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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.27,0:00:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[gong sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.36,0:01:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning, dear respected Thay,\Ndear noble Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today is November the 16th\Nin the year 2017
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.92,0:01:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today I have the great opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.57,0:01:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer the first Dharma talk\Nof the winter retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.70,0:01:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at the community,\NI see a very big family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.23,0:02:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For any of you who is here\Nfor the first time at our winter retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.36,0:02:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome to the Plum Village family,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.20,0:02:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome to the spiritual family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.60,0:02:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that during your time with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will arrive and \Nfeel at home at every moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.44,0:02:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you walk you'll see that you're not\Nwalking in a foreign place
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.33,0:02:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you feel that this is your home too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our tradition the winter retreat has \Na very important aspect for us monastics
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for all those who aspire to live
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.38,0:02:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to put into practice \Nthe life of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.82,0:02:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this tradition that carries\Nthe spirit of calming, of being at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.12,0:03:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to still oneself in mind and body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.80,0:03:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also to enrich and deepen\Nour practice, our aspirations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.38,0:03:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time, learn to live \Nin harmony with the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.81,0:03:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I would like\Nto break it down one by one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.71,0:03:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the practices that I have used\Nthroughout my years in these retreats.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.75,0:03:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a monk, I never knew\Nthat we would travel so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.07,0:03:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was, you go and shave your head,\Nyou wear a robe and you sit all day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.06,0:03:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually it's quite opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.83,0:03:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you learn \Nand the more you practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.12,0:03:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you actually see that what you have,\Nyou don't want to be selfish about it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.92,0:04:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to be able \Nto share it with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.49,0:04:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in this tradition we have \Nthe culture of opening our doors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to welcome the many people \Nto come and learn and practice with us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.65,0:04:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time as a monastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.21,0:04:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the opportunity to travel \Nto different places around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.84,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in touch with different cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.31,0:04:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in touch with different environments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.11,0:04:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in order to share what we \Nhave invested our self into,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.03,0:04:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch the wonderful \Nseeds in other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.77,0:04:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually, as a monk \Nwe also travel so much
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.58,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and travelling has its benefits,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.40,0:04:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get to expand our horizons
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.94,0:04:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get to see and learn\Nnew things to enrich our life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.81,0:05:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, learning to be home \Nand learning to be still is as important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.14,0:05:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.92,0:05:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is important is to be \Nin touch with ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.71,0:05:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the real how, who we are \Nhow we are doing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.41,0:05:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to always come \Nback to that question
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.57,0:05:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because mindfulness is the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.33,0:05:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know what is going on\Ninside of us and around us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.67,0:05:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easier sometimes to take care of \Nsomebody else than to take care of oneself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.09,0:05:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so here we need to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.78,0:05:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to really put our energy \Nin caring for ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.04,0:05:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to fuel ourselves \Nwith the practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.30,0:05:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.55,0:05:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we have something\Nthat we can offer throughout the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.76,0:06:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that our roots are very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.41,0:06:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us, we have roots that we have to \Nbe in touch with and have to connect to.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.69,0:06:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a monastic, as a practitioner
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.80,0:06:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the roots of our spiritual family
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.77,0:06:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that we always \Nhave to be in touch with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.22,0:06:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a lay member we can also \Nbe in touch with those spiritual roots
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.11,0:06:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're coming from our ancestors
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.18,0:06:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from our culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.44,0:06:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is deep down inside
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.33,0:06:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feeling of wanting \Nto be able to touch peace
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.88,0:06:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to be in touch with happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.45,0:06:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability to make one mindful in-breath
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.02,0:06:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are all spiritual elements \Nthat are deep down inside of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.40,0:07:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have this very special opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.62,0:07:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day, to enrich it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.58,0:07:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day to deepen it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.09,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day to cultivate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.90,0:07:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These roots are what connects\Nall of us in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.02,0:07:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all have aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.02,0:07:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how can we live in harmony\Nand how can we be happy together?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.36,0:07:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because deep down inside\Nwe all do have a same aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.06,0:07:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we are in touch with that,\Nwe can feel the connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can feel the interbeing of one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.10,0:07:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me and my brown brothers,\Nmy brown sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.54,0:07:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me, brown eyes in the robe, \Nthe brown family,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.16,0:07:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to see that,\Nwe have to see those roots
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.66,0:08:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connect all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.71,0:08:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's always a void \Nthat comes from time to time
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.11,0:08:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feeling of loneliness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.44,0:08:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a feeling of separation is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.67,0:08:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you can make an in-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.78,0:08:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can connect to your brothers' \Nor your sisters' energy of practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.30,0:08:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, somehow you feel embraced \Nby their presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.08,0:08:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel embraced by their practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.24,0:08:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That connection is one of the values
