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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.82,0:00:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.51,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.54,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, dear Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.56,0:00:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my name is Jenna and I am here with \Nmy daughter and her baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.60,0:00:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandbaby for this retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am a new grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.50,0:00:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what has happened for me \Nis something that I've never expected,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.24,0:01:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is my heart has got me even bigger\Nand filled with so much love
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.69,0:01:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this little baby girl \Nand this little baby boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.51,0:01:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very very deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.21,0:01:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel a very big responsibility,\Na sacred responsibility for --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.31,0:01:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a future to be possible for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.45,0:01:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I try to do what I have learnt, \Nwhich is to breathe and enjoy the beauty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.86,0:01:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the joy of these babies in this life\Nand in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.21,0:01:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even reading your book recently,\N'Love Letters to Mother Earth'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.26,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am an activist, so the research \Nthat I have done about what is predicted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.76,0:02:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for life on this planet\Nis very painful for me to live with.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.24,0:02:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And part of that is \Nbecause I feel quite alone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.86,0:02:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I move through life, \NI look around and I wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.56,0:02:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if other people are feeling and \Nthinking the same things as I am
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.31,0:02:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it feels very confusing to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.28,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that more people are not talking \Nabout the positive things we can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.45,0:02:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I do take the actions\Nthat I need to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.07,0:02:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am helping preserve tigers\Nand the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.53,0:02:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the good news is\Nthere are more coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.43,0:02:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they won't go extinct in the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.90,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where I live in the Pacific Northwest,\Nthere are changes happening politically
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.53,0:02:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around prevention of coal coming \Ninto the area to go to Asia to be burned.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.63,0:03:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't feel like there are a lot \Nof places where I can talk about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.45,0:03:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to be angry about it, \NI want to talk from my heart about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.30,0:03:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk without a ruse about how \Nto make positive changes that we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.18,0:03:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I am wondering is \Nhow we can do that in the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.39,0:03:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it seems even some reservations\Nthat perhaps talking about this thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.44,0:03:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is too political or too social and \NI feel alone in my suffering around this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.96,0:03:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.74,0:03:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sr.) Dear Thay, dear Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.78,0:03:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our friend is here on the retreat\Nwith her daughter and her grandbaby.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.62,0:03:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she is a very happy grandmother \Nof two young babies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.21,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her heart has gotten bigger \Nas a grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.92,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she is very worried for the future\Nfor her grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.18,0:04:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is an activist, she has been reading\NThay's recent book
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.28,0:04:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Love Letters to Mother Earth', and \Nshe has done her own research and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.58,0:04:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she knows that the prognosis does not look\Ngood for the future for her grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.95,0:04:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is doing her best to cherish them \Nin the present moment and to cherish life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.76,0:04:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she has this fear for them coming up \Nand she feels alone in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.34,0:04:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She feels isolated, \Nshe does not want to be angry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.45,0:04:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would like to speak and\Nact out of love
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.87,0:04:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she doesn't know how or where \Nand in what way to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.46,0:04:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is active in protecting wild tigers\Nand other projects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.15,0:04:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she knows that in this way,\Nshe can make an impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.67,0:04:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within her own Sangha, she also sometimes\Nfeels that there is not enough space
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.52,0:04:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about these issues or to work\Non these issues together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.08,0:05:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are seen perhaps\Nis political or social.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.42,0:05:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the essence of her question\Nis this, how to go forward. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.74,0:05:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha building is a very important work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.37,0:05:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha means harmonious community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.42,0:05:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the main task of the Sangha\Nis not to organize events
