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[{'start': '0.840', 'end': '5.480', 'text': 'The Buddha taught about three'}, {'start': '3.120', 'end': '8.280', 'text': 'common signs in people who may have created'}, {'start': '5.480', 'end': '11.480', 'text': 'many bad karma from previous lives.  Sow in the'}, {'start': '8.280', 'end': '14.320', 'text': 'previous life, reap in this life.  The law of'}, {'start': '11.480', 'end': '17.199', 'text': 'cause and effect is fair and does not spare'}, {'start': '14.320', 'end': '19.600', 'text': 'anyone.  Dear Buddhists, in the'}, {'start': '17.199', 'end': '22.039', 'text': "Buddha's teachings, cause and effect is an"}, {'start': '19.600', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'immutable law that governs every life'}, {'start': '22.039', 'end': '28.359', 'text': 'we \u200b\u200bexperience.  Every action, every word,'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '30.480', 'text': 'even every thought that arises in the mind'}, {'start': '28.359', 'end': '33.160', 'text': 'is a seed that enters the field of'}, {'start': '30.480', 'end': '35.800', 'text': 'karma.  Those seeds follow us'}, {'start': '33.160', 'end': '39.200', 'text': 'through many reincarnations.  If in'}, {'start': '35.800', 'end': '41.559', 'text': 'past lives we intentionally or unintentionally sowed'}, {'start': '39.200', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'many unwholesome causes, the results from those'}, {'start': '41.559', 'end': '47.079', 'text': 'causes will gradually manifest in this'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '49.760', 'text': 'present life.  The Buddha taught that debts from'}, {'start': '47.079', 'end': '52.120', 'text': 'previous lives must be paid in this life, emphasizing'}, {'start': '49.760', 'end': '55.960', 'text': 'that no one can avoid the'}, {'start': '52.120', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'miraculous operation of the six causes and effects.  So'}, {'start': '55.960', 'end': '61.480', 'text': 'what are the signs that a person has'}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '63.960', 'text': 'accumulated great karma from past lives?'}, {'start': '61.480', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'We can recognize through three typical manifestations'}, {'start': '63.960', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'of people who are paying off karma'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '71.560', 'text': 'in this life, from there we can reflect on'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '74.280', 'text': 'ourselves and find a path to cultivate and transform'}, {'start': '71.560', 'end': '77.320', 'text': 'bad karma to move towards peace.  The'}, {'start': '74.280', 'end': '79.680', 'text': 'first sign is frequent bending pain.'}, {'start': '77.320', 'end': '82.200', 'text': 'Health is an extremely valuable foundation in'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '85.079', 'text': "everyone's life.  Without a"}, {'start': '82.200', 'end': '88.079', 'text': 'healthy body, all'}, {'start': '85.079', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'efforts and achievements seem to be less'}, {'start': '88.079', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'meaningful.  When faced with'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '96.759', 'text': 'long-term health problems, feelings of fatigue and'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '99.159', 'text': 'weakness often take over.  This'}, {'start': '96.759', 'end': '101.920', 'text': 'not only deeply affects'}, {'start': '99.159', 'end': '104.759', 'text': 'personal life but also negatively impacts'}, {'start': '101.920', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'surrounding relationships.  To maintain'}, {'start': '104.759', 'end': '110.280', 'text': 'health, we can apply many'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '113.000', 'text': 'methods.  Maintain a happy state of mind, build'}, {'start': '110.280', 'end': '115.640', 'text': 'a harmonious and balanced diet,'}, {'start': '113.000', 'end': '118.520', 'text': 'exercise regularly and give up'}, {'start': '115.640', 'end': '120.600', 'text': 'bad habits.  We'}, {'start': '118.520', 'end': '124.200', 'text': 'can absolutely do these things in'}, {'start': '120.600', 'end': '126.759', 'text': 'tandem.  Everyone to varying degrees'}, {'start': '124.200', 'end': '129.759', 'text': 'faces'}, {'start': '126.759', 'end': '132.599', 'text': 'health problems, from the common cold to'}, {'start': '129.759', 'end': '134.560', 'text': 'more serious illnesses.'}, {'start': '132.599', 'end': '137.200', 'text': 'This situation makes many people feel'}, {'start': '134.560', 'end': '139.879', 'text': 'confused.  Is this a manifestation'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '142.400', 'text': 'of the karma they have intentionally'}, {'start': '139.879', 'end': '146.040', 'text': 'or unintentionally created from past lives'}, {'start': '142.400', 'end': '148.959', 'text': "?  According to Buddha's teachings, the rhythms a"}, {'start': '146.040', 'end': '150.920', 'text': 'person has planted in the past can'}, {'start': '148.959', 'end': '154.840', 'text': 'profoundly influence his present life'}, {'start': '150.920', 'end': '157.080', 'text': '.  Illnesses, whether mild or severe,'}, {'start': '154.840', 'end': '159.519', 'text': 'can be part of'}, {'start': '157.080', 'end': '162.800', 'text': 'previously created karma.  People who'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '165.280', 'text': 'constantly hold grudges, argue, and'}, {'start': '162.800', 'end': '167.599', 'text': 'hurt others.  The trade is prone'}, {'start': '165.280', 'end': '170.200', 'text': 'to physical health problems'}, {'start': '167.599', 'end': '173.319', 'text': '.  When the mind is still entangled in'}, {'start': '170.200', 'end': '176.400', 'text': 'regret and resentment, the body will also'}, {'start': '173.319', 'end': '178.400', 'text': 'react in a negative way.'}, {'start': '176.400', 'end': '181.360', 'text': 'Such people are prone to'}, {'start': '178.400', 'end': '183.959', 'text': 'anxiety, depression, and even'}, {'start': '181.360', 'end': '186.799', 'text': 'serious illnesses.'}, {'start': '183.959', 'end': '189.519', 'text': 'Psychological instability not only damages'}, {'start': '186.799', 'end': '192.200', 'text': 'mental health but also affects the functioning'}, {'start': '189.519', 'end': '195.360', 'text': 'of organs in the body, making them'}, {'start': '192.200', 'end': '197.200', 'text': 'susceptible to many diseases.  