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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.01,0:00:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The Plum Village Online Monastery)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.77,0:00:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Mindful online broadcasts like this)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.62,0:00:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(are supported by viewers like you.)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.85,0:01:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Donate at: http:// pvom.org)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.16,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thank you for your generosity.)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.45,0:02:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The Plum Village Online Monastery)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) Please come closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.01,0:03:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) Today, we have a session \Nof questions and answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.51,0:04:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who have a question\Nare invited to come and sit here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.91,0:04:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will take turns to sit on this chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.98,0:04:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that everyone can see us \Nbefore we ask the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that a question, a good one,\Ncan benefit many people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.66,0:04:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, it would be more helpful\Nto ask a question
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.94,0:04:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to do with the practice,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.49,0:04:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do with transformation and healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.57,0:04:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may like to write down your question \Non a piece of paper also,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.45,0:04:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't want to come up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.90,0:04:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But looking from here is so beautiful!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.36,0:04:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.51,0:05:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those of us \Nwho already have a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.28,0:05:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please come up and sit around here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.56,0:05:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will take turns \Nto sit on the chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.36,0:05:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice, according to the tradition:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.11,0:05:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we ask a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.76,0:05:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we breathe in and out three times \Nwith the sound of the bell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.32,0:05:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone is breathing with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.64,0:05:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, we take the microphone
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.70,0:05:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ask the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.93,0:05:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that a good question\Ndoes not have to be very long.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.35,0:05:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.11,0:05:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A question is not a statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.93,0:05:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, \Nthose of us who have a question already,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.59,0:06:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come and sit close to Thay\Nand we will take turns.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.09,0:06:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have written a question,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.22,0:06:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask someone to bring it here \Nto Brother Mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.92,0:06:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is sitting to the left of Thay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.06,0:06:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From time to time, \Nhe will read from one of these questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.76,0:06:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your opportunity, please come.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.97,0:06:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.46,0:07:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us listen to the bell and breathe \Nbefore you ask the first question.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.77,0:07:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.18,0:07:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.14,0:08:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell again)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.85,0:08:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell again)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.54,0:08:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.58,0:09:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.51,0:09:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we do \Nwhen we go back to our real home?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.97,0:09:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This retreat has been really nice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.68,0:09:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we go to our real home? \N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.64,0:09:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What recommendations can you give us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.37,0:09:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring at home and be \Nevery second of our lives?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.78,0:09:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Thay, the...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.49,0:09:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) Please speak in the microphone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.70,0:09:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) If I understand correctly, \Nthe question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.36,0:09:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How to bring this practice \Ninto your daily life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.08,0:09:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.72,0:10:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Repeats question in Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.90,0:10:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.15,0:10:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.51,0:10:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose when you turn on the water tap
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.53,0:10:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see the water flowing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.51,0:10:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you pay attention to the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.49,0:10:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell yourself that it's wonderful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.52,0:10:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the water has come to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.14,0:10:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your kitchen, to your bathroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.48,0:10:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from high up in the mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.79,0:10:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from deep in the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.53,0:10:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you feel grateful, you feel happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.60,0:11:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the water is there for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.33,0:11:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how to apply \Nthe teaching of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.98,0:11:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.07,0:11:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you brush your teeth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.69,0:11:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may like to focus your attention \Non brushing your teeth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.98,0:11:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not thinking! \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.22,0:11:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you have the water, \Nthe toothpaste, the brush,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.12,0:11:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you still have teeth to brush!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.53,0:11:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.68,0:11:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am over 80 and every time\NI brush my teeth,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.61,0:11:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always say:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.24,0:11:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's wonderful at this age \Nto still have some teeth to brush!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.63,0:11:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.91,0:11:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And happiness can come right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.05,0:11:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you cook your breakfast, \Ndo it mindfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.56,0:12:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pouring the water into the kettle,\Nboiling the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.87,0:12:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every moment can be a moment of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.95,0:12:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laying the table, preparing your tea,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.12,0:12:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything you do\Ncan be the practice of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.27,0:12:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can bring you joy, happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.29,0:12:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are fully present\Nin the here and the now!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.19,0:12:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you drive your car, \Nyou can drive it mindfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.75,0:12:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoy every minute of driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.74,0:12:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you walk \Nfrom the parking lot to your school,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.15,0:12:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.92,0:12:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.13,0:12:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have verses to memorize
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.50,0:12:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to brush your teeth, to sit down,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.17,0:12:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to open your window.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.75,0:13:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every daily act can be accompanied \Nby our breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.44,0:13:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our recitation of the verse.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.67,0:13:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very convenient,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.15,0:13:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people who have come before us,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.15,0:13:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have prepared the practice for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.96,0:13:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And walking in a railway station,\Nwalking at the airport,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.58,0:13:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can always enjoy walking meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.15,0:13:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not have to set up a separate time\Nto do meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.74,0:13:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one thing can be said:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.74,0:13:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have a home to yourself,\Nin your home town,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.67,0:13:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can create a group of practitioners,\Npracticing together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.72,0:14:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every weekend you come together, \Nto enjoy walking together,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.82,0:14:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting together, having tea together,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.77,0:14:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing the practice together.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.92,0:14:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be wonderful,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.05,0:14:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that community will help you \Nto continue the practice for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.83,0:14:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise you will be carried away
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.70,0:14:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll abandon the practice \Nafter few weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.02,0:14:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good luck!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.91,0:14:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.00,0:14:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.06,0:15:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.44,0:15:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.02,0:15:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,( Spanish) My question
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.01,0:15:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about the subconscious,\Nthe store, the seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.23,0:15:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how mindfulness can help
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.23,0:15:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop the wrong consumption,\Nthe toxins,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.13,0:16:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our being is\Nfrom the subconscious
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.99,0:16:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.70,0:16:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.05,0:16:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) There is too much echo, \Nso I can't really understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.01,0:16:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Can you repeat \Nthe question?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.16,0:16:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Translating what Br. Mountain just said\Ninto Spanish for the lady)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.80,0:16:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish )Yes, my question is...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.87,0:16:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) How can mindfulness help...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.80,0:16:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) You have to translate\Ninto English later.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.94,0:16:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.39,0:16:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish)... how mindfulness helps\Nto bring out the subconscious, the mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.79,0:16:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop the toxic seeds\Nthat are in the store consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.10,0:17:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To know how to identify them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.94,0:17:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How mindfulness can\Nnot only plant the seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.56,0:17:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but stop the seeds\Nthat have already been planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.35,0:17:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be more aware
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.70,0:17:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what is already inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.99,0:17:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) The essence \Nof the question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.43,0:17:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can mindfulness help transform\Nthe toxic seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.43,0:17:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the seeds of suffering\Nthat are in the store consciousness?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.84,0:17:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness can recognize...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.51,0:17:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the manifestation of a seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.97,0:18:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, to be mindful is to\Nbe aware of what is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.78,0:18:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from the depth of our consciousness, \Ncalled the store consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.39,0:18:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many seeds, \Ngood ones and negatives ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.94,0:18:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time a good seed comes up \Nto the level of the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.84,0:18:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you recognize it \Nas a good mental formation, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.08,0:18:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like joy, brotherhood, sisterhood, \Nforgiveness, and so on.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.64,0:19:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mindfulness recognizes \Nthe good mental formation
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.40,0:19:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has manifested.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.87,0:19:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness can help to keep it longer\Nfor your nourishment and healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.94,0:19:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You continue to breathe or walk
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.72,0:19:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maintain the energy of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.76,0:19:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or happiness, or joy,\Nor brotherhood, alive
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.97,0:19:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.18,0:19:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what you do when a good seed\Nlike love, forgiveness or joy, manifests.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.70,0:19:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when negative seed in you \Nbegins to manifest:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.70,0:19:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear, anger, sorrow, hate, violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.74,0:19:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then mindfulness helps you \Nto recognize it:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.41,0:20:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hello! Good morning my fear, \NI know you are there,"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.87,0:20:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will take good care of you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.59,0:20:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the first thing mindfulness does \Nis to recognize what is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.89,0:20:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good morning my anger, \NI know you are there,"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.18,0:20:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will take good care of you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.05,0:20:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you breathe in and out mindfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.76,0:20:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue to generate \Nthe energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.60,0:20:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with which you embrace \Nyour fear, your anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.14,0:20:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are protected \Nby the energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.91,0:20:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your fear, your anger, \Nwill not push you
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.94,0:20:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do or say things \Nthat will cause damage
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.88,0:20:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you and to the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.63,0:20:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mindfulness protects you,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.80,0:20:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know how to use \Nthe energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.92,0:20:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognize and embrace \Nyour fear, your anger, tenderly,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.43,0:21:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mother holding a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.59,0:21:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then mindfulness can do more.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.88,0:21:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness can help you \Nto look into that fear, that anger
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.46,0:21:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see what kind of roots they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.96,0:21:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has come from somewhere,\Nsome wrong perceptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.08,0:21:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.83,0:21:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the practice of looking deeply \Ninto the fear, the anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.01,0:21:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can recognize the roots \Nof your anger, of your fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.19,0:21:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get an understanding of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.93,0:21:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your understanding \Nof the roots of something
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.16,0:21:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will liberate you from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.13,0:21:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mindfulness can do many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.64,0:21:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the practice of mindful breathing, \Nmindful walking
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.57,0:21:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help generate \Nthe energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.52,0:22:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with which you can nourish yourself, \Nand you can heal yourself!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.88,0:22:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.43,0:22:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.54,0:22:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is personal
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.45,0:22:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can help a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.16,0:23:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this moment\NI am feeling a lot of pain
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.24,0:23:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am unable to follow\Nwhat makes me happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.74,0:23:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my style of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.61,0:23:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be your message
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.83,0:23:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the people who, as me,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.37,0:23:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do want to follow a good path,\Na safe path
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.86,0:23:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to follow\Nwhat makes us happy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.85,0:23:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we fight against\Na lot of negativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.70,0:23:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,messages of...\Ninsanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.56,0:23:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we feel that\Nthat is a wrong path.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.14,0:23:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.62,0:23:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) The question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.37,0:23:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we find a new path for society?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.60,0:23:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we find a new path
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.15,0:23:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nourish our aspiration\Nin this society?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.84,0:24:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what would be Thay's message \Nfor young people?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.69,0:24:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be Thay's encouragement\Nfor young people...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.44,0:24:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering the society is not \Na very healthy place?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.43,0:24:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.49,0:24:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at an adult
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.68,0:24:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see that that person is not happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.08,0:24:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot believe what that person \Ntells us about happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.62,0:25:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the path leading to happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.68,0:25:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if the path is correct,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.95,0:25:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the person would not be \Nthe way he or she is!
