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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.57,0:00:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you see over there?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move over to this side
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.68,0:00:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my own, \Nwhat about you? OK
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.20,0:00:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway just to let \Neverybody know that this is a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.81,0:00:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,translation of the Venerable Nyanatiloka's \Nthe Word of the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.28,0:00:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a compilation of Suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.89,0:00:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its built around the framework of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.17,0:00:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Four Noble Truths \Nand the Eightfold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.85,0:00:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing this was because \Nthe translation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.51,0:00:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was over 100 years ago \Nis well pass its use by date
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.04,0:00:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So because of that it was nice \Nto be able to do a new translation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.30,0:01:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the way that we do \Nthe translation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.36,0:01:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you haven't heard this before
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.54,0:01:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to make sure that you don't \Ntranslate word for word
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.19,0:01:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because word for word translations \Njust make very silly translations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.72,0:01:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as it was raining heavily and \Nyou say 'it rained cats and dogs'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.13,0:01:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you translate that into \Na foreign language
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.57,0:01:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think it is really weird
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.26,0:01:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Australia the cats and dogs \Ncome falling from the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.17,0:01:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we call \Nan idiom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.07,0:01:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even Pali has idioms \Nin which that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.08,0:01:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these words which is said; \Nways in which words are used.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.40,0:01:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I take my cue, my advice \Nfrom Professor A.K. Warder
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.18,0:01:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would state
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.79,0:01:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought it was a \Nvery good insight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.99,0:02:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we never translate words \Nwe translate sentences or phrases
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.66,0:02:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are the units of ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.18,0:02:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we never think words, \Nwe think sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.74,0:02:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indeed the words are defined, \Ntheir meaning is defined by the context
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.55,0:02:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that gives much more clarity \Nand also what people say 'punch' \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.45,0:02:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these translations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.60,0:02:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of these translations \Nare again pass their use by date
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.10,0:02:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even by themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.85,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as things like right ....\Nfurther down you would see the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.54,0:02:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right motivation, the second \Nfactor of the Eight-fold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.26,0:02:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of right thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.99,0:02:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I call it Right Motivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.19,0:02:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have Right Action,\NRight Livelihood
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.24,0:02:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sixth of the Eight-fold Path is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.86,0:02:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I translate it as Right Endeavour \Nrather than Right Effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.26,0:03:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because effort again in my \Nlife as a monk
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.72,0:03:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effort usually tends to \Nget you tired, it tends to get you tensed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.69,0:03:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems the opposite \Nof what we are trying to do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.25,0:03:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead by trying \Nto look for some other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.55,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible translations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so far, using the word \Nendeavor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.08,0:03:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have like a type of goal \Nbut not which comes from effort
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.80,0:03:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as you will see in a \Nfew moments
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.39,0:03:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from stopping, \Nletting go, restraining, abandoning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.100,0:03:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those types of so called effort
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.16,0:03:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really it is a non-effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.79,0:03:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the big one later on \Nnumber 8 is Right Stillness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.45,0:03:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of Right Concentration.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.60,0:03:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's good to take these \Ntranslations even further
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.25,0:03:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am never going to say that \Nthis is going to be the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.14,0:03:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fixed and final translation for ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.97,0:03:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Translations are always \Nwork in progress
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.25,0:03:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anyway with that in mind
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.28,0:04:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to get back to what I said before \Nabout these translations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.09,0:04:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new translation on the \NWord of the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.18,0:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I usually start with \Npaying homage to the Buddha with Namo tassa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.84,0:04:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.08,0:04:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.34,0:04:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.76,0:04:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what now is Right Endeavour
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.14,0:04:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the Sixth Factor \Nof the Eight-fold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.89,0:04:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What, now, is right endeavour?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.73,0:04:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are these quotes from the Suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.30,0:04:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are these four right endeavours:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.86,0:05:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restraint, abandonment, \Ndevelopment & preservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.36,0:05:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four Right endeavours:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.88,0:05:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is the endeavour of restraint?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.75,0:05:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Straight away you can see that word \Nrestraint
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.10,0:05:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means not doing something \Nbut stopping doing something.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.28,0:05:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restraining and abandoning \Nand letting go.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.80,0:05:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might call it the \Neffort to let go
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.34,0:05:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really letting go is the opposite \Nof trying to get somewhere, effort
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.33,0:05:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is the endeavour of restraint?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.97,0:05:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you see an object, you do not \Nlet yourself get sucked in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.14,0:05:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by any characteristics or features \Nthat generate defilements.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.15,0:05:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get to see straightaway \N'getting sucked in'
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.58,0:05:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the word we'll use in English; \Nit's a modern word
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.55,0:05:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the word you see in the \Ntranslation of 100 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.90,0:05:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the endeavour of restraint \Nwhen you see an object you do not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let yourself get sucked in by any \Ncharacteristics or features
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.50,0:06:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that generate defilements.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.14,0:06:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since, if you left the \Nfaculty of sight unrestrained,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.91,0:06:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unskillful states of wanting and \Naversion would afflict you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.98,0:06:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, you practice wisdom when seeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.70,0:06:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you guard the faculty of sight, \Nand you undertake the restraint of sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.86,0:06:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you are a monk and you see \Nsome unclad woman coming into the hall
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.78,0:06:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you make sure you try and look \Nat something which
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.44,0:06:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not arouse lust in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.19,0:06:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a married woman and \Nyou see a hot guy coming in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.87,0:06:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't look at things which would \Nagain create lust or desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.47,0:06:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you see something you don't like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.31,0:06:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't surround yourself, \Njust because a person may
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.92,0:06:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have some marks or scars or \Nnot be physically perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.11,0:06:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't let yourself get sucked in\Nwith aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.12,0:07:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you see someone who resembles \NDonald Trump coming in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.46,0:07:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't look at those features \Nwhich reminds you of Donald Trump
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.08,0:07:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allows you to \Nget aversion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.03,0:07:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in other words you control \Nthe faculty of sight
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it doesn't get you upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.49,0:07:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also even if you see something \Nyou really really like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.48,0:07:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a new iPod, or tablet or dress or car \Nor something which you see..
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.81,0:07:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow I really like that: \Nyou actually just restrain
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.74,0:07:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the features of sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.20,0:07:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't allow yourself to \Nget sucked in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.24,0:07:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by any characteristics or features \Nthat generate defilements.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.20,0:07:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having heard a sound; notice the smell; \Nsense the taste, felt a bodily feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.10,0:07:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even having cognized in the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.24,0:07:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do not let yourself get sucked in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.80,0:07:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by any characteristics or features \Nthat generate defilements.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.79,0:08:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since, if you left the mind \Nfaculty unrestrained,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.32,0:08:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unskillful states of wanting \Nand aversion would afflict you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.53,0:08:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, you practice \Nwisdom with the mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.91,0:08:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you guard the mind, and you \Nundertake restraint of the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.19,0:08:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what we do \Nwith the mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.77,0:08:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also use the restraint.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.42,0:08:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we make sure we do not \Nget drawn in to features
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.89,0:08:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which make us get lost in what \Nwe see, hear, taste, touch or know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.98,0:08:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of every section here \NI would give you the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.20,0:08:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask a question if you need to.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.05,0:08:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can always put \Nyour hand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.02,0:08:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the second endeavour, the \Nendeavour to abandon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.46,0:08:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is the endeavour to abandon?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.83,0:08:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, you do not maintain an \Narisen motivation of wanting;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.87,0:08:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you abandon it. let it go, \Nrenounce it, bring it to cessation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.87,0:09:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not indulge in\Narisen motivation of aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.75,0:09:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an arisen motivation of harming …
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.77,0:09:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever bad motivations arise;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.21,0:09:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you abandon them, let them go, renounce\Nthem, and bring them to cessation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.64,0:09:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is called the \Nendeavour to abandon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.84,0:09:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So restraint-you don't allow \Nstates of mind
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.43,0:09:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will cause you grief, \Nstruggle and unpleasantness, affliction
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.88,0:09:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you make sure they don't come \Nin the first place
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.44,0:09:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they have come in \Nyou find ways to abandon
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.42,0:09:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those unpleasant states.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.00,0:09:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the most commonly known \Nmethod of abandoning
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.68,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the Vitakkasanthana Sutta \Nthe Majjhima 20
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.04,0:09:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are mindful of some object,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.54,0:09:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there arises in you afflicting \Nunwholesome motivations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.45,0:09:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected with desire, aversion \Nand delusion, then:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.65,0:09:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First way is substitution:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.62,0:10:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should give attention to \Nsome other object
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.31,0:10:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that generates wholesome mind states.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.20,0:10:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, unwholesome states are \Nabandoned and subside.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.75,0:10:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With their disappearance, your mind \Nbecomes internally steady,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.84,0:10:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settled, unified and still.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.47,0:10:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you are really upset about some..
