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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,,This is an opportunity\Nfor questions & answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.43,0:00:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a great opportunity\Nto put into words
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.04,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something we may have been\Nchewing on for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:01:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with regards to the practice\Nof mindfulness and meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.29,0:01:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teachings of Plum Village,\Nand looking back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.89,0:01:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at our way of life,\Nour happiness, our suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.36,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to apply the practice\Nin our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.74,0:01:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an opportunity to ask questions.\NWe call it "Asking from the heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.34,0:01:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to come more\Ntowards the intellect,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.07,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here in Plum Village\Nwe always encourage to ask:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we bring these teachings\Ninto our daily life?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.87,0:01:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more important to us\Nthan philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.22,0:01:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have children with us.\NI'm surprised they are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.37,0:01:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you would\Nenjoy more laziness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.03,0:02:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a wonderful tradition to have\Nspace for the children to ask questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.75,0:02:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would like to offer space to the kids\Nto ask three to four questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.95,0:02:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good question can benefit many of us.\NIt doesn't have to be long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.96,0:02:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be clear and simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.96,0:02:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have our brother filming the session.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.13,0:02:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please raise your hand if you\Nprefer not to be on camera
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.06,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our brother will know. He will\Nfocus the camera on the monastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.04,0:02:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can be at ease if you would like\Nto ask a question, but not be filmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.61,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we listen to a question,\Nwe will listen to a sound of the bell
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.51,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come back to our breathing,\Nand then we ask the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.96,0:03:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we would like to invite\Nthe children first.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.82,0:03:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a child with a question,\Nyou are welcome to come up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.49,0:03:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sit on this chair and breathe with us.\NAnd then you can ask your question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.04,0:03:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do any of you have a question?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.52,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.82,0:04:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.61,0:04:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear community, this is the first\Nquestion. Our friend will ask in Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.59,0:04:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giacomo: [Italian] If there is\Nsomething that we like to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.35,0:04:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see someone else\Ndo something that we might not like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.53,0:04:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but so many people are doing it,\Nwhy do we end up doing that, too?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.24,0:04:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voice offscreen: I will try to translate it\Nand Giacomo can help me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.98,0:04:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's not correct, because\Nyou speak English quite well?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.66,0:05:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the idea is: We know what we want,\Nwhat we like to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.23,0:05:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we see others do something\Nthat we don't approve of.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.78,0:05:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't like what they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.51,0:05:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we end up doing what they're doing\Neven though we don't like it?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.90,0:05:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Do you need translation?\NGiacomo: No, I'm OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.100,0:05:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: Thank you.\NThat's a great question.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.11,0:05:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could all ask ourselves that question\Nat the level of the whole planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.86,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, when there are things that we know\Nwe don't want to do, or we don't like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.44,0:06:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we see that society is going that way,\Nand we end up doing it as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.02,0:06:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can happen with a group of friends,\Nor in a choice of career that we make,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.40,0:06:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how much money we think we need,\Nwhere we should live,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.65,0:06:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what lifestyle we think we should have.\NIt's all a similar problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.78,0:06:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get pulled into things that\Nat some level we don't want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.65,0:06:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we find ourselves doing anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.36,0:06:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ... I think the first question\Nthat I would ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.36,0:06:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You started by saying that we know\Nwhat it is that we like to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.19,0:07:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know what we want.\NI'm not sure that that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We kind of know.\NBut do we really know?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.07,0:07:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know with the power,\Nwith the strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.23,0:07:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be enough to stop us\Nfrom getting pulled into things
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.73,0:07:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.73,0:07:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we know a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.65,0:07:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But could we make that more clear?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.61,0:07:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that we want to do\Nand what is it we do not want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.73,0:07:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That takes contemplation. In a way,\Nthat's what meditation can be for.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.48,0:07:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teacher used to ask us to go\Nand quietly sit in the forest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.11,0:08:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask ourselves:\NWhat is my deepest desire?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.48,0:08:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the thing that I want most of all?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.11,0:08:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we know that really clearly,\Nit makes it much easier to say No
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.28,0:08:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when other people are trying\Nto pull us into something.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.44,0:08:22.32,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: 0,0:08:24.11,0:08:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing is that\Nthere's a competition in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.48,0:08:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we like two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.02,0:08:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to do the thing we want to do,\Nbut we also like to be with our friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.86,0:08:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to feel connected to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.36,0:08:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to not stick out,\Nso that we're not left out of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.15,0:09:07.65,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: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if they're doing something\Nwe don't really want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.07,0:09:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are two different pulls.\NOne is: I need to be part of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.61,0:09:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am in danger if I'm not\Npart of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.52,0:09:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a very old feeling in our bodies.\NFor a long time, maybe millions of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.82,0:09:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we didn't belong to the group,\Nwe wouldn't be able to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.90,0:09:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would die. So there's a\Nstrong need to be part of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.65,0:09:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when that need is in conflict\Nwith this other part of us that says:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.90,0:09:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't want to do what they're doing",\Nit's difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.40,0:10:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends which one is stronger.\NBut it helps just to know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.32,0:10:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're here, we're all here. We've heard\Nabout the energy of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.52,0:10:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The energy that allows us to be aware\Nwhat's going on inside and around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.15,0:10:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the capacity to recognise:\N"I want to be part of the group."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.57,0:10:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you can see and recognise it,\Nyou also have a bit more freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.69,0:10:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say: "I hear you. I hear\Nthe part of me that wants to jump in,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.36,0:10:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can also say No thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.90,0:11:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes in a group,\Nwhen there's one person that says:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.78,0:11:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," No. Actually, I don't want to do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.73,0:11:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then maybe there's two or three\Nor four other people in the group
