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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.98,0:00:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.83,0:00:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am blooming as a flower,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am fresh as the dew,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.16,0:00:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am solid as a mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.91,0:00:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am firm as the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.18,0:00:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am free
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.23,0:00:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Joanna Macy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.51,0:00:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to introduce
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.56,0:00:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four people tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.11,0:00:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to introduce a fighter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.66,0:00:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a poet, a philosopher,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.86,0:01:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a teacher brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.28,0:01:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it was the fighter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.89,0:01:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I met first
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.74,0:01:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I ever saw him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.74,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was anguished and desperate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in the anti Vietnam war movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.09,0:01:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the late sixties and seventies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.88,0:01:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a book came into my hand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.03,0:01:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam, a Lotus in a Sea of Fire
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.29,0:01:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.08,0:01:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The passion and the insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.68,0:01:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and such tremendous courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.03,0:01:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next one I met was the poet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.53,0:01:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was when I saw him face to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.09,0:01:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was June 1982 and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.19,0:01:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special session on disarmament
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.86,0:01:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a pre-conference
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.41,0:01:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the religious bases for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.04,0:01:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peace in this time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.07,0:01:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disarmament
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.01,0:02:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were many religious leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.11,0:02:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and church leaders there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.21,0:02:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can kind of imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what that was like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.51,0:02:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did I see, but this guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.41,0:02:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come in in a brown coat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.40,0:02:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he, he just stood there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.33,0:02:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't have sheafs of paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.58,0:02:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember that, Thay?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.93,0:02:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just stood there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.64,0:02:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then reached into pockets, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.61,0:02:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, many important things have been said here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.59,0:02:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't think I can add anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.02,0:02:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but I did write a poem on my way here."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.13,0:02:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.91,0:02:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Call me by my true names"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.68,0:02:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.02,0:02:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I bow to the scholar
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.23,0:02:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who teaches the mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.15,0:02:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps us to look deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.08,0:02:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, of the four, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.93,0:02:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.98,0:02:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the meditation teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.46,0:02:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think maybe most of you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.63,0:03:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have met him or know him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.63,0:03:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that guise. In that role.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.33,0:03:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was the first time you spoke
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.96,0:03:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Berkeley. I had prepared things to say
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.44,0:03:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about you, and you said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't introduce me. Introduce the people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.16,0:03:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and the audience to me." So I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.62,0:03:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Thay, these are my American
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.11,0:03:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"brothers and sisters that live
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.86,0:03:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"where I live, in Berkeley, California".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.03,0:03:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I spoke of their concerns with their
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.06,0:03:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moral responsibilities and with the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.68,0:03:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quality of their coffee in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.23,0:03:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.24,0:03:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since that time, you've come so often.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.33,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have met so many of my brothers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:03:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sisters that I think you maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.89,0:03:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know them better than I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.18,0:04:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you've come, and not only have you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.13,0:04:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seen us and known us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.70,0:04:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've helped us to see ourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.96,0:04:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see reaches in us that we didn't
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.56,0:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe know were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.84,0:04:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all coming from something so simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.91,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great gift of the miracle of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can pay attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.98,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I see you, Thich Nhat Hanh,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, I smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.43,0:04:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Joanna.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.60,0:04:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dear friends, I like to describe my practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.55,0:04:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my teaching, as the practice of arriving,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.19,0:04:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of going home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:04:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a beautiful poem that we use
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.13,0:05:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to practice arriving and going home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.53,0:05:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.93,0:05:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have arrived. I am home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.24,0:05:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the here and the now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.29,0:05:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel solid. I feel free.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.96,0:05:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the ultimate I dwell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.88,0:05:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, in my practice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.68,0:05:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindful breathing with that poem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.78,0:05:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you breathe in, you practice arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.18,0:05:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have arrived.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.71,0:05:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you breathe out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.09,0:05:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you practice being at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.01,0:05:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.84,0:05:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may enjoy doing that several times,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.24,0:05:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you switch into
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.76,0:05:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in the here and the now".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.21,0:05:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means, "I have arrived in the here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.03,0:06:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am home in the now."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.04,0:06:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I feel solid." That is when you breathe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.13,0:06:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I feel free." That is while you \Nbreathe out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.46,0:06:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first you may feel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.24,0:06:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are not so solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.57,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you continue the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.33,0:06:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get more solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.36,0:06:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get freer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.93,0:06:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the last line is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.26,0:06:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In the ultimate I dwell."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.13,0:06:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, it is very important to go home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.01,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to arrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.45,0:06:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to make peace with ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.03,0:06:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our society,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.73,0:06:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the people we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.51,0:06:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we suffer a little bit too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.66,0:06:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to go away,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run away from home.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.13,0:06:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the impression that at home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is only pain and suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.08,0:07:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deception
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.01,0:07:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we go and take refuge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.88,0:07:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.73,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe in the past or the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.48,0:07:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in our projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.03,0:07:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even projects for social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.91,0:07:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning to go home, to arrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.51,0:07:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go home to the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.96,0:07:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go home to the here and the now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.14,0:07:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime we don't want to go home
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.68,0:07:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have the impression
