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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sutta 16, Cetokhila Sutta, The Wilderness In the Heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.10,0:00:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus have I heard, on one occasion the Blessed One was living
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.05,0:00:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's park.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.05,0:00:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: "Bhikkhus".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.05,0:00:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Venerable sir" they replied.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.07,0:00:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Blessed One said this: "bhikkhus,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.05,0:00:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any bhikkhu who has not abandoned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.04,0:00:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 wildernesses in the heart and not severed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.09,0:00:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5 shackles in the heart should come to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.05,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growth, increase and fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this Dhamma and Discipline - that is impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.04,0:00:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What, bhikkhus are the five wildernesses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.07,0:00:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heart that he has not abandoned?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.03,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here a bhikkhu is doubtful, uncertain,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undecided and unconfident about the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teacher, and thus his mind does not incline
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.03,0:01:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ardour, devotion, perseverance and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.04,0:01:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,striving. As his mind does not incline to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.06,0:01:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ardour, devotion, perseverance and striving,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.01,0:01:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the first wilderness in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.02,0:01:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not abandoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.01,0:01:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means the first one is they don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.06,0:01:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the faith, confidence in the Buddha. The teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.09,0:01:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the Buddha so they have no faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.01,0:01:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important we have the faith but it has to come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.01,0:01:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the right understanding. For example, someone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have doubt whether the Buddha is a special being..
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.08,0:01:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of people are saying it's impossible to get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.08,0:02:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightened so we better practice to be born in a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.04,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better place or a heavenly realm. So people say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, some Buddhists say that! They find it's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.08,0:02:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impossible to become enlightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.08,0:02:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they have doubt - whether this is beyond me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.03,0:02:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether the Buddha exists. They have doubt whether
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.10,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha is an ordinary being and whether they can
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get enlightened. So when you have doubt you will not
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.04,0:02:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be inspired and you wil not arouse that energy to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.09,0:02:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practice, isn't it? Because you have doubts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.06,0:02:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, something that you have no faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.03,0:02:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes? [question from audiece]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.06,0:03:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is they have the confidence and faith in the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.01,0:03:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha. We have no faith, but this faith come from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.09,0:03:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right understanding. For example, some people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.02,0:03:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have lots of faith in the Buddha and they think
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.09,0:03:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha.. they pray to Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.33,0:03:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they pray very hard
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.28,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they believe in the Buddha, they have a very strong faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.08,0:03:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't come from the right understanding, that is from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.01,0:03:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wrong view. Maybe some people think if they have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.05,0:03:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faith in the Buddha so maybe their life, everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.06,0:03:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will go well for them. And then some have difficulties in their life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.05,0:03:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they say it's not working - I have faith
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.09,0:03:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Buddha, I pray so hard - and some misfortune still
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.01,0:04:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens to me. So this is not come from right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.09,0:04:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding and the mind will not incline harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.04,0:04:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ardour means you have that inspiration, which gives
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.02,0:04:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rise to determination. That is the energy, the noble
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.06,0:04:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy, not the kind of energy that you want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.06,0:04:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you want to get something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.08,0:04:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later the Buddha will explain that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.01,0:04:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the Iddhipada.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.05,0:04:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the noble power. So for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.02,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone have this wrong view of the Buddha so they
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take Buddha as a God. So they have very strong faith
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Buddha but that is not from the right view,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.01,0:05:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not from the right understanding, that is wrong view.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.09,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then if you don't have the faith, and you have doubt,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.04,0:05:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not confident that you'll be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.09,0:05:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put into practice, then you will not strive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.04,0:05:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will not persevere, isn't it? Will not. Because,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.06,0:05:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not really sure that the Buddha he himself got enlightened"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.02,0:05:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you will not arouse that energy to do the practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.49,0:05:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put forth effort into the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.71,0:05:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what is meant by no faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.79,0:05:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes if you arouse faith, then you put forth effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.08,0:05:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's not necessary that you start with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.01,0:05:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha - that you have faith in the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.03,0:05:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have faith in the Dhamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.07,0:05:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it can be the other way around.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.02,0:06:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the second one, the Buddha said:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.10,0:06:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Again a Bhikkhu is doubtful, uncertain, undecided
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.06,0:06:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unconfident about the Dhamma...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.03,0:06:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour, perseverance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.04,0:06:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,striving, devotion... that is the second wilderness in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.09,0:06:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart that he has not abandoned"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.10,0:06:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have doubt about the Dhamma, that's the Buddhist teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.07,0:06:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the truth. The Dhamma always refers to the law of kamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.04,0:06:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if someone has doubt, "I don't believe there is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.01,0:06:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebirth", this law of kamma, whatever we do has no consequence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.09,0:06:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you will not really strive, to really
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.08,0:07:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put forth effort to really live a skillful life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.02,0:07:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you will not have that inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.07,0:07:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, someone come across to the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.10,0:07:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhist teaching and they say oh yeah it's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.04,0:07:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very inspiring, who said that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, it's the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.05,0:07:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they have the faith in the Dhamma,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.04,0:07:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teaching, then they have the faith in the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.08,0:07:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it can be the other way around.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.03,0:07:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you listen to the Dhamma and you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.03,0:07:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel so inspired. All of you come here and listen to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.09,0:07:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suttas and feel inspired and then you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.01,0:07:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put forth effort to do the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.07,0:07:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the second wilderness in the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.02,0:07:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wilderness in the heart means a barrier,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.10,0:07:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a stump. Some translate Cetokhila as a stump.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.05,0:08:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stop you from growing further, because if
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.04,0:08:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have this in the heart it will stop you from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.02,0:08:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going further. So if you don't have the faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.07,0:08:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no confidence in the Buddha and no confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.06,0:08:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Dhamma, it will stop you because you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.06,0:08:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will not put forth effort, you will not strive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.00,0:08:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not persevere to keep going because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.01,0:08:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have doubt. If you have that it is really a stumbling
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.09,0:08:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,block, a barrier stopping us going further.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.03,0:08:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the second wilderness in the heart the Buddha mentioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.06,0:08:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So again a Bhikkhu is doubtful, uncertain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.05,0:08:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undecided and unconfident about the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.03,0:09:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.09,0:09:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devotion, perseverance, and striving
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.01,0:09:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the third wilderness in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.06,0:09:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not abandoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.10,0:09:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, some people they come across
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.08,0:09:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monks or nuns and they find them very inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way they conduct themself, they are full
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.05,0:09:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of loving kindness, and they feel that when
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.01,0:09:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they be with this person they become
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.06,0:09:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very peaceful and very calm and they feel very inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.04,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they will start to put forth.. oh I would like to..
