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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.98,0:00:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so now,\Nbefore the talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.23,0:00:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of you who want to go to\Ntoilet or go outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.99,0:00:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re most welcome\Nor stay inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.87,0:00:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, many people\Nwill be listening online.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.66,0:00:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.26,0:00:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for a monk\Nwho gives so many talks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.22,0:00:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some to you,\Nsome to monks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.45,0:00:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some online talks\Nover to Singapore
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.93,0:00:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Hong Kong \Nor wherever, to UK…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.22,0:00:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because even though you don't \Ntravel at this time because of Covid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.47,0:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still, you do lots of talks \Nin many different countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.08,0:00:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often I think that I’ve taught
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.59,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on every subject there could be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this evening,\Nsomebody just asked me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.36,0:01:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they, sort of, said: \N‘Well, why don't you give a talk…’
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.45,0:01:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I said: \N‘Well, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.99,0:01:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these talks, some of the \Ntalks I’ve given is on rubbish’.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.96,0:01:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘No, you've never \Ngiven that talk before’.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.41,0:01:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today's talk is \N‘Buddhism and rubbish’.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.30,0:01:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if anyone who complains\Nafterwards ‘that was a rubbish talk’,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say ‘yes, great, well \Ndone, you've understood it’.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.77,0:01:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sometimes, \Nwhen we talk about rubbish,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.69,0:01:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are some times \Nthat we reject it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.83,0:01:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a Buddhist monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.22,0:01:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so many things \Nwhich other people reject,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.39,0:01:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look at again and \Nsee some of its beauty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.72,0:01:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of its delights.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.42,0:01:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using the idea of rubbish,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.55,0:01:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the first \Nmetaphors which I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.81,0:01:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was again from my teacher, \NAjahn Chah, years and years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.05,0:01:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was the one who…\Nhe knew just what would happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.30,0:02:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when his western \Ndisciples went over to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.43,0:02:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the different countries which didn't \Nhave much of a tradition of Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.87,0:02:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things you'd always \Nhave to do is actually talk to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.64,0:02:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be their friend
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.42,0:02:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just to listen to the \Nproblems they have in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, \Nthat happens a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.65,0:02:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though you had no, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.22,0:02:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lectures or education on counseling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.34,0:02:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nevertheless, you soon \Nbecame a very good counselor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.99,0:02:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of the time, because of \Nthings which Ajahn Chah taught you...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.90,0:02:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of those things he \Nalways taught us was to remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.84,0:02:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever you counsel \Nsomebody, they tell you their problems:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.16,0:02:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriage problems, life problems, \Nmoney problems, and all these problems…
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.12,0:02:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till this day I can't understand \Nwhy people ask monks or nuns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.20,0:03:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about these questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.21,0:03:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one: as you all know, \NI have never been married.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.89,0:03:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I know about marriage?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.17,0:03:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two: I’ve never had kids.\NWhat do I know about raising children?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.02,0:03:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three: I’ve got no money. \NWhat do I know about economy?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.33,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number four: I don't have a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.11,0:03:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I know about going to the \Noffice in the morning and getting a job?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.14,0:03:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number five: I don't have a car. \NWhat do I know about driving a car?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.30,0:03:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all these questions \Nwhich people ask you -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.73,0:03:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always give an answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.27,0:03:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it up as I go \Nalong most of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.38,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with some kindness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.56,0:03:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some understanding \Nabout what's really being asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.54,0:03:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the end of the interview or \Nthe end of the counseling session
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.28,0:03:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve learned something from \NAjahn Chah, which not many people know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.77,0:03:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think they teach \Nyou this in the universities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.61,0:04:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you go to counseling courses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.59,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was a simile, as many \Nof you may be beginning to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.49,0:04:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a rubbish bin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.81,0:04:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my first simile to \Ncelebrate the idea of rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.28,0:04:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because my teacher said:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.70,0:04:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘If ever you do any counseling, \Nlisten to people's problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.92,0:04:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must always receive
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.77,0:04:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.32,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if possible without any \Njudgment, just with kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appreciating you don't know \Nwhy that's happened to them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.50,0:04:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just what they're going through,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.29,0:04:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you try and give as much \Nkindness as you possibly can.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.91,0:04:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.82,0:04:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must imagine \Nthat you are a rubbish bin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can actually \Naccept everybody's problems
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.75,0:04:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and difficulties in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.16,0:04:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why they're \Nputting the rubbish into me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.37,0:05:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't do it, \Nit's not my fault,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.42,0:05:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but please accept that rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.99,0:05:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the most important part of \Nthat simile is what he added in the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.16,0:05:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘But please make sure \Nyou always imagine yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.05,0:05:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a rubbish bin \Nwith a hole in the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.37,0:05:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what anybody tells you,\Nwhatever they put in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.39,0:05:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it goes right through \Nand you don't keep any of it.'
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.88,0:05:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the most \Nwonderful part of that simile.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.23,0:05:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it means
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.65,0:05:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that after people tell you some \Nterrible things which happened
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.82,0:05:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really difficult problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.33,0:05:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all I would worry \Nabout that ‘oh, what can I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.48,0:05:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must do something to help them’.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.79,0:05:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then afterwards,\Nyou get full.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.43,0:05:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the next person came, \Nyou wouldn't be able to listen to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.78,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd be thinking \Nabout the last person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.65,0:05:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you’d soon \Nbe a full rubbish bin
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.42,0:05:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overflowing with trash.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you’re a rubbish bin \Nwith a hole in the bottom,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.72,0:06:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever you tell me, \Nwhatever you complain about,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.66,0:06:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever you disclose to me\Nabout the difficulties of your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.93,0:06:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just goes right inside
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.22,0:06:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes right through and \Nafterwards there's nothing in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.41,0:06:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m a rubbish bin \Nwith a hole in the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.70,0:06:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So always empty to receive
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.23,0:06:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next piece of rubbish \Nyou want to donate to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.18,0:06:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a wonderful little thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.32,0:06:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the idea of being \Na rubbish bin is not keeping anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.30,0:06:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to \Ndiscard things, being able to…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.57,0:06:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just \Npolluting the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.78,0:06:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is almost like a metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.71,0:06:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything which we \Nuse eventually breaks down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.88,0:06:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes back to the \Nsoil or goes back to…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.55,0:06:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the difficulties of your life too,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.74,0:07:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't last.\NThey're all anicca.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.73,0:07:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fade away \Nand other things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.42,0:07:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I’ve been \Nhere for long enough now,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.04,0:07:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,37, 38 years now in this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.36,0:07:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,46 years as a monk…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.51,0:07:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much you can see, it doesn't last.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.03,0:07:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dhammasara - \Nwhen did we build that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.69,0:07:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't last.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.15,0:07:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day it's gonna fade away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.12,0:07:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same with Bodhinyana \Nmonastery, it fades away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.81,0:07:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's worth making.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.03,0:07:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one thing which \NI love telling people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.61,0:07:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was… I think I told \Npeople this in the Dana last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.75,0:07:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On 31st of January 2000…\Nno sorry, 31st of January, 1991.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.44,0:07:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was when we had our big bushfire,\Nbig ground fire on the hottest day ever,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.68,0:08:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the time in West Australia.\N46 degrees, 46 degrees - that's hot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.01,0:08:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was before the fire came.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.57,0:08:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the fire came,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.34,0:08:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it came right through our monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.33,0:08:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the trees exploded.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.18,0:08:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.58,0:08:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were forced to evacuate, when the \Nfire was happening, all ready to defend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.61,0:08:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had all the… \Nfire pumps going,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.60,0:08:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we were told we had to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.66,0:08:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we did leave, \NI saw those trees exploding