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.99,0:07:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is not pleasant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.21,0:08:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back home there is things like violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.03,0:08:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.91,0:08:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back home there is things like Haiti,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.76,0:08:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somalia. We won't forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.03,0:08:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going home, we are afraid \Nof touching our fear
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.32,0:08:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of touching the war within.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.71,0:08:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime we find ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.33,0:08:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at war with another person.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.19,0:08:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe with our family,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.16,0:08:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our society,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.41,0:08:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.16,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we may learn that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are at war with someone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.06,0:08:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there may be war within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.86,0:08:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.20,0:09:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't want to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.48,0:09:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there is war
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.28,0:09:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within and around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.51,0:09:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.49,0:09:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is also peace and joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.86,0:09:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you should learn to go home
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.54,0:09:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to touch the joy and the peace
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.50,0:09:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within us and around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.98,0:09:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.55,0:09:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because all of us need to be nourished
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.63,0:09:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be stable,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.38,0:09:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be able to go further
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.09,0:09:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do something for the people around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.08,0:09:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know many of you are very dedicated
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.66,0:09:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the cause of peace, of social justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.91,0:09:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many of us feel, at times, lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.73,0:10:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,angry, despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.86,0:10:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are overwhelmed by the tremendous
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.08,0:10:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering that is there around us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.71,0:10:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even inside of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.31,0:10:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a source of energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.79,0:10:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a source of peace, of joy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.63,0:10:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to counterbalance
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.11,0:10:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.23,0:10:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we do not have some amount
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.68,0:10:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of peace, of joy, of happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.42,0:10:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we can't do anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.23,0:10:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.63,0:10:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of arriving helps us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.36,0:10:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch the peace and the joy within
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.16,0:10:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get nourished.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.14,0:10:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that practice will help us to generate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.46,0:10:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.33,0:10:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help us to touch the war
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.13,0:11:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within and around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.61,0:11:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because touching the war without strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.68,0:11:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.36,0:11:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.22,0:11:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will be overwhelmed by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.74,0:11:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will be shocked by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.46,0:11:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, before we learn to touch
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.58,0:11:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the war within and around us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.24,0:11:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should cultivate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.98,0:11:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.62,0:11:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that kind of cultivation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.09,0:11:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be realised when
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.61,0:11:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learn to go home
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.68,0:11:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch the peace and the joy in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.51,0:11:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.09,0:12:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Buddhist tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.86,0:12:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we usually talk about our consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.66,0:12:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.44,0:12:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of bijas. 'Bijas' means 'seeds'.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.54,0:12:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seeds of peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.15,0:12:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of joy, of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.73,0:12:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are seeds of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.40,0:12:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of anger, of despair, right within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.91,0:12:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are seeds of peace and joy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.27,0:12:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loving kindness within us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.58,0:12:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to be touched.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.26,0:12:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should learn to touch them by ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.23,0:12:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should need our friends to come
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.98,0:12:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help touching them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.26,0:12:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.34,0:12:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always encourage my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.27,0:12:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin the practice by touching peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.98,0:12:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touching the positive seeds within us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.77,0:13:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touching the positive seeds within
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.28,0:13:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.56,0:13:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pleasant.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.39,0:13:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helps nourish each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.33,0:13:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that touching,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.01,0:13:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deepest kind of touching,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.46,0:13:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is with the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.14,0:13:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Buddhist meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.36,0:13:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to generate the energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.11,0:13:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch peace is very crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.59,0:13:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are encouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.14,0:13:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to touch the war first.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.23,0:13:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are encouraged not to touch the pain
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.57,0:13:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the despair, the suffering first.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.32,0:13:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And touching peace, we can do
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.49,0:13:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.54,0:13:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do as a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.24,0:13:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do as a nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.71,0:14:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is pleasant.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.71,0:14:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may like to touch my eye
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.78,0:14:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.01,0:14:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.26,0:14:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is generated by
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.86,0:14:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of mindful breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.63,0:14:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.06,0:14:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.31,0:14:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the practice of touching your \Nbreath
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.91,0:14:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that practice is called\N'mindfulness of breathing'.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.11,0:14:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I use that energy of mindfulness\Nto touch my eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.74,0:14:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I am aware of my eyes\NBreathing out, I smile to my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.14,0:15:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I touch my eyes with the energy\Nof mindfulness like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.38,0:15:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find out that my eyes are still \Nin good condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.38,0:15:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I touch my eyes deeply, I realise
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.03,0:15:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that having eyes in good condition\Nis wonderful too.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.66,0:15:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without my eyes, without the ability\Nto look and see things,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.89,0:15:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would suffer very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.13,0:15:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You only need to open your eyes and look
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.73,0:15:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see many wonders of life \Naround us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.68,0:15:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blue sky, the beautiful sunset
