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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.12,0:00:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.59,0:00:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.42,0:00:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.87,0:00:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.08,0:01:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear respected Thay, dear noble sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.49,0:01:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today is the 11th
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.72,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of November in the year 2018
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.82,0:01:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are in the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.51,0:01:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loving Kindness temple,\Nin New Hamlet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.54,0:01:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our Rains Retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.37,0:01:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an interesting topic today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.30,0:01:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.28,0:01:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh oh!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.63,0:01:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.14,0:01:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been asked
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.20,0:02:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share about the 14th\Nmindfulness training.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.43,0:02:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been studying the 14 mindfulness\Ntrainings during this Rains Retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.94,0:02:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the order of the trainings\Nis not so important,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.19,0:02:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how we practice them\Nin our lives is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.06,0:02:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not there, at the meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.33,0:02:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was assigned to share about\Nthis mindfulness training.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.70,0:02:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.74,0:02:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tried to look deeply and see
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.46,0:02:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what my older brothers and sisters\Nhave in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do I have to share\Nabout this topic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.54,0:03:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of true love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.07,0:03:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay teaches us that\Nthe 14 mindfulness trainings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.100,0:03:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the very essence\Nof the Order of Interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.05,0:03:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the torch lightening our path,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.64,0:03:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boat carrying us,\Nthe teacher guiding us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.64,0:03:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They allow us to touch\Nthe nature of the interbeing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.77,0:03:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everything that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.71,0:03:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see that our happiness is not\Nseparate from the happiness of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.80,0:03:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see that out happiness is not separate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.72,0:03:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the happiness of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.91,0:03:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interbeing is not a theory, it is\Na reality that can be directly experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.07,0:03:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by each of us at any moment\Nin our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.60,0:04:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 mindfulness trainings help us\Ncultivate concentration and insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.28,0:04:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which free us from fear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the illusion of a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.47,0:04:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, during this Rains Retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.43,0:04:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been studying\Nhow to let go of our views.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.14,0:04:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay introduced these trainings in\Nthe middle of the American War in Vietnam,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.37,0:04:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the ideologies of Communism
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.12,0:04:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe we can say Capitalism,\Nor maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.98,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anticommunism,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.18,0:05:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were dividing families,\Ntearing brother from brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,splitting the sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.82,0:05:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay and sister Chan Khong\Nsuffered very deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.54,0:05:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of this attachment to views
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.91,0:05:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they saw around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.01,0:05:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said, "How can we
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.16,0:05:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,train ourselves in such a way that\Nwe do not become caught up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.49,0:05:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the views that are dividing\Nour close friends, our family?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.13,0:05:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.84,0:05:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a matter of sitting around and say,\N"Oh! Yes, I see
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.44,0:05:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some big points about Communism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.27,0:05:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't really like the Communists",\Nis not really like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.92,0:06:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a matter of life or death.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.04,0:06:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which side you are on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.79,0:06:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is something\Nwe are not very used to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.97,0:06:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way of living \Nthat we are experiencing here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.58,0:06:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Plum Village in modern times,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.60,0:06:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we feel we can share our ideas\Njust as we feel in our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.41,0:06:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first few trainings\Nare dealing with our views,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.85,0:06:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to become free from views.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.26,0:06:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also looked into consumption,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.60,0:06:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the things that\Nnourish our body and mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.80,0:06:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edible food, sense impressions,\Nvolition, consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.90,0:06:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contribute to how we experience\Nthis present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.46,0:06:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we will continue into the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.82,0:07:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of the trainings have to do\Nwith how we are nourishing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.53,0:07:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our eyes, our ears,\Nour nose, nose...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.36,0:07:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.99,0:07:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tongue, body and mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.20,0:07:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that we are what we ingest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.76,0:07:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both in terms of physical food\Nand in terms of sense impressions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.60,0:07:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of how we set our mind,\Nour volition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.98,0:07:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in terms of consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.75,0:07:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today we are going to look into
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.24,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very powerful and delicate topic,\Nwhich is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.74,0:07:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.11,0:07:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has brought us here
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.39,0:07:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over hundreds of millions of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.89,0:08:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not something\Nto be treated lightly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.68,0:08:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dismiss lightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.02,0:08:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we call it sexual energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.61,0:08:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of reproduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.63,0:08:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it is a kind of vital life force.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.30,0:08:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How really we want to call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.66,0:08:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that which is impelling us from\Nwithin to continue into the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.57,0:08:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just in this physical body,\Nbut in successive generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.94,0:08:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the fourteenth mindfulness training\Ninvites us to look deeply into this area,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.93,0:08:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.28,0:09:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll start by reading the trainings,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.58,0:09:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we will practice\Nlooking deeply into it together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.40,0:09:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14th mindfulness training: True Love.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.01,0:09:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are two parts.\NThere is a section for lay practitioners,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.47,0:09:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a section for monastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.36,0:09:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 mindfulness trainings,\None of their roots are
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.94,0:09:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bodhisattva Precepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.60,0:09:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are quite popular in East Asia,\Nalso in Tibet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.03,0:09:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those precepts were for bodhisattvas,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.78,0:09:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they included both monastics\Nand lay practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.45,0:09:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the inspiration of the trainings\Nare these Bodhisattva Precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.83,0:10:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay has revised them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.54,0:10:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,updated them for,\Nto be relevant for our modern time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.93,0:10:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this training in particular\Nhas a separate section
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.62,0:10:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for lay practitioners and for monastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.12,0:10:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for lay members:\NAware that sexual desire is not love
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.91,0:10:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that sexual relations\Nmotivated by craving
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.57,0:10:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot dissipate\Nthe feeling of loneliness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.84,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but will create more suffering,\Nfrustration, and isolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.60,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are determined\Nnot to engage in sexual relations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.62,0:10:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without mutual understanding, love,\Nand a deep long-term commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.32,0:10:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made known to our family and friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.92,0:10:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing that the body and mind\Nare one, or in unison,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.99,0:11:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are committed to learning appropriate\Nways to take care of our sexual energy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.29,0:11:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to cultivate loving kindness,\Ncompassion, joy, and inclusiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.03,0:11:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our own happiness\Nand the happiness of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.65,0:11:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must be aware of future suffering\Nthat may be caused by sexual relations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.78,0:11:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that to preserve the happiness\Nof ourselves and others,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.92,0:11:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must respect the rights and commitments\Nof ourselves and others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.44,0:11:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will do everything in our power\Nto protect children from sexual abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.04,0:12:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to protect couples and families from\Nbeing broken by sexual misconduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.89,0:12:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will treat our bodies\Nwith compassion and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.23,0:12:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are determined to look deeply\Ninto the Four Nutriments
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.88,0:12:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn ways to preserve and channel\Nour vital energies, sexual, breath, spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.02,0:12:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the realization\Nof our bodhisattva ideal.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.79,0:12:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will be fully aware\Nof the responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.43,0:12:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of bringing new lives into the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.69,0:12:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will meditate regularly\Nupon their future environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.80,0:12:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the training for monastics:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.70,0:12:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aware that the deep aspiration of a monk\Nor a nun can only be realized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.87,0:13:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he or she wholly leaves behind\Nthe bonds of sensual love,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.21,0:13:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are committed to practicing chastity\Nand to helping others protect themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.79,0:13:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are aware that loneliness and suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.02,0:13:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot be alleviated\Nthrough a sexual relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.82,0:13:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through practicing loving kindness,\Ncompassion, joy, and inclusiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.45,0:13:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that a sexual relationship\Nwill destroy our monastic life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.70,0:13:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prevent us from realizing our ideal\Nof serving living beings, and harm others.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.70,0:13:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will learn appropriate ways\Nto take care of our sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.62,0:13:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are determined not to suppress,\Nor mistreat our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.30,0:14:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or look upon our body\Nas only an instrument,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.89,0:14:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but will learn to handle our body\Nwith compassion and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.70,0:14:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will look deeply\Ninto the Four Nutriments
