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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.98,0:00:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.33,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.62,0:00:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.70,0:01:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.37,0:01:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.21,0:01:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear Thay dear sangha, today is the 9th,\NSunday, the 9th of December, 2018.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.02,0:02:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in the Assembly of Stars\Nmeditation hall in Lower Hamlet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.76,0:02:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the last of the Dharma talks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.54,0:02:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the end of our three month\Nretreat together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.30,0:02:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I feel a special sense of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.08,0:02:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.57,0:02:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us have been here\Nfor the three month retreat together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.17,0:02:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.57,0:02:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of you who came
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.51,0:02:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Plum Village for three months\Nhave experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.88,0:02:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going through ups and downs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.38,0:02:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.70,0:03:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the time you wondered,\N'Why did I come?'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.69,0:03:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know. Excuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.95,0:03:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a loud blow.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.22,0:03:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.22,0:03:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you felt, 'Yeah, I'd be better off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.62,0:03:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a cave somewhere'.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.60,0:03:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe in the Pole, or somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.31,0:03:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.11,0:03:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we practice together,\Nwe really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.95,0:03:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to meet each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.80,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get along together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.37,0:03:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't get along together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.59,0:03:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are living together 24/7,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.60,0:04:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really shows up.\NIt is difficult to stay calm and to enjoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.91,0:04:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually, a lot of the practice that\Nyou've been learning these three months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.74,0:04:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how to live in harmony,\Nhow to get along.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.98,0:04:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to practise loving speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.62,0:04:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also you have to communicate\Nwhen there is a difficulty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.98,0:04:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with loving speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.55,0:04:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to let go
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.77,0:04:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your preference\Nand maybe your irritation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.96,0:04:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to see the other person\Nis also suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.58,0:05:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe see that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.38,0:05:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to understand them\Nso you can let go of judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.88,0:05:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have practices, like Beginning Anew\Nthat we do regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.25,0:05:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do that formally, we sit down
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.03,0:05:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practise expressing gratitude,\Nnoticing the good things in each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.69,0:05:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also expressing when we have a regret\Ntowards each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.84,0:05:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a very renewing practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.73,0:05:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had - It is also,\Nwe call it the season of Shining Light.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.72,0:05:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So because we see each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.37,0:06:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are rooming together, eating together,\Nworking together,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.70,0:06:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see each other and we have\Nsomething called the sangha eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.06,0:06:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, ourselves, if we are just\Npractising alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.59,0:06:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a number of things that we miss\Nfrom practising in a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.36,0:06:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is that because\Nwe are not interacting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.80,0:06:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things don't maybe come up\Nin the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.82,0:06:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we are interacting we get to see\Nourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.80,0:06:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also we have blind spots.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.01,0:06:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so then it's very helpful for us,\Nfor the people we trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.25,0:06:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we open ourselves up,\Nwe allow ourselves to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.40,0:06:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open to receiving their view about us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.91,0:07:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that view is expressed\Nwith all of the love and appreciation also
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.77,0:07:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the whole of us\Nnot just pointing to the difficulty.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.71,0:07:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we also practise this\Nin the three months retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.32,0:07:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shining light on each other's practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.74,0:07:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to help the other person\Nhave more freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.47,0:07:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more growth in themselves,\Nand more happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.45,0:07:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it can be a bit scary
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.42,0:07:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to allow ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.08,0:07:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have people share like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.70,0:07:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've known people run away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.17,0:07:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they allow themselves to\Nthey only experience the love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.41,0:08:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure there are\Nsome exceptions to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.89,0:08:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people can get hurt also,\Nand then we also have compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.58,0:08:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are learning the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.76,0:08:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So living together is\Na practice in itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.64,0:08:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a sense, it is -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.87,0:08:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can say that\Nlearning to live together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.81,0:08:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to get along is also the fruit\Nof the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.38,0:08:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay has said, brotherhood, sisterhood,\Nthere is no religion
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.86,0:08:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is higher than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.50,0:08:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are generating\Nbrotherhood and sisterhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.81,0:09:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going in that spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.01,0:09:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a Harvard study
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.70,0:09:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done, it was one of the longest ever\Nstudies, 75 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.22,0:09:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is still going on, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.39,0:09:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they interview\Nand get also self-information
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.86,0:09:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from standardised groups of men\Nin the States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.16,0:09:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially the point is that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.83,0:09:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were looking to see\Nwhat are the conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.84,0:09:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for happiness and health
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.78,0:09:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking right through the life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.86,0:10:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they found was\Nif you want to know
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.13,0:10:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what makes a happy octogenarian,\Nthat means, if you are 80 years or over,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.97,0:10:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these groups they've been\Nfollowing since they were boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.52,0:10:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they are in their 80's.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.76,0:10:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look back to when they are\N50 years old, which is roughly my age,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.51,0:10:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can determine whether
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.78,0:10:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conditions that seem to be common,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.26,0:10:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the ones that are happy,\Nthe ones that are healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.69,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the result is only one factor.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.41,0:10:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not how much cholesterol\Nin the blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.49,0:10:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not many things you might think,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.27,0:10:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the one factor that comes out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.16,0:11:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is those people report that they have\Ngood relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.58,0:11:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relationships they can trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.72,0:11:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that seems to be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.22,0:11:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an essential requisite for a happy life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.61,0:11:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in community we are blessed with having\Nmany deep connections to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.65,0:11:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of trust of each other\Nin the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.10,0:11:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allows us to be open,\Nand allows us to be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.43,0:11:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free to express.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.64,0:12:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.82,0:12:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk about relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.82,0:12:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what came to my mind when I\Nheard about this study was,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.22,0:12:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what about the relationship\Nwe have to ourselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.87,0:12:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we trust ourselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.46,0:12:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This must also be important.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.21,0:12:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the relationship we have to society,\Nto Mother Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.87,0:12:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This must also count\Nas a relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.06,0:12:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is also clear\Nwe know from our experience
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.28,0:13:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to the extent that we are\Nin a good relationship with ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.21,0:13:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our relationship with others goes well.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.46,0:13:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when our relationship with ourselves\Nis not so good,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.28,0:13:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find things seem\Nto get reflected to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.92,0:13:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sangha is like a hall of mirrors.\NWe keep seeing ourselves reflected.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.96,0:13:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we have a difficult interaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.19,0:13:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always helpful to ask\Nwhat is going on in me
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.12,0:13:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is connected with\Nthat difficult interaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.28,0:13:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as, you know,\Nbecause there is a tendency maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.63,0:13:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to blame or put it on the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.55,0:14:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may see interesting things\Nwhen we do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.38,0:14:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may see that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.77,0:14:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Ah! This reaction I had in the meeting,\Nor in this interaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.83,0:14:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought about\Nquite a strong emotion in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.60,0:14:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems a bit more than,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.95,0:14:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is disproportionated\Nto what actually happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.40,0:14:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did I get so angry?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.12,0:14:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did I feel so anxious?'