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.64,0:15:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the face, the eyes, the smile\Nof your beloved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.13,0:15:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You touch these things,\Nthese people, with mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.23,0:16:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you realise that to be alive,\Nto be able to look at them deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.78,0:16:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.44,0:16:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness is something simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.50,0:16:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have mindfulness and you get \Nnourished by that kind of touching,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.11,0:16:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you touch the eyes with mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.80,0:16:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that your eyes are \Nthe condition of peace and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.45,0:16:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and joy for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.22,0:16:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know peace is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.05,0:16:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you notice that there are trees dying\Nyou know that it is a negative thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.37,0:16:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touching these things, you suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.02,0:16:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you touch beautiful trees\Nthat are still alive, healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.28,0:17:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realise how wonderful to still\Nhave them around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.17,0:17:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you touch these beautiful trees,\Nyou get nourished.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.90,0:17:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you make the vow to do\Nwhatever you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.04,0:17:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to protect them,\Nto keep them alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.72,0:17:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So touching peace\Nis to give peace a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.38,0:17:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us practice this exercise\Nof touching together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.60,0:17:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us touch our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.25,0:17:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I am aware of my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.62,0:17:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, I smile to my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.97,0:18:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I touch my heart deeply like that\NI know that my heart is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.94,0:18:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is a good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.94,0:18:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart is a condition of peace\Nand well being and joy for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.92,0:18:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I don't touch,\NI may cause harm to my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.77,0:18:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't get happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.33,0:18:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart has been working hard\Nday and night to keep me alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.75,0:18:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give me well-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.62,0:18:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pump the blood\Nto irrigate every cell of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.60,0:18:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I touch it deeply like that\NI feel thankful to my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.37,0:18:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart is a living thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.82,0:19:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I touch it with my mindfulness,\Nmy loving kindness, my heart will feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.04,0:19:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels very comforted by my touching.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.65,0:19:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we touch our heart deeply like that\Nwe would know what to do
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.82,0:19:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what not to do\Nin order to support our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.25,0:19:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would know what to eat,\Nwhat not to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.00,0:19:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what to drink and what not to drink\Nin our daily life
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.07,0:19:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be of support to our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.69,0:19:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find out that smoking\Nis not a very friendly act
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.15,0:19:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directed to our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.47,0:19:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that drinking alcohol is not\Na friendly act directed to our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.84,0:19:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we continue touching like that\Nwe stop smoking, drinking alcohol,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.35,0:20:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we protect the peace, the well being,\Nand the joy within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.32,0:20:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may spend a lot of time thinking \Nof other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.05,0:20:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may not have enough opportunity\Nto go back
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.14,0:20:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch the conditions of peace\Nand well being inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.03,0:20:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in forgetfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.14,0:20:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forgetfulness is the opposite of \Nmindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.15,0:20:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live our daily life in such a way that\Nwe destroy the peace, the stability,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.08,0:20:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the joy in our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.85,0:20:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We bring elements of war\Ninto our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.74,0:21:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is the capacity to be aware of\Nwhat is happening in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.70,0:21:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we eat mindfully, \Nif we drink mindfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.20,0:21:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we do things mindfully so they are\Nunder the light of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.62,0:21:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know what to do in order to bring\Nthe elements of peace and joy
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.87,0:21:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our body and to our feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.41,0:21:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know what not to ingest in order to \Nprevent the toxins, the poisons
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.95,0:21:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter our body and our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.67,0:21:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is possible that we practice that \Ntogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.14,0:21:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you love me, please help me to be\Nmindful, and please help to touch
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.64,0:21:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the positive, healing and refreshing\Nelements within me.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.65,0:22:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Touch my peace and joy, my seed of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.35,0:22:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Touch the seed of loving kindness in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.90,0:22:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Touch the seed of happiness in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.05,0:22:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please do not touch the seed of anger \Nin me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.02,0:22:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please do not touch the seed of despair\Nand violence in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.85,0:22:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will suffer, and you will suffer too."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.89,0:22:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we might like to practise together.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.93,0:22:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime we suffer a little too much\Nand we blame the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.19,0:22:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the cause of our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.95,0:22:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our partner. Our son. Our daughter.\NOur parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.99,0:23:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We blame them. We consider them to be\Nthe cause of our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.15,0:23:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they do suffer like us too.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.37,0:23:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our enemy is not the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.05,0:23:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our enemy is the seed of despair, anger,\Nfrustration, fear, in every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.12,0:23:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not my enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.38,0:23:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to practice with me in order to\Ntransform the seeds of suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.79,0:23:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in me and in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.41,0:23:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we all suffer the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.99,0:23:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if partners suffer, we should try not\Nto look at the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.78,0:24:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the cause of our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.93,0:24:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should bring together our intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.80,0:24:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our talent, our mindfulness,\Nin order to work for the transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.45,0:24:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the negative things\Nin both of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.75,0:24:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tension that exists within us\Nprevents us from helping each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.47,0:24:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we know that we are victims\Nof the same kind of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.20,0:24:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we come together?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.90,0:24:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my ideal practice is that when\Nwe come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.92,0:24:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we practice touching the positive\Nthings first
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.02,0:24:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practice looking deeply in order to\Nsee the seeds of peace, of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.23,0:24:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of talent, of happiness in ourselves\Nand in the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.04,0:25:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We recognise each other's value because\Neveryone has his or her own talent
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.03,0:25:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strength and positive values.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.94,0:25:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone has jewels within himself or\Nherself.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.07,0:25:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking deeply into the other person,\Nin order to recognise these jewels,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.19,0:25:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell him, and tell her. Appreciating \Nthese values is a very wonderful practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.72,0:25:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.22,0:26:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we can do this exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.34,0:26:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sit and practise breathing in and out
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.95,0:26:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and identify the positive seeds\Nin the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.07,0:26:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then to tell the other person\Nthat we have seen them.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.50,0:26:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We appreciate them. And we would like to\Nhelp watering these seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.02,0:26:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they become more important.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.30,0:26:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the kind of practice\Nthat you should begin first.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.04,0:26:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After some time,\Nthe flowers in us will grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.45,0:26:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the garbage in us\Nwill diminish.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.03,0:27:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the two warring parties\Ncome to a peace conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.02,0:27:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they always begin by accusing each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.12,0:27:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,touching the negative things \Nin each other first.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.77,0:27:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could make the tension \Nmore important.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.82,0:27:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suggest that a third party \Nshould be there
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.25,0:27:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practice what we would call,\Nin Buddhist tradition, 'flower watering'.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.72,0:27:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A third party may be presiding over\Nthe first meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.70,0:27:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to talk about \Nthe positive things of each side,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.64,0:27:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the values, the jewels, and the tradition\Nof both sides,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.62,0:28:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the other side will \Nbe aware of them
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.42,0:28:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will have more respect,\Nmore appreciation of the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.30,0:28:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the tendency to believe\Nthat the other side is worth nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.65,0:28:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only bandits.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.34,0:28:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us imagine that the PLO and the state\Nof Israel coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.20,0:28:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practice that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.35,0:28:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because each nation, each tradition\Nhas values, has jewels within it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.35,0:28:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That even the people within the group\Ndo not want to touch
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.12,0:28:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are so angry,\Nthey are so busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.04,0:28:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why there is war\Neven in the inside of each party.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.92,0:28:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each side.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.48,0:29:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true that in the PLO, many people\Ndon't agree with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.75,0:29:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how to handle the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.90,0:29:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same thing is true with\Nthe people in Israel.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.24,0:29:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People may have different kinds of ideas\Nand they force each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.05,0:29:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice I offer is that each side\Ngo back to their own roots and values