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.69,0:10:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good way of substitution is the old \Nsimile of the two bad bricks on the wall
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.51,0:10:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you just watch the two bad \Nbricks in the wall
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.62,0:10:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that gives you feelings of \Naversion, wanting to destroy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.71,0:10:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanting to start all over again; feelings \Nof not being competent or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.04,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of just looking at the \Ntwo bad bricks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.48,0:10:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look at just the 998 \Ngood bricks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.30,0:10:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means your mind does \Nbecome internally steady
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.86,0:10:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settled, unified and still.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.40,0:10:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or another object which you \Nmight go and look at
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.100,0:10:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am just relating this to some of the \Nstories which you have heard on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.52,0:11:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friday nights.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.06,0:11:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is to go into the forest and look \Nat crooked trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.67,0:11:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at crooked trees and \Nthey become beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.06,0:11:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by changing the object from \Nsay your husband, your wife
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.16,0:11:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your scores in the exam or \Nother things which happen in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.25,0:11:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you think; \N'oh life is terrible'
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.24,0:11:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change to some other object \Nusually in the nature and you think
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.19,0:11:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the nature of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.30,0:11:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't have to be perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.73,0:11:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by giving attention to some \Nother object that generate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.46,0:11:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wholesome mind states
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.28,0:11:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unwholesome states become \Nabandoned and subside.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.53,0:11:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you become internally \Nsteady and settle, unified and still.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.33,0:11:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you should examine the danger \Nin those unwholesome motives…
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.22,0:11:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might think you want something \Nor you are trying to get rid of something
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.20,0:11:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does that do to your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.88,0:11:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is an example of \NAjahn Chah's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.55,0:11:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the sound disturb you \Nit's you who disturb the sound
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.26,0:12:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you have what you think \Nis a loud sound
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.00,0:12:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start to worry about \Nwho did that, why did they do that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.78,0:12:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may just be that somebody \Nslammed the door
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.82,0:12:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the danger in that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.45,0:12:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about those unwholesome \Nstates is long after the sound
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.06,0:12:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the slamming door has \Nsubsided
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.01,0:12:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are still thinking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.48,0:12:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the danger is that \Nsounds stop pretty quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.04,0:12:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the echo in your head goes \Non for ever and ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.94,0:12:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the danger in those \Nunwholesome motives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.16,0:12:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't sort of go back in \Ntime and stop that banging door
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.38,0:12:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can cease is the thinking \Nabout it, dwelling upon it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.25,0:12:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very very dangerous \Ntakes you away from happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.56,0:12:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should try to ignore \Nthose unwholesome motives
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.03,0:12:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do not give attention to them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.92,0:12:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is you will find a simile \Nwhich I developed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.67,0:12:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is a sound or there is \Nwhen you meditating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.42,0:13:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are thinking you haven't had\Ndinner tonight yet
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.82,0:13:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody's going to take you out \Nto your favourite restaurant tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.83,0:13:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you start thinking about the dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.17,0:13:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when any distracting thought \Ncomes up
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.81,0:13:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use a simile of the \NTV screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.51,0:13:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I travel a lot on air crafts
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.27,0:13:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you look at the safety \Ndemonstration which
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.76,0:13:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes in front of the screen
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.72,0:13:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something I noticed a \Nlong time ago
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.95,0:13:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't matter how big or \Nsmall that screen is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.45,0:13:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a little while your mind \Nactually fits into the screen
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.10,0:13:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may be looking at that \Nin that big piece of canvass there
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.29,0:13:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your mind just fits right \Ninto the canvass
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.14,0:13:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so you can't see \Nwhat's above, below, left or right of it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.92,0:13:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I point that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.30,0:13:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look at the same teachings \Non the screen of this little tablet
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.64,0:13:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again my mind fits into it \Nand I don't see
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.22,0:13:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can now see the bell \Nto my right, see the clock to my left
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.58,0:14:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after awhile you go right into it \Nand you can't see the edges.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.35,0:14:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now understanding the what is in the\Ncentre of your field of attention remains,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.30,0:14:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's in the edges \Neventually falls away
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.29,0:14:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like zooming in on \NGoogle Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.15,0:14:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same with by putting attention
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.28,0:14:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ignore the unwholesome motives \Ndo not give attention to them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.08,0:14:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not put them in the centre \Nof your screen of attention
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.02,0:14:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So put something more wholesome \Nin the centre
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.27,0:14:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you are watching your breath \Nand somebody makes a noise
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.91,0:14:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there is the sound of the siren \Nor somebody revving up a motorbike
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.07,0:14:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for goodness sake don't put that \Nin the centre
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.81,0:14:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other words take the attention,\Nthe primary attention away
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.02,0:14:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that disturbing, distracting \Nsound or thought
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.03,0:14:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put the centre on the main object
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.37,0:14:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's called like ignoring it\Nnot giving it attention
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.12,0:14:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not giving it primacy in the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.85,0:15:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it literary is background noise, \Nbut you don't pay attention to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.13,0:15:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after a small while the \Nbackground noise fades away.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.00,0:15:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you should give attention \Nto stilling the causes of those motives
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.99,0:15:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do you want something \Nwhy we got ill-will
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.30,0:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is that happening
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.42,0:15:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is one reason which \NI have noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.65,0:15:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people are afraid of \Nstillness and peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.02,0:15:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen that \NYears and years and years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.28,0:15:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever we would go to \Nvery quiet place
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.80,0:15:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Bodhinyana monastery
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.16,0:15:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some visitors \Nas soon as they go there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.50,0:15:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so quite they would raise their voices
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.23,0:15:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would shout louder\Nthan was necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.23,0:15:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't figure that out psychologically \Nuntil I realized that the silence
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.80,0:15:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatened them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.92,0:15:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had to raise their voices \Nto destroy something
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.87,0:15:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't familiar with--
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.06,0:15:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the peace and quiet of an \NAustralian forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.70,0:15:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are the causes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.21,0:16:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are in meditation \Nand a thought disappear
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.43,0:16:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is that thoughts come up again?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.06,0:16:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always considered that thoughts \Njust came into my mind from nowhere
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.32,0:16:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were stray thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.97,0:16:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until when my meditation got much \Nstronger, my mindfulness more sharp
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.19,0:16:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized no no no \NI went out to look for those thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.63,0:16:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to disturb myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.64,0:16:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course that was the same as when \Nyou are at home, you have nothing to do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.31,0:16:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you flip through the TV channels
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.18,0:16:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you flip through the TV channels \Nyou don't really want to watch something
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.06,0:16:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just want to distract yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.52,0:16:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people today is
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.87,0:16:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people do not know how to deal with \Nresting, silence, doing nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.83,0:16:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you look in the refrigerator; \Nyou had enough to eat
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.61,0:16:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to get \Nsomething to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.37,0:16:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the refrigerator, things are \Nfalling out of the refrigerator
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.50,0:16:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ah! there is nothing to eat\Nin the refrigerator.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.89,0:17:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just distraction; \Nwanting something to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.10,0:17:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because doing nothing \Nchallenges us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.60,0:17:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally challenges our \Nvery idea of who we are
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.17,0:17:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So stilling the causes of \Nthose things.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.42,0:17:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the last thing is causes of \Nsome of these unwholesome thoughts;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.20,0:17:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything to do because
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.66,0:17:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again we are uncomfortable \Nwith silence. It's mostly fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.47,0:17:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exactly the same fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.05,0:17:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best example which \Nyou can relate to; sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.20,0:17:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a prisoner who has been in jail \Nfor many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.92,0:17:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now he or she is being \Nreleased from jail
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.42,0:17:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are very very uncomfortable \Nin freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.36,0:17:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got used to being \Nenclosed, being told what to do
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.28,0:17:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Nbeing in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.24,0:17:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea of being free \Nis a challenge to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.04,0:18:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of the causes of\Nunskillful acts and thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.26,0:18:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the motives behind them \Noften comes from the fears;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.31,0:18:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so look at what the fear is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.03,0:18:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find the causes for these things
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.40,0:18:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the unwholesome things, \Nthe irritating things can disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.09,0:18:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last is, the very last resort \Nis you should, for example
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.48,0:18:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you get so fed-up with \NAjahn Brahm's jokes; you think
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.12,0:18:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah I am going to get a chain-saw \Nand cut off his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.41,0:18:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's a very very bad thought \Na very bad motive
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.48,0:18:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last resort
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.100,0:18:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clench your teeth with your tongue \Npressed against the roof of your mouth,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.91,0:18:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beat down, constrain and crush \Nany such afflicting unwholesome motives.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.55,0:18:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So use a little bit of force but only \Nif it's going to be the last resort.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.04,0:18:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway with the disappearance \Nof these unwholesome motives of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.87,0:18:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greed, hate and delusion; \Nwanting, aversion, delution
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.10,0:19:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then your mind become internally \Nsteady, settled unified and still.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.12,0:19:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is how one can overcome \Nunwholesome things
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.16,0:19:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is restrain first of all \Nand then abandoning, the second one
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.26,0:19:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, the one next to you John
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.42,0:19:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question--Ajahn you said that we \Ninvite the thoughts in
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.20,0:19:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think that's always the case \Nsometimes thoughts come when we
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.29,0:19:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really wouldn't like them \Nto be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.02,0:19:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: Ahh...is that the case? \Nthat's what I also thought
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.43,0:19:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why would they come in?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.81,0:19:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you could; where you live \Nif people just come into your house
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.61,0:19:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you got to open the door for them \Nfirst of all
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.28,0:19:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a weird thing but it is the case
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.04,0:19:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these thoughts only come in \Nwhen you are a little bit bored
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.25,0:20:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not content, and they come in and \Nbasically before you even see it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.04,0:20:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go out there to \Ngrab a thought
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.77,0:20:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise just why is it that we \Ngo off into future plans
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.04,0:20:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we know will never happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.00,0:20:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what you're going to do \Nwhen you win the lottery
