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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.76,0:00:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Japanese) Good Morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.01,0:00:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.69,0:00:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.93,0:00:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.36,0:00:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, that's all the Japanese.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.62,0:00:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a question for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.83,0:00:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What inspires you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.60,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it about Japan, Japanese culture\Nthat inspires you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.99,0:00:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you are Japanese\Nor not Japanese,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you could answer that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.54,0:00:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about the guys from Dubai?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.02,0:00:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for coming, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.47,0:00:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What inspires you?\NWhat brought you to Japan?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.55,0:00:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) It's a long story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.08,0:00:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a long story. This is TEDx.\NWe don't have time for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.99,0:00:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, let me tell you my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.70,0:00:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's nature.\NI mean, there are many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.13,0:00:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course family is most important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.03,0:00:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the close second is the nature\Nin Japan. And it's gorgeous.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.20,0:00:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even Japanese who move away from Japan\Nalways talk about, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.22,0:00:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I really miss the nature."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.43,0:01:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they also say,\N"I miss the Onsen (hot spring)."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.24,0:01:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not just nature,\Nbut the special connection
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.74,0:01:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Japanese have developed\Nover hundreds of years with nature, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.40,0:01:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that in this picture here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.87,0:01:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course historically,\Na traditional culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.49,0:01:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's changed after World War II,\Nthings changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.78,0:01:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we are kind of going back,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.40,0:01:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but traditional architecture\Ndidn't deny nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.27,0:01:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brought it in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.26,0:01:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says, "We are connected to nature".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.08,0:01:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The materials are natural,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.41,0:01:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to see nature and bring it in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.46,0:01:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look at the traditional\NZen arts, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.32,0:01:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sado (tea ceremony),\NSumie (Indian-ink drawing),
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.62,0:01:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ikebana (flower arrangement),\Nand on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.72,0:01:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are all about nature,\Nvery much inspired by nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.72,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subject is often nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.19,0:01:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in the martial arts as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.95,0:01:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know some of you study\Nsome of the martial arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.36,0:01:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aikido is the one that's closest to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.03,0:01:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you study the martial arts,\Nthe masters always talk about the nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.65,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we can learn from nature,\Nnature is always speaking to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.59,0:01:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course this isn't my phrase.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.49,0:02:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Ueshiba Sensei (Master)\Nwho you may know better
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.69,0:02:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Ou Sensei who invented Aikido.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he says,\N"Nature is always speaking to us."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.63,0:02:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.82,0:02:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Everything, even the mountains,\Nrivers, plants, and trees -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.10,0:02:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything should be our teacher."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.26,0:02:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He talked about the stream\Nin the mountain, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.64,0:02:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It winds its way through the rocks.\NIt finds its way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.43,0:02:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's shapeless. It's formless.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.06,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But without complaint,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow it finds its way\Ndown the mountain, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.45,0:02:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You should be like water"\Nas Bruce Lee said.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.44,0:02:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Be like water, my friend".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course this is my favorite one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.87,0:02:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Study the teachings\Nof the palm tree".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.15,0:02:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh sorry, not the palm tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.55,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I used to live in Hawaii.\NWell, but the palm tree is good, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.86,0:02:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pine tree, and the bamboo.\NI should come to rehearsal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.94,0:02:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the plum blossom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.28,0:02:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are called\Nthe three friends of winter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.48,0:02:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you've heard of it this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.28,0:02:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the plum blossom\Nis hardy and elegant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.04,0:02:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes out early before spring has come,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.16,0:02:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.45,0:02:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a leader saying,\N"Spring is coming, don't worry."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.05,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm here now and I'm beautiful".