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.48,0:08:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the treasures \Nof being in a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.50,0:08:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a member of this community \Nwe also have the responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.45,0:08:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer that to our brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.73,0:08:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer that to our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.61,0:09:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, just like the practice \Nof mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.16,0:09:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first exercise is to identify \Nthe in-breath and the out-breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.07,0:09:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very basic but very crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.01,0:09:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have the capacity to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.38,0:09:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to identify just the in-breath \Nand the out-breath
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.18,0:09:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that means you will have the capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.87,0:09:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify your suffering\Nand your happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.33,0:09:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things that are going on\Nhappening inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.06,0:09:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you cannot identify \Nyour in-breath and your out-breath
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.33,0:09:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any moment that you need,\Nthen there's some training to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.44,0:09:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we cannot identify our \Nin-breath and out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.86,0:09:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then how can we recognize\Nwhat is going on inside of us?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.62,0:10:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why the basic,\Nfundamental practice is very crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.68,0:10:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It lays our foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.19,0:10:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to go deeper \Ninto other elements in our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.66,0:10:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at any moment in the day \Nin the retreat you feel lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.89,0:10:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know there is a friend with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.50,0:10:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is your breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.74,0:10:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breath is always with you, \Nno matter what.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.59,0:10:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as you are alive, \Nthat breath is with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.29,0:10:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So identifying and \Nbeing one with the breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.92,0:10:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a discipline and \Nit's an important practice
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.74,0:10:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is what is the beginning\Nof the practice of awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.58,0:10:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beginning of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just one in-breath and one out-breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.54,0:10:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we follow along \Nwith the second practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.29,0:11:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we follow our in-breath\Nfrom the beginning to the end
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.18,0:11:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we follow our out-breath \Nfrom the beginning to the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.27,0:11:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're able to practice in that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.22,0:11:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we give rise, and there is \Na concentration that is born within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.16,0:11:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you are concentrated like that,\Nyou give your mind a break,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.34,0:11:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a break from running \Nfrom thought to thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.50,0:11:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.25,0:11:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but concentrated with just one \Nin-breath and one out-breath
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.19,0:11:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that develops the concentration \Nwhich helps still the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.02,0:12:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time,\Nwhen the mind is still,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.49,0:12:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the body will also follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.91,0:12:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the mind is too active.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.17,0:12:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we pay attention to the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.00,0:12:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what comes at third practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.43,0:12:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you breathe in,\Nyou become aware of your body
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.90,0:12:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your body is a physical presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.29,0:12:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sometimes easier to be aware \Nof the physical presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.87,0:12:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the mind is harder to grasp,\Nit's harder to follow
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.32,0:12:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the body is something you can feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.76,0:12:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tension, the pain or the relaxation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.64,0:12:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A relaxation you can offer to your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.72,0:12:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aware of your body as you breathe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.81,0:13:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and relaxing the body as you breathe out.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.49,0:13:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can feel it in your shoulders,\Nyou can feel it in your neck
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.67,0:13:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your chest, your abdomen,\Nyour whole body.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.06,0:13:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we learn \Nto be in touch with the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.47,0:13:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are one with the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.54,0:13:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're also welcoming \Nthe mind home to the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.30,0:13:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more we are able to recognize,\Nand be with the body and the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.43,0:13:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we are enhancing our presence \Nin the here and the now.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.50,0:13:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice is to be\Nin the here and the now,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.72,0:13:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is the aspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.77,0:14:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't think we can always \Nbe in the here and the now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.13,0:14:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not many of us are there yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.66,0:14:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are, you are the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.80,0:14:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll be bowing to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.56,0:14:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most of us,\Nwe are part time Buddha's, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.91,0:14:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like what Thay says, not full time, \Nbut we are part time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.34,0:14:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the more we are in touch with the \Npresent moment, with our body and mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.06,0:14:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we enhance our capacity of\Nbeing in the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.73,0:14:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are nourishing more \Nour Dharma body.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.02,0:14:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each and every one of us \Nhas our physical body
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.99,0:14:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we care for by exercising
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.57,0:14:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by sleeping, by resting and by food,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.61,0:14:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you start to practice \Nand you are in this community
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.48,0:15:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a second body you give rise to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.81,0:15:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that manifests as you practice
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.95,0:15:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is the Dharma body.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.63,0:15:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dharma body also needs food,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.49,0:15:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the food comes from the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.14,0:15:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, every morning when we do sitting\Nand we hear the morning chant,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.11,0:15:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dharma body is bringing morning light.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.35,0:15:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So each and every one of us \Nhas this fire within,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.42,0:15:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this fire that glows.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.94,0:15:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.16,0:15:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the reasons why I\Nbecame a monk...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.57,0:15:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... was because I saw how\Nbeautiful the monastics were
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.95,0:15:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had this glow,\Nand many of you still do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.77,0:15:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had this glow
