[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.29,0:00:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are a good practitioner Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.84,0:00:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have enough mindfulness in order to Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handle Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.84,0:00:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.78,0:00:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be handled. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.48,0:00:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose anger is coming up Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.60,0:00:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in you, as an energy. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.30,0:00:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a practitioner, you don't allow anger to be alone Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.36,0:00:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in you, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.78,0:00:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you let anger be alone in you, Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.42,0:00:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger will cause a lot of damage Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.22,0:00:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your body, in your mind Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.62,0:00:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe around you. Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.76,0:01:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why you practise mindfulness of anger. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.60,0:01:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I know anger is in me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.58,0:01:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.32,0:01:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I smile at my anger. Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.80,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I embrace my anger. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.62,0:01:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a seed of anger Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.40,0:01:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deep within yourself, Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.46,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you also have a seed of mindfulness deep within yourself. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.68,0:01:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a seed of compassion within yourself. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.98,0:01:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When anger is touched, Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.60,0:01:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the seed of anger is touched Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.98,0:01:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it manifests Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.20,0:01:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of energy called "anger". Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.88,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose this is your consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.24,0:02:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has two layers. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.44,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lower layer is called Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.34,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Store Consciousness Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.92,0:02:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the upper layer is called Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.14,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mind Consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.82,0:02:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a seed of anger here. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.30,0:02:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also have a seed of joy Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.38,0:02:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mindfulness, of compassion, Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of non-discrimination. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.28,0:02:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a seed of anger, of despair Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.100,0:02:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of jealousy, of discrimination Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.72,0:02:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the depths of your consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.90,0:02:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when the seed of anger Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.48,0:02:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is left alone there Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.02,0:02:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Store Consciousness, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.90,0:02:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't water it, no one comes and touches it, you are OK. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.100,0:02:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can laugh, and you may have a good time. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.12,0:03:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that does not mean you do not have the seed of anger in you. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.28,0:03:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as you hear someone saying something Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.50,0:03:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or doing something, the seed of anger in you is touched Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it becomes a zone of energy Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.56,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the realm of Mind Consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.58,0:03:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Buddhism Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.48,0:03:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we call it a Mental Formation. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.08,0:03:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anger is a Mental Formation. Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.78,0:03:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my tradition, we speak of Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.82,0:03:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,51 categories of Mental Formations. Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.88,0:03:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the seed of discrimination in us. Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.38,0:04:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a seed of Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.92,0:04:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-discrimination in us. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.62,0:04:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is true. Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.38,0:04:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the seed of discrimination is watered every day Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.72,0:04:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes very important Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.68,0:04:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.18,0:04:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't allow the seed of non-discrimination to manifest. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the seed of anger Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.64,0:04:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes stronger and stronger every day Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.34,0:04:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of compassion Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.26,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has less chance... Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.30,0:04:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.78,0:04:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time a negative seed is touched Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.98,0:04:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and manifests Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.46,0:04:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to take care of it. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.66,0:04:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.32,0:04:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke about mindfulness of anger. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.50,0:04:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When... Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.54,0:04:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is the capacity Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.40,0:05:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of knowing what is happening. What is happening is Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.18,0:05:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger has manifested. Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.94,0:05:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a practitioner, you ask Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.82,0:05:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of mindfulness to manifest at the same time. Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.28,0:05:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.58,0:05:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a diligent practitioner Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.88,0:05:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of mindfulness in you is strong enough Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.52,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's very easy for you Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.00,0:05:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.90,0:05:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invite it Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.86,0:05:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come up; Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.86,0:05:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will come up and become a zone of energy. Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.10,0:05:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose anger Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.76,0:05:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is energy 1, Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.66,0:05:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness is energy 2. Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.96,0:05:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is mindfulness of something Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.24,0:05:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness of anger. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.46,0:05:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness here has Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.24,0:06:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The following function: recognizing. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.70,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.56,0:06:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger as anger. Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.68,0:06:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness of breathing... Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.82,0:06:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I know this is my in-breath. Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.78,0:06:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, I know this is my out-breath. Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.84,0:06:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing in-breath as in-breath. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.70,0:06:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing out-breath as out-breath. Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.30,0:06:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing drinking as drinking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.50,0:06:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing walking as walking. That's the nature, Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.14,0:06:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the function of mindfulness. Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.50,0:06:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the energy of mindfulness generated by your breathing, Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.92,0:06:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your walking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the capacity of recognizing Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.24,0:06:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger as anger. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.66,0:06:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.96,0:06:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the anger is in me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.28,0:06:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.08,0:06:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take good care of my anger. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing anger and embracing anger, Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.68,0:07:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is an art, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.98,0:07:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a practice. This is no fighting. Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.54,0:07:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is generated Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.50,0:07:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to fight anger Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.80,0:07:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to recognize anger and to hold anger Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.28,0:07:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very tenderly. Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.68,0:07:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is Buddhist practice. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.96,0:07:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not transform yourself into a battlefield... The good fighting the evil, that's not Buddhism; Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.82,0:07:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have mindfulness, but you have also anger. Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.10,0:07:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mindfulness plays the role of an older sister, Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.22,0:07:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.80,0:07:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the angry, suffering younger sister Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.64,0:07:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help her to transform. Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.86,0:08:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mother Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.06,0:08:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is working in the kitchen Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.12,0:08:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she hears her baby crying Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.06,0:08:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's very much careful of her baby; Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.04,0:08:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she stops Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.94,0:08:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her work in the kitchen, she puts down Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.72,0:08:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever she is holding and she goes Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.36,0:08:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the room of the baby and the first thing she does Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.42,0:08:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to pick up the baby and hold the baby tenderly in her arms. Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.20,0:08:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the mother. She does not know what is wrong with the baby yet, Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.56,0:08:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.06,0:08:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing she does is to pick up the baby Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.14,0:08:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hold him mindfully. Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do the same thing, as practitioners. Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.40,0:08:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time anger, or despair comes up Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.92,0:08:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we generate Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.34,0:08:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of mindfulness Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.04,0:08:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to recognize and to embrace tenderly, Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.54,0:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tenderly. Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.70,0:09:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we know how to practise Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.70,0:09:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindful walking, or mindful breathing, Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.96,0:09:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we continue to generate mindfulness Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.76,0:09:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have that energy, in order to recognize and to embrace Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.14,0:09:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can bring relief; Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.70,0:09:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because mindfulness as an energy Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.74,0:09:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is embracing anger as another source of energy Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.22,0:09:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tenderly. Big brother, younger brother. Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.42,0:09:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the mother has not Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.08,0:09:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realized what is wrong with the baby, Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.48,0:09:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that she is holding the baby tenderly Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.20,0:09:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can already bring a relief to the baby, and the baby Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.30,0:09:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may stop crying; Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.100,0:09:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the mother continues Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.90,0:09:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hold the baby tenderly with mindfulness Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.40,0:09:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she will find out what is wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.82,0:09:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baby might be hungry, Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.72,0:09:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baby may have a fever Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.82,0:10:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the diaper may be too tight. Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.98,0:10:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a mother Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.08,0:10:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she can find it out very quickly. Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.78,0:10:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a practitioner Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.88,0:10:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.08,0:10:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find out very easily Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.92,0:10:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why this anger [is there]; Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.62,0:10:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see the roots of that anger. Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.92,0:10:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will find the nature of that anger, Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.68,0:10:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the root of the anger. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.96,0:10:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the mother finds out what is wrong Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.94,0:10:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the baby, she can fix the situation Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.82,0:10:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very quickly. If the baby is hungry Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.12,0:10:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she can give her son some milk. Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.92,0:10:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the diaper is too tight, she can just Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.70,0:10:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undo it and do it again. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.42,0:10:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after having embraced Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.50,0:10:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tenderly Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.22,0:10:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your anger Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.14,0:11:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might like to continue Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.88,0:11:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of mindful breathing, Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.36,0:11:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of mindful walking Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.32,0:11:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look deeply into the nature Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.12,0:11:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your anger, and find out Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.62,0:11:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the root of your anger. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.68,0:11:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognizing, embracing and looking deeply. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.48,0:11:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because mindfulness Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.16,0:11:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the kind of energy Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.68,0:11:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carries with her Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.48,0:11:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of concentration. Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.02,0:11:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever mindfulness is Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.38,0:11:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration is [there] also. Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.12,0:11:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are mindful of your in-breath Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.28,0:11:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are concentrated on your in-breath. Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.92,0:11:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are mindful of your tea Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.40,0:11:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you concentrate on your tea. Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.74,0:11:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.94,0:11:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more powerful mindfulness is Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.68,0:12:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more concentration you get; Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.76,0:12:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with that mindfulness and concentration Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.58,0:12:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you practise looking deeply and you will get an insight. Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.08,0:12:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that insight is going to liberate you, Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.76,0:12:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transform your anger. Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.34,0:12:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a story Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.98,0:12:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a young boy Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.68,0:12:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who used to come to Plum Village every summer Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.96,0:12:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his younger sister, Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.24,0:12:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they practise mindfulness Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.26,0:12:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as children. Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.26,0:12:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boy had difficulties with his father, Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.50,0:13:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he blamed his father. Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.60,0:13:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time he fell down and got hurt Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.40,0:13:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father always shouted at him Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.20,0:13:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of coming and help him. Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.28,0:13:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So his relationship with his father Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.14,0:13:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was difficult, Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.76,0:13:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he vowed when he grows up he would not be Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.60,0:13:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like his father; Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.90,0:13:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he had children and then if Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.46,0:13:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his child fell down and got hurt Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.90,0:13:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would not shout at him; instead he would come and try to help. Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.58,0:13:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.98,0:13:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his determination. Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.06,0:13:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day he was playing Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.60,0:13:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lower hamlet, at Plum Village, Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.82,0:13:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his sister Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.100,0:13:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while playing with another little girl on a hammock Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.16,0:13:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fell down and got hurt, Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.44,0:13:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blood Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.44,0:13:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was coming out. Suddenly Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.04,0:13:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he found himself very angry; Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.52,0:13:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wanted to shout "Stupid! Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.00,0:13:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could you Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.86,0:14:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do something like that?" Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.60,0:14:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because he had been practising Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.62,0:14:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness, he was able Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.68,0:14:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to refrain from shouting Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.76,0:14:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he recognized Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.18,0:14:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was exactly like his father. Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.42,0:14:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of trying Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.78,0:14:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and help Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.58,0:14:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his sister, Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.26,0:14:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had the tendency to shout at her. Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.30,0:14:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hated Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.40,0:14:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he had within himself. Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.24,0:14:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when he practised Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.12,0:14:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindful breathing Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.04,0:14:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he knew that this is the continuation Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.04,0:14:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his father inside of him; Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.24,0:14:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is not different from his father Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.06,0:14:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with that insight Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.52,0:15:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he turned around and practised slow walking, Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.100,0:15:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he had seen someone coming to help his sister; Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.36,0:15:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during slow walking Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.32,0:15:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he recognized that Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.30,0:15:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is the continuation of his father. The energy of anger Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.84,0:15:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been transmitted by his father Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.82,0:15:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if he does not practise Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.30,0:15:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is going to become exactly like his father Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.30,0:15:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he will treat Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.96,0:15:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his children, in the future, in the same way. Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.92,0:15:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is called Samsara, Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.42,0:15:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuation. Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.02,0:15:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly he had a desire, Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.22,0:15:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had to go home and tell his father that Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.62,0:15:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has exactly the same kind of energy Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.92,0:15:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would invite his father to practise with him. Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.42,0:15:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that intention was born in him Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.48,0:15:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his anger and resentment towards his father Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.36,0:15:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to dissolve. Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.98,0:16:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of insight Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.46,0:16:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did he get? Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.24,0:16:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got the insight that Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.86,0:16:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is exactly like his father, Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.76,0:16:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has the same kind of habit energy. Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.90,0:16:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why he wanted to practise. Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.58,0:16:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he saw himself as a victim of that energy, Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.00,0:16:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a victim of the transmission Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.98,0:16:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that habit energy; Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.18,0:16:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he saw that his father also was a victim Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.08,0:16:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that transmission too. His father Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.48,0:16:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might have got it from Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.28,0:16:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his own father. Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.50,0:16:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he had that insight, his anger Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.76,0:16:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vis-à-vis his father just Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.50,0:16:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped. Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.14,0:16:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got a transformation. I think Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.44,0:16:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a young man of 12 Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.40,0:16:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a remarkable Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.66,0:16:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achievement. Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.98,0:16:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is insight that transforms our afflictions; Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.18,0:17:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindfulness has the power Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.94,0:17:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of recognizing, embracing, looking deeply, Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.56,0:17:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting the insight that transforms you, Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.84,0:17:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes you free. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.90,0:17:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transformation, healing, freedom. Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.50,0:17:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the young man was liberated, the father in him was liberated; and the ancestors in him were liberated Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.96,0:17:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and [so was] the circle, the realm of the samsara.