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.06,0:09:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have someone right in front of them that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.08,0:09:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have this very peaceful and calm, and actually
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.02,0:09:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhu Bodhi is one of the very good example.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.05,0:10:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was about 10, the first monk he
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.06,0:10:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met, a Vietnamese monk. And the first time he met he was very young
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.04,0:10:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was really struck by the tranquility
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.02,0:10:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this monk, very peaceful and very calm,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.08,0:10:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the serenity, and it give him a very strong
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.10,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact on his mind - he say "oh wow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.08,0:10:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never seen a being like that before, a man
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.02,0:10:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so calm and so peaceful".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.05,0:10:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really had a strong impact on his mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.08,0:10:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as all of you know, even this Majjhima
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.10,0:10:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nikaya, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.03,0:10:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,translate these suttas. So actually he actually
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.08,0:10:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see a monk on the street, he didn't even know this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.02,0:10:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monk walking on the street, and he was so inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.09,0:11:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by how this monk is so peaceful and so calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.07,0:11:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was inspired and later he became a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.07,0:11:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sangha means those who listen to the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.07,0:11:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhist teaching and put into practice to get
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.02,0:11:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.08,0:11:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the faith, the confidence in the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.06,0:11:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have the confidence in the teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.08,0:11:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have the confidence in the Buddha, the teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.08,0:11:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not necessary to come from the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.04,0:11:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dhamma the Sangha. You can come from meeting some monks or nuns
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.08,0:11:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your life that really inspire you and you then start to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.02,0:11:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you can go from the sangha to the dhamma and the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.88,0:11:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe from the Buddha-Dhamma to the Sangha or to the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.04,0:12:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not necessary that you have to go
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.09,0:12:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the sequence Buddha Dhamma Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.10,0:12:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So again a Bhikkhu is doubtful, uncertain,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.02,0:12:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undecided and unconfident about the training.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.09,0:12:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.04,0:12:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance, devotion and striving
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.07,0:12:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the fourth wilderness in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.09,0:12:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not abandoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.03,0:12:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The training is not only the training rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.09,0:12:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, when the Buddha speaks to the monks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.03,0:12:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it not only refers to the training rules, the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.07,0:12:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patimoka, the vinya rules. It's only part of the sila.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.06,0:12:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually it's actually refers to the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.01,0:12:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole path of practice, the Noble Eightfold Path.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.05,0:12:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is you have to have the sila, samadhi
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.08,0:13:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and panya. That is morality. So morality is the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.02,0:13:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foundation of a peaceful mind, the cultivation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.07,0:13:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mind. So the samadhi is not only sitting
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.06,0:13:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in meditation.. To have the cultivation of the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.01,0:13:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the samadhi group needs to have three -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.04,0:13:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mindfulness, stillness, calmness and effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.08,0:13:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The effort always refers to the four right efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.02,0:13:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because mindfulness itself is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.03,0:13:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just knowing, just mindful. So for exampe, you have unwholesome
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.02,0:13:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thoughts arising, so anger, it's an unwholesome
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.10,0:14:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of mind and you're aware of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.09,0:14:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because you haven't cultivated the calmness,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.07,0:14:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stillness, you won't be able to hold yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.05,0:14:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each time you think - I should have held myself!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.09,0:14:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shouldn't do that again! We do that again because
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.06,0:14:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have the stillness, the calmness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.08,0:14:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hold the mind. So actually it's not easy to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.07,0:14:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the unreactive awareness so you need to have
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.08,0:14:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the calmness, the stillness, the concentration to be
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.06,0:14:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to hold the mind and not react.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.05,0:14:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also you need to put forth effort, that is the four
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.02,0:14:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right effort to stop the mind, to have a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.08,0:14:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To stop the mind from going further, to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.06,0:14:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind to avoid the unwholesome states of mind
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.07,0:15:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like anger, greediness, you know you stop that, avoid that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.08,0:15:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if it's already arisen then you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.02,0:15:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandon this unwholesome state of mind
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.03,0:15:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandon, for example, ill-will or anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.04,0:15:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you replace by a thought of loving kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.06,0:15:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wholesome thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.08,0:15:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you maintain that, then this unwholesome
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.06,0:15:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of mind will not arise.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.00,0:15:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the four right efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.02,0:15:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This three together, this mindfullness, stillness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.04,0:15:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and right effort,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.04,0:15:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if these three, they intertwine together they
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.08,0:15:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become very powerful and solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.03,0:16:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have only mindfulness it snaps very easily
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.06,0:16:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not strong it's not powerful enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.10,0:16:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.04,0:16:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But only with concentrations, some people try
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.00,0:16:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hard concentration but without the mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.05,0:16:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just focus. I remember someone told me when we were in the monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.08,0:16:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone stay in the monastery and some of the food
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.08,0:16:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes off and this person say, "I didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.07,0:16:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the food was already off, because I just focus
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.07,0:16:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on chewing chewing chewing chewing."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.08,0:16:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I mean it's not very good, just the focus itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.01,0:16:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So not knowing they're not even aware what is that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.07,0:16:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not wrong that we know the taste whether
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.09,0:16:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's sour or sweet. You're mindful of what you're eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.01,0:16:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the chewing itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.03,0:17:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it become blur, no awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.05,0:17:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not bright the mind, you know, just chewing chewing chewing
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.02,0:17:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the food rotten they don't even know, they just swallow it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.07,0:17:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when an unwholesome state arises you know
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.07,0:17:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you react to that emotion it's going to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.06,0:17:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead us to suffering. It causes harm to others
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.02,0:17:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to ourself. We know the danger of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.02,0:17:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're aware of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.06,0:17:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you'll be able to put forth effort and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.03,0:17:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also you have the awareness and stillness and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.09,0:17:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calmness to hold yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.02,0:17:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your mind is strong enough to hold.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.02,0:17:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course it's not easy to avoid this and avoid that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.10,0:17:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes again and again lots of people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.05,0:17:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find themselves that they shouldn't have done that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.00,0:17:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still couldn't hold, couldn't bite back
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.03,0:18:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their tongue and not say something.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.08,0:18:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you do need that, you know, the cultivation
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.02,0:18:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mind is not only mindfulness, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.06,0:18:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only stillness, it's effort. These three
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.04,0:18:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to come together. Of course this has to be
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.06,0:18:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supported by sila (morality). So morality is important,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.07,0:18:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the foundation for a peaceful mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.02,0:18:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you're not, so because, if you have
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.03,0:18:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done something that you know, causes harm to others
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.05,0:18:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to ourself too, isn't it, if you have done
