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(bell)

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A little bit louder...
(crowd laughs)

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Our friend is asking a question in French.

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She would really like to know how Thay

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became a monk.

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(crowd laughs)

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She really wants to know how Thay

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became...a monk.

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When Thay was a little boy

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one day he saw the drawing of

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the Buddha on the cover of
a Buddhist Magazine.

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And the Buddha was sitting there
very peacefully.

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He was sitting on the grass

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very calm, very peaceful, very happy.

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And Thay was very impressed.

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And he wants to be someone like a Buddha:

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peaceful, happy.

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Because around him people were not

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happy and calm like that.

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So that is the first time
he really wanted to

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become a monk.

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And everyday he thought about that.

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And the seed, the desire
to be a monk in him

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was watered everyday.

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That is the answer.

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(bell)