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.48,0:20:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you are going to spend it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.36,0:20:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.37,0:20:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do we actually \Ndo stuff like that
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.74,0:20:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or thinking in the past \Nwhich we can never ever change
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.23,0:20:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fantasizing, dreaming\Nwhy do we do such things?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.90,0:20:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that sometimes we \Nlook for good thoughts first of all
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.92,0:20:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we have gone through \Nour inventory of good thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.78,0:20:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then any thought would do.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.84,0:20:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything to distract us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.83,0:20:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a weird thing but people \Nlike being distracted
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.04,0:20:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.60,0:20:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a discomfort, \Na fear of being still
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.16,0:21:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where that comes from,\Nthe underlying reason
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.18,0:21:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it challenges \Nour very existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.82,0:21:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we define ourselves by \Nnot who we are, but by what we do
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.71,0:21:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a monk, I am a meditator,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.20,0:21:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a doctor, I am a ... whatever else \NI am retired
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.15,0:21:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's what you do; \Nyour acts define you.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.84,0:21:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if did absolutely nothing;\Nyour very sense of being
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.23,0:21:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will actually start to vanish away.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.50,0:21:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do, sorry to be
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.09,0:21:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even actually \Nas a doctor or a medic;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.28,0:21:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if somebody is lying \Non the floor
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.07,0:21:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out if they are alive or \Ndead; you see if they do anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.03,0:21:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If their heart is doing anything \N
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.16,0:21:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you shout at them to see \Nwhether there is any response.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.63,0:21:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you shine a light in their eyes \Nif that does anything
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.83,0:21:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they don't do anything, \Nthen we assume
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.93,0:22:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not there, \Nthey are dead, they are gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.96,0:22:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is just an example of the \Nvery essential connection
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.58,0:22:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between doing something \Nand existing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.82,0:22:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at a stone outside \Nor you look at a log, you might kick it
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.26,0:22:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it bites back, you know it wasn't \Na log, it was a snake.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.20,0:22:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it just sites there \Ndoes nothing, if it does nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.23,0:22:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't exist. \NNo sense of a being.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.84,0:22:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you do nothing \Nwhen you are getting still
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.41,0:22:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes the mind is not \Nhappy with that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.59,0:22:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old habits, you have \Nto do something.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.14,0:22:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense? \Nyeah
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.10,0:22:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question-yes it does but \NI still refer back to myself that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.58,0:23:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somethings that come in \Nyou don't never ever let them in
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.77,0:23:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still come.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.35,0:23:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn-they come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.54,0:23:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically you do let them in \Notherwise they wouldn't come in at all
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.43,0:23:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they won't... \Nsometimes stupid things come in
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.80,0:23:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see afterwards it's because \Nif you really really content
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.65,0:23:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very very peaceful, then there is \Nno way they can come in
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.86,0:23:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a fact that, you see that; \Nyou are leaving openings up
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.42,0:23:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping something would \Ncome into distract you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.12,0:23:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that these things \Ncome in by themselves;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.21,0:23:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go looking for them, \Nsearching for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.50,0:23:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulling from anywhere, anything \Njust to distract us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.35,0:23:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same with like dramas as well
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.98,0:23:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do people always \Nhave dramas in their lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.30,0:23:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their monasteries, \Nin their homes
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.58,0:23:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people actually \Nlove dramas.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.30,0:23:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they don't get enough \Ndramas in their real life
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.79,0:24:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go on the TV and \Nget dramas from TV somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.12,0:24:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to worry about
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.13,0:24:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because to worry is another form \Nof existing, being
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.86,0:24:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worrying about the football match
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.40,0:24:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are you doing that for? \Nsomething to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.26,0:24:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway yes, young lady
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.91,0:24:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question-I was just thinking about \Nwhat good point,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.87,0:24:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it challenges your existence \Nbecause people say
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.87,0:24:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might as well be dead if \Nyou got to just sit there
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.78,0:24:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing nothing, not interested \Nin anything, you might as well be dead
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.03,0:24:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or why you are putting your \Nhead in the sand what for.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.09,0:24:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so really that answers it;\Ndoesn't it
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.41,0:24:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are challenging \Nyour existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.40,0:24:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: Exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.56,0:24:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a tough one but \Nthat's the core of all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.93,0:25:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you think you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.69,0:25:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's also why sometimes \Nthese people
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.90,0:25:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been there done that, \Nso wealthy;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.56,0:25:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't just disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.85,0:25:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Old Prime Ministers had to \Nsay something to get on the news
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.23,0:25:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stir things up.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.80,0:25:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't just disappear gracefully \Nbecause if they disappear gracefully
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.32,0:25:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know their.... \N
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.19,0:25:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tony Abbot should disappear \Nhis whole identity is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.09,0:25:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why he just can't go quietly. \Nimpossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.75,0:25:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway; that's one of the second \Nof the endeavours.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.38,0:25:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.42,0:25:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next is the endeavour to \Ndevelop
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.19,0:25:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So restrain things which \Nhaven't come up yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.84,0:25:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abandon things which \Nare already in the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.83,0:25:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually develop \Ngood qualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.64,0:25:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now these aren't separate \Nbecause one of the best ways
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.72,0:26:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop, to overcome what \Nthey call like unwholesome qualities
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.90,0:26:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to develop good ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.04,0:26:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the best ways to stop \Nbuglers coming into your house
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.86,0:26:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to have all your friends \Nin your house
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.84,0:26:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have lots and lots of \Ngood people in your house
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.63,0:26:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then buglers don't; good people are there \Nso they won't come in
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.92,0:26:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So developing and maintaining \Ngood states is also fulfills the
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.47,0:26:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first two endeavours as well \Nrestraining and abandoning
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.87,0:26:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what is the endeavour to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.12,0:26:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't actually say much what \Nthe endeavour actually is
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.80,0:26:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the sort of things you \Nshould develop
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.71,0:26:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop mindfulness \Nexploring the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.66,0:26:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the \NSeven Enlightenment Factors
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.99,0:26:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of investigating the Dhamma \Nor contemplating the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.84,0:26:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you got the same translation \Nhere because this is a newer one
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.11,0:26:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than that one. \Nthere may be a few little changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.02,0:26:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exploring the Dhamma \Ninstead of investigating the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.78,0:27:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is that old little simile \NI usually use a bottle of water
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.46,0:27:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have done it many times hear \NI think even recently
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.34,0:27:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this I am holding up?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.82,0:27:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people say \Nbottle of water,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.02,0:27:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what else do you see? \NIt's plastic
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.82,0:27:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else do you see? \NWhat else do you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.80,0:27:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is actually exploring \Ngoing into it until
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.26,0:27:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have already used up \Nall the words and the labels
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.19,0:27:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have been taught before,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.92,0:27:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can actually go beyond \Nwhat you've been taught
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.28,0:27:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really getting into it \Nexploration.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.17,0:27:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contemplating is always thinking \Nabout it this way and that way
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.78,0:27:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going beyond the thought \Nprocess, beyond the naming
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.21,0:27:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into something which is much deeper \Nyou explore it
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.02,0:27:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you allow the mind to go \Nto places it hasn't been before
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.97,0:27:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or like I said in England recently \Nremembering the time I used to
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.97,0:27:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch Star Trek as a young man
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.74,0:27:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was when Mr. Spock \Ndid have pointy years
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.93,0:28:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently it still goes on these days \NStar Trek, different people
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.71,0:28:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but anyway; They used to say \Nboldly go where no man has been before.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.23,0:28:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I adapted that to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.62,0:28:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ajahn touching his bald head) \Nbaldly go where no monk has gone before
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.15,0:28:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what exploration is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.10,0:28:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know not going to old places \Nyou looked up before but
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.44,0:28:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going deeper, exploring \Nthe Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.70,0:28:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Enlightenment Factor \Nof Energy
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.98,0:28:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now both those two I think \NI mentioned before
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.12,0:28:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually work, \Nno all those three
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.58,0:28:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they all work together \Nwhen you are aware, really aware
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.30,0:28:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes a lot of mindfulness \Nto be able to see things you have
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.67,0:28:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never seen in this before \N(Ajahn looking closely at the bottle)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.96,0:28:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You explore it and it gives you energy, \Nthat's actually really interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.26,0:28:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also because of the stillness \Nyour mental energy increases
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.54,0:28:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whenever you develop \Nthese things
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.71,0:28:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they develop all together
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.77,0:29:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with mindfulness, \Nexploration, energy comes up
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.39,0:29:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more powerful your \Nmindfulness is
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.05,0:29:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rapture, the pleasure \Nand this is an important thing which
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.25,0:29:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Buddhism as it was in the \Nvery beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.90,0:29:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually develop joy \Nwe develop happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.61,0:29:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't try and get rid of it
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.96,0:29:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if like being happy \Nis a big sin
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.76,0:29:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not supposed to be happy \Nwhen other people are suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.15,0:29:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are supposed to suffer \Nin this world
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.94,0:29:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course that is just \Nso even against Buddhism
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.24,0:29:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people even say if you are happy \Nbe careful you get attached to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.100,0:29:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh my goodness that's \Nwhat you are supposed to do
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.09,0:29:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here you develop the Rapture, \Nthe pīti, the joy, the happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.86,0:29:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Enlightenment Factor \Nof Tranquility
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.95,0:29:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't think that being still \Nor being tranquil is you are dead
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.63,0:30:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you were saying Barbara
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.87,0:30:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not being dead, it's being actually \Nmore alive than you've ever been before.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.97,0:30:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course stillness; \Nthe Samadhi and Equanimity
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.93,0:30:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one which is based upon \Nseclusion (physical and mental),
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.20,0:30:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other words to develop these \NSeven Enlightenment Factors
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.21,0:30:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are basing this on being by oneself \Nreasonably physically
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.77,0:30:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can't do that in your rooms, in \Nmonasteries or in Retreat Centres
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.24,0:30:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can at least build a bubble around \Nyourself which I often do because
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.96,0:30:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I travel around a lot with \Nmany many people