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.06,0:18:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you feel is not quite right.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.05,0:18:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your mind you feel go on and on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.02,0:18:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very difficult to be peaceful, it's just natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.06,0:18:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like the Buddha said, it's natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.08,0:18:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You live a virtuous life, you expect that leads to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.03,0:19:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gladness when you're virtuous person.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.05,0:19:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's natural that you have the gladness.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.08,0:19:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you do something good you feel good
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.00,0:19:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about yourself. That is natural the Buddha, said,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.00,0:19:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you want it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.04,0:19:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens by itself, it's natural, it naturally leads
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.02,0:19:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you to that direction. So when you have the gladnes
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.09,0:19:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have the peace, joy, you have the energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.00,0:19:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you have the joy you have the energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.50,0:19:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have this happiness. That's why it's always
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.00,0:19:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happiness comes first. Before the stillness.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.05,0:19:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have the joy, the tranquility, then you have
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.01,0:19:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the happiness, then your mind still. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.09,0:19:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're happy then you're content, you don't go anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.08,0:19:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just happy to be there, you're just happy in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.10,0:19:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why some people run away from this moment? Because they're not happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.10,0:20:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually people are restless because they're unhappy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.04,0:20:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When someone is unhappy they're restless, the mind always wonder off.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.08,0:20:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why it's important, the happiness. If you want to cultivate
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.07,0:20:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a peaceful mind to develop the wisdom, happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.02,0:20:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually is the pre-requisite.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.03,0:20:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Buddhist path is actually a happy path.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.03,0:20:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to have the happiness first, to come first,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.04,0:20:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then only you'll be able to focus. Only through the still mind
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.01,0:20:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the insight arises from when the five
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.08,0:20:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hindrances abandoned - then you have clarity of mind
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.10,0:20:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can see things as they really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.04,0:20:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see one thing leading to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.06,0:20:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it happens by itself. It's not through willpower,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.04,0:21:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not through trying to control. You can't make it happen, it happens by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.05,0:21:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the morality is the foundation for a peaceful mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.10,0:21:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A peaceful mind is the foundation for development
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.04,0:21:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this wisdom. So the whole training the whole path
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.10,0:21:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is referred to the Noble Eightfold Path,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.02,0:21:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the sila-sammadhi-panya, this whole path of practice
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.04,0:21:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you have no confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.04,0:21:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have no faith in this training, the Noble Eightfold Path,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.06,0:21:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not strive, isn't it, you will not persevere
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.01,0:21:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not arouse energy to do the practice, you won't.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.09,0:21:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it says this is the fourth wilderness in the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.02,0:21:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we have this wilderness in the heart, that is
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.04,0:21:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a barrier, it stops us from going further to have
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.06,0:21:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growth in the Dhamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.09,0:22:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again the Buddha goes down to the fifth wilderness in the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.01,0:22:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Again a bhikkku is angry and displeased with
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.03,0:22:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his companions in the holy life life, resentful,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.07,0:22:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,callous towards them, and thus his mind does not
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.03,0:22:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incline to ardour, devotion, perseverance and striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.08,0:22:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour, devotion
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.04,0:22:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving, that is the fifth
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.06,0:22:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wilderness in the heart that he has not abandoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.03,0:22:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if someone constantly has lots of ill-will, anger
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.02,0:22:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the companion in the holy life, it's just like
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.08,0:22:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example if in the family you have lots of anger
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.09,0:22:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards you partner, you know, or maybe in your place
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.04,0:22:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your colleagues, constantly you have lots of ill-will,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.08,0:23:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not arouse that inspiration because your
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.02,0:23:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind is disturbed and you're obsessed with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.01,0:23:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each time you come back because normally when we
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.06,0:23:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have lots of anger, very easily you get depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.08,0:23:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you depressed, the energy is really low.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.03,0:23:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine constantly your mind is obsessed with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.08,0:23:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think you will have energy to practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.05,0:23:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To arouse energy? No, you can't because the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.01,0:23:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly you go back, thinking about, at home
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.10,0:23:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this person said that, that person said that,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.08,0:23:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is really a stumbling block.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.10,0:23:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really stops us from going further because we always
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.03,0:23:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think that the problem is outside, but actually it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.02,0:23:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The anger arises within our own mind, sometimes we think the
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.01,0:24:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person made me angry, the person is the one who,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.01,0:24:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the one, they make me angry because of them
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.05,0:24:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my suffering comes from the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.05,0:24:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday I mentioned about one of the ladies
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.01,0:24:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just recently she told me that when she was really
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.06,0:24:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stressed out she planned
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.82,0:24:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said she really had the planning to kill her boss.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.83,0:24:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She do all the planning because
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.32,0:24:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that moment she thinks that her suffering comes from the boss.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.01,0:24:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss gives her too much work, and she worked till midnight
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.07,0:24:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next morning she still takes work back home to work
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.00,0:24:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,till 3am. And she go back to work again and to
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.07,0:24:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a point that she's completely stressed out.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.05,0:24:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said she became depressed, lots of anger, she depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.01,0:24:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She planned to kill [laugh] her. And then she
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.08,0:25:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planned after killing her boss she would jump down
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.07,0:25:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the.. because she was working in Singapore
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.07,0:25:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has lots of high-rise buildings, so she
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.07,0:25:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planned she'd jump down from the building, she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.07,0:25:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what she planned. And when she told her
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.02,0:25:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sister, her sister said, "you're crazy",
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.06,0:25:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just change your job [laughs], why do you want to kill your boss?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.07,0:25:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at that moment you don't.. we get stuck you know
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.02,0:25:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our mind, once our mind thinks that object
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.06,0:25:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a problem, so we get sucked in.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.72,0:25:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we think is how bad is that person is.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.09,0:25:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again and again, we get lost. Sometimes it's just amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.02,0:25:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people commit suicide because of small thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.08,0:25:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you focus on that, it manifest, and then you
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.06,0:25:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become unbearable, you think that is your problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.04,0:25:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your mind is there, because of anger you will not be
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.03,0:26:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to live harmoniously with your companion in the
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.09,0:26:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holy life or your partner, because you have lots
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.06,0:26:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of anger, you're not at ease and at peace
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.05,0:26:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is really draining, you have no energy, you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.01,0:26:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot strive, you have no energy to practice because
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.02,0:26:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really draining, especially with this unwholesome
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.06,0:26:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of mind. Your mind go in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.03,0:26:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why, if you can see the problem comes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.02,0:26:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from ourself then we can ask ourself, do I have
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.01,0:26:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thoughts of loving kindness towards that person?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.09,0:26:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we can't, at least we can wish ourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.05,0:26:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at least I have no ill-will towards that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.10,0:26:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at least we take away, have a break from
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.05,0:26:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on and on. Because once we go in we're sucked in.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.03,0:26:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we just get lost. So when you have that you can't
