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  • Hello everyone!

  • Thank you so much for coming.

  • And you are all so beautiful, adorable... [laughs].

  • Really we are so happy because

  • you bring us our memory back when we were a child

  • So we are very happy that you come here

  • and express your childhood.

  • Really it brings a tramendous amount of feeling.

  • Because I was one of you guys, a small child. I grew up in Tibet.

  • And so today we talk about Precious Human Birth.

  • What is "Precious Human Birth"?

  • It's commonly understood that your life is very precious

  • because you are loved by your parents.

  • Everyday your mother and father are always concerned about you

  • and take care of you, giving you the best:

  • your favorite clothes and your favorite foods

  • Not too much candy but...[laugher]...

  • because if you eat too much candy then you'll loose your precious teeth.

  • So they care because their love is boundless.

  • So as children you recognize how precious your parents are.

  • And also, parents, same thing.

  • They also see the precious moment of your life.

  • And they really love you deep down in their heart.

  • You see, they are so busy, everyday they have to do a lot of things but they take thier time

  • and read a story to you before you go to bed.

  • When you wake up, they support from the beginning of the day all the way to the end.

  • So, it's wonderful that you have precious parents and you have your precious life.

  • And so that kind of love you have to relate to other children.

  • Like here, we have about 20 or 30 children and you don't know each other but you can treasure them.

  • They are also very precious. They are all looking for that happiness, that love that all of you do.

  • And then also your pets, like your dog...

  • How many people here have dogs?

  • How many people have cats?

  • Ah, you see! They are also your family, you know?

  • And so you also treat them with love and respect.

  • And also in you class there are many other children.

  • Maybe they are not...maybe sometimes you look down on other children....

  • You never want to do that because everyone wants to have that precious moment of love.

  • You want to love all of them.

  • Because if you have love then your precious human birth is really meaningful.

  • And then you can relate that to other animals. Maybe you see, when you go to school, little bugs or ants?

  • You see, "Oh, this is also precious."

  • Because they love their life, they want to have love.

  • So you don't kill or and don't harm them.

  • Just move without stepping on them, always aware.

  • And that is a very common importance of using the precious human birth in a love way,

  • In a very sacred way or loving way.

  • And with parents, whether you are Buddhist or not,

  • it is common that we are all seeking for that happiness.

  • We want to be happy and we want to succeed etc.

  • The success of our life or quality of our life is actually spending our life....

  • We don' know how long we stay, but spending our life with quality, that is actually a treasure.

  • Every moment of your life is a treasure.

  • You know, because life is passing.

  • You might live like 100 years but if your life is spent with non-appreciation then that is not so good.

  • So basically you should treasure every moment of your life.

  • Because a human being's love is so vast

  • With this love we are able to help so many beings.

  • There are so many great figures.

  • They become very famous and become very popular due to

  • that love to all beings, no matter who they are.

  • So this kind of love is never departed from our mind.

  • Always we have love with our mind.

  • But we have to treasure that.

  • It is a matter of really treasuring that love that we have.

  • So we shouldn't think, "Oh, I am lacking in life quality,"

  • because the love that we have is always within us.

  • So expand that love, extending it to all sentient beings

  • who seek love and freedom from suffering.

  • So also I'm very happy that you are releasing some worms today.

  • And Lama Tendrup is also blessing them and doing some prayers.

  • This is so wonderful and I'll tell you a story related to that.

  • Recently, I released a Yak.

  • It's a big cow, a big bull.

  • And so it was a very interesting situation...

  • because when we visited that Yak camp

  • and the owner said, "Ah, he's very nice..."

  • "Very big, but he will be hamburger soon."

  • So that is a simple sentence: "He will be hamburger."

  • Well that's very easy but we are talking about someone in the prime of their life.

  • An animal with such dignity, so majestic and such a precious life.

  • So we, some of our supporters, together, we did a life release.

  • It was quite expensive to buy him but when it comes to that kind of situation

  • money is nothing, you will feel very happy.

  • So today you'll go to the fish pond and you do life release.

  • You will do some prayers and release them so they are not killed.

  • So that is how we use human life in a precious way.

  • Of course, The Precious Human Birth is explained with a lot of details in a Buddhist way.

  • But the common way basically says that we use our precious human birth

  • with such love and really treasure that moment of your family, the moment with your children.

  • And you appreciate the positive part of your life.

  • Because normally we all feel when we get, up we normally think,

  • "Oh, what do I have to do, what are all the things I need to worry about?"

  • rather than really appreciating what we already have.

  • So I think that is really important.

  • Because you are discovering that your life is so rich.

  • With what you have and your family

  • And if you appreciate every moment of your life

  • Then your life serves its purpose.

  • Otherwise, life is passing with a lot of stress or a lot of worry.

  • And you might stay a long time, but maybe not serving the purpose of life.

  • So I thought that is important because when you have that kind of love and care

  • of other beings and other species

  • then we are serving the purpose of a human being

  • which is one human being of 7 billion people on the planet.

  • So, there is hope that we can make this planet better

  • due to increasing our love.

  • So that is the first thing, the second is

  • what you guys did. Thank you so much. [laughs]

  • This is a turtle. This is from ... I can't pronounce it very well but this for me.

  • All of you also made one and gave to other people.

  • And thank you so much and this is so wonderful

  • because this is children's day and this turtle

  • (well this is a plate but it also represents a turtle)

  • it also represents long life.

  • So thank you so much for giving me this

  • and I also have hope that you have a wonderful life

  • a long life and a joyful life.

  • And finally, we are scheduled for 20 minutes

  • and if you have any questions you can ask any questions.

  • Any questions?

  • You can ask any questions.

  • Yes?

  • Is all this made out of gold?

  • It is gold painting. Copper then painted with gold.

  • So why we do this: in Tibetan Buddhism we talk about offering and generosity.

  • Normally, when we have money we want to keep it with us. So you are letting go of money.

  • You also built a turtle called Jinpa, right?

  • Jinpa in Tibetan means generosity.

  • So you're letting go money to help others.

  • Or also building statues is considered very special.

  • Or also a lot of merit.

  • Yes?

  • "Um, who is the guy in the picture up there?"

  • His name is... "that guy" is...[laughter]

  • He is who we call Karmapa.

  • "Karmapa" is a Sanskrit word which means "activity"

  • which means he always benefits all sentient beings,

  • whatever activity he does.

  • So, he is always talks about animal rights,

  • women rights, environmental protection

  • and so that is called Karmapa, he is the 17th reincarnation.

  • Yes?

  • Why is the Buddha statue so big?

  • Why is the Buddha statue so big?

  • Um... that's a good question. [laughs] You know, sometimes even bigger than that.

  • Lets put it this way. Generally, if you have more love in your family, you become happier, right?

  • Likewise, if you build a bigger Buddha statue you gain more merit.

  • How about that? [laughs]

  • I was going to ask if the Buddha was real gold, right behind you?

  • It's...[laughs] It's an image of Buddha it's precious [laughs]. It's a painting, gold painting.

  • Yes?

  • I want to hear a story of Milarepa.

  • Story of?

  • Milarepa.

  • Milarepa. Oh yeah, okay!

  • Milarepa always sing his songs, sings a lot of songs

  • out of joy and love for all beings.

  • So I will sing one.

  • So this a supplication to Milarepa himself, his name.

  • [laughter]

  • OOOOHHHHH!!! Did everybody see that?

  • That is a precious human birth!

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佛教對兒童的教導。《珍愛生命》 (Buddhist Teaching for Children: This Precious Life)

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