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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.56,0:00:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.13,0:00:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In your Dharma talks you said\Nwhat Enlightenment was
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.44,0:00:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Enlightenment\Nwas to be free of all notions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.35,0:00:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That really resonated with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.96,0:00:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:01:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the biggest notion so far\Nin your life that you have overcome?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.29,0:01:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.28,0:01:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sr Pine) Dear Thay, our friend said\Nthat in Thay's Dharma talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.48,0:01:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay explained that Enlightenment\Nis to be free of all notions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she would like to know:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.72,0:01:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the biggest notion\Nthat Thay has freed himself of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.93,0:01:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest one is 'I am'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.95,0:01:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I am as a separate entity.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.10,0:01:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I have a self.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.66,0:01:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the belief in a separate self\Ncan be the root of a lot of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.10,0:01:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why 'to meditate' means\Nto look into the nature of everything
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.66,0:02:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.81,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch the truth of Interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.69,0:02:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot be by yourself alone,\Nyou have to 'inter-be' with everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.67,0:02:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to see yourself\Nnot as a permanent entity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.30,0:02:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always remaining the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.18,0:02:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going out of one body and\Ngoing in another body,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.17,0:02:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the notion of transmigration,\Nthe notion of reincarnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.10,0:02:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You believe that we\Nare made of body and soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.06,0:02:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the body is impermanent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.55,0:02:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body can be disintegrated,\Nbut the soul remains always the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.25,0:03:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the body dies,\Nthe soul always survives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.39,0:03:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes to heaven or to hell\Nor reincarnates into another body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.82,0:03:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the idea people have\Nof reincarnation or rebirth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.20,0:03:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not the Buddhist understanding\Nof transmigration, rebirth or Samsara,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.83,0:03:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the Buddha's teaching,\Nthere is nothing that always remains the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.30,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our feelings, our mental formations,\Nour perceptions are always changing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every moment!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.44,0:03:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.73,0:04:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no permanent soul, no permanent self.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.54,0:04:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we learn to see that\Nwhat we call 'the self',
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.73,0:04:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very concrete things\Nthat change all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.47,0:04:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am made of body, feelings, perceptions,\Nmental formations and consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.36,0:04:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that these five elements\Nare changing all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.86,0:04:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is always input and output.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.78,0:04:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am like a river, water\Nalways comes in at the source,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the river can dispense\Nits water to the fields,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.87,0:04:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the area where it goes through.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.98,0:05:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of the water in the river\Nis evaporating in order to become cloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.76,0:05:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to see the input\Nand the output of the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.16,0:05:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same is true with a cloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.28,0:05:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cloud is changing all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.12,0:05:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many little clouds\Nor water vapor joining in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.08,0:05:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is always some part\Nof the cloud becoming something else
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.59,0:05:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like rain or snow and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.98,0:05:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we call 'self' is just\Nthe manifestation of these five elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.40,0:05:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the sitting,\Nthere is the breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.52,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the walking.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.78,0:06:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the calm, there is the peace,\Nthere is the happiness, there is the joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.85,0:06:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generated with the walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.76,0:06:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things do exist and\Nyou can recognize them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.69,0:06:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is all that is,\Nand you are this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.68,0:06:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no you outside of\Nthese five elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.76,0:06:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are these five elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.38,0:06:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these five elements change\Nand produce joy, peace and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.37,0:06:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.32,0:06:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a gatha:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.71,0:06:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Buddha is breathing, Buddha is smiling,\NI am breathing, I am smiling."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.92,0:06:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next one is:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.32,0:06:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Buddha is the breathing,\NBuddha is the smiling,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.06,0:06:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am the breathing, I am the smiling."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.33,0:07:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There is only the breathing,\Nthere is only the smiling,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.08,0:07:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"there is no breather,\Nthere is no smiler."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.81,0:07:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you go slowly like that\Nto touch the nature of no self.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.96,0:07:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is not a permanent self\Nthat is seeking Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.45,0:07:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana is something\Nthat exists, that is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.41,0:07:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Nature of No Birth and No Death.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.96,0:07:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of us, including\Nthe river and the cloud,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are well established in Nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.84,0:07:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our nature is the Nature of\NNo Birth and No Death.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.38,0:07:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the subject\Nof our Dharma talk tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.95,0:08:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)