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.08,0:29:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practice touching these beautiful\Nhealing, refreshing elements
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.42,0:29:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within their tradition, their culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.10,0:29:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after that, each side will restore\Nthe balance
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.82,0:29:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will breathe more easily,\Nwill have more harmony within.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.37,0:29:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it will be much easier\Nto talk with the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.58,0:30:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same thing is true with two persons.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.33,0:30:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When two persons are in a conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.25,0:30:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fear, the frustration is too big.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.99,0:30:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult for them to reconcile,\Nto make peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.70,0:30:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of touching peace,\Ntouching the positive elements within us
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.30,0:30:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.57,0:30:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many seeds, positive, wonderful,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.22,0:30:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been transmitted to us\Nby our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.95,0:30:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may be that during our lifetime
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.60,0:30:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not capable of touching\Nthese beautiful seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.14,0:30:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only allow people to water\Nthe negative seeds in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.85,0:30:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why it is so important\Nto go back to our roots,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.30,0:31:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back to ourselves,\Nand touch these beautiful seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.17,0:31:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we may do it together.\NWe may help each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.48,0:31:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.28,0:31:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the realm of our feelings\Nthere may be also a war on.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.68,0:31:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feelings opposing each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.08,0:31:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We suffer. We don't want to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.35,0:31:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But each feeling is a manifestation \Nof a seed in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.86,0:31:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of anger, the seed of fear,\Nthe seed of distrust.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.48,0:31:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are other seeds in us\Nthat are more positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.89,0:31:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very important for us to practise\Ntouching these seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.70,0:32:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they will produce wonderful,\Nrefreshing feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.27,0:32:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for us to be nourished.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.18,0:32:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the teaching of Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.34,0:32:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have all kinds of seeds\Ndeep in our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.82,0:32:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when these seeds are watered,\Nare touched,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.42,0:32:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will bloom in the upper level\Nof our consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.02,0:32:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as mental formations.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.35,0:32:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear is a mental formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.10,0:32:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy is a mental formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.79,0:32:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is a mental formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.87,0:32:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despair is a mental formation.\NHope is a mental formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.60,0:32:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loving-kindness is a mental formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.35,0:32:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In forgetfulness, we don't know\Nhow to touch these positive seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.97,0:33:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We allow ourselves and the people\Naround us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.92,0:33:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch our negative seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.43,0:33:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then our mental formations\Nwill be of negative nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.70,0:33:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will destroy us.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.39,0:33:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when a negative seed\Nmanifests itself
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.96,0:33:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the upper level\Nof our consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.22,0:33:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed will be strengthened\Nat the base.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.26,0:33:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we get angry for two hours,\Nduring these hours
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.00,0:33:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of anger keeps growing\Nto be more important.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.15,0:33:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore it will be very important\Nto learn how to touch the positive seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.79,0:34:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeds of joy and peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.69,0:34:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose you have a sister who has\Nthe talent of flower arrangement.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.42,0:34:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if your sister is not so happy\Nyou may try to touch the seed
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.58,0:34:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of flower arrangement within her.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.36,0:34:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "My sister, it has been a long\Ntime you did not offer us a
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.10,0:34:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"flower arrangement. You know, every time\Nyou arrange flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.79,0:34:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you make the whole family happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.18,0:34:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How wonderful to have a pot of flowers\Narranged by you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.30,0:34:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is flower-watering practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.29,0:34:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell the truth, because you realise\Nthat that seed is in her.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.57,0:35:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First she may not have a reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.38,0:35:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe, half an hour later,\Nshe will take a pair of scissors
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.87,0:35:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she will go to the garden and\Ntry to find a beautiful branch of flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.28,0:35:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during the time she goes around\Nlike that, she waters by herself
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.85,0:35:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of flower arrangement,\Nthe seed of happiness in her.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.57,0:35:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if she spends half an hour\Narranging the pot of flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.98,0:35:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she also continues to practice\Nwatering her seed of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.94,0:35:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not so difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.14,0:35:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practice watering the positive seeds\Nby ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.38,0:35:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will help water the positive seeds\Nin the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.77,0:36:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she will help also to do the same\Nkind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.99,0:36:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a relationship\Nwe should learn that practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.35,0:36:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy. It's pleasant.\NIt's very healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.06,0:36:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After having practised for a few weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.25,0:36:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,touching the positive things\Nwith your energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.40,0:36:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mindfulness has become\Nmore important.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.86,0:36:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that energy\Nyou might begin touching
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.38,0:36:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unpleasant things within you\Nand in the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.68,0:36:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose someone comes and says\Nsomething that makes me angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.57,0:36:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know now how to practise\Ntaking good care of my anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.100,0:36:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't say anything or \Ndo anything yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.37,0:37:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that the most important thing now\Nis to take good care of my anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.70,0:37:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in, I touch my anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.22,0:37:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out,\NI am taking good care of my anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.45,0:37:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My anger is an energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.58,0:37:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mindfulness is another kind\Nof energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.27,0:37:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The energy of mindfulness\Nis embracing the energy of anger
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.42,0:37:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a most tender way.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.90,0:37:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a practice called, \N"mindfulness of anger".
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.82,0:37:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't try to suppress our anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.70,0:37:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practise embracing our anger.\NWe know that our anger is us.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.19,0:37:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness holding anger\Nlike a mother holding a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.88,0:37:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you know of mindful breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.24,0:38:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can nourish the energy of mindfulness\Nto be there
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.82,0:38:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to take good care of your anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.32,0:38:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your mindfulness is not strong enough,\Na friend of yours can help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.20,0:38:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One friend, two friends\Nwho know the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.80,0:38:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may like to sit close to you\Nhold your hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.54,0:38:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathe in and out mindfully\Nand help you to touch your anger
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.56,0:38:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her or his mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.23,0:38:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel stronger in the presence\Nof someone like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.60,0:38:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that when your little boy\Nor little girl is agitated,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.48,0:38:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you hold his or her hand\Nand you breathe in and out calmly
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.60,0:39:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you ask him or her\Nto breathe calmly
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.79,0:39:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the two kinds of energy will\Nbe combined.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.77,0:39:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll be able to calm,\Nto stabilise the child very easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.54,0:39:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we practise touching the \Nnegative things in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.78,0:39:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the despair, the anger,\Nthe frustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.97,0:39:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we feel that our energy of mindfulness\Nis not strong enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.12,0:39:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we ask a friend,\Nthe one who we trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.65,0:39:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sit close to us,\Nand we practise together.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.25,0:39:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what we call\Npractising in a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.32,0:39:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha means a community of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.05,0:39:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you practise alone,\Nit will be more difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.77,0:40:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you practise among other people,\Nwho practise the same