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.32,0:14:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to preserve and channel our vital\Nenergies, sexual, breath, spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.03,0:14:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the realization\Nof our bodhisattva ideal.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.49,0:14:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can hear a sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.18,0:14:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.24,0:14:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.04,0:15:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.41,0:15:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as we know,\Nthe Buddha had a partner,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.13,0:15:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was married and had a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.33,0:15:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a young man, he had
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.58,0:15:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that were considered
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.73,0:15:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate for a wealthy young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.56,0:15:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, access to many young women.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.33,0:15:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kind of standing in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.88,0:15:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had the experience
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.57,0:16:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before and during his marriage\Nof sexual relations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.01,0:16:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he made\Na very interesting decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.73,0:16:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave home
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.32,0:16:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to go forth into the forest.\NHe saw a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.38,0:16:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was living very simply in the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.83,0:16:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he saw a kind of joy, maybe, happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.14,0:16:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.87,0:16:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize that kind of joy\Nhe needed to change his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.07,0:16:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needed to make a deep change.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.42,0:16:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that time in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.16,0:16:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a young man decided to go\Nand live as a wanderer,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.67,0:16:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that also meant
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.96,0:17:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a practice we call brahmacharya.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.56,0:17:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It literally means 'moving with Brahma'.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.17,0:17:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brahma is like a god, or\Nit could be the whole universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.80,0:17:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brahmacharya specifically meant\Nto practice chastity.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.81,0:17:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So specifically meant
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.48,0:17:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of us know it from \Nthe Four Stages of Life
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.14,0:17:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the tradition of Hinduism.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.45,0:17:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brahmacharya is the time\Nwhen you are a student.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.32,0:17:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are expected to practice celibacy\Nbecause you are learning
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.34,0:17:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and studying the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.80,0:17:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only when you complete that stage\Nyou go on to and have a family.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.61,0:17:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Buddha followed his instinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.89,0:17:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure he had a very clear idea\Nof what that would bring him.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.96,0:18:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he saw there was suffering in his life
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.47,0:18:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't think he thought
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.25,0:18:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that suffering was only due\Nto the fact that he was married,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.84,0:18:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because of sexual desire, but I think\Nthat he saw that it played a role.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.20,0:18:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wanted to understand more deeply\Nthe nature of that suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.48,0:18:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I see that story not as necessarily\Nas an invitation for us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.36,0:18:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave our home\Nand become a monk or a nun,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.04,0:18:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although you're welcome\Nif you want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.61,0:18:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a way of recognizing\Nthe importance of looking deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.97,0:18:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this energy within us that is\Ntransmitted to us in an unbroken chain
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.58,0:18:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 1500 million years,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.49,0:18:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than two billion years possibly.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.07,0:19:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That has arrived in the form of\Nevery cell of our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.85,0:19:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the need to continue,\Nthe need to reproduce
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.63,0:19:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for future generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.26,0:19:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many living beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.78,0:19:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something like a living being,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.64,0:19:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.74,0:19:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they are not our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.23,0:19:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that every one of our ancestors\Nhad strong sexual desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.83,0:19:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this desire\Nhas been transmitted to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.13,0:19:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.68,0:19:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without that,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.18,0:20:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that attraction between the male\Nand the female of species
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.20,0:20:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is unlikely that we would bother
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.24,0:20:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come together as two bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.07,0:20:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a way that we can continue,\Nin sexual intercourse.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.25,0:20:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very unlikely without that desire,\Nwithout those feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.92,0:20:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, it's quite understandable\Nthat we feel it very strongly,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.75,0:20:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least, many of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.82,0:20:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because through many generations
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.14,0:20:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that force, that energy has been selected
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.82,0:20:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over, and over, and over, and over,\Nand over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.49,0:20:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is true that due to human culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.36,0:20:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.49,0:21:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been lying, which have continued,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.42,0:21:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not so much based on sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.26,0:21:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, we know in Europe\Nas well as India and China,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.18,0:21:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many times marriages were arranged.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.41,0:21:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, people had very little choice, \Nmaybe it had to do with diplomacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.28,0:21:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But overall, I think we can safely say
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.04,0:21:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the desire within us to come together\Nas man and woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.59,0:21:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.72,0:21:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes. For the moment, we speak about\Ncoming together as man and woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.62,0:21:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been selected
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.67,0:21:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become stronger, perhaps,\Nstronger and stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.12,0:21:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that there are not\Nother kinds of sexual attraction,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.08,0:22:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like between two men,\Nor two women.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.06,0:22:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems clear that it is also\Npart of the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.47,0:22:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But such a need, the desire between\Na man and a woman has been
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.56,0:22:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cultivated.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.94,0:22:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we look deeply\Nwith the eyes of non-self,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.56,0:22:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't see that this body is only me,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.65,0:22:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we see ourselves only as a stream\Ncontinuing our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.45,0:22:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can look deeply into that stream,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.86,0:22:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see that certain things \Nhave evolved.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.97,0:22:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, certain things\Nhave fallen away.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.37,0:22:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Summer Retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.08,0:22:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to watch the children\Nclimbing trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.81,0:23:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I look deeply into them,\Nscampering of a tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.89,0:23:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such ease,\Nand just hanging out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.35,0:23:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes swinging by one arm,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.50,0:23:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my worry and fear disappears,\Nthen I look deeply and I see
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.55,0:23:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can see my ancestors, our ancestors
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.21,0:23:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who also lived in trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.05,0:23:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started in trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.96,0:23:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who like me at that age were very adept\Nat knowing where to put their feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.13,0:23:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to grab onto the branch.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.58,0:23:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could test whether the branch\Nwould hold, whether it's dry and may break
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.93,0:23:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether would limber but too thin.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.55,0:23:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that wisdom is past on\Nto us in our hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.72,0:23:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the process of an embryo developing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.42,0:24:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often related to our own\Nevolutionary development.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.41,0:24:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very difficult to,\Nfor a non-trained eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.49,0:24:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell the difference between the embryo\Nof a human being
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.02,0:24:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the embryo of a chicken, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.46,0:24:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the same way, our evolutionary past\Ncan be viewed through
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.44,0:24:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the development of a young person.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.63,0:24:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as we go through puberty\Nand our body develops, then,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.10,0:24:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lose that capacity somewhat.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.86,0:24:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that nears our own development\Nas human beings, when we've...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.28,0:24:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems because the climate\Nbecame cooler in Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.54,0:24:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we needed to go out into\Nthe grasslands and walk long distances
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.72,0:25:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maybe find roots to dig for\Nor even then we had to hunt,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.27,0:25:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our Achilles tendon became longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.76,0:25:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the arch in our foot\Nbecame more rigid.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.62,0:25:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our neck developed the capacity\Nto keep our head steady,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.40,0:25:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we are walking and running,\Nand upright.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.53,0:25:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, that development also came
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.05,0:25:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with certain things that fell away,\Nwhich is our capacity to, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.91,0:25:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold on to a branch with our feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.11,0:25:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very difficult,\Nif you have ever tried,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.09,0:25:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climbing a tree only with your feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.08,0:25:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was no longer so useful anymore,\Nor it was more useful that we could run
