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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.20,0:00:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.82,0:00:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, dear Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.10,0:00:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I trust myself?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.68,0:01:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trust is something that we cultivate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.29,0:01:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should cultivate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.17,0:01:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is based on our experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.72,0:01:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To trust is to believe,\Nto rely on something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.28,0:01:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to rely only on evidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.26,0:01:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on something that is evident.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.23,0:01:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose you talk about trusting\Nthe practice, trusting the Dharma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.40,0:01:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we trust the Dharma?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.75,0:01:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we count on our practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.26,0:02:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you have doubt...\Nabout your practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.88,0:02:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you learn from the Dharma
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.75,0:02:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doubt does not mean that...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.38,0:02:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not exactly something negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.88,0:02:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because some doubt can\Nhelp you to get deeper
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.88,0:02:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to get a more\Nprofound understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.02,0:02:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So doubt can be helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.76,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doubt can be a positive thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.03,0:02:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there is a doubt we have to\Nbreathe and recognize it as it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.47,0:02:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not right away consider it \Nto be something negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.34,0:03:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Zen tradition we say: 'The greater\Nthe doubt, the greater the enlightenment.'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.27,0:03:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the first thing we have to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.32,0:03:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we have to learn\Nhow to recognise the evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.45,0:03:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to...establish our trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.42,0:03:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the practice of mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.52,0:03:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone tries to convince you\Nthat mindful breathing is good,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.56,0:03:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it can help you a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you don't have to\Nbelieve him right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.83,0:03:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to put it into practice\Nto see whether it truly can help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.03,0:03:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what the Buddha said.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.82,0:04:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't believe right away in something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.50,0:04:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it has been \Nsaid by a famous teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it is written in \Nthe holy scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.55,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Buddha said.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.15,0:04:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you hear something beautiful\Nyou have to learn to put it into practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.64,0:04:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it works for you\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.28,0:04:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you see that it works\Nfor another person,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.82,0:04:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can trust,\Nyou can believe in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.16,0:04:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the statement of the Buddha\Nin a sutra called 'Kalama Sutra'.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.16,0:04:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha was talking to a group of \Nyoung people of the Kalama Clan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.55,0:04:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They asked him what to believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.01,0:04:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because many teachers had visited them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.40,0:04:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of them said their teachings \Nand practice were the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.40,0:05:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Buddha said:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.82,0:05:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't believe right away in anything\Neven if it is said by a great teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even if it is recorded\Nin the holy scripture."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.91,0:05:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to base it\Non evidence, like a scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.64,0:05:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you practice mindful breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.24,0:05:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you persevere in the practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.77,0:05:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will learn from it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.45,0:05:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will find out that\Nthe practice of mindful breathing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.80,0:05:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help increase your health,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.98,0:05:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.96,0:05:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help you to recognize\Nthe conditions of happiness you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:06:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help you handle\Na painful emotion, a painful feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.08,0:06:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning, you may not\Nbe able to do it right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.91,0:06:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you really have to try to practice it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.48,0:06:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you find out that...the practice works.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.51,0:06:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have trust in the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.95,0:06:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you have trusted the practice, \Nyou trust yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.00,0:06:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is you who\Nhas done the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.02,0:06:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say: "I am capable of doing that."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.52,0:06:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you see a person who suffers\Npractice the fourth mindfulness training.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.56,0:06:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say something, do something\Nto help him or her suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.16,0:06:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you try to do it several times.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.04,0:07:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day you see that it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.18,0:07:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you believe in the practice of the \N4th mindfulness training.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.52,0:07:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you believe in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.50,0:07:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.77,0:07:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the capacity to \Nmake one person suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.18,0:07:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the capacity to \Nmake yourself suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.55,0:07:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trust is built in that way:\Nexperiencing, practicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that in principle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.76,0:07:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ancestors have handed down \Nto us many good things, many good seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.13,0:07:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is for us to discover these good things\Nand allow them... to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.09,0:07:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seeds of understanding,\Nthe seeds of joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:07:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seeds of forgiveness,\Nthe seeds of compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.08,0:08:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.74,0:08:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hear the Buddha say we have \Nthese good things in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.96,0:08:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to practice in order \Nto really recognise them as existing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.14,0:08:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes they\Nhave manifested in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.72,0:08:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you practice well they will\Ncontinue to manifest better in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.39,0:08:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the way\Nto cultivate trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.69,0:08:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)