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.87,0:40:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get the support.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.33,0:40:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You help your brothers and sisters\Nwhen they need you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.50,0:40:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they will help you\Nwhen you need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.17,0:40:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.80,0:40:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Buddhist tradition we always\Nconsider the community of practice
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.65,0:40:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a jewel.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.48,0:40:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take refuge in my sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.95,0:40:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha means the community of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.24,0:41:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime you lose your practice\Nbut the sangha will always rescue you,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.85,0:41:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help you to restore your practice,\Nuntil your practice becomes strong
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.13,0:41:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can help other people also.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.20,0:41:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking refuge in the sangha\Nis not a matter of belief.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.72,0:41:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a matter of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.20,0:41:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you might like to transform\Nyour partner, your parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.83,0:41:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your son, your daughter\Ninto your sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.27,0:41:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible to do so if you practice\Nwell enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.15,0:41:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become more pleasant, more smiley\Nand you'll be able to convince him or her.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.25,0:42:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may give a book or a tape on the \Npractice.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.33,0:42:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are able to convince a friend\Nor a partner to the practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.30,0:42:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get supported by that person.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.45,0:42:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone of us would need a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.15,0:42:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a social worker,\Nif you are a doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.65,0:42:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are a therapist,\Nif you are a politician,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.25,0:42:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are a teacher, well,\Nyou all need a sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.77,0:42:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get supported.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.49,0:42:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha building is very crucial\Nfor our survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.52,0:42:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have arrived. That's what you practice\Nwhen you breathe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.93,0:42:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether in a position of sitting\Nor walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.45,0:43:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make a step, breathe in, and say,\N"I have arrived."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.45,0:43:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be afraid of going home.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.42,0:43:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, going home, you learn touching\Nthe most beautiful things at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.74,0:43:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home is in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.28,0:43:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have arrived. I am home."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.73,0:43:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In the here and the now."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.24,0:43:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it is only in the here and the now\Nthat you can touch life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.05,0:43:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, life, there is suffering \Nin life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.89,0:43:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are many wonders in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.94,0:43:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do not go back to the \Npresent moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.54,0:43:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how could you touch\Nthe beautiful sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.97,0:43:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the beautiful sunset,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.47,0:43:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the beautiful face of your child?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.88,0:44:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do not go home,\Nhow could you touch your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.37,0:44:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your lungs, your liver, your eyes,\Nin order to give them a chance?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.87,0:44:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going home, you will be able\Nto touch the wonders of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.04,0:44:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the elements that are refreshing,\Nhealing and beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.72,0:44:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.03,0:44:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you practice sitting meditation,\Nyou practice arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.02,0:44:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to touch many wonderful things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.84,0:44:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, the fact that you are alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.54,0:44:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that you are alive is a miracle.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.33,0:44:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing in, I know I am alive."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.34,0:44:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing out, I know I do not miss\Nmy appointment with life."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.92,0:45:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your appointment with life is\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.27,0:45:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't learn how to arrive,\Nto go back to the here and now,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.12,0:45:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you miss life.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.28,0:45:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that is wonderful\Nmust be touched in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.04,0:45:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a discourse called, "The Discourse on \Nthe Better Way to Live Alone",
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.97,0:45:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha taught us that \Nwe should not get lost in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:35.63,0:45:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not get lost in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.74,0:45:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to go back to the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.55,0:45:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and observe, and live deeply,\Nlife in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.67,0:45:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the most ancient text on \Nhow to live in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.19,0:46:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present moment contains the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.52,0:46:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present moment is made of the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.88,0:46:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you touch deeply the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.88,0:46:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you touch the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.42,0:46:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past is still available.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.07,0:46:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the damage that was caused in the past\Ncan be repaired also
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.07,0:46:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the past is there, \Ndeep in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.02,0:46:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I touch the present moment deeply,\NI touch also the past
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.70,0:46:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.49,0:46:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The future will be made of\Nthe present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.00,0:46:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no use worrying about the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.97,0:46:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way to take care of the future\Nis to take good care of the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.90,0:47:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do your best to handle the \Npresent moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.44,0:47:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have done everything for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.20,0:47:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why, to practice arriving home\Nin the here and the now is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.42,0:47:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, in the beginning you might have\Nthe impression that home is not so sweet.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.30,0:47:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with the energy of mindfulness,\Nyou will find your home sweet.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.80,0:47:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it happens that you have to touch\Nthe unpleasant things at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.72,0:47:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that touching them with\Nmindfulness will help to transform them.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.02,0:47:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our despair, our anger, our irritation,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.73,0:47:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when touched with the energy\Nof mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.55,0:48:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.15,0:48:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why touching \Nthe positive things
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.72,0:48:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get nourished
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.42,0:48:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to cultivate the energy\Nof mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.68,0:48:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very crucial in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.12,0:48:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, our energy of mindfulness\Nwill be strong enough
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.18,0:48:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to allow us to touch the more,\Nthe negative elements
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.62,0:48:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within and around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.80,0:48:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do it together also.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.31,0:48:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.75,0:49:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the practice of Buddhist meditation,\Nwe learn to touch our body as a river.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.38,0:49:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our body always changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.14,0:49:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to touch our feelings as a river.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.85,0:49:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learn to touch our perceptions\Nas a river too.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.23,0:49:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha taught us that most of our\Nsuffering comes from our wrong perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.52,0:49:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very important to use the energy of \Nmindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.98,0:49:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch deeply our perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.79,0:49:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our perceptions are very often wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.69,0:49:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that,\Nwe accuse the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.75,0:49:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We accuse other people\Nas the origin of our pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.30,0:50:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.09,0:50:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, our wrong perceptions\Nare the cause of our pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.62,0:50:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking in the twilight, we may\Nmistake a piece of rope as a snake.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.73,0:50:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we scream, we run off.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.45,0:50:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a wrong perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.25,0:50:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That kind of perception \Nis very usual in our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.07,0:50:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why it is so important \Nto practice and generate