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.91,0:15:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself found myself in a situation\Nwhere some anxiety and fear came,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.58,0:15:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it started actually as anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.35,0:15:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.75,0:15:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was feeling somehow slightly let down\Nabout something, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.70,0:15:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this anxiety came.\NAnd I asked that question to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.90,0:15:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does this remind me of?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.07,0:15:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked it to my store consciousness.\NWhat does this remind me of?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.01,0:15:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just waited for something to come,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.06,0:15:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I suddenly had an image of myself\Nin kindergarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.06,0:15:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A memory that I didn't have before.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.04,0:16:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not one I could remember,\Nbut it's suddenly a flash
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.46,0:16:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of waiting to be picked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.48,0:16:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my mother was late that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.51,0:16:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a fear in me, I guess.\NAnd it was amazing how that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.02,0:16:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made the connection just\Nby asking that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.41,0:16:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it allowed me to, just having\Nthat interaction with the other person
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.28,0:16:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowed me to touch something\Nthat needed healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.41,0:16:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the healing is maybe a continuous
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.27,0:16:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,path of healing that we are on.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.52,0:16:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not going to heal\Neverything overnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.86,0:17:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with one insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.69,0:17:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we, each time we have a small healing,\Nwe get more energy and more confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.98,0:17:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we feel, wow!\NOkay, this is a good path.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.26,0:17:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.69,0:17:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just understanding ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.67,0:17:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding that this is\Nwhere this is coming from,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.34,0:17:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a sense it can help so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.01,0:17:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowing that we have a practice\Nto also embrace
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.18,0:17:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.94,0:17:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embrace maybe the little boy,\Nthe little girl in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.58,0:18:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we see that coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.73,0:18:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we recognize that there is\Nsome suffering there relating to that age
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.69,0:18:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were very young,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.28,0:18:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the opportunity to embrace,\Nto smile and with our solidity,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.53,0:18:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we generate through the practice,\Nwe can breathe with that emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.83,0:18:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So knowing we have a path,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.92,0:18:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a lot of a kind of -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.82,0:18:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have happiness and we have\Na sense that the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.68,0:18:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't need to be so much now,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.91,0:18:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the biggest suffering\Nis not having a way, having a path.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.46,0:18:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have a lot of gratitude also\Nfor having the practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.61,0:19:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even before we've applied it, but when\Nwe apply it, and we get the experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.43,0:19:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time we are so grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.37,0:19:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also had an opportunity in this winter,\Nthis three month retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.58,0:19:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't call it the winter retreat now\Nbecause for the very first time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.78,0:19:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more the autumn period. I also had\Nan experience this three month retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.33,0:19:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of connecting with my 14 year old in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.84,0:19:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah. At that time\Nwhen he felt very isolated
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.54,0:20:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not enjoying school,\Nand feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.62,0:20:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty in a bit of a hostile environment\Nhe found.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.02,0:20:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew, I know about this time, and I know\Nit somehow shows up in my interactions
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.17,0:20:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I took sometime to try to talk\Nwith the boy. And he showed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.06,0:20:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.13,0:20:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked, I asked, 'Would you like\Nto spend time with me?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.34,0:20:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm an adult'. And he said,\N'You are too busy'.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.37,0:20:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.30,0:20:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You got too many things going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.58,0:21:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I cause you\Nall sorts of problems anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.72,0:21:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't want to cause you\Nany more problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.87,0:21:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to take up your time.'
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.86,0:21:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very fascinating\Nto hear this response.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.91,0:21:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, it gave me quite\Nsome insight into myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.82,0:21:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, of course, that is part of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.42,0:21:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I share that because
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.45,0:21:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is part of our journey\Nthat we are on to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.40,0:21:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heal all the parts of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.20,0:21:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside as well as outside.\NInside we also have a kind of sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.90,0:21:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.45,0:22:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also need to bring harmony to\Nthose different voices inside ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.31,0:22:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I was deciding to become a monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.20,0:22:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.34,0:22:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dharma teacher\Nfrom the UK Martin Pitt,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.08,0:22:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gave me that advice, he said,\N'In making the decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.03,0:22:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,check with your internal sangha, and\Nmake sure everybody -'
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.32,0:22:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a real sangha koan,\Na real decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.87,0:22:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are\Nthese many voices in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.90,0:22:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the voices of doubt,\NI had to say, 'Please, I hear you, but
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.86,0:22:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've touched something deeper\Nthan doubt at this moment',
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.22,0:22:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the doubt had to agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.84,0:22:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Christians say, the doubting Thomas.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.21,0:23:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.67,0:23:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't a fascinating journey, isn't it?\NThe spiritual path.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.38,0:23:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do it together.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.68,0:23:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow, being together as a community\Nbrings so much joy and insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.74,0:23:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is so rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.59,0:23:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some others are going away,\Ngoing back to the real world.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.87,0:23:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always find slightly ironic\Nto use that term,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.57,0:23:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it seems like out\Nin the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.50,0:23:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is where people are busy, very busy,\Nrunning away from reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.29,0:23:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas the idea here in Plum Village\Nis we touch reality
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.86,0:23:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in us and in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.18,0:24:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we go back out, and\Nwe want to maintain our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.75,0:24:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things we need to draw on is\Nthe connections we made here,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.58,0:24:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep them in our heart, and know
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.54,0:24:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we think we are isolated,\Nand all around out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.03,0:24:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember that is not true.\NBecause the connections we make
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.36,0:24:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are real,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.01,0:24:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are not subject to dissolving simply\Nbecause we are in a different place,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.52,0:24:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are non-local.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.25,0:24:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we always remember\Nthe sangha has our back.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.71,0:24:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are behind us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.50,0:25:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People visualize it in different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.19,0:25:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connected with the Harvard study\NI mentioned,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.79,0:25:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loneliness is the biggest killer. That is\Na medical fact, that loneliness kills.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.96,0:25:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are so blessed that we don't -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.18,0:25:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have so many conditions\Nto not be lonely
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.66,0:25:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the practice of\Nbeing there for ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.22,0:25:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning how to be there with\Nother people and the connections we make.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.86,0:25:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The relationships we make.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.95,0:26:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because even you can be in a relationship,\Nyou can be in a family,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.22,0:26:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be with many people,\Nbut, as the 14 year old boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.59,0:26:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a boarding school,\Nlots and lots of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.100,0:26:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not dissimilar to Plum Village's.\NLiving in a dormitory,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.23,0:26:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing rooms. But I felt isolated\Nand lonely at that particular time.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.17,0:26:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not exactly\Nthat you are next to people
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.70,0:26:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't feel lonely.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.52,0:26:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also be that you can feel lonely\Neven in Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.51,0:26:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.25,0:26:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow are not in good relationship\Nwith what is going on in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.83,0:27:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in those cases, where\Nthat is happening in Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.79,0:27:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the encouragement is to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.75,0:27:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you may feel\Nyou don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.20,0:27:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your smile any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.70,0:27:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll always remember reading
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.55,0:27:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay saying,\N'The dandelion keeps your smile.'
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.91,0:27:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the flower you see on the lawn,\Nit has your smile for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.28,0:27:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like so in the sangha we can feel
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.86,0:27:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not doing well, but we should try\Nto become aware
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.53,0:27:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is a lot of love
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.90,0:28:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and care. People are giving us space,\Nbut they care.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.61,0:28:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes the care comes\Nin a way we don't want,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.65,0:28:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe somebody comes into our space,\Nand tries to shake us up a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.34,0:28:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.39,0:28:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it wasn't so skilful of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.02,0:28:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nevertheless we can recognize it\Nas a good intention, as care.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.62,0:28:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we may have taken different themes\Nfor this three month period,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.14,0:28:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well. I know some of the brothers in\NUpper Hamlet were studying the Anapanasati
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.14,0:28:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.100,0:29:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some brothers were studying\Nthe 40 tenets of Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.04,0:29:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Manifestation Only teachings\Nwas one subject I was engaged with.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.06,0:29:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think many other topics.\NBut they all, somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.46,0:29:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect to the same point
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.76,0:29:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how to come into relationship\Nwith myself, to be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.52,0:29:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really understand what is going on\Nin my body, in my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.02,0:29:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see my nature of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.98,0:29:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay has said that even just\Npractising the first 4 of the Anapanasati,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.32,0:30:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awareness of the breath,\Nawareness of the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.45,0:30:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we touch all of the other aspects,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.76,0:30:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the nature of interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.21,0:30:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in connection when we are\Njust aware of our body,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.41,0:30:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we really realize that,\Noh, here is my body
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.25,0:30:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm really get to be in my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.55,0:30:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing it with the breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.57,0:30:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also naturally become aware\Nof my feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.78,0:30:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are part of what is going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.91,0:30:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a correspondence in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.11,0:30:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also mental formations,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.18,0:30:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perceptions and consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.97,0:30:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.93,0:31:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, we'll have one sound of the bell.\NThank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.56,0:31:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.93,0:31:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.45,0:32:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just reflecting
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.37,0:32:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of the earliest winter retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.25,0:32:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can recall, I can't remember\Nspecifically which one it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.62,0:32:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Thay said at the very opening talk\Nof the retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.89,0:32:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'This retreat is an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.26,0:32:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we should practice to be there\Nfor every mental formation
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.37,0:32:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it arises.'
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.05,0:32:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.47,0:32:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just remember being astounded\Nby the possibility of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.76,0:32:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every mental formation that will arise,\NI will be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.03,0:32:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embrace, and take care, and recognize.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.14,0:33:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess that was\Na very wonderful thing to set
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.79,0:33:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an aim for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.58,0:33:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To try to be there for what is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.81,0:33:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always being aware\Nwhat mental formations come and go
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.55,0:33:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watching the impermanence of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.52,0:33:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watching them in relation to\Nwhat is happening in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.75,0:33:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.04,0:33:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in my interactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.38,0:33:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we sometimes get forgetful and lost,\Nso just like on the cushion,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.12,0:33:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we recognize and\Nwe have to keep coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.88,0:34:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the themes\Nof the three month retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.59,0:34:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been the 14 mindfulness trainings.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.40,0:34:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ones that were left to me\Nto share about
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.85,0:34:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were concerning
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.24,0:34:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right compassion and action, it has to do\Nwith right livelihood, reverence for life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.49,0:34:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and generosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.86,0:34:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is 11, 12 and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.87,0:34:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 mindfulness trainings,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.17,0:34:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay wrote them in 1964.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.60,0:34:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it seems to me\Nthey are as relevant today
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.66,0:35:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they could ever had been.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.48,0:35:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were written\Nin the time of the Vietnam War.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.72,0:35:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have been revised.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.42,0:35:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we try to make them more and more\Nrelevant and skilful, appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.13,0:35:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our time and with the insight\Nthat we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.42,0:35:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ethics
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.60,0:35:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a big subject, and in a sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.86,0:35:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the trainings, be they\Nthe 5 mindfulness trainings or the 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.70,0:36:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are a contribution to what we hope\Nis a good contribution to a global ethic.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.24,0:36:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they do not need to be
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.00,0:36:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious or include Buddhist -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.31,0:36:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of, things specific to Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.57,0:36:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be put into the language that\Nis for anybody can feel comfortable with.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.27,0:36:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But hopefully, they are universal.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.52,0:36:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They speak to the universal.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.85,0:36:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are about
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.30,0:36:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are about love,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.91,0:36:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are about the actions\Nand interactions
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.66,0:36:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come about when we are
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.55,0:36:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from a place of true love.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.60,0:37:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love we know\Nhas a number of ingredients.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.76,0:37:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love has brotherhood and sisterhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.26,0:37:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kindness in it, loving kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.42,0:37:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has that friendship element.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.46,0:37:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual friendship,\Nbeing there for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.86,0:37:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love also has compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.03,0:37:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really can have empathy\Nfor the other person,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.15,0:37:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't get overwhelmed\Nby the suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.60,0:37:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can truly be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.18,0:37:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when somebody is suffering,\Nwe can maintain our stability
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.03,0:37:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be there for that person\Nand help them.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.20,0:37:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love also has joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.42,0:38:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without joy, we can () so lone.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.88,0:38:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy is something very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.83,0:38:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it arises\Nfrom unusual places sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.00,0:38:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it is the joy that comes\Nwhen we are able to
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.08,0:38:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be there with our suffering in such a way\Nthat we think, oh!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.57,0:38:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a kind of joy,\Nbecause I get to be with -
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.50,0:38:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in the most important place,\Nwhere I need to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.89,0:38:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a sort of\Nunderlying joy to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.43,0:38:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though you are maybe\Nexperiencing the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.81,0:38:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm using that example to show\Njoy doesn't always show up,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.19,0:38:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not always what we think\Nin terms of excitement, joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.08,0:39:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although expressions of joy and smiles\Nis also
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.12,0:39:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.91,0:39:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to a brother before I came\Nto the talk this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.16,0:39:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I need to have a laugh before I go.'\NI need to generate that joyful energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.16,0:39:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we need to -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.98,0:39:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I think of something funny\Njust to generate that joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.77,0:39:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the real joy coming from friendship,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.89,0:39:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from insight,\Nfrom our mindfulness practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.59,0:39:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a very deep kind of joy.\NAnd we need that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.82,0:40:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there is inclusiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.95,0:40:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We include all that is in us and\Nwe take care of what is going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.04,0:40:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't set up\Nan internal battle field.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.39,0:40:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even we see a part of ourselves\Nis seemingly
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.53,0:40:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing us suffering, maybe\Ndoing something which brings us -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.83,0:40:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes us feel ashamed,\Nor it is a bad habit,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.22,0:40:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we've spoken to somebody in a bad way,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.61,0:40:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we somehow have to still have compassion\Nfor that part of us too, and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.89,0:40:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, I accept.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.63,0:40:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I accept everything that is there,\NI love and accept myself just as I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.91,0:40:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that there are\Ncauses and conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.41,0:41:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for why it is like this right now.\NMaybe I'm frustrated with myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.06,0:41:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also accept my frustration with myself.\NOkay, I'm frustrated with myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.28,0:41:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whatever is there, you say, Okay,\NI get it. If you are there,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.52,0:41:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are there for a reason.\NAnd I accept you.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.100,0:41:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean we have to be\Nagain overwhelmed, or pushed,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.69,0:41:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we accept and we smile to that.\NAnd we try to generate our stability
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.40,0:41:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can be with that part of ourselves\Nwithout being carried away.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.42,0:41:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so too with our relationships\Nwith other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.75,0:41:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we get frustrated and upset\Nwith other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.13,0:41:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have this capacity to include and\Nto stay with, to be there for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.95,0:41:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.04,0:42:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Discourse on Love, we are invited\Nto extend our love to all beings
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.09,0:42:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the entire cosmos.\NIt's very grand.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.13,0:42:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new chant that Thay Phap Linh\Nhas been doing with a group of us
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.24,0:42:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on the CD, a new chanting CD.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.26,0:42:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very embarrassed with the video\Nthey made to go with that, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.11,0:42:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if anybody saw it, but\NI got very self-conscious seeing myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.55,0:42:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To look like very, very sincere.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.40,0:42:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, on this chant,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.85,0:43:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the line,\N'showing love and concern for
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.90,0:43:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one and all as for our very own family'.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.35,0:43:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So bringing that spirit of\Nbeing concerned for
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.38,0:43:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody we meet
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.92,0:43:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if they were our own family.\NThat is the spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.64,0:43:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not totally beyond our capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.67,0:43:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know when we are in a good place\Nwe can have that openness of heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.42,0:43:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a quote I heard about
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.23,0:43:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a husband whose wife came back\Nafter being on a Buddhist retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.40,0:43:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the husband was asked, 'Sorry,\Nhave you seen any change in your wife
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.45,0:44:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since she came back? - Yes, she is in love\Nwith the whole universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.03,0:44:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nobody in particular.'
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.62,0:44:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.58,0:44:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that meant
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.53,0:44:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to be careful to just be\Nin this place of thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.50,0:44:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grand love for everything, but then\Nwe don't actually apply it to
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.40,0:44:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is this relationship\Ngoing on right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.82,0:44:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I can't deal with this one, but,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.28,0:44:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.89,0:44:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love - I feel so much for\Nall the suffering in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.66,0:44:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't deal with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.68,0:44:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is also why a sangha is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.42,0:44:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We meet the - It is where the rubber hits\Nthe road, hits the real, we rub it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.97,0:44:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The expression is, the chopsticks we use,\Nto clean chopsticks
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.51,0:44:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get a bunch\Nand you rub them all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.63,0:44:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rub and then clean them individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.51,0:45:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a good image.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.74,0:45:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I was going to share something.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.89,0:45:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have emailed Christiana Figueres.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.61,0:45:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is the lady\Nthat brought together 195 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.33,0:45:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Paris Climate Change Agreement.\NDo you remember her?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.36,0:45:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has been to Plum Village\Nquite a few times,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.85,0:45:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has spoken quite a few times\Nto young Wake Up groups
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.35,0:45:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were here\Nwhen we had a Wake Up retreats.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.93,0:46:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has come with her daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.16,0:46:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she loves Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.10,0:46:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when she was doing the work,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.70,0:46:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I emailed her to just check\Nif she was Okay that I share this story.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.21,0:46:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when she was\Nin the middle of her work
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.71,0:46:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of bringing together these countries
