[English Version] Buddha's Blessings
金菩提宗師 Grandmaster JinBodhi
[{'start': '1.439', 'end': '8.639', 'text': 'Hello dear friends. Hello grandmaster.'}, {'start': '5.920', 'end': '11.840', 'text': "Today let's discuss a topic. In this"}, {'start': '8.639', 'end': '13.719', 'text': 'vast journey of life, people often find'}, {'start': '11.840', 'end': '16.000', 'text': 'themselves at critical'}, {'start': '13.719', 'end': '17.800', 'text': 'junctures encountering either good'}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '20.800', 'text': 'fortune or'}, {'start': '17.800', 'end': '22.680', 'text': 'misfortune. For the fortunate ones, they'}, {'start': '20.800', 'end': '25.320', 'text': 'may be'}, {'start': '22.680', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'rescued, their lives'}, {'start': '25.320', 'end': '30.480', 'text': 'extended, or they become wealthy, no'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '31.640', 'text': 'longer suffering from poverty, among'}, {'start': '30.480', 'end': '34.920', 'text': 'other'}, {'start': '31.640', 'end': '37.200', 'text': 'blessings. However, for those who are'}, {'start': '34.920', 'end': '41.200', 'text': 'unfortunate, they may suddenly get'}, {'start': '37.200', 'end': '46.120', 'text': 'injured or lose their lives or even fall'}, {'start': '41.200', 'end': '46.120', 'text': 'into the economic trap set by others.'}, {'start': '49.200', 'end': '55.800', 'text': 'Thus, between luck and misfortune, there'}, {'start': '52.079', 'end': '59.840', 'text': 'are numerous complexities in this'}, {'start': '55.800', 'end': '64.280', 'text': "world. Next, let's take a look at some"}, {'start': '59.840', 'end': '64.280', 'text': 'videos shared by friends online.'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '131.120', 'text': 'You see between luck and misfortune it'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '134.280', 'text': 'happens in an instant just like what we'}, {'start': '131.120', 'end': '137.360', 'text': "saw earlier. It's a matter of life and"}, {'start': '134.280', 'end': '141.360', 'text': 'death. Some people upon seeing a need'}, {'start': '137.360', 'end': '144.440', 'text': 'for help step in to assist. As a result'}, {'start': '141.360', 'end': '147.360', 'text': 'by helping others they end up helping'}, {'start': '144.440', 'end': '150.160', 'text': 'themselves. Therefore, in various'}, {'start': '147.360', 'end': '150.160', 'text': 'incidents that'}, {'start': '151.080', 'end': '155.720', 'text': 'occur, if you carefully analyze and'}, {'start': '153.920', 'end': '158.239', 'text': 'observe'}, {'start': '155.720', 'end': '160.040', 'text': "them, you'll find there's always a"}, {'start': '158.239', 'end': '162.879', 'text': 'reason behind'}, {'start': '160.040', 'end': '165.840', 'text': 'them. According to Buddhist teachings,'}, {'start': '162.879', 'end': '167.920', 'text': 'some believe that lucky individuals'}, {'start': '165.840', 'end': '170.160', 'text': 'might be those who have accumulated more'}, {'start': '167.920', 'end': '170.160', 'text': 'good'}, {'start': '171.319', 'end': '175.800', 'text': 'deeds. Those who are unfortunate may'}, {'start': '174.160', 'end': '180.080', 'text': 'hope to gain more'}, {'start': '175.800', 'end': '180.080', 'text': 'virtues to make themselves more'}, {'start': '184.280', 'end': '190.360', 'text': 'auspicious. All due to these'}, {'start': '187.000', 'end': '194.800', 'text': 'merits when disaster seems'}, {'start': '190.360', 'end': '194.800', 'text': 'imminent they are saved and remain'}, {'start': '194.920', 'end': '200.959', 'text': 'unharmed. There are countless instances'}, {'start': '197.440', 'end': '202.680', 'text': "of this throughout one's life. One might"}, {'start': '200.959', 'end': '205.440', 'text': 'go through numerous dangerous'}, {'start': '202.680', 'end': '208.319', 'text': 'situations, experiencing disasters in'}, {'start': '205.440', 'end': '211.440', 'text': "perilous conditions. Today, I'm sharing"}, {'start': '208.319', 'end': '214.680', 'text': 'these stories from our friends and their'}, {'start': '211.440', 'end': '217.680', 'text': 'personal experiences with'}, {'start': '214.680', 'end': '218.920', 'text': 'everyone. You may savor them like fine'}, {'start': '217.680', 'end': '221.760', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '218.920', 'end': '225.200', 'text': 'cuisine. Carefully analyze and ponder'}, {'start': '221.760', 'end': '227.840', 'text': 'their essence. Juan, thank you,'}, {'start': '225.200', 'end': '230.400', 'text': 'Grandmaster. First, I bring you a story'}, {'start': '227.840', 'end': '232.480', 'text': 'from a US viewer, Shaolin. Everyone'}, {'start': '230.400', 'end': '234.640', 'text': 'should hear her story, the fortune and'}, {'start': '232.480', 'end': '237.439', 'text': 'misfortune behind her story and the'}, {'start': '234.640', 'end': '241.000', 'text': 'reasons for them. Shaolin grew up in the'}, {'start': '237.439', 'end': '243.439', 'text': "United States. She wasn't very"}, {'start': '241.000', 'end': '245.319', 'text': 'religious. She would only visit temples'}, {'start': '243.439', 'end': '248.080', 'text': 'during'}, {'start': '245.319', 'end': '251.120', 'text': 'festivals. She only understood ancestral'}, {'start': '248.080', 'end': '253.360', 'text': 'family values after marriage.'}, {'start': '251.120', 'end': '255.280', 'text': 'She married into the Lee family, a'}, {'start': '253.360', 'end': '258.000', 'text': 'prominent family in a small town in'}, {'start': '255.280', 'end': '260.160', 'text': 'southern Taiwan. Their ancestors were'}, {'start': '258.000', 'end': '263.240', 'text': 'officials and they performed many good'}, {'start': '260.160', 'end': '266.479', 'text': 'deeds. People say they are a family of'}, {'start': '263.240', 'end': '268.600', 'text': 'virtue. After marrying, Shaolin lived'}, {'start': '266.479', 'end': '270.800', 'text': 'with her'}, {'start': '268.600', 'end': '271.560', 'text': 'father-in-law. Her father-in-law was'}, {'start': '270.800', 'end': '274.160', 'text': 'very'}, {'start': '271.560', 'end': '277.680', 'text': 'devout. Billy family passed down a'}, {'start': '274.160', 'end': '280.479', 'text': 'statue of Buddha sakimonyi. Her'}, {'start': '277.680', 'end': '283.440', 'text': 'father-in-law offered incense every day,'}, {'start': '280.479', 'end': '286.160', 'text': 'presented water and rice without fail.'}, {'start': '283.440', 'end': '288.360', 'text': 'Moreover, their family also worships an'}, {'start': '286.160', 'end': '291.280', 'text': 'ancestral'}, {'start': '288.360', 'end': '293.400', 'text': 'tablet. In front of this tablet, there'}, {'start': '291.280', 'end': '296.720', 'text': 'is an ever burning oil'}, {'start': '293.400', 'end': '300.000', 'text': 'lamp. Everyday the father-in-law must'}, {'start': '296.720', 'end': '302.479', 'text': 'add oil and clean it. This oil lamp has'}, {'start': '300.000', 'end': '304.639', 'text': 'been kept burning for years. Up until my'}, {'start': '302.479', 'end': '307.280', 'text': 'father-in-law, it had been passed down'}, {'start': '304.639', 'end': '309.759', 'text': 'for three generations. He instructed'}, {'start': '307.280', 'end': '311.840', 'text': 'that as long as the lamp remains lit,'}, {'start': '309.759', 'end': '313.919', 'text': "our family's lineage can keep thriving"}, {'start': '311.840', 'end': '316.479', 'text': 'and stay prosperous. While the'}, {'start': '313.919', 'end': '318.800', 'text': "father-in-law was alive, Shaolin didn't"}, {'start': '316.479', 'end': '319.560', 'text': "quite understand, but she didn't want to"}, {'start': '318.800', 'end': '322.639', 'text': 'say'}, {'start': '319.560', 'end': '325.120', 'text': 'much. Since he was retired, he continued'}, {'start': '322.639', 'end': '328.000', 'text': 'the practice. The father-in-law passed'}, {'start': '325.120', 'end': '330.720', 'text': 'away later. The responsibility then fell'}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '333.320', 'text': "to Shaolin's husband. Being the eldest"}, {'start': '330.720', 'end': '335.759', 'text': 'son, he was usually honest and'}, {'start': '333.320', 'end': '339.039', 'text': 'filial. He inherited this family'}, {'start': '335.759', 'end': '339.039', 'text': 'responsibility from his'}, {'start': '339.320', 'end': '343.320', 'text': "father. Initially, Shaolin's husband was"}, {'start': '342.320', 'end': '345.600', 'text': 'very'}, {'start': '343.320', 'end': '348.440', 'text': 'respectful. He often went to worship'}, {'start': '345.600', 'end': '351.520', 'text': 'Buddha and the ancestral'}, {'start': '348.440', 'end': '352.840', 'text': "tablet. Everyday, they'd ensure the oil"}, {'start': '351.520', 'end': '355.199', 'text': 'lamp was'}, {'start': '352.840', 'end': '357.440', 'text': 'filled. But for Shaolin, the'}, {'start': '355.199', 'end': '360.639', 'text': 'daughter-in-law, she gradually began to'}, {'start': '357.440', 'end': '362.560', 'text': "nag. What's the point? Our place isn't"}, {'start': '360.639', 'end': '364.880', 'text': 'that big to begin with, and we have'}, {'start': '362.560', 'end': '367.840', 'text': 'three kids to raise. All these things'}, {'start': '364.880', 'end': '369.919', 'text': 'take up an entire wall. You barely have'}, {'start': '367.840', 'end': '372.759', 'text': 'time for the kids, yet you tinker with'}, {'start': '369.919', 'end': '375.199', 'text': 'these everyday. She often voiced her'}, {'start': '372.759', 'end': '377.360', 'text': 'complaints. She would say, "There\'s no'}, {'start': '375.199', 'end': '379.759', 'text': "need to put in so much effort. It's fine"}, {'start': '377.360', 'end': '382.479', 'text': "to pray occasionally. As for Shaolin's"}, {'start': '379.759', 'end': '384.639', 'text': 'husband, he is quite susceptible. He'}, {'start': '382.479', 'end': '387.520', 'text': 'gradually became lazy, only'}, {'start': '384.639', 'end': '390.479', 'text': 'participating during festivals.'}, {'start': '387.520', 'end': '394.600', 'text': "He wasn't very serious about it. He just"}, {'start': '390.479', 'end': '397.360', 'text': 'checked the oil lamp every day just like'}, {'start': '394.600', 'end': '399.680', 'text': 'before. Later, they moved and renovated'}, {'start': '397.360', 'end': '402.479', 'text': 'their new home. Where should they place'}, {'start': '399.680', 'end': '404.160', 'text': 'the altar and the ancestral tablets?'}, {'start': '402.479', 'end': '406.479', 'text': 'They could only put them in the living'}, {'start': '404.160', 'end': '409.280', 'text': 'room. Xiaolin looked at them everyday'}, {'start': '406.479', 'end': '412.000', 'text': 'and found them unpleasant. She said, "We'}, {'start': '409.280', 'end': '415.520', 'text': 'have a modern decor style and these'}, {'start': '412.000', 'end': '417.840', 'text': 'traditional rustic items don\'t fit." Oh,'}, {'start': '415.520', 'end': '421.599', 'text': 'indeed. She felt uncomfortable seeing'}, {'start': '417.840', 'end': '424.160', 'text': 'them every day. Finally, one day prior'}, {'start': '421.599', 'end': '426.240', 'text': 'to Lunar New Year, during cleaning,'}, {'start': '424.160', 'end': '428.479', 'text': 'Shaolin packed up the Buddha statue and'}, {'start': '426.240', 'end': '430.720', 'text': 'the ancestor tablet and put them all in'}, {'start': '428.479', 'end': '433.199', 'text': 'the storage cabinet. Her husband saw'}, {'start': '430.720', 'end': '436.039', 'text': 'this and said, "Doing this doesn\'t feel'}, {'start': '433.199', 'end': '438.720', 'text': 'right. Dad always said these were very'}, {'start': '436.039', 'end': '441.520', 'text': 'important." Shaolin replied, "But dad'}, {'start': '438.720', 'end': '443.280', 'text': "never said we couldn't store them. Let's"}, {'start': '441.520', 'end': '445.360', 'text': 'do it this way. We<unk>ll keep the ever'}, {'start': '443.280', 'end': '447.680', 'text': 'burning oil lamp. You just need to light'}, {'start': '445.360', 'end': '450.160', 'text': "the lamp every day. At least there's"}, {'start': '447.680', 'end': '451.160', 'text': "light when we wake at night. Let's stick"}, {'start': '450.160', 'end': '455.319', 'text': 'with this'}, {'start': '451.160', 'end': '458.080', 'text': 'plan. However, things began to'}, {'start': '455.319', 'end': '460.319', 'text': "change. A few days later, it's the"}, {'start': '458.080', 'end': '462.800', 'text': "anniversary of his father's death."}, {'start': '460.319', 'end': '465.039', 'text': 'Shaolin<unk>s husband, as his son still'}, {'start': '462.800', 'end': '467.440', 'text': "remembered. He took out his father's"}, {'start': '465.039', 'end': '469.520', 'text': 'photo and placed it for prayers. The'}, {'start': '467.440', 'end': '472.240', 'text': 'fruits and vegetarian dishes his father'}, {'start': '469.520', 'end': '474.319', 'text': 'loved were placed before the photo. He'}, {'start': '472.240', 'end': '476.960', 'text': 'then asked Shaolin, "Let\'s<unk> pay our'}, {'start': '474.319', 'end': '478.840', 'text': 'respects to dad together." Shaolin was'}, {'start': '476.960', 'end': '481.759', 'text': 'busy with things and felt impatient'}, {'start': '478.840', 'end': '484.400', 'text': 'inside. She remarked with a sarcastic'}, {'start': '481.759', 'end': '486.120', 'text': 'tone, "You just put a photo there. Can'}, {'start': '484.400', 'end': '489.240', 'text': 'the photo be eaten or'}, {'start': '486.120', 'end': '493.479', 'text': 'drunk?" As she spoke such cynical'}, {'start': '489.240', 'end': '496.160', 'text': 'words with a bang, the eternal lamp went'}, {'start': '493.479', 'end': '497.639', 'text': 'out. The two looked at each other, their'}, {'start': '496.160', 'end': '500.400', 'text': 'hearts pounding'}, {'start': '497.639', 'end': '503.440', 'text': 'loudly. "How strange! What\'s going on'}, {'start': '500.400', 'end': '506.560', 'text': "here? There's no wind inside the house."}, {'start': '503.440', 'end': '509.039', 'text': 'The oil lamp is filled with oil. How did'}, {'start': '506.560', 'end': '511.440', 'text': "it just go out like that? It's been"}, {'start': '509.039', 'end': '513.919', 'text': 'three generations. Now the fourth'}, {'start': '511.440', 'end': '516.320', 'text': "generation is with them. It's never gone"}, {'start': '513.919', 'end': '518.719', 'text': 'out before. The two of them started to'}, {'start': '516.320', 'end': '521.120', 'text': "panic. They panicked and didn't honor"}, {'start': '518.719', 'end': '523.839', 'text': 'him. They felt defeated and went about'}, {'start': '521.120', 'end': '525.080', 'text': 'their own business. Slowly, trouble'}, {'start': '523.839', 'end': '527.440', 'text': 'began to'}, {'start': '525.080', 'end': '530.160', 'text': "brew. Shaolin's husband was in"}, {'start': '527.440', 'end': '532.399', 'text': 'engineering. He negotiated a project'}, {'start': '530.160', 'end': '534.880', 'text': 'with someone. Everything was going'}, {'start': '532.399', 'end': '537.360', 'text': 'smoothly and it was ready to start. He'}, {'start': '534.880', 'end': '539.680', 'text': 'went to collect the advanced payment.'}, {'start': '537.360', 'end': '542.480', 'text': 'While negotiating a contract, the other'}, {'start': '539.680', 'end': '543.480', 'text': 'party suddenly backed out. He was'}, {'start': '542.480', 'end': '545.839', 'text': 'completely'}, {'start': '543.480', 'end': '548.399', 'text': 'distressed. Feeling like ants on a hot'}, {'start': '545.839', 'end': '550.320', 'text': "pan, utterly anxious. He didn't"}, {'start': '548.399', 'end': '552.640', 'text': 'understand what was happening.'}, {'start': '550.320', 'end': '555.360', 'text': 'Meanwhile, Shaolin, the lady of the'}, {'start': '552.640', 'end': '558.720', 'text': 'house, was in the kitchen cooking. She'}, {'start': '555.360', 'end': '561.680', 'text': 'is usually very quick, but that day for'}, {'start': '558.720', 'end': '563.760', 'text': 'some reason she accidentally cut her'}, {'start': '561.680', 'end': '567.040', 'text': 'finger with a knife. It left a long'}, {'start': '563.760', 'end': '569.200', 'text': 'gash. Blood was flowing profusely. They'}, {'start': '567.040', 'end': '572.000', 'text': 'rushed to the hospital, brushed with'}, {'start': '569.200', 'end': '573.959', 'text': 'tetanus, and got stitches. The nurse'}, {'start': '572.000', 'end': '578.160', 'text': 'asked, "Do you not cook'}, {'start': '573.959', 'end': '581.279', 'text': "often? Is your knife new? It's so sharp."}, {'start': '578.160', 'end': '583.200', 'text': 'The cut is so deep and long." Shaolin'}, {'start': '581.279', 'end': '585.279', 'text': 'responded, "Our knife barely cuts'}, {'start': '583.200', 'end': '588.160', 'text': 'through meat normally. How did it cut me'}, {'start': '585.279', 'end': '590.880', 'text': 'so easily now? We have no idea how it'}, {'start': '588.160', 'end': '593.519', 'text': 'happened. After some time, the youngest'}, {'start': '590.880', 'end': '595.680', 'text': 'daughter of the three kids, the one most'}, {'start': '593.519', 'end': '598.320', 'text': 'cherished by them, suddenly came down'}, {'start': '595.680', 'end': '600.560', 'text': 'with a 40°ree high fever. Even after'}, {'start': '598.320', 'end': '603.279', 'text': 'taking medication and a fever reducing'}, {'start': '600.560', 'end': '605.600', 'text': 'injection, the fever returned. Seeing'}, {'start': '603.279', 'end': '608.399', 'text': 'her cheeks flushed red, the couple felt'}, {'start': '605.600', 'end': '610.959', 'text': 'extremely anxious. At night, they held'}, {'start': '608.399', 'end': '613.279', 'text': 'her to comfort her to sleep. While'}, {'start': '610.959', 'end': '614.440', 'text': 'comforting the child, they heard her'}, {'start': '613.279', 'end': '618.000', 'text': 'mumble'}, {'start': '614.440', 'end': '619.560', 'text': 'something. Grandpa is upset. The couple'}, {'start': '618.000', 'end': '621.839', 'text': 'sat up in'}, {'start': '619.560', 'end': '623.839', 'text': 'shock. They wondered if it was because'}, {'start': '621.839', 'end': '624.760', 'text': "they hadn't honored him properly or"}, {'start': '623.839', 'end': '628.160', 'text': 'something'}, {'start': '624.760', 'end': '630.560', 'text': 'else. Could grandpa really be upset? Now'}, {'start': '628.160', 'end': '632.760', 'text': 'they were even more scared. They thought'}, {'start': '630.560', 'end': '635.120', 'text': 'no matter what, they had to rush to the'}, {'start': '632.760', 'end': '637.519', 'text': 'temple. First, they would calm the'}, {'start': '635.120', 'end': '639.680', 'text': "child's fears and then inquire. Then"}, {'start': '637.519', 'end': '642.920', 'text': 'they went to the temple. They found a'}, {'start': '639.680', 'end': '646.399', 'text': 'renowned spiritual master to'}, {'start': '642.920', 'end': '649.279', 'text': 'consult. First they calmed the child.'}, {'start': '646.399', 'end': '651.200', 'text': 'Then they recounted the situation'}, {'start': '649.279', 'end': '653.360', 'text': 'including what the child mentioned.'}, {'start': '651.200', 'end': '655.440', 'text': 'Could it be related to this? While'}, {'start': '653.360', 'end': '657.600', 'text': "explaining the spiritual master's"}, {'start': '655.440', 'end': '659.160', 'text': 'expression changed. His voice'}, {'start': '657.600', 'end': '661.680', 'text': 'transformed as'}, {'start': '659.160', 'end': '664.720', 'text': 'well. His eyes seemed to blaze with'}, {'start': '661.680', 'end': '668.000', 'text': 'anger glaring at them.'}, {'start': '664.720', 'end': '670.079', 'text': 'Then he said, "You unfil descendants,'}, {'start': '668.000', 'end': '672.480', 'text': 'the Buddha statue was passed down for'}, {'start': '670.079', 'end': '674.240', 'text': 'years, yet you locked it away. You'}, {'start': '672.480', 'end': '676.480', 'text': "haven't honored the ancestral tablet"}, {'start': '674.240', 'end': '678.920', 'text': "either. When I passed away, you didn't"}, {'start': '676.480', 'end': '681.440', 'text': "even hold memorials. It's<unk> truly"}, {'start': '678.920', 'end': '683.279', 'text': 'infuriating." Upon hearing the voice and'}, {'start': '681.440', 'end': '685.200', 'text': 'seeing the demeanor, the gaze was'}, {'start': '683.279', 'end': '688.000', 'text': 'exactly like their father when he was'}, {'start': '685.200', 'end': '689.640', 'text': 'alive. They were terrified. They quickly'}, {'start': '688.000', 'end': '693.279', 'text': 'fell to their knees and started'}, {'start': '689.640', 'end': '695.040', 'text': "cowtowing. Dad, I'm sorry. I'm sorry."}, {'start': '693.279', 'end': '697.040', 'text': 'Please forgive us and spare the'}, {'start': '695.040', 'end': '699.200', 'text': 'children. We<unk>ll go back and worship'}, {'start': '697.040', 'end': '702.320', 'text': "the Buddha. We're<unk> so sorry. They"}, {'start': '699.200', 'end': '704.560', 'text': 'kept on cowtowing. After returning home,'}, {'start': '702.320', 'end': '707.120', 'text': 'this time they were sincere, too scared'}, {'start': '704.560', 'end': '708.760', 'text': 'not to be. They carefully redeployed the'}, {'start': '707.120', 'end': '710.880', 'text': 'Buddha statue for'}, {'start': '708.760', 'end': '713.279', 'text': 'worship. Then they polished the'}, {'start': '710.880', 'end': '715.519', 'text': 'ancestral tablets. Everything was'}, {'start': '713.279', 'end': '718.959', 'text': 'arranged beautifully. They offered'}, {'start': '715.519', 'end': '721.600', 'text': 'water, rice, flowers, fruits, and'}, {'start': '718.959', 'end': '724.480', 'text': 'incense for everything. The eternal lamp'}, {'start': '721.600', 'end': '727.200', 'text': 'was kept burning brightly with the oil'}, {'start': '724.480', 'end': '729.120', 'text': 'refilled daily, filled to the brim.'}, {'start': '727.200', 'end': '732.000', 'text': 'Additionally, the couple visited the'}, {'start': '729.120', 'end': '734.320', 'text': 'temple again and performed great deeds'}, {'start': '732.000', 'end': '737.360', 'text': 'in honor of their father-in-law. They'}, {'start': '734.320', 'end': '739.680', 'text': 'also lit seven of these eternal lamps.'}, {'start': '737.360', 'end': '742.120', 'text': 'They worshiped and repented there,'}, {'start': '739.680', 'end': '745.760', 'text': 'praying for their ancestors'}, {'start': '742.120', 'end': '748.560', 'text': "forgiveness. After some time, Shaolin's"}, {'start': '745.760', 'end': '751.279', 'text': 'husband came home one day and told her,'}, {'start': '748.560', 'end': '753.760', 'text': '"Guess what? that stressful business I'}, {'start': '751.279', 'end': '756.639', 'text': 'had been dealing with today. The other'}, {'start': '753.760', 'end': '759.519', 'text': "party approached me. I've recovered the"}, {'start': '756.639', 'end': '761.399', 'text': 'contract. They even paid me in advance.'}, {'start': '759.519', 'end': '764.519', 'text': 'Could this be our ancestors'}, {'start': '761.399', 'end': '766.720', 'text': 'blessing? Such amazing luck. And the'}, {'start': '764.519', 'end': '767.720', 'text': 'children. All of them grew up healthy'}, {'start': '766.720', 'end': '770.160', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '767.720', 'end': '773.120', 'text': 'active. Never catching those strange'}, {'start': '770.160', 'end': '775.440', 'text': 'illnesses again. The family was happy.'}, {'start': '773.120', 'end': '777.680', 'text': 'Only Shaolin, looking at the long scar'}, {'start': '775.440', 'end': '780.160', 'text': 'on her hand, was very clear in her'}, {'start': '777.680', 'end': '782.360', 'text': 'heart. We must always revere the gods'}, {'start': '780.160', 'end': '784.720', 'text': 'and Buddha. Always respect your'}, {'start': '782.360', 'end': '787.560', 'text': 'ancestors. Always properly honor and'}, {'start': '784.720', 'end': '790.880', 'text': 'worship your departed loved'}, {'start': '787.560', 'end': '793.240', 'text': 'ones. This is a story like that. It is'}, {'start': '790.880', 'end': '795.519', 'text': 'very'}, {'start': '793.240', 'end': '797.959', 'text': 'intriguing. It is obvious that her'}, {'start': '795.519', 'end': '800.240', 'text': 'ancestors were'}, {'start': '797.959', 'end': '802.639', 'text': 'angry. They were punishing these'}, {'start': '800.240', 'end': '804.480', 'text': 'disrespectful descendants.'}, {'start': '802.639', 'end': '807.680', 'text': "Whether you believe it or not, it's"}, {'start': '804.480', 'end': '810.680', 'text': 'beyond you. The event will happen right'}, {'start': '807.680', 'end': '812.920', 'text': 'before you. You truly face the'}, {'start': '810.680', 'end': '815.120', 'text': 'consequences, experiencing the pain'}, {'start': '812.920', 'end': '820.279', 'text': 'firsthand. Only then you believe and'}, {'start': '815.120', 'end': '823.839', 'text': 'repent. This is foolish. Yes, it'}, {'start': '820.279', 'end': '826.519', 'text': 'is. These are rules set by ancestors.'}, {'start': '823.839', 'end': '829.120', 'text': "The descendants shouldn't change them"}, {'start': '826.519', 'end': '832.240', 'text': "lightly. Not that they can't ever change"}, {'start': '829.120', 'end': '835.240', 'text': "them. If you change them, you'll pay a"}, {'start': '832.240', 'end': '838.399', 'text': 'high price. Yes. Look at their family'}, {'start': '835.240', 'end': '841.839', 'text': 'misfortunes. She cut her hand, then had'}, {'start': '838.399', 'end': '843.240', 'text': 'a rough career and lost money and the'}, {'start': '841.839', 'end': '846.240', 'text': "child's health"}, {'start': '843.240', 'end': '849.360', 'text': 'issues. If it persists, it might affect'}, {'start': '846.240', 'end': '852.160', 'text': "mental health, too. If she doesn't"}, {'start': '849.360', 'end': '855.040', 'text': 'change this soon, there might be bigger'}, {'start': '852.160', 'end': '857.760', 'text': "problems. Oh, look, there's more."}, {'start': '855.040', 'end': '860.320', 'text': 'Because the old man is really upset.'}, {'start': '857.760', 'end': '862.320', 'text': 'Among all these punishments, cutting a'}, {'start': '860.320', 'end': '865.680', 'text': "small slit on your hand isn't really"}, {'start': '862.320', 'end': '869.519', 'text': "punishment. It's just a reminder. Yes,"}, {'start': '865.680', 'end': '871.920', 'text': "that's right. This is quite troublesome."}, {'start': '869.519', 'end': '874.959', 'text': 'So, the summary of her story is very'}, {'start': '871.920', 'end': '877.839', 'text': 'clear. Yes, we understand this directly.'}, {'start': '874.959', 'end': '879.680', 'text': "Yes, directly. It's a warning to us. We"}, {'start': '877.839', 'end': '882.560', 'text': 'truly need to respect the divine and'}, {'start': '879.680', 'end': '885.600', 'text': 'honor our ancestors.'}, {'start': '882.560', 'end': '889.399', 'text': 'Yes, indeed.'}, {'start': '885.600', 'end': '891.760', 'text': 'Our online viewers also shared their own'}, {'start': '889.399', 'end': '894.560', 'text': 'experiences, even sharing their painful'}, {'start': '891.760', 'end': '896.639', 'text': "stories. Grandmaster, let's give her a"}, {'start': '894.560', 'end': '899.360', 'text': 'lucky gift to calm her nerves. All'}, {'start': '896.639', 'end': '899.360', 'text': 'right. All'}, {'start': '903.160', 'end': '908.199', 'text': 'right. We are giving Shaolin the'}, {'start': '905.680', 'end': '912.720', 'text': 'Celadone Teaware'}, {'start': '908.199', 'end': '914.639', 'text': 'set and Bodhi Por a complete set. Truly'}, {'start': '912.720', 'end': '917.600', 'text': 'wonderful. Wishing you health and'}, {'start': '914.639', 'end': '919.440', 'text': 'longevity, prosperity and good fortune,'}, {'start': '917.600', 'end': '922.959', 'text': 'wellness to you and your family.'}, {'start': '919.440', 'end': '924.720', 'text': 'Received. Thank you, Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '922.959', 'end': '927.120', 'text': 'Speaking about the connection between'}, {'start': '924.720', 'end': '929.600', 'text': "ancestors and us, there's a story to"}, {'start': '927.120', 'end': '931.160', 'text': "share. It's from Leewan from the Paneang"}, {'start': '929.600', 'end': '934.480', 'text': 'Center in'}, {'start': '931.160', 'end': '938.000', 'text': 'Malaysia. She wrote us a story. She said'}, {'start': '934.480', 'end': '940.959', 'text': 'that in May 2019, her mother had a fall'}, {'start': '938.000', 'end': '943.160', 'text': 'and walking became very painful. 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It'}, {'start': '967.440', 'end': '971.720', 'text': 'happened so suddenly that Leewan was'}, {'start': '970.079', 'end': '974.800', 'text': 'incredibly'}, {'start': '971.720', 'end': '977.680', 'text': 'sad. She was very close to her mother'}, {'start': '974.800', 'end': '979.519', 'text': 'and felt completely drained.'}, {'start': '977.680', 'end': '982.240', 'text': 'Every time she thought of her mother,'}, {'start': '979.519', 'end': '983.800', 'text': "she'd shed tears. She was so heartbroken"}, {'start': '982.240', 'end': '986.800', 'text': "that she couldn't stop"}, {'start': '983.800', 'end': '989.360', 'text': 'crying. In those days, overwhelmed by'}, {'start': '986.800', 'end': '992.199', 'text': 'grief and longing. She dreamt of her'}, {'start': '989.360', 'end': '995.399', 'text': 'mother frequently, up to three times a'}, {'start': '992.199', 'end': '998.320', 'text': 'week. 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She couldn't lift her legs at all,"}, {'start': '1022.079', 'end': '1027.199', 'text': 'only able to shuffle along'}, {'start': '1024.039', 'end': '1029.520', 'text': 'limping. She consulted many doctors and'}, {'start': '1027.199', 'end': '1031.520', 'text': 'tried massage and acupuncture. The'}, {'start': '1029.520', 'end': '1034.079', 'text': 'results were the same, ineffective and'}, {'start': '1031.520', 'end': '1036.400', 'text': 'still very painful. The doctor told her,'}, {'start': '1034.079', 'end': '1037.240', 'text': '"At your age, it\'s normal for your legs'}, {'start': '1036.400', 'end': '1039.360', 'text': 'to'}, {'start': '1037.240', 'end': '1042.799', 'text': 'degenerate. You should walk less and'}, {'start': '1039.360', 'end': '1046.039', 'text': 'rest more." Lewan thought, "How could'}, {'start': '1042.799', 'end': '1050.080', 'text': 'this happen to me at only'}, {'start': '1046.039', 'end': '1052.720', 'text': '54?" Right? So, she always had this'}, {'start': '1050.080', 'end': '1054.880', 'text': 'problem. Until 2020, during the'}, {'start': '1052.720', 'end': '1057.360', 'text': "pandemic, she couldn't go anywhere and"}, {'start': '1054.880', 'end': '1059.200', 'text': 'was stuck at home. One day while'}, {'start': '1057.360', 'end': '1061.840', 'text': 'scrolling through her phone, she came'}, {'start': '1059.200', 'end': '1064.160', 'text': "across Grandmaster's Facebook. A live"}, {'start': '1061.840', 'end': '1066.960', 'text': 'stream popped up. She clicked on it and'}, {'start': '1064.160', 'end': '1069.280', 'text': 'found it quite interesting. Since she'}, {'start': '1066.960', 'end': '1071.520', 'text': 'was free anyway, she began watching'}, {'start': '1069.280', 'end': '1074.160', 'text': "Grandmaster's live stream daily. She"}, {'start': '1071.520', 'end': '1076.160', 'text': 'became a devoted fan of Grandmaster. 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She went to the meditation center'}, {'start': '1102.480', 'end': '1107.679', 'text': 'where a sister suggested'}, {'start': '1105.480', 'end': '1110.080', 'text': 'that. They were about to start a'}, {'start': '1107.679', 'end': '1114.240', 'text': 'retreat. She thought this might help'}, {'start': '1110.080', 'end': '1114.240', 'text': 'with her leg. So, she registered for'}, {'start': '1114.280', 'end': '1120.160', 'text': 'it. While attending the retreat, there'}, {'start': '1117.440', 'end': '1122.600', 'text': 'was a day devoted to chanting for'}, {'start': '1120.160', 'end': '1125.039', 'text': 'deceased'}, {'start': '1122.600', 'end': '1127.520', 'text': 'relatives. 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The light was"}, {'start': '1180.720', 'end': '1184.559', 'text': 'very bright. At that moment, she'}, {'start': '1182.960', 'end': '1188.280', 'text': 'realized her mother was leaving and'}, {'start': '1184.559', 'end': '1190.799', 'text': 'going to a place that was bright and'}, {'start': '1188.280', 'end': '1193.760', 'text': 'peaceful. Since then, she has never'}, {'start': '1190.799', 'end': '1196.559', 'text': 'dreamed of her mother. Additionally, her'}, {'start': '1193.760', 'end': '1198.960', 'text': 'leg pain began to gradually improve.'}, {'start': '1196.559', 'end': '1202.360', 'text': 'Later, she attended several meditation'}, {'start': '1198.960', 'end': '1205.120', 'text': 'classes and her leg pain completely'}, {'start': '1202.360', 'end': '1207.600', 'text': 'healed. Gratitude to the Grandmaster and'}, {'start': '1205.120', 'end': '1209.280', 'text': 'Bodhi light offering for guiding her'}, {'start': '1207.600', 'end': '1212.000', 'text': "mother with Buddha's light to a bright"}, {'start': '1209.280', 'end': '1214.080', 'text': 'and virtuous place and also restoring'}, {'start': '1212.000', 'end': '1216.720', 'text': 'her health. Truly a testament to the'}, {'start': '1214.080', 'end': '1219.200', 'text': "Buddha's protection. When ancestors are"}, {'start': '1216.720', 'end': '1221.280', 'text': 'well, descendants are blessed. Thank'}, {'start': '1219.200', 'end': '1223.679', 'text': 'you, Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '1221.280', 'end': '1225.919', 'text': 'Her story is quite miraculous. Her'}, {'start': '1223.679', 'end': '1228.720', 'text': 'mother had leg pain and then she too'}, {'start': '1225.919', 'end': '1230.880', 'text': 'experienced leg pain. It is often said'}, {'start': '1228.720', 'end': '1234.799', 'text': 'that life and death are worlds apart.'}, {'start': '1230.880', 'end': '1234.799', 'text': 'The information could be conveyed so'}, {'start': '1236.679', 'end': '1241.159', 'text': 'precisely. Yes, she not only received'}, {'start': '1239.200', 'end': '1243.679', 'text': "her mother's"}, {'start': '1241.159', 'end': '1246.559', 'text': 'information, she felt the pain too,'}, {'start': '1243.679', 'end': '1249.760', 'text': 'right? She really received it.'}, {'start': '1246.559', 'end': '1253.000', 'text': 'Some might ask if the sul without a'}, {'start': '1249.760', 'end': '1256.799', 'text': 'physical body still has leg'}, {'start': '1253.000', 'end': '1260.240', 'text': 'pain. I think it is possible. It is what'}, {'start': '1256.799', 'end': '1260.240', 'text': 'we currently refer to as'}, {'start': '1260.600', 'end': '1266.080', 'text': 'life for humans on'}, {'start': '1263.159', 'end': '1267.960', 'text': 'earth. There are many forms of life,'}, {'start': '1266.080', 'end': '1270.480', 'text': 'living states of'}, {'start': '1267.960', 'end': '1273.440', 'text': "existence. It's not just the state we"}, {'start': '1270.480', 'end': '1275.520', 'text': 'see each other in now.'}, {'start': '1273.440', 'end': '1277.760', 'text': 'Like we say, another world of the'}, {'start': '1275.520', 'end': '1280.960', 'text': 'underworld and even multiple other'}, {'start': '1277.760', 'end': '1283.520', 'text': "worlds as well. It's like people wonder"}, {'start': '1280.960', 'end': '1286.880', 'text': 'about aliens in which time and space'}, {'start': '1283.520', 'end': '1289.559', 'text': "they reside. Often it's us who operate"}, {'start': '1286.880', 'end': '1292.440', 'text': 'these spacecraft and airplanes of'}, {'start': '1289.559', 'end': '1293.960', 'text': 'humanity. We might never find'}, {'start': '1292.440', 'end': '1296.039', 'text': 'it,'}, {'start': '1293.960', 'end': '1298.640', 'text': 'but one'}, {'start': '1296.039', 'end': '1301.520', 'text': 'day some kind of instrument might be'}, {'start': '1298.640', 'end': '1303.960', 'text': 'developed to its latest version. A newer'}, {'start': '1301.520', 'end': '1306.480', 'text': 'model of a machine or device'}, {'start': '1303.960', 'end': '1309.640', 'text': 'arrives. Perhaps stepping into another'}, {'start': '1306.480', 'end': '1313.360', 'text': 'world is like a soul passing over after'}, {'start': '1309.640', 'end': '1315.679', 'text': 'death. It just happens in an instant. No'}, {'start': '1313.360', 'end': '1318.799', 'text': 'need to board a spaceship or anything.'}, {'start': '1315.679', 'end': '1322.000', 'text': 'Yes. Yes. So life over there it'}, {'start': '1318.799', 'end': '1324.320', 'text': 'experiences many feelings as well. For'}, {'start': '1322.000', 'end': '1327.280', 'text': 'instance, a soul goes there after a'}, {'start': '1324.320', 'end': '1330.080', 'text': 'person dies. When she died, her leg was'}, {'start': '1327.280', 'end': '1332.480', 'text': 'in constant pain. The soul still feels'}, {'start': '1330.080', 'end': '1334.559', 'text': 'pain in that world. It keeps hurting.'}, {'start': '1332.480', 'end': '1336.760', 'text': 'But in the dream, it was revealed to'}, {'start': '1334.559', 'end': '1340.159', 'text': 'this'}, {'start': '1336.760', 'end': '1342.880', 'text': 'child. Can you guess why? Why does the'}, {'start': '1340.159', 'end': '1345.200', 'text': 'child also feel leg pain? Probably to'}, {'start': '1342.880', 'end': '1348.919', 'text': 'catch her attention. Because the mother'}, {'start': '1345.200', 'end': '1348.919', 'text': 'needs help, right?'}, {'start': '1350.720', 'end': '1355.080', 'text': "I'm not entirely sure why."}, {'start': '1357.039', 'end': '1366.360', 'text': 'Sometimes people get stuck like Juan for'}, {'start': '1362.520', 'end': '1369.640', 'text': "instance. It's a matter of blood"}, {'start': '1366.360', 'end': '1373.880', 'text': "relation. It's somewhat like owing a"}, {'start': '1369.640', 'end': '1376.960', 'text': "debt. It's about the debts parents leave"}, {'start': '1373.880', 'end': '1378.880', 'text': 'unpaid. Often they say children have to'}, {'start': '1376.960', 'end': '1381.520', 'text': 'continue paying.'}, {'start': '1378.880', 'end': '1384.880', 'text': 'For example, in rural areas, if your'}, {'start': '1381.520', 'end': '1386.840', 'text': "mother borrowed $200 and didn't repay"}, {'start': '1384.880', 'end': '1390.320', 'text': 'before passing'}, {'start': '1386.840', 'end': '1394.039', 'text': 'away, as a descendant, are you obligated'}, {'start': '1390.320', 'end': '1394.039', 'text': 'to bear this debt?'}, {'start': '1394.240', 'end': '1399.120', 'text': 'Yes. If you choose not to repay, will'}, {'start': '1397.039', 'end': '1401.840', 'text': "the neighbors like it? They won't. After"}, {'start': '1399.120', 'end': '1404.320', 'text': "all, you can't evade responsibilities."}, {'start': '1401.840', 'end': '1406.720', 'text': 'We are from the same village. Your mom'}, {'start': '1404.320', 'end': '1409.760', 'text': "borrowed money and didn't repay it. as"}, {'start': '1406.720', 'end': '1412.320', 'text': 'her child, you should repay it. Right?'}, {'start': '1409.760', 'end': '1415.280', 'text': 'As the saying goes, the son settles the'}, {'start': '1412.320', 'end': '1418.000', 'text': "father's debt. It's the same principle,"}, {'start': '1415.280', 'end': '1419.080', 'text': "no matter if it's legally valid. This is"}, {'start': '1418.000', 'end': '1421.720', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '1419.080', 'end': '1424.720', 'text': 'custom. This sounds somewhat'}, {'start': '1421.720', 'end': '1427.159', 'text': "mystical. When we're alive, we all"}, {'start': '1424.720', 'end': '1429.760', 'text': 'understand things like diseases and'}, {'start': '1427.159', 'end': '1432.159', 'text': 'inheritance. Her mother has arthritis'}, {'start': '1429.760', 'end': '1434.799', 'text': 'causing leg pain, and her children are'}, {'start': '1432.159', 'end': '1437.000', 'text': 'also prone to it. Understanding this'}, {'start': '1434.799', 'end': '1439.840', 'text': 'especially after the mother has passed'}, {'start': '1437.000', 'end': '1441.400', 'text': 'away. The unresolved pain and karmic'}, {'start': '1439.840', 'end': '1444.559', 'text': 'debt connected to'}, {'start': '1441.400', 'end': '1447.760', 'text': 'illness is passed on to the children who'}, {'start': '1444.559', 'end': '1450.640', 'text': 'continue to suffer and settle it. If we'}, {'start': '1447.760', 'end': '1453.200', 'text': "analyze this deeply, it's like daughters"}, {'start': '1450.640', 'end': '1455.200', 'text': "repaying their mother's debts or sons"}, {'start': '1453.200', 'end': '1457.919', 'text': "settling their mother's debts. It's a"}, {'start': '1455.200', 'end': '1461.279', 'text': 'form of karma, a debt to be repaid. For'}, {'start': '1457.919', 'end': '1464.200', 'text': "example, when I slaughter pigs, it's to"}, {'start': '1461.279', 'end': '1466.799', 'text': 'feed you, to provide for'}, {'start': '1464.200', 'end': '1470.039', 'text': 'you. Yet, I carry the burden of this'}, {'start': '1466.799', 'end': '1473.039', 'text': 'karmic creation, enduring this karmic'}, {'start': '1470.039', 'end': '1475.480', 'text': 'suffering. Thus, I experience leg and'}, {'start': '1473.039', 'end': '1478.000', 'text': 'back pain which is linked to'}, {'start': '1475.480', 'end': '1480.559', 'text': 'you. It was your need that led me to'}, {'start': '1478.000', 'end': '1483.279', 'text': "slaughter the pigs. That's just how it"}, {'start': '1480.559', 'end': '1485.760', 'text': 'is. When the mother suffers, the child'}, {'start': '1483.279', 'end': '1488.880', 'text': "suffers, too. If the child doesn't"}, {'start': '1485.760', 'end': '1491.200', 'text': 'repay, the pain continues. Your children'}, {'start': '1488.880', 'end': '1494.240', 'text': 'or the third or fourth generations will'}, {'start': '1491.200', 'end': '1496.640', 'text': 'also suffer. Yes. You see, this is the'}, {'start': '1494.240', 'end': '1499.120', 'text': 'inheritance of karma. And the further it'}, {'start': '1496.640', 'end': '1502.840', 'text': 'passes on, the more interest is added to'}, {'start': '1499.120', 'end': '1505.720', 'text': "the debt. Exactly. It's not just 3% or"}, {'start': '1502.840', 'end': '1509.200', 'text': "5%. It's a onetoone"}, {'start': '1505.720', 'end': '1511.600', 'text': 'repayment. For example, if you owe 100,'}, {'start': '1509.200', 'end': '1514.799', 'text': 'another 100 is added as interest each'}, {'start': '1511.600', 'end': '1517.559', 'text': 'year. Imagine that over 10 years a'}, {'start': '1514.799', 'end': '1520.320', 'text': 'horrifying snowball effect, a massive'}, {'start': '1517.559', 'end': '1523.600', 'text': 'debt. Some people increase it from a 100'}, {'start': '1520.320', 'end': '1526.400', 'text': 'to a million worse than lone sharks.'}, {'start': '1523.600', 'end': '1529.760', 'text': 'This karma gets passed down through time'}, {'start': '1526.400', 'end': '1532.480', 'text': 'like a rolling snowball.'}, {'start': '1529.760', 'end': '1534.320', 'text': 'She later came to our center. She'}, {'start': '1532.480', 'end': '1537.679', 'text': 'realized that doing good deeds helps'}, {'start': '1534.320', 'end': '1539.840', 'text': 'repay this karma.'}, {'start': '1537.679', 'end': '1543.200', 'text': 'Then she dreamed that her mother passed'}, {'start': '1539.840', 'end': '1546.880', 'text': 'away again and went to a place of light.'}, {'start': '1543.200', 'end': '1546.880', 'text': 'It was like saying goodbye at an'}, {'start': '1547.320', 'end': '1551.799', 'text': 'airport. This meant the debt on her'}, {'start': '1549.520', 'end': '1554.640', 'text': "mother's side was at least"}, {'start': '1551.799', 'end': '1557.760', 'text': 'repaid. Then the daughter continued to'}, {'start': '1554.640', 'end': '1557.760', 'text': 'practice and do good'}, {'start': '1558.440', 'end': '1564.240', 'text': 'deeds. Her leg stopped hurting because'}, {'start': '1561.279', 'end': '1566.720', 'text': 'she repaid a lot. She repaid a lot. And'}, {'start': '1564.240', 'end': '1569.279', 'text': 'her mother moved to a better place. When'}, {'start': '1566.720', 'end': '1571.679', 'text': "planes take off, don't they fly upwards?"}, {'start': '1569.279', 'end': '1574.080', 'text': "They go higher. Right. It's not digging"}, {'start': '1571.679', 'end': '1577.520', 'text': 'down underground. Yes. Two different'}, {'start': '1574.080', 'end': '1580.559', 'text': "things. It flies up to the sky. And it's"}, {'start': '1577.520', 'end': '1583.279', 'text': 'very bright. This is a good sign. Yes,'}, {'start': '1580.559', 'end': '1585.919', 'text': 'indeed. This child is here to practice'}, {'start': '1583.279', 'end': '1588.320', 'text': 'the dharma. See, even the deceased'}, {'start': '1585.919', 'end': '1591.200', 'text': "mother benefits. She's liberated. That's"}, {'start': '1588.320', 'end': '1593.039', 'text': 'right. Yes, the child also benefits.'}, {'start': '1591.200', 'end': '1595.559', 'text': 'Otherwise, why would the leg ache'}, {'start': '1593.039', 'end': '1598.640', 'text': 'suddenly, right? They compliment each'}, {'start': '1595.559', 'end': '1601.279', 'text': "other. The mother's karma is born by the"}, {'start': '1598.640', 'end': '1604.640', 'text': "daughter, but the daughter's merits"}, {'start': '1601.279', 'end': '1607.039', 'text': 'bring liberation to the mother.'}, {'start': '1604.640', 'end': '1610.240', 'text': 'Yes, this is quite good. This is really'}, {'start': '1607.039', 'end': '1611.840', 'text': 'good. Grandmaster, I have a question.'}, {'start': '1610.240', 'end': '1613.679', 'text': 'The bond between this mother and'}, {'start': '1611.840', 'end': '1615.840', 'text': 'daughter was deep. After the mother'}, {'start': '1613.679', 'end': '1619.520', 'text': 'passed away, the daughter dreams of her'}, {'start': '1615.840', 'end': '1621.799', 'text': 'every week, three times or even more.'}, {'start': '1619.520', 'end': '1624.720', 'text': 'This shows their connection is very'}, {'start': '1621.799', 'end': '1626.640', 'text': 'strong. At the meditation center, we'}, {'start': '1624.720', 'end': '1629.200', 'text': 'learned that there was once an Indian'}, {'start': '1626.640', 'end': '1632.000', 'text': 'woman who asked grandmaster, her father'}, {'start': '1629.200', 'end': '1634.320', 'text': 'had been gone for 24 years. They had a'}, {'start': '1632.000', 'end': '1637.120', 'text': 'very good relationship. She deeply'}, {'start': '1634.320', 'end': '1640.440', 'text': 'missed her deceased father. She kept a'}, {'start': '1637.120', 'end': '1643.039', 'text': 'photo of him in her wallet for a full 24'}, {'start': '1640.440', 'end': '1645.120', 'text': 'years. She looked at the photo almost'}, {'start': '1643.039', 'end': '1647.360', 'text': 'every day. Especially when things'}, {'start': '1645.120', 'end': '1651.200', 'text': "weren't going well, she would turn to"}, {'start': '1647.360', 'end': '1652.679', 'text': "it. gazing at her father's photo, often"}, {'start': '1651.200', 'end': '1656.159', 'text': 'murmuring her'}, {'start': '1652.679', 'end': '1657.919', 'text': 'feelings, seeking comfort from it. This'}, {'start': '1656.159', 'end': '1659.960', 'text': "isn't a healthy thing. She heard"}, {'start': '1657.919', 'end': '1662.440', 'text': "grandmaster's teachings and became"}, {'start': '1659.960', 'end': '1665.279', 'text': 'frightened. She came asking if this was'}, {'start': '1662.440', 'end': '1667.919', 'text': "bad, if she was unsettling her father's"}, {'start': '1665.279', 'end': '1670.720', 'text': 'spirit. The Grandmaster confirmed that'}, {'start': '1667.919', 'end': '1673.559', 'text': "indeed it was causing unrest. That's why"}, {'start': '1670.720', 'end': '1677.120', 'text': 'she had so much trouble and'}, {'start': '1673.559', 'end': '1678.320', 'text': 'drama. She had many issues, illnesses in'}, {'start': '1677.120', 'end': '1681.120', 'text': 'her life.'}, {'start': '1678.320', 'end': '1683.440', 'text': 'and she contracted a serious disease.'}, {'start': '1681.120', 'end': '1686.240', 'text': 'Her relationships in many aspects were'}, {'start': '1683.440', 'end': '1688.240', 'text': 'also not good.'}, {'start': '1686.240', 'end': '1689.559', 'text': 'Why did she feel like she was a tire'}, {'start': '1688.240', 'end': '1692.520', 'text': 'about to'}, {'start': '1689.559', 'end': '1695.039', 'text': 'burst? She was always in a state of'}, {'start': '1692.520', 'end': '1697.520', 'text': 'agitation, just like a tire with too'}, {'start': '1695.039', 'end': '1700.000', 'text': 'much air pumped into it,'}, {'start': '1697.520', 'end': '1702.799', 'text': 'overwhelmed, ready to explode at any'}, {'start': '1700.000', 'end': '1704.399', 'text': 'moment, wanting to lash out at everyone.'}, {'start': '1702.799', 'end': '1706.159', 'text': 'Where does this kind of energy come'}, {'start': '1704.399', 'end': '1708.880', 'text': 'from?'}, {'start': '1706.159', 'end': '1711.760', 'text': 'from her dad. She got such negative'}, {'start': '1708.880', 'end': '1714.799', 'text': 'energy from him because her dad also had'}, {'start': '1711.760', 'end': '1717.120', 'text': 'a fiery temper. She said his family'}, {'start': '1714.799', 'end': '1718.960', 'text': "didn't like him."}, {'start': '1717.120', 'end': '1721.480', 'text': 'All his relatives have distanced'}, {'start': '1718.960', 'end': '1724.159', 'text': "themselves from him. He's become"}, {'start': '1721.480', 'end': '1725.080', 'text': "isolated and he's also contracted a"}, {'start': '1724.159', 'end': '1727.760', 'text': 'severe'}, {'start': '1725.080', 'end': '1729.960', 'text': 'illness. This illness is related to his'}, {'start': '1727.760', 'end': '1732.480', 'text': 'fiery'}, {'start': '1729.960', 'end': '1734.240', 'text': 'temper. That emotional state is'}, {'start': '1732.480', 'end': '1736.399', 'text': 'connected.'}, {'start': '1734.240', 'end': '1738.640', 'text': "So once again, it's a reminder to"}, {'start': '1736.399', 'end': '1741.600', 'text': 'everyone that our late relatives, no'}, {'start': '1738.640', 'end': '1745.919', 'text': 'matter how much we miss and love them.'}, {'start': '1741.600', 'end': '1745.919', 'text': "When it's time to let go, you must let"}, {'start': '1746.120', 'end': '1752.799', 'text': 'go. Someone here shared her'}, {'start': '1750.120', 'end': '1754.520', 'text': 'story. She said both her parents had'}, {'start': '1752.799', 'end': '1757.600', 'text': 'passed'}, {'start': '1754.520', 'end': '1760.399', 'text': 'away. After their passing, she kept her'}, {'start': '1757.600', 'end': '1763.440', 'text': 'photo with them and set it as her phone'}, {'start': '1760.399', 'end': '1765.919', 'text': "wallpaper. She'd see it multiple times a"}, {'start': '1763.440', 'end': '1767.760', 'text': 'day whenever she unlocked her phone.'}, {'start': '1765.919', 'end': '1771.279', 'text': "It's like having a family portrait"}, {'start': '1767.760', 'end': '1775.679', 'text': 'spanning two worlds.'}, {'start': '1771.279', 'end': '1775.679', 'text': "It's not good. It can cause a lot of"}, {'start': '1776.200', 'end': '1781.200', 'text': 'trouble. Xiangu, do you have any'}, {'start': '1778.799', 'end': '1783.679', 'text': 'thoughts on the phone wallpaper? Maybe'}, {'start': '1781.200', 'end': '1786.000', 'text': 'we should use an auspicious image,'}, {'start': '1783.679', 'end': '1788.720', 'text': 'something that brings positive energy.'}, {'start': '1786.000', 'end': '1791.440', 'text': 'Since we check our phones frequently, we'}, {'start': '1788.720', 'end': '1794.159', 'text': 'unlock them multiple times each day. It'}, {'start': '1791.440', 'end': '1796.240', 'text': 'serves as a reminder of our emotions, a'}, {'start': '1794.159', 'end': '1798.480', 'text': 'sense of energy.'}, {'start': '1796.240', 'end': '1800.919', 'text': "I'd like to remind everyone, for"}, {'start': '1798.480', 'end': '1803.520', 'text': 'instance, if a photo of a deceased'}, {'start': '1800.919', 'end': '1805.720', 'text': 'relative is the first thing you see on'}, {'start': '1803.520', 'end': '1808.000', 'text': 'your phone or in your'}, {'start': '1805.720', 'end': '1810.880', 'text': 'wallet, that may not be the most'}, {'start': '1808.000', 'end': '1814.320', 'text': 'auspicious image. At the very least,'}, {'start': '1810.880', 'end': '1816.799', 'text': "it's not very lucky. Your deceased loved"}, {'start': '1814.320', 'end': '1818.640', 'text': "ones won't harm you, but there's a"}, {'start': '1816.799', 'end': '1821.840', 'text': 'separation between the living and the'}, {'start': '1818.640', 'end': '1824.799', 'text': 'dead. It carries heavy in energy, not'}, {'start': '1821.840', 'end': '1827.200', 'text': 'something you want to be involved in. I'}, {'start': '1824.799', 'end': '1829.320', 'text': 'was present at that time. I remember'}, {'start': '1827.200', 'end': '1831.919', 'text': 'Xiangu asked me,'}, {'start': '1829.320', 'end': '1834.399', 'text': '"Grandmaster, what photos are best for a'}, {'start': '1831.919', 'end': '1838.600', 'text': 'wallet or foam wallpaper? What would be'}, {'start': '1834.399', 'end': '1841.679', 'text': 'best?" I think the first and foremost is'}, {'start': '1838.600', 'end': '1843.520', 'text': 'beauty. For example, if you are a girl,'}, {'start': '1841.679', 'end': '1846.000', 'text': 'when you look at it, it should be'}, {'start': '1843.520', 'end': '1848.240', 'text': 'something beautiful and comforting, not'}, {'start': '1846.000', 'end': '1850.880', 'text': 'necessarily an intense or shocking'}, {'start': '1848.240', 'end': '1853.039', 'text': 'image. Instead, it should represent a'}, {'start': '1850.880', 'end': '1856.440', 'text': 'sense of joy within calmness. For'}, {'start': '1853.039', 'end': '1858.799', 'text': 'instance, I like the old and perfect'}, {'start': '1856.440', 'end': '1860.720', 'text': 'architecture. My phone screen saver'}, {'start': '1858.799', 'end': '1863.360', 'text': 'could be a photo of a beautiful old'}, {'start': '1860.720', 'end': '1866.000', 'text': "building. When I see it, I don't laugh"}, {'start': '1863.360', 'end': '1868.960', 'text': "out loud, but rather I feel that it's"}, {'start': '1866.000', 'end': '1871.600', 'text': 'very nice. Right. What type does Jewen'}, {'start': '1868.960', 'end': '1874.960', 'text': 'like? I like beautiful big trees and the'}, {'start': '1871.600', 'end': '1878.640', 'text': 'ocean. Natural landscapes. Yes. Yes.'}, {'start': '1874.960', 'end': '1880.760', 'text': "Yes. ando I like grandm's calligraphy or"}, {'start': '1878.640', 'end': '1885.159', 'text': 'painting you have a good'}, {'start': '1880.760', 'end': '1887.120', 'text': 'eye for example quotes like let go and'}, {'start': '1885.159', 'end': '1888.279', 'text': "enlightenment these aren't in our"}, {'start': '1887.120', 'end': '1891.159', 'text': 'materials'}, {'start': '1888.279', 'end': '1894.000', 'text': "today it's the calligraphy written by"}, {'start': '1891.159', 'end': '1897.559', 'text': "grandmaster it has grandm's personal"}, {'start': '1894.000', 'end': '1901.039', 'text': 'style words written like'}, {'start': '1897.559', 'end': '1903.120', 'text': "paintings likes this kind grandm's"}, {'start': '1901.039', 'end': '1906.840', 'text': 'paintings can be used as screen savers'}, {'start': '1903.120', 'end': '1909.120', 'text': 'if you like they can feel healthy and'}, {'start': '1906.840', 'end': '1912.240', 'text': 'auspicious. At least they bring peace'}, {'start': '1909.120', 'end': '1913.880', 'text': 'and joy to the heart. Such imagery is'}, {'start': '1912.240', 'end': '1916.559', 'text': 'more'}, {'start': '1913.880', 'end': '1919.679', 'text': 'fitting. Nothing too stimulating at'}, {'start': '1916.559', 'end': '1922.039', 'text': "first glance. That's not okay either."}, {'start': '1919.679', 'end': '1924.559', 'text': 'Shockingly stimulating or blissfully'}, {'start': '1922.039', 'end': '1926.799', 'text': 'overstimulating. Neither is suitable.'}, {'start': '1924.559', 'end': '1929.200', 'text': 'Thomas mixed with a touch of happiness.'}, {'start': '1926.799', 'end': '1933.679', 'text': 'Such a delightful feeling. These'}, {'start': '1929.200', 'end': '1936.320', 'text': 'patterns and contents are indeed better.'}, {'start': '1933.679', 'end': '1939.159', 'text': "Thanks to Grandmaster's reminder, in our"}, {'start': '1936.320', 'end': '1941.600', 'text': "wallets, we shouldn't put photos of late"}, {'start': '1939.159', 'end': '1944.559', 'text': 'relatives. Instead, we should put the'}, {'start': '1941.600', 'end': '1945.960', 'text': 'painting of the yellow god of wealth. It'}, {'start': '1944.559', 'end': '1948.480', 'text': 'can even bring us'}, {'start': '1945.960', 'end': '1950.919', 'text': 'wealth or a blessing card from the'}, {'start': '1948.480', 'end': '1953.360', 'text': 'Grandmaster offering auspicious'}, {'start': '1950.919', 'end': '1955.919', 'text': 'protection. Images of Buddha are great'}, {'start': '1953.360', 'end': '1958.240', 'text': 'auspicious cards, too. The yellow god of'}, {'start': '1955.919', 'end': '1960.640', 'text': 'wealth is good, too. Those of the'}, {'start': '1958.240', 'end': '1962.799', 'text': 'medicine Buddha are excellent as well.'}, {'start': '1960.640', 'end': '1965.600', 'text': 'Indeed, we all have these auspicious'}, {'start': '1962.799', 'end': '1968.720', 'text': 'cards in the size of credit cards'}, {'start': '1965.600', 'end': '1968.720', 'text': 'specially designed for'}, {'start': '1973.320', 'end': '1977.559', 'text': 'wallets. For this sister, we would like'}, {'start': '1976.320', 'end': '1980.760', 'text': 'to remind her'}, {'start': '1977.559', 'end': '1983.440', 'text': 'that linking her story to what was said'}, {'start': '1980.760', 'end': '1985.679', 'text': "earlier, it's best to let go after loved"}, {'start': '1983.440', 'end': '1987.840', 'text': "ones pass away. This doesn't mean not"}, {'start': '1985.679', 'end': '1991.039', 'text': 'honoring them. On significant days of'}, {'start': '1987.840', 'end': '1993.279', 'text': 'the year such asQing Ming or Alana and'}, {'start': '1991.039', 'end': '1995.240', 'text': 'on their death anniversary, we should'}, {'start': '1993.279', 'end': '1997.679', 'text': 'sincerely pay our'}, {'start': '1995.240', 'end': '2002.159', 'text': "respects, but don't dwell on it every"}, {'start': '1997.679', 'end': '2004.960', 'text': "day. All right. Yes, that's right. Okay."}, {'start': '2002.159', 'end': '2006.840', 'text': "Let's also give a gift to this sister."}, {'start': '2004.960', 'end': '2009.919', 'text': 'All'}, {'start': '2006.840', 'end': '2013.320', 'text': 'right. Giving sisterly one of pestle'}, {'start': '2009.919', 'end': '2013.320', 'text': 'made of brass.'}, {'start': '2014.960', 'end': '2019.240', 'text': 'It can protect and safeguard you. Keep'}, {'start': '2017.519', 'end': '2022.240', 'text': 'it in your personal'}, {'start': '2019.240', 'end': '2025.399', 'text': 'bag. This way it can ward off some'}, {'start': '2022.240', 'end': '2027.760', 'text': 'inospicious and unlucky'}, {'start': '2025.399', 'end': '2030.720', 'text': 'energies. Ensure everything goes'}, {'start': '2027.760', 'end': '2030.720', 'text': 'smoothly and is'}, {'start': '2031.159', 'end': '2038.600', 'text': 'auspicious. Received. Thank you,'}, {'start': '2034.760', 'end': '2042.320', 'text': 'Grandmaster. Next, we have a story from'}, {'start': '2038.600', 'end': '2044.720', 'text': 'America since from Silicon Valley. Her'}, {'start': '2042.320', 'end': '2047.440', 'text': '22-year-old son just graduated from'}, {'start': '2044.720', 'end': '2049.839', 'text': 'college. She heard grandmasters teaching'}, {'start': '2047.440', 'end': '2051.879', 'text': 'that during Chingming, we should take'}, {'start': '2049.839', 'end': '2054.159', 'text': 'our children to honor our'}, {'start': '2051.879', 'end': '2057.240', 'text': 'ancestors. This helps them recognize'}, {'start': '2054.159', 'end': '2060.399', 'text': 'their roots and learn valuable'}, {'start': '2057.240', 'end': '2062.639', 'text': 'traditions. She followed the advice.'}, {'start': '2060.399', 'end': '2064.560', 'text': "Since she couldn't visit her hometown,"}, {'start': '2062.639', 'end': '2066.839', 'text': "she watched Grandmaster's live stream"}, {'start': '2064.560', 'end': '2069.200', 'text': 'with her son and they chanted for'}, {'start': '2066.839', 'end': '2072.079', 'text': 'ancestors. He also went to the parking'}, {'start': '2069.200', 'end': '2073.919', 'text': 'lot to burn paper for his ancestors.'}, {'start': '2072.079', 'end': '2076.760', 'text': 'She even had her son make a light'}, {'start': '2073.919', 'end': '2078.960', 'text': 'offering for the ancestors on our'}, {'start': '2076.760', 'end': '2080.200', 'text': 'website. Every bit of merit was'}, {'start': '2078.960', 'end': '2082.879', 'text': 'diligently'}, {'start': '2080.200', 'end': '2084.679', 'text': 'performed. Coincidentally, a few days'}, {'start': '2082.879', 'end': '2087.359', 'text': 'later, he had an important job'}, {'start': '2084.679', 'end': '2090.359', 'text': 'interview. After the interview, he came'}, {'start': '2087.359', 'end': '2093.240', 'text': 'back and said that his performance was'}, {'start': '2090.359', 'end': '2095.679', 'text': "unsatisfactory. He didn't have much work"}, {'start': '2093.240', 'end': '2097.920', 'text': 'experience and he answered the questions'}, {'start': '2095.679', 'end': '2100.720', 'text': 'truthfully. When asked about certain'}, {'start': '2097.920', 'end': '2103.680', 'text': 'skills, he said, "I don\'t know." asked'}, {'start': '2100.720', 'end': '2105.359', 'text': "if he'd done specific tasks. He said no."}, {'start': '2103.680', 'end': '2107.920', 'text': "There were three questions he couldn't"}, {'start': '2105.359', 'end': '2110.720', 'text': 'answer, but he answered honestly each'}, {'start': '2107.920', 'end': '2113.440', 'text': "time. He also mentioned that he'd learn."}, {'start': '2110.720', 'end': '2115.760', 'text': 'I have good learning skills, he said. He'}, {'start': '2113.440', 'end': '2117.520', 'text': "told his mom that's it. There's"}, {'start': '2115.760', 'end': '2120.160', 'text': "definitely no hope since I don't know"}, {'start': '2117.520', 'end': '2123.040', 'text': 'anything. Unexpectedly, on the third'}, {'start': '2120.160', 'end': '2126.240', 'text': 'day, that company called him. They said'}, {'start': '2123.040', 'end': '2128.079', 'text': 'he had been hired and got the job. When'}, {'start': '2126.240', 'end': '2131.599', 'text': 'his mom heard it, her jaw nearly'}, {'start': '2128.079', 'end': '2134.079', 'text': 'dropped. How did he get it? He said, "It'}, {'start': '2131.599', 'end': '2136.400', 'text': 'must be the ancestors blessings. They'}, {'start': '2134.079', 'end': '2138.960', 'text': 'protected and blessed me. How else could'}, {'start': '2136.400', 'end': '2141.040', 'text': 'I have gotten it?" Seriously, being able'}, {'start': '2138.960', 'end': '2143.520', 'text': 'to get the job like this knowing'}, {'start': '2141.040', 'end': '2147.520', 'text': "nothing. But his character is good. He's"}, {'start': '2143.520', 'end': '2151.480', 'text': "honest. But honestly, it's hard to say."}, {'start': '2147.520', 'end': '2153.680', 'text': "It's truly unbelievable. Yes,"}, {'start': '2151.480', 'end': '2157.119', 'text': 'exactly. Doing good deeds for the'}, {'start': '2153.680', 'end': '2159.359', 'text': 'ancestors helps protect the descendants.'}, {'start': '2157.119', 'end': '2162.160', 'text': 'This karmic relationship manifests'}, {'start': '2159.359', 'end': '2164.320', 'text': 'particularly quickly and well. The'}, {'start': '2162.160', 'end': '2165.960', 'text': "benefits are immediate. It's truly"}, {'start': '2164.320', 'end': '2168.359', 'text': 'incredible'}, {'start': '2165.960', 'end': '2170.800', 'text': "indeed. There's another interesting"}, {'start': '2168.359', 'end': '2173.119', 'text': 'point. She takes him to burn offerings'}, {'start': '2170.800', 'end': '2176.160', 'text': 'in the parking lot because in North'}, {'start': '2173.119', 'end': '2178.880', 'text': "America it's not easy to find a place to"}, {'start': '2176.160', 'end': '2180.119', 'text': "burn these. It's quite challenging."}, {'start': '2178.880', 'end': '2182.320', 'text': 'Truly'}, {'start': '2180.119', 'end': '2184.960', 'text': 'challenging. They might have found an'}, {'start': '2182.320', 'end': '2187.920', 'text': 'empty parking lot and sincerely carry'}, {'start': '2184.960', 'end': '2191.079', 'text': 'out this ritual. A few days ago at the'}, {'start': '2187.920', 'end': '2193.359', 'text': 'Vancouver Center, a sister consulted the'}, {'start': '2191.079', 'end': '2196.400', 'text': 'Grandmaster. She too misses her late'}, {'start': '2193.359', 'end': '2197.240', 'text': 'parents dearly. She lights incense at'}, {'start': '2196.400', 'end': '2200.119', 'text': 'home'}, {'start': '2197.240', 'end': '2202.880', 'text': 'everyday. She frequently has'}, {'start': '2200.119', 'end': '2204.960', 'text': 'nightmares. In her dreams, she clearly'}, {'start': '2202.880', 'end': '2207.359', 'text': "sensed that her parents' souls were"}, {'start': '2204.960', 'end': '2209.760', 'text': 'still in her home. She consulted the'}, {'start': '2207.359', 'end': '2212.720', 'text': 'Grandmaster who gave the same advice.'