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.01,0:27:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arouse the energy at all, no energy, so that's why
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.08,0:27:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes, it goes on and on, and it disturbs the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.00,0:27:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is the anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.08,0:27:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually in the other suttas the Buddha did
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.06,0:27:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mention how to deal with this unwholesome state of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.02,0:27:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially the anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.06,0:27:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which sutta.. Actually the Buddha did mention...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.05,0:27:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one of the suttas the Buddha did mention that there
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.04,0:27:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is five steps to stop the mind. I think that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.03,0:27:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vitakkasanthana Sutta - The Removal of Distracting Thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.04,0:27:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha did mention how when we have these
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.00,0:28:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unwholesome thoughts, for example you have this
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.06,0:28:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger, ill-will, towards someone. So you feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.04,0:28:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going to strangle him!"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.07,0:28:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really angry. So the Buddha said then you have to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.04,0:28:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replace with a thought of loving kidness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.06,0:28:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after doing that, the Buddha said that's the first step
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.07,0:28:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if that doesn't work and you still want to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.05,0:28:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strangle that person then you come to the second step.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.08,0:28:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you reflect on the danger of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.01,0:28:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the danger if you react and go on and on
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.04,0:28:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you do something that will hurt yourself and others.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.00,0:28:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you reflect on the danger of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.05,0:28:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then after doing that, you still very angry, you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.10,0:29:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still want to strangle that person, so the Buddha said
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.05,0:29:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go to the third step, that is you try to remove yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.69,0:29:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to pay attention on that. If you can physically
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.02,0:29:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remove yourself then it's good. That is the best way.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.04,0:29:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you can't then you try to not pay attention to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.10,0:29:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe pay attention to other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.04,0:29:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or not to focus on that. So Buddha said that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.01,0:29:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,third step. So after doing that, you still want to strangle
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.04,0:29:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that person so you have to come to the fourth step really.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.00,0:29:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth one is when you pacify the thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.07,0:29:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is you use something like, you keep telling yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.08,0:29:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"calm down, calm down" because when you put your
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.02,0:29:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention to the noting, to the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.03,0:29:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "calm calm calm", then your attention
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.10,0:30:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not on the person, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.00,0:30:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then on the words like "calm calm calm "
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.01,0:30:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or "make peace, make peace, make peace"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.02,0:30:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then it's a break, then you will not go further.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.03,0:30:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then after that, after the fourth step, you still want to strange the person!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.09,0:30:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is no more. The fifth one is the last step the Buddha said.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.07,0:30:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you really have to clench your teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.07,0:30:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to suppress yourself to not do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.06,0:30:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're going to strangle someone!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.03,0:30:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one you do it with awareness, it's not that you're
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.02,0:30:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing, you're knowing that if you go
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.06,0:30:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further then you will do something that causes lots
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.07,0:30:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of harm to yourself and to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.06,0:30:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you're going to harm someone, then you have
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.00,0:30:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to suppress. But of course after doing the fourth step
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.03,0:31:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the last one. But if you always do that
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.08,0:31:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when anger come up, you just suppress, then it's no good.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.02,0:31:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you become mental habitual pattern that you're suppressing all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.04,0:31:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you suppress all the time, this will explode.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.07,0:31:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually if you follow instruction by the time you
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.03,0:31:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to fourth step your anger will subside quite a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.04,0:31:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after you try the first step not working, you try the second
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.05,0:31:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the third, the fourth. Come to the fourth pretty much your
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.09,0:31:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger will subside quite a bit. So in the other suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.06,0:31:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha did mention.. but I just gave you the gist
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.04,0:31:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that. You can read the suttas about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.08,0:31:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it's important if you have lots of anger
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.06,0:31:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really stop as from striving, to arouse
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.08,0:32:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy because it's draining, you have no energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.01,0:32:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is the fifth wilderness in the heart the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.02,0:32:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said that stops us from having growth in the Dhamma to fulfillment.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.05,0:32:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the Buddha said:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.02,0:32:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"These are five wildernesses in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.09,0:32:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not abandoned."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.08,0:32:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the Buddha went on to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.00,0:32:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What bhikkhus, are the five shackles in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.05,0:32:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not severed? Here a bhikkhu is
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.00,0:32:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not free from lust, desire, affection, thirst,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.06,0:32:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fever, craving for sensual pleasures, and thus
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.02,0:32:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his mind does not incline to ardour,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.06,0:32:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devotion, perseverance and striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.02,0:32:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.08,0:32:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving, that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.10,0:32:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first shackle in the heart that he has not severed."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.04,0:33:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is we're craving the sensory pleasure, that is the senses, we're attached to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.08,0:33:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then the shackles mean that we're bound by that
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.04,0:33:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we cannot escape. That is the one that tie us down,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.03,0:33:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sensory pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.03,0:33:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, if our mind is constantly thinking about getting
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.06,0:33:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good food, you know, all your energy is going to there
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.09,0:33:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually this energy is going out.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.09,0:33:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of energy, of course, the Buddha never
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.06,0:33:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denied happiness from the senses. We do have happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.00,0:33:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that kind of happiness is not the wholesome
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.02,0:33:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness. This is unwholesome happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.01,0:33:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of happiness leads us to more suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.05,0:34:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't lead us to peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.06,0:34:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the happiness within. The Buddha always encourage us
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.03,0:34:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to persue the happiness within ourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.00,0:34:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only that happiness within ourself, it leads to peace and calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.02,0:34:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this kind of happiness is going out,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.09,0:34:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it won't lead us to peace, to calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.07,0:34:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you listen to a Dhamma and you're inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.08,0:34:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have lots of joy after listening to the teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.05,0:34:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this does not rely on the senses, this is within ourself
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.08,0:34:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's not dependent on the senses but is independent,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.07,0:34:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so within yourself. So normally with the inspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.00,0:34:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the joy, that leads you to, you have the energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.01,0:34:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy is one of the factors of enlightenment, that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.04,0:35:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leads you to peace and happiness, and
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.03,0:35:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then development of the wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.09,0:35:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again if we persue that kind of happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.07,0:35:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the senses then we will be bound by that
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.06,0:35:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we will not have growth in the Dharmma.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.05,0:35:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't have fulfillment, we will not have progress in our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.02,0:35:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the first shackle that the Buddha mentions.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.04,0:35:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then again, a bhikkhu is not free from lust, desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.07,0:35:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affection, thirst, fever and craving for the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.02,0:35:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...as his mind does not inline to ardour,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.02,0:35:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devotion, perseverance and striving, that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.03,0:35:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second shackle in the heart that he has not severed."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.09,0:35:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, we're attached to the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.00,0:36:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're attached to this body, we think that, you know, we have this..