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.72,0:08:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could feel that \Nthis was an incredibly hot fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.54,0:08:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Bodhinyana Monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.70,0:08:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.27,0:08:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I honestly thought that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.05,0:08:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the following morning,\Nwe were taken back there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.45,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see all of the \Nhuts were still there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the huts are \Nstill at Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.15,0:09:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the halls and \Ndining halls at Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.98,0:09:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing which is \Nnot at Dhammasara is you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.39,0:09:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nuns.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.76,0:09:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they'll come back \Nagain, in a day or two.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.63,0:09:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what was amazing was \Nthat you could let things go.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.93,0:09:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it wasn't having the monastery
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.55,0:09:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the facilities which was important.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.39,0:09:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was actually having the spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.08,0:09:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having the opportunity to serve and build
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.85,0:09:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very… honestly, I mention this, \Nbecause it was absolutely true.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.16,0:09:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That even though I thought \Neverything was going to be burnt down,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.100,0:09:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you went there the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.07,0:09:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing ‘Well, \Nlet's build it up again.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Let's do it again.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.37,0:09:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it was the action which \Nwas more important than the results.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.87,0:09:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The service.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.73,0:09:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you can see that in nature
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.66,0:10:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that things do eventually fall down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.80,0:10:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do get old,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.60,0:10:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do get rubbishy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.46,0:10:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Ajahn Brahm.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.10,0:10:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m getting much older than I used to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.38,0:10:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People just showed me these photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.68,0:10:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I used to be able to go \Non top of roofs and fix them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.82,0:10:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now monks say, if \NI get on top of the roof,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.85,0:10:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the roof will buckle.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.26,0:10:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Venerable Sunyo, just next\Nto my room, the place where I stay,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.09,0:10:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's lots and lots \Nof twigs in the gutter.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.56,0:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought of getting up on \Nthe roof and taking them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I thought twice. ‘No, \Nit's better to keep the roof…
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.30,0:10:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unharmed'.\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.98,0:10:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.24,0:10:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the old days, I would \Nget up there and do stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.69,0:10:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can see just how to get…
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.10,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like old age.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.64,0:10:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things start to decay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.67,0:10:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something beautiful \Nabout the decaying part of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.78,0:11:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things like turning into rubbish.\NWhat was really important to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.12,0:11:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was really precious,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.26,0:11:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually fades away and disappears.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.49,0:11:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its importance is temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.46,0:11:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.10,0:11:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I cherished, which \NI owned, which I loved and cared for,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.96,0:11:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like your family,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.04,0:11:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.61,0:11:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean you don't care for \Nthem - you care for them to the max,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.99,0:11:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that they’re not \Nalways gonna be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.35,0:11:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they do pass away,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.75,0:11:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was a beautiful time spent.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.84,0:11:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You enjoyed each \Nother's company so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.91,0:11:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.25,0:11:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, that's that \Nold simile which I say a lot of…
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.00,0:11:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you go to concerts.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.31,0:11:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A concert being \Nheld here next week.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.25,0:11:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beautiful, beautiful concerts.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.71,0:11:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will never last.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.63,0:11:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if they did last,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.92,0:12:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, there'd be
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.13,0:12:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something unbeautiful about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.91,0:12:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There'd be something which, \Nafter a while, you get bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.12,0:12:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a while, you turn away anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.63,0:12:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go see something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.08,0:12:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there’s something about \Nthose great concerts, very short,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.31,0:12:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it's finished, you feel just...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.35,0:12:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.49,0:12:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grateful to have been there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.88,0:12:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoy that great performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.15,0:12:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that they will turn to dust.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.34,0:12:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nevertheless, \Nit's important to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.83,0:12:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And enjoy it \Nwhile it's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.79,0:12:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that you'll have to let it go.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.03,0:12:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And move away.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.79,0:12:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And much of this, you can find that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.60,0:12:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we understand \Nthe whole idea of rubbish,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.10,0:12:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things which have \Nused are no longer usable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.84,0:12:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a use.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.55,0:13:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rubbish is… obviously, \Npeople recycle rubbish,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.13,0:13:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not gonna go into that, \Nbecause that's talked about a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.18,0:13:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But whenever we do have rubbish, \Nwe know that whatever we use,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.90,0:13:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will one day just be thrown away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.46,0:13:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.99,0:13:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was… For those of you \Nwho are traditional Buddhists,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.75,0:13:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is one story about \Nthis monk, Chulapantaka.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.48,0:13:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was in the time of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.48,0:13:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his brother \Nwas fully enlightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.08,0:13:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but his younger brother, \Nthis guy Chulapantaka,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.06,0:13:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was very... intellectually challenged.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.22,0:13:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't really learn \Nmuch theory or teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.35,0:13:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was finding very \Ndifficult to meditate, at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.41,0:13:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what his brother gave him - \Nwas it the Buddha or his brother -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.48,0:13:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave him just a piece of cloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.82,0:14:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just told him to keep rubbing the cloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.13,0:14:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is what this younger \Nbrother did, just kept rubbing the cloth,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.10,0:14:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the cloth became quite dirty.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.50,0:14:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he kept on rubbing it, \Nuntil the cloth started to...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.79,0:14:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be frailed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.90,0:14:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And kept on wearing,\Nuntil it started to break down.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.50,0:14:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His brother said
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.35,0:14:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘That's the nature of all the \Nthings which we hold dear to in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.90,0:14:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through use,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.94,0:14:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through association,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.72,0:14:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.31,0:14:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all tends to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.71,0:14:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disappear and vanish.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.53,0:14:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And turn into rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.88,0:14:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like the most \Nbeautiful things in Bodhinyana.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.10,0:14:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe not in my lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.62,0:14:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all those huts…
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.76,0:14:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was quite stupid when \NI started building those huts.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.91,0:14:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to make them permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.65,0:14:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do them well, do them once,\Nso you don't have to do it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.100,0:15:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought just build these\Nthings and it's all finished,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.01,0:15:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no other monk will \Nhave to bother about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.54,0:15:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, that's \Nnot the nature of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.70,0:15:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tend to start to fall apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.19,0:15:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if they don't fall apart, \Njust fashions fall apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.27,0:15:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, no, the windows are \Ntoo small, we want to make them bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.88,0:15:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, we don't want a brick wall, \Nwe want a whitewashed wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.06,0:15:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, we don't want it this \Nway, we want it that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.43,0:15:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.26,0:15:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often even Bodhinyana monastery\Nand Dhammasara monastery, as you know;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.17,0:15:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people would come \Nand they said: ‘Is it finished yet?’
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.26,0:15:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say: ‘No’.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.69,0:15:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Well, you’ve got all the huts there, \Nyou've got all the dining room there,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.31,0:15:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got the meditation \Nroom; is it finished yet?!’
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.64,0:15:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never finished, no, they keep going on, \Nthere’ll always be building something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.84,0:15:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's happened \Nat Bodhinyana monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.49,0:15:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been going much longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.50,0:15:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-six years, \N‘Is it finished yet?!’
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.16,0:15:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Venerable Sunyo?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.08,0:15:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'No way.'