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.12,0:15:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this glow that didn't\Nneed words to express
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.67,0:16:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they carry it\Nthrough just a way of being
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.94,0:16:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way of walking,\Nthe way of approaching me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.92,0:16:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way of sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.61,0:16:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never forget \Nmy first encounter with a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.71,0:16:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Plum Village monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.17,0:16:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was in 1996,\Nmy first time to Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.72,0:16:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father said, we were going to France
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.76,0:16:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought, oh, Paris, Eiffel Tower,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.32,0:16:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the first stop\Nwas Village des Pruniers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.42,0:16:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea what\Nwe were getting ourselves into
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.37,0:16:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember the monk picking us up\Nfrom Sainte-Foy-La-Grande.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.64,0:16:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the first young monk \Nthat I've ever met in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.06,0:16:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way he greeted us,\Nkind of blew me away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.64,0:16:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the way he bowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.51,0:17:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He joined his palms\Nand he bowed to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.13,0:17:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was only nine
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.85,0:17:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I somehow felt, oh my god!\NA monk is respecting me,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.18,0:17:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow! this is weird, this is rare...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.76,0:17:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was really in awe by his presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.83,0:17:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the way he took our luggage,\Nthe way he brought us to our room,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.02,0:17:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he showed us where to serve our food.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.65,0:17:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a very small detail\NI carried in my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.06,0:17:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I carry in my consciousness, too, now,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.86,0:17:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something that changed my perspective\Nof Buddhism or of a monastic
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.32,0:17:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that wasn't done by word,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.16,0:17:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't done by a Dharma talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.32,0:17:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was done just by his presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.11,0:18:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that was done, and what \NI saw, was his Dharma body.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.92,0:18:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Dharma body that he has cultivated \Nthrough many years of practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.94,0:18:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that has been\Ntranslated into his daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.36,0:18:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So each and every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.20,0:18:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have this Dharma body that we are\Ncultivating and nourishing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.31,0:18:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nourishing it is as important \Nas nourishing our physical bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.47,0:18:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this winter retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.56,0:18:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really carries the essence \Nof deepening the practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.23,0:18:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of resting, of being at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.66,0:18:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a big reunion, \Na big family reunion
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.83,0:18:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for many of our brothers and sisters\Nfrom afar, coming home,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.66,0:18:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of our lay friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.73,0:18:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having the courage to come for 90 days,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.63,0:19:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let go of the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.80,0:19:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let go of the noise outside \Nand cut ourselves off
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.83,0:19:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to come and to rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.04,0:19:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's something \Nthat is very, very valuable,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.32,0:19:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these moments, that we have to recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.68,0:19:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the in-breath and out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.36,0:19:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day, we have to recognize.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.52,0:19:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my younger brothers said, wow, \Ntoday is day 89 of the winter retreat!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.90,0:19:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if he's \Ncounting it down as in,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.75,0:19:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to value 89 more days, or as,\Noh man, I got 89 more days.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.12,0:19:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well I leave it for that brother to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.63,0:19:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every day is an opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.25,0:19:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like our gatha,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.27,0:19:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Waking up this morning,\N24 brand-new hours{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.01,0:20:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can say, waking up this morning\Nanother day with the community
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.69,0:20:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how lucky we are!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.89,0:20:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And being in the winter retreat \Nis also the practice of not going out
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.59,0:20:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not going out here,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.21,0:20:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our teacher expanded it not to \Njust physically go out of the boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.81,0:20:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why we have boundaries\Nin the winter retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.36,0:20:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to help our habits of running,\Nof wanting to go out.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.64,0:20:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to rest means to be still,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.14,0:20:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to heal, we also \Nhave to learn to be still.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.16,0:20:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can learn from the animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.92,0:20:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The animals, when they are hurt\Nthey know how to rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.04,0:20:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have medication like we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.09,0:20:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they know how to rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.34,0:20:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have medication, but sometimes \Nwe don't know how to be still.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.64,0:21:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So going out and having \Nthe boundary, is a practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.82,0:21:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something to help us, \Nit's a helping hand
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.24,0:21:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we don't have the urge.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.28,0:21:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes our habit is the urge\Nto always go out,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.26,0:21:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never feeling still,\Nstillness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.20,0:21:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to go deeper into this practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.66,0:21:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going out here, is also in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.33,0:21:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for many of the winter retreats,\Nour teacher always encouraged us
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.68,0:21:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take a break from social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.06,0:21:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's also very important and \Nmaybe a bit difficult practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.65,0:21:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being online is a necessity,\Nbut there should be a limit
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.88,0:21:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there should be a practice to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.33,0:22:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So going out here is not just \Nphysically, but also mentally.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.58,0:22:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is also the practice \Nof the winter retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.68,0:22:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the spirit of the winter retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.56,0:22:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning to be with oneself,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.89,0:22:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to be with this community.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.05,0:22:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To rest is such an important practice\Nand it sounds so simple, resting.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.51,0:22:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we all need this,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.66,0:22:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time it's so hard \Nbecause there is so much to do