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.47,0:30:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just my cave which I carry \Naround with me
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.72,0:30:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this imaginary bubble around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.85,0:30:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are sitting inside and \Npeople and noise and things are outside
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.98,0:30:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I want to disengage that's what \NI really develop over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.05,0:31:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physical, mental seclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.01,0:31:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things fading away; past and future \Nthoughts all fading away and ceasing
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.80,0:31:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maturing in the mind's release.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.27,0:31:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are Seven Enlightenment Factors
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.67,0:31:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you want to know Buddhism in brief \Nor meditation in brief
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.71,0:31:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is to develop these seven and \Nto overcome their antithesis
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.18,0:31:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their opposite which is the \Nfive hindrances.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.81,0:31:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically Buddhism is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.52,0:31:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to get the microphone?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.96,0:31:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: Could you please define the \Nfactor of energy a little bit more
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.56,0:31:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn--Energy oh yeah
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.15,0:31:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the energy you get \Nfrom a cup of coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.41,0:31:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is energy which you get \Nwhen you got a goal
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.24,0:31:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are trying to reach.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.08,0:31:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are really striving \Nand you go for it
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.29,0:31:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those are all energies which \Nactually are boring energy
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.59,0:32:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you pay for that afterwards with \Noh..(Ajahn showing a tired face)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.70,0:32:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are really tired and \Nlacking energy
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.70,0:32:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other energy which \Nthis is talking about here
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.05,0:32:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the energy which does come from \Ndeveloping mindfulness and stillness
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.06,0:32:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is what happens when people \Nmeditate and just becomes still
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.15,0:32:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the observation, the understanding\Nthat when you do become still
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.30,0:32:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't do very much
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.52,0:32:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are sitting still, you are not thinking \Nabout the past and the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.98,0:32:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not fantasizing, you are actually...\Nyou are not wasting energy
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.75,0:32:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like the metabolism in your \Nbodies, always creating energy
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.31,0:32:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mind creates energy all \Nthe time, its wasted very very quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.97,0:32:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by thinking, worrying, planning
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.26,0:32:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But imagine you stop all of that \Nenergy being wasted
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.32,0:32:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you aren't thinking about anything
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.42,0:33:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally in this moment.\NSilent, preserving that energy
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.86,0:33:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like getting your weakly payments\Nfrom the government or from your job
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.47,0:33:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't pay a cent, the money \Naccumulates and accumulates and accumulates
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.68,0:33:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what happens with the energy \Nwhen you are still,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.64,0:33:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are not wasting it, \Nyou are not spending energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.30,0:33:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It accumulates and get stronger\Nand stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.32,0:33:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feeds into mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.29,0:33:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then your mindfulness really starts\Nenergizing
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.45,0:33:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waking up and a sign of that \Nthat energy which comes up
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.52,0:33:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that after good meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.55,0:33:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like you can run a 100 meters \Nfaster than Usain Bolt
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.49,0:33:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you see is brilliant \Nand beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.62,0:33:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your mindfulness is empowered
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.72,0:33:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why even people like \NEckhart Tolle - the Power of Now
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.23,0:33:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it was is the power of \Nmindfulness and being in this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.11,0:34:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not wasting any energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.65,0:34:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you really wake up \Nyou are energized, you are happy Wow
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.65,0:34:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy and happiness go together
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.15,0:34:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: Can I then ask when it \Nbuilds up and becomes
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.72,0:34:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot stronger, what if you needs to \Nrelease or some kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.41,0:34:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: why release if you got \Nmillions and millions of dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.50,0:34:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just keep it there
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.26,0:34:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will find some natural ways \Nof using it later on
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.31,0:34:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if it's in the body; \Nif it stays in the body
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.14,0:34:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then actually you might need \Nto release of it
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.52,0:34:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's uncomfortable there.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.16,0:34:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it stays in the mind \Nit can be as powerful as you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.18,0:34:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get incredible powerful \Nmind-states.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.93,0:34:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that energy which I am talking \Nabout comes from stillness
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.60,0:34:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah it can be a physical energy \Nbut really it doesn't belong in the body
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.71,0:34:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it belongs in the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.93,0:35:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when people get what we \Ncall the Kundalini stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.03,0:35:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerful forces in the body but \Nit's not pleasant
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.86,0:35:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerful but it's much better \Nto use that energy in the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.93,0:35:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it really is much more useful \Nand where it belongs.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.37,0:35:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: So you can use it perhaps \Nto either heal yourself or heal
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.13,0:35:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: it's much better,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.50,0:35:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much greater healings come \Nwhen you are not aware of your body
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.49,0:35:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just go into the realm of the mind \Ndeep meditations
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.73,0:35:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and amazing things happen
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.42,0:35:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just well-known that if you have \Nany fevers or sicknesses
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.54,0:35:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go and try and sap them with \Nloving kindness or with energy
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.76,0:35:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while you are still aware of the body \Nyes, it does have an effect
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.56,0:35:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nothing like when the \Nbody totally vanishes and disappears
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.56,0:35:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are in that sixth sense, \Nvery powerful mindful
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.43,0:35:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoying yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.70,0:35:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally unaware of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.01,0:35:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you come out afterwards \Nbody is just incredible
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.52,0:35:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it's like \NI am getting old now
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.30,0:36:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes while I am meditate for \Nan hour or two just the knees ache
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.54,0:36:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the back aches or something\Ndoesn't feel good
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.47,0:36:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am getting old
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.17,0:36:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I should not getting old\NI am old
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.50,0:36:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you get into deep meditations \Nyou sit there and can sit there for hours
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.05,0:36:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you come out afterwards \Nnothing is wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.82,0:36:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really feel like you have just \Nhad a massage or bath or something
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.19,0:36:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No aches or pains anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.61,0:36:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First it didn't make sense to me
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.26,0:36:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is it you sit for \Nthree or four hours;
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.76,0:36:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is going to hurt \Nwhen I come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.45,0:36:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then nothing hurts at all. \Nyou feel just so relaxed
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.96,0:36:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's one of the things \Nwith the stillness;
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.27,0:36:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the body \Nand the mind....
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.27,0:36:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you let the body go and \Njust go into the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.75,0:36:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the body, that's the best you can \Npossibly do for your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.94,0:36:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: So then the energy of \Nthe mind how would you discern?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.51,0:37:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Discern it? Ah you are really bliss-ed out \Nyou are happy
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.08,0:37:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really great, great happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.56,0:37:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way.. because the energy and the \Nhappiness often go together
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.74,0:37:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why people actually take a cup\Nof coffee in the morning or something
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.82,0:37:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they are not only energized \Nthey are pleasant to speak to
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.54,0:37:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not so grumpy
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.34,0:37:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I say most of the anger and \Ngrumpiness comes from the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.84,0:37:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tiredness of the people have \Nin life. They are exhausted.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.08,0:37:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why if you got a Partner \Nplease don't talk to them
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.53,0:37:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they come home late.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.26,0:37:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just give them a cup of \Ntea or coffee whatever it is
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.44,0:37:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when that's gone through \Ntheir system
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.81,0:37:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they are really sort of tired \Ngive them an intravenous
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.91,0:37:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they come out \Nafterwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.54,0:37:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they are human beings again \Ninstead of some monster
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.06,0:37:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just tiredness that's all. \NExhausted
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.52,0:37:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have really had a big \Ngreat meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.93,0:38:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then ah! nothing will make \Nyou upset at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.12,0:38:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a sign of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.93,0:38:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: And you can use it in \Nnot only for yourself for
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.10,0:38:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other beings, solving problems ; \Nas an example a ball of energy
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.22,0:38:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you may like to focus \Nthat on something
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.88,0:38:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: It's a ball of energy but not\Nfrantic energy like in sort of coffee high
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.86,0:38:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not like stupid energy, like when \Npeople take drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.60,0:38:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural, beautiful, pure.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.86,0:38:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK John had a question first \NJohn was next before you Eddy
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.74,0:38:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: The Enlightenment Factors \NDo they get developed after
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.58,0:38:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone has developed Jhānas or \Ndo they start before.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.28,0:39:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: OK this is the same \Nas the Eight-fold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.20,0:39:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Severn Enlightenment Factors \Nthis is what you actually develop
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.93,0:39:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Eight-fold Path.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.43,0:39:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like a parallel way of \Ndescribing this development.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.27,0:39:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you know even for \NRight View
Dialogue: 0,0:39:13.30,0:39:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you got to know what is Right View
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.55,0:39:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you develop some mindfulness, \Nyou explore the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.52,0:39:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploring the Dhamma you get \Na huge amount of Right View there
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.05,0:39:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other factors of the \NEight-fold Path
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.20,0:39:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be actually mindful, the \NSeventh Factor
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.63,0:39:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness is not just something \Nwhich 'I am going to be mindful now'
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.83,0:39:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you develop it, you find its causes and \Nhow it gets stronger and stronger and stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.71,0:39:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the problems with the \Nmindfulness movement is their definition
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.42,0:39:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not according to Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.23,0:39:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they don't even take any \Naccount of just the powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.06,0:39:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness which you get \Nafter some deep meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.13,0:39:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is really cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.28,0:39:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the stillness there \Nis the Jhānas
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.86,0:39:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and equanimity is just \Nwhat happens when you get
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.67,0:40:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real right view in the Jhānas \Nnothing bothers you anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.67,0:40:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is a parallel development.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.50,0:40:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes Eddy.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.24,0:40:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: Ajahn Brahm, \Nthe way I interpret
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.76,0:40:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.95,0:40:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you know like, for me OK \Nlike you have the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.50,0:40:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are reading a book, you feel \Nlike a Dhamma book
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.10,0:40:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel happy you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.83,0:40:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like when you \Nmeet your partner
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.47,0:40:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is an energy comes in \Ngood energy, you become mindful
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.19,0:40:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these rapture, tranquility \Nstillness, equanimity
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.51,0:40:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all peaceful, happy \Nstates that arise.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.29,0:40:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Buddha breaks down\Nin this .. it happens all in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.86,0:40:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third to the seventh one \Nit's the happiness and peace
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.60,0:41:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are reading a book\Nthat come with the Dhamma
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.78,0:41:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what I mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.98,0:41:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: I see; but it doesn't take to \Naccount that every one of these ..