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.56,0:25:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what that person recommends us to do\Nmay not work.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.35,0:25:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they recommend us \Nto do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.62,0:25:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't do it themselves!
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.54,0:25:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.71,0:25:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.03,0:25:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can make a decision \Nbased on our own experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.99,0:26:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you do \Nthat brings you true happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.34,0:26:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you believe that.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.93,0:26:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the right thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.19,0:26:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you say can bring you happiness\Nand can bring the other person happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.00,0:26:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can believe in that kind of thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.44,0:26:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can continue \Nto say things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.46,0:26:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's much safer to base it \Non our own experience of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.60,0:26:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the first thing is to have \Na correct idea about happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.91,0:26:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everyone has an idea of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.26,0:27:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our idea of happiness may be the obstacle\Nfor our true happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.99,0:27:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to look, look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.02,0:27:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have your own idea of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.94,0:27:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people believe \Nthat power, fame, diplomas,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.50,0:27:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,money, sensual pleasures,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.74,0:27:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make you happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.34,0:27:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you observe,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.55,0:27:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see that many people...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.41,0:27:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have plenty of these things \Nstill suffer a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.78,0:27:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.47,0:27:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel that when you have \Nunderstanding and love in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.56,0:27:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.30,0:28:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look around, \Nyou see people who are not so rich,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.65,0:28:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are not powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.40,0:28:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who have plenty \Nof understanding and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.62,0:28:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see them happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.78,0:28:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you tell yourself:\Nthat's what I want!
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.42,0:28:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be happy like him, like her,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.86,0:28:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in order to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.76,0:28:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to cultivate \Nmore understanding and compassion...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.61,0:28:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.90,0:28:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's very difficult to live \Nwith a person
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.18,0:28:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who cannot understand you.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.27,0:28:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see? Very frustrating!
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.21,0:28:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't want to be \Nlike him, like her.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.64,0:28:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be a person\Nwho has a lot of understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.38,0:28:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very pleasant to be with someone\Nwho can understand you.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.39,0:29:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to understand is a power.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.66,0:29:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not money - understanding is a power.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.27,0:29:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you love someone,\Nif you understand him or her,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.32,0:29:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a true lover.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.77,0:29:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So cultivating understanding \Nis a practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.61,0:29:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do not have the time \Nto look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.66,0:29:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.42,0:29:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to understand first of all\Nthe suffering in you and the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.76,0:29:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So cultivating understanding \Nis very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.04,0:29:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have understood,\Nlove and compassion are born.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.65,0:29:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And love is another kind of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.14,0:29:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love has the power to heal.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.67,0:29:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have true love in you,\Nyou can heal yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.92,0:30:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can help to heal the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.88,0:30:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So understanding and love are two powers
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.87,0:30:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with them you can create happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.24,0:30:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restore communication, reconcile.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.32,0:30:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are determined \Nto go in that direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.69,0:30:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not running after fame, power, \Nmoney, sensual pleasures,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.33,0:30:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but taking your time to cultivate\Nmore understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.31,0:30:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.11,0:30:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you live a very simple life,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.34,0:30:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be a very happy person.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.79,0:31:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the young people have \Nthe power to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.32,0:31:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have to follow any tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.79,0:31:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can find their own way.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.14,0:31:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can practice true love, \Ntrue understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.97,0:31:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brotherhood, sisterhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.81,0:31:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make themselves happy\Nand to stop suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.35,0:31:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they can succeed, they can inspire \Nmany people to do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.77,0:32:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.92,0:32:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.99,0:32:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man) First\NI would like to thank you, Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.48,0:32:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.60,0:32:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.19,0:32:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English or Spanish?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.01,0:32:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Both.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.71,0:32:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man replying but inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.52,0:32:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man asking question, \Ninaudible due to echo)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.34,0:33:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...Mindfulness speaking, \Nmindfulness walking...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.24,0:33:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness eating...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.08,0:33:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the last few days you spoke about...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.56,0:33:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.67,0:33:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness (Spanish) "of suffering"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.93,0:33:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,....the minfulness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.13,0:33:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) For me, that is\Na little more difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.36,0:33:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) To be mindful of the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.38,0:33:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid (inaudible).
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.71,0:33:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Thay, I would like to ask you.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.65,0:33:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you explain a little bit more\Nabout mindfulness of suffering?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.62,0:33:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I find this very difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.98,0:33:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it sometimes generates\Na negative state of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.83,0:34:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) The essence\Nof the question is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.90,0:34:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Thay has spoken about \Ndifferent types of mindfulness practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.42,0:34:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Thay has also spoken about\Nmindfulness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.44,0:34:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our friend practices \Nmindfulness of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.53,0:34:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it brings up negative feelings\Nor thoughts or emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.33,0:34:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man) Towards myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.89,0:34:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) For yourself?\N(Man) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.31,0:34:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) So how to work\Nwith the mindfulness of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.89,0:34:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.36,0:34:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man) Clarify the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.17,0:34:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) If Thay can clarify\Nwhat it means
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.83,0:34:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by working with\Nmindfulness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.07,0:34:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) Mindfulness of suffering\Nis a very important practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.24,0:34:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness, first of all, \Nis the kind of energy that helps you
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.46,0:34:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know what is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.18,0:35:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When suffering is coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.50,0:35:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should know that suffering is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.73,0:35:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is mindfulness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.95,0:35:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us do not want to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.52,0:35:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we feel that when we get in touch \Nwith the suffering inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.37,0:35:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will be overwhelmed by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.02,0:35:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everyone is trying to run away\Nfrom their own suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.72,0:35:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They try to cover up the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.29,0:35:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you pick up a newspaper to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.59,0:35:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you turn on your television,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.49,0:35:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe it's not \Nbecause you need to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.79,0:35:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do that in order \Nnot to have to get in touch
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.93,0:35:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.10,0:36:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So pick up the phone and talk to someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.21,0:36:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take the car and go out,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.41,0:36:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do many things in order \Nnot be in touch with the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.67,0:36:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The suffering inside remains the same\Nand continues to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.94,0:36:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you do not know \Nhow to take care of suffering inside
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.11,0:36:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.54,0:36:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mindfulness of suffering is \Nfirst of all to have the courage...
