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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.04,0:00:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear respected Thay, \Ndear community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.28,0:00:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today is today's day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.68,0:00:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not old and it's not gonna be new.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.85,0:00:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We give it a date,\Njust to have fun with it and celebrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.40,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village, we celebrate everything,\Nincluding today's day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.33,0:00:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's day, Thay loves to celebrate that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.02,0:00:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thirty-first,\Nthe 31st of December.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.42,0:01:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll be reflecting a little bit \Non our calendar, our dates,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.16,0:01:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our watches,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.44,0:01:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things that we make up \Nso that we can work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.19,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of artificial,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when you have to change time,\Nthe seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.99,0:01:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's functional,\Nbut it's a little bit annoying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.82,0:01:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Plum Village, \Nwe follow the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.06,0:01:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you hear the bell, \Njust gather, and go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.23,0:01:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monks and the nuns,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.58,0:01:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sometimes forget what time it is,\Nwhat date it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.10,0:01:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes even the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.36,0:01:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, some of us do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.38,0:02:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live according to the leaves,\Nautumn leaves, grass,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.39,0:02:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coldness, the warmth,\Nthe moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.11,0:02:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tell our time based a little bit\Non what happens in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.74,0:02:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moss starts to be different,\Nthe color, the leaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.70,0:02:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the animals, the different birds,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.58,0:02:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come around late spring,\Nyou hear a cuckoo bird,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.78,0:02:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sounds of cuckoo]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.74,0:02:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, you don't even have to\Ncall what season,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.34,0:02:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just know, "Ah, that's a....."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also see the farmers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we keep time a little bit based\Non the actual vines, the grape vines,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.42,0:02:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cycle of making wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.17,0:03:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's quite quick.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.40,0:03:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as the new year comes,\Nthey will start to come out,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.81,0:03:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start to clip,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.24,0:03:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon, it will [phuip],\Nand then leave 1, and then...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.32,0:03:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden, spring,\Nand then summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.37,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we actually, instead of\Nlooking at a calendar,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.74,0:03:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we look at the grape vines,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.58,0:03:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we drive back and forth\Nbetween New Hamlet and Lower Hamlet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.94,0:03:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also the sunflowers,\Nthe wheat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.04,0:03:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a kind of rhythm\Nthat we find here when we live here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.41,0:03:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year-round and many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.100,0:03:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very natural rhythm
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.69,0:03:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every time we have to do this\N'changing the clock',
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.64,0:03:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just feels very,\N"gosh, who made this up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.84,0:03:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have retreat-seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.51,0:04:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,summer is where we have our\Nfestival-season,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.89,0:04:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.90,0:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many, many people \Nfrom many countries come.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.70,0:04:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have spring and autumn,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.61,0:04:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the monks and nuns \Nfly away like birds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.13,0:04:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go to different countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.32,0:04:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they share the practice\Nwith many people around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.30,0:04:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, winter time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.80,0:04:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We copy the trees, \Nwe let go of our leaves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.42,0:04:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we come back to what is most essential
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.20,0:04:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we watch nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.14,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, in a way, \Nmimick nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.93,0:04:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just the time but --\Nit's a habit
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.16,0:04:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.57,0:05:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You live around nature \Nand you pay attention
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.02,0:05:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a little flower pot,\Nwe take care of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.73,0:05:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Year round, you begin to understand\Nsomething about that flower
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.65,0:05:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the kind of rhythms
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.35,0:05:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are used to in Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.65,0:05:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when it comes New Year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.57,0:05:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do kind of pretend \N"ok, let's call it New Year"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.87,0:05:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we even have a\Nnon-alcoholic kind of...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.16,0:05:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we celebrate you and..,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.97,0:05:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but luckily we don't have a hang-over
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monks, we celebrate,\Nwe go in a brother's room,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.33,0:05:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we gather and we drink,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.67,0:05:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, we do drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.11,0:05:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's so nice, we get all the brothers,\Nand we're aware of each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.53,0:06:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're aware of our happiness,\Nwe're not lost in some kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.97,0:06:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental confusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.70,0:06:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we do laugh a lot,\Nand we do celebrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.53,0:06:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it does look like we're drunk,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.05,0:06:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call it 'Dharma drunk'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.95,0:06:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I share with you a little bit \Nabout some of the things that happen here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.29,0:06:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's nice,\Nit's nice to celebrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.63,0:06:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a moment special,\Nand call it 'New Year' and get together
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.56,0:06:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we celebrate our life together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.28,0:06:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're very happy that \Nyou've come to join us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.22,0:06:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and support and be with us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.48,0:06:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gather this energy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.22,0:07:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I lived in Deer Park Monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.99,0:07:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also celebrate Christmas and New Year's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.75,0:07:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes we get news
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.66,0:07:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the tragedy that happens\Naround this holiday season
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.84,0:07:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite sad to find this kind of news
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.98,0:07:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when people celebrating \Nthe New Year, their life, their family
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.48,0:07:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accidents because of alcohol
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.59,0:07:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as people become very violent
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.36,0:07:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is something for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.47,0:07:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come here to generate the peace \Nand calm and compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.80,0:07:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's wonderful for the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.29,0:07:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not just coming here to take refuge\Nfrom all the craziness,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.30,0:08:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're also here \Nto send that energy out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.70,0:08:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those people who are unfortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.87,0:08:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know there are many teachers here,\Ngathered with us this week,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.76,0:08:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to acknowledge \Nand thank you for being teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.76,0:08:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teacher loves teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.76,0:08:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he even wrote a calligraphy\Nthat has teachers on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.04,0:08:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't write 'happy businessmen\Ncan change the world'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.73,0:08:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He writes \N'happy teachers change the world'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.14,0:08:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't write \N'happy monks change the world'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.95,0:08:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that we're jealous or envy you,\Nbut, I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.90,0:08:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our teacher understands the importance\Nof what you're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.60,0:08:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your dedication, \Nalthough you might not feel that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.85,0:09:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from society and from other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.55,0:09:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how you affect the student, is..
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.74,0:09:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in such a position \Nto really transmit compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.78,0:09:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love, peace, \Npatience, kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.18,0:09:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're also aware of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.68,0:09:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way, monks and nuns,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.45,0:09:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're also in the role of \Nhaving to hold a class
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.32,0:09:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or hold an audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.67,0:09:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, how we emit ourselves is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.52,0:09:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for you to dedicate yourself \Nfor one week, to come here,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.64,0:09:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.70,0:09:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can take care of your student,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.66,0:09:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's tough,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.22,0:09:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a brother and a sister-in-law\Nwho are teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.35,0:09:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.13,0:10:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sometimes want \Nto change careers or something,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.53,0:10:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's so difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.46,0:10:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but luckily, they continue to affect.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.94,0:10:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother's very patient, very kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.56,0:10:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I keep encouraging him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.39,0:10:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm very grateful that he's a teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.75,0:10:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I teach a little bit\Nsurrounding the theme of renewal
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.80,0:10:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a kind of tradition\Naround New Year's
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.11,0:10:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have an aspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.64,0:10:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People make fun of it,\Nthey say you have an aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.42,0:10:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the rest of the year\Nyou don't remember it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.91,0:10:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.88,0:10:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, when it comes \Nto this time of year
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.62,0:11:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the season of winter,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.82,0:11:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a comtemplation I like to touch,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.46,0:11:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a practice I like to touch,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.19,0:11:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a renewal,\NI have to renew my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.06,0:11:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the wisdom of nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.83,0:11:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it knows how to renew itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.37,0:11:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at any living thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.38,0:11:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a plant,\Ngrass,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.39,0:11:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has a cycle renewal
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.38,0:11:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, as human beings,\Nas animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.19,0:11:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also are part of that natural system.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.34,0:11:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to find a way \Nto renew ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.28,0:11:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something we've lost touch with
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.23,0:11:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we've become very organized \Nand very civilized
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.84,0:12:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have many things \Nthat try to keep us very ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.14,0:12:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was telling my brother \Nabout the alarm clock,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.86,0:12:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's such an artificial thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.71,0:12:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wakes you up, it yells at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.75,0:12:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you wake up..