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.18,0:16:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is actually our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.26,0:16:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things don't get finished.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.48,0:16:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get built,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.58,0:16:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get worn away,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.74,0:16:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they turn to rubbish
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.23,0:16:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they get rebuilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.77,0:16:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who \Nhave been to old countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.89,0:16:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember just…
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.12,0:16:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know, \NI was born in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.87,0:16:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that London \Nis built on rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.09,0:16:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's rubbish upon rubbish upon rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.34,0:16:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when people \Nactually do excavations
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.27,0:16:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put foundations in \Nto another big building,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.15,0:16:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they always come across \Nthe rubbish of old generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.02,0:16:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes a hundred, two hundred,\Nfive hundred, a thousand years of age.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.09,0:16:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even longer than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.54,0:16:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.54,0:16:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life creates that rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.04,0:16:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that rubbish \Nbecomes the foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.94,0:16:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which new buildings, \Nnew culture is made.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.92,0:17:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without that rubbish
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.38,0:17:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of past generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.36,0:17:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our generation wouldn't have
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.49,0:17:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the foundations on which to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.63,0:17:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And live.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.10,0:17:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes \Nthat history, history is just…
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.68,0:17:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our grandparents' rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.67,0:17:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the things which they did and \Nuse, which was so important to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.11,0:17:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which wore out and new \Nthings were built afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.53,0:17:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, that… \Nthat is not disrespect.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.58,0:17:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's always like building
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.14,0:17:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what other people have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.72,0:17:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the same
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.79,0:17:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just even with ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.14,0:17:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teachings.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.02,0:17:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often, even in teaching \Nabout Buddhism, about meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.69,0:17:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know – yes, we \Nhave the old teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.88,0:17:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you can read and understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.98,0:18:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From even the time of the Buddha.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.65,0:18:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About how these things worked \Nand how meditation was taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.16,0:18:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.68,0:18:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we improve on that?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.23,0:18:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.92,0:18:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.60,0:18:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time of the Buddha\Nthat people would have...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.59,0:18:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wouldn't have zafus like you have\Nthese days, they'd just get some grass.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.14,0:18:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But can we improve\Nupon those zafus?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.34,0:18:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've often mentioned this,\Nit'd be a great opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.30,0:18:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for anybody who wishes to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.10,0:18:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovate and get\Na lovely new business.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.08,0:18:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the meditation cushions
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.89,0:18:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're sitting on right now
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.25,0:18:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the chairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.79,0:18:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just so old-fashioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.04,0:18:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And imagine having...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.09,0:18:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world of high-tech.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.50,0:19:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't we get high-tech\Nmeditation cushions?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.62,0:19:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you start \Nthinking like that...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.46,0:19:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, I got this idea\Nfrom this guy over in Singapore.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.26,0:19:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy in Singapore,\Nhe was a designer.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.24,0:19:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of his great claims to fame
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.64,0:19:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually designing \Ndresses for Princess Diana
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.38,0:19:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she was still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.98,0:19:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He designed a couple of her dresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.32,0:19:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was obviously a very\Nsmart guy living in Singapore.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.07,0:19:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his latest idea,\Nwhen I saw him years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.78,0:19:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was like designer \NZimmer frames.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.100,0:19:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about it, you know the\NZimmer frames which elderly people use,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.52,0:19:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of those elderly \Npeople are cashed-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.22,0:19:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get like a \Ndesigner Zimmer frame,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.97,0:19:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that'll be in their budget
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.33,0:19:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you make a lot of money that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.41,0:19:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was that exploitation\Nor was it just smart thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.27,0:19:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Designer Zimmer frames.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.33,0:19:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, but
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.03,0:20:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyway, that...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.44,0:20:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please excuse me,\NI can't resist this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.28,0:20:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just saying \Ntoday, because Dhammasara
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.76,0:20:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had that... what do you call that...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.97,0:20:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you make donations at Dhammasara?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.94,0:20:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cashless donations',\Nthat little thing over there
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.97,0:20:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just put a credit card on,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.74,0:20:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it puts money \Ninto Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.32,0:20:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just trying it out over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.32,0:20:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.39,0:20:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that please, if anyone has
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.93,0:20:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parkinson's disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.18,0:20:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please be careful.\N(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.44,0:20:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 20-30 taps,\Nwhen you only meant one.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.01,0:20:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's your bank balance gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.72,0:20:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alzheimer's also, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.07,0:20:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you put a donation in,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.53,0:20:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lawrence?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.36,0:20:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you sure?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.34,0:20:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alzheimer's... did I\Nput it in, I'm not sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.78,0:20:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.40,0:21:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's ok, we won't\Nexploit you, maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.55,0:21:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.66,0:21:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For zafus.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.42,0:21:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we just have this
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.59,0:21:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fluff inside there?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.10,0:21:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you \Nhave designer zafus,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.94,0:21:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, with IT.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.99,0:21:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.39,0:21:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, you \Ncan actually adjust,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.02,0:21:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have different \Ncompartments to the zafu,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.19,0:21:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if your back needs lifting,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.95,0:21:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can just press one button
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.60,0:21:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the back lifts up.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.70,0:21:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your knee is a bit sore,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.60,0:21:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other part lifts up, \Nso your knee can lift up.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.86,0:21:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it really is sore,\Nit can give it a massage,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.61,0:21:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like on those massage \Nchairs you can sit on,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.59,0:21:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so your knee gets a good\Nmassage while you're meditating.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.74,0:21:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're too hot...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.83,0:21:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes who \Nknows what we can put,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.72,0:21:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the temperature on there,\Nthe aircons are on today,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.10,0:21:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes it's hot here,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.44,0:21:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it's cold here.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.90,0:21:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's really cold, you can\Nget these blows of hot air
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.12,0:21:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming up your \Nbody to warm you up
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.82,0:21:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if it's too hot, you can\Nget some coolness in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.08,0:21:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have sloth and torpor,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.47,0:22:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really tired,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.09,0:22:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which many people have after\Ncoming here after day's work
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.90,0:22:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or week's work
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.71,0:22:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you come here for \NFriday night and you're half-asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.61,0:22:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can press another \Nlittle button for a coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.35,0:22:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if you like tea, \Ntea or cappuccino,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.96,0:22:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have all \Nsorts of buttons on there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.06,0:22:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a high-tech\Nmeditation cushion.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.92,0:22:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure there's so many\Nwealthy people over in USA
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.55,0:22:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who meditate, that you\Nwould make a fortune.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.81,0:22:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a good idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.86,0:22:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.60,0:22:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did we get on to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.98,0:22:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's supposed to be a talk on \Nrubbish, not about making a fortune.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.24,0:22:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is money rubbish?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.95,0:22:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Yes]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.14,0:22:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.10,0:22:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have a rubbish bin\Nat the back over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.99,0:22:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For your rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.47,0:22:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.19,0:22:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was another thing\Nwhich Ajahn Chah used to teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.26,0:22:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.24,0:23:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people asked,\N'Did Ajahn Chah make any predictions?'
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.52,0:23:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Telling the future. \NHe actually did,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.96,0:23:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.31,0:23:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this prediction,\NI was there when he made it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.31,0:23:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He, sort of, said:\N'In the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.59,0:23:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will run out of paper \Nto make banknotes.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.62,0:23:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't have enough paper left.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.50,0:23:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're cutting down too many trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.56,0:23:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will not... they'll run out\Nof metal, like silver or gold
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.90,0:23:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make coins.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.21,0:23:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they'll have to find \Nsomething else to use for money.'
