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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.79,0:00:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Good morning,\Ndear respected Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.12,0:00:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear brothers, dear sisters,\Ndear friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.75,0:00:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you had a relaxing\Nand lazy morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.15,0:00:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could sleep in\Nand feel more rested
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.35,0:00:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoy the wonderful space\Nprovided for us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.63,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in touch with our breath,\Nwith the trees, with the space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.10,0:00:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an opportunity\Nfor questions & answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.43,0:00:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a great opportunity\Nto put into words something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.11,0:00:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may have been chewing on\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:01:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with regards to the practice\Nof mindfulness and meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.36,0:01:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teachings of Plum Village,\Nand looking back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.96,0:01:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at our way of life, \Nour happiness, our suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.43,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to apply the practice\Nin our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.81,0:01:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an opportunity to ask questions.\NWe call it "Asking from the heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.41,0:01:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to come more\Ntowards the intellect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.14,0:01:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here in Plum Village\Nwe always encourage to ask:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.07,0:01:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we bring these teachings\Ninto our daily life?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.94,0:01:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more important to us\Nthan philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.29,0:01:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have children with us.\NI'm surprised they are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.44,0:01:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you would\Nenjoy more laziness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.10,0:02:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a wonderful tradition to have\Nspace for the children to ask questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.82,0:02:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would like to offer space to the kids\Nto ask three to four questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.02,0:02:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good question can benefit many of us.\NIt doesn't have to be long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.04,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be clear and simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.04,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have our brother filming the session.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please raise your hand if you\Nprefer not to be on camera
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.13,0:02:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our brother will know. He will\Nfocus the camera on the monastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.12,0:02:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can be at ease if you would like\Nto ask a question, but not be filmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.68,0:03:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we listen to a question,\Nwe will listen to a sound of the bell
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.58,0:03:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come back to our breathing,\Nand then we ask the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.03,0:03:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we would like to invite\Nthe children first.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.89,0:03:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a child with a question,\Nyou are welcome to come up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.56,0:03:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sit on this chair and breathe with us.\NAnd then you can ask your question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.11,0:03:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do any of you have a question?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.79,0:03:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.89,0:04:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.22,0:04:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear community, this is the first\Nquestion. Our friend will ask in Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.64,0:04:40.81,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.
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,,Paolo: This matter about gardening\Nand nourishing our seeds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help me to understand and to cope,\NI would say, with my inconsistency.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having both grown, beautifully,\Nmy seeds of generosity, and greed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of welcoming, loving,\Nand of anger.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dealing with this source of having both\Nparts, and experience in both parts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one big topic I'm working on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my question is about\Ngardening others' gardens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, unwillingly, I also grew anger\Nand pain and sadness and distrust
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in people I love.\NIt's very convenient for me to say:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I'm a new Paolo. I'm in the moment.\NThe past is the past, don't worry."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very convenient for me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I understand that this is\Nnot so easy for the other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the pain is not mine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can I do about the pain\Nthat I generated, over many years maybe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how can I deal with it today?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Troi Bao Tang: Dear Thay,\Ndear community, and dear friends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true that our mind is like a garden.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we go to the garden, we may find\Nbeautiful plants that we love.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flowers, trees, et cetera.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we will also find grass,\Nand the plants we don't really like.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they are all there. This is\None thing we first have to accept.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That everything is organic\Nand they are all there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all can be transformed, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place where the nettles grow,\Nif we want to change it into flowers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can also allow the nettles\Nto be there and see the goodness of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me, for example, when I practise,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beginning I thought I could\Ntake away all of the bad seeds in me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to have no more bad seeds,\Nonly good seeds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined, if I practised, and one day\NI would not have anger any more,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means I am emotionally handicapped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to be like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to feel alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to do that, I need to have\Nenough energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the present moment,\Nto recognise that something is arising