One'}, {'start': '195.360', 'end': '199.959', 'text': 'of the ways in which the law of cause and effect'}, {'start': '197.200', 'end': '202.799', 'text': 'manifests itself most clearly is through the'}, {'start': '199.959', 'end': '205.599', 'text': 'health of each person. If we have'}, {'start': '202.799', 'end': '208.200', 'text': 'ever caused pain or harm to'}, {'start': '205.599', 'end': '210.159', 'text': 'another being, then in this life'}, {'start': '208.200', 'end': '213.599', 'text': 'we \u200b\u200bmay have to suffer from illnesses that'}, {'start': '210.159', 'end': '215.560', 'text': 'are tormenting our bodies.  In fact,'}, {'start': '213.599', 'end': '218.120', 'text': 'many people have felt the'}, {'start': '215.560', 'end': '221.439', 'text': 'close connection between action and'}, {'start': '218.120', 'end': '224.799', 'text': 'retribution.  They realized that living without'}, {'start': '221.439', 'end': '227.280', 'text': 'morality, not knowing how to take care of themselves and'}, {'start': '224.799', 'end': '229.480', 'text': 'lacking love for others had'}, {'start': '227.280', 'end': '232.360', 'text': 'unintentionally created bad karma'}, {'start': '229.480', 'end': '234.799', 'text': 'in life.  Buddhist teachings'}, {'start': '232.360', 'end': '238.159', 'text': 'emphasize that karma will find its way to the person who'}, {'start': '234.799', 'end': '240.319', 'text': 'created it.  If we do good deeds and'}, {'start': '238.159', 'end': '243.760', 'text': 'create good fortune for ourselves,'}, {'start': '240.319', 'end': '246.239', 'text': 'life will gradually get better.  On the contrary, if you'}, {'start': '243.760', 'end': '248.760', 'text': 'only know how to live selfishly, causing harm to'}, {'start': '246.239', 'end': '252.040', 'text': 'others, you will have to face'}, {'start': '248.760', 'end': '254.560', 'text': 'misfortune and suffering.  There are countless examples in'}, {'start': '252.040', 'end': '257.479', 'text': 'everyday life that show the connection'}, {'start': '254.560', 'end': '259.919', 'text': 'between karma and health.  For example, a'}, {'start': '257.479', 'end': '262.800', 'text': 'person who always tries to harm others and'}, {'start': '259.919', 'end': '265.680', 'text': 'speaks harshly will eventually not only'}, {'start': '262.800', 'end': '267.600', 'text': 'encounter difficulties in relationships but'}, {'start': '265.680', 'end': '270.440', 'text': 'also suffer from incurable diseases'}, {'start': '267.600', 'end': '273.560', 'text': '.  These situations seem to'}, {'start': '270.440', 'end': '276.639', 'text': 'repeat themselves in a circular room.  They continue to'}, {'start': '273.560', 'end': '279.680', 'text': 'cause harm and then they'}, {'start': '276.639', 'end': '281.479', 'text': 'suffer the consequences of their actions.'}, {'start': '279.680', 'end': '283.680', 'text': 'To escape the cycle of'}, {'start': '281.479', 'end': '286.120', 'text': 'karma, Buddhism offers many'}, {'start': '283.680', 'end': '289.039', 'text': 'methods to help us identify and transform our'}, {'start': '286.120', 'end': '291.960', 'text': 'behavior.  Spiritual practice,'}, {'start': '289.039', 'end': '294.520', 'text': 'meditation and active charity'}, {'start': '291.960', 'end': '297.440', 'text': 'not only purify the mind but also'}, {'start': '294.520', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'improve physical health.  When the mind is at'}, {'start': '297.440', 'end': '303.479', 'text': 'peace, the body will also regulate itself and gradually'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '305.960', 'text': 'become healthier.  The Buddha taught that'}, {'start': '303.479', 'end': '307.880', 'text': 'cultivating compassion is the key'}, {'start': '305.960', 'end': '311.160', 'text': 'to resolving past negative karma'}, {'start': '307.880', 'end': '313.360', 'text': '.  When we know how to love and care'}, {'start': '311.160', 'end': '316.960', 'text': 'for others, our karma will'}, {'start': '313.360', 'end': '319.400', 'text': 'gradually be transformed.  Frequent'}, {'start': '316.960', 'end': '322.160', 'text': 'health problems are one of the'}, {'start': '319.400', 'end': '324.960', 'text': 'clear signs that we have created a lot of'}, {'start': '322.160', 'end': '327.080', 'text': 'bad karma in previous lives.'}, {'start': '324.960', 'end': '329.520', 'text': 'Health is not just a physical matter'}, {'start': '327.080', 'end': '331.919', 'text': 'but also a reflection of the'}, {'start': '329.520', 'end': '334.960', 'text': 'state of mind and'}, {'start': '331.919', 'end': '337.960', 'text': 'surrounding relationships.  When we clearly understand that every'}, {'start': '334.960', 'end': '339.840', 'text': 'action has consequences, we will be'}, {'start': '337.960', 'end': '343.120', 'text': 'more conscious of cultivating'}, {'start': '339.840', 'end': '345.520', 'text': 'good causes and avoiding bad karma.'}, {'start': '343.120', 'end': '348.000', 'text': 'Through daily practice and self-discipline'}, {'start': '345.520', 'end': '350.360', 'text': ', everyone has the ability to'}, {'start': '348.000', 'end': '353.400', 'text': 'transform karma and move towards a'}, {'start': '350.360', 'end': '356.280', 'text': "peaceful and happy life.  Let's"}, {'start': '353.400', 'end': '358.919', 'text': 'start from the smallest things, from'}, {'start': '356.280', 'end': '361.560', 'text': 'giving love and sharing with'}, {'start': '358.919', 'end': '364.120', 'text': 'those around us to gradually improve our'}, {'start': '361.560', 'end': '367.680', 'text': 'health and quality of life'}, {'start': '364.120', 'end': '370.240', 'text': '.  Second sign, poor life'}, {'start': '367.680', 'end': '373.039', 'text': '.  In the profound Buddhist doctrine'}, {'start': '370.240', 'end': '375.000', 'text': ", each person's present life is"}, {'start': '373.039', 'end': '377.680', 'text': 'not only influenced by'}, {'start': '375.000', 'end': '379.960', 'text': 'actions in this life but is also'}, {'start': '377.680', 'end': '382.919', 'text': 'shaped by the karmic seeds'}, {'start': '379.960', 'end': '386.759', 'text': 'planted in previous lives.  The'}, {'start': '382.919', 'end': '389.400', 'text': "Buddha's timeless teaching is that what you sow is what you reap.  Regardless of the"}, {'start': '386.759', 'end': '392.319', 'text': 'life, the person who created the karma'}, {'start': '389.400', 'end': '395.680', 'text': 'will certainly receive the corresponding retribution. This is a'}, {'start': '392.319', 'end': '397.639', 'text': 'priceless lesson about the operation of the six causes and effects.'