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.78,0:36:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go home to yourself\Nand recognize that suffering is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.27,0:36:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, as I have said several times,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.14,0:36:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use the energy of mindfulness \Nto embrace your suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.41,0:36:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your fear, your anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.96,0:36:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know how to do it,\Nthen you will suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.74,0:36:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a mother holding her baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.57,0:37:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baby suffers less after a few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.04,0:37:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have also said \Nthat if you are a beginner,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.73,0:37:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may like to borrow \Nthe energy of mindfulness of someone else
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.74,0:37:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to help you \Nto embrace your suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.46,0:37:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three or four people sitting with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.33,0:37:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathing with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.39,0:37:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offering their energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.80,0:37:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help you to recognize \Nand embrace the pain in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.96,0:37:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is brotherhood, sisterhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.65,0:37:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you live\Nin the heart of a practice community,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.17,0:37:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you profit from the \Ncollective energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.62,0:37:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.93,0:37:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have learnt a very important thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.32,0:37:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know how to suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.32,0:38:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you suffer much less.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.20,0:38:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is an art,\Nto suffer is an art.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.08,0:38:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone has to suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.72,0:38:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.18,0:38:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.79,0:38:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those of us who know how to suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.73,0:38:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we suffer much, much less.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.31,0:38:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.72,0:38:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the energy of mindfulness,\Nyou can go back to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.51,0:38:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not afraid of being overwhelmed \Nby the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.61,0:38:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that energy of mindfulness,\Nyou can embrace your suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.10,0:38:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even smile to your suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.95,0:38:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a mother holding her child.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.05,0:39:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know how to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.32,0:39:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in three, five or eight minutes,\Nyou suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.09,0:39:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The energy of mindfulness is holding \Nthe energy of anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.26,0:39:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fear, of despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:13.47,0:39:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two kinds of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.30,0:39:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not fighting each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.92,0:39:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one is holding the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.63,0:39:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very non-violently, very tenderly.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.32,0:39:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what everyone should learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.06,0:39:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is possible \Nto embrace our pain tenderly,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.54,0:39:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.08,0:39:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That helps you to get a relief\Nafter a few minutes of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.10,0:39:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we should remember\Nthat someone who knows how to suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.38,0:39:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will suffer much less.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.10,0:40:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he can go further,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.98,0:40:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can make good use of suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.48,0:40:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create understanding,\Ncompassion and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.92,0:40:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering has a role to play\Nin creating happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.25,0:40:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when you grow lotus flowers,\Nyou need the mud.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.11,0:40:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the mud, \Nlotus flowers cannot grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.29,0:40:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same with happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.60,0:40:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness is a kind of lotus
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.65,0:40:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it needs some kind of mud,\Nin order to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.31,0:40:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The process is like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.04,0:40:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.23,0:40:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is mindfulness\Nthat can look deeply...
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.08,0:40:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the nature of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.01,0:41:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We listen, we look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.90,0:41:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from that kind of practice,\Ncalled mindfulness of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.24,0:41:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding and compassion are born.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.77,0:41:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.23,0:41:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion coming out of \Nthat kind of understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.91,0:41:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding and compassion\Nare the very foundation of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.74,0:41:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that understanding and compassion\Ncome from the mud,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.36,0:41:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.49,0:41:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a very deep connection\Nbetween suffering and happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.52,0:41:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the connection\Nbetween the mud and the lotus.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.98,0:41:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you try always \Nto run away from suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.54,0:42:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.52,0:42:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to see the goodness of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.51,0:42:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goodness of suffering - \N(French) la bienfaisance de la suffrance.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.47,0:42:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the mud,\Nthe mud is essential for the lotus.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.47,0:42:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So suffering is essential\Nfor the making of understanding and love,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.86,0:42:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are\Nthe very foundation of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.03,0:42:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have seen that \Nyou have Right View.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.75,0:42:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right View is the first element \Nof the Noble Path leading to happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.01,0:42:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have any discrimination \Nany more.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.97,0:42:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that there is a deep connection\Nbetween suffering and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.61,0:43:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know how to make\Ngood use of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.11,0:43:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can create a lot of understanding\Nand compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.89,0:43:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can create happiness in you\Nand in the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.86,0:43:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are two things\Nwe have to remember concerning suffering:
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.56,0:43:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know how to suffer,\Nyou suffer less;
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.89,0:43:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know how to make good use\Nof suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.10,0:43:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can create happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.10,0:43:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why mindfulness of suffering\Nis very, very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.64,0:43:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not try \Nto run away from suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.74,0:43:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretending that it's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.41,0:43:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our civilization,\Nmost people do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.24,0:43:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They pretend that there is no suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.27,0:43:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they buy, they consume,\Nin order to cover up the suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.72,0:44:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We consume not because we need to consume.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.45,0:44:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who go \Nto look for something to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.15,0:44:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are not hungry at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.04,0:44:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They eat because they want to forget\Nthe suffering inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.53,0:44:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating is one way,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.39,0:44:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the ways to help us to run away
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.38,0:44:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to have to confront,\Nto get in touch with the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.54,0:44:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can practice by ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.17,0:44:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we have a community of practice\Nsupporting us,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.23,0:45:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice of mindfulness of suffering\Ncan be easier,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.48,0:45:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have brothers and sisters\Nin the practice supporting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.45,0:45:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They provide understanding and compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.89,0:45:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with that kind of collective energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.66,0:45:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can easily recognize and embrace\Nour suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.64,0:45:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clear?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.16,0:45:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.69,0:45:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.97,0:45:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll read from one written question.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.47,0:45:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bell, the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.78,0:45:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.26,0:45:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.54,0:45:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.86,0:46:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) "The errors of the past\Nhave caused a lot of suffering"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.56,0:46:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and are very difficult to liberate."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.96,0:46:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My errors have created in the past\Nquite a heavy burden."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.88,0:46:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can I forgive myself\Nfor this pain I've caused"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.33,0:46:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and how to be sure\Nthat I've forgiven others?"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.18,0:46:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What can I do if I offer \Nforgiveness and reconciliation"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.04,0:46:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"again and again to others,"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.79,0:46:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but the others don't respond positively"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.48,0:46:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and they keep the door closed?"
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.47,0:47:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.39,0:47:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.01,0:47:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, everyone can learn \Nfrom their own mistakes, unskillfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.80,0:47:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us are unskillful at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.92,0:47:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the Buddha as a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.18,0:47:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was unskillful at times,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.81,0:47:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he learnt from his unskillfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.75,0:47:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.37,0:48:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first of all, we should remember\Nthat we are a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.43,0:48:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can be unskillful at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.86,0:48:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of mindfulness \Ncan always transform,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.45,0:48:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even transform the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.54,0:48:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that the past is already gone
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.24,0:48:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't do anything \Nconcerning the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.26,0:48:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.87,0:48:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.63,0:48:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the past is still there \Nin the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.33,0:48:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wound of the past is still there\Nin the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:48:50.28,0:48:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can touch it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.70,0:49:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose in the past you have said \Nsomething unkind to your grandma,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.08,0:49:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you regret it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.23,0:49:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your grandma is no longer there\Nfor you to say sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.72,0:49:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have that complex of guilt \Nfollowing you all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.60,0:49:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but according to this practice,\Nyou can do something.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.42,0:49:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You breathe in and out mindfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.36,0:49:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you recognize that your grandma\Nis still alive in every cell of your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.98,0:49:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You continue your grandma.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.30,0:49:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.87,0:49:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The genes of your grandma are in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.56,0:49:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your grandma has not really died.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.16,0:49:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She continues in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.31,0:50:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So having seen your grandma in you,\Nyou say:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.24,0:50:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Grandma, I am sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.99,0:50:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was not skillful."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.06,0:50:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I promise you that from now on,"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.94,0:50:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will never say \Nsomething like that again."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.20,0:50:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are sincere, mindful, \Ndetermined,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.34,0:50:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can see your grandma in you,\Nsmiling,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.43,0:50:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are healed,\Nyou are healed.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.77,0:50:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can transform the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.94,0:50:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make an aspiration,\Na strong aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.52,0:50:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that from now on, you will not say \Nthings like that any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.46,0:50:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not do things like that any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.55,0:50:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a powerful energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.44,0:51:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can transform even the past\Nand you feel lighter. Lighter!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.72,0:51:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the Vietnam war,\Nthere was an American soldier
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.14,0:51:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who killed five children in Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.57,0:51:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His unit was destroyed by the guerillas,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.13,0:51:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he was very angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.16,0:51:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came back to that village,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.94,0:51:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for a way to retaliate.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.53,0:51:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He brought with him a bag of sandwiches,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.92,0:51:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he put explosives in the sandwich.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.51,0:51:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left them by the gate of the village.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.76,0:52:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hid himself\Nand he saw five children coming out,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.02,0:52:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoying eating the sandwiches.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.06,0:52:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, the children \Nshowed the signs of sickness
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.04,0:52:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they cried, they yelled,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.92,0:52:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their mothers came out\Nand tried to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.66,0:52:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the soldier knew \Nthat nothing could be done,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.83,0:52:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the village was so far\Nfrom a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.75,0:52:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw the five children dying\Nin the arms of their mothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.56,0:52:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soldier survived the war\Nand went back to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.61,0:52:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could no longer sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.60,0:52:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time he found himself\Nwith a few children in the same room,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.51,0:53:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could not stand it,\Nhe had to run out of the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.08,0:53:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could not share the story with anyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.98,0:53:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.80,0:53:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we offered a retreat for war veterans\Nin California,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.20,0:53:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he came.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.00,0:53:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four days of practice, \Nhe got enough trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.67,0:53:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the sharing, he told us the story,\Ncrying a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.69,0:53:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.71,0:53:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promised to give him a consultation.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.70,0:54:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told him: "Daniel, \Nyou have killed five children."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.75,0:54:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That is the truth."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.50,0:54:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And you suffer."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.08,0:54:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But now there are other children\Nwho are dying"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.43,0:54:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in Africa, in Asia, in many countries,"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.94,0:54:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and even in America,\Nchildren are dying."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:19.56,0:54:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There are poor people."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.04,0:54:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There are children who only need\None tablet of medicine"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.02,0:54:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in order for their life to be saved."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.29,0:54:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thousands and thousands of children\Nlike that are dying all over the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.85,0:54:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you make the aspiration to go to them,\Nevery day you can save five children."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.77,0:54:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You don't have to lie down \Nin the corner of the past"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.35,0:54:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and suffer like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.36,0:54:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If in the past you have \Nkilled five children,"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.89,0:54:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"then today, you can save five."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.72,0:54:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you can save five today,\Nfive tomorrow,"
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.24,0:55:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"then you can see the five you killed\Nbegin to smile in you"
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.90,0:55:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and you are healed."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.67,0:55:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he followed those instructions.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.49,0:55:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see the transformation \Nand healing taking place
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.72,0:55:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right during the time he listened\Nto the advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.52,0:55:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because during the time he listened to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.37,0:55:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he made that vow:
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.61,0:55:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will go out and try to save children."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.02,0:55:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am young enough to do the work."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.24,0:55:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tremendous amount of energy\Ngiven to him by that aspiration...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.08,0:55:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to heal him right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.73,0:55:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that he practiced helping\Nchildren in the world to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.07,0:55:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was healed.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.65,0:56:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He married a dentist in England
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.30,0:56:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lead a normal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.10,0:56:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a real story.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.84,0:56:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the fact is that you can \Nliberate yourself from the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.17,0:56:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the prison of the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.82,0:56:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can make a strong determination,\Na strong aspiration, to go and help:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.85,0:56:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help the people who are abused,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:30.79,0:56:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help the people who are victims\Nof sexual abuse, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.78,0:56:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can heal yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.31,0:56:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the power of aspiration -\Nthe [third] nutriment we call "volition."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.16,0:56:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have transformation \Nand healing in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.41,0:56:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you become a pleasant person,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.44,0:57:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are full of compassion, understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.35,0:57:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your presence is very fresh,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.18,0:57:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very pleasant for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.58,0:57:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you propose to him or to her\Nthe practice of reconciliation
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.51,0:57:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the other person refuses to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.23,0:57:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you are not fresh enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.63,0:57:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have not healed yourself enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.80,0:57:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to show yourself\Nas someone who has transformed,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.25,0:57:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has healed himself, or herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.60,0:57:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The healing in you will help start\Nthe healing in the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.28,0:57:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.83,0:58:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can write him or her a letter of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.05,0:58:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can ask a friend to talk to him or her\Non your behalf.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.17,0:58:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many ways to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.18,0:58:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have already \Nreconciled with yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.88,0:58:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renewed yourself to become a new person,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.80,0:58:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then transforming him,\Nreconciling with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.79,0:58:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes much easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.26,0:58:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you still find it difficult \Nto invite the other person to reconcile,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.55,0:58:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you have not started\Nthe process of reconciliation from within.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.01,0:58:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have, \Nthen you have healed yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:49.84,0:58:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it will be much easier to help him\Nto reconcile,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.91,0:58:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with himself and with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.60,0:59:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:03.69,0:59:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Thank you, Thay.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:22.78,0:59:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.94,0:59:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.21,1:00:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well...
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.86,1:00:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) Sorry, in Spanish.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.50,1:00:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I would like to thank you,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:11.56,1:00:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because until yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:14.97,1:00:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I was practising\Nmindful listening properly,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.35,1:00:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because I tried\Nto listen to every word\N
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.76,1:00:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the other person was saying.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.57,1:00:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday I understood
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.06,1:00:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my practice was not right,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.91,1:00:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no matter\Nhow hard I tried to listen,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.29,1:00:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I did not add compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.63,1:00:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice was not going to improve.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.50,1:00:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thank you for that.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.03,1:00:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question has nothing to do with myself,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:53.93,1:00:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to do with my daughter.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.13,1:00:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is 3 years old.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.96,1:01:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish she will not need to be 35\Nto begin to practice mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:07.29,1:01:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it happened to her mother.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.06,1:01:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to begin to practice with her,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:13.16,1:01:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but everyone tells me\Nthat she is still too young.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.37,1:01:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that children live more\Nin the present moment than us, adults.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.47,1:01:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they do it for short periods.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.03,1:01:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to begin with\Nformal practices too early,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:35.06,1:01:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it would not be\Nappropriate for her age.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.38,1:01:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a good age
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.11,1:01:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin the practice of mindfulness\Nwith children?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.66,1:01:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) So I will try to touch\Nthe essence of the question.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.86,1:02:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has a daughter \Nwho is 3 years old
Dialogue: 0,1:02:01.59,1:02:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she would like \Nto teach her mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.56,1:02:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start already with the seed\Nof mindfulness at that age,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.39,1:02:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not wait until her daughter is 35\Nto start the practice of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:14.05,1:02:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is there any good age\Nto start teaching mindfulness to children?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:20.02,1:02:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say she's too young\Nfor me to teach her mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.69,1:02:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's only 3 years old.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:27.78,1:02:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a good age to start teaching\Nmindfulness to children?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:35.59,1:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) You can teach \Nyour child mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.85,1:02:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when your child \Nis still inside of you!
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.34,1:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:02:58.40,1:03:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You practice mindful breathing
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.36,1:03:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you talk to your child:
Dialogue: 0,1:03:03.48,1:03:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Breathing in, I know you are there"
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.32,1:03:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I am so happy."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.35,1:03:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are mindful of the presence \Nof the baby in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.82,1:03:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are mindful, the child in you \Nis mindful at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.62,1:03:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you and him or her \Nare not two entities.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.06,1:03:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you eat is for your child.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.16,1:03:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you drink is for your child.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.66,1:03:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your happiness is your child's happiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.55,1:03:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your anger is your child's anger.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.93,1:03:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you conceive a baby,\Nyou have to be very careful.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:59.04,1:04:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be very mindful.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:03.61,1:04:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything you consume \Nof the Four Nutriments,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:06.48,1:04:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the child consumes also.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:09.97,1:04:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So be gentle, \Nconsume only the healthy things,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.100,1:04:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the Four Nutriments:
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.50,1:04:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you read, what you listen to,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.55,1:04:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you eat, \Nwhat you hear as conversation.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.35,1:04:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will go directly to the baby.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:33.07,1:04:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your practice of mindfulness is\Nthe practice of mindfulness of your child.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:41.73,1:04:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can begin at a very early age\Nwith your child.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:59.58,1:05:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baby may not understand yet\Nthe talking of adults,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.81,1:05:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the baby can be aware of the energy\Nthat you radiate.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:21.86,1:05:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If father and mother are in harmony,\Nloving each other,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:29.16,1:05:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baby feels that.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.14,1:05:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't say that he does not understand\Nwhat we are saying to each other yet.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:39.48,1:05:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:42.59,1:05:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baby may not understand \Nwhat you are saying,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.94,1:05:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the baby can feel\Nthe harmony or disharmony between you.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:53.91,1:06:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your practice of mindfulness,\Nof reconciliation, of harmony...
Dialogue: 0,1:06:03.71,1:06:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a direct impact on your child.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:11.41,1:06:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you hold your baby,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.12,1:06:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you hold your baby in mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.77,1:06:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baby feels that.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:21.67,1:06:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a way to teach mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:27.18,1:06:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you feed your baby \Nwith your own milk,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.48,1:06:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are aware of that,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.25,1:06:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel the happiness,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:37.03,1:06:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the baby not only is feeding himself\Nfrom the milk,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:41.87,1:06:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from your love too.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:44.92,1:06:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can teach the baby mindfulness\Nright away in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:54.14,1:06:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember at a Dharma talk in Germany,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:00.86,1:07:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 1000 people in the talk.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:07.40,1:07:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember in the front row,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:09.54,1:07:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 3 or 4 mothers,\Nbreast-feeding their babies.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:17.61,1:07:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The atmosphere in the talk\Nwas very, very peaceful,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:23.92,1:07:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we practiced mindful breathing,\Nmindful smiling.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.54,1:07:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very nice.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:33.34,1:07:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I started the talk,\NI looked at the babies.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:40.38,1:07:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were so happy, so calm.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:43.24,1:07:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were getting the nutriments\Nnot only from the breast of their mother,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:48.70,1:07:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were getting nutriments
Dialogue: 0,1:07:52.08,1:07:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the collective energy\Nof mindfulness and compassion
Dialogue: 0,1:07:57.76,1:08:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generated by the practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:00.82,1:08:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So children, they know the value\Nof the practice of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:12.96,1:08:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are about to have breakfast\Nwith your child,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:19.67,1:08:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the child is 3, or 4, or 5 years old,\Nyou can say:
Dialogue: 0,1:08:28.59,1:08:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, it's wonderful \Nthat we have breakfast together."
Dialogue: 0,1:08:34.27,1:08:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You show your appreciation...\N
Dialogue: 0,1:08:37.24,1:08:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that mother and son, mother and daughter,\Nare there having breakfast together.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:43.80,1:08:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cherish every moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:50.75,1:08:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a mantra that we practice\Nin Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:58.79,1:09:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From time to time, we remind \Nthe other person or people...
Dialogue: 0,1:09:06.26,1:09:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the moment we spend together\Nis a wonderful moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:16.83,1:09:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can be practiced with children too.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.79,1:09:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mantra is: "This is a happy moment."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:28.52,1:09:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a wonderful moment."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:31.83,1:09:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't you agree?"
Dialogue: 0,1:09:35.12,1:09:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a legendary moment\Nthat we share with each other."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:40.18,1:09:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That mantra, we can practice,\Nwe can pronounce, several times a day.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:49.55,1:09:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself practice that mantra a lot\Nwith my students.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:54.64,1:09:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking together, sitting together,\Neating together,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:01.04,1:10:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we remind each other\Nthat this is a wonderful moment.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.34,1:10:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are still alive, \Nwe are sharing a cup of tea.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:11.86,1:10:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is always possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:17.61,1:10:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So children are receptive \Nto that kind of practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:23.03,1:10:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that \Nwe appreciate their presence.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:26.77,1:10:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We offer attention to them,\Nand they are happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:32.40,1:10:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn in a way\Nthat we cannot conceive.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:37.78,1:10:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn without knowing\Nthat they are learning.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:43.71,1:10:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We transmit the practice of mindfulness\Nby our way of life.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:51.62,1:10:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the parents smoke and drink alcohol,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:55.60,1:10:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the children will smoke and drink alcohol.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:59.18,1:11:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the parents practice mindfulness,\Nloving speech, and deep listening,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:04.21,1:11:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the children will do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:06.39,1:11:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do not have to know\Nthat they are learning.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:10.59,1:11:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the learning, the practice,\Ncan be non-formal.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:16.85,1:11:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to say that,\N"I am practicing mindfulness."
Dialogue: 0,1:11:21.02,1:11:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just enjoy the practice\Nof mindfulness, of breathing,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:25.75,1:11:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking, eating and so on.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:28.41,1:11:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will have an effect on the children,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:32.37,1:11:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the very young ones.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:36.68,1:11:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three years old may be too late!
Dialogue: 0,1:11:41.13,1:11:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:12:06.03,1:12:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.03,1:12:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:12:32.88,1:12:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, dear brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:37.100,1:12:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to deeply thank you\Nfor sharing your time with us.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:44.96,1:12:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is regarding hurt kids.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:51.47,1:13:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we guide them, \Nhelp them to look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:01.18,1:13:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to understand the root cause\Nof their suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:08.63,1:13:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as anger, anguish, or fear,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:14.18,1:13:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are small?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:23.39,1:13:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) So the question is\Nabout children:
Dialogue: 0,1:13:29.06,1:13:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to guide them to look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:31.71,1:13:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to understand the cause\Nof these children's suffering
Dialogue: 0,1:13:36.14,1:13:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- anger, anguish, fear -
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.53,1:13:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so how to help them?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:41.31,1:13:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any particular age?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:43.14,1:13:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lady) Maybe six, seven or eight.\N
Dialogue: 0,1:13:46.63,1:13:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Six, seven or eight.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:49.82,1:13:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how to help little children \Nunderstand the cause of their suffering?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:04.82,1:14:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not try \Nto give the teaching...
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.78,1:14:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,orally only,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:15.72,1:14:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because often it does not work.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:23.17,1:14:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As teachers, we have \Nthe tendency to explain.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:31.55,1:14:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to explain, we have to use words.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:37.11,1:14:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may turn them off.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:41.03,1:14:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not interested \Nin words and concepts.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.50,1:15:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we should use \Nvery simple expressions,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:02.50,1:15:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simple, simple words.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:15.90,1:15:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose when...
Dialogue: 0,1:15:21.33,1:15:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we have anger in us,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:28.12,1:15:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when mother has anger in herself,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:42.11,1:15:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the child wants her \Nto do something,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:48.21,1:15:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say something, for him.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:53.67,1:16:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the mother realises that it's not good\Nto do it, to say it,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.88,1:16:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she's angry,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:03.68,1:16:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she may tell her child
Dialogue: 0,1:16:07.32,1:16:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Mummy does not feel good in herself.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:11.46,1:16:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mummy is a little bit angry.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:14.26,1:16:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should allow Mummy \Nto breathe, to walk,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:19.91,1:16:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to calm herself first.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:23.88,1:16:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do it like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:26.83,1:16:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is teaching.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:31.72,1:16:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You teach by your own life.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:37.95,1:16:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they see you practicing \Nwhen you are angry,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.06,1:16:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will believe you.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.43,1:16:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next time when they get angry,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.84,1:16:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may say something:
Dialogue: 0,1:16:53.19,1:16:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Darling, why don't you do it like Mummy?"
Dialogue: 0,1:16:57.55,1:17:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't say anything, don't do anything,"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:01.34,1:17:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it may do harm to yourself\Nand to others."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:06.49,1:17:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do like Mummy, just breathe"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:09.51,1:17:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and know that we are angry."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:12.30,1:17:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If we know how to breathe like that,\Nwalk like that,"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:17.47,1:17:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"then we will feel better."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:19.50,1:17:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why don't you hold Mummy's hand"
Dialogue: 0,1:17:22.45,1:17:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and we will breathe together,\Nmake a few steps together."
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.76,1:17:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is teaching.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:31.28,1:17:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same thing is true \Nwith other mental formations,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:36.59,1:17:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like fear, jealousy and so on.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:42.84,1:17:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a kind of teaching\Ncalled teaching by your own life,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:53.56,1:17:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by your own body.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:55.52,1:17:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very good.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:58.23,1:18:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a teacher, I know the value\Nof that kind of teaching.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:08.27,1:18:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You teach by the way you walk,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:11.100,1:18:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way you sit down,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:14.57,1:18:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way you eat,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:17.62,1:18:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way you look,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:19.91,1:18:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way you react to a provocation.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:25.40,1:18:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That teaching is well received\Nby the young people.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:31.32,1:18:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to use a lot of words.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:38.77,1:18:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another question from the floor.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:44.23,1:18:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) Dear Thay, dear Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:46.83,1:18:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a question from a man, I guess,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:50.65,1:18:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it says:
Dialogue: 0,1:18:52.59,1:18:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can men today \Navoid becoming soft men?"
