«Дар освобождения», курс 31 «Как сделать свой ум прекрасным местом», занятие 1

[Speaker 1]
First thing this morning, I would like to thank Jasmine. Can you please stand up? She worked very hard.

She and her team, a whole year, to prepare this for us. And without her, we cannot have a program. Without her, we cannot have this program.

Ms. Yao, can the whole team stand up?

[Speaker 2]
All volunteers, please stand up. Thank you.

[Speaker 1]
And I'd like to thank, on the American side, we have Tim and Venerable Jigme. Where is Venerable Jigme? Yeah, thank you.

Thank you. How many days here? Seven days?

Eight. Eight days. So, we will be together for eight days.

And I know many of you came from far away. And thank you for coming. I think it's difficult to find the time to come here.

It's expensive to travel and to stay here. And I'm very grateful you came. In this program in Thailand, Jasmine had a good idea.

She said, let's ask people to bring their parents. And their children. People can have family Dharma vacation.

And it's a very beautiful idea. I think later in our life, this is the time that we remember together with our parents. And I'm very,非常感謝 that you had this idea.

And I'd like the parents to stand up. Thank you. And children.

Where are the children? They are everywhere. Let's give children a hand.

Thank you. Mashiko children also. Mashiko children also.

Okay. So, program today, and every day, I will teach about three and a half hours in the morning. I used to teach three times, four times during the day.

And in the afternoon, everyone gets sleepy. So, I decide to do a long class in the morning. You are fresh, I am fresh.

So, we will do a long class. And morning is a good time for meditation. But I will take a big break.

In the morning. So, don't worry. Then we're not used to sit like this.

This morning you are fresh, but after three days you will be tired. And just be tough. Okay, it's very important.

You cannot get this teaching any place. This teaching help you your whole life. And this teaching help you after you die.

So, it's different from other teachings. And, so it's very important time for us. So, someday you will be tired.

Someday there will be a problem in your hotel room. Someday you will miss your refrigerator at home. Then just relax.

Relax. And listen. Open your heart.

We just came back from a special program in Shenzhen. It's for special executives, business executives. Twelve of them are here.

I'd like to welcome them all. Please stand up. They are learning the deep ideas.

Just to use in the business. To use in their family. So, my hope for this program.

I don't feel like it's a religious program. We have people from Mexico. We have people, many from Ukraine.

From Russia. Germany. Then, each country has their own culture.

Each country has their own religion. The Mexico people will get married in a church. And, I don't know, the people in Ukraine.

They will get married in an Eastern Christian church. And, we all have our own family culture. Then, I think we should respect that culture.

The Mexico people don't want to get married in Buddhist temple. Their mom won't like it. And, that's fine.

So, my dream for this week. I don't want to be a religious leader. And, I don't want to be a fanatic.

We are just friends. We are going to study deep, deep ideas. Which will help you your whole life.

And, after you die, it will help you. And, teacher come and teacher go. Teacher gets old.

Then, teacher will change. So, I love you. I love China.

But, we have many teachers here. And, later I want you to be teacher. So, it's good to respect the teacher.

But, not too much. Respect the teaching. And, you will be happy.

So, today I'm sharing. And, maybe later you will share up here. Just relax.

Learn this idea. Take it home. Use it quietly.

In your different countries, different culture. And, you will have a happy life. So, usually we will start with the meditation in the morning.

Because you are fresh. Okay. And, then we will have some teaching.

This is a very famous jing. Famous ancient book. My teacher taught it to me.

For thirty years. We live together. We are like old married couple.

We are like old married couple. Then, he was very kind to me. He taught me this book three times.

Very slow. Each time take ten years. And, he teach slow, each word.

And, enjoy. Okay, the only good thing at McDonald's. And, KFC.

The meat is not good for you. They kill, I think, ten billion chicken every year. Okay, don't eat it.

But, the French fries is very good. Then, don't eat fast. Enjoy.

Then, this teaching. I started eight years ago. We are halfway through.

I'm chewing the French fries teaching. And, enjoy. Okay, and just enjoy.

Okay, have fun. It's very important. When you come to this kind of teaching.

Go swimming. Eat too much. Sleep a lot.

Not in the class. Okay, but have fun. Okay, we are on Dharma vacation.

It's important to relax also. Okay, so have fun. And, we'll have fun together.

So, I'm going to teach you a meditation. You okay, Jasmine? Yeah, kids can go.

You want to turn up? Kids go to a special kids class. I'd like to welcome the kids class teacher.

Earl Burney from Canada. He has many years experience. He also finished three years silent retreat.

In one small room. So, he's a great teacher. He also has a lot of experience teaching Chinese children.

Okay, so we are lucky he's here. So, there's a special meditation. I've been teaching it for about two or three years now.

Okay. We started it in Mexico. Can the Mexico group stand up?

They all became teachers. They finished 18 courses. ACI course.

Now they are teaching the ACI course. So, I hope you can learn to do that. But, we started this meditation.

I remember we started it in Mexico. So, let me tell you the story of this meditation. I told it to you last time.

But, it comes from a Sangha. He lived 1,700 years ago. His books are famous in China.

Especially Mahayana Sangraha, collection of Mahayana. Many of his books were translated by Xuanzang. So, I think, and he's mostly mind only school.

So, I think his books are most famous in Tang Chao, in Chang An. And very helpful. So, he met Maitreya, future Buddha.

And he studied with him. And Maitreya taught him this meditation. Maitreya taught him this meditation.

Very famous. And this meditation is supposed to be very good for understanding your future life. So, we will work on that.

It has five parts. Usually I do one part in a retreat. I think you guys are ready to go for five parts.

Okay? It takes a little bit long. So, each day we will do one more part.

Okay? So, let's do together. Okay, here we go.

Are you ready? Sometimes when I teach meditation, some people will get on the floor quickly. Kishla, we are meditating.

We have to do this thing. Then I say, why? Oh, Buddha always sit like that on the floor.

I said, you don't understand why. Two thousand years ago, no chair. Okay?

Chair is fine. It's fine to meditate on the chair. I have Lion's Dance official meditation cushion from Stanley's company.

But I put it on my couch. And more comfortable. Okay?

So, you can sit in a chair. And sit up straight. Feet are on the floor.

Don't cross your legs when you're in a chair. Just sit up straight.

[Speaker 2]
Okay.

[Speaker 1]
When we meditate in a group, it's very important to be quiet. It helps the other people. Okay?

So, Buddha said, always turn off your cell phone before meditation. And it's good to clear your throat now. Finish.

Now, no more. Okay. Hands, you have choice.