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.31,0:23:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what he said, what \Nthey'd use for money in the future –
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.23,0:23:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these little balls of chicken poo.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.52,0:23:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay – chicken shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.50,0:23:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the little balls\Nyou see of chicken shit?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.95,0:23:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what they'll pay you in,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.68,0:23:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after you go to work for the week.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.54,0:23:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundred pellets of chicken shit
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.09,0:23:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all your hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.86,0:23:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'd really ask \Nfor a rise in chicken shit,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.48,0:24:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're not getting\Nenough to feed your family.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.63,0:24:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you go to the bank, and you \Nwon't be putting money in the bank,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.13,0:24:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but little pellets of\Nchicken poo in the bank.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.02,0:24:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the IMF would become\Nthe International Manure Fund.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.25,0:24:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the difference\Nbetween chicken shit and money?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.94,0:24:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the value you put on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.55,0:24:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the only difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.51,0:24:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he predicted\Npeople will be fighting wars
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.20,0:24:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over chicken shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.08,0:24:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who makes the most...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.45,0:24:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking at the economy
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.41,0:24:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as how much more chicken shit\Nwe can make in our different countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.12,0:24:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was something \Nwhich was quite challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.41,0:24:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it had some truth to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.99,0:24:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this stuff which we value,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.54,0:24:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's its difference between rubbish?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.88,0:24:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only the value which we give to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.02,0:24:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same with
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.60,0:25:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much other stuff we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.83,0:25:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the great advantages I found
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.90,0:25:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with being a Buddhist monk \Nis we can be rebellious,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.83,0:25:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.53,0:25:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is means to be \Ncomfortable and happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.99,0:25:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it means to be rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.79,0:25:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know where I live:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.67,0:25:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a cave, there's hardly anything there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.28,0:25:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And honestly, I'm so \Nhappy in that little cave.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.43,0:25:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quiet, it's cool,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.71,0:25:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get some great meditation there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.45,0:25:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you would like to live there?\N(silence)
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.78,0:25:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few people, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.54,0:25:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you go and build yourself one.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.18,0:25:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's much cheaper\Nthan the house you live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.51,0:25:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the apartment you live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.65,0:25:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or whatever else you live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.15,0:25:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just get a nice cave.\NBut, you know, the trouble is
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.78,0:25:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're not allowed to build caves.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.62,0:25:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, again, our system \Nis not rebellious enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.75,0:26:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think: "Oh no, you need \Nto have a kitchen, a bathroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.64,0:26:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bla-bla-bla-bla-bla
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.72,0:26:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to have this amount \Nof space, this amount of space.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.05,0:26:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.04,0:26:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lived in that cave \Nfor how many years now?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.41,0:26:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you came, wasn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.35,0:26:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 10–15 years, 20 years now?\NHow many years, do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.60,0:26:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember,\Nhow long I've lived in my cave?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.40,0:26:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.60,0:26:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a long, long time, \Nand it's very comfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.03,0:26:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why is it that we can't...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.53,0:26:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the people put their hands up,\Nbuy a cave and go and live in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.99,0:26:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.75,0:26:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My cave is about... \Nthis is like a hemisphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.98,0:26:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wanna know what it looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.77,0:26:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 3 meters diameter.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.17,0:26:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Made out of rocks, \Nand it's very well made
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.65,0:26:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm very grateful for the\Nmonks who made that for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.64,0:26:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so comfortable in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.44,0:26:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really enjoy it, \Nand many of you've seen it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.14,0:27:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the best accommodations in the\Nwhole of Perth, doesn't cost much at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.72,0:27:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what it means, is: \Nsome people think
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.26,0:27:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a rubbish place to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.82,0:27:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do people want to live in big houses?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.13,0:27:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.93,0:27:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes, when \Nwe challenge these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.16,0:27:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can actually see \Ndifferent ways of doing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.88,0:27:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think those big places are just...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.22,0:27:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not free at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.45,0:27:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different ways of looking at the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.17,0:27:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also something which\NI spent a lot of time talking about:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.27,0:27:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.01,0:27:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is freedom?\NWhat is a free world?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.62,0:27:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the weird thing is \Nthat being a Buddhist monk
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.37,0:27:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Buddhist nuns, \Nwe have so many rules
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.48,0:27:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're supposed to be\Nkeeping, which we do keep.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.26,0:27:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the things that...\Nwe teach people what these rule are,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.53,0:27:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you learn them yourself and
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.58,0:27:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say, wow, these monks \Nactually do keep those rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.32,0:27:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have money.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.06,0:27:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is one of the \Nreasons why, when...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.30,0:28:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I couldn't try out that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.69,0:28:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that donation terminal\Nor whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.18,0:28:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I've got no money.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.64,0:28:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine what it's like, to travel\Naround the world without money.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.81,0:28:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fortunately, no \None has ever asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.99,0:28:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I've gone through \Nthese customs and immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.68,0:28:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Excuse me sir, how much money\Nare you bringing into the country?'
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.79,0:28:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'How much money are you spending here?'
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.90,0:28:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if they asked me, \NI'd say: 'Zero, nothing'.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.11,0:28:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zip...]
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.62,0:28:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They probably wouldn't let me in.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.86,0:28:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though I'm not\Ngoing to any of these countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.16,0:28:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing money into the economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.80,0:28:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're bringing something\Nelse which is more important.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.74,0:28:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why I keep \Ngetting invited to these places.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.33,0:28:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace, happiness, joy,\Ndifferent way of looking at things.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.90,0:28:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ways which can actually bring people\Ntogether rather than separate people.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.42,0:28:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different ways of looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.16,0:28:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, the money is that rubbish stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.55,0:28:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And wealth...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.87,0:28:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you've got to have some wealth,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.65,0:28:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's rubbish stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.88,0:28:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fame is rubbish stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.11,0:29:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you really want in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.05,0:29:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that rubbish?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.12,0:29:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it something \Nwhich is really valuable?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.55,0:29:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, you can check on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.85,0:29:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your house was burning
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.52,0:29:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in a bushfire
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.04,0:29:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you did have a chance to\Nget in the house and get something
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.74,0:29:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to flee with before the fire hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.50,0:29:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you take?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.52,0:29:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is really valuable for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.66,0:29:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would it be your credit card?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.86,0:29:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would it be, maybe, your dog?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.49,0:29:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is very, really valuable for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.29,0:29:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes, when you\Ncan't take anything at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.47,0:29:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes just...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.83,0:29:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your goodness is the most valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.11,0:29:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing which I always remember
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.40,0:29:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also talked about \Na lot with the monks as well –
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.21,0:29:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not things.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.72,0:29:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not, sort of, you know, photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.18,0:29:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or mementos
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.29,0:30:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or medals –
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.10,0:30:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.12,0:30:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is really important \Nis, like, the service
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.61,0:30:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you gave,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.57,0:30:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why you got\Nthat medal in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.90,0:30:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.40,0:30:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something which is not rubbish\Nand that's something which doesn't fade.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.37,0:30:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is something which\Nstays in your heart forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.61,0:30:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The service, the goodness, the kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.55,0:30:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you've given to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.42,0:30:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't just mean money.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.76,0:30:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean just the help which you've given.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.06,0:30:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just, you know, like good old Dennis –\NI don't know how many years he's been
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.75,0:30:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President from time to time here.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.16,0:30:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much service which he's given to this\NBuddhist Society of Western Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.91,0:30:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for so many years,\Nturned him into this beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.42,0:30:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grey,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.53,0:30:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going blind,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.06,0:30:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but very happy person
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.50,0:30:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who people respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.74,0:30:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is something which\Nis so valuable in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.99,0:31:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.52,0:31:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just how you are held\Nwith love in people's hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.12,0:31:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is something which is priceless,\Nthat's why its value is way beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.07,0:31:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a monetary calculation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.51,0:31:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the reasons why I've \Nbeen using that word a lot – 'priceless'.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.00,0:31:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As many of you know those stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.58,0:31:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people ask, \N'How much do I have pay
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.73,0:31:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come into your \NBuddhist Society of Western Australia?'
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.10,0:31:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I used to say 'Nothing', they\Nsaid 'Ok, you can't be any good, then'.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.40,0:31:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you want to, sort of, \Ngo to a place which is really good,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.63,0:31:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really good teacher,\Noh, you have to pay for that...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.60,0:31:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.82,0:31:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these motivational\Nteachers that used to come –
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.52,0:31:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was it Tony Robbins, was it?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.46,0:31:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.26,0:31:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who the \Nmotivational speakers are.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.69,0:32:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you pay a fortune for those.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.50,0:32:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Brahm –
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.08,0:32:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.82,0:32:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember a few people,\Nbecause I know some rich people,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.73,0:32:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they just went to a weekend\Nwith these motivational speakers:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.17,0:32:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five or six thousand dollars!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.44,0:32:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they came to \None of my weekends
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.31,0:32:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said 'Wow, you are much\Nbetter! Why don't you charge more?'