Dialogue: 0,1:18:58.68,1:19:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can men become more confident,"
Dialogue: 0,1:19:04.22,1:19:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"without becoming aggressive?"
Dialogue: 0,1:19:07.44,1:19:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can a man avoid becoming a soft man?"
Dialogue: 0,1:19:14.28,1:19:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes men, maybe in Spain,\Nhave been aggressive in the past
Dialogue: 0,1:19:21.07,1:19:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now when we practice,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:23.44,1:19:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become soft, \Nvery receptive and attentive,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:26.74,1:19:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe we become too soft.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:30.08,1:19:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too soft!
Dialogue: 0,1:19:32.88,1:19:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:19:48.06,1:19:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday, we spoke about Noble Silence,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:55.04,1:19:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of silence that is very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:00.09,1:20:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not oppressive at all.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:03.99,1:20:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very alive.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:06.68,1:20:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we stop our talking,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:11.58,1:20:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we stop our thinking,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:13.90,1:20:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we breathe, we become alive,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:17.24,1:20:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are aware of being with each other
Dialogue: 0,1:20:23.58,1:20:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that kind of silence is very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:28.34,1:20:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Buddhist tradition,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:30.69,1:20:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they describe the silence \Nas "thundering silence."
Dialogue: 0,1:20:38.00,1:20:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Powerful like thunder.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:42.15,1:20:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(French) The thunder.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:44.50,1:20:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thundering silence.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:47.59,1:20:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who believe that \Nwhen they have too much compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:53.54,1:20:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they become very soft,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:56.20,1:20:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is not true.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:58.85,1:21:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion is not soft.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:01.76,1:21:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion is very, very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:10.68,1:21:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have great compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:14.27,1:21:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can die, you are ready to die\Nfor the sake of helping people.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:21.37,1:21:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:26.49,1:21:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is violence that makes you weak,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:36.30,1:21:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you are weak,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:38.15,1:21:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is why you need a gun,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:41.02,1:21:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need an army.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:45.77,1:21:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are really powerful,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:48.62,1:21:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can help many people around,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:51.81,1:21:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many countries around,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:54.23,1:21:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are safer.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:56.60,1:21:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are too afraid,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:59.76,1:22:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need a gun, you need an army.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:04.57,1:22:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why cultivating compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:08.87,1:22:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you protect yourself much better
Dialogue: 0,1:22:12.02,1:22:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than with an army, with a gun.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:19.22,1:22:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you carry a gun, \Nthat means you are afraid,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:24.22,1:22:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are fearful.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:36.23,1:22:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion makes us...
Dialogue: 0,1:22:42.87,1:22:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion gives us a lot of energy.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:51.66,1:22:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With compassion, you can do everything\Nin order to help people.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:01.50,1:23:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not afraid.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:04.85,1:23:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Lotus Sutra,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:06.80,1:23:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion is described as "thunder."
Dialogue: 0,1:23:14.30,1:23:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a cloud, a big cloud in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:19.06,1:23:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks very soft,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:23.81,1:23:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a cloud can generate thunder,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:28.72,1:23:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lightning and thunder.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:32.12,1:23:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the Lotus Sutra,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:34.66,1:23:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion is described \Nas lightning and thunder.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:38.53,1:23:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very, very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:43.36,1:23:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have violence in you,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:46.82,1:23:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your nature is weak, and not powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:53.04,1:23:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have compassion in you,
Dialogue: 0,1:23:55.19,1:23:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are really powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:23:59.10,1:24:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With violence in you, you suffer.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:09.58,1:24:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children, adults, teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:15.30,1:24:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they have a lot of violence in them,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:19.58,1:24:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they suffer,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:21.20,1:24:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:23.97,1:24:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are weak.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:27.83,1:24:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we cultivate compassion, \Nwe are healthy,
Dialogue: 0,1:24:32.70,1:24:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are powerful.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:37.04,1:24:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence makes you sick.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:41.35,1:24:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is destroying our health,\Nphysical and mental.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:48.36,1:24:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence.
Dialogue: 0,1:24:52.46,1:24:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you produce a thought \Nfull of hate and violence,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:00.34,1:25:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thought begins to destroy you\Nand destroy the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:07.15,1:25:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have Right Understanding,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:10.35,1:25:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you generate a thought \Nof compassion, of understanding.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:15.98,1:25:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That thought begins to heal you
Dialogue: 0,1:25:19.19,1:25:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begins to heal the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:23.84,1:25:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the practice of Right Thinking:
Dialogue: 0,1:25:26.83,1:25:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking in such a way
Dialogue: 0,1:25:28.87,1:25:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can generate \Nunderstanding and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:35.38,1:25:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is real power.
Dialogue: 0,1:25:42.70,1:25:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion can be expressed \Nin the way you think,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:48.16,1:25:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way you speak,
Dialogue: 0,1:25:52.36,1:25:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the way you act.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:02.24,1:26:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are motivated by the desire \Nto help a person to suffer less,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:10.09,1:26:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use loving speech,\Ncompassionate speech.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:16.92,1:26:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you write down in a letter,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:20.26,1:26:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you say,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:22.52,1:26:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you tell him or her \Non the telephone...
Dialogue: 0,1:26:26.39,1:26:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has so much compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:31.98,1:26:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are able \Nto say something compassionate,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:36.33,1:26:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel wonderful within yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:26:39.32,1:26:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can heal yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:47.07,1:26:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can begin to help \Nheal the other person.
Dialogue: 0,1:26:52.70,1:26:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So compassion has the power to heal.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:02.09,1:27:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why all of us have to learn
Dialogue: 0,1:27:04.80,1:27:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to generate \Nthe energy of compassion in us.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:09.99,1:27:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to heal ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:12.43,1:27:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to generate\Nthe energy of compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:16.19,1:27:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to heal our family,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:19.25,1:27:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make our family happy, harmonious again,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:22.61,1:27:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to generate, \Nto cultivate compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:28.43,1:27:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to heal our community,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:32.79,1:27:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our city, our nation,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:36.61,1:27:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to cultivate more compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:41.71,1:27:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion comes from understanding,\Nunderstanding suffering:
Dialogue: 0,1:27:47.35,1:27:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own suffering\Nand the suffering of the other person,
Dialogue: 0,1:27:51.28,1:27:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the suffering of the people\Nwho we believe to be our enemies.
Dialogue: 0,1:27:56.45,1:28:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a lot of suffering \Nin themselves also.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:04.46,1:28:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the answer to our situation \Nis compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:10.58,1:28:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And medically speaking, \Ndoctors are beginning to understand
Dialogue: 0,1:28:18.30,1:28:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that compassion has a healing power.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:22.42,1:28:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have so much hate,\Nand despair, and anger,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:25.38,1:28:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's difficult to heal.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:27.45,1:28:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:29.97,1:28:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's easier to heal yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:33.23,1:28:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Stanford University,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:35.23,1:28:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have begun to study\Nthe healing power of compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:40.84,1:28:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay was invited to speak at Stanford
Dialogue: 0,1:28:46.29,1:28:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the practice of compassion,
Dialogue: 0,1:28:50.45,1:28:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone asked \Nexactly the same question.
Dialogue: 0,1:28:55.77,1:28:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it not true that \Ncompassion makes you weak?
Dialogue: 0,1:29:00.17,1:29:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:02.45,1:29:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion makes you very strong.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:20.55,1:29:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bell first.
Dialogue: 0,1:29:23.44,1:29:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:29:28.95,1:29:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:29:57.72,1:29:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to ask:
Dialogue: 0,1:29:59.48,1:30:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone, at one moment,\Ncomes to me for help,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:04.92,1:30:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I cannot (inaudible) for that person,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:09.59,1:30:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have that moment,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:12.93,1:30:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I tell that person \Nto embrace the pain,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:17.44,1:30:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to embrace the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:19.69,1:30:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the person doesn't accept
Dialogue: 0,1:30:22.48,1:30:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe gets mad?