}, {'start': '395.680', 'end': '400.560', 'text': 'If a person has accumulated too much'}, {'start': '397.639', 'end': '403.280', 'text': 'unwholesome karma, the retribution he has to'}, {'start': '400.560', 'end': '406.319', 'text': 'bear will be heavier in'}, {'start': '403.280', 'end': '408.440', 'text': 'proportion.  There are many people and'}, {'start': '406.319', 'end': '411.759', 'text': 'families who have to live in'}, {'start': '408.440', 'end': '414.240', 'text': 'poverty.  No matter how hard they try'}, {'start': '411.759', 'end': '417.240', 'text': ", they still can't seem to get out"}, {'start': '414.240', 'end': '419.479', 'text': 'of the vicious circle of difficulties.'}, {'start': '417.240', 'end': '422.520', 'text': 'These people often feel trapped'}, {'start': '419.479', 'end': '425.360', 'text': 'in a deadlock, all efforts become'}, {'start': '422.520', 'end': '428.160', 'text': "futile.  That's when we try our best to find"}, {'start': '425.360', 'end': '430.800', 'text': 'opportunities, thinking we see hope,'}, {'start': '428.160', 'end': '433.520', 'text': 'but then something happens, pushing us'}, {'start': '430.800', 'end': '436.560', 'text': 'back to the starting point, even falling'}, {'start': '433.520', 'end': '438.599', 'text': 'into a worse situation.  Faced with'}, {'start': '436.560', 'end': '441.319', 'text': 'such overwhelming challenges, it is'}, {'start': '438.599', 'end': '444.800', 'text': 'difficult to stay optimistic and'}, {'start': '441.319', 'end': '447.680', 'text': 'avoid discouragement.  So'}, {'start': '444.800', 'end': '450.280', 'text': 'where does this suffering come from?  In'}, {'start': '447.680', 'end': '452.919', 'text': 'times like these, it is essential to look back at'}, {'start': '450.280', 'end': '455.680', 'text': 'our own blessings and virtues'}, {'start': '452.919', 'end': '458.160', 'text': '.  Are the'}, {'start': '455.680', 'end': '460.520', 'text': 'current difficulties the result of'}, {'start': '458.160', 'end': '463.919', 'text': 'bad karma we created'}, {'start': '460.520', 'end': '465.960', 'text': 'in the distant past?  On the contrary, there are many'}, {'start': '463.919', 'end': '468.879', 'text': 'people who do not need to possess outstanding talent'}, {'start': '465.960', 'end': '471.159', 'text': 'or abundant resources, but can still'}, {'start': '468.879', 'end': '473.840', 'text': 'make money easily and'}, {'start': '471.159', 'end': '476.639', 'text': 'conveniently.  Their work may not seem too'}, {'start': '473.840', 'end': '479.400', 'text': 'difficult, but the results they achieve'}, {'start': '476.639', 'end': '482.879', 'text': 'far exceed what others have to'}, {'start': '479.400', 'end': '486.000', 'text': 'sweat and work to achieve.  What'}, {'start': '482.879', 'end': '488.199', 'text': 'makes this difference?  It is'}, {'start': '486.000', 'end': '490.879', 'text': 'not simply talent or'}, {'start': '488.199', 'end': '493.919', 'text': 'skill but also the'}, {'start': '490.879', 'end': '496.039', 'text': 'blessings from previous lives.'}, {'start': '493.919', 'end': '499.159', 'text': 'While some people struggle'}, {'start': '496.039', 'end': '501.720', 'text': 'with every move, others'}, {'start': '499.159', 'end': '504.520', 'text': 'seem to achieve success'}, {'start': '501.720', 'end': '506.720', 'text': 'with just normal efforts.  That'}, {'start': '504.520', 'end': '509.440', 'text': 'is a clear demonstration of the'}, {'start': '506.720', 'end': '512.000', 'text': 'law of cause and effect.  Those who have a'}, {'start': '509.440', 'end': '514.760', 'text': 'prosperous life often have a'}, {'start': '512.000', 'end': '517.240', 'text': 'solid foundation of blessings as a support.  This is'}, {'start': '514.760', 'end': '519.240', 'text': 'not by chance.  If you'}, {'start': '517.240', 'end': '521.959', 'text': 'find yourself in'}, {'start': '519.240', 'end': '525.560', 'text': 'poverty, remember that it is not'}, {'start': '521.959', 'end': '527.640', 'text': 'all fate or bad luck.   The'}, {'start': '525.560', 'end': '530.640', 'text': 'underlying cause may lie in the'}, {'start': '527.640', 'end': '533.000', 'text': 'karma we have created in the past.  If in our'}, {'start': '530.640', 'end': '535.600', 'text': 'previous life we \u200b\u200bhave accumulated too little merit,'}, {'start': '533.000', 'end': '538.160', 'text': 'in this life we \u200b\u200bwill have to face'}, {'start': '535.600', 'end': '540.640', 'text': 'corresponding difficulties.'}, {'start': '538.160', 'end': '543.079', 'text': 'Although our efforts may be limited and we may'}, {'start': '540.640', 'end': '545.640', 'text': 'encounter many obstacles, what is'}, {'start': '543.079', 'end': '548.240', 'text': 'more important is how we deal with'}, {'start': '545.640', 'end': '551.399', 'text': 'those difficulties.  The challenges we are going'}, {'start': '548.240', 'end': '553.760', 'text': 'through can actually be seen as an opportunity to'}, {'start': '551.399', 'end': '556.040', 'text': 'practice, train and improve'}, {'start': '553.760', 'end': '559.160', 'text': 'ourselves.  This is not a'}, {'start': '556.040', 'end': '562.079', 'text': 'punishment but a valuable lesson that'}, {'start': '559.160', 'end': '564.320', 'text': 'life gives.  In fact, it is these'}, {'start': '562.079', 'end': '566.959', 'text': 'hardships and challenges that life'}, {'start': '564.320', 'end': '570.079', 'text': 'teaches us profound lessons about'}, {'start': '566.959', 'end': '572.560', 'text': 'perseverance, patience and compassion.  When you'}, {'start': '570.079', 'end': '575.640', 'text': 'find yourself in a difficult situation, see it'}, {'start': '572.560', 'end': '578.079', 'text': 'as an opportunity to begin repentance.  Repentance is'}, {'start': '575.640', 'end': '580.480', 'text': 'not simply admitting mistakes but'}, {'start': '578.079', 'end': '583.560', 'text': 'also a process of self-reflection, self-'}, {'start': '580.480', 'end': '586.079', 'text': 'examination and self-change.  Give up'}, {'start': '583.560', 'end': '589.000', 'text': 'harmful actions, do'}, {'start': '586.079', 'end': '591.760', 'text': 'good deeds and practice diligently'}, {'start': '589.000', 'end': '594.040', 'text': 'to accumulate merit for the future.'}, {'start': '591.760', 'end': '597.160', 'text': 'Remember that every difficulty can be'}, {'start': '594.040', 'end': '600.079', 'text': 'transformed if we sincerely repent and'}, {'start': '597.160', 'end': '602.800', 'text': 'everything will get better if we'}, {'start': '600.079', 'end': '605.760', 'text': 'keep faith and patience.'