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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.25,0:00:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.41,0:00:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I stay in the present moment\Nwhen it feels unbearable?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in Plum Village we always say that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.79,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let us not get caught in\Nthe past and the future"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.24,0:00:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let us go back to the\Npresent moment"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.74,0:00:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a question about "How can\NI stay in the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.38,0:00:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the present moment\Nfeels unbearable?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.88,0:00:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.25,0:00:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.02,0:01:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who knows the\Npractice of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.81,0:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knows that you have to\Ngo home to the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you go home to the present\Nmoment, you can find...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.17,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two kinds of situations:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.74,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first kind of\Nsituation is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.67,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are so many conditions\Nof happiness available
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.52,0:01:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the here and the now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you breathe in and bring\Nyour mind home to your body
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.76,0:01:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you establish in the\Npresent moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you notice there are so many\Nrefreshing and healing elements
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.59,0:01:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.80,0:02:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also many conditions of\Nhappiness available in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.62,0:02:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.82,0:02:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to generate the feeling of joy\Nand happiness is very easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.88,0:02:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you can do in order\Nto nourish yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.94,0:02:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To nourish yourself with\Njoy and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.46,0:02:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that is the first thing you encounter\Nwhen you go back to the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.43,0:02:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second situation is that when you go\Nback to the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.91,0:02:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might encounter a\Nfeeling of pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.04,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a feeling of a\Npainful emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.29,0:02:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.54,0:02:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact a painful feeling,\Na painful emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.43,0:02:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manifests from time to time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.95,0:03:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it begins to manifest,\Nyou don't like to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.94,0:03:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you try to run away,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.27,0:03:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretending that it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.32,0:03:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So no one is there in order to take care of\Nthe painful feeling or the painful emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.90,0:03:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, going back to the present moment\Nhere, is no longer to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.64,0:03:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the elements of joy and happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.64,0:03:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to have a chance to take care\Nof the pain in ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.70,0:03:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.39,0:03:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, even if the present moment\Nis unbearable,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.55,0:03:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back to that moment\Nis the only chance for us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.58,0:03:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do something in order\Nto calm it down
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.90,0:03:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.12,0:04:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the people\Ndon't do that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.18,0:04:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're afraid that\Nwhen they come home to themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.60,0:04:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch their pain inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.30,0:04:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will be overwhelmed\Nby the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.54,0:04:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why their practice\Nis to run away,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.93,0:04:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine something about the\Nfuture to forget
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.69,0:04:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back to the past\Nto forget
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.81,0:04:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the past and the future,\Nthey are like images.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.84,0:04:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.88,0:04:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the present\Nmoment is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.23,0:04:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people try to cover\Nup the pain inside
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.69,0:05:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only by going back to the past\Nor running to the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.89,0:05:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imagine that there will\Nbe some hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.21,0:05:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some end of suffering\Nin the future
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.42,0:05:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that cannot last long
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.14,0:05:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most people try to cover\Nup the suffering inside
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.73,0:05:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the practice of consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.83,0:05:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We read magazines and\Nwatch television
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.05,0:05:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we try and find something to eat
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.66,0:05:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we listen to the music, we pick\Nup the phone to talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.74,0:05:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything we do, we do because\Nwe hope by doing these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.11,0:05:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have to confront the\Nsuffering in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.46,0:05:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we allow that pain to\Ncontinue to grow in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.72,0:06:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the practice of mindfulness helps us\Nto go home to the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.07,0:06:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if the moment is not pleasant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.73,0:06:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is in that very moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.28,0:06:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can understand the suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.44,0:06:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we can find a way\Nin order to calm it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.96,0:06:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.77,0:06:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, next time when you find the present\Nmoment not pleasant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.84,0:06:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't think that running away\Nfrom it is the best way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.92,0:06:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it may be a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.40,0:06:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, stay in that moment. Look deeply\Ninto the nature of your suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.93,0:06:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know how to practice\Nmindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.21,0:06:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or mindful walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.99,0:06:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're generating the energy\Nof mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.74,0:07:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that energy of\Nmindfulness generated by the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.41,0:07:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps you to be strong enough
