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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.60,0:00:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Three sounds of the great bell ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.07,0:00:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plum Village Practice Center,\NLoving Kindness Temple,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.91,0:00:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Path of the Buddha,\NWinter Retreat 2008 - 2009.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.26,0:01:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Insights that help us Break Free from Wrong Views\N14 December 2008.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.67,0:01:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, when Thầy just received \Nthe Great Precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.60,0:01:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Pratimoksha,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.44,0:01:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thầy had to recite them in Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Classical Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.55,0:01:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thầy could not recite them \Nin his native Vietnamese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.26,0:01:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays, monks and nuns can\Nrecite the precepts in Vietnamese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.64,0:01:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, in Vietnam, most monks and nuns
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.02,0:01:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still recite the Pratimoksha in classical Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.48,0:01:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a feeling that reciting it in Chinese
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.49,0:01:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sounds more sacred than \Nreciting it in Vietnamese.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.25,0:01:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like reciting scriptures in Latin over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.96,0:01:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sounds more powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.54,0:01:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more sacred than reciting it in, say, French.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reciting in Sanskrit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.58,0:02:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reciting in Latin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.19,0:02:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thầy really likes the introductory words \Nto the Pratimoksha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.23,0:02:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Pratimoksha that we recite in Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.48,0:02:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is from the Dharmagupta school\N(Pháp Tạng Bộ 法藏部).
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like the \Nocean without boundaries.\N[ Giới như hải vô nhai ]\N[ 戒如海無涯 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.70,0:02:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like precious treasures, \Nwe never grow tired in their pursuit.\N[ Như bảo cầu vô yếm ]\N如寶求無厭 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.16,0:02:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is because we want to protect the sacred \Ninheritance of the true teachings\N[ Dục hộ thánh pháp tài ]\N[ 欲護聖法財 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.03,0:02:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have gathered to hear \Nthe recitation of the precepts.\N[ Chúng tập thính ngã thuyết ]\N[ 眾集聽我說 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.43,0:02:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sixteen words.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.16,0:02:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.09,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the precepts are like \Nthe ocean without boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.68,0:03:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like\Nthe ocean without boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Giới như hải vô nhai,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.63,0:03:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Như bảo cầu vô yếm"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.93,0:03:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means the precepts are like precious \Ntreasures that we are searching for.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.01,0:03:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like going to a mountain full of gems;\Nwe can pick up so many gems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.54,0:03:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But picking up three gems is not enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.09,0:03:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five gems is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.58,0:03:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is never enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.79,0:03:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the precepts \Nare also like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.15,0:03:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studying the precepts, \Npursuing the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.12,0:03:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we never grow tired of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.08,0:03:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back then, as a young bhikshu reading the precepts, I felt those words were wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.19,0:03:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hadn't fully understood them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.84,0:03:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't seen clearly that the precepts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.16,0:03:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are as vast as the ocean,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.25,0:03:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there are no boundaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.91,0:03:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.17,0:03:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I can see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.66,0:04:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that the precepts\Nare really without boundaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.19,0:04:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so vast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.84,0:04:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we study, \Nthe deeper they become,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.38,0:04:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we study, \Nthe more we see its vastness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.28,0:04:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I understand clearly the line \N“Giới như hải vô nhai,”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.68,0:04:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning, the precepts are\Nlike the ocean without boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.42,0:04:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning, we may think,\N"They're precepts. What's the big deal?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.79,0:04:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The five precepts, the first is no killing, \Nthe second is no stealing ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.12,0:04:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's so complicated about them \Nthat they need to be considered
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.69,0:04:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as vast as the ocean without boundaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.78,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without limits?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.36,0:04:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like precious treasures we \Nnever grow tired in their pursuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.13,0:04:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, some of us enjoy studying the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.13,0:04:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, even if we like \Nstudying the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.51,0:04:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there must be a point\Nwhere we feel it's enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.52,0:04:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the introductory paragraph\Nit says, "như bảo cầu vô yếm."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.10,0:04:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So like precious treasures that we search for,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.61,0:04:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how many we find \Nwe never feel it's enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.89,0:04:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are also like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.09,0:04:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we study them, \Nthe more we see how wonderful they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.44,0:05:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we study the 5, 10 or\N14 precepts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.87,0:05:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we think we've had enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.21,0:05:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we have not truly touched the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.55,0:05:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the precepts are very deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.69,0:05:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They contain concentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.77,0:05:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And insight is a treasure chest
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of understanding and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.24,0:05:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we may study the precepts \Nour whole life and still feel it's not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.23,0:05:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Giới như hải vô nhai, Như bảo cầu vô yếm."\N[ 戒如海無涯，如寶求無厭 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.67,0:05:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like the ocean\Nwithout boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.26,0:05:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like a mountain of gems, \Nwe never grow tired in their pursuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.69,0:05:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dục hộ thánh pháp tài, Chúng tập thính ngã thuyết."\N[ 欲護聖法財，眾集聽我說 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.45,0:06:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because we want to protect that \Nsacred inheritance of the noble ones
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.38,0:06:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the sangha has gathered here to listen \Nto the recitation of the precepts."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.40,0:06:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is because we have a very precious \Ninheritance, which are the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.83,0:06:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we can guard that inheritance, \Nwe will continue to be rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.45,0:06:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we lose that inheritance, \Nthen we will become poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.16,0:06:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why the precepts \Nare very important in Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.67,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Precept is sila.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.06,0:06:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are about to have a great\Nprecepts transmission ceremony,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.76,0:06:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New Lotus Season Great Precepts\NTransmission ceremony (Giới Đàn Mùa Sen Mới).