}, {'start': '602.800', 'end': '607.680', 'text': 'Poverty is not destiny but just'}, {'start': '605.760', 'end': '610.720', 'text': 'a temporary phase on'}, {'start': '607.680', 'end': '614.040', 'text': "life's journey.  Look for the"}, {'start': '610.720', 'end': '616.600', 'text': 'little joys in everyday life.'}, {'start': '614.040', 'end': '619.519', 'text': 'Maintaining a positive attitude not only makes'}, {'start': '616.600', 'end': '621.800', 'text': 'us feel happier but also spreads'}, {'start': '619.519', 'end': '624.560', 'text': 'good energy to those'}, {'start': '621.800', 'end': '627.120', 'text': 'around us.  Take time to'}, {'start': '624.560', 'end': '629.600', 'text': 'volunteer, help those in'}, {'start': '627.120', 'end': '632.000', 'text': 'less fortunate circumstances and live'}, {'start': '629.600', 'end': '634.760', 'text': 'a meaningful life.'}, {'start': '632.000', 'end': '637.680', 'text': 'These actions will help us to regenerate and build'}, {'start': '634.760', 'end': '639.880', 'text': 'blessings for ourselves.  Even though life'}, {'start': '637.680', 'end': '642.600', 'text': 'may be unfair and full of'}, {'start': '639.880', 'end': '645.160', 'text': 'obstacles, we should not let poverty'}, {'start': '642.600', 'end': '647.920', 'text': 'rule our lives.'}, {'start': '645.160', 'end': '650.800', 'text': 'Instead, be proactive in finding'}, {'start': '647.920', 'end': '652.760', 'text': 'solutions.  There are many paths to'}, {'start': '650.800', 'end': '655.240', 'text': 'improving your financial situation.'}, {'start': '652.760', 'end': '657.399', 'text': 'From learning new skills to'}, {'start': '655.240', 'end': '660.519', 'text': 'finding business opportunities that'}, {'start': '657.399', 'end': '663.120', 'text': 'suit your abilities.  The important thing'}, {'start': '660.519', 'end': '666.200', 'text': 'is that we need to take action and'}, {'start': '663.120', 'end': '668.200', 'text': "keep trying.  Don't forget that"}, {'start': '666.200', 'end': '671.920', 'text': 'successful people start with'}, {'start': '668.200', 'end': '674.680', 'text': 'small steps.  They never give up.'}, {'start': '671.920', 'end': '677.800', 'text': 'No matter how harsh the circumstances, they'}, {'start': '674.680', 'end': '680.480', 'text': 'always look for every opportunity to learn'}, {'start': '677.800', 'end': '683.240', 'text': 'from their failures and constantly strive'}, {'start': '680.480', 'end': '685.959', 'text': 'to improve their lives.  We'}, {'start': '683.240', 'end': '688.160', 'text': 'can absolutely do that.  One of'}, {'start': '685.959', 'end': '690.880', 'text': 'the keys to escaping'}, {'start': '688.160', 'end': '693.560', 'text': 'poverty is to develop a clear plan'}, {'start': '690.880', 'end': '695.920', 'text': '.  Take time to identify the'}, {'start': '693.560', 'end': '698.639', 'text': 'financial goals you want to'}, {'start': '695.920', 'end': '701.680', 'text': 'achieve.  How much money do we want to earn'}, {'start': '698.639', 'end': '704.440', 'text': ', how much time do we need.  To'}, {'start': '701.680', 'end': '707.360', 'text': 'achieve that goal, make a'}, {'start': '704.440', 'end': '710.680', 'text': 'specific, detailed plan and implement it step by step'}, {'start': '707.360', 'end': '713.079', 'text': ".  Don't be afraid of failure because the"}, {'start': '710.680', 'end': '715.839', 'text': 'struggles are also valuable lessons'}, {'start': '713.079', 'end': '718.320', 'text': 'on the road to success.  When'}, {'start': '715.839', 'end': '720.839', 'text': 'we have a clear plan and start'}, {'start': '718.320', 'end': '723.839', 'text': 'implementing it, we will feel'}, {'start': '720.839', 'end': '725.959', 'text': 'more confident.  Every small step we take'}, {'start': '723.839', 'end': '728.839', 'text': 'can bring about big changes'}, {'start': '725.959', 'end': '731.000', 'text': 'in our lives.  Well, remember that'}, {'start': '728.839', 'end': '733.000', 'text': 'nothing is impossible.  If we put our'}, {'start': '731.000', 'end': '736.199', 'text': 'heart into the work we'}, {'start': '733.000', 'end': '739.160', 'text': 'do.  Finally, do not underestimate the'}, {'start': '736.199', 'end': '741.760', 'text': 'importance of repentance and practice.  If we'}, {'start': '739.160', 'end': '744.360', 'text': 'have made mistakes in the past,'}, {'start': '741.760', 'end': '747.320', 'text': 'let us sincerely repent and find ways to make'}, {'start': '744.360', 'end': '749.320', 'text': 'up for those mistakes.  This not only'}, {'start': '747.320', 'end': '752.199', 'text': 'helps us relieve the burdens in'}, {'start': '749.320', 'end': '755.560', 'text': 'our hearts but also creates conditions for blessings'}, {'start': '752.199', 'end': '758.240', 'text': 'to arise and come to us.  Take'}, {'start': '755.560', 'end': '761.480', 'text': 'time to meditate, practice'}, {'start': '758.240', 'end': '763.360', 'text': 'compassion and help those around you.'}, {'start': '761.480', 'end': '765.959', 'text': 'These actions not only help us'}, {'start': '763.360', 'end': '768.360', 'text': 'improve our own destiny but also'}, {'start': '765.959', 'end': '771.120', 'text': 'bring joy and happiness to those'}, {'start': '768.360', 'end': '773.519', 'text': 'around us.  A life of poverty'}, {'start': '771.120', 'end': '776.079', 'text': 'is not an'}, {'start': '773.519', 'end': '778.600', 'text': 'unchangeable destiny.  No matter how'}, {'start': '776.079', 'end': '781.920', 'text': 'great the difficulties and challenges we are facing'}, {'start': '778.600', 'end': '784.240', 'text': ', always remember that each of us'}, {'start': '781.920', 'end': '786.959', 'text': 'has the ability to transform our lives'}, {'start': '784.240', 'end': '789.959', 'text': '.  By being aware of your'}, {'start': '786.959', 'end': '792.160', 'text': 'negative karma, practice compassion and'}, {'start': '789.959', 'end': '795.320', 'text': 'constantly strive to improve'}, {'start': '792.160', 'end': '798.160', 'text': 'yourself.  We can turn things around and'}, {'start': '795.320', 'end': '800.240', 'text': 'create a better life.'}, {'start': '798.160', 'end': '802.959', 'text': 'Life is a journey of constant'}, {'start': '800.240', 'end': '805.560', 'text': 'learning and growth.  Face'}, {'start': '802.959', 'end': '808.560', 'text': 'every challenge with an open mind'}, {'start': '805.560', 'end': '811.480', 'text': 'and a heart full of love.  