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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Good morning,\Ndear respected Thay,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear brothers, dear sisters,\Ndear friends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you had a relaxing\Nand lazy morning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could sleep in\Nand feel more rested
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoy the wonderful space\Nprovided for us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in touch with our breath,\Nwith the trees, with the space.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an opportunity\Nfor questions & answers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a great opportunity\Nto put into words something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may have been chewing on\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with regards to the practice\Nof mindfulness and meditation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teachings of Plum Village,\Nand looking back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at our way of life, \Nour happiness, our suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to apply the practice\Nin our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an opportunity to ask questions.\NWe call it "Asking from the heart."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to come more\Ntowards the intellect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here in Plum Village\Nwe always encourage to ask:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we bring these teachings\Ninto our daily life?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more important to us\Nthan philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have children with us.\NI'm surprised they are here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you would\Nenjoy more laziness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a wonderful tradition to have\Nspace for the children to ask questions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would like to offer space to the kids\Nto ask three to four questions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good question can benefit many of us.\NIt doesn't have to be long.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be clear and simple.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have our brother filming the session.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please raise your hand if you\Nprefer not to be on camera
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our brother will know. He will\Nfocus the camera on the monastics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can be at ease if you would like\Nto ask a question, but not be filmed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we listen to a question,\Nwe will listen to a sound of the bell
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come back to our breathing,\Nand then we ask the question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we would like to invite\Nthe children first.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a child with a question,\Nyou are welcome to come up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sit on this chair and breathe with us.\NAnd then you can ask your question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do any of you have a question?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear community, this is the first\Nquestion. Our friend will ask in Italian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giacomo: [Italian] If there is\Nsomething that we like to do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see someone else\Ndo something that we might not like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but so many people are doing it,\Nwhy do we end up doing that, too?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voice offscreen: I will try to translate it\Nand Giacomo can help me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's not correct, because\Nyou speak English quite well?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the idea is: We know what we want,\Nwhat we like to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we see others do something\Nthat we don't approve of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't like what they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How come we end up what they're doing\Neven though we don't like it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Do you need translation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: Thank you.\NThat's a great question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could all ask ourselves that question\Nat the level of the whole planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, when there are things that we know\Nwe don't want to do, or we don't like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we see that society is going that way,\Nand we end up doing it as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can happen with a group of friends,\Nor in a choice of career that we make,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how much money we think we need,\Nwhere we should live,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what lifestyle we think we should have.\NIt's all a similar problem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get pulled into things that\Nat some level we don't want to do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we find ourselves doing anyway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ... I think the first question\Nthat I would ask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You started by saying that we know\Nwhat it is that we like to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know what we want.\NI'm not sure that that's true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We kind of know.\NBut do we really know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know with the power,\Nwith the strength,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be enough to stop us\Nfrom getting pulled into things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't want to do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But could we make that more clear?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that we want to do\Nand what is it we do not want to do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That takes contemplation. In a way,\Nthat's what meditation can be for.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teacher used to ask us to go\Nand quietly sit in the forest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask ourselves: \NWhat is my deepest desire?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the thing that I want most of all?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we know that really clearly,\Nit makes it much easier to say No
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when other people are trying\Nto pull us into something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the first thing. Do we really know\Nwhat it is we do and don't want to do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing is that\Nthere's a competition in us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we like two things:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to do the thing we want to do,\Nbut we also like to be with our friends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to feel connected to others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to not stick out,\Nso that we're not left out of the group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's a group going one way, a strong\Npart of us wants to be part of the group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if they're doing something\Nwe don't really want to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are two different pulls.\NOne is: I need to be part of the group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am in danger if I'm not\Npart of the group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a very old feeling in our bodies.\NFor a long time, maybe millions of years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we didn't belong to the group,\Nwe wouldn't be able to survive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would die. So there's a\Nstrong need to be part of the group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that need is in conflict\Nwith this other part of us that says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't want to do what they're doing",\Nit's difficult.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends which one is stronger.\NBut it helps just to know that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're here, we're all here. We've heard\Nabout the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The energy that allows us to be aware\Nwhat's going on inside and around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the capacity to recognise:\N"I want to be part of the group."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you can see and recognise it,\Nyou also have a bit more freedom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know, I hear you. I hear the part\Nof me that wants to jump in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can also say No thank you."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes in a group,\Nwhen there's one person that says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," No. Actually, I don't want to do that."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then maybe there's two or three\Nor four other people in the group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who also feel uncomfortable.\NOnce that one person has said no,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can also say: "Actually,\NI also don't want to do that."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, the whole group\Ncan change direction
