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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the year 2020
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.91,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in the New Hamlet of Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.54,0:00:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right Now in the New Hamlet we have about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.95,0:00:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a congregation of about 65 people \Nhere
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.36,0:00:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm aware that at this very moment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am also there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.13,0:00:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lower Hamlet, in the Upper Hamlet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.05,0:00:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and elsewhere, where \Nfriends are joining us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sharing this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.17,0:00:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness, Cconcentration and Insight
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.10,0:00:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the essence of Plum Village practises.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.03,0:00:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that we are reminded every day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.57,0:01:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate the energy of \NMindfulness, concentration and Insight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.70,0:01:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our that our whole day \Nin the monastery
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.61,0:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the very first moment that we wake up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.20,0:01:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the last moment \Nwhen we are in bed falling asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.86,0:01:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our practise is, all our practise is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.96,0:01:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in cultivating these energies \Ninside ourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.60,0:01:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.34,0:01:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its appropriate right, \Nto mention that over and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.87,0:01:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though you may have heard this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.08,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thousand times or even more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.98,0:02:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is always a really good reminder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.37,0:02:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate mindfulness, concentration \Nand insight
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.94,0:02:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially for many of our friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.73,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are joining us today, for the talk
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.28,0:02:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you may not be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.12,0:02:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very familiar with this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.06,0:02:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these practices with mindfulness, \Nconcentration and insight
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.88,0:02:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted just to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.40,0:02:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mention very briefly what they are\Nso that we
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.52,0:02:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.29,0:02:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meditation practice, \Nthe essence of meditation practice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.52,0:02:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to cultivate these energies in us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.07,0:02:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.89,0:02:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the awareness of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.91,0:02:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on inside our bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.61,0:03:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our feelings, our mind and our soul
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.88,0:03:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the surroundings, \Nwhat's happening in the surroundings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.92,0:03:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindfulness is like a light
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.26,0:03:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we are able to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.09,0:03:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come back to our breath, \Nwhen we are able to make mindful steps
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.51,0:03:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we light up this light in our heart
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.17,0:03:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our mind so that we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.91,0:03:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.19,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is that is unfolding in the\Npresent moment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.72,0:03:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the domain of our body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.68,0:03:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our feelings, our perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.54,0:03:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mental formations \Nand our consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.46,0:03:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we are present
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.87,0:03:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and aware of what is happening
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.11,0:03:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're truly there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.56,0:04:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're present we're focussed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.90,0:04:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not running away anymore in our head
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.62,0:04:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're there to see
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.89,0:04:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's called concentration
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.54,0:04:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're concentrated in what it is that \Nwe are looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.38,0:04:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what it is that we are aware
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.84,0:04:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its that energies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.72,0:04:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being present and concentrated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.14,0:04:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we begin to see deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.66,0:04:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see deeply into
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.66,0:04:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the causes and conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.05,0:04:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the roots of \Nwhy things are the way they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of why we are the way we are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.26,0:04:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's called insight, understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.39,0:04:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its the understanding, it's the insight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.63,0:04:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.09,0:05:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transform the situation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.33,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps us to be free
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.80,0:05:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from whatever it is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.63,0:05:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are still clinging onto
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.26,0:05:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.65,0:05:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not yet free
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.40,0:05:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so these three energies are very \Nimportant
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.62,0:05:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the energies of the buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.16,0:05:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside ourselves, the baby\Nbuddha inside ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.90,0:05:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these energies once they are activated, \Ngenerated, its like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.47,0:05:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baby buddha in us \Nis coming alive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.38,0:05:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the stronger these\Nenergies are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.62,0:05:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bigger
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.30,0:05:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the baby buddha is\Ninside us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.82,0:06:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its such a simple practice, \Nsuch simple practices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.45,0:06:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we do every day \Nto generate these energies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.25,0:06:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathing, being aware of our breath
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.45,0:06:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being aware of our body\Nbeing aware of our steps
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.63,0:06:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being aware of what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.15,0:06:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our heart, in our mind\Nsimple practices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.64,0:06:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once we are able to be aware
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.97,0:06:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once the energy of mindfulness,\Nconcentration and insight are there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.47,0:06:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it takes us to a different dimension\Nof experience of these things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.94,0:06:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simple isn't it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.30,0:07:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do-able also
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.20,0:07:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessible, do-able practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.35,0:07:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my question is \Nfor myself and for you is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.73,0:07:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that we are \Nstill struggling so much?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.90,0:07:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that these practices \Nare simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.55,0:07:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet in our daily life most\Nof the time we are not mindful ?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.92,0:07:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.95,0:07:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who among us here \Nis mindful most of the day?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.62,0:07:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you raise your hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.89,0:07:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see any hands!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.10,0:07:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if the lower \Nhamlet has any hands up
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.92,0:07:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, anyways, what is it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.61,0:08:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is it, that is my question
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.05,0:08:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I ask every single day
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.12,0:08:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why is it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.05,0:08:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I know these energies are \Nso important
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.83,0:08:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know these energies are \Ninnate in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.16,0:08:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all I need to do is just \Ntap into these energies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.20,0:08:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all these practices and voila, \NI'm enlightened !