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.56,0:25:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the savanna.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.42,0:25:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I share that story so we don't look\Nat this process of impermanence,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.14,0:25:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the stream of ancestry\Nas always going in the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.43,0:26:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of things getting better.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.01,0:26:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a wrong perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.12,0:26:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is selecting for what is appropriate\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.20,0:26:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a better way\Nto talk about evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.34,0:26:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selecting for what is most appropriate\Nand adaptive to the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.32,0:26:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that takes time.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.30,0:26:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time much vaster that we are normally\Ncapable of imagining.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.51,0:26:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we are, in this situation\Nin the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.98,0:26:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our environment\Nis changing more quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.82,0:26:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we are able to adapt.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.18,0:26:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a very interesting moment, and\NI think already in the time of the Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.85,0:26:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha had an idea about that.\NHe had an insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.44,0:27:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw, we are not quite adapted\Nto live in this dusty houses.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.42,0:27:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he left the home
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.31,0:27:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went to live in the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.14,0:27:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way reliving
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.87,0:27:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ancestral evolutionary heritage,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.96,0:27:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using his own body\Nas a kind of laboratory
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.50,0:27:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for understanding who he really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.03,0:27:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way of saying that,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.54,0:27:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how am I most adapted to be? To live?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.38,0:28:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I invite you to look at the path of\Nthe Buddha and his life story,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.44,0:28:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the community
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.10,0:28:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has built up in that light.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.10,0:28:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the light of the ancestors\Nthe ancestral lineage,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.58,0:28:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding our true home.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.01,0:28:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding our true home.\NWe can listen to a sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.95,0:28:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.44,0:28:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.80,0:29:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the list of Buddhist mental formations,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.10,0:29:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is on called jivitendriya.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.49,0:29:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[jivitendriya]
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.38,0:29:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Jiva' is life, and 'endriya' is faculty,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.93,0:29:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the faculty of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.69,0:29:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life energy, a kind of life force
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.46,0:29:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is impelling us forward\Nto have a continuation in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.87,0:30:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started practicing,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.42,0:30:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took this sexual energy\Nas a core part of my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.39,0:30:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking deeply into it\Nin my sitting meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.83,0:30:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I knew I wanted to become a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.77,0:30:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But about a year after\NI made that resolution inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.13,0:30:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the seed of wanting to\Nbe a father came up in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.33,0:30:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a family. I was at\NMaple Forest monastery, in Vermont,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.72,0:30:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sister Chan Duc was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.40,0:30:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Summer retreat, and I remember\Nbeing in the Dharma sharing,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.98,0:30:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were\Na few monastic sisters there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.78,0:30:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I shared about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.08,0:30:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somehow into that point,\Nand I was I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.24,0:31:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,26, maybe? 26 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.96,0:31:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it sounds a little bit selfish\Nbut I speak honestly as a young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.37,0:31:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think very much\Nabout having a family.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.84,0:31:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doesn't mean\NI didn't have sexual relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.72,0:31:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, and...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.23,0:31:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, taking the decision\Nto become a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.75,0:31:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow changed my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.91,0:31:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over the course of a year\Nof practicing,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.48,0:31:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw this strong urge\Ncoming up inside of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.95,0:31:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of it was based on the happiness\NI had experience as a young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.31,0:31:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.59,0:31:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, thinking about vacations,\Nor going water skiing,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.29,0:31:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my house, my dad, and my mum.\NWe going ice-skating in the winter,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.42,0:32:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those warm,\Nhappy memories of childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.58,0:32:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they came up very strongly, a kind of\Na warm feeling inside of my chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.95,0:32:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I shared about it\Nin the Dharma sharing group.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.20,0:32:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it felt so healing just to\Nbe able to share about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.25,0:32:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First time I ever shared really\NI think to anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.56,0:32:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the sisters there,\Nsister Susan,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.80,0:32:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you may remember her,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.68,0:32:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she shared something\Nthat I always remember
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.47,0:32:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that affected me very deeply,\Nwhich is,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.42,0:32:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you may know she was\Nin our community for many years,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.57,0:32:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she lived in a practice community\Nbefore coming to Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.07,0:33:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that community,\Nshe was not a celibate nun,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.63,0:33:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first, she had a family.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.20,0:33:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what she shared with me was that
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.81,0:33:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a monk or a nun, we become part\Nof the human family.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.14,0:33:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our love knows no bounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.17,0:33:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're no longer just containing our love\Nto one blood family.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.25,0:33:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see ourselves, in some way,\Nin shape or form
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.37,0:33:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the father, the brother,\Nthe mother, the sister,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.32,0:33:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the daughter, the son\Nin every situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.65,0:33:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.59,0:33:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feeling that I had so strongly that\NI could not separate from sexual desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.13,0:33:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.57,0:34:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowed it to suddenly be released.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.18,0:34:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that it disappeared,\Nbut it just released,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.18,0:34:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it no longer had a...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.46,0:34:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized I put a boundary\Naround that emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.80,0:34:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was bounded by my memories\Nof my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.38,0:34:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bounded by the
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.30,0:34:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the accepted norms of society, which\Ndon't include becoming a monk or a nun,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.63,0:34:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least where I grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.65,0:34:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, that bounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.44,0:34:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I untied myself taking\Nthis path of awakening,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.74,0:34:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is outside of the boundary.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.45,0:34:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That could not be easily explained\Nto those around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.31,0:34:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suddenly felt isolated, alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.74,0:34:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that warm energy,\Nthis kind of life energy
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.26,0:35:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemed to be bounded within this idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.29,0:35:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this framework
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.82,0:35:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a family like I've known growing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.75,0:35:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.12,0:35:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to that sister share,\Nanother sister share,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.64,0:35:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt whole again,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.97,0:35:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like there was no longer\Na boundary there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.40,0:35:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this energy was able to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.83,0:35:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the one hand\NI don't have to push it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.25,0:35:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can give it its true
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.85,0:35:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flowering, I can allow it to come out,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.97,0:35:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not being separated from what I love,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.20,0:35:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I see myself as being one with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.34,0:35:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One with the sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.17,0:36:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one with our teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.50,0:36:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one with the whole human family,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.90,0:36:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all living beings, and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.92,0:36:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So touching this vital energy,\Nas Thay talks about in the trainings,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.86,0:36:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very important,\Nand understanding its nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.66,0:36:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay talks about three aspects\Nof this energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.39,0:36:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will look deeply\Ninto the four nutriments.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.74,0:36:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember we learnt a few weeks ago:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.14,0:36:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edible food, sense impressions,\Nvolition and consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.39,0:36:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to preserve\Nand channel our vital energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.22,0:36:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexual, breath, spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.49,0:37:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the realization\Nof our Bodhisattva ideal.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.06,0:37:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how we learn appropriate ways\Nto take care of our sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.85,0:37:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a kind of tight.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.26,0:37:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the way that I practiced,\Nand I learned from Thay
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.09,0:37:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work and understand this energy,\Nwork with it, understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.54,0:37:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was by using mindfulness of breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.30,0:37:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the practice of\Nmindfulness of breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.86,0:37:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we start with awareness\Nof the in and out-breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.62,0:37:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[1 aware of I+O]