We'}, {'start': '808.560', 'end': '814.320', 'text': 'will realize that although poverty may be'}, {'start': '811.480', 'end': '816.920', 'text': 'surrounding us, with perseverance and'}, {'start': '814.320', 'end': '819.360', 'text': 'effort, we will practice and improve'}, {'start': '816.920', 'end': '823.360', 'text': 'ourselves, thereby building a'}, {'start': '819.360', 'end': '825.839', 'text': 'more fulfilling and happier life.  Third sign,'}, {'start': '823.360', 'end': '828.160', 'text': 'often encounter bad people in'}, {'start': '825.839', 'end': '830.639', 'text': 'life.  One of the unpleasant experiences'}, {'start': '828.160', 'end': '833.440', 'text': 'that many people often have to'}, {'start': '830.639', 'end': '836.600', 'text': 'face is constantly encountering'}, {'start': '833.440', 'end': '839.320', 'text': 'bad people.  The ancients said, "'}, {'start': '836.600', 'end': '841.600', 'text': 'Everything in the world has a magnetic field,'}, {'start': '839.320', 'end': '844.560', 'text': 'what kind of person you are will attract'}, {'start': '841.600', 'end': '847.040', 'text': 'people like that."  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On'}, {'start': '869.519', 'end': '874.800', 'text': 'the contrary, if a person often does'}, {'start': '871.880', 'end': '877.720', 'text': 'evil deeds, speaks arrogantly or has an'}, {'start': '874.800', 'end': '880.360', 'text': 'arrogant attitude, they will create a'}, {'start': '877.720', 'end': '883.040', 'text': 'negative magnetic field, attract people with the'}, {'start': '880.360', 'end': '885.800', 'text': 'same bad frequency and often encounter'}, {'start': '883.040', 'end': '887.920', 'text': 'unfortunate situations.  When'}, {'start': '885.800', 'end': '890.759', 'text': "a person's magnetic field is dominated by"}, {'start': '887.920', 'end': '894.079', 'text': 'negative energy, their luck'}, {'start': '890.759', 'end': '896.800', 'text': 'will gradually turn bad.  They may'}, {'start': '894.079', 'end': '898.959', 'text': 'encounter all sorts of bad people from'}, {'start': '896.800', 'end': '902.680', 'text': 'insincere friends to'}, {'start': '898.959', 'end': '905.240', 'text': 'liars and exploiters.  These situations'}, {'start': '902.680', 'end': '907.600', 'text': 'not only cause us pain, but also cause'}, {'start': '905.240', 'end': '910.160', 'text': 'us to get deeper and deeper into'}, {'start': '907.600', 'end': '913.079', 'text': 'unhealthy relationships with bad people'}, {'start': '910.160', 'end': '915.720', 'text': 'in our lives.  They are caught in the'}, {'start': '913.079', 'end': '918.320', 'text': 'vortex of bad karma.  When they are rich and'}, {'start': '915.720', 'end': '921.120', 'text': 'happy, these people appear.'}, {'start': '918.320', 'end': '923.839', 'text': 'But when they encounter difficulties, discouragement or'}, {'start': '921.120', 'end': '927.240', 'text': 'failure, there is no one there'}, {'start': '923.839', 'end': '929.360', 'text': 'to support and share.  They feel like they'}, {'start': '927.240', 'end': '932.480', 'text': 'are being dragged down by the people'}, {'start': '929.360', 'end': '935.120', 'text': 'around them and the loneliness makes them feel more and more'}, {'start': '932.480', 'end': '938.199', 'text': 'helpless.  When faced with'}, {'start': '935.120', 'end': '940.000', 'text': 'bad people, many people wonder'}, {'start': '938.199', 'end': '943.079', 'text': 'why they get caught up in'}, {'start': '940.000', 'end': '945.880', 'text': 'such situations.  There is a truth that we'}, {'start': '943.079', 'end': '948.880', 'text': 'cannot deny.  But the results from'}, {'start': '945.880', 'end': '950.519', 'text': 'previous lives are never wrong.  If you'}, {'start': '948.880', 'end': '953.199', 'text': 'often encounter bad people'}, {'start': '950.519', 'end': '956.440', 'text': ', take time to look back at'}, {'start': '953.199', 'end': '959.120', 'text': 'yourself.  Perhaps in the past we have'}, {'start': '956.440', 'end': '961.720', 'text': 'accumulated too few blessings to overcome the'}, {'start': '959.120', 'end': '964.040', 'text': 'misfortunes of the present.  The'}, {'start': '961.720', 'end': '966.759', 'text': 'bad people around us'}, {'start': '964.040', 'end': '969.360', 'text': 'may be a reflection of something'}, {'start': '966.759', 'end': '971.839', 'text': 'within ourselves.  An important issue'}, {'start': '969.360', 'end': '974.639', 'text': 'facing us now'}, {'start': '971.839', 'end': '977.480', 'text': 'is how to transform the current situation'}, {'start': '974.639', 'end': '980.480', 'text': ', to transform what is'}, {'start': '977.480', 'end': '982.759', 'text': 'happening.  First of all, we need to start by'}, {'start': '980.480', 'end': '986.360', 'text': 'changing'}, {'start': '982.759', 'end': '988.720', 'text': 'our own mindset and actions.  The path of transformation.   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Because we have'}, {'start': '1246.679', 'end': '1251.760', 'text': 'intentionally or unintentionally planted'}, {'start': '1249.280', 'end': '1254.080', 'text': 'bad karma, maybe in'}, {'start': '1251.760', 'end': '1256.919', 'text': 'this life or from past lives'}, {'start': '1254.080', 'end': '1258.159', 'text': '.  So what are those unwholesome causes'}, {'start': '1256.919', 'end': '1260.799', 'text': '?'}, {'start': '1258.159', 'end': '1263.400', 'text': 'There are countless types of bad karma, but here are'}, {'start': '1260.799', 'end': '1265.799', 'text': 'a few common examples.  One is to'}, {'start': '1263.400', 'end': '1268.400', 'text': 'rob property, the other is to take life'}, {'start': '1265.799', 'end': '1271.240', 'text': '.  Second is causing extinction of'}, {'start': '1268.400', 'end': '1273.679', 'text': 'humans and animals.  Third is destroying the'}, {'start': '1271.240', 'end': '1275.880', 'text': 'balance of the natural environment.  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It is disrespectful and unfilial to'}, {'start': '1295.559', 'end': '1301.120', 'text': "one's parents.  10 is stealing"}, {'start': '1298.159', 'end': '1304.039', 'text': "someone else's property.  11 is appropriating"}, {'start': '1301.120', 'end': '1306.120', 'text': 'public property for personal gain.  12 is having'}, {'start': '1304.039', 'end': '1308.760', 'text': 'dishonest behavior in work,'}, {'start': '1306.120', 'end': '1312.039', 'text': 'career, greedy nature, only thinking about'}, {'start': '1308.760', 'end': '1315.480', 'text': 'oneself.  13 is to treat others cruelly, beat'}, {'start': '1312.039', 'end': '1318.240', 'text': ', torture, exploit, oppress, or suppress'}, {'start': '1315.480', 'end': '1320.559', 'text': 'others.  