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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.14,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.43,0:00:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay,\NDear Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.29,0:00:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my first question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.17,0:00:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the last child from\Nthe lineage of my ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.50,0:00:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there is a lot\Nof suffering to transform,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.14,0:00:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was also very lucky to have\Nenough conditions to encounter the Dharma,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.85,0:00:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to be running after survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.36,0:00:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.27,0:01:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I just come back\Nfrom a long journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.08,0:01:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I have been far away,\Nas I come back I can see very clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.17,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the suffering was\Nbuilt up in our family,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generation after generation\Nthrough historical conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.81,0:01:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I am trying to share with my elders,\Nso that they might also find relief.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.03,0:01:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some of them are very hardened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.08,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a lot of anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.40,0:01:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become very mean\Nand very desperate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.94,0:01:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though\NI have some understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.55,0:01:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I am also not stable enough\Nin certain situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.47,0:01:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do not know anymore\Nwhat to do to help them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.10,0:01:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am very worried,\Nbecause I have seen some of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.89,0:02:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this generation of my parents,\Nwho escaped from the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.90,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become completely insane\Nand really destroy themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.89,0:02:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is my first question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.97,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my second question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.26,0:02:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it in the Buddhist tradition,\Nthat even until today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.53,0:02:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is still so much\Ndiscrimination against women?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.49,0:02:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sr. Pine) Dear Thay, our friend\Nis asking two questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.82,0:02:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first question is a little bit like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.93,0:02:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question of the young man\Nabout helping his father.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.06,0:02:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our friend here is also saying\Nthat she can see a lot of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.81,0:02:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in her parents' generation,\Nbut through her ancestors' generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.78,0:03:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants to help them,\Nbut she sees that they are very hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.89,0:03:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the great suffering\Nthey have been through in the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.56,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they destroy themselves\Nbecause of the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants to know how she can reach them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.18,0:03:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how she can help them\Nto go in a more healthy direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.34,0:03:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her second question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.56,0:03:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is there still today so much\Ndiscrimination against women in Buddhism?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.92,0:03:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that in Plum Village,\Nwe discriminate against women?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.100,0:04:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nuns and...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.38,0:04:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the female practitioners\Nin Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.99,0:04:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play a very important role...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.16,0:04:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in organizing the life and\Nthe practice of the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.34,0:04:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the practice of the larger Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.26,0:04:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the tradition of Bhikshunis\Nstill exists in many countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.71,0:04:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are countries that\Nhave lost the Bhikshuni Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.31,0:04:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not because of Buddhism,\Nbut because of Buddhist practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.46,0:05:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They allowed that kind of\Ndiscrimination from society
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.84,0:05:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to penetrate into the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.51,0:05:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Thailand, in Sri Lanka...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.54,0:05:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do not have Bhikshunis anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.23,0:05:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many of the people in these countries\Ntry to restore the order of Bhikshunis.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.20,0:05:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Buddhists are not\Npracticing well enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.71,0:05:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we have to do better\Nthan the former generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.53,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thây is one of those who try...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.30,0:05:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restore...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.05,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restore the spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.90,0:06:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the initial, the primitive\Noriginal spirit of Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.72,0:06:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Buddha...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.09,0:06:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removed all kind of discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.70,0:06:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He received all kinds of people,\Nall kinds of race, all kinds of caste
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.26,0:06:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into his community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.19,0:06:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he welcomed...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.44,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women to become Bhikshuni.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.95,0:06:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a real revolutionary\Nin his own time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.77,0:06:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So difficult, but he was able to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.78,0:06:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we who are the continuation\Nof the Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.54,0:06:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should practice well enough\Nin order to maintain his heritage,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.74,0:07:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preserve his heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.89,0:07:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No discrimination!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.60,0:07:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering is overwhelming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.96,0:07:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are those of us...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.78,0:07:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came out of the Vietnam war,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.49,0:07:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of wounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.77,0:07:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen our brother,\Nour father, our mother, our sister
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.48,0:07:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed and destroyed during the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.52,0:07:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen many of them imprisoned
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.10,0:07:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tortured during the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.90,0:07:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foreign ideologies, foreign weapons
