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[narrator] The sacred texts
say that after 40 days


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the truth came to Siddhartha in stages.

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During the first night watch, he achieved
insight into all his past lives.

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During the second night watch,

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he discovered the coherence
of cyclical existences.

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The law of cause and effect.

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The movement of karma.

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During the third and last night watch,

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he conquered the 4 mental poisons.

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Sensual desire.

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Attachment.

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Wrong views.

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And ignorance.

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That evening, under a full moon
of the month of May

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at the age of 35,

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he attained enlightenment.

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Awakening.

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Supreme knowledge.

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Nirvana.

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[Hanh] In Buddhism, we speak of nirvana.

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Which is the sensation of all suffering.

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Nirvana means the sensation- 
the instinction of all suffering.

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But our suffering

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come from our wrong perceptions.

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Misunderstanding.

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And that is why the practice of meditation

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the practice of looking deeply has the
purpose of removing wrong perceptions

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from us.

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If we are able to remove
our wrong perceptions

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we will be able to be free from that
afflictions and the sufferings

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that always arrive from wrong perceptions.

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You have wrong perception on yourself
and on the other,

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and the other has wrong perception on
themselves and on you.

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And that is the goals of fear,
of violence, of hatred.

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That is why trying to remove
wrong perceptions is the

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only way to peace.

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And that is why nirvana is first of all,
the removal of wrong perceptions.

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And when you remove wrong perceptions,
you remove the suffering.

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And to meditate deeply, you'll find now
that even ideas like

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being and non being,

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birth and death,

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coming and going,

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of wrong ideas.

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If you can touch reality in depth you'll
realize that suchness

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means an ultimate reality is free from
birth, from dying, from coming, from going.

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From being, from non being.

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That is why nirvana is first of all the
removal of notions, of ideas

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that serve the beast of misunderstanding
and suffering.

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If you are afraid of death,
of nothingness, of non being,

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because you have wrong perceptions
on death and on non being.

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The french scientist Lavoisier said

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there's no birth, there's no death.

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He just observe reality around him

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and come to the conclusion that
[inaudible].

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And when you look at the cloud

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you think of the cloud as a being,

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and later on when the
cloud become the rain,

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you don't see the cloud anymore,

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and you say the cloud is not there.

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You describe the cloud as non being.

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But if you look deeply, you can see
the cloud in the rain.

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And that is why it's impossible for
a cloud to die.

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A cloud can become the rain, snow, or ice.

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But a cloud can not become nothing.

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And that is why the notion of death can
not be applied to reality.

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There is a transformation,
there is a continuation,

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but you can not say that there is death.

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Because in your mind to die means
from something,

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you suddenly become nothing.

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From someone you suddenly
become no one.

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And so the notion of death
can not apply to reality.

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Whether to a cloud
or to a human being.

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The Buddha did not die,

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the Buddha only continued by
his [inaudible], by his dharma.

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And you can touch the Buddha in
the here and the now.

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And that is why ideas like being born,
dying, coming and going,

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being and non being should be removed
by the practice of looking deeply.

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And when you can remove these notions
you are free.

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And you have non fear.

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And non fear is the true foundation
of great happiness.

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As far as fear is there in your heart,
happiness can not be perfect.

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And that is why nirvana is not something
that you get in the future,

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nirvana is the capacity of removing
wrong notions, wrong perceptions

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which is the practice of freedom.

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Nirvana can be translated as freedom.

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Freedom from views.

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Any Buddhism, all views are wrong views.

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When you get in touch with reality
you no longer have views.

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You have wisdom.

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You have a direct encounter with reality.

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And that is no longer called views.