Thức Tỉnh Giữa Biến Động: Phật Pháp Dẫn Lối Tìm Bình Yên Trong Tâm Hồn
Phật Pháp Vô Biên
[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'Hello everyone.  I wish you'}, {'start': '2.960', 'end': '7.640', 'text': 'always full of healthy energy.  With a'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '10.280', 'text': 'heart wide open filled with'}, {'start': '7.640', 'end': '12.599', 'text': 'love.  Perhaps we have never'}, {'start': '10.280', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'felt impermanence as clearly as we do'}, {'start': '12.599', 'end': '18.199', 'text': 'now, right?  As upheaval occurs'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '20.920', 'text': 'across the globe, epidemics'}, {'start': '18.199', 'end': '23.439', 'text': 'become increasingly dangerous and complex.'}, {'start': '20.920', 'end': '26.119', 'text': 'We have weathered a storm but we'}, {'start': '23.439', 'end': '28.279', 'text': "don't know how long it will last."}, {'start': '26.119', 'end': '30.840', 'text': 'These precious opportunities may not be experienced by'}, {'start': '28.279', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'our children or grandchildren in the next few decades'}, {'start': '30.840', 'end': '35.719', 'text': '.  But do'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '38.840', 'text': 'these painful experiences have any'}, {'start': '35.719', 'end': '41.000', 'text': 'meaning?  Are not.  It is in'}, {'start': '38.840', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'these pains that we begin to'}, {'start': '41.000', 'end': '46.120', 'text': 'understand more about the nature of life.'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '48.840', 'text': 'Understand that the beliefs we'}, {'start': '46.120', 'end': '51.600', 'text': 'hold dear, the compelling goals'}, {'start': '48.840', 'end': '54.760', 'text': 'we pursue can change at any'}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '57.640', 'text': 'moment.  Often called superpower, the'}, {'start': '54.760', 'end': '59.559', 'text': 'best is only relative, the worst position'}, {'start': '57.640', 'end': '62.280', 'text': 'will eventually have to give way to someone'}, {'start': '59.559', 'end': '64.839', 'text': 'else.  Nothing is absolutely'}, {'start': '62.280', 'end': '67.560', 'text': 'permanent.  Everything is in a state'}, {'start': '64.839', 'end': '70.080', 'text': 'of change.  Same goes for loved ones'}, {'start': '67.560', 'end': '72.680', 'text': '.  People we love very much'}, {'start': '70.080', 'end': '75.400', 'text': ', trust very much and we have much'}, {'start': '72.680', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'affection.  They can also change their'}, {'start': '75.400', 'end': '80.720', 'text': 'back at any time.  Why is'}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '83.079', 'text': 'that?  Because they are human,'}, {'start': '80.720', 'end': '85.840', 'text': 'impermanence is always hidden in every human being,'}, {'start': '83.079', 'end': '88.960', 'text': 'nothing is permanent.  So the question'}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '91.640', 'text': 'is how can we live'}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '94.360', 'text': 'with these impermanent people in'}, {'start': '91.640', 'end': '96.600', 'text': 'this volatile situation?  And how'}, {'start': '94.360', 'end': '99.159', 'text': 'do we live with the'}, {'start': '96.600', 'end': '101.680', 'text': 'impermanent person within ourselves?'}, {'start': '99.159', 'end': '104.079', 'text': 'Not just other people.'}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '106.880', 'text': 'Each of us is impermanent and'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '109.159', 'text': 'changes with the flow of life.  Is that right?'}, {'start': '106.880', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'Thoughts change, feelings change,'}, {'start': '109.159', 'end': '115.000', 'text': 'love and hate are constant.  Buddha more than 26'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '117.520', 'text': 'centuries ago clearly realized that humans'}, {'start': '115.000', 'end': '120.560', 'text': 'have another path to choose, which is to'}, {'start': '117.520', 'end': '123.159', 'text': 'turn inward.  Of course, we'}, {'start': '120.560', 'end': '125.399', 'text': 'still have to make a living, still have to love,'}, {'start': '123.159', 'end': '127.719', 'text': 'but at the same time we can also turn'}, {'start': '125.399', 'end': '130.200', 'text': 'inward.  Sometimes we spend a lot of'}, {'start': '127.719', 'end': '132.680', 'text': 'time looking inward.'}, {'start': '130.200', 'end': '135.360', 'text': 'There are times when interacting with life'}, {'start': '132.680', 'end': '137.959', 'text': 'still work, still love.  But also'}, {'start': '135.360', 'end': '140.480', 'text': 'remember to turn inward.  Turn'}, {'start': '137.959', 'end': '142.959', 'text': 'within to understand yourself, to take care of'}, {'start': '140.480', 'end': '145.599', 'text': 'yourself.  In our model there are always'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '147.879', 'text': 'two opposing sides.  Sometimes we feel'}, {'start': '145.599', 'end': '150.560', 'text': 'so holy, so pure, so loving'}, {'start': '147.879', 'end': '153.440', 'text': 'to someone unconditionally.  We realize that we'}, {'start': '150.560', 'end': '156.560', 'text': 'have many good qualities, but sometimes'}, {'start': '153.440', 'end': '159.000', 'text': 'who are we in this world?  Who am I to be so'}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '161.640', 'text': 'arrogant, crazy,'}, {'start': '159.000', 'end': '164.319', 'text': 'conservative, stubborn, domineering, and filled with'}, {'start': '161.640', 'end': '166.920', 'text': 'such negativity.  Sometimes we'}, {'start': '164.319', 'end': '168.920', 'text': 'doubt ourselves, sometimes we have'}, {'start': '166.920', 'end': '171.519', 'text': 'confidence in ourselves, but sometimes we'}, {'start': '168.920', 'end': '173.800', 'text': 'hate ourselves, sometimes we are'}, {'start': '171.519', 'end': '177.480', 'text': 'proud, but sometimes we fall'}, {'start': '173.800', 'end': '179.720', 'text': 'into self-pity.  Even these two extremes'}, {'start': '177.480', 'end': '182.239', 'text': 'can change continuously, forming'}, {'start': '179.720', 'end': '185.319', 'text': 'bipolar disorder, a common psychological problem'}, {'start': '182.239', 'end': '187.680', 'text': 'of the times, second only to depression.'}, {'start': '185.319', 'end': '190.200', 'text': 'Depression has only low self-esteem, while manic-'}, {'start': '187.680', 'end': '192.840', 'text': 'depressive disorder has both mania and depression.'}, {'start': '190.200', 'end': '195.239', 'text': 'When depressed, self-deprecating, when excited, self-'}, {'start': '192.840', 'end': '198.239', 'text': 'esteem.  People change all the time like'}, {'start': '195.239', 'end': '200.000', 'text': 'that.  In every person there is light'}, {'start': '198.239', 'end': '202.799', 'text': 'but also the darkness of'}, {'start': '200.000', 'end': '205.680', 'text': 'negative energy.  