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(Half bell)

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(Bell)

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Is meditating about having fun?

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(Crowd laughs)

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Dear Thay, our friend asked, [br]is meditating about having fun?

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To meditate is to have fun.

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(Crowd laughs)

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Because if you know how to meditate, [br]meditation will be very pleasant.

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If you do not know how to meditate, [br]it may be boring ...

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or make you tired.

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But if you know the art of meditation, [br]you enjoy sitting meditation,

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you enjoy walking meditation,[br]you enjoy breathing in and out,

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you don't have to suffer.

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If you suffer during sitting meditation,[br]if you suffer during walking meditation,

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if you suffer when you observe silence,

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it means you don't know yet[br]how to meditate.

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So, to meditate is to have fun also.

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So Thay enjoys sitting, [br]Thay enjoys walking,

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Thay enjoys breathing in and out, [br]Thay enjoys eating in silence,

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and he does not suffer.

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In fact, he enjoys it more, [br]doing these things with meditation.

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It means, with mindfulness.

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And many children [br]are capable of doing so.

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During walking meditation, [br]the children seem to be very happy.

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They do not talk and yet they don't suffer.[br]They enjoy they have silence.

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They enjoy their steps[br]and they breath in and out.

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And when they sit down with Thay,

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they are very quiet.

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And yet they don't suffer.

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So you know meditation can go together [br]with joy and happiness and fun.

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Good question.

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(Crowd laughs)

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(Half bell)

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(Bell)