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.50,0:37:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first step. Breathing in,\NI know I'm breathing in.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.66,0:37:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out, I know I'm breathing out.\NSo we start with the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.14,0:37:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the breath goes all through.\NSo this vital energy
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.94,0:38:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is nourishing every cell in our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.27,0:38:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passing through our blood stream,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.13,0:38:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generating respiration\Nwithin every cell of our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.62,0:38:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is nourishing us.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.72,0:38:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a story you might know.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.68,0:38:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A species
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.52,0:38:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reproduces on the planet Earth\Nso successfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.97,0:38:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that expands to fill\Nevery corner of its ecological niche.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.28,0:38:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After it discovers a way to exploit\Nthe carbon it finds in its environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.21,0:38:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its presence dominates to such an extent\Nthat it drastically changes
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.32,0:39:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the composition of the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.28,0:39:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other species must adapt\Nto this new toxic environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.12,0:39:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or die out completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.98,0:39:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And extraordinary numbers of species\Ndo go extinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.14,0:39:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody know which species this is?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.79,0:39:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, someone is pointing this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.84,0:39:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds familiar.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.20,0:39:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a species called cyanobacteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.96,0:39:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone has ever heard about cyanobacteria?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.27,0:39:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, one hand goes up. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.20,0:39:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A happy farmer. Not surprisingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.66,0:39:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully he knows cyanobacteria.\NNow we call it chloroplast.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.81,0:39:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is located in every plant cell.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.44,0:39:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the motor and the energy generated\Nin a structure within
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.18,0:39:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty much, I think, every plant\Non the planet today.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:57.17,0:40:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about 2.4 billion years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.01,0:40:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bacteria
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.35,0:40:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much like modern chloroplast
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.69,0:40:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was floating around\Nin the surface of the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.76,0:40:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it had evolved the capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.39,0:40:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to receive sunlight and carbon\Nfrom the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.97,0:40:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So taking the CO2 from the atmosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.07,0:40:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and releasing the O2, it means oxygen,\Nthe oxygen, out into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.88,0:40:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, when all the natural\Nwater
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.74,0:40:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and elemental repositories\Nfor binding that oxygen were filled,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.68,0:40:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that oxygen went into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.76,0:40:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sometimes called\Nthe Great Oxygenation Event.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.76,0:41:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before that, most living beings\Nwere anaerobic,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.90,0:41:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could not survive\Nin an oxygen rich environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.41,0:41:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people, many scientists now believe\Nthose organisms
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.16,0:41:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formed in deep ocean vents,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.94,0:41:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where hot gases were coming up\Nfrom the center of the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.91,0:41:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over billions,\Nmillions and billions of years
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.58,0:41:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they built out a kind of\Nlife like quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.06,0:41:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so out of that lineage\Ncame the cyanobacteria,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.73,0:41:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which for the first time was able to take\Nthe energy from the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.49,0:41:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than energy from other sources,\Nand release, transform carbon dioxide
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.46,0:41:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into oxygen.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.42,0:41:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why today we can breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.30,0:42:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all that oxygen favored those species\Nthat could learn to respire.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.91,0:42:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were able to build up respiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.87,0:42:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in every cell of our body we have cells\Nwhich are able to take oxygen,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.96,0:42:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use it in order to generate energy\Nalong with the sugars,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.84,0:42:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the food we eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.31,0:42:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without that great event,\Nwe would not be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.15,0:42:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So depending on how you want\Nto look at the situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.49,0:42:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cyanobacteria was a great destroyer\Nof the world atmosphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.59,0:42:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the great renewer.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.33,0:42:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends on which side you take.\NThe anaerobic side or the aerobic side.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.35,0:42:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tell that story a little bit\Nto understand why the Buddha emphasizes
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.50,0:42:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness of breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.06,0:42:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is nourishing every cell in our body\Nwhen we breathe in and out.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.63,0:43:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by being aware of our breath, we are\Nalso honoring our evolutionary heritage,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.68,0:43:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ancestral heritage\Nas an aerobic living being.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.88,0:43:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we start with awareness\Nof the in and out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.78,0:43:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then continue with following\Nthe in and out-breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.61,0:43:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[2 following I+O]
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.07,0:43:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we develop concentration.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.88,0:43:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay would often say,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.45,0:43:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like this marker is our breath,\Nand our finger is our attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.31,0:43:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.61,0:43:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the in-breath we become aware\Nas the breath starts to come in,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.65,0:43:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the whole length of breathing in.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.75,0:43:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our finger stays with the breath\Nthe whole way.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.46,0:44:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, with the out-breath is the same\Nbreathing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.93,0:44:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from time to time,\Nour attention goes off.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.100,0:44:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start thinking, worrying\Nabout the future, the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.94,0:44:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we just smile,\Nbecause we are practitioners,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.61,0:44:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know to bring our attention\Nback to the breath
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.84,0:44:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it goes in and out.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.09,0:44:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the training, following\Nthe in-breath all the way through,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.27,0:44:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and following the out-breath\Nall the way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.94,0:44:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Concentration is not so complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.98,0:44:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to go like this\Nto concentrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.03,0:44:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just continue to maintain\Nyour mindfulness over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.65,0:44:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, we become aware of our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.83,0:44:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this awareness of the breath, actually\Nbrings us in contact with our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.18,0:44:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that this process of respiration\Nis not only
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.84,0:44:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the air moving into our mouth\Nand into our lungs,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.82,0:45:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is also continuing into\Nour bloodstream to relax our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.49,0:45:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to generate energy,\Nto contribute to this vital energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.32,0:45:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So breathing in, aware of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.97,0:45:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[3 aware of body]
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.86,0:45:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that is so relaxing about\Nlistening to our teacher talk
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.47,0:45:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that during the whole time of talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.02,0:45:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay maintains his awareness\Nof his breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.19,0:45:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is relaxed. Usually when we hear people\Nspeak, they speak very quickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.93,0:45:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to get out the information.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.36,0:45:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you feel more stress and\Neverybody is stressed
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.21,0:45:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want just to get out of there.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.98,0:45:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with Thay, you want to stay there for\Nlongtime, sometimes an hour, two hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.30,0:45:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost three hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.94,0:46:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow you feel calm and at peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.83,0:46:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is how Thay train us.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.73,0:46:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when we are speaking,\Nor whether we are walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.05,0:46:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether we are eating,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.37,0:46:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maintain this awareness\Nof the body and the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.35,0:46:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by doing that, we relax our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.21,0:46:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[4 relax body]
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.78,0:46:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We calm the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.36,0:46:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean calming.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.92,0:46:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[4 calming body]
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.66,0:46:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our mind is caught\Nin an emotion like anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.83,0:46:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't need to go\Nmuch further than the breath
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.30,0:46:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand what is happening.\NOur breath becomes short.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.36,0:47:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our muscles constrict.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.93,0:47:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by being aware of the body, we can tell\Nanger is manifesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.92,0:47:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our body is telling us.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.83,0:47:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the mind is quite tricky.\NIt says, "Me? I'm not angry!"
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.74,0:47:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the body knows.\NThe breath knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.12,0:47:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is why we start\Nby being aware of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.66,0:47:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we are relaxed,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.80,0:47:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there is nothing disturbing our mind,\Nand our attention is fully on our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.14,0:47:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we naturally become calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.54,0:47:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is developing the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.10,0:47:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout all the 16 exercises\Nof mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.34,0:47:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're developing the breath,\Nthe vital energy of the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.28,0:47:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And understanding of this breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.47,0:47:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But particularly, as we start out,\Nwe start with the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.72,0:48:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BREATH]
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.68,0:48:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next section of practice...