}, {'start': '2209.760', 'end': '2214.560', 'text': 'let go. I spoke with her again and said,'}, {'start': '2212.720', 'end': '2217.920', 'text': '"You should burn some paper offerings'}, {'start': '2214.560', 'end': '2220.720', 'text': 'for them." She replied, "I did." I'}, {'start': '2217.920', 'end': '2223.520', 'text': 'asked, "Where?" She said, "I burn them'}, {'start': '2220.720', 'end': '2226.320', 'text': 'in our fireplace." I said, "Don\'t burn'}, {'start': '2223.520', 'end': '2228.720', 'text': 'them in the fireplace." She said, "I'}, {'start': '2226.320', 'end': '2230.880', 'text': 'also did it in our backyard." I said,'}, {'start': '2228.720', 'end': '2232.920', 'text': '"You shouldn\'t burn them there either.'}, {'start': '2230.880', 'end': '2235.760', 'text': 'The best is to go to a proper place of'}, {'start': '2232.920', 'end': '2237.119', 'text': 'worship. Go to a real place of practice'}, {'start': '2235.760', 'end': '2239.119', 'text': 'where you can connect through the'}, {'start': '2237.119', 'end': '2241.280', 'text': 'Buddhas and Bodhisattwas.'}, {'start': '2239.119', 'end': '2244.240', 'text': 'By doing good deeds, you can bless and'}, {'start': '2241.280', 'end': '2246.079', 'text': "honor your ancestors. Additionally, it's"}, {'start': '2244.240', 'end': '2248.640', 'text': 'crucial to perform this away from your'}, {'start': '2246.079', 'end': '2251.520', 'text': 'home. Go outside and find a suitable'}, {'start': '2248.640', 'end': '2254.880', 'text': "place to burn the offerings. Yes, that's"}, {'start': '2251.520', 'end': '2256.960', 'text': 'why I think Sinsen is very clever. She'}, {'start': '2254.880', 'end': '2258.920', 'text': 'found an empty parking lot and burned'}, {'start': '2256.960', 'end': '2262.000', 'text': 'the paper offerings and performed the'}, {'start': '2258.920', 'end': '2264.320', 'text': "ritual. That's wonderful. Some may not"}, {'start': '2262.000', 'end': '2267.920', 'text': 'believe in this, but this type of'}, {'start': '2264.320', 'end': '2269.000', 'text': 'connection is truly effective. Yes, it'}, {'start': '2267.920', 'end': '2271.839', 'text': 'is very'}, {'start': '2269.000', 'end': '2276.119', 'text': 'effective. For example, based on'}, {'start': '2271.839', 'end': '2279.640', 'text': 'Vancouver time, it was yesterday'}, {'start': '2276.119', 'end': '2282.720', 'text': 'here. It was the actual day ofQing'}, {'start': '2279.640', 'end': '2285.680', 'text': 'Mming at the center. We did good deeds'}, {'start': '2282.720', 'end': '2287.760', 'text': 'for everyone. We burned these papers for'}, {'start': '2285.680', 'end': '2290.320', 'text': 'the ancestors. They were burned'}, {'start': '2287.760', 'end': '2293.520', 'text': 'auspiciously. I believe many had the'}, {'start': '2290.320', 'end': '2293.520', 'text': 'intention to honor their'}, {'start': '2295.400', 'end': '2302.400', 'text': 'ancestors. Like many people at the'}, {'start': '2297.599', 'end': '2302.400', 'text': 'Vancouver Center, I believe they also'}, {'start': '2302.520', 'end': '2307.480', 'text': 'received a certain connection and'}, {'start': '2304.960', 'end': '2309.839', 'text': 'communication with their'}, {'start': '2307.480', 'end': '2314.000', 'text': 'ancestors. After we completed this'}, {'start': '2309.839', 'end': '2314.000', 'text': 'ceremony or finished burning the related'}, {'start': '2314.839', 'end': '2321.000', 'text': 'offerings, some people, quite a few'}, {'start': '2317.839', 'end': '2325.280', 'text': 'began on that very'}, {'start': '2321.000', 'end': '2325.280', 'text': 'evening to see their departed'}, {'start': '2325.320', 'end': '2332.160', 'text': 'relatives. Yes, it is very effective. I'}, {'start': '2329.119', 'end': '2335.119', 'text': 'mean, within about 3 to 5 days, about'}, {'start': '2332.160', 'end': '2338.000', 'text': '70% to 80% of people encounter their'}, {'start': '2335.119', 'end': '2340.400', 'text': "deceased relatives in dreams. It's truly"}, {'start': '2338.000', 'end': '2343.359', 'text': "wonderful, isn't it? You can feel it."}, {'start': '2340.400', 'end': '2345.599', 'text': 'This impact of honoring our ancestors.'}, {'start': '2343.359', 'end': '2348.160', 'text': 'Yes, indeed.'}, {'start': '2345.599', 'end': '2351.280', 'text': 'Friends far away in the US are receiving'}, {'start': '2348.160', 'end': '2354.320', 'text': "blessings as well. Yes, that's right."}, {'start': '2351.280', 'end': '2358.480', 'text': "Okay, Grandmaster. Let's give a gift to"}, {'start': '2354.320', 'end': '2358.480', 'text': 'both Sinsen and her son.'}, {'start': '2363.720', 'end': '2371.200', 'text': 'Okay. All right. Can you recognize this?'}, {'start': '2368.720', 'end': '2374.079', 'text': 'The turquoise necklace? Yes. So'}, {'start': '2371.200', 'end': '2377.119', 'text': "beautiful. It's very long. Extremely"}, {'start': '2374.079', 'end': '2379.520', 'text': "pretty. It's a necklace. Yes. Anything"}, {'start': '2377.119', 'end': '2382.079', 'text': "else? This is the dragon's protection"}, {'start': '2379.520', 'end': '2385.160', 'text': 't-shirt.'}, {'start': '2382.079', 'end': '2388.400', 'text': "It's not just an energy bwa shirt. It's"}, {'start': '2385.160', 'end': '2391.760', 'text': 'versatile, suits everything, and is'}, {'start': '2388.400', 'end': '2394.320', 'text': 'perfect for meditation.'}, {'start': '2391.760', 'end': '2397.359', 'text': "Do you remember the name Dragon's"}, {'start': '2394.320', 'end': '2399.760', 'text': 'Protection? A golden dragon in front, a'}, {'start': '2397.359', 'end': '2402.720', 'text': 'green dragon behind. This perfectly'}, {'start': '2399.760', 'end': '2406.880', 'text': 'aligns with Yin and Yan. Wishing you'}, {'start': '2402.720', 'end': '2406.880', 'text': 'peace and prosperity in this dynamic'}, {'start': '2407.960', 'end': '2416.040', 'text': 'year. All right, this mother and child'}, {'start': '2410.880', 'end': '2419.280', 'text': 'here, may you have health, happiness,'}, {'start': '2416.040', 'end': '2421.920', 'text': "longevity, and Buddha's light. Received."}, {'start': '2419.280', 'end': '2423.599', 'text': 'Thank you, Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '2421.920', 'end': '2425.839', 'text': 'Speaking of wishes fulfilled through'}, {'start': '2423.599', 'end': '2427.560', 'text': "offerings to Buddha, here's another"}, {'start': '2425.839', 'end': '2430.640', 'text': 'story from a US'}, {'start': '2427.560', 'end': '2434.720', 'text': "viewer. He's Frank from San Francisco."}, {'start': '2430.640', 'end': '2437.040', 'text': "He says he's 35 this year. Back in 2017,"}, {'start': '2434.720', 'end': '2439.760', 'text': 'he submitted his application for a US'}, {'start': '2437.040', 'end': '2441.480', 'text': 'green card. He ended up waiting eight'}, {'start': '2439.760', 'end': '2444.079', 'text': 'long'}, {'start': '2441.480', 'end': '2447.119', 'text': "years. Getting a green card isn't easy"}, {'start': '2444.079', 'end': '2448.960', 'text': "with changing immigration policies. He's"}, {'start': '2447.119', 'end': '2451.760', 'text': 'been waiting and received a pessimistic'}, {'start': '2448.960', 'end': '2451.760', 'text': 'response from his'}, {'start': '2453.560', 'end': '2458.839', 'text': 'lawyer. This January, he and his mother'}, {'start': '2456.560', 'end': '2461.680', 'text': 'visited the Bodhi meditation'}, {'start': '2458.839', 'end': '2463.000', 'text': 'center. He asked the divine oracle about'}, {'start': '2461.680', 'end': '2466.960', 'text': 'his green'}, {'start': '2463.000', 'end': '2468.640', 'text': 'card. He got an average divine oracle.'}, {'start': '2466.960', 'end': '2471.240', 'text': 'The lot said, "There are still hurdles'}, {'start': '2468.640', 'end': '2474.400', 'text': "ahead, but it's not completely"}, {'start': '2471.240', 'end': '2476.640', 'text': 'hopeless." What did Frank do? He quickly'}, {'start': '2474.400', 'end': '2479.200', 'text': 'made a 49-day wish-felling light'}, {'start': '2476.640', 'end': '2481.560', 'text': 'offering for himself. He prayed to the'}, {'start': '2479.200', 'end': '2484.160', 'text': 'Buddhist to guide him in the right'}, {'start': '2481.560', 'end': '2486.960', 'text': 'direction. His mother also advised him'}, {'start': '2484.160', 'end': '2489.520', 'text': 'to dedicate more time to volunteering at'}, {'start': '2486.960', 'end': '2492.640', 'text': 'the center to accumulate merit, hoping'}, {'start': '2489.520', 'end': '2494.119', 'text': 'he could realize his wishes soon. Right.'}, {'start': '2492.640', 'end': '2496.240', 'text': 'In the following'}, {'start': '2494.119', 'end': '2499.200', 'text': 'month, his mother made another'}, {'start': '2496.240', 'end': '2500.960', 'text': 'wishfulfilling light offering for him,'}, {'start': '2499.200', 'end': '2503.760', 'text': "praying for Buddha's blessings that he'd"}, {'start': '2500.960', 'end': '2506.640', 'text': 'receive his green card soon, something'}, {'start': '2503.760', 'end': '2509.680', 'text': 'truly amazing happened. In less than a'}, {'start': '2506.640', 'end': '2512.079', 'text': 'week after the light offering, his green'}, {'start': '2509.680', 'end': '2513.480', 'text': 'card application was approved. He'}, {'start': '2512.079', 'end': '2516.319', 'text': 'received the green'}, {'start': '2513.480', 'end': '2518.640', 'text': 'card. He was so excited that his hands'}, {'start': '2516.319', 'end': '2521.040', 'text': 'were trembling. He had waited 8 years'}, {'start': '2518.640', 'end': '2523.200', 'text': 'for this green card. After the light'}, {'start': '2521.040', 'end': '2525.440', 'text': 'offering, in less than a month, he'}, {'start': '2523.200', 'end': '2527.680', 'text': 'received the approval. Absolutely'}, {'start': '2525.440', 'end': '2530.160', 'text': 'incredible. He can now live peacefully'}, {'start': '2527.680', 'end': '2532.880', 'text': 'in the US. Heartfelt gratitude to'}, {'start': '2530.160', 'end': '2535.920', 'text': "Grandmaster and Bodhi meditation. It's"}, {'start': '2532.880', 'end': '2538.680', 'text': 'so miraculous. Truly happy for him.'}, {'start': '2535.920', 'end': '2541.119', 'text': 'Obtaining residency in the US is so'}, {'start': '2538.680', 'end': '2543.680', 'text': 'difficult. Many people cannot make it'}, {'start': '2541.119', 'end': '2546.000', 'text': 'even with a green card. Getting a green'}, {'start': '2543.680', 'end': '2549.000', 'text': 'card is truly a miracle of miracles'}, {'start': '2546.000', 'end': '2549.000', 'text': 'today.'}, {'start': '2549.040', 'end': '2554.760', 'text': 'Congratulations. Truly unbelievable.'}, {'start': '2552.319', 'end': '2558.240', 'text': 'This situation also inspires'}, {'start': '2554.760', 'end': '2559.920', 'text': 'us. When things are difficult and we'}, {'start': '2558.240', 'end': '2562.880', 'text': "can't handle them, we turn to the"}, {'start': '2559.920', 'end': '2565.440', 'text': 'Buddhas. The Buddhas and Buddha Satwas'}, {'start': '2562.880', 'end': '2568.480', 'text': 'can protect you. They can accomplish'}, {'start': '2565.440', 'end': '2570.280', 'text': 'almost anything for you. For them, these'}, {'start': '2568.480', 'end': '2572.880', 'text': 'are not'}, {'start': '2570.280', 'end': '2574.880', 'text': "challenges. Let's pray sincerely and do"}, {'start': '2572.880', 'end': '2577.640', 'text': 'good deeds.'}, {'start': '2574.880', 'end': '2580.319', 'text': 'He volunteers at the meditation'}, {'start': '2577.640', 'end': '2582.119', 'text': 'center. Sincerely volunteering at the'}, {'start': '2580.319', 'end': '2584.560', 'text': 'center is very'}, {'start': '2582.119', 'end': '2587.359', 'text': 'important. The Buddhas will watch to see'}, {'start': '2584.560', 'end': '2587.359', 'text': 'if you deserve'}, {'start': '2588.119', 'end': '2593.240', 'text': "help. They'll see if you have"}, {'start': '2590.920', 'end': '2595.680', 'text': 'sincerity. If you have'}, {'start': '2593.240', 'end': '2598.160', 'text': 'sincerity, help is usually always'}, {'start': '2595.680', 'end': '2601.280', 'text': 'available.'}, {'start': '2598.160', 'end': '2605.200', 'text': 'This is nice. Really nice. All right,'}, {'start': '2601.280', 'end': '2605.200', 'text': "let's give him a gift to make him even"}, {'start': '2606.359', 'end': '2613.599', 'text': 'happier. Frank is truly fortunate.'}, {'start': '2610.440', 'end': '2616.000', 'text': 'Look, this is aquamarine. Aquamarine'}, {'start': '2613.599', 'end': '2618.160', 'text': 'bracelet. How beautiful it is, this'}, {'start': '2616.000', 'end': '2621.560', 'text': "aquamarine. And it's perfect for this"}, {'start': '2618.160', 'end': '2625.200', 'text': 'year. Look at how glossy it'}, {'start': '2621.560', 'end': '2628.319', 'text': 'is. This kind of soft, glowing piece.'}, {'start': '2625.200', 'end': '2629.300', 'text': 'Both men and women can wear it. Truly'}, {'start': '2628.319', 'end': '2630.440', 'text': 'beautiful'}, {'start': '2629.300', 'end': '2632.960', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2630.440', 'end': '2635.400', 'text': 'aquamarine. Another one. Look at this'}, {'start': '2632.960', 'end': '2638.160', 'text': 'vitra'}, {'start': '2635.400', 'end': '2641.359', 'text': 'pessle. These two treasures will protect'}, {'start': '2638.160', 'end': '2643.599', 'text': 'you bringing luck and prosperity.'}, {'start': '2641.359', 'end': '2646.160', 'text': 'Received. This is mother and child,'}, {'start': '2643.599', 'end': '2648.720', 'text': 'right? Yes. Mother and child. His mother'}, {'start': '2646.160', 'end': '2650.920', 'text': 'is also helping him. Yes. Mother and'}, {'start': '2648.720', 'end': '2654.079', 'text': 'child. This is for the'}, {'start': '2650.920', 'end': '2656.800', 'text': 'mother. The vidra pessle for Frank. All'}, {'start': '2654.079', 'end': '2659.680', 'text': 'right. Overcome obstacles. Wishing the'}, {'start': '2656.800', 'end': '2662.839', 'text': 'mother and child happiness, longevity'}, {'start': '2659.680', 'end': '2665.359', 'text': 'and blessings. Received. Thank you,'}, {'start': '2662.839', 'end': '2667.280', 'text': 'Grandmaster. Next. Also benefited'}, {'start': '2665.359', 'end': '2670.960', 'text': 'through light offering from the Paneang'}, {'start': '2667.280', 'end': '2673.440', 'text': 'Center in Malaysia. Sister Rong Yun. She'}, {'start': '2670.960', 'end': '2675.760', 'text': 'said in 2021, her daughter-in-law'}, {'start': '2673.440', 'end': '2678.400', 'text': 'conceived her first child. You can'}, {'start': '2675.760', 'end': '2681.040', 'text': 'imagine how happy everyone was. The'}, {'start': '2678.400', 'end': '2683.760', 'text': 'whole family was very joyous. By the'}, {'start': '2681.040', 'end': '2686.480', 'text': '36th week, there was just a month left'}, {'start': '2683.760', 'end': '2688.800', 'text': 'to the due date. During a prenatal'}, {'start': '2686.480', 'end': '2691.520', 'text': 'checkup, they found the umbilical cord'}, {'start': '2688.800', 'end': '2693.440', 'text': "was wrapped around the baby's neck. The"}, {'start': '2691.520', 'end': '2696.640', 'text': 'umbilical cord had entwined around the'}, {'start': '2693.440', 'end': '2697.640', 'text': "fetus's neck. Furthermore, the fetus was"}, {'start': '2696.640', 'end': '2699.960', 'text': 'no longer'}, {'start': '2697.640', 'end': '2702.480', 'text': 'breathing. It was like a bolt from the'}, {'start': '2699.960', 'end': '2703.880', 'text': 'blue. How could the family accept such'}, {'start': '2702.480', 'end': '2707.400', 'text': 'heartbreaking'}, {'start': '2703.880', 'end': '2709.760', 'text': 'news? Griefstricken, sorrowful, and in'}, {'start': '2707.400', 'end': '2711.839', 'text': 'disbelief. They went to another hospital'}, {'start': '2709.760', 'end': '2713.040', 'text': 'for checkup, but the result was the'}, {'start': '2711.839', 'end': '2715.920', 'text': 'same.'}, {'start': '2713.040', 'end': '2718.720', 'text': 'The fetus was no longer breathing. The'}, {'start': '2715.920', 'end': '2720.839', 'text': 'family experienced such a misfortune.'}, {'start': '2718.720', 'end': '2723.359', 'text': 'Everyone was'}, {'start': '2720.839', 'end': '2725.839', 'text': 'heartbroken. In 2022, the'}, {'start': '2723.359', 'end': '2728.079', 'text': 'daughter-in-law became pregnant again.'}, {'start': '2725.839', 'end': '2729.319', 'text': 'This brought mixed emotions, both joy'}, {'start': '2728.079', 'end': '2732.839', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '2729.319', 'end': '2734.880', 'text': 'worry. This time, Sister R Yin became a'}, {'start': '2732.839', 'end': '2737.319', 'text': 'grandmother. She went to make light'}, {'start': '2734.880', 'end': '2739.440', 'text': 'offerings throughout the'}, {'start': '2737.319', 'end': '2743.520', 'text': "pregnancy. Hoping the Buddha's light"}, {'start': '2739.440', 'end': '2743.520', 'text': "would ensure the baby's safety."}, {'start': '2744.079', 'end': '2749.359', 'text': 'When the pregnancy reached 25 weeks, she'}, {'start': '2747.040', 'end': '2751.400', 'text': 'made additional light offerings. The'}, {'start': '2749.359', 'end': '2754.160', 'text': '49-day large light'}, {'start': '2751.400', 'end': '2756.640', 'text': 'offering. Grandmaster once said, "When'}, {'start': '2754.160', 'end': '2759.040', 'text': 'facing significant events, you should'}, {'start': '2756.640', 'end': '2761.599', 'text': 'perform a 49-day light offering for the'}, {'start': '2759.040', 'end': '2764.240', 'text': 'best efficacy. She prayed for the safety'}, {'start': '2761.599', 'end': '2766.760', 'text': 'of the mother and child." At week 30,'}, {'start': '2764.240', 'end': '2770.079', 'text': 'she made a second 49-day large light'}, {'start': '2766.760', 'end': '2772.720', 'text': 'offering. She prayed sincerely.'}, {'start': '2770.079', 'end': '2773.880', 'text': 'At 36 weeks of pregnancy, a prenatal'}, {'start': '2772.720', 'end': '2776.160', 'text': 'checkup was'}, {'start': '2773.880', 'end': '2778.160', 'text': 'done. The doctor found that the'}, {'start': '2776.160', 'end': '2781.800', 'text': 'umbilical cord was once again wrapped'}, {'start': '2778.160', 'end': '2784.400', 'text': 'around the neck. This time, it was truly'}, {'start': '2781.800', 'end': '2786.359', 'text': 'frightening. Fortunately, the fetus was'}, {'start': '2784.400', 'end': '2790.200', 'text': 'still'}, {'start': '2786.359', 'end': '2792.800', 'text': 'breathing. Luckily, the fetus was still'}, {'start': '2790.200', 'end': '2794.640', 'text': 'alive. The whole family grew anxious'}, {'start': '2792.800', 'end': '2796.480', 'text': 'again.'}, {'start': '2794.640', 'end': '2799.920', 'text': 'The doctor said, "You need to be'}, {'start': '2796.480', 'end': '2801.599', 'text': 'hospitalized for 24/7 monitoring." This'}, {'start': '2799.920', 'end': '2804.119', 'text': 'grandmother then made another light'}, {'start': '2801.599', 'end': '2806.560', 'text': 'offering, a 7-day light'}, {'start': '2804.119', 'end': '2809.119', 'text': 'offering for her daughter-in-law and the'}, {'start': '2806.560', 'end': '2811.680', 'text': 'fetus, as well as for everything else,'}, {'start': '2809.119', 'end': '2814.720', 'text': 'such as karmic creditors, ancestors,'}, {'start': '2811.680', 'end': '2816.960', 'text': 'etc. All were offered with light. An'}, {'start': '2814.720', 'end': '2819.160', 'text': 'entire week had gone by, reaching the'}, {'start': '2816.960', 'end': '2821.680', 'text': '37th week of'}, {'start': '2819.160', 'end': '2824.000', 'text': 'pregnancy. The doctor said a C-section'}, {'start': '2821.680', 'end': '2826.079', 'text': 'can be performed.'}, {'start': '2824.000', 'end': '2828.400', 'text': 'Fortunately, the surgery went very'}, {'start': '2826.079', 'end': '2831.040', 'text': 'smoothly and both mother and child are'}, {'start': '2828.400', 'end': '2834.319', 'text': 'safe. The family could finally breathe a'}, {'start': '2831.040', 'end': '2836.560', 'text': 'sigh of relief. Seeing this grandson, it'}, {'start': '2834.319', 'end': '2838.760', 'text': 'really is wonderful. Now, the'}, {'start': '2836.560', 'end': '2841.599', 'text': 'three-year-old grandson is lively and'}, {'start': '2838.760', 'end': '2843.839', 'text': 'adorable. Everything is going very well.'}, {'start': '2841.599', 'end': '2846.480', 'text': 'She is deeply grateful to grandmaster'}, {'start': '2843.839', 'end': '2849.599', 'text': 'and Bodhi light offering, letting them'}, {'start': '2846.480', 'end': '2852.160', 'text': 'enjoy the happiness of family life. It'}, {'start': '2849.599', 'end': '2855.040', 'text': 'was indeed quite thrilling. How could'}, {'start': '2852.160', 'end': '2858.000', 'text': 'the same thing happen twice? I would'}, {'start': '2855.040', 'end': '2861.680', 'text': 'like to ask that too. Is there any'}, {'start': '2858.000', 'end': '2864.160', 'text': 'saying about this? On the surface, this'}, {'start': '2861.680', 'end': '2864.160', 'text': 'pregnant'}, {'start': '2864.359', 'end': '2870.319', 'text': 'mother, her constitution and the'}, {'start': '2866.880', 'end': '2870.319', 'text': 'structure of her womb are such'}, {'start': '2871.319', 'end': '2876.640', 'text': 'that whenever she gets pregnant, the'}, {'start': '2874.480', 'end': '2879.599', 'text': 'issue of the umbilical cord wrapping'}, {'start': '2876.640', 'end': '2883.240', 'text': 'around the neck might occur.'}, {'start': '2879.599', 'end': '2886.520', 'text': "It's like a characteristic, not a"}, {'start': '2883.240', 'end': '2888.359', 'text': 'curse. A characteristic of her'}, {'start': '2886.520', 'end': '2890.319', 'text': 'pregnancies. Regarding this'}, {'start': '2888.359', 'end': '2893.359', 'text': "characteristic, do you think it's good"}, {'start': '2890.319', 'end': '2894.920', 'text': "or bad? Bad. It's too dangerous. It's"}, {'start': '2893.359', 'end': '2898.760', 'text': 'too dangerous'}, {'start': '2894.920', 'end': '2901.559', 'text': 'indeed. If we delve deeper into this'}, {'start': '2898.760', 'end': '2906.319', 'text': 'matter, it leads us to'}, {'start': '2901.559', 'end': '2909.559', 'text': 'karma. Yes. Let me tell you, as I recall'}, {'start': '2906.319', 'end': '2913.480', 'text': 'now, back in'}, {'start': '2909.559', 'end': '2916.440', 'text': '1991, when I went to Guangjo, Guangdong,'}, {'start': '2913.480', 'end': '2919.040', 'text': 'China for a dharma'}, {'start': '2916.440', 'end': '2920.599', 'text': 'mission, I met an elderly gentleman'}, {'start': '2919.040', 'end': '2924.720', 'text': 'named Mr.'}, {'start': '2920.599', 'end': '2927.079', 'text': 'Lynn. I simply called him Old Lynn. He'}, {'start': '2924.720', 'end': '2930.880', 'text': 'had quite an adventurous'}, {'start': '2927.079', 'end': '2934.319', 'text': 'story. It was really thrilling. Old Lynn'}, {'start': '2930.880', 'end': '2936.480', 'text': 'was from Chaos Han, Guangdong. The Chaos'}, {'start': '2934.319', 'end': '2939.160', 'text': 'Han people are a unique and distinct'}, {'start': '2936.480', 'end': '2941.599', 'text': 'cultural group in'}, {'start': '2939.160', 'end': '2945.640', 'text': 'Guangdong. Their cuisine and customs'}, {'start': '2941.599', 'end': '2948.400', 'text': 'differ from those of typical Guangdong'}, {'start': '2945.640', 'end': '2952.400', 'text': 'people. They are generally taller, which'}, {'start': '2948.400', 'end': '2956.920', 'text': 'is quite remarkable. As for Olin, he'}, {'start': '2952.400', 'end': '2956.920', 'text': 'only has daughters and no sons.'}, {'start': '2958.160', 'end': '2963.520', 'text': 'Maybe he has two or three daughters. The'}, {'start': '2961.359', 'end': '2966.079', 'text': 'traditional concept of carrying on the'}, {'start': '2963.520', 'end': '2968.640', 'text': 'family line. Chaoshan people are'}, {'start': '2966.079', 'end': '2970.960', 'text': 'traditional. Even today, they remain'}, {'start': '2968.640', 'end': '2972.839', 'text': 'very traditional through an introduction'}, {'start': '2970.960', 'end': '2975.599', 'text': "by a relative's"}, {'start': '2972.839', 'end': '2978.599', 'text': 'friend. He adopted a son when he was'}, {'start': '2975.599', 'end': '2978.599', 'text': 'younger.'}, {'start': '2981.200', 'end': '2985.440', 'text': 'This is considered as transferring'}, {'start': '2983.040', 'end': '2988.880', 'text': 'lineage to him. But he is not the'}, {'start': '2985.440', 'end': '2991.680', 'text': 'biological son of his wife. Yet he loves'}, {'start': '2988.880', 'end': '2994.640', 'text': 'this child very much. But as for this'}, {'start': '2991.680', 'end': '2996.960', 'text': 'child, he discovered as he grew up.'}, {'start': '2994.640', 'end': '2999.440', 'text': 'After going to school to study, he was'}, {'start': '2996.960', 'end': '3000.760', 'text': 'much like me as a child, not'}, {'start': '2999.440', 'end': '3003.400', 'text': 'academically'}, {'start': '3000.760', 'end': '3005.839', 'text': 'inclined. He barely made it to high'}, {'start': '3003.400', 'end': '3007.680', 'text': 'school. Then the teacher expelled him'}, {'start': '3005.839', 'end': '3010.119', 'text': 'and sent him home.'}, {'start': '3007.680', 'end': '3014.760', 'text': 'They said no matter which class he was'}, {'start': '3010.119', 'end': '3018.160', 'text': 'in, the teacher would be unable to get a'}, {'start': '3014.760', 'end': '3020.960', 'text': 'raise. His grades were incredibly poor.'}, {'start': '3018.160', 'end': '3023.520', 'text': 'Whoever he followed, that teacher felt'}, {'start': '3020.960', 'end': '3026.160', 'text': 'embarrassed. They had no choice but to'}, {'start': '3023.520', 'end': '3028.640', 'text': 'expel him. His marks were too low. He'}, {'start': '3026.160', 'end': '3031.040', 'text': 'was just not smart enough. Old Lynn'}, {'start': '3028.640', 'end': '3033.920', 'text': 'accepted this. He raised this adopted'}, {'start': '3031.040', 'end': '3036.000', 'text': 'son as his own for so many years. He'}, {'start': '3033.920', 'end': '3038.480', 'text': "realized he didn't have the ability to"}, {'start': '3036.000', 'end': '3041.440', 'text': 'study for university, but he had to make'}, {'start': '3038.480', 'end': '3042.599', 'text': 'a living nonetheless. In the end, this'}, {'start': '3041.440', 'end': '3045.200', 'text': "child's"}, {'start': '3042.599', 'end': '3048.160', 'text': 'grandmother. This child who struggles in'}, {'start': '3045.200', 'end': '3050.240', 'text': "studies, let's just call him young Lynn."}, {'start': '3048.160', 'end': '3052.559', 'text': 'Seeing young Lynn like this, whole'}, {'start': '3050.240', 'end': '3056.319', 'text': 'family was worried. Finally, the'}, {'start': '3052.559', 'end': '3058.720', 'text': 'grandmother said, "It\'s okay, child. At'}, {'start': '3056.319', 'end': '3061.599', 'text': 'worst, I have the skill of making roast'}, {'start': '3058.720', 'end': '3063.800', 'text': "goose. Let's just process the goose a"}, {'start': '3061.599', 'end': '3066.880', 'text': 'bit and then sell the'}, {'start': '3063.800', 'end': '3070.079', 'text': "meat. It's a family secret. I won't"}, {'start': '3066.880', 'end': '3072.480', 'text': "teach others. To comfort the child, I'll"}, {'start': '3070.079', 'end': '3074.640', 'text': 'only teach you my grandson because I'}, {'start': '3072.480', 'end': '3076.760', 'text': 'like you. She taught the child how to'}, {'start': '3074.640', 'end': '3079.839', 'text': 'make roast goose and'}, {'start': '3076.760', 'end': '3082.319', 'text': 'more. The grandmother said after buying'}, {'start': '3079.839', 'end': '3085.079', 'text': 'some geese, this is how you slaughter'}, {'start': '3082.319', 'end': '3088.559', 'text': 'them and process'}, {'start': '3085.079', 'end': '3090.720', 'text': 'them. They called those roast geese.'}, {'start': '3088.559', 'end': '3093.520', 'text': 'After that, the grandmother took charge'}, {'start': '3090.720', 'end': '3096.160', 'text': 'of the cooking. As for the grandson,'}, {'start': '3093.520', 'end': '3100.000', 'text': 'young Lynn, he was responsible for'}, {'start': '3096.160', 'end': '3102.720', 'text': 'selling it, and there was a daily quota.'}, {'start': '3100.000', 'end': '3105.400', 'text': 'How much did he sell per day? At the'}, {'start': '3102.720', 'end': '3109.480', 'text': 'beginning, it was about 10 or eight a'}, {'start': '3105.400', 'end': '3112.720', 'text': 'day. A year later, they made a name for'}, {'start': '3109.480', 'end': '3116.319', 'text': 'themselves. He sold 50 roasted bee in a'}, {'start': '3112.720', 'end': '3120.440', 'text': "single day. That's quite a lot. At that"}, {'start': '3116.319', 'end': '3125.720', 'text': 'time, his monthly income was 20,000'}, {'start': '3120.440', 'end': '3128.319', 'text': "yuan before 1990. That's truly"}, {'start': '3125.720', 'end': '3130.640', 'text': "impressive, isn't it incredible? Back"}, {'start': '3128.319', 'end': '3133.520', 'text': 'then, those earning 10,000 yuan were'}, {'start': '3130.640', 'end': '3136.240', 'text': 'rare. Old Lynn was also impressive. He'}, {'start': '3133.520', 'end': '3139.040', 'text': 'had his son sell the roasted beef.'}, {'start': '3136.240', 'end': '3141.280', 'text': "First, he didn't open a shop. Second, he"}, {'start': '3139.040', 'end': '3143.680', 'text': 'set up a stall without paying for it.'}, {'start': '3141.280', 'end': '3146.559', 'text': 'Without any rent? Yes. How is that'}, {'start': '3143.680', 'end': '3148.960', 'text': 'possible? He used a bicycle with two'}, {'start': '3146.559', 'end': '3150.960', 'text': 'large metal barrels. He put the roast'}, {'start': '3148.960', 'end': '3153.440', 'text': 'geese in the barrels and parked at the'}, {'start': '3150.960', 'end': '3153.440', 'text': 'side of the'}, {'start': '3154.040', 'end': '3159.680', 'text': "road. He wouldn't take other space. He"}, {'start': '3157.119', 'end': '3162.200', 'text': 'placed the cutting boards saying, "Tell'}, {'start': '3159.680', 'end': '3164.680', 'text': "me how much you want. I'll cut for"}, {'start': '3162.200', 'end': '3167.839', 'text': "you. It's well"}, {'start': '3164.680', 'end': '3170.319', 'text': 'known." In just a couple of hours, these'}, {'start': '3167.839', 'end': '3173.280', 'text': 'five roast geese were sold out. Not even'}, {'start': '3170.319', 'end': '3177.040', 'text': 'a goose head is left. The business is'}, {'start': '3173.280', 'end': '3180.559', 'text': "that good? Pretty enviable, isn't it?"}, {'start': '3177.040', 'end': '3183.920', 'text': "Yes, it's truly a great skill. Yes, but"}, {'start': '3180.559', 'end': '3186.000', 'text': 'what came next? One day, something'}, {'start': '3183.920', 'end': '3187.839', 'text': 'happened. Old Lynn went out of his way'}, {'start': '3186.000', 'end': '3191.280', 'text': 'to find me and told me what was going'}, {'start': '3187.839', 'end': '3194.880', 'text': 'on. His daughter. This has nothing to do'}, {'start': '3191.280', 'end': '3198.400', 'text': "with young Lynn. It turns out old's own"}, {'start': '3194.880', 'end': '3201.440', 'text': 'daughter is pregnant. Good news. He came'}, {'start': '3198.400', 'end': '3203.520', 'text': 'to me. Why is he looking for me? The'}, {'start': '3201.440', 'end': '3206.480', 'text': 'doctor said there was an umbilical cord'}, {'start': '3203.520', 'end': '3209.520', 'text': "around the neck. That's dangerous. That"}, {'start': '3206.480', 'end': '3212.800', 'text': "is very dangerous. Moreover, it's quite"}, {'start': '3209.520', 'end': '3214.680', 'text': 'like the previous case. This child was'}, {'start': '3212.800', 'end': '3217.119', 'text': 'difficult to'}, {'start': '3214.680', 'end': '3219.839', 'text': 'conceive. After a couple of years of'}, {'start': '3217.119', 'end': '3222.160', 'text': 'marriage, they finally got pregnant. At'}, {'start': '3219.839', 'end': '3225.240', 'text': 'conception, the umbilical cord wrapped'}, {'start': '3222.160', 'end': '3227.760', 'text': 'around the neck and the child was still'}, {'start': '3225.240', 'end': '3230.240', 'text': 'born. Months later, the child'}, {'start': '3227.760', 'end': '3232.480', 'text': 'essentially strangled itself. The'}, {'start': '3230.240', 'end': '3234.960', 'text': "mother's umbilical cord strangled the"}, {'start': '3232.480', 'end': '3237.520', 'text': 'baby. There was no heartbeat and a'}, {'start': '3234.960', 'end': '3240.079', 'text': 'miscarriage surgery was necessary. This'}, {'start': '3237.520', 'end': '3243.520', 'text': 'made it harder to conceive again. By'}, {'start': '3240.079', 'end': '3245.839', 'text': 'that time, it was already 5 years later.'}, {'start': '3243.520', 'end': '3248.319', 'text': 'Finally, she got pregnant again. But'}, {'start': '3245.839', 'end': '3251.119', 'text': 'again, the cord around the neck. Yes,'}, {'start': '3248.319', 'end': '3253.119', 'text': 'she needed to find Grandmaster. Exactly.'}, {'start': '3251.119', 'end': '3255.359', 'text': 'I said that old Lynn never seeks help'}, {'start': '3253.119', 'end': '3256.960', 'text': "from Grandmaster for good events. It's"}, {'start': '3255.359', 'end': '3258.440', 'text': 'only when faced with trouble that they'}, {'start': '3256.960', 'end': '3261.119', 'text': 'seek'}, {'start': '3258.440', 'end': '3263.440', 'text': 'grandmaster. Fortunately, the fetus was'}, {'start': '3261.119', 'end': '3266.800', 'text': 'fine at that time, right? How did'}, {'start': '3263.440', 'end': '3270.240', 'text': 'grandmaster help? It was easy for me to'}, {'start': '3266.800', 'end': '3272.160', 'text': 'help. I utilized my skills. At night, I'}, {'start': '3270.240', 'end': '3274.319', 'text': 'would meditate, entering a state of'}, {'start': '3272.160', 'end': '3275.960', 'text': 'meditation. The energy for the child'}, {'start': '3274.319', 'end': '3279.440', 'text': 'would then be'}, {'start': '3275.960', 'end': '3282.240', 'text': 'dispersed. After it dispersed, I had a'}, {'start': '3279.440', 'end': '3285.680', 'text': 'mobile phone by then. I sent a message'}, {'start': '3282.240', 'end': '3288.400', 'text': 'to Old Lynn asking them to check again.'}, {'start': '3285.680', 'end': '3290.599', 'text': 'Old Lynn then notified the hospital. The'}, {'start': '3288.400', 'end': '3294.119', 'text': 'hospital said, "You need to take these'}, {'start': '3290.599', 'end': '3296.960', 'text': "scans. I'm not sure what they're called."}, {'start': '3294.119', 'end': '3298.880', 'text': 'Ultrasound. You must wait for 2 hours.'}, {'start': '3296.960', 'end': '3301.920', 'text': 'The doctors have already left for the'}, {'start': '3298.880', 'end': '3304.640', 'text': 'day." After waiting a few hours, they'}, {'start': '3301.920', 'end': '3307.119', 'text': 'checked. The umbilical cord loosened and'}, {'start': '3304.640', 'end': '3310.480', 'text': "everything's fine. Old Lynn was so"}, {'start': '3307.119', 'end': '3313.680', 'text': 'happy. He was so happy he invited me to'}, {'start': '3310.480', 'end': '3316.079', 'text': "his home. But grandmaster doesn't eat"}, {'start': '3313.680', 'end': '3318.800', 'text': 'roast goose. What should I bring as a'}, {'start': '3316.079', 'end': '3320.119', 'text': 'gift? His child sells roasted goose in'}, {'start': '3318.800', 'end': '3323.480', 'text': 'his'}, {'start': '3320.119', 'end': '3327.640', 'text': "hometown. What about old Lynn's"}, {'start': '3323.480', 'end': '3330.559', 'text': 'job? He works at the Guangjo Waterworks'}, {'start': '3327.640', 'end': '3332.960', 'text': 'Company. When I visited his home, he'}, {'start': '3330.559', 'end': '3335.760', 'text': 'welcomed Grandmaster with tea, which was'}, {'start': '3332.960', 'end': '3338.400', 'text': 'nice. I watched him prepare Gung Fu tea.'}, {'start': '3335.760', 'end': '3340.640', 'text': "It was amusing. I'm a bit long-winded."}, {'start': '3338.400', 'end': '3342.960', 'text': "We're listening. How did it go? At"}, {'start': '3340.640', 'end': '3344.359', 'text': "first, Old Lynn's way of drinking tea"}, {'start': '3342.960', 'end': '3347.359', 'text': 'was quite'}, {'start': '3344.359', 'end': '3348.520', 'text': 'annoying. A small copper teapot as big'}, {'start': '3347.359', 'end': '3352.240', 'text': 'as an'}, {'start': '3348.520', 'end': '3354.799', 'text': 'apple. He made gung fu tea using tuin'}, {'start': '3352.240', 'end': '3357.680', 'text': 'from his hometown. He packed it tightly'}, {'start': '3354.799', 'end': '3360.160', 'text': 'and compressed it, then added water only'}, {'start': '3357.680', 'end': '3362.880', 'text': 'after pressing it down. After adding'}, {'start': '3360.160', 'end': '3365.200', 'text': 'water, he boiled it on the stove for 15'}, {'start': '3362.880', 'end': '3368.079', 'text': 'minutes. The first time Grandmaster'}, {'start': '3365.200', 'end': '3370.640', 'text': 'visited, he served three cups of tea.'}, {'start': '3368.079', 'end': '3373.680', 'text': 'Three cups were too simple. He used a'}, {'start': '3370.640', 'end': '3376.480', 'text': 'small cup. A very tiny liquor cup. Such'}, {'start': '3373.680', 'end': '3379.280', 'text': 'a small liquor cup. These three cups of'}, {'start': '3376.480', 'end': '3381.760', 'text': "tea weren't liquor. So, I drank them."}, {'start': '3379.280', 'end': '3384.440', 'text': 'When I tasted it, why was it so bitter?'}, {'start': '3381.760', 'end': '3387.599', 'text': 'It was incredibly more bitter than TCM'}, {'start': '3384.440', 'end': '3390.400', 'text': 'medicine. But when someone offers tea, I'}, {'start': '3387.599', 'end': '3392.880', 'text': 'must be polite. No matter how bitter, I'}, {'start': '3390.400', 'end': '3395.920', 'text': 'forced a smile and drank three cups.'}, {'start': '3392.880', 'end': '3397.760', 'text': 'Afterward, I felt tipsy. Feeling drunk?'}, {'start': '3395.920', 'end': '3400.720', 'text': "What is that like? You wouldn't think"}, {'start': '3397.760', 'end': '3404.319', 'text': 'tea could intoxicate. I felt dizzy and'}, {'start': '3400.720', 'end': '3406.720', 'text': 'nauseous. Oh my. It was real. Oh, did'}, {'start': '3404.319', 'end': '3408.599', 'text': "you drug me? What's happening? Old"}, {'start': '3406.720', 'end': '3411.119', 'text': 'clapped and laughed. He said,'}, {'start': '3408.599', 'end': '3414.079', 'text': '"Grandmaster\'s skills can\'t withstand my'}, {'start': '3411.119', 'end': '3416.640', 'text': 'three cups of tea. You cheaty old." As'}, {'start': '3414.079', 'end': '3420.000', 'text': 'he said this, I felt so dizzy. Just'}, {'start': '3416.640', 'end': '3422.640', 'text': "wanted to vomit, but didn't. I took 2"}, {'start': '3420.000', 'end': '3425.520', 'text': 'hours of sleep to recover. His tea is so'}, {'start': '3422.640', 'end': '3428.079', 'text': 'powerful. When served tea by Chaoshan,'}, {'start': '3425.520', 'end': '3431.720', 'text': 'folks, better ask carefully. They drink'}, {'start': '3428.079', 'end': '3434.920', 'text': 'without any issues. He drinks two pots a'}, {'start': '3431.720', 'end': '3437.520', 'text': "day. He's afraid it might not be bitter"}, {'start': '3434.920', 'end': '3440.040', 'text': "enough. He said things that didn't make"}, {'start': '3437.520', 'end': '3442.720', 'text': "sense. It's"}, {'start': '3440.040', 'end': '3445.760', 'text': 'sweetening. In the end, he talked about'}, {'start': '3442.720', 'end': '3448.000', 'text': "its sweetness. In the end, wasn't it? By"}, {'start': '3445.760', 'end': '3449.480', 'text': 'the afternoon, the throat felt'}, {'start': '3448.000', 'end': '3452.880', 'text': 'especially'}, {'start': '3449.480', 'end': '3454.839', 'text': 'smooth with a cool sweet aftertaste its'}, {'start': '3452.880', 'end': '3458.599', 'text': 'lingering'}, {'start': '3454.839', 'end': '3462.960', 'text': 'sweetness. But the cost is a bit'}, {'start': '3458.599', 'end': '3466.160', 'text': "high. Isn't it fun? Old Lynn even lost a"}, {'start': '3462.960', 'end': '3468.799', 'text': 'tooth. Seeing me so drunk like that, he'}, {'start': '3466.160', 'end': '3471.280', 'text': "laughed with great joy. Next time I'll"}, {'start': '3468.799', 'end': '3474.000', 'text': 'just offer him a toast. This is a side'}, {'start': '3471.280', 'end': '3475.599', 'text': 'story. Did you save his daughter? Not'}, {'start': '3474.000', 'end': '3478.040', 'text': 'yet.'}, {'start': '3475.599', 'end': '3480.480', 'text': 'This might have been at 7 or 8'}, {'start': '3478.040', 'end': '3483.319', 'text': 'months. It was not yet time for'}, {'start': '3480.480', 'end': '3485.920', 'text': 'delivery. Eventually, it was time for'}, {'start': '3483.319', 'end': '3487.160', 'text': 'delivery. They entered the delivery room'}, {'start': '3485.920', 'end': '3490.160', 'text': 'to give'}, {'start': '3487.160', 'end': '3492.720', 'text': "birth. Why isn't the baby coming out?"}, {'start': '3490.160', 'end': '3495.119', 'text': 'The doctor suggested checking again. Was'}, {'start': '3492.720', 'end': '3497.680', 'text': 'it tangled again? They checked and found'}, {'start': '3495.119', 'end': '3499.599', 'text': 'it was tangled again. Grandmaster, we'}, {'start': '3497.680', 'end': '3502.640', 'text': 'need your help. They called me for help'}, {'start': '3499.599', 'end': '3505.280', 'text': 'while I was busy.'}, {'start': '3502.640', 'end': '3507.640', 'text': 'I think I was driving at that time. I'}, {'start': '3505.280', 'end': '3510.319', 'text': 'stopped and used my skills to untangle'}, {'start': '3507.640', 'end': '3513.119', 'text': 'it. Half an hour later, it was'}, {'start': '3510.319', 'end': '3516.480', 'text': 'untangled. It was untangled and the baby'}, {'start': '3513.119', 'end': '3518.799', 'text': "was born smoothly. Thank heavens. Let's"}, {'start': '3516.480', 'end': '3520.119', 'text': 'not offer three cups of tea. He was'}, {'start': '3518.799', 'end': '3523.200', 'text': 'absolutely'}, {'start': '3520.119', 'end': '3525.400', 'text': "thrilled. He was so thrilled he couldn't"}, {'start': '3523.200', 'end': '3527.760', 'text': 'even speak. It was'}, {'start': '3525.400', 'end': '3530.400', 'text': 'unbelievable. The birth of this child'}, {'start': '3527.760', 'end': '3532.640', 'text': 'requires twice untangling.'}, {'start': '3530.400', 'end': '3534.960', 'text': 'Grandmaster really is a great benefactor'}, {'start': '3532.640', 'end': '3538.079', 'text': 'to their family. I have another'}, {'start': '3534.960', 'end': '3540.160', 'text': "question. Isn't Young Lynn adopted?"}, {'start': '3538.079', 'end': '3542.720', 'text': 'Yes. Did Young Lynn eventually have a'}, {'start': '3540.160', 'end': '3545.359', 'text': "child? Good question. I'd have forgotten"}, {'start': '3542.720', 'end': '3546.680', 'text': "if you hadn't asked. Young Lynn earns so"}, {'start': '3545.359', 'end': '3549.200', 'text': 'much'}, {'start': '3546.680', 'end': '3551.760', 'text': 'money. Matchmakers are introducing'}, {'start': '3549.200', 'end': '3554.240', 'text': "matches for him. They found it. He's"}, {'start': '3551.760', 'end': '3556.319', 'text': "slow, but he's quite rich. Yeah, the"}, {'start': '3554.240', 'end': '3560.000', 'text': 'conditions are good. They found him a'}, {'start': '3556.319', 'end': '3562.359', 'text': 'pretty girl. The thing is after marrying'}, {'start': '3560.000', 'end': '3565.119', 'text': 'the girl for 3'}, {'start': '3562.359', 'end': '3567.680', 'text': 'years, his wife showed no sign of'}, {'start': '3565.119', 'end': '3570.160', 'text': 'pregnancy at all. As a result, the'}, {'start': '3567.680', 'end': '3572.319', 'text': 'couple went to see a doctor. At the'}, {'start': '3570.160', 'end': '3574.559', 'text': 'doctor, both got checked at the same'}, {'start': '3572.319', 'end': '3577.559', 'text': 'time. The doctor said Lynn was'}, {'start': '3574.559', 'end': '3577.559', 'text': 'infertile.'}, {'start': '3579.599', 'end': '3586.079', 'text': "So, the lineage couldn't continue."}, {'start': '3583.839', 'end': '3587.319', 'text': "This was a big deal. It's really a"}, {'start': '3586.079', 'end': '3590.160', 'text': 'regrettable'}, {'start': '3587.319', 'end': '3592.799', 'text': 'thing. His dad asked if I could lend a'}, {'start': '3590.160', 'end': '3595.040', 'text': 'hand. I really did help him. When I was'}, {'start': '3592.799', 'end': '3597.920', 'text': 'helping, I tuned into my meditative'}, {'start': '3595.040', 'end': '3600.200', 'text': 'state at night and observed the overall'}, {'start': '3597.920', 'end': '3603.599', 'text': "situation of Lynn's"}, {'start': '3600.200', 'end': '3608.640', 'text': 'family. I saw bloody scenes. There was'}, {'start': '3603.599', 'end': '3608.640', 'text': 'blood all over and dead ducks and dee'}, {'start': '3610.599', 'end': '3616.559', 'text': 'everywhere. The heavy killing karma cost'}, {'start': '3613.359', 'end': '3616.559', 'text': 'him his fertility.'}, {'start': '3617.440', 'end': '3622.799', 'text': 'Oh my goodness. He had lost all'}, {'start': '3620.440', 'end': '3626.920', 'text': "fertility. You've killed too much and"}, {'start': '3622.799', 'end': '3626.920', 'text': 'was finding joy in it.'}, {'start': '3627.200', 'end': '3631.520', 'text': "What about his daughter's fetus being"}, {'start': '3628.880', 'end': '3634.480', 'text': 'wrapped around the neck? Is that also'}, {'start': '3631.520', 'end': '3636.880', 'text': 'related to this killing karma? His dad'}, {'start': '3634.480', 'end': '3639.200', 'text': "also asked me why was the fetus's neck"}, {'start': '3636.880', 'end': '3639.200', 'text': 'still'}, {'start': '3639.720', 'end': '3644.599', 'text': 'choked after I helped them.'}, {'start': '3645.200', 'end': '3649.440', 'text': 'I asked him when he slaughtered the'}, {'start': '3646.960', 'end': '3651.319', 'text': 'geese, "Did they slit the geese\'s neck?"'}, {'start': '3649.440', 'end': '3654.400', 'text': 'He said,'}, {'start': '3651.319', 'end': '3656.640', 'text': '"Yes." They\'d killed like 50 geese a day'}, {'start': '3654.400', 'end': '3656.640', 'text': 'for'}, {'start': '3658.680', 'end': '3665.760', 'text': "years. I bet they'd killed tens of"}, {'start': '3661.640', 'end': '3665.760', 'text': "thousands. That's what happened to the"}, {'start': '3667.319', 'end': '3672.520', 'text': 'children. It could be just a'}, {'start': '3669.520', 'end': '3672.520', 'text': 'coincidence.'}, {'start': '3677.119', 'end': '3681.200', 'text': 'You see, his child was poor'}, {'start': '3683.000', 'end': '3688.480', 'text': 'academically. He was taught to roast'}, {'start': '3685.200', 'end': '3688.480', 'text': 'geese so he could support'}, {'start': '3695.799', 'end': '3701.240', 'text': 'himself to survive. This is not a sin.'}, {'start': '3699.119', 'end': '3704.799', 'text': 'But in the'}, {'start': '3701.240', 'end': '3707.559', 'text': 'end, this was what happened. I really'}, {'start': '3704.799', 'end': '3710.920', 'text': 'tried to help him, but as far as I'}, {'start': '3707.559', 'end': '3714.319', 'text': "know, it didn't"}, {'start': '3710.920', 'end': '3717.119', 'text': 'work. At that time, the karma of killing'}, {'start': '3714.319', 'end': '3718.960', 'text': 'had already manifested. At that time, we'}, {'start': '3717.119', 'end': '3721.400', 'text': 'were only allowed to teach the common'}, {'start': '3718.960', 'end': '3724.079', 'text': 'dharma. Religion spreading, burning'}, {'start': '3721.400', 'end': '3726.960', 'text': 'incense, light offering. There was none'}, {'start': '3724.079', 'end': '3728.640', 'text': 'of that. No one dared at that time. If'}, {'start': '3726.960', 'end': '3730.799', 'text': "you did that, they would say it's"}, {'start': '3728.640', 'end': '3732.799', 'text': 'superstitious and illegal. Teaching'}, {'start': '3730.799', 'end': '3735.040', 'text': 'dharma was already crossing the red'}, {'start': '3732.799', 'end': '3737.319', 'text': 'line. It was even more illegal. There'}, {'start': '3735.040', 'end': '3739.960', 'text': 'were no light offerings or merit-making'}, {'start': '3737.319', 'end': '3742.720', 'text': "activities. We couldn't dare to say"}, {'start': '3739.960', 'end': '3745.680', 'text': "anything. If you did, you'd get locked"}, {'start': '3742.720', 'end': '3747.680', 'text': 'up. So, that was the political situation'}, {'start': '3745.680', 'end': '3751.680', 'text': 'at the time. There was nothing we could'}, {'start': '3747.680', 'end': '3754.880', 'text': 'do. It was impossible to save him. So,'}, {'start': '3751.680', 'end': '3758.000', 'text': 'young Lynn, as far as I know later, he'}, {'start': '3754.880', 'end': '3758.000', 'text': 'never had children.'}, {'start': '3758.400', 'end': '3765.760', 'text': 'He could only adopt one.'}, {'start': '3761.599', 'end': '3770.720', 'text': 'Later he slowly aged. Eventually we lost'}, {'start': '3765.760', 'end': '3773.559', 'text': "contact. That's probably how it went."}, {'start': '3770.720', 'end': '3776.000', 'text': "But now it's different. Now we have our"}, {'start': '3773.559', 'end': '3777.319', 'text': 'bodhisal. We could openly make offerings'}, {'start': '3776.000', 'end': '3779.920', 'text': 'to the Buddhas'}, {'start': '3777.319', 'end': '3782.240', 'text': "now. Whether it's light offerings,"}, {'start': '3779.920', 'end': '3784.799', 'text': 'volunteering, etc.'}, {'start': '3782.240', 'end': '3786.480', 'text': 'We are grateful to Grandmaster for'}, {'start': '3784.799', 'end': '3789.359', 'text': 'providing everyone with so many'}, {'start': '3786.480', 'end': '3792.799', 'text': "platforms and so many methods. That's"}, {'start': '3789.359', 'end': '3793.960', 'text': 'how it is. Ancestral karma has already'}, {'start': '3792.799', 'end': '3797.359', 'text': 'become a'}, {'start': '3793.960', 'end': '3799.760', 'text': "reality. It's okay. As descendants, we"}, {'start': '3797.359', 'end': '3802.319', 'text': 'can still seek the Buddha help. Yes, we'}, {'start': '3799.760', 'end': '3805.119', 'text': 'can still seek resolution. Yes, there'}, {'start': '3802.319', 'end': '3807.839', 'text': 'often seem to be difficult situations,'}, {'start': '3805.119', 'end': '3809.760', 'text': 'you know, like terminal illnesses. Even'}, {'start': '3807.839', 'end': '3812.160', 'text': 'doctors have already condemned them as'}, {'start': '3809.760', 'end': '3813.880', 'text': 'incurable. But after receiving the'}, {'start': '3812.160', 'end': '3816.799', 'text': "blessing of the Buddha's"}, {'start': '3813.880', 'end': '3819.039', 'text': 'power, an astonishing result can still'}, {'start': '3816.799', 'end': '3821.839', 'text': 'be obtained. Then the doctors would call'}, {'start': '3819.039', 'end': '3824.960', 'text': "it a medical miracle. That's what the"}, {'start': '3821.839', 'end': '3826.720', 'text': "doctor says. It's not a medical miracle."}, {'start': '3824.960', 'end': '3828.880', 'text': "Some people don't have medicine, but"}, {'start': '3826.720', 'end': '3832.240', 'text': "they got well. It's not a medical"}, {'start': '3828.880', 'end': '3835.039', 'text': "miracle. It's a miracle of Buddhism."}, {'start': '3832.240', 'end': '3836.720', 'text': "It's a miracle of merit. Yes, it comes"}, {'start': '3835.039', 'end': '3839.839', 'text': "from the Buddha. It's the blessing of"}, {'start': '3836.720', 'end': '3841.960', 'text': 'the Buddhas. So from Malaysia, which'}, {'start': '3839.839', 'end': '3846.400', 'text': 'center'}, {'start': '3841.960', 'end': '3850.079', 'text': "again? Paneang center. Sister Ryan, it's"}, {'start': '3846.400', 'end': '3852.160', 'text': 'such an auspicious event.'}, {'start': '3850.079', 'end': '3854.319', 'text': 'Yes, she is very sincere and light'}, {'start': '3852.160', 'end': '3857.440', 'text': 'offering. She also volunteers at the'}, {'start': '3854.319', 'end': '3860.319', 'text': "center herself. Yes, that's great. This"}, {'start': '3857.440', 'end': '3863.520', 'text': 'is truly wonderful. Especially one'}, {'start': '3860.319', 'end': '3865.920', 'text': 'really must personally volunteer. Yes,'}, {'start': '3863.520', 'end': '3868.000', 'text': 'she successfully became a grandmother.'}, {'start': '3865.920', 'end': '3869.839', 'text': 'How great it is to have a grandson.'}, {'start': '3868.000', 'end': '3872.240', 'text': 'Indeed.'}, {'start': '3869.839', 'end': '3875.240', 'text': "All right, Grandmaster. Let's gift her"}, {'start': '3872.240', 'end': '3875.240', 'text': 'something.'}, {'start': '3879.119', 'end': '3883.079', 'text': "Okay, let's start with that little"}, {'start': '3880.880', 'end': '3886.079', 'text': 'grandson. All right, the little'}, {'start': '3883.079', 'end': '3888.319', 'text': "grandson. Let's see what this is. It's a"}, {'start': '3886.079', 'end': '3892.240', 'text': 'eight auspicious treasure beads. What a'}, {'start': '3888.319', 'end': '3894.720', 'text': 'blessed child. I made this by hand. Yes,'}, {'start': '3892.240', 'end': '3898.720', 'text': "this has protective herbs on it. That's"}, {'start': '3894.720', 'end': '3901.480', 'text': 'great. And another cake of poor tea.'}, {'start': '3898.720', 'end': '3903.839', 'text': 'Drinking this is good for'}, {'start': '3901.480', 'end': '3906.160', 'text': 'health. This brings harmony and'}, {'start': '3903.839', 'end': '3907.760', 'text': 'longevity. The whole family will be'}, {'start': '3906.160', 'end': '3909.880', 'text': 'auspicious'}, {'start': '3907.760', 'end': '3913.520', 'text': 'and for the'}, {'start': '3909.880', 'end': '3913.520', 'text': 'daughter-in-law. A lapis'}, {'start': '3914.119', 'end': '3921.520', 'text': 'lazuli. Such vibrant colors. Lapis'}, {'start': '3918.280', 'end': '3924.520', 'text': 'lazuli. It brings purity, health and'}, {'start': '3921.520', 'end': '3924.520', 'text': 'wisdom.'}, {'start': '3924.880', 'end': '3930.640', 'text': "We hope Sister Rian's family has peace"}, {'start': '3927.359', 'end': '3932.880', 'text': 'and good fortune.'}, {'start': '3930.640', 'end': '3935.119', 'text': 'Received. Health and longevity.'}, {'start': '3932.880', 'end': '3938.240', 'text': 'Received. May the little grandson grow'}, {'start': '3935.119', 'end': '3941.240', 'text': 'healthfully. Received. Thank you,'}, {'start': '3938.240', 'end': '3941.240', 'text': 'Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '3941.480', 'end': '3946.160', 'text': 'Grandmaster. Regarding family karma, we'}, {'start': '3944.240', 'end': '3948.720', 'text': 'have a story from Joanna from the'}, {'start': '3946.160', 'end': '3950.880', 'text': "Silicon Valley Center. Let's read her"}, {'start': '3948.720', 'end': '3953.799', 'text': 'story.'}, {'start': '3950.880', 'end': '3956.319', 'text': "She said her husband's family was very"}, {'start': '3953.799', 'end': '3958.359', 'text': 'unfortunate. His mother died in a car'}, {'start': '3956.319', 'end': '3962.079', 'text': 'accident at the age of'}, {'start': '3958.359', 'end': '3964.799', 'text': "36. Then her husband's brother at 23"}, {'start': '3962.079', 'end': '3967.280', 'text': 'also caused a car accident. He later'}, {'start': '3964.799', 'end': '3969.760', 'text': 'felt extremely guilty and depressed and'}, {'start': '3967.280', 'end': '3972.760', 'text': "committed suicide. Her husband's father"}, {'start': '3969.760', 'end': '3975.039', 'text': 'and sister were both diagnosed with'}, {'start': '3972.760', 'end': '3976.599', 'text': 'depression. It seemed the whole family'}, {'start': '3975.039', 'end': '3979.440', 'text': 'was shrouded in the shadow of'}, {'start': '3976.599', 'end': '3982.400', 'text': 'depression. At that time, Joanna was'}, {'start': '3979.440', 'end': '3986.079', 'text': "aware of her husband's family situation."}, {'start': '3982.400', 'end': '3986.079', 'text': 'She felt it had nothing to do with'}, {'start': '3986.280', 'end': '3991.039', 'text': 'them. She never imagined that after'}, {'start': '3988.880', 'end': '3993.799', 'text': 'getting married, disaster would follow'}, {'start': '3991.039', 'end': '3997.440', 'text': 'one after another. They got married in'}, {'start': '3993.799', 'end': '3999.680', 'text': '2005. Their daughter was born in 2007.'}, {'start': '3997.440', 'end': '4003.280', 'text': 'Right after the daughter was born, the'}, {'start': '3999.680', 'end': '4005.359', 'text': 'husband was laid off. At that time, her'}, {'start': '4003.280', 'end': '4008.480', 'text': "husband wasn't in a hurry to find a new"}, {'start': '4005.359', 'end': '4010.960', 'text': 'job. Instead, he decided to start'}, {'start': '4008.480', 'end': '4013.280', 'text': 'investing in real estate. He thought he'}, {'start': '4010.960', 'end': '4015.839', 'text': 'could buy houses to rent out, achieving'}, {'start': '4013.280', 'end': '4017.160', 'text': 'financial freedom. He ended up buying'}, {'start': '4015.839', 'end': '4019.839', 'text': 'five'}, {'start': '4017.160', 'end': '4022.720', 'text': 'properties. But unexpectedly, right'}, {'start': '4019.839', 'end': '4026.000', 'text': 'after he bought them the following year'}, {'start': '4022.720', 'end': '4028.799', 'text': 'in 2008, the economic crisis hit and'}, {'start': '4026.000', 'end': '4031.880', 'text': 'property prices plummeted. They lost all'}, {'start': '4028.799', 'end': '4035.520', 'text': 'their properties. 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An old"}, {'start': '4197.440', 'end': '4202.480', 'text': 'colleague, now a supervisor at a top'}, {'start': '4200.080', 'end': '4205.440', 'text': 'Silicon Valley company, happened to have'}, {'start': '4202.480', 'end': '4207.360', 'text': 'a vacancy in his department.'}, {'start': '4205.440', 'end': '4209.520', 'text': "This colleague contacted Joanna's"}, {'start': '4207.360', 'end': '4212.080', 'text': 'husband and arranged an interview for'}, {'start': '4209.520', 'end': '4214.800', 'text': 'him. The first time he attended the'}, {'start': '4212.080', 'end': '4216.719', 'text': 'interview, he did not pass. The kind'}, {'start': '4214.800', 'end': '4219.280', 'text': 'colleague arranged a second interview'}, {'start': '4216.719', 'end': '4221.640', 'text': 'which he passed, landing the job at the'}, {'start': '4219.280', 'end': '4225.120', 'text': 'big company. A good job'}, {'start': '4221.640', 'end': '4227.520', 'text': 'indeed. 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Her daughter achieved'}, {'start': '4325.280', 'end': '4329.840', 'text': 'excellent grades with all as with'}, {'start': '4327.280', 'end': '4331.600', 'text': "grandm's repeated blessings and support."}, {'start': '4329.840', 'end': '4333.880', 'text': 'This year, her daughter successfully got'}, {'start': '4331.600', 'end': '4336.719', 'text': 'into the media program at New York'}, {'start': '4333.880', 'end': '4339.440', 'text': 'University. It was her first choice. She'}, {'start': '4336.719', 'end': '4341.520', 'text': 'cried tears of joy several times. Even'}, {'start': '4339.440', 'end': '4343.760', 'text': "she couldn't believe this miracle. 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Devoid of'}, {'start': '4472.080', 'end': '4477.199', 'text': 'sunlight without exercising or making'}, {'start': '4474.640', 'end': '4481.199', 'text': 'friends. It could be losing your job and'}, {'start': '4477.199', 'end': '4483.520', 'text': 'facing some setbacks or a breakup or'}, {'start': '4481.199', 'end': '4485.000', 'text': 'investment failures. After all these'}, {'start': '4483.520', 'end': '4487.320', 'text': 'kinds of'}, {'start': '4485.000', 'end': '4489.800', 'text': 'setbacks, what'}, {'start': '4487.320', 'end': '4492.679', 'text': 'happens? Some people are hit'}, {'start': '4489.800', 'end': '4496.880', 'text': 'harder. Do you know what this'}, {'start': '4492.679', 'end': '4500.000', 'text': 'means? Where does that injury manifest?'}, {'start': '4496.880', 'end': '4503.560', 'text': 'The brain nerves. Yes, the brain nerves'}, {'start': '4500.000', 'end': '4507.840', 'text': 'are damaged. 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Will'}, {'start': '4547.199', 'end': '4553.040', 'text': 'he immediately rush to the hospital? No.'}, {'start': '4550.239', 'end': '4555.600', 'text': "Suddenly his energy is depleted. It's"}, {'start': '4553.040', 'end': '4557.679', 'text': 'lost. Depleted means it has disappeared'}, {'start': '4555.600', 'end': '4560.320', 'text': 'with no strength to stand. He might just'}, {'start': '4557.679', 'end': '4563.120', 'text': 'collapse on the ground. Yes, he may even'}, {'start': '4560.320', 'end': '4565.320', 'text': 'lack the strength to speak. When someone'}, {'start': '4563.120', 'end': '4568.480', 'text': 'shrugs like'}, {'start': '4565.320', 'end': '4571.600', 'text': 'this and with a gaze that avoids others,'}, {'start': '4568.480', 'end': '4572.920', 'text': 'he has no energy. 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As the soul wanders off, it leaves a'}, {'start': '4603.280', 'end': '4608.320', 'text': 'gap in your mind. This gap is exactly'}, {'start': '4605.920', 'end': '4610.719', 'text': 'where some evil spirits want to reside.'}, {'start': '4608.320', 'end': '4613.280', 'text': 'They burrow in. Then they use your body'}, {'start': '4610.719', 'end': '4616.080', 'text': 'to cultivate themselves. Evil spirits'}, {'start': '4613.280', 'end': '4619.800', 'text': 'also cultivate themselves. These evil'}, {'start': '4616.080', 'end': '4623.320', 'text': 'spirits desire to obtain a human'}, {'start': '4619.800', 'end': '4625.920', 'text': "form. That's how it"}, {'start': '4623.320', 'end': '4629.679', 'text': 'is. This is somewhat mentioned in'}, {'start': '4625.920', 'end': '4631.960', 'text': 'Journey to the West. You know the 36'}, {'start': '4629.679', 'end': '4634.000', 'text': 'transformations or the 72'}, {'start': '4631.960', 'end': '4636.159', 'text': 'transformations. They must reach that'}, {'start': '4634.000', 'end': '4638.480', 'text': 'level to become immortal. This is'}, {'start': '4636.159', 'end': '4642.360', 'text': 'something that most people do not know.'}, {'start': '4638.480', 'end': '4645.400', 'text': 'When there is a void in your brain and'}, {'start': '4642.360', 'end': '4648.239', 'text': 'spirit, evil spirits will'}, {'start': '4645.400', 'end': '4651.120', 'text': 'invade. Those suicidal thoughts are the'}, {'start': '4648.239', 'end': '4651.120', 'text': 'evil spirits'}, {'start': '4652.120', 'end': '4658.719', 'text': 'tricks. When you die, they swallow all'}, {'start': '4655.040', 'end': '4661.280', 'text': 'your vital energy and spirit.'}, {'start': '4658.719', 'end': '4663.760', 'text': "That's how they become stronger. In"}, {'start': '4661.280', 'end': '4666.159', 'text': 'Journey to the West, monsters desire'}, {'start': '4663.760', 'end': '4669.040', 'text': "Monk Tang's flesh because they hope to"}, {'start': '4666.159', 'end': '4671.120', 'text': 'obtain the essence and spirit of him.'}, {'start': '4669.040', 'end': '4673.280', 'text': "It's the soul of an evil in a monk's"}, {'start': '4671.120', 'end': '4675.440', 'text': "body. They want the monk's energy as"}, {'start': '4673.280', 'end': '4675.440', 'text': 'their'}, {'start': '4676.760', 'end': '4683.320', 'text': "own. So Joanna's"}, {'start': '4680.760', 'end': '4686.719', 'text': 'husband when he lost his'}, {'start': '4683.320', 'end': '4689.760', 'text': "job, he couldn't handle it mentally. He"}, {'start': '4686.719', 'end': '4692.400', 'text': 'was an introvert to begin with. After'}, {'start': '4689.760', 'end': '4694.760', 'text': 'such heavy blow, he stayed at home every'}, {'start': '4692.400', 'end': '4697.600', 'text': 'day sobbing and'}, {'start': '4694.760', 'end': '4699.320', 'text': 'crying. What happened afterwards? Think'}, {'start': '4697.600', 'end': '4703.000', 'text': 'of it as a brain'}, {'start': '4699.320', 'end': '4705.520', 'text': 'injury which caused him to lose all his'}, {'start': '4703.000', 'end': '4708.320', 'text': 'vitality. After that, the evil'}, {'start': '4705.520', 'end': '4710.679', 'text': 'approached him. When I helped him, I'}, {'start': '4708.320', 'end': '4713.600', 'text': 'first expelled that malevolent'}, {'start': '4710.679', 'end': '4715.640', 'text': "force. Powerful evil spirits don't leave"}, {'start': '4713.600', 'end': '4718.320', 'text': 'their hosts'}, {'start': '4715.640', 'end': '4720.239', 'text': "easily. Chanting alone won't get rid of"}, {'start': '4718.320', 'end': '4723.480', 'text': 'them.'}, {'start': '4720.239', 'end': '4727.199', 'text': 'So I used my powerful dharma'}, {'start': '4723.480', 'end': '4729.080', 'text': 'power. As I drove the evil away, she'}, {'start': '4727.199', 'end': '4731.520', 'text': 'felt a strong gust of'}, {'start': '4729.080', 'end': '4734.159', 'text': 'wind. There was even a feeling of'}, {'start': '4731.520', 'end': '4737.280', 'text': 'electric shock. She might have felt her'}, {'start': '4734.159', 'end': '4740.159', 'text': 'body vibrating and shaking. For each'}, {'start': '4737.280', 'end': '4742.400', 'text': 'person I helped, the energy used varies.'}, {'start': '4740.159', 'end': '4745.280', 'text': "In her husband's case, there was more"}, {'start': '4742.400', 'end': '4747.520', 'text': 'than one evil spirits. The energy used'}, {'start': '4745.280', 'end': '4749.520', 'text': 'was great. She felt as if there was a'}, {'start': '4747.520', 'end': '4752.239', 'text': 'storm raging. What she felt was the'}, {'start': '4749.520', 'end': '4755.520', 'text': 'tremendous energy from Grandmaster. It'}, {'start': '4752.239', 'end': '4758.080', 'text': 'should be a great blessing.'