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.98,0:32:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said 'Well, I do charge:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.07,0:32:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cost of coming to my talks
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.36,0:32:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is priceless.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.00,0:32:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, it's not, sort of,\Ngiven a monetary value at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.72,0:32:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that monetary value\Ncan never reach what is given.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.29,0:32:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The importance of just \Nkindness and giving
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.44,0:32:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by example, not just by words.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.59,0:32:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the other things \Nwhich is important value.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.53,0:32:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just give a talk
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.41,0:32:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just words, just arguments,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.14,0:32:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's nothing behind it,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.18,0:32:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no practice, no living that life,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.29,0:33:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't have much value.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.79,0:33:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is rubbish.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.64,0:33:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some people \Nwho give amazing talks.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.72,0:33:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I read them,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.91,0:33:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say just 'Wow, that's... how can \Nthey talk so fluently, so eloquently,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.49,0:33:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so deeply...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.68,0:33:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't have power.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.17,0:33:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something which\NI've seen so many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.70,0:33:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a person is actually living \Nthat life, if they're practicing it
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.03,0:33:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just faking it,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.58,0:33:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's amazing just how
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.55,0:33:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerful that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.53,0:33:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the teachers – I'm sure you can
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.39,0:33:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear the same teachings far \Nmore eloquent than I can give you.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.93,0:33:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's where it's \Ncoming from is different.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.17,0:33:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These little things like I tell, \Nthat you know, you are...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.62,0:33:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the nuns, there are \Nrenunciates, they're living that life.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.03,0:33:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go and check them out. See them.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.87,0:34:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they speak, so they live.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.20,0:34:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same with the monks.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.34,0:34:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that gives these \Nteachings an extra power to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.77,0:34:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in a world where\Nthere's a lot of dishonesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.78,0:34:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of falsities.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.79,0:34:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say one thing and \Nthey live a totally different life.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.61,0:34:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A life where we've lost respect for \Nso many people who used to be given
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.19,0:34:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.17,0:34:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they lost that authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.53,0:34:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can understand why it is that\Npeople these days, they just want...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.87,0:34:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.61,0:34:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least some group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.78,0:34:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the reasons why –\NI think I told this in an ordination
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.94,0:34:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few... a week or two ago –
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.78,0:34:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why it is that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.33,0:34:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my friends, \Na monk over in Malaysia,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.96,0:34:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was actually Venerable Aggacitta
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.77,0:34:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years ago...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.09,0:34:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was setting up his temple
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.17,0:34:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Taipei...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.20,0:34:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Malaysia,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.01,0:35:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did a survey, first of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.02,0:35:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a very highly educated monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.36,0:35:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He surveyed as many of \Nhis lay followers as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.74,0:35:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And asked them:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.88,0:35:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'What type of monk would you like?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.58,0:35:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should that monk be a great teacher?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.39,0:35:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he be a monk \Nwho can tell great jokes?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.86,0:35:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he be a monk who writes books?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.46,0:35:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he be a monk \Nwho's a great scholar?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.54,0:35:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he be a monk \Nwho's a great meditator?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.79,0:35:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he become a monk\Nwho keeps all the precepts?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.97,0:35:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should he be a monk who can\Ntravel around and teach your kids?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.62,0:35:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What type of monk would you want?'
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.95,0:35:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the category \Nwhich won, hands down,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.14,0:35:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he showed me the results and \NI was so inspired and impressed:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.26,0:35:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the type of monk they wanted most –
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.89,0:35:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was just for a monk; the type\Nof nun they want the most, as well –
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.69,0:36:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the one who keeps the precepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.51,0:36:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A virtuous person.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.26,0:36:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they were the \Nrarest to find in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.36,0:36:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone who lived what they taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.97,0:36:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of saying one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.13,0:36:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practicing differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.89,0:36:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which made their words
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.85,0:36:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not worth anything at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.06,0:36:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just rubbish words.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.21,0:36:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So little by little, that's so important,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.24,0:36:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give whatever we do, whatever we speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.84,0:36:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever we write, that extra power
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.58,0:36:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by living this.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.14,0:36:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even I remember some \Nof my followers over in Singapore,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.63,0:36:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was this one Buddhist...\Nwas he a Buddhist? No, he was
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.19,0:36:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Christian, a pastor, who was caught
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.45,0:36:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making so much money, like\Nmillions of Singapore dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.73,0:37:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of that was done fraudulently.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.39,0:37:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was gonna go to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.93,0:37:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that really made the Christian \Ncommunity in Singapore just really
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.24,0:37:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bit upset about their leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.82,0:37:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, I was in the\Nnewspaper for something else,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.31,0:37:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was interviewed, \Nand what I said there,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.73,0:37:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was confirmed, that
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.53,0:37:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever I go teaching \Nanywhere in Singapore,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.13,0:37:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't get any money at all,\NI don't have any bank account,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.68,0:37:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have a credit card,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.32,0:37:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have... nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.02,0:37:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always great fun in that sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.59,0:37:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're a monk, you don't have\Nany driver's license, bank account
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.15,0:37:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,details...
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.54,0:37:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't own anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.63,0:37:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look how well I live.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.12,0:37:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said in this article,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.62,0:37:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'In today's world, you don't need money.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.00,0:37:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a credit card.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.05,0:38:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're kind
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.84,0:38:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.36,0:38:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and serving
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.89,0:38:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.60,0:38:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living simply.'
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.16,0:38:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I think the next day,\Nin the letters column,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.07,0:38:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of these pastors said 'We can \Nlearn from this Ajahn Brahm fellow.'
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.53,0:38:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Just look, there he is' – I had \Na good reputation in Singapore,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.26,0:38:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'There he is, living very \Npeaceful, doing such a good work
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.42,0:38:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he doesn't charge \Na thing for anything'.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.12,0:38:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All done for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.80,0:38:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For gratis.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.42,0:38:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the love of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.34,0:38:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People give donations afterwards,\Nbut not to me, they give it to Dennis
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.77,0:38:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Treasurer.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.48,0:38:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.32,0:38:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it goes into supporting this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.01,0:38:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for monks and nuns,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.79,0:38:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do it just for the joy of it,\Nfor the service of it, for the love of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.34,0:38:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get so much \Nhappiness and joy back.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.02,0:39:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the greatest\Nthings, to have that service
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.55,0:39:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.17,0:39:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people ask 'Who's the \Nwealthiest people in this room?'