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.38,0:08:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet its not as simple \Nto do as it sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.36,0:08:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its not because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.90,0:08:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know I don't have the environment\Nto do it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.78,0:08:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its not because my sisters are not
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.08,0:08:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting me to practice
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.38,0:08:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something about me\Nabout my mind
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.75,0:08:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats really preventing me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.62,0:08:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from really dwelling \Ndeeply in the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.62,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from really embracing wholeheartedly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.82,0:09:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these practices that I know\Nare so beneficial for me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.13,0:09:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that my aspiration as a\Nmonastic is to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.85,0:09:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really cultivate these energies in me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.78,0:09:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I can be free so that \NI can help other people to be free
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.63,0:09:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be happy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.78,0:09:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so why is it? so that's a question\Nthat I always ask myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.45,0:09:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today we are going to explore why
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.68,0:09:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the context of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.30,0:09:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have been talking about\Nduring this retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.05,0:09:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also what is happening in the world\Nright now with discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.73,0:09:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the question also came up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.31,0:09:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is the discrimination coming \Nfrom
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.90,0:09:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is discrimination only happening to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.60,0:10:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain number of people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.35,0:10:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it only
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.94,0:10:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in people with particular skin color?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.42,0:10:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it? where is it coming\Nfrom?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.84,0:10:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.47,0:10:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Thay repeated over and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.65,0:10:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Buddha also said
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.43,0:10:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything is \Na manifestation of our mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.69,0:10:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even our physical body \Nis a manifestation of our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even our physical illness \Nis a manifestation of our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.39,0:10:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment \Nis a manifestation of our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.57,0:11:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, the study of the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.100,0:11:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the understanding of the\Nmind, its so crucial
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.100,0:11:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.37,0:11:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because without the understanding \Nof how the mind works
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.67,0:11:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from mind
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.27,0:11:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will struggle \Nand we will continue to struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.18,0:11:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will always be in the dark
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.47,0:11:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing why we are the way we are
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.85,0:11:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'll start with what\NSister [Dang/Lang] Nghiem,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.86,0:11:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is here with us now in\Nin the New Hamlet shared last Sunday
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.45,0:11:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.45,0:11:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness already
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.89,0:11:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm going to mention again
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.48,0:12:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to refresh our memory
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.62,0:12:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of us here at Plum Village\Nalready know this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.66,0:12:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a lot of our friends \Nmay not be very familiar with it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.35,0:12:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so bear with me Sisters
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.74,0:12:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we love to use this image,\Na circle
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.65,0:12:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.43,0:12:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we learned last week
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.74,0:12:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's many different levels \Nof consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.67,0:12:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different layers of consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.36,0:12:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have learned that \Nthere is store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.92,0:12:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the depth of our consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.53,0:12:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the base of our consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.72,0:13:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the foundation of our consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.94,0:13:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.15,0:13:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.98,0:13:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are preserved and kept
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.72,0:13:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of imaginable seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.53,0:13:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the most negative
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.07,0:13:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the most positive, a whole\Nspectrum of seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.53,0:13:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in here, thats what we've learned \Nover and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.95,0:13:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know on the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.100,0:14:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the upper level of consciousness \Nare the sense consciousnesses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.76,0:14:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's one thing I want to mention \Nabout store consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.15,0:14:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I go into sense consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.22,0:14:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its that store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.95,0:14:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its also impermanent and non-self
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.84,0:14:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that there is always input
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.92,0:14:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and output, that nothing\Nis static in here
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.97,0:14:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that store consciousness is \Nmade of my own consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.77,0:14:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the individual consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.52,0:14:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its also made of \Ncollective consciousness, so
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.41,0:14:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.05,0:14:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its thanks to impermanence and \Nnon-self that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.38,0:15:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats why you know
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.79,0:15:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its individual but
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.62,0:15:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time its collective\Nand we know that its
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.43,0:15:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its - there's no separate self
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.15,0:15:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.74,0:15:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then on the upper level of \Nconsciousness are the five senses
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.39,0:15:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the eye consciousness, the ear \Nconsciousness, the nose consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.33,0:15:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tongue consciousness \Nand the body consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.41,0:15:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are like windows
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.28,0:15:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,windows
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.81,0:15:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.12,0:15:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come in touch with the\Noutside world
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.60,0:15:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with store to come in touch\Nwith the outside world
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.55,0:16:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they do look like windows\Ndon't they
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.12,0:16:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little windows
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.30,0:16:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are were the inputs come in \Nand also outputs as well
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.13,0:16:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sixth consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.64,0:16:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is mind consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.41,0:16:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today what I wanted to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.92,0:16:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the manas
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.05,0:16:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our friend
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.15,0:16:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manas, I've always wanted\Nto talk about manas
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.24,0:16:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've never had a chance\Nto do it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.23,0:16:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's because its not \Nthe topic for the discussion
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.34,0:16:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we drew up this diagram
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.13,0:16:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we understand the\Ndifferent levels of consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.62,0:17:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't say too much
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.70,0:17:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never said\Na lot on manas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.22,0:17:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today this is my topic:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.34,0:17:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is manas, the tendencies of manas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.53,0:17:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how is that affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.82,0:17:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, discrimination and all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.03,0:17:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Manas,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.88,0:17:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a function of consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.22,0:17:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I go into manas\Nlet me just talk
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.90,0:17:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little about the six consciousnesses
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.38,0:17:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Manas plays with the\Nsix consciousnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.72,0:17:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are what we call the evolving \Nconsciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.77,0:17:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolving because it comes out from\Nstore consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.98,0:17:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it evolves from store\Nconsciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.78,0:17:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is, is one of those evolving\Nconsciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.46,0:17:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also comes out of\Nstore consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.10,0:18:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from the seed of delusion\Nand craziness in the store consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.19,0:18:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.76,0:18:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then Manas comes back down\Nto store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.47,0:18:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like clinging on to part\Nof the store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.66,0:18:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and claims that part
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.18,0:18:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of store consciousness\Nas its lover,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.44,0:18:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its self.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.88,0:19:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.52,0:19:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas grasps onto store consciousness,\Na part of the store consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.42,0:19:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and considers it its beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.97,0:19:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and identifies it as its self.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.13,0:19:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.46,0:19:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.90,0:19:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so manas is where the belief
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.01,0:19:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the idea of a \Nseparate self stems from.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.56,0:19:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.37,0:20:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also the defense mechanism
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.78,0:20:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the survival instinct inside us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.67,0:20:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is the preservation of self.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.84,0:20:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are four characteristics\Nof Manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.82,0:20:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is called\N"nashi" in Vietnamese.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.35,0:20:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nashi" means
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.83,0:20:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an ignorance
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.98,0:20:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about self.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.49,0:20:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the . .
