175 The Great Buddha of Yonghwa, the Medicine Buddha who opens the eyes of even the blind
불교방송 용화미륵부처님 TV
[{'start': '5.038', 'end': '10.143', 'text': 'Before I did the temple, I cured many sick people, I tell you'}, {'start': '10.143', 'end': '16.316', 'text': 'If I can make a blind person see, I tell you, I have outstanding medical skills'}, {'start': '16.316', 'end': '19.486', 'text': 'We performed the Cheondo ceremony very well'}, {'start': '19.486', 'end': '28.461', 'text': "The soul, spirit didn't leave and is sitting here, and on the way, they drank some rice wine and said they need some spending money"}, {'start': '28.461', 'end': '36.603', 'text': 'So why is that? Today, the Buddhist followers who came to Yonghwasa Temple take away all the bad things'}, {'start': '36.603', 'end': '39.839', 'text': 'Because they have to pay the price, themselves'}, {'start': '39.839', 'end': '48.848', 'text': "So, on the way, they are going to throw it away in the sea, so they are asking for the price of rice wine, that's what it means"}, {'start': '48.848', 'end': '49.983', 'text': "Isn't it good?"}, {'start': '49.983', 'end': '56.256', 'text': 'What is it? Today, all the souls, spirits have gone to the Yonghwa world'}, {'start': '56.256', 'end': '60.226', 'text': 'So when you go to the Yonghwa world, you ride a dragon'}, {'start': '60.226', 'end': '67.100', 'text': "You don't walk, you ride a dragon, so you're getting a government position, a government position"}, {'start': '67.100', 'end': '71.871', 'text': "But it's hot, why is it so hot? I'm dying of heat"}, {'start': '71.871', 'end': '73.973', 'text': 'Open this wide, too'}, {'start': '73.973', 'end': '79.846', 'text': "Why is it so hot? I'm in big trouble because it's so hot, I'm sweating"}, {'start': '79.846', 'end': '81.081', 'text': 'Open it wide'}, {'start': '81.081', 'end': '88.555', 'text': "What I'm going to tell you in today's Sermon is that there's not just a little difference between those who attend Yonghwasa"}, {'start': '88.555', 'end': '94.227', 'text': "Temple and those who don't, there's a huge difference, it's like heaven and earth"}, {'start': '94.227', 'end': '103.703', 'text': "Also, there are those who used to attend Yonghwasa Temple and don't anymore, right? Take a look at their faces, how they look"}, {'start': '103.703', 'end': '106.206', 'text': 'Their faces have completely changed'}, {'start': '106.206', 'end': '113.179', 'text': 'So, living being and escaping the living being are as different as heaven and earth, I tell you'}, {'start': '113.179', 'end': '117.951', 'text': 'Do you understand? So I tell you there is too much difference'}, {'start': '117.951', 'end': '127.160', 'text': 'So, since we performed Cheondo today, shall I give a Sermon about Cheondo today? Cheondo is for the dead, right?'}, {'start': '127.160', 'end': '132.999', 'text': 'But when a person lives and dies, we call them deceased, the deceased, right?'}, {'start': '132.999', 'end': '138.738', 'text': 'We call them deceased, when we refer to a dead person, we call them deceased'}, {'start': '138.738', 'end': '146.045', 'text': "But the important thing is when a person is alive, when they die, everything is over, that's what it means"}, {'start': '146.045', 'end': '147.280', 'text': '‘ ’?'}, {'start': '147.280', 'end': '155.121', 'text': "So, when a person dies and is in a state where they haven't received Cheondo, we call that Jungryu, Jungryu"}, {'start': '155.121', 'end': '159.225', 'text': "Jungryu is the Chinese character for 'staying', 'Jung'"}, {'start': '159.225', 'end': '160.360', 'text': 'Understand?'}, {'start': '160.360', 'end': '160.426', 'text': '‘ ’,'}, {'start': '160.426', 'end': '167.433', 'text': 'The character for "stay" is written with the radical for "person" and the character for "middle", so it\'s called Jungryu'}, {'start': '167.433', 'end': '175.642', 'text': "Why is it called Jungryu? It's because the radical for person, the radical for person means person, person"}, {'start': '175.642', 'end': '184.651', 'text': 'Person, It means a person dies and cannot go and stays, so it is called Jeungryu, Jeungryu, if you interpret it'}, {'start': '184.651', 'end': '189.889', 'text': "So it's called Jeungryu, but when a person dies, they can't go anywhere"}, {'start': '189.889', 'end': '196.396', 'text': 'Where would they go? Where is there to go for a dead person? There is no place to go'}, {'start': '196.396', 'end': '204.537', 'text': 'Because there is no place, people just made up that saying that when you die, you go to a good place, you go somewhere'}, {'start': '204.537', 'end': '208.408', 'text': "Where would a dead person go? They're already dead"}, {'start': '208.408', 'end': '214.480', 'text': "All things in the world have no place to go when they die, they all disappear, don't they?"