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.03,0:08:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been brought in\Nfrom all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.68,0:08:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to destroy us, to kill us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.09,0:08:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were forced into\Na situation like that for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.58,0:08:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each of us, each Vietnamese\Nof the new generation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.100,0:08:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carries within himself or herself\Nthat kind of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after forty years of exile,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.15,0:08:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thây has been able to go home\Nfor a few times,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.31,0:08:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing retreats in order to\Nhelp heal the wounds of the war...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.17,0:08:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in people, in the younger generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.49,0:08:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He tried to do his best,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.74,0:09:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he tried to do it\Nas a Sangha, not as a person.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.65,0:09:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thây went back to Vietnam\Nnot as an individual,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.53,0:09:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.59,0:09:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,300 practitioners went\Nback to Vietnam with Thây
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.21,0:09:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time after\Nforty years of exile.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.14,0:09:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was in...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.64,0:09:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2005... right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.31,0:09:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2005.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.71,0:09:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had hundreds of monastics\Nand lay practitioners coming with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our practice was very solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.72,0:09:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.66,0:09:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hotel in Hanoi,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.56,0:10:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we stayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.80,0:10:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret police came and observed us,\Nbecause they were afraid of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.23,0:10:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere we go, they follow us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.69,0:10:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want to know what we\Nare telling people, what we are doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.03,0:10:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are forced to\Nallow Thây to come home,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.65,0:10:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are afraid...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.11,0:10:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may say something,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.34,0:10:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may urge the people in Vietnam\Nto say something against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.17,0:11:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And several hundreds of us\Npracticed with solidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.16,0:11:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way we walk, the way we breathe\Nthe way we eat our breakfast,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.44,0:11:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we encounter\Nthe people in the hotel
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.32,0:11:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who come to see us,\Nincluding secret police men,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.37,0:11:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflect our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.25,0:11:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the hotels where we live\Nlook like a practice center.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.24,0:11:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is mindfulness.\NThere is peace, brotherhood, sisterhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.00,0:11:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were very impressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.06,0:11:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one time we did walking meditation\Naround Hoan Kiem Lake.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.59,0:11:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first time\Nthe people of the city saw
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.44,0:12:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a large number of people\Nwalking with peace, joy and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.04,0:12:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were very struck by the sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.35,0:12:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a very big impact\Non the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.67,0:12:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They saw solid practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.39,0:12:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were able to share the practice\Nwith so many people...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.26,0:12:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our public talks and in our retreats.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.82,0:12:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after that we organised...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.41,0:12:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ceremonies of prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.19,0:12:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We prayed for the many millions of people\Nthat died during the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.29,0:12:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thousands and thousands of people\Ncame and practiced with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.34,0:12:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prayed together.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.81,0:12:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we promised each other\Nthat never ever again
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.11,0:12:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would accept such a war of ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.58,0:13:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kill each other with foreign weapons\Nand foreign ideologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.42,0:13:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.14,0:13:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we practiced to help with\Nthe healing of the whole country.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.44,0:13:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my answer here is:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.94,0:13:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to succeed...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.00,0:13:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your attempt to help
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.66,0:13:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to...do it with a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.69,0:13:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to belong to a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.38,0:13:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to have\Nbrothers and sisters in the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.03,0:13:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be powerful enough\Nto be able to handle the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.80,0:13:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of garbage.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.16,0:14:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since many of us do not know\Nhow to transform garbage into flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.16,0:14:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making good use of suffering\Nin order to create peace and healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.42,0:14:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need a Sangha to support us to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.80,0:14:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So practicing alone,\Nself transformation is already difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.37,0:14:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone the transformation of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.01,0:14:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.21,0:14:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to know, we have to see\Nthat we should try to build a Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.12,0:14:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be with a Sangha,\Nto contribute to the building of a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.12,0:14:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without Sangha, you cannot do much\Nwork of transformation and healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.73,0:14:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the Buddha could not\Ndo much without a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.66,0:15:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why, after Enlightenment,\Nthe first thing he thought of,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.01,0:15:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to go and identify\Nelements of his Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.89,0:15:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.66,0:15:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thây is very aware of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.05,0:15:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thây knew that if he went home alone,\Nhe would not be able to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.70,0:15:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he put forth a condition:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.70,0:15:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will go back only if you allow me\Nto go with my Sangha."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.96,0:15:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with the Sangha we will have\Na collective energy powerful enough...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.66,0:15:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of our suffering,\Ntransform our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.74,0:15:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good luck!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.44,0:16:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)