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.55,0:41:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based upon seclusion, \Nphysical and mental
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.48,0:41:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your eyes are shut, you are not reading a \Nbook or anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.74,0:41:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things fading away \Ncessation maturing in release.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.69,0:41:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the full meaning of that \Nis when you are meditating
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.72,0:41:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.20,0:41:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when you get really full \NSeven Factors of Enlightenment.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.88,0:41:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.51,0:41:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's why
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.14,0:41:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ones if you actually have it \Nin the Suttas as is usually translated
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.75,0:41:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have this last phrase;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.83,0:41:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every one of which is based upon seclusion \N(physical and mental), fading away,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.98,0:41:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cessation, maturing in release.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.82,0:42:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have that after every one, just to \Nmake the point that even if it is
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.79,0:42:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploring the Dhamma; it's exploring the \NDhamma based on seclusion, fading away
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.05,0:42:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cessation, maturing in release.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.87,0:42:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is actually reading, if you like the \NBook of the Heart
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.10,0:42:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not books like written by monks \Nlike Ajahn Brahm
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.34,0:42:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was always warned of that; \Nwriting a book
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.87,0:42:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was one thing which I \Nheard from a Zen Monk
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.89,0:42:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a lay Buddhist
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.96,0:42:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never write a book; because anyone \Nwho writes a book has to get the
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.53,0:42:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next seven life times as a donkey.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.67,0:42:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have written so many books now; I think \NI have about .. how many books now 6 or 7
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.38,0:42:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got about 50 life times \Nas a donkey to get through
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.64,0:42:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ajahn Laughs) that's only joking \Nbut it was a powerful saying
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.57,0:42:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the books are there actually to \Nshow a direction
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.76,0:42:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway let's get on to the next \Nendeavour
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.24,0:43:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is to develop something; once you've \Ndeveloped it, you got to maintain it
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.30,0:43:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is the endeavour to maintain?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.30,0:43:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, you keep in mind an arisen \Nmeditation object that generates stillness:
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.83,0:43:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as recollecting the Buddha, \Nthe Dhamma or the Sangha;
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.83,0:43:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a skeleton; or loving kindness; \Nor the breath; or a nimitta.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.86,0:43:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is called the endeavour to maintain.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.36,0:43:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is where you have \Nsomething good, of course
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.13,0:43:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not everybody has the Buddha, \Nthe Dhamma or the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.60,0:43:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you choose which one really \Nmean something for you
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.53,0:43:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not just the Buddha statue, \Nit's just what it signifies for you
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.31,0:43:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dhamma, what you understand \Nas the Dhamma, whatever creates stillness
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.18,0:43:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Sangha. Even if it's a skeleton \Nwhich is quite weird
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.24,0:43:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is a skeleton developing \Nstillness
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.16,0:43:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are many monks, not just monks; \Nother people do this as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.66,0:43:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is really quite strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.50,0:43:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must have been monks \Nin their previous lives
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.66,0:43:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or nuns in the previous lives
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.54,0:44:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes when they are meditating \Nthey can visualize the skeleton of mercy
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.46,0:44:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually a skull
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.89,0:44:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people say that's really weird you \NBuddhists, what do you visualize a skull for
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.13,0:44:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what actually happens; and this \Nhappens to so many people
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.34,0:44:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a skull comes up in their meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.01,0:44:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so easy to focus on
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.24,0:44:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it becomes just...\Nreal skulls are not pure white
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.91,0:44:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just a bit off colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.18,0:44:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they come really beautiful whites \Nwhiter than white
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.53,0:44:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it comes like a Nimitta
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.26,0:44:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something which they must have been \Ndeveloping in previous times
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.47,0:44:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just a natural \Nremembrance for them
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.54,0:44:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the skull becomes \Ninto a nimitta
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.43,0:44:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and becomes a beautiful thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.71,0:44:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breath or loving kindness \Nor the breath;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.02,0:44:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the breath is the most common \Nof the meditation objects
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.37,0:44:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've often said because it is \Nsomething which you
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.63,0:44:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you knew from the time you were in \Nyour mother's womb
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.21,0:45:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when you were on her chest \Nbreast feeding.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.30,0:45:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a rhythm which you can \Nremember as calming, secure, safe
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.01,0:45:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in various earliest times.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.07,0:45:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as such it has sort of a \Nremembrance which you
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.47,0:45:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you can't recall consciously
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.38,0:45:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from deep in your memory bank \Nsafety and security a very nice rhythm
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.83,0:45:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to observe.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.08,0:45:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also it's what happens when \Nother things disappear
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.99,0:45:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the breath is a very common \Nthing to maintain in the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:45:35.52,0:45:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a nimitta which is the beautiful \Nlight which come up in the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.32,0:45:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course to maintain those
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.79,0:45:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the endeavour to maintain those \Nhow do you...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.79,0:45:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have something like the breath \Nand keep it in mind
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.12,0:45:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you try to focus on the \Nbreath and hold it
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.78,0:45:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is always, I told that simile \Neven yesterday afternoon
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.32,0:46:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just holding a glass, you can never \Nmaintain that because you get tired
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.48,0:46:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.57,0:46:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it actually stays there; \Nit's very easy to keep things still
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.43,0:46:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like growing a tree
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.52,0:46:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't make the tree grow, your \Njob is to push aside or make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.35,0:46:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is nothing which damages \Nor destroys that tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.25,0:46:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So really what we are doing here \Nthe endeavour to maintain
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.51,0:46:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is letting go of all the obstacles, \Ndangers and stuff which would
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.34,0:46:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destroy the natural growth of your \Nmeditation object.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.65,0:46:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not making it develop, it's \Navoiding everything else
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.62,0:46:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, developing the \Npresent moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.71,0:46:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not focusing hard on the \Npresent moment;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.82,0:46:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to be on the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.90,0:46:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually avoiding the past \Nand avoiding the future
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.13,0:47:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when those other thing are let go of \Nare warded off
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.29,0:47:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the present moment is protected\Nfrom the past and the future
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.68,0:47:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then of course the present moment \Nwill develop
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.23,0:47:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the endeavour to maintain.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.44,0:47:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now restraining and abandoning, \Ndeveloping and maintaining,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.03,0:47:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These four endeavours were \Ntaught by the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.10,0:47:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By these means a diligent \Nmeditator in this very life,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.71,0:47:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can attain the destruction of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.92,0:47:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put that down there \Nbecause you see by that
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.65,0:47:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh!! that's all we need \Njust the six factors of the Eight-fold path
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.99,0:47:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restraining and abandoning, developing \Nand maintaining,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.95,0:47:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These four endeavours \Nwere taught by the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.80,0:47:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By these means an diligent \Nmeditator in this very life,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.54,0:47:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can attain the destruction of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.04,0:47:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say this because in the next one they say\Njust by mindfulness you can destroy suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.20,0:47:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I give the precepts \Nwhen I offer the precepts
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.77,0:47:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We usually chant
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.30,0:47:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imaani pañca sikkhaa-padaani \NSiilena sugating yanti
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.47,0:47:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Siilena bhoga-sampadaa.\NSiilena nibbuting yanti.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.24,0:48:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That this seela leads to Nibhana \NNibbuta--things stopping
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.34,0:48:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tasmaa siilang visodhaye.\NSo even the seela it is said leads to Enlightenment
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.64,0:48:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to do the seela, the precepts \Nproperly you have to have all the factors
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.54,0:48:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Eight-fold path
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.81,0:48:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even this one over here means\Nall the other factors have to come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.66,0:48:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is as if every one of the \NEight-fold Path \N
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.40,0:48:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs the other ones to be purified \Nto be able to do these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.38,0:48:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can't just say one factor is \Nenough, you have to do all the Eight
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.76,0:48:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just to go back on these ones
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.39,0:48:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see the big thing which \NI have done here
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.28,0:48:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which defers from what you had before
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.72,0:48:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of Right Effort \NRight Endeavour, restraining
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.63,0:48:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even like calling it Right Stopping \Nor Right non-doing
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.61,0:48:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's very hard
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.03,0:48:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Endeavour to restraint, \Nthe endeavour to abandon
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.88,0:49:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,endeavour to develop, \Nendeavour to maintain
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.06,0:49:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all based on the letting go \Nstopping and non-doing
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.100,0:49:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you try to do these things \Nyou'll find you just get more tensed
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.31,0:49:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you won't get anywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.88,0:49:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll just go now with this \None last little thing
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.88,0:49:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I was mentioning in \NEngland few days ago
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.76,0:49:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Prof Libet did some marvelous research \Nto show that there is no such thing as
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.37,0:49:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you consider to be free will.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.17,0:49:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did this little experiment \N(Ajahn bring his hand to shoulder level)
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.23,0:49:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you were..... he had so many \Nvictims or subjects whatever you wish to call them
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.14,0:49:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would flex their hands whenever \Nthey wanted to
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.60,0:49:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they decided to flex their hand \Nthey pressed a bottom (Ajahn demonstrating)
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.88,0:49:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he could actually reflex time by \Npressing the bottom to flexing your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.25,0:49:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he could actually see
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.75,0:49:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the person became aware \Nthat they decided, they chose to
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.96,0:50:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flex their wrist; to the millisecond
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.13,0:50:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time at a gizmo \Non the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.100,0:50:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was recording the \Nreadiness potential
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.82,0:50:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the brain lights up
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.02,0:50:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what he found which is \Nvery confronting
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.98,0:50:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the brain lights up first then \Nthe thing which you recognize as 'will'
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.95,0:50:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes next and then the action \Nfollows afterwards
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.36,0:50:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that which you recognize \Nassume to be 'will'
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.63,0:50:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not what starts the process
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.29,0:50:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the origin \Nof the event
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.71,0:50:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the time that you think you\Nwilled something
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.24,0:50:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's already in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.06,0:50:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The will does not start
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.31,0:50:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something else has made you will..
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.35,0:50:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he said after the process \N(is stopped) is started,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.77,0:51:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can interfere and stop it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.38,0:51:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.83,0:51:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a very wonderful use of the \NEnglish language
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.41,0:51:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wrote, with good proof;
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.54,0:51:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"there is no such thing as free will \Nbut there is free won't"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.88,0:51:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restraining, stopping \N'No I am not going to do that'
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.84,0:51:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No I am not going to say that \NNo I am not going to act in that way
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.03,0:51:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: not audible
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.26,0:51:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: It is conditioning
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.30,0:51:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what creates the brain lighting up \Nit's called conditioning, brain washing
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.76,0:51:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain washing by hypnosis, \Nbrain washing by advertising
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.35,0:51:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain washing by peer pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.57,0:51:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a trigger happens and automatically \Nsomething comes up and then you will
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.73,0:51:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think it is your choice
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.35,0:52:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best example which I ever saw \Nit was really.. I can never forget this
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.14,0:52:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it really shook me
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.01,0:52:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a student we had \NPsychic Research Society
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.59,0:52:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year we have really cool \Npeople coming up
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.52,0:52:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of them was a witch
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.38,0:52:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year a witch will come up \NI still remember his name
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.68,0:52:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trevor Ravenscroft \Nhe must be dead by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.48,0:52:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a great name for a witch \NTrevor Ravenscroft
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.42,0:52:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would come up and I \Nremember his lecture
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.13,0:52:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First time I've seen a witch
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.22,0:52:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said there are two types \Nof witches in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.08,0:52:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white witches and black witches
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.75,0:52:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black witches; they are the \Ndangerous ones, don't go near those
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.19,0:52:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are really got to be scary
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.79,0:52:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said don't worry \NI am a white witch, so you are safe
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.98,0:52:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he would say; you know \Neven black witches say they are white.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.28,0:52:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he paused and laughed \N(Ajahn laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.53,0:52:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he is a bit of an entertainer \Nhe has obviously done that
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.54,0:52:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a quite a few times
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.06,0:53:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he hypnotized (no another one \Nwas a hypnotist).