}, {'start': '214.480', 'end': '221.821', 'text': 'It all disappears, so only when you are alive is it precious — once you die, everything disappears'}, {'start': '221.821', 'end': '227.961', 'text': 'That’s why the word "middle flow" came out — it means staying in place, unable to go anywhere'}, {'start': '227.961', 'end': '229.929', 'text': 'That’s how they describe it'}, {'start': '229.929', 'end': '241.941', 'text': 'But what is the Yonghwa world? The Yonghwa world is where, if the soul you held during life receives commandments of Buddhism, the astral body is always with Buddha’s enlightened light,'}, {'start': '241.941', 'end': '245.712', 'text': 'and it departs with that light — that place is the Yonghwa world'}, {'start': '245.712', 'end': '249.882', 'text': 'So the household that held the Cheondo ceremony becomes peaceful'}, {'start': '249.882', 'end': '258.591', 'text': 'Because when you look at people, you see that much karma from deceased ancestors is being passed down to the descendants — it’s inherited'}, {'start': '258.591', 'end': '265.498', 'text': 'So even when you go to the hospital for sickness, they ask how your parent died — what illness they had'}, {'start': '265.498', 'end': '271.771', 'text': 'If you get something like cancer — they check whether it’s something inherited from ancestors, right?'}, {'start': '271.771', 'end': '276.509', 'text': 'So you can inherit it — most of it is inherited, that’s what I’m saying'}, {'start': '276.509', 'end': '278.711', 'text': 'You receive it from your parents'}, {'start': '278.711', 'end': '281.381', 'text': 'So a person must live life properly'}, {'start': '281.381', 'end': '286.519', 'text': 'Only then you don’t pass that on to your descendants — you don’t pass down bad things'}, {'start': '286.519', 'end': '290.990', 'text': 'If you live wrongly, your descendants are affected by everything'}, {'start': '290.990', 'end': '297.630', 'text': 'If you committed a major sin in life and killed someone, then clearly, bad descendants will appear'}, {'start': '297.630', 'end': '303.469', 'text': 'Why? Killing is called "sal" — you’ve heard of it when getting your fortune read, right?'}, {'start': '303.469', 'end': '306.339', 'text': '"Sal" refers to evil acts of killing'}, {'start': '306.339', 'end': '311.744', 'text': 'It doesn’t just end with the person who committed the killing — even descendants receive it'}, {'start': '311.744', 'end': '313.479', 'text': 'That’s what "sal" is'}, {'start': '313.479', 'end': '319.585', 'text': 'You must live life well so that even after death, your descendants can live comfortably and well'}, {'start': '319.585', 'end': '324.924', 'text': 'Your descendants can also earn money, succeed, and live as the wealthy'}, {'start': '324.924', 'end': '331.898', 'text': 'If the parent committed many sins and did bad things before dying, then no matter what the children try,'}, {'start': '331.898', 'end': '337.837', 'text': 'it doesn’t work, it collapses, flips over — things don’t go well for the descendants'}, {'start': '337.837', 'end': '339.305', 'text': 'It doesn’t go well'}, {'start': '339.305', 'end': '343.509', 'text': 'Even if you have many siblings, observe carefully — you’ll know'}, {'start': '343.509', 'end': '347.580', 'text': 'Among many siblings, some do well and others don’t'}, {'start': '347.580', 'end': '351.184', 'text': 'If you look at those who do well — their character is different'}, {'start': '351.184', 'end': '352.251', 'text': 'It’s different'}, {'start': '352.251', 'end': '356.155', 'text': 'So someone with a bad heart — life doesn’t go well for them'}, {'start': '356.155', 'end': '357.423', 'text': 'It just doesn’t'}, {'start': '357.423', 'end': '362.628', 'text': 'So it’s not the Cheondo ceremony that’s important — what’s important is how you lived'}, {'start': '362.628', 'end': '368.668', 'text': 'If I live well while alive, then I can go to a good place after death — that’s the point'}, {'start': '368.668', 'end': '376.109', 'text': 'Why? If no one performs a Cheondo ceremony for you, that’s it — what will you do? Right?'}, {'start': '376.109', 'end': '378.678', 'text': 'If no one performs it, that’s it'}, {'start': '378.678', 'end': '383.082', 'text': 'The living do it — will the dead come to perform the Cheondo ceremony?'}, {'start': '383.082', 'end': '385.952', 'text': 'The dead have no money and nothing at all'}, {'start': '385.952', 'end': '388.087', 'text': 'So a person must live well'}, {'start': '388.087', 'end': '396.662', 'text': 'Only then can the descendants come to Yonghwa Temple, meet Yonghwa Maitreya Buddha, and properly receive the Cheondo ceremony'}, {'start': '396.662', 'end': '400.867', 'text': 'To go to the Yonghwa world — that’s a blessing like a king’s fortune'}, {'start': '400.867', 'end': '409.976', 'text': 'Isn’t that right? So if you come to Yonghwa Temple and sincerely attend, raise your hand if things still aren’t going well for you'}, {'start': '409.976', 'end': '411.978', 'text': 'Things don’t go too poorly'}, {'start': '411.978', 'end': '417.283', 'text': 'But if things go too well, you stop coming to the temple—when things go too well'}, {'start': '417.283', 'end': '420.420', 'text': 'So people must live moderately and pass on'}, {'start': '420.420', 'end': '425.691', 'text': 'If things go too well, people chase delusions, running around wildly'}, {'start': '425.691', 'end': '430.797', 'text': 'So doing too well isn’t good, and doing too poorly isn’t good either'}, {'start': '430.797', 'end': '434.400', 'text': 'Living moderately is always best, understood?'}, {'start': '434.400', 'end': '438.438', 'text': 'So as for the Cheondo, in established religious temples'}, {'start': '438.438', 'end': '447.079', 'text': 'they say that when you perform Cheondo, Sakyamuni performs it and allows the dead to reincarnate—but reincarnation is not Cheondo'}, {'start': '447.079', 'end': '450.817', 'text': 'Reincarnation is when parents give birth to a child'}, {'start': '450.817', 'end': '456.122', 'text': 'Performing Cheondo for the dead is not called reincarnation—that’s what I’m saying'}, {'start': '456.122', 'end': '463.563', 'text': 'People don’t know well and mistakenly believe monks when they say that we reincarnate after death, that there’s a past'}, {'start': '463.563', 'end': '467.600', 'text': 'life—what past life? There is no past life'}, {'start': '467.600', 'end': '472.972', 'text': 'So what did I say about human beings? I said creation—creation'}, {'start': '472.972', 'end': '476.609', 'text': 'Always newly born and newly appearing in the world'}, {'start': '476.609', 'end': '482.281', 'text': 'It’s not that a dead person’s spirit enters a body and becomes a person again—that’s not it'}, {'start': '482.281', 'end': '486.719', 'text': 'It’s all lies, and if we put it bluntly, they’re fraudsters'}, {'start': '486.719', 'end': '492.592', 'text': 'Think about it—is this logical? Only people reincarnate and nothing else does?'}, {'start': '492.592', 'end': '497.663', 'text': 'That’s why I said a dead persimmon tree doesn’t bloom flowers or bear fruit'}, {'start': '497.663', 'end': '502.535', 'text': 'Pray to a dead persimmon tree for a hundred days—what effect does it have?'}, {'start': '502.535', 'end': '508.207', 'text': 'Even birds flying in the sky don’t land on dead trees—they say it brings bad luck'}, {'start': '508.207', 'end': '510.977', 'text': 'Go take a look—only bugs swarm there'}, {'start': '510.977', 'end': '512.979', 'text': 'What would a dead tree have?'}, {'start': '512.979', 'end': '520.419', 'text': 'So it’s the same with people—go see a dead human body, and soon worms boil and it rots and disappears'}, {'start': '520.419', 'end': '525.358', 'text': 'That’s why people, trees, and all things in the world are the same'}, {'start': '525.358', 'end': '528.461', 'text': 'But they craft clever words to deceive people'}, {'start': '528.461', 'end': '536.102', 'text': 'That when you die, you reincarnate, or that there’s a past life—that past life doesn’t exist, understood?'}, {'start': '536.102', 'end': '541.240', 'text': 'So you know, the word Dalai Lama also speaks of past lives'}, {'start': '541.240', 'end': '550.383', 'text': 'The claim that one lived in a past life, died, and returned to this life while remembering the past—that is what Dalai Lama refers to'}, {'start': '550.383', 'end': '552.251', 'text': 'That’s called Dalai Lama'}, {'start': '552.251', 'end': '559.659', 'text': '“I lived in Daegu in my past life,” “I lived in Jeolla-do in my past life”—that’s what they call Dalai Lama'}, {'start': '559.659', 'end': '569.268', 'text': 'Then what did you do in your past life? “Oh, I lived catching crabs in the mudflats of Mokpo, Jeolla-do”—does that make sense?'}, {'start': '569.268', 'end': '576.375', 'text': 'Then if your children live difficult, painful lives, why can’t you help them? Isn’t that right?'}, {'start': '576.375', 'end': '577.877', 'text': 'It’s all lies—lies'}, {'start': '577.877', 'end': '584.150', 'text': 'And it’s these lies that the established religions have cleverly created and used—that’s what I’m saying'}, {'start': '584.150', 'end': '586.185', 'text': 'Even they admit it themselves'}, {'start': '586.185', 'end': '589.488', 'text': 'They say it’s a religion that believes in god—a god'}, {'start': '589.488', 'end': '593.326', 'text': 'Christianity is the same—they say they believe in god'}, {'start': '593.326', 'end': '600.533', 'text': 'Then what is this god? They say Jesus died and is now sitting in some part of God’s kingdom in heaven'}, {'start': '600.533', 'end': '607.974', 'text': 'Where is heaven, really? When you die, you rot, decay, and disappear completely'}, {'start': '607.974', 'end': '611.110', 'text': 'That’s why Yonghwa Temple is truly precious'}, {'start': '611.110', 'end': '619.785', 'text': 'So when we look at the dead spirit for whom today’s Cheondo ceremony was held, performing Cheondo isn’t all that difficult—it turns out'}, {'start': '619.785', 'end': '626.525', 'text': 'Why? Because the female Buddhist dedicated effort, even the husband received blessings'}, {'start': '626.525', 'end': '630.630', 'text': 'So in a way, the husband should thank his wife—understand?'}, {'start': '630.630', 'end': '634.800', 'text': 'It’s not only what’s visible to the eye that deserves gratitude'}, {'start': '634.800', 'end': '642.575', 'text': 'That invisible effort—his wife going to the temple, traveling far, and dedicating herself—it’s not done for nothing'}, {'start': '642.575', 'end': '649.048', 'text': 'The husband may not know it well while he’s alive, but once dead, he realizes—understood?'}, {'start': '649.048', 'end': '656.055', 'text': 'So even if you shout loudly while alive, once you’re dead, you’re powerless—once dead, right?'}, {'start': '656.055', 'end': '661.527', 'text': 'Then does a president or king still have power after death? It’s the same'}, {'start': '661.527', 'end': '665.631', 'text': 'All are buried underground, decay, and disappear'}, {'start': '665.631', 'end': '670.703', 'text': 'There’s not a single dead person who comes back to this world and shouts again'}, {'start': '670.703', 'end': '676.409', 'text': 'That is why this temple, Yonghwa Temple, is so precious—that’s what I’m saying'}, {'start': '676.409', 'end': '680.279', 'text': 'I don’t tell you to work hard or force you to do anything'}, {'start': '680.279', 'end': '686.385', 'text': 'Merit is something you accumulate on your own—I don’t need to keep telling you to accumulate merit'}, {'start': '686.385', 'end': '692.091', 'text': 'You walk your own path—no one should tell you to go this way or that way, right?'}, {'start': '692.091', 'end': '699.932', 'text': 'When you study on your own, your path becomes clear—you can see it, can’t you? You can see it'}, {'start': '699.932', 'end': '704.470', 'text': 'So doing something just because someone tells you to isn’t true study'}, {'start': '704.470', 'end': '714.080', 'text': 'And when it comes to cultivating the path of enlightenment, you can’t do it forcibly—do you think that would work? Try sitting in a room and praying'}, {'start': '714.080', 'end': '723.723', 'text': 'At first, you might sit for a little while, but after a few hours, it becomes suffocating—you can’t keep sitting because it’s so stifling'}, {'start': '723.723', 'end': '727.460', 'text': 'So cultivating the path isn’t about forcing yourself'}, {'start': '727.460', 'end': '732.531', 'text': 'I always say that you must have a clear sense of direction—a clear sense of purpose'}, {'start': '732.531', 'end': '737.470', 'text': 'Those with a clear purpose won’t face ruin or misfortune—that’s what I mean'}, {'start': '737.470', 'end': '741.640', 'text': 'If your purpose isn’t clear, life will always be turbulent'}, {'start': '741.640', 'end': '751.083', 'text': 'Cheondo is incredibly important—why is it important? That feeling is something only the dead know—the living don’t understand it; only the dead do'}, {'start': '751.083', 'end': '757.289', 'text': 'In the countryside temple—our temple in the countryside—there was a monk who was my uncle-in-law'}, {'start': '757.289', 'end': '761.227', 'text': 'After he died, he came to me 15 times at night'}, {'start': '761.227', 'end': '766.799', 'text': 'When I asked why he kept coming, he said he wanted me to perform Cheondo for him'}, {'start': '766.799', 'end': '775.374', 'text': 'At that time, I wasn’t even running a temple—I was helping sick patients and doing good deeds—but he came 15 times anyway'}, {'start': '775.374', 'end': '783.149', 'text': 'Why would he come 15 times? Shouldn’t he know where to go if he was a monk? So why did he come?'}, {'start': '783.149', 'end': '791.690', 'text': 'There’s a temple nearby—a Bhikkhuni temple—and there was someone there who thought of herself as some kind of chosen one and called herself Buddha'}, {'start': '791.690', 'end': '796.128', 'text': 'She was so happy about being Buddha that she couldn’t stop smiling'}, {'start': '796.128', 'end': '803.369', 'text': 'After she died, she came to me exactly five times over five days—every night for five nights straight'}, {'start': '803.369', 'end': '808.374', 'text': 'When I asked why she kept coming, she said she came to receive Cheondo'}, {'start': '808.374', 'end': '812.611', 'text': 'So I asked her if she knew who I was—she said “Yes—you are Buddha'}, {'start': '812.611', 'end': '816.649', 'text': '” I asked which Buddha—and she said “Yonghwa Maitreya Buddha'}, {'start': '816.649', 'end': '824.156', 'text': 'After coming three or four times and pestering me about it—I did think about performing Cheondo for her—I really'}, {'start': '824.156', 'end': '830.296', 'text': 'did—but I told her that if she wanted Cheondo done for her she needed to bring money for the Cheondo fee'}, {'start': '830.296', 'end': '838.938', 'text': 'She said she didn’t have any money anymore because although she had earned a lot while alive—she couldn’t use it after dying—that’s what she said'}, {'start': '838.938', 'end': '842.107', 'text': 'Then she told me she’d give me land instead'}, {'start': '842.107', 'end': '846.478', 'text': 'For a moment I thought maybe performing Cheondo would really get me some'}, {'start': '846.478', 'end': '859.191', 'text': 'land—but how could a dead person give land? You only understand these things after you die—all the boasting done while alive becomes meaningless once you’re dead—just try dying and see for yourself!'