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.70,0:06:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many people are coming to request \Nthe transmission of the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.17,0:06:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sila" means
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.14,0:06:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.56,0:07:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.88,0:07:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precepts lead to concentration.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.21,0:07:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Concentration is "samadhi."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.86,0:07:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our precepts and concentration \Nare powerful enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.31,0:07:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can pierce through \Nthe net of illusion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.83,0:07:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arrive at a very deep understanding,\Nwhich is called "insight,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.29,0:07:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Prajna.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.17,0:08:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the precepts contain \Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.57,0:08:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the precepts do not contain\Nconcentration and insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.55,0:08:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not true precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.47,0:08:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we must know that precepts here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.76,0:08:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contain concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.98,0:08:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and concentration contains insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.37,0:08:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is concentration.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.72,0:08:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.20,0:08:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If by practicing we are able to develop\Nconcentration and insight
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.89,0:08:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because the precepts themselves \Ncontain concentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.33,0:08:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we observe the first precept of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.69,0:08:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no killing, of protecting life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.61,0:08:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that concentration and insight is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.32,0:09:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There must be a kind of insight
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.32,0:09:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which serves as the foundation for precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.17,0:09:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past few weeks \Nwe have seen very clearly that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.72,0:09:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insight is right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.20,0:09:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Chánh kiến" means right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.49,0:09:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.89,0:09:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right view
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.76,0:09:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the view that leads to solidarity and love,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.97,0:09:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to discrimination and division.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.11,0:09:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what we mean by right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.24,0:09:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The view of interdependent co-arising, the view of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.75,0:09:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interdependent co-arising.\N[ Duyên sinh ]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.60,0:09:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interbeing.\N[ Tương Tức ]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.30,0:10:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interdependent co-arising means \Nthis relies on that to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.64,0:10:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the left relies on the right to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.84,0:10:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is no left, there is no right.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.15,0:10:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.18,0:10:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Left and right rely on each other to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.21,0:10:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is no left, \Nthere will never be a right.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.56,0:10:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this does not exist, \Nthen that will never exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.88,0:10:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the sutras, the Buddha \Ntaught this very clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.87,0:10:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is because that is."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.28,0:10:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.39,0:10:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because that is.\N[ Thử hữu tức bỉ hữu ]\N[ 此有故彼有 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.96,0:10:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Thử hữu tức bỉ hữu ]\N[ 此有故彼有 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.92,0:10:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means, this is because that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.78,0:11:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, therefore that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.47,0:11:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This and that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.32,0:11:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose there is no left.\NHow can the right be?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.13,0:11:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first we see that \Nthe left and the right
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.19,0:11:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are like the sun and moon,\Nopposing each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.16,0:11:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in fact, \Nthey embrace each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.64,0:11:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the left there is the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.56,0:11:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the right there is the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.10,0:11:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever the left is, the right is there also.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.55,0:11:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.42,0:11:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is no left, there can be no right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.09,0:11:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is right understanding.\NWhat we call right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.79,0:11:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when we say “I” and “you.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.14,0:11:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I" and "you."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.95,0:11:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.67,0:12:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one and the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.45,0:12:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.22,0:12:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.74,0:12:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one and the all.\N[ Nhất, nhất thiết ]\N[ 一 , 一切 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.57,0:12:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism it is said that \Nthe one is the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.49,0:12:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the one,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.37,0:12:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.32,0:12:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one. The all.\N[ 一 , 一切 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.84,0:12:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is the one the all?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.09,0:12:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because looking deeply into the one,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.46,0:12:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking very deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.99,0:12:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.24,0:12:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village we often use \Na flower as an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.88,0:12:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking deeply into this one flower,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.50,0:12:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that it contains everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.75,0:12:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cloud, the sun, the earth, \Neven human consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.12,0:12:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing in the universe \Nthat is not contained in this flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.40,0:13:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The all is inherent in the one.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.40,0:13:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we take away the all, \Nthe one no longer exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.51,0:13:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we take away the all, \Nthe one no longer exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.48,0:13:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the one embraces the all \Nand the all embraces the one.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.56,0:13:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of the one, the all doesn't exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.47,0:13:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and outside of the all, the one doesn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.04,0:13:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why the one and the all\Nrely on each other to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.94,0:13:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot say that the all comes first \Nand then the one comes after,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.97,0:13:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that the one comes first\Nand then the all comes after.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.05,0:13:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a very deep understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.34,0:13:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we can see the nature of interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.73,0:13:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.55,0:13:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.48,0:13:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this embraces that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.93,0:13:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we begin to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.60,0:13:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when we look into the precepts and see \Nthat they contain concentration and insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.66,0:13:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see the true nature of the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.61,0:14:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we see that the precepts\Nare not concentration and not insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.29,0:14:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we haven't really understood the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.97,0:14:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because precepts, concentration \Nand insight inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.69,0:14:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.08,0:14:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the insight that we need to realize.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.23,0:14:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that insight doesn't come by speaking or listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.74,0:14:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to practice looking deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.35,0:14:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day we will be able to have insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.98,0:14:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That insight is called the right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.40,0:14:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once we have insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.18,0:14:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the precepts become \Nsomething very natural.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.21,0:14:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once we see that the other person is us, \Nwe cannot possibly kill them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.52,0:14:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because killing that person \Nmeans killing ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.16,0:14:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same if we talk about \Nman and the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.59,0:14:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man and the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.89,0:15:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we have wrong view (tà kiến),
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.13,0:15:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would say man is one thing\Nand the environment is another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.10,0:15:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not a right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.21,0:15:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And without right view, \Nethics is not possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.54,0:15:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the Buddha’s teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.90,0:15:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the insights of the great beings
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.18,0:15:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment is also man.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.33,0:15:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man comes from the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.72,0:15:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the environment creates man.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.71,0:15:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we can say\Nthat we are the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.56,0:15:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the environment,\Nthe environment is you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.25,0:15:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have this insight, \Nthat is right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.56,0:15:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing the inter-being between \Nourselves and the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.73,0:15:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't possibly harm the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.14,0:15:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because harming the environment\Nis harming ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.23,0:16:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To kill the environment \Nis to kill the human species.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.16,0:16:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays, sociologists and scientists \Nare all able to see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.87,0:16:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can see it in theory\Nbut perhaps not with insight .