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.46,0:20:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ignorance, the delusion
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.94,0:20:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that claims that there is\Na separate self
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.91,0:20:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or separate identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.76,0:20:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nakeen" which is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.35,0:20:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wrong view of self.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.90,0:21:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.08,0:21:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a view, it's a perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.87,0:21:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an idea of a separate self
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.71,0:21:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that discriminates self
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.48,0:21:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from things that are non-self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.80,0:21:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.92,0:21:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self, my five skandhas,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.62,0:21:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.82,0:21:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feelings, perceptions, mental\Nformations, and consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.10,0:21:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.84,0:21:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything else,\Nis not self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.46,0:21:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "nyamang," nyamang is\Na complex of the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.19,0:21:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the pride of the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.56,0:21:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The arrogance
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.59,0:21:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the self
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.25,0:21:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is also the cause of\Nlooking down on everything
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.05,0:21:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is non-self.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.40,0:22:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "na-eye" is the love\Nof the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.53,0:22:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the attachment to the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.35,0:22:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the clinging to the idea of\Na separate entity
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.50,0:22:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a separate identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.28,0:22:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separate existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.02,0:22:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know that these four
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.30,0:22:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these four characteristics
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.59,0:22:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.12,0:22:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this inherent belief,\Nan idea in a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.22,0:22:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is also the cause of\Na lot of our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.91,0:22:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A feeling of separation,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.77,0:22:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loneliness,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.52,0:22:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alienation.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.22,0:22:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know a lot of us are,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.47,0:23:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially during this covid time.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.05,0:23:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of people\Nout there who are,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.46,0:23:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are\Nfeeling really lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.04,0:23:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really alienated,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.08,0:23:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and separated from everything
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.83,0:23:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.66,0:23:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also the basis of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.24,0:23:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the killing that's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.86,0:23:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And believe it or not, also\Nthe climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.98,0:23:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is coming up from this.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.72,0:23:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's this idea that\Nthis is me, I protect myself
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.74,0:23:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I get, you know, \Nwhatever it is
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.14,0:23:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my benefit;\Nfor the benefit of the self
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.91,0:23:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disregard of what's\Nhappening with the others.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.01,0:23:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the environment,\Nwith the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.76,0:23:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we consume in ways that
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.71,0:23:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not really in line
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.28,0:23:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.18,0:24:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Mother Earth,\Nand care for Mother Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.20,0:24:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we just want to\Nsatisfy our needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.89,0:24:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our needs are \Nreally bottomless.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.83,0:24:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.39,0:24:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comfort.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.82,0:24:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of material things.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.09,0:24:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, what do . . . what do\Npeople really need out there, anyways?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.37,0:24:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of money, maybe?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.92,0:24:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of consumption?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.00,0:24:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there are so many people\Nwho have so, so much
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.24,0:24:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are people who don't\Nhave anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.16,0:24:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they could just give\Na little bit of what they have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.03,0:24:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe the poor people\Nor the people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.51,0:24:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in disadvantaged situations could be
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.74,0:25:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be a great relief for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.89,0:25:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not always the case.\NManas is . . . it's there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.48,0:25:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is there and says\N"This is me and I have to protect myself
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.76,0:25:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I need to get for myself.\NThe more the better.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.07,0:25:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who cares about other people?\NThat's them."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.98,0:25:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know with the climate situation\Nthat's not. The reality is that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.86,0:25:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what affects
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.02,0:25:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other is also affecting me.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.86,0:25:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see that very clearly\Nwith the climate change, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.70,0:25:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That what is happening on the\Nother side of the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.52,0:25:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is affecting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.34,0:25:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's affecting us here,\Nwhat we are, our behavior here
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.78,0:25:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is affecting people on the\Nother side of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.54,0:25:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this interconnectedness that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.53,0:26:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often we really
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.36,0:26:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't recognize.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.19,0:26:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.94,0:26:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Manas,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.65,0:26:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its function
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.15,0:26:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.66,0:26:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to appropriate a self, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.22,0:26:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it avoids
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.60,0:26:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.24,0:26:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It avoids suffering.\NIt runs away from suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.99,0:26:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't want to face suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.81,0:26:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.82,0:26:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a lot of us, it is hard\Nto face our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.84,0:26:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really overwhelming
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.65,0:26:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.26,0:26:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's not even\Npossible for us
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.29,0:27:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back to ourselves\Nand look at our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.89,0:27:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Manas does not want\Nto admit there is suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.12,0:27:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas will find all possible ways
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.47,0:27:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run away from suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.84,0:27:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Manas ignores\Nthe goodness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.62,0:27:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that in the\NFour Noble Truths
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.92,0:27:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first of those truths\Nis suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.99,0:27:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.07,0:27:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering is a noble truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.98,0:27:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can only be noble truth
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.64,0:27:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.05,0:27:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.62,0:27:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We admit that we do have suffering\Nand we are staying with that suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.99,0:27:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are recognizing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.95,0:28:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're facing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.19,0:28:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we can understand
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.86,0:28:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the causes and conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.15,0:28:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brought about the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.55,0:28:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering has been made\Nat some point in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.26,0:28:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.02,0:28:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are able\Nto stay with our suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.54,0:28:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are able\Nto practice, embracing,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.42,0:28:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being mindful of the suffering,\Nthen we can begin to see
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.87,0:28:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the causes and conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.91,0:28:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the second Noble Truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.12,0:28:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's only when we are able\Nto see the causes and conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.78,0:28:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.36,0:28:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.33,0:28:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can do something\Nto transform our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.44,0:29:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the fourth Noble Truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.64,0:29:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these practices of the\NNoble Eightfold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.43,0:29:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the fourth . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.17,0:29:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the fourth Noble Truth
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.56,0:29:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are practices that help us\Nto experience
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.55,0:29:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.36,0:29:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.38,0:29:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.82,0:29:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps us to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.08,0:29:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness and freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.62,0:29:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas does not see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.70,0:29:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas simply does not want\Nto face suffering and does not see
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.92,0:29:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is goodness in suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.92,0:29:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because it doesn't see\Nthe goodness of suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.02,0:29:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also ignores