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.47,0:53:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hypnotists asked many \Npeople to be hypnotized
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.41,0:53:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is in the old days
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.54,0:53:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hypnosis has got much better \Nsince then;
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.29,0:53:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people can be hypnotized
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.65,0:53:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those days only a few
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.33,0:53:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was always one student \Nin about 100 people in the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.65,0:53:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is always one; \Nwho get totally hypnotized
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.95,0:53:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made this stupid things
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.73,0:53:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most important part was \Nwhen the hypnotist said
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.90,0:53:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on when I touched my \Nright earlobe
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.29,0:53:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will stand up and sing the \NBritish National Anthem
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.74,0:53:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in full in a loud voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.29,0:53:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a ridiculous thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.23,0:53:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then of course he took him \Nout of hypnosis sat down in his seat
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.31,0:53:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did a few other little demonstrations \Nthen he touched his right earlobe
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.35,0:53:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this student in the middle of \Nhauling, I was laughing, wetting my pants almost
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.00,0:53:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was so funny
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.78,0:53:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this fellow he didn't stop \Nhe sang the whole British National Anthem
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.82,0:53:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from beginning to end in a \Nloud voice
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.24,0:54:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a ridiculous thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.18,0:54:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then when we stopped laughing
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.60,0:54:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked him why did you do that;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.10,0:54:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when all these people \Nwere laughing at you
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.60,0:54:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he gave a good reason \Nfor it; a logical reason
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.44,0:54:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was scary
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.38,0:54:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was clear to all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.81,0:54:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for him, even the most ridiculous \Nthing he had done
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.30,0:54:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was his.. just to say
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.43,0:54:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could not distinguish that \Nfrom a freely chosen action.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.46,0:54:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It appeared same to him although \Nwe all knew he was made to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.86,0:54:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hypnotic suggestion
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.98,0:54:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he could not distinguish what \Nhe was made to do
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.56,0:54:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through hypnosis conditioning \Nto what he assumed to be free will
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.40,0:54:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how much of your free will \Nis actually yours
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.41,0:54:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much have you been \Nconditioned
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.99,0:54:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you can do is \Nfree won't
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.28,0:54:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can say \N"no I am not going to do that"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.77,0:55:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question; So then let's as a \Nhypothetical look at the fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.63,0:55:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe someone who hasn't been \Nconditioned by ... has lived
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.07,0:55:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(I don't know..whatever) \Nand demand is basically claimed
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.01,0:55:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How that affect...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.42,0:55:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: I think that cannot exist \Nbecause we are all
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.84,0:55:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditioned by different societies but \Nwhat it does show you
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.89,0:55:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are in a totally society \Nindigenous societies,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.33,0:55:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without TV, without sort of ... you are \Nconditioned by your own peer pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.93,0:55:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different conditioning but literary \Ndifferent ways of looking at the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.80,0:55:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better move on now because \Nthat's the right endeavour
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.28,0:55:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's all about stopping..
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.06,0:55:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the free won't, the no, the stop, \Nrestraint, letting go
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.10,0:55:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I call it endeavour \NEffort is doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.83,0:56:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one of the Eight-fold Path \Nis not doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.32,0:56:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopping, restraining \Nsay no to stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.100,0:56:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway we'll get on to the \Nfirst part of Right Mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.02,0:56:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a big one
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.57,0:56:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously there is no way \Nwe can finish it today
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.53,0:56:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we will get the \Nintroduction to it
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.82,0:56:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What, now, is right mindfulness?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.07,0:56:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all that translation is \Nabsolutely brilliant
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.62,0:56:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Professor Rhys Davids did this \Nover 100 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.24,0:56:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did also 'concentration' for the \NEighth Factor which was a big mistake
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.93,0:56:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this one absolutely brilliant.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.73,0:56:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where mindfulness came from \Nhe invented, coined the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.13,0:56:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Four Focuses of Mindfulness \Nlead in one direction only,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.61,0:56:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the purification of beings, \Nto going beyond sadness and crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.64,0:56:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the disappearance of \Nphysical and mental suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.01,0:56:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the attainment of the true way,\Nfor the realization of Nibbāna.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.80,0:56:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What four?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.23,0:56:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are, and I don't mind \Nsaying this, mischievous monks
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.08,0:57:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who say. the four facts of mindfulness \Nare the only path
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.08,0:57:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the purification of beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.12,0:57:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no way for anyone who \Nknows Pali
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.12,0:57:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who has read the Suttas \Neven the commentaries
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.50,0:57:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it never means that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.52,0:57:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a really mischievous \Ninterpretation
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.35,0:57:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just mindfulness; you need \Nall the other factors of the
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.80,0:57:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight-fold Path as well
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.75,0:57:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leading in one direction only, that was \Nonly Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.71,0:57:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is; can't really get better than that;\NI think in this context
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.14,0:57:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading one direction only to \NEnlightenment.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.55,0:57:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are these four focuses \Nof mindfulness?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.52,0:57:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having restrained the five hindrances, \Nyou can see how this is following on
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.86,0:57:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what went before the \NRight Endeavour is restraining these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.71,0:57:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restraining first of all and then we can \Nactually practice the next factor
Dialogue: 0,0:57:53.49,0:57:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.94,0:57:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having restrained the five hindrances, \Nyou abide aware of the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.34,0:58:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energized, knowing the purpose \Nof what you are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.07,0:58:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindful.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.29,0:58:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having restrained the five hindrances, \Nyou abide aware of experience
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.15,0:58:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what I call vedanā.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.43,0:58:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are few little translations \Nnew ones which I'll explain afterwards
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.83,0:58:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energized, knowing the purpose of \Nwhat you are doing and mindful
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.44,0:58:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having restrained the five hindrances, \Nyou are aware of the mind, the citta,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.33,0:58:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energized, knowing the purpose \Nof what you are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.72,0:58:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindful.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.61,0:58:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having restrained the five hindrances, \Nyou abide aware of mind-objects, ,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:27.98,0:58:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energized knowing the purpose of what \Nyou are doing, and mindful.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.42,0:58:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all having restrained the \Nfive hindrances
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.81,0:58:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Pali it is lōke abhijjhā vineyya \Nlōke abhijjhā dōmanassam
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.30,0:58:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the usual translation is having abandoned \Ngrief and covetousness for the world
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.69,0:58:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which even as a lay Buddhist \NWhat's the heck does that mean
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.68,0:58:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grief and covetousness for the world
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.30,0:58:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you actually look in the Pali \Nit's a synonym for the first two
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.08,0:58:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the five hindrances.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.09,0:59:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lōke abhijjhā is used as an \Nalternative for kammachanda
Dialogue: 0,0:59:03.62,0:59:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of the five hindrances.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.34,0:59:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dōmanassam is used in \Ntwo Suttas as an alternative
Dialogue: 0,0:59:10.73,0:59:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the second hindrance.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.22,0:59:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look for the commentaries \Nto both Satipaṭṭhāna Suttas
Dialogue: 0,0:59:17.12,0:59:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Maha Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta in the \Ndīgha Nikāya
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.66,0:59:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta in the \NMajjhima Nikāya
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.07,0:59:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For both of those the commentaries \Nsay these words means
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.49,0:59:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having abandoned covetousness \Nlōke abhijjhā dōmanassam vineyya \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:59:30.84,0:59:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means having abandoned \Nthe first two hindrances
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.06,0:59:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commentators are consistent
Dialogue: 0,0:59:36.82,0:59:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is ground for that \Ninterpretation
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.98,0:59:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very solid, convincing ground \Nfrom the Suttas.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.69,0:59:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what we have to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.94,0:59:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restraining the five hindrances \Nand they also say
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.07,0:59:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the idioms of Pali
Dialogue: 0,0:59:50.46,0:59:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the first two of a group \Nall the others in the group
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.81,0:59:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are assumed to be present \Nas well.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:57.64,1:00:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you say the BSWA and these \Nmonasteries (that's not very good)
Dialogue: 0,1:00:09.82,1:00:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have.. like the .. who is in the \NAustralian Cricket Team any more.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:14.50,1:00:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the Captain, the Vice Captain \Netc. the et cetera is always included
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.09,1:00:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the other people playing \Nin the Cricket Team.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.64,1:00:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here when you have five things \Nand the first two are mentioned
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.20,1:00:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commentaries always say the \Nthe other things are also included
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.27,1:00:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is an accurate description \Nrestraining the five hindrances
Dialogue: 0,1:00:36.79,1:00:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't abandoned the \Nfive hindrances yet
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.30,1:00:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you restrain them, lessen them,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.06,1:00:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially by what you have \Ndone so far;
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.88,1:00:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the previous factor the Right Effort \Nprevious to that (sorry Right Endeavour)
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.98,1:00:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,previous to that was your precepts \Nwhich helped also restrain the
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.30,1:01:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hindrances, just by Right Speech, \NRight Action, Right Livelihood
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.70,1:01:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that the Right Motivation
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.54,1:01:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,motivation you may have heard me say this \Nbefore, make peace, be kind, be gentle
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.82,1:01:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually restrains hindrances \Nand obviously coming from Right View.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:13.12,1:01:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These all linked together here.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.09,1:01:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Restrain the five hindrances first \Notherwise you are not mindful
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.80,1:01:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you abide aware of four things; the body, \Nexperience, sometimes it's called feelings.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:26.66,1:01:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feelings is not a very good word, it can \Nbe emotional, it can be body sensations
Dialogue: 0,1:01:33.43,1:01:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what it really means is, this thing \Nwhich we notice as experience
Dialogue: 0,1:01:37.91,1:01:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha defines experience as \Npleasant and unpleasant or in-between
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.96,1:01:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is just a way of pointing to \Nsort of what we are actually looking at
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.100,1:01:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the experience
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.93,1:02:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as well, you might say; heat, cold \Nwindy that points to weather, the climate
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.05,1:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's not really feelings, it's not \Npleasure, pain and in-between
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.56,1:02:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's pointing at this thing which \Nwe know as experience
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.75,1:02:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mind, the citta
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.21,1:02:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is when the five senses disappear \Nyou know what that is.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:15.87,1:02:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mind objects \Nyou will find later on
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.42,1:02:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was really good work by people like \NAjahn Sujato, Analiyo and Ajahn Brahmali
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.66,1:02:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who actually looked at versions of \Nthe Satipaṭṭhāna and discovered that
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.30,1:02:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the earliest versions, the mind object\Nonly had two mind objects to focus on
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.22,1:02:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was the five hindrances and \Nthe Seven Enlightenment Factors,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.72,1:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just those two
Dialogue: 0,1:02:39.24,1:02:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems the other ones \Nwere added later on
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.03,1:02:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not wrong to add those but it \Ntakes away the focus of these are
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.06,1:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being aware of the hindrances which \Nactually block you from developing the
Dialogue: 0,1:02:53.57,1:02:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,path and becoming enlightened
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.35,1:03:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or focusing on their opposites, that \Nwhich actually develops Enlightenment.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.82,1:03:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's actually a very powerful \Nunderstanding of why those two were there;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.01,1:03:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other ones added later,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.60,1:03:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not wrong; but they take \Nthe focus away from the meaning
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.82,1:03:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of why the Buddha actually chose those \Nthings as part of Satipaṭṭhāna
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.28,1:03:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energized-so you can't do like (Ajahn \Nmakes a tired noise) with sloth and torpor
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.20,1:03:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do this when you develop \Nsome restrain,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.43,1:03:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop the restraint to the \Nhindrances
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.07,1:03:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was saying in the question \N...... afterwards
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.53,1:03:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get energized when you have \Nrestraint
Dialogue: 0,1:03:32.71,1:03:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing the purpose of \Nwhat you are doing and mindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.82,1:03:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so knowing the purpose of \Nwhat you are doing
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.29,1:03:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so often I have told people \Nyeah mindfulness is great
Dialogue: 0,1:03:42.16,1:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you must remember the \Npurpose of what you are doing.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:44.82,1:03:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you are driving a car in the \Nbusy traffic, you are not
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.93,1:03:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focusing on your breath
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.84,1:03:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in.....