Sometimes we see ourselves as'}, {'start': '202.799', 'end': '208.720', 'text': 'a Bodhisattva, but sometimes we can also'}, {'start': '205.680', 'end': '211.480', 'text': 'see ourselves as a demon.  The line'}, {'start': '208.720', 'end': '214.120', 'text': 'between Bodhisattva and demon is sometimes as'}, {'start': '211.480', 'end': '216.959', 'text': 'thin as a thread.  From a state of'}, {'start': '214.120', 'end': '219.439', 'text': 'peace, one harsh word is all it takes to'}, {'start': '216.959', 'end': '222.599', 'text': 'instantly remove the place for'}, {'start': '219.439', 'end': '225.120', 'text': 'negative emotions.  Buddha taught, if you want to'}, {'start': '222.599', 'end': '227.280', 'text': 'live with human beings,'}, {'start': '225.120', 'end': '230.360', 'text': 'develop other good parts of'}, {'start': '227.280', 'end': '233.400', 'text': 'yourself.  I have done that,'}, {'start': '230.360', 'end': '235.400', 'text': 'which means that like Buddha, saints and even monks and'}, {'start': '233.400', 'end': '238.120', 'text': 'nuns like'}, {'start': '235.400', 'end': '240.959', 'text': 'us, we also have faith in that.  Every'}, {'start': '238.120', 'end': '243.280', 'text': 'day we gradually hone'}, {'start': '240.959', 'end': '245.879', 'text': 'ourselves to step onto the path of'}, {'start': '243.280', 'end': '248.959', 'text': 'the enlightened ones, escaping from the'}, {'start': '245.879', 'end': '251.079', 'text': 'mundane limitations.  Greed, anger and ignorance'}, {'start': '248.959', 'end': '253.640', 'text': 'always surround disbelief.'}, {'start': '251.079', 'end': '256.359', 'text': 'Check out what'}, {'start': '253.640', 'end': '259.519', 'text': 'comments, reviews, and judgments you can easily fall into at this hour'}, {'start': '256.359', 'end': '261.320', 'text': '.  What are the reactions to'}, {'start': '259.519', 'end': '264.040', 'text': "not accepting other people's differences"}, {'start': '261.320', 'end': '266.720', 'text': '?  Immersed in'}, {'start': '264.040', 'end': '269.680', 'text': 'delusions without knowing it, suffering from'}, {'start': '266.720', 'end': '272.120', 'text': 'negative emotions.'}, {'start': '269.680', 'end': '274.919', 'text': 'sinking into the phone screen for an hour'}, {'start': '272.120', 'end': '278.120', 'text': 'without looking up at life.  That is'}, {'start': '274.919', 'end': '280.560', 'text': 'the state of Si in action and because of being'}, {'start': '278.120', 'end': '282.759', 'text': 'drunk, it cannot see the way to the'}, {'start': '280.560', 'end': '285.520', 'text': 'power station.  Loved ones are'}, {'start': '282.759', 'end': '288.320', 'text': 'beside us but we do not realize it is called'}, {'start': '285.520', 'end': '291.120', 'text': 'shadow.  We live in that'}, {'start': '288.320', 'end': '293.320', 'text': 'sentient nature.'}, {'start': '291.120', 'end': '296.080', 'text': 'Do you want to get out of it now?  When we'}, {'start': '293.320', 'end': '298.560', 'text': 'escape, we will reduce suffering and end'}, {'start': '296.080', 'end': '301.520', 'text': 'suffering.  In that state of being'}, {'start': '298.560', 'end': '303.360', 'text': ', we will accept its control.'}, {'start': '301.520', 'end': '306.160', 'text': 'No one wants to be controlled by'}, {'start': '303.360', 'end': '308.919', 'text': 'negative energies, right?  Everyone'}, {'start': '306.160', 'end': '312.080', 'text': 'wants them free.  But to be free, you'}, {'start': '308.919', 'end': '314.680', 'text': 'have to let go of something.  And are'}, {'start': '312.080', 'end': '317.479', 'text': 'you willing to let go?'}, {'start': '314.680', 'end': '320.160', 'text': 'Adults have given up.  Because they have'}, {'start': '317.479', 'end': '322.440', 'text': 'grasped so much, exhausted, only the'}, {'start': '320.160', 'end': '325.400', 'text': 'young people still refuse to let go.  And the'}, {'start': '322.440', 'end': '328.680', 'text': 'question of young people is always, if we let go,'}, {'start': '325.400', 'end': '331.000', 'text': 'what will we live on?  Can you live well after letting go?'}, {'start': '328.680', 'end': '333.360', 'text': 'Are not.  Buddha never advised us to'}, {'start': '331.000', 'end': '336.280', 'text': 'give up this life, to give up our'}, {'start': '333.360', 'end': '338.960', 'text': 'loved ones.  If you can do it, let go completely'}, {'start': '336.280', 'end': '341.759', 'text': '.  But we also need to keep'}, {'start': '338.960', 'end': '344.639', 'text': 'some for survival.  If you cannot'}, {'start': '341.759', 'end': '346.880', 'text': 'become a complete enlightened being, and only wish to'}, {'start': '344.639', 'end': '350.160', 'text': 'become a compassionate one, you must also practice'}, {'start': '346.880', 'end': '352.080', 'text': 'letting go of your feelings.  For example, if you'}, {'start': '350.160', 'end': '354.960', 'text': 'are trying to let go of your'}, {'start': '352.080', 'end': '357.160', 'text': 'smartphone, it may still be with you'}, {'start': '354.960', 'end': '359.440', 'text': "but you don't need to use it, you are not"}, {'start': '357.160', 'end': '362.039', 'text': 'controlled by it.  Because every time we use a'}, {'start': '359.440', 'end': '365.039', 'text': 'phone with internet, we are'}, {'start': '362.039', 'end': '367.720', 'text': 'controlled and fall into a state of ignorance.'}, {'start': '365.039', 'end': '371.919', 'text': 'Morning work wake up early.  From'}, {'start': '367.720', 'end': '374.759', 'text': '4:30 am to meditate until 5:00 or 5:30 am we'}, {'start': '371.919', 'end': '377.240', 'text': 'live in total awareness.  But'}, {'start': '374.759', 'end': '379.880', 'text': 'as soon as I stopped, I rushed'}, {'start': '377.240', 'end': '382.520', 'text': 'to my phone and fell into a state of'}, {'start': '379.880', 'end': '384.639', 'text': 'ignorance.  It is not often that we can use the'}, {'start': '382.520', 'end': '387.479', 'text': 'phone as if we were not using the'}, {'start': '384.639', 'end': '389.960', 'text': 'phone.  Just like when working, we'}, {'start': '387.479', 'end': '392.919', 'text': 'easily get swallowed up by work and'}, {'start': '389.960', 'end': '395.680', 'text': 'anger immediately arises.  When we are'}, {'start': '392.919', 'end': '398.199', 'text': 'with our loved ones, we want to be close,'}, {'start': '395.680', 'end': '400.960', 'text': 'to love and nurture each other,'}, {'start': '398.199', 'end': '402.800', 'text': 'not to meet and harm each other.'}, {'start': '400.960', 'end': '405.440', 'text': 'But just by saying thoughtless words'}, {'start': '402.800', 'end': '408.280', 'text': ', we can lose a very special ability'}, {'start': '405.440', 'end': '410.680', 'text': '.  The human spirit is the'}, {'start': '408.280', 'end': '413.680', 'text': 'ability to control, that is the ability to self-'}, {'start': '410.680', 'end': '415.720', 'text': 'control.  To have this ability, it is necessary to'}, {'start': '413.680', 'end': '418.919', 'text': 'practice letting go of what is'}, {'start': '415.720', 'end': '421.479', 'text': 'unnecessary.  