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.38,0:48:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody got this?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.83,0:48:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you all know this, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.20,0:49:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to generate joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.77,0:49:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[5 generate joy]
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.84,0:49:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when\NI first practiced mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.22,0:49:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the body, the feelings,\Nthe mind, and phenomena,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.31,0:49:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I first discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.16,0:49:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the establishments of mindfulness sutra,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.15,0:49:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered that it was possible\Nto generate joy within me
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.72,0:49:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without depending on anything outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.88,0:49:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing that I bought,\Nno movie that I watched,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.90,0:49:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even a thought
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.83,0:49:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a memory of a happy time,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.39,0:50:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a happiness in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.81,0:50:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is was actually possible
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.53,0:50:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn to touch the source of joy\Nin my mind, in my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.98,0:50:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow it to come up\Nlike a wellspring.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.92,0:50:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, that was a huge freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.24,0:50:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly I felt not bound\Nby outside circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.03,0:50:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it didn't last so long.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.83,0:50:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I tried to went away and then\NI learned I had to do this regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.44,0:50:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I committed right away to sitting every\Nmorning, when I woke up in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.84,0:50:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.85,0:50:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very diligent, I was quite strict.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.36,0:50:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that joy,\Ntouching that joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.06,0:50:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't need any other, anyone else\Nto tell me what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.32,0:50:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came from within me.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.89,0:51:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't like the brothers\Nknocking on my door,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.68,0:51:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Eh! Get up for sitting meditation!"
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.54,0:51:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or my mental yelling at me\Nbecause I'm sleeping in.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.74,0:51:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That joy, that's what I wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.34,0:51:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be able to cultivate that joy,\Nso it could stay around for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.86,0:51:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to learn how to do it,\NI wanted to learn techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.10,0:51:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would help me to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:31.01,0:51:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next one is generating happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.74,0:51:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[6 generating happiness]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.02,0:51:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.41,0:51:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of us have learned these before,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.20,0:51:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I share them again in order for us to
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.28,0:51:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create a foundation for looking into\Nthe sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.56,0:51:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we are able to\Ngenerate joy and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.73,0:52:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not dependent on sexual craving,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.65,0:52:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the first step of freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.38,0:52:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.23,0:52:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.11,0:52:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,images and sounds we can get\Nat the touch of a button on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.31,0:52:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can touch the seed\Nof sexual craving in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.17,0:52:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a moment of -\NWe are tired, we are lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.20,0:52:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are looking for some joy,\Nsome happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.11,0:52:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all we have to do is press one key
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.61,0:52:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.14,0:52:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even I've heard of some men that
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.09,0:53:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even just opening their computer\Ntouches the seed of sexual desire in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.76,0:53:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conditioning is so strong,\Nthey don't even need the image,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.76,0:53:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just turning on the computer\Ntouches the seed of sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.83,0:53:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can listen to a sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.54,0:53:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I invite you to look in yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.65,0:53:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now we will go into looking at the sexual\Nenergy in our own body and mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.22,0:53:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if you can look deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.81,0:53:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch its nature in your mind's eye
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.50,0:53:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.36,0:53:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.95,0:53:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.40,0:54:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, was your meditation successful?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.88,0:54:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.56,0:54:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's not difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.53,0:55:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right away I can get in touch with\Nthat energy in my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.64,0:55:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because is something that I practice\Nwith almost
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.13,0:55:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every minute throughout the day,\Nat least once.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.92,0:55:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not embarrassed to say that,\Nthat is it's part of...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.34,0:55:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been a monk for 15 years,\Nso it's 15 years of celibacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.41,0:55:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not a single day has gone by\Nwhere I haven't,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.89,0:55:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some degree, had to look deeply into\Nthe energy, this sexual energy in my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.69,0:55:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is a very actually easy meditation\Nfor me to share about,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.40,0:55:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never talked about it so much,\Nlike in a big Dharma talk like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.13,0:55:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.86,0:55:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.43,0:55:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I feel very at ease, because I know,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.32,0:55:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know when I'm touching that seed\Nof sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.77,0:56:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inviting it to come up, I know\Nhow to invite it to back down.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.10,0:56:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know when there are moments\Nwhen I'm sad, or angry, or lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.59,0:56:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just looking for some way\Nto stimulate that seed
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.22,0:56:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.57,0:56:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know also how to,\Nwhen that fever passes,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.01,0:56:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brother the other day\Ndescribed it like a fever,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.34,0:56:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we get sick and then
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.93,0:56:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the temperature of our body goes up.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.12,0:56:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a little bit like that.\NYou feel the fever,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.97,0:56:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it comes and then it goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:33.61,0:56:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as monks and nuns,\Nwe become skillful
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.68,0:56:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how to handle that energy\Nwith love and care.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.73,0:56:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not pushing it down, but knowing how to
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.59,0:56:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remove the...
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.100,0:56:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water, the nutriment
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.27,0:56:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.64,0:56:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is the next part.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.15,0:56:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we've learned how to touch\Nthe seed of joy and the seed of happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.100,0:57:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.12,0:57:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become aware of the sexual energy,\Nsexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.22,0:57:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[7 aware of sexual desire]
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.15,0:57:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a form.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.91,0:57:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels in certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.43,0:57:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the body, when we learn\Nto understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.43,0:57:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and specially, when we learn\Nto cultivate joy and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.10,0:57:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without touching that seed yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.04,0:57:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you touch joy and happiness\Nthat is not...
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.76,0:57:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not tainted by sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.38,0:57:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that helps you to grow\Nyour understanding of its nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:51.68,0:57:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learn how to be a skillful gardener\Nin the garden of your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.24,0:58:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people don't know how to separate,\Nthey don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.68,0:58:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is oregano, and what is basil.\NFor example.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.85,0:58:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of us don't know\Nwhat oregano looks like?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.35,0:58:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be honest. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.64,0:58:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, so if you don't know\Nwhat oregano looks like, and you don't...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.90,0:58:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us know\Nwhat basil looks like probably.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.21,0:58:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sometimes they put it\Non the pizza, so it's easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.50,0:58:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put oregano, but it's already\Nground up, so it's not so clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.91,0:58:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a good gardener knows what to do\Nto plant oregano, and what to do to...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.80,0:58:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually we don't have to plant it\Nhere in France,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.40,0:58:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you find it everywhere in the ditches.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.33,0:58:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know how to plant basil.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.51,0:58:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we also know\Nto tell the basil from the weeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.08,0:58:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe there are
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.40,0:59:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certain weeds that are\Ncoming up in our garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.74,0:59:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't want...\NWe want to favor the basil.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.06,0:59:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then we come back to\Nwhat I shared at the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.78,0:59:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our modern situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.68,0:59:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human body is not quite adapted to\Nthe environment in which it finds itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.60,0:59:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we go down to Leclerc,\Nto go shopping,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.65,0:59:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we hear the sound of a love song
Dialogue: 0,0:59:30.17,0:59:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we go along, and we just feel,\N"Oh! I feel so pleasant!
