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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, dear Sangha,

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We have a friend.
He is a Catholic monk.

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When he was a child,
he didn't have any spiritual life.

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But when he grew up,
he had an experience of love and unity.

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And he became a monk.

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Now he has two spiritual sources.

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The first one is Jesus
and the other one is Thay.

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He has read some of your books and
he follows your teachings on the Internet

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and he is very grateful for them.

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Probably, he won't be able to come
to Plum Village.

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Will you say some words
about this interbeing

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between Catholicism and Buddhism?

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(Thay): Read again please.

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Dear Thay,
dear Sangha,

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We have a friend,
who is a Catholic monk.

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When he was a child
he didn't have any spiritual life.

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But when he grew up,
he had an experience of love and unity.

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And he became a monk.

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Now he has two spiritual sources.

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The first one is Jesus
and the other one is Thay.

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He has read some of your books and
he follows your teachings on the Internet

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and he is very grateful for them.

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Probably he won't be able to come
to Plum Village.

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So could Thay say some words
about the interbeing

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between Catholicism and Buddhism?

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The day before yesterday,
we said something like:

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"Buddhism is made of
non-Buddhist elements."

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It's like a flower that is made of
non-flower elements.

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And the Buddha has used only non-Buddhist
elements to make his Buddhism.

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And he was aware of that.

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Looking around you see many elements.

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And if you are a skillful person,
you can make use of every element you see

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in order to make your own Buddhism.

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So the same thing must be true
with Christianity.

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Christianity is made of
non-Christianity elements.

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And the teaching of interbeing is also
available in Christianity.

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The teaching of living happily
in the present moment

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can be found in the teaching
of Jesus Christ.

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And when you read the Bible

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you read statements like this one:

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"There will be a day when you will see
that I am in My Father

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and you are in Me
and I am in you."

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That is from John.
This is the teaching of interbeing.

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I am in the Father and you are in me
and I am in you.

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We are inside each other
and not outside.

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In the Gospel according to Matthew
is said that:

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"Let us not worry about tomorrow.
Tomorrow will take care of itself."

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So that is the teaching of
living happily in the present moment.

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So there are many points
that can be recognized.

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And there are many of us who practice

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according to the teaching of Jesus and
the Buddha and do not find any conflict.

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And that is very good for the cause of
peace, unity and harmony in the world.

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(Bell)

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(Bell)