If the room is a little bit cold for you, you can put left hand down first. You can put right down on top. In the picture, the Buddha is like this.

But if you do like this, it actually distracts from meditation. Because you're thinking about your thumb. How to keep up.

So, I like to just relax. Like this, you can just relax. Or, if the room is too warm, you can do on your...

You have three choices. You can go like this. You can go like this.

I like between. Like this. Then this doesn't hurt.

So, I also did three year silent retreat. 2000 to 2003. Stay in one room.

Don't talk for three years. So, I tried everything. And, I found the correct one.

The correct one is what is good for you. Everybody different. Everybody has different body.

So, try different one. And, what's comfortable for you. My body, your body different.

For example, Geshe Michael, no butt. Then, I need to sit different way. Maybe your butt is medium size.

Maybe you have generous butt. Then, everybody different. So, sit different.

Try different thing. See what's comfortable for you. Okay, here we go.

Whatever way you do, it's good to have first finger and thumb are close to each other. And, the prana will travel like this. Close circle.

You can try not quite touch. You can feel chi moving. Chi will jump across.

Okay, check it out. Okay, here we go. Face is very relaxed.

Face. Usually, when I meditate, when I concentrate, my shoulders get tight. And, I have to be careful to loosen my shoulders.

Many meditation teacher told me my shoulders are too tight. Mouth is relaxed. Small smile will help the prana to move.

The stomach should be slightly tight. And, the forehead should be relaxed. And, the eyes should be relaxed.

Now, we are going to learn the lion stance. And, we will learn one part today. In this, usually in meditation, we start by watching our breath.

But, in the lion stance, we don't start with the breath. We start with some sound in the room. So, in this room, we have a small air-conditioned sound.

Then, focus on this sound. Put your mind on the sound. When we go to sleep at night, we put our head on the pillow.

In the lion stance, you put your mind on the sound like you put your head on your pillow. Okay, let's try. Just listen to the sound.

We are starting concentration. Now, we go deeper. And, try to feel the beating of your heart.

Try to feel your heartbeat. So, the mind goes to the beating of the heart. Now, let's go inside the heart.

So, the heart is like a small apartment. And, imagine you are inside the heart. The walls of the heart are beating around you.

And, it's not a dark, wet place. It's a very elegant, small apartment. The sunlight is coming in the windows.

It feels very beautiful and open. So, let's go into our heart. And, enjoy more silence.

We will be meditating for many days. And, the prana will increase. And, sometimes it increases too much.

So, there's a special way to help that the prana doesn't increase too much. And, I'd like you to learn it right now. Because, we will be meditating for many days.

When you breathe out, the lungs will stop at the end of the breath. But, there's still a little bit of breath inside the lungs. And, it will build up.

And, you will get too much chi. Then, you will feel nervous. So, there's a special method you can use.

When you breathe out, when the lungs stop breathing out, then push a little bit more out. So, the exhale becomes long exhale, then pause, and then a little bit more exhale. If you are very aware of your out-breath, and you do this special method, then you won't get nervous, and you won't feel tight.

So, let's try it for five or six breaths. When you breathe out, at the end of the breath, a little bit extra breathe out. The rest is usual, normal.

Let's try together. When the lungs pause on the exhale, then breathe out a little bit more. Now, let's go back to the apartment in the heart.

Now, imagine that apartment is a little bit bigger. I like to make it a penthouse apartment at the top of the building. Has a lot of rooms.

Then I will walk to the room in the center, and I will meditate there. Still a lot of sunlight, but the sound of the walls of the heart beating sounds a little bit far away. More quiet.

Now, in that small meditation room, there's a small table next to me. On the table is a small pot of sugar. I open the lid of that small pot of sugar.

I put my finger in the sugar, and when I take the finger out, there's a small piece of sugar on the finger. Then I want my meditation to be deeper and stronger. So I decide to put my mind inside the piece of sugar.

So my mind gets smaller and smaller and smaller, and a small window opens in the sugar crystal. And my mind goes inside the sugar crystal. Very tiny, like the tip of a needle.

And when I get inside the sugar crystal, I'm very surprised inside this very beautiful room, like very rich, expensive wood, lots of beautiful cushions, and the soft sunlight coming in. Perfect meditation room. And I stay in this very quiet place and enjoy.

Now I'd like to open my mind a little bit, because this small sugar crystal maybe feels a little bit tight. So my mind becomes the water of the Pacific Ocean. And it spreads to the edges of this world.

Some of it is touching Thailand. Some of it is touching Thailand. Some of it is touching China.

Some of it is touching California. Very, very big. Very wide.

Very quiet. Very deep. So imagine your mind still inside the sugar crystal, but as big as the Pacific Ocean.

And calm, and quiet, and deep. Now I'd like my mind to go bigger. And I expand the mind to the sky, over the ocean.

So my mind spreads through all the water of the ocean, and half my mind spread to all the sky, all the blue sky. Very big. Very open.

Very quiet. Very relaxed. Then please take three deep exhales.

Don't forget to push out more after the exhales finish. And then slowly open your eyes. I like to take a stretch.

And it's very good to drink something. You tech table guys, I'm going to need some microphones. For questions.

It's important to stay warm in the class. We have people from many different countries. Some people like cold rooms, some people like a warm room.

So we will make the room a little bit cold. And then please bring a shawl. Because the air conditioning might make you sick.

Do you have a shawl for Christmas? So please bring a shawl. We're going to take a break in about ten minutes.

PP break. But if you have any question about your meditation, could be this meditation, or could be any meditation you are doing. If you'd like to ask a question, please raise your hand.

And we have microphone. Okay, I want to know the benefit of doing this meditation. Good question.

This meditation has two parts. Nine steps. So we will go through nine steps.

What's the first step? Air conditioning. This air conditioning we don't count.

It's a zero. Okay, that's true. Air conditioning is first.

But it's not meditation. We are just listening to the air conditioning. Then what's that?

After the air conditioning? Heart. So that's first.

First step. Then what? Into the heart.

Yeah, go inside the heart. That's the second step. What's the third one?

Yeah, you go inside the center, the middle of the heart. What's the fourth one? Sugar crystal.

Sugar crystal. Fifth one? Ocean.

Annie's right. Sixth one? Sky.

Okay, we did six parts. Two more is eight parts. The benefit of those eight parts just to make the mind more quiet, there's no important content.

These are not real important meditations. The purpose of the first eight steps you are just exercising your mind. Okay, I think ping pong player, first they will but this is not the game.

It's just warm up. Okay, so first eight steps it's not ping pong. It's just warm up the mind.

Go small. No, go big. No, go deep.