The Buddha often used the word renunciation.'}, {'start': '418.919', 'end': '424.440', 'text': 'Sometimes we need to completely detach,'}, {'start': '421.479', 'end': '426.720', 'text': 'maybe for a week, a few weeks or even a few'}, {'start': '424.440', 'end': '429.639', 'text': 'months to change our state.  Sometimes'}, {'start': '426.720', 'end': '432.039', 'text': 'we just need to take a few days or hours'}, {'start': '429.639', 'end': '434.599', 'text': 'off from what bothers us, to'}, {'start': '432.039', 'end': '437.560', 'text': 'spend our energy and return to a state of'}, {'start': '434.599', 'end': '440.520', 'text': 'peace.  You can try to unplug your'}, {'start': '437.560', 'end': '442.360', 'text': 'phone for a weekend, turning it off completely as if you'}, {'start': '440.520', 'end': '446.520', 'text': 'never knew your'}, {'start': '442.360', 'end': '449.319', 'text': 'smartphone.  Back in the 80s, 90s, using either a'}, {'start': '446.520', 'end': '452.000', 'text': 'landline phone, or a simple phone,'}, {'start': '449.319', 'end': '454.440', 'text': 'or nothing at all, you would find'}, {'start': '452.000', 'end': '457.360', 'text': 'yourself with excess energy that came from'}, {'start': '454.440', 'end': '459.639', 'text': "nowhere.  It's all about giving up your"}, {'start': '457.360', 'end': '462.520', 'text': 'phone.  If that person is also the'}, {'start': '459.639', 'end': '464.639', 'text': 'source of suffering and sadness, we'}, {'start': '462.520', 'end': '466.840', 'text': 'should also ask permission to leave them for a few'}, {'start': '464.639', 'end': '470.039', 'text': 'days.  No talking, no'}, {'start': '466.840', 'end': '472.400', 'text': 'interacting, no meeting.  For what?  To let us'}, {'start': '470.039', 'end': '475.199', 'text': "return to ourselves.  If we don't"}, {'start': '472.400', 'end': '477.960', 'text': 'meet and we return to ourselves,'}, {'start': '475.199', 'end': '480.120', 'text': 'maybe that person will agree.  If you do'}, {'start': '477.960', 'end': '482.800', 'text': "n't meet each other but meet someone"}, {'start': '480.120', 'end': '485.840', 'text': 'else and talk on the phone, that person probably wo'}, {'start': '482.800', 'end': '487.960', 'text': "n't accept it.  Buddha taught that"}, {'start': '485.840', 'end': '490.639', 'text': 'we humans always have darkness and'}, {'start': '487.960', 'end': '493.440', 'text': 'moonlight.  Our mind has two'}, {'start': '490.639', 'end': '495.840', 'text': 'parts, the profane and the sacred.  The'}, {'start': '493.440', 'end': '498.400', 'text': 'more we forgive each day, the'}, {'start': '495.840', 'end': '500.960', 'text': 'stronger it becomes.  And no one can help us'}, {'start': '498.400', 'end': '503.840', 'text': 'stay holy all the time.'}, {'start': '500.960', 'end': '506.280', 'text': 'Sometimes they just arouse the'}, {'start': '503.840', 'end': '509.319', 'text': 'negative parts of us, greed, anger and ignorance.  So'}, {'start': '506.280', 'end': '511.520', 'text': 'we need to be smart, alert and brave enough'}, {'start': '509.319', 'end': '514.440', 'text': 'to avoid the'}, {'start': '511.520', 'end': '517.279', 'text': 'bad things in life.  When life'}, {'start': '514.440', 'end': '520.320', 'text': 'brings good things, we'}, {'start': '517.279', 'end': '521.959', 'text': 'can enjoy and be nourished.  And'}, {'start': '520.320', 'end': '525.240', 'text': 'when life brings'}, {'start': '521.959', 'end': '527.800', 'text': 'negative things, we need to recognize and stay away,'}, {'start': '525.240', 'end': '529.880', 'text': 'turning back to rely on ourselves.'}, {'start': '527.800', 'end': '532.959', 'text': 'How to have more light than darkness,'}, {'start': '529.880', 'end': '535.440', 'text': 'life will be stable.  If there were more darkness'}, {'start': '532.959', 'end': '538.399', 'text': 'than light, life would be'}, {'start': '535.440', 'end': '540.959', 'text': 'dark.  When life gets dark, no amount of'}, {'start': '538.399', 'end': '543.160', 'text': 'makeup or nice clothes'}, {'start': '540.959', 'end': '545.519', 'text': 'can cover it up.'}, {'start': '543.160', 'end': '548.720', 'text': 'We psychotherapists'}, {'start': '545.519', 'end': '551.720', 'text': 'can see darkness just by looking into the eyes,'}, {'start': '548.720', 'end': '554.240', 'text': 'whether they are blue or brown.  Look to know if there is'}, {'start': '551.720', 'end': '556.760', 'text': 'depression or not, look to know if there is'}, {'start': '554.240', 'end': '559.000', 'text': 'psychological trauma or not.  When people are'}, {'start': '556.760', 'end': '561.680', 'text': 'dark, wherever they sit, that place becomes'}, {'start': '559.000', 'end': '564.560', 'text': 'dark.  But unless we sit next to someone'}, {'start': '561.680', 'end': '566.640', 'text': 'with profound spiritual power and special energy,'}, {'start': '564.560', 'end': '569.920', 'text': 'we cannot overwhelm'}, {'start': '566.640', 'end': '572.519', 'text': "that person's energy.  But if there are two or three"}, {'start': '569.920', 'end': '575.320', 'text': 'dark people sitting close together, they will push each'}, {'start': '572.519', 'end': '577.880', 'text': 'other down.  A dark person sitting next to'}, {'start': '575.320', 'end': '581.120', 'text': 'a dark person, can it become'}, {'start': '577.880', 'end': '583.440', 'text': 'light?  Take poison and poison alone, a'}, {'start': '581.120', 'end': '587.399', 'text': 'dark person sitting next to a group of'}, {'start': '583.440', 'end': '589.720', 'text': 'dark people will become even darker.  If a'}, {'start': '587.399', 'end': '591.600', 'text': 'person has a bright light in his heart, sitting'}, {'start': '589.720', 'end': '594.839', 'text': 'with people who also have'}, {'start': '591.600', 'end': '597.560', 'text': 'bright moonlight, he cannot be dark, so his'}, {'start': '594.839', 'end': '599.920', 'text': 'amount must overflow to overcome the light.  You'}, {'start': '597.560', 'end': '602.680', 'text': 'see we are here in large numbers'}, {'start': '599.920', 'end': '605.640', 'text': 'but still feel healthy and light as if'}, {'start': '602.680', 'end': '608.040', 'text': 'no one is around.  Why so?  If'}, {'start': '605.640', 'end': '610.360', 'text': 'in the past five to 600 people sitting here,'}, {'start': '608.040', 'end': '613.480', 'text': 'no one practiced mindfulness, everyone let their'}, {'start': '610.360', 'end': '616.120', 'text': 'minds drift, allowing greed, anger, and delusion to'}, {'start': '613.480', 'end': '618.360', 'text': 'arise, allowing darkness to arise, then how'}, {'start': '616.120', 'end': '620.440', 'text': 'could they sit here?  Definitely'}, {'start': '618.360', 'end': '623.279', 'text': 'not possible.  We have sat in the'}, {'start': '620.440', 'end': '626.040', 'text': 'theater but in the theater we focus'}, {'start': '623.279', 'end': '628.320', 'text': 'on the movie and forget reality.  Because'}, {'start': '626.040', 'end': '630.760', 'text': 'when the screen turns off, picking up the phone and'}, {'start': '628.320', 'end': '633.600', 'text': 'returning to reality, sitting next to those dark people'}, {'start': '630.760', 'end': '636.200', 'text': 'is really scary.  