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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel being the ordained persons?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we also take ordination?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.56,0:00:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being an ordained person, you feel free,\Nat peace, oh so happy!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.24,0:00:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's actually true that when I first became a monk,\Nhow long ago, 37 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.52,0:00:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had nightmares.\NThis is true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.32,0:00:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd wake up in a sweat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.12,0:00:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my nightmare, this is no exaggeration,\Nthis is how much I really, really wanted to be a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.78,0:00:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My nightmare was I was a lay person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.64,0:00:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I wasn't a monk after all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd open my eyes and I'd see\Nmy robes next to the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.28,0:00:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, I'm a monk! I really am a monk!\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.54,0:00:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd just go to sleep in this\Nvery peaceful deep sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.40,0:00:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was about for a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.64,0:00:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how much I really loved being\Na monk and I never looked back.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.08,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was my nightmare.\NI was terrified that I wasn't a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So happy that I was a monk.\NSo it's a great thing to be!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's how I feel being\Nan ordained person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.12,0:01:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why many of you don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.10,0:01:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually there's a problem now because\Nwe've got too many people wanting to become monks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.04,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even just this evening, one Sri Lankan person,\Na monk, wanted to come and visit for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rains, had to tell the secretary, we've got no space.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.48,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another young man who wanted\Nto become a monk, can't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.56,0:01:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's now too many people on the waiting list.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.48,0:01:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So should you also take ordination?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.96,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, take ordination but please build some\Nmore huts for the nuns and the monks first of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]\NSo we've got a place to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.62,0:01:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it really is a great thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.51,0:01:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, maybe because of the\Nglobal financial crisis that people are bankrupt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.12,0:01:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter] they're becoming monks to\Nescape the tax man and everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.95,0:01:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.27,0:01:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, that's how I feel about being ordained.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.56,0:01:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who amongst the Bhikkhunis\Nare going to answer the question?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.68,0:02:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel?\NOkay, Bhikkhuni Satyamma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.29,0:02:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel about being..?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.76,0:02:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Satima: I feel great.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.08,0:02:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Very good, no, come on,\Nyou've got to do it on the...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.08,0:02:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.44,0:02:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Bhikkhuni Satima here,\Nhow she feels being a Bhikkhuni.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.52,0:02:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Satima: I feel great, I felt the same\Ntoo when I became a Bhikkhuni.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.16,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was, I think I was radiating with joy\Nso much that I was at the airport and the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flight attendant came up to me and says,\NVenerable, you can board the plane first.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.12,0:02:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was the first time that something like that happened too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.12,0:02:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Satima: So that was...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.12,0:02:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: One of the privileges you get.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.79,0:02:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Satima: Privileges, yes.\N[Laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.71,0:02:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another Bhikkhuni: I feel similarly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.21,0:02:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't say that, you know,\Nit's all peace and joy all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.24,0:02:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I brought my defilements with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.88,0:03:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just,\Nthis is absolutely how I want to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.73,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: How long have you been a Bhikkhuni now?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni: Since 2003.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.45,0:03:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Wow, that's eight, nine years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.82,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni: Something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.44,0:03:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni: But it's just a wonderful thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.68,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just incredibly, it goes beyond grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.76,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm astounded that I get to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.36,0:03:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.14,0:03:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Nirodha,\Nwant to have a go?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.88,0:03:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni: I just want to add\Nwhether anyone else should do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes huge commitment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.56,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a phase in people's practice\Nas lay people that they have kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea, maybe they'd like to ordain.\NI think it's a beautiful phase.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.92,0:04:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it takes huge commitment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.46,0:04:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Just like a marriage,\Nbut it's much more fun than being married.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.36,0:04:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]\NBhikkhuni: Precisely.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.19,0:04:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhikkhuni Nirodha: I can't imagine doing\Nanything else or being anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.04,0:04:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just a tremendous sense of gratitude\Nto the Buddha and to everybody else who helped
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.48,0:04:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring these ordinations about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.32,0:04:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not only just a Bhikkhuni ordination.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.68,0:04:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First you ordain as a Samaneri, as an Anagarika,\Nthen as a Samaneri, then as a Bhikkhuni.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me it's the culmination\Nof many aspirations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.64,0:04:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wish everybody else\Nwould be able to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.84,0:04:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't think of anything else,\Nwhat I would like to do right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.80,0:04:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.89,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Are you going to ordain?\N[far from mic]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.64,0:05:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attendant: I hope so.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.20,0:05:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Are you going to ordain?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.36,0:05:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attendant: I would like to, I'd encourage it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.08,0:05:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm: Very good, very good.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.56,0:05:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that answer because\Nhe's coming to monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.08,0:05:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's very, very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the great benefits of being a monk
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.57,0:05:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because we don't have kids, we lessen the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.36,0:05:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,population of the world, so it means\Nwe're helping with stopping climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.60,0:05:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest problem with climate change is\Ntoo big population,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.36,0:05:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I really want sort-of to have\Nthe laws in Australia and other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.95,0:05:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every other man, 50% of men\Nhave to become monks for life [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.58,0:05:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 50% of the girls have to become\Nnuns and that way the population will
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.16,0:05:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go down, no climate change,\Nwe'll save the world [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.65,0:05:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ajahn chuckles] What are you laughing at?\NThat's actually serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.12,0:06:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, anyway, could you please...