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.90,0:39:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're sitting in the front seats, here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.09,0:39:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're wealthy. And I've \Nmet some very wealthy people.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.24,0:39:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often mention this - billionaires.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.01,0:39:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those wealthy people had nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.09,0:39:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're only wealthy\Nin the amount of worry they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.50,0:39:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got lots of money in the bank,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.98,0:39:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't have \Nthe peace and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.48,0:39:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you see in your \Nmonks and nuns, here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.08,0:39:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have that, because
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.22,0:39:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're worried so much, they're not free.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.17,0:39:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the great things about this life:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.08,0:39:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you learn the meaning of freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.64,0:39:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the freedom OF desires,\Nas I often say,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.87,0:39:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the freedom FROM desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.90,0:39:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want anything,\Nyou just want to give.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.24,0:39:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can I give you?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.87,0:39:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What to do you want?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.07,0:39:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I help? How can I serve?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.03,0:40:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's such a great joy,\Nto be able to serve others.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.45,0:40:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's such a great joy to serve others,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.86,0:40:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why even simple things,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.25,0:40:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like opening the door to one of you,\Nwhen according to our rules and traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.15,0:40:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're supposed to open the door for ME.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.44,0:40:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple thing, but I love doing that,\Nopening that door to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.30,0:40:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just doing whatever you can do,\Nto carry something for them, or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.28,0:40:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However I can do
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.46,0:40:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve others,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.22,0:40:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be kind, put that kindness\Ninto real good practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.51,0:40:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that record of service\Nyou should build up over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.66,0:40:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The giving, the goodness,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.86,0:40:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the helping others.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.25,0:40:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Expecting nothing back in return.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.71,0:40:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That gives you a huge wealth inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.92,0:40:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A huge power.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.09,0:40:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual power
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.97,0:40:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.26,0:40:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,psychic power as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.51,0:40:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm now sure, I'm sure the nuns
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.40,0:40:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did a lot of chanting to kick \Nthat bushfire out of their property.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.89,0:41:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly the monks did,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.06,0:41:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.29,0:41:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say you knew...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.71,0:41:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly, I knew that fire had \Nno chance to get into Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.05,0:41:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No chance in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.44,0:41:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply because
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.43,0:41:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are such things as heavenly beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.40,0:41:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I tell this story?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.48,0:41:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't told this story for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.82,0:41:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the heavenly-being-story.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.19,0:41:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real one.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.61,0:41:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of the monk...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.98,0:41:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or actually he wasn't a monk yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.84,0:41:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This American
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.38,0:41:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who met a heavenly being –\Nit's absolutely true story.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.92,0:41:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've got to be careful \Nsaying this, because
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.31,0:41:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this happened in Thailand and there is\Nthat very strict rule of lèse-majesté –
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.81,0:41:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't say anything bad about a king.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.13,0:41:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this story\Njust to finish off with.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.63,0:41:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying anything bad at all,\Nbut just saying something wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.16,0:42:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one of the \Nformer kings of Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.88,0:42:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.62,0:42:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he got over to Thailand
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.59,0:42:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do Peace Corps work.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.56,0:42:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So two years over in Thailand,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.64,0:42:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing Peace Corps work.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.50,0:42:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, before he went\Nback to the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.89,0:42:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.63,0:42:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get a job, get married,\Nand all of that sort of stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.97,0:42:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he decided to try to be a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.25,0:42:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Buddhist monk just for a short time.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.33,0:42:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he didn't know what to do.\NHow do you become a monk?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.35,0:42:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.66,0:42:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, he was staying at a hotel
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.07,0:42:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the outskirts of Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.47,0:42:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he asked the concierge.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.98,0:42:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concierge knows other\Nplaces to send Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.34,0:42:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not, sort of, monasteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.21,0:42:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he did hear that there was \None monastery in the centre of Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:53.47,0:42:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wat Bowon,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.02,0:42:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which sometimes had Western monks.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.03,0:43:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he said: Go there, go to this place\NWat Bowon, in the centre of Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.61,0:43:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go there early in \Nthe morning, take some food
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.06,0:43:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wait for the monks to come out
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.24,0:43:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put some food into \None of the monks' bowls
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.98,0:43:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just ask them.'
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.03,0:43:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew a little bit\Nof Thai, not that much.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.14,0:43:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask them he wants to become a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.99,0:43:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.71,0:43:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The advice wasn't very clear or precise.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.59,0:43:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he went there \Nreally early in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.89,0:43:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 4 o'clock, \N4:30 or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.71,0:43:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the monastery was all locked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.25,0:43:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was closed, no one was around.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.16,0:43:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was walking up and down\Noutside this monastery Wat Bowon,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.95,0:43:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not knowing what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.10,0:43:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this Thai man came up to him
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.94,0:43:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked him: \N'Who are you? How can I help?'
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.44,0:43:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Thais are, certainly in those \Ndays, were very polite and very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.44,0:44:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he said he was American,\Nhe wanted to become a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.50,0:44:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Thai man said: \N'You're really early,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.61,0:44:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've come a couple of hours too early.'
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.75,0:44:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Thai man said: 'Never mind.\NI've got the keys, I can let you inside.'
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.73,0:44:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he took this Westerner \Ninside the monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.73,0:44:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He opened the doors, \Nit was a metal door
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.21,0:44:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of the Uposatha hall, the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.63,0:44:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're Thai, it's called the Royal Gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.54,0:44:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you why afterwards,\Nif you don't already know.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.31,0:44:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then went into the main hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.15,0:44:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned on the electric lights,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.29,0:44:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had the key, opened the main hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.08,0:44:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the holy of holies there,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.81,0:44:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he described all the paintings,\Nall the murals on this 200-year-old hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.12,0:44:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who painted them, \Nwhy they were painted,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.49,0:44:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story which those murals told.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.90,0:44:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you know that \NThai art in those days,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.27,0:45:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every one of those murals \Ntold a story, it's like a cartoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.51,0:45:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but cartoons in the West \Nthey would start from the left
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.85,0:45:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they go to the right, \Nthen the next level...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.40,0:45:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These go around all sorts\Nof different... trajectories.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.08,0:45:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know the story, you can \Nactually tell what they are, but even
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.39,0:45:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes I know those stories,\Nbut I can't actually figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.36,0:45:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they all connect together.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.94,0:45:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the two hours went past so quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.26,0:45:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was so fascinated by all this history
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.99,0:45:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the temple that this Thai man knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.54,0:45:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the Thai man said: \N'It's about time now, to...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.95,0:45:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the monks will be coming out any minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.91,0:45:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so go out the gate again, turn right, \Nand then wait for this old monk –
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.49,0:45:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's the one you should speak to.'
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.14,0:45:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this Westerner did.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.78,0:45:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This American.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.91,0:45:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this American.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.86,0:45:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a true story.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.39,0:45:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happened in my lifetime, in Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.27,0:45:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.99,0:45:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soon that monk came out
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.13,0:46:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he put some food in the bowl,\Nasked him he wanted to become a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.14,0:46:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this American was told to wait\Nand was taken to start the training,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.07,0:46:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.88,0:46:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.93,0:46:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a few days,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.76,0:46:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the American said: 'Look,\Nthe monk you've given me
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.37,0:46:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach me all the chanting,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.95,0:46:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rules and stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.64,0:46:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't understand him, \Nhis English is no good.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.89,0:46:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other monk said 'This is the best
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.85,0:46:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English speaker we've \Ngot in the whole monastery'.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.01,0:46:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is where this American said:\N'What about that temple attendant
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.20,0:46:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I met on the first day?'
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.30,0:46:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'What temple attendant?'
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.79,0:46:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'The guy who opened the door for me.'
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.60,0:46:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You can't go through that door.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.95,0:46:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That gate is the Royal Gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.42,0:46:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only people allowed \Nthrough that gate at Wat Bowon
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.94,0:46:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are members of the royal family.'
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.15,0:47:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how much \Nthey hold their tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.22,0:47:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can't turn \Nthe electricity on there.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.71,0:47:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, and...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.96,0:47:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even the Abbot knows all\Nthe stories behind those paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.81,0:47:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took him straight to the Abbot.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.56,0:47:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was Somdet Nyanasamvara.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.56,0:47:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became the Head Monk of Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.87,0:47:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at that time, he was \Nthe Abbot of the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.01,0:47:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Abbot was listening to\Nall of this and stopped him.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.08,0:47:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And said: 'Wait' and called in the\Nsecretary, 'This needs to be recorded.'
