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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.68,0:00:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Plum Village, France, May 2014]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.98,0:00:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh\Nanswers questions]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.50,0:00:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.08,0:00:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[How can your teachings help societies\Nwith unemployment and political crisis?]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, dear sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.17,0:00:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a question that I think reflects
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.87,0:00:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the interest of many Spaniards\Nat this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.68,0:00:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you know, we have\Nan unemployment rate close to 25%,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.96,0:00:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a huge political crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.77,0:00:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I would like to know how the teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.64,0:00:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help us, not only individually,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.28,0:00:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those of us\Nwho have lost our job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.84,0:01:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have not much money to spend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.53,0:01:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They manage to live happily, also.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.45,0:01:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that\Nthere are those who have a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.32,0:01:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are those who have enough money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.72,0:01:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.96,0:01:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, our happiness does not\Ndepend entirely on having a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.80,0:01:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or having enough money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.11,0:02:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even a political stability\Nin the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.63,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in any circumstance,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of mindfulness\Ncan help us to suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.27,0:02:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we are able, also, to create\Nmoments of joy and happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we know how to.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are\Nmany conditions of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.42,0:02:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And job, money,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.94,0:02:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political stability\Nare only a few of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.84,0:02:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practicing mindfulness, we can protect\Nourselves from despair, from anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.28,0:02:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we recognize\Nthat we are still luckier
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.95,0:02:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than many other people in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.42,0:03:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many people in many countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.17,0:03:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who spend less than one dollar a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.58,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live in extreme poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.86,0:03:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they still have\Nmoments of joy together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.04,0:03:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to observe\Nif the family is still together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.30,0:03:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they can still talk to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.26,0:03:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discuss with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.07,0:03:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to improve the situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.98,0:03:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they don't suffer as much as\Nthose who have more money.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.36,0:04:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, mindfulness, as you have learned\Nhere in Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.48,0:04:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps us to recognize that\Nthere are so many conditions of happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.06,0:04:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available in the here and the now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.99,0:04:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a body, with no serious disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.67,0:04:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is already happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.80,0:04:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mindfulness helps us\Nto be aware of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.88,0:04:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a condition of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.14,0:04:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people are rich,\Nbut do not have a body like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.75,0:04:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, recognizing\Nthese conditions of happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.27,0:04:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help us not to suffer too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.82,0:04:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brings joy and happiness to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.48,0:04:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you manage to live mindfully
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retain your calm, your peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.06,0:05:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your joy, you help the country\Nto restart again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.70,0:05:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, if you lose your hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.61,0:05:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you lose your joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.23,0:05:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are caught by your anger,\Nyour fear, your frustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.24,0:05:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make the situation\Nworse in your country,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.46,0:05:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your country will not have a chance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.04,0:05:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recover, to get a new start.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.69,0:05:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have to sit down and find out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.54,0:05:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of practice that can help us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.16,0:05:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep the hope, keep compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.89,0:05:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep the joy of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.06,0:05:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can\Nimprove the situation day by day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.72,0:05:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[connect,\Nbe inspired, be nourished]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.81,0:06:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)