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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The Plum Village Online Monastery]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mindful online broadcasts like this are supported\Nentirely by donations.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Donate at http:pvom.org]\N[Thank you for your generosity.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning dear friends,\Ntoday is the fifth of September 2015,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are on the last day\Nof our retreat in Blue Cliff Monastery,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a beautiful hall, all together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the children we already saw\Nthe nature of interbeing of all that is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We looked into the cookie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we saw all the non-cookie elements\Nthat are the cookie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cookie is made up\Nof non-cookie elements,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is true for all that is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this retreat we have been looking\Nat the 16 exercises of breathing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already looked into 12, and today\Nwe're going to look into the last four.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll write them on the board.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope somebody took\Na picture, for the records.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is us, eating the cookie.\NIn case you didn't know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cookie manifested itself as joy,\Nright here on the board.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contemplating impermanence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contemplating throwing away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contemplating non-desire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contemplating cessation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to start with 'Throwing away'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This contemplation has also been called:\N'Contemplating letting go',
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like 'throwing away',\Nwhich we use also,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because throwing away, for me\Nclearly indicates an insight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things you throw away\Nare the things you don't need,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are of no use to us,\Nthat is what we throw away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once we have the insight, 'I really\Ndon't need this, this is of no use to me',
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easy to just throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have been talking\Nabout multitasking at this retreat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find myself sometimes\Nmultitasking during my walking;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my body is walking but my mind is doing\Nsomething else: I am multitasking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I stop; we have a practice\Nof stopping the NST radio station:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Non Stop Thinking channel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I'm walking\Nand I find myself thinking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look for a moment into the thought\Nto see whether it is useful at all,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can tell you, most of my thoughts\Nare utterly useless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once I see this: throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fun, you may like to try it, if you\Nfind yourself multitasking in that way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us light and it allows us\Nto be present for what is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch the wonders of life,\Nand see more of this earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have drawers,\Ncabinets, we have a fridge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in there we keep things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From time to time we clean up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We open the fridge and we look\Nat everything that's in the fridge:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'This is outdated, sorry,\Nkept it too long'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We open our file cabinet,\Nwe go through all the drawers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go through all the documents,\Nsome dating from 1964,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Is this still applicable?'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, shall I archive it for history's sake\Nor shall I throw it away?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go and we create space\Nfor other things to be possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have a mental filing cabinet,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mental archive, where we\Nkeep a lot of things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this cabinet there is this one drawer\Nthat is called 'perceptions'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one is called 'Notions'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one, 'views'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are filled with perceptions,\Nwith views, with notions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good from time to time\Nto stop to look into them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see: are they really useful?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they out of date?\NHave they ever been useful?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have they served myself?\NOthers? The world?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have they caused suffering?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And throw them away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're free to look at what\Nis there, right on front of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see what is needed to respond\Nappropriately to the situation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be it ourselves, others, or the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So throwing away is a wonderful practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at something, we ask ourselves,\N'Am I sure that I still need this?'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, we throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the just-in-case people among us:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can always check it again,\Nand then you throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So throwing away is a daily practice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will contribute greatly\Nto our well being,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the well being of others,\Nand everything that is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we speak of throwing away\Nin this context here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we speak of throwing away our views\Nand our notions that we hold onto,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have not served us, that have not served anybody,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact they have caused a lot\Nof suffering to ourselves and others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, we would like\Nto look a little bit into that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do that we're going to look\Ninto the Three Doors of Liberation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with the Three Dharma Seals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For people taking notes,\Nsomething to put in you archive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll write it on the board.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll try to write big enough for you to read:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Emptiness;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Signlessness;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and Aimlessness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We combine them with\Nthe Three Dharma Seals:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Emptiness is non-self;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Signlessness is Impermanence;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and Aimlessness is Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any teaching that reflects\Nthe Three Dharma Seals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an authentic teaching of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how we can see this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these Three Doors of Liberation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Caughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- I'm sorry, I can't turn away\Nfrom the microphone --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these Three Doors of Liberation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are what we turn to in our daily life\Nfor support and also for healing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have already looked\Nat the non-self nature of the cookie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that the cookie is empty\Nof a separate individual self,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the elements that it is made up of,\Nwe would classify as non-cookie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call this interbeing:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything needs everything else\Nin order to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few days ago, you practiced\Nthe Five Touchings of the Earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking deeply into yourself?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we practice\Nthe Five Touchings of the Earth
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we look deeply into ourselves,\Nwe see our parents, our ancestors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual and blood ancestors,\Nwe see our land ancestors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also see the earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see all our non-self ancestors,\Nall non-self elements.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we really, really touch\Nour interbeing nature,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we really touch this insight,\Nwhen we have this insight of non-self,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will take good care of ourselves\Nby taking care of our non-self elements,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will take good care\Nof the non-self elements
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by taking good care of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the earth\Nis hurting right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look into ourselves,\Nwe will see that we are the earth:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cookie, where did it come from?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We eat the cookie, we become the cookie,\Nwe eat the carrot, we become the carrot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we breathe the air, we are the air.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The earth ís our body, we don't have\Na body outside of the earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This insight, we need to take\Nsome time to look into this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The earth is out body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take care of our body in many ways,\Nwe go to the hairdresser
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- well, we don't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most people do --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well in sòme way we take care of our hair,\Nwe wash our bodies, we clean it, feed it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it hurts, we do something\Nto relieve the pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go and see a doctor,\Nwe keep ourselves healthy --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we do the same thing with the earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is our body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This insight will make it very easy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live a in way that reflects\Nthat the earth is our body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often do we use our car?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or an airplane?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we eat?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is what we eat healthy for our earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it make our earth healthy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we eat, does it contribute\Nto the health of the earth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the earth is our body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village, the last few years\Nwe have been vegan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also in that light: the earth is our body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you may like to look\Ninto the earthbody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all need to look into the body\Nof the earth being our body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no body outside of the earthbody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have a difficulty, we can\Ntake refuge in all our non-self elements,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like our ancestors, our blood ancestors,\Nour spiritual ancestors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at our hand \N-- let's look at our hand --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hand has been\Ntransmitted to us by our parents.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have transmitted\Ntheir whole being to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, looking at our hand, we know it's made\Nof the cells of the body of our parents:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is our parents' hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our parents' hand is the hand\Nof our ancestors, of our grandparents,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our great-grandparents,\Nof all our ancestors;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our blood ancestors\Nare present in our hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somewhere along that line of ancestors,\Nthere are those who are compassionate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are loving, who are caring,\Nthey are in our hands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look into our hand,\Nwe also see our spiritual teachers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our spiritual teachers\Nwho are transmitting to us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their understanding, their love\Nand their compassion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in our hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in our mind, it's in our hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let us just look\Nat our hand a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become aware\Nof the ancestors present in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the continuation of our ancestors,\Nblood as well as spiritual ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if there is a moment \Nwhere there's a storm raging in our mind,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are sad or angry or in despair,\Nwe can call on our ancestors in our hand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their care, their understanding,\Ntheir compassion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can close our eyes and call\Non our ancestors in our hand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow our ancestors\Nto put their hand on our head,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gently, lovingly and caring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can feel the energy of understanding\Nand compassion flow into our bodies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can hear their breathing,\Nsteady and calm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also Thay's hand on our head.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a few moments, we will calm,\Nthe storm has calmed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could hear them say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Breathe, my dear,\Nit will be okay, it will be okay.'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the storm has calmed, we can see\Nmore clearly what is happening,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know what to do and what not to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us enjoy the sound of the bell,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just enjoy that energy we just received\Nfrom our blood and spiritual ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are much larger than we think we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are our ancestors, we can call\Non them any time we need support.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is impermanent, nothing remains\Nthe same for two consecutive moments.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impermanence, we can bring to mind\Nwhen we are in a difficulty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like when there is a storm\Nraging in our mind:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that storm is impermanent, as we just saw.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to say, 'this too will pass.'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'This too will pass.' It's impermanent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, when we're\Nlooking at impermanence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become aware\Nof the preciousness of all that is:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the preciousness of life,\Nthe preciousness of our beloved ones,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the preciousness\Nof the flower, of everything,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will enjoy it and treasure it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how long we will be able to enjoy them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We treasure, and while we treasure\Ntheir presence we are nourished.