0:00:01.756,0:00:03.910 (Bell) 0:00:07.534,0:00:29.985 [Could you come to my home country,[br]Poland, to introduce your teachings?] 0:00:31.553,0:00:37.152 Dear the loving Thay,[br]dear beloved community, 0:00:38.693,0:00:43.752 My name is Margot, I grew up in Poland, 0:00:43.993,0:00:47.176 but I live in the United States now. 0:00:49.613,0:00:58.079 First of all, I would like[br]to express my enormous gratitude 0:00:58.806,0:01:06.325 for the deep deep teachings[br]and the practice 0:01:06.714,0:01:10.714 that allowed me to change my life 0:01:10.864,0:01:12.552 heal my life. 0:01:16.911,0:01:19.982 My parents were children of the war. 0:01:20.164,0:01:23.267 So I knew the war through them. 0:01:23.737,0:01:27.080 And when I found your teaching 0:01:28.857,0:01:33.582 it allowed me to sit with this suffering, 0:01:33.752,0:01:36.837 they sufferings and my sufferings 0:01:37.152,0:01:39.535 and transform it. 0:01:40.842,0:01:43.592 But when I go back to Poland, 0:01:43.732,0:01:46.759 I still feel that energy. 0:01:47.136,0:01:50.674 I also feel the energy like in the U.S. 0:01:50.794,0:01:54.204 of the native American[br]brothers and sisters. 0:01:54.394,0:02:02.414 But they have you,[br]and my deep desire would be 0:02:02.704,0:02:09.601 to bring the teachings[br]to Eastern Europe, to Poland. 0:02:12.144,0:02:15.019 So the next question is 0:02:15.169,0:02:22.721 if you would ever consider[br]coming to Poland? 0:02:22.943,0:02:25.312 (Laughter) 0:02:26.702,0:02:31.671 To introduce the teachings 0:02:32.763,0:02:38.693 to my brothers and sisters in Poland[br]who are still suffering. 0:02:41.182,0:02:42.934 Thank you. 0:02:46.385,0:02:48.415 Dear Thay, dear Sangha, 0:02:48.635,0:02:53.095 our friend Margot is very grateful[br]to Thay and the teachings 0:02:53.175,0:02:55.775 for the healing[br]that has brought to her life. 0:02:55.955,0:02:59.751 She grew up in Poland[br]and now lives in the U.S. 0:03:00.545,0:03:04.602 And the practices helped her to understand 0:03:04.812,0:03:08.642 the suffering of her parents,[br]who were children of war, 0:03:08.712,0:03:11.133 possibly the 2nd World War, 0:03:11.282,0:03:13.602 and the suffering of her country. 0:03:13.982,0:03:16.182 Now in the U.S., she is also very aware 0:03:16.342,0:03:19.965 of the suffering[br]of the native American peoples 0:03:22.162,0:03:24.012 She would like to know 0:03:24.178,0:03:26.646 if Thay would be able to go to Poland 0:03:26.746,0:03:29.386 to help her bring his teachings 0:03:29.546,0:03:34.336 to her spiritual brothers[br]and sisters to her country. 0:03:34.576,0:03:36.823 Thay is in you. 0:03:37.106,0:03:39.221 (Laughter) 0:03:40.126,0:03:44.980 So if you go to Poland,[br]Thay goes with you. 0:03:46.991,0:03:50.717 And with your practice[br]of mindful breathing, mindful walking, 0:03:50.887,0:03:53.660 you will help so many people. 0:03:54.477,0:03:58.450 And you also have your Sangha body. 0:03:59.007,0:04:03.300 Try to persuade your Sangha body[br]to go with you. 0:04:05.252,0:04:12.752 I think we have already gone[br]to Russia and other countries of Europe 0:04:13.682,0:04:16.975 and offered the teaching and the practice. 0:04:17.602,0:04:22.092 This is only a problem of continuation. 0:04:22.621,0:04:27.221 So your Sangha is there,[br]take refuge in the Sangha 0:04:27.561,0:04:32.063 and request your Sangha[br]to support you and go with you 0:04:32.283,0:04:37.504 to Poland and to other[br]Eastern European countries. 0:04:37.873,0:04:41.783 I think books of Thay[br]are already available 0:04:42.033,0:04:46.202 in many countries, they are already. 0:04:47.473,0:04:53.243 So please reflect on this[br]and discuss with your Sangha 0:04:53.383,0:04:59.341 as how to make the teachings, the practice 0:04:59.571,0:05:04.860 more available in your root country, 0:05:05.087,0:05:08.341 and also other countries. 0:05:09.087,0:05:12.217 This is possible with the Sangha 0:05:12.427,0:05:16.424 Everything is possible with the Sangha. 0:05:18.830,0:05:23.571 [connect,[br]be inspired, be nourished] 0:05:24.123,0:05:30.841 (Bell)