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.35,0:22:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much we want to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.75,0:22:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much we want to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.99,0:22:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the question always comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.51,0:23:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much are we sacrificing \Nin order to reach those achievements?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.10,0:23:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even as a monastic, there's so much to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.31,0:23:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the abbot of Upper Hamlet
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.36,0:23:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see, the more I'm a monk, \Nit seems like the more I'm busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.88,0:23:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's my koan this winter retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.35,0:23:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do I rest? How to rest?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.72,0:23:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to rest more and \Nhow to be more present for the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.98,0:23:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's my ongoing koan, my ongoing practice
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.75,0:23:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is \Na restlessness that I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.80,0:23:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that moments \Nwhere I'm not doing something,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.14,0:23:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a moment that I\Nshould be doing something, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.60,0:23:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'm not the only one \Nthat had this feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.66,0:24:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So learning to rest is a necessity
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.98,0:24:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I always ask myself
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.96,0:24:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do that, to finish something \Ndo I feel more achieved,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.06,0:24:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do I feel more connected?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.51,0:24:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I feel I achieve \Na lot of things for the community
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.55,0:24:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I am distancing myself more\Nfrom the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.99,0:24:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's one side, \NI'm achieving for the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.46,0:24:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at another side, I'm distancing \Nmyself from the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.19,0:24:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have to revisit this
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.71,0:24:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to see what are my\Nrelationships with work, with service?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.59,0:25:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Service is a very important aspect \Nof a monastic or as a person
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.63,0:25:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all want to feel that we are \Noffering something back to society,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.66,0:25:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to what expense \Nand how much of stability
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.48,0:25:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of value, of peace \Nand happiness that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.39,0:25:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is actually the real thing \Nthat I want to offer
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.68,0:25:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my brothers and sisters\Nand to the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.60,0:25:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was my beginner's mind, but somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.91,0:25:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slowly it became more projects,\Nand projects, and projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.93,0:25:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for those of us \Nwho are in the community
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.60,0:25:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today I feel I have this opportunity \Nto speak more to the internal family,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.64,0:25:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're all\Nhere for the three months
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.91,0:26:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're all of the monastics \Nthat are here at another residence,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.83,0:26:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of us, \Nwe go through the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.82,0:26:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all go through the sense \Nand the feeling of doing too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.11,0:26:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not having enough time to rest,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.34,0:26:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not having enough time to be \Nin touch with our real aspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.91,0:26:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, my real aspiration was, \NI think it was to be enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.90,0:26:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I shouldn't forget that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.65,0:26:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think each and every one of us \Nhas to come back to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.04,0:26:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be carried away by the projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.05,0:26:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The projects are there,\Nit's always gonna be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.95,0:26:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time we have \Nto revisit our beginner's mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.16,0:27:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our bodhicitta from the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.66,0:27:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we are not in touch with that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.44,0:27:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's very easy to take a detour.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.76,0:27:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this detour, \Nhow long it goes depends on us.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.87,0:27:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends on our capacity to be \Nwith the in-breath and out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.62,0:27:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing again,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.09,0:27:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is our aspiration? \NWhat was it that brought us here?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.71,0:27:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I know that to be restful \Nand to heal, and to be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.94,0:27:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means, I have to be true \Nand I have to honor my aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.76,0:28:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to honor my goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.94,0:28:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means, having to retrain oneself
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.69,0:28:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,re-disciplining oneself.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.75,0:28:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The monastic culture in the \Ntradition in the monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.29,0:28:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a discipline,\Nand this discipline is not to...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.33,0:28:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the discipline here is not, \Nif you do something wrong, you get a stick
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.21,0:28:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're gonna get scolded,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.74,0:28:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the discipline here is a discipline\Nto enhance our beginner's mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.32,0:28:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.16,0:28:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.81,0:29:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us have habits and \Nif we don't have a discipline
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.48,0:29:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't have a training
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.26,0:29:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's too easy \Nto fall back into our habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.19,0:29:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like when you exercise, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.70,0:29:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the exercising to build the body \Ndoesn't mean just a physical activity
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.50,0:29:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also means our diets,\Nwhat we eat, what we intake.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.15,0:29:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the community, in the schedule in \Nthis sangha it's the same, we have that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.76,0:29:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our guideline, the spine \Nof the community is the schedule,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.96,0:29:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.60,0:29:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the community schedule \Nis what unites all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.60,0:29:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what collects \Nthe energy of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.82,0:30:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collects every individual presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.77,0:30:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when everybody is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.46,0:30:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just are embraced by this powerful \Ncollective energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.88,0:30:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy of presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.13,0:30:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.02,0:30:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how you felt,\Nbut in the ceremony,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.17,0:30:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the community chanted together,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.72,0:30:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ride the wave of the\NSangha at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.47,0:30:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said wow, this is awesome!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.16,0:30:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be able \Nto recognize those moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.91,0:30:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ride the wave of the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.94,0:30:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the energy of the\NSangha are waves that come,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.12,0:30:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you have a surfboard,\Nyou can go very far.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.41,0:30:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes you may \Ndrown a little bit, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.12,0:30:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering comes from time\Nto time, that's okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.17,0:30:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are other safeguards,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.37,0:31:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are other surfboards\Nthat are always riding these waves