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are nourished by it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will do everything we can today\Nto make them happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make the flower happy,\Nthe earth, our beloved ones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make ourselves happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we will not have regrets later.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is we do have regrets\Nthere is a way to heal them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will come to that later.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to impermanence, life is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a seed,\Nand the seed becomes a flower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it weren't for impermanence,\Nthe seed would never become a flower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flower becomes a seed again,\Nand the seed becomes more flowers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seed is a seed, but when I look deeply\Ninto the seed, we will see the flower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look deeply\Ninto the flower, I see the seed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the seed is a seed,\Nand the flower is a flower:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Zen terms they call this: 'not two'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've ever visited\NZen temples in China,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a gate, and it's\Nkind of a tradition that on the gate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a character, a Chinese character,\Nthat means: not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the heart of the practice,\Nto touch this 'not two'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already have had guided meditations,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have looked into ourselves\Nas a five year old child.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the five year old child\Nthe same as we are now, an adult?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes? No?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither the same, nor different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've looked into our mother,\Nour father, as five year old children,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've looked into ourselves,\Nare we the same or different?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at anything, it is not two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we really look deeply\Ninto impermanence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we touch the signlessness,\Nthe nature of signlessness of all that is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we touch that, we can\Novercome our grief and our fear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may or may not know most of monastics\Nlike hiking in the mountains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm one of the monastics that likes\Nto go hiking with other monastics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On one of our hiking trips\Nin the Alps a few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lying on my back, having a nap\Nafter lunch, and then I woke up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in a valley, high up\Nin the mountains,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there is a valley\Nand there are just some peaks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very sharp high peaks that you need to --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would you call it, mountain-climb,\Nyou need an axe or something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ropes and things to get up,\Nwe decided not to go that day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just enjoyed the valley,\Nhigh up in the mountain --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I opened my eyes and I was\Nlooking at this clear blue sky.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The peaks on one side, a wide open valley,\Nand some more peaks there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, just at the edge\Nof the peak of the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw something whitish, but very vaguely,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kept looking and it became\Nwhiter and whiter and whiter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whiter and --\Na white cloud manifested.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of the blue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- Maybe that's where\Nthe expression comes from? --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That white cloud just manifested itself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I was looking at this wonder\Nof this white cloud manifesting itself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of a sudden a thought came,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ooh, what if it gets denser and denser\Nand it will rain and no shelter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another way of looking at this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it gets denser and denser,\Nwhat will become of that cloud?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cloud will continue\Nto manifest itself as rain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we've seen in the cookie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As rain, good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for tea anyway, so the rain,\Nthe cloud as rain will become my tea,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will drink my cloud as tea,\Nand then I will probably have to pee --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a while.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pee my cloud;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact I will be returning the cloud\Nto where it originally came from, partly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Return the cloud to the earth, which will\Nbe turning to vapor at a certain point.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vapor will rise up again into the air,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the atmospheric conditions,\Nweather conditions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will come together,\Nand there will be another cloud.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cloud never dies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cloud never dies, and this\Nis the same with everything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things manifest, or stop to manifest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to causes and conditions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The French scientist and chemist\NAntoine Lavoisier said:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nothing is created and nothing is lost,\Neverything transforms."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cloud never dies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know also of the law of\Nconservation of matter and energy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we cannot create matter,\Nwe cannot create energy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot destroy:\Nmatter can become matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matter can become energy, energy energy, \Nenergy can manifest as matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matter as matter as energy --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a journey with\Nno beginning and no end.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what we tend to call birth or death\Nare moments of continuation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the nature of\Nno birth and no death:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moments of continuation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because we do not see something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the form, in the sign that we're\Nused to, doesn't mean it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult to see vapor,\Nbut the vapor is there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will see it in water form, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our breath.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the cloud,\Nwe're breathing in and out clouds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you aware of that? Nice. We don't\Njust drink it, we also breathe our cloud.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is signlessness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signlessness is not a theory, it is a practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ordained first\Nin a Japanese tradition in Japan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a temple tucked away in the mountains\Non the northern shore of Japan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after I ordained, about six weeks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a telephone call\Nfrom one of my siblings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling me my mother\Nhad been taken to hospital.