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.07,0:12:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we train ourselves \Nwith these kind of rhythms.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.96,0:12:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You live around the monastery \Nlong enough...,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.55,0:12:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us can find a rhythm,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.66,0:12:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we wake up naturally\Nwith the earth and with the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.63,0:12:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the subject of renewal
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.25,0:12:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at our society,\NI think, many of you are here,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.95,0:13:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you might agree that the way \Nwe've organized our society
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.84,0:13:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a little bit off.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.92,0:13:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, \Nmaybe that's why you're here
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.88,0:13:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is kind of like a refuge.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.93,0:13:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you are stressed,\Nat lunch time on arrival day
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.54,0:13:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lay friends who just came,\Nstand up to share why they're here
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.79,0:13:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the monks, \Nwe love to hear it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.02,0:13:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we say \N"wow, we're in the right place"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.89,0:13:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you remind us every time
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.10,0:13:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we organize our society is,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.70,0:13:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to re-look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.89,0:13:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've separated our families
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.19,0:13:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every one is living in little pockets,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.30,0:13:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no community.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.15,0:14:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we isolate ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.00,0:14:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the busy-ness,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.01,0:14:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scheduling of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.81,0:14:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come home and visit,\Nand I see the families now
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.10,0:14:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they organize even the weekend \Nfor their children,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.02,0:14:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they have soccer, \Npiano, ballet,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.93,0:14:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extra reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.16,0:14:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the weekend, the mother \Nhas to drive the child to this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.47,0:14:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the father drives\Nthe other child to that place.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.16,0:14:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even when they're little,\N4 or 6 years old, they're already....
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.41,0:14:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, very quick.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.06,0:14:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our life, \Nthe way we've organized is quite..
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.75,0:14:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're always in a rush,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.32,0:14:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel like \Nwe don't have enough time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.54,0:15:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was working \Nin the city of Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.65,0:15:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would see a friend,\Na colleague at the grocery store,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.06,0:15:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't talk to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.90,0:15:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we say "email me"\Nor "see you later",
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.41,0:15:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll catch you later!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.33,0:15:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I never forget that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.01,0:15:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a habit, \Nyou see someone in the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.39,0:15:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say "I love to get ahold of"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.89,0:15:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"let's, let's have a ...."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.52,0:15:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make an appointment, later,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.38,0:15:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than actually meeting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.42,0:15:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know this? Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.55,0:15:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the city...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.25,0:15:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel like you don't have enough time,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.32,0:15:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like "I don't have time for you \Nright now, but let's email each other",
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.21,0:15:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or now, "let's text".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.86,0:15:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the energy is quite..,\Nwe feel like we don't have enough time,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.75,0:16:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a real tragedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.18,0:16:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go very quick
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.91,0:16:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll be in your '60s \Nand '70s and '80s,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.54,0:16:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is something we need to look at.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.48,0:16:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying to change it now,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.31,0:16:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just reflecting.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.79,0:16:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look deeply \Nwhere we're at, as a society
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.50,0:16:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just to accept it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.55,0:16:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a kind of suffering\Nand we need to look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.19,0:16:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have to look at the way we...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.46,0:16:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,.. kind of lost touch with \Na kind of spiritual life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.75,0:17:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of our year, we schedule it
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.20,0:17:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards means of making a living, working,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.55,0:17:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even going on vacation,\Nit's a kind of work, it's busy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.53,0:17:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't even find relief\Nor relaxation from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.45,0:17:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see this in families, even in vacation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.39,0:17:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, coming to Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.83,0:17:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're able to touch something different,\Na different order,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.30,0:17:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way of organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.85,0:17:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that Thay envisioned\Nfor Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.73,0:17:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a refuge for people,\Nto come and to renew themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.90,0:18:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First he envisioned it \Nfor the social workers
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.59,0:18:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were helping him \Nduring the time of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.24,0:18:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He envisioned a place he called\Nnot Plum Village, but "Persimmon Village".
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.38,0:18:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew that you needed to come back\Nand to take care of your spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.35,0:18:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church used to do that,\Nand the temples used to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.86,0:18:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to renew this,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.44,0:18:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it becomes a place \Nwhere people can find peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.02,0:18:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.59,0:18:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can take care \Nof their suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.19,0:18:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dimension in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.26,0:18:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've become too, \Nkind of, religious
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.30,0:18:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the Buddhist temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.04,0:18:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up, young, in my youth,\NI went to the temple,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.02,0:18:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was just like Sunday temple,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.12,0:19:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Sunday church,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.70,0:19:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go,\Nyou do your thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.25,0:19:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.95,0:19:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're a good Buddhist,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.10,0:19:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you go eat \Nin a restaurant
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.96,0:19:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only went because my parents said
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.54,0:19:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll take you to a restaurant afterwards"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.83,0:19:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we ate beef stew, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.12,0:19:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's for me, \Nas a young man I didn't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.02,0:19:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the temple was helping because..
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.25,0:19:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was not helping my mother,\Nit was not helping my father get along.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.32,0:19:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not helping them \Ntouch a deeper cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.90,0:19:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deeper meaning in their life,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.76,0:19:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to actually deal \Nwith each other, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.58,0:20:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the role of a spiritual guide,\Na spiritual community
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.99,0:20:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has lost its place in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.82,0:20:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have therapists,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.66,0:20:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have practice centers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.46,0:20:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, now we're beginning \Nto have practice centers.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.04,0:20:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know much about the Jewish\Nor the Christian tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.70,0:20:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they have practice centers,\NI imagine they do,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.77,0:20:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at least I'm aware of places \Nwhere people can go and retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.78,0:20:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find their spirit, their heart again,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.64,0:20:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renew themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.01,0:20:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Renew their spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.26,0:20:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the way we have divided
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.93,0:20:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spiritual practice\Nand our other pursuits,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.08,0:20:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a kind of tragedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.97,0:21:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear the word 'secular',\Nsecularizing things,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.95,0:21:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or separating things,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.48,0:21:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to look at this
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.57,0:21:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to find a way \Nto touch a deeper spirituality
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.10,0:21:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not religious.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.08,0:21:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you know what I mean\Nif you read some of Thay's books.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.78,0:21:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is Thay's whole life,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.35,0:21:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to extract \Nfrom the Buddhist teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.42,0:21:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring out the practices\Nand the teachings that can help people.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.35,0:21:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what background you come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.32,0:21:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I found Thay,\Nhe helped me find my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.36,0:21:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my spirit,\Nfind my roots,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.46,0:21:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say, \NThay saved me from being lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.82,0:22:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a "hungry ghost", they call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.11,0:22:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always looking for things,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.49,0:22:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sensual pleasure, looking for fame,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.33,0:22:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for things, cds,\Ncomputers, laptops, gadgets...,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.83,0:22:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partnerships, relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.57,0:22:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praise,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.61,0:22:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things don't fill the heart \Nof a hungry ghost.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.92,0:22:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I found Thay's teachings,\Nhe taught me the practice of coming back,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.44,0:22:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touching our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.96,0:22:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing,\Nbeing with our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.41,0:22:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the one that helped me stop,\Nrecognize and accept my suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.84,0:22:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.04,0:22:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you probably remember \Nyourself crying, too
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.38,0:22:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't know why, \Nbut it just keeps coming
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.12,0:23:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young man, \Nit was the first time I cried
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.49,0:23:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I hold it too long, you know..?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.99,0:23:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's something \Nmany of us have touched
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.75,0:23:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think many of you here,\Nyou've touched that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.75,0:23:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.10,0:23:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the theme of renewal,\Nwe also need to renew our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.81,0:23:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now that we're here and have come \Nto the Sangha, to the Dharma,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.62,0:23:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the practice, through a Youtube-video,\Na book or something,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.43,0:23:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have touched a little bit \Nof the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.71,0:23:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to continue,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.89,0:23:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is very important,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.00,0:23:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everything is impermanent,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.05,0:24:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your practice is impermanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.35,0:24:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have many new monks and nuns,\Njust ordained,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.00,0:24:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look into their faces,\Nthey're very bright,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.88,0:24:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're like a new flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.43,0:24:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just - open.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.28,0:24:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasn't fully bloomed and is ready to wilt,\Nbut is just...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.49,0:24:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the beginner's mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.81,0:24:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the mind of love,\Nthat is the mind of freshness.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.17,0:24:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a practitioner,\Nwhen you've first read that book,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.21,0:24:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that chapter, \Nor you saw that video,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.52,0:24:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that kind of ..,,\Nvery invigoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.52,0:24:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very fresh and it gives you, "wow",
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.100,0:24:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or when you've found relief \Nfrom your suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.12,0:24:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it lightens your shoulder \Nand you feel more open to your loved ones
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.44,0:24:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your father, to your mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.48,0:25:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the beginner's mind,\Nthat's the mind of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.12,0:25:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that also is impermanent
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.39,0:25:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the practice is to learn from nature\Nand learn how to renew it
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.48,0:25:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the breathing is one way\Nwe can renew our practice
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.38,0:25:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take a breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.80,0:25:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, in the very moment\Nwe can refresh
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.74,0:25:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just take one breath right now\Nin mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.99,0:25:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see the effect on your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.43,0:25:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One deep breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.69,0:25:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we take a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.11,0:26:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we come to the monastery,\Nwe learn a practice
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.19,0:26:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we learn how to renew\Nour practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.27,0:26:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking meditation is another way\Nfor us to renew our practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.20,0:26:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to....