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.94,0:31:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having the capacity,\Nhaving the realization
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.33,0:31:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take refuge into our\Nbrothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.69,0:31:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our friends or practitioners,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.74,0:31:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's at the same time\Nas essential as practicing for oneself.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.36,0:31:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the wave of the Sangha is there, \Nthe surfboards of the sanghas are there,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.58,0:31:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sometimes have \Nto learn to open our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.88,0:31:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open ourselves a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.19,0:31:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean you have to show us\Neverything at the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.70,0:31:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, you can \Ntake it step by step.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.74,0:31:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we have \Nto see also what is inside of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.26,0:31:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is going inside \Nand how much to bring out,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.29,0:31:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everything has \Nto come with moderation
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.67,0:31:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plum Village is not a transformation box.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.11,0:32:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have the idea, you come to \NPlum Village and you go out as a flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.59,0:32:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come in one end and then \Nyou come out as a different form.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.89,0:32:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that you \Ndon't have the capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.89,0:32:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the mud that's also there,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.65,0:32:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we set our goals too high, \Nand we set our own expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.49,0:32:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we set the expectation \Nof the community too high.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.06,0:32:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the way Thay shared, \Nthat the community is an organism,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.25,0:32:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a living body, and each and \Nevery one of us is a member,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.23,0:32:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a cell in this body.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.40,0:32:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the cells are in harmony, \Nthen the body is healthy
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.61,0:32:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it works, it's strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.80,0:33:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes there are some parts \Nof the body that aren't working so well,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.12,0:33:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't mean the body dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.19,0:33:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the other parts would take care,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.33,0:33:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take care of the place that is injured,\Nthe place that needs healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.70,0:33:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to also see ourselves\Nas a cell in this body.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.13,0:33:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the moments when we serve \Nand we support the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.95,0:33:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the cooking, the washing up, \Nthe raking of the leaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.60,0:33:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that is caring for this body
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.71,0:33:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then when we come \Nto the sitting meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.90,0:33:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we come to the walking meditation,\Nwe come to the meals,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.12,0:33:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are also caring for the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.39,0:33:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there is unison, the Harmony brings \Nabout the strength of the collectiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.38,0:34:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the collectiveness here, \Nin the body of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.62,0:34:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us all breathe together
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.36,0:34:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we listen to a sound of the bell,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.06,0:34:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to harmonize the collective energy of\Neveryone that is here in this hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.46,0:34:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[gong sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.49,0:35:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's good to have \Na refresh button in ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.67,0:35:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what is going on\Ninside of our life with our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.33,0:35:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes there needs \Nto be a new opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.17,0:35:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new condition in order for us to feel \Nthat we have the opportunity to refresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.02,0:35:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like a computer has \Nthe button to reboot,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.92,0:35:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes we also need that.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.58,0:35:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the winter retreat is an opportunity\Nto press that reboot button,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.42,0:35:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you are a monastic or you're a\Nlay, it's all the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.42,0:36:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have this opportunity to refresh\Nand to reboot ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.83,0:36:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the changing of the season,\Nit's a new season, a new beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.88,0:36:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in a new beginning, you feel like\Neverything is possible, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.78,0:36:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of us come here, I think, \Nwe have goals, we have an aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.26,0:36:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for ourselves, too, \Nthe monks and the nuns in the community
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.28,0:36:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should also have the goals \Nand aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.67,0:36:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though this is home, \Nbut it's a new season
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.87,0:36:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every season we want to feel and \Nsee that we can enrich our life more,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.08,0:36:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can enrich our Dharma body more.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.36,0:37:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need certain moments in our life\Nthat contain momentum to push ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.73,0:37:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For myself, every winter retreat is \Na time to revisit my aspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.47,0:37:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like I shared, just to come back \Nto my bodhichitta, my beginner's mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.69,0:37:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come back, ask yourself, \Nwhat is it again that made me a monk?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.67,0:37:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it again that made me a nun?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.99,0:37:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for our lay friends, what is it that \Nmade me come to Plum Village to practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.93,0:37:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you are in touch with that, \Nand you can answer that,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.06,0:37:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can see, ah, \Nfirst of all I want to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.70,0:37:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you want to be here,\Nthat's a source of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.59,0:38:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope nobody forced you to be here
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.19,0:38:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you see that you want to\Nbe here, then your attitude also changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.20,0:38:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your attitude towards\Nliving in the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.56,0:38:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your attitude towards the activities, \Nyour attitude to the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.86,0:38:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been a monk for 15 years now, \Nand yes, sometimes it gets boring.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.44,0:38:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I take it for granted.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.98,0:38:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, oh man, \NI gotta go and sit again!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.07,0:38:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, oh man, I got to line up\Nand eat, have cold food...