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.57,0:30:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interbeing\Nbetween suffering and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.92,0:30:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't see that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.81,0:30:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lotuses need mud to grow
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.10,0:30:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that without the mud
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.95,0:30:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wouldn't be any lotuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.89,0:30:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Manas, another function\Nof Manas is that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.04,0:30:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seeks pleasures
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.54,0:30:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the danger
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.80,0:30:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or negative consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.34,0:30:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Short-lived pleasures,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.43,0:30:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasures
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.54,0:30:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would bring along with it\Na lot of pain and a lot of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.21,0:31:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas doesn't care about the\Nconsequences that will come later on.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.90,0:31:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas only wants to\Nexperience pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.11,0:31:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it ignores the danger\Nof these pleasures.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.19,0:31:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ignores the danger of\Nthe pleasure-seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.99,0:31:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also ignores\Nthe law of moderation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.94,0:31:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things, when we,\NI notice is that
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.43,0:31:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In New Hamlet we cook\Nreally good food
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.49,0:31:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.98,0:31:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the food is good
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.60,0:31:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes we take more\Nthan what we need!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.58,0:31:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And afterward we'll complain,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.67,0:31:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ah, I'm too full" or "I don't feel very\Ncomfortable because I ate too, too much."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.70,0:32:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's Manas playing with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.09,0:32:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Manas doesn't know that\N"You know, you just need to eat enough."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.75,0:32:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you don't need to
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.48,0:32:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eat too, too much.\NManas doesn't know the law of moderation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.37,0:32:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When something that Manas\Nperceives as being pleasant
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.59,0:32:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good for it, it will hoard.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.27,0:32:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And too much of something\Ncan make you sick, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.14,0:32:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.52,0:32:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last week Sister (Nhat Ngiem?)\Ntalked about the original fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.10,0:32:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's the work of Manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.01,0:32:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is afraid of dying,\Nhunger, loneliness and abandoning.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.04,0:33:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the original fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.61,0:33:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.42,0:33:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,original desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.57,0:33:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's deepest desire is to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.13,0:33:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the original desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.99,0:33:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it would avoid, it's afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.96,0:33:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these things: dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.09,0:33:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunger, abandoning.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.75,0:33:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't see\Nthe danger of these fears
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.74,0:33:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these fears can\Nbe really overwhelming.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.19,0:33:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these fears can lead\Nto destructive behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.92,0:33:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can prevent us \Nfrom recognizing
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.70,0:33:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoying the happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.92,0:34:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.86,0:34:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It prevents us from enjoying
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.74,0:34:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever it is that we have\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.34,0:34:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it doesn't recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.56,0:34:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't enjoy the happiness\Nin the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.21,0:34:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is always seeking\Nfor happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.73,0:34:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it seeks for happiness elsewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.79,0:34:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not from here, like in the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.47,0:34:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't see that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.85,0:34:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conditions of happiness\Nare right here and right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.45,0:35:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we need to do is to go back\Nand be mindful of what we have
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.28,0:35:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see that we have more than\Nenough conditions to be happy
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.02,0:35:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here and now.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.93,0:35:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about, you know,\Nthe feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.89,0:35:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.53,0:35:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentioned this a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.94,0:35:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three kinds of feelings, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.46,0:35:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pleasant feelings, unpleasant feelings,\Nand the neutral feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.16,0:35:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know that Manas would seek out\Nthe pleasant feeling no matter what
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.95,0:35:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.89,0:35:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it would avoid the\Nunpleasant feeling, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.44,0:35:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't recognize\Nthese neutral feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.34,0:35:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are abundant\Nin our daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.89,0:35:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that with mindfulness\Nwe recognize that these feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.64,0:36:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we consider neutral,\Nlike a, kind of like a
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.33,0:36:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blah kind of feeling, like\Nkind of blunt, kind of feelings that
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.83,0:36:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither excites us nor
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.77,0:36:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates suffering for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.50,0:36:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These neutral feelings,\Nif we are aware of them
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.94,0:36:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we recognize them,\Nwe realize that they are really
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.23,0:36:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditions for happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.10,0:36:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one example that\NThay always talked about was toothache.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.23,0:36:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That right now a lot of us\Ndo not have a toothache
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.38,0:36:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't recognize the \Nhappiness of not having a toothache.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.11,0:36:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only when we have a\Ntoothache that we realize
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.26,0:36:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not having a toothache,\Nthat neutral feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.18,0:36:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are experiencing\Nright now of not having a toothache
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.61,0:37:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an element of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.23,0:37:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know that where it's\Ncoming from, this kind of attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.60,0:37:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's coming from Manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.92,0:37:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So next time
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.77,0:37:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next time when we
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.71,0:37:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice that
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.20,0:37:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not appreciating anymore\Nthe conditions we have here now
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.45,0:37:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not appreciating them
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.76,0:37:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking them for granted,\Nwe know that it is Manas
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.73,0:37:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really working to take us away
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.39,0:37:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from appreciating deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.02,0:37:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these neutral experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.15,0:38:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are really\Nconditions for happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.53,0:38:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.58,0:38:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas doesn't see the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.71,0:38:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.39,0:38:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sees the environment as\Ndifferent from itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.68,0:38:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it discriminates.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.37,0:38:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is self, and this is not self."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.18,0:39:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it has a tendency to discriminate,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.06,0:39:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reject what is not self.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.15,0:39:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we know that\Nthe root of discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.86,0:39:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.47,0:39:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Manas, in every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.60,0:39:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? It's in . . . it's a\Nbig part of our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.90,0:39:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This discriminative mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.98,0:39:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind that discriminates,\N"this is me, and this is mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.59,0:39:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is not me and not mine."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.74,0:39:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that the only\Nthing that I care for,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.86,0:39:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I protect, that I guard,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.67,0:39:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my whole being is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.56,0:39:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my five skandhas.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.74,0:40:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything else is there\Nto serve these five skandhas of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.81,0:40:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, in the\Ncontext of discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.76,0:40:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see that everybody\Nhas this seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.60,0:40:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody has the tendency\Nto discriminate.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.66,0:40:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just people with\Na particular skin color.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.98,0:40:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often the victims\Nof discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.70,0:40:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are also perpetrators\Nof discrimination
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.92,0:40:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.01,0:40:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that for us to be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.26,0:40:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really transform the discrimination in us
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.59,0:41:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really need to confront Manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.31,0:41:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Manas is not something\Neasy to confront, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.08,0:41:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because store\Nconsciousness and Manas
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.57,0:41:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are functioning in ways