That is why'}, {'start': '633.600', 'end': '639.000', 'text': 'we need to practice together.  Eat'}, {'start': '636.200', 'end': '641.040', 'text': 'rice with soup, practice with life.  I'}, {'start': '639.000', 'end': '644.200', 'text': 'especially like a poem by Zen Master Vien'}, {'start': '641.040', 'end': '646.839', 'text': 'Thuc.  When I started practicing meditation, I'}, {'start': '644.200', 'end': '649.560', 'text': "didn't even know what meditation was.  It was not until"}, {'start': '646.839', 'end': '651.360', 'text': 'seven years after my parents passed away that'}, {'start': '649.560', 'end': '653.680', 'text': 'I began to look for'}, {'start': '651.360', 'end': '656.160', 'text': 'ways to help myself more, to transform the'}, {'start': '653.680', 'end': '659.440', 'text': 'suffering that was overwhelming my life.'}, {'start': '656.160', 'end': '662.360', 'text': 'Two years later, after nine years of practice, I'}, {'start': '659.440', 'end': '664.600', 'text': 'began to practice meditation on my own.  At'}, {'start': '662.360', 'end': '667.120', 'text': 'that time, I already knew the poem of Zen'}, {'start': '664.600', 'end': '669.920', 'text': 'master Vien Thuc but did not really'}, {'start': '667.120', 'end': '673.040', 'text': 'understand it completely.  However, it still'}, {'start': '669.920', 'end': '675.160', 'text': 'evokes emotions that touch my heart.  A few'}, {'start': '673.040', 'end': '677.200', 'text': 'years later, when I became a'}, {'start': '675.160', 'end': '679.920', 'text': 'meditator taking my first steps in meditation'}, {'start': '677.200', 'end': '682.399', 'text': ', I felt like a'}, {'start': '679.920', 'end': '684.880', 'text': 'different person.  Step out of the mire of'}, {'start': '682.399', 'end': '688.560', 'text': 'suffering, step out of the clever fangs that'}, {'start': '684.880', 'end': '690.800', 'text': 'create the ego, step'}, {'start': '688.560', 'end': '693.440', 'text': 'out of the trivial limits, the'}, {'start': '690.800', 'end': '696.040', 'text': 'petty demands.  I felt like I was'}, {'start': '693.440', 'end': '698.360', 'text': 'stepping into a vast space.'}, {'start': '696.040', 'end': '701.360', 'text': 'I grew up not in'}, {'start': '698.360', 'end': '703.639', 'text': 'weight or height but in awareness.'}, {'start': '701.360', 'end': '706.639', 'text': 'My vision became wider,'}, {'start': '703.639', 'end': '708.959', 'text': 'my heart became more vast.  Only then did'}, {'start': '706.639', 'end': '712.120', 'text': 'I truly understand the poem of Zen'}, {'start': '708.959', 'end': '714.079', 'text': 'Master Vien Thuc.  That is a big deal.'}, {'start': '712.120', 'end': '716.680', 'text': "Before listening to poetry, let's take a"}, {'start': '714.079', 'end': '718.959', 'text': 'breath together.  Please close your eyes'}, {'start': '716.680', 'end': '721.200', 'text': ', sit up straight, and feel your whole'}, {'start': '718.959', 'end': '723.959', 'text': 'body.  I am resting, look'}, {'start': '721.200', 'end': '726.800', 'text': 'inside your mind to see if there is anything there, is it'}, {'start': '723.959', 'end': '729.880', 'text': 'lighter?  more peaceful or still'}, {'start': '726.800', 'end': '732.399', 'text': 'stressed and anxious just note it as it is'}, {'start': '729.880', 'end': '734.480', 'text': ".  Don't try to transform yourself"}, {'start': '732.399', 'end': '737.240', 'text': 'into a saint or a Bodhisattva right'}, {'start': '734.480', 'end': '739.760', 'text': 'away.  Our job is to turn back'}, {'start': '737.240', 'end': '742.320', 'text': 'to the light of awareness, to understand clearly what'}, {'start': '739.760', 'end': '745.079', 'text': 'is happening inside.  Yes, and now'}, {'start': '742.320', 'end': '747.639', 'text': 'we return to the breath because looking'}, {'start': '745.079', 'end': '750.720', 'text': 'inside can easily be carried away by worries or delusions'}, {'start': '747.639', 'end': '752.800', 'text': 'if we are not used to it. To be sure,'}, {'start': '750.720', 'end': '755.360', 'text': 'sometimes we look inside,'}, {'start': '752.800', 'end': '757.920', 'text': 'sometimes we also return to rely on the breath,'}, {'start': '755.360', 'end': '760.639', 'text': 'this is the in-breath.  This is the exhalation.'}, {'start': '757.920', 'end': '762.800', 'text': 'Relax and breathe.  Thank you everyone.'}, {'start': '760.639', 'end': '765.680', 'text': "Now after we finish breathing, let's"}, {'start': '762.800', 'end': '768.279', 'text': 'listen to the poem "Wait for me on the banks of the Vo Vien stream'}, {'start': '765.680', 'end': '770.760', 'text': '."  Ancient times.  Since ancient times,'}, {'start': '768.279', 'end': '773.920', 'text': 'the Moon has never been quiet.  I go into the distant'}, {'start': '770.760', 'end': '776.639', 'text': 'land, the shepherd guides me to the shores of my dreams, so'}, {'start': '773.920', 'end': '778.720', 'text': 'I am still in a daze.  The mysterious blanket does not open.   The fragrant'}, {'start': '776.639', 'end': '781.519', 'text': 'Khuong Lan on the hill invites all'}, {'start': '778.720', 'end': '784.519', 'text': 'directions to come together, the time of our reunion has come.  The'}, {'start': '781.519', 'end': '787.079', 'text': 'kingdom is still here, still this piece of land.'}, {'start': '784.519', 'end': '790.000', 'text': 'A thousand and a thousand more.  Heart in the'}, {'start': '787.079', 'end': '792.600', 'text': 'clouds.  The poem contains the theme of my blindness at'}, {'start': '790.000', 'end': '795.160', 'text': 'a particular moment.  We can bring the'}, {'start': '792.600', 'end': '798.079', 'text': 'mind back to the body.  Because there are times when I call him but'}, {'start': '795.160', 'end': '800.440', 'text': "he doesn't come home.  Begging it to come back still"}, {'start': '798.079', 'end': '803.160', 'text': "hides in the other person's heart.  see what they are"}, {'start': '800.440', 'end': '805.399', 'text': 'doing, what they are thinking, do they love you,'}, {'start': '803.160', 'end': '808.360', 'text': 'do they hate you, do they plan to harm'}, {'start': '805.399', 'end': '810.440', 'text': 'you, stay in the moment.'}, {'start': '808.360', 'end': '812.880', 'text': 'But in special moments, we'}, {'start': '810.440', 'end': '815.279', 'text': 'can bring our mind back.  Oh no, not'}, {'start': '812.880', 'end': '818.079', 'text': 'enticement.  To entice sounds a bit'}, {'start': '815.279', 'end': '820.760', 'text': 'forceful, I gently invite the mind to'}, {'start': '818.079', 'end': '823.320', 'text': 'return.  That is what we have just'}, {'start': '820.760', 'end': '826.120', 'text': 'experienced, the moment of connecting mind and'}, {'start': '823.320', 'end': '829.519', 'text': "body.  But it's also a golden area,"}, {'start': '826.120', 'end': '831.839', 'text': 'right?  sometimes staying,'}, {'start': '829.519', 'end': '833.880', 'text': 'sometimes ready to run away.  Because'}, {'start': '831.839', 'end': '836.320', 'text': 'running away has become'}, {'start': '833.880', 'end': '839.279', 'text': 'more of a habit than staying in the present moment'}, {'start': '836.320', 'end': '841.519', 'text': '.  For the past few decades, have we been'}, {'start': '839.279', 'end': '844.279', 'text': 'always chasing after the wind?  Wandering in'}, {'start': '841.519', 'end': '847.839', 'text': 'search of capture and then returning to the'}, {'start': '844.279', 'end': '850.399', 'text': 'West.  Then wandered around looking for it, trying to'}, {'start': '847.839', 'end': '852.600', 'text': 'grasp it, but in the end came up empty-handed.'}, {'start': '850.399', 'end': '855.399', 'text': 'Nothing is really sustainable.  The'}, {'start': '852.600', 'end': '857.639', 'text': 'Buddha taught that grasping is just to make'}, {'start': '855.399', 'end': '860.320', 'text': 'the passing of time enjoyable'}, {'start': '857.639', 'end': '863.279', 'text': 'while we are still bound by the'}, {'start': '860.320', 'end': '865.680', 'text': 'mundane mind that keeps throwing and catching.  But when we'}, {'start': '863.279', 'end': '868.120', 'text': 'overcome the mind of birth and death, we will'}, {'start': '865.680', 'end': '871.320', 'text': 'reduce the need to hold on.  When we no'}, {'start': '868.120', 'end': '873.720', 'text': 'longer need to hold on, we will be free.  Because holding on'}, {'start': '871.320', 'end': '875.560', 'text': 'only binds us.  For example,'}, {'start': '873.720', 'end': '878.199', 'text': 'who is tied down when holding a phone'}, {'start': '875.560', 'end': '880.880', 'text': '?  Body and mind have not met for a long time'}, {'start': '878.199', 'end': '883.600', 'text': '.  When I sit down to meditate, breathe'}, {'start': '880.880', 'end': '886.480', 'text': "in, breathe out, it's magical.  With just one"}, {'start': '883.600', 'end': '888.639', 'text': 'breath, my mind has returned.  When you'}, {'start': '886.480', 'end': '891.120', 'text': "know what, there are a lot of people who can't"}, {'start': '888.639', 'end': '893.279', 'text': 'do that.  And we have been there too'}, {'start': '891.120', 'end': '896.279', 'text': '.  In times of'}, {'start': '893.279', 'end': '899.279', 'text': 'confusion and madness, we try to invite the mind'}, {'start': '896.279', 'end': '901.759', 'text': "back.  Don't say anything, don't act"}, {'start': '899.279', 'end': '904.160', 'text': ", don't decide anything, but the mind does"}, {'start': '901.759', 'end': '907.279', 'text': "n't listen.  But today it"}, {'start': '904.160', 'end': '909.920', 'text': 'listened and returned to connect with the body.'}, {'start': '907.279', 'end': '912.959', 'text': 'That is called body and mind unity.  To merge'}, {'start': '909.920', 'end': '915.759', 'text': 'means to become blind.  The body is here and the mind is'}, {'start': '912.959', 'end': '918.759', 'text': 'here too.  Thus the power becomes'}, {'start': '915.759', 'end': '920.720', 'text': 'infinite, infinitely spiritual.  At least it is'}, {'start': '918.759', 'end': '923.759', 'text': 'free from the bonds of the'}, {'start': '920.720', 'end': '925.839', 'text': 'outside world, achieving a state of detachment, at'}, {'start': '923.759', 'end': '929.160', 'text': 'least for a moment of the three cessations of body'}, {'start': '925.839', 'end': '931.959', 'text': 'and mind.  It means meeting in'}, {'start': '929.160', 'end': '934.120', 'text': 'intimacy.  We used to know each other but now we are'}, {'start': '931.959', 'end': '936.759', 'text': "far apart, it's not like we've never met"}, {'start': '934.120', 'end': '939.240', 'text': '.  In the moment of meditation when the new'}, {'start': '936.759', 'end': '942.319', 'text': 'heart meets again the joy leaves'}, {'start': '939.240', 'end': '944.519', 'text': 'tears.  So please try to keep'}, {'start': '942.319', 'end': '947.000', 'text': 'that moment lasting as long as'}, {'start': '944.519', 'end': '949.480', 'text': 'possible.  Because all good things'}, {'start': '947.000', 'end': '953.000', 'text': 'can only arise when body and mind are in'}, {'start': '949.480', 'end': '955.720', 'text': 'harmony.  The old woman on the bank of the Vo Vi stream.'}, {'start': '953.000', 'end': '958.519', 'text': 'I will explain the word Vo Vi later, wait for'}, {'start': '955.720', 'end': '961.040', 'text': 'me.  This stream may be a'}, {'start': '958.519', 'end': '963.399', 'text': 'real scene, but it is only a symbolic image'}, {'start': '961.040', 'end': '965.959', 'text': 'of nature for the moment when'}, {'start': '963.399', 'end': '968.600', 'text': 'we no longer rush to seek fame,'}, {'start': '965.959', 'end': '971.440', 'text': 'wealth, and pleasures outside but return to'}, {'start': '968.600', 'end': '974.199', 'text': 'ourselves.  Suddenly, I realized I was a'}, {'start': '971.440', 'end': '976.399', 'text': 'different person.  When we are on a'}, {'start': '974.199', 'end': '979.360', 'text': 'crusade, a conquest, we are a'}, {'start': '976.399', 'end': '981.800', 'text': 'different person, a devil.  But when we come back,'}, {'start': '979.360', 'end': '984.680', 'text': 'just stop and see the'}, {'start': '981.800', 'end': '986.680', 'text': 'difference.  Furthermore, if we invite'}, {'start': '984.680', 'end': '989.360', 'text': 'good things, good energies such as'}, {'start': '986.680', 'end': '992.399', 'text': 'peace, relaxation, love, compassion,'}, {'start': '989.360', 'end': '994.720', 'text': 'our mind suddenly becomes bright.'}, {'start': '992.399', 'end': '996.639', 'text': 'Have you ever practiced meditation?'}, {'start': '994.720', 'end': '999.519', 'text': 'When we develop'}, {'start': '996.639', 'end': '1002.040', 'text': 'mindfulness, we become aware of our body, breath and'}, {'start': '999.519', 'end': '1004.800', 'text': 'sensations, and our mind becomes'}, {'start': '1002.040', 'end': '1007.440', 'text': 'radiant.  When light is emitted,'}, {'start': '1004.800', 'end': '1010.199', 'text': 'darkness is pushed back.  And when darkness'}, {'start': '1007.440', 'end': '1012.839', 'text': 'falls, that is when the light shines.'}, {'start': '1010.199', 'end': '1015.120', 'text': 'We possess a magical power.'}, {'start': '1012.839', 'end': '1017.600', 'text': 'Just flip the switch and the room will'}, {'start': '1015.120', 'end': '1020.600', 'text': 'light up instantly.  But that same'}, {'start': '1017.600', 'end': '1023.199', 'text': 'switch, if we turn it on,'}, {'start': '1020.600', 'end': '1025.360', 'text': 'will be immediately engulfed in darkness.  But'}, {'start': '1023.199', 'end': '1027.919', 'text': 'many people do not grow up, just let'}, {'start': '1025.360', 'end': '1030.880', 'text': 'themselves sink in the darkness.  Knowing you are'}, {'start': '1027.919', 'end': '1033.120', 'text': "like that but still can't get out,"}, {'start': '1030.880', 'end': '1035.799', 'text': 'sometimes without even realizing it.  Someone'}, {'start': '1033.120', 'end': '1038.959', 'text': 'showed me clearly, you are in'}, {'start': '1035.799', 'end': '1041.600', 'text': 'the darkness, you are greedy, angry and ignorant, but you get'}, {'start': '1038.959', 'end': '1043.959', 'text': 'angry and refuse to admit it.  