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.04,0:39:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then sometimes you're in line, \Nyou hear the scraping sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.13,0:39:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh man, the cooking team \Ndidn't cook enough food again...
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.43,0:39:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.83,0:39:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there are moments like\Nthat you know we all go through,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.73,0:39:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are moments sometimes that if we\Nare not careful, then it carries us away,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.87,0:39:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carries us very far away.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.79,0:39:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the winter retreat for me \Nis always this rebutton
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.30,0:39:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this button to click, to restart, refresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.05,0:39:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we all know, for the monastics,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.41,0:39:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of the winter retreat,\Nwe all get this report card, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.66,0:39:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all get this shining light letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.62,0:39:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tells us the things that we\Nhave enriched ourselves in,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.45,0:40:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things that we need to put \Nmore energy into transforming,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.46,0:40:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or put more energy into\Ntraining.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.33,0:40:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for me it's like, why do I have \Nto wait until the end of the retreat?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.40,0:40:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do I have to wait until the \Nclosing ceremony to receive that letter?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.62,0:40:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't I see that \Nright now, right here?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.72,0:40:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a new opportunity. \NThis is a new start to refresh oneself.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.43,0:40:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's funny, like, \Nas a monk, I live in this community,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.19,0:40:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say, \NI have all the best conditions \N
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.84,0:40:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enrich my life \Nin the practice of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.42,0:40:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the practice of sitting,\Nof walking or studying.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.30,0:40:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes, when I go on a home visit
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.45,0:40:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say, okay, I'm gonna make \Nthe best out of this, I'm gonna...
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.81,0:41:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day I'm gonna wake up \Nat five o'clock, drink tea,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.44,0:41:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no schedule, \NI can do whatever I like
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.89,0:41:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can sit as long as I want, \NI want to read as much as I want,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.52,0:41:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so but then I ask myself, \Nbut why can't I do that in this community?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.02,0:41:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't I do this in this \Nenvironment, where this is home?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.24,0:41:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my field!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.09,0:41:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my field where I have planted \Nall these seeds that I want to harvest.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.22,0:41:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just see, it's just a state of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.70,0:41:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind is a painter, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.04,0:41:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes we have to mentally\Ntell ourselves, this is a new beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.00,0:41:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to refresh that button.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.69,0:41:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to refresh our aspiration,\Nwe have to refresh our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.87,0:42:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each and every one of us \Nhas now 89 days to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.37,0:42:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you look at it, that's a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.36,0:42:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a lot of days, \Na lot of opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.49,0:42:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I've learned to do is, \NI have to learn to break down.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.88,0:42:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I break down my aspiration,\NI got to break down my goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.49,0:42:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So like I said, we may sometimes carry\Na very high expectation for oneself,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.65,0:42:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then there's a moment you say, \Noh I'm not I'm not giving myself 100%.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.23,0:42:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you start to lose motivation \Nand then you lose your energy
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.24,0:42:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wanting to arrive \Nat the goals that you set.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.94,0:42:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a practitioner, you have \Nto learn to break it down,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.60,0:43:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to learn to break our\Naspiration down, break our goals down.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.32,0:43:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't just try to be \Na fully enlightened Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.68,0:43:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See and value the part time\NBuddha that we can become.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.06,0:43:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to take the baby steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.64,0:43:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Thay gave us many \Nhomeworks throughout the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.66,0:43:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one year, Thay printed out\Nfor each and every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.05,0:43:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like a business card \Nand it said, 100% .
