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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.58,0:00:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.97,0:00:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(In French)\NSo our question is:\NIs there life after death?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.14,0:00:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(In English)\NOur question is:\NIs there life after death?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.08,0:00:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two persons, one question?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.05,0:00:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.96,0:00:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is always with death\Nat the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.36,0:00:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only before!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.53,0:01:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cannot be separated from death.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.08,0:01:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where there is life, there is death.\NAnd where there is death, there is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.42,0:01:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this needs a little bit of meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.46,0:01:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism we speak of 'interbeing'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.62,0:01:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Interbeing'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that you cannot\Nbe by yourself alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.30,0:01:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to inter-be with the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.44,0:01:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like the left and the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.35,0:01:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the right is not there,\Nthe left cannot be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the left is not there,\Nthe right cannot be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.11,0:02:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not possible to take\Nthe left away from the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.38,0:02:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not possible to take\Nthe right away from the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.27,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose I ask one of you to come\Nand bring the left to the Lower Hamlet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.86,0:02:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of you to bring\Nthe right to the New Hamlet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.16,0:02:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is impossible!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.21,0:02:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right and the left,\Nthey want to be together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because without the other, you cannot be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.65,0:02:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.94,0:02:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the above and the below.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.47,0:02:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The above cannot be there\Nif there is no below.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.68,0:02:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what we call in Buddhism:\N'interbeing', 'interêtre'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.72,0:02:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have to be there at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.58,0:02:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when God said:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.27,0:03:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let the light be,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the light said:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.11,0:03:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well I have to wait,\Nmy God, I have to wait."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.71,0:03:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God: "What are you waiting for?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.69,0:03:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Light: "I am waiting for darkness\Nto manifest together."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.78,0:03:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because light and darkness,\Nthey inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.39,0:03:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God said:\N"Darkness is already there."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.93,0:03:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the light said:\N"In that case, I am already there."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.07,0:03:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is true with good and evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.33,0:03:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before and after,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.96,0:03:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here and there,\Nyou and I.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.09,0:03:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot be there without you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lotus flower cannot\Nbe there without the mud.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.31,0:03:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the mud,\Nthere is no lotus possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.27,0:04:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no happiness without suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.18,0:04:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no life without death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.76,0:04:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a biologist observes...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.71,0:04:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body of a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.86,0:04:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sees that life and death happen\Nat the same time in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.96,0:04:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this very moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.44,0:04:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands and thousands\Nof cells are dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you scratch yourself like this,\Nmany dry cells fall down.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.19,0:04:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have died.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.75,0:04:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many cells die\Nevery moment of our daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.54,0:05:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because you are so busy,\Nyou do not notice that you are dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.32,0:05:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they die, you are dying!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.77,0:05:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that you are not dying yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.54,0:05:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have to wait\N50 or 70 years in order to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.05,0:05:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not true!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.64,0:05:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death is not down the road,\Ndeath is right here and right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.88,0:05:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 'la mort', death, is happening\Nright in the here and now, at each moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.58,0:05:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of the death\Nof a number of cells,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.28,0:05:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the birth of other cells is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.78,0:05:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many cells are being born\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.19,0:05:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do not have the time\Nto organize a happy birthday for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.43,0:05:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the fact is that,\Nscientifically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.89,0:06:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can already see birth and death\Nhappening in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.80,0:06:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of the dying of cells,\Nthe birth of cells is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.19,0:06:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the birth of cells is possible,\Nthe dying of cells is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.45,0:06:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lean on each other to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.65,0:06:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you are experiencing\Ndying and being born
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.21,0:06:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.17,0:06:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not think you were only born\Non that moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.40,0:06:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That moment written\Non your birth certificate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.26,0:06:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just one moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.41,0:06:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is not the first moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.10,0:06:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before that moment, there were moments\Nyou were already there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.74,0:06:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you were conceived\Nin the womb of your mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.53,0:06:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had already been there\Nin your father and your mother
