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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.50,0:00:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[How can you truly open yourself\Ntowards others?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.73,0:00:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.26,0:00:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay, \Ndear Sangha,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you truly be open with someone?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.74,0:00:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is fear to be rejected,\Nto be misunderstood,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.98,0:00:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.85,0:00:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you truly be\Nopen yourself towards others?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.16,0:01:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Misunderstanding, wrong perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are part of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.32,0:01:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the mud.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.42,0:01:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Misunderstanding, wrong perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.49,0:01:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the foundations of war and conflicts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.12,0:01:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death, suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.51,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the mud.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, the practice helps us to dissipate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.51,0:01:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misunderstanding,\Nremove wrong perceptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.84,0:01:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restore communication,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.53,0:02:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring about reconciliation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.21,0:02:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transforming the mud into a lotus flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.95,0:02:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.59,0:02:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, the teaching of the Buddha\Ncan help us do this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a person,\Nas a group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.35,0:02:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you can do it\Nas a group of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can change the situation of society.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.22,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why to practice \Nas an individual
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.38,0:02:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not enough. You have to practice\Nas a group, as a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.41,0:02:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those of us who are so afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.91,0:02:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.88,0:03:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do not dare to open our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.41,0:03:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are afraid, because we have suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.08,0:03:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we think that to love is to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.64,0:03:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is regrettable,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.22,0:03:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because true love \Ncan bring a lot of healing and joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.48,0:03:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a poet who wrote like this...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.98,0:03:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Spring has come,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.29,0:03:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every flower is opening
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.44,0:03:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening out, \Nbut why does my heart refuse to open?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.77,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fear to suffer again,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.81,0:04:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have \Nnot learned the art of loving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.24,0:04:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, \Nthe other person is unskillful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.07,0:04:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are also unskillful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.75,0:04:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know how to love, yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We allow misunderstanding, \Nwrong perception to take over.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.44,0:04:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we make us suffer, and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.06,0:04:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make each other suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.68,0:04:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the teaching of the Buddha on love,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.79,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first element of true love is Maitri,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.36,0:04:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.63,0:04:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, true love should be able \Nto bring happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.59,0:05:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loving kindness is the energy \Nthat can bring happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.78,0:05:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us and to the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.47,0:05:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A love that cannot bring happiness,\Nis not love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.13,0:05:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is something else -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.16,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passion, craving, sensual pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.01,0:05:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the desire to possess.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.90,0:05:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.23,0:05:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, loving kindness is a kind of energy \Nthat we have to cultivate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.56,0:05:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is true love, \Nthen it should bring well being,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.23,0:05:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness to us, \Nand to the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, how to cultivate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.08,0:05:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving kindness?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To look, to have the time to look\Nand understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.75,0:06:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding the suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.41,0:06:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the difficulties, \Nand the need of the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suffering and the difficulties,\Nand our own need.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.97,0:06:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need the time\Nto look into ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.78,0:06:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to understand\Nour suffering, our difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.60,0:06:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the deep aspiration in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.87,0:06:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we should be able to accept us \Nas we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.60,0:06:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, understanding is the \Nfoundation of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.62,0:06:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of loving kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.91,0:06:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should ask: "Do I understand myself?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.19,0:06:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I understand my suffering, \Nmy difficulties?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.89,0:06:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you understand your own suffering, \Nyour difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.77,0:07:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll feel much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.36,0:07:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You accept yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.11,0:07:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, then, \Nwhen you look at the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.40,0:07:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can understand his or her suffering \Nmuch more easily
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.75,0:07:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the first step is to understand "self"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.34,0:07:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to accept "self".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.17,0:07:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, the second step is \Nto understand the other
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.69,0:07:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accept the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.90,0:07:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without that kind of understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.65,0:07:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acceptance, happiness is not possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.82,0:07:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, true love is to be cultivated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.26,0:07:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second element of true love \Nis compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.14,0:07:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion is the energy that can heal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.34,0:07:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have compassion\Nin your heart you suffer much less.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.69,0:08:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you open your heart so easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.94,0:08:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the other person deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.44,0:08:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see the suffering\Nin him or in her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.89,0:08:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That person is a victim \Nof her own suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.52,0:08:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his own suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.79,0:08:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, he does not know how to \Nhandle that suffering in him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.61,0:08:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He continues to suffer deeply, \Nand he makes you suffer also
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.72,0:08:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because he wants to.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.84,0:08:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, understanding the suffering\Nin that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.38,0:08:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not angry at him or her any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.80,0:08:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you want to do something, \Nto say something
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.29,0:08:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help that person suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.81,0:08:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means you have compassion in \Nyour heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.98,0:08:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, if when you want to do something, \Nor to say something
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.19,0:08:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help him or her suffer less,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.48,0:08:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that \Ncompassion IS in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.24,0:08:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as compassion is in your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.52,0:09:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't suffer anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.30,0:09:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have \Nopened your heart to yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.32,0:09:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, you can open your heart \Nto him or to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.67,0:09:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, that is the second energy of \Ntrue love: compassion, karuna.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.28,0:09:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when you have a lot of karuna\Nits called mahakaruna,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.10,0:09:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great Compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.11,0:09:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a Bodhisattva,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.59,0:09:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a buddha, because \Nthe compassion in you is so
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.63,0:09:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so large.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.58,0:09:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your heart includes not only him or her,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.54,0:09:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you include us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.58,0:09:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahakaruna.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.36,0:09:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, mahakaruna, the energy of \Ncompassion, is to be cultivated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.49,0:09:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, without getting \Nin touch with the suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.10,0:09:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without understanding suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.24,0:10:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot generate the energy of\Nkaruna, compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.46,0:10:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When compassion is born, \Nwe begin to heal...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.01,0:10:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heal you, and heal the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.76,0:10:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, with the practice of \Nmeditation on love
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.21,0:10:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,metta, maitri meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.57,0:10:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,karuna meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.44,0:10:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you suffer less.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.59,0:10:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to taste the nectar of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.36,0:10:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you open your heart \Nso easily to the world!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.34,0:10:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third element of true love is joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.05,0:10:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your love does not bring joy to you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.01,0:10:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes the other person cry
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.56,0:10:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all day long, it's not true love.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.29,0:11:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the mark of true love is joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.32,0:11:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, joy is healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.21,0:11:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, the fourth element of true love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.09,0:11:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is inclusiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.15,0:11:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,openness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.21,0:11:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inclusiveness means \Nthat you open your heart
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.34,0:11:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow that person \Nto be inside of your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.20,0:11:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, without opening your heart, \Nhow can you include her,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.06,0:11:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,include him in your heart?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.24,0:11:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as you continue, your heart\Ngrows bigger and bigger all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.22,0:11:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, very soon, you include us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.31,0:11:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you don't discriminate\Nagainst us anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.64,0:11:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your heart is so large \Nthat you include us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.73,0:11:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Include all of us in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.46,0:11:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the love of a buddha
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.13,0:12:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which does not exclude anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.60,0:12:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only humans, but also\Nanimals, plants and minerals.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.44,0:12:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All are embraced in that love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.39,0:12:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is equanimity.\NThat is non-discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.56,0:12:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, the Buddha's teaching on love\Nis very specific, very clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.53,0:12:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.71,0:12:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, if we practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.62,0:12:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cultivate these four elements,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.26,0:12:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness begins to be with us right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.53,0:12:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't need many months or years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.09,0:12:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moment when we begin to practice \Nmaitri, karuna, mudita and upeksha
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.40,0:12:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness begins in our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.24,0:12:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We open our heart to ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.05,0:12:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to him or to her, right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.79,0:13:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.09,0:13:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)