Go in the heart. Like this, you exercise. Exercise the mind.

You can also do like this but maybe you will lose some hair. Okay, little bit danger. Okay, then step nine is the important content.

Okay, in step nine we will go to kong shing. We will go to past life. We will go to teacher.

Okay, then those are big benefit. Okay, to see kong shing stop death. For many people to see past life.

See future life. This is very important in this world. Everybody excited about this life.

Oh, I can get some money. I can get girlfriend. I can get youtiao.

Then we are interested about this life. But it's good to understand what will happen after. It's good to see it.

And it's good to know where we came from. What was our past life? So, the purpose of coming to Thailand in the normal life we don't really think much about past life.

We don't think much about future life. And that's okay. We have responsibilities.

We have to take care of our kids. We have to take care of our parents. It's good to focus this life.

But it's also good to prepare for future. If you know you have to leave for Thailand in three days it's good to start packing your suitcase today. Some of us did not do that.

I did not do that. My airplane leaving at nine o'clock from Shenzhen. Eight o'clock I'm packing.

Too rushed. Too late. I also left my coffee in Shenzhen.

So, it's better if you know you are going on a trip What trip? Next life. It's better to get ready now.

Pack the bag three days ahead. Then you can relax. Then you won't forget anything.

So, that's the purpose to come to Thailand. In your normal life normal job focus family job parents focus When you come to Thailand pack your bag. Get your bag ready.

This is the time to take care of future life. So, that's the main benefit. Level nine We will prepare for future life.

We will try to see kongshin. If you see kongshin correctly you can throw away the suitcase No future life. Become Buddha.

Then can help everybody. That's purpose of level nine. First aid Just warm up.

If you supposed to play ping pong competition important, like Olympics Then Stanley has to play ping pong competition at nine o'clock. Then Stanley is in his hotel room getting ready. He forget to come to play ping pong.

Everybody says, where's Stanley? It's a competition now. He's warming up.

Where? Nali, hotel room. Stupid guy.

Call him. Come, come. Understand?

Level nine is ping pong. First aid level warm up. Don't stop in the warm up.

This is not ping pong. It's just preparation. Some people say, I will watch my breath.

I will listen to the air conditioner. I will listen to my heart. One hour, two hours.

Then finish. Okay, understand? They warm up, but they don't play ping pong.

Okay? All right, let's take a break. I'll see you in 15 minutes.

There will be a bell, I'm sure. Okay, take a nice break. Relax.

Okay, we'll start. So we're going to start lam rim, steps of the path. lam rim This is a very, very famous book.

The name of the book is Namdo Lakchang. Namdo Lakchang. Namdo means freedom.

Freedom from death. Freedom from old age. Freedom from suffering.

Freedom for the whole world. For the whole world. And Lakchang means if this is freedom and I say, Stanley, show me your hand.

Take it. Take it. It's like that.

It means the teacher has a liberation, freedom. Nipang. Say, hey, give me your hand.

Ready? Yeah. Take it.

That's the name of this book. So if you study you will get this nipang. And you can give to other people.

Okay, so during this seven days, eight days you have two jobs. Number one, accept the nipang and keep it. But also learn how to give to other people.

Okay, so you have a special notebook. I put lots of extra space in it. And you can take note.

Okay? Because when you share with other people you need to have good notes. Don't be like that famous person went to the class for eight days.

Then they went home. People ask, what did you learn? There was a lion stance meditation.

Nine steps. And then your friend say, oh, really? What's the first one?

The first one, I don't remember. What's the second one? The second one is not so important.

What's the third one? Probably ocean, I think so. Okay, is it?

No. That's number five. Okay, so take note.

Then someone asks you a question. You can help them. We are also going to have special review.

I've been teaching this lam rim for eight years. And we will have a special review. So every day I can help you review.

You have special groups, right Tim? For review. But I'll review one with you now.

When you go home people say, what did you study? And you say, oh, nine steps in meditation. They say, what are the nine steps?

You're going to say, let me check my notes. I will get correct. I have good notes.

Geshe-la asks us to take good notes. Okay. You can teach to your friends personally.

Take notes. Go to the coffee shop. Share with your friend.

Two things happen while you are sharing with your friend. All the Buddhas of the universe come to watch. If you are in the shimbaka and you are sharing with your friend, that shimbaka is very crowded.

Several Buddhas are watching you. And they are happy. Like your mother or your father.

They're like, oh, look! She went to the shimbaka with her friend. Let's go listen.

Oh, she's teaching the nine levels pretty good. We are happy. Anytime, any person, share with the other person, Buddhas will come to watch.

So don't embarrass me. Don't teach level three is level five. Buddhas will say, Geshe Michael taught backwards, level three and level five.

So really, jenda. Anytime you share with the other person, personally, it attracts the Buddhas like the honey attracts the bees. Really.

It's not a story. They have power. They smell good smell when someone is sharing.

They will come. Oh, look! She teaches nine levels correctly.

Very good. Okay, all right. Second thing, in that moment, you are lama.

You are teacher, lama. You become teacher. You are not less teacher than Geshe Michael.

Same. If you share correctly in the coffee shop, you're real teacher. Okay?

Don't think I'm not real teacher. You are real teacher. And the Buddhas are very happy.

And they are there. Okay? So don't doubt it.

Two things. If you share correctly from your nose, okay, number one, Buddhas will come. Wow, check out.

See? Then they are happy. In that moment, you're real teacher.

Like Buddha. Like lama. Because the nine steps are real teaching.

They are the real teaching. Okay, so please take good notes. Okay, let's go through where are we after eight years?

This is a special book. It's called Steps of the Path. Lam Rim.

Say Lam Rim. Lam Rim. Okay, good.

It means step by step. You don't have to be special person. You don't have to be monk or nun.

You can have family. Nice job. You should.

Okay? And then, in your life, family life, with your job, for example, I spent 19 years in the diamond business while I studied my Geshe. So, in the daytime, I go to my job.

I make money. I help my family. I help charity.

Okay? And then I study in the evening, on the weekend. So, you should have responsibility, responsible life.

Okay? Have a good job. You can have a good house.

Good car. Nice family. Take responsibility.

Okay? And, study Lam Rim. Okay?

So, we are doing Lam Rim. You can do both. You should do both.

The person who doesn't take responsibility for their job and their family will not take good responsibility for Dharma either. Okay? And you should be successful.

Supposed to be Dharma make you more smart. More smart. Supposed to be the Dharma will make your mind more sharp.

So, you should be successful. You should have nice family. Your kids should play the drums.

Just kidding. Okay. Okay.