When we'}, {'start': '1041.600', 'end': '1046.679', 'text': 'escape from the darkness and sit quietly'}, {'start': '1043.959', 'end': '1049.400', 'text': ', we will see the surrounding scenery is so'}, {'start': '1046.679', 'end': '1051.919', 'text': 'wonderfully beautiful.  Looking at the people'}, {'start': '1049.400', 'end': '1055.000', 'text': 'around us, we feel love and want to'}, {'start': '1051.919', 'end': '1057.360', 'text': 'support them, not punish them.  I both'}, {'start': '1055.000', 'end': '1059.320', 'text': 'happened in a split second.  In just a'}, {'start': '1057.360', 'end': '1062.280', 'text': 'moment, we can live in the'}, {'start': '1059.320', 'end': '1064.799', 'text': 'darkness of faith.  But in just a'}, {'start': '1062.280', 'end': '1067.799', 'text': 'moment we can return to Buddha'}, {'start': '1064.799', 'end': '1070.280', 'text': 'faith, to Bodhisattva mind, to the state of pure'}, {'start': '1067.799', 'end': '1072.720', 'text': 'consciousness.  Want it or not, determined or'}, {'start': '1070.280', 'end': '1075.600', 'text': "not, it's all in"}, {'start': '1072.720', 'end': '1077.880', 'text': 'our hands.  All wait for me there.'}, {'start': '1075.600', 'end': '1080.720', 'text': 'Awakening and enlightenment have been waiting for us for too'}, {'start': '1077.880', 'end': '1082.919', 'text': 'long.  Why do we keep'}, {'start': '1080.720', 'end': '1085.320', 'text': 'searching outside, looking for something'}, {'start': '1082.919', 'end': '1088.159', 'text': 'outside, and getting anything lasting from those'}, {'start': '1085.320', 'end': '1090.679', 'text': 'outside things?  If you can grasp it'}, {'start': '1088.159', 'end': '1093.240', 'text': ', then grasp it. If you enjoy it, then do'}, {'start': '1090.679', 'end': '1096.120', 'text': 'it.  But if you feel tired,'}, {'start': '1093.240', 'end': '1098.159', 'text': 'bored and not what you need to hold on to,'}, {'start': '1096.120', 'end': '1100.880', 'text': 'then temporarily return to the'}, {'start': '1098.159', 'end': '1103.919', 'text': 'inside.  Capture the beauty of the soul,'}, {'start': '1103.919', 'end': '1109.600', 'text': 'this purity, innocence, sweetness, compassion.  Buddha taught that when you have'}, {'start': '1107.159', 'end': '1112.360', 'text': 'grasped the bright moonlight in your heart, you will'}, {'start': '1109.600', 'end': '1114.720', 'text': 'see light everywhere.  When we invite'}, {'start': '1112.360', 'end': '1117.600', 'text': 'the light to shine, we will feel really healthy'}, {'start': '1114.720', 'end': '1120.400', 'text': '.  No need to remove the darkness,'}, {'start': '1117.600', 'end': '1122.840', 'text': "no need to erase anyone.  Let's weave away the"}, {'start': '1120.400', 'end': '1125.360', 'text': 'darkness within to dispel the darkness'}, {'start': '1122.840', 'end': '1128.400', 'text': 'in our hearts.  Invite the moon to rise and the'}, {'start': '1125.360', 'end': '1130.840', 'text': 'darkness will automatically disappear.  Come back to'}, {'start': '1128.400', 'end': '1133.919', 'text': 'develop mindfulness.  When the blanket is'}, {'start': '1130.840', 'end': '1136.720', 'text': 'waiting for us, from ancient times to ancient times, the blanket has'}, {'start': '1133.919', 'end': '1138.520', 'text': 'never been quiet.  Even if you'}, {'start': '1136.720', 'end': '1141.200', 'text': 'become a demon for a'}, {'start': '1138.520', 'end': '1144.320', 'text': 'long time, that light that is present will'}, {'start': '1141.200', 'end': '1146.600', 'text': 'never disappear.  How wonderful!  Like'}, {'start': '1144.320', 'end': '1149.640', 'text': 'Minh, who used to suffer from depression, even when he has'}, {'start': '1146.600', 'end': '1152.039', 'text': 'psychological problems, he can still return to his'}, {'start': '1149.640', 'end': '1154.640', 'text': 'senses, return to the bright moonlight'}, {'start': '1152.039', 'end': '1157.200', 'text': "in his heart.  Don't misunderstand that you"}, {'start': '1154.640', 'end': '1159.840', 'text': "can continue to live in the dark.  Don't"}, {'start': '1157.200', 'end': '1162.480', 'text': 'think turning back will save you.'}, {'start': '1159.840', 'end': '1165.440', 'text': 'Although you can see the dock when you turn around,'}, {'start': '1162.480', 'end': '1168.120', 'text': 'the road to the dock is still very far.'}, {'start': '1165.440', 'end': '1170.400', 'text': 'Think about it, on the highway,'}, {'start': '1168.120', 'end': '1172.720', 'text': 'if you miss the exit, can you turn'}, {'start': '1170.400', 'end': '1175.080', 'text': 'back immediately?  Sometimes it takes half an'}, {'start': '1172.720', 'end': '1177.720', 'text': 'hour, an hour to find another fake way'}, {'start': '1175.080', 'end': '1180.559', 'text': ".  Once you slip past it, it's hard"}, {'start': '1177.720', 'end': '1183.400', 'text': 'to come back.  That is why, a good'}, {'start': '1180.559', 'end': '1186.000', 'text': 'teacher once said, even though we look back, the'}, {'start': '1183.400', 'end': '1188.919', 'text': 'shore of enlightenment is still far away.  It is not'}, {'start': '1186.000', 'end': '1191.400', 'text': 'easy.  So, realize that'}, {'start': '1188.919', 'end': '1194.159', 'text': 'the place is not attractive, not'}, {'start': '1191.400', 'end': '1196.880', 'text': 'worth indulging in any more.  Come back'}, {'start': '1194.159', 'end': '1199.760', 'text': 'now.  Luu Anh has been waiting for me for a long time'}, {'start': '1196.880', 'end': '1202.400', 'text': '.  We need peace for so long,'}, {'start': '1199.760', 'end': '1204.520', 'text': "why don't we go back to help ourselves?"}, {'start': '1202.400', 'end': '1207.200', 'text': 'Bodhisattva is suffocating in his heart and'}, {'start': '1204.520', 'end': '1210.039', 'text': 'cannot survive.  Because we do not cultivate'}, {'start': '1207.200', 'end': '1212.440', 'text': 'compassion for Bodhisattva to live.  I only let'}, {'start': '1210.039', 'end': '1215.200', 'text': 'the poison grow, so the Bodhisattva is'}, {'start': '1212.440', 'end': '1217.880', 'text': 'worn out.  But fortunately, the Bodhisattva'}, {'start': '1215.200', 'end': '1220.640', 'text': 'did not die completely, he remained in a latent form'}, {'start': '1217.880', 'end': '1223.000', 'text': 'like a seed waiting.  But to'}, {'start': '1220.640', 'end': '1225.960', 'text': 'invite that seed back, it takes a'}, {'start': '1223.000', 'end': '1229.000', 'text': 'lot of time and practice.  The blanket has been'}, {'start': '1225.960', 'end': '1231.320', 'text': 'waiting for me for ages, since ages the blanket has'}, {'start': '1229.000', 'end': '1234.159', 'text': 'never been cold.  We go into the sea of'}, {'start': '1231.320', 'end': '1237.159', 'text': 'porcelain, the blanket guides us home.  Faraway places'}, {'start': '1234.159', 'end': '1239.159', 'text': 'are distant roads.  Sometimes being'}, {'start': '1237.159', 'end': '1242.200', 'text': "in someone else's heart is that faraway land"}, {'start': '1239.159', 'end': '1244.840', 'text': ', watching them all day.  