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.44,0:07:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognize and counter\Nthe pain and embrace it tenderly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.45,0:07:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And embracing your pain\Ntenderly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.29,0:07:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a few minutes,\Nyou can calm it down
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.18,0:07:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.46,0:07:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there are practitioners practicing\Nwith you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.32,0:07:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you can profit from\Ntheir energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.65,0:07:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.74,0:07:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting in touch with the\Nsuffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.92,0:07:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings about understanding\Nof suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.10,0:07:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.30,0:07:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the energy of compassion -\Nunderstanding and compassion -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.34,0:07:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the power to heal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.96,0:08:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To heal you and to heal the people\Nwho happen to be around you at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.23,0:08:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if there is a group of\Npeople practicing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.62,0:08:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together, embracing the suffering\Nwith tenderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.97,0:08:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will experience that collective\Nenergy of compassion that will heal them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.26,0:08:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they suffer less, they are\Nin the situation to help other people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.42,0:08:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.64,0:08:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a Bodhisattva whose name\Nis Kṣitigarbha [?]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.78,0:08:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vow of Kṣitigarbha [?] is to\Ngo to the places where
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.47,0:09:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.36,0:09:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to have a chance\Nto serve, to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.34,0:09:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are many doctors, nurses, social\Nworkers, they are doing the same
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.62,0:09:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they volunteer to go to painful spots\Nof Mother Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.78,0:09:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to help the people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.90,0:09:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Bodhisattvas Kṣitigarbha -\Nthey are real, they are not just images.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.81,0:09:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very young people are serving as\NBodhisattvas Kṣitigarbha.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.84,0:09:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not afraid\Nof suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.16,0:09:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they know that\Nthey can bring relief
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.58,0:10:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha has a\Nstrong power or source of energy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.77,0:10:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.33,0:10:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the third kind of nutriment,\Nvolition
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.22,0:10:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know you are there - alive
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.82,0:10:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you want to do\Nsomething with your life
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.38,0:10:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want your life\Nto be useful, meaningful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.78,0:10:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you make a strong vow to\Ngo to help people who suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.56,0:10:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you are not afraid of going\Nto the situations of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.27,0:10:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these Bodhisattvas should\Nbe supported by us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.21,0:10:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to support them so they do not\Nlose their aspiration after a few years of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.56,0:11:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to send them our energy\Nof encouragement
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.03,0:11:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need nourishment\Nand healing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.03,0:11:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after six months of working in a very\Ndifficult situation, they go home
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.19,0:11:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have us\Ntaking care of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.05,0:11:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time to heal, so they will go out again\Nthe second time and the third time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.50,0:11:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha needs help also.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.76,0:11:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we're there to help young\NKṣitigarbhas to continue their work
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.32,0:11:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.25,0:11:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you have compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.01,0:11:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't mind being in a\Ndifficult, suffering situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.48,0:11:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have enough\Ncompassion
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.58,0:12:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you are protected. You will not be\Noverwhelmed by the collective energy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.95,0:12:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of suffering emitted by the\Npeople around.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.15,0:12:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha knows that\Nthey, that he needs a Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.58,0:12:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to continue\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.99,0:12:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the practice should not\Nonly be individual
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.25,0:12:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice should be\Ncollective also.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.12,0:12:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let us try to convince people in\Nour family to join the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.95,0:13:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the best way to do it is to become\Nmore and more pleasant, every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.70,0:13:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More smiling, more sweet...\Nsweeter
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.13,0:13:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll believe that the practice\Nwill work for them also.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.75,0:13:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when your family, your community,\Nenjoy more harmony,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.57,0:13:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health, brotherhood, sisterhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.64,0:13:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then your aspiration can be more\Neasily realized.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.53,0:13:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without a Sangha, without a group\Nof people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.95,0:13:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our dream cannot come true.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.92,0:13:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, not only we try as a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.10,0:13:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we know that operating as \Na group of people, as a Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.66,0:13:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is always much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.58,0:13:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell)