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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.76,0:00:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.79,0:00:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.30,0:00:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the hardest thing\Nthat you practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.50,0:00:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not to allow yourself\Nto be overwhelmed by despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.44,0:00:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the hardest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.43,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you are\Noverwhelmed by despair,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.42,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the worst thing\Nthat can happen to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.64,0:01:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when the war was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.71,0:01:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did not see the light
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.60,0:01:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of the tunnel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.40,0:01:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed that the war\Nwould go on and on forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.95,0:01:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young people\Ncame and asked:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.42,0:01:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Dear Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.41,0:01:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you think that\Nthe war will end soon?'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.68,0:01:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very difficult to answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.85,0:01:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you have not seen the light\Nat the end of the tunnel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.98,0:01:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you say: 'I don't know',
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.79,0:01:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you water\Nthe seed of despair in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.10,0:02:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Thay had to\Nbreathe in and out a few times
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.56,0:02:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then what he said was:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.79,0:02:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Dear friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Buddha said\Nthat every thing is impermanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.22,0:02:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The war should be impermanent also.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.14,0:02:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should end some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.67,0:02:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us continue to work for peace.'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.24,0:02:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.59,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we, young nuns and monks,\Nand lay practicioners
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.13,0:02:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we organized the School of\NYouth for Social Service
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Peace Corps\Ncreated by John F. Kennedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.55,0:02:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went into the war zone\Nand we helped the wounded people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.74,0:02:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We helped create refugee centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we gave them a chance\Nto go back to normal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.17,0:03:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rebuilt the villages\Nthat had been bombed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.84,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a village called Tra Loc
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.89,0:03:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not very far from the demilitarized zone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.62,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separating North and South.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The village of Tra Loc was bombed,\Ncompletely destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.17,0:03:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our young social workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.76,0:03:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including monks and nuns\Nand lay practitioners,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.31,0:03:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had rebuilt the village.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.36,0:03:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was bombed again\Nand destroyed again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.40,0:03:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our social workers wired us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.61,0:03:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked whether\Nthey should rebuild it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.12,0:03:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We said: 'Rebuild it'.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.12,0:03:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we rebuilt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.33,0:03:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was bombed again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.52,0:03:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:04:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we gave up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.63,0:04:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would create a feeling of despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.94,0:04:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why we kept\Nrebuilding it and rebuilding it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.74,0:04:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the hardest thing is\Nnot to lose your hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.32,0:04:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to give up, to despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.20,0:04:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the hardest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.79,0:04:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have gone through\Ntwo wars like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.50,0:04:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw French soldiers came,\Nkilled and get killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.68,0:04:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw young Americans came\Nand killed and get killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.65,0:04:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50.000 young Americans\Nwere killed in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.82,0:04:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundred of thousands of them were wounded
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.54,0:04:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many had to be cared\Nby psychotherapists and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.18,0:05:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a situation of\Nutmost suffering like that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.93,0:05:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don´t have a practice\Nwe cannot survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.28,0:05:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practice in such a way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.97,0:05:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can preserve\Nour hope and our compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.06,0:05:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the journalists\Nasked us questions about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.83,0:05:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how do we felt\Nabout young Americans coming
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.11,0:05:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and killed and died in Vietnam,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.50,0:05:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we said: 'They are victims,\Nwe don't hate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.34,0:05:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are victims of a kind of policy\Nthat is not very intelligent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.52,0:05:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A policy based on fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.52,0:06:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear of the taking by the communists\Nof the whole South East Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.37,0:06:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.23,0:06:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have to come here\Nto kill and to die.'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.18,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand,\Nso you are not angry at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.43,0:06:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1966, Thay was invited\Nto come to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.80,0:06:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had the chance to talk\Nto the American people about the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.85,0:06:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a very angry young American
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.59,0:06:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who stood up\Nand told Thay this:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.64,0:07:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You should not be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.87,0:07:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should go back and fight\NAmerican imperialism in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.44,0:07:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to kill\Nthe American soldiers there.'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.84,0:07:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay's answer was:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.22,0:07:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I thought that\Nthe root of the war is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.81,0:07:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.63,0:07:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young Americans\Nwho came in Vietnam
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.22,0:07:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.79,0:07:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to come here\Nand tell the American people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.25,0:07:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this war\Nis not helping Vietnam at all.'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.03,0:07:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without that kind of\Nunderstanding and compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.58,0:07:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will lose yourself\Nin anger and hate.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.61,0:07:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will not be able\Nto say things like that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.40,0:07:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help the American people understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.94,0:07:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and change the policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.10,0:08:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a peace movement in America\Noposing the war in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.68,0:08:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As people demanded peace\Nand did not get it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.60,0:08:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got very angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.51,0:08:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a lot of anger\Nin the peace movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.95,0:08:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Thay toured America\Nand talked to these groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.15,0:08:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay said: 'If you have\Na lot of anger in you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.63,0:08:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot touch the peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.59,0:08:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be peace\Nbefore you can do peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.23,0:08:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.45,0:08:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to know\Nhow to write a love letter
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.46,0:08:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your president, to your Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.02,0:09:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell them that\Nyou don't support the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.77,0:09:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you write a strong, angry letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.86,0:09:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will not read it.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.98,0:09:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay was able to speak like that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.62,0:09:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help somehow to end the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.44,0:09:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.81,0:09:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps compassion to be born in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.20,0:09:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will be free\Nfrom despair, from anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.32,0:09:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can help the cause of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.41,0:09:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.49,0:09:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)