But sometimes, being abroad'}, {'start': '1242.200', 'end': '1247.559', 'text': 'is just like taking out your phone and'}, {'start': '1244.840', 'end': '1250.080', 'text': 'surfing the internet,'}, {'start': '1247.559', 'end': '1252.440', 'text': 'right?  We can travel a thousand miles'}, {'start': '1250.080', 'end': '1254.799', 'text': 'around the world, but the closest thing'}, {'start': '1252.440', 'end': '1257.640', 'text': 'to us, ourselves,'}, {'start': '1254.799', 'end': '1259.600', 'text': 'seems to be completely unaware.  Now if you ask'}, {'start': '1257.640', 'end': '1262.600', 'text': 'about the epidemic situation in Vietnam'}, {'start': '1259.600', 'end': '1265.559', 'text': 'today, we can immediately say what the situation in the US'}, {'start': '1262.600', 'end': '1268.120', 'text': 'is like in terms of politics, economy or'}, {'start': '1265.559', 'end': '1270.799', 'text': 'epidemic is also very clear.  But what about'}, {'start': '1268.120', 'end': '1273.400', 'text': 'our health, where is our soul?   Whether we have'}, {'start': '1270.799', 'end': '1275.880', 'text': 'much greed, anger, and delusion, or'}, {'start': '1273.400', 'end': '1278.640', 'text': 'how much Bodhisattva and sainthood we have, is'}, {'start': '1275.880', 'end': '1281.400', 'text': "not clear.  If so, don't ask"}, {'start': '1278.640', 'end': '1284.039', 'text': 'why life is more miserable than happy.'}, {'start': '1281.400', 'end': '1286.440', 'text': 'We have been wandering for too long.'}, {'start': '1284.039', 'end': '1288.400', 'text': 'Zen master Tran Nhin Tong once said that'}, {'start': '1286.440', 'end': '1291.120', 'text': 'we have lived like travelers for too'}, {'start': '1288.400', 'end': '1293.600', 'text': 'long, refusing to return home.  Try'}, {'start': '1291.120', 'end': '1296.200', 'text': 'going back home once.  Returning home is returning to the'}, {'start': '1293.600', 'end': '1299.120', 'text': 'place where you command, the sweet homeland, here is'}, {'start': '1296.200', 'end': '1301.559', 'text': 'peaceful and full of love.'}, {'start': '1299.120', 'end': '1304.120', 'text': 'Many overseas Vietnamese are returning home.  So'}, {'start': '1301.559', 'end': '1307.000', 'text': 'why are we in our homeland and still not'}, {'start': '1304.120', 'end': '1309.240', 'text': 'returning?  We are in our homeland'}, {'start': '1307.000', 'end': '1312.080', 'text': 'outside but cannot live in our'}, {'start': '1309.240', 'end': '1314.159', 'text': 'homeland inside.  That is the reason why'}, {'start': '1312.080', 'end': '1316.919', 'text': 'this sermon has the title "The moon guides'}, {'start': '1314.159', 'end': '1319.360', 'text': 'us home".  Let\'s follow the moonlight, lift'}, {'start': '1316.919', 'end': '1322.039', 'text': 'up mindfulness and awareness to return'}, {'start': '1319.360', 'end': '1324.840', 'text': 'to the source of wisdom, compassion and'}, {'start': '1322.039', 'end': '1327.000', 'text': 'tolerance within us.  Within'}, {'start': '1324.840', 'end': '1329.919', 'text': 'each of us lies a'}, {'start': '1327.000', 'end': '1332.760', 'text': "future Buddha.  It's said to be the future but it's still a"}, {'start': '1329.919', 'end': '1335.480', 'text': 'long time away. Everyone thinks that just calling will make it'}, {'start': '1332.760', 'end': '1338.200', 'text': 'appear immediately.  We must go back,'}, {'start': '1335.480', 'end': '1340.840', 'text': 'only by going back can we find.  On the'}, {'start': '1338.200', 'end': '1343.559', 'text': 'path of awakening, stop being a traveler,'}, {'start': '1340.840', 'end': '1346.240', 'text': 'wandering into anyone.  He here'}, {'start': '1343.559', 'end': '1349.279', 'text': 'could be his children.  I rushed after'}, {'start': '1346.240', 'end': '1351.760', 'text': 'you, worried all my life, so tired that I'}, {'start': '1349.279', 'end': '1354.080', 'text': 'wanted to give up.  Pursuing fame and'}, {'start': '1351.760', 'end': '1356.679', 'text': 'material things will make you realize that everything is'}, {'start': '1354.080', 'end': '1359.720', 'text': 'tiring. Is that called a sharp tongue'}, {'start': '1356.679', 'end': '1362.159', 'text': '?  And now, come back to take control of'}, {'start': '1359.720', 'end': '1364.600', 'text': 'your life, stand firm in your'}, {'start': '1362.159', 'end': '1367.080', 'text': 'homeland to inherit the entire'}, {'start': '1364.600', 'end': '1369.720', 'text': 'legacy from your ancestors, bloodline and'}, {'start': '1367.080', 'end': '1373.320', 'text': 'spirituality in every cell.'}, {'start': '1369.720', 'end': '1375.520', 'text': 'Our breath is precious and'}, {'start': '1373.320', 'end': '1378.279', 'text': 'our body contains many'}, {'start': '1375.520', 'end': '1380.080', 'text': 'precious treasures.  All that we learn'}, {'start': '1378.279', 'end': '1383.559', 'text': 'in life is yet to be'}, {'start': '1380.080', 'end': '1386.600', 'text': 'fully exploited.  So come back to believe,'}, {'start': '1383.559', 'end': '1389.080', 'text': 'receive and develop.  One day someone'}, {'start': '1386.600', 'end': '1391.480', 'text': 'invited me to join a meditation session to listen to the Dharma and read a'}, {'start': '1389.080', 'end': '1393.760', 'text': 'verse from a book. I suddenly realized'}, {'start': '1391.480', 'end': '1396.520', 'text': 'that I had been living in the dark for too'}, {'start': '1393.760', 'end': '1399.200', 'text': 'long.  In the illusion of selfishness and'}, {'start': '1396.520', 'end': '1401.840', 'text': 'suffering without escaping.'}, {'start': '1399.200', 'end': '1404.960', 'text': 'Surprisingly, there are many good values \u200b\u200binside me'}, {'start': '1401.840', 'end': '1407.240', 'text': 'that I never believed in before.'}, {'start': '1404.960', 'end': '1409.919', 'text': 'Come back to awaken you to'}, {'start': '1407.240', 'end': '1412.080', 'text': 'those values.  When we no longer confuse'}, {'start': '1409.919', 'end': '1414.600', 'text': 'ourselves with darkness, that is the'}, {'start': '1412.080', 'end': '1417.480', 'text': 'moment we return to the'}, {'start': '1414.600', 'end': '1420.440', 'text': 'light.  Rely on the breath to bring the mind'}, {'start': '1417.480', 'end': '1422.960', 'text': 'back, rely on the body to bring the mind back,'}, {'start': '1420.440', 'end': '1425.279', 'text': 'rely on all existing dharmas, all'}, {'start': '1422.960', 'end': '1428.520', 'text': 'things in the present moment to'}, {'start': '1425.279', 'end': '1431.440', 'text': 'urge the mind to return.  When the mind has returned and'}, {'start': '1428.520', 'end': '1434.240', 'text': 'settled down, that is, when it has found peace,'}, {'start': '1431.440', 'end': '1436.520', 'text': 'the light will gradually begin to shine.'}, {'start': '1434.240', 'end': '1439.200', 'text': 'Not every return will bring'}, {'start': '1436.520', 'end': '1442.120', 'text': 'immediate light.  Clouds can still cover, the'}, {'start': '1439.200', 'end': '1444.200', 'text': 'moon can appear and disappear.  When you see the sky'}, {'start': '1442.120', 'end': '1447.240', 'text': "turning to crazy rain, don't be quick to think"}, {'start': '1444.200', 'end': '1449.799', 'text': 'that the sun or clouds have disappeared.'