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.65,0:50:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of mindfulness,\Nin order to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.60,0:50:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch our perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.32,0:50:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha said, most of our\Nperceptions are wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.40,0:50:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least, they have elements that\Nare wrong in our own perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.97,0:51:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The purpose of Buddhist meditation\Nis described as the practice of calming,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.24,0:51:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopping, concentrating, in order to\Nlook deeply into the heart of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.84,0:51:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't stop, if you don't calm,\Nif you don't concentrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.60,0:51:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no energy for looking deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.08,0:51:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first part of the practice is called\Nsamatha. Stopping, calming, concentrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.17,0:51:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can be done with sitting, \Nbreathing mindfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.07,0:51:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second part of the practice is called\Nvipashyana. It means deep looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.40,0:51:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these aspects of the practice\Nhelp you to discover
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.34,0:52:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the true nature of what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.42,0:52:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the insight you get will be able\Nto liberate you from your own suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.97,0:52:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So misunderstanding is the root of our\Nsuffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.78,0:52:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we misunderstand,\Nwe accuse the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.07,0:52:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the root of our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.22,0:52:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice, according to the practice\Nyou have to help each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.72,0:52:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to come together and\Ndeal with your real enemy,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.58,0:52:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.42,0:52:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in each of us there is a habit\Nthat is the cause of so much difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.43,0:52:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know of a French lady\Nwho left home at the age of seventeen,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.50,0:53:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who went to England and lived\Nbecause she was so angry at her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.00,0:53:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wanted to forget France,\Nto forget her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.82,0:53:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But thirty years later,\Nshe touched a book on Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.22,0:53:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she had the desire to go home,\Nand reconcile with her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.82,0:53:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The desire to go back and reconcile\Nwas very strong in her.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.67,0:53:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that desire, that willingness,\Nis strong also in the person of the mother
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.39,0:53:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So both sides wanted to reconcile\Nand to make peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.75,0:53:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But every time they met, there was\Nan explosion of anger on both sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.02,0:53:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the seed of suffering had been\Ncultivated for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.64,0:54:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has become a kind of habit energy\Nthat dictate both of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.65,0:54:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The willingness to reconcile \Nis not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.50,0:54:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The willingness to make peace\Nis not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.34,0:54:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.45,0:54:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I asked her to come to stay in \NPlum Village for a few - where I stay
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.65,0:54:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practice - to come to Plum Village and \Nstay for two months for the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.30,0:54:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She practiced walking meditation,\Nsitting and breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.60,0:54:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating in mindfulness, \Ndrinking tea in mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.59,0:54:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flower watering.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.24,0:54:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The energy of mindfulness\Ncultivated by that daily practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.88,0:54:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she used to touch the seeds of anger
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.27,0:54:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to touch the habit energy\Nof reacting like a machine
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.65,0:54:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time the seed of anger\Nis watered.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.19,0:55:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I advised her to write a letter\Nof reconciliation
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.59,0:55:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from time to time, \Nto her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.52,0:55:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Write it in mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.12,0:55:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the time of writing that letter,\Nher seed of suffering and anger
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.59,0:55:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not watered by her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.07,0:55:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her mother was not there,\Nso it was much easier to write
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.32,0:55:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a letter of reconciliation.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.34,0:55:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to write such a letter\Nis also to practice deep looking
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.47,0:55:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into herself, and into the person\Nof her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.17,0:55:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A number of months later,\Nshe was transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.67,0:55:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the letter that she wrote,\Nher mother read, one after one.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.34,0:55:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during the time reading this letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.27,0:56:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she got the effect of flower arrangement,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.44,0:56:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her values were recognised.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.60,0:56:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She restored the balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.13,0:56:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things, you can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.82,0:56:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.92,0:56:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.00,0:56:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I continue, I would like to invite \Nyou to breathe in and out a few times,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.35,0:56:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tell you how to stretch,\Nimitating a palm tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.42,0:57:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.80,0:57:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.05,0:58:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:58:08.94,0:58:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our daily life, we are often\Ndistracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.00,0:58:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our body may be there but\Nour mind is not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.74,0:58:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are not really present.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.30,0:58:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our beautiful child may be coming,\Nour beautiful little boy or girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.35,0:58:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be coming,\Nsmiling her beautiful smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.80,0:58:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants to get some of \Nour attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.99,0:58:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since we are caught in the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.70,0:58:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our projects, or in our regrets,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.10,0:58:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not available to our child.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.62,0:58:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our child is not available to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.79,0:58:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is not possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.70,0:59:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why, a few mindful breathing\Nmay help us to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.88,0:59:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to become available to our child,\Nto life.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.22,0:59:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mindfulness of breathing may help you\Nto be present in order to encounter life.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:26.65,0:59:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you love someone, the greatest gift\Nthat you can make to him or her
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.86,0:59:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is your presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:36.17,0:59:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are not there, how could you love?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.62,0:59:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, the most meaningful\Ndeclaration, when you are in love, is this
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.67,0:59:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, I am there for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.59,1:00:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your presence is very important\Nfor him or for her.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.47,1:00:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that cannot be bought with money.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.74,1:00:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That could only be practiced\Nby mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.82,1:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So breathe in and breathe out mindfully,\Nand make yourself available
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.00,1:00:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your beloved one.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.70,1:00:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a practice of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.29,1:00:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, I am there for you."
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.42,1:00:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are there,\Nthe energy of mindfulness is there,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.60,1:00:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that energy helps you to recognise\Nthe presence of the other.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:40.99,1:00:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are not there, how can you \Nrecognise her presence? Or his presence?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.85,1:00:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why mindfulness is the energy that\Nhelps you to recognise the presence
Dialogue: 0,1:00:54.18,1:01:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the other. "Darling, I know that you \Nare there, and I am happy."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.14,1:01:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you embrace the person you love\Nwith the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.85,1:01:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the most nourishing thing\Nfor him or for her.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.75,1:01:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise she will die slowly.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.50,1:01:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are there,\Nbut you are not really there.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.92,1:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your presence is not true, not real\Nbecause you are not mindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.00,1:01:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the person you love\Ndoes not get your attention,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.24,1:01:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mindfulness,\Nshe dies slowly.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.78,1:01:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when \Nthe person you love suffers,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.37,1:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your presence is most important\Nto her, or to him.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.50,1:01:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why, when you see\Nthe person you love suffer
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.57,1:01:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to make yourself available\Nright away.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.70,1:01:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, I know that you suffer."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:55.05,1:02:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know that you suffer, and that is why\NI am there for you."
Dialogue: 0,1:02:02.23,1:02:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the practice of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.55,1:02:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.03,1:02:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might use sitting, walking, breathing.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.05,1:02:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these practices aim\Nat making you available, present.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.14,1:02:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you yourself suffer,\Nyou have to do the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.90,1:02:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to practice being there,\Nby breathing in and out,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:30.68,1:02:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding your suffering\Nwith your mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.58,1:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you go to the person you love\Nand trust and tell her, tell him,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.25,1:02:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, I suffer. Please help."
