Episode 81: Geshe Phuntsho on Tibetan Buddhism, Resilience, and the Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour

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I'm sure on the side of hearts.

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Open fire will never tire.

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We don't.

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Not flying.

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I will try for. Oh.

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We kind of hear.

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Do you ever hear of that show?

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That's right.

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Yeah. So,

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we are sitting here today with.

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Okay. Sara moran.

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Yes. And and Mara from Heart Space.

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And Mara is terrified to be here. Yeah.

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It's not life. There's no mistakes.

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But if I can.

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Yes, absolutely. Okay.

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Guess she was

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born in 1966, in temple, Bhutan.

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Yes. Okay.

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And. Charts.

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the 14th Dalai Lama in 1996.

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I should have known that, His Eminence.

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Cancer ridden.

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Rinpoche jumper.

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Oh, he's so much better at this than I am.

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He has also traveled to Europe, Singapore,

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I am so excited to have both of you here.

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Thank you.

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Like, where did they grow up?

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So yes.

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My early life, yes.

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Well, it was, I would say it was a

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down to earth.

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We did lots of hard work

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and lots of growing

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all kinds of vegetables and farming rice.

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And it the way. It's supposed to be. Yes.

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And then when the school.

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Then I was enrolled in a military school.

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So I was trained like an army.

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And boxing was my hobby.

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And Macpherson was my role model.

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Mike Tyson. Yeah, my natural way.

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All right. I didn't expect that. Okay.

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Then then after that, yes.

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But your lab was really nice

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far away, up in the mountain.

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So it's is a beautiful country.

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and H Gross national Happiness.

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And I never heard that term before.

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100% organic country.

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So yeah, these are the beauties in Bhutan.

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That amazing.

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And he said, I want to,

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But it's it's amazing.

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And is it

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No, don't do it.

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Don't do it.

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Yeah, there are some.

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We cannot run away from those kind of

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The whole country is 100% organic,

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country.

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So that's why we have to grow.

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Most of them has to grow our own food.

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I'm just really.

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Well, Bhutan. See, when I was young, we.

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It's a vegetable that every, every,

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And they.

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to almost like maybe 1000ft.

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the crops can be grown. I

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Which is a pretty significant decision.

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Yeah.

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I have a huge respect to my parents.

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And I'm the eldest among 11 siblings.

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11 yeah, I'm the eldest.

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Sure, he's not Irish.

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Yeah,

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but unfortunately out of 11, four died.

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Two brothers were offered to the vulture.

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We call this jihad.

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It was sky burial.

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Okay?

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I never heard of that.

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Oh, sky means when somebody dies.

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to the vulture of the body. Flesh.

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They offered to the vulture.

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Really? Oh, yeah.

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Sky burial because.

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Yeah. Offer to the offer to the vulture.

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At sea. In the river.

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Okay. So then.

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even though my most of my classmate.

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You're welcome.

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And then

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There was no teacher.

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You want to join school, a monk or not?

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So I just thought like that.

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What if I become a monk before that?

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I could take that was my plan.

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So when I met my saw, my mother and I,

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if you really want to repay the kindness

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That's it. At next year, become a monk.

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Next day.

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And I never

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Really?

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Yeah, because mung beans.

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I used to drink a little bit.

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I just I won't tell anybody.

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I had to leave that.

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And then so many other thing.

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I was so excited.

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And then I have to study.

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you know, repay the kindness.

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The, pattern is by not disturbing them.

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Stay quiet because I never disturb them.

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Be there with me in my daily prayers,

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in my

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Oh my son must be somewhere.

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Maybe meditation, or studying

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So it's a very healthy.

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between the patterns and the me

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and of the son being a spiritual monk.

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So that was what like and then,

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since because I went to school,

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In our country, there were a total 250.

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A student become a monk overnight.

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Wow. Okay. And so yeah.

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And then

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that we became a monk from school.

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And they had a great hall.

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So that's why I have to leave Bhutan.

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so that I can study.

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But this philosophy.

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philosophy is is a vast subject.

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Yeah.

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Wow, 34 years.

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So that's why it almost took so much.

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So that's why

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But this is a vast subject.

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And yeah, we study a study.

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So Buddhism is never a religion.

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It's a way of life.

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Because people around the world right now,

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Everything's going smoothly.

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That's the problem is like aging,

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Well, the physicians look.

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So, you know, strength.

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I agree with you 100%.

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So that's why I like people.

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and then still, like few would eat

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and not happy, they have everything.

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and we're just not happy.

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Because I'm like.

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So I when

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Why? I'm

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to to live like that, and I would love,

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Yes. Yeah.

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I was here in USA.

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I was stuck here.

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Yeah.

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Holy crap. But

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but during this pandemic time,

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I was shocked how the people and not

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let I take to wake up from power.

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That's why we are.

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We are supposed to create mandala, right?

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Oh, I used to live out there.

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So now I have to do something.

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Mandala was sponsored by each person

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and each mandala was five grand.

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they they're watching this.

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They were so excited.

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So then they continue.

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You help them to feel this energy

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So this is the impermanent.

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So that's why it was so amazing.

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Like we were

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somewhere in the like, South Korea,

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and entitled to receive the blessings.

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So I looked at it.

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I did, in a strange way.

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I looked at the pandemic as a blessing.

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But yeah, sometime.

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We got the La La land.

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Then we take it for granted.

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We take for granted.

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We don't appreciate. Yes.

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But when things hit your bud,

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then you know that how important life is.

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Because otherwise we take for granted.

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I I'm you can happy whatever you want.

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I feel like I'm neglecting you.

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Just listening. Okay. Yeah.

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So I, I've, I found that, like.

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to the, to the studies of Buddhism.

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Among other words, I'm levitating.

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So, but I, I'm leaning more.

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I'm leaning more towards.

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I believe in an energy.

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And it seems like it seems

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I don't know, it seems to be more in line

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Does that make sense?

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Well, see, the I would say yes and no.

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Okay.

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Because to be like just like my life.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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You are not allowed to be party.

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You can mostly you being amongst means

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No killing, no lying, no all these things.

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Yeah. So.

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So that's what.

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And then your life has to be.

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and then also cannot keep the long hair.

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so it creates some desire to yourself.

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So you or you have to shave or like

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Okay, so you had to live simple life

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because for us,

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We are.

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we are also tied to contribute something?

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For this?

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less exhausting resources.

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That's what we do so that everyone will

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And I'll make it. No trespassing.

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Yeah, they will shoot you.

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Well it's America. Yeah.

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So so debt. Debt.

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And also I have only one body.

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I don't need hundreds of clothes.

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So that means I'm also equally responsible

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Deep down, you're still poor. That's.

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That means you're more hungry.

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It's like a salty water.

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So more you do try to fulfill your desire.

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This desire is not there.

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Yeah.

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So like it's like feeding an evil fire.

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Yeah.

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So that's why

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Any place is the home. That's why

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that is.

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You go there five millions ago.

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You won't be in this four corner room.

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Or do you feel do.

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You feel that?

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Like so it's home to me.

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Does it give you,

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do you, do you miss

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We don't have a home there.

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So we leave home, become homeless.

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That's why we are in monastery.

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Not right now.

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Six months normally. See,

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The home is where you are right now.

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So wherever you are, that is your home.

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That's.

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You have to make a home, by your way.

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You think so?

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That's why it's easier for us.

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Also, it's easier to, practice also.

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So that's why you'll find.

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I think I'm starting to get it, or

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I might like I'm more at peace now.

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Maybe I understand a thing or

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I'm just trying to figure out.

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Like where.

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I'm doing the right thing.

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Let's see her with true.

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But that to get that kind of feelings,

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it takes almost maybe around 25 years.

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along with the your path,

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And with that and also

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and the holy places that we visit.

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And looking at those remarks,

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that's why it really help us to get that.

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And then you know that the every prayers

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more meaningful, more focused.

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So yeah, that's how you get it otherwise.

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like below 40s.

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If I worker I can get it.

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But along with that you study

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Everything my life is as long

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as my physical body can stand.