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.12,0:36:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, myself, when I was young,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.06,0:36:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in my twenties, I was very attached to my
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.01,0:36:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appearance, you know.. I like to go to beaty salon,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.10,0:36:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent hours there. I even take to my eyebrow [laughs].
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.04,0:36:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was thinking, I don't have to do it every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.00,0:36:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you save the problem [laughing].
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.03,0:36:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the attachment to the body and then use lots of energy
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.05,0:36:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by thinking, spending lots of time doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.06,0:36:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you spend time there you will not arouse that energy
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.08,0:36:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strive, to practice, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.64,0:36:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not persevere. You don't have the inspiration, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.52,0:36:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just the craving, because we're attached to this body so much
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.07,0:36:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attached to our appearence, we want people to praise us,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.08,0:36:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"oh you look nice", we're attached to that because
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.04,0:37:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives us a sense of self, who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.08,0:37:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're attached to our self, to our own body the Buddha said.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.14,0:37:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then this is also we're bound by that
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.35,0:37:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we have that, if we haven't severed this one, the attachment
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.05,0:37:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the body, then we're bound by that
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.05,0:37:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we will not have growth in the Dhamma, we will not have progress
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.02,0:37:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Dhamma. Then the Buddha continued:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.01,0:37:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A bhikkhu is not free from lust, desire, affection, thirst, fever and craving for form..
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.08,0:37:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind does not incline to ardour, perseverance,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.08,0:37:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devotion and striving, that is the third shackle in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.11,0:37:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not severed."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.10,0:38:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more attachment to the form, form is actually referred to
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.09,0:38:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attachment to other people or the things that we want
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.08,0:38:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we're craving for a new car, we craving for material things,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.04,0:38:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we strive to get that, so that is not the right striving
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.00,0:38:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the wrong effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.03,0:38:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we strive very hard to get what we want, we strive
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.02,0:38:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the material things, we strive to have all those enjoyments,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.04,0:38:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indulging the sensory pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.01,0:38:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this type of striving, not to strive to get things.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.01,0:38:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually the striving is to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.02,0:38:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's very difficult to stop isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.01,0:38:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we strive to stop, and not strive to get things.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.07,0:38:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we crave for things, material things, that is the third
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.04,0:39:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shackle that the Buddha mentioned in the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.04,0:39:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, "...that he has not severed", so this is the third shackle.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.04,0:39:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then "Again, a bhikkhu eats as much as he likes until his belly
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.04,0:39:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is full and indulges in the pleasures of sleeping, lolling and drowsing
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.04,0:39:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his mind does not incline to ardour, perseverance, devotion
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.08,0:39:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and striving, that is the fourth shackle in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.03,0:39:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not severed."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.03,0:39:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people like the pleasure of drowsiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.06,0:39:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just drowsy, you know, because,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.04,0:39:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is one of the way that some people use, as a way because
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.05,0:39:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's unskillful, to face the pain in their life or the emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.09,0:40:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the negative emotion, so they try to run away
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.00,0:40:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using, sometimes people, some people when they're
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.06,0:40:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depressed they sleep a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.03,0:40:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is one of the ways to escape, running away from
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.07,0:40:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealing, looking at our pain, our problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.07,0:40:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was in Thailand so the place where we stayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.06,0:40:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the women's section, the kutis there [???]
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.03,0:40:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the ladies there, she told me
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.01,0:40:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how she have lots of fear, she was really terrified.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.02,0:40:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially she was quite okay, until one day because we had someone pass away
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.01,0:40:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they cremate in the monastery and for Thai custom they
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.05,0:40:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the ceremony of washing the hands before they cremate
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.04,0:40:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she looked at the dead body, the face, [???], and then next day
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.06,0:41:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the cremation, and after a few days the family came and
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.83,0:41:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collected the ashes and put into the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.09,0:41:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually the wall is just a wall of the area where we stay
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.07,0:41:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her kuti was quite close to the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.05,0:41:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that she couldn't sleep. She was really terrified. Lots of fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.02,0:41:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so one of the way she helped herself deal with her
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.09,0:41:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear, you know what she did?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.07,0:41:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She shut herself off.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.04,0:41:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went to bed at 7, she wake up at 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.06,0:41:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her mind totally shut off. She said because she can't deal with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.06,0:41:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how we sometimes like to sleep, you know, so we don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.05,0:41:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at the pain. That's why sometimes we take
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.10,0:41:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alcohol or drugs because it's too painful, they can't deal with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.00,0:41:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's unskillful, so they use it as a way to run away from the
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.06,0:42:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pain, the problem they have to face. Because it's painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.06,0:42:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not easy. They use this as a way to escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.07,0:42:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it's enjoy sleeping, enjoy with the drowsiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.09,0:42:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you're drowsy you're not awake so you will not think of your problem anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.68,0:42:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is one of the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.10,0:42:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you always do that, we're bound by that,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.03,0:42:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will not have growth in the Dhamma,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.01,0:42:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will not progress in our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.08,0:42:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Buddha says, "this is the fourth shackle in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.04,0:42:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not severed.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.00,0:42:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu leads the holy life aspiring to
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.04,0:42:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some order of gods thus: "by this virtue or observance or asceticism
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.01,0:43:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or holy life I shall become a great god or some lesser god."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.09,0:43:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus his mind does not incline to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.04,0:43:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving. As his mind does not incline to
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.04,0:43:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ardour, devotion, perseverance and striving, this is the
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.04,0:43:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fifth shackle in the heart that he has not severed.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.00,0:43:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the five shackles in the heart that he has not severed", the Buddha says.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.02,0:43:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the fifth one is sometimes people pray to the god and they thought
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.00,0:43:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do all this practice, and they want to be born into the heavenly realm,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.01,0:43:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't want to be, they have no interest. So you still want
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.02,0:43:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exist, they're still craving to exist, in a heavenly realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.06,0:43:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you have that, then you're still bound by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.07,0:44:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my friends, many years ago, my Dhamma friend, she said to me that
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.09,0:44:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she doesn't want to attain nibbana, that she wanted to be a god. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.01,0:44:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She want to be born in a heavenly realm, she said.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.49,0:44:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her main purpose of offering lots of danas,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.52,0:44:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all the Dhamma work, for her, her intention is to be born in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.07,0:44:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me, she say, I'm interested in, I only want to be
Dialogue: 0,0:44:24.01,0:44:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reborn in heaven so for her this is her intention, so she's bound by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.02,0:44:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She still want to come back. She still wants to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.05,0:44:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we want to be then we come back again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.02,0:44:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're bound by that. So no escape. Then we will not have any
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.08,0:44:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progress in the practice, or it's impossible that we have fulfillment in the
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.05,0:45:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dhamma and the discipline.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.05,0:45:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So "these are the five shackles in the heart that he has not severed."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.08,0:45:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So "bhikhus, let any bhikkhu...", so basically this explain all the sutta and now
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.07,0:45:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the repeat, so I'll read the repeat
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.08,0:45:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"bhkikkus that any bhikkhu who has abandoned the five wildernesses in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.04,0:45:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and severed five shackles in the heart should come
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.01,0:45:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to growth, increase and fulfillment in this Dhamma and Discipline
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.04,0:45:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is possible. What bhikkhus are the five wildernessses in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.07,0:45:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has abandoned? Here a bhikkhu is not doubtful, uncertain, undecided
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.80,0:45:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unconfident about the teacher and thus his mind incline to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.06,0:45:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving. As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.02,0:45:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving, the first wilderness in
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.09,0:45:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart has been abandoned by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.05,0:46:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then again, a bhikkhu is not doubtful, uncertain, undecided or unconfident about the Dhamma...