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.62,0:26:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we practice, as the years go by, \Nyou need to refresh it,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.43,0:26:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to find ways \Nto make it fresh again,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.56,0:26:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very important,\Nwe say "make it novel,"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.40,0:26:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is the master,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.69,0:27:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd always surprise the monks\Nby changing a little bit of this or that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.96,0:27:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.83,0:27:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you already have \Nsome sitting practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.74,0:27:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't do it just out of routine.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.16,0:27:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you sit, have clear intentions,\Nsit, and bring freshness,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.09,0:27:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring the mind of a beginner again.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.73,0:27:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to find ways like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.26,0:27:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with breathing, with walking
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.68,0:27:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our body, we need to find ways\Nto renew our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.24,0:27:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay attention to the rhythms\Nof our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.30,0:27:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so mindfulness, aware of your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.58,0:27:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're sitting or meditating,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.12,0:27:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, aware of the rhythms of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.29,0:27:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's in stress,\Nwhen is it in stress?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.84,0:27:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when are you rushing?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.26,0:28:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our society has trained us so,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.59,0:28:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've become disconnected \Nfrom our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.50,0:28:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you, who stay here long,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.09,0:28:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see, you can tell newcomers\Nto Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.72,0:28:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by the way they move.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.78,0:28:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way they open the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.63,0:28:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they put the cup down \Nin the tearoom,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.06,0:28:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the way they actually plug in\Ntheir headphones,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.37,0:28:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have an energy in our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.06,0:28:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So learning how to be in your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.79,0:28:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're working on your computer,\Nwhen you're walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.38,0:29:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're making a cup of tea,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.58,0:29:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be aware, are you relaxed?\NAre you tight?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.36,0:29:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way of looking at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.02,0:29:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you spending more energy \Nthan you need to?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.71,0:29:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That question right there \Nhas guided my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.16,0:29:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when I'm washing something,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.70,0:29:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, do you need \Nto use all that energy?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.63,0:29:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what I'm talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.29,0:29:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One I love to share is, \Nwhen you brush your teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.82,0:29:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there's only a few teeth,\Nand they're so small.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.83,0:29:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your brush is this small,\Nbut you use enough energy
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.89,0:29:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drive a crane, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.62,0:29:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ask yourself, am I using \Nmore energy than I need to?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.65,0:29:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear some people walk...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.34,0:30:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to their footsteps.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.91,0:30:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you need to use that much energy?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.83,0:30:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[crugh, crugh, crugh, crugh, crugh, crugh]
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.66,0:30:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry, I have special effects!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.84,0:30:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say this, because \NI've wasted a lot of energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.75,0:30:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially walking, and...
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.44,0:30:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get a back ache \Nand you get bone problems
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.84,0:30:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of your posture \Nand the way you walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.44,0:30:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the practice of mindfulness\Ncan help us be aware of our body
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.54,0:30:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it moves,\Nask yourself:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.80,0:30:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I need to use all this energy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.38,0:30:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a wonderful way of guiding it,\Nbecause we love to be efficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.97,0:30:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm making it so that\Nyou have more motivation
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.19,0:30:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to waste energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.92,0:31:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when you're a teacher, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.96,0:31:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you're correcting something\Nyou don't have to go {\i1}phuit{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.82,0:31:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just use 10%,\Nyou don't have to use 80%!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.69,0:31:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm watering, \NI'm challenging your efficiency
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.81,0:31:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humans love to be efficient
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.61,0:31:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness helps us not to waste energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.50,0:31:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, slowing down helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.16,0:31:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slowing down is not \Nthe perfect and right way
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.77,0:31:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but slowing down helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.21,0:31:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our society has pushed us\Nand we run
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.92,0:31:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just with our body but with our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.92,0:31:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we come here and we walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.44,0:31:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we do something,\Njust slow it down first.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.72,0:31:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you begin to have \Nmore awareness and concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.38,0:31:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you do fast, slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.56,0:32:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't waste energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.94,0:32:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is another way of saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.84,0:32:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just relax!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.43,0:32:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to try so hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.55,0:32:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a body-practice
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.14,0:32:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing we also need to,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.53,0:32:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are habits we need to relook at
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.60,0:32:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One practice I like to look at\Nis my habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.89,0:32:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are, they say, creatures of habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.98,0:32:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great, because it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.95,0:32:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to look at\Nwhat kind of habits do we have?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.25,0:32:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we look at other people's habits,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.36,0:32:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we begin to see mine too.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.12,0:33:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have a habit of \Nnon-stop thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.70,0:33:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay would say NST,\NNon-Stop Thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.71,0:33:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay made a radio show out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.53,0:33:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said:"Turn off your NST radio",
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.26,0:33:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is constantly emitting radio-waves,\Nthinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.04,0:33:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we come to the practice center,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.55,0:33:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice helps us \Nto just rest our thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.59,0:33:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is another area \Nwhere we waste a lot of our energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.59,0:33:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking is ok, but there's a time for it
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.09,0:33:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a time to just be..