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.82,0:47:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is pretty much a true story.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.21,0:47:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did tell this story in the Thai\NEmbassy in Singapore, once.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.13,0:47:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Ambassador there, interrupted me.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.07,0:47:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually afterwards he said \N'Yes, I've seen that story written down,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.45,0:47:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's true, it actually happened.'
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.98,0:47:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, the Abbot wrote it all down.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.41,0:47:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the secretary, rather.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.80,0:47:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the end of the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.78,0:47:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, they asked the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.56,0:47:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'What did that man look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.12,0:48:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That temple attendant \Nwe don't know, exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.90,0:48:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one who opened doors\Nwhich only royal family can open.'
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.78,0:48:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's got the key, no temple\Nattendant's got the key to the main hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.72,0:48:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only a couple of monks have that key.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.53,0:48:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even the old Abbot knew all \Nthe stories behind the paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.42,0:48:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said: 'What did he look like?'
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.96,0:48:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what happens when you\Nhave to try and describe a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.70,0:48:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if you're \Nfrom a different country;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.96,0:48:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I don't know, he just... was Thai.'
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.60,0:48:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'He was wearing \Ntraditional Thai clothes,' he said.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.08,0:48:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was one interesting thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.99,0:48:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not modern clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.16,0:48:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional Thai clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.12,0:48:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'But what did he look like?'
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.02,0:48:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this American couldn't think\Nexactly what this guy looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.05,0:48:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was scratching his head, literally,\Nbecause that's what Westerners do,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.62,0:48:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thais don't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:50.65,0:48:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scratching his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.96,0:48:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.02,0:48:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was looking at a portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.90,0:49:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Abbot's office.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.30,0:49:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'It's him!'
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.33,0:49:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'That's the one.'
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.36,0:49:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'That's the one I met'.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.93,0:49:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.32,0:49:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one of the sponsors of that temple
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.86,0:49:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was first built.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.87,0:49:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Majesty King Rama V
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.10,0:49:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who died
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.92,0:49:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 150 years prior to that incident.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.51,0:49:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That went down in the books.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.72,0:49:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A heavenly being
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.35,0:49:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming down to help a young man
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.20,0:49:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.39,0:49:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's one of those amazing \Nreal-life heavenly-being stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.54,0:49:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine,\Nit's in the books, happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.31,0:49:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That other guy, that monk,\Nlost contact with him a long time ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.30,0:50:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he went back to America,\Nnot sure where he went to.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.45,0:50:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is amazing, what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.20,0:50:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you're \Na good monk or a good nun,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.65,0:50:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are lots of other beings\Nwho will look after you.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.25,0:50:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in a place \Nlike Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.75,0:50:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember going there the first...
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.83,0:50:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goosebumps.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.02,0:50:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember going there the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.65,0:50:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Ajahn Cittapalo's brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.36,0:50:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was on auction.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.55,0:50:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going in there
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.09,0:50:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and chanting my heart out.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.34,0:50:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To actually get that place
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.60,0:50:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our Bhikkhuni Sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.10,0:50:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can feel this energy in that place.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.23,0:50:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good beings looking after you.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.36,0:50:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.41,0:50:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.19,0:50:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.36,0:50:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's been a very \Nsuccessful, beautiful monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.38,0:50:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why –
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.91,0:50:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry, fire demons.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.50,0:51:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go find another place to burn.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.10,0:51:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not Dhammasara.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.06,0:51:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That place
Dialogue: 0,0:51:04.27,0:51:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.86,0:51:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. There we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.85,0:51:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that was \Na rubbish talk tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.01,0:51:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I started on rubbish
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.79,0:51:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see where it went to.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.10,0:51:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you all for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.09,0:51:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!\N(all together)
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.70,0:51:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how many \Ntimes I've told that story,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.12,0:51:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I usually tell that story in retreats,\Nbut it still gives me goosebumps as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.63,0:51:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, here we go for questions here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.18,0:51:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is first from New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.42,0:51:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Many times my mind \Nwill recall a random memory
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.79,0:51:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is embarrassing or painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.62,0:51:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It causes me intense emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.03,0:51:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past is often painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.33,0:51:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you offer insight?'
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.05,0:51:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, whatever \Nthat random memory is
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.68,0:51:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which causes you embarrassment or pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.95,0:51:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can share that story as \Nhonestly you can with somebody you know
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.70,0:52:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust –
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.63,0:52:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when it actually is not\Ninside of you, but it's outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.57,0:52:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes far smaller, \Nless of a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.42,0:52:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen that many times,\NI told that story few weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.20,0:52:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this woman, not far,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.02,0:52:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Tuart Hill somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.03,0:52:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tuart Hill, Dianella...
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.20,0:52:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.37,0:52:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked her that once,\Nbefore she passed away:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.64,0:52:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Is there anything \Nyou've done in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.04,0:52:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you're very ashamed of?'
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.51,0:52:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course it took a while \Nto get her to confess to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.52,0:52:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what she said \Nwas that once in her life
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.98,0:52:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd kissed another woman's husband.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.87,0:52:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked 'Is that all you've done?'
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.24,0:52:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said 'Yes, I was so ashamed \Nof it, you're the first person I've told.'
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.24,0:52:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's not bad, a whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.30,0:52:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can forgive you that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.93,0:52:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for me, hearing that, \Nthat was a small thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.80,0:52:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for her, it was the most \Nterrible thing she'd ever done.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.74,0:53:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But once she actually \Nconfessed it, let somebody know,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.41,0:53:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she also realized it wasn't that bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.75,0:53:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you can tell a person you trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.76,0:53:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person who's kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.65,0:53:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'll give you forgiveness straight away,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.32,0:53:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you'll put it more in perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.24,0:53:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the old story - how big is my hand?\NMy hand is so big because it's too close.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.04,0:53:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You put it away, where \Nother people can see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.28,0:53:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your hand is just of ordinary\Nsize, it's not that big of a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.57,0:53:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it will just...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.84,0:53:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emotions will go away, \Nit's not such a bad thing you've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.96,0:53:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, at least have some friends
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.99,0:53:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some spiritual path
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.85,0:53:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's ok to make mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.51,0:53:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't have to be so perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.58,0:53:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can accept
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.28,0:53:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you made mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.40,0:53:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embarrassing, \Nshameful things you've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.43,0:53:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you learn from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.30,0:53:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You grow from them, \Nyou become a better person.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.64,0:53:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.28,0:53:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I have the habit of \Ncollecting the garbage in me
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.69,0:53:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't fall though.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.37,0:53:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It disturbs or depressed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.80,0:54:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I do anything about that \Nor make it vanish? Thank you.'
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.66,0:54:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.18,0:54:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a rubbish bin, but you \Nforgot to put a hole in the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.11,0:54:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So see if you can just visualize...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.25,0:54:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visualize life.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.50,0:54:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has some beautiful stuff,\Nand some unpleasant stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.92,0:54:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just have it so the beautiful stuff\Ngoes in one side of the rubbish bin
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.94,0:54:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stays.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.05,0:54:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other part goes in \Nthe other part and just disappears,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.02,0:54:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.83,0:54:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.91,0:54:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do some visualization,\Nsometimes that helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.23,0:54:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But don't collect the garbage in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.90,0:54:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For goodness grace, just...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.68,0:54:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow it to just go through you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.55,0:54:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.93,0:54:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just goes back into the soil
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.48,0:54:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and generates new flowers \Nand fruits for another time.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.97,0:54:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the garbage in you
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.85,0:54:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not worth collecting.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.22,0:54:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now from Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.13,0:54:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Dear Ajahn Brahm,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.03,0:54:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajahn Chah emphasized his\Nteaching about impermanence.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.99,0:55:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we avoid feeling sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.34,0:55:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we know our loved\Nones are going to leave us?'