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.27,0:16:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in not harming the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.90,0:16:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in observing the precepts to not harm the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.17,0:16:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not kill other species,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.80,0:16:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not kill other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.08,0:16:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes from insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.02,0:16:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is right view.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.97,0:16:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we say precepts must contain insight
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.74,0:16:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be called true precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.30,0:16:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we just say, \N"The first precept is no killing,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.53,0:16:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't have the insight\Non why we shouldn't kill,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.64,0:16:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we have not understood the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.42,0:16:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need the insight of inter-being:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.20,0:16:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you kill that person you kill yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.22,0:16:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will suffer a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.84,0:16:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that insight,\Nno-killing is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.27,0:17:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the precepts contain \Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.20,0:17:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking into the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.08,0:17:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll find it's complete with\Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.70,0:17:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why the precepts \Nhave no boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.30,0:17:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like the ocean, \Nwithout boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.91,0:17:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we study, the more \Nwe see how deep and vast they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.91,0:17:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we study, the more we see how \Nprecepts contain concentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.83,0:17:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And insight is limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.24,0:17:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, a lake or a pond \Nmay already seem large,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.09,0:17:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when they encounter a river, \Nand they see that the river is so vast.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.92,0:17:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a river is nothing compared to the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.92,0:17:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we look deeply into the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.75,0:17:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can also see that the precepts are limitless,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.73,0:17:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the precepts contain\Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.72,0:17:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if insight is limitless,\Nthen love is also limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.25,0:17:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Insight is understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.45,0:18:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compassion is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.39,0:18:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion is love. \NInsight is understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.60,0:18:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have learned that in Buddhism
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.76,0:18:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love is immeasurable.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.98,0:18:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is made of four elements:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.35,0:18:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving kindness, compassion, \Njoy and equanimity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.15,0:18:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The four immeasurable minds.\N[ Tứ vô lượng tâm ]\N[ 四無量心 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.84,0:18:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Vô lượng" means limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.67,0:18:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if love is limitless,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.86,0:18:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the understanding that generates\Nthat love is also limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.79,0:18:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because the precepts contain insight, \Nunderstanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.12,0:18:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are also limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.15,0:18:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now Thay understands clearly that the line,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.42,0:18:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The precepts are like the ocean\Nwithout boundaries," is very true.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.44,0:19:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like the ocean \Nwithout boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.30,0:19:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very true.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.74,0:19:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The precepts are like the ocean \Nwithout boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.62,0:19:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like precious treasures\Nthat we keep looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.70,0:19:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've found so many, \Nyet we never get tired,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.68,0:19:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still want to keep looking for more.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.47,0:19:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, studying the precepts in that spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.58,0:19:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are true practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.54,0:19:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever there's a precepts class, \Nwe go there immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.80,0:19:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study with the precepts teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.46,0:19:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Precepts teachers who have studied the precepts \Nfor 20 years are very well-learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.12,0:19:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet they still feel they haven't understood enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.64,0:19:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they aspire to study for another 10 years, \Nand even so it's not enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.94,0:19:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they study for another 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.68,0:19:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have such a desire \Nfor the learning the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.61,0:19:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be considered true precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.50,0:19:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 25 years ago, we did some deep looking,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.18,0:19:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we mobilized the sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.22,0:19:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and together we renewed the \N5 Mindfulness Trainings.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.45,0:20:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, we felt that version of the \N5 Mindfulness Trainings were already so wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.64,0:20:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, after 25 years of practicing
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.48,0:20:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are very clear that we\Nneed to revise the 5 Mindfulness Trainings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.26,0:20:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the 5 MTs must be presented \Nin such a way that when we recite them
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.36,0:20:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that they contain \Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.88,0:20:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So during the past 3 or 4 weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.63,0:20:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community in Plum Village\Nhas been helping Thay revise the first training,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.64,0:20:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the training on protecting life.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.40,0:20:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past when the Buddha devised the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.83,0:20:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was also done with the support \Nof the senior monks and nuns.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.93,0:20:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now as we revise the precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.13,0:20:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we revise the precepts
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.96,0:20:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must also help Thay.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.67,0:20:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must do it with Thầy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.01,0:21:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't leave Thay to do it alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.65,0:21:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That wouldn't be nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.18,0:21:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the Dharma sharing sessions, \Ndon’t just sit and listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.92,0:21:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must share your insights on the trainings.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.64,0:21:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must truly contribute to the discussion.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.02,0:21:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must speak out.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.77,0:21:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it may be that in our sharing circle
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.37,0:21:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are people \Nwho are good at taking notes,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.05,0:21:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or good at choosing the right words \Nto express the sangha’s insights.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.72,0:21:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the editors.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.00,0:21:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you may not be an editor, \Nbut you have insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.66,0:21:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have an insight into the training,\Nyou should speak out.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.04,0:21:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the practice, so you can share, \Nyou can contribute.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.28,0:21:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later you can tell your children that
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.63,0:21:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In those days, when the 5 Mindfulness trainings were revised,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.88,0:21:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.20,0:21:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was there!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.62,0:21:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether I'm now a venerable nun
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.26,0:22:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a venerable monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.53,0:22:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had actively contributed.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.84,0:22:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't just sit there and listen,\Nand say I'm happy to flow,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.29,0:22:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, being happy to flow is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.62,0:22:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to contribute to the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.39,0:22:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, should your children ask about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.37,0:22:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can say “Yes, I was there\Nand I contributed wholeheartedly.”