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't appreciate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that can cause\Nsuffering for myself and for others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is why navigating\Nour action is very important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, recognise what is happening in us,\Nand then we navigate our action.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth mindfulness training\Nis very helpful to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we recognise that\Nwe are in a strong emotion,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we practise not to speak\Nand not to act, but instead,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognise it and\Npractise with that seed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until you feel you have enough calm.\NThen you can start to communicate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight we will learn more about that,\Nin the practise of loving speech.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say we have done a thing\Nthat caused suffering in the past
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has become a burden for us.\NMaybe it makes us feel guilty.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us feel like we have\Nto take the responsibility for that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the practise,\Nfeeling regret is very healthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not good,\Nit is not bad to feel regret.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that regret, if it has grown\Ninto a burden for our mind,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it is not very good,\Nthen it is not healthy for us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one thing we can practise is\Nto change the direction of our guilt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an aspiration.\NInto the aspiration of practising.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say, I get triggered and I cannot\Nstop myself from saying something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make people feel pain, for example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one time I feel\NI'm not doing it successfully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I can do it better next time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I need to make a real effort\Nto do better the next time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I'm able to stop my speech,\Nthat is already good enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we are not able\Nto save the people in the past,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still save the people\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can save the people in the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this moment is very crucial\Nto cultivate that aspiration to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practise and embrace that.\NAnd to not be afraid of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we practise like that,\Nwe also have self-compassion,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a weakness inside,\Nthat we can still embrace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are able to be present\Nfor your loved ones,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is already good enough\Nto transform the past.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are made people suffer\Nin the past unconsciously,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we didn't have enough\Nenergy of mindfulness at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By generating energy of mindfulness\Nand aspiration to do it better,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do it now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our practise, we have a lot of methods,\Nwe call them dharma doors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like touching of the earth, cultivating\Njoy and happiness in the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help us to be more attentive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the practise, we should\Nnot be afraid of failure.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no failure actually.\NWe just need to exercise and to practise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for the question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Can I add one thing?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we have hurt another garden,\Nvery simple, but very difficult:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apologise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say "I'm sorry."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it so difficult,\Neven for us practitioners?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we think we're right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I share this from my own\Nexperience of living in this community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work with brothers and sisters\N365 days. We smile a lot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also get angry at each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even in our greatest intention\Nof doing things for "the greater good",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will still make each other suffer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my biggest growth as an individual\Nis learning to say sorry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without explaining.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I've made someone suffer\Nin the past, I had a reason to do so.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all do this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our practise of the present moment,\Nnow I've learned, when somebody expresses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their pain and hurt to me,\Nof what I've done to them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mind will go into the garden right away\Nand say: "Yes but, I gave you good manure,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you're a better person," and you find\Nevery reason to justify your action.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've learned that\Nthat doesn't do me any good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only feeds my own ego. It only\Nmakes the other person hate me more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't listen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the biggest support and practise\Nin that moment is to bow and to say:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so sorry I made you suffer."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what is real is that\Nthat person is suffering. That is real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, for me, is what\NI have learned to accept.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our practise is\Nto help remove the knot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will hear the practise\Nof beginning anew this afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the biggest practise\Nof taking care of one's garden
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of each other's garden:\NBeginning anew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To recognise the pain that we have\Noffered, even from a good intention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But your action has made\Nthat person suffer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just to accept,\Nyou accept the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, in my critical mind, there's\Nstill a part of me: "I had to say that."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I had to do that."\NBut that's not important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's already in the past.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present is: "You suffer. It was\Nmy words. It was my choice of action.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will learn from this.\NI will reflect on these actions."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this way, you offer\Nthe other garden understanding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when someone suffers,\Nwhat they want the most,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my understanding, is to be heard,\Nto be seen, and to be accepted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're too proud of our garden,\Nthen we are not supporting and helping.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just showing off.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a practitioner, there are moments\Nto come back to humility,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be humble, so that we know\Nwe're not always right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we still have compost\Nthat we need to take care of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, for me, is bruising,\Nit's painful,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it gives us an opportunity\Nto continue to grow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the wisdom of nature.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it's always growing.\NIt's learning from its mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the garden continues\Nto bloom it its four seasons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
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: I have more of a kid's question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a little bit concerning the saying:\NA cloud never dies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we have conversations with\Nchildren about death and reincarnation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son often says:\NI don't like this reincarnation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you won't be my mother in \Nanother life, and my dad won't be my dad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult to have answers. Here,\Nwe really feel that the body never dies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like composting.\NAnd reincarnation really talks to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the heritage of our ancestors\Nand the lineage. It's all a bit blurry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that maybe\Nyou could be clearer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: I'll see\Nif I can summarise the question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure we understood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's two types of teaching\Non continuation, reincarnation, rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one type, it seems to be that there is\Nsomething like a soul, or a person,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets reincarnated. And\Nthat person has a kind of continuity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the relationships might change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's that person that\Nthen appears in another body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then according to Thay's teaching,\Nit's something more blurry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see ourselves exactly\Nas a separate entity or person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets reincarnated, because\Nwe are already all of our ancestors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of our descendants.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are the whole cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who dies, and who is reborn?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be more clear?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's quite clear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a part of us that still\Ndoesn't quite trust or believe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are already each other.\NThat we are already the earth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stars, the entire cosmos.\NThe past, the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, OK, I guess, intellectually, I\Nkind of understand this interconnection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why is it that I feel things\Nthat you don't feel?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I see things from a point of view\Nand you have a different point of view."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do seem to be different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seem to have our personalities\Nand characteristics. We're not identical.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet we are, each of us,\Nmanifestations of the whole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very strange.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's OK for it to be strange.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there's a part of us\Nthat would like it to be clear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of explainable. Simple.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that would be more boring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I like to kind of rest in the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I acknowledge the part of me\Nthat wants to know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also see its limitations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That part of me that wants\Nto grasp and explain, in words:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's like this, and then it's like that",\Nmake a nice picture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go: "Hello! I see you. You can rest.\NTake a break. This is another part of us."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't need to resolve it.\NIt can dwell peacefully in the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My experience of it is that it's\Na much more alive place to be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's beautiful that\Nat the heart of reality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the heart of the present moment,\Nat the heart of life, of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something that cannot be grasped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That cannot be explained.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer it like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so much more fun.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was all explainable, you could just\Nwrite it down and you'd be done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, now we know.\NWhat else should we do?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kinda boring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, a part of the practise is\Nto recognise the part of me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wants to know in that kind of way.\NIt doesn't mean that we can't know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just another kind of knowing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do know. We already know\Nthat it's a different kind of knowing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a knowing that\Ncan't be said in words.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be grasped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can be experienced.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's a little glimmer,\Na little flash of that knowing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel it. You feel connected.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel at peace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that is something\Nthat we can settle into.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's words that can take us there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To some extent or another.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even stories, or poems.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we sit here, talking,\Nif it can't be said?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did Thay give so many talks,\Nthousands of talks. He kept talking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about something that can't be said.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if he did that and we continue\Nto do that, it's not completely useless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I observe what we're doing here now\Nand I find it very beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're sitting here and\Nnot looking at our phones
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not distracting ourselves\Non our phones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're sitting here and\Nthere's something happening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of us by the fact\Nof sitting here together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bit hard to grasp\Nwhat exactly is going on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we doing? It might\Nnot be exactly what we think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think the fact that\Nwe are sitting here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe all of us, or most of us,\Nare aware of our breathing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aware of the sensations in our body,\Nmaybe noticing some discomfort
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the present moment\Nand accepting it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a kind of awakening for me.\NIt's a kind of rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ancestors didn't do this\N50 years ago. A 100 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,150 years ago. They didn't\Nhave a way to do this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To sit together in a room\Nto cultivate stillness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate awareness of their bodies,\Nof their feelings, thoughts ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now we are doing that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to one man, Thay,\Nhe was exiled, he lived in the West,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he saw that maybe\Nthere was something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we needed\Nto cultivate a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that stream of wisdom and practise\Njoined all of our streams of lineage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of culture, education, transmission,\Ninheritance, suffering and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So something is being awakened.\NSomebody is being reborn.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't know if it doesn't\Nbelong to any of us individually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all changing, together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all transforming together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't say that I understand it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that I can know it exactly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can feel that it's important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can talk to my ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask them how they would\Nlike to continue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What direction they would like to go in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost all of them. Not quite all of them,\Nsome of them are still negotiating,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty much all of them\Nare very, very happy to be here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To live like this.\NTo do these things together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be kind of sad if they had\Nto just continue to be themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the change and the fact that\Nwe inter-are is an amazing thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wonderful thing.\NIt's what liberates us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to keep continuing the\Nsame patterns of suffering, of confusion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can also get beyond the stories of\Nwho we were and the pains we experienced.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start to soften that and\Nlet that go a little bit and experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it might be to live as a community.\NTo live as the world. As forests. Clouds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there's still a part of us\Nwhich seems to be very concerned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what happens to this body,\Nthese feelings, these thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from time to time we get to experience\Nsomething that stretches us a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes beyond the immediate concern\Nfor this part of the whole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find that interesting.\NI find it kinda healthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still gonna do my best\Nto take care of this bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I like to practise daily stretching\Nthe envelope of what I think I am.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it changes my view\Nin interesting ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changes my priorities\Nin interesting ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I'm actually also the forest?\NWhat does the forest think?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it need, what does it feel?\NCan I feel what it feels?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I already feeling what it feels?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is something that I'm feeling actually\Nnot to do with what I think it is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's actually a manifestation\Nof the feelings of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just misidentified it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that very interesting.\NTo experiment with my boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them be more flexible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think Thay showed us that\Nagain and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course he had his body\Nand his feelings and his thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personality. One that we loved.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I could feel many times that he\Nwasn't as concerned about just this part,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body, as you might think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't afraid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would sometimes make this gesture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't get attached to the body, to the form;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is the tiniest part of what I am."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if our personality\Ngets reincarnated somehow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into another body, it's OK.\NBut that's not all we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very small part of who we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe it doesn't matter\Nas much as we think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to the little \Nof reality that we identify with as self.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the many ways that we can apply\Nthe practise that Thay has offered us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experiment with being more flexible\Nwith what it is that we think we are,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like right now we can sit here and think\Nof our own individual needs and wants.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably things that we want.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd like to feel better. Less\Nuncomfortable. Happier. More peaceful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's things pulling at us inside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also possible to look around\Nto sort of feel into the space of the room
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to feel: "Oh, there's something really\Ninteresting happening here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why have a couple of hundred people\Nchosen to spend their Thursday morning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting still and listening deeply\Nto each other and to themselves?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder what's happening."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very strange thing. I don't know\Nin how many parts of the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is happening right now.\NIn how many places is this going on?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not many. I find it really interesting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something happening\Nwhich we are a part of,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that we're not exactly doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get focused a lot on "What is it\Nthat I'm doing, my choices?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's so much of our life\Nthat is not doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are co-being. Co-manifesting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So. I don't think it's any clearer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's also OK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Dear community. \NI think we have to end
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we don't want to\Novertake our joyful and lazy day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just one part I want to share.\NIt's the "Sorry" part
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the first\Naction of recognising suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there is some misunderstanding\Nabout the situation, there's always
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time and space to clarify,\Nto come back and to resolve any conflict
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been established.\NIt's not just "I'm sorry", and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is wrong perception,\Nwhen we are talking about the garden,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is real wrong perception,\Nand there is miscommunication,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practise is to find a time and space\Nto communicate and resolve,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the relationship\Ncan be re-established.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally, when somebody\Nis sharing their suffering,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just very easy to get very defensive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That defensiveness blocks\Nthe heart to connect.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be very mindful of\Nour judgment and our righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we create space in order to resolve.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, dear friends, for being present.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For listening with open hearts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us listen to three\Nsounds of the bell together.
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,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]