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had asked her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If anything happens to you or mother,\Nplease let me know as soon as possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't ring me to tell me\Nwhen the cremation will be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If possible, let me know beforehand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was only there for six weeks\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to my master\Nand shared this with him, and he asked me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Would you like to go home,\Nto be with your mother?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And within two days I was back in Europe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All our siblings were there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were all at our mother's \Nbedside when she passed away,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized what a privilege that was\Nfor our mother and for us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was very peaceful,\Nbreathing, no sign of fear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked her whether she would like us\Nto recite her favorite prayers;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She nodded, and we did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sang, and she passed away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside was a beautiful day,\Nblue sky and snow on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stayed there telling her\Nhow beautiful it was outside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So beautiful, so peaceful, so calm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was only there for a very short time,\Nand then I was back in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not until I was sitting in my room,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat down and thought,\N'oh, I'm going to write a letter to mom.'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I thought, wait a minute,\Nno, she just passed away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time I was just recently ordained,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't really know much about\Nthe teaching of no birth and death.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know it very well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat down -- well I was sitting down --\Nbut I continued to think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is mom now? Where is she?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened to her? I know her body --\NI know what happened to her body,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was cremated, ashes were distributed\Nover the ocean as she has wished,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, mom is more than her body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't figure it out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wanted a reply.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, well, what was mom,\Nbesides a physical body?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did I call mom? Not just\Nher body, other things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is how I quite naturally,\Nwithout knowing --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just about anything about\Nthe teachings of no birth and no death --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was mom?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately came to my mind:\Nlove for nature.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything she liked: love for nature,\Npoetry, music, dance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her sense of humor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her total acceptance\Nof her children, as we were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't need to be different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She loved us as we were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her capacity to face difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even what we saw, being blown away\Nat sometimes by a difficulty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fall over, to get back onto her feet,\Nand to continue her perseverance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friends were always welcome,\Nthere was always a bed in the house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was always a bed\Nfor us in the house,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even long after we had\Nbuilt our own life, if you like.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In cases we needed it, it was there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was Irish, a Quak woman, spirited.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked into 'what was my mother' and saw
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all her strengths and all her weaknesses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I thought,\Nbut all that is still there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is there, and the love\Nfor nature is still there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in me, in my siblings, in others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poetry is there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dance, music, sense of music is there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perseverance is there,\Nit is all still there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just not all together\Nin one form as I am used to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have seen it in that\Nparticular manifestation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all my non-mom elements\Nwere all still there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had always been close to my mom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take after her if you like,\Nwe had many things in common,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I saw this --\NI found my mother inside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, everything she was, still is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it brought me\Ngreat relief of my grief.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still missed her presence,\Nphysical, if you like, in some way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the grief, was not there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just gratitude, gratitude,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and joy of having found my mother inside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we enjoyed poetry together, music,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not supposed to dance\Nin that Zen temple,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know it was there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognized her strengths in me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a little bit more time\Nto recognize and say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, the weaknesses are also in me."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we practice together, we nourish\Ntogether and we transform together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it became very clear:\Nmy mother is still there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am my mother's continuation,\Nmy siblings are my mother's continuation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother continues in many, many ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I think, how about my continuation,\NI don't have children, how about that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I need to breathe a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's enjoy the sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is ever lost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little over ten years ago,\Na group of us visited Israel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jerusalem we visited the wall.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very powerful energy\Nin the whole of Israel, everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It calls for presence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I was standing in front of the wall,\NI put my hands against the wall.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stones were warm,\Nand I stood there breathing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then inside of me, came this thought,\Nkind of this voice saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing is ever lost,\Nno thought is ever lost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, all my thoughts,\Nthey don't disappear?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There're not lost?