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.61,0:11:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who also feel uncomfortable.\NOnce that one person has said no,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.78,0:11:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can also say: "Actually,\NI also don't want to do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.98,0:11:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, the whole group\Ncan change direction
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.65,0:11:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one person had the\Nfreedom and the courage to say No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.28,0:11:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you know how to generate\Nthe energy of mindfulness, ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.40,0:11:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you are watching\Nwhat's happening around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.15,0:11:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a part of you is watching\Nwhat is happening inside of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.61,0:12:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you have an eye tracking:\N"I want to jump in,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.23,0:12:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also don't feel comfortable\Nwith what we're doing."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.40,0:12:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you get to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.52,0:12:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because otherwise you jump in\Nbefore you even know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.48,0:12:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just happens, and then later,\Nmaybe a day, maybe a week later,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.86,0:12:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize you didn't want to do that.\NBut with the energy of mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.78,0:12:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have more time,\Nyou have more freedom to choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.28,0:12:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then maybe many other people\Nin the group will thank you later
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.44,0:12:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they also didn't want to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.11,0:12:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thanks to you,\Nthey had the choice to say No.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.52,0:12:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe as a society we're a bit like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.52,0:12:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rely on a few people with the strength\Nand awareness to say no to the current
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.98,0:13:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is taking us in the direction\Nof destroying the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.07,0:13:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and causing suffering to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.78,0:13:11.15,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: 0,0:13:11.82,0:13:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then others can get to also say No\Nand go a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.36,0:13:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.69,0:14:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.07,0:14:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl: (French) Do plants\Nhave a nervous system?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.57,0:14:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example if you snap a twig,\Nare you hurting the tree?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.32,0:14:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: Do the plants\Nhave a nervous system?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.44,0:14:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example if you break a branch,\Ndoes it hurt the plant?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.57,0:15:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: The quickest answer\Nis "Oui" - yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.15,0:15:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: I can add a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.05,0:15:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say the answer is yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.61,0:15:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they don't exactly\Nhave a nervous system like ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.23,0:15:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no central brain where\Nall the nerve impulses arrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.52,0:15:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a question in science\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.11,0:15:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most scientists have said:\N"No, plants don't feel anything."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.57,0:16:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's changing. So in recent years,\Nthere are a few scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.15,0:16:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding evidence to say that plants\Ndo feel and we still don't know how.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.02,0:16:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that there are electrical\Nsignals passed through the plant cells -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.61,0:16:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all cells are electrical in nature,\Njust like nerve cells.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.65,0:16:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not exactly like brain cells,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.32,0:16:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are similar enough\Nthat there is a Spanish scientist
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.11,0:16:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who really believes, and has good\Nevidence to show, that plants can feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.15,0:16:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the ways they can test this\Nis by using anaesthesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.86,0:16:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have to go to a hospital\Nto have surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.07,0:17:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they give you an injection or a gas\Nthat makes you fall asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.98,0:17:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't feel any pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.02,0:17:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a long time, everybody thought\Nthat only works on humans and animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.82,0:17:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But plants respond to anaesthesia\Nin very much the same way,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.23,0:17:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being put to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.86,0:17:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all very new research.\NYou ask a very good question.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.36,0:17:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could make\Na whole career as a scientist
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.98,0:17:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of trying to answer that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.61,0:17:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's answering\Nat the level of the head.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.36,0:17:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also an answer\Nat the level of the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.44,0:17:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the answer that Thay Phap Huu gave
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.52,0:17:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the answer you already know.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.86,0:18:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't feel comfortable\Nto break a plant for no reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.02,0:18:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel like maybe we should\Nrespect them a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.78,0:18:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should care for them\Na little bit better.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.48,0:18:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we should not be so sure\Nthat it is only us who can feel things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.65,0:18:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're very sure,\Nwe can cause a lot of harm
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.15,0:18:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be very careless.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.69,0:18:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we're not sure,\Nif there's a part of us wondering:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.48,0:18:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Will the tree feel it\Nif I break the branch?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.98,0:18:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that little space of openness, of\N"I don't know, maybe the tree can feel it"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.07,0:19:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make us more careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.82,0:19:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only as individuals,\Nbut collectively as a species.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.90,0:19:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an awakening happening\Nin the whole of society.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.94,0:19:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are more and more people\Nwaking up to the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.15,0:19:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are maybe causing to\Nnot just the animals that we kill to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.86,0:19:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to the trees that we cut to\Nbuild houses, like this meditation hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.57,0:19:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paper that we use in the toilet,\Nor to write on.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.48,0:19:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it is impossible to live completely\Nwithout hurting anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.52,0:19:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.44,0:20:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe there's a way to live\Nwhere we cause as little harm as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.36,0:20:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to do less damage.\NMaybe we can't do no damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.23,0:20:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm sure we can do less damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.98,0:20:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.90,0:20:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: One more question\Nfrom the children sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.48,0:21:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no more questions\Nfrom the children sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.98,0:21:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are welcome to stay or\Nyou are welcome to go out and play.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.44,0:21:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told there's no children program,\Nbut there's a lot of space.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.94,0:21:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So feel free.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.07,0:21:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we'd like to offer space\Nfor the bigger children.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.48,0:21:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have questions from the heart,\Nyou are welcome to come up
