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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.10,0:00:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is also the aspect of aimlessness.\NSitting in order to sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.64,0:00:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just sitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.63,0:00:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2004,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.70,0:00:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had an autumn retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.92,0:00:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during that retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.14,0:00:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay would introduce\Nsitting meditation every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.59,0:00:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he would give about\Nanything between 2 and 5 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.71,0:00:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guidance\Nbefore the sitting meditation began.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.94,0:00:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember in particular\None guidance that Thay gave.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.58,0:00:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The place where I am sitting now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.70,0:01:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countless living beings\Nhave been born in this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.24,0:01:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and countless living beings\Nhave died here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.17,0:01:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe millions of years ago,\Nan Enlightened One also sat here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.42,0:01:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.62,0:01:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countless living beings\Nwill be born in this place I am sitting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.89,0:01:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and countless living beings will die here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.24,0:01:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe in the future, an Enlightened\NOne will also sit in this place."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.08,0:01:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guided meditation\Ngoes a bit like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.48,0:01:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is really to put us in touch with\Ninfinite space and infinite time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.58,0:01:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first came to Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.13,0:01:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay didn't sit at the bell
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.39,0:02:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at the top of the sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.40,0:02:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay, just like everybody else,\NThay came in and sat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.89,0:02:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Thay felt like sitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.65,0:02:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.06,0:02:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was with my eyes shut\Nand I was sitting like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.84,0:02:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt somebody come\Nand sit next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.46,0:02:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.08,0:02:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinite space and infinite time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.51,0:02:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked and it was Thay\Nsitting next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.54,0:02:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, another day\Nwhen I wasn't sitting next to Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.57,0:02:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I saw Thay come in\Nand I saw Thay sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.78,0:02:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay looked
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.14,0:02:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly like Thay was dwelling\Nin infinite space and infinite time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.50,0:02:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something we can all do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.06,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is something called aimlessness.\NWe don't have any aim, we just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.05,0:03:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come in to the meditation hall
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.17,0:03:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sit in order to sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.38,0:03:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just allow ourselves that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.04,0:03:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakened nature in ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.24,0:03:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be completely aimless and to enjoy\Ninfinite space and infinite time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.73,0:03:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That guided preface
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.01,0:03:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all the living beings\Nwho have been born, and have died here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.04,0:03:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be helpful for you to touch\Ninfinite space and infinite time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.19,0:04:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sitting in the historical dimension,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.18,0:04:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there any place\Nthat is not the place of Enlightenment?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.12,0:04:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Vietnamese)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.71,0:04:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Birth and death are endless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.73,0:04:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this present moment\Nis the only, only moment.