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When you started learning meditation,
did you suffer?

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(Sr. Pine) When you started learning
meditation, did you suffer?

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No, not at all.

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Meditation is something
very pleasant to do.

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In fact, when I was ordained
as a novice monk,

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my teacher gave me a book
of verses to memorize.

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Meditation at that time
consisted in reciting these verses.

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Each verse has four lines.

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You breathe in with the first line,

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breathe out with
the second line, and so on.

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So it is very pleasant.

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When you put on your shirt,

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there is a verse for you to read

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in order to breathe in and out
while you put on your shirt.

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When you brush your teeth,

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there is one verse for you
to recite and to breathe

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while brushing your teeth.

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Even when you go to the rest room

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there is a verse for you to use

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while being in the rest room.

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When you are about
to turn on the light...

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At that time there was
no electricity in my temple.

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There was no running water in my temple.

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We novices, we had to go
and fetch water from the well.

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We had to use kerosene lamps.

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Every time you light up the lamp

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there is a verse for you
to breathe in and breathe out.

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That is the practice of mindfulness.

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Before you go to walking meditation,

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you read one verse

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so that you can
concentrate on each step.

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But the first verse of the day
is when you wake up.

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Upon waking up,

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before searching for your slippers,

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you should breathe in
and out with a verse.

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That verse is very nice.

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It goes like this:

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'Waking up this morning, I smile.'

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'24 brand new hours
are there for me.'

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That is when you breathe in
and breathe out.

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'I vow to live each hour deeply'

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'and learn to look at people
with the eyes of compassion.'

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Breathe in and out,
and in and out.

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Only after that you rise.

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And when you search for your slippers

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there is another verse,
which is very nice.

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It goes like this:

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'From the morning until the evening'

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'everyone has to look
to protect himself, herself.'

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'If by accident
I step on one of you'

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'I'm sorry.'

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'I wish that you will be reborn right away
into the Land of the Buddha.'

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Because while walking,
you may crash a tiny insect below.

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That is very nice.

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That is a practice
of meditation on compassion.

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That is one of my favourite verses.

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'From the morning until the end'

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'everyone, every living being has
to try to preserve himself, herself.'

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'If by accident I step on one of you,
I am sorry'.

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'I wish you will be reborn right away
into the Land of Bliss.'

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That is a very good way
to cultivate compassion.

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That kind of meditation
does not make you suffer.

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It makes you very happy.

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And I learned sitting and walking.

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So don't think that
to meditate you have to suffer.

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No.

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