If we have ever intentionally or'}, {'start': '1318.240', 'end': '1323.360', 'text': 'unintentionally committed one or more of the'}, {'start': '1320.559', 'end': '1325.159', 'text': 'above, it means that we have'}, {'start': '1323.360', 'end': '1328.159', 'text': 'sown deep negative karma'}, {'start': '1325.159', 'end': '1331.000', 'text': '.  That is a karmic debt'}, {'start': '1328.159', 'end': '1333.679', 'text': 'that we need to pay.  If we do not pay off the'}, {'start': '1331.000', 'end': '1336.440', 'text': 'debt in this life, it will follow'}, {'start': '1333.679', 'end': '1339.159', 'text': 'us into the next life.  And only'}, {'start': '1336.440', 'end': '1341.760', 'text': 'when the debt is paid in full.'}, {'start': '1339.159', 'end': '1344.279', 'text': 'new karma can be eliminated.  That is the'}, {'start': '1341.760', 'end': '1346.960', 'text': 'law of the universe, no one'}, {'start': '1344.279', 'end': '1349.559', 'text': 'can resist or change it.  Where'}, {'start': '1346.960', 'end': '1352.000', 'text': 'there is cause there is effect.  Once we'}, {'start': '1349.559', 'end': '1354.480', 'text': 'understand that what is happening is the'}, {'start': '1352.000', 'end': '1357.440', 'text': 'result of karma from the past, we should not be'}, {'start': '1354.480', 'end': '1360.240', 'text': 'discouraged or give up, but instead'}, {'start': '1357.440', 'end': '1362.799', 'text': 'maintain a steadfast mind, courageously'}, {'start': '1360.240', 'end': '1365.120', 'text': 'face and overcome all obstacles and'}, {'start': '1362.799', 'end': '1367.799', 'text': 'difficulties.  The path to pay off karma is not'}, {'start': '1365.120', 'end': '1370.640', 'text': 'easy.  We should not mistakenly think'}, {'start': '1367.799', 'end': '1373.440', 'text': 'that just by practicing, all bad rhythms will'}, {'start': '1370.640', 'end': '1377.000', 'text': 'automatically disappear and everything will'}, {'start': '1373.440', 'end': '1379.039', 'text': 'immediately turn out as desired.  For example, a'}, {'start': '1377.000', 'end': '1381.640', 'text': 'person who in a previous life committed the crime of'}, {'start': '1379.039', 'end': '1385.120', 'text': 'robbery, took the lives of'}, {'start': '1381.640', 'end': '1387.480', 'text': 'others, or even murdered three living beings'}, {'start': '1385.120', 'end': '1390.039', 'text': 'may have to go through two to'}, {'start': '1387.480', 'end': '1393.760', 'text': 'three more lives to pay'}, {'start': '1390.039', 'end': '1395.960', 'text': 'off that karmic debt.  So is there any way to'}, {'start': '1393.760', 'end': '1398.720', 'text': 'partially resolve the consequences of karma'}, {'start': '1395.960', 'end': '1401.559', 'text': '?  Besides calmly accepting and repaying'}, {'start': '1398.720', 'end': '1403.400', 'text': 'karma in this life, is'}, {'start': '1401.559', 'end': '1405.600', 'text': 'there any way to help'}, {'start': '1403.400', 'end': '1409.279', 'text': 'transform some of this unwholesome karma'}, {'start': '1405.600', 'end': '1411.799', 'text': "?  Does Buddha's teaching say yes?  But"}, {'start': '1409.279', 'end': '1414.679', 'text': 'that does not mean that sin will'}, {'start': '1411.799', 'end': '1417.440', 'text': 'be completely absolved.  What goes around'}, {'start': '1414.679', 'end': '1420.440', 'text': 'comes around.  The six laws of cause and effect cannot be'}, {'start': '1417.440', 'end': '1423.120', 'text': 'wrong.  We can only sincerely repent and'}, {'start': '1420.440', 'end': '1425.679', 'text': 'ask for a postponement of paying off our karma.'}, {'start': '1423.120', 'end': '1428.039', 'text': 'This is like when we have a debt'}, {'start': '1425.679', 'end': '1430.880', 'text': 'and ask the lender for permission to pay it back at'}, {'start': '1428.039', 'end': '1433.000', 'text': 'some later date.   It'}, {'start': '1430.880', 'end': '1435.520', 'text': 'means asking to temporarily suspend the payment of'}, {'start': '1433.000', 'end': '1438.720', 'text': 'karma in this life to pay it in the'}, {'start': '1435.520', 'end': '1441.400', 'text': 'next life.  So what should we do'}, {'start': '1438.720', 'end': '1443.679', 'text': 'after receiving the grace to repay karma?  The'}, {'start': '1441.400', 'end': '1446.000', 'text': 'most important thing is that from'}, {'start': '1443.679', 'end': '1449.400', 'text': 'now on, we must strive to live a'}, {'start': '1446.000', 'end': '1451.760', 'text': 'good life and diligently cultivate merit.'}, {'start': '1449.400', 'end': '1454.840', 'text': 'As merit accumulates, the'}, {'start': '1451.760', 'end': '1457.720', 'text': 'rhythm will gradually become lighter.  When the'}, {'start': '1454.840', 'end': '1461.080', 'text': 'time of abstinence is up, perhaps due to'}, {'start': '1457.720', 'end': '1463.480', 'text': 'sufficient merit, the hindrance will have dissipated somewhat'}, {'start': '1461.080', 'end': '1466.279', 'text': 'and we will no longer need to repay'}, {'start': '1463.480', 'end': '1468.559', 'text': 'that debt of heat.  That is the compassion and'}, {'start': '1466.279', 'end': '1471.520', 'text': 'miraculous power of sincerely repenting and'}, {'start': '1468.559', 'end': '1474.000', 'text': 'asking for forgiveness of karma.  However,'}, {'start': '1471.520', 'end': '1475.960', 'text': 'begging to repay karma also carries the risk of'}, {'start': '1474.000', 'end': '1478.600', 'text': 'making the situation much more serious'}, {'start': '1475.960', 'end': '1482.240', 'text': '.  If we continue to sow'}, {'start': '1478.600', 'end': '1484.720', 'text': 'unwholesome seeds, then our souls may'}, {'start': '1482.240', 'end': '1487.120', 'text': 'be dragged into the realm of suffering'}, {'start': '1484.720', 'end': '1490.320', 'text': 'immediately.  And we have to start a series of'}, {'start': '1487.120', 'end': '1492.960', 'text': 'miserable days, a humiliating age.'}, {'start': '1490.320', 'end': '1495.360', 'text': 'When our body dies, our soul will'}, {'start': '1492.960', 'end': '1498.679', 'text': 'fall into even darker and'}, {'start': '1495.360', 'end': '1501.159', 'text': 'more painful realms.  Therefore, be very'}, {'start': '1498.679', 'end': '1503.760', 'text': 'careful even if you have been granted a deferment of'}, {'start': '1501.159', 'end': '1506.760', 'text': 'this karmic debt.  This can now'}, {'start': '1503.760', 'end': '1508.880', 'text': 'be roughly understood as changing the palace number.'