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.48,0:33:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're so much trained \Nto always be thinking about something,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.91,0:33:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when we meditate, when we walk,\Nwhen we sit,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.74,0:33:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we enjoy a cup of tea,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.27,0:33:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just be present with it \Nand don't think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.49,0:33:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, "where is this from,\Nwhat kind of, oh, you know like,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.08,0:34:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of ingredients,\Nis this bio, it comes from where?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.67,0:34:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nice to be aware, but sometimes\Nthat's just a habit.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.40,0:34:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, everything you look at,\Nyou have to know exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.36,0:34:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everything is, and you have to,\Nto constantly...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.90,0:34:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a habit that we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.08,0:34:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's useful sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.64,0:34:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of the time \Nit wastes a lot of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.55,0:34:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So renewing, reviving that habit.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.26,0:34:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being aware of these habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.45,0:34:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a habit of reacting
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.22,0:34:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice, \Nmindfulness can help us react
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.42,0:34:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone drops something\Nin the dining-hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.63,0:34:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.03,0:35:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow your breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.72,0:35:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you can see your thinking mind
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.70,0:35:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"ah, I'm gonna find out who, what family,\Nwho is that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.86,0:35:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens when you close your eyes\Nand you follow your breathing...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.30,0:35:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're free from having to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.72,0:35:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you know, \N"oh, it's that woman again, jeez"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.58,0:35:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see? waste of energy. \NReact!
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.65,0:35:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a good place to train to react\Nbecause you get all kinds of people here.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.82,0:35:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they come from different cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.75,0:35:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have a different approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.71,0:35:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is the U.N. of Mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.85,0:35:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.65,0:35:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you might like to do it that way,\Nbut watch out!"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.44,0:36:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you hear the bell,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.61,0:36:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps us stop and follow our breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.32,0:36:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to help us train to not react.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.19,0:36:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come back, \Nenjoy the freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.72,0:36:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of not having to look..
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.40,0:36:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.67,0:36:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a freedom that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.31,0:36:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have to react
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.26,0:36:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hear a sound,\Nwe don't have to think
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.55,0:36:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.80,0:36:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that can be trained,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.11,0:36:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be your tool.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.09,0:36:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as teachers, you need to train this.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.08,0:36:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to come to a monastery\Nmany, many times,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.77,0:37:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or train at home with friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.89,0:37:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as a teacher \Nyou're under a lot of stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.77,0:37:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as teachers, but as human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.20,0:37:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you're a mother or a father,\Nany field you're in
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.73,0:37:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to have a meditation one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.21,0:37:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have people gather around a table,\Nin a circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.09,0:37:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have a cup of orange juice,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.61,0:37:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone looking \Nat the cup of orange juice,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.91,0:37:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the table has to be really clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.49,0:37:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I knock the orange cup over.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.39,0:37:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone just breathes...
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.11,0:37:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't that be a great meditation?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.14,0:37:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of new, guided meditation?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.06,0:37:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I learned that here, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.31,0:37:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never been to a place where \Nwhen someone drops a bowl of food,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.89,0:38:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the monks say \N"Voilà! A flower!"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.16,0:38:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First time I see that, I was like,\N"What is wrong with this monk?"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.57,0:38:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "Oh, they're just pretending,\Nthey're really angry inside",
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.88,0:38:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you see, it's true, \Nmany people have this habit here,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.72,0:38:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they celebrate when something goes wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.56,0:38:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I want to make it \Nbecome a guided meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.78,0:38:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When something goes wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.04,0:38:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is our society,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.94,0:38:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they train us to react.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.88,0:38:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you drive,\Nyou're getting trained
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.62,0:38:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be reactive, and to be judgmental,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.01,0:38:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.43,0:38:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Los Angeles,\NI know all about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.27,0:38:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to make a game out of surviving\Nwithout being mean
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.29,0:39:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the freeway makes you \Nbecome really mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.37,0:39:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how our society is great,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.99,0:39:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's better than the rat-experiment,\Nthat's terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.47,0:39:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I'm an architect, \NI get to say that,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.43,0:39:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I designed cities!
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.50,0:39:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aware of this, we are very fortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.53,0:39:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.43,0:39:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Routines, habits,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.22,0:39:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routines, be careful of your routines,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.63,0:39:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the clocks, the watches,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.48,0:39:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calendars, the new, flick, touches,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.71,0:39:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smart phones.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.90,0:40:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are taking over your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.77,0:40:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just got one, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.28,0:40:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I confess, the Sangha trusts me enough now\Nto see how I do that
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.78,0:40:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stays right next to my bed
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.46,0:40:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm learning \Nto become friends with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.55,0:40:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I see, it's slowly thinking \N"come on...
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.58,0:40:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,..come on!"
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.12,0:40:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's great
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.74,0:40:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know \Nwhat I'm talking about, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.69,0:40:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, okay, \Nso I don't need to talk about that
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.01,0:40:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so organized, we're so efficient,\Nthis is gonna be a good year
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.90,0:41:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaks Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.81,0:41:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just seeing what time I have to cook
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.55,0:41:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another area we need to renew
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.51,0:41:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to revisit and to reflect \Nis our stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.24,0:41:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.80,0:41:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories we tell our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.51,0:41:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stories we tell our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.18,0:41:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stories we tell ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.51,0:41:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are creatures of habits, \Nbut we are also creatures of stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.21,0:41:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love "Who are you?"\Nand we tell a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.95,0:41:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be careful of our stories
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.64,0:41:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up and
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.79,0:41:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a story I told about my family
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.37,0:41:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my father and my mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.13,0:42:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my place in America,\NAmerican society,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.16,0:42:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that caused me a lot of suffering\Nas a young man
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.34,0:42:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know how to tell \Na different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.10,0:42:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the practice of meditation,\Nsitting down,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.22,0:42:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and breathing, and just clearing our mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.48,0:42:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we begin to hear that story.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.66,0:42:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to hear it again and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.74,0:42:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you touch that suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.54,0:42:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you begin to understand \Nwhere it comes from
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.03,0:42:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes because we won't let go,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.33,0:42:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't let go of that story.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.40,0:42:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cause a lot of suffering \Nto those we love,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.44,0:43:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we need to relook at \Nhow we can tell a different story
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.75,0:43:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story that can open our heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.16,0:43:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can accept.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.32,0:43:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, maybe you are here
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.55,0:43:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you want to find \Na new story for your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.49,0:43:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, things have happened in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.70,0:43:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, they might be like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.64,0:43:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we can stop and \Nsee the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.20,0:43:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as someone who also suffers,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.11,0:43:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can begin to tell a different story\Nabout them.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.14,0:43:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wants to make another person suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.71,0:43:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only because they suffer,\Nthat they cause others to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.29,0:44:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we can retell a story like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.96,0:44:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we look at our past
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.57,0:44:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.62,0:44:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the beauty I found \Nin Thay's teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.74,0:44:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think the past cannot be changed?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.76,0:44:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past, we make up.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.40,0:44:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know your history books?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.74,0:44:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all made up.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.83,0:44:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, find a way in the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.02,0:44:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.47,0:44:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to understand the root of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.21,0:44:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will free you from that story.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.55,0:44:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that helped me\Nbecome happier,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.70,0:45:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less judgmental,\Nmore kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.89,0:45:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more accepting of people\Nwho are suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.76,0:45:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are personal stories\Nwith your loved ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.58,0:45:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they can also be stories\Nwith other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.15,0:45:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very important for people\Nwho are in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.80,0:45:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in media, \Nespecially media now.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.68,0:45:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of you who are in media,\Nplease tell a different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.80,0:45:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop watering the seed of discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.09,0:45:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hatred, \Nother, us.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.10,0:45:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can write what happened,\Nbut write in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.42,0:45:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that waters the seed of understanding,\Nof compassion in people.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.86,0:46:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there was terror,\Nthere was injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.78,0:46:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but write that in a way that can open up
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.28,0:46:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to bring people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.89,0:46:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encourage them to look more deeply,\Nto listen more deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.40,0:46:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The news now is quite toxic,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.11,0:46:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we need to be very careful \Nwhen we open our internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.02,0:46:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be something all around the world\Nthat has nothing to do with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.58,0:46:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this morning it makes us frown,\Nhate, fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.26,0:46:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we move through our day like that
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.35,0:46:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is an area, media,\Nand in school as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.23,0:47:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Thay's vision for relooking\Nat education and its purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.84,0:47:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at that textbook, \Nthe history books, it's all about war
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.18,0:47:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about competition, \Nand this group and...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.07,0:47:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to revisit,\Nwe need to retell
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.69,0:47:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teach different things:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.33,0:47:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our relationship to Mother Earth,\Nto other cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.65,0:47:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to celebrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.36,0:47:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to tell a different story\Nabout our nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.27,0:47:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's get rid of that!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.08,0:47:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it helps to have things organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.28,0:47:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because we tell ourselves \Nwe are from here, this group,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.74,0:47:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.86,0:47:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're causing a lot of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.90,0:47:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is something for the New Year\Nand for the time to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.53,0:48:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're in that position, \Nof affecting other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.35,0:48:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell a different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.89,0:48:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even on a subway.\NSomething happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.45,0:48:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can, by the way you describe \Nthese people around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.08,0:48:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can water the seed of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.18,0:48:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water the seed of kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.52,0:48:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don't add to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.79,0:48:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't add to the separation\Nand discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.78,0:48:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.39,0:48:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a practitioner, this is our mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.97,0:48:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to become..