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one person had\Nthe freedom and the courage to say No.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you are watching\Nwhat's happening around you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a part of you is watching\Nwhat is happening inside of you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you have an eye tracking:\N"I want to jump in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also don't feel comfortable\Nwith what we're doing."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you get to choose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because otherwise you jump in\Nbefore you even know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just happens, and then later,\Nmaybe a day, maybe a week later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize you didn't want to do that.\NBut with the energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have more time,\Nyou have more freedom to choose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then maybe many other people\Nin the group will thank you later
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they also didn't want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thanks to you,\Nthey had the choice to say No.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe as a society we're a bit like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rely on a few people with the strength\Nand awareness to say no to the current
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is taking us in the direction\Nof destroying the planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and causing suffering to each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe if a few of us can see us and say:\N"We don't want to go that way",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then others can get to also say No\Nand go a different way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl: (French) Do plants\Nhave a nervous system?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example if you snap a twig,\Nare you hurting the tree?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: Do the plants\Nhave a nervous system?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example if you break a branch,\Ndoes it hurt the plant?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: The quickest answer\Nis "Oui" - yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: I can add a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say the answer is yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they don't exactly\Nhave a nervous system like ours.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no central brain where\Nall the nerve impulses arrive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a question in science\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most scientists have said:\N"No, plants don't feel anything."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's changing. So in recent years,\Nthere are a few scientists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding evidence to say that plants\Ndo feel and we still don't know how.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that there are electrical\Nsignals passed through the plant cells -
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all cells are electrical in nature,\Njust like nerve cells.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not exactly like brain cells,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are similar enough\Nthat there is a Spanish scientist
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who really believes, and has good\Nevidence to show, that plants can feel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the ways they can test this\Nis by using anaesthesia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have to go to a hospital\Nto have surgery,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they give you an injection or a gas\Nthat makes you fall asleep,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't feel any pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a long time, everybody thought\Nthat only works on humans and animals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But plants respond to anaesthesia\Nin very much the same way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being put to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all very new research.\NYou ask a very good question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could make\Na whole career as a scientist
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of trying to answer that question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's answering\Nat the level of the head.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also an answer\Nat the level of the heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the answer that Thay Phap Huu gave
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the answer you already know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't feel comfortable\Nto break a plant for no reason.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel like maybe we should\Nrespect them a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should care for them\Na little bit better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we should not be so sure\Nthat it is only us who can feel things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're very sure,\Nwe can cause a lot of harm
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be very careless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we're not sure,\Nif there's a part of us wondering:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Will the tree feel it\Nif I break the branch?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that little space of openness, of\N"I don't know, maybe the tree can feel it"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make us more careful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only as individuals,\Nbut collectively as a species.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an awakening happening\Nin the whole of society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are more and more people\Nwaking up to the suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are maybe causing to\Nnot just the animals that we kill to eat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to the trees that we cut to\Nbuild houses, like this meditation hall,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paper that we use in the toilet,\Nor to write on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it is impossible to live completely\Nwithout hurting anything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually really hard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe there's a way to live\Nwhere we cause as little harm as possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to do less damage.\NMaybe we can't do no damage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm sure we can do less damage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: One more question\Nfrom the children sangha.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no more questions\Nfrom the children sangha,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are welcome to stay or\Nyou are welcome to go out and play.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told there's no children program,\Nbut there's a lot of space.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So feel free.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we'd like to offer space\Nfor the bigger children.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have questions from the heart,\Nyou are welcome to come up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the children to ask\Nyour questions to all of us adults.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Okay. I'm nervous.\NLots of people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a question I've had\Nin my head for some months.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about how to handle\Nthe suffering that is attached
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a mental formation that has its\Nbeginning somewhere during childhood,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something traumatic that happened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's different to handle emotions\Nthat come back in a never-ending circle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an emotion that comes from something\Nthat happens in a moment and goes away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like a little advice how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It confuses me to learn something that\Nhelps me to always be happy or be at peace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without wanting that the pain\Ngoes away. It's like a contradiction:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to embrace it without getting\Ncaught in it, or holding it back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concrete question is: How can I see\Nwhen something that comes up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be embraced, or I can just\Nlet it go and focus on something else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how can I see the point\Nwhere I'm holding it back?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This difference where I'm embracing it\Nor where I'm getting stuck on it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to let it go\Nwithout wanting to let go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you understand it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will share from my own experience\Nas a practitioner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we have to understand that\Nmeditation is not to get rid of feelings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't practice it to have a single\Nfield of emotions that we feel is us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But meditation, mindfulness,\Nis the ability to stop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognise what is happening,\Nwhat is present.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Name it. To identify it.