}, {'start': '1506.760', 'end': '1511.480', 'text': 'Every sentient being born in'}, {'start': '1508.880', 'end': '1513.640', 'text': 'this world is to learn lessons'}, {'start': '1511.480', 'end': '1516.520', 'text': 'and constantly improve'}, {'start': '1513.640', 'end': '1518.480', 'text': 'himself.  In that process, the path of paying off'}, {'start': '1516.520', 'end': '1522.200', 'text': 'karma does not have a fixed formula'}, {'start': '1518.480', 'end': '1524.159', 'text': ', each person is different.  Therefore,'}, {'start': '1522.200', 'end': '1527.240', 'text': 'consider each life as a'}, {'start': '1524.159', 'end': '1529.960', 'text': 'large environment where we can choose to learn one or'}, {'start': '1527.240', 'end': '1532.840', 'text': 'more lessons, but only when the lesson'}, {'start': '1529.960', 'end': '1535.279', 'text': 'is fully understood and completed,'}, {'start': '1532.840', 'end': '1538.080', 'text': 'can we evolve to'}, {'start': '1535.279', 'end': '1541.279', 'text': 'higher realms like heaven to continue'}, {'start': '1538.080', 'end': '1543.799', 'text': 'learning wonderful things.  On the contrary,'}, {'start': '1541.279', 'end': '1546.240', 'text': 'if the lesson is not thoroughly understood, we'}, {'start': '1543.799', 'end': '1548.360', 'text': 'may have to temporarily stay in the human realm or'}, {'start': '1546.240', 'end': '1552.000', 'text': 'continue learning the lesson in lower realms'}, {'start': '1548.360', 'end': '1555.200', 'text': 'such as the Asura realm, the animal realm, the hungry'}, {'start': '1552.000', 'end': '1557.320', 'text': 'ghost realm, or the dark hell.  We'}, {'start': '1555.200', 'end': '1559.399', 'text': 'get married not just to'}, {'start': '1557.320', 'end': '1562.039', 'text': 'satisfy our desires or to dispel'}, {'start': '1559.399', 'end': '1565.279', 'text': 'loneliness, but to learn together how to'}, {'start': '1562.039', 'end': '1567.320', 'text': 'love, share and live in harmony.'}, {'start': '1565.279', 'end': '1570.520', 'text': 'We accept children not to'}, {'start': '1567.320', 'end': '1573.279', 'text': 'rely on them when we are old and weak, but so that'}, {'start': '1570.520', 'end': '1576.120', 'text': 'we can practice parental love, learn to'}, {'start': '1573.279', 'end': '1578.679', 'text': 'love unconditionally, teach them'}, {'start': '1576.120', 'end': '1581.440', 'text': 'good things and guide'}, {'start': '1578.679', 'end': '1583.480', 'text': 'them on the path to adulthood.  We become'}, {'start': '1581.440', 'end': '1585.640', 'text': 'kings or leaders of a'}, {'start': '1583.480', 'end': '1588.799', 'text': 'country not to enjoy power'}, {'start': '1585.640', 'end': '1591.320', 'text': 'and suppress the good, but to learn how to'}, {'start': '1588.799', 'end': '1594.320', 'text': 'love, serve and govern the'}, {'start': '1591.320', 'end': '1597.440', 'text': 'country with understanding and compassion.  We'}, {'start': '1594.320', 'end': '1599.559', 'text': 'choose the medical profession, becoming doctors and nurses.'}, {'start': '1597.440', 'end': '1602.440', 'text': 'Diep Si is not for personal gain'}, {'start': '1599.559', 'end': '1605.399', 'text': ', money or fame but as a'}, {'start': '1602.440', 'end': '1607.240', 'text': 'way to spread help and'}, {'start': '1605.399', 'end': '1610.760', 'text': 'love to those who are'}, {'start': '1607.240', 'end': '1613.520', 'text': 'suffering.  For that reason, practice needs to'}, {'start': '1610.760', 'end': '1616.120', 'text': 'be started right now to'}, {'start': '1613.520', 'end': '1618.960', 'text': 'transform the suffering and sadness in the'}, {'start': '1616.120', 'end': '1622.240', 'text': 'soul into true peace and happiness.'}, {'start': '1618.960', 'end': '1624.799', 'text': 'Cultivation is the process of correcting ourselves,'}, {'start': '1622.240', 'end': '1627.080', 'text': 'giving up bad things to move towards'}, {'start': '1624.799', 'end': '1630.000', 'text': 'good things, correcting'}, {'start': '1627.080', 'end': '1632.720', 'text': 'wrong actions to do right things,'}, {'start': '1630.000', 'end': '1635.520', 'text': 'and giving up passion to attain'}, {'start': '1632.720', 'end': '1638.480', 'text': 'enlightenment.  As for the karmic debts and'}, {'start': '1635.520', 'end': '1640.600', 'text': 'unjust relationships that we have intentionally or unintentionally created,'}, {'start': '1638.480', 'end': '1643.279', 'text': 'we must use the good'}, {'start': '1640.600', 'end': '1646.440', 'text': 'karma we have sown to resolve and transform'}, {'start': '1643.279', 'end': '1648.960', 'text': 'them.  Coming to Buddha is to rely'}, {'start': '1646.440', 'end': '1651.760', 'text': 'on the source of compassionate energy and listen to'}, {'start': '1648.960', 'end': '1655.120', 'text': 'the teachings on the path of truth.'}, {'start': '1651.760', 'end': '1657.640', 'text': 'just find a way to go.'}, {'start': '1655.120', 'end': '1660.559', 'text': 'Buddha cannot help us resolve all'}, {'start': '1657.640', 'end': '1663.240', 'text': 'the grudges that are stuck in our hearts, but he'}, {'start': '1660.559', 'end': '1665.399', 'text': 'can only show us the way to'}, {'start': '1663.240', 'end': '1668.760', 'text': 'transform those grudges into'}, {'start': '1665.399', 'end': '1671.440', 'text': 'good karma.  If the mind is still full of delusions and'}, {'start': '1668.760', 'end': '1674.360', 'text': 'unwholesome thoughts, even though one'}, {'start': '1671.440', 'end': '1676.720', 'text': 'wishes to eliminate disasters and resolve difficulties,'}, {'start': '1674.360', 'end': '1678.840', 'text': 'but continues to sow unwholesome causes,'}, {'start': '1676.720', 'end': '1681.519', 'text': 'then no matter how many sutras one recites or'}, {'start': '1678.840', 'end': '1684.000', 'text': 'how many'}, {'start': '1681.519', 'end': '1687.799', 'text': 'Buddhas one sincerely worships, it will be difficult to escape'}, {'start': '1684.000', 'end': '1690.360', 'text': 'the suffering that clings to one.  So if we try to'}, {'start': '1687.799', 'end': '1692.679', 'text': 'live a good life and sow good things,'}, {'start': '1690.360', 'end': '1695.399', 'text': 'when will we be able to feel'}, {'start': '1692.679', 'end': '1698.120', 'text': 'those blessings?  To answer'}, {'start': '1695.399', 'end': '1701.240', 'text': 'this question, let me quote a passage from'}, {'start': '1698.120', 'end': '1703.440', 'text': 'the Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.  This is a'}, {'start': '1701.240', 'end': '1706.720', 'text': 'sutra that records the profound vows'}, {'start': '1703.440', 'end': '1709.799', 'text': 'of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.  