Dialogue: 0,1:30:25.68,1:30:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I keep helping the person?
Dialogue: 0,1:30:28.96,1:30:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only have maybe a few minutes,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:31.52,1:30:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then this person will go away.
Dialogue: 0,1:30:36.91,1:30:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) (Spanish) Could you ask\Nthe question in Spanish?
Dialogue: 0,1:30:41.13,1:30:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) If someone\Ncomes to me for help
Dialogue: 0,1:30:46.22,1:30:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a limited time,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:49.60,1:30:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I try to help him\Nand tell him to embrace his suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:56.15,1:30:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his sorrow, his hate,
Dialogue: 0,1:30:58.68,1:31:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that person at that moment\Nrefuses to do it
Dialogue: 0,1:31:02.83,1:31:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gets even more angry,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:05.80,1:31:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I help that person\Nin that limited time I have?
Dialogue: 0,1:31:12.31,1:31:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) So somebody comes to her,\Nasking for help,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:16.35,1:31:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she doesn't have \Nmuch time to offer to this person,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:20.29,1:31:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she tells this person that\Nshe just needs to embrace her suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:25.68,1:31:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anger, or whatever emotion,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:28.11,1:31:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that person reacts,\Nthey don't want to hear that.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:32.41,1:31:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this limited time that I have,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:35.76,1:31:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I help this person transform?
Dialogue: 0,1:31:40.37,1:31:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically, she says to this person\Nthat she needs to embrace her suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:31:46.50,1:31:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the person reacts\Nand doesn't want to embrace the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:50.88,1:31:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she doesn't have much time available\Nto help the person.
Dialogue: 0,1:31:58.49,1:32:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What work do you do? \NWhat is your profession?
Dialogue: 0,1:32:01.65,1:32:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this something professional?
Dialogue: 0,1:32:07.38,1:32:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lady) I am a teacher, \Nbut I also help people with problems.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:17.19,1:32:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) So... a teacher,\Nand you help people professionally?
Dialogue: 0,1:32:22.13,1:32:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lady) Teaching, yes, it's my profession.
Dialogue: 0,1:32:25.85,1:32:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I help people... (inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,1:32:33.81,1:32:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thay) \N(Speaking in Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:32:37.96,1:32:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Inclusiveness) \N(Replying in Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,1:33:20.41,1:33:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are so busy,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:23.89,1:33:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we do not have the time,
Dialogue: 0,1:33:27.60,1:33:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot do anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:31.38,1:33:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the problem is to arrange \Nthat you have plenty of time.
Dialogue: 0,1:33:39.37,1:33:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:33:54.38,1:34:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those of us\Nwho are doctors,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:03.16,1:34:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:06.65,1:34:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who are able to help people,
Dialogue: 0,1:34:17.08,1:34:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our capacity is limited.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:25.85,1:34:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of us have become monks and nuns\Nin order to have more time.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:31.74,1:34:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:34:34.01,1:34:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as a monk or nun
Dialogue: 0,1:34:37.44,1:34:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to make a living.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:40.88,1:34:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to make a living.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:45.42,1:34:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need a private house, \Nyou don't need a salary.
Dialogue: 0,1:34:50.05,1:34:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need
Dialogue: 0,1:35:01.16,1:35:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a private bank account\Nand so on.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:06.59,1:35:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have plenty of time to practice\Nhelping yourself
Dialogue: 0,1:35:14.12,1:35:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:20.02,1:35:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the ways to have the time\Nis to live a simple life.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:29.64,1:35:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially and if possible to live\Nin a community.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:35.64,1:35:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need\Na private car, a private house,
Dialogue: 0,1:35:40.83,1:35:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a private bank account and so on.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:46.56,1:35:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have plenty of time.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:49.49,1:35:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what the Buddha and his monks did.
Dialogue: 0,1:35:53.72,1:35:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had plenty of time walking, sitting, \Nhelping people.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:05.90,1:36:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time is not money.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:14.10,1:36:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in our society,\Nmany people think of time as money.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:19.79,1:36:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time is to make money.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:24.18,1:36:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time is much more than money.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:26.54,1:36:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time is life, and time is love.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:33.11,1:36:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are given years,\Nmonths and days
Dialogue: 0,1:36:38.01,1:36:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hours and minutes
Dialogue: 0,1:36:40.01,1:36:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to live your life and to love,\Nnot to make money.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:46.12,1:36:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your priority is to make money,
Dialogue: 0,1:36:53.24,1:36:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you don't have the time\Nto do the work of loving.
Dialogue: 0,1:36:59.47,1:37:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to love yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:02.37,1:37:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have the time to love yourself?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:05.70,1:37:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To take care of your body, \Nto take care of your feelings and so on?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:13.63,1:37:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have the time to do that,
Dialogue: 0,1:37:15.77,1:37:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you help another person?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:24.08,1:37:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have the time,\Nhow can you love?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:31.33,1:37:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you do in your daily life\Nis an act of love.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:37.73,1:37:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything you say, everything you do\Nin your daily life
Dialogue: 0,1:37:41.82,1:37:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be an act of love,\Nthat is possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:49.46,1:37:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, \Nreconsider the way you use your time.
Dialogue: 0,1:37:54.97,1:37:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing with your time?
Dialogue: 0,1:37:58.76,1:38:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your time is to be,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:07.87,1:38:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live your life and to love.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:13.33,1:38:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the people in our society,\Nthe way they make use of their time.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:20.08,1:38:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have the time\Nto breathe, to sit, to walk,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:26.95,1:38:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy being alive,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:29.99,1:38:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at their children.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:37.87,1:38:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are always in a hurry.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:41.16,1:38:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there must be a kind a revolution.
Dialogue: 0,1:38:46.49,1:38:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us who have chosen\Nto be monks and nuns
Dialogue: 0,1:38:51.19,1:38:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the lay practitioners\Nwho are living in the community,
Dialogue: 0,1:38:57.09,1:38:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want a lot of time
Dialogue: 0,1:39:01.06,1:39:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can\Ntake care of ourselves fully.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:05.50,1:39:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heal ourselves and help heal \Nand help other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:10.82,1:39:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we organize a retreat, \Nwe do it as an act of love.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:26.65,1:39:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see the people\Ntransformed and healed,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:32.95,1:39:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is our reward.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:36.26,1:39:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the benefit we get.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:39.50,1:39:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see people suffering less,\N
Dialogue: 0,1:39:42.67,1:39:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning to smile,\Nreconciling with each other,
Dialogue: 0,1:39:46.41,1:39:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are very happy.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:48.45,1:39:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that our life has a meaning.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:52.80,1:39:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is nourishing us a lot.
Dialogue: 0,1:39:57.17,1:39:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every one of us has to sit down
Dialogue: 0,1:40:00.15,1:40:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reconsider how do we use our time.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:05.20,1:40:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have the time\Nto love, to serve?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:11.32,1:40:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have the time\Nto take care of ourselves?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:15.18,1:40:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heal ourselves\Nand help heal our society?
Dialogue: 0,1:40:19.90,1:40:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the question.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:22.42,1:40:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to give\Nthe answer by yourself.
Dialogue: 0,1:40:46.37,1:40:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:40:51.15,1:40:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:41:16.10,1:41:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) Dear Thay,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:19.51,1:41:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,1:41:26.50,1:41:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we protect our Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:35.90,1:41:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if it is a very young Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:41:41.32,1:41:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,composed by young people
Dialogue: 0,1:41:45.37,1:41:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have few experience\Nwith the practice?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:51.25,1:41:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we protect ourselves\Nwhen there are frailties?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:57.50,1:41:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) When there is what?
Dialogue: 0,1:41:59.47,1:42:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) Frailties.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:03.79,1:42:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) Weakness?
Dialogue: 0,1:42:08.30,1:42:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br.Mountain) Can you\Nrepeat the question?
Dialogue: 0,1:42:11.52,1:42:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Spanish) How can we,\Nmy Sangha friends and myself...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:16.56,1:42:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br.Mountain) How can my friends \Nof the Sangha and myself...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:22.61,1:42:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... protect our Sangha...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:25.00,1:42:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) ...how can we\Nprotect our Sangha...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:27.75,1:42:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...especially if it is a young Sangha...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:30.83,1:42:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) ...especially\Nif it's a young Sangha?