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.78,0:43:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything we do, we have to see, \NI want to do it 100%.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.87,0:43:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you got to break down your day.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.68,0:43:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, our aspiration is to be\Nmindful throughout the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.11,0:43:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the aspiration. \NReality? Not so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.44,0:44:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to be real \Nand we have to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.56,0:44:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, today, \Nevery time I open the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.38,0:44:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna close the door mindfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.70,0:44:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make that a practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.33,0:44:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next week, choose something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.46,0:44:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moment I see the brother, \Nthe sister I don't like, I will smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.47,0:44:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need them to smile back\Nbut I will smile to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.65,0:44:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a very difficult practice, \Nbut that's our aspiration right?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.49,0:44:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To grow compassion, \Nand to grow understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.07,0:44:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another aspiration,\Nevery moment I come into the hall
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.64,0:44:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't wait until I sit in the hall \Nto practice sitting,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.71,0:45:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the moment I'm in the hall, \Nthe first step I take,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.83,0:45:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should be a step of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.42,0:45:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, be skillful, be creative, and \Nmake these small aspirations into reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.64,0:45:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make these small goals into reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.87,0:45:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you can taste \Nthe fruit of those practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.13,0:45:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see those achievements,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.95,0:45:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you see, ah, \NI have the capacity to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.06,0:45:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only Thay can do this, not only \Nmy elder brothers and sisters can do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.43,0:45:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can do it, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.00,0:45:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you can taste and you can \Nfeel and you can recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.56,0:45:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those fruits of practice,\Nthat gives you so much more motivation.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.83,0:45:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives you more aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.78,0:46:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like when you help somebody,\Nyou get back so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.69,0:46:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the same. When you can see \Nthe goals that you set and you can do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.05,0:46:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives back to you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.28,0:46:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time, it gives \Nto the community just the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.01,0:46:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the collective practice and\Ncollective energy of the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.46,0:47:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[gong sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.06,0:47:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So take this opportunity \Nto rekindle our fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.30,0:47:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have a very strong fire \Nat the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.66,0:47:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for some of us, the fire has dimmed \Ndown quite a bit and we need to rekindle,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.79,0:47:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to relight that fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.95,0:47:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to enhance it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.25,0:47:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because with that, it gives warmth within,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.72,0:47:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives warmth \Nto our aspiration and our goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.19,0:47:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.72,0:47:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A feeling that we have a purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.26,0:48:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so important because \Nthe purpose brings connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.66,0:48:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connection is something that is \Nvery important in community life.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.56,0:48:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of you \Nwho are here for three months,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.08,0:48:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this may be the first time you're living \Nin a room with eight people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.48,0:48:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're sharing the space \Nand this practice is very deep,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.70,0:48:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a practice of no self.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.72,0:48:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, their well-being \Nis your well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.83,0:48:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your well-being is their well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.22,0:48:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their happiness is your happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.60,0:48:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your happiness is their happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.22,0:48:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get to learn, you get \Nto see somebody else's transformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.93,0:48:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody else's practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.76,0:49:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is something\Nthat is very meaningful.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.20,0:49:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something you will remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.88,0:49:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it will also touch you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.60,0:49:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Touch the roots that you have\Nplanted in this community,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.73,0:49:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for monastics \Nwe also have the opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.33,0:49:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every winter retreat we get new roommates.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.66,0:49:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We change rooms and we get new roommates.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.55,0:49:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is also \Nan opportunity for us to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.96,0:49:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really learn to be open \Nto our new brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.78,0:49:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our new sisters in a room,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.30,0:49:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the practice of no self,\Nseeing them in you and you in them,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.67,0:49:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the support that you can offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.11,0:50:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just for them,\Nbut it's for you too.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.82,0:50:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the things that I have\Nlearned when living with somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.70,0:50:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that their transformation \Nsometimes is your transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.95,0:50:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they transform something \Nand it moves inside of you, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.36,0:50:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you kind of thank them, \Nthank you for practicing
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.42,0:50:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I don't have to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.48,0:50:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, \Nthe things that you are practicing\N