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.41,0:48:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different kind of storyteller.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.32,0:48:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For ourselves, and for those\Nwe come in contact with.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.82,0:48:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's is a Bodhisattva \Nwho is, what he does,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.90,0:49:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes around thanking people.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.53,0:49:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, you know, \Nyou are very beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.32,0:49:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a Buddha, you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.17,0:49:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're the most wonderful person.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.02,0:49:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people don't accept it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.41,0:49:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say "what are you talking about?\NGet out of here! Are you crazy?"
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.12,0:49:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need that kind of Bodhisattva\Nin the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.30,0:49:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please tell people that they're ok,\Nthey're accepted, just as they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.39,0:49:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell them to accept themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.01,0:49:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our work as practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.17,0:49:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we practice, we find healing\Nfor ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.01,0:49:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we waste less energy,\Nthinking and trying too hard
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.99,0:49:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.94,0:49:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be a refuge for others,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.99,0:50:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our loved ones, our friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.55,0:50:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a society, we also need to renew
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.99,0:50:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reflect, and change a little bit\Nour purpose, our dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.92,0:50:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the root of a lot of problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.22,0:50:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our family, we....
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.05,0:50:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to leave Vietnam\Nbecause of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.54,0:50:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.03,0:50:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communists,\Ndemocracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.82,0:50:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way I like to describe \Nmy family like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.68,0:50:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father, he is Chinese, \Nhe had to escape China
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.90,0:50:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of war, revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.82,0:51:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he had to escape Vietnam,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.35,0:51:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another war,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.55,0:51:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he came to America
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.24,0:51:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I continue, \NI escaped to France.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.10,0:51:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a different kind of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.65,0:51:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Politically speaking, it's kind of funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.11,0:51:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my dad escaped China \Nfor communists,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.36,0:51:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then another communist system,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.74,0:51:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a lot of ideas, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.07,0:51:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in America, my family came\Nand we were very poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.81,0:51:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't have anything.\NWe had to leave everything behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.90,0:51:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember, growing up in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.29,0:51:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's the American Dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.50,0:51:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Leave it to Beaver", I grew up with\Nthis black&white show.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.70,0:52:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Leave it to Beaver", \Nand there's all these shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.24,0:52:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shows you family,\Nand it's like, it's great,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.68,0:52:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happy, happy family
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.84,0:52:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.36,0:52:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, as I grew up,\NI learned the dream of having a house,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.05,0:52:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a garage, actually two garages,\Nand a car.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.78,0:52:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these kind of dreams,\Nthese kind of desires,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.25,0:52:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to relook at them,\Nbecause our planet needs it,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.17,0:52:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other countries need for us\Nto renew our dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.40,0:52:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not gonna work, sorry,\Nfor us to have everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.70,0:52:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for everyone to have what we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.84,0:52:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not gonna work.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.33,0:52:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already hitting a limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.03,0:53:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having many things, \Nand being able to buy many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.77,0:53:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a bank account,\Nretirement plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.78,0:53:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these things that, \Nas a monk, we have left,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.67,0:53:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is something we need to look at.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.45,0:53:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's difficult, I know that\Nsome of the things I'm bringing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.31,0:53:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hard, because you live in a society,\Nyou have a family,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.70,0:53:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to pay your bills,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.35,0:53:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just invite you to look again,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.99,0:53:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minimizing or moderating\Na little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.83,0:53:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the material things we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.66,0:53:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Christmas is a great time \Nto look at that,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.47,0:53:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas and holiday, \Nthey always have sales
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.64,0:53:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told Dah Young, \Ndon't we have some sales in the books?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.49,0:53:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, a "buy one, get one free"?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.68,0:53:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said "No, we don't have that".
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.38,0:54:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just my habit from Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.98,0:54:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's holiday, it's about buying,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.97,0:54:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not about coming in touch \Nwith spiritual practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.48,0:54:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our culture of buying,\Na culture of having many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.80,0:54:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buying things and they're no longer useful
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.15,0:54:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there's a new model
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.47,0:54:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "there's a new model of this",\Na new car,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.95,0:54:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't work, \Nit's not working.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.71,0:54:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're a businessperson,\Nplease help us with this aspect.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.08,0:54:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, money. Our culture is so linked\Nwith the value of things, money.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.25,0:54:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put prices on things, \Nand when we work, we get money,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.97,0:55:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore we buy something,\Nthen it's ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.07,0:55:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somehow this is not filling \Nthe spiritual dimension,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.30,0:55:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spiritual dimension of your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.86,0:55:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This I share with you, having grown up\Nin the city and having worked,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.90,0:55:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is one of my sufferings:
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.94,0:55:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting a lot of things, \Nbut really still feeling empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.01,0:55:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact there's a relationship between\Nthe more things you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.27,0:55:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more depression you'll get.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.85,0:55:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's weird, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.73,0:55:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think about it, having t-shirts.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.08,0:55:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you had two t-shirts?\NOr do you have two shoes?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.96,0:55:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do you have one shoe?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.84,0:55:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're so happy. \NAnd you do everything to...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.02,0:55:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get another shoe,\Nand another shoe.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.58,0:56:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or another t-shirt, you get ten t-shirts,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.82,0:56:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you ever feel that?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.99,0:56:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had this experience, you...\Njust another shirt
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.66,0:56:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a relationship,\Nthis is just a very minor exemple,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.54,0:56:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have to expand that.\NThis is our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.20,0:56:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our materialistic culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.70,0:56:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something we have to revisit.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.18,0:56:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wearing something out.\NOr using something to its end.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.79,0:56:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And valueing it for helping you,\Nso something very...
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.29,0:56:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That relationship you can look at.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.46,0:56:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know that culture \Nis very hard to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.51,0:57:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it helps us to have new things,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.21,0:57:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I want to say, don't become an ascetic\Nand become asteer and so on,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.13,0:57:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but relook at it, in your life,\Nand see how that is playing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.84,0:57:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be just habit.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.88,0:57:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're used to it, and society says it,\Nso you do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.37,0:57:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of advertisement,\Nthey stimulate us to do these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.59,0:57:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this dream of having \Nmaterial possessions,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.100,0:57:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we have to teach young people
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.100,0:57:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find different ways \Nto satisfy their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.42,0:58:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another area we can look at to renew
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.30,0:58:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our way of living.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.09,0:58:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our society is very isolating.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.51,0:58:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just met someone \Nwhose son is in one country,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:49.20,0:58:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose daughter is\Nin another country,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.75,0:58:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, as a grandmother,\Nshe has to fly around now.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.29,0:59:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We no longer live close,\Nwe no longer live with support
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.40,0:59:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Thay's vision is\Nto restructure a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:59:10.26,0:59:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our family, our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.83,0:59:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so even if you don't live \Nwith your loved ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.82,0:59:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find like-minded groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.91,0:59:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join a community,\Na spiritual community to find support.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.11,0:59:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that can help us\Nstay on the path, stay sane,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.98,0:59:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stay..