Dialogue: 0,1:42:35.37,1:42:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it is OK.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:38.51,1:42:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother) You said something more.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:41.08,1:42:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-It is a young Sangha.\N-(Brother) It's a young Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:44.48,1:42:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-We are all young people...\N- (Br.) We are all quite young...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:48.23,1:42:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-...with little experience...\N-(Br.)...with little experience...
Dialogue: 0,1:42:51.67,1:42:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-...in the practice.\N-(Br)...in the practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:42:56.17,1:42:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Mountain) So how can we\Nprotect our Sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:43:00.11,1:43:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are a young Sangha,\Nwe have little experience.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:24.84,1:43:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building a Sangha\Nis a very basic practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:43:38.06,1:43:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have an aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:45.59,1:43:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deep aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:47.81,1:43:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a dream to realize,
Dialogue: 0,1:43:54.09,1:43:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot do it \Nwithout a community.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:15.66,1:44:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why, building a community \Nis very important.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:24.29,1:44:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha, after enlightenment,\N
Dialogue: 0,1:44:29.41,1:44:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew that he needed a Sangha\Nin order to realize his dream,
Dialogue: 0,1:44:36.09,1:44:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering the practice\Nand help change the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:41.40,1:44:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he spent his time looking for friends
Dialogue: 0,1:44:46.80,1:44:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set up a community of practice.
Dialogue: 0,1:44:54.19,1:45:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of the first year\Nafter enlightenment,
Dialogue: 0,1:45:00.68,1:45:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he already had a community \Nof one thousand people.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:05.79,1:45:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent his time training them\Nhow to walk.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:13.60,1:45:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to walk mindfully and generate peace \Nand joy with every step.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:18.59,1:45:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to hold their bow,\Nhow to sit, how to breathe.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:23.83,1:45:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you will do the same.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:27.54,1:45:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With young members of the Sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:45:30.22,1:45:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing you do is not to organize.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:37.22,1:45:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For other people, we have to organize\Nso that we can practice together.
Dialogue: 0,1:45:43.36,1:45:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should practice sitting together,
Dialogue: 0,1:45:47.44,1:45:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking together,\Neating together, sharing together
Dialogue: 0,1:45:52.40,1:45:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a way, that every time we do that
Dialogue: 0,1:45:56.42,1:45:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create more brotherhood\Nand sisterhood
Dialogue: 0,1:45:59.62,1:46:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mutual understanding.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:02.44,1:46:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to make decisions\Ntogether by consensus.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:11.51,1:46:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to listen to each other.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:14.75,1:46:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to understand different views.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:18.41,1:46:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to combine all these kind of views\N
Dialogue: 0,1:46:21.49,1:46:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make a synthesis of all views
Dialogue: 0,1:46:26.52,1:46:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we make a decision collectively.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:33.100,1:46:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when we have enough harmony,\Nbrotherhood, sisterhood, joy
Dialogue: 0,1:46:42.07,1:46:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should we organize a day of mindfulness\Nor a retreat of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,1:46:47.71,1:46:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invite other people to come.
Dialogue: 0,1:46:53.72,1:46:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We operate as a Sangha\Nand not as individuals.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:01.12,1:47:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An individual, no matter\Nhow talented he is or she is
Dialogue: 0,1:47:07.09,1:47:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot realize the big dream.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:10.06,1:47:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learn to organize,
Dialogue: 0,1:47:14.42,1:47:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead a retreat as a Sangha\Nand not as a person.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:22.50,1:47:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An individual.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:25.60,1:47:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Plum Village, we try to do that.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:29.56,1:47:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Sangha who makes the decision
Dialogue: 0,1:47:35.44,1:47:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not a person.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:38.12,1:47:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this trip to Spain, organizing the \Nretreats and the public talks
Dialogue: 0,1:47:45.37,1:47:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Sangha did everything,
Dialogue: 0,1:47:48.18,1:47:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including choosing the title\Nof the talk and the retreat.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:52.11,1:47:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay did not have to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:54.51,1:47:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just obeyed the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:47:57.19,1:48:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have plenty of time to walk,\Nto sit, to breathe.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:02.21,1:48:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very good.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:04.03,1:48:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should operate as a Sangha, \Nnot as individuals.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:10.47,1:48:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are able to build a Sangha \Nwith harmony and brotherhood,
Dialogue: 0,1:48:15.18,1:48:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do a lot of things\Nin order to help people to suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:21.07,1:48:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building a Sangha is\Nthe most noble thing to do for a person.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:32.38,1:48:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I met with Dr. Martin Luther King\Nfor the first time in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,1:48:42.65,1:48:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1966, we discussed about that.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:46.70,1:48:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he knew that without a Sangha,\Nwithout a community
Dialogue: 0,1:48:51.11,1:48:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could not realize his dream.
Dialogue: 0,1:48:54.95,1:48:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year before that, he spoke\Nwith the theme "I have a dream".
Dialogue: 0,1:49:02.78,1:49:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told him that:
Dialogue: 0,1:49:04.50,1:49:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your dream cannot become true\Nif you don't have a community."
Dialogue: 0,1:49:08.18,1:49:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he agreed.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:10.08,1:49:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was using the word Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:49:14.54,1:49:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he used the word 'beloved community'.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:20.18,1:49:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second time we met was in Geneva.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:26.09,1:49:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We attended a Peace conference.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:29.62,1:49:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had the opportunity to discuss more\Nabout building a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:37.72,1:49:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, he was assassinated
Dialogue: 0,1:49:45.65,1:49:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not very long after that.
Dialogue: 0,1:49:49.05,1:49:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I made the vow\Nto continue to build the Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:49:58.91,1:50:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only for us, but for him.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:03.95,1:50:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building a Sangha is very important.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:07.61,1:50:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a Sangha, you can maintain \Nyour practice for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:13.14,1:50:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a Sangha, you have an instrument\Nto help people.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:18.53,1:50:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can come\Nand take refuge in the Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,1:50:21.48,1:50:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn the practice\Nof healing and transformation.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:25.56,1:50:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everyone of us who finds\Nthe practice of mindfulness useful
Dialogue: 0,1:50:33.18,1:50:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should go home, to his city
Dialogue: 0,1:50:36.86,1:50:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look around and identify\Nelements of a future Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:42.81,1:50:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should set up a group of people,\Nlearn to sit together, walk together,
Dialogue: 0,1:50:48.69,1:50:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathe together,\Ncreate brotherhood and sisterhood.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:53.39,1:50:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we will be able to help many people.
Dialogue: 0,1:50:59.52,1:51:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schoolteachers have to set up \Ntheir Sangha of schoolteachers.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:04.36,1:51:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psychotherapists also have to set up \NSanghas of psychotherapists.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:09.98,1:51:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctors, nurses, even business leaders\Nhave to come together and set up a Sangha
Dialogue: 0,1:51:19.82,1:51:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to support each other.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:22.86,1:51:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all need a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:25.38,1:51:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without a Sangha,\NThay cannot do anything.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:29.54,1:51:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he is taking refuge in the Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:33.87,1:51:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always operate as a Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:37.35,1:51:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Sangha has harmony, brotherhood,\Nyou can do a lot of things.
Dialogue: 0,1:51:48.95,1:51:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,1:51:54.68,1:51:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we have walking meditation again,
Dialogue: 0,1:52:00.06,1:52:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we should go with the same speed,
Dialogue: 0,1:52:08.14,1:52:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should not walk too slow.
Dialogue: 0,1:52:12.23,1:52:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not create a traffic jam.
Dialogue: 0,1:52:18.41,1:52:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:52:20.94,1:52:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in 2 steps, \Nbreathing out 3 steps,
Dialogue: 0,1:52:25.16,1:52:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do not allow the line\Nto be broken as yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,1:52:31.01,1:52:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can enjoy every step and we are aware\Nthat we are walking with a community.
Dialogue: 0,1:52:37.30,1:52:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We flow like a river\Nand not drops of water.
Dialogue: 0,1:52:41.96,1:52:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,1:52:51.66,1:52:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:52:55.08,1:53:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:53:06.96,1:53:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's long enough, that's good.
Dialogue: 0,1:53:10.90,1:53:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,1:53:13.44,1:53:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shall gather and begin\Nour walking meditation in...
Dialogue: 0,1:53:21.85,1:53:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Br. Inclusiveness) 30 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,1:53:24.35,1:53:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...in half an hour.
Dialogue: 0,1:53:35.53,1:53:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(The Plum Village Online Monastery)
Dialogue: 0,1:53:41.53,1:53:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Mindful online broadcasts like this)
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