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So mindfulness is first of all
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the energy that helps you to recognize
the conditions of happiness.
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Anyone can help remind us that
we can be happy right here and right now.
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So who is going to
do that in our daily life?
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The answer is:
You have to do that!
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You are the one who has to do that.
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You remind yourself that you have
enough conditions to be happy
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right here and right now.
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And you remind the person next to you.
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And he reminds the person
who is next to him.
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So that is the practice of mindfulness.
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♫ Guitar music ♫
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Sam, what's this?
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It looks really cool!
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Hold on, Iz.
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Sam, I really think you should see this!
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(Narrator) If you are reading this,
it is because I want to tell you my story.
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Well, not just my story.
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I want to tell you about something
that I discovered this summer.
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I mean, it is not really a thing.
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It is more of a...
Well, it's hard to describe.
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♫ Acoustic Guitar music ♫
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♫ We are standing like a mountain,
calm safe and free ♫
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♫ We are standing like a mountain,
as high as you can see ♫
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♫ I've got a pebble in my pocket,
maybe one or two ♫
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♫ I've got a pebble in my pocket,
hey look, here's one for you ♫
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When are some moments
when we need solidity?
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When do we really need
that mountain energy in us?
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(Child) When we are being bullied!
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(Sister) Why do we need
the mountain in us then?
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So they can't hurt you.
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How can it help to be a mountain
when we are being bullied?
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Because you stay still and
they don't push you on the ground.
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(Bell)
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(Sister) Mindfulness is to know what is
happening in yourself and your environment.
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taking care of yourself,
treasuring yourself,
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listening to yourself,
and loving yourself.
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Mindfulness is love.
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(Bell)
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For me, mindfulness
has brought so much peace
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and awareness of who I am and
what I am doing in the world.
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For children to have that insight,
means a lot to me.
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I want to make it available
for young children.
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They can be aware of their breath,
they can calm their body.
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They can be aware of their emotion.
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So when difficulties arise in
their family or their school,
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they have a way
to transform the situation,
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to transform their suffering.
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I don't think that children are
not ready yet to do that.
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It can be one of the times
when we suffer the most.
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Giving the tools to cultivate mindfulness
through a movie like this,
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is like giving one of the greatest gifts
to the young people of our world.
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♫ And I feel there is space,
deep inside of me ♫
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Breathing in, I see myself as a mountain.
Breathing out, I feel solid.
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Mountain, solid.
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(Breathing)
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(Br. Phap Lai) For teachers
the classroom can be a wonderful place,
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but it can sometimes be stressful.
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A teacher might find herself
with a class full of children she loves,
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but things are not happening
in peaceful and calm way.
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Some of the practices
you learn in this film,
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can transform the classroom
into a happy classroom,
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a classroom the teachers
and children really enjoy.
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They become more calm,
more attentive to what is being taught
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and more attentive to each other.
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And they really enjoy to be
together in the class
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and make a kind of community.
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♫ May you be peaceful,
may you be at ease ♫
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♫ with love in your heart and all round ♫
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♫ You can sing your love ♫
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♫ You can dance your love ♫
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♫ You can play your love ♫
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♫ Today, my love ♫