}, {'start': '4755.520', 'end': '4761.040', 'text': "Wonderful. Joanna's husband woke up the"}, {'start': '4758.080', 'end': '4764.719', 'text': 'next morning feeling refreshed and there'}, {'start': '4761.040', 'end': '4766.960', 'text': 'was no pain, feeling relaxed.'}, {'start': '4764.719', 'end': '4768.719', 'text': 'There were no allergies, coughs,'}, {'start': '4766.960', 'end': '4771.600', 'text': 'everything got better. He had returned'}, {'start': '4768.719', 'end': '4773.679', 'text': 'to his original self.'}, {'start': '4771.600', 'end': '4776.800', 'text': 'The energy used to help different people'}, {'start': '4773.679', 'end': '4778.960', 'text': "varies. Thank you, Grandmaster. It's"}, {'start': '4776.800', 'end': '4782.080', 'text': 'almost like Journey to the West. It is'}, {'start': '4778.960', 'end': '4784.640', 'text': 'Journey to the West after all. Really,'}, {'start': '4782.080', 'end': '4787.280', 'text': 'Grandmaster? I have a question. Being'}, {'start': '4784.640', 'end': '4790.400', 'text': 'possessed by evil is dangerous. How can'}, {'start': '4787.280', 'end': '4794.320', 'text': 'we avoid such situations?'}, {'start': '4790.400', 'end': '4796.320', 'text': 'There are so many methods.'}, {'start': '4794.320', 'end': '4803.760', 'text': 'Like I said, when you experience'}, {'start': '4796.320', 'end': '4803.760', 'text': 'setbacks like a divorce, a breakup or'}, {'start': '4804.199', 'end': '4809.440', 'text': 'unemployment, your energy falls apart,'}, {'start': '4807.040', 'end': '4811.640', 'text': 'right? The first thing you need to do is'}, {'start': '4809.440', 'end': '4814.159', 'text': 'to regain this'}, {'start': '4811.640', 'end': '4817.120', 'text': 'energy. The best way to do this is'}, {'start': '4814.159', 'end': '4817.120', 'text': 'through meditation'}, {'start': '4817.239', 'end': '4822.560', 'text': "practice. If you don't have time to do"}, {'start': '4819.520', 'end': '4824.480', 'text': "it or are too weak to do it, it's fine."}, {'start': '4822.560', 'end': '4826.880', 'text': 'You can make light offerings in front of'}, {'start': '4824.480', 'end': '4828.960', 'text': 'the Buddha. You may visit our website to'}, {'start': '4826.880', 'end': '4831.040', 'text': 'do so and replenish some positive'}, {'start': '4828.960', 'end': '4832.199', 'text': "energy. It's a kind of gentle and"}, {'start': '4831.040', 'end': '4836.920', 'text': 'positive'}, {'start': '4832.199', 'end': '4840.040', 'text': 'energy. Or if you could volunteer at our'}, {'start': '4836.920', 'end': '4842.440', 'text': 'centers and learn some meditation'}, {'start': '4840.040', 'end': '4845.440', 'text': 'practices, your energy will recover'}, {'start': '4842.440', 'end': '4847.440', 'text': 'faster. Within a year, you can surpass'}, {'start': '4845.440', 'end': '4849.440', 'text': 'the condition your body was in before'}, {'start': '4847.440', 'end': '4853.040', 'text': 'the issues arose. You will become'}, {'start': '4849.440', 'end': '4856.120', 'text': 'healthier and have more energy.'}, {'start': '4853.040', 'end': '4859.640', 'text': 'So practice and do good'}, {'start': '4856.120', 'end': '4862.719', 'text': "deeds and don't forget to wear a blessed"}, {'start': '4859.640', 'end': '4865.440', 'text': "accessory. Yes, that's right. You should"}, {'start': '4862.719', 'end': '4868.000', 'text': "wear one all the time. Don't forget to"}, {'start': '4865.440', 'end': '4870.719', 'text': 'place a wrathful deity or statues of'}, {'start': '4868.000', 'end': '4873.280', 'text': 'Buddhas or Bodhisatwas at home. You need'}, {'start': '4870.719', 'end': '4876.000', 'text': 'a cleansed energy field at your home. Do'}, {'start': '4873.280', 'end': '4878.400', 'text': 'this and evil will leave your home.'}, {'start': '4876.000', 'end': '4880.560', 'text': "That's right."}, {'start': '4878.400', 'end': '4883.199', 'text': 'Evil spirits choose your home when they'}, {'start': '4880.560', 'end': '4884.280', 'text': 'sense a dark and gloomy energy field at'}, {'start': '4883.199', 'end': '4887.199', 'text': 'your'}, {'start': '4884.280', 'end': '4890.159', 'text': 'home. It means your home has a negative'}, {'start': '4887.199', 'end': '4892.719', 'text': 'vibe. Evil spirits are attracted to such'}, {'start': '4890.159', 'end': '4895.400', 'text': 'places. You know, dark and gloomy'}, {'start': '4892.719', 'end': '4900.000', 'text': 'places. I want to remind you'}, {'start': '4895.400', 'end': '4900.000', 'text': 'again. Chinming day just passed'}, {'start': '4900.440', 'end': '4906.400', 'text': 'yesterday. We discussed this previously.'}, {'start': '4903.760', 'end': '4908.800', 'text': "at the cemetery if there's too much moss"}, {'start': '4906.400', 'end': '4908.800', 'text': 'on the'}, {'start': '4908.840', 'end': '4914.080', 'text': 'ground or if the graves are covered by'}, {'start': '4911.760', 'end': '4914.080', 'text': 'green'}, {'start': '4917.800', 'end': '4923.280', 'text': 'vines, great disasters will befall. It'}, {'start': '4921.040', 'end': '4925.440', 'text': 'blocks the flow of energy which may'}, {'start': '4923.280', 'end': '4927.600', 'text': "break a family's lineage. This is"}, {'start': '4925.440', 'end': '4929.840', 'text': 'troublesome. Even the smallest issue'}, {'start': '4927.600', 'end': '4932.320', 'text': 'could mean damaged brain nerves.'}, {'start': '4929.840', 'end': '4934.960', 'text': 'Therefore, you need to eliminate these.'}, {'start': '4932.320', 'end': '4937.440', 'text': 'The negative energy is too strong. Such'}, {'start': '4934.960', 'end': '4939.840', 'text': "houses need more yan energy. That's how"}, {'start': '4937.440', 'end': '4942.560', 'text': "it is. Get it checked. If you don't"}, {'start': '4939.840', 'end': '4945.280', 'text': 'understand, ask an expert to look at the'}, {'start': '4942.560', 'end': '4947.440', 'text': 'houses in energy. You also need to check'}, {'start': '4945.280', 'end': '4949.760', 'text': "your home. Look for the areas that don't"}, {'start': '4947.440', 'end': '4952.400', 'text': 'face the sun. Are there many patches of'}, {'start': '4949.760', 'end': '4954.880', 'text': 'moss? Those bluish green ones. You can'}, {'start': '4952.400', 'end': '4957.920', 'text': 'see them with the naked eye. Large areas'}, {'start': '4954.880', 'end': '4960.000', 'text': 'of green or dark. Black and floor tiles.'}, {'start': '4957.920', 'end': '4962.400', 'text': 'The black and floor tiles are very'}, {'start': '4960.000', 'end': '4964.719', 'text': 'slippery when stepped on. That stuff is'}, {'start': '4962.400', 'end': '4967.040', 'text': 'moss. That moss grows only when the'}, {'start': '4964.719', 'end': '4969.120', 'text': 'negative energy is strong. Yes, it'}, {'start': '4967.040', 'end': '4971.560', 'text': "prefers places with moisture. It's the"}, {'start': '4969.120', 'end': '4975.120', 'text': 'places with lots of water and no'}, {'start': '4971.560', 'end': '4976.280', 'text': "sunlight. What if it's the human body?"}, {'start': '4975.120', 'end': '4980.679', 'text': "It's the"}, {'start': '4976.280', 'end': '4983.280', 'text': 'mold. Excessive mold can ruin the'}, {'start': '4980.679', 'end': '4985.760', 'text': 'body. It can even lead to malignant'}, {'start': '4983.280', 'end': '4989.159', 'text': 'tumors or death.'}, {'start': '4985.760', 'end': '4991.840', 'text': 'Such negative energy must be'}, {'start': '4989.159', 'end': '4994.320', 'text': 'removed. The negative energy in the home'}, {'start': '4991.840', 'end': '4997.000', 'text': 'and on the graves can be removed easily'}, {'start': '4994.320', 'end': '5001.520', 'text': 'with common things like'}, {'start': '4997.000', 'end': '5001.520', 'text': 'salt. Also, baking'}, {'start': '5003.480', 'end': '5008.760', 'text': 'soda. You can sprinkle baking soda or'}, {'start': '5006.480', 'end': '5012.400', 'text': 'dissolve it in water then splash it'}, {'start': '5008.760', 'end': '5014.639', 'text': 'around or dissolve salt in warm water.'}, {'start': '5012.400', 'end': '5018.880', 'text': 'After dissolving, you can splash it'}, {'start': '5014.639', 'end': '5018.880', 'text': 'around at places where moss grows'}, {'start': '5019.159', 'end': '5026.880', 'text': 'heavily. After a while, it will stop'}, {'start': '5024.120', 'end': '5027.639', 'text': 'growing. You may also seek advice from'}, {'start': '5026.880', 'end': '5030.880', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '5027.639', 'end': '5034.239', 'text': 'experts. You may also scatter fragrances'}, {'start': '5030.880', 'end': '5035.560', 'text': 'or incense. For example, our Tibetan'}, {'start': '5034.239', 'end': '5038.320', 'text': 'incense'}, {'start': '5035.560', 'end': '5040.560', 'text': 'powder. Fill two incense burners with'}, {'start': '5038.320', 'end': '5043.080', 'text': 'the powder. Light them up, then smoke'}, {'start': '5040.560', 'end': '5047.199', 'text': 'the dark and gloomy'}, {'start': '5043.080', 'end': '5050.719', 'text': 'areas. Ashes of firewood works, too, but'}, {'start': '5047.199', 'end': '5052.639', 'text': "it's best to use incense powder. Ashes"}, {'start': '5050.719', 'end': '5055.239', 'text': 'produced from burning plants contain'}, {'start': '5052.639', 'end': '5058.040', 'text': 'strong yan'}, {'start': '5055.239', 'end': '5062.000', 'text': 'energy. What are some examples of plant'}, {'start': '5058.040', 'end': '5064.639', 'text': 'ashes? Many farmers burn rice straw. The'}, {'start': '5062.000', 'end': '5066.880', 'text': 'rice straw burned into ashes and'}, {'start': '5064.639', 'end': '5069.840', 'text': 'scattered around the land. It then'}, {'start': '5066.880', 'end': '5072.239', 'text': 'becomes fertilizer. Next, your grains'}, {'start': '5069.840', 'end': '5074.560', 'text': 'and crops will grow even better. It'}, {'start': '5072.239', 'end': '5076.880', 'text': 'transforms into a new kind of material'}, {'start': '5074.560', 'end': '5079.040', 'text': "with stronger energy. That's the"}, {'start': '5076.880', 'end': '5081.840', 'text': 'practice of spreading ash which contains'}, {'start': '5079.040', 'end': '5083.920', 'text': 'strong yan energy. Even in our hometown'}, {'start': '5081.840', 'end': '5086.080', 'text': 'during childhood, if someone in the'}, {'start': '5083.920', 'end': '5088.400', 'text': 'village passed away, there was a fear'}, {'start': '5086.080', 'end': '5090.960', 'text': 'that evil spirits would follow us home.'}, {'start': '5088.400', 'end': '5093.040', 'text': 'At their own main door, my mother and'}, {'start': '5090.960', 'end': '5095.679', 'text': 'the others would scatter. The ash of'}, {'start': '5093.040', 'end': '5097.440', 'text': 'cooking firewood, it stops evil spirits'}, {'start': '5095.679', 'end': '5099.920', 'text': "from entering. It's a bit like Sun"}, {'start': '5097.440', 'end': '5102.719', 'text': 'Wukong drawing a circle which repels'}, {'start': '5099.920', 'end': '5105.719', 'text': "evil, right? Evil couldn't enter the"}, {'start': '5102.719', 'end': '5105.719', 'text': 'circle.'}, {'start': '5105.960', 'end': '5111.840', 'text': 'Yes. In the past, people used lime,'}, {'start': '5109.440', 'end': '5114.400', 'text': 'specifically slate lime. You need to be'}, {'start': '5111.840', 'end': '5116.840', 'text': "careful with this. Otherwise, you'd have"}, {'start': '5114.400', 'end': '5120.080', 'text': 'to wipe it off after applying it. You'}, {'start': '5116.840', 'end': '5122.080', 'text': 'know, many trees in China has a layer of'}, {'start': '5120.080', 'end': '5124.560', 'text': "white wash at their bottom. It's about"}, {'start': '5122.080', 'end': '5127.280', 'text': 'over a meter high.'}, {'start': '5124.560', 'end': '5130.280', 'text': 'That whitewash is for repelling insects.'}, {'start': '5127.280', 'end': '5133.040', 'text': 'It prevents moss from'}, {'start': '5130.280', 'end': '5135.480', 'text': 'growing. So whitewash is also a thing'}, {'start': '5133.040', 'end': '5137.840', 'text': 'for clearing out in'}, {'start': '5135.480', 'end': '5140.320', 'text': "energy. That's just a little sharing"}, {'start': '5137.840', 'end': '5143.040', 'text': 'from me.'}, {'start': '5140.320', 'end': '5145.639', 'text': 'Thank you, Grandmaster. You may find'}, {'start': '5143.040', 'end': '5148.239', 'text': 'Tibetan incense powder at our'}, {'start': '5145.639', 'end': '5151.040', 'text': 'centers. You could sprinkle salt water'}, {'start': '5148.239', 'end': '5153.760', 'text': 'around your car. Use green salt or red'}, {'start': '5151.040', 'end': '5155.840', 'text': 'salt. Some practitioners do this with'}, {'start': '5153.760', 'end': '5158.080', 'text': 'their cars to clear out the negative'}, {'start': '5155.840', 'end': '5160.880', 'text': "energy. Maybe they're lending their cars"}, {'start': '5158.080', 'end': '5162.719', 'text': 'for a wedding or after having visited a'}, {'start': '5160.880', 'end': '5165.120', 'text': "grave. That's when they clear the"}, {'start': '5162.719', 'end': '5165.120', 'text': 'negative'}, {'start': '5165.800', 'end': '5170.639', 'text': 'energy. They could get their cars smoked'}, {'start': '5168.639', 'end': '5173.719', 'text': 'or sprinkled with salt water at our'}, {'start': '5170.639', 'end': '5176.880', 'text': 'centers. Then place our scriptures'}, {'start': '5173.719', 'end': '5178.960', 'text': 'inside. Do this and your car will be'}, {'start': '5176.880', 'end': '5182.560', 'text': 'filled with auspicious and positive'}, {'start': '5178.960', 'end': '5186.080', 'text': 'energy. and our car tassels. They repel'}, {'start': '5182.560', 'end': '5186.080', 'text': 'evil and keep your journey'}, {'start': '5187.639', 'end': '5193.679', 'text': 'safe. Only then can you drive safely and'}, {'start': '5190.920', 'end': '5196.159', 'text': 'auspiciously. Many people after visiting'}, {'start': '5193.679', 'end': '5198.639', 'text': 'graves feel their car is out of control'}, {'start': '5196.159', 'end': '5200.960', 'text': "on the way down. Right. Someone's car"}, {'start': '5198.639', 'end': '5203.520', 'text': 'moved backward on its own. Strange,'}, {'start': '5200.960', 'end': '5206.639', 'text': 'right? Some may never find the way out.'}, {'start': '5203.520', 'end': '5209.920', 'text': "Yes, they became lost. Indeed. They're"}, {'start': '5206.639', 'end': '5212.880', 'text': 'being followed by the evil spirits. So,'}, {'start': '5209.920', 'end': '5216.800', 'text': "make sure you do what you should. I'll"}, {'start': '5212.880', 'end': '5219.960', 'text': 'just share a bit with you.'}, {'start': '5216.800', 'end': '5222.800', 'text': "Thank you, Grandmaster. Back to Joanna's"}, {'start': '5219.960', 'end': '5225.280', 'text': 'child. You know, depression runs in her'}, {'start': '5222.800', 'end': '5225.280', 'text': "father's"}, {'start': '5228.920', 'end': '5233.199', 'text': "family. She's going to a university"}, {'start': '5231.360', 'end': '5235.120', 'text': 'soon.'}, {'start': '5233.199', 'end': '5237.280', 'text': 'So children should always carry with'}, {'start': '5235.120', 'end': '5240.639', 'text': 'them the auspicious card of the Buddhas'}, {'start': '5237.280', 'end': '5242.719', 'text': 'or Bodhisattwas. Some incense helps too.'}, {'start': '5240.639', 'end': '5246.000', 'text': 'And when you get to the dorm, you should'}, {'start': '5242.719', 'end': '5248.239', 'text': 'also place the cards of say Mahakala in'}, {'start': '5246.000', 'end': '5251.120', 'text': 'the dorm. They can help cleanse evil'}, {'start': '5248.239', 'end': '5254.040', 'text': 'energy and protect their owner.'}, {'start': '5251.120', 'end': '5257.920', 'text': "Yes, if it's okay to do so in the"}, {'start': '5254.040', 'end': '5259.679', 'text': "dorm. Light some agarwood incense. Don't"}, {'start': '5257.920', 'end': '5262.120', 'text': 'light too much as it can be'}, {'start': '5259.679', 'end': '5264.560', 'text': 'overwhelming. Just a little agarwood'}, {'start': '5262.120', 'end': '5267.280', 'text': 'incense. This will dispel negative'}, {'start': '5264.560', 'end': '5268.120', 'text': 'energy. Indeed, these things are really'}, {'start': '5267.280', 'end': '5270.880', 'text': 'very'}, {'start': '5268.120', 'end': '5273.199', 'text': "important for Joanna. If she's worried"}, {'start': '5270.880', 'end': '5274.600', 'text': 'about her child leaving home, she can'}, {'start': '5273.199', 'end': '5276.800', 'text': 'keep making light'}, {'start': '5274.600', 'end': '5278.840', 'text': 'offerings. Let the Buddhas watch over'}, {'start': '5276.800', 'end': '5281.520', 'text': 'the child and guide them on the right'}, {'start': '5278.840', 'end': '5284.480', 'text': 'path. For a better future, light'}, {'start': '5281.520', 'end': '5286.800', 'text': 'offerings are a must.'}, {'start': '5284.480', 'end': '5288.719', 'text': 'Congratulations to Joanna and her'}, {'start': '5286.800', 'end': '5290.719', 'text': 'family.'}, {'start': '5288.719', 'end': '5293.679', 'text': "They've truly received Grandmaster's"}, {'start': '5290.719', 'end': '5296.880', 'text': 'blessings to overcome many challenges.'}, {'start': '5293.679', 'end': '5298.960', 'text': 'So fortunate. Thank you, Grandmaster,'}, {'start': '5296.880', 'end': '5301.960', 'text': 'for getting rid of the evil spirits for'}, {'start': '5298.960', 'end': '5301.960', 'text': 'them.'}, {'start': '5303.920', 'end': '5310.960', 'text': "Thank you, Grandmaster. All right, let's"}, {'start': '5306.719', 'end': '5310.960', 'text': 'give them gifts, too. All'}, {'start': '5311.080', 'end': '5317.800', 'text': 'right.'}, {'start': '5313.080', 'end': '5317.800', 'text': 'Okay. Ara steak.'}, {'start': '5318.400', 'end': '5322.800', 'text': 'and a string of beads made from giant'}, {'start': '5324.280', 'end': '5329.880', 'text': 'clam. Usually you can wear it around'}, {'start': '5327.120', 'end': '5332.480', 'text': 'your neck or around your'}, {'start': '5329.880', 'end': '5334.600', 'text': "wrist. It's blessed and can ward off"}, {'start': '5332.480', 'end': '5337.480', 'text': 'evil and bring good'}, {'start': '5334.600', 'end': '5340.639', 'text': 'fortune. And a'}, {'start': '5337.480', 'end': '5341.880', 'text': 'hat. This hat is made of pure cotton.'}, {'start': '5340.639', 'end': '5344.480', 'text': 'Very'}, {'start': '5341.880', 'end': '5348.320', 'text': 'practical. We simply call it a bucket'}, {'start': '5344.480', 'end': '5351.679', 'text': 'hat. It blocks sunlight, is comfortable,'}, {'start': '5348.320', 'end': '5353.679', 'text': 'and brings good fortune and peace. You'}, {'start': '5351.679', 'end': '5356.719', 'text': 'can also put your credit card or some'}, {'start': '5353.679', 'end': '5359.360', 'text': "spare change inside the hat. There's a"}, {'start': '5356.719', 'end': '5361.679', 'text': "hidden pocket inside. It's designed so"}, {'start': '5359.360', 'end': '5364.000', 'text': "that things won't easily fall out. It's"}, {'start': '5361.679', 'end': '5366.080', 'text': "hidden inside the hat. Grandmaster's"}, {'start': '5364.000', 'end': '5368.639', 'text': 'designs are practical. This is my'}, {'start': '5366.080', 'end': '5371.320', 'text': 'design. Things I design are meant to be'}, {'start': '5368.639', 'end': '5375.280', 'text': 'practical. This hat looks particularly'}, {'start': '5371.320', 'end': '5377.600', 'text': 'comfortable and auspicious, too.'}, {'start': '5375.280', 'end': '5380.480', 'text': 'Wishing Joanna and her family good luck'}, {'start': '5377.600', 'end': '5382.800', 'text': 'and prosperity. Received. May them be'}, {'start': '5380.480', 'end': '5384.800', 'text': 'blessed by the Buddhas. Received. May'}, {'start': '5382.800', 'end': '5387.520', 'text': 'her child and husband receive great'}, {'start': '5384.800', 'end': '5389.280', 'text': 'wisdom. Received. Thank you,'}, {'start': '5387.520', 'end': '5391.360', 'text': 'Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '5389.280', 'end': '5392.760', 'text': "Joanna's family comes from our Silicon"}, {'start': '5391.360', 'end': '5395.760', 'text': 'Valley'}, {'start': '5392.760', 'end': '5397.840', 'text': 'center. And here I want to introduce to'}, {'start': '5395.760', 'end': '5399.840', 'text': 'everyone some recent activities and'}, {'start': '5397.840', 'end': '5402.880', 'text': 'group practices at the Silicon Valley'}, {'start': '5399.840', 'end': '5405.920', 'text': "Center. They're clearly shown here. This"}, {'start': '5402.880', 'end': '5408.639', 'text': "is our next major event. It's the Joyful"}, {'start': '5405.920', 'end': '5410.960', 'text': "Spring Festival on May 4th. It's just in"}, {'start': '5408.639', 'end': '5413.040', 'text': 'time for our Buddha Bathing Festival.'}, {'start': '5410.960', 'end': '5415.120', 'text': 'This event is organized by the Silicon'}, {'start': '5413.040', 'end': '5416.880', 'text': 'Valley Center. What does it feature?'