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.06,0:59:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not I just buy that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.94,0:59:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they are very skillful,\Nthey know how to water the seed of,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.32,0:59:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not too much, just a little bit,\Njust enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.29,0:59:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexual desire in our consciousness,\Nso we have a nice, pleasant feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.76,0:59:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think about
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.80,0:59:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody who is moaning on the loudspeaker\Nabout the love,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.80,0:59:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will love you forever,\Nand ever, and ever.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.06,1:00:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we think... So it touches\Nthat seed in us of our relationships
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.20,1:00:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the past, of love,\Nwhen we had that feeling,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.86,1:00:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we just want to buy everything\Nbecause we feel so good.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:14.77,1:00:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! That wonderful relationship\NI had in the past!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:20.42,1:00:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I try to go to Leclerc\Nas little bit as possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:27.92,1:00:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, along the highway we see signs,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:33.09,1:00:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we talked already about the computer,\Nat the push of a button.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.84,1:00:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see all kinds of pornography.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.09,1:00:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this modern environment\Nthat we find ourselves in,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.98,1:00:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are actually not adapted\Nvery well to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:50.41,1:00:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I used to be stimulated sexually
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.71,1:01:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost non-stop throughout the day\Nin all this subtle ways.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.71,1:01:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this original energy, which is there\Nto help us to continue into the future
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.06,1:01:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being co-opted
Dialogue: 0,1:01:13.43,1:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by our environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.15,1:01:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is being conditioned\Nby our environment.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.65,1:01:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to ask you, when you look\Nand you are aware of sexual energy,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.53,1:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it really that life force,\Nor is it just an ad?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.79,1:01:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just a love song?\NIs it just an image
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.41,1:01:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the one you love?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.68,1:01:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it really them?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.25,1:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay said that we don't fall in love\Nwith another person,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.46,1:01:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fall in love with the image\Nof the other person.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:52.20,1:01:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And overtime, when the image starts\Nto look different than the reality,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.47,1:02:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then suffering appears.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.09,1:02:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've already been conditioned\Nby the pictures in the magazines,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.61,1:02:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the pornography on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.46,1:02:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We narrow down our search on Google
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.75,1:02:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exactly that image\Nof that perfect person.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:20.80,1:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we see her, or we see him,\Nwe cannot control ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.78,1:02:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are overwhelmed. It is "the one",\Nthe one I've been looking for!
Dialogue: 0,1:02:30.20,1:02:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.76,1:02:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is it that one?\NOr is it just an image in our mind?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.10,1:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is what the Mindfulness of\Nthe Breathing Sutra invites to look into.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.73,1:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put in sexual desire here\Nas one of the mental formations.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.81,1:02:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seventh step is to be aware \Nof mental formations.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.49,1:02:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this case, we are looking into\Nthe mental formation of sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.98,1:03:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learn to calm, we learn its nature,\Nso we can calm
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.70,1:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.87,1:03:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[8 calm sexual desire]
Dialogue: 0,1:03:21.35,1:03:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are many ways\Nwe can learn to do that.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.09,1:03:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the mindfulness training it says,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.48,1:03:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We must be aware of future suffering\Nthat may be caused by sexual relations."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.31,1:03:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the training.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.07,1:03:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody is forced to train in\Nthe 14 mindfulness trainings.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.98,1:03:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people complain,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:55.38,1:03:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Long term commitment?"
Dialogue: 0,1:03:57.50,1:03:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:04:03.53,1:04:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why can we just be free?"
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.97,1:04:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, we can be free as long as\Nyou are not in love with an image.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:14.05,1:04:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I challenge you
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.80,1:04:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prove that you are not in love\Nwith an image of that other person
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.43,1:04:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without committing over long term.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:28.03,1:04:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I challenge you.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.73,1:04:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good luck!
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.88,1:04:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the - When I first\Ntook the 5 mindfulness trainings,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.19,1:04:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wich had a very similar line,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:41.11,1:04:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I first read them,\NI did not take them right away.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:45.35,1:04:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I practiced for a year\Nand I did an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:50.83,1:04:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I would fall back on\Nmy old habit energies,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.56,1:04:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I practiced, just like we learn,\Nfollowing the in- and out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:59.79,1:05:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I practiced to maintain mindfulness\Nthroughout the whole experience
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.57,1:05:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that sexual relationship.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.73,1:05:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just the moment\Nthat is really interesting,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.91,1:05:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the parts\Nthat are not so interesting,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.56,1:05:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe are related to that
Dialogue: 0,1:05:18.73,1:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience, right?\NThe ones that come after,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:21.99,1:05:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes days after,\Nsometimes weeks after, sometimes months.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:26.98,1:05:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you, as a monk for\N15 years, sometimes 15 years later,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:32.62,1:05:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm sitting in meditation.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:39.86,1:05:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was because I was in love\Nwith an image of the other person.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:43.66,1:05:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes that image still comes back.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:47.55,1:05:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the infatuation returns,\Nthat seed comes up,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:52.76,1:05:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think, "Oh! It was so lovely!"
Dialogue: 0,1:05:56.07,1:06:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So somehow this hidden infatuation\Nblinds us to what is really going on.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:01.72,1:06:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we are really doing\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.12,1:06:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to be very careful.\NSo, monks and nuns, we train in that,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:09.49,1:06:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognize infatuation, attachment\Nwhen it arises,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:13.80,1:06:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to smash it to the ground with\Na hammer, but to just take care of it,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:19.44,1:06:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hold it, to embrace.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.41,1:06:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the beauty of\NThay's transmission to our sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.60,1:06:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in many traditional\NBuddhist monasteries
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.43,1:06:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just smash it down.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.60,1:06:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cut it off!
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.29,1:06:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as we know, when we try to
Dialogue: 0,1:06:46.41,1:06:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep the seeds in the earth\Nfrom expanding up,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.28,1:06:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they just spread their roots out,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.08,1:06:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes farther.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:55.40,1:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people try, with bamboo,\Nyou try to -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:58.40,1:07:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cut it and then you cover it up\Nand then the roots keep growing out,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:02.98,1:07:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they find a new place to come up,\Nmaybe sometimes 10 meters away.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.45,1:07:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our sexual desire is like that.\NIf we just push it down like that,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:12.30,1:07:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will find other ways to come up.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:15.56,1:07:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is not a healthy circulation\Nof our mental formations,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:20.68,1:07:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no a healthy circulation\Nof this sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:24.36,1:07:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay
Dialogue: 0,1:07:26.24,1:07:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trained us, as monks and nuns,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:29.40,1:07:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a healthy relationship\Nwith our sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:32.60,1:07:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the aspect of spirit.\NSo we touched on the breath,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.30,1:07:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these four is to looking\Nto our sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.63,1:07:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Thay provides us -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.03,1:07:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SEX]
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.17,1:07:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy called spirit. Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:59.01,1:08:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can listen to a sound of the bell.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:02.00,1:08:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.55,1:08:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:08:22.36,1:08:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[vital energy]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.38,1:08:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SEXUAL - BREATH - SPIRIT]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:58.60,1:09:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirit. The word comes from\Nthe same root for 'respire'.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:06.10,1:09:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breath.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:08.60,1:09:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to do with our mind, it recognizes\Nthat our mind is connected with our breath.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.49,1:09:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the next steps of mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.42,1:09:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become aware of the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:28.49,1:09:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[9 aware of the mind]
Dialogue: 0,1:09:37.05,1:09:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are aware of the thoughts \Nthat are appearing.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:41.76,1:09:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look deeply\Ninto those thoughts we see
Dialogue: 0,1:09:45.42,1:09:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are providing nourishment for\Nour mental formations, like sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:51.85,1:09:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are aware of\Nwhat our mind is attending to.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:55.29,1:09:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have an image in our mind?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:59.06,1:10:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe an erotic image.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:06.48,1:10:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hold that and then we notice that\Nthat waters a seed of sexual desire in us.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:13.46,1:10:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very simple!