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.23,0:21:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the children to ask\Nyour questions to all of us adults.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.07,0:22:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.02,0:22:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Okay. I'm nervous.\NLots of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.86,0:22:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a question I've had\Nin my head for some months.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.36,0:23:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about how to handle\Nthe suffering that is attached
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.86,0:23:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a mental formation that has its\Nbeginning somewhere during childhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.69,0:23:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something traumatic that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.82,0:23:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's different to handle emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.37,0:23:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come back in a never-ending circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.90,0:23:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an emotion that comes from something\Nthat happens in a moment and goes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.57,0:23:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like a little advice how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.69,0:23:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It confuses me\Nto learn something
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.25,0:24:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps me to always be happy or be at peace
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.11,0:24:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without wanting that the pain\Ngoes away. It's like a contradiction:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.44,0:24:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to embrace it without getting\Ncaught in it, or holding it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.94,0:24:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concrete question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.24,0:24:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I see when something that comes up
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.07,0:24:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to be embraced, or I can just\Nlet it go and focus on something else,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.82,0:24:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how can I see the point\Nwhere I'm holding it back?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.23,0:24:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This difference where I'm embracing it\Nor where I'm getting stuck on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.78,0:25:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to let it go without\Nit wanting to let go.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.23,0:25:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.40,0:25:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Thank you for your question.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.15,0:25:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will share from my own experience\Nas a practitioner.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.69,0:25:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we have to understand that\Nmeditation is not to get rid of feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.23,0:25:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't practice it to have a single\Nfield of emotions that we feel is us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.07,0:26:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But meditation, mindfulness,\Nis the ability to stop,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.94,0:26:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognise what is happening,\Nwhat is present.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.61,0:26:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Name it. To identify it.\NTo call it by its name.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.94,0:26:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is acceptance.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.02,0:26:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, a good word that I use,\Nparticularly with emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.65,0:26:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feelings that are very linked\Nto childhood and experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.02,0:26:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to befriend it.\NTo befriend that emotion, that feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.07,0:26:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can have a natural reaction, like\Ntrying to get rid of it, or run from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.78,0:27:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've run away from particular\Nemotions for a very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.02,0:27:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you shared in your question,\Nit doesn't go away.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.28,0:27:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word that we use\Nin our training is 'transformation'.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.40,0:27:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can transform a seed, a feeling\Nthat we have experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.90,0:27:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into another feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.94,0:27:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inviting another feeling\Nto embrace and take care.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.82,0:27:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is an energy\Nthat we can cultivate
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.36,0:27:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to befriend these emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.15,0:27:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of our arriving\Nin every moment is the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.98,0:28:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present moment\Nis the place where life truly is.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.69,0:28:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we can invite that emotion\Nto be present, to embrace it
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.65,0:28:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our present moment of who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.61,0:28:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say that all of us have suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.52,0:28:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering is a noble truth.\NWe all can understand suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.02,0:28:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can make us relate to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.69,0:28:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering can also be a prison.\NWe can be attached to our suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.19,0:28:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the suffering we tend to be\Nattached to might not be the feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.61,0:28:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.57,0:29:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time that emotion, that feeling,\Ncomes up, that story is recalled.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.40,0:29:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our practice is to identify the story.\NRecognise the story, embrace it,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.18,0:29:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have the mindfulness of this present\Nmoment that I am not in that situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.90,0:29:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a new me today.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.57,0:29:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new me has the ability to embrace.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.40,0:29:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To recognise. And to tell the child\Nthat was wounded inside:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.69,0:29:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I have suffered,\NI have experienced such pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.02,0:30:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this present moment, I have\Nother energies that I can cultivate."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.02,0:30:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love for oneself. Compassion.\NCourage. Solidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.32,0:30:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this present moment,\Nby embracing this pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.61,0:30:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't just get lost in this story.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.90,0:30:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when we've been slapped.\NWe're not being slapped again.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.28,0:30:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time we are aware of that pain\Nand we are telling ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.61,0:30:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in that moment,\NI'm cultivating something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.57,0:30:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you are healing the child.\NYou are transforming it
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.11,0:30:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live, deeply, this present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.40,0:31:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the work of transformation\Nfor the samsara, the cycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.32,0:31:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have an opportunity to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.98,0:31:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a personal note:\NI've practised for more than 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.04,0:31:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear is a seed that is still\Nvery present in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.52,0:31:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In particular situations, maybe if\NI meet somebody who reminds me
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.61,0:31:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of someone who offered\Na lot of pain to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.07,0:31:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seed of fear gets watered.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.28,0:31:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now as a practitioner,\NI'm not afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.32,0:31:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can become aware of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.82,0:32:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body will have a reaction\Nto the fear that is channeled.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.11,0:32:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first place of mindfulness\Nis the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.40,0:32:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come back, I recognise the fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.57,0:32:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know exactly where\Nthe reaction is coming from.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.61,0:32:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bring my mindfulness\Nto those body parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.52,0:32:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I calm the nervous system\Nwith mindful breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.11,0:32:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with total relaxation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.10,0:32:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this moment\Nof recognising the seed of fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.40,0:32:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell myself: "Phap Huu, don't be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.86,0:32:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're much more than that emotion."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.61,0:32:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have many other wonderful emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.65,0:32:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call up the other emotions.\NI have confidence in my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.86,0:33:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to breathe.\NNobody can take that away.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.73,0:33:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to be present.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.19,0:33:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned to recognise\Nhow to be myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.73,0:33:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be with my loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.94,0:33:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.44,0:33:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is also remembering.\NRemembering how to.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.98,0:33:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to be in the moment\Nwhere you can be solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.20,0:33:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our practise of this present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.19,0:33:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is training to take care\Nand to heal the wounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.40,0:33:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a mindfulness practitioner,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.48,0:33:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to have the ability to know\Nwhen it's enough to be with suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.32,0:34:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be very ambitious\Nas a practitioner.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.48,0:34:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The monks, the nuns,\Nare telling me to recognise my suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.23,0:34:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I see it. And now\NI want to transform it all."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.82,0:34:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do that. It's a dark hole.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.15,0:34:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be generous and patient with yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.48,0:34:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, the practise is a path\Nof transformation. It takes time.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.86,0:34:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to develop the joy and\Nthe happiness in the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.36,0:34:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To also let the wounded child know\Nthat you have the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.78,0:34:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live happily in this present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.07,0:34:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't mean\N"to have something to be happy".
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.19,0:34:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this moment, I am present.\NI still have the ability to recognise
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.40,0:35:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the simple joy, the wonderful\Nconditions that are there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.15,0:35:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognising pain is a happy condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.19,0:35:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing what to do,\Nwhat not to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.40,0:35:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that helps. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.11,0:35:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Can I say one more thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.07,0:35:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's important not to identify\Nwith the emotion, or with this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.94,0:35:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.57,0:35:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to know that I can decide\Nwhen I look at it and when not.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.73,0:35:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it really was like you said.\NI thought: "Let's look at it" for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.02,0:36:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Yes and no.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.98,0:36:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To not be caught and\Njust identify as one emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.61,0:36:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one past story.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.44,0:36:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we are\Na continuous stream of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.73,0:36:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are just caught in one story,\Nwe'll become a victim of the story forever
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.36,0:36:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our practise is to identify:\N"Yes, in this moment, I am angry."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.32,0:36:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That is just one emotion, though."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.73,0:36:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this moment, I can invite\Nand invoke other energies.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.02,0:36:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore, you are\Nmore than that emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.02,0:37:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done this myself:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.10,0:37:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel very entangled\Nin an emotion, in a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.44,0:37:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see myself as just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.44,0:37:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our mindfulness\Nof coming home to oneself,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.61,0:37:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know we are much more than just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.52,0:37:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a continuation of our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.02,0:37:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a continuation of this earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.32,0:37:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I take refuge\Nin land ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.44,0:37:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am much more than just this suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.98,0:37:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also to own our suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.43,0:37:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be responsible to transform it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.02,0:37:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause I've met people, sorry,\NI'm going on a little bit long.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.73,0:37:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've met people who've become\Nvery attached to their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.52,0:38:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that suffering\Nbecomes a way to blame life.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.15,0:38:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using that as an excuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.98,0:38:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our teacher shared with us\Nthat we all have the right to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.40,0:38:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is our responsibility to\Ntransform it. This is it. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.05,0:39:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.36,0:39:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paolo: This matter about gardening\Nand nourishing our seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.02,0:39:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help me to understand and to cope,\NI would say, with my inconsistency.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.23,0:39:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having both grown, beautifully,\Nmy seeds of generosity, and greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.82,0:40:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of welcoming, loving,\Nand of anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.78,0:40:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dealing with this source of having both\Nparts, and experiencing both parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.90,0:40:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one big topic I'm working on.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.86,0:40:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my question is about\Ngardening others' gardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.07,0:40:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, unwillingly, I also grew anger\Nand pain and sadness and distrust
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.78,0:40:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in people I love.\NIt's very convenient for me to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.61,0:40:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I'm a new Paolo. I'm in the moment.\NThe past is the past, don't worry."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.11,0:40:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very convenient for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.78,0:40:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I understand that this is\Nnot so easy for the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.52,0:40:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the pain is not mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.69,0:41:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can I do about the pain\Nthat I generated, over many years maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.15,0:41:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how can I deal with it today?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.78,0:41:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Troi Bao Tang: Dear Thay,\Ndear community, and dear friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.07,0:41:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true that our mind is like a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.73,0:41:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we go to the garden, we may find\Nbeautiful plants that we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.78,0:41:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flowers, trees, et cetera.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.86,0:41:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we will also find grass,\Nand the plants we don't really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.80,0:42:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, But they are all there. This is\None thing we first have to accept.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.94,0:42:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That everything is organic\Nand they are all there.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.52,0:42:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all can be transformed, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.28,0:42:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place where the nettles grow,\Nif we want to change it into flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.78,0:42:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.36,0:42:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can also allow the nettles\Nto be there and see the goodness of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.32,0:42:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me, for example, when I practise,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.23,0:42:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beginning I thought I could\Ntake away all of the bad seeds in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.73,0:43:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to have no more bad seeds,\Nonly good seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.19,0:43:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined, if I practised, and one day\NI would not have anger any more,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.69,0:43:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means I am emotionally handicapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.78,0:43:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.57,0:43:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to feel alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.44,0:43:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to do that, I need to have\Nenough energy of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.86,0:43:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the present moment,\Nto recognise that something is arising