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.01,0:46:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind inclines to ardour, perseverance, striving, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.06,0:46:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second wilderness in the heart has been abandoned by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.01,0:46:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu is not doubtful, uncertain, undecided or unconfident about the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.06,0:46:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.02,0:46:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance, striving, the third wilderness in the heart has been
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.07,0:46:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandoned by him. Again, a bikkhu is not doubtful, uncertain,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.32,0:46:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undecided, or unconfident about the training, and his mind inclines
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.04,0:46:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ardour, perseverance, devotion, striving, this fourth wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.04,0:46:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heart has been abadoned by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.04,0:46:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu is not angry and displeased with his companions in the holy life,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.07,0:47:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor resentful and callous towards then, and thus his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.10,0:47:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving. As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.09,0:47:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving this fifth wilderness in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.05,0:47:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been abandoned by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.04,0:47:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are the five wilderness in the heart that he has abandoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.02,0:47:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what bhikkhus are the five shackles in the heart that he has severed?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.04,0:47:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here a bhikkhu is free from lust, desire, affection, thirst, fever and
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.03,0:47:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,craving for sensual pleasure and thus his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.42,0:47:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving. As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:41.08,0:47:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance and striving, this first shackle
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.01,0:47:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heart has been severed by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.10,0:47:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu is free from lust, desire, affection, thirst, fever and craving for the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.08,0:47:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion, perseverance, striving,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.05,0:48:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this second shackle in the heart has been severed by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.05,0:48:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu is free from lust, desires, affection, thirst, fever
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.06,0:48:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and craving for form... As his mind inclines to ardour, perseverance, devotions,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.07,0:48:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,striving, this third shackle in the heart has been severed by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.04,0:48:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu does not eat as much as he likes until his belly is full and
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.08,0:48:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not indulge in the pleasure of sleeping, lolling and drowsing
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.04,0:48:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his mind inclines to ardour, perseverance, devotion, striving
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.08,0:48:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this fourth shackle in the heart has been severed by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.06,0:48:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a bhikkhu does not live the holy life
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.01,0:48:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aspiring to some order of gods thus, "by this virtue or observance or asceticm
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.10,0:49:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or holy life I shall become great god, or some lesser god,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.03,0:49:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus his mind inclines to ardour, devotion, perseverance and striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.07,0:49:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As his mind inclines to ardour, devotion, perseverance and striving,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.04,0:49:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this fifth shackle in the heart has been severed by him.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.00,0:49:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the five shackles in the heart that he has severed.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.07,0:49:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So bhikkhus, that any bhikkhu who has abandoned these five wildernesses in
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.10,0:49:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heart and severed these five shackles in the heart should come to growth, increase
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.01,0:49:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fulfilment in this Dhamma and Disciple - that is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.08,0:49:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he develops the basis of spiritual power
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.04,0:49:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consisting of concentration due to zeal and determined striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.06,0:49:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He develops the basis of spiritual power consisting of
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.08,0:49:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration due to energy and determined striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.09,0:49:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He develops the basis of spiritual power consisting in
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.02,0:50:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration due to purity of mind and determined striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.09,0:50:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He develops the basis of spiritual power consisting of concentration
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.09,0:50:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to investigation and determined striving.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.07,0:50:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And enthusiasm is the fifth"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.06,0:50:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is the Buddha saying about the iddhipada, that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.05,0:50:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four roots to success, the four roots to power.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.06,0:50:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the the Nyanatiloka explanation of this iddhipada,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.03,0:50:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,iddhi means power, a magical power, and sometimes they translate
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.03,0:50:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this heroic power, because for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.08,0:50:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're inspired and we arouse that energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.09,0:50:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The iddhipada roots to power consist of four qualities,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.06,0:51:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these four qualities indicate the root to power connected with
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.07,0:51:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form by way of preparations, the root to the power constituting
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.10,0:51:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fruits of the path, namely concentration of intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.06,0:51:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have this intention, accompanied by effort of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.06,0:51:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why sometimes when we start we have to have a little
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.03,0:51:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit of view, good view, accompanied by the effort of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.00,0:51:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this determination, so we have this
Dialogue: 0,0:51:31.03,0:51:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,view to do the practice. That is what it means by "chanda-sammadhi",
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.01,0:51:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like for us for example, for the bhikkhu and bhikkhunis if we're not
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.00,0:51:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be able to attend the, for example, we have sangha-kamma,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.08,0:51:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will send our consent - please my consent of
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.00,0:52:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever you discuss, or I give my chanda.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.06,0:52:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also translate as concentration of intention accompanied by effort of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.07,0:52:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So concentrations of energy, the virya-sammadhi, so the sammadhi based
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.03,0:52:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this energy that is a kind of heroic energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.01,0:52:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the concentrations based on the chita-sammadhi, that is
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.06,0:52:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the concentrations of consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.09,0:52:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the concentration of investigation accompanied by
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.02,0:52:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effort of view. So this is the iddhipada, so you've got to have
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.00,0:52:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the desire. Someone went to Ananda, ask, you know, you've got to have the desires
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.08,0:52:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do the practice. So you've got to the have desires to abandon the desires
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.10,0:53:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lead us to rebirth. So it's not all desires that are no good.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.04,0:53:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of people think that arahant is like a vegetable-person,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.01,0:53:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have no feelings, no desires, so if you have no desires
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.00,0:53:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will not eat, you will starve to death,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.01,0:53:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have no desires you can't go to the toilet.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.04,0:53:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not all desires that have the results, desires to do the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.02,0:53:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you have the desires you start to arouse the energy
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.06,0:53:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example you have the desire to come here to listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.06,0:53:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come here for this sutta class.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.07,0:53:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have these desires, isn't it? To listen to the dhamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.04,0:53:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you arouse the energy, this is the noble energy, noble power,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.08,0:53:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's related to the fruits, to the path, it relates to the freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.04,0:54:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the wholesome energy, it's not those kinds of energy