So, we reached a special place in the Lam Rim. They are talking about the trouble of this life. Okay?

And, it means get your suitcase ready for next life. Take care of next life. Okay?

Because you will die. Everyone thinks they are not going to die. Did your grandmother's mother die?

Yes. Did your grandmother die? Yes.

This Geshe Michael. Did your mother die? Yes.

Will you die? No. We think like that.

Okay? But actually, it's a line. People are in line.

Grandmother's mother already left. My grandmother left. My mother left.

Now, my turn. Okay? So, don't think you are different.

Okay? We are not. Okay?

There will come a ... In this book, it says there will come a day when the youngest person in this room also die. Then, nobody will be left.

The person who wrote this book, he said that in the book. And it became true. They are all gone.

The person who wrote this book is the teacher of my teacher. And then, my teacher also gone. Book writer is gone.

His student is gone. His student is ... Okay.

Come like this. Okay? Okay?

You can be sad. Oh, Geshe-la, I don't want to think about that. Does your child, if he do something wrong, go and put the blanket over his head.

Then, he thinks because he cannot see mom, mom cannot see him. Then, we shouldn't be like that. Let's talk about death.

Okay? At home, in your work, don't talk about it too much. It's sad.

In the Thailand, talk about it all day. Okay? Because we want to stop it.

They say you cannot shoot the enemy if you don't know the enemy. The enemy is death. We want to kill the enemy.

People ask Mr. Earl, what's your occupation? He said, kala danda, kala danda. I'm the killer of death.

Death afraid of me. I'm going to kill the death. So, that's our job.

Okay? That's what we are learning. So, to understand about death, it's good to study the lam rim.

So, don't feel depressed. Okay? Just we are identifying who is the enemy, and then we will shoot him.

Okay? So, we are studying the problems of life. There are six kinds of life.

You see animals, you know animals. That's one kind of life. Then there's a humans.

Okay? Then there's a hell, hell being. Then everybody say, Geshe-la, this is just superstition.

There's no hell. Then, I'll tell you something interesting. So, obviously Buddha taught about hell.

If you make bad karma, after you die, you will go to hell. Then, when I'm in the school studying, when I was 17, the teacher gave us a special course. It's about three months course.

It's by an Italian writer. Very famous, called Dante. Then he wrote a book called Divine Comedy.

Comedy means something funny story. Divine is of the gods. It has three parts.

One part, all about the hell. It takes us one month to finish it. Every detail about the hell.

And it's exactly the same as the Buddha. Then he never went to China. Okay?

But he write the same thing. He saw the hell. Okay?

So, don't tell me it's a superstition from China. You can read the same thing in the classic book of Europe. Some people say it's the best book ever written in Europe.

And it's exactly the same. Okay? So, it exists.

After you die, you can become animal. If you are lucky, you become human. But you can go to hell.

Fourth choice, animal. Yeah, animal. And then there's two kinds of, like, superhero.

Okay, like Iron Man, Spider Man. We call little superhero and big superhero. The Xiao is Spider Man, the Da is Iron Man.

Okay, we say these people really exist. Okay? So, there are six choices.

And of course we want to come back as a human. Especially we don't want to go to hell. We don't want to be animal.

And there's a spirit, hungry spirit. We don't want to be spirit. Okay?

At least we want to be human. Now, I'll tell you a special thing. If you understand pretty good about kongshin, you get guarantee.

Cannot go down. Impossible. After you die.

It's like Buddha contract. Okay? If you understand pretty good about kongshin, after you die, cannot go down.

Cannot become animal. Cannot go to hell. Cannot be hungry spirit.

Not possible. Okay? So, that's like guarantee.

And the best way to teach it is with a pen. Okay? Now, you heard me teach this many times.

There's a famous time I went to Singapore. I go every year to Singapore. I think for ten years or something, right?

Nine years. We need two. B-R.

R-B. Okay. Then, every year I teach the pen.

In the beginning, on the first day. Then, after I went eight years, even in the eighth year, I taught the pen just five minutes. Then after the talk, a guy come to me.

He's not from Singapore. He's from Europe. Okay?

But he told me, Geshe Michael. What? I think you're getting a little bit old.

Why you say that? You repeat everything. What I repeat?

This pen, you teach every time. Eight times you taught. You forgot.

Then I said, no, I didn't forget. I taught you the pen. But you didn't use it.

Okay? Therefore, I have to teach it today. Okay?

Why? Why? Why?

If you understand pretty good what I teach in the next ten minutes, you cannot go to hell. You cannot become animal. Okay?

You cannot become hungry spirit. So, it's important. When you fly home to Shenzhen, you sit next to a pretty handsome guy like Stanley.

You can go like this. He say, where are you from? I'm from Shenzhen.

Yeah. Then, where did you go? Thailand.

Why? Did I tell you about the pen? Then, share with other people.

Why? If you share well, they cannot go to hell. Okay?

That's pretty cool. Okay? You help the other person.

If the stewardess ask you, would you like orange juice or water? Did I tell you about the pen? Always have pen in your pocket.

Okay, got it? Ready? We have special university in America.

The first one we made. Second one will be in Singapore, I think. We teach how to teach a pen.

There's 18 parts to teach the pen. Okay, see if you can find them. Okay, here we go.

So, you can sleep in the afternoon class. I don't care, I'm not teaching. But this morning, focus, okay?

You can help someone for many lifetime. So, learn how to teach it. Two things when you're teaching.

Number one, should be correct. Number two, should be fun. Okay?

Don't teach like this. I have friend from Shenzhen. She's always like this.

Don't be so serious. Life is very short. Our parents can tell us.

Ten minutes ago, they were 20. Then, what? Now, I'm 65.

What happened? Okay, life will go very fast. And of course, we have many problems in life.

Everybody in this room has special problems. We can have problem contest. Okay, Geshe-la, I cannot smile.

Why? I have big problems. Oh, you want to have big problem contest?

Okay, someone here has a cancer. Someone here, their mother died two days ago. I have to call them after this class.

Okay, like that. Then, everybody has problem. So, we can be people who have problems who cannot smile, or we can be people who have problems who like to smile.

Okay, second one is better. Do you have problems? Yeah.

Serious? Very serious. Why you smile?

Is it better? Okay. Just smile.

Okay. Everybody has problem. When you teach the pen, or or you can Okay, ready?

When you teach the pen, ask your friend to give an answer. I will ask you questions. You give answers.

I think it's important to tell people just give natural answers, don't think too much. It's not philosophy class, it's a pen class. Okay, give me good answers.

What's this thing? Pen. Okay.

Oh, look, small dog came here. I'm going to go in. Oh, hi.