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.00,0:41:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not known to our conscious mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.25,0:41:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we don't really\Nhave access
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.22,0:41:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how they function.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.34,0:41:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can only see different manifestations
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.08,0:41:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our consciousness now\Nand then if we are aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.19,0:41:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, Manas is working
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.14,0:41:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twenty-four hours a day
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.94,0:41:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's affecting\Neverything about us.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.02,0:42:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the way we see our self,\Nfrom the way we see other people
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.12,0:42:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the way we\Nrelate to other people
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.63,0:42:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.55,0:42:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.56,0:42:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, how do we practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.81,0:42:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we practice\Nto shed light on Manas?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.84,0:42:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we practice\Nto recognize manas?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.16,0:42:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we practice\Nto be free from manas?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.23,0:42:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that store\Nconsciousness is impermanent,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.46,0:42:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without a\Nseparate self, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.59,0:42:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas, the good news\Nis that manas also is impermanent
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.23,0:43:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.74,0:43:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is the deluded mind in us.\NRight?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.62,0:43:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is manas that limits us,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.54,0:43:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the limitations of our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.36,0:43:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I'm doing this I think of a horse.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.96,0:43:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know they put like two boards\Non the side of the head of the horse
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.14,0:43:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the horse\Nonly sees the front
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.88,0:43:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he can go\Nstraight to the front
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.50,0:43:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he doesn't go sideways,\Ndoesn't get distracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.00,0:43:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas is like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.41,0:43:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It limits us
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.56,0:43:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from expanding ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.35,0:43:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are unlimited.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.55,0:44:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have all these unlimited\Npotentials inside ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.37,0:44:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are much more than we think we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.99,0:44:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We contain the whole universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:10.19,0:44:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a miracle
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.81,0:44:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.15,0:44:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a miracle of life. We are\Na part of these wonders of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.56,0:44:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.58,0:44:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only see ourselves this much.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.12,0:44:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how much we see ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.81,0:44:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through our suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.37,0:44:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through these dramas\Nthat are happening every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.33,0:44:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the power\Nstruggles that we are having.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.26,0:45:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so because manas,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.53,0:45:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's impermanent,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.59,0:45:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that\Nit can be transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.12,0:45:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means that\Nwe can really
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.39,0:45:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go beyond these limitations
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.02,0:45:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience ourself\Nas a true miracle of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.27,0:45:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where do we begin?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.30,0:45:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin with mindfulness,\Nconcentration, and insight. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.16,0:45:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the key . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.11,0:45:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in helping to, in\Ntransforming Manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.02,0:45:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really mindfulness,\Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.81,0:46:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice is
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.90,0:46:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words we are using
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.12,0:46:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the mind consciousness,\N(referring to) six consciousnesses,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.11,0:46:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.57,0:46:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is . . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.75,0:46:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind consciousness\Nrelies on manas to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.24,0:46:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the basis of mind\Nconsciousness, is manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.88,0:46:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.84,0:46:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.24,0:46:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do the work
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.30,0:46:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cultivating mindfulness,\Nconcentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.96,0:46:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.52,0:46:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.86,0:46:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can bring the light into manas
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.25,0:47:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shed the light on manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.09,0:47:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when we train manas,\NI mean mind consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.01,0:47:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the practices of\Nmindfulness, concentration and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.58,0:47:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are really
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.22,0:47:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are really bringing the light in
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.64,0:47:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are really creating
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.78,0:47:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neuropathways.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.03,0:47:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are educating manas
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.48,0:47:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.55,0:47:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interbeing,\Nthe nature of interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.86,0:47:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the nature\Nof interconnectedness,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.53,0:47:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.71,0:47:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interdependence arising.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.00,0:48:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we know\Nthat manas does not
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.72,0:48:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see interconnectedness, interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.76,0:48:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas only sees discrimination\Nbetween self and not-self.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.85,0:48:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're bringing this\Ninsight down to manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.25,0:48:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have all our\Npractices in our daily life
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.61,0:48:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really about bringing the \Nlight of these insights
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.89,0:48:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.99,0:48:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we talk about\Nmindfulness, concentration and insight
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.36,0:48:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real practice is for us to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.79,0:48:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can look deeply, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.55,0:48:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to have this insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.86,0:48:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The insight of interconnectedness,\Nthe insight of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.74,0:48:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The insight of non-self.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.87,0:49:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that these insights\Nwe kind of download
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.72,0:49:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,download them to manas
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.84,0:49:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.04,0:49:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manas
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.35,0:49:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be educated, and can be transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.65,0:49:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all our practices are really
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.49,0:49:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to educate manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.53,0:49:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are some\Npractices that I found really
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.93,0:49:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.19,0:49:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of those practices\Nthat I really enjoy
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.09,0:49:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the practice of the gathas.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.52,0:49:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think that gathas are\Nonly used for novices, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.88,0:49:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually they're really
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.15,0:49:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're really powerful tools
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.26,0:49:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us to look deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.24,0:49:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not just helping\Nus to be present
Dialogue: 0,0:49:56.07,0:49:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everything that we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.35,0:50:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also they help us\Nto look deeply as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.09,0:50:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of us here practice the gathas?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.18,0:50:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think the older sisters don't\Nreally practice the gathas anymore?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.28,0:50:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think you're beyond that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.65,0:50:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.25,0:50:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found them really useful
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.44,0:50:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help me to look deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.81,0:50:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other, and I will read\Nsome of the gathas later on
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.97,0:50:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are so useful in helping\Nus to see the interconnectedness,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.75,0:50:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interbeing nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.04,0:50:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other practices are\Nthe guided meditations.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.42,0:50:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guided meditation exercises
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.56,0:50:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've been doing\Nduring this Rains Retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.66,0:51:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very deep guided\Nmeditation exercises
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.97,0:51:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that help us to see
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.28,0:51:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.54,0:51:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nature of no birth and no death.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.48,0:51:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that every time we have a\Nchance to go for sitting meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.84,0:51:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a chance to use these\Nguided meditations
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.50,0:51:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate the insight
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.20,0:51:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of interconnectedness
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.34,0:51:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.84,0:51:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they help us to reflect.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.97,0:51:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a practice that\NI really enjoy doing
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.98,0:51:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the practice of eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.92,0:51:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's the most
