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1、AjahnBrahmLiveinBangkok:PublicTalk-“UpsandDownsinLife”October10,2006TranscriptTonight’stalkwillbeaboutdealingwiththeupsanddownsinlife.Welearnthatmuchofourlife,wecan’tcontrolordomuchtochangeit.Ourhealth,thewaypeoplespeaktous...Theonlythingthatisinourcontrola
2、reourreactionstotheupsanddownsinlife.Wecan’tcontroltheworld,butwecancontrolourmind.Wecantrainourmind.Toperceivesomethingusefulinwhateverwedo.TakingBuddhismtoaWesterncountrylikeAustralia,onehastomakethetimelessteachingsrelevantsotheycanbehelpfultoallwalksofl
3、ife.TheroleofbeingamonkinaWesterncountryisverydifferentfrominaBuddhistcountrylikeThailand.There,youhavetoearnrespect,youcan’ttakeitforgranted.Youalsogetinsituationsyouwon’tbeputinThailand.ThereisadifferentlifestyleinbeingamonkintheWest.Soyouhavetocopewithso
4、medifficulties.Forexample,IwasonceinvitedtogoonanAustralianphone-inradioshow.Turnsouttheradioprogramwasasexhotline.ImagineaBuddhistcelibatemonkhavingtoanswerquestionsonsexandrelationships!EventhoughIwasputinadifficultsituationinlife,mymeditationtraininghelp
5、edmeout.ThefewquestionsIansweredinthebeginningsoimpressedtheaudience,Iendedupfieldingmostofthequestionsbeingasked.Theinsightyougainfrommeditationissopowerful,youcananswerquestionsinallsubjects.Evenifyouareputinanuncomfortablesituation,youcanuseyourexperienc
6、eandinsightsintothewaysofthemindtocopewithwhateverhappens.Nomatterwhatyouexperience,youcanalwaysdosomethingaboutit.ThemonasteryinwhichIlivewehadtobuildourselves.Irecallanoccasionwherewemonksweremixingconcrete.Whenyoudothat,yougetcementdustalloveryou.Myrobes
7、andunder-robesgotalldirtywithconcreteandwater.WhenIwasonmywaybacktomyhut,Imetavisitor,aSri-Lankanladywhowaswell-dressedandseemedtobeupper-class.“I’mlookingfortheAbbot,”shesaid.“Doyouknowwhereheis?”Well,IwastheAbbot.SoIsaid,“Ifyougouptothehall,he’llbetherein
8、fifteenminutes.Iquicklywenttoshowerandchangedmyrobes,andbecamewhatagoodmonkshouldlooklike.WhenImetherinthehall,shewasverypoliteandinspired.Asshewasleaving,shesaid,“Isawamonkinyoutemplewhowasverypoorlyd