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My dedication is to I want to serve others

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and I have this time.

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But I don't have to worry about that.

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So that's why

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without feeling any tired.

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But the one who host us get exhausted.

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Are you ready for this?

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You're ready.

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I'm ready for it. Yeah.

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You mentioned debate

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What is that? What does that mean?

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Debate. Yes.

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See, in monastery we study,

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like, you know,

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So from 16 it will take it on 24

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years, from 16,

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including from

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So then we do it six hours a day.

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And when we debate whatever

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So then with

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from your teacher.

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or 6:30 p.m. to around 10 p.m..

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We debate.

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In America,

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Can we go and not?

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Because sometime

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you never did it, didn't you? Study?

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We all went to say, where's your brain?

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You know. Yeah, yeah.

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So that will embarrass you

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Why are you lying?

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You're going all against the the textbook.

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You're lying.

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So it is some kind of pride.

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Also, you have pride and jealousy.

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So along with the study you need that.

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vegetable.

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when you get it, then it's fully ripen.

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fruit.

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So what it does does is it

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hurt you.

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Yeah.

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Lose means, might.

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Understand maturity maybe. Yeah.

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in a regular classes, okay,

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because in one class

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See, when you and then

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like, then we have a like,

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you had an exam maybe over

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700 monks will debate on you.

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Each one will debate 15 minutes each. Wow.

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Did you know that?

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I didn't know that.

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So then that time you had to be ready.

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The bottom one. Bottom one. Yeah. Yeah.

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So they will ask from any corner of these

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the word entitled debate on that.

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So that's why you had to prepare that.

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That's the time we took all that.

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That's the time. Yeah. You're good.

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Squeezing the seeds are digging the oil.

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All right. Yeah.

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Like I, I could answer everything.

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You did studied this.

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But yeah, that's how we do.

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Well, so I have a yoga studio.

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Thank you.

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And, Now you have heart, space, right?

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I have heart space yoga.

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Yeah.

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And one of those is Melissa,

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in Lackawanna and Luzerne County.

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So. So are you guys like.

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What makes you go on tour?

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Like what?

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What is what is the the impetus for that?

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Like, is it is it to spread or see.

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Coming maybe tour is not the right word.

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I would say it's a tour also because

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we live in South India, refugee camp

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600 year old monastery. Wow.

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And our monastery.

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And when few of them survive

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and then escape in exile in India.

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So when the Indian government

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So there were 180 monks.

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Were there tourists out of 3300?

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Only hundred in 18 months survived.

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The rest disappear.

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So out of 180.

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So it was early like 60s.

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that this monastery would grow that big.

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there are over 5500 monks.

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Wow. In our part, we have only 1700 monks.

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So it was a divided a two administration.

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So our pot has 1007, eight months.

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We tried to grow dried rice.

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to get the water.

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And by traveling around the world,

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we share our tradition or humanity.

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lots of support about the,

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loving kindness and compassion, humanity.

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So that's why even though, like,

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So whoever comes in, we take it.

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That's why the youngest monks, around

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They can study the the best education.

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And, Ma is helping Melissa.

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I have been every organizer.

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They volunteer to help us,

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Bring awareness.

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Because being among the we can share

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So this is what we try to share in return.

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How to live a life in a positively.

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You don't have to be.

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But you had to have a good heart.

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The religion.

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That's the universal religion.

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That's what we lack right now.

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We lack that value.

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And also we also try to encourage our.

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We have to have some ethical life.

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The value of human equals the humanity.

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We don't respect younger or older.

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And then Mother Nature, we don't respect.

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We take it for granted.

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this the environment, communities

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You need the the proper ethic.

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We call the participation mind.

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So the more you try to be humble, down

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and live in a very positively

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Then they respect each other's.

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a bird's feather.

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That's why that they can fly.

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Also, they can keep one.

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even there is a tiny, tiny feather.

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so that is called ethical life.

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then it's like becoming like a porcupine.

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Porcupine like that.

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Pain.

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Can I.

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I don't want to seem indelicate, but,

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why is it

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when I grew up, it was.