}, {'start': '5415.120', 'end': '5418.560', 'text': "You're welcome to bring your friends and"}, {'start': '5416.880', 'end': '5420.960', 'text': 'family. There will be plenty of'}, {'start': '5418.560', 'end': '5424.480', 'text': 'delicacies and fun activities. For'}, {'start': '5420.960', 'end': '5426.960', 'text': 'example, games, snack booths, handcraft'}, {'start': '5424.480', 'end': '5428.800', 'text': 'workshops, and more. And since we are'}, {'start': '5426.960', 'end': '5430.800', 'text': 'celebrating the Buddha bathing festival'}, {'start': '5428.800', 'end': '5432.800', 'text': 'that day, you can also participate in'}, {'start': '5430.800', 'end': '5435.120', 'text': 'the Buddha bathing ceremony, you can'}, {'start': '5432.800', 'end': '5437.120', 'text': 'make offerings or wash your hands in the'}, {'start': '5435.120', 'end': '5439.920', 'text': 'golden basin which are particularly'}, {'start': '5437.120', 'end': '5442.159', 'text': 'auspicious and joyful. Yes. And what'}, {'start': '5439.920', 'end': '5444.320', 'text': 'else? The Silicon Valley Zen Center'}, {'start': '5442.159', 'end': '5446.960', 'text': 'recently started a new midday group'}, {'start': '5444.320', 'end': '5449.199', 'text': 'practice to help recharge energy. This'}, {'start': '5446.960', 'end': '5450.880', 'text': 'is especially suitable for nearby office'}, {'start': '5449.199', 'end': '5452.639', 'text': 'workers.'}, {'start': '5450.880', 'end': '5455.440', 'text': 'Come join us if you have time in the'}, {'start': '5452.639', 'end': '5458.080', 'text': 'afternoon from Monday to Friday between'}, {'start': '5455.440', 'end': '5461.040', 'text': '11:30 and 1:00. This is during lunch'}, {'start': '5458.080', 'end': '5463.199', 'text': 'break. Yes, during lunch break. Feel'}, {'start': '5461.040', 'end': '5465.520', 'text': 'free to recharge at our Silicon Valley'}, {'start': '5463.199', 'end': '5468.239', 'text': 'center. How you can join the group'}, {'start': '5465.520', 'end': '5470.639', 'text': 'practice sound bowl blessings or simple'}, {'start': '5468.239', 'end': '5473.040', 'text': 'meditation or just explore some other'}, {'start': '5470.639', 'end': '5475.600', 'text': 'meditation practices. This helps you'}, {'start': '5473.040', 'end': '5478.480', 'text': 'relax and recharge while also boosting'}, {'start': '5475.600', 'end': '5481.320', 'text': 'your inspiration and wisdom. Also, there'}, {'start': '5478.480', 'end': '5483.520', 'text': 'will be free lunch provided.'}, {'start': '5481.320', 'end': '5486.880', 'text': 'Seriously, it not only fills our'}, {'start': '5483.520', 'end': '5489.920', 'text': 'stomachs but also recharges our spirits.'}, {'start': '5486.880', 'end': '5491.920', 'text': "Yes, you're all welcome. Those living in"}, {'start': '5489.920', 'end': '5495.199', 'text': 'the Silicon Valley area should visit our'}, {'start': '5491.920', 'end': '5497.360', 'text': 'center. Is there a fee for this? No,'}, {'start': '5495.199', 'end': '5500.639', 'text': "there's no need to pay. You just"}, {'start': '5497.360', 'end': '5503.120', 'text': "recharge for free. Wow, that's great."}, {'start': '5500.639', 'end': '5507.760', 'text': 'Everyone is welcomed. Office workers can'}, {'start': '5503.120', 'end': '5509.840', 'text': 'come and get blessed at our center, too.'}, {'start': '5507.760', 'end': '5513.560', 'text': 'With improved fortune, you might get a'}, {'start': '5509.840', 'end': '5513.560', 'text': 'raise or a promotion.'}, {'start': '5515.280', 'end': '5519.679', 'text': 'Our contact information and address for'}, {'start': '5517.360', 'end': '5522.880', 'text': 'the Silicon Valley Center are also'}, {'start': '5519.679', 'end': '5525.280', 'text': 'displayed on the screen.'}, {'start': '5522.880', 'end': '5527.719', 'text': 'In addition to the newly launched free'}, {'start': '5525.280', 'end': '5530.560', 'text': 'service of lunchtime'}, {'start': '5527.719', 'end': '5532.280', 'text': 'recharge, the Silicon Valley Center also'}, {'start': '5530.560', 'end': '5535.760', 'text': 'hosts visitors'}, {'start': '5532.280', 'end': '5537.840', 'text': 'daily. Services like consultations, lot'}, {'start': '5535.760', 'end': '5541.280', 'text': 'drawing and explanation, energy'}, {'start': '5537.840', 'end': '5541.280', 'text': 'blessings, and chanting are'}, {'start': '5541.480', 'end': '5545.679', 'text': 'available. Bring your friends and kids'}, {'start': '5543.920', 'end': '5548.679', 'text': 'and spend a wonderful weekend at our'}, {'start': '5545.679', 'end': '5548.679', 'text': 'center.'}, {'start': '5549.280', 'end': '5553.760', 'text': 'Yes, sometimes we have special'}, {'start': '5551.280', 'end': '5556.120', 'text': 'activities like dumplings and sushi'}, {'start': '5553.760', 'end': '5560.159', 'text': 'making. So much'}, {'start': '5556.120', 'end': '5563.360', 'text': 'food, singing and dancing too, right?'}, {'start': '5560.159', 'end': '5565.600', 'text': 'Very good. Our meditation practices'}, {'start': '5563.360', 'end': '5568.000', 'text': 'bring health and happiness to both body'}, {'start': '5565.600', 'end': '5570.239', 'text': 'and mind. It helps relieve stress and'}, {'start': '5568.000', 'end': '5572.639', 'text': 'relax. And we also receive the blessings'}, {'start': '5570.239', 'end': '5577.320', 'text': 'of the Buddhas. Many of our followers'}, {'start': '5572.639', 'end': '5577.320', 'text': 'are sharing their stories too.'}, {'start': '5584.480', 'end': '5590.719', 'text': "Let's read some of them. Ching Ming Day"}, {'start': '5587.679', 'end': '5592.600', 'text': 'has just passed, right? Many followers'}, {'start': '5590.719', 'end': '5595.800', 'text': 'are expressing their gratitude toward'}, {'start': '5592.600', 'end': '5598.000', 'text': 'Grandmaster. Jing Tan wrote, "Hello,'}, {'start': '5595.800', 'end': '5600.560', 'text': 'Grandmaster. Last year, a friend'}, {'start': '5598.000', 'end': '5602.880', 'text': 'suddenly cried and called me, saying her'}, {'start': '5600.560', 'end': '5604.639', 'text': 'father had suddenly passed away. At the'}, {'start': '5602.880', 'end': '5607.120', 'text': 'funeral, the incense they burned'}, {'start': '5604.639', 'end': '5609.199', 'text': 'suddenly extinguished. And then his'}, {'start': '5607.120', 'end': '5611.520', 'text': "brother's foot was also injured. After"}, {'start': '5609.199', 'end': '5613.560', 'text': 'the funeral, his brother suddenly had a'}, {'start': '5611.520', 'end': '5616.320', 'text': 'mental breakdown. He felt weak and'}, {'start': '5613.560', 'end': '5618.400', 'text': 'lethargic. After consulting someone, it'}, {'start': '5616.320', 'end': '5620.880', 'text': 'was said that the father wanted to take'}, {'start': '5618.400', 'end': '5623.040', 'text': 'away this only son. My friend was very'}, {'start': '5620.880', 'end': '5624.960', 'text': 'anxious. I was comforting him while'}, {'start': '5623.040', 'end': '5627.520', 'text': 'making light offerings and chanting for'}, {'start': '5624.960', 'end': '5629.520', 'text': 'his father. On the Seabian website, in'}, {'start': '5627.520', 'end': '5631.440', 'text': "just a few days, my friend's brother"}, {'start': '5629.520', 'end': '5633.040', 'text': 'returned to normal. I am grateful for'}, {'start': '5631.440', 'end': '5636.080', 'text': 'the compassion and blessings of the'}, {'start': '5633.040', 'end': '5638.320', 'text': 'Buddhas and Grandmaster. So scary. This'}, {'start': '5636.080', 'end': '5640.080', 'text': 'is a very dangerous situation,'}, {'start': '5638.320', 'end': '5642.320', 'text': 'especially when it happened after the'}, {'start': '5640.080', 'end': '5644.520', 'text': "father's funeral with his own son"}, {'start': '5642.320', 'end': '5647.199', 'text': 'encountering these'}, {'start': '5644.520', 'end': '5651.040', 'text': 'incidents. It looked as if the father is'}, {'start': '5647.199', 'end': '5653.760', 'text': 'taking him away, which is too dangerous.'}, {'start': '5651.040', 'end': '5656.239', 'text': 'He was already showing strange signs.'}, {'start': '5653.760', 'end': '5658.320', 'text': 'His life was in danger. We brought him'}, {'start': '5656.239', 'end': '5660.400', 'text': 'back from halfway toward hell. Thank'}, {'start': '5658.320', 'end': '5662.400', 'text': 'you, Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '5660.400', 'end': '5663.560', 'text': 'The scariest thing about a deceased'}, {'start': '5662.400', 'end': '5666.960', 'text': 'relative'}, {'start': '5663.560', 'end': '5671.960', 'text': 'is the signs you receive, whether direct'}, {'start': '5666.960', 'end': '5675.120', 'text': 'or indirect, that someone is being taken'}, {'start': '5671.960', 'end': '5677.239', 'text': 'away. You must be very careful. You'}, {'start': '5675.120', 'end': '5679.560', 'text': 'should find ways to deal with this'}, {'start': '5677.239', 'end': '5682.239', 'text': 'quickly. The best way'}, {'start': '5679.560', 'end': '5684.960', 'text': 'is visiting our centers and make the'}, {'start': '5682.239', 'end': '5684.960', 'text': 'biggest light'}, {'start': '5685.480', 'end': '5691.639', 'text': 'offering. Just like what medicine Buddha'}, {'start': '5688.239', 'end': '5694.320', 'text': 'says, if you offer 49 seven colored'}, {'start': '5691.639', 'end': '5699.199', 'text': 'lamps with each lamp as large as a'}, {'start': '5694.320', 'end': '5699.199', 'text': 'wheelike lotus flower, you may save a'}, {'start': '5699.400', 'end': '5704.120', 'text': 'life. When your relatives who have'}, {'start': '5701.760', 'end': '5707.360', 'text': 'passed away'}, {'start': '5704.120', 'end': '5710.000', 'text': 'appear in your dreams to take you away,'}, {'start': '5707.360', 'end': '5712.360', 'text': 'this really concerns life and death. You'}, {'start': '5710.000', 'end': '5715.199', 'text': 'must take life preservation'}, {'start': '5712.360', 'end': '5718.960', 'text': "seriously. It's very dangerous. This is"}, {'start': '5715.199', 'end': '5722.120', 'text': 'truly very dangerous. Also, Xiang wrote,'}, {'start': '5718.960', 'end': '5725.120', 'text': '"On April 1st, I returned to my parents\''}, {'start': '5722.120', 'end': '5727.600', 'text': 'house." As soon as my mom saw me, she'}, {'start': '5725.120', 'end': '5730.719', 'text': 'told me, "Dad has been sleeping. After I'}, {'start': '5727.600', 'end': '5733.040', 'text': 'got home, I saw Dad, and indeed, he had'}, {'start': '5730.719', 'end': '5734.880', 'text': 'been lying in bed all day, I asked him'}, {'start': '5733.040', 'end': '5736.800', 'text': 'to help me pick some chili peppers to'}, {'start': '5734.880', 'end': '5739.199', 'text': 'bring to the center. After he picked'}, {'start': '5736.800', 'end': '5741.600', 'text': 'them, he continued to sleep. I felt'}, {'start': '5739.199', 'end': '5744.080', 'text': 'something was not right. In fact, this'}, {'start': '5741.600', 'end': '5746.639', 'text': 'issue had been ongoing for a few months.'}, {'start': '5744.080', 'end': '5748.639', 'text': 'But this time, it felt more serious.'}, {'start': '5746.639', 'end': '5750.560', 'text': 'Then the next day, on my way to the'}, {'start': '5748.639', 'end': '5753.520', 'text': 'center, I called to ask him if he had'}, {'start': '5750.560', 'end': '5756.159', 'text': 'any dreams recently. At first, dad was'}, {'start': '5753.520', 'end': '5757.840', 'text': 'not willing to discuss much. Later, he'}, {'start': '5756.159', 'end': '5760.480', 'text': 'said he dreamed of his foster mother'}, {'start': '5757.840', 'end': '5762.880', 'text': 'passing away. This foster mother of his'}, {'start': '5760.480', 'end': '5765.679', 'text': 'has been deceased for many years. This'}, {'start': '5762.880', 'end': '5768.239', 'text': "year, dad dreamed of her. Then, dad's"}, {'start': '5765.679', 'end': '5770.320', 'text': 'foster mother told him to make a 49-day'}, {'start': '5768.239', 'end': '5772.719', 'text': 'light offering for her. I also made a'}, {'start': '5770.320', 'end': '5774.880', 'text': 'light offering for dad. I dedicated it'}, {'start': '5772.719', 'end': '5777.360', 'text': 'to his enemies from the past. The next'}, {'start': '5774.880', 'end': '5779.440', 'text': "day, Dad's spirit and energy clearly"}, {'start': '5777.360', 'end': '5781.679', 'text': 'improved a lot. I am grateful for'}, {'start': '5779.440', 'end': '5783.360', 'text': "Grandmaster's blessings and thankful for"}, {'start': '5781.679', 'end': '5785.679', 'text': 'the light offerings. Thanks to'}, {'start': '5783.360', 'end': '5787.600', 'text': "Grandmaster's lessons, I now understand"}, {'start': '5785.679', 'end': '5790.880', 'text': 'that performing good deeds is very'}, {'start': '5787.600', 'end': '5793.560', 'text': "important. Look, another one. Here's a"}, {'start': '5790.880', 'end': '5796.400', 'text': 'story from Ji Shang Guang. Hello,'}, {'start': '5793.560', 'end': '5799.040', 'text': 'Grandmaster. My 95year-old grandmother'}, {'start': '5796.400', 'end': '5801.840', 'text': 'passed away last year. My mother made a'}, {'start': '5799.040', 'end': '5803.679', 'text': '49-day light offering for her. A few'}, {'start': '5801.840', 'end': '5805.679', 'text': 'days later, while my mother was'}, {'start': '5803.679', 'end': '5808.000', 'text': 'meditating, a scene appeared in her'}, {'start': '5805.679', 'end': '5810.719', 'text': 'mind. She saw my grandmother holding a'}, {'start': '5808.000', 'end': '5813.119', 'text': 'newborn baby. Not far above her head,'}, {'start': '5810.719', 'end': '5815.679', 'text': 'there was also a big umbrella. It was'}, {'start': '5813.119', 'end': '5818.080', 'text': 'very calm and peaceful. My grandmother'}, {'start': '5815.679', 'end': '5819.440', 'text': 'must have gone to the pure land. I am'}, {'start': '5818.080', 'end': '5822.320', 'text': 'grateful for the blessings of the'}, {'start': '5819.440', 'end': '5825.119', 'text': 'Buddhas and Grandmaster. Grandmaster,'}, {'start': '5822.320', 'end': '5828.880', 'text': 'what about this dream? It felt pretty'}, {'start': '5825.119', 'end': '5831.360', 'text': "good indeed. And then here's a thrilling"}, {'start': '5828.880', 'end': '5834.560', 'text': 'story from the bamboo king. He said,'}, {'start': '5831.360', 'end': '5836.800', 'text': '"Hello, Grandmaster. Two weeks ago, my'}, {'start': '5834.560', 'end': '5839.520', 'text': '92year-old grandmother suddenly felt'}, {'start': '5836.800', 'end': '5841.520', 'text': 'dizzy and unwell. Mom reminded me that'}, {'start': '5839.520', 'end': '5843.280', 'text': 'during Ching Ming day, we need to make'}, {'start': '5841.520', 'end': '5846.239', 'text': 'light offerings for her creditors on the'}, {'start': '5843.280', 'end': '5848.400', 'text': 'Bodhi College website. Then that night,'}, {'start': '5846.239', 'end': '5850.320', 'text': 'she immediately went online and made'}, {'start': '5848.400', 'end': '5852.320', 'text': 'light offerings for her grandmother,'}, {'start': '5850.320', 'end': '5854.800', 'text': "even in her grandmother's room. She"}, {'start': '5852.320', 'end': '5857.119', 'text': "played Grandmaster's blessing music."}, {'start': '5854.800', 'end': '5859.360', 'text': "That's when danger really happened. Half"}, {'start': '5857.119', 'end': '5861.040', 'text': 'an hour later, when grandma got up at'}, {'start': '5859.360', 'end': '5863.360', 'text': 'night to use the toilet, she'}, {'start': '5861.040', 'end': '5865.520', 'text': 'accidentally fell, landing on her back'}, {'start': '5863.360', 'end': '5867.199', 'text': 'and hit her head on a stool. She'}, {'start': '5865.520', 'end': '5869.119', 'text': "couldn't get up because of the severe"}, {'start': '5867.199', 'end': '5870.880', 'text': 'pain in the left hip, but she'}, {'start': '5869.119', 'end': '5873.360', 'text': 'surprisingly managed to move to the'}, {'start': '5870.880', 'end': '5875.440', 'text': 'toilet using her hands. After using the'}, {'start': '5873.360', 'end': '5877.679', 'text': 'toilet, she even stood up and walked'}, {'start': '5875.440', 'end': '5879.760', 'text': 'back to her room by herself. The next'}, {'start': '5877.679', 'end': '5882.719', 'text': 'morning, she was free from pain and'}, {'start': '5879.760', 'end': '5883.840', 'text': 'dizziness, living as usual. I deeply'}, {'start': '5882.719', 'end': '5885.440', 'text': 'understand that this is the'}, {'start': '5883.840', 'end': '5887.679', 'text': 'compassionate blessing of the Buddhas'}, {'start': '5885.440', 'end': '5889.600', 'text': 'and the merit of the light offerings.'}, {'start': '5887.679', 'end': '5892.480', 'text': "They've turned great catastrophes into"}, {'start': '5889.600', 'end': '5894.719', 'text': 'small ones and small ones into nothing.'}, {'start': '5892.480', 'end': '5896.960', 'text': 'Well, we will also give a special gift'}, {'start': '5894.719', 'end': '5899.360', 'text': 'to everyone who has commented. We will'}, {'start': '5896.960', 'end': '5901.800', 'text': 'contact you to mail a special gift.'}, {'start': '5899.360', 'end': '5904.400', 'text': 'Thank you,'}, {'start': '5901.800', 'end': '5908.400', 'text': 'Grandmaster. People can really connect'}, {'start': '5904.400', 'end': '5908.400', 'text': 'with their ancestors spirits and the'}, {'start': '5908.760', 'end': '5913.639', 'text': 'deities if they show sincerity and'}, {'start': '5911.600', 'end': '5916.159', 'text': 'understanding of'}, {'start': '5913.639', 'end': '5917.719', 'text': 'truths. One should honor where do and'}, {'start': '5916.159', 'end': '5920.320', 'text': 'commemorate where'}, {'start': '5917.719', 'end': '5922.880', 'text': 'appropriate. However, for some who have'}, {'start': '5920.320', 'end': '5925.520', 'text': 'passed away, excessive commemoration is'}, {'start': '5922.880', 'end': '5928.480', 'text': 'not advisable. This is something to be'}, {'start': '5925.520', 'end': '5930.520', 'text': 'mindful of. Excessive commemoration can'}, {'start': '5928.480', 'end': '5933.360', 'text': 'lead to unhealthy conditions for'}, {'start': '5930.520', 'end': '5937.239', 'text': 'oneself. After all, the worlds of the'}, {'start': '5933.360', 'end': '5940.159', 'text': 'living and the dead are best stay'}, {'start': '5937.239', 'end': '5942.800', 'text': 'separated. Excessive exposure can easily'}, {'start': '5940.159', 'end': '5944.800', 'text': 'lead to illness. However, you should'}, {'start': '5942.800', 'end': '5946.880', 'text': 'embrace the illumination of the Buddhas'}, {'start': '5944.800', 'end': '5950.360', 'text': 'more because it brings you positive'}, {'start': '5946.880', 'end': '5953.560', 'text': 'energy. It is positive, joyful and'}, {'start': '5950.360', 'end': '5956.400', 'text': 'uplifting. It carries hope and energy in'}, {'start': '5953.560', 'end': '5960.920', 'text': 'life. Engage more with such energy'}, {'start': '5956.400', 'end': '5960.920', 'text': 'brings us very positive things.'}, {'start': '5962.080', 'end': '5966.320', 'text': "I think that's about it. Our broadcast"}, {'start': '5964.400', 'end': '5968.400', 'text': "today is about the power of the Buddha's"}, {'start': '5966.320', 'end': '5970.480', 'text': 'blessings. If we do good deeds with'}, {'start': '5968.400', 'end': '5972.239', 'text': 'utmost sincerity, we will receive the'}, {'start': '5970.480', 'end': '5974.560', 'text': 'blessings of the Buddha. That is'}, {'start': '5972.239', 'end': '5976.280', 'text': 'certain. One great way to do so is to'}, {'start': '5974.560', 'end': '5978.719', 'text': 'sponsor the Yushu home'}, {'start': '5976.280', 'end': '5981.040', 'text': 'website. This way, we can support'}, {'start': '5978.719', 'end': '5983.600', 'text': "Grandmaster's online lessons and help"}, {'start': '5981.040', 'end': '5983.600', 'text': 'more people'}, {'start': '5984.360', 'end': '5990.360', 'text': 'worldwide. This is a great way to'}, {'start': '5986.560', 'end': '5990.360', 'text': 'accumulate more merits.'}, {'start': '5992.400', 'end': '5997.440', 'text': 'We welcome everyone to make donations at'}, {'start': '5994.480', 'end': '5999.719', 'text': 'our Yushu home website and to accumulate'}, {'start': '5997.440', 'end': '6002.880', 'text': 'a share of merit for'}, {'start': '5999.719', 'end': '6006.560', 'text': 'yourself. Grandmaster, can you give a'}, {'start': '6002.880', 'end': '6006.560', 'text': 'blessing for those who have already done'}, {'start': '6009.239', 'end': '6014.679', 'text': 'this?'}, {'start': '6011.000', 'end': '6017.840', 'text': 'Sure. I bless all our'}, {'start': '6014.679', 'end': '6019.080', 'text': 'sponsors, supporters as well as our'}, {'start': '6017.840', 'end': '6022.400', 'text': 'loyal'}, {'start': '6019.080', 'end': '6024.719', 'text': 'fans. I wish you health and longevity'}, {'start': '6022.400', 'end': '6027.040', 'text': 'received. And good fortune and'}, {'start': '6024.719', 'end': '6029.920', 'text': 'auspiciousness received. I wish you'}, {'start': '6027.040', 'end': '6032.800', 'text': 'smooth sailing in everything received. I'}, {'start': '6029.920', 'end': '6034.800', 'text': 'wish you happiness and joy received. May'}, {'start': '6032.800', 'end': '6038.000', 'text': "the Buddha's illumination shine upon"}, {'start': '6034.800', 'end': '6040.320', 'text': 'you. Received. Thank you, Grandmaster.'}, {'start': '6038.000', 'end': '6043.119', 'text': 'for our next live broadcast in North'}, {'start': '6040.320', 'end': '6044.520', 'text': "America, Vancouver. It's on April 11th"}, {'start': '6043.119', 'end': '6047.920', 'text': 'and 12th,'}, {'start': '6044.520', 'end': '6050.159', 'text': '2025. Yes, two consecutive days. It'}, {'start': '6047.920', 'end': '6053.199', 'text': 'starts at 6:00 p.m. for two consecutive'}, {'start': '6050.159', 'end': '6055.679', 'text': "days. In Taipei, Asia, it's on April"}, {'start': '6053.199', 'end': '6058.239', 'text': '12th and 13th at 9:00 a.m. for two'}, {'start': '6055.679', 'end': '6060.719', 'text': 'consecutive days. A big surprise awaits'}, {'start': '6058.239', 'end': '6063.040', 'text': "you. Let's not reveal too much now. The"}, {'start': '6060.719', 'end': '6065.520', 'text': "big surprise is true. That's all I can"}, {'start': '6063.040', 'end': '6068.320', 'text': 'say. All right. See you all at the next'}, {'start': '6065.520', 'end': '6073.080', 'text': 'live broadcast. Goodbye. Thank you'}, {'start': '6068.320', 'end': '6073.080', 'text': 'everyone. 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