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.29,0:59:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stay free.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.19,0:59:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Thay's vision to have \Na practice community
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.34,0:59:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every city. It's his life's work,\Nhe built Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:50.03,0:59:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a model for a role center,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:55.97,0:59:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of Thay's virtue and practice\Nand compassion in his life,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.46,1:00:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've come and gathered here,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.36,1:00:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Thay now encourages us \Nto build a sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.66,1:00:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build a community \Nwherever we go back to.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.53,1:00:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our practice is no longer\Njust for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.28,1:00:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming together, we support each other
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.56,1:00:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that community becomes \Na support group for others
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.21,1:00:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the city.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.83,1:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think, this is a way forward for us,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.32,1:00:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come together.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.59,1:00:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are therapists?\NMental therapists, or
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.40,1:00:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,psychotherapists?\NOther therapists?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:54.28,1:00:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yoga-instructors?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.72,1:00:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wonderful.\NSo that's the body.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.26,1:01:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are \Nfitness-trainers?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.42,1:01:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You? Wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:07.99,1:01:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also... Now they\Nhave leadership trainings, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.20,1:01:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are \Nin leadership training?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:13.79,1:01:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can admit it, come on.\NOne, allright.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.07,1:01:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wonderful.\NHow to succeed, yes.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:21.80,1:01:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need that, we need good leaders.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.77,1:01:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see more and more,\Nwe need more therapists...
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.23,1:01:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need more yoga-instructors,\Nwe need more...
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.15,1:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places...
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.06,1:01:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.46,1:01:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vision here is you can create\Na community to play that role.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.59,1:01:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To become the therapist.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:57.63,1:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a psychiatrist come here,\Nmake a presentation about what he does
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.37,1:02:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he divided up:
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.57,1:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said, behavior therapy, that has to do\Nwith your behavior, your habits,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.82,1:02:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, cognitive therapy, about the way\Nyour mind thinks,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.37,1:02:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the new thing now is
Dialogue: 0,1:02:20.25,1:02:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness based therapy.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.21,1:02:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness based cognitive therapy.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:30.66,1:02:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great. \NSome of you are in that program?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.43,1:02:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.99,1:02:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, Thay would add one to that,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.50,1:02:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's community based therapy.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.22,1:02:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see the vision?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.58,1:02:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the psychiatrist \Nsitting there, saying:
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.49,1:02:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ok, tell me your story.\NYes, all of it, don't hide anything",
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.29,1:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one on one, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.23,1:03:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I've never been to a..\NI don't mean to a...
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.72,1:03:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope it's not offending,\Nand I don't know the image now,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.61,1:03:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they do it, but it's one on one right,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.74,1:03:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's private, closed door\Nand it's {\i1}confidential{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.06,1:03:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In community based therapy,\Nthere's no confidentiality.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.30,1:03:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sit here, you cry?\NEveryone knows you're suffering!
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.96,1:03:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for laughing.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.85,1:03:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to apologize, sometimes\NI hope I'm not offending anyone.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:53.97,1:03:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a side in me that likes to poke\Nfun at things, that's my habit.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:02.56,1:04:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But community based therapy \Nis wonderful,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:07.36,1:04:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what I'm learning here,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.69,1:04:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the power of \Nthe collective healing,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.35,1:04:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even without discussion.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.72,1:04:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need to know your history.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.03,1:04:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The community doesn't need to know.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.96,1:04:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because you're here,\Nyou practise within the community,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.06,1:04:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy,\Nthe collective energy
Dialogue: 0,1:04:35.96,1:04:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very powerful
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.84,1:04:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will become your therapist.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.82,1:04:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the miracle.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.46,1:04:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practise of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.33,1:04:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help you become your own therapist.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.56,1:04:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to understand yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:53.50,1:04:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to have insight about yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.84,1:04:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that YOU light up.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.06,1:05:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the power of the sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.02,1:05:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in the sangha, I've learned \Nmany things about others,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:10.86,1:05:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a lot, I learned more about myself.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.21,1:05:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can ask all the one year-\Nlong termers here if it's true.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:24.06,1:05:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause here, after a week you're still,\N"Plum Village is great, you know,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:29.84,1:05:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's heaven", yeah?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.72,1:05:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh-oh, some of you know what I mean, yeah?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.43,1:05:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stay for a month, "now we move you\Nto a room with four people,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:42.92,1:05:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten people", wow.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:46.16,1:05:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the practise really begins.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.07,1:05:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therapy. The therapy begins.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.74,1:05:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nice. You come here for a week\Nand you go home
Dialogue: 0,1:05:56.95,1:06:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have such a beautiful memory\Nof Plum Village, oh!
Dialogue: 0,1:06:01.73,1:06:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see where I'm talking\Nabout therapy now?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.14,1:06:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community based therapy, yes.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:08.76,1:06:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a reward to that suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.46,1:06:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living in a community,\Nbeing together,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.52,1:06:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your suffering,\Nseeing other people suffer,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.04,1:06:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing their breakthrough,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.66,1:06:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling an opening \Nin another person,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:28.49,1:06:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow! You benefit from that.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:33.94,1:06:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you see someone,\Nas monks and nuns,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.05,1:06:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we love it when a practitioner\Nkind of like --
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.11,1:06:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are free, you know?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.02,1:06:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, \Nyou can see it,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:47.07,1:06:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way they walk,\Nthe way they say hi to you,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.57,1:06:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something they let go of.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.82,1:06:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a knot, you know,\Nwe call it 'internal knots'
Dialogue: 0,1:06:57.39,1:06:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come here, \Nand you're carrying a knot?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:00.36,1:07:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can smell it.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:03.63,1:07:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Of course, we're compassionate,\Nyes, sure,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:14.82,1:07:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we give you space, \Nwe give you time
Dialogue: 0,1:07:20.24,1:07:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is because we've been through that
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.84,1:07:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it needs time, it needs space
Dialogue: 0,1:07:25.35,1:07:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the beauty of doing it \Nas a community.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.17,1:07:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a miracle we cannot...\NJust like the chanting.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:35.02,1:07:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chanting has nothing to do with thinking,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:37.60,1:07:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,storytelling or analyzing your history.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.69,1:07:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:44.04,1:07:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the power \Nof the true mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.03,1:07:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about \Npsycho-analyzing you to death,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.94,1:07:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is for you to..
Dialogue: 0,1:07:59.52,1:08:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the basic practise of breathing,\Nwalking, eating,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.28,1:08:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laying down, opening the door,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.26,1:08:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening, being present,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:11.81,1:08:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not reacting
Dialogue: 0,1:08:13.87,1:08:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are all opportunities for you to ...
Dialogue: 0,1:08:17.89,1:08:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have an insight.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:20.25,1:08:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you wait in line, later tonight,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:23.94,1:08:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,1:08:26.41,1:08:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in a crowd,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:28.68,1:08:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be where there's a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,1:08:31.28,1:08:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel safe.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:33.22,1:08:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel, this is your family
Dialogue: 0,1:08:34.96,1:08:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone who comes here? \NThey have a little of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.57,1:08:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're learning to be with it.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.62,1:08:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with your awareness,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.78,1:08:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slowly, your fear, your anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.20,1:08:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slowly, it melts.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.13,1:08:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can fall off
Dialogue: 0,1:09:00.17,1:09:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the power of\Ncommunity based therapy.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:08.75,1:09:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we are aware of our steps,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:13.73,1:09:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people walking by, rushing,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:17.40,1:09:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can walk and be free,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:23.00,1:09:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something happens.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:26.51,1:09:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very healing energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:29.89,1:09:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody gave it to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:33.02,1:09:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You generate it yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:36.15,1:09:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what we can train\N
Dialogue: 0,1:09:39.06,1:09:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do, to practise.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:47.48,1:09:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as a society,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.15,1:09:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stress so much on competition.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.27,1:09:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On competing.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:01.17,1:10:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're always comparing, \Neven when we're little, in school,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:04.58,1:10:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A, A+, B, C,\ND...
