society really peaked in the 90s This whole thing is washed. Yo, you know what? You know what? I was thinking about his skincare routine Like do you think he's able to buy all like the high-end Korean skincare products or he has to use like the all-natural Monastery way of taking care of his skin and maybe maybe if he just stops being a monk They could start a business about all like the perilla leaf oils that he puts on his face at night or something like that No, I think that he he might honestly from what I know about how modern monks are able to do monetize he might have his own line of like Bumjong like monk line at Tony Moly. Yeah, he is like nowadays from what I know It's acceptable straight up monk face Moisturizer straight from the monastery. I'm just saying like that's That would be actually like a good marketing thing. I guess man. What's your major takeaways on this? Is this just like a kpop thing or is it just I mean I think that all eyes are on Korea and there are a lot of good-looking people in Korea or people who are trying hard to Find the next good-looking person in Korea is everybody in Korea good-looking No, but a lot of people are trying and I think that they're gonna get They're gonna get the media attention and I'm sure this monk is aware of kpop. He knows it, you know, maybe he's a fan I'm sure that in his he allowed to listen to it. No in his dedication to the monastery I'm sure he has dude monks are like real people guys like like there's people who have Became a monk and then left the monastery and you can go in and I don't know if you can come back There's a couple guys on YouTube that are trending right now. Yeah. Yeah, I know that you can leave the monastery and come back So whatever. I don't know if he was born in the monastery. Who knows? Maybe it was a last six-year thing Maybe maybe yo, he was like they're like what is a kpop trainee? No, what if he was a kpop reject and they were like, you know pyeongchang like you're not that good for a kpop But you could be a really good monk and then he was like help them help Buddhism, you know I don't know how Buddhism spread maybe there's this is a second wind of Buddhism in South Korea Hey guys, let us know what you think of this hunk monk story in the comment section below Keep it civil and also let us know. What is your knowledge of Buddhism? It was fun to do the research for it because actually apparently it is very Asian. All right, everybody Thank you so much for watching. Check out smile a sauce calm and until next time we out. Peace