[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.84,0:00:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half bell) Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.73,0:00:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell) Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.59,0:00:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often have a volition to want \Nto spread happiness Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.36,0:00:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also to see the beauty in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.94,0:00:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes, when I see things\Nwithout dualities Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.40,0:00:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realize that happiness \Nand suffering inter-are and Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.59,0:01:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beauty and ugliness inter-are, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.92,0:01:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lack the purpose or volition Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.99,0:01:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for goodness or beauty. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.18,0:01:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it seems meaningless. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.72,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If all things are one another, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.90,0:01:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the purpose? Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.42,0:01:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we have purpose\Nto do good and to create happiness? Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.25,0:01:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If happiness is inter-being \Nwith suffering, Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beauty is inter-being with ugliness? Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.71,0:01:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a young monk, Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.70,0:01:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading the sutras, Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.76,0:01:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that the Buddha \Nalso practices sitting meditation, Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.65,0:01:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walking meditation, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.20,0:02:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindful breathing and so on. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked myself: Why? Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.18,0:02:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have already become a Buddha, Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.100,0:02:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need to practice more? Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.88,0:02:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that became object of my meditation. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.87,0:02:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is linked \Nto another question, Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.15,0:02:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether the Buddha still suffers\Nas a human being. Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.98,0:02:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Buddha is not a god,\Nthe Buddha is an enlightened being Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.86,0:02:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a lot of compassion and insight. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.88,0:02:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also the other question is, if having \Nbecome a Buddha, you continue to suffer, Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.64,0:03:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the use of becoming a Buddha? Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.73,0:03:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to meditate and then \NI found the answers by myself. Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.99,0:03:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That reality can be described \Nin term of inter-being. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.08,0:03:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is no right, there is no left. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is no subject,there is no object.\NAnd so on. Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.51,0:03:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The notion of interbeing, good and evil, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.43,0:03:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reality transcends all these notions. Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.82,0:03:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But speaking from conventional truth ... Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.53,0:04:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there are two kinds of truth; \Nconventional truth and ultimate truth, Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.83,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still have to use the notion \Nof birth and death, Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.80,0:04:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being and non-being, happiness \Nand suffering, and so on. Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.05,0:04:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we touch the ultimate truth and \Nwe can transcend all these notions, Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.24,0:04:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will be at peace. Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.08,0:04:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still in the realm of conventional \Ntruth, that truth can be applied also. Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.10,0:04:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a classical science -inauthentic\Nbut Newton still applicable. Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.72,0:04:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because happiness cannot be \Nby itself alone. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.78,0:04:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why suffering has to be there Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.33,0:05:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to play the role \Nof a non-happiness element. Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.38,0:05:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lotus is made of non-lotus elements, \Nincluding the mud. Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.40,0:05:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without the mud, there is no lotus. Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.17,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no suffering, \Nthere is no happiness without suffering. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.44,0:05:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because happiness is made \Nof non-happiness elements, Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.60,0:05:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and among these non-happiness elements,\Nthere is the element of mud. Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.62,0:05:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So mud is very essential. Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.47,0:05:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is by making good use of the mud\Nthat you can have lotus. Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.92,0:05:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is by making good use of happiness\Nthat you have beauty. Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.82,0:05:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is by making good use of suffering \Nthat you can have happiness. Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.95,0:06:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for a person like the Buddha, who \Nhas a lot of understanding and compassion, Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.26,0:06:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he has to suffer,\Nhe suffers much much lesser. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.14,0:06:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the advantage of being a Buddha. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have to suffer, \Nyou suffer much less Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.66,0:06:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you know how to suffer. Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.38,0:06:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have so much wisdom and then\Nyou can make good use of suffering Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.22,0:06:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create understanding\Nand compassion. Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.18,0:06:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the answer \Nto my first question: Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.69,0:06:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether a Buddha still suffers \Nafter having become a Buddha or not. Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.24,0:06:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for the other question is that, Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.20,0:06:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is impermanent \Nincluding happiness. Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.89,0:06:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If everything is impermanent, then \Nlove and happiness are also impermanent. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.88,0:07:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is why, the Buddha\Nhaving love and happiness Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.54,0:07:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to continue \Nto nourish love and happiness. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.70,0:07:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why, he continues \Nto do walking meditation, Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.46,0:07:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting meditation, mindful breathing. Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.33,0:07:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is very comfortable to know \Nthat everything is impermanent, Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.57,0:07:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything inter-is \Nwith everything else. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.37,0:07:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see a perfect coordination between\Nconventional truth and ultimate truth. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.51,0:07:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Half bell) Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.36,0:07:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell)