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How did Thay become a monk?

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    (bell)
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    A little bit louder...
    (crowd laughs)
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    Our friend is asking a question in French.
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    She would really like to know how Thay
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    became a monk.
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    (crowd laughs)
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    She really wants to know how Thay
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    became...a monk.
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    When Thay was a little boy
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    one day he saw the drawing of
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    the Buddha on the cover of
    a Buddhist Magazine.
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    And the Buddha was sitting there
    very peacefully.
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    He was sitting on the grass
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    very calm, very peaceful, very happy.
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    And Thay was very impressed.
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    And he wants to be someone like a Buddha:
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    peaceful, happy.
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    Because around him people were not
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    happy and calm like that.
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    So that is the first time
    he really wanted to
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    become a monk.
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    And everyday he thought about that.
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    And the seed, the desire
    to be a monk in him
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    was watered everyday.
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    That is the answer.
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Title:
How did Thay become a monk?
Description:

Thay answers questions on 21 June 2014. Question 9
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
03:22
Gijs 'Jazz' Van den Broeck edited English subtitles for How did Thay become a monk?

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