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.01,0:05:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even events of practice of the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.07,0:05:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main purpose of the Sangha is to build\Nbrotherhood and sisterhood, harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.74,0:06:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why,the practice of deep listening\Nand loving speech is so important.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.79,0:06:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be able to communicate \Nwith each other easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.60,0:06:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We share our views, we can come easily\Nto agreement, collective insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.27,0:06:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you feel that sitting in the Sangha,\Nyou feel nourished, you feel stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.86,0:06:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is the real Sangha building,\Nnot organize.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.96,0:06:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with Sangha like that, \Neverything is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.04,0:06:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you feel nourished, you don't lose\Nyour hope and we have sensible time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.81,0:07:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a Buddha cannot do much \Nwithout the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.04,0:07:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangha building,you need a lot of patience\Nand patience is a mark of true love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.54,0:07:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village, we spend a lot of time \Nand energy building a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.82,0:07:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have enough time to sit together,\Nto eat together, to drink together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.14,0:07:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk together, \Nexchange views and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.96,0:07:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we know, that \Nif we do not have enough harmony
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.48,0:07:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and happiness in our Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.94,0:07:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could not mean anything \Nto organize a retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.26,0:07:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for other people to come\Nand have practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.91,0:07:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha spent a lot of time\Nbuilding his Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.64,0:07:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was a perfect Sangha builder.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.49,0:08:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not easy to build a Sangha \Nand the Buddha felt the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.33,0:08:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with compassion and patience,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.96,0:08:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was able to build a beautiful Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.28,0:08:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Buddha was 80, \Nhe met King Prasenajit for the last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.45,0:08:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the King was also 80,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.20,0:08:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the king saw the Buddha was travelling\Nand enjoying and he imitated the Buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.07,0:08:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also left the politics to his son\Nto enjoy visiting the country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.70,0:08:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day, by chance they met,\Nin the northern part of the country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.94,0:09:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on that occasion, King Prasenajit \Npraised the Buddha and he said:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.27,0:09:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear teacher, \Neverytime I see the Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.55,0:09:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I appreciate you much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.60,0:09:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I contemplate the Sangha moving, \Nsitting, doing Dharma works,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.14,0:09:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see your real insight, your real value,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.58,0:09:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today, I would like to bow to you \Nbecause you have such a beautiful Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.82,0:09:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this trip, I remembered, once\NI went to a place with two carpenters,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.98,0:10:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were your disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.51,0:10:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that night we were sleeping\Nin the same room.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.04,0:10:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They turned their head to the direction\Nthey believed you were
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.67,0:10:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they turned their feet towards me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.44,0:10:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fear you more \Nthan they fear the King,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.17,0:10:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I know that you are loved daily
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.60,0:10:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by members of your Sangha,\Nforemost Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.38,0:10:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today I would like to tell you \Nthat the Sangha is a jewel
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.13,0:10:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the Sangha, you can accomplish\Nmuch in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.10,0:10:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So King Prasenajit as well as the Buddha\Nrecognized that the Sangha building
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.59,0:10:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most important thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.74,0:11:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the happy Sangha, many people\Ncan come and take refuge
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.62,0:11:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and benefit from the collective energy\Nof peace and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.27,0:11:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compassion and mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.14,0:11:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the Sangha like that, \Nyou can nourish your grandchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.63,0:11:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the safest place \Nfor your children to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.16,0:11:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If children are nourished and\Nraised in such an environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.30,0:11:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will become instruments of peace \Nand we have to believe in our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.21,0:11:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our children have Buddha nature in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.28,0:11:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we can do today is not to worry
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.70,0:11:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to focus our efforts in watering\Nthe seeds of love, compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.64,0:11:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talent in them and we should\Nbelieve in our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.44,0:12:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,investing and transmitting the best\Nwe have to our children
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.45,0:12:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to worry about future.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.42,0:12:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking good care, the best care\Nof the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.64,0:12:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about everything you can do\Nfor the future
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.92,0:12:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so instead of spending energy\Nto worry about future,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.57,0:12:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invest all your energies\Ninto the present and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.73,0:12:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nourish our children and grandchildren\Nwith the energy of hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.13,0:12:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion and insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.04,0:12:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.07,0:12:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)