}, {'start': '859.191', 'end': '864.930', 'text': 'So that monk from the countryside came to me exactly 15 times—it was really annoying'}, {'start': '864.930', 'end': '867.900', 'text': 'He kept coming every night without fail'}, {'start': '867.900', 'end': '871.503', 'text': 'He had committed a lot of theft—really a lot of theft'}, {'start': '871.503', 'end': '878.344', 'text': 'What kind of theft did he commit? He sold talismans—talismans that originally came from China'}, {'start': '878.344', 'end': '882.281', 'text': 'All of it was fraud—deceiving people with lies to scam them'}, {'start': '882.281', 'end': '890.222', 'text': 'He made a lot of money doing this—but what’s the point when he died? He was a very bad person—a truly bad person'}, {'start': '890.222', 'end': '892.958', 'text': 'He committed many sins while alive'}, {'start': '892.958', 'end': '898.864', 'text': 'Since this is a broadcast, I won’t say everything—but he was a very bad person'}, {'start': '898.864', 'end': '903.869', 'text': 'Among monks, I haven’t seen even one good person—not a single one'}, {'start': '903.869', 'end': '913.445', 'text': 'Before I started running the temple, I used to heal sick people—I’ve said this several times before—I helped blind people open their eyes many times'}, {'start': '913.445', 'end': '920.519', 'text': 'But when I look at people, there aren’t many who can receive salvation—I see this among people in our country'}, {'start': '920.519', 'end': '921.820', 'text': 'Why is that?'}, {'start': '921.820', 'end': '930.496', 'text': 'Through this sermon and my ability to help sick people and open the eyes of the blind—it shows that I possess exceptional medical skills'}, {'start': '930.496', 'end': '938.037', 'text': 'Nowadays you hear about Han Kang winning literary prizes like the Nobel Prize—I’m not boasting about myself here'}, {'start': '938.037', 'end': '944.209', 'text': 'I possess the skills that could earn me the Nobel Prize in medicine on a global scale—worldwide'}, {'start': '944.209', 'end': '951.150', 'text': 'But despite there being ways to receive salvation and blessings—people’s ears are deaf and their eyes are blind to them'}, {'start': '951.150', 'end': '954.787', 'text': 'How many people are living now with poor vision and'}, {'start': '954.787', 'end': '965.030', 'text': 'struggling—even if they weren’t originally blind? There are an unimaginable number of people whose retinas have been damaged and who can’t see in this world today'}, {'start': '965.030', 'end': '968.467', 'text': 'Those countless people are living in suffering right'}, {'start': '968.467', 'end': '976.408', 'text': 'now—but whether they’re watching our YouTube channel or not—many have watched it—but even after watching it they don’t care about these things'}, {'start': '976.408', 'end': '981.513', 'text': 'Someone else’s pain is just like your own pain—you too could get sick someday'}, {'start': '981.513', 'end': '988.287', 'text': 'Just because you’re not sick now doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about others’ pain—that’s not right—isn’t that true?'}, {'start': '988.287', 'end': '994.693', 'text': 'So what I’m saying is—you too could get sick as you live your life—you never know when it might happen'}, {'start': '994.693', 'end': '998.163', 'text': 'Even though I could heal them and help them open their'}, {'start': '998.163', 'end': '1004.870', 'text': 'eyes—they just listen passively—they don’t take action themselves—I can’t go around finding each person'}, {'start': '1004.870', 'end': '1016.415', 'text': 'individually—but if they come to me I help them—and among those who succeed and live well afterward—it’s only a small minority—a very small minority—you know that? A minority!'}, {'start': '1016.415', 'end': '1020.919', 'text': "I've been saying this for a long time, since ten-odd years ago"}, {'start': '1020.919', 'end': '1028.127', 'text': "I've been saying, almost singing, that as the world develops, it becomes harder for humans to live"}, {'start': '1028.127', 'end': '1031.563', 'text': 'Go outside and see how hard it is these days'}, {'start': '1031.563', 'end': '1033.966', 'text': "Isn't it hard to live these days?"}, {'start': '1033.966', 'end': '1036.535', 'text': "It's just the beginning, the beginning"}, {'start': '1036.535', 'end': '1038.904', 'text': "Live on and see if I'm lying"}, {'start': '1038.904', 'end': '1043.675', 'text': 'The world will become difficult like this, so difficult in the future'}, {'start': '1043.675', 'end': '1048.647', 'text': "Then, if the world develops, shouldn't life become better and better?"