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.08,0:54:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we arouse to get something or to try to hurt someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.06,0:54:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of energy is unwholesome but this is the wholesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.02,0:54:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We arouse the energy, you've got to arouse the energy to put forth
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.07,0:54:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effort to come here. Then you have to apply the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.03,0:54:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yes, this is what I'm going to do - come here.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.02,0:54:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you investigate, you have to plan how to come here, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.09,0:54:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the iddhipada, four roots to power.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.09,0:54:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Buddha said, "and the last one enthusiasm."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.05,0:54:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to have the enthusiasm, then we will be able to continue,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.06,0:54:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the perseverance.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.50,0:54:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important because we have been wondering in the samsara
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.04,0:55:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countless lifetimes. That's why sometimes when we read the suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.08,0:55:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the Buddha giving the teaching to his monk, his discipline,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.02,0:55:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no long time and they become an arahant.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.04,0:55:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we say wow it's so easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.77,0:55:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe for the Buddha twenty, thirty, years may be no long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.01,0:55:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually if you compare to the countless lifetimes
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.05,0:55:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're in samsara, actually twenty, thirty years is no long time. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.07,0:55:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why you need to have the enthusiasm to keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.07,0:55:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes you think were getting nowhere, have no progress
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.08,0:55:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we put off, not to continue to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.03,0:55:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lifetime practice. You keep practicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.08,0:55:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to have the enthusiasm to keep practising and this is the fifth.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.05,0:56:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, "A bhikkhu who thus possesses the fifteen factors including enthusiasm is
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.09,0:56:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of breaking out, capable of enlightenment, capable of attaining
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.08,0:56:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the supreme security from bondage.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.06,0:56:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose there were a hen with eight, ten, twelve eggs,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.04,0:56:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which she has covered, incubated and nurtured properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.01,0:56:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though she did not wish, 'ohhh that my chicks may pierce
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.01,0:56:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their shells with the points of their claws and beaks and
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.03,0:56:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hatch out safely.' Yet, the chicks are capable of piercing
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.02,0:56:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their shells with the points of their claws and their beaks
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.04,0:56:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hatching out safely. So too a bhikkhu who thus possesses
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.04,0:56:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fifteen factors including enthusiasm, is capable of
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.03,0:56:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking off, capable of enlightenment,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.02,0:56:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of attaining supreme security from bondage."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.02,0:56:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, like, the Buddha gives the simile of the hen sitting on the eggs,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.08,0:57:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just like the practice. If you sit long enough, whether you want it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.08,0:57:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you want to get enlightened or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.06,0:57:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.04,0:57:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to wish - may I get enlightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.10,0:57:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, if you follow the teaching of the Buddha, you follow the instructions,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.02,0:57:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you forth put into practice, that is the result of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.09,0:57:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Buddha's teaching of non-self, we can't make it happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.10,0:57:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it happens by itself. So the hens don't have to wish - may my eggs hatch -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.03,0:57:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll hatch by itself whether you want it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.02,0:57:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whether you want to get enlightened or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.03,0:57:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will get enlightened. So if you are following the path,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.04,0:57:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're on the path, it's just a matter of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.09,0:57:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just keep practicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.06,0:57:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That is what the blessed one said. The bhikkhus were satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:57:51.09,0:57:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and delighted in the blessed one's words."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.04,0:58:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the end of the sutta.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.06,0:58:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any questions or comments?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.04,0:58:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.05,0:58:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man from audince: Out of these five shackles,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.08,0:58:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there any one more important or let's say supreme?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.04,0:58:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Venerable Hasapanna: actually it's not one, or which one, is important,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.08,0:58:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just that some people have particular, or more strong with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.07,0:58:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it's important when we read the suttas we know
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.04,0:58:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for ourself, this is our weak point.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.04,0:58:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, we are, some people more attached to attached to the body - this
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.00,0:58:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is your problem, or this is my problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.05,0:58:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you put more effort. This is the area you need to work with.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.07,0:58:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because different people have different attachments.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.06,0:58:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different defilements. Like sometimes this is a problem to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.06,0:58:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's not a problem to another person.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.03,0:59:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why it's important when we read these suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.00,0:59:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we check what are the areas we need to improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.07,0:59:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So does that answer your question?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.08,0:59:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.. so the Buddha said as long as you have these shackles you are bound by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.01,0:59:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people might not have the.. maybe the fifth one is not strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.03,0:59:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They totally do not, never want to become reborn in
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.02,0:59:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heavenly realm. But maybe sometimes people like to
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.04,0:59:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sleep a lot. Then this is something we need to work with.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.08,0:59:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we have to look at which areas we always have problem with.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.03,0:59:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then this area we have to work with, you know, to improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.03,1:00:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man from audience: from that sutra we can see that
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.06,1:00:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the attempt is welcome to conquer those attachments,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.02,1:00:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inferior attachments, by attachment to the practice, the Dhamma.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:09.05,1:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is there any step in development of practice where you have
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.00,1:00:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to conquer attachment to knowledge and to the practice itself?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:22.08,1:00:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any such state, such level where you have to renounce
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.07,1:00:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even attachment to the practice, the knowledge?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.10,1:00:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasapanna: Can you repeat again, I can't really get...
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.10,1:00:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: So to conquer basic attachments, which Buddha talks here.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:43.02,1:00:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasapanna: what attachment you mean?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.07,1:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: those five shackles..
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.08,1:00:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasapanna: okay okay, yeah yeah
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.03,1:00:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: so we have to cultivate attachment to the practice,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.01,1:00:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the knowledge, and with the help of that attachment we overcome
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.02,1:00:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inferior attachments
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.04,1:00:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasapanna: Yes that's why the Buddha says..
