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(Half Bell)

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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, I never met my father,

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so there will always be this longing 
I have to meet him.

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You learn here to recognize 
our grandfather or our grandmother or father

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in ourselves.

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So my question is: 
how do I practice to see my father

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when I never met him or have seen him?

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There are people 
who see their father every day,

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but have not really met him.

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I mean that there are couples: there are 
fathers and sons, fathers and daughters

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who see each other every day, but 
there is no communication between them.

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They see the other person, yes, but
they have not really met the other person

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because there is no communication; 
there is no love;

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there is no understanding.

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So, in that case,

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to see a father every day

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that's not true happiness

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because there is no understanding, 
no love.

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But if you practice looking deeply, 
meditation,

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you will see that you are 
the continuation of your father.

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And this is the truth.

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You are not only the continuation
of your father, but you ARE your father.

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You cannot take your father out of you.

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Look at the cloud in the sky.

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The cloud may become the rain

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and the rain may become the tea.

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And when you look at the tea
you can see the cloud.

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It's not so difficult to see 
the cloud in the tea.

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So when you look into yourself

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is not difficult to see 
your father in you.

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You are not only 


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the continuation of your father,

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you ARE your father.

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The rain IS the cloud.

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And the tea IS the rain and the cloud.

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So the appearance is not
the most important thing.

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It is the content.

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So if you can smile with joy and peace,

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your father is smiling with joy and peace
at the same time.

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And you carry your father always with you.

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When you make a step 
that is full of peace and joy,

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your father is making this step
at the same time with you.

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And you are closer, closer to your father 
than you might have thought.

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And you can talk to your father
at any time.

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My own father, he has not died

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and he walks with me every day.

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He breathes with me every day
and I talk to him.

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The cloud has not died.

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It is now a new form:
the rain or the tea.

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So you can talk to the cloud,
and you can drink your cloud.

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And meditation can help us see 
things deeply like that.

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And when we are able to see
things like that we can remove

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all kind of afflictions, and regret, 
and sadness, and suffering.

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(Half Bell)

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(Bell)