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.72,0:55:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because new loves ones \Nare gonna come in to your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.11,0:55:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's impermanence.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.56,0:55:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't feel sad that \None concert is finished,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.04,0:55:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you know this other band's coming
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.50,0:55:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a theatre close to you next week.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.12,0:55:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, you do have many \Npeople you love and care for,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.31,0:55:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when they pass away,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.19,0:55:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have other people\Nyou can love and care for.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.74,0:55:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.10,0:55:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a wonderful thing it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.00,0:55:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have so many more opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.02,0:55:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care and have real love –\Nlove which doesn't own something.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.96,0:55:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ones which enjoy their time together,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.30,0:55:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the day is finished,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.51,0:55:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good night, we had \Na wonderful day together.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.16,0:55:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See you, maybe see someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.23,0:55:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In your next life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.65,0:55:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's being truthful.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.64,0:55:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Realistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.47,0:55:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also means you're always open
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.71,0:56:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to another person you can \Nhave a wonderful time with.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.31,0:56:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, from Russia:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.06,0:56:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Dear Ajahn Brahm, what would you advise,\Nif a person who has strong aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.82,0:56:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the highest Buddhist \Nachievement, but can't leave a lay life
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.05,0:56:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of commitments?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.22,0:56:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having aspirations, \NI've mentioned this before,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.49,0:56:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you start with an aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.72,0:56:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it then leads to desperation,\Nwhen you can't achieve your aspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.70,0:56:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and expiration
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.26,0:56:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you expire.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.30,0:56:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of having aspirations,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.75,0:56:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn how to be content.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.14,0:56:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.40,0:56:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happy to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.70,0:56:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I mentioned to some of you, that
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.29,0:56:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Covid lockdown,\Nthis was in Bangkok apparently,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.84,0:56:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Thai Rath newspaper, which is the\Nbiggest newspaper, most read newspaper,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.04,0:56:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daily newspaper in Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.81,0:56:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They carried one of my stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.30,0:56:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the difference between \Nbeing free or being in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.91,0:57:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only difference is that\Nany place you don't want to be
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.91,0:57:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.79,0:57:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any place you love \Nto be is called freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.71,0:57:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter if it's like\Nsomewhere they call Bangkok jail
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.14,0:57:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it's something you \Ncall like Hilton 6-star hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.100,0:57:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't wanna be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.57,0:57:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Hilton Hotel,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.96,0:57:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which many people get quarantined in,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.28,0:57:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like a prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.42,0:57:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really crazy, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.28,0:57:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People spend some much money\Ntrying to make these hotel rooms
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.86,0:57:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or suites, whatever, just the most\Ncomfortable thing in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.17,0:57:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you don't wanna \Nbe there, because it's lockdown
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.85,0:57:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're quarantine,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.55,0:57:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you perceive it as a prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.06,0:57:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me, being in lockdown\Nfor five days over in Serpentine:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.55,0:57:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Yaaaay, free!'
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.42,0:57:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, you felt free there.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.07,0:57:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't have to talk to people after lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.12,0:58:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was great, because after lunch,\NI have to go, as senior monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.61,0:58:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to sit down and wait and talk \Nto people about this and the other
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.17,0:58:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same old stuff and same \Nold jokes you hear from me, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.92,0:58:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, this time, \Nas soon as I finished my meal,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.56,0:58:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could go.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.86,0:58:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Yaaaay, free!.'
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.47,0:58:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it's like, it's great!
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.47,0:58:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's wonderful, lockdown,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.07,0:58:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's more freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.40,0:58:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I get when I'm in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.65,0:58:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is prison?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.92,0:58:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you have a strong aspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.99,0:58:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the highest Buddhist achievement,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.50,0:58:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stop the aspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.57,0:58:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All aspirations.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.99,0:58:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learn how to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.00,0:58:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learn how to be content.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.97,0:58:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learn how to be kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.62,0:58:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These qualities,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.39,0:58:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those qualities, \Nnot aspirations but qualities,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.04,0:58:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.14,0:58:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contentment,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.46,0:58:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn how to be happy where you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.63,0:58:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.40,0:59:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be able to let it go\Nas soon as it finishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.96,0:59:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a rubbish bin with
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.67,0:59:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no bottom at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.52,0:59:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Infinite rubbish bin.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.71,0:59:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.21,0:59:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always able to receive things.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:10.82,0:59:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are really nice things
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.03,0:59:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.05,0:59:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But don't aspire for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:17.73,0:59:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give up all the aspirations.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.25,0:59:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they come to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.74,0:59:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the last question, but
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.75,0:59:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to show how they do come \Nto you, for those who don't know that,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:29.38,0:59:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I probably told it last week,\Nthe donkey story?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:33.91,0:59:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we go, it's the old donkey story,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.74,0:59:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to finish off with today.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.20,0:59:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know,\Nthis is one of my favourites.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.18,0:59:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a donkey
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.42,0:59:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just wouldn't pull the cart.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.56,0:59:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the owner got a stick out\Nand tried to hit the donkey,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.42,0:59:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the donkey wouldn't move.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:50.01,0:59:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.07,0:59:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the owner figured out, how \Nto get the donkey to pull the cart:
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.08,0:59:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he tied the stick to the donkey's neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.31,1:00:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the front of the stick was \Ntwo foot in front of the donkey's head,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.63,1:00:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,string on the end of the stick
Dialogue: 0,1:00:03.18,1:00:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a carrot on the end of the string.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.83,1:00:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the donkey saw\Na carrot two foot in front of it.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.29,1:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donkeys like carrots,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:11.42,1:00:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the donkey went towards the carrot.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.72,1:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the donkey went towards the carrot,\Nthe carrot went away from the donkey.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.56,1:00:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to life.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.56,1:00:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how many carrots \Nyou've been chasing in your life
Dialogue: 0,1:00:22.55,1:00:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this last week,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.62,1:00:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think you can relate to that story.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:25.61,1:00:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how they get \Ndonkeys to pull carts.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:27.76,1:00:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.96,1:00:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you come to this center,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:31.12,1:00:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you figure out how to catch the carrot.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:33.05,1:00:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple, really.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.64,1:00:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You run after that \Ncarrot as fast as you can.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.09,1:00:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't matter how fast you run,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.85,1:00:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carrot is still \Ntwo foot in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:43.42,1:00:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, you know how to...
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.12,1:00:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:47.27,1:00:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop and let go.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.52,1:00:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the little donkey stops\Nand the carrot goes further away.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.63,1:00:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four foot away, never been \Nas far away before, you think
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.35,1:00:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not working, this is \Nnot working, it's not right.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.69,1:01:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to aspire for something\Nand start chasing the carrot again.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.42,1:01:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no, no, you have \Na bit of faith and confidence.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.92,1:01:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four foot away the carrot goes,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:07.02,1:01:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.43,1:01:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the carrot comes swinging towards you.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.67,1:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And soon it's two foot in front \Nas usual, but now coming at top speed,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.06,1:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's never come as fast to you before.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.28,1:01:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it comes and swings \Nright close to your mouth,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:21.48,1:01:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the last thing you have to remember,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.43,1:01:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what many Buddhists forget.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:26.27,1:01:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindness, compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.36,1:01:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that carrot comes \Nright close to your mouth,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.65,1:01:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to remember
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.46,1:01:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say to that carrot:
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.80,1:01:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Carrot, the door of my \Nmouth is open to you.'
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.73,1:01:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, it bounces off your teeth.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:44.29,1:01:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.23,1:01:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's enough for the questions.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.66,1:01:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.68,1:01:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.49,1:01:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There we go.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.40,1:01:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was that a rubbish talk, tonight?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.31,1:02:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, let's pay respect to the\NBuddha, Dhamma, Sangha.