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.65,0:43:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't appreciate.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.40,0:43:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that can cause\Nsuffering for myself and for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.57,0:43:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is why navigating\Nour action is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.44,0:43:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, recognise what is happening in us,\Nand then we navigate our action.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.02,0:44:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth mindfulness training\Nis very helpful to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.15,0:44:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we recognise that\Nwe are in a strong emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.23,0:44:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we practise not to speak\Nand not to act, but instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.94,0:44:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognise it and\Npractise with that seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.02,0:44:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until you feel you have enough calm.\NThen you can start to communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.65,0:44:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight we will learn more about that,\Nin the practise of loving speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.36,0:44:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say we have done a thing\Nthat caused suffering in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.65,0:44:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has become a burden for us.\NMaybe it makes us feel guilty.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.86,0:45:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us feel like we have\Nto take the responsibility for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.65,0:45:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the practise,\Nfeeling regret is very healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.07,0:45:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not good,\Nit is not bad to feel regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.98,0:45:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that regret, if it has grown\Ninto a burden for our mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.61,0:45:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it is not very good,\Nthen it is not healthy for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.94,0:45:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one thing we can practise is\Nto change the direction of our guilt
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.78,0:45:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an aspiration.\NInto the aspiration of practising.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.90,0:45:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say, I get triggered and I cannot\Nstop myself from saying something.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.02,0:45:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make people feel pain, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.86,0:45:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one time I feel\NI'm not doing it successfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.02,0:46:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I can do it better next time.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.98,0:46:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I need to make a real effort\Nto do better the next time.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.73,0:46:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I'm able to stop my speech,\Nthat is already good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.78,0:46:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we are not able\Nto save the people in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.52,0:46:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still save the people\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.52,0:46:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can save the people in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.07,0:46:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this moment is very crucial\Nto cultivate that aspiration to
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.52,0:46:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practise and embrace that.\NAnd to not be afraid of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.36,0:46:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we practise like that,\Nwe also have self-compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.57,0:46:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a weakness inside,\Nthat we can still embrace.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.32,0:46:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are able to be present\Nfor your loved ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.78,0:47:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is already good enough\Nto transform the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.48,0:47:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We made people suffer\Nin the past unconsciously,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.65,0:47:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we didn't have enough\Nenergy of mindfulness at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.90,0:47:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By generating energy of mindfulness\Nand aspiration to do it better,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.98,0:47:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.32,0:47:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our practise, we have a lot of methods,\Nwe call them dharma doors,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.19,0:47:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like touching of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.35,0:47:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cultivating joy and happiness\Nin the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.61,0:47:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help us to be more attentive.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.23,0:48:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the practise, we should\Nnot be afraid of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.40,0:48:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no failure actually.\NWe just need to exercise and to practise.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.65,0:48:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.40,0:48:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Can I add one thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.07,0:48:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we have hurt another garden,\Nvery simple, but very difficult:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.23,0:48:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apologise.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.02,0:48:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say "I'm sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.86,0:48:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it so difficult,\Neven for us practitioners?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.52,0:48:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we think we're right.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.44,0:48:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I share this from my own\Nexperience of living in this community.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.69,0:48:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work with brothers \Nand sisters 365 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.13,0:48:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We smile a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.52,0:49:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also get angry at each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.73,0:49:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even in our greatest intention\Nof doing things for "the greater good",
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.94,0:49:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will still make each other suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.73,0:49:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my biggest growth as an individual\Nis learning to say sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.69,0:49:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without explaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.07,0:49:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I've made someone suffer\Nin the past, I had a reason to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.78,0:49:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.90,0:49:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our practise of the present moment,\Nnow I've learned, when somebody expresses
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.36,0:49:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their pain and hurt to me,\Nof what I've done to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.82,0:50:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mind will go into the garden right away\Nand say: "Yes but, I gave you good manure,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.94,0:50:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you're a better person," and you find\Nevery reason to justify your action.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.40,0:50:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've learned that\Nthat doesn't do me any good.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.73,0:50:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only feeds my own ego. It only\Nmakes the other person hate me more
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.28,0:50:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.48,0:50:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the biggest support and practise\Nin that moment is to bow and to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.52,0:50:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so sorry I made you suffer."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.44,0:50:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what is real is that\Nthat person is suffering. That is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.61,0:50:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, for me, is what\NI have learned to accept.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.07,0:50:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our practise is\Nto help remove the knot.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.70,0:51:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will hear the practise\Nof beginning anew this afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.61,0:51:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the biggest practise\Nof taking care of one's garden
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.19,0:51:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of each other's garden:\NBeginning anew.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.78,0:51:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To recognise the pain that we have\Noffered, even from a good intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.15,0:51:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But your action has made\Nthat person suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.15,0:51:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just to accept,\Nyou accept the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.57,0:51:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, in my critical mind, there's\Nstill a part of me: "I had to say that."