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.33,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in another form.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.80,0:07:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is no birth, no real beginning\Nand there is no ending.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.43,0:07:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we know that\Nbirth and death are always together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.07,0:07:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are no longer afraid of dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.55,0:07:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at the moment of dying,\Nthere is birth also.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.92,0:07:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(French) Birth comes with death.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.44,0:07:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cannot be separated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.45,0:07:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very deep meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.52,0:07:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you should not meditate\Nwith your brain alone on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.10,0:07:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to observe life...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.92,0:07:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during your daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.98,0:07:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see birth and death\Ninter-are in everything:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.07,0:08:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trees, animals, the weather,\Nmatter, energy...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.69,0:08:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And scientists have already said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.84,0:08:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.88,0:08:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(French) \NNothing is created, nothing is lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.57,0:08:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is only transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.12,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So transformation is possible, is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.26,0:08:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And birth and death are not real.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.81,0:08:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you call birth and death\Nare only transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.36,0:08:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you form a chemical reaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.54,0:08:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you bring a number of substances together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.84,0:08:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the substances meet each other\Nthere is a transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.27,0:08:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes you think\Na substance is no longer there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.76,0:08:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has vanished.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.59,0:08:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in fact, looking deeply,\Nyou see the substance is still there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.09,0:08:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under another form.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.11,0:09:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at the blue sky\Nyou do not see your cloud anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.89,0:09:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think your cloud has died,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.50,0:09:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact your cloud continues always\Nin the form of the rain and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.88,0:09:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So birth and death are seen\Nonly on the surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.04,0:09:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go down, deep down,\Nthere is no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.82,0:09:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is only continuation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you touch the continuation,\Nthe nature of no birth and no death,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.63,0:09:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are no longer afraid of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.53,0:09:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only the Buddhists\Nspeak of no birth and no death,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.06,0:09:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but science also speaks\Nof no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.09,0:09:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can exchange their findings.\NIt is very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.42,0:09:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an invitation for us\Nto live our lives more deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.14,0:10:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we can touch\Nour true nature of no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.11,0:10:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I know, Thây's answer...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.68,0:10:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only an invitation to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.94,0:10:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to live our lives\Nmore mindfully, with concentration
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.04,0:10:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can be deeply in touch\Nwith what is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.15,0:10:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we have a chance to touch\Nthe true nature of reality:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.73,0:10:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.48,0:10:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is described in Buddhism\Nwith the term 'Nirvana'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.56,0:10:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Nirvana' is no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.41,0:10:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Christianity you may call it:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.26,0:10:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'The Ultimate', 'God'.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.00,0:11:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is our true nature\Nof no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.70,0:11:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do not have to go and find God.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.80,0:11:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.05,0:11:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like a wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.72,0:11:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wave believes that she is\Nsubjected to birth and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.38,0:11:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time she comes up\Nand begins to go down,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.66,0:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is afraid of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.36,0:11:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wave is afraid of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.37,0:11:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if the wave realizes\Nthat she is water,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.67,0:11:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is no longer afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.03,0:11:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before going up, she is water.\NGoing down, she is water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.96,0:11:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after going down,\Nshe continues to be water.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.07,0:11:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.81,0:12:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is very important that\Nthe wave does some meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.74,0:12:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realizes that she is wave,\Nbut at the same time she is water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.49,0:12:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she knows she is water,\Nshe is no longer afraid of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.29,0:12:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She feels wonderful going up,\Nshe feels wonderful going down.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.89,0:12:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is free from fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.68,0:12:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our cloud is also like that,\Nthey are not afraid of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.95,0:12:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that, if they are not a cloud,\Nthey can be something else,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.48,0:12:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equally beautiful, like\Nthe rain or the snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.70,0:12:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the wave does not\Ngo and look for water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.48,0:12:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She does not have to go\Nand search for water,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.09,0:13:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she is water in the here and now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.25,0:13:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same thing is true with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.34,0:13:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not have to...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.52,0:13:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.56,0:13:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are God,\NGod is our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.53,0:13:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not have to go\Nand look for Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.11,0:13:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana is our ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.59,0:13:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the teaching of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.54,0:13:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a number of us\Nhave been able to realize that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.18,0:13:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We enjoy the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.81,0:13:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it is\Nimpossible for us to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.54,0:13:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)