He is a'}, {'start': '1706.720', 'end': '1712.480', 'text': 'Bodhisattva with a great compassionate heart, whose'}, {'start': '1709.799', 'end': '1714.880', 'text': 'mouth saves all sentient beings in the six realms.'}, {'start': '1712.480', 'end': '1718.080', 'text': 'His great compassion corresponds to the'}, {'start': '1714.880', 'end': '1720.600', 'text': 'nature of the earth, which contains all things.  As the'}, {'start': '1718.080', 'end': '1723.360', 'text': 'sutra teaches, if today we see a'}, {'start': '1720.600', 'end': '1726.480', 'text': 'rich person who knows how to turn back and abandon'}, {'start': '1723.360', 'end': '1728.679', 'text': 'evil, diligently practice good deeds and'}, {'start': '1726.480', 'end': '1731.200', 'text': 'rely on the Dharma, then right'}, {'start': '1728.679', 'end': '1733.960', 'text': 'now that person is enjoying'}, {'start': '1731.200', 'end': '1736.360', 'text': 'blessings.  If people who are blessed'}, {'start': '1733.960', 'end': '1738.440', 'text': 'know how to pray and cultivate their mind and character,'}, {'start': '1736.360', 'end': '1741.679', 'text': 'their blessings will continue to'}, {'start': '1738.440', 'end': '1744.720', 'text': 'grow.  On the contrary, people who'}, {'start': '1741.679', 'end': '1747.600', 'text': 'become arrogant and ignorant because of enjoying blessings will'}, {'start': '1744.720', 'end': '1750.799', 'text': 'gradually age.  The blessings accumulated'}, {'start': '1747.600', 'end': '1752.919', 'text': 'before will also be exhausted.  For that reason,'}, {'start': '1750.799', 'end': '1755.399', 'text': 'Buddhism always reminds us to always'}, {'start': '1752.919', 'end': '1758.600', 'text': 'keep our minds alert and not be infatuated with'}, {'start': '1755.399', 'end': '1761.640', 'text': 'illusory things.  No matter how great the blessing is'}, {'start': '1758.600', 'end': '1764.399', 'text': ', if you only know how to enjoy it, it will eventually'}, {'start': '1761.640', 'end': '1766.840', 'text': 'be gone.  Only by constantly cultivating'}, {'start': '1764.399', 'end': '1769.840', 'text': 'virtue can that moment last'}, {'start': '1766.840', 'end': '1773.000', 'text': 'long.  People who have created bad karma'}, {'start': '1769.840', 'end': '1775.360', 'text': ', when the blessings have been exhausted, the'}, {'start': '1773.000', 'end': '1777.799', 'text': 'consequences of that karma will appear.'}, {'start': '1775.360', 'end': '1779.679', 'text': 'peace cannot last  But in the'}, {'start': '1777.799', 'end': '1782.080', 'text': 'previous life, he diligently cultivated'}, {'start': '1779.679', 'end': '1785.320', 'text': 'virtue and planted good roots.  But in'}, {'start': '1782.080', 'end': '1787.880', 'text': 'this life, because of wealth and prosperity, if one'}, {'start': '1785.320', 'end': '1790.480', 'text': 'forgets to practice and sows'}, {'start': '1787.880', 'end': '1793.159', 'text': 'unwholesome causes, then when the'}, {'start': '1790.480', 'end': '1795.440', 'text': 'old blessings have been enjoyed, one'}, {'start': '1793.159', 'end': '1797.960', 'text': 'will soon return to the direction of'}, {'start': '1795.440', 'end': '1801.039', 'text': 'bad karma.  Buddhas often teach their disciples that the'}, {'start': '1797.960', 'end': '1803.279', 'text': 'blessings of three lives are: the first life sows'}, {'start': '1801.039', 'end': '1806.559', 'text': 'good causes, the second life reaps the fruits of'}, {'start': '1803.279', 'end': '1809.000', 'text': 'good deeds, and the third life gradually declines.  If we only'}, {'start': '1806.559', 'end': '1811.120', 'text': 'know how to enjoy the blessings we have'}, {'start': '1809.000', 'end': '1813.919', 'text': 'without knowing how to continue to sow more'}, {'start': '1811.120', 'end': '1816.679', 'text': 'good seeds, then those blessings will hardly last'}, {'start': '1813.919', 'end': '1819.360', 'text': 'long.  Only when we can'}, {'start': '1816.679', 'end': '1821.640', 'text': 'peacefully enjoy the blessings we have'}, {'start': '1819.360', 'end': '1824.360', 'text': 'without being entangled or infatuated with the'}, {'start': '1821.640', 'end': '1826.840', 'text': 'material pleasures of the world,'}, {'start': '1824.360', 'end': '1830.200', 'text': 'then at least we have come close to the'}, {'start': '1826.840', 'end': '1832.600', 'text': 'path of Arhat and can be at'}, {'start': '1830.200', 'end': '1835.720', 'text': 'ease in the realm of bliss.  As for the great'}, {'start': '1832.600', 'end': '1837.880', 'text': 'bodhisattvas of the Dharmakaya, with their enlightenment and'}, {'start': '1835.720', 'end': '1840.720', 'text': 'immeasurable merits, they can enjoy'}, {'start': '1837.880', 'end': '1843.440', 'text': 'extremely great blessings and move'}, {'start': '1840.720', 'end': '1846.399', 'text': 'towards the tranquil realm of nirvana or the'}, {'start': '1843.440', 'end': '1848.720', 'text': 'majestic world of ultimate bliss.  The time'}, {'start': '1846.399', 'end': '1851.519', 'text': 'when we can feel and enjoy'}, {'start': '1848.720', 'end': '1853.519', 'text': 'blessings in the most complete and meaningful way'}, {'start': '1851.519', 'end': '1856.120', 'text': 'is when we constantly cultivate'}, {'start': '1853.519', 'end': '1859.399', 'text': 'more good causes because that is the type of'}, {'start': '1856.120', 'end': '1861.960', 'text': 'blessing that is solid, long-lasting, sustainable, and'}, {'start': '1859.399', 'end': '1864.440', 'text': 'never exhausted.  Good fortune will'}, {'start': '1861.960', 'end': '1867.120', 'text': 'appear when the conditions are ripe.'}, {'start': '1864.440', 'end': '1869.639', 'text': 'Wealth and a nice house are not necessarily'}, {'start': '1867.120', 'end': '1872.000', 'text': 'true blessings.  Peace'}, {'start': '1869.639', 'end': '1874.240', 'text': 'of mind, good health and'}, {'start': '1872.000', 'end': '1877.480', 'text': 'true happiness are truly'}, {'start': '1874.240', 'end': '1880.000', 'text': 'precious blessings.  The essential thing is that our mind'}, {'start': '1877.480', 'end': '1882.320', 'text': 'does not get caught up in, is no longer infatuated with'}, {'start': '1880.000', 'end': '1885.159', 'text': 'those things, and constantly creates'}, {'start': '1882.320', 'end': '1888.000', 'text': 'more causes and conditions.  At that time, we will'}, {'start': '1885.159', 'end': '1890.159', 'text': 'enjoy endless blessings, both'}, {'start': '1888.000', 'end': '1892.679', 'text': 'receiving good results and continuing to'}, {'start': '1890.159', 'end': '1896.200', 'text': 'sow more good seeds.  forever'}, {'start': '1892.679', 'end': '1896.200', 'text': 'happy and free'}]