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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.61,0:00:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is my life the way it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.38,0:00:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sounds of birds singing and a bell)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.27,0:00:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This world it is the way it is because we are the way we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.77,0:00:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bell sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.83,0:00:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are the way we are because there is Karma
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.53,0:00:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Bond to the Past and Future
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.06,0:00:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sound of birds chirping, bells ringing, and a dog barking)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.02,0:00:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every morning we wake up to a new day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.18,0:01:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every morning we also wake up to our old life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.100,0:01:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the life that we have created.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.21,0:01:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(forest sounds as the monk walks through it)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.34,0:01:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.38,0:01:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.96,0:01:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.90,0:01:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our Karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.35,0:01:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot escape it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.34,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Our Life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.88,0:01:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chanting)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.42,0:01:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma is a sanscrit word. It means "action".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.66,0:01:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can easily see some of our Karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.89,0:01:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just think what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.87,0:01:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.45,0:01:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.12,0:02:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.34,0:02:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or in our last life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.55,0:02:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.28,0:02:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What ever we did, this is our Karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.28,0:02:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has become our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.45,0:02:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.68,0:02:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Whatever we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.76,0:02:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddhist says "Life is about suffering".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.78,0:02:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very often we create suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.100,0:02:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.30,0:02:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for others. We know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.40,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say bad things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.02,0:03:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're impatient.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.86,0:03:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.23,0:03:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma We create suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.74,0:03:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do create suffering around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.53,0:03:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means we fill our own world with suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.99,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we expect to find anything else in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.75,0:03:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than suffering?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.39,0:03:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will find exactly what we had previously provided.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.68,0:03:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can create our own hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we can just as well create heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.79,0:03:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Heaven or hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.75,0:04:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(People talking, market and traffic sounds)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.91,0:04:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever we look in this universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.91,0:04:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is cause and effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.70,0:04:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing ever happens out of thin air.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.65,0:04:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This law of cause and effect also applies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.22,0:04:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the way our life evolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.07,0:04:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever we do, whatever we even think
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.05,0:04:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will have some effect on our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.04,0:04:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if just a tiny little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.41,0:04:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our thoughts and feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.90,0:04:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form the world within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.72,0:04:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our words and actions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.39,0:05:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form the world around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.92,0:05:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are constantly shaping our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.63,0:05:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are shaping our life, little by little.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.92,0:05:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because for every cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.96,0:05:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there must be an effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.04,0:05:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Cause and effect
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.85,0:05:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Birds chirping)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.81,0:05:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever we do or think
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.38,0:06:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shapes our world, a tiny little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.06,0:06:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be towards greed and anger
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.73,0:06:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or be it towards love and kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can increase suffering in our world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can prevent suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.29,0:06:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is up to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.23,0:06:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma We shape our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.17,0:06:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our actions directly affect our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.18,0:06:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our own as well as other people's world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.71,0:06:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because from a Buddhist perspective all is one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.25,0:06:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is separate. All is connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.62,0:06:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.07,0:06:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our own future and the future of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.92,0:07:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They interact like cogwheels in a clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.93,0:07:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.91,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma All is one
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.68,0:07:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Birds continue chirping. Piano sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.86,0:07:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see our life as a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.03,0:07:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we take good care of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.24,0:07:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.37,0:07:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, this will take time and effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.70,0:07:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(water sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.56,0:07:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And obviously there are a lot of things in our garden
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.32,0:07:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond our control.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.41,0:07:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weather,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.88,0:07:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seasons or maybe some other people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.97,0:07:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose intentions are different from ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.36,0:07:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, after all, we are the gardener.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.64,0:08:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will determine what our garden
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.43,0:08:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will finely look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.80,0:08:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Time and effort
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.53,0:08:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Birds chirping and men chanting)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our present life is created by our Karma
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.71,0:08:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot escape it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.51,0:08:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we have created suffering in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.89,0:08:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be future suffering too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.25,0:08:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The future is just the echo of our past actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.09,0:08:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a long time, we have been filling
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.60,0:08:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world around us with our
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.09,0:08:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anger and greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.67,0:08:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now it is still there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.01,0:08:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, in the reactions and the feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.76,0:09:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the people around us, in various situations.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.100,0:09:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The suffering we have previously created
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.10,0:09:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will now create new suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.42,0:09:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Suffering creates suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.71,0:09:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, is there a way of actually prevent
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.89,0:09:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future suffering?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.48,0:09:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there is.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.14,0:09:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our past unwholesome Karma is like
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.90,0:09:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drop of dirty water on the bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.02,0:09:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a big jar.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.33,0:09:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.17,0:09:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.67,0:09:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot remove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.20,0:09:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can add clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.92,0:09:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drop by drop. Little by little.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.89,0:09:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After some time, the jar will contain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.51,0:10:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost perfectly clear water again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.08,0:10:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Drop by drop.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.43,0:10:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we cannot get rid of our
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.33,0:10:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unwholesome Karma,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.32,0:10:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to dilute
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.07,0:10:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thereby neutralize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.74,0:10:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than creating new suffering again and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.13,0:10:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to prevent suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.35,0:10:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, we need to replace our anger
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.82,0:10:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and greed with love and kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.19,0:10:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be in control.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.23,0:10:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By meditating we learn to be mindful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.12,0:11:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn to be in control of our actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.39,0:11:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our thoughts and feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.33,0:11:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.60,0:11:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will be able to create
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.13,0:11:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.56,0:11:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us and for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.68,0:11:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma Control instead of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.90,0:11:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Karma is the bond that ties us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.88,0:11:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to past suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.53,0:11:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that will create
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.34,0:11:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future suffering too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.14,0:11:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to be free, we need to cut
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.53,0:11:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.60,0:11:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to prevent the creation of
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.13,0:11:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.89,0:12:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our life can be better
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.76,0:12:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.12,0:12:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next year,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.37,0:12:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.65,0:12:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karma It is up to us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.24,0:12:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything wholesome. Nothing unwholesome. A Pure mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.79,0:12:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the past, present and future Buddhas' teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.56,0:12:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A film by Jorg Dittmar
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.37,0:12:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual Guidance Pra Acham Tippakorn Sukhito
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.91,0:12:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Production Manager Mae Chee Brigitte Schrottenbacher
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.67,0:13:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narration Morgan Deare
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.46,0:13:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special Thanks
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.16,0:13:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All Monks at Ban Sawang Jai, Kate Kamolmas Sringam, Jeffrey Wahl
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.98,0:13:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music Kosinus
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.42,0:13:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start February 2012 in Thailand at Ban Sawang Jai, Pak Chong