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.44,0:51:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I had to do that."\NBut that's not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.98,0:51:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's already in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.44,0:51:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present is: "You suffer. It was\Nmy words. It was my choice of action.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.90,0:52:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will learn from this.\NI will reflect on these actions."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.94,0:52:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this way, you offer\Nthe other garden understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.36,0:52:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when someone suffers,\Nwhat they want the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.69,0:52:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my understanding, is to be heard,\Nto be seen, and to be accepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.37,0:52:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're too proud of our garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.52,0:52:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we are not supporting and helping.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.02,0:52:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just showing off.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.15,0:52:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a practitioner, there are moments\Nto come back to humility,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.65,0:52:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be humble, so that we know\Nwe're not always right.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.44,0:53:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we still have compost\Nthat we need to take care of.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.65,0:53:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, for me, is bruising,\Nit's painful,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.73,0:53:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it gives us an opportunity\Nto continue to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.73,0:53:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the wisdom of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.15,0:53:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it's always growing.\NIt's learning from its mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.32,0:53:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the garden continues\Nto bloom it its four seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.19,0:53:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.82,0:54:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.15,0:54:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: I have more of a kid's question.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.11,0:54:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a little bit concerning the saying:\NA cloud never dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.23,0:54:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we have conversations with\Nchildren about death and reincarnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.73,0:55:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My son often says:\NI don't like this reincarnation,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.61,0:55:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you won't be my mother in\Nanother life, and my dad won't be my dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.18,0:55:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult to have answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.55,0:55:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, we really feel\Nthat the body never dies,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.52,0:55:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like composting.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.25,0:55:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And reincarnation really talks to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.82,0:55:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the heritage of our ancestors\Nand the lineage.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.50,0:55:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all a bit blurry.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.53,0:56:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that maybe\Nyou could be clearer.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.40,0:56:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Linh: I'll see\Nif I can summarise the question
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.36,0:56:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure we understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.19,0:56:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's two types of teaching\Non continuation, reincarnation, rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.28,0:56:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one type, it seems to be that there is\Nsomething like a soul, or a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.28,0:56:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets reincarnated. And\Nthat person has a kind of continuity.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.40,0:56:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the relationships might change.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.69,0:57:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's that person that\Nthen appears in another body.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.07,0:57:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then according to Thay's teaching,\Nit's something more blurry.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.94,0:57:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see ourselves exactly\Nas a separate entity or person
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.28,0:57:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets reincarnated, because\Nwe are already all of our ancestors
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.94,0:57:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of our descendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.28,0:57:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are the whole cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.44,0:57:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who dies, and who is reborn?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.40,0:57:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be more clear?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.02,0:57:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.98,0:57:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's quite clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.84,0:58:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a part of us that still\Ndoesn't quite trust or believe
Dialogue: 0,0:58:09.65,0:58:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are already each other.\NThat we are already the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.90,0:58:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stars, the entire cosmos.\NThe past, the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.48,0:58:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, OK, I guess, intellectually, I\Nkind of understand this interconnection.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.61,0:58:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why is it that I feel things\Nthat you don't feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.98,0:58:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I see things from a point of view\Nand you have a different point of view."
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.07,0:58:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are different.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.48,0:58:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do seem to be different.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.36,0:58:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seem to have our personalities\Nand characteristics. We're not identical.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.52,0:58:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet we are, each of us,\Nmanifestations of the whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.32,0:59:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.78,0:59:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's OK for it to be strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.90,0:59:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there's a part of us\Nthat would like it to be clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.52,0:59:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of explainable. Simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.78,0:59:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that would be more boring.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.11,0:59:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I like to kind of rest in the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.19,0:59:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I acknowledge the part of me\Nthat wants to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:44.61,0:59:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also see its limitations.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.19,0:59:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That part of me that wants\Nto grasp and explain, in words:
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.19,0:59:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's like this, and then it's like that",\Nmake a nice picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.36,1:00:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go: "Hello! I see you. You can rest.\NTake a break. This is another part of us."