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.78,0:03:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, of course the pine tree\Nwhich is actually all year around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.06,0:03:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's beautiful like trusted friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.17,0:03:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's sturdy, and it's always there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.05,0:03:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I really think that nature\Nis a great teacher for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.27,0:03:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the best teacher actually,\Nthat I found.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.10,0:03:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Japan has taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.84,0:03:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I can go back to the slide\Nthat I screwed up before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.97,0:03:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the bamboo, to me,\Nthat is the one element in Japan I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.18,0:03:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sort of represents\Nwhat the Japanese spirit is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.61,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the Japanese spirit has taught me\Nthrough art and many other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me tell you why I think that.\NI used to live in Osaka.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.79,0:03:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone from Kansai? Kansai-jin?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.67,0:03:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bochi-bochi yana (dialect in the region).\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.11,0:03:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Osaka, is a big city\Nif you don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.35,0:03:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching from around the world,\Nbigger than New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.87,0:03:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a massive city.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.85,0:03:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.58,0:03:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kitanai machiyakedo".\N(Although the city is messy)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.96,0:03:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's great, I love living there.\NBut we moved.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.31,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built a house in Nara in the mountains.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:03:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sort of like moving\Nfrom Manhattan to Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.94,0:04:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is more bamboo,\Nand fewer volvos.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.11,0:04:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have a lot of deer,\Nbut that's another presentation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.08,0:04:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will be next week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.25,0:04:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to talk about deer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.85,0:04:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk about bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.29,0:04:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was my view for many years\Nfrom my home office.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.87,0:04:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work from home a lot of the time.\NIt has its own inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.86,0:04:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people out there.\NSo I went from that to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.96,0:04:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a picture as we are still\Nconstructing our house.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.77,0:04:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the view outside my office now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.78,0:04:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no people there, just bamboo.\NSo it's been a couple of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.74,0:04:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been interested in bamboo,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.56,0:04:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the last couple of years\NI really began to talk to the bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.04,0:04:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what it looks like\Nout around our house.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.67,0:04:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go jogging through here, go hiking,\Nsometimes just standing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.15,0:04:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speaking with the bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.49,0:04:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have 10 lessons from bamboo,\Nbut actually this is TEDx.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.87,0:04:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't have much time. So just nine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.68,0:04:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See me in the break for the others.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.88,0:04:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, the first one is to remember\Nwhat looks weak is actually strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.73,0:04:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bamboo is incredibly strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.32,0:04:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pound for pound, stronger than steal,\Nin terms of tensile strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.30,0:05:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stronger than concrete in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.17,0:05:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not Japan by the way\Nbut in many Asian countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.91,0:05:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use it as scaffolding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.91,0:05:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazingly strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.39,0:05:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a little video I took\Nin my backyard just to show.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.06,0:05:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is small bamboo\Nbut it's very very hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.42,0:05:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet flexible and hollow\Nas you can tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.22,0:05:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the western world\Nat least where I grew up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.01,0:05:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea to be strong\Nis you have to be big.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.19,0:05:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the redwood.\N"Be big and powerful and strong".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.82,0:05:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as we know and I learned\Nin 1980 if you remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.46,0:05:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Yoda says "Size matters not", right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.57,0:05:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.47,0:05:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.21,0:05:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm?"\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.65,0:05:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anyway you should not.", right?\NThat was 1980, some of you remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.38,0:05:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, I grew up in Oregon\Nin the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.11,0:05:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a lot of tree Karma in me.\NAnd a forest is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.64,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the forest is kind of\Na dark and scary place, too. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.04,0:05:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of weird things can happen there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.99,0:05:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your parents say,\N"Be careful in the forest".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.10,0:05:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bamboo forest is different.\NIt lets in the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.90,0:06:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So metaphorically, this is the idea\N"finding strength in light".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.01,0:06:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's strength and kindness\Nand compassion and cooperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.26,0:06:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very much an Eastern idea.\NParticularly a Japanese idea, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.57,0:06:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be strong to cooperate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.10,0:06:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing is, of course\Nbamboo bends, but does not break.