Dialogue: 0,1:10:10.00,1:10:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're already trained, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:10:12.83,1:10:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In society, "how much do you make?\NOh.., oh...
Dialogue: 0,1:10:24.27,1:10:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at your badge,\N"PHD, oh! Wow!"
Dialogue: 0,1:10:30.03,1:10:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We train like that, very...
Dialogue: 0,1:10:33.98,1:10:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I trained like that, sorry
Dialogue: 0,1:10:41.20,1:10:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we come together,\Nwe learn a different way
Dialogue: 0,1:10:44.95,1:10:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of working together,\Ncooperating,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:51.10,1:10:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And helping another person
Dialogue: 0,1:10:55.20,1:10:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:57.86,1:11:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know of a woman that came one time\Nto our monastery
Dialogue: 0,1:11:02.96,1:11:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Deer Park
Dialogue: 0,1:11:05.88,1:11:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Dharma sharing, she said:
Dialogue: 0,1:11:11.20,1:11:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My great happiness, I have to say,\Nit's nothing much and please don't laugh..
Dialogue: 0,1:11:16.24,1:11:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when I was peeling the carrots\Nfor the community,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.00,1:11:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized I've never done anything
Dialogue: 0,1:11:24.18,1:11:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for anyone
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.03,1:11:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without wanting recognition.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:29.05,1:11:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I am, peeling a carrot,\Nand I don't know who's gonna eat it,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:33.03,1:11:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're gonna be happy,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:34.66,1:11:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm so happy \Nto peel the carrots for them."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:39.15,1:11:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was so, like, "really?"
Dialogue: 0,1:11:43.58,1:11:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she got her enlightenment\Nfrom peeling a carrot,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:49.31,1:11:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for the first time in her life\Nshe did something,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.00,1:11:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she shared that in her family life
Dialogue: 0,1:11:56.24,1:11:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you always get a reward for something,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:58.80,1:12:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to be recognized.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:01.04,1:12:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you do something,\Neveryone should know.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:04.64,1:12:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was something like that,\Nshe was describing her childhood.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:08.50,1:12:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're so trained \Nto, like, do something, and then
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.14,1:12:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you guys see what I just did??"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:16.07,1:12:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In community,\Nnobody cares.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:27.20,1:12:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do, \Nbut if you care about it too much,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:31.42,1:12:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to be careful.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:33.82,1:12:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my training here,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:35.92,1:12:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I washed the pots,\NI shared this before,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:38.72,1:12:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "you see, brother,\Nhow much I cleaned the pots?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:42.32,1:12:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all clean, you know?"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:44.21,1:12:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was like, \N"oh, you're wasting your energy,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:46.63,1:12:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do you do that?"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:49.61,1:12:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was very angry for\Na week or two.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:53.65,1:12:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, not all monks and nuns \Nare like that, actually,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:56.52,1:12:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're much more compassionate.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:00.81,1:13:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we practise in a community,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:02.95,1:13:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get an opportunity to be kind\Nfor kindness-sick.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:10.06,1:13:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People share this all the time\Nwhen they come here.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:13.26,1:13:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do little things,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:15.49,1:13:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, someone went \Nand collected all the cups,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:21.00,1:13:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put them back,\Nand he shared,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:23.72,1:13:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of our gathering here,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:27.10,1:13:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much happiness that was \Nfor him to just do that.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:32.29,1:13:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the community
Dialogue: 0,1:13:36.70,1:13:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learn again our habits.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:40.95,1:13:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to train new ways of looking.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:46.63,1:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not all success,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.29,1:13:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's also challenges,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:53.58,1:13:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is where transformation\Nfor the healing is possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:01.26,1:14:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the community,\Nwe also learn to exchange
Dialogue: 0,1:14:04.95,1:14:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and harmonize ideas, views.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:08.38,1:14:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learn to live
Dialogue: 0,1:14:11.62,1:14:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in harmony.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:13.83,1:14:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with different viewpoints,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:17.04,1:14:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what's wonderful\Nabout sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:22.74,1:14:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the spiritual practise\Nhelps us to let go.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:29.04,1:14:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we see those who don't let go,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:32.27,1:14:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see ourselves \Nwhen we don't let go of our viewpoints,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:38.43,1:14:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suffering we cause to other people,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:40.84,1:14:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the suffering we cause to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:45.34,1:14:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking refuge in the community,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:47.58,1:14:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to renew it \Nover and over again.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:52.38,1:14:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just every New Year,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:57.13,1:14:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every day, every week.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:59.48,1:15:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every moment \Nis an opportunity for us
Dialogue: 0,1:15:05.13,1:15:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so making the practise...
Dialogue: 0,1:15:07.55,1:15:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, when we first came here,\N"wow!"
Dialogue: 0,1:15:10.81,1:15:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us who stay here long,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:15.13,1:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can deteriorate
Dialogue: 0,1:15:17.03,1:15:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I speak this for those of us\Nwho stay here long:
Dialogue: 0,1:15:22.72,1:15:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please find ways\Nto renew your practise,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:28.47,1:15:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to renew your refuge in the community.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:38.49,1:15:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the renewal,\Nand what is an obstacle,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:42.82,1:15:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize this \Nbecause we hold on to something.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.83,1:15:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's permanent, \Nbut we don't let it flow.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:51.12,1:15:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, our mind is composed\Nof our feelings, our perceptions,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:55.32,1:15:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our thoughts and ideas,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:59.67,1:16:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many times when we don't let it flow,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:03.20,1:16:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot renew,\Nit's because we hold on to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:08.14,1:16:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again that internal knot.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:12.83,1:16:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very important in our practise.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:18.78,1:16:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village here,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:24.20,1:16:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have many opportunities
Dialogue: 0,1:16:29.12,1:16:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to come and take refuge\Nfor a week.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:34.00,1:16:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also make opportunities \Nfor young people to stay here long term
Dialogue: 0,1:16:39.92,1:16:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so that they can touch \Nsomething deeper and deeper
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.22,1:16:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond just the one week \Nhoneymoon-mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:49.74,1:16:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also a mature mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:52.44,1:16:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you in relationships,\Nyou know what I mean, you know.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:56.11,1:16:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the honeymoon,\Nthere is the maturity,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:00.91,1:17:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ripening, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:02.82,1:17:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The challenges, the suffering,\Nand overcoming it.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:06.23,1:17:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same with a community.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:09.41,1:17:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to find ways to refresh\Nour way of looking at each other
Dialogue: 0,1:17:14.84,1:17:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refresh our practise.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:22.22,1:17:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll end here with this
Dialogue: 0,1:17:25.56,1:17:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encouraging us all \Nto go home and
Dialogue: 0,1:17:29.97,1:17:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,build community.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.33,1:17:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A community that has a spiritual practise\Nas the base.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:41.06,1:17:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of intentional communities\Nand good causes,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:46.03,1:17:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come together for good causes,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:48.63,1:17:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without a spiritual practise\Nas a foundation,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:54.36,1:17:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very difficult.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:56.22,1:17:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say spiritual foundation,\Nit's not religious.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:00.81,1:18:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality here\Nis the mindfulness practise
Dialogue: 0,1:18:04.49,1:18:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of coming back to oneself\Nand touching our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:09.86,1:18:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing the suffering in others,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:12.70,1:18:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practise of letting go of our ideas,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.63,1:18:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting go of our ego, our self.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:20.17,1:18:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirituality is not like, you know...\NBuddha, or God,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:25.04,1:18:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirituality here is the virtuous practise
Dialogue: 0,1:18:30.98,1:18:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patience, kindness,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:33.55,1:18:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially, letting go.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:38.35,1:18:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the precious stages\Nof the practise,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:45.66,1:18:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the letting go.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:48.58,1:18:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the most important, because....
Dialogue: 0,1:18:53.88,1:18:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it frees you.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:59.12,1:19:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many sanghas around the world,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:02.84,1:19:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's also Wake Up community,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:05.95,1:19:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for young people to take refuge in.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:09.64,1:19:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We encourage the teachers to find ways\Nto build community in your own school.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:16.32,1:19:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't have to call it by any name.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:20.66,1:19:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you come more and more often\Nto our center,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:25.28,1:19:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to see what is the essence,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:30.12,1:19:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"what are they doing here?"
Dialogue: 0,1:19:32.85,1:19:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness practise, stopping,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:35.71,1:19:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming back to one's self,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:39.05,1:19:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brotherhood and sisterhood,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:42.10,1:19:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you recognize schedules,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:45.57,1:19:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also very important is \Nthe mindfulness training
Dialogue: 0,1:19:49.51,1:19:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness training,\Na kind of a guideline
Dialogue: 0,1:19:53.53,1:19:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to guide the community.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:59.10,1:20:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are ethical guidelines\Nto keep us balanced.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:07.84,1:20:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the way the society encourages us.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:12.07,1:20:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a kind of balance,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:15.01,1:20:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect life,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:20.91,1:20:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us touch true happiness,\Ntrue love.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:30.09,1:20:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want a plug-in there for us\Nto those out there who can help us,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:36.47,1:20:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for the next level\Nof sangha building,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:39.79,1:20:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many of you belong to a Sangha?
Dialogue: 0,1:20:44.40,1:20:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:47.68,1:20:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to encourage you \Nto continue that,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:54.93,1:21:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Thay envisioned a sangha \Nas a mindfulness practice center
Dialogue: 0,1:21:02.69,1:21:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not 'buddhist'-framed,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:10.63,1:21:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more universal
Dialogue: 0,1:21:14.56,1:21:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to create that place \Nin an urban environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:19.28,1:21:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something I just want to share,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:24.28,1:21:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share kind of my wish,\Na little bit, a desire\N
Dialogue: 0,1:21:30.39,1:21:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have in every city,\Nan urban practice center.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:35.79,1:21:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So young people can take refuge.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:38.08,1:21:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because not everyone can afford\Nto go out,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:44.51,1:21:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a place for regular meetings,\Nregular gatherings,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:52.43,1:21:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in the city, accessible \Nfor the young people and for everyone
Dialogue: 0,1:22:01.34,1:22:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to make it \Nso a sangha becomes your right livelihood.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:08.26,1:22:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you say, make it so\Nyou don't have to hold another job.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:13.03,1:22:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if sangha, and running the sangha,\Nand organizing the sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:22:18.92,1:22:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is your life?
Dialogue: 0,1:22:23.45,1:22:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to work a job \Nthat you don't like
Dialogue: 0,1:22:27.67,1:22:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you're a yoga-instructor,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:32.84,1:22:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a health-something therapist,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:35.63,1:22:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get together and make it \Nbecome a center.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:41.27,1:22:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then financially sustainable as well.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:45.27,1:22:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With simple living of course,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:47.44,1:22:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to be driving Lexus\Nand having...
Dialogue: 0,1:22:52.34,1:22:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just living a simple life.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:55.43,1:22:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you like to live in the urban city,\Ngreat.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:00.45,1:23:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the vision is, having a center there,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:04.48,1:23:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a full-time sangha community\Nliving there.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:09.86,1:23:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like ten people running the place,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:13.54,1:23:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having places for the young people \Nto take refuge in.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:18.44,1:23:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every weekend, free,\Nanyone can come,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:22.70,1:23:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering workshop, meditation,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:26.23,1:23:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're gonna put out of business\Nall the therapists,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:30.64,1:23:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community based therapists, yeah?
Dialogue: 0,1:23:33.64,1:23:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all the therapists should do this
Dialogue: 0,1:23:37.72,1:23:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people are wasting too much,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:42.24,1:23:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it costs a lot, right, to get therapy,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:45.90,1:23:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear people pay lots of money\Nto go to therapy
Dialogue: 0,1:23:49.65,1:23:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we have a sangha, \Nand we have workshops,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:54.56,1:23:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't that be wonderful?
Dialogue: 0,1:23:57.30,1:24:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Thay's vision for the MPC,\Nthe Mindfulness Practice Center.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:03.81,1:24:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because some of us, I mean, \NI might go to temples now,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:10.16,1:24:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wouldn't have gone to a temple\Nas a young person.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:14.14,1:24:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe some of us \Nmight not go to churches,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:17.41,1:24:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I encourage for us to find this,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:23.68,1:24:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is \Nwhat will bring balance back,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:27.32,1:24:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a spiritual dimension,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:29.32,1:24:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a way to keep us reminded
Dialogue: 0,1:24:34.14,1:24:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what life, what our heart is about.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:40.44,1:24:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of you who are efficient,\Nintelligent, skillful,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:48.52,1:24:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please, \NI send that out there,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:52.37,1:24:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully some of you \Ncan have the condition
Dialogue: 0,1:24:57.18,1:25:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fortune to help build\Na mindfulness practice center
Dialogue: 0,1:25:03.60,1:25:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it viable, \Nfor your people to do it full-time.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:10.27,1:25:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't have to waste their lives\Nworking for a --- you know, something,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:15.40,1:25:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that could be very community serviced,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:18.23,1:25:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can help support the community
Dialogue: 0,1:25:20.84,1:25:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to troubled youth-centers.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:24.23,1:25:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could become a community service.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:28.16,1:25:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as teachers as well, \Nyou can do that in the school.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:31.59,1:25:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After school-activities,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:33.68,1:25:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create a place for the children, \Nfor the students, for their parents,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:39.60,1:25:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after-school activities,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:43.41,1:25:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please continue \NThay's volition, his deep desire,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:51.22,1:25:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find, where's the balance.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:54.44,1:25:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the difficulties, \Nthe social ills I see,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:00.88,1:26:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many young people now are depressed,\Nhave mental disorder,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:07.43,1:26:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suicide rates, you hear, \Nkeep increasing,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:11.75,1:26:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we need...
Dialogue: 0,1:26:14.44,1:26:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't need a big bank account,\Nyou know.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:18.31,1:26:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just use that, to help change our world.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:25.02,1:26:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot take it with you
Dialogue: 0,1:26:27.94,1:26:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please help the young people,\Nthe Wake Up-group,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:31.58,1:26:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to find a different way.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:36.80,1:26:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the Happy Farm-initiative,\Nand many young people are coming
Dialogue: 0,1:26:43.68,1:26:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and working with their hands,\Nand finding healing.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:47.57,1:26:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stay for one year,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:49.49,1:26:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we like to make this \Navailable in the city,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:53.22,1:26:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a lot become a garden
Dialogue: 0,1:26:57.88,1:27:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm sure you have many other visions.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:02.86,1:27:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please go back to your sangha \Nand discuss with your sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:27:08.82,1:27:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to open up \Nso that more young people,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:12.43,1:27:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people suffering,\Ncan take refuge.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:16.21,1:27:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, everyone knows,\Nthis is Thay's deepest wish.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:22.14,1:27:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for coming,\Nfor listening.