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.58,0:51:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concrete
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.09,0:52:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practice that helped me to see
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.15,0:52:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interconnectedness,\Nthe interbeing nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.98,0:52:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The food
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.66,0:52:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I consider
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.16,0:52:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the environment that\Nmanas considers not itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.74,0:52:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, as you eat this food\Nwith mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.08,0:52:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize that this food\Nthat you're chewing
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.40,0:52:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's becoming a part of you.\NYou cannot live without food, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.37,0:52:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need this food for survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.87,0:52:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a sense, this food
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.07,0:52:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once it gets into our body\Nit's part of us, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.63,0:53:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think about it.\NWhere's the food coming from?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.97,0:53:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, a few things - the sunshine,\Nthe rain, the earth, the air
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.30,0:53:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farmers that bring them
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.34,0:53:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sisters who cook them.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.42,0:53:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These elements that are\Nnon-food elements
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.13,0:53:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really also
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.76,0:53:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of me because\Nwithout these elements
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.54,0:53:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't be able to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.73,0:53:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't be able to have food to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.90,0:53:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a sense these elements\Nare also me. A part of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.63,0:53:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are indispensible for my survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.56,0:53:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manas doesn't see that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.55,0:53:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that manas doesn't see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.22,0:53:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with mindfulness practices
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.38,0:53:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're seeing that insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.29,0:54:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're seeing that true reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.84,0:54:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the practice of eating meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.30,0:54:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really powerful practice
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.70,0:54:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to help experience\Nthe insight of non-self.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.43,0:54:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of interconnectedness,\Nof interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.77,0:54:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we are able to eat\Nin that way, with this insight
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.09,0:54:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we bring in the light into manas.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.59,0:54:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that manas can see
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.36,0:54:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the environment is also a part of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.48,0:54:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we are the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.27,0:54:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the environment is us.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.59,0:54:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.47,0:54:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.87,0:55:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we eat here in the New Hamlet\Nwe like to eat together
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.45,0:55:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.28,0:55:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we chit chat\Nfrom the beginning to the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.60,0:55:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we miss that opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.38,0:55:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience this insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.20,0:55:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even if we're having\Ntwenty minutes of silent meal
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.36,0:55:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of time we're having this\Nconversation in our head.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.00,0:55:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we missed out
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.24,0:55:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the experience, also\Nthe practice of really seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.46,0:55:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interconnectedness between\Nourself and the food,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.18,0:55:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between ourself and the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.39,0:55:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are so many\Nbeautiful gathas for eating
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.79,0:55:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the gathas that\NI like to read here is
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.11,0:55:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating in the Historical Dimension.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.19,0:56:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am in the life of my ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.52,0:56:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm feeding myself but at the\Nsame time I'm feeding my ancestors
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.42,0:56:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my ancestors are\Nnot outside of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.34,0:56:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ancestors are in\Nevery cell of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.86,0:56:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That insight, manas does not see.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.94,0:56:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with this gatha, this practice\Nwe're training manas to see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.85,0:56:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An open and upward path\Nfor the descendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.21,0:56:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my children are also
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.93,0:56:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.20,0:56:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are monastics. We don't\Nhave blood children.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.34,0:56:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe my spiritual children.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.36,0:56:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I wouldn't say children, but\NI would say, people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.85,0:56:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affected by my presence\Nand my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.67,0:56:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether directly or indirectly, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.68,0:57:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we know that
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.59,0:57:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energies are something
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.35,0:57:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that travel through space and time,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.15,0:57:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's not just confined to my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:15.65,0:57:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that my awakening
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.66,0:57:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can contribute to the\Ncollective awakening of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.70,0:57:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.70,0:57:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.65,0:57:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my practice, my peace\Nmay be affecting other people
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.45,0:57:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.27,0:57:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.64,0:57:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are affected by my practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.55,0:57:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are affected by our practice,\Nand they are
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.64,0:57:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuation of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.42,0:57:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like we are a continuation of Thay
Dialogue: 0,0:57:58.21,0:58:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are continuation of\Nthe ancestral teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.67,0:58:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:09.42,0:58:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then another
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.12,0:58:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:58:15.38,0:58:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to practice
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.69,0:58:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just once, but many times
Dialogue: 0,0:58:27.21,0:58:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to the toilet.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.87,0:58:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's urinating, defecating.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.70,0:58:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really peaceful time.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.36,0:58:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not distracted by anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.55,0:58:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a wonderful\Nopportunity to really see
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.100,0:58:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the input and output
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.55,0:58:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.86,0:58:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see whatever it is\Nyou have taken up
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.58,0:59:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your meal, you've taken in
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.47,0:59:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's now becoming a part of the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.21,0:59:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a gatha that I really enjoy
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.54,0:59:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urinating in the Ultimate Dimension
Dialogue: 0,0:59:19.04,0:59:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wonderful exchange takes place.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.94,0:59:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cosmos and I inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.49,0:59:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no increase or decrease.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.32,0:59:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Vietnamese, the cosmos and I inter-are
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.92,0:59:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaking Vietnamese) I like that better\Nthan "the cosmos".
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.16,0:59:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a reminder (Vietnamese) means "I"\N(Vietnamese word) "you - person."
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.49,0:59:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You" it could be the cosmos, could be\Nthe flowers, it could be my sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.60,1:00:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You and I inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.54,1:00:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's like a constant,\Nthat's a really
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.74,1:00:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a constant reminder every time\NI'm sitting, you know
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.23,1:00:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the toilet.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.32,1:00:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I am connected with my sisters.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.20,1:00:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am connected with the food that I eat.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.45,1:00:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is another experience for us
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.82,1:00:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to taste the insight
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.26,1:00:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of interbeing and interconnectedness.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.43,1:00:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's taking a shower ourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.05,1:00:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unborn and indestructible,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.74,1:00:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond time and space.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.04,1:00:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transmitter and inheritor are one.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.41,1:00:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This body of mine
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.40,1:01:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that of my parents
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.14,1:01:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are connected, are deeply connected
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.52,1:01:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wonderful nature of reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.80,1:01:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these gathas,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.44,1:01:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these gathas were written by Thay.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.78,1:01:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they help enormously,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.66,1:01:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they help me enormously in
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.02,1:01:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflecting, in my reflections,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.30,1:01:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my practice of looking deeply.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:35.24,1:01:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also encourage my\Nmentees to write gathas
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.05,1:01:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.42,1:01:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gathas . . .