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.06,1:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Is there any further if someone is practising successfully
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.00,1:01:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is making good progress, is there such situation
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.07,1:01:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the practitioner has to renounce even attachment
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.09,1:01:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the practice and to the knowledge to get to the ultimate liberation.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.04,1:01:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasapanna: Oh this I understand.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.03,1:01:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yeah, someone asked me the same question, about how at the beginning
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.08,1:01:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still have that because we cannot just say let go, let go, you know.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.03,1:01:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes we're attached to the wholesome things
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.03,1:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than attached to the unwholesome things.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.00,1:01:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then we let go of the coarser happiness, the lesser happiness,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.09,1:01:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the greater happiness. It's just like a stair, a ladder we climb up.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:57.05,1:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we let go of that. So of course we still attach to wholesome.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.01,1:02:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're not enlightened yet. Unless we're enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.05,1:02:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still have sense of self, you still have attachment to sense of self.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.09,1:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can tell the difference, for example, after you have practised,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.00,1:02:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your sense of self become more fluid. You still have the sense of self,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.03,1:02:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're still attached to yourself, but at least you
Dialogue: 0,1:02:24.08,1:02:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can see that you're happier, you're more relaxed.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.08,1:02:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see, you know if someone happens to take up the path of practice,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:35.09,1:02:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to them the sense of self is so solid, so concrete,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.10,1:02:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever unwholesome state they just impulsively react
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.05,1:02:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create more suffering for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:47.09,1:02:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know for yourself, for example, some situations
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.06,1:02:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the past cause you lots of suffering, but now you're more relaxed,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.06,1:03:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more at ease - that is the progress.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.09,1:03:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha said this is the gradual training, this will not
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.02,1:03:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen overnight. Of course we cannot say let go, let go,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.05,1:03:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of people try to do that, letting go.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.03,1:03:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't do the letting go, the letting go happens by itself.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.08,1:03:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you just little by little, that's why it's the gradual training
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.05,1:03:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example we have to let go of the, like renounce, for example.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.05,1:03:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did the Buddha emphasise generosity, sila you know, sammadhi and panya?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.00,1:03:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because generosity helps us to let go.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.02,1:03:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example we give away the material things, that is the coarser,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.02,1:03:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coarser level, the things outside us, the material things.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:49.06,1:03:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we practice that. Then we can renounce, we can let go of that.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:53.01,1:03:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we can let go of that.. If we can't let go of the material things
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.00,1:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't let go of the more subtle defilements, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:00.00,1:04:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how it's the gradual training.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.88,1:04:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We let go of that then after we'll be able to do that,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.07,1:04:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we practise letting go of the coarser,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.06,1:04:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we come to more subtle ones, then we let go of our
Dialogue: 0,1:04:15.04,1:04:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defilements like greed, hatred and delusion.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.07,1:04:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you cannot stop it immediately, because if you can use willpower
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.06,1:04:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop it immediately then the Buddhist teaching
Dialogue: 0,1:04:29.08,1:04:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of non-self is not the truth.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.04,1:04:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like for example, you have this defilment. When you react
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.08,1:04:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the defilement it's just like you kicking the wheel when you react.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.05,1:04:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you kick, when you react, your defilements reinforce your defilements, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.01,1:04:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your defilements become greater.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.07,1:05:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you don't react, doesn't mean your defilements go away immediately.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.08,1:05:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still there.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:03.02,1:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means you're not kicking the wheel.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.02,1:05:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the wheel is still spinning, but the energy becomes slower.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:13.05,1:05:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how to practice. Each time the defilements kick out,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:20.03,1:05:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do not react to the defilements. Doesn't mean we don't have defilements.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:24.07,1:05:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The defilements still there. But the energy becomes weaker.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:29.01,1:05:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the more we do that, each time, then it becomes weaker, weaker, weaker
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.01,1:05:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stops by itself. If you leave the wheel by itself it spins, spins, spins,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.09,1:05:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you stop kicking it, it stops by itself, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:47.03,1:05:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.06,1:05:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why the Buddha said about the hen sitting on the eggs.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.02,1:05:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So eventually they sow(?). Lots of people think you cannot set, abandon...
Dialogue: 0,1:05:59.02,1:06:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no it's the gradual training because we've been conditioned countless lifetimes.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.07,1:06:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Habitual pattern is very ingrained. So we have to retrain the mind,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.02,1:06:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,direct the mind to the wholesome. Of course we're still attached to the wholesome.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.03,1:06:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So eventually, when we go beyond wholesome and unwholesome, we don't even attach
Dialogue: 0,1:06:25.09,1:06:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wholesome, that is the enlightenment, that is the goal, that is the nibbana.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:32.08,1:06:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course we still have attachments, just what you said, because
Dialogue: 0,1:06:37.07,1:06:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot just let go immediately.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:42.04,1:06:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the gradual training. Does this answer your question, make sense to you?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:49.08,1:06:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any more questions, comments? Yes?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:04.05,1:07:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aha, aha
Dialogue: 0,1:07:17.06,1:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wisdom arises when the mind is still.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:24.10,1:07:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you have these five hindrances
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.01,1:07:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it clouds the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:33.02,1:07:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When your mind is cloudy it's very simple, you don't have to have
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.09,1:07:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reached the state of absorption.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:39.05,1:07:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example sometimes we are confused and you really stress out
Dialogue: 0,1:07:44.08,1:07:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't think of a way to solve your problem. So when you walk away,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.06,1:07:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put it aside, and you make your mind as peaceful as possible,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:55.04,1:07:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then ah, I think how to solve the problem!
Dialogue: 0,1:07:59.08,1:08:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you don't have the clarity, so when you're confused,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.06,1:08:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't try to make any decisions when you're confused.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.08,1:08:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to make your mind as peaceful as possible, your mind as peaceful as possible,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:15.00,1:08:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very calm. When you're calm, you can think, isn't it? You have the clarity.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:21.02,1:08:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where when you have abandoned the five hindrances the mind is clear.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:27.08,1:08:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like the moon is so bright, the mind is very bright, without the clouds.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:33.64,1:08:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with the five hindrances, it covers the moon, and it's not bright.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:40.05,1:08:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind, that is where your wisdom arises, through abandoning
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.02,1:08:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the five hindrances. When you have a peaceful mind, the wisdom arises,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:52.05,1:08:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insight arises. Does that answer your question?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:59.02,1:09:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any more questions?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:03.03,1:09:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so we finish, then we pay respect to the Buddha