Show the pen to the dog. Then what will they do with the pen? Yeah, they'll bite.

Does the dog see pen? No. What does dog see?

Toy. Who's correct, the dog or the human? Both is correct.

Why? Don't catch it. Enjoy.

No problem. It's okay. Then some stupid human, don't chew my pen.

Then the dog say, you are such a stupid human. It tastes so good. Why are you writing?

Don't write with my pen. Don't write with my chew toy. No, don't chew on my pen.

Don't write with my chew toy. Equal. Okay, it's okay.

Now, big question. If I put the pen here, and all the people leave the room, all the dogs leave the room, nobody in the room. At that time, is it pen or is it chew toy?

Which one? Nothing. There's nothing.

Okay, this one. You want to understand Kongxin? One.

Two. Three. That's Kongxin.

That's Kongxin. At that time, what is it? Chew toy?

Pen? Nothing. That's Kongxin.

There are three famous wrong ideas about Kongxin. I'll show you number one. What's Kongxin?

Black. Everything black. That's Kongxin.

Okay, correct? No, it doesn't help you. Heisei, heisei, heisei.

Black, black, black. It doesn't help you. Okay?

You learn this Kongxin. You will not be successful person. You will not have nice family.

You will not be healthy when you are 65. Okay? You will be like that.

That's not Kongxin. Okay? So, not black.

Second one. Watch the mind. Thought come from the right, go to the left.

Don't think about. Just go. Okay, that's not Kongxin.

Some people say, don't think about anything. What's the karma of don't think about anything? I'll show you on my phone.

Stanley, you see my phone? I just had it. Understand?

That's the karma of try to think about nothing. You always lose your phone. Okay?

Got it? That's not Kongxin. Okay, here's the third famous one.

Someone kiss you. Someone hit you. Okay?

No happy. No sad. Nothing.

This is kong. This stupid idea. Okay, you see the Buddha picture.

They are not like this. They are like. They have big smile.

Okay, so that's not Kongxin. What is Kongxin? When the dog go out of the room, when the people go out of the room, it's not pen.

It's not chew toy. It's kong. Okay, now.

When the person come back inside, Stanley's over there. They say, oh hi Stanley. Then I look at this thing.

It changes. What happen? It become what?

It becomes pen. In that moment. Watch.

Kongxin. Kongxin. Emptiness.

Kongxin. Emptiness. Kongxin.

Emptiness. Pen. It change.

Okay? Before it was this, right? Now it's pen.

When? Kongxin. Kongxin.

Emptiness. Become pen. How?

How become pen? It must come from me. Why?

If the dog come. That same kong become chew toy. Must be coming from me.

Okay? The first one. Pen come from the human.

Chew toy come from the dog. Does it come from the pen? Yes or no?

No. What's the proof? If the pen come from the pen, then the dog will write poetry to his girlfriend.

You have nice hair. So, pen must come from me. Okay.

Famous mistake. Some people say, Oh, Geshe-la, you teaching. Positive thinking.

Always be positive. Everything come from you. Okay?

Then, if you want diamond. Let me call that wishing something. Secret.

I don't want pen. I want diamond. Then everything come from me.

Diamond. Diamond. Diamond.

You can also do Om Mani Padme Hum. Om Mani Padme Hum. Diamond, diamond.

You can ask Amitabha. I want diamond. Come from me.

Om Mani Padme Hum. It's still pen. Why?

It comes from you, but there's a something force you to see pen. You don't have choice. Okay?

What force you to see pen? If you have seed in your mind, pen seed, then when you come in the room, seed will open. Small picture comes out.

Pen picture come out. 65 per second. It's so fast you cannot see.

Okay? When you meditate a lot, you can watch the seed open. You can watch the picture come out.

How many? 65 per second. When you see the video online, if you're in the Dusitani Hotel in Hua Hin, what's it called?

Hua Hin. The internet is not very good. Like this, okay?

It means you slow down the picture. Supposed to be 24 per second, but if the internet is not good, same with your mind. If you meditate a lot, you can see the seed open and come out.

Okay? 65 per second. Geshe-la, internet 24 per second, real life 65 per second.

Why? You need extra seed for smell, and taste, and touch. So, your life is video.

Seed is opening. 65 per second. That opening of the seed is called dependent origination.

Everything depends on your seed. Origination means pen starting. This is real dependent origination.

Seed is coming out. Then, what is the kong? It's here.

Kong is the place for the seed to put the picture. If the pen is a pen, there's no room on the pen for the chu-tua. If the pen is kong, then there's room for dog's seed.

And there's room for human seed. So, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. If you know how to plant seed, you can have anything you want.

Why? Your whole life comes from seed. Everything comes from seed.

My teacher taught me for like, I don't know, 20 years. Then he came to me. Did I teach you kong shing?

Yes. Did I teach you seed? Yes.

How many things come from seed? Everything. So, you are ready for your final examination.

Oh, lama, what's final examination? Go to New York City. Start business.

Use seeds. See if you make money. If you do, you pass examination.

If you don't, you didn't learn about seeds. Strange examination. So, I did it.

As you know, we made the largest diamond jewelry company in the world. We start with three diamonds. We only have three diamonds.

And, those diamonds are smaller than the sugar crystal you put your mind in. Okay? Later, we are doing 300,000 diamonds every day.

I don't have any business experience. Number two, I don't like business. Okay?

No experience, and I don't like business. I don't like business. But this is my final examination.

Seed examination. Okay? So, if the pen comes from the seed, then money also comes from seed.

Wife, husband also come from seed. Your body, 65-year-old body, also come from seed. Then you can change it.

Okay? This is the meaning of kongxin. So, I give you four choices.

Number one, kongxin is a black color. Okay, number two, kongxin means don't think about anything. Number three, kongxin is no kiss, no hit, nothing, don't be happy, don't be sad.

Okay? Is that kongxin? Kongxin number four, biggest diamond jewelry company in the world, 65-year-old body is a 25-year-old body.

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Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Why? Come from you. Got it?

Just learn how to plant the seed. Got it? So, what's the next step?

We have to learn how to plant the seed. Ready? I have to put on my shoe.

Many volunteers. Many volunteers. Okay.

I have one. So, I have $100. No, no, forget it.

Okay. I want to make $1,000. Don't worry, don't worry.

Those who ask do not get. Those who get, they don't ask. Okay, so, seriously, I want to plant a seed for $1,000.

Okay? Right now. This is not a demonstration.

This is how Geshe Michael make his salary. Okay? This is real.

I'm really planting a seed. People say, why you do every day? Because I want money every day.

I must do. I don't have choice. So, I have $100.

