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(Half bell)

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(Bell)

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How do you understand the process
of surrendering to God's will?

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(Sister): Dear Thay, dear friends,
the question is:

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How does Thay understand
the process of surrendering to God's will?

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(Thay): God's will is
that you should be your best.

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You should be alive.

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You should enjoy the wonders of life

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and you should help other people

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to suffer less and to enjoy
the wonders of life.

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That is the will of God.

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And that is also the will of nature,
the will of Mother Earth.

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Because Mother Earth is doing that.

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Mother Earth always tries
to be as beautiful as she can be,

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to be as fresh as she can,

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as forgiving as she should.

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So Mother Earth is doing God's will.

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And we who are children
of the Mother Earth

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we can learn from her.

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We should be patient.

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We should live in such a way

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that can preserve
our freshness, our beauty,

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our compassion.

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With that kind of intention,

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good intention,

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to transform the suffering inside,

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to help people around, living beings,

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to transform their suffering.

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The intention to really be there

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and live deeply the life
that is given to you to live.

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The intention to help
people to do the same.

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With that intention,
you surrender to the will of God,

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to the desire of Father Sun
and Mother Earth.

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Because vitality, the will to live,

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the will to live peacefully, happily,
with compassion,

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that is the will of God.

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And it is also our will,

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because we have our physical body

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and we have our cosmic body,
we have our God body.

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The one who surrenders
and the one who is surrended to

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they are not two separate entities.

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(Bell)

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(Bell)