}, {'start': '1048.647', 'end': '1051.784', 'text': 'But I tell you, living becomes worse'}, {'start': '1051.784', 'end': '1061.260', 'text': "Until the day I die, humans should live happily and well, right? But when you go blind and can't even see in front of you,"}, {'start': '1061.260', 'end': '1066.065', 'text': "even if someone tells you to come, you can't go because you can't see"}, {'start': '1066.065', 'end': '1067.900', 'text': 'How do you live like that?'}, {'start': '1067.900', 'end': '1073.906', 'text': "But this Trump becoming president, it's in the news and all, so you all kept watching that"}, {'start': '1073.906', 'end': '1078.010', 'text': 'My words are more precious than what Trump says, right?'}, {'start': '1078.010', 'end': '1085.184', 'text': "I mean, what does it matter to you if he becomes the American president? It doesn't matter at all"}, {'start': '1085.184', 'end': '1088.220', 'text': 'They just rush to take your taxes for nothing'}, {'start': '1088.220', 'end': '1091.490', 'text': 'I tell you, it has nothing to do with you'}, {'start': '1091.490', 'end': '1094.993', 'text': 'That person being president has nothing to do with you'}, {'start': '1094.993', 'end': '1096.929', 'text': "It's the same in our country"}, {'start': '1096.929', 'end': '1102.835', 'text': 'Do you think our president will help you with rice? Only the taxes keep increasing'}, {'start': '1102.835', 'end': '1106.638', 'text': 'They only think about increasing taxes and taking more'}, {'start': '1106.638', 'end': '1110.709', 'text': "I don't see them reducing taxes and making life easier"}, {'start': '1110.709', 'end': '1114.079', 'text': 'What benefit is that to you in living your lives?'}, {'start': '1114.079', 'end': '1118.917', 'text': "If you live life, it's all there, isn't it? It's there"}, {'start': '1118.917', 'end': '1128.393', 'text': "Even if you run out of money and food, there's no one to come and help you, and even siblings dislike it if you keep asking to borrow something"}, {'start': '1128.393', 'end': '1137.035', 'text': 'They say, "You took money the day before yesterday, and you\'re asking for money again?" They dislike it, I tell you'}, {'start': '1137.035', 'end': '1139.238', 'text': 'Because they also have to live'}, {'start': '1139.238', 'end': '1143.709', 'text': "So, that's saying that living in the world is not that easy"}, {'start': '1143.709', 'end': '1149.615', 'text': "But if you go to a temple or some church or temple, because it's religion, and pray,"}, {'start': '1149.615', 'end': '1157.623', 'text': "will anything good happen? Does money come out if you pray there? Does food come out? It's useless"}, {'start': '1157.623', 'end': '1162.828', 'text': "Everywhere you go, you're praying to dead people, not to living people"}, {'start': '1162.828', 'end': '1173.071', 'text': 'If you go to a living person and plead and say you\'re hungry, they might say, "Let\'s go eat, have at least a bowl of rice," and you can eat'}, {'start': '1173.071', 'end': '1181.180', 'text': 'But does a dead person say, "Let\'s eat"? Do they say, "Let\'s have tea"? I tell you it\'s useless'}, {'start': '1181.180', 'end': '1184.416', 'text': 'So why do you pray there? Needlessly?'}, {'start': '1184.416', 'end': '1193.492', 'text': 'Even if you listen to the words, the words of monks and what Sakyamuni said have nothing to do with you and living people, you understand?'}, {'start': '1193.492', 'end': '1204.937', 'text': "What's the point of reading the Heart Sutra, the Thousand-Hand Sutra, or the Diamond Sutra? Does reading that make rice or rice cakes come out? It's useless"}, {'start': '1204.937', 'end': '1214.079', 'text': "You all don't know, but if I were to expose all the contents and talk about them, those people would be too hurt, so I don't say anything"}, {'start': '1214.079', 'end': '1222.721', 'text': 'But if I expose everything and explain everything one by one, you all will be disgusted, "Oh, so it was like this'}, {'start': '1222.721', 'end': '1231.029', 'text': "So, the dead, the gentleman for whom we performed the Cheondo ceremony today, can't do anything because he died"}, {'start': '1231.029', 'end': '1242.975', 'text': 'Because his living wife is still alive, she thinks, "Oh, I lived with my husband, sharing joys and sorrows together for a lifetime, and since he left first,'}, {'start': '1242.975', 'end': '1247.879', 'text': 'I feel sad, and I hope he goes to a good place and lives well'}, {'start': '1247.879', 'end': '1251.850', 'text': '" That\'s the heart with which she performed the Cheondo ceremony'}, {'start': '1251.850', 'end': '1258.023', 'text': "Then why else would she perform it for a dead person? Think about it, isn't that so?"