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.65,1:00:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't need to resolve it.\NIt can dwell peacefully in the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:25.15,1:00:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My experience of it is that it's\Na much more alive place to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.57,1:00:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's beautiful that\Nat the heart of reality,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.90,1:00:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the heart of the present moment,\Nat the heart of life, of us,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.73,1:00:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is something that cannot be grasped.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.98,1:00:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That cannot be explained.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:54.86,1:00:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer it like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.15,1:01:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:01.69,1:01:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so much more fun.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.69,1:01:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was all explainable, you could just\Nwrite it down and you'd be done.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.52,1:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, now we know.\NWhat else should we do?"
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.19,1:01:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kinda boring.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.98,1:01:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, a part of the practise is\Nto recognise the part of me
Dialogue: 0,1:01:33.23,1:01:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wants to know in that kind of way.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:37.39,1:01:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean that we can't know.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.73,1:01:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just another kind of knowing.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.28,1:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do know. We already know\Nthat it's a different kind of knowing.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.07,1:01:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a knowing that\Ncan't be said in words.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.52,1:01:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be grasped.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:56.19,1:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can be experienced.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.28,1:02:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's a little glimmer,\Na little flash of that knowing.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.90,1:02:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel it. You feel connected.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.52,1:02:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel at peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.86,1:02:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that is something\Nthat we can settle into.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.69,1:02:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's words that can take us there.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.40,1:02:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To some extent or another.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.48,1:02:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even stories, or poems.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.48,1:02:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we sit here, talking,\Nif it can't be said?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.94,1:02:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did Thay give so many talks,\Nthousands of talks. He kept talking
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.86,1:02:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about something that can't be said.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:47.07,1:02:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if he did that and we continue\Nto do that, it's not completely useless.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.98,1:03:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I observe what we're doing here now\Nand I find it very beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.94,1:03:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're sitting here and\Nnot looking at our phones
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.04,1:03:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not distracting ourselves\Non our phones.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:15.73,1:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're sitting here and\Nthere's something happening
Dialogue: 0,1:03:19.52,1:03:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of us by the fact\Nof sitting here together.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.40,1:03:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bit hard to grasp\Nwhat exactly is going on.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.69,1:03:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we doing? It might\Nnot be exactly what we think.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.61,1:03:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think the fact that\Nwe are sitting here
Dialogue: 0,1:03:43.11,1:03:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe all of us, or most of us,\Nare aware of our breathing,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.19,1:03:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aware of the sensations in our body,\Nmaybe noticing some discomfort
Dialogue: 0,1:04:00.61,1:04:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the present moment\Nand accepting it,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.52,1:04:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a kind of awakening for me.\NIt's a kind of rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.01,1:04:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ancestors didn't do this\N50 years ago. A 100 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.19,1:04:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,150 years ago. They didn't\Nhave a way to do this.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:26.69,1:04:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To sit together in a room\Nto cultivate stillness,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:33.36,1:04:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cultivate awareness of their bodies,\Nof their feelings, thoughts ...
Dialogue: 0,1:04:42.78,1:04:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now we are doing that.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:47.65,1:04:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to one man, Thay,\Nhe was exiled, he lived in the West,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.02,1:04:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he saw that maybe\Nthere was something
Dialogue: 0,1:04:57.43,1:05:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we needed\Nto cultivate a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:02.82,1:05:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that stream of wisdom and practise\Njoined all of our streams of lineage,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.94,1:05:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of culture, education, transmission,\Ninheritance, suffering and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.36,1:05:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So something is being awakened.\NSomebody is being reborn.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:31.90,1:05:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't know if it doesn't\Nbelong to any of us individually.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.48,1:05:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all changing, together.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:39.07,1:05:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all transforming together.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.23,1:05:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ...
Dialogue: 0,1:05:51.79,1:05:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't say that I understand it.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:55.69,1:05:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that I can know it exactly.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.23,1:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can feel that it's important.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.11,1:06:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ...