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay tells us that our thoughts\Nwear our signature,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that our thoughts\Nare our continuation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was standing there at the wall,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, nothing ever lost, no thoughts,\Nno words, no action ever lost,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it only transforms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered about the unskillful thoughts\NI had, the unwholesome thoughts I've had,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unskillful words I've spoken,\Nthe unskillful actions I've committed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not lost? I found it scary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay teaches us, if we've had\Na thought, our continuation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're not so happy about that thought,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can think another thought,\Nto balance it out, to neutralize it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we've said something, we arere not\Nhappy about, say something else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are happy about, that makes\Nyou happy, that makes others happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that contributes to the well-being.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an action we're not happy about,\Ndo something you'll be happy about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your benefit, the benefit of all,\Nthe benefit of the cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, wow, this is what I call\Nempowerment, this is empowerment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so healing to hear that,\Nso healing, it was just what I needed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an empowerment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The five mindfulness trainings\Nwe looked at together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fourteen mindfulness trainings\Nwe looked at together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heard being recited yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are a very good guideline for that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To think, to speak, to act,\Nin order to balance, to neutralize,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unwholesome thoughts, words and actions\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are there in the cosmos,\Neither produced by us or by others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we think, speak or act wholesomely, \Nwe neutralize any unwholesome thought,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any unwholesome word,\Nany unwholesome action that is there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just our own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is hope.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the practice we can do,\Nany moment, anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, we have another bell.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can breathe, breathe\Nand come back to ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find our stability, our freedom,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will send out stability and freedom\Nas our continuation into the cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our path is a path --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into happiness, into well-being,\Nfrom ill-being to well-being.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we have many desires --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those things that we think\Nwe need in order to be happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call them the 'ifs' and the 'whens'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this were only different,\NI would be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of our sisters\Nshared with me many years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that part of her body was sick,\Nand she felt very sad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she decided to look into her body,\Nand look into all the parts of her body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She then said, "You know what,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized, one part of my body is sick,\Nand the other parts are still healthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I asked my healthy parts, to send\Ntheir love and energy to my sick part,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt much better."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thanked her for her sharing.\NNot the 'if', but what can I do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I respond to the situation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 'ifs' and the 'whens':
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I have this, when I'm wealthy,\Nwhen I'm famous,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I will be more powerful,\Nthen I will be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we can throw away\Nthe 'whens' and the 'ifs'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop running after all those things,\Nwhen we come back to the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will see we already have\Nenough conditions to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are enough conditions to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may see that, thát moment we are\Nwaiting for, is actually this moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This moment ís the moment\Nwe are waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will see that 'this' is 'it'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No need to run after anything anymore.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing lacking,\Nas our brother said.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we touch non-self\Nand impermanence deeply,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we touch our true nature,\Nwhich is Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No coming, no going, no birth, no death,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not same, not different,\Nno being, no non-being.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find Nirvana\Nin impermanence and non-self.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't write it on the board,\Nbut you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impermanence and non-self on the top,\Nline underneath: Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple equation\N-- to write on the board, I mean --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we have time to practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been here over one week together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this retreat was scheduled to happen\Nin the physical presence of Thay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was Thay here, was Thay not here?\NIs Thay here, is Thay not here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see -- means yes? Here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, yes, here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All together, we've made manifest Thay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is: breathing in, breathing out.\NEnjoying our breathing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is: enjoying our steps.\NThay is: mindful eating.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is: deep listening.\NThay is: loving speech.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is: compassion.\NThay is understanding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot find Thay outside of that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is nothing other than that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so together we have made manifest Thay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is here, and we can touch Thay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have shared, whoever\Nwe have touched, we are in them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By whomever we have been touched,\Nin our education for instance, at school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are in each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in you, you are in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can nourish\Neach other in each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can enhance\Neach other in each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can transform\Neach other in each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot take each other\Nout of each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may like to study
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sixteen exercises of breathing,\Nfull awareness of breathing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the light of the practice\Nof the five mindfulness trainings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fourteen mindfulness trainings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will see, they inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will help you\Nto concretely practice them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So study the sixteen in the light\Nof the five and the fourteen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,study the five and the fourteen\Nin the light of the sixteen exercises.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inter-are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear friends, we know you are there,\Nand we are so happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy continuation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell rings)
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