Dialogue: 0,1:10:16.49,1:10:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just don't recognize it.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:19.72,1:10:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't take a step back and\Nshine the light of mindfulness on it.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:23.63,1:10:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is what the sutra\Ninvites us to do.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:26.56,1:10:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we breath in, I'm aware of my mind.\NBreathing out, I'm aware of my mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:32.25,1:10:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So aware of what has been put there\Nin our mind, in our mind's eye.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:37.65,1:10:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are attending to the breath,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:40.79,1:10:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the breath becomes\Nthe object of our meditation.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:44.24,1:10:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is always\Nmindfulness of something.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:48.58,1:10:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can be mindful of our breath,\Nwe can be mindful of -
Dialogue: 0,1:10:55.66,1:11:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can imagine the face of someone\Nthat we find very attractive,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.47,1:11:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I can water that seed\Nof sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:04.38,1:11:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it becomes a source of nutriment.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:07.92,1:11:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we are doing\Nday in and day out.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:11.18,1:11:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then when we stop, when we shift\Nour attention back to the breath,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:15.05,1:11:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seed is no longer watered.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:18.80,1:11:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think this is our 'me'\Nwho is doing it for us,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:23.74,1:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I am the one doing this.\NBut this is a process of conditioning.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:28.47,1:11:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nutriments, they come in,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:31.29,1:11:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sense impressions, volition,\Nconsciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:35.03,1:11:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we cultivate the seed\Nof having many sexual relations,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:40.59,1:11:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that becomes a reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:44.73,1:11:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we cultivate the seed of\Nbeing aware of breathing,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:48.12,1:11:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of calming our body and mind,\Nthen that becomes a reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:54.45,1:12:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where we put our attention,\Nwhat is there on the plate of our mind,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:00.35,1:12:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like we have food\Non a plate in front of us.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:04.03,1:12:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe it's whatever is open\Nin our computer.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.32,1:12:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is coming up on the screen.\NThat's what this is training us to do,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:13.45,1:12:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at every moment, to be aware
Dialogue: 0,1:12:16.78,1:12:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what is present in our mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:22.17,1:12:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, we learn to gladden the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:26.30,1:12:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[10 gladden the mind]
Dialogue: 0,1:12:30.82,1:12:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learn to bring up\Nthose kinds of thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:35.48,1:12:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to give attention to those things which\Nactually bring about happiness and joy.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:40.63,1:12:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are going down to the root.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:43.70,1:12:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to generate joy and happiness,\Nand now we are going down to see,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:47.65,1:12:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is really going on there,\Nat the root?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:50.63,1:12:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we provide a kind of nutriment\Nin our thinking, in our attention,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:57.90,1:13:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nourishes joy and happiness?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:02.68,1:13:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, mind training,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:05.48,1:13:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,training the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:08.37,1:13:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are learning how to sublimate\Nthis vital energy
Dialogue: 0,1:13:18.01,1:13:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has the manifestation\Nof sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:22.75,1:13:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are directing it towards\Nthe breath, towards the spirit,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:27.61,1:13:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards being aware of\Nalso the sexual energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:33.22,1:13:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not being swept away by that energy,\Nor being just pulled away
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.38,1:13:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the images that we are attached to,\Ninfatuated with.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:48.09,1:13:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by gladdening the mind,\Nthe mind becomes peaceful,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:51.52,1:13:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not searching\Nfor things outside of itself.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:54.81,1:13:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no longer searching for those images,\N
Dialogue: 0,1:13:57.64,1:14:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not easily carried away\Nby that music in the supermarket,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:01.66,1:14:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the advertisements that you see\Nalongside the road.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:06.66,1:14:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read a story yesterday
Dialogue: 0,1:14:09.39,1:14:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an old student of Thay's.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:17.75,1:14:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know Thay is\Nin the root temple, in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:23.06,1:14:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has committed to going back there\Nfor the rest of his life.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:31.08,1:14:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many brothers and sisters\Nin the community
Dialogue: 0,1:14:37.28,1:14:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in this moment to prepare for
Dialogue: 0,1:14:43.25,1:14:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe many people becoming\Nvery interested in Thay's life, suddenly,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:48.49,1:14:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain some things about\Nthe history of Thay's life.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.26,1:15:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the sisters doing that\Nsent me a link of an old student of Thay,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:01.23,1:15:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Jim Forest, who studied at (),\Nand also the Buddhist Peace Delegation,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:07.55,1:15:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Paris, in the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:12.91,1:15:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told the story where they were\Nwalking in the Tenderloin district
Dialogue: 0,1:15:18.04,1:15:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of San Francisco, which is a,\NI think still is a little bit -
Dialogue: 0,1:15:25.28,1:15:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Michael has said.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:28.13,1:15:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an area -\NI think that is a little bit
Dialogue: 0,1:15:31.03,1:15:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with kind of sex shops,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:34.09,1:15:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, shows\Nand things like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:37.03,1:15:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in Paris you also have\Nsomething like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:40.48,1:15:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow they ended up\Nwalking through San Francisco
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.33,1:15:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they ended up at that - And, so Jim\Ntold the story where he thought, "Oh gosh!
Dialogue: 0,1:15:47.77,1:15:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did I end up with Thay here,\Nin this district!"
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.85,1:15:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:15:53.08,1:15:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he just kept his view\Nvery straightforward
Dialogue: 0,1:15:57.14,1:16:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he just kind of was walking by.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.16,1:16:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, they came to one shop\Nwhere there was a show inside.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:04.39,1:16:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Thay turned and he looked.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:07.100,1:16:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:10.57,1:16:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get the impression Thay was just looking\Nat like Thay would look at an autumn leaf,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:15.89,1:16:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a blade of grass.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:18.30,1:16:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:16:20.18,1:16:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just with these eyes of wonder.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:22.90,1:16:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think in Vietnam it's not\Nvery common to have out in the street -
Dialogue: 0,1:16:27.79,1:16:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay seeing images of women\Nto go into the shop.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:33.81,1:16:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it said underneath, it said,\N"Only people over the age of 21
Dialogue: 0,1:16:39.97,1:16:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an ID are permitted to enter".
Dialogue: 0,1:16:42.82,1:16:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then, Thay turned to Jim and said,\N"Jim, are you older than 21?"