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It was why?

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Why does it seem like there's there's a

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a this,

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It seems like over there,

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Am I saying that right, or.

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Or do you mean fear of Buddhism? It's,

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like there's.

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It seems to be an oppression against

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Buddhist people.

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Am I saying that incorrectly?

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I would say it's, it's strange.

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But the real world is still came.

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Right.

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The 1960s is.

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60s, thanks to the hippies.

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Really? Yeah.

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I didn't realize that.

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Oh, yeah.

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They are the one who bring all this.

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The religion to America.

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Okay. Yeah.

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So, there are some good reason.

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Also, some very reason also.

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But I don't.

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Was that it.

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It's, it's it's about love.

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I don't thing is afraid is is naive.

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it is naive, I would say because.

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Don't know, because Buddhist sometime

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a good Buddhist is not like

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So it's the intent study.

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Buddhist is the only one

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that you study like whole life.

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And so not enough to complete your study.

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and be like, oh, that's it.

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Yeah. That's why if. You understand it.

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Yeah.

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Next next one.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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So that's a that's a good segue.

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So like what.

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So what do you what is this whole,

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you know.

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more about the life

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still now like when we are

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we have faith and believe,

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and when we have faith

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Maybe we are not.

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We know we call the enthusiasm.

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We only want to be okay.

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Somebody with the stick can do this one

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It doesn't base on the we call the signs.

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So the Buddhist is all about

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fact is all about the.

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That's why a Buddha is never a god.

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Buddha is a teacher,

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teacher.

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And then

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The contaminated body. Yeah.

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It will change into suffering

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because we have this body.

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I'll be happy.

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If you eat too much, right?

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cause you to death. Yes.

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So? So that's why.

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So that's why like Buddhist is trying

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to teach about those things.

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There's no way you can be like that.

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The there will be a problem.

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They'll break down slowly, yes,

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It's not going to happen.

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In effect karma we call karma, right?

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Karma is not based on belief.

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Karma is based on the fact is mess

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is a pure mathematic things.

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If you lie, somebody's

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consequences will be lying,

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don't we?

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And still expecting good thing to happen

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if you don't plant the seeds in the ground

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So even you have this.

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It has to respond through

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your proper speech or proper actions.

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but you're verbally

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How can I say it? Then?

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You can't.

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Can right? Yeah.

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by saying positive, acting positive.

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Understand about those things that I do.

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Then you have a good heart.

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But doing all this,

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You're live in a fantasy. Yes. Now you.

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I love this.

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Can I come visit you?

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And I just I. Think they left.

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I think. They're back.

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Yeah, right.

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So can you tell me about this event more?

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Sure.

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they'll be at near me yoga on July 11th

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You should really push your heart.

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Space yoga.

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It's, To the left, the CVS in South Side.

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It's beautiful street. Right?

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Let me see.

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shine and,

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and Madame Matter's cafe, so.

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Yeah.

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Are you excited? I'm sure you are.

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I, I know a couple of these places.

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I think they'll be wonderful for you.

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I think it's beautiful that.

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Oh, I'm interested in that. Right? Right.

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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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The private healing is all about, like.

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And then whoever has any kind of like,

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sometimes negative

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symptom delusion, sometimes sickness.

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You want to say something.

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Your your speech is never pure enough.

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Your reading is strong enough.

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about practice or meditations or questions

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us, even though we may not be answered.

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Yes, we can help, but not politics.

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Why not?

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I think it's to stay.

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Absolutely.

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So. Yeah.

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So, all during the mandala,

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I could give you my number here.

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I wouldn't give out your phone number.

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Oh, no, no, no.

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or you just stop by, heart space yoga.

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Well, after this, I will. Okay? Yeah.

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Nine, 9 to 5 daily

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my goodness, what an absolute pleasure.

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Thank you. Thank you for having us.

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Yeah.

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It very it absolutely does.

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Well, you guys have a good time.

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Awesome time. Yes. Thank you.

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of the historic garden, Qazi Monastery.

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All right. Thank you guys so much.