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.44,0:06:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we should be like that as well,\Nshouldn't we?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.84,0:06:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the video I took again.\NThere you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.76,0:06:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a very windy day\Nbut even on a very very windy day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.91,0:06:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bamboo would just kind of\Ngo with the flow. And so should we.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.17,0:06:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something that Japanese\Nculture has taught me through the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.58,0:06:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you try to fight against it, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.68,0:06:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the results are not always good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.66,0:06:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three is to be deeply rooted\Nyet flexible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.52,0:06:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I can talk forever about this,\Nbut you see the baby bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.48,0:06:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their roots are already very very\Ndeep and wide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.54,0:06:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture is in my neighborhood.\NAs you can see, surrounded by bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.14,0:06:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the bamboo is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.06,0:06:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's flexible, but the metaphor is we need\Nto establish roots in our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.74,0:06:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are losing some of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.07,0:06:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the old days, even before\Nthe formal schools, we had education.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.69,0:07:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the job of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.31,0:07:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think this is something\Nbamboo teaches us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.80,0:07:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be deeply rooted in your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.47,0:07:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also you can remain flexible\Nand creative and international.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.65,0:07:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also if you go into the bamboo forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.77,0:07:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will learn to slow down\Nyour busy mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.09,0:07:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is ever more important today\Nwhen we have so much information.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.32,0:07:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Taoist wisdom says, "We cannot see\Nour reflection in running water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.63,0:07:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only in still water\Nthat we can see".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.82,0:07:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I go into to the bamboo,\Nor when you go into the bamboo forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.69,0:07:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find inspiration there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.21,0:07:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where great ideas come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.07,0:07:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shaun Clee, says "We do know where\Ngreat ideas come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.98,0:07:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't come from your laptop".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.80,0:07:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm very happy to see\Nno laptops are open here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.15,0:07:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's amazing.\NNo one told you that? I don't think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.63,0:07:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great.\NIf you go to some companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.64,0:07:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't mention names,\Nlike Google and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.74,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you go there to present,\Nevery laptop is open. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think this is great.\NThis is the TED sprit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.06,0:07:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be here now, be somewhere else later.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.83,0:07:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bamboo teaches us that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.44,0:07:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry Google.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.93,0:08:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, number five,\NBamboo teaches us to always be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.42,0:08:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a quote from Furuya sensei.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.36,0:08:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He passed away, but he was a great\NAikido master from Los Angels, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.81,0:08:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he said, "The warrior -"\Nthat is the warrior of peace -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.74,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"like the bamboo,\Nshould be ever ready for action".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.40,0:08:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So through practice, through education,\Nwe make ourselves ready
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.55,0:08:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any situation that we may find.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.43,0:08:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sixth thing is to find wisdom\Nwithin emptiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.12,0:08:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Zen talks all about emptiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.12,0:08:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be here until the cows come home,\Ntalking about emptiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.17,0:08:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I just want to talk about one aspect\Nso I can quote Bruce Lee.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.63,0:08:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he said, "Empty your cup\Nso that it may be filled".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.16,0:08:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too many of us are like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.56,0:08:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are already filled up\Nwith preconceived notions and prejudice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.62,0:08:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't learn anything new\Nuntil we first empty our cup.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.49,0:08:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, my favorite master,\Nmaster Yoda said the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.71,0:08:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's all say this together\Nin the Yoda voice. Se-no,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.10,0:08:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You must unlearn\Nwhat's you have learned."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.58,0:08:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hm, that's very good.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.66,0:08:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok. Number seven,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.66,0:09:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is something in Japanese culture\Nyou learn very early on,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.32,0:09:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the idea of committing yourself\Nto continual growth and personal renewal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.64,0:09:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, if you look at the bamboo,\Nit can grow sometimes up to a meter a day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.55,0:09:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can believe that,\Nsome kinds of bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.81,0:09:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 100 feet, over 35 meters or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.79,0:09:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not Japanese.\NThis is a Chinese Kotowaza (Proverb).
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.81,0:09:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think you can understand\Nthe Kanaji (Chinese character).