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.20,0:46:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Paris, they call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.20,0:46:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it COP 21? Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.98,0:46:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COP 24 is going on right now in Poland.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.62,0:46:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is a momentous thing\Nthat she achieved, and it sets,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.26,0:46:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave everybody quite a sense of Okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.95,0:47:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least these countries coming together,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.98,0:47:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a certain sangha harmony\Nin the world to take climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.64,0:47:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an issue to really do something.\NAnd it was a great start that was -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.92,0:47:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all of the other previous times,\Nwe couldn't get to the starting block.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.74,0:47:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was a wonderful thing\Nshe was able to achieve,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.54,0:47:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she did it with Thay's teachings.\NAnd she practised listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.69,0:47:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said that was the main factor\Nthat helped to get to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.71,0:47:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This listening to really understanding\Nwhat was the situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.67,0:47:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was the obstacles\Nfor these countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.33,0:47:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be they Saudi Arabia, China, etcetera.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.12,0:48:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was a period in that build up\Nof five years leading up to
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.38,0:48:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2015 Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.13,0:48:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she had a crisis,\Na personal crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.81,0:48:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was in Bonn at that time,\Nin Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.26,0:48:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she somehow, miraculously\Nfound out about Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.68,0:48:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knew nothing before\Nabout Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.87,0:48:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she knew she needed to go somewhere.\NShe was very, very -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.53,0:48:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, in a crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.70,0:48:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she found the EIAB,\Nour centre in Germany, it was close enough
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.16,0:48:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she made an emergency booking.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.29,0:48:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she just went.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.26,0:49:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew who she was.\NShe said to us that it saved her.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.96,0:49:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really saved her.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.56,0:49:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that the Vietnamese sisters,\Nwith their kindness, that were there,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.86,0:49:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was staying in the sister's place,\Nthey don't know what they did for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.32,0:49:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know who I was. She is a\Nretreatant. What else do you need to know?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.71,0:49:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's probably good sometimes\Nwe don't know who is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.21,0:49:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may get scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.60,0:49:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.32,0:49:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it-
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.25,0:49:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just the simple kindness,\Nand the joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.44,0:50:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was enough to support and\Nget her back into a good place.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.87,0:50:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she was able to bring\Nthis amazing result.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.75,0:50:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of -
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.71,0:50:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we never know, it is part of the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.11,0:50:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never know our simple connection\Nto people, every action
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.42,0:50:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't know what ripple effect\Nthere may be.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.24,0:50:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the - On one level,\Nwe would just being here
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.54,0:50:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welcoming, and doing our thing,\Ndoing our practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.50,0:50:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that can save somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.45,0:50:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is just everybody,\Nnot just Christiana Figueres of course
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.74,0:51:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is important. Everybody, each person\Nthat comes
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.70,0:51:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is precious that they come here\Nand that we can support them.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.73,0:51:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we do for them,\Nwe also do for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.87,0:51:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another element of love is
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.51,0:51:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.69,0:51:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really knowing that\Nwe are there for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.43,0:51:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even we do have times\Nwhen we bicker and fall out.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.37,0:51:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally we know that\Nwe are there for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.03,0:51:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the important thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.48,0:51:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we can't help, we get a bit\Nangry, we say the words that we regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.62,0:52:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.90,0:52:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a sense, we shouldn't\Ntry to be too perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.93,0:52:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.63,0:52:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's when you lose it a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.68,0:52:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you get a real conversation with\Nthe person that you needed to have.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.72,0:52:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes life is messy like that.\NIt is not always going to go perfectly,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.39,0:52:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a loving speech. But we have\Nas the background,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.50,0:52:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basic intention is loving speech\Nas the support for our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.28,0:52:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without that we fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.54,0:52:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listening, being there for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.60,0:52:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And reverence is the other one,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.38,0:52:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is also the name of one of\Nthe trainings that I was given.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.75,0:53:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reverence is this quality of wonder,\Nthis quality of awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.90,0:53:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are to act for Mother Earth,\Nwe should be in love with Mother Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.72,0:53:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should have that sense of connection
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.10,0:53:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gives us a feeling of\Nwonder and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.77,0:53:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.56,0:53:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I hope we all have\Nand we all experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.50,0:53:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we are out of connection\Nwith Mother Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.23,0:53:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may realize I need to give more time,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.37,0:53:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like my 14 year-old boy said to me,\N'Ah! But you are too busy!'
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.98,0:54:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we say - Just Mother Earth says,\N'It seems you are too busy'.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.66,0:54:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked the other day, I had this sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.68,0:54:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking around the lake at Son Ha,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.60,0:54:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was lovely and muddy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.92,0:54:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was raining, and it reminded me\Nof when I used to walk in Scotland,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.87,0:54:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is often raining in Scotland.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.62,0:54:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a kind of nice memory.\NAnd the Earth was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.43,0:54:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's like she said to me,\N'I'm still here!'.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.04,0:54:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like if you've gotten -\NI'm still here,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.37,0:54:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patient. I'm here for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.50,0:54:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is whether we\Nmake ourselves available.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.48,0:54:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.88,0:54:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building our connection is so important.\NWith Mother Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.19,0:54:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.77,0:55:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me in Scotland,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.32,0:55:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had such a great feeling sometimes\Nhiking in the hills there,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.62,0:55:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.96,0:55:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really feel like, oh! There is really\Na relationship, there is really -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.81,0:55:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a non verbal thing,\Nbut it really felt like connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.38,0:55:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like there was a -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.65,0:55:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also experienced that in Deer Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.59,0:55:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sometimes experience it here\Nbut maybe a bit less. I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.80,0:55:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.99,0:55:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is also my responsibility. Because\Nit is also very beautiful here.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.44,0:55:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes I made\Nvery profound connections
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.55,0:55:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it was also because
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.45,0:56:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a sense of wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.55,0:56:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I would be really in the wilderness.\NI could touch it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.20,0:56:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is something we need a bit more of,\Na bit more wilderness in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.85,0:56:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.17,0:56:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half the wild animals have disappeared\Nin terms of biomass.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.85,0:56:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the World Wildlife\NFund's statistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.38,0:56:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a very sad situation
Dialogue: 0,0:56:40.39,0:56:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are losing our wilderness,\Nwe are losing our wild animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.74,0:56:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.96,0:56:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.69,0:57:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was very inspired to see this -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.28,0:57:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple that had a fairly sizeable part\Nof big land in England,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.35,0:57:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for 17 years they tried to do
Dialogue: 0,0:57:15.86,0:57:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the regular intensive\Nagriculture and dairy on this farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.75,0:57:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they couldn't make it a profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.71,0:57:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they came across this method,\Nthis idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.38,0:57:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this way to rewild their land
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.10,0:57:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introducing old animals that used to roam.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.09,0:57:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In England there used to be\Nall sorts of animals, and bisons,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.16,0:57:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oryxes, and even lions\Nused to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.88,0:57:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was more like the Serengeti\Nin England.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.71,0:57:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a kind of -
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.13,0:58:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing when you study these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.29,0:58:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find out that there were lions\Nin Trafalgar Square, real ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.76,0:58:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she set about rewilding, basically\Nletting Mother Nature do its thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.43,0:58:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and introducing these animals that also\Nadded dynamism and shaped the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.24,0:58:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there would be water features\Nnaturally appearing
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.10,0:58:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a very muddy ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.20,0:58:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was beautiful to see
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.42,0:58:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the change from intensive agriculture\Nto returning to this wilderness area.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.11,0:58:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I think she runs safaris.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.57,0:58:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually right where my mother lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.32,0:58:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I think I'm going to take my mother\Non a safari to see this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.97,0:59:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the regeneration of the soil\Nand the land by this,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.65,0:59:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contributes so much back to the health\Nof the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.11,0:59:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we need to do more of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.33,0:59:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they actually\Ndo make a living from the land as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:20.96,0:59:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we continue the way we are going\Nwith the land use,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.98,0:59:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the UK they estimate there will only be\Na hundred harvests left
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.77,0:59:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of the top soil
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.10,0:59:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of the richness of the soil is\Nbeing depleted by the intensive farming.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.65,0:59:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this rewilding thing is becoming more\Nand more understood to be a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.93,0:59:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we look at the 14 mindfulness\Ntrainings these three months,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.67,1:00:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see that they all inter-relate.\NWe have to practise them together.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.73,1:00:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inter-are. They arise\Nfrom the insight of interbeing,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.35,1:00:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we practise them \Nwe practise them with that spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.16,1:00:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have the awakened kind of view,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.94,1:00:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,naturally we want to go in this direction.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.08,1:00:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we practise them from\Nbeing right in the heart of life,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:36.10,1:00:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also being in love,\Nas I was describing.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.73,1:00:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they are also an expression\Nof love and insight.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:47.30,1:00:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at the ones\Nthat are concerned with
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.87,1:00:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reverence for life and generosity,\Nand right livelihood,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.69,1:01:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are also touching a lot of suffering.\NThe damage to the environment,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.23,1:01:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the suffering caused by war and conflict,\Nby exploitation and social injustice.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.07,1:01:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be overwhelming\Nwhen we touch this kind of suffering,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.95,1:01:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it seems so vast.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.15,1:01:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with the latest report from the\NIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Dialogue: 0,1:01:33.66,1:01:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying the next 12 years\Nis very, very crucial
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.43,1:01:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are to prevent catastrophic\Neffects of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.81,1:01:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this - The aim would be
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.75,1:01:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they propose to try to keep \Nthe temperature from rising too much,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:57.75,1:02:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep to 1,5 C above the\Npre-industrial levels.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.46,1:02:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the effort we need to do that,\Nthe transformation of society
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.83,1:02:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going, switching all the way to renewables
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.12,1:02:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems like a massive task.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.64,1:02:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, technology-wise,\Nwe probably can do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.32,1:02:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw Elon Musk the guy\Nthat makes the Tesla cars saying that
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.03,1:02:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite easily, for instance China, because\Nit has a lot of free land,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.38,1:02:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could meet all its energy supplies\Nwith solar easily, he said.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.43,1:02:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't know, but he seems to know.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.88,1:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think - But when we get\Nthis kind of reports,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.67,1:02:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a sense of urgency\Nthat comes up.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.12,1:02:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a sense of
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.73,1:03:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to name it,\Nthere is fear that arises.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:08.51,1:03:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe despair.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.19,1:03:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we feel like it is not possible.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.79,1:03:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And certainly the way the politics are,\Nit doesn't feel so possible,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.19,1:03:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the real problem seems to be\Nthat the politicians are not able to
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.58,1:03:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take hold of the situation.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.62,1:03:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Poland they met, the COP24,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:44.78,1:03:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they couldn't agree to take on\Nthis report and act on it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.26,1:03:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we can't rely on the politicians,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:59.00,1:04:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to come to a more\Nregional level, perhaps.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.68,1:04:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more local level, even in Plum Village\Nwe need to go solar.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:11.66,1:04:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to also be the change\Nthat needs to happen.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.36,1:04:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we already do one of the main things\Nthat is recommended,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.86,1:04:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can make a massive difference
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.11,1:04:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to empower us as individuals\Nand communities.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.91,1:04:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it is done at societal level\Nall the better,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.38,1:04:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is individuals to go vegan.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.43,1:04:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's being said to be the plant based diet
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.81,1:04:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really the biggest contribution\Nwe can make as individuals
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.82,1:04:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reducing\Nthe amount of emissions of CO2.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.63,1:04:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that the -
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.50,1:05:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impact of the animal industry,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.03,1:05:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the livestock is huge.\NAnd it's not really surprising