Dialogue: 0,1:06:12.37,1:06:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can talk to my ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:15.61,1:06:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask them how they would\Nlike to continue.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.61,1:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What direction they would like to go in.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.65,1:06:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost all of them. Not quite all of them,\Nsome of them are still negotiating,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.90,1:06:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty much all of them\Nare very, very happy to be here.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:39.52,1:06:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To live like this.\NTo do these things together.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:47.46,1:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be kind of sad if they had\Nto just continue to be themselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:59.32,1:07:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the change and the fact that\Nwe inter-are is an amazing thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:05.32,1:07:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wonderful thing.\NIt's what liberates us.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.57,1:07:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to keep continuing the\Nsame patterns of suffering, of confusion.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:18.48,1:07:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can also get beyond the stories of\Nwho we were and the pains we experienced.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:28.40,1:07:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can start to soften that and\Nlet that go a little bit and experience
Dialogue: 0,1:07:33.90,1:07:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it might be to live as a community.\NTo live as the world. As forests. Clouds.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:51.65,1:07:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there's still a part of us\Nwhich seems to be very concerned
Dialogue: 0,1:07:56.11,1:08:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what happens to this body,\Nthese feelings, these thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:02.40,1:08:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from time to time we get to experience\Nsomething that stretches us a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:08.57,1:08:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes beyond the immediate concern\Nfor this part of the whole.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:17.61,1:08:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find that interesting.\NI find it kinda healthy.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:25.40,1:08:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still gonna do my best\Nto take care of this bit.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:30.32,1:08:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I like to practise daily stretching\Nthe envelope of what I think I am.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.69,1:08:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it changes my view\Nin interesting ways.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.78,1:08:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changes my priorities\Nin interesting ways.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.86,1:09:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I'm actually also the forest?\NWhat does the forest think?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:03.52,1:09:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it need, what does it feel?\NCan I feel what it feels?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:07.36,1:09:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I already feeling what it feels?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:09.90,1:09:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is something that I'm feeling actually\Nnot to do with what I think it is,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:14.82,1:09:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's actually a manifestation\Nof the feelings of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.40,1:09:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just misidentified it?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.86,1:09:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that very interesting.\NTo experiment with my boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:28.90,1:09:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them be more flexible.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:31.61,1:09:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think Thay showed us that\Nagain and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:36.23,1:09:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course he had his body\Nand his feelings and his thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:41.02,1:09:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personality. One that we loved.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:45.11,1:09:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I could feel many times that he\Nwasn't as concerned about just this part,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.07,1:09:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the body, as you might think.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:01.48,1:10:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't afraid.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:03.73,1:10:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would sometimes make this gesture.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:06.98,1:10:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't get attached\Nto the body, to the form;
Dialogue: 0,1:10:10.44,1:10:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay is the tiniest part of what I am."
Dialogue: 0,1:10:18.19,1:10:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if our personality\Ngets reincarnated somehow,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:27.52,1:10:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into another body, it's OK.\NBut that's not all we are.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:35.04,1:10:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very small part of who we are.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:37.90,1:10:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe it doesn't matter\Nas much as we think.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:45.02,1:10:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to the little piece\Nof reality that we identify with as self.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:54.32,1:10:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the many ways that we can apply\Nthe practise that Thay has offered us,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:01.07,1:11:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experiment with being more flexible\Nwith what it is that we think we are,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:11.48,1:11:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like right now we can sit here and think\Nof our own individual needs and wants.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:17.32,1:11:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably things that we want.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:23.69,1:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd like to feel better. Less\Nuncomfortable. Happier. More peaceful.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:32.11,1:11:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's things pulling at us inside.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:38.32,1:11:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also possible to look around\Nto sort of feel into the space of the room
Dialogue: 0,1:11:44.40,1:11:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to feel: "Oh, there's something really\Ninteresting happening here.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:48.48,1:11:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why have a couple of hundred people\Nchosen to spend their Thursday morning
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.65,1:12:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting still and listening deeply\Nto each other and to themselves?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:02.44,1:12:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder what's happening."
Dialogue: 0,1:12:05.75,1:12:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very strange thing. I don't know\Nin how many parts of the world
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.28,1:12:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is happening right now.\NIn how many places is this going on?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:15.40,1:12:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not many. I find it really interesting.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:22.65,1:12:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something happening\Nwhich we are a part of,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:25.78,1:12:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that we're not exactly doing.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:29.65,1:12:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get focused a lot on "What is it\Nthat I'm doing, my choices?"
Dialogue: 0,1:12:35.02,1:12:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's so much of our life\Nthat is not doing.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:42.02,1:12:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are co-being. Co-manifesting.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:49.69,1:12:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So. I don't think it's any clearer.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:54.23,1:12:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's also OK.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:04.32,1:13:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Br. Phap Huu: Dear community.\NI think we have to end
Dialogue: 0,1:13:09.32,1:13:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we don't want to\Novertake our joyful and lazy day.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:16.28,1:13:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just one part I want to share.\NIt's the "Sorry" part
Dialogue: 0,1:13:25.11,1:13:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the first\Naction of recognising suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:30.90,1:13:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there is some misunderstanding\Nabout the situation, there's always
Dialogue: 0,1:13:40.40,1:13:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time and space to clarify,\Nto come back and to resolve any conflict
Dialogue: 0,1:13:48.48,1:13:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been established.\NIt's not just "I'm sorry", and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:54.44,1:13:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is wrong perception,\Nwhen we are talking about the garden,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:59.28,1:14:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is real wrong perception,\Nand there is miscommunication,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:04.57,1:14:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practise is to find a time and space\Nto communicate and resolve,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:11.48,1:14:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the relationship\Ncan be re-established.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:18.07,1:14:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally, when somebody\Nis sharing their suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:20.90,1:14:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just very easy to get very defensive.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:24.98,1:14:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That defensiveness blocks\Nthe heart to connect.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:30.23,1:14:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be very mindful of\Nour judgment and our righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:39.19,1:14:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we create space in order to resolve.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:44.07,1:14:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:45.48,1:14:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, dear friends, for being present.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:48.90,1:14:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For listening with open hearts.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:51.69,1:14:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us listen to three\Nsounds of the bell together.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:12.28,1:15:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.48,1:15:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]
Dialogue: 0,1:16:04.90,1:16:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of the bell]