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.84,1:02:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are very simple words to say.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.40,1:03:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your love is true, you should be able\Nto tell him or tell her that you suffer
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.35,1:03:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you need her help, or his help.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.05,1:03:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you cannot go to him or her,\Nand say that something is wrong
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.82,1:03:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your relationship, your love is not\Ntrue enough.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:19.82,1:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In true love, pride does not have a place.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.00,1:03:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pride should not prevent you\Nfrom going to him or to her
Dialogue: 0,1:03:30.50,1:03:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to tell him or her that you suffer\Nand you need him or her to help.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.07,1:03:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are rooted in each other.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.85,1:03:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you in order to survive.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.94,1:03:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, in the Upper Hamlet \Nof Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:58.19,1:04:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I happened to see\Na young lady walking alone.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.09,1:04:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had the feeling \Nthat she is not a human being.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:09.42,1:04:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was like a ghost.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:13.08,1:04:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew right away that she was one\Nof the hungry ghosts of our society.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.35,1:04:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming from a broken family,\Ncoming from a society
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.49,1:04:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not recognise you,\Nthat has made you suffer.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:33.35,1:04:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming from a tradition that\Nis not capable of nourishing you,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:42.70,1:04:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communicate to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.52,1:04:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past twelve years, I have met\Nseveral hungry ghosts like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.77,1:05:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are without any root.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.90,1:05:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't believe in their family.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.57,1:05:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get angry at their parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.63,1:05:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get angry at their society.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:12.20,1:05:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get angry at their traditions.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:14.23,1:05:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want to leave everything behind.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:17.62,1:05:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they go around\Nlooking for something to belong to.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.55,1:05:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking for something beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.32,1:05:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something rooted,\Nsomething true to believe in.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:31.17,1:05:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of them have come to\Npractice centres like Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.15,1:05:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very difficult to help these people.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.13,1:05:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have no roots. It's very difficult for \Nthem to absorb the teaching
Dialogue: 0,1:05:44.75,1:05:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't trust easily.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:52.88,1:06:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to do your best in order to\Nearn their trust before you can help.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:10.02,1:06:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our society is organised in such a way \Nthat we produce tens of thousands
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.95,1:06:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hungry ghosts everyday.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.23,1:06:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have not received love from\Ntheir parents, their society,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:23.80,1:06:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their tradition.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.75,1:06:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody has understood them.\NThat is why they are very hungry
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.54,1:06:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of love and understanding.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:35.94,1:06:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are looking for something\Nto believe in.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:41.67,1:06:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hungry ghosts, even if they have\Na big belly like this,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.77,1:06:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a very tiny throat,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:49.64,1:06:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as small as a needle, it is described\Nin the sacred text.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:55.93,1:07:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hungry ghosts have a throat\Nthat is as small as a needle.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:01.17,1:07:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if you have a lot to offer,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:04.55,1:07:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is very difficult for them to absorb.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.70,1:07:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you have plenty of food,\Nplenty of water, plenty of love,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:19.45,1:07:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer, it is difficult for them\Nto absorb
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.57,1:07:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nobody has understood them,\Nnobody has loved them,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:27.82,1:07:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they suspect everything,\Nthey suspect everyone.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:35.65,1:07:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have helped a certain number\Nof hungry ghosts like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.02,1:07:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it is difficult.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.23,1:07:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that we need each other\Nin order to help.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.97,1:07:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to recognise our society\Nin such a way that we
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.27,1:07:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop producing more hungry ghosts.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:56.80,1:07:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very important.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:59.48,1:08:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should practice looking deeply\Nin order to be able to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:08:03.90,1:08:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these hungry ghosts, and not \Nto continue to blame them.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:09.47,1:08:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they have not received\Nany understanding,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:13.35,1:08:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore, any love.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:19.62,1:08:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:38.04,1:08:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each person, in order to be happy\Nand stable
Dialogue: 0,1:08:43.32,1:08:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have at least two families.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.82,1:08:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is the blood family
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.40,1:09:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which father and mother represent\Nthe youngest generation of ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:04.70,1:09:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your parents are happy with each other,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:08.90,1:09:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll be able to transmit to you\Nthe values of your ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:17.42,1:09:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love and trust that are in them\Nin the form of seeds.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:24.74,1:09:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have roots in your blood family.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:28.58,1:09:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are on good terms with your parents\Nyou are connected with your ancestors
Dialogue: 0,1:09:34.67,1:09:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through your parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:37.09,1:09:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you are not on good terms with your\Nparents, you get disconnected
Dialogue: 0,1:09:40.73,1:09:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all your ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:42.67,1:09:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become a person without roots.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:45.85,1:09:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can become very easily\Na hungry ghost.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.10,1:09:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other family is the spiritual family.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.54,1:09:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also have ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:59.53,1:10:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if the people who represent\Nyour traditions are not happy enough,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:07.80,1:10:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they have not been lucky enough\Nin order to receive the jewels
Dialogue: 0,1:10:14.12,1:10:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your tradition,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:17.02,1:10:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would not be able\Nto transmit them to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:21.14,1:10:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could not be able to understand you\Nand your needs.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:24.70,1:10:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could impose on you\Nthings you don't like.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:29.09,1:10:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communication between them and you\Nis not possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:33.72,1:10:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You suffer, and you want to get away\Nfrom your own traditions.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:41.51,1:10:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are in bad terms \Nwith your rabbi, with your pastor,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:52.60,1:11:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your priest, you get disconnected\Nwith your spiritual ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.65,1:11:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you become a hungry ghost.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:05.17,1:11:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And having so much suffering \Nwithin yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:10.10,1:11:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make the person you love suffer.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:12.44,1:11:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have children,\Nyou make them suffer also.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:17.85,1:11:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they too will become hungry ghosts.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.49,1:11:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why it is so important to practise\Nlooking deeply
Dialogue: 0,1:11:27.79,1:11:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out what is wrong with our family.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:32.50,1:11:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is wrong within our blood family.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:36.20,1:11:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is wrong within our spiritual family.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:43.94,1:11:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of mindful looking\Nmay be very helpful
Dialogue: 0,1:11:51.20,1:11:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for you to understand \Nyour parents
Dialogue: 0,1:11:55.72,1:12:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people who represent\Nyour tradition.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:00.72,1:12:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your parents cannot embody\Nthe values of your ancestors,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.24,1:12:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if your priest, your rabbi, your pastor\Ncannot embody the values
Dialogue: 0,1:12:16.10,1:12:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your tradition, \Nthere must be causes.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:22.12,1:12:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look deeply.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:24.57,1:12:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we are capable of looking deeply,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:30.72,1:12:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insight will come,\Nand that will help us to accept,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:39.53,1:12:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:41.94,1:12:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And going back home to help our parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:46.60,1:12:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To help our rabbi, our priest, our pastor,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:49.90,1:12:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will become possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:53.37,1:12:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a young American\Nwho came to Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,1:12:58.44,1:13:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told me that he was so angry at his \Nfather, to the point that even after his