Dialogue: 0,1:01:44.15,1:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that we have\Nnot had a gathas.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.80,1:01:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we create them\Nso that we can practice them.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.56,1:02:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the breathing
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.56,1:02:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breathing, we think,\Nwell, for us
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.47,1:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are able to\Ncome back to our breathing
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.81,1:02:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps to cut off all, dispersed\Nthoughts and thinking, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.99,1:02:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we can be really\Npresent here and now.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.45,1:02:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also the breathing, it's not\Njust serving us in that way.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:27.31,1:02:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.83,1:02:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathe
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.30,1:02:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're really there
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.13,1:02:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you see?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.37,1:02:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're taking in this air,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.95,1:02:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this air that we think, that\Nmanas thinks is the environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:49.17,1:02:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it's not itself.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:52.39,1:02:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're taking it in. We are
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.65,1:02:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indispensible without this air.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:58.43,1:03:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot survive without this air.\NThis air is becoming a part of mine.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.55,1:03:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the air that I'm breathing now
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.01,1:03:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be the air that you just breathed out.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.59,1:03:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just that fact
Dialogue: 0,1:03:13.89,1:03:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that simple reflection and practice
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.80,1:03:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of conscious breathing can help us
Dialogue: 0,1:03:23.28,1:03:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.84,1:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interconnectedness,\Nthe interbeing nature
Dialogue: 0,1:03:30.76,1:03:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ourselves, with \Neverything there is.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.46,1:03:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we think they're so simple\Npractices but they're so powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:42.81,1:03:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're so powerful
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.92,1:03:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in shedding of the light,\Nbringing in the light
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.18,1:03:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.86,1:03:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to set us free.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:59.66,1:04:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free from the grasping of manas
Dialogue: 0,1:04:02.88,1:04:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the manipulation of manas.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.33,1:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so . . .
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.86,1:04:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, so in a sense, manas
Dialogue: 0,1:04:17.86,1:04:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like the mud of consciousness, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.55,1:04:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the insights are like lotuses.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.90,1:04:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This insight that we practice to\Ncultivate they're like lotuses.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:36.89,1:04:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the practice is not\Nabout throwing away the mud.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:39.88,1:04:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to throw away manas.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.71,1:04:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to erase manas\Nfrom our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:50.73,1:04:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we are
Dialogue: 0,1:04:53.14,1:04:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we train manas,\Nwhen we practice mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:04:56.93,1:05:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we download these insights\Nof interbeing, interconnectedness
Dialogue: 0,1:05:02.29,1:05:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of non-self into manas
Dialogue: 0,1:05:05.64,1:05:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manas transforms.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:10.51,1:05:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When manas transforms\Nit becomes a wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:13.81,1:05:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the wisdom\Nof non-discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:17.32,1:05:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaking Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:05:23.30,1:05:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wisdom that\Nfrees us from all views.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:26.50,1:05:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Views of me, and not me.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.07,1:05:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Views . . .
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.53,1:05:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that discrimate
Dialogue: 0,1:05:40.00,1:05:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us and them.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.57,1:05:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also it frees us\Nfrom all attachments,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.01,1:05:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all attachments to\Nviews of a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:53.07,1:05:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we can really see\Nthat my sisters
Dialogue: 0,1:05:57.78,1:05:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really me.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:59.54,1:06:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sisters are part of me.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:02.12,1:06:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This air that I'm breathing\Nis part of me.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:06.73,1:06:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I'm actually swimming
Dialogue: 0,1:06:10.85,1:06:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every moment of my life
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.39,1:06:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this
Dialogue: 0,1:06:17.24,1:06:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of me that's outside of me.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:23.07,1:06:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have this insight,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:25.39,1:06:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wisdom of non-discrimination,\Nwe see wonders and miracles
Dialogue: 0,1:06:29.46,1:06:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfolding
Dialogue: 0,1:06:32.21,1:06:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every moment of our life.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.86,1:06:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beauties and the goodness that's\Nunfolding in every moment of our life.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:42.62,1:06:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently I've . . . every morning\Nwhen I go into sitting meditation
Dialogue: 0,1:06:47.83,1:06:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I look around at my sisters,\Nthe Sangha, and I thought
Dialogue: 0,1:06:54.54,1:06:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, how beautiful."
Dialogue: 0,1:06:59.15,1:07:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How wonderful it is
Dialogue: 0,1:07:03.25,1:07:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had voluntarily
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.46,1:07:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woke up pretty early in the morning
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.72,1:07:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came into the hall
Dialogue: 0,1:07:14.16,1:07:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just sat down together\Nnot doing anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:17.42,1:07:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sat down and breathed.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:19.38,1:07:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds beautiful?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.11,1:07:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, a lot of time we don't\Nreally recognize that.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:27.23,1:07:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That alone is
Dialogue: 0,1:07:29.81,1:07:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's already something really beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:44.71,1:07:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.10,1:08:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm coming in and I sat down
Dialogue: 0,1:08:11.32,1:08:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm breathing in the air that\Nmy sisters breathed out.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:14.44,1:08:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also breathing their smells.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:18.44,1:08:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,1:08:23.33,1:08:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're becoming a part of me.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:25.53,1:08:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your consciousness is\Naffecting my consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:29.78,1:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're nourishing me\Nwith your practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:32.98,1:08:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're feeding me\Nwith your practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.93,1:08:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know how your practice is,\Nbut the fact that you're coming in
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.73,1:08:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sitting there
Dialogue: 0,1:08:41.82,1:08:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are nourishing me.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:44.93,1:08:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yesterday one of the sisters said
Dialogue: 0,1:08:48.23,1:08:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know what it is with\Nthe New Hamlet sisters
Dialogue: 0,1:08:52.10,1:08:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every morning, everyone\Nis there, in the hall!"