I want to teach you how to plant. There's four steps. Okay?

You can say, Geshe-la, you taught this last year. I don't care. I don't want you to go to hell.

Okay? I want you to go up. If you understand pen, if you understand $100, you're protected.

If you get in a car accident in Bangkok, if you never get home, you're protected. Okay, got it? I have to do it.

Okay? And I will keep doing it for the rest of my life. Okay, four steps to plant a seed.

You are welcome to make a video. Okay? You are welcome.

But, but, what? Don't put on WeChat. It's not legal.

It's not proper. Okay? I don't care.

But there's a policy. So please protect everybody. Okay, ready?

You can do video. It's a good idea. Okay, ready?

Alright, here we go. I think this lady. We have to be careful.

Okay, come on. Hi. What's your name?

[Speaker 2]
Emily.

[Speaker 1]
Nice name.

[Speaker 2]
Okay, good.

[Speaker 1]
So, Emily, will you help me to plant a seed? Yes. Oh, thank you.

Thank you. Okay, so I'm happy. She's going to help me to plant a seed.

Seed planting has four steps. Don't forget, if you learn you can make a big business easy. You can do ballet when you are 65.

Okay? You can have a good family. Learn the four steps.

Use the four steps. Okay, step number one. You must decide what do you want.

Okay, so today in my example, I want to make thousand dollars. Okay, my goal today make thousand dollars. So, that's step number one.

Maybe your step number one is much more high goal. What's a much more high goal? I want my husband to wash the dish every night.

High goal. Okay? Or maybe I want to be healthy.

I want beautiful face. I want peaceful mind. Or I want whole world to be happy.

Okay, you decide. You can plant any seed. But today for demonstration, we are planting thousand dollars.

Step number two. You must have seed planting partner. It's not possible to plant the seed if you don't use with another person.

Okay? Oh, Geshe-la, I'm too shy. I don't want to talk to other people.

Okay, forget it. You cannot do the four steps. You can be shy and poor.

Okay? So, you have to be a little bit strong. Go to the other person.

Emily. Yes? Will you help me to make thousand dollars?

Yes. Yeah, okay. It's okay, just do it.

Step number two. You must have a partner. Okay?

Step number three. You must plant a seed. How to plant a seed?

Oh, Emily. Please raise your hand like this. Just this one.

This one's okay. Yeah, just raise hand like that. Then I take hundred dollars.

I put in the hand. And I close the hand. Then with love, I say, Yi.

San. Three. Er.

Two. Yi. One.

Ding. Ding. Finished.

I plant seed. Okay? This is karma.

You must understand how to plant karma. You can say ye li. You can say zhong zi.

Doesn't matter. Same thing. Okay?

How to plant the seed? You must see yourself do something good. You must hear yourself say something good.

So watch. I'm going to plant the seed. Emily.

This sound comes to my own ear and makes an impression. After two hours, that impression becomes karma. Okay?

And it will open and make a pen. Or it will open and make thousand dollars. So when I put in her hand and I open my hand, that picture comes to my eye.

And it touches my mind. It makes a seed in my mind. Now the seed is planted.

Ji jiang. Thank you. Okay.

Cool. Now, step four. If you don't know step four, the seed will be planted, but it won't open for one hundred years.

Geshe-la will get a thousand dollars. Okay? Too late.

We don't want to wait a hundred years. You have to put water on the seed. You must put water on the seed.

How to put water on the seed? It's a special meditation. Okay?

Don't do it like this. Okay? Don't do that.

Okay? When my teacher taught me, he had a car accident before I met him, and he hurt his throat. He always talks like Star Wars.

He always talks like that. Time for step number four. I said, what's the name of step number four?

Café Ming Xiang. Then I'm like, how to do? He said, don't sit like that.

I said, Mama, you taught me to sit like that. Don't do that. What do you want?

Stomach can do. Special mudra. I'll show you mudra.

Mudra. There's a special Café Ming Xiang mudra. Go like this.

Go ahead. Don't hit your neighbor. Okay?

Café Ming Xiang mudra. When to do Café Ming Xiang? Before go to bed.

Just before you sleep. Why? Your mind will cook all night while you sleep.

You will make a thousand dollars while you sleep. Very good. Okay?

Your mind cook while you sleep. So like this. Then you must think about the good thing you did today.

When we sleep, we like to think about problems. Why? Because of 500 people in this room, my problem is most serious.

Geshe-la, I know you can smile, but you don't have my problem. My problem is very serious. When I go to bed, that's the time, special time, to think again and again about my special problem.

My husband not happy. My kids don't study in the school. My boss also don't like me.

He like the other person. Like that. Then all night, you will plant bad seed.

Okay? Don't do bad seed. Don't do that.

Don't worry before sleep. The best time to worry is early morning. After the sun come up, sunlight has special power.

It makes the big problem smaller. Dark before you sleep, you are tired. Bad time to think about your problem.

Okay? Geshe-la, can I think about my problems? Okay, I give permission.

What time? What time I should do my problem? My problem meditation.

What time? Do in the morning. Why?

It gets smaller. Never do at night. Night?

Think about Emily. Okay? Think about her face.

Okay? So, tonight, Geshe Michael go to bed. I remember Emily's face.

Big smile. She going to take her friends to dinner tonight. Tonight.

Special dinner. Taichung dinner. Right?

Okay? Take them for special dinner. Okay?

She's like this. She looks so happy. So, before you go to bed, think about the good thing you did today.

Like this. Why I did good today? Geshe-la.

What? I didn't do anything good today. Okay, what you did yesterday?

Okay. Geshe-la. I didn't do anything good the day before.

Okay. Ten years ago. Did you do any nice thing?

Oh, yeah, I did. I did. Okay, think about that one.

It's okay. Seed is there. If you think about the good thing you did for the other person, the seed will grow faster, because that thinking is like water on the seed.

Okay? Any good thing you did. Ten years ago.

Geshe-la. Even ten years ago, I was worse. What should I do?

Did you see other person do something good? Yeah. Jasmine and her team work so hard in Thailand.

Amazing. Am-li? Amazing.

Okay, be happy about that. Okay? I'll teach you special secret.

Jasmine and her team, Tim and his team, Venerable Jigme, they made Amitabha Paradise for 500 people in Thailand. They made a big good seed. They worked for one year to get everything ready for us.

I have good news for you. If you do coffee meditation about their good seed, you get 10%. Good business.

Good karma business. Okay? Don't worry.

They don't lose 10%. Okay? It become 110%.

Okay? So, just do it. Okay?

