Your Monk Haku
Hi, I'm Haku, your monk from Japan.
On this channel, "Your Monk Haku," I share wisdom and teachings from Japanese Buddhism to help you find peace, clarity, and balance in your daily life.
Life can be busy and stressful, but even small moments of mindfulness can make a big difference. Through simple stories, calming reflections, and practical advice, I aim to bring a little light and peace to your journey.
Whether you're curious about Buddhist ideas or just looking for ways to feel more grounded, you're warmly welcome here. Let's walk this path together.
Thank you for joining me,
Your Monk, Haku
Your Monk Haku
Every meeting happens only once. Even the ordinary ones. Even this one.
In this sermon, a Zen monk explores ichigo ichie, the Japanese teaching that no gathering will ever return in exactly the same way, and what that can mean for the people you love, the pain you carry, and the season you are in now.
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https://youtu.be/H_USsDBjtbU
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Your Monk Haku
There is a question that comes to people late at night.
What do I actually bring to this person's life?
Tomorrow, a teaching for anyone who has ever felt ordinary, overlooked, or unsure of their place beside someone who seems to have everything.
Have you ever felt this way? Tell me below.
https://youtu.be/0c2wHyFypx0
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Your Monk Haku
The people who taught you to walk are sometimes the same people who cannot bear to watch you run. 🙏
New teaching is live — on why the people closest to us can quietly resist our growth, and how to keep going even without their applause.
https://youtu.be/GYSgwJqvY14
3 days ago | [YT] | 3
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Your Monk Haku
Someone can be free of all desire. Free of all anger. And still not be free.
You quieted the waves. Then you mistook the surface for the bottom.
A still lake tells you nothing about the water underneath it.
New teaching is live — for the ones who actually reached the shore.
https://youtu.be/Ogc6tteTc6Q
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Your Monk Haku
Think of one thing you believe. Choose something you hold close.
Now imagine that tomorrow the whole world turns against it. Notice what tightens in your chest.
Is it the belief, or is it the part of you that wants to be seen a certain way?
New sermon is up. Watch it now.
https://youtu.be/vJ-_WWfC7t0
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Your Monk Haku
There is a knot in your hands. You did not make it — someone else pulled it wrong, long ago — but now it sits in your palms, tight and stubborn, and you do the only thing that seems reasonable. You pull.
The knot tightens.
New teaching is up now — on why most of us misunderstand how our own mind actually works, and why that misunderstanding is what keeps us stuck. 🙏
https://youtu.be/42QE5KDJ2Qk
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Your Monk Haku
There is one day in the year when the light and the dark are very nearly equal. Twelve hours, twelve hours. For a single day, nothing is winning.
And then the balance tips.
If the shortening days leave you feeling behind, restless, or quietly afraid, this teaching is for you. A monk on why the dark half of the year is not the light being taken from you, and what it is actually for.
Which season of life are you in right now?
🌱 Growing
🌙 Waiting
🍂 Resting
New teaching is up now. https://youtu.be/aXR8ej2oSxY
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Your Monk Haku
The phone did not ring today.
You knew it wouldn't. And still, some part of you looked.
Nobody died. There was no funeral, no one saying "I'm sorry for your loss." Only a slow silence, and a grief with no name.
New sermon: a monk on grieving someone who's still alive, why the unanswered hurts more than a goodbye, and a blessing and release practice for someone who is still out there somewhere.
Watch now 👇
https://youtu.be/hC-AwJ21imA
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Your Monk Haku
Somewhere, right now, you are waiting for your life to begin.
You believe it will begin once the promotion comes. Once the relationship settles. Once the debt is paid, the body heals, the doubt quiets down.
New sermon is up: "What Is the Meaning of Life According to the Buddha?" 🙏 A traveler who couldn't put his pack down, a woman who spent thirty years defending a wall she'd outgrown, and what the Buddha actually meant when he said "no fixed self."
Link 👇
https://youtu.be/2sAX0pnd79E
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Your Monk Haku
September arrives, and with it comes the same ritual. Candles are lit. Bubble baths are drawn. People post about "putting themselves first" while quietly feeling worse than when the month began. 🕯️
New sermon is up: "September Is Self-Care Month — A Monk Says You're Doing It Wrong."
If you've ever finished a spa day and felt the same ache waiting for you Monday morning, this one's for you.
https://youtu.be/QU7RpYnQdic
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