Walk with Me Page #2

Breathing out

I let go of the out-breath.

In-breath.

Out-breath.

There is a song

that we like to sing in Plum Village.

"I have arrive, I am home."

This is a song of practice

because the practice of mindfulness

is to always arrive.

Arrive in the here and the now.

We have been running a lot but we have not arrived.

We are always looking for something,

searching for something,

longing for something.

And we have not found it.

And we continue to run.

And we don't know how long

how much more we have to run

and look for what we are looking for.

Maybe you are looking for some conditions

of happiness

that we believe we don't have.

And running, searching has become a habit.

And life and all the wonders of life

are available only in the present moment.

Because the past is no longer there,

the future is not yet there.

There's only the present moment.

So the practice of mindfulness help us

to go home to the here and the now

in order for us to learn how to live our life deeply.

That way we will not waste our life.

Mountains and rivers,

Earth and sun

all lie within the heart of consciousness.

When that realization arises,

time and space dissolve.

Cause and effect,

birth and death all vanish.

Though I dwell a hundred thousand light-years

from a star,

I can cross that distance in a flash.

Oh, that feels good.

Let the teamaster take care of the cups, please.

Are there any more cups?

Phap Luu has very long legs, so he can reach you from there.

Christ can save you!

And the word of God has shown in its

Buddha cannot save you.

Muhammad cannot save you.

Krishna cannot save you.

Charles Darwin cannot save you,

and you cannot save yourself!

I cannot save myself!

The devil, Satan, is real!

God is real!

God is real!

If you are not with Jehovah God,

if you are not with Jesus Christ

you are against him.

I didn't say it. He said it.

So why would you follow a dead end to Buddha,

when you can believe in Jesus

and have eternal life?

- Praise the Lord! You don't know that - for a fact!

Jesus said it! What about what Jesus said

about loving everyone and turning the other cheek?

What I'm teaching here

Why won't you listen to the dialogue?

Because you're afraid that I'm telling the truth?

- You're so afraid I'm telling the truth you don't - want to get to the dialogue?

Hallelujah! You are attempting

vile gossip.

That is why you're getting angry and riled up.

- I'm not angry. You're the one - who's angry, sir.

Notice you don't Notice you don't

put down the Buddhists.

You're the only one here putting down the Buddhists.

Nobody else here is putting anyone down.

You're the only one condemning people.

- Jesus said love everyone. He never said anything - about judging people.

Jesus Christ. That's it.

Hey! The Savior.

Walk a little faster.

Almost like a normal pace.

Walk a little faster.

Walk really, really fast.

Walk really,

really fast.

Pay attention to your foot while you're doing this.

Now you can stop.

Stop.

- You guys ever seen any monks or nuns before? - In movies.

- Where do you guys sleep at? - Where?

We have We usually share a room.

So there'd be like four people in a room.

And, um, I think at the beginning,

our monastery was really simple.

There was nothing there. They had no beds.

They didn't have money to buy beds.

Because we take a vow to not have any personal possessions.

- So we don't have money. We don't have a bank account. - We don't have a credit card.

We don't have a personal card or, you know, like a

Cell phone. Cell phone.

We don't have We don't have money.

We don't get paid at all.

We get pocket money,

but we get just like, uh

It's about $40 a month.

I can't survive. Can't survive.

- You know, when you have a house - and you have a car

- And you have all that stuff, actually you kind - of worry about it.

It's not just, uh

You think it's going to be

You think you'll be happy when you get all that stuff,

but when you get it, maybe you're not happy.

Have you ever had that?

You really think you're gonna be happy

when you get something.

- And when you get it, actually you're not happy. - Yeah.

- And if you break one of the rules, - what happens?

Well, there's different kinds of rules.

Say you start dating and then smoking and stuff,

what happens?

Then you're not a monk anymore.

Are you guys single

We are single. We're not married.

Because we choose to live the life

that doesn't involve sex

or a partner or anybody else.

- And you have to live like that. - No sex?

And we live happily like that. I was just making sure.

Is your life controlled by someone else higher

than yourself?

There's no master.

We have a teacher.

I call it a master.

Some people Some people call him master.

'Cause he's very, you know, kind of like, um

You know Yoda in Star Wars?

He's a little bit like that.

Everybody ready? I don't wanna lose nobody.

I don't wanna lose nobody.

Now, let's have the brothers sing "Ahh."

Ahh

And the sisters

Eeh

That's almost in tune.

It's much nicer, okay Almost in tune.

a guided meditation

on the stage

in about five or six minutes,

so you've been asked to come upstairs for that.

I knew early on

that finding truth is not the same as finding happiness.

You aspire to see the truth.

But once you have seen it,

you cannot avoid suffering.

Otherwise, you have seen nothing at all.

I've seen him.

I only get over here once every other year

'cause I live in France in a monastery.

And so I only have the opportunity

to see my dad and my family here in the States

every other year.

- Well, I'm glad you're here. - Yeah.

- I feel very lucky, 'cause some of my monastic - brothers and sisters

Don't get to see their relatives that often.

Stay to your left.

To your left.

To your left.

This is my dad.

Hey, baby doll.

Dang.

He cries He cries every time he's happy.

Bless you, Lord. Bless you, Lord.

Give me a hug, man. You can lean on me.

You can lean on me.

Oh, Lord.

It must have been That's right.

It's been more than a month of Sundays.

Surprise, surprise.

Surprise. You look like you're 19 years old.

I am 19. I am 19.

Is that right? You look good.

You shave?

I shave just like you shave.

- I shave every couple well, about three weeks - or so.

Is that right? You look good.

- Well, you know, I cut my hair back - every year.

Take your hat off, Daddy.

Let me see your head.

How's your head? Oh!

Oh!

Look at you. He got a haircut too, huh, man?

Look at that.

My head gettin' cold.

Okay. No, I was just kiddin'.

Yeah. It looks good there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- You wanna sit up a little better? - Yeah, you all right?

- You all slouched down. No. I got this - right and tall.

You good now? I'm good.

Yeah. Yeah.

- I get to sit here and hold your hand. - That's right.

Huh?

Look what I brought you.

Trick or treat. Trick or treat.

Yeah, the trick or treat. Trick or treat.

Jacqui, do some of your breathing with your dad.

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