If you can't remember any good thing you did today, then think about somebody else did good thing. You get 10%. I think today, 10% of Jasmine's team karma is more than Geshe-la's karma.

Okay? Got it? Geshe-la, I'm not sure.

Teaching is pretty big karma. And preparing Thailand retreat for 500 people also big karma. Which one should I do coffee meditation?

Both. No problem. Okay?

Make extra. Okay, got it? Okay, good?

Okay, you can do. Okay? Now, if you understand what I said today about the pen and the seed, almost guarantee you cannot go to hell.

Why I say almost? Okay, I'm going deeper because you came to Thailand. When you think about the seed make the pen, you almost get guarantee.

If you died today, which is possible, right? You will not go down. Geshe-la, why you say almost?

There's one more kind of kong shing you have to understand to protect yourself. Okay? It's the last 5% of the kong shing.

But you must understand it. So, I'm going to teach it to you now. Never forget.

When you teach the kong shing in the Starbucks and all the Buddhists are watching you, don't forget the last 5%. This is the one that really protect the other person. And here's a real example.

Geshe-la, this morning you were teaching lion's dance meditation. Then you said, close your eyes. And you said, listen to the air conditioner.

And then listen to your heartbeat. Then, I'm sorry. During the meditation, only one thought came to me.

Okay, donut. What's for lunch? I asked my mind to meditate, but my mind doesn't listen to me.

I talked to my mind, Geshe-la. Now we're going to meditate. Then the mind said, okay.

Then I talked to the mind. Geshe-la said, listen to the air conditioner. Geshe-la said, listen to the heartbeat.

Can you do that? You're talking to your mind. Then the mind said, yes.

We will do. Okay. Be quiet.

Think about the heartbeat. Okay. Mind talking to you.

Okay. Okay, you ready? Okay, let's start.

Yo-tiao. Yo-tiao. Yo-tiao.

Donut. Yo-tiao. Yo-tiao.

Donut. Yo-tiao. Donut.

Shut up. Shut up. Okay.

Yo-tiao. Donut. Okay.

You know. You don't think about yo-tiao all day. When Geshe-la starts the meditation, yo-tiao, yo-tiao, yo-tiao, yo-tiao.

Okay? Why? You have seed in your mind for yo-tiao thinking.

You are not the talker inside your own mind. You are the listener. Okay?

What do you always tell your husband? What do you always tell your husband? Honey, you cannot talk and listen at the same time.

Okay? Maybe you stop talking for one minute. I'm trying to tell you something.

Okay? You cannot talk and listen at the same time. And it's true.

Inside your own mind, either you are the talker, or you are the listener. your husband is truth, proof you cannot be both. Either your husband is talking, or your husband is listening.

Inside your mind, same. You are listening. You cannot be talking.

Geshe-la, who's talking in my mind? Who's talking in your mind? Seeds.

Zongzi are talking. It's not you. Your zongzi are talking.

Okay? There is no you talking in your mind. Your mind is kong of you talking.

Okay? Listen. Listen.

Listen. Protect yourself after you die. Easy.

Ask yourself, who's talking in my mind? Seeds. Seeds are talking.

Is there a talker in your mind who's not the seed? Now, listen, listen, listen, listen. I'm protecting you from the hell.

Right now. Is there a talker in your mind who is not seed? No.

That's a kongxing which protects you. Okay? You got protection.

Cool? Very cool. Okay, okay, okay.

Is there a pen in my head? Good. Some people awake.

Is there a pen in my head? Yeah. Is there a pen in my hand which comes from my mind?

From my seeds. Yeah. If I want more pen seed, how to put the pen seed in my mind?

Okay? That put the pen seed in my mind. I'll do it again.

Is there a pen in my head? Who made the yelling kid? Come from me?

Maybe I have to be more polite. Okay. Is there a pen in my hand?

Is there a pen in my hand which comes from my seed? Now, big question. Is there a pen in my hand which don't come from my seed?

No. That's kongxing. That's kongxing, a pen.

It halfway protect you from hell. But we need a little bit more. Ready?

Can you hear some thoughts in your mind in these few minutes? Yeah. Can you hear a thought in your mind which is coming from seeds?

Yeah. All thoughts come from seeds. When you listen to your own mind, you are listening to seeds opening in your mind.

Last question. Is there talking in your mind which does not come from seeds? No.

Impossible. That's kongxing of you. If you understand that one well, you are protected forever.

Cannot go to hell. Impossible. Cool?

Okay, we finished. Enough. Now we can go to Lam Rim.

Just twenty minutes. I know you're tired. I know you traveled.

And I'm very happy you came here. I think you are very cool. So, twenty more minutes.

Then we take a nice long break. Geshe-la also looking forward to break. So, let's focus for twenty minutes.

We will go to the book. My teacher taught me this book word by word. And I also want to do for you.

So, we're going to do word by word. Slow. Enjoy the french fry.

If you eat the french fry as fast as you can, you will have stomachache. This Lam Rim french fry. Just go like that.

Come. Okay, enjoy. Don't try to eat it fast.

Okay, ready? Word by word. Geshe-la, it sounds pretty cool.

After I die, why be human? If there is a superhero rebirth, I think I want to try. I can be small superhero like Spiderman.

Big superhero like Iron Man. They say in Hollywood, where they make all the American movies, if you want to make hundred million dollars, make superhero movie. Always make superhero movie.

Don't make sensitive movie. It doesn't make money. If you want real money, make superhero movie.

Why? People love it. I also love it.

I don't go to a lot of movies. But I always go to the superhero movies. Why?

Those guys are cool. Spiderman is cool. When I was a kid, we have Spiderman manga.

I love it. I read it every day. Then I ask my mom, can I be Spiderman mom?

When I grow up, can I be Spiderman? She said, yeah. I said, mom, how did Spiderman become Spiderman?

She said, he got bit by a special spider. Radioactive spider. I said, oh, okay, mom.

Then every time I see spider, bite me, bite me. I got bit by 100 spider. Nothing happened.

Just a lot of scratching. We all love superhero. And they exist.

They really exist. That's why we like the movie, because we have been in their place in the past life. The reason you like those movies is that you remember in the past life.

You used to be like that. Now you're just human. So it's possible.

You will think in your mind, that's pretty cool. If I die, I would like to go to that superhero's place. How powerful those guys.

Much more powerful than Iron Man, okay? You know what they do for fun? When you were a kid, do you play marbles in China?

I don't know. Yeah, you play? Yeah, we love it.

We love it. When I was six or seven, the school had to ban marbles. Because we are wasting too much time.

Those superhero, we call them deva. They also like marbles. But the marbles are whole planets.