}, {'start': '1258.023', 'end': '1261.860', 'text': 'So people must be clear about public and private matters'}, {'start': '1261.860', 'end': '1265.597', 'text': 'Living life vaguely is not living, I tell you'}, {'start': '1265.597', 'end': '1272.037', 'text': 'So if you really look into it, all this Cheondo is just the temples holding Cheondo ceremonies'}, {'start': '1272.037', 'end': '1280.746', 'text': 'Those people might feel bad hearing it, like “as soon as they start making money, Yonghwa Temple says the Cheondo ceremony is useless'}, {'start': '1280.746', 'end': '1289.721', 'text': 'As soon as they start earning a little, Yonghwa Temple keeps saying even holding Cheondo ceremonies is useless — so the monks curse out loud'}, {'start': '1289.721', 'end': '1293.892', 'text': 'But no, it’s because it’s useless, so don’t do it'}, {'start': '1293.892', 'end': '1298.330', 'text': 'I’m telling you not to because it’s useless — am I saying it for no reason?'}, {'start': '1298.330', 'end': '1307.339', 'text': 'So listen carefully to what I say — if my words make sense and sink into your mind, then you should come learn from me, shouldn’t you?'}, {'start': '1307.339', 'end': '1313.045', 'text': 'Learn, prepare everything properly, and then perform the Cheondo ceremony'}, {'start': '1313.045', 'end': '1318.216', 'text': 'I’m not saying not to do it at all — I’m saying to do it after proper preparation'}, {'start': '1318.216', 'end': '1321.219', 'text': 'Don’t just blindly hold Cheondo ceremonies'}, {'start': '1321.219', 'end': '1326.992', 'text': 'I’ve gone around countless temples treating monks who were sick, and I helped heal many of them'}, {'start': '1326.992', 'end': '1335.267', 'text': 'The monks shouldn’t try to rely on others — they should prepare themselves fully and either enlighten living beings or earn their own money'}, {'start': '1335.267', 'end': '1339.137', 'text': 'Just saying blindly, “if you do the Cheondo ceremony,'}, {'start': '1339.137', 'end': '1346.511', 'text': 'the dead will go to a good place,” “they’re riding the flower palanquin heading to the Land of Perfect Bliss right now” —'}, {'start': '1346.511', 'end': '1355.721', 'text': 'No — where would the dead even go? If they were to ride a flower palanquin, who would carry it? Wouldn’t it be ghosts who carry it?'}, {'start': '1355.721', 'end': '1361.460', 'text': 'Then that’s all it is — ghost this, ghost that, a whole world of ghosts, right?'}, {'start': '1361.460', 'end': '1366.932', 'text': 'Then wouldn’t they just be heading to the ghost hideout? What would they even do there?'}, {'start': '1366.932', 'end': '1368.867', 'text': 'You’re not catching the meaning'}, {'start': '1368.867', 'end': '1372.037', 'text': 'There’s even a saying: “Ghosts too vary in kind'}, {'start': '1372.037', 'end': '1375.841', 'text': 'Even ghosts must open their eyes to see the ghost world'}, {'start': '1375.841', 'end': '1382.047', 'text': 'If they don’t open their eyes, they’re in darkness — appearing and disappearing, that is a ghost'}, {'start': '1382.047', 'end': '1389.821', 'text': 'Understood? So don’t just blindly listen to things like that — you must judge well and live your own life, right?'}, {'start': '1389.821', 'end': '1394.559', 'text': 'Once you’re dead, none of them can do a thing — death’s ghosts are powerless'}, {'start': '1394.559', 'end': '1397.129', 'text': 'Once dead, there’s no strength'}, {'start': '1397.129', 'end': '1404.136', 'text': 'Even someone who shouted loud and claimed to be great — once dead, they can’t say a word and just disappear'}, {'start': '1404.136', 'end': '1405.237', 'text': 'That’s death'}, {'start': '1405.237', 'end': '1413.011', 'text': 'So when I came into this world as Maitreya Buddha and offer good Sermons to living beings, you should listen carefully'}, {'start': '1413.011', 'end': '1421.820', 'text': 'Ah~ this is the logic of the world, this is realization — if you understand that, then come, come learn from me, right?'}, {'start': '1421.820', 'end': '1432.330', 'text': 'If you come and learn, do I ask for money? Do I tell you to pay taxes to learn? Ask for tuition? I teach everything for free'}, {'start': '1432.330', 'end': '1438.036', 'text': 'I’m also quite old — am I going to give Sermons for hundreds of years more? Right?'}, {'start': '1438.036', 'end': '1443.041', 'text': 'At some point, I won’t be able to do it anymore — it’ll be too hard'}, {'start': '1443.041', 'end': '1447.712', 'text': 'So there’s a time for everything, and opportunity, and timing'}, {'start': '1447.712', 'end': '1454.820', 'text': 'You farm in summer when it’s hot, right? Have you seen anyone farming in midwinter these days?'}, {'start': '1454.820', 'end': '1456.755', 'text': 'There’s a time for everything'}, {'start': '1456.755', 'end': '1459.324', 'text': 'To seek me — that’s what life is about'}, {'start': '1459.324', 'end': '1466.531', 'text': 'But what thousand years will you wait to come to me and learn? You’ve been hesitating until now — isn’t that so?'}, {'start': '1466.531', 'end': '1468.600', 'text': 'That means something is wrong'}, {'start': '1468.600', 'end': '1476.174', 'text': 'If you look around this world as you live your lives, you’ll see—there’s no such thing as a truly outstanding person,'}, {'start': '1476.174', 'end': '1480.979', 'text': 'everyone’s more or less the same, everyone’s just about the same'}, {'start': '1480.979', 'end': '1487.719', 'text': 'Have you ever seen someone truly exceptional? I’m telling you, it’s all the same—understood?'