\NTo call it by its name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is acceptance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, a good word that I use,\Nparticularly with emotions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feelings that are very linked\Nto childhood experiences,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to befriend it.\NTo befriend that emotion, that feeling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can have a natural reaction, like\Ntrying to get rid of it, or run from it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've run away from particular\Nemotions for a very long time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you shared in your question,\Nit doesn't go away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word that we use\Nin our training is 'transformation'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can transform a seed, a feeling\Nthat we have experienced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into another feeling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inviting another feeling\Nto embrace and take care.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is an energy\Nthat we can cultivate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to befriend these emotions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of our arriving\Nin every moment is the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present moment\Nis the place where life truly is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we can invite that emotion\Nto be present, to embrace it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our present moment of who you are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say that all of us have suffered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering is a noble truth.\NWe all can understand suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can make us relate to one another.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering can also be a prison.\NWe can be attached to our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the suffering we tend to be\Nattached to might not be the feeling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time that emotion, that feeling,\Ncomes up, that story is recalled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our practice is to identify the story.\NRecognise the story, embrace it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have the mindfulness of this present\Nmoment that I am not in that situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a new me today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new me has the ability to embrace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To recognise. And to tell the child\Nthat was wounded inside:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I have suffered,\NI have experienced such pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this present moment, I have\Nother energies that I can cultivate."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love for oneself. Compassion.\NCourage. Solidity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this present moment,\Nby embracing this pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't just get lost in this story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when we've been slapped.\NWe're not being slapped again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time we are aware of that pain\Nand we are telling ourselves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in that moment,\NI'm cultivating something new.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you are healing the child.\NYou are transforming it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live, deeply, this present moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the work of transformation\Nfor the samsara, the cycle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have an opportunity to stop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a personal note:\NI've practised for more than 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear is a seed that is still\Nvery present in me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In particular situations, maybe if\NI meet somebody who reminds me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of someone who offered\Na lot of pain to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seed of fear gets watered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now as a practitioner,\NI'm not afraid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can become aware of my body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body will have reaction\Nto the fear that is channeled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first place of mindfulness\Nis the body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come back, I recognise the fear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know exactly where\Nthe reaction is coming from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bring my mindfulness\Nto those body parts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I calm the nervous system\Nwith mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with total relaxation.\NAnd in this moment of recognition,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell myself: "Phap Huu, don't be afraid.\NYou're much more than that emotion."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have many other wonderful emotions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call up the other emotions.\NI have confidence in my practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to breathe.\NNobody can take that away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to be present.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned to recognise\Nhow to be myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be with my loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is also remembering.\NRemembering how to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to be in the moment\Nwhere you can be solid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our practise of this present moment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is training to take care\Nand to heal the wounds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a mindfulness practitioner,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to have the ability to know\Nwhen it's enough to be with suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be very ambitious\Nas a practitioner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The monks, the nuns,\Nare telling me to recognise my suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I see it. And now\NI want to transform it all."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that. It's a dark hole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be generous and patient with yourself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, the practise is a path\Nof transformation. It takes time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to develop the joy and\Nthe happiness in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To also let the wounded child know\Nthat you have the ability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live happily in this present moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't mean\N"to have something to be happy".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this moment, I am present.\NI still have the ability to recognise
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the simple joy, the wonderful\Nconditions that are there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognising pain is a happy condition.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing what to do, \Nwhat not to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that helps. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Can I say one more thing?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's important not to identify\Nwith the emotion, or with this thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to know that I can decide\Nwhen I look at it and when not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it really was like you said.\NI thought: "Let's look at it" for years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To not be caught and\Njust identify as one emotion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one past story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we are\Na continuous stream of life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are just caught in one story,\Nwe'll become a victim of the story forever
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our practise is to identify:\N"Yes, in this moment, I am angry."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That is just one emotion, though."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this moment, I can invite\Nand invoke other energies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, you are\Nmore than that emotion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done this myself: Feel very entangled\Nin an emotion, in a story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see myself as just that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our mindfulness\Nof coming home to oneself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know we are much more than just that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a continuation of our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a continuation of this earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I take refuge\Nin land ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am much more than just this suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also to own our suffering,\Nand be responsible to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause I've met people, sorry,\NI'm going on a little bit long.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've met people who've become\Nvery attached to their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that suffering\Nbecomes a way to blame life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using that as an excuse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our teacher shared with us\Nthat we all have the right to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is our responsibility to\Ntransform it. This is it. Thank you.