Dialogue: 0,1:05:08.49,1:05:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider the numbers involved.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:12.84,1:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70 billion animals a year.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:18.21,1:05:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our human population is 7.6 billion,\Nbut 70 billion is 10 times that.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.28,1:05:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is rising. The demand is rising.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.76,1:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we really need to bring it\Nin the other direction.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:32.71,1:05:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think that the meat industry\Nwill disappear,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:36.16,1:05:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without a collective awakening\Nand insight
Dialogue: 0,1:05:44.69,1:05:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which needs to be global,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:48.85,1:05:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we do our part.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:52.11,1:05:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a meat eater,\Nand you come to Plum Village for say,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.44,1:06:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 days, it is a rough calculation,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.70,1:06:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you save -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:07.46,1:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose you are eating\Na steak every night,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:11.59,1:06:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you would.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.45,1:06:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by coming to Plum Village and\Nbeing eating a vegan diet,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.27,1:06:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for ten days you would save a ton\Nof carbon dioxide.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.58,1:06:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how significant it is.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:25.30,1:06:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do more by going to the vegan diet than\Nfor instance,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:30.87,1:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by changing our travel methods.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.79,1:06:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was talking with a brother, joking about\Nhow do we stop Plum Village monks
Dialogue: 0,1:06:44.52,1:06:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the flying thing. Because we do\Nfly to places.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.94,1:06:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are doing very good things.\NSo we don't want to stop.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:54.27,1:06:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a trip going to Uganda\Nin January.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:00.47,1:07:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are going to be dealing with
Dialogue: 0,1:07:05.40,1:07:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some serious things going on there\Nwith violence in schools
Dialogue: 0,1:07:09.33,1:07:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things like these.\NSo we want to go.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:12.79,1:07:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was discussing, maybe we -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:16.24,1:07:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that invite us should plant trees\Nfor every time monks and nuns go out.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:23.14,1:07:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the brother said, ' Maybe the people\Ninvite us out,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:26.40,1:07:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have to go vegan for 10 days'.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.43,1:07:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can get creative, we can look\Nhow can we become
Dialogue: 0,1:07:35.87,1:07:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zero carbon by 2025, Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.64,1:07:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can look. See what we can do.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.81,1:07:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this sense of fear and urgency\Nis very real.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:55.07,1:07:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it generates a kind of energy,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:58.61,1:08:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even those who are already\Nwanting to do something active,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:02.55,1:08:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which isn't always
Dialogue: 0,1:08:06.85,1:08:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainable. There may be\Nanger and fear,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:12.05,1:08:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and () always helpful.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:15.40,1:08:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we want to practice\Ncompassionate action,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:19.87,1:08:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also have to include those who are\Ncurrently doing harm,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:23.39,1:08:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not excluding them\Nfrom our compassion.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:27.19,1:08:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that actually this is a tragedy\Nbeing played out.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:31.56,1:08:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody involved is in the tragedy.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:37.69,1:08:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are on a flight,\Nand the plain is going to crush,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:43.75,1:08:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry for this example,\Nit just came to my mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.17,1:08:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't matter if you are\Nin a business class or first class,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:58.02,1:09:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are too going to crush.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:00.74,1:09:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everybody, even the ones that are\Ncreating that problem,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:05.70,1:09:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would see.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:09.58,1:09:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to have compassion and there are\Nalways causes and conditions
Dialogue: 0,1:09:13.26,1:09:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why people are in that situation.\NAnd maybe with our loving kindness
Dialogue: 0,1:09:18.05,1:09:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to our anger,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:21.29,1:09:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can touch their hearts.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.85,1:09:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently, a brother told me that
Dialogue: 0,1:09:29.90,1:09:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a lawyer\Nfrom the animal industry, a top lawyer,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:33.90,1:09:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he came to Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:37.02,1:09:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he spent time with him,\Nand by the end of the time,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:40.54,1:09:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he didn't want to be a lawyer\Nfor the animal industry any more.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:44.26,1:09:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know, I mean, just saying,\Nyou know?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:48.76,1:09:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come to Plum Village,\Nyou touch some seed inside,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:52.58,1:09:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe that can be enough\Nto touch the human heart.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.81,1:10:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was maybe good\Nthat I didn't get to meet him,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:00.25,1:10:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'd be
Dialogue: 0,1:10:02.11,1:10:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quizzing him about all sort of things.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.71,1:10:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is better that he came\Nand he just experienced like
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.31,1:10:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody knew who he was, but\Nhe just got to touch
Dialogue: 0,1:10:12.63,1:10:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peace and touch happiness\Nof real connection.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:17.04,1:10:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he no longer wanted to be
Dialogue: 0,1:10:20.49,1:10:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defending something that he knew\Nwas causing harm.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:34.51,1:10:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yes,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:36.65,1:10:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that
Dialogue: 0,1:10:38.91,1:10:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big change has to happen.\NAnd it can be scary.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:43.96,1:10:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that we don't know\Nif we are going to make it,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:47.36,1:10:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense of keeping everything Okay.\NMaybe it is not Okay.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:54.86,1:10:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to face a lot of difficulties
Dialogue: 0,1:10:59.44,1:11:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the future and some scary times ahead\Nfor ourselves, for our children,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:05.43,1:11:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our grandchildren,\Nfor different generations we know
Dialogue: 0,1:11:09.31,1:11:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will experience unless\Nwe can act very strongly right now.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:16.55,1:11:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is only on the subject\Nof climate change,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:19.83,1:11:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to mention other subjects.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:23.99,1:11:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this urgency feeling could be good,\Nbut we should put it into practice also.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:34.50,1:11:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Thay when he was in Singapore,\Nand trying to help the boat people,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:41.71,1:11:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story there was that
Dialogue: 0,1:11:45.11,1:11:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the authorities found out about\Nwhat he was doing,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:50.43,1:11:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to help 700, 800 people in boats\Nto go to Australia, I think.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:03.41,1:12:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they told him\Nhe had to leave in 24 hours.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:08.16,1:12:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that time, the sense of urgency\Nof what he could do came up.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.59,1:12:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he knew the most important thing\Nhe needed at that moment was peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:20.31,1:12:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he practised through the night\Nwalking meditation,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:25.59,1:12:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said to himself, 'If I cannot\Nhave peace in this moment,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:29.52,1:12:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all the peace that I experienced
Dialogue: 0,1:12:33.45,1:12:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the cushion, in the meditation hall,\Nwhat does it mean?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:39.87,1:12:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need it now.'
Dialogue: 0,1:12:42.89,1:12:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from that, he wrote the calligraphy
Dialogue: 0,1:12:45.55,1:12:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'If you want peace,\Npeace is with you immediately.'
Dialogue: 0,1:12:49.25,1:12:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because right in the heart of the urgency,\Nhe was able to touch his peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:54.63,1:12:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from that peace, he was able to act.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:01.99,1:13:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Act with compassion, act with lucidity,\Nfrom a calm place.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.79,1:13:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, because the situation is so urgent,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:23.52,1:13:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the fear is there,\Nwe really need to practise.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:27.23,1:13:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to come from a place of peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:32.60,1:13:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And act.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:37.54,1:13:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, we need to come\Nfrom a place of love.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:49.78,1:13:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of the mindfulness training on
Dialogue: 0,1:13:56.25,1:14:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering caused by war and conflict,\Nsomehow we are all touched by that.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:03.81,1:14:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also mention by way of example
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.38,1:14:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Annie Nushann is a woman of Liberia\Nwho during the Liberian Civil War -
Dialogue: 0,1:14:18.01,1:14:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was from a very poor society herself.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:24.64,1:14:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her family was very poor,\Nshe had 10 children.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:28.97,1:14:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a refugee,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:31.59,1:14:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was, I think, in the Ivory Coast\Nduring the civil war.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:36.81,1:14:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she came back into the country by foot
Dialogue: 0,1:14:40.19,1:14:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there having being -\NHer house was burned down
Dialogue: 0,1:14:43.99,1:14:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also so terrible things,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:46.07,1:14:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she came back with this intention\Nto call for peace in Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:52.21,1:14:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She became a big part\Nof a movement of women
Dialogue: 0,1:14:58.01,1:15:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which included Muslims, and Christians.\NThey got together.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:04.59,1:15:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though they were poor,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:07.32,1:15:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't have any resources, they had\Ntheir voices and they chanted for peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:13.12,1:15:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually they got\Ninternational recognition
Dialogue: 0,1:15:16.89,1:15:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were actually able to catalyse peace
Dialogue: 0,1:15:21.61,1:15:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after 15 years of civil war.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:28.07,1:15:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A seemingly endless situation.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:31.22,1:15:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the peace work has continued\Nafter the war.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:35.37,1:15:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she has done so many amazing actions.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:39.61,1:15:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the recents I mention\Nis because
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.66,1:15:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she didn't know the practice at that time,\Nbut somehow, through her Christian roots,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.75,1:15:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to church she got in touch with,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:54.53,1:15:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked God for peace in her heart.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:00.26,1:16:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For courage
Dialogue: 0,1:16:04.03,1:16:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and peace.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:06.96,1:16:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she went to face situations\Nincluding boys with guns high on drugs,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:13.92,1:16:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all sorts of situations\Nwhere she was able to
Dialogue: 0,1:16:18.66,1:16:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet them as a mother. That is what\Nshe would say,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:22.05,1:16:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I went to them as a mother energy.'\NAs a mother loves her only child
Dialogue: 0,1:16:31.90,1:16:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the risk of her own life.\NSo we cultivate boundless love
Dialogue: 0,1:16:36.46,1:16:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for each and everyone of us.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:39.92,1:16:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she went with that spirit.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:43.52,1:16:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she didn't experience fear.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.70,1:16:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those times.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.80,1:16:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is another example of how,\Nin a very crazy situation,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:59.79,1:17:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we can touch non-fear and peace\Nwe are somehow also,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:06.32,1:17:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is compassion,\Nwe are somehow protected.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:15.25,1:17:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let have one sound of the bell\Nand then I'll wrap up.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:22.43,1:17:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:17:28.79,1:17:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:18:07.89,1:18:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is also the suffering\Ncaused by exploitation.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:12.46,1:18:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are aware of the great poverty\Nmany people experience.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:18.71,1:18:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just to mention the connection\Nwith the vegan diet,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:24.19,1:18:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if all of the land\Nthat is used to feed livestock
Dialogue: 0,1:18:28.20,1:18:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to feeding people,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:31.84,1:18:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could feed three billion people.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:35.32,1:18:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the land that can cover\Nthe whole of the European Union.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:42.64,1:18:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we think there\Nis a pressure on the land
Dialogue: 0,1:18:47.96,1:18:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also water resources.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:51.11,1:18:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many aspects can be helped if we do this.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:59.63,1:19:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to emphasize that.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:02.22,1:19:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we go out, we maybe carry the light\Nwe've found.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:13.52,1:19:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that our actions are important.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:18.25,1:19:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother Teresa said, it is not that\Nyou do a great act of love,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:27.11,1:19:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that heroic moment\Nwhere you save the day,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:31.84,1:19:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Superman's suit on,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:34.75,1:19:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she said, it is the small acts\Nbut with great love.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:40.87,1:19:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the spirit of bringing a lot of love
Dialogue: 0,1:19:45.00,1:19:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our actions of body,\Nspeech and mind.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:48.38,1:19:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trusting that,\Nand letting that lead us
Dialogue: 0,1:19:53.58,1:19:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as we go out into the world,\NI'm not going to say the real world,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:59.01,1:20:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as we go out from Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:04.44,1:20:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember the importance of
Dialogue: 0,1:20:10.52,1:20:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual friendship,\Nstay in touch in your heart,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:16.23,1:20:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:20.62,1:20:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come back when you need,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:26.25,1:20:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and know that your actions\Nmake a difference.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:31.05,1:20:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even you have one thought that is maybe
Dialogue: 0,1:20:35.70,1:20:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopeless in some situation,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:41.53,1:20:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do it anyway.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:44.70,1:20:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you do it from love
Dialogue: 0,1:20:47.79,1:20:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from a sense of this is what I want,\Nthis is how I want to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:00.14,1:21:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ultimately it is
Dialogue: 0,1:21:05.36,1:21:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we are is
Dialogue: 0,1:21:11.64,1:21:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:15.44,1:21:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we -
Dialogue: 0,1:21:20.60,1:21:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't actually know\Nthe ripple effects.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:28.66,1:21:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we somehow just really need to trust\Nin love, trust in the practice
Dialogue: 0,1:21:37.76,1:21:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of coming from this place of\Nnon-fear and peace actions as we go out,
Dialogue: 0,1:21:45.06,1:21:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and know that we also need each other.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:52.100,1:21:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have each other\Nactually we can do great things together.
Dialogue: 0,1:21:57.66,1:22:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we do them with a lot of joy.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:00.43,1:22:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not like a chore.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:04.34,1:22:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being vegetarian in Plum Village is easy,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:07.72,1:22:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can be delicious too, for instance.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:12.75,1:22:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you for your practice,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:15.72,1:22:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you for your
Dialogue: 0,1:22:18.85,1:22:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking care of yourself,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:22.27,1:22:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for understanding yourself and being\Nseeing your interbeing nature,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:31.07,1:22:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing that the suffering of the other\Nis not separate from your own suffering.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:36.99,1:22:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your inclusiveness,
Dialogue: 0,1:22:40.97,1:22:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your kindness, your non-fear.
Dialogue: 0,1:22:47.52,1:22:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:22:53.67,1:22:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:23:20.65,1:23:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)
Dialogue: 0,1:23:46.90,1:23:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)