}, {'start': '1487.719', 'end': '1490.522', 'text': 'People only know what they know—think about it'}, {'start': '1490.522', 'end': '1496.862', 'text': 'They only know what they know, do they know all the truths of this world? Isn’t that right?'}, {'start': '1496.862', 'end': '1502.267', 'text': 'That’s why you shouldn’t talk like you know everything—you come to know things through living'}, {'start': '1502.267', 'end': '1507.873', 'text': 'You’ve lived life long enough to know—it doesn’t go the way you want, not as you please'}, {'start': '1507.873', 'end': '1516.047', 'text': 'It would be great if it did, but say you earn a lot of money and become rich—a very rich person—still, you have to die'}, {'start': '1516.047', 'end': '1518.183', 'text': 'Still, you must die'}, {'start': '1518.183', 'end': '1521.620', 'text': 'Imagine how painful it must be at the moment of death'}, {'start': '1521.620', 'end': '1530.061', 'text': 'Leaving behind that massive building, that huge factory or company, and still having to die—really, isn’t that right?'}, {'start': '1530.061', 'end': '1538.537', 'text': 'How painful must it be to die in that situation? But if you don’t have money, and all you have is the house you’re living in,'}, {'start': '1538.537', 'end': '1546.578', 'text': 'And just enough money to feed your wife and children, and you live and die like that, there’s not much to regret—isn’t that right?'}, {'start': '1546.578', 'end': '1553.285', 'text': '“Oh well, I’ll go now—may the rest of my family live healthily and well,” and you leave peacefully,'}, {'start': '1553.285', 'end': '1558.723', 'text': 'But if you’ve made a lot of money, leaving all this behind can really drive you mad'}, {'start': '1558.723', 'end': '1566.631', 'text': 'You get anxious, wondering who’s going to take it all—your child, some rascal—you can’t live peacefully from the worry'}, {'start': '1566.631', 'end': '1572.771', 'text': 'Nowadays, the weather is cold, the economy isn’t good, and it’s hard to live'}, {'start': '1572.771', 'end': '1576.775', 'text': 'You all have to stay sharp and live mindfully, okay?'}, {'start': '1576.775', 'end': '1580.879', 'text': 'Stay alert, and first of all—your body must be healthy'}, {'start': '1580.879', 'end': '1589.154', 'text': 'Even if you’re trying hard to live, if your body gets sick, it all becomes a serious problem—if you get sick, right?'}, {'start': '1589.154', 'end': '1592.357', 'text': 'So first, your body must be healthy'}, {'start': '1592.357', 'end': '1596.361', 'text': 'And if something’s wrong, you need to treat your health quickly'}, {'start': '1596.361', 'end': '1599.497', 'text': 'If not, something serious could happen'}, {'start': '1599.497', 'end': '1604.536', 'text': 'And when the weather gets cold, people’s bodies start to break down more easily'}, {'start': '1604.536', 'end': '1608.373', 'text': 'Even healthy people suddenly get sick when it turns cold'}, {'start': '1608.373', 'end': '1610.675', 'text': 'So take good care of your health'}, {'start': '1610.675', 'end': '1613.612', 'text': 'And to make money, you have to be healthy'}, {'start': '1613.612', 'end': '1618.883', 'text': 'If your body is sick, you can’t make money—so stay healthy, okay?'}, {'start': '1618.883', 'end': '1625.657', 'text': 'When people face difficulties, I see that they send many texts and make many calls to our Head Monk'}, {'start': '1625.657', 'end': '1632.497', 'text': 'It’s not always sick people calling—it’s people who suddenly feel unwell and decide to call, right?'}, {'start': '1632.497', 'end': '1634.466', 'text': 'So I say to stay healthy'}, {'start': '1634.466', 'end': '1639.738', 'text': 'At Yonghwa Temple, if someone is sick, I’ve provided a lot of treatment'}, {'start': '1639.738', 'end': '1645.944', 'text': 'If someone feels unwell, I’ve offered many wishes for them—I’ve helped them live more smoothly'}, {'start': '1645.944', 'end': '1650.515', 'text': 'And for the dead, I’ve performed countless Cheondo ceremonies too'}, {'start': '1650.515', 'end': '1659.524', 'text': 'How much more can I do? A Buddha isn’t someone who gives money—what money does a Buddha have to give? Do you understand?'}, {'start': '1659.524', 'end': '1665.530', 'text': 'Living beings are those who enlighten themselves and live their lives—that’s what religion is about'}, {'start': '1665.530', 'end': '1667.032', 'text': 'Do you understand?'}, {'start': '1667.032', 'end': '1674.639', 'text': 'So when I give you enlightened sermons, it makes your life easier—what I’m saying is that you should live your life based on that'}, {'start': '1674.639', 'end': '1676.174', 'text': 'Do you understand?'}, {'start': '1676.174', 'end': '1682.847', 'text': 'Those who donated rice—they offered their wishes through rice instead of directly—I will offer my wishes for them'}]