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.81,0:22:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.22,0:22:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today is Sunday,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.92,0:22:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll continue with revising the fifth training.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.12,0:22:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. The first training.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.62,0:22:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sangha has already \Nappointed one person per group
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.05,0:22:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take notes and to edit.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.82,0:22:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all the note takers and editors from \Nthe different groups should come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.40,0:22:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gathering all the ideas \Nfrom their groups
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.19,0:22:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and condensing it into a text \Nfor the first training that's not too long.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.55,0:23:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it should contain
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.18,0:23:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the concentration and insight \Non the training of no killing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.68,0:23:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the training on no killing, it should be \Npresented it in such a way that we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.12,0:23:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that with the insight of interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.52,0:23:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the insight of interdependent co-arising,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.61,0:23:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we no longer discriminate.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.30,0:23:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're no longer dogmatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.74,0:23:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're no longer angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.18,0:23:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.54,0:23:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with understanding, there is acceptance and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.68,0:23:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when there is acceptance and love, \Nthen how can one still kill?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.55,0:23:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Killing that person \Nmeans killing ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.35,0:23:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why in the first training
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.87,0:23:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can help everyone see\Nthe insight that serves as the foundation.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.02,0:23:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that\Nthe spirit of Buddhism
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.11,0:24:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of openness.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.40,0:24:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open to learn and to not \Nget caught in any view,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.40,0:24:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.68,0:24:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theory or religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.26,0:24:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in our society,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.17,0:24:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes in the name of a doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.96,0:24:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of a theory, a religion or God,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.62,0:24:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they kill each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.53,0:24:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Buddhist tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.87,0:24:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the practice called \Nnon attachment to views,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.86,0:24:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not be caught in any\Ndoctrine, theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.41,0:24:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.61,0:24:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even Buddhist ideology\Nor Buddhist theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.31,0:24:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should see the teachings of \Nthe Buddha as guiding means.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.36,0:24:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the finger \Npointing to the moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.36,0:24:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the raft to cross to the other shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.07,0:24:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not worship
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.90,0:25:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.21,0:25:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wage a war \Njust to protect these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.60,0:25:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things that we consider to be absolute truths.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.53,0:25:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why while in Vietnam last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.07,0:25:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay organized requiems to pray
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.12,0:25:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the six to seven million people \Nwho died during the Vietnam war.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.12,0:25:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the prayer we were able \Nto say this one sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.78,0:25:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were able to say this one sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.12,0:25:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that prayer ended up being published \Nin "Giác Ngộ" magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.00,0:26:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sentence was, "Before both our \Nspiritual and blood ancestors,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.58,0:26:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we vow that from now on we will \Nnever initiate any idealogical wars."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.12,0:26:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That line is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.53,0:26:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The current and future\Ngenerations should learn this line
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.78,0:26:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Vietnam war \Nwas essentially an ideological war
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.11,0:26:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between communism and capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.72,0:26:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the country and the people of Vietnam\Nbecame a battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.96,0:26:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one side subscribed to Marxism (communism),
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.08,0:27:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other side subscribed to capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.70,0:27:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only did the country adopt \Nideologies brought in from outside
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.04,0:27:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also imported weapons from outside
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.72,0:27:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brothers ended up killing brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.04,0:27:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That war
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.94,0:27:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was an ideology war.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.66,0:27:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brothers of one family killed\Neach other because of ideologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.35,0:27:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we are fanatic \Nabout an ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.34,0:27:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might end up killing each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.64,0:27:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit of Buddhism is openness,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.19,0:27:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not get caught in any ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.20,0:27:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any doctrine or theory—
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.03,0:27:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's written very clearly—\Neven Buddhist ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.59,0:27:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shouldn't be caught in them either.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.83,0:27:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is called non-attachment to views,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.60,0:28:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not being caught in any ideology \Nor theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.35,0:28:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-attachment to views.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.22,0:28:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the beauty of Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.60,0:28:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we talk about\Nthe first mindfulness training,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.97,0:28:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to talk about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.34,0:28:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, the insight interbeing must be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.10,0:28:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am you, you are me.\NKilling you means killing me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.63,0:28:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, there must be openness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.18,0:28:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not caught in any\Ndoctrine, any theory or any ideology.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.96,0:28:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is when the precept on no-killing \Ncan be a true Buddhist precept.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.76,0:28:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we see in India and Iraq,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.53,0:28:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday bombs are exploding,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.77,0:28:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday people are dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.84,0:28:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are caught in their \Nideologies, theories or religions.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.52,0:28:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They punish each other, \Nthey kill themselves and they kill others.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.42,0:29:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we present the first training
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.69,0:29:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it can be a bell of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.23,0:29:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the whole world to wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.30,0:29:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see that we need to free ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.88,0:29:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the fanatism and intolerance,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.76,0:29:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to put an end
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.93,0:29:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the violence, the hatred and the killing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.22,0:29:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the first precept,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.64,0:29:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can we keep it short
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.68,0:29:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but still be able to express all the insights.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.96,0:29:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Insight is the foundation for action.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.10,0:29:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.93,0:29:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About precepts, \Nwe need to present them in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.10,0:29:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people can touch the concentration \Nand insight while reciting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.36,0:30:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we ...\Nteacher and disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.40,0:30:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this winter retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.86,0:30:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can offer a new version\Nof the 5 Mindfulness Trainings.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.00,0:30:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe they can be used\Nfor the next 20 or 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.39,0:30:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can play their role \Nin the next 20 or 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.69,0:30:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 20 or 30 years, the situation\Nin the world will change,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.61,0:30:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will require us to sit down \Nand revise the trainings again.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.90,0:30:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the trainings \Nmust be appropriate.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.44,0:30:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one hand, they should be appropriate \Nto the teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.97,0:30:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must be in-line with the teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.46,0:31:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the other hand, they should be \Nappropriate to the situation of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.79,0:31:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In-line with the teachings and appropriate to our times.\N[ khế lý 契理 , khế cơ 契機 ]
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.12,0:31:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is called appropriateness.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.49,0:31:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today the sangha is invited \Nto work effectively together.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.66,0:31:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have Dharma sharing groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.00,0:31:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or precepts sharing groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.71,0:31:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in each sharing group, \Nthere are some who are active,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.20,0:31:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some who can share quite deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.48,0:31:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some who are capable of \Ntaking notes and reporting.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.77,0:31:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we should encourage these people to\Nmeet similar people in other groups
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.65,0:31:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to form an editorial council.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.92,0:32:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay will hand over all the materials
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.06,0:32:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and results of last weeks\NDharma sharing sessions