We broke a whole planet. They are super powerful. So it's possible that some people will think, I would like to try it again.

Play marbles with planets. That's pretty cool. Now, the problem is they have special problems in their world.

We call it deva world. We can go there. You can go there.

If you give Emily a lot of money. If you give her a lot of money. Just kidding.

If you do lion's dance meditation, first eight parts, over and over, without going to the ninth part, you will make special seed to become deva. Sounds cool, right? But there's a problem.

Now, it came in the book. They talk about the problem of those planet marble players. They have special problem.

They say, okay, learn the special problem of the devas. Then maybe you will decide, I don't want to be born there. I would rather be a Buddha.

Buddhas help more people. So now he has a ... In the book, he's talking about the special problem of those devas.

So I'm going to say the jing to you. Of course, you don't know the language. But it's a very powerful seed in your mind.

It's like a ... Very similar. Okay, so don't worry.

Don't say, Geshe-la, I'm bored. You're using this old language. I have purpose.

I'm trying to put a seed in your mind. Okay? Here we go.

DE YANG PER NA SANG CHU RIGS PA'I SEMS ZHIG GYUR PA NA GZHAN SANGS KHA RIGS PA SEMS ZHIG GYUR PA DE LAS SON NAM KYI BDE BU CHUR GYUR GYI DE BYAS PA YIN PA LTAR LHA YUL NA DE KYI GZHIN DU BYED BA'I GZHAN SANGS KHA RIGS PA SEMS ZHIG GYUR Okay? Very famous. So many people have shawl here.

If you don't have shawl, maybe you should bring one. You should get one, so you don't get cold. And there are many quality of shawl.

I was in Ukraine. Who was there with me? Ukrainian friends.

I was in the Premier Palace Hotel. I went to buy a shawl for my old lady friend. I don't know if you know.

On the first floor, there is a shop. Very expensive. I didn't know.

I just went inside. Then I saw a shawl. Good for my old lady friend.

She is 94. Yesterday in Shenzhen, we bought her some things. Right, Xiaoping?

I like to buy for her. Nice pink thing. Red pajama.

I buy for her something. So I bought in the Premier Palace Hotel. I told the lady, I want this one.

Then she's like, okay. Then she said, three thousand. Then I said, Ukrainian money?

No, dollar. I said, what? Yeah, three thousand dollar.

Then I'm like, maybe I don't like the color so much. Understand? Understand?

Why are we talking about that? Listen. If you wear a three thousand dollar shawl for one day, you are using up a lot of seeds.

It's expensive seeds. Okay, you are using up like three thousand dollar seeds in one day. Okay, if you buy cheap one, hundred dollar, it's not so comfortable, but it's cheaper seed.

You only use up one hundred dollar seed. Now, I'm not telling you to buy cheap clothes. I'm not telling you that.

I think you should buy nice clothes, and buy for other people. Then you will always have enough seeds to wear the nice clothes. So, all those husbands here, when you go home with your wife, and she sees something nice in the airport, you are not allowed to say, Geshe Michael say, expensive shawls, more seeds.

Don't tell your wife. Geshe Michael say, you should only wear cheap clothes. I didn't say that.

I said, husband should buy the nicest clothes possible for the wife. It's more good seeds. Okay?

But, those devas, they are burning a lot of seeds. When you play one game of marble with planets, you are using up a lot of seeds. So, in that world, to stay there for one day, very, very expensive.

Karma. It's a karma. So, what happens?

Okay. So, the big lama said, your job in this life, is not to use up seeds, your job is to make seeds. Okay?

Your job is not to have most expensive car. Most expensive house. Most expensive shoes.

You are not a karma consumer, you should be karma producer. Okay? You have choice in your life.

You can be the person who uses more seeds, or you can be the person who makes more seeds. Okay? Our job, Buddhist job, to make more seeds, not to use more seeds.

I didn't say, never buy Tesla. You become Tesla. I didn't say that.

I didn't say that. I said, don't use more seeds than you make. Buy Tesla, and give many people ride.

Then you are making more Tesla seeds, than you are using Tesla seeds. Buy nice clothes. Beautiful clothes.

Take your friend to Shimbaka. Teach them about the pen. One hundred Buddhas will be in the Shimbaka watching you.

She's teaching pen. Yeah. Teaching correctly.

Cool. Also look very nice. Cool.

Then you are making new seed. You are making Buddha happy. So go ahead.

Buy nice clothes. Wear nice clothes, when you teach the pen. But make more seeds than you are using.

Geshe-la, how to make more seeds than you are using? Seed is all mental. Oh, I'm teaching my friend the pen.

In Shimbaka today. You have to tell your husband. Excuse me.

I have to teach the pen in Shimbaka today. In the morning, is it okay I buy a new dress? Then your husband say, why?

It's not for me. I'm going to Shimbaka. I'm teaching pen.

Then all the Buddhas are going to be there. I have to look nice. Okay?

If that's your motivation, which is true. It's not a joke. If that's your motivation, you will make more good seeds than you use up when you buy the dress.

Okay? Smart shopping. Okay?

Everybody ask me. Geshe-la, this year in Germany, where are the Germans? Yeah.

I was going to say Abhidharma, but yeah. Guten Morgen, Wie geht's? So, you know, I taught level 10 DCI first time.

10, right? Yeah. I always teach in Germany first time.

Because Sylvia started DCI in Germany. I'd like to thank her. And she published more of my books than any other country.

Thank you. DCI level 10. How to not get angry.

Okay? You should come when we teach it in China or Singapore. You should come.

Then many people ask me, Geshe-la, what's level 11? It's always secret. People like, what's level 11?

Tell me what's level 11. Yeah. I'll tell you.

Don't tell other people. Advanced shopping. Okay?

How to shopping. How to do shopping by making more good seeds than you spent. Okay.

If you buy a new shirt or the lam rim class, and you are, okay, how much it cost? How many seeds I burn up in these three hours? By wearing new shirt, I must make more seeds than that.

How? Think in mind. Oh, I taught for three hours.

Because I am teaching the pen, the Buddhas must come. Because I am protecting 500 people from hell, the Buddhas must come. Okay?

Then I should wear a nice shirt. Okay? Then, if I think like that, I will make more good seeds than I spent.

Okay? Okay? So, Geshe-la didn't say, always, never, Geshe-la didn't say never buy the expensive clothes.

Geshe-la said, what seed you spend, always make more. Now, what's the problem in this deva realm? They don't understand pen.

They are just using up the seed. Every deva who dies, goes to hell. Why?

They use up all the seeds, and they don't make newer. Cool? Okay, thank you.

We'll stop today. Thank you.