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.45,1:16:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:16:52.12,1:16:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Jim said, "No, Thay".\NOf course, Jim was older than 21.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:57.20,1:17:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jim had a deeper insight\Ninto Thay's question.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:01.45,1:17:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay was not asking Jim literally\Nare you already age of 21.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:06.61,1:17:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a Zen master asks you a question,\Nthere is many layers of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:11.87,1:17:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Thay said, "Good. Neither am I."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:15.19,1:17:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:17:17.59,1:17:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, Thay was in his 40s.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:21.77,1:17:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Thay said, "Neither am I.\NSo we don't have to go in there"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:26.28,1:17:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they continued walking.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:29.01,1:17:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that story, because
Dialogue: 0,1:17:31.59,1:17:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a normal way of practicing\Nis a kind of like a spiritual by-passing.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:37.90,1:17:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just want to walk by.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:41.34,1:17:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a fear, right?\NLike the mindfulness trainings talks us
Dialogue: 0,1:17:45.63,1:17:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a fear,\Nand illusion of a separate self.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:49.28,1:17:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in that fear, in order to maintain\Nour illusion of a separate self,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:53.60,1:17:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just close off our vision.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:57.39,1:18:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just look like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:02.61,1:18:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Thay stopped and looked.\NThay wants to see what is really going on.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:07.64,1:18:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is someone in us\Nthat really wants to see
Dialogue: 0,1:18:10.78,1:18:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is going on. We don't want to\Njust blind ourselves to the reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.60,1:18:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are young women in there,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:19.21,1:18:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are making their living by\Ndoing these sex shows.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:23.06,1:18:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is looking deeply into the situation\Nwith compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:30.35,1:18:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we are solid\Nin our practice like that,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:33.97,1:18:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not enticed, we are not pulled in,\Nwe are not pulled away by the emotion.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:40.42,1:18:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can smile with this wonder,\Nthese eyes of wonder.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:43.82,1:18:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, not being over 21 means\Nwe maintain our innocence,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:49.11,1:18:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our joy, our wonder\Nof looking at the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:53.17,1:18:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if we have suffered in the past,\Neven if we've been over 21 in the past,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:59.23,1:19:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can return to that childlike wonder.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:03.57,1:19:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at another human being,\Nand look at the situation
Dialogue: 0,1:19:07.26,1:19:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the eyes of understanding and love.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:10.90,1:19:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see the suffering that is there.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:18.07,1:19:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we are able to\Ngladden the mind in that way,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:21.48,1:19:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are happy, and solid in our joy,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:24.40,1:19:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we are not pulled away\Nby these things.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:31.65,1:19:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the 11th is concentrating the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:36.92,1:19:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[11 concentrating the mind]
Dialogue: 0,1:19:45.39,1:19:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learn to maintain\Nour awareness over time.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:50.03,1:19:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is connected to following\Nthe in-breath and the out-breath.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:54.79,1:19:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can become aware of in-breath,\Nand then we maintain that attention
Dialogue: 0,1:19:59.66,1:20:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over time.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:02.41,1:20:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more we train in that way,\Nthe more our concentration becomes steady,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:07.11,1:20:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and solid, we are not easily distracted.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:11.83,1:20:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if these images come,\Nlike Thay standing there,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:15.16,1:20:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at the image of a woman,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:18.68,1:20:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not pulled away.\NWe are not -
Dialogue: 0,1:20:22.38,1:20:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The image is there to pull you in.\NSo you pay your money,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:26.60,1:20:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can go in and that seed\Nof sexual desire can be watered in you.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:32.16,1:20:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we know\Nhow to maintain concentration,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:35.36,1:20:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we know when things come in, and\Nthey are trying to nourish our seed,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:39.70,1:20:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't allow them\Nto continue to manifest
Dialogue: 0,1:20:43.95,1:20:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our mind consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:46.53,1:20:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will not penetrate deeply.\NThe Buddha often said,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:49.67,1:20:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not that the Buddha\Ndoesn't have sexual desire,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:55.29,1:20:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anger, or sadness,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:57.90,1:21:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that he does not allow those\Nemotions to overwhelm his mind anymore.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:03.87,1:21:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has made the decision to cut them off.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:11.48,1:21:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can see a naked woman,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:14.04,1:21:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't penetrate\Ninto touching the seed
Dialogue: 0,1:21:17.08,1:21:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexual desire in his consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:20.17,1:21:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows that that is not true freedom.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:23.81,1:21:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he cannot find true happiness
Dialogue: 0,1:21:28.05,1:21:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a sexual relationship.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:31.27,1:21:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only - True happiness is\Nonly found in ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:38.12,1:21:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this body, in this mind,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:41.16,1:21:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cultivating peace, joy, calm, and\Nunderstanding the nature of our mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:46.24,1:21:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are no longer pulled away\Nby these temptations.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:51.51,1:21:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we do have a sexual relationship,\Nwe are also not pulled away
Dialogue: 0,1:21:59.24,1:22:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the image we have of the other person.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:04.38,1:22:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are able to look into their eyes,\Nand see them as they truly are.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:10.26,1:22:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practice it as a meditation.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:14.06,1:22:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are lay practitioners,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:16.78,1:22:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not committed to,\Nlike we as monastics.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:22.11,1:22:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't want you to go away\Nand think, "Oh my gosh!
Dialogue: 0,1:22:25.37,1:22:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to become a monk\Nor a nun right away!"
Dialogue: 0,1:22:28.57,1:22:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to learn\Nhow to take care of that desire within us
Dialogue: 0,1:22:33.92,1:22:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we are not blinding ourselves\Nwith infatuation.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:38.51,1:22:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is understanding\Nthis vital energy of spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:42.44,1:22:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding our mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:44.84,1:22:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to understand how these things
Dialogue: 0,1:22:47.74,1:22:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every moment are stimulating\Nseeds in our consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:55.02,1:22:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, we touch freedom.\NLiberating the mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:59.87,1:23:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[12 liberating the mind]
Dialogue: 0,1:23:10.09,1:23:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind is no longer enslaved,\Nwe are no longer easily carried away
Dialogue: 0,1:23:15.32,1:23:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the images.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:17.99,1:23:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, dear brothers and sisters,\Nthank you for being here,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:24.55,1:23:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping to look deeply into this\Nenergy of sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:37.16,1:23:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I encourage you to look into\Nthe remaining steps of mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:42.90,1:23:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration on impermanence,\Nletting go, abandoning desire,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:50.27,1:23:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extinction of notions, nirvana,\Nin you own practices here.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:57.04,1:23:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of time.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:06.12,1:24:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to share that
Dialogue: 0,1:24:11.43,1:24:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a man,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:14.80,1:24:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a monk,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:17.14,1:24:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm aware that in our ancestral history,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:21.25,1:24:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a lot of\NBeginning Anew to do around this topic.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:27.90,1:24:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And going into this XXI century,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:32.77,1:24:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope we can do it together,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:37.06,1:24:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can learn of these seeds,\Nhow we've used violence, power,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:42.39,1:24:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear in the past,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:45.63,1:24:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we didn't understand\Nwhat the Buddha was teaching.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:49.70,1:24:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know how to put into practice\Nthis understanding
Dialogue: 0,1:24:54.17,1:24:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexual desire. So, it is
Dialogue: 0,1:25:01.41,1:25:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of humility that\Nwe need to learn to Begin Anew as men,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:06.31,1:25:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specially.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:09.80,1:25:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the Me Too movement, it is helping\Nus, it's like a bell of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:25:15.65,1:25:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help not only men, but mostly men
Dialogue: 0,1:25:21.15,1:25:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look deeply into this as a training
Dialogue: 0,1:25:25.17,1:25:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can transform\Ngoing into the future,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:28.56,1:25:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live again,\Nor maybe for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:32.22,1:25:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in real harmony and peace,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:35.79,1:25:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with brotherhood and sisterhood.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:39.60,1:25:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just end with asking you to support.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:46.14,1:25:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two of us are going this coming week\Nto a conference,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:55.24,1:25:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the Dignity of the Child\Nin the Digital World.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:59.54,1:26:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is taking place in the United Emirates.\NThay has been invited to represent,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:08.12,1:26:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Buddhist leader, to represent
Dialogue: 0,1:26:15.57,1:26:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community
Dialogue: 0,1:26:18.90,1:26:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in looking deeply into the situation\Nwith children
Dialogue: 0,1:26:23.14,1:26:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are being abused for\Npornography online.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:29.58,1:26:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a meeting of many leaders from\Nmany different traditions,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:34.90,1:26:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish\Nand other traditions, Buddhists,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:40.35,1:26:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Thay will not go in person\Nbut two brothers will go
Dialogue: 0,1:26:45.74,1:26:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will support. So I thank you for being\Nable to share about this topic here today,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:51.36,1:26:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because - And I'm grateful for Thay,\Nfor putting right in the trainings,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:59.60,1:27:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We will do everything in our power\Nto protect children from sexual abuse
Dialogue: 0,1:27:04.18,1:27:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to protect couples and families from\Nbeing broken by sexual misconduct."
Dialogue: 0,1:27:09.74,1:27:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ask you to send energy\Nfor the children everywhere
Dialogue: 0,1:27:13.67,1:27:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are in a situation like that\Nbecause of our own incapacity
Dialogue: 0,1:27:19.24,1:27:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of our energy\Nof sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:22.71,1:27:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are enslaved to be put online
Dialogue: 0,1:27:27.20,1:27:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our own sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:30.04,1:27:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is a big bell of mindfulness\Nfor us all.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:34.68,1:27:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, enjoy walking meditation,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:38.12,1:27:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will continue next week\Nwith more looking deeply
Dialogue: 0,1:27:41.86,1:27:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the mindfulness trainings.\NThank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:47.38,1:27:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:27:51.17,1:27:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:28:10.26,1:28:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:28:32.90,1:28:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)