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.78,0:50:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you are transforming, enhancing,\Nalso affects them.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.39,0:50:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in our practice, that's called the\Ninterbeing, interconnectedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.05,0:50:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the community, \Ntaking refuge is a practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.04,0:50:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refuge here is not just a shelter,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.60,0:51:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, sometimes we have to learn \Nto surrender ourselves to the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.50,0:51:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes we have to learn\Nto borrow the energy of the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.75,0:51:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, our teacher would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.79,0:51:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're feeling down, and you feel \Nlike you want to be alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.22,0:51:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's actually a time when you \Nneed to be with the Sangha,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.94,0:51:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to borrow and to take the collective\Nenergy of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.42,0:51:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes when you're feeling down, \Nif you're feeling weak,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.20,0:51:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh yeah, maybe I'll skip \Nsitting meditation today,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.41,0:51:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community will understand, \NI'm feeling down, I'm feeling weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.09,0:51:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll say I need space, but actually,\Nif you go, and you sit,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.53,0:51:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you take in \Nthe collective energy of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.23,0:52:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may be actually what you really\Nneed, that energy of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.52,0:52:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this collectiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.82,0:52:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the community is there, \Nand we all will be challenged at times,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.56,0:52:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, do I go with the community \Nor do I not? Do I go, do I not?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.96,0:52:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes this yoyo, \Nthis back and forth, back and forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.20,0:52:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes you just gotta learn \Nto let go, I just go, I just flow.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.02,0:52:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's part of our training in the \Nmonastic community and the Zen tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.32,0:52:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so sometimes we have to see \Nnot just our own needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.20,0:52:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll have to see the collectiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.02,0:52:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes are our own thinking is\Nwhat's distancing ourselves more and more,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.28,0:52:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you learn \Nto be embraced and to surrender
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.88,0:52:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can enrich yourself much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.62,0:53:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is something I think each and \Nevery one of us will be challenged with
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.75,0:53:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout this winter\Nretreat from time to time.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.100,0:53:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just remember, sometimes \Nlearning to let go is what is needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.85,0:53:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let go, just go for it,\Nwhy not? Give it a try.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.50,0:53:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like the courage why not? \NI'm here for three months, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.21,0:53:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of these moments that we have \Nhere together, will later become a past.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.57,0:53:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so every moment is a precious moment
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.14,0:53:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a moment for you \Nto draw and to paint.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.21,0:53:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice, the Sangha, are the paint,\Nthey are the brushes that we give to you
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.76,0:53:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each and every one of us \Nwill paint our own picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.39,0:54:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll paint our own foundation \Nin this winter retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.59,0:54:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope we make use of the paint \Nand of the brush and of the paper
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.65,0:54:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the community is offering for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.46,0:54:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that in the future when we look back,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.79,0:54:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, wow, those three \Nmonths were really rich,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.20,0:54:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those three months \Nreally enhanced my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.05,0:54:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as for a monk or a nun, wow, those \Nthree months being with the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.13,0:54:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the collectiveness, really helped me\Ndevelop, really helped me grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.93,0:54:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every moment that we have,\Neighty nine more days,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.42,0:54:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all opportunities .
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.96,0:54:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you become the painter now
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.72,0:55:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to paint this picture that \Nfor the future can become a foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.41,0:55:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that can become a beautiful past.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.14,0:55:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few days ago, I received a letter \Nfrom a friend in England who I don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.46,0:55:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but wrote to Thay and the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.88,0:55:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our friends shared that a few years \Nago, he was training to do the marathon,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.42,0:55:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he fell into an accident \Nwhich fractured his spine,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.33,0:55:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through the healing, \Nthere was some obstacle,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.38,0:55:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where now he cannot move a lot\Nand cannot go very far.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.69,0:55:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through that pain and through \Nthat suffering, he found Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.61,0:56:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And guess what? Through YouTube.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.14,0:56:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from YouTube he expanded to books,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.56,0:56:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then following Thay's Facebook page\Nand following Plum Village Facebook page,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.84,0:56:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know this, \Nbut apparently there are people
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.98,0:56:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do also follow our winter \Nretreat through Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.08,0:56:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they also apply the same principle \Nof the schedule in their daily life,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.62,0:56:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they follow the Dharma talks that are\Noffered throughout the winter retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.97,0:56:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our friend shared that he has done\Ntwo winter retreats with the community
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.59,0:56:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via Facebook...\NI was like... wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.66,0:56:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here we are physically in Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.35,0:57:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we are physically with a community,\Nmonks, nuns, lay men, lay women
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.42,0:57:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how rich and how lucky we are!
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.04,0:57:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after reading that letter I said okay, \Nyou know, I can't take this for granted.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.67,0:57:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is such a rich and \Nsuch an important moment for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.16,0:57:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wish everyone a very happy\Nand successful winter retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.14,0:57:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us be there for each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.48,0:57:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let us enjoy the practice \Nand let us enrich our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.82,0:57:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can also enrich society
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.58,0:57:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that very much needs the \Ncollective energy that we cultivate here.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.41,0:57:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you,\Nbrothers and sisters