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.13,0:32:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can rewrite and present \Nthe first training as they wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.48,0:32:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That text will be the result\Nof collective insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.47,0:32:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from teacher and disciple, \Nfrom all the brothers and sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.94,0:32:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be our offering \Nto the Three Jewels as the year ends,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.14,0:32:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the occasion of Christmas and New Year.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.67,0:32:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past few weeks we have\Ntried to offer some different views.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.30,0:33:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,View or approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.13,0:33:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three different views.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.52,0:33:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is the view from theistic traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.45,0:33:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should already have that printed text.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.56,0:33:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have a paragraph
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.02,0:33:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the scientific view.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.84,0:33:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The view of science about \Nthe universe and all beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.42,0:33:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lastly, we have a paragraph\Nabout the Buddhist view.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.32,0:33:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddhist view on consciousness and action.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.53,0:34:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we should all have these three texts.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.17,0:34:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These texts represent the three different approaches,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.32,0:34:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the theistic approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.53,0:34:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scientific approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.25,0:34:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Buddhist approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.73,0:34:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buddhist studies can be better described \Nas ethics rather than religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.92,0:34:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in Buddhism we don't speak of the creator.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.62,0:34:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If God is perceived ...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.01,0:34:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the ground of being,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.80,0:34:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if God is perceived as \Nthe ultimate reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.52,0:34:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as suchness,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.09,0:34:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Nirvana,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.97,0:35:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then in Buddhism there is God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.12,0:35:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if God is perceived as a man
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.62,0:35:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a long beard \Nstanding high up in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.66,0:35:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who created humans and all things,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.52,0:35:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then in Buddhism \Nthere is no God like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.35,0:35:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now people say that
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.06,0:35:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirituality is possible without God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.82,0:35:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality without God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.34,0:35:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But depending on how we\Nunderstand the word God,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.72,0:35:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see whether God is present in Buddhism or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.33,0:35:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we say man is created \Nin the image of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.58,0:35:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no such belief in Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.57,0:35:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we say God is the ultimate reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.88,0:36:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ground of being \Nthen there may be a God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.00,0:36:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.31,0:36:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay has proposed a short text—less than \Na dozen lines—on the Buddhist approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.73,0:36:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this Buddhist approach
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.47,0:36:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just a finger pointing to the moon,\Nor a raft to cross the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.11,0:36:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can come up with another text.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.09,0:37:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the future the Buddhist approach \Ncan be improved.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.25,0:37:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can present it in a better way.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.32,0:37:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like science. The view \Nrepresenting science here
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.68,0:37:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may no longer be relevant now.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.84,0:37:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In science, there are those\Nwho have made great progress
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.03,0:37:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are those who have stay behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.16,0:37:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the scientists who have made great progress \Nand the scientists who have stay behind,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.53,0:37:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they strongly oppose each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.12,0:37:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have very different views.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.04,0:37:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the view of science \Nis also advancing,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.06,0:37:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the view of religion\Nis also advancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.16,0:37:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the view of Buddhism \Nmust also move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.52,0:37:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.43,0:37:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If love is something limitless,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.55,0:37:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then understanding and wisdom \Nshould also be something limitless.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.19,0:38:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we cannot say that our understanding ends here.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.16,0:38:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there are any theologians here in the sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.69,0:38:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(theologians)
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.13,0:38:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's contemplate, let's try to find
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.65,0:38:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.40,0:38:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cosmology from the theistic traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.40,0:38:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the view that we have been using
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.34,0:38:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the foundation for ethics may be outdated.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.34,0:38:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the light of science,\Nthat view needs to be revised.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.26,0:39:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Buddhist approach, both\Nsubject and object of perception ...
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.14,0:39:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manifest from consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.70,0:39:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the principle of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.69,0:39:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Both subject and object of perception \Nmanifest from consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.13,0:39:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the principle of interbeing."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.72,0:39:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever we go we can see interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.22,0:39:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subject of perception\Nand object of perception
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.48,0:39:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not two things \Nthat exist outside of each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.72,0:40:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subject contains the object \Nand the object contains the subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.06,0:40:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like this flower, it\Ncontains the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.11,0:40:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the universe \Ncontains this flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.46,0:40:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cannot exist outside of each other. \NThis is the insight of Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.91,0:40:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, "Humankind is present in all things
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.27,0:40:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all things are present in humankind."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.04,0:40:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that humankind \Nis present in the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.52,0:40:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the environment is\Npresent in humankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.52,0:40:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human beings and \Nthe environment inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.73,0:40:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is clearly consistent \Nwith the insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.95,0:40:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You contain the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.66,0:40:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The environment contains you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.67,0:40:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the environment.\NThat is the insight of Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.30,0:41:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Buddhism goes further.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.86,0:41:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"On the phenomenal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.80,0:41:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there seems to be birth,\Ndeath, being and non-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.08,0:41:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ontologically, these notions cannot be \Napplied to reality."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.28,0:41:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"On the phenomenal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.92,0:41:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there seems to be birth,\Ndeath, being and non-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.82,0:41:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ontologically,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.83,0:41:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these notions cannot be \Napplied to reality."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.00,0:41:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very Buddhist.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.62,0:41:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just one person's way \Nof expressing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.28,0:41:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you study and practice Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.30,0:41:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may find better ways \Nto express this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.44,0:41:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same in science.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.38,0:41:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.78,0:41:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,—there must be some scientists among us—
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.55,0:41:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like astrophysicists, \Nor nuclear physicists,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.70,0:42:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uou know that science \Nis also advancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.40,0:42:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has left behind \Narchaic knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.36,0:42:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is finding ways \Nto be free from views,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.47,0:42:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break free from old knowledge\Nto search for new knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.58,0:42:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are scientists who have come very close,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.58,0:42:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who have started to have insights \Nthat are similar to Buddhist ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.24,0:42:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're starting to see that \Nthe universe is also consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.66,0:42:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're starting to see that\Nthe quanta is also consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.04,0:42:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all their own consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.78,0:42:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So dialogue between\Nscience and religion
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.68,0:42:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been going on for decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.28,0:42:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is something very exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.66,0:42:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If scientists can work together with Buddhists,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.57,0:43:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if scientists learn to meditate\Nand to use a tool called mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.13,0:43:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can succeed much more quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.76,0:43:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because scientists have \Nvery sophisticated instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.27,0:43:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have very expensive instruments,\Nlike particle accelerators.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.36,0:43:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one in Switzerland is very expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.08,0:43:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Buddhism, we say the most \Nimportant instrument is our mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.72,0:43:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When mind is tainted with the afflictions\Nof craving, anger and ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.72,0:43:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that instrument cannot realize deep insights.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.12,0:43:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we know how to purify our mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.16,0:44:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to remove the dust of\Ncraving, anger, ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.40,0:44:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mind becomes clear and bright.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.30,0:44:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that clarity, \Nwe can see more clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.28,0:44:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why scientists\Nmust also be practitioners
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.53,0:44:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be successful\Nmore quickly and easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.83,0:44:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists can't just use their intellect alone, \Nthey also need to make use of their heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.88,0:44:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything evolves according to the \Nprinciple of interdependence,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.88,0:44:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is free will and\Nthe possibility to transform,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.52,0:44:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is probability.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.25,0:44:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The dynamic consciousness is called karma energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.06,0:45:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything evolves according to \Nthe principle of interdependence, interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.65,0:45:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is still free will \Nand the possibility to transform.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.27,0:45:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is probability.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.61,0:45:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the one affects the\Nall, the all affect the one."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.88,0:45:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The all affect the one, \Nand the one affects the all.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.86,0:45:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each sentence contains\Nthe insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.80,0:45:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To Thay, the principle \Nof interbeing is very scientific.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.81,0:45:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Right view allows right action,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.38,0:45:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to the reduction of suffering \Nand the increase of happiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.68,0:45:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Right view allows right action,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.00,0:45:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to the reduction of suffering \Nand the increase of happiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.78,0:46:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in Buddhist ethics, \Nright view is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.57,0:46:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right view leads to right thinking,\Nright speech and right action.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.54,0:46:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one more thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.27,0:46:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness and suffering inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.04,0:46:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Happiness and suffering inter-are."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.74,0:46:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning in happiness there is suffering. \NIn suffering there is happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.98,0:46:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness and suffering make each other.\NThat is also the insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.24,0:46:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps in other schools of ethics\Nthis has been overlooked.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.32,0:46:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Buddhism, without this insight\Nit is not true Buddhist ethics.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.32,0:46:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, "The ultimate reality transcends\Nnotions of good and evil, right and wrong."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.09,0:46:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning notions of good\Nand evil, right and left,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.01,0:47:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right and wrong,\Nare all relative.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.96,0:47:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are two domains,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.92,0:47:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one domain is nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.16,0:47:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.25,0:47:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The natural world is the domain of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.90,0:47:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the human world is the domain of humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.62,0:47:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is the human world, \Nwith its suffering and happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.87,0:47:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be able to determine
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.93,0:47:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is right and what is wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.95,0:47:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is good and what is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.50,0:47:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things are pragmatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.86,0:48:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are only relative in value.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.47,0:48:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't hold on to them and assume\Nthat they are absolute.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.76,0:48:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right and wrong, good and evil,\Nare only relative.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.11,0:48:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not be caught \Nand think they are absolute.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.81,0:48:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.70,0:48:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we arrive \Nat the ultimate reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.37,0:48:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no more \Nright and wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.48,0:48:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good and evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.84,0:48:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true and false.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.32,0:48:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Nirvana transcends all notions of right and wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.42,0:48:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being and non-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.50,0:48:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good and evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.76,0:49:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana is not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.53,0:49:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana is neither good \Nnor evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.92,0:49:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good and evil are notions
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.89,0:49:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we apply in the human world.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.22,0:49:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana itself is neither\Ngood nor evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.61,0:49:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It transcends the notions of\Ngood and evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.73,0:49:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same goes for notions \Nof above and below.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.38,0:49:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Above means to be above something, \Nand below means to be below something.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.32,0:49:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are sitting here
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.47,0:49:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in France.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.34,0:49:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our head is pointing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.20,0:49:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we think that this is the below.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.76,0:49:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Viet Nam, \Nthey are sitting upside down from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.98,0:50:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we call the above\Nis actually their below.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.68,0:50:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these notions of above and\Nbelow cannot be applied to the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.37,0:50:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can only be applied in relation to the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.08,0:50:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we should not be caught \Nin notions of above and below.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.22,0:50:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same for the Dharmakaya.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.58,0:50:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say that Dharmakaya is pure is not correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.20,0:50:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say the Dharmakaya is pure is incorrect.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.82,0:50:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dharmakaya is neither pure nor impure.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.58,0:50:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say that the Dharmakaya is impure is already wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.68,0:50:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to say that the Dharmakaya \Nis pure is equally wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.19,0:50:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Zen master Tuệ Trung\NThượng Sĩ was asked by his disciples:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.01,0:50:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is the pure Dharmakaya?" \NHe said, "Cow dung",
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.32,0:50:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cow urine. \NThat's what he said
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.22,0:50:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help people break free from \Nnotions of pure and impure.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.38,0:51:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what Thầy wants to say is,\Nif you are a theologian,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.24,0:51:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Hindu,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.14,0:51:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jewish,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.12,0:51:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Christian theologian,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.80,0:51:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should know that ...
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.34,0:51:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our view on the universe and\Nall things can be improved.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:31.73,0:51:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can move it forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.90,0:51:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can transcend the old view \Nand to reach a new view.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.14,0:51:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can ...
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.94,0:51:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carry our tradition forward \Nso that it can be closer to science.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.02,0:51:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Holiness the Dalai Lama has also said this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.60,0:52:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "If I encounter something in Buddhism \Nthat contradicts the spirit of modern science,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.50,0:52:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I am ready to let them go."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.46,0:52:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the spirit of \Nnon-attachment to views.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.36,0:52:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the courage \Nto let go of things
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.03,0:52:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we find are no longer correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.02,0:52:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also the spirit of science.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.98,0:53:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the 1st of October, 2008 ...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.70,0:53:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the capitol city of New Delhi ...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.73,0:53:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thầy gave a teaching \Nto commemorate Mahatma Gandhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.28,0:53:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was called the Gandhi Memorial Lecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.88,0:53:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thầy cited an extract from\NMahatma Gandhi's speech
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.55,0:53:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the 9th of April, 1933,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.91,0:53:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from his journal called "Harijan."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.18,0:53:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ghandi said: "In my search after truth,"\Nin my journey to seek the the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.16,0:53:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have discarded many ideas\Nand learned many new things."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.22,0:54:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In my search after truth, I have discarded many ideas and learned many new things."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.92,0:54:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This proves that Mahatma Gandhi was someone\Nwho was not attached to views.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.48,0:54:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was not caught in prior knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.38,0:54:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahatma Gandhi was not a Buddhist. \NHe was a Hindu.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.58,0:54:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that tradition\Nthere is also advancement.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.35,0:54:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the spirit of science.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.28,0:54:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Christians or Jewish\Nwe can also have that attitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.64,0:54:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can release old understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.35,0:54:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reach to higher understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.23,0:54:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Old as I am in age,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.28,0:55:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no feeling that I have\Nceased to grow inwardly."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.24,0:55:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Old as I am in age, I have no feeling \Nthat I have ceased to grow inwardly."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.96,0:55:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am old but I have the feeling\Nthat I have never cease to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.91,0:55:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I continue to grow \Nin my spiritual life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.18,0:55:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have the feeling\Nthat even at the dissolution of this body
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.50,0:55:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my quest for learning, my growth in\Nspiritual life will not stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.27,0:55:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.32,0:55:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...or that my growth will stop \Nat the dissolution of the flesh."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.67,0:55:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It proves that Mahatma Gandhi was \Nnot caught in the view of nihilism.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.34,0:55:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nihilism means,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.95,0:56:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea that at the dissolution of the body nothing continues.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.84,0:56:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is continued.\NThe person is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.42,0:56:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahatma Gandhi is saying after the dissolution of this body, \NI will continue to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.45,0:56:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will continue to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.74,0:56:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can continue to let go of the old truths in order to reach higher truths.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.80,0:56:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Mahatma Gandhi was able to \Nbreak free from nihilism.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.00,0:56:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sentence proves that\NMahatma Gandhi had two virtues.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.67,0:56:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first virtue is the capacity \Nto let go of his own views.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.59,0:56:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And second is the capacity to transcend\Nthe wrong view of nihilism,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.33,0:56:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the view that after death\Nwe cease to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.52,0:56:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many scientists are still \Ncaught in these two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.70,0:56:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even scientists are still caught \Nin these two things
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.52,0:56:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Gandhi was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.66,0:56:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two things are very important in Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.04,0:56:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is first, non-attachment to views—\Nthe capacity to let go of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:54.86,0:57:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And secondly, not being caught in nihilism.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.75,0:57:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to move forward a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.69,0:57:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start talking about the second mindfulness training,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.80,0:57:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if we are still working \Non revising the first training.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.08,0:57:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we only have three months.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.26,0:58:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second training is ...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.86,0:58:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of sharing our resources \Nwith those who are in need,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.70,0:58:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to appropriate, not to steal,\Nand not to cause social injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.88,0:58:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second training \Nmust also contain the insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.70,0:58:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we present the second training,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.81,0:58:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to present it in such a way \Nthat it contains the insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.60,0:58:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The suffering of the other person\Nis our own suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.38,0:58:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The suffering, the destruction \Nof the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.16,0:58:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also the destruction of human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.03,0:58:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That insight should be\Nembedded in the second training.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.42,0:59:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second training is about no stealing,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.30,0:59:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about sharing our time and material resources \Nwith those who are in need.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:10.70,0:59:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that the objective \Nof the second training
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.10,0:59:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more about eliminating craving,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.100,0:59:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more about eliminating greed and craving.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.58,0:59:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the first training on no killing,\Nit is also about eliminating greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:33.70,0:59:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is because of greed \Nthat we kill people,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.76,0:59:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we invade other countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.74,0:59:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We covet the natural resources of those countries \Nso we come and invade them.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.24,1:00:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or we want a market for our products \Nso we invade that country.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.76,1:00:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first training also deals with craving.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.00,1:00:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second training deals with craving too.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:11.10,1:00:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because of craving that\Nwe want to seize and appropriate.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.42,1:00:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because of craving for wealth and success
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.31,1:00:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we destroy the environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.62,1:00:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The object of this craving\Nis assets and wealth.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.62,1:00:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we go to the third training,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:33.50,1:00:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no sexual misconduct, it is also \Nrelated to craving, but for sex.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.68,1:00:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in fact all the five trainings\Ndeal with craving and greed.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.17,1:00:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, all the five trainings also\Ndeal with anger.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.00,1:00:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in the first training, \Nno killing, there is anger.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.38,1:00:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of anger there is killing.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.50,1:01:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And delusion. Delusion is the\Nlack of insight into interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.25,1:01:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore the killing, therefore the appropriation.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.60,1:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we see clearly that the five trainings\Nare interrelated, they inte-rare.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.19,1:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In practicing one training well,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.13,1:01:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can also practice the other four trainings well.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.53,1:01:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.64,1:01:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we present \Nthe second training on no stealing,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.66,1:01:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on sharing our time, material resources and \Nenergy with those who are in need,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:37.82,1:01:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to present it in such a way
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.94,1:01:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows people to see that the\Nother person whom we are exploiting,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.51,1:01:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom we want to appropriate\Nfrom, is also ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.78,1:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that storehouse of natural resources,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.03,1:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that environment that we are exploiting\Nand polluting, is also ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:02.32,1:02:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the environment.\NWe must have that insight
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.47,1:02:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the second training can be deep enough.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.46,1:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to present it\Nin such a way that allows everyone
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.09,1:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the interbeing between \Nthemselves and the other person—
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.86,1:02:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person whom we want to appropriate from, \Nwhom we want to exploit—
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.00,1:02:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interbeing nature between\Nourselves and the environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.30,1:02:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when second training\Nis a true precept of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.84,1:02:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The insight of interbeing must be there.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:59.04,1:03:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, we can say,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.29,1:03:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I vow to look deeply to see that\Nthe happiness and suffering of others
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.74,1:03:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are related to my own\Nhappiness and suffering."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.92,1:03:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may think that you have to be rich
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.28,1:03:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:21.100,1:03:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But your wealth cannot be\Nbuilt on the poverty of others.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.04,1:03:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I vow to look deeply to see that\Nthe happiness and suffering of others
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.28,1:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are related to my own\Nhappiness and suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.58,1:03:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that true happiness and peace
Dialogue: 0,1:03:40.40,1:03:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not possible without\Nunderstanding and love."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.93,1:03:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are some views
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.71,1:03:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say only when we have the four things—
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.73,1:03:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wealth, fame, power and sex—
Dialogue: 0,1:03:57.70,1:03:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:58.77,1:04:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what so many people believe.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.40,1:04:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this second training,\Nwe have to make clear
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.94,1:04:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that without understanding and love, \Nhappiness is not possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.28,1:04:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you have a lot of wealth,\Nfame, power and sex,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.48,1:04:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's no understanding\Nand love, you can suffer enormously.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:20.04,1:04:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can even commit suicide.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.06,1:04:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So understanding and love are \Nthe foundation of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.63,1:04:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to help people see that
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.68,1:04:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can look for\Nhappiness in that direction
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.35,1:04:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to run after craving.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:35.58,1:04:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only then can this precept\Nbe a true precept of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.72,1:04:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That true happiness and \Npeace are not possible
Dialogue: 0,1:04:48.58,1:04:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without understanding and love,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.38,1:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that running after wealth, fame, power and \Nsensual pleasures can bring much suffering."
Dialogue: 0,1:04:58.32,1:05:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And once I know how to generate\Nunderstanding and love,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.07,1:05:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can help myself and others overcome \Ndifficulties and fear, and grow my happiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.40,1:05:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I vow to look deeply\Nto see that I am the environment ...
Dialogue: 0,1:05:19.58,1:05:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the environment is myself.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.42,1:05:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harming the environment is harming myself."
Dialogue: 0,1:05:26.86,1:05:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With these elements, it is good enough for now.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.84,1:05:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am determied to practice deeply
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.21,1:05:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see that both happiness\Nand suffering of the other person
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.30,1:05:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have much to do with my\Nown suffering and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.86,1:05:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That true happiness is not possible \Nwithout understanding and love.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:50.58,1:05:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And running after wealth, fame, power or sex
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.90,1:05:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can bring about much suffering and despair."
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.16,1:06:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And happiness is the aim of our life.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:07.64,1:06:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though everyone needs \Nto overcome poverty,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:12.14,1:06:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness cannot be found in \Nthe direction of craving and sensual desires.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.64,1:06:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In New Delhi, Thầy also talked about ...
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.73,1:06:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahatma Gandhi's view on\Nhappiness and sensual pleasures.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.94,1:06:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thầy quoted this from Gandhi:
Dialogue: 0,1:06:39.88,1:06:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our ancestors set a limit to our indulgences."
Dialogue: 0,1:06:44.75,1:06:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ancestors have learned to stop \Nand practice moderation.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.37,1:06:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more indulging without limits.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:52.23,1:06:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more
Dialogue: 0,1:07:14.85,1:07:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more overindulgence.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:20.56,1:07:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our ancestors set a limit on our indulgences,"
Dialogue: 0,1:07:26.04,1:07:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order not to overindulge.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:32.66,1:07:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They saw that happiness \Nwas largely a mental condition."
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.88,1:07:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our ancestors saw that happiness
Dialogue: 0,1:07:42.58,1:07:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was largely a mental condition, our way of seeing things.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.98,1:07:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing with understanding and love, \Nhappiness is possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:55.48,1:07:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A man is not necessarily\Nhappy because he is rich,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:59.28,1:08:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unhappy because he is poor."
Dialogue: 0,1:08:02.14,1:08:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people are not necessary happy \Nwhen they are rich,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.96,1:08:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not necessarily \Nunhappy when they are poor.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.60,1:08:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who are able to live in moderation, \Nin poor conditions,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:13.78,1:08:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially those who are able to live simply, those who choose
Dialogue: 0,1:08:24.90,1:08:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voluntary poverty,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:28.87,1:08:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those people are very happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:33.98,1:08:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live simply, they may not\Nhave a high income,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.32,1:08:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they may be able to smile all day, \Nbe happy all day, love all day.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.40,1:08:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this sentence is very true.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.91,1:08:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A man is not necessarily \Nhappy because he is rich,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.60,1:08:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or unhappy because he is poor."
Dialogue: 0,1:08:55.98,1:09:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Observing all this, our ancestors \Ndissuaded us from luxuries and pleasures."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:03.100,1:09:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Observing all this, our ancestors \Ndissuaded us from luxuries and pleasures."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:14.00,1:09:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indulging in sensual pleasures \Ncan bring about a lot of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:18.58,1:09:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This insight
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.55,1:09:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a shared insight.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:23.20,1:09:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not only found in Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:27.34,1:09:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in Christianity, \Nin Judaism and in Hinduism.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:36.73,1:09:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this insight,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:39.95,1:09:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to point to it text of the training.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:43.66,1:09:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we read the trainings, we can see\Nclearly that without Dharma sharing,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:47.64,1:09:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without coninuous learning, it's impossible\Nto understand that training deeply.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.12,1:09:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after you have received the\NFive Mindfulness Trainings
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.22,1:09:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should aspire to study them\Nwhen you get back home.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:59.58,1:10:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studying just one training is enough.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:02.31,1:10:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that training is like \Nthe ocean without boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.22,1:10:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deeper we go into that training\Nthe more we can see its depth,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:12.99,1:10:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is an ocean \Nof wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:14.62,1:10:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ocean of love in that training.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:19.59,1:10:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to present the \N5 Mindfulness Trainings in such a way
Dialogue: 0,1:10:23.28,1:10:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they contain the immense ocean \Nof Buddhist insight and love.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:42.76,1:10:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One practitioner wrote me a letter yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:45.62,1:10:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said: "I have work to\Ndo. I must leave on Tuesday.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:48.94,1:10:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I am very sad,\Nbecause I came to Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,1:10:54.08,1:10:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the intention to receive \Nthe Five Mindfulness Trainings.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:57.16,1:11:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, please help me find a way to receive\Nthe 5 Mindfulness Trainings before Tuesday,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.66,1:11:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I must leave on Tuesday."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:03.45,1:11:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Thay handed the letter \Nto brother Pháp Đôn,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:06.92,1:11:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked him to arrange for this friend\Nto receive the 5 trainings on Monday,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.67,1:11:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so tomorrow, \Nbefore he returns home.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:17.51,1:11:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brother Pháp Đôn was very compassionate.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.29,1:11:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has arranged\Nfor five or six brothers
Dialogue: 0,1:11:24.80,1:11:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transmit the 5 Mindfulness Trainings \Nfor that friend.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:29.44,1:11:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is heart of pursuing the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:33.96,1:11:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we know that\Nthere are precious gems in the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:40.84,1:11:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have precepts \Nthen we have everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:46.88,1:11:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the precepts \Ncontain the Three Jewels:
Dialogue: 0,1:11:49.29,1:11:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha, the Dharma, the sangha;
Dialogue: 0,1:11:51.32,1:11:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precepts, concentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.78,1:11:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So someone who practices\Nthe precepts is always protected.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:57.40,1:11:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They no longer have anything to fear.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:59.64,1:12:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone with a precept body, \Nthe sila body ...
Dialogue: 0,1:12:04.02,1:12:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that person is always protected\Nby the Three Jewels,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:08.58,1:12:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the energies of precepts,\Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:11.57,1:12:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why every one of us should pursue\Nthe precepts wholeheartedly.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:19.14,1:12:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all those who stay until \Nthe end of the Rains retreat,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:26.66,1:12:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can receive the 5 trainings during \Nthe Great Precepts Transmission Ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:30.08,1:12:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can receive them in the New Lotus Season \NGreat Precepts Transmission Ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:41.07,1:12:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the year,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:45.56,1:12:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems the monastics in Bat Nha have read this already,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:47.28,1:12:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the monastics in New Hamlet \Nand Lower Hamlet have not.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:52.52,1:12:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay hopes that after the monastics \Nhave had a chance to read this,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:57.52,1:13:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can translate it so our friends can read it i\Nn English, French and German.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:20.00,1:13:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay has the reports from the \NDharma sharing groups from last Thursday.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:28.86,1:13:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ The sound of the bell ]