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.76,1:09:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is really good news, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:00.100,1:09:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That everyone is in the hall.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:04.83,1:09:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really enjoy the practices\Nand we really enjoy being together.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:10.58,1:09:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the signature\Nof the New Hamlet.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:16.41,1:09:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right sisters?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:20.45,1:09:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,1:09:27.17,1:09:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the mud becomes lotus.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:39.34,1:09:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there is the wisdom\Nof non-discrimination
Dialogue: 0,1:09:42.16,1:09:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see the lotuses in the mud immediately
Dialogue: 0,1:09:45.44,1:09:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the mud is no longer\N"the mud."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:49.90,1:09:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time\Nwe see the mud
Dialogue: 0,1:09:53.85,1:09:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as lotuses.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.44,1:10:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When manas is free
Dialogue: 0,1:10:04.55,1:10:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from these wrong
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.48,1:10:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perceptions and
Dialogue: 0,1:10:11.68,1:10:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong beliefs in a separate self
Dialogue: 0,1:10:17.66,1:10:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sees non-discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:21.38,1:10:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the wisdom of non-discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:25.06,1:10:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time
Dialogue: 0,1:10:27.66,1:10:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,store consciousness is also free.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:30.56,1:10:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free from the grasping of manas.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:36.70,1:10:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And store consciousness becomes wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:39.56,1:10:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the Wisdom of\Nthe Great Mirror.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:44.39,1:10:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaking Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:10:47.59,1:10:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wisdom of utmost clarity\Nand purity
Dialogue: 0,1:10:54.25,1:10:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is no obstruction whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.61,1:11:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's like a mirror\Nthat reflects everything as they are
Dialogue: 0,1:11:05.79,1:11:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in store consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.13,1:11:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is . . . suchness
Dialogue: 0,1:11:16.76,1:11:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the true nature.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:22.73,1:11:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.01,1:11:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our true nature of reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:31.07,1:11:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also mind consciousness\Nwhich is
Dialogue: 0,1:11:36.02,1:11:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stemming from manas
Dialogue: 0,1:11:38.37,1:11:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also transformed and becomes
Dialogue: 0,1:11:42.26,1:11:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wisdom called (Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:11:50.35,1:11:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the capacity to see deeply into
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.48,1:11:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearts and minds of ourselves\Nand of all beings.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:57.16,1:11:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like having psychic power,\Nisn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:00.00,1:12:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see what's going on in the\Nhearts and minds of everybody.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.07,1:12:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see, we look into the hearts\Nand minds of others
Dialogue: 0,1:12:17.20,1:12:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to discriminate, not to judge
Dialogue: 0,1:12:20.07,1:12:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to see ways, in order to help.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:25.70,1:12:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see appropriate ways
Dialogue: 0,1:12:30.06,1:12:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help relieve the suffering
Dialogue: 0,1:12:33.08,1:12:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also to see clearly, practices
Dialogue: 0,1:12:37.72,1:12:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teachings that can be\Nappropriate to that particular person
Dialogue: 0,1:12:41.58,1:12:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that particular heart and mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:45.83,1:12:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's psychic power, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:53.18,1:12:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the five senses
Dialogue: 0,1:12:55.09,1:12:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the five sense consciousnesses\Nare also transformed.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:58.52,1:13:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become . . . (Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:13:03.01,1:13:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wisdom that allows us
Dialogue: 0,1:13:06.75,1:13:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize miracles
Dialogue: 0,1:13:10.81,1:13:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the work of serving.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.14,1:13:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these wisdoms
Dialogue: 0,1:13:21.64,1:13:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are like miracles.\NLike psychic power.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:26.97,1:13:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not far-fetched.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:30.92,1:13:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is within our mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:33.57,1:13:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already there.\NIt's being covered
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.60,1:13:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by
Dialogue: 0,1:13:43.48,1:13:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deluded mind,\Nour deluded mind, by manas.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.90,1:13:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we practice mindfulness,\Nconcentration, and insight
Dialogue: 0,1:13:54.98,1:13:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our daily life
Dialogue: 0,1:13:59.37,1:14:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually
Dialogue: 0,1:14:02.15,1:14:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are transforming manas.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:08.36,1:14:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also transforming the root
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.92,1:14:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tendency to discriminate
Dialogue: 0,1:14:14.56,1:14:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in us, so that we can become the light,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:18.08,1:14:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bodhisattavas to guide people
Dialogue: 0,1:14:24.16,1:14:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards great freedom,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:27.75,1:14:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great happiness,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:29.73,1:14:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards awakening.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:33.33,1:14:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just the individual awakening
Dialogue: 0,1:14:36.11,1:14:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the collective awakening.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:38.62,1:14:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learned that the individual\Nis made of the collective.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:43.07,1:14:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there is awakening\Nin the individual
Dialogue: 0,1:14:45.74,1:14:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's also awakening in the collective.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:49.43,1:14:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so each one of us\Ntakes up the practice so that
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.55,1:15:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can . . . we can wake up.\NWe can be awakened.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:01.11,1:15:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is our awakening that we contribute
Dialogue: 0,1:15:04.97,1:15:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the collective awakening of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.07,1:15:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a really beautiful endeavor
Dialogue: 0,1:15:13.87,1:15:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every one of us
Dialogue: 0,1:15:16.14,1:15:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is embarking on
Dialogue: 0,1:15:20.17,1:15:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking up
Dialogue: 0,1:15:22.84,1:15:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our lives and purposes.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:32.05,1:15:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The endeavor
Dialogue: 0,1:15:34.01,1:15:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience
Dialogue: 0,1:15:36.70,1:15:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interconnectedness,\Nto experience
Dialogue: 0,1:15:40.43,1:15:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauty, the goodness, the truth
Dialogue: 0,1:15:45.52,1:15:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in us and around us.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.41,1:15:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just for our own benefit\Nand our own awakening
Dialogue: 0,1:15:54.56,1:15:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for the collective
Dialogue: 0,1:15:57.74,1:16:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakening of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.13,1:16:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you so much for being part of
Dialogue: 0,1:16:03.35,1:16:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this journey with us all.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:10.26,1:16:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And happy continuation on\Nthis path, on this journey.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:24.94,1:16:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us . . .
Dialogue: 0,1:16:29.21,1:16:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to the three sounds of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:38.28,1:16:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen while we are
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.05,1:16:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aware of our breathing\Nand of our body.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.75,1:16:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen in order
Dialogue: 0,1:16:53.42,1:16:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to quiet down our mind
Dialogue: 0,1:16:58.08,1:17:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the oneness
Dialogue: 0,1:17:01.05,1:17:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between ourselves and\Nthe air and the sun
Dialogue: 0,1:17:05.34,1:17:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the earth
Dialogue: 0,1:17:08.99,1:17:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my community
Dialogue: 0,1:17:13.66,1:17:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.96,1:17:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inviting the Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.87,1:17:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:18:06.46,1:18:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:18:33.42,1:18:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:19:43.51,1:19:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Light bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:19:49.27,1:19:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Light bell)