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.03,1:03:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get a crash
Dialogue: 0,1:03:58.14,1:04:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You focus on the traffic; what's \Nthe purpose of driving
Dialogue: 0,1:04:03.75,1:04:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or when you are late for an aircraft
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.20,1:04:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you don't do slow walking \Nlifting lifting..... you run
Dialogue: 0,1:04:14.61,1:04:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so sometimes it's actually crazy \Nwhen you don't follow the Satipaṭṭhāna
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.31,1:04:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the purpose of what you are doing?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.60,1:04:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the other one which \Nyou heard me saying many times
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.38,1:04:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people say ah! Buddhists you always \Nlet go, let go, let go, let go
Dialogue: 0,1:04:28.25,1:04:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excepting from the back of a \Nmotorbike through heavy traffic
Dialogue: 0,1:04:31.60,1:04:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attach, do not let go
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.47,1:04:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise you will fall off and \Ninjure yourself
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.60,1:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why you are doing this \Nwhy you are watching the body
Dialogue: 0,1:04:41.60,1:04:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why you are watching the experience \Nwhy you are aware of the mind
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.59,1:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why you are aware of mind objects \Nwhy?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.84,1:04:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that becomes very clear \Nin a few moments
Dialogue: 0,1:04:49.82,1:04:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindful
Dialogue: 0,1:04:52.14,1:04:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is in brief the Satipaṭṭhāna
Dialogue: 0,1:04:56.25,1:04:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so how you are mindful of the body
Dialogue: 0,1:04:59.52,1:05:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is many objects in body awareness \Nbreathing, there's the four postures
Dialogue: 0,1:05:05.33,1:05:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comprehension of the Purpose, \NThe Bodily Parts, Elements
Dialogue: 0,1:05:08.66,1:05:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charnel Ground meditations
Dialogue: 0,1:05:12.25,1:05:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway we will start with \Njust the breath
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.70,1:05:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to a quite secluded place, \Nsit down comfortably
Dialogue: 0,1:05:20.47,1:05:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give priority to establishing \Nmindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:05:24.46,1:05:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is standard Ānāpānasati
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.33,1:05:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quiet secluded place, if you can \Nthere are secluded places around
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.87,1:05:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's amazing that even in cities
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.23,1:05:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the quietest places can \Nbe an apartment buildings
Dialogue: 0,1:05:40.53,1:05:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you don't hear stuff
Dialogue: 0,1:05:46.07,1:05:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here I heard something a few moments ago \NI think it was an ice-cream van
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.33,1:05:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't hear the ice-cream van when you\Nare in the 26th story of an apartment block
Dialogue: 0,1:05:54.69,1:06:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes... you wonder like hermits \Nhermits living in the city
Dialogue: 0,1:06:02.75,1:06:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, you can actually disappear \Nin a city
Dialogue: 0,1:06:06.03,1:06:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the forest you get all \Nthese people just coming to see you ..
Dialogue: 0,1:06:09.56,1:06:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fire officers and other people \Nmaking sure you are safe
Dialogue: 0,1:06:13.66,1:06:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the fire season
Dialogue: 0,1:06:15.41,1:06:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I wonder whether we should \Nbe forest monks in the city
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.50,1:06:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secluded, peaceful
Dialogue: 0,1:06:23.75,1:06:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway I always have these ideas
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.18,1:06:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just always think outside the box
Dialogue: 0,1:06:29.56,1:06:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you go to secluded place \Nsit down comfortably
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.07,1:06:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now that was a translation \Njust that you don't have to
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.16,1:06:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit down in full-lotus, \Nwith your back straight
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.06,1:06:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pain all over the place
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.02,1:06:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit down comfortably and give \Npriority to establishing mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.52,1:06:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word is parimukha which means..
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.28,1:06:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people say in front of you
Dialogue: 0,1:06:56.53,1:06:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that word in front of you
Dialogue: 0,1:06:58.65,1:07:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of what? where am I
Dialogue: 0,1:07:01.29,1:07:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't say in front of the nose \Nit doesn't say in front of the belly
Dialogue: 0,1:07:04.53,1:07:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Parimukha
Dialogue: 0,1:07:06.22,1:07:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it does not mean literally, \Nphysically, spatially in front
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.75,1:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means like the same word as \Ngiving priority, giving it first place
Dialogue: 0,1:07:16.84,1:07:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front, the first thing you \Nneed to do
Dialogue: 0,1:07:20.56,1:07:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why give priority to \Nestablishing mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:07:23.78,1:07:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's actually what we do.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:25.58,1:07:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So before you even watch the breath \Nyou establish mindfulness first of all
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.75,1:07:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's from that where you get me \Nmonks like me teaching
Dialogue: 0,1:07:35.79,1:07:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit down and just relax the body \Nbe mindful of the body
Dialogue: 0,1:07:40.05,1:07:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make sure the body is nice and comfortable \Nand then present moment awareness
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.23,1:07:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just subdue your thinking \Njust so that you can
Dialogue: 0,1:07:48.86,1:07:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.87,1:07:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are skill thinking of the \Npast and the future
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.67,1:07:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or thinking about anything \Nyou are not really being mindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:58.93,1:08:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you are silent in this moment \Nyou have established mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.14,1:08:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that's one of the reasons \Nwhy people who do breath meditation
Dialogue: 0,1:08:07.58,1:08:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think they can't do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:09.81,1:08:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or they do it just for a short period \Nof time and it runs away
Dialogue: 0,1:08:13.23,1:08:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they haven't \Ndone the preparation,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:14.87,1:08:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they haven't made the foundation
Dialogue: 0,1:08:17.26,1:08:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do the foundation first, and then \Nit's so easy afterwards
Dialogue: 0,1:08:22.60,1:08:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anyway that is just giving the \Nbeginning of the mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:08:27.42,1:08:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will come the next time I \Nam sitting here.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:30.33,1:08:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today we just focused on \Nthe Right Endeavour
Dialogue: 0,1:08:36.03,1:08:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any questions from here before \Nwe get the ones from overseas
Dialogue: 0,1:08:41.23,1:08:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.83,1:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: I heard it said that the \Nhindrances can't be restraint unless
Dialogue: 0,1:08:46.14,1:08:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one develops the Eight-fold Path \NIs that correct?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:50.44,1:08:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn: no what that actually says
Dialogue: 0,1:08:52.57,1:08:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the Naḷakapāna Sutta 68 \NI think I got that number right
Dialogue: 0,1:08:58.24,1:09:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that without having experienced \Nthe Jhānas
Dialogue: 0,1:09:02.19,1:09:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the five hindrances invade \Nthe mind and remain
Dialogue: 0,1:09:06.59,1:09:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with \Nweariness and discontent
Dialogue: 0,1:09:11.41,1:09:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that saying of the Buddha \Nin Naḷakapāna Sutta Majjhima Nikaya
Dialogue: 0,1:09:16.51,1:09:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we are saying here is that;
Dialogue: 0,1:09:18.73,1:09:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really get those \Nfive hindrances abandoned
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.27,1:09:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the Jhānas.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:23.64,1:09:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they are gone for hours or \Neven days sometimes
Dialogue: 0,1:09:27.43,1:09:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no discontent, just happy \Nno matter what happens
Dialogue: 0,1:09:31.83,1:09:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no weariness, full of energy
Dialogue: 0,1:09:34.53,1:09:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often you can't sleep at night \Nwhich is fine you don't need to
Dialogue: 0,1:09:38.76,1:09:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So but to restrain the hindrances \Nis different than overcoming them
Dialogue: 0,1:09:43.82,1:09:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and restraining the hindrances \Nis done by the other ways of the path
Dialogue: 0,1:09:48.22,1:09:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like stopping, letting go
Dialogue: 0,1:09:51.71,1:09:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example you know lust or something \Nif you start a fantasy
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.33,1:10:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you start it, and you don't \Nstop it quickly, it's got you.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.48,1:10:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start anger \Na train of thoughts
Dialogue: 0,1:10:04.00,1:10:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a very beautiful English metaphor \Na train of thought
Dialogue: 0,1:10:07.31,1:10:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can stop the train when it is \Njust leaving the station
Dialogue: 0,1:10:10.95,1:10:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it stops pretty quickly, \Nwithin a few feet
Dialogue: 0,1:10:14.54,1:10:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if it is running along the \Ntrack at 120 km an hour
Dialogue: 0,1:10:18.52,1:10:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is very hard to stop, \Ntakes a long time
Dialogue: 0,1:10:22.51,1:10:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is why just the \Nrestraining of the hindrances;
Dialogue: 0,1:10:27.35,1:10:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's enough to be mindful to actually \Ngo deeper and to stop them for hours.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:35.74,1:10:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK let's get some from overseas
Dialogue: 0,1:10:41.83,1:10:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we go
Dialogue: 0,1:10:44.11,1:10:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh someone living in Thailand
Dialogue: 0,1:10:53.27,1:10:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part 1: Dear Ajahn Brahm; right now I am \Nconfused with terminology especially
Dialogue: 0,1:10:57.96,1:11:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some come from other schools too \Nthese might cover each other
Dialogue: 0,1:11:01.92,1:11:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely or partially. My question at \Nthe moment is would you please
Dialogue: 0,1:11:06.58,1:11:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clarify the difference or similarity \Nbetween mindfulness, consciousness
Dialogue: 0,1:11:10.10,1:11:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakening and awareness.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:13.62,1:11:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn. OK mindfulness and awareness\Nare pretty much identical.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:19.58,1:11:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to be aware is like being mindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:24.01,1:11:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also sometimes the mindfulness \Nmeans something a little bit more than
Dialogue: 0,1:11:28.52,1:11:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being aware. It is always \Nusually accompanied by