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.76,0:09:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says, "Even a 100 foot stock of bamboo\Ncan progress one more step".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.05,0:09:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Japanese idea is,\N"If you think you have arrived,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.17,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've already begun your decline".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.52,0:09:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are never satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.83,0:09:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ask these great Zen masters,\Nor a martial arts master,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.51,0:09:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, you are so great,"\Nand he'll say, "Not yet".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.07,0:09:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very powerful lesson,\NI think for many of us from the West.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.39,0:09:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never be satisfied.\NTo always try to get a little bit better.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.29,0:09:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then of course, the bamboo is wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.66,0:09:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for expressing its usefulness\Nthrough simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.52,0:09:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as Furuya sensei\Nsays the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.26,0:10:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bamboo does this. We should do it.\NThe world is so complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.49,0:10:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can differentiate ourselves\Nand be more useful if we simplify things,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.73,0:10:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which isn't easy to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.96,0:10:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know this Kanji, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.50,0:10:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one form of simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.47,0:10:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This here, that's Take, bamboo at the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.81,0:10:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, actually in Kanji,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.57,0:10:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are hundreds of characters\Nthat have bamboo in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.68,0:10:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the essence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.25,0:10:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bamboo is very much associated\Nwith simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.56,0:10:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the bamboo here, right,\Nand the whisk of course and the mat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.42,0:10:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bamboo is absolutely everywhere\Nin Japanese culture
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.92,0:10:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Asia in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.75,0:10:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just took this picture a few days ago.\NThis is my friend's scarf.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.94,0:10:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were talking about bamboo,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.38,0:10:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she took off her scarf from Italy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.41,0:10:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100 percent bamboo -\Nit's absolutely everywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.02,0:10:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course this is my neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.73,0:10:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where he got\Nthe bamboo legally.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.89,0:10:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, he's making a fence.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.53,0:10:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed something was missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.16,0:10:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even making a fence with bamboo -\Nit's amazingly useful and it's beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.92,0:10:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.38,0:10:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final thing is bamboo teaches us\Nto unleash our power to spring back.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.99,0:11:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very very important\Nnow more so than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.18,0:11:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you can see a photo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.44,0:11:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is bamboo in the foreground,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.31,0:11:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of heavy snow, it bends over\Nas it accumulates ice it'll bend,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.17,0:11:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it'll bend even all the way over\Nand touch the ground on the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.05,0:11:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the spring it bounces back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.04,0:11:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.17,0:11:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people right now are going\Nthrough a kind of winter of their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.51,0:11:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This reminds me of this Kotowaza.\NEveryone knows this one?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.51,0:11:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many people can actually read this?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.14,0:11:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seino "Nanakorobi yaoki".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.56,0:11:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, this is great audience!\NIt didn't work in Paris, I tried.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.50,0:11:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.18,0:11:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is really the essence\Nof the bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.29,0:11:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the essence of what Japanese\Nculture has taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.10,0:11:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this reminded me\Nof the great American philosopher
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.06,0:11:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky Balboa.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.64,0:11:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music: Theme of Rocky)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.08,0:11:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can put your hands together.\NIt's alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.07,0:11:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Clapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.78,0:11:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.18,0:12:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky said, this was in his latest movie,\NRocky 37 or whatever it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.95,0:12:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.78,0:12:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "It ain't about how hard\Nyou can hit,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.11,0:12:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about how hard you can get hit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.96,0:12:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep moving forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.33,0:12:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much you can take\Nand keep moving forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.48,0:12:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how winning is done."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.53,0:12:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's kind of Zen in it's own way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.87,0:12:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the American version of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.36,0:12:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fall down a thousand times,\Nget up a thousand and one,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.82,0:12:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but never never ever give up."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.83,0:12:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, so what are the lessons\Nfrom the bamboo then?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.87,0:12:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, flexibility\Nand adaptability.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.49,0:12:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you asked me\Nwhat is Japanese character\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.71,0:12:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these words come to mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.58,0:12:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this boils down into one single word
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.65,0:12:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which to me describes bamboo\Nand describes Japanese character\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.54,0:12:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is resilience\Nand to never never give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.18,0:12:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So be like the bamboo, my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.79,0:12:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be like the bamboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.76,0:12:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese: Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.18,0:12:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.29,0:12:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.