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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.16,0:00:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half-Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.21,0:00:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.28,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(FRENCH) Does Thay have a\Ntheory of the universe?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.20,0:00:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sr Pine) Dear Thay, \Nhave you developed theories of the universe?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.07,0:00:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.98,0:00:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter in the audience)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.95,0:01:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that it is a waste of time\Nto do these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I devote my time\Nto doing more concrete things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.37,0:01:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you come to Plum Village\Nyou do not learn theories about meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.35,0:01:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are given\Na concrete practice of meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.22,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can change, for the better.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.06,0:01:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body, your feeling, your perception,\Nthere are many wrong perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.86,0:01:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone of us maybe a victim\Nof wrong perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.67,0:01:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wrong perceptions\Ncan bring a lot of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.95,0:01:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation is to calm down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.69,0:02:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be more peaceful, \Nto see things more clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.12,0:02:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can correct\Nour wrong perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.24,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our wrong perceptions bring\Nfear, anger, despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.12,0:02:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we have to look deeply\Nand meditation is to look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.32,0:02:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to correct our perceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.70,0:02:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we don't suffer,\Nand we don't make other people suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.51,0:02:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is very important, practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.90,0:02:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you elaborate\Na theory about the cosmos,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.00,0:02:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually you use the mind, the intellect,\Nyour intellect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.18,0:02:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the intellect you cannot go very far.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.07,0:03:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our intellect might be caught\Nin many prejudices.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.04,0:03:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have heard, we have learnt things,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.98,0:03:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we believe in\Nthese things that we have learnt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.51,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not able to release them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even scientists, many of them are\Ncaught in preconceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.61,0:03:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be a true scientist,\Nit means that you are ready to release
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.62,0:03:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you already know,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.71,0:03:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reach a\Nhigher level of understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.25,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I do not think that using the intellect
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to elaborate a theory about\Nthe cosmos is very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.68,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes a long time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.46,0:04:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do not have time\Nto do other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.98,0:04:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many scientists deal, contend\Nwith the questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.95,0:04:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the Universe?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.79,0:04:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did the Universe come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.78,0:04:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens when the Universe\Ncomes to an end?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.49,0:04:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these questions they take away\Nmost of our time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.22,0:04:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you come to this deep meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.36,0:04:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might recognize, touch \Nthe truth of no beginning and no ending,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.04,0:04:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you might discard\Nmany of the questions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are untrue, that are unnecessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.68,0:05:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't lose your time\Nbecause of these questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.67,0:05:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding is what we obtain\Nwith meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.08,0:05:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it is possible to understand\Nthe suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.37,0:05:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suffering in yourself\Nand the suffering in another person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.98,0:05:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This understanding of suffering\Nbrings about compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.38,0:05:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compassion has the power to heal you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.25,0:05:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heal the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.48,0:05:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are very, very urgent concerns.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.25,0:05:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your understanding continues to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.83,0:05:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you understand suffering, \Nthen you come to understand happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.83,0:05:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the connection between suffering\Nand happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.85,0:06:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go very fast, \Nyou can understand that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.37,0:06:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being and non being are just notions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.39,0:06:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beginning and ending are just notions,\Nthey cannot be applied to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.10,0:06:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the first understaning we need to get
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.22,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is understanding of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.12,0:06:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the starting point\Nof the Buddhist tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.21,0:06:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is very practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.29,0:06:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't suffer much anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.76,0:06:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mind is calm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.68,0:06:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can understand things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.55,0:06:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more easily and quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.64,0:06:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half-Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.13,0:06:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)