Dialogue: 0,1:11:32.60,1:11:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing what you should be \Ndoing with this.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:35.32,1:11:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Mindfulness and Wisdom
Dialogue: 0,1:11:37.14,1:11:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Sati Saṃprajanya \Nor Sati Paññā
Dialogue: 0,1:11:40.28,1:11:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the example of that is a story of a\Nvery wealthy woman;
Dialogue: 0,1:11:49.69,1:11:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are saying you are \Nin Thailand here,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:51.90,1:11:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Thailand who goes to \Nthe temple one evening
Dialogue: 0,1:11:55.92,1:12:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she tells the guard of her mansion \Nat the little gate house in the front
Dialogue: 0,1:12:01.76,1:12:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please be mindful this evening \Nthere's many burglars around and
Dialogue: 0,1:12:06.52,1:12:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many houses in the district \Nhave been robbed.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.85,1:12:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the guard said\N'Yes Madam I would be mindful'
Dialogue: 0,1:12:15.68,1:12:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she comes back from \Nthe temple she finds that her
Dialogue: 0,1:12:19.62,1:12:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mansion has been ransacked.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:22.03,1:12:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The robbers have been in there \Nand taken everything
Dialogue: 0,1:12:25.30,1:12:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she is very upset at her \Ngate keeper, her guard, her security
Dialogue: 0,1:12:29.90,1:12:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I told you security guard to be mindful"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:33.54,1:12:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But we were madam" \N"How come we got robbed"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:36.98,1:12:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well madam I was very mindful, very \Naware, burglars were going into the house
Dialogue: 0,1:12:42.50,1:12:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I noted, burglars going in, \Nburglar going in, burglar going in
Dialogue: 0,1:12:46.35,1:12:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw them coming out of your mansion \Ncarrying all your jewelry and I was noting
Dialogue: 0,1:12:51.27,1:12:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jewelry going out, jewelry going out \Njewelry going out
Dialogue: 0,1:12:54.72,1:12:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw them go back in again with their\Nbig truck, their lorry
Dialogue: 0,1:12:58.89,1:13:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I noted; lorry going in, lorry going in
Dialogue: 0,1:13:01.30,1:13:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw them the safe, the big safe \NI saw the safe being put on to the truck
Dialogue: 0,1:13:05.80,1:13:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gong out. Safe going out, safe going \Nout; I was mindful all the time madam
Dialogue: 0,1:13:10.72,1:13:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was totally aware.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:14.64,1:13:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why that's mindfulness \Nwithout wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.37,1:13:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awareness without knowing the \Nconsequences of what you are doing.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:22.35,1:13:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in Dhamma it's not just being mindful; \Nit's actually being aware as well.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:27.80,1:13:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the consciousness being conscious is;\N
Dialogue: 0,1:13:32.89,1:13:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone is conscious \Nunless they are dead.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:37.44,1:13:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the connection between mindfulness \Nand consciousness is
Dialogue: 0,1:13:42.55,1:13:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness is usually focused on \Nreally important areas of life.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:48.32,1:13:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things like; you are aware of the body \Nyes, you are conscious of the body
Dialogue: 0,1:13:53.29,1:14:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are aware in it in the sense that \Ncertain practices which can underline or
Dialogue: 0,1:14:00.10,1:14:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncover the nature of this body.\NThe nature of experience; the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:05.26,1:14:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why these four focuses of \Nmindfulness are like the
Dialogue: 0,1:14:08.37,1:14:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four little mines as they have \Nin Western Australia
Dialogue: 0,1:14:12.93,1:14:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wells we can find really sweet water, \Nplaces where you can find treasure
Dialogue: 0,1:14:19.18,1:14:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so places to look which are \Nreally important.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:21.80,1:14:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mindfulness focus on places \Nwhere you really find something
Dialogue: 0,1:14:25.96,1:14:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and awakening that actually has \Na very good connection with
Dialogue: 0,1:14:31.27,1:14:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness and awareness.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:33.90,1:14:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As mindfulness becomes \Nempowered, in other words
Dialogue: 0,1:14:38.32,1:14:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are really mindful \Nas I was saying earlier
Dialogue: 0,1:14:40.100,1:14:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of stillness,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:42.64,1:14:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing mindfulness becomes \Nmore and more energized,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:45.22,1:14:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it becomes more and \Nmore energized you see more,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:49.20,1:14:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you see becomes \Nmore enjoyable, beautiful
Dialogue: 0,1:14:52.93,1:14:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so hard to get negative
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.03,1:14:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your awareness get empowered
Dialogue: 0,1:14:58.08,1:15:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is like you are awakening
Dialogue: 0,1:15:00.100,1:15:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may think you are fully awake now \Nha ha ha compared to when you get into
Dialogue: 0,1:15:06.03,1:15:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really deep meditations \Nthat come on afterwards
Dialogue: 0,1:15:08.55,1:15:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow; now I am really am awake
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.39,1:15:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see so much more, \Nyou can feel more
Dialogue: 0,1:15:14.90,1:15:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a small breeze coming in \Nthrough the door this afternoon here
Dialogue: 0,1:15:19.41,1:15:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can really feel it fully, \Nyou are really awake to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:25.51,1:15:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multiply that multiply that \Nthat's what being really awake.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:29.35,1:15:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's actually the meaning of the \Nword Buddha
Dialogue: 0,1:15:32.68,1:15:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it comes from the Pali word buddhajji\Nwhich means to wake up
Dialogue: 0,1:15:37.49,1:15:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not wake up to some idea
Dialogue: 0,1:15:39.73,1:15:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just 'come on stupid, wake up"\N(Ajahn knocking on his head)
Dialogue: 0,1:15:42.39,1:15:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually naturally
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.73,1:15:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to see, \Nbeing able to know
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.04,1:15:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to feel so fully.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.47,1:15:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what awakening is.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:54.89,1:16:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway hopefully that's \Nhelpful for you in Thailand
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.49,1:16:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from the USA-Non self at times has \Ncaused me to do too little
Dialogue: 0,1:16:04.74,1:16:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing there is no free will anyway \Nso why even try? How to avoid this danger?
Dialogue: 0,1:16:09.96,1:16:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are willing yourself to be lazy. \NSo it's not free will, it's free won't
Dialogue: 0,1:16:20.12,1:16:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I won't be lazy, I would do whatever \Nis necessary because you are being
Dialogue: 0,1:16:27.25,1:16:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditioned not from your own ideas \Nnot from lazy ideas, but from the idea also
Dialogue: 0,1:16:35.02,1:16:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of compassion, kindness which \Nleads to service.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:40.06,1:16:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can take the message from \Nsomeone like the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.57,1:16:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone who is so compassionate \Njust work your butt-off for other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.51,1:16:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is when I've ever gone to see \NAjahn Gunha, which many of you know him
Dialogue: 0,1:16:55.63,1:17:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great monk, that he was the monk \NI don't know last time I told you this story
Dialogue: 0,1:17:00.85,1:17:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we go; the rumour was going around \Nthe monks that he was Fully Enlightened
Dialogue: 0,1:17:11.28,1:17:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was the rumour, the gossip \Ngoing around
Dialogue: 0,1:17:15.14,1:17:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was there under Ajahn Chah's hut \Nwith all the senior monks
Dialogue: 0,1:17:20.78,1:17:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know many many more senior \Nthan him
Dialogue: 0,1:17:23.78,1:17:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Ajahn Chah started a conversation
Dialogue: 0,1:17:26.90,1:17:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he asked the most senior monk \Nthere I think it was Ajahn Jhan at the time
Dialogue: 0,1:17:30.40,1:17:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ajahn Jhan are you Enlightened yet?" \Nhe said "No"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.36,1:17:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asked the next monk \N"how about you" "No"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:38.56,1:17:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the monks.. "Are you"\N"No"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:40.80,1:17:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got to Ajahn Gunha \Nhe said "yes"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:45.06,1:17:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that made everyone "wow" \Nin front of the great teacher
Dialogue: 0,1:17:49.76,1:17:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said he got no more \Ndefilements
Dialogue: 0,1:17:52.26,1:17:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened next \NAjahn Chah said "come upstairs"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:56.68,1:17:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll always wish \Nyou were the fly on the wall
Dialogue: 0,1:17:58.79,1:18:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Ajahn Chah say? \NWhat did he do? to this monk
Dialogue: 0,1:18:03.92,1:18:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we didn't know at the time \Nbut we found out afterwards
Dialogue: 0,1:18:08.46,1:18:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said "your job is to do lots \Nof loving kindness, metta, compassion
Dialogue: 0,1:18:14.01,1:18:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop that"
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.76,1:18:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why he became, \Nmany of you have gone to see him
Dialogue: 0,1:18:21.56,1:18:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see he's compassionate, \Nkind monk
Dialogue: 0,1:18:25.99,1:18:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that drives you.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:28.26,1:18:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So believing there is no free-will \Nyou don't believe it
Dialogue: 0,1:18:31.89,1:18:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nothing about belief; \Nit's realization, knowing it
Dialogue: 0,1:18:35.80,1:18:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you really is, sort of \Nletting go of the sense of self
Dialogue: 0,1:18:41.02,1:18:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's the sense of others \Nme, them all the same
Dialogue: 0,1:18:45.54,1:18:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connection between the \Ntwo of us
Dialogue: 0,1:18:48.59,1:18:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then what gets replaced \Nis desire and craving
Dialogue: 0,1:18:51.73,1:18:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kindness and service
Dialogue: 0,1:18:55.43,1:19:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the sign that you have understood \Nnon self, it's not that you become lazy
Dialogue: 0,1:19:01.24,1:19:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll be working harder than before
Dialogue: 0,1:19:04.30,1:19:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion drives you \Nnot what I want
Dialogue: 0,1:19:08.84,1:19:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what is needed for service
Dialogue: 0,1:19:12.49,1:19:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hopefully that makes sense
Dialogue: 0,1:19:17.74,1:19:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway any comments or \Nquestions about that
Dialogue: 0,1:19:23.49,1:19:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going.. going... gone!
Dialogue: 0,1:19:26.58,1:19:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok Very good. So we usually now \Npay respects to Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:19:31.80,1:19:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you again for those questions \Nfrom overseas and the questions here
Dialogue: 0,1:19:38.28,1:20:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu......