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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.09,0:00:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half-Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.74,0:00:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.14,0:00:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(FRENCH)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.59,0:02:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sr Pine) Our friend has found \NThay's teaching on death very comforting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.74,0:02:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 18 years ago he went on a\Nretreat in the Tibetan tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.18,0:02:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that also had the theme of "Death".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.67,0:02:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher spoke in a lot of detail on \Nhow to transfer consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.19,0:02:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the point of death,\Nbut also on what happens after death.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.72,0:03:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher spoke on some detail\Nabout the different hells that exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those that are cooler and hotter,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.68,0:03:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and certain images that are present\Nin those hells.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.94,0:03:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the images was that of\Na hungry ghost,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.79,0:03:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may in such a hell be born\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.73,0:03:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as someone who has a throat\Nthat is too small
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we are very hungry\Nbut we somehow cannot receive the food
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.85,0:03:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go into our body and nourish us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.27,0:03:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were also some other images\Nthat he mentioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.17,0:03:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our friend's question is\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are these images offered to help us...\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.44,0:03:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[searching into her notes]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.76,0:03:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wake up,\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.57,0:03:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as some kind of tool to help us live
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.70,0:04:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more meaningfully\Nand appropriately in this life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.24,0:04:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more beautifully in this life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.63,0:04:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do these images actually\Nspeak of a true reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.22,0:04:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In connection to that can we speak\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.08,0:04:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hells that are present on earth\Nat this very moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.60,0:04:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are these metaphors for experiences\Nthat we have during life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.93,0:04:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are they only something for after death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.07,0:04:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were a few more questions \Nbut I wonder if that is enough...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.46,0:04:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.56,0:04:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a question about the connection
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.47,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between sleep without dream \Nand stored conciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.77,0:04:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the form of the question
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.41,0:05:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that the one\Nwho asked the question
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.76,0:05:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he already has the answer.\N[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.45,0:05:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way he asked the question\Nshows that he already has the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.85,0:05:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you agree?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.23,0:05:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is also a chance for us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.78,0:05:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look and to see that the teaching\Nof the Buddha can help many people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.01,0:05:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only the people who have\Nhigh intellectual capacity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.39,0:05:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the people who do not have\Ngood education.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.91,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teaching of the Buddha\Nhelps everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.94,0:06:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the kind of Buddhism\Nfor the vast majority,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.09,0:06:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a deep Buddhism for\Nonly a minority.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.22,0:06:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These teachings may "contradict"\Neach other as far as form is concerned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.62,0:06:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why it is said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.04,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Buddhism there are\N84000 Dharma doors,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.87,0:06:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many kinds of teachings,\Nand many kinds of practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.84,0:06:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those\Nwho are afraid of punishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.69,0:07:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they are afraid of retribution,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.73,0:07:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they behave better,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.89,0:07:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are afraid of retribution.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.66,0:07:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why to talk to them of hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.01,0:07:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hot, cool, cold hell and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.100,0:07:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may happen,\Nas a kind of "threat" .
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.42,0:07:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you behave like that, \Nyou suffer like so."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.81,0:07:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many Temples we see drawings of hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.48,0:07:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a kind of warning:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.63,0:07:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you don't practice the five precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.63,0:07:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will suffer like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.42,0:07:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be boiled in \Nhot oil or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.32,0:07:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you lie, when you go to the hell,\Nthey will take your tongue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.72,0:07:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cut it your tongue"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.85,0:08:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(audience laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.02,0:08:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may help many people also,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.50,0:08:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it does not help some other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.95,0:08:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is popular Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.50,0:08:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the vast majority\Nbelieves in rebirth, in reincarnation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.04,0:08:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their belief comes from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.33,0:08:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their wrong view in a self,\Nthat there is a self, there is a soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.90,0:08:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is distinct from the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.23,0:08:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the body is gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.96,0:08:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the soul always survives,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.00,0:08:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeks to penetrate another body,\Nand continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.42,0:08:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a kind of belief on rebirth,\Nand that is a teaching on rebirth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.56,0:09:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is not truly the deep teaching\Nof the Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.97,0:09:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is based on the\Nwrong view of the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.41,0:09:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything, any teaching that goes against
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.70,0:09:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insight of impermanence,\Nno self, and Nirvana cannot
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.07,0:09:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be described as the deepest teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.80,0:09:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you are thinking of\Ncause and effect, rebirth, retribution;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.28,0:09:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your teaching, if your practice does\Nnot reflect the insight of impermanence,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.02,0:09:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no-self, and Nirvana, that is not truly\Nthe teaching of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.41,0:09:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are many things that have
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.97,0:10:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from the teachings of\Nthe Vedas, the Upanishads.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.07,0:10:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that before the Buddha\Nthere was already the belief,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.02,0:10:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in reincarnation, and in retribution;\Nthat is not invented by the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.87,0:10:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teaching of retribution, reincarnation\Nexisted before the coming of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.97,0:10:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these teachings are based upon the\Nexistence of a self.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.02,0:10:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha although he teaches\Nthe continuation, life after life,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.22,0:10:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his teaching is based\Non the insight of no self,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.47,0:10:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impermanence, and finally, nirvana,\Nno birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.42,0:11:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That kind of belief, \Nwhich is not purely Buddhist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.38,0:11:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can also help.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.29,0:11:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who believe that\Nthe pureland of Amitabha Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.57,0:11:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not here,\Nbut in the direction of the west,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.71,0:11:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get there only after you die.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.61,0:11:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who also have\Na better, a different view,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.43,0:11:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the true pure land\Nis in the here and the now,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.21,0:11:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is no time\Nto be in the west, or in the east.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.26,0:11:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When your mind is pure,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.92,0:11:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the land is pure also,\Nat the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.95,0:12:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That goes more in the direction\Nof right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.09,0:12:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit of Buddhism\Nis that of tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.02,0:12:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who cannot\Nunderstand deep Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.60,0:12:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to allow them to embrace\Na form of Buddhism that is more diluted,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.80,0:12:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like medicine with some sugar in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.31,0:12:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They help.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.26,0:12:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are not criticizing them because\Ntheir teaching, their belief,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.95,0:12:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not go perfectly with\Nthe Ultimate Truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.79,0:12:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.13,0:12:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have understanding,\Nthen compassion is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.79,0:13:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real true Buddhist is always tolerant,\Nnot a fanatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.62,0:13:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are skillful,\Nyou can lead them slowly,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.20,0:13:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they gradually\Nabandon their wrong view,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.25,0:13:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get a better and better view\Nall the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.51,0:13:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may apply to all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.52,0:13:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning we have had an idea\Nabout the Three Jewels,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.93,0:13:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.12,0:13:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After ten years of practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.04,0:13:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a better view of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.90,0:13:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.68,0:13:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after fifty years,\Nwe have a deeper understanding of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.07,0:13:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.89,0:13:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so according to that\Nwe learn the lesson of tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.06,0:13:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not think that our view\Nis the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.87,0:14:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are making progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.97,0:14:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are ready to abandon our\Npresent view,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.04,0:14:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get a better view.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.96,0:14:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the practice of\Nnon-attachment to view.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.92,0:14:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism if you have that insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.92,0:14:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be very tolerant and \Nyou accept other forms of Buddhism
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.28,0:14:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't criticize.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.29,0:14:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only you can help people to have,\Na better view and a better practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.65,0:14:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why there should not be,\Nconflict and war between Buddhist schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.91,0:14:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.02,0:14:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many schools in Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.89,0:14:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they never organized any holy war,\Nin order to fight each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.02,0:14:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be able to keep\Nthat tradition of tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.22,0:15:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tolerance, not because you are forced\Nto be tolerant,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.70,0:15:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because you have Right View,\Nthat is why your heart is open,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.29,0:15:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is why you can tolerate those,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.03,0:15:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do not have\Nthe same kind of view as yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.97,0:15:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should try with loving speech,\Nand deep listening,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.06,0:15:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help him or her to abandon their view,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.02,0:15:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may still have fanaticism\Nor things like that in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.60,0:15:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we learn that the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.86,0:15:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not something\Nthat can exist independently,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.77,0:15:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the past or the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.06,0:15:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot cut and separate,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.87,0:16:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past, present and future.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.60,0:16:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The three times, past, present and future,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.92,0:16:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.26,0:16:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any one of them, you see the other two.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.24,0:16:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why if you touch\Nthe present moment deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.08,0:16:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you touch the past,\Nand you touch the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.33,0:16:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past is still available,\Nand the future is only available.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.93,0:16:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the insight you get,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.47,0:16:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you meditate on the nature,\Nof the inter-being of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.25,0:16:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half-Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.07,0:16:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)