}, {'start': '1447.240', 'end': '1452.080', 'text': 'No, you fly high, above'}, {'start': '1449.799', 'end': '1454.760', 'text': 'that dark cloud.  The moon is still'}, {'start': '1452.080', 'end': '1456.520', 'text': 'high, the sun is still present.  When we are'}, {'start': '1454.760', 'end': '1459.640', 'text': 'surrounded by negative emotions'}, {'start': '1456.520', 'end': '1462.200', 'text': ', with greed, anger and delusion, it is easy to think that'}, {'start': '1459.640', 'end': '1464.960', 'text': 'we are only like that.  If we get'}, {'start': '1462.200', 'end': '1467.520', 'text': 'rid of that dark cloud or, in other words,'}, {'start': '1464.960', 'end': '1470.880', 'text': 'push it aside, light will'}, {'start': '1467.520', 'end': '1473.279', 'text': 'appear from a mind filled with anger and delusion.'}, {'start': '1470.880', 'end': '1475.640', 'text': 'Suddenly, through practice, we'}, {'start': '1473.279', 'end': '1477.360', 'text': 'find our true mind.'}, {'start': '1475.640', 'end': '1480.240', 'text': 'Light is our true heart'}, {'start': '1477.360', 'end': '1482.360', 'text': ', the most quintessential core of our soul.'}, {'start': '1480.240', 'end': '1485.399', 'text': 'not greed, anger, ignorance or some'}, {'start': '1482.360', 'end': '1487.760', 'text': "external talent or intelligence.  That's why it's"}, {'start': '1485.399', 'end': '1490.240', 'text': 'called true heart.  Is the light true'}, {'start': '1487.760', 'end': '1492.919', 'text': 'heart, true heart?  Darkness, greed,'}, {'start': '1490.240', 'end': '1495.120', 'text': 'anger and ignorance are the deluded mind.  Both are'}, {'start': '1492.919', 'end': '1497.640', 'text': 'part of the mind, but the latter is a'}, {'start': '1495.120', 'end': '1500.159', 'text': 'function, not an essence.  We have'}, {'start': '1497.640', 'end': '1502.520', 'text': 'lost our way in the distance, now let the'}, {'start': '1500.159', 'end': '1505.200', 'text': 'moonlight guide us home.  But the sea of'}, {'start': '1502.520', 'end': '1507.760', 'text': 'life is vast, the gate of dreams awaits us, how do we'}, {'start': '1505.200', 'end': '1510.960', 'text': 'know which way to return?  So still'}, {'start': '1507.760', 'end': '1513.279', 'text': 'infatuated, read sutras, put myself in danger,'}, {'start': '1510.960', 'end': '1515.799', 'text': 'attended meditation courses but still infatuated.'}, {'start': '1513.279', 'end': '1518.880', 'text': "Why is that?  Well, it's actually"}, {'start': '1515.799', 'end': '1521.600', 'text': 'normal.  Therefore, we must continue to practice,'}, {'start': '1518.880', 'end': '1523.840', 'text': 'continuously, and speed up.  If you practice half-heartedly or'}, {'start': '1521.600', 'end': '1526.320', 'text': 'half-heartedly, how can you'}, {'start': '1523.840', 'end': '1528.640', 'text': 'escape the evil spirits of sentient beings?  If you practice'}, {'start': '1526.320', 'end': '1531.200', 'text': 'like a horse rider, greed, anger and delusion will'}, {'start': '1528.640', 'end': '1534.120', 'text': 'still be there. Before they can fall off, they will gain weight'}, {'start': '1531.200', 'end': '1536.799', 'text': 'again.  Even if I stop this lecture now'}, {'start': '1534.120', 'end': '1539.440', 'text': 'and step out of the temple, I will get'}, {'start': '1536.799', 'end': '1541.840', 'text': 'up immediately.  Even while you are'}, {'start': '1539.440', 'end': '1544.480', 'text': 'sitting here, if you are not paying'}, {'start': '1541.840', 'end': '1547.200', 'text': 'attention, they can arise'}, {'start': '1544.480', 'end': '1550.039', 'text': 'immediately.  Just one minute of inattention and they will be'}, {'start': '1547.200', 'end': '1553.320', 'text': 'back.  So is it time to turn'}, {'start': '1550.039', 'end': '1556.000', 'text': 'inward?  Is it time to come back and'}, {'start': '1553.320', 'end': '1559.000', 'text': 'renew your life?  Is it time to step'}, {'start': '1556.000', 'end': '1561.120', 'text': 'up to a higher level of spirituality?'}, {'start': '1559.000', 'end': '1564.039', 'text': 'Is it time to go back to developing your'}, {'start': '1561.120', 'end': '1566.480', 'text': 'spiritual life?  Realize that the'}, {'start': '1564.039', 'end': '1569.200', 'text': 'time has come, then pack your bags and hit the'}, {'start': '1566.480', 'end': '1571.480', 'text': "road.  It's not about inviting everyone to become monks or"}, {'start': '1569.200', 'end': '1574.320', 'text': 'nuns, but about spending a lot of time'}, {'start': '1571.480', 'end': '1576.720', 'text': 'practicing.  If you find yourself going downhill'}, {'start': '1574.320', 'end': '1579.799', 'text': 'too much, devote all your time'}, {'start': '1576.720', 'end': '1582.360', 'text': 'to it.  Go to temples,'}, {'start': '1579.799', 'end': '1585.240', 'text': 'monasteries or places of high quality to'}, {'start': '1582.360', 'end': '1587.760', 'text': 'be awakened.  I hope'}, {'start': '1585.240', 'end': '1590.520', 'text': 'I am always reminded of that.  Well'}, {'start': '1587.760', 'end': '1592.760', 'text': 'maybe not so bad right?  But'}, {'start': '1590.520', 'end': '1595.399', 'text': 'who has time to remind us'}, {'start': '1592.760', 'end': '1598.000', 'text': 'like that?  But fate is not enough to meet'}, {'start': '1595.399', 'end': '1600.679', 'text': 'each other often.  Fortunately, the'}, {'start': '1598.000', 'end': '1603.720', 'text': 'Buddha clearly taught that everyone has a teacher'}, {'start': '1600.679', 'end': '1606.279', 'text': 'within, an inner teacher.  That'}, {'start': '1603.720', 'end': '1608.760', 'text': 'is mindfulness.'}, {'start': '1606.279', 'end': '1611.039', 'text': 'Let mindfulness guide us,'}, {'start': '1608.760', 'end': '1613.039', 'text': 'let awareness light'}, {'start': '1611.039', 'end': '1615.760', 'text': 'our way.  But in the moment you'}, {'start': '1613.039', 'end': '1618.919', 'text': 'are controlled by emotions, covered by'}, {'start': '1615.760', 'end': '1621.399', 'text': "delusions, don't make any decisions.  Don't trust"}, {'start': '1618.919', 'end': '1624.360', 'text': 'your eyes.  Come back to'}, {'start': '1621.399', 'end': '1627.000', 'text': 'meditation, push the clouds aside to let the'}, {'start': '1624.360', 'end': '1628.799', 'text': 'light shine.  Trust'}, {'start': '1627.000', 'end': '1632.159', 'text': 'your true vision in'}, {'start': '1628.799', 'end': '1635.120', 'text': 'that moment.  Instead of letting the media lead us,'}, {'start': '1632.159', 'end': '1637.640', 'text': 'instead of letting the consciousness community lead us,'}, {'start': '1635.120', 'end': '1641.120', 'text': 'let us now let'}, {'start': '1637.640', 'end': '1643.279', 'text': 'mindfulness and awareness lead the way.  And perhaps it is'}, {'start': '1641.120', 'end': '1645.799', 'text': 'time, in the changing circumstances everywhere'}, {'start': '1643.279', 'end': '1648.559', 'text': '.  But if we do not wake'}, {'start': '1645.799', 'end': '1651.440', 'text': 'up, then when will we wait?  If'}, {'start': '1648.559', 'end': '1655.679', 'text': 'not now, when?  Thank'}, {'start': '1651.440', 'end': '1655.679', 'text': 'you for listening.  Uh.'}]