Dialogue: 0,1:13:07.87,1:13:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father's passing away, he still\Ncould not reconcile with him.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:16.74,1:13:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I helped him, by the teaching of\Nthe emptiness of transmission.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:29.88,1:13:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emptiness of transmission is a way of\Nlooking deeply in order to recognise
Dialogue: 0,1:13:35.30,1:13:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are one with your parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:38.32,1:13:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are only a continuation\Nof your parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:41.52,1:13:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting angry at your parents is\Nto get angry at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:47.67,1:13:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we talk about transmission,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.85,1:13:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we talk about the one who transmits,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:54.10,1:13:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we talk about the object transmitted,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:56.88,1:14:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we talk about the receiver\Nof the transmission, three things.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:02.64,1:14:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a chance to take a shower,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:06.35,1:14:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you take a shower, you have \Na chance to look at your body
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.10,1:14:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the object of transmission.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:14.90,1:14:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you think of your parents as\Nthe transmitters.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:20.10,1:14:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body, your consciousness,\Nas the object transmitted.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:25.18,1:14:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are the receiver\Nof the transmission.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:31.88,1:14:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But looking deeply, we see that\Nthree of them are empty
Dialogue: 0,1:14:36.52,1:14:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:39.48,1:14:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question we ask is,\Nwhat did your parents transmit?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:46.92,1:14:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you practice looking deeply,\Nyou see that
Dialogue: 0,1:14:49.58,1:14:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your parents transmit themselves to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.67,1:15:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body, and all the seeds that you\Ncarry within your consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:01.15,1:15:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are your parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:06.24,1:15:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not transmit anything less\Nthan themselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.79,1:15:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the seeds of suffering,\Nall the seeds of happiness and talent
Dialogue: 0,1:15:16.14,1:15:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they received from the ancestors,\Nthey have transmitted everything to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:23.05,1:15:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the transmitters and the\Ntransmitted one and you are also one
Dialogue: 0,1:15:30.57,1:15:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the object transmitted.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:34.48,1:15:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you cannot escape the fact\Nthat you are only the continuation
Dialogue: 0,1:15:40.82,1:15:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your father. You are your father.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.59,1:15:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to reconcile with your father,\Nis to reconcile with yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:51.08,1:15:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other way.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:53.98,1:16:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That young man, he put a picture\Nof his father on his desk.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.35,1:16:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And put a little lamp.\NEvery time he goes to his desk,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:08.83,1:16:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would look in the eyes of his father,\Nand practise breathing in and out.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:18.30,1:16:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to touch the fact\Nthat he is his father.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:23.50,1:16:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is only a continuation\Nof his father.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:30.85,1:16:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he realised the fact that his father\Nwas not capable of transmitting to him
Dialogue: 0,1:16:37.47,1:16:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seeds of love and trust\Nthat lie deep in his consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.08,1:16:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he did not have the \Ncapacity to do so.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:48.72,1:16:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was not helped by anyone\Nto touch these seeds
Dialogue: 0,1:16:53.19,1:16:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to get nourishment.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:56.97,1:17:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, the seed of trust and love\Nin him was covered up by
Dialogue: 0,1:17:03.02,1:17:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many layers of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:08.88,1:17:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you have become\Naware of that, you can forgive
Dialogue: 0,1:17:13.44,1:17:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can understand.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:17.84,1:17:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a wonderful guided meditation\Non the five year old boy
Dialogue: 0,1:17:22.35,1:17:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we used to offer to hungry ghosts\Nwho come to Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.57,1:17:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing in, I see myself as a five \Nyear old boy. Or girl.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.75,1:17:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing out, I smile to that five\Nyear old boy or girl, who is me."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:41.45,1:17:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that you practise for one or two\Nweeks.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:48.88,1:17:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A five year old boy or girl\Nis always very vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:56.20,1:17:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very fragile.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:59.40,1:18:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A stern look may already \Nhurt him or her.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:03.50,1:18:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A shout may already \Nhurt him or her.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:07.73,1:18:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we are very fragile\Nwhen we are five.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:12.45,1:18:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you see yourself as a \Nfive year old boy like that,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.22,1:18:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you breathe out and smile to you
Dialogue: 0,1:18:18.90,1:18:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the smile will be the smile of compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:22.15,1:18:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:24.15,1:18:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suffer because, as a five year old \Nboy, I was deeply wounded.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:32.99,1:18:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two weeks later, I could give him\Nthe other half of that practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:39.58,1:18:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing in, I see my father\Nas a five year old boy.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:45.13,1:18:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing out, I smile to the\Nfive year old boy that was my father."
Dialogue: 0,1:18:53.30,1:19:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you have not imagined\Nthat your father could be
Dialogue: 0,1:19:03.48,1:19:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a five year old boy, but he was\Na five year old boy.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:07.54,1:19:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had been a five year old boy.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:11.32,1:19:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are capable of breathing in\Nand seeing your father
Dialogue: 0,1:19:14.24,1:19:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a five year old boy,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:16.62,1:19:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see that he is also fragile.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:20.47,1:19:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:22.25,1:19:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easily to get hurt.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:24.58,1:19:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he may be like you, the victim\Nof your grandpa.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:33.28,1:19:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And practise like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:36.02,1:19:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smiling to that five year old boy\Nwith compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:40.100,1:19:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day you will understand\Nthat your father is also a victim.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:46.38,1:19:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why he was not capable\Nof nourishing himself
Dialogue: 0,1:19:50.05,1:19:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the seed of love and trust.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:54.85,1:20:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't practise,\Nthat seed of love and trust in you
Dialogue: 0,1:20:00.22,1:20:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will remain very small.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:03.71,1:20:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And tomorrow, when you have a child
Dialogue: 0,1:20:07.62,1:20:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will do exactly like your father.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:12.52,1:20:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wheel of samsara.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:18.67,1:20:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many have profited\Nfrom that exercise.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:23.62,1:20:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have gone back\Nto help their own parents.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:28.74,1:20:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through their parents,\Nthey get connected again
Dialogue: 0,1:20:33.08,1:20:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:38.22,1:20:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the same practice can be directed\Nto your tradition.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:41.70,1:20:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your spiritual family.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:45.15,1:20:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you understand, by the practice\Nof mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:51.02,1:20:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may discover that there are values\Nin your own tradition.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:57.15,1:21:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always tell my students that the\Nequivalent of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:21:03.22,1:21:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be seen in the tradition of\NJudaism and Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:10.48,1:21:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you have practised mindfulness\Nin a Buddhist centre,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:15.19,1:21:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may discover that these jewels\Nare also in your own tradition.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:21.22,1:21:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are urged to go back \Nin order to help out,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:25.25,1:21:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rediscover these values\Nfor your own nourishment
Dialogue: 0,1:21:31.22,1:21:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nourishment\Nof your children.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:36.47,1:21:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, a person without roots\Ncannot be a happy person.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:43.57,1:21:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting back and touch our roots\Nand rediscover the positive seeds
Dialogue: 0,1:21:51.32,1:21:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the jewels within our tradition,\Nblood or spiritual,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:56.94,1:21:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a very important practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:59.30,1:22:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the practice of mindfulness can help.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:07.10,1:22:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,1:22:21.15,1:22:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dear friends, it's 9.30.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:23.74,1:22:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to ask Sister Chan Khong,\NTrue Emptiness
Dialogue: 0,1:22:26.74,1:22:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer you a song on\Nmindfulness practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:30.10,1:22:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for being there,\Nmindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:39.53,1:26:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[singing in Vietnamese]