0:00:05.260,0:00:06.541 Breathing in, 0:00:07.440,0:00:10.070 I know I am breathing in. 0:00:13.951,0:00:15.262 And breathing out, 0:00:16.251,0:00:19.103 I know I am breathing out. 0:00:21.720,0:00:23.619 What is the use of doing that? 0:00:27.661,0:00:32.602 If I say that, well, I do that because I want peace, I want happiness, 0:00:32.602,0:00:35.352 I want healing and transformation. 0:00:38.020,0:00:40.594 So the practice is the means, 0:00:42.370,0:00:45.370 and healing and transformation is the end. 0:00:47.970,0:00:51.133 And the mean is not the end. 0:00:53.070,0:00:55.702 That is a dualistic way of thinking. 0:00:58.540,0:01:06.417 But in Plum Village we have the non-dualistic approach to healing, to practice. 0:01:08.711,0:01:12.906 To breathe in in such a way that the healing 0:01:13.168,0:01:17.007 takes place right away during the in-breath. 0:01:18.822,0:01:22.043 You breathe in in such a way that peace can be there. 0:01:22.563,0:01:23.918 Right? 0:01:24.020,0:01:25.313 In the in-breath. 0:01:25.921,0:01:29.361 The in-breath is not a mean anymore. 0:01:30.740,0:01:32.112 It is the end. 0:01:35.320,0:01:38.726 So, there is no distinction between the means and the end. 0:01:39.920,0:01:41.635 There is no way to happiness. 0:01:41.920,0:01:43.295 Happiness is the way. 0:01:45.040,0:01:48.745 You breathe in such a way that happiness should be in your in-breath. 0:01:51.230,0:01:55.342 When you do walking meditation, you make a step in such a way 0:01:55.343,0:01:58.766 that happiness should be in your step. 0:02:00.690,0:02:06.813 You have to look for happiness and peace and transformation right in the present moment. 0:02:10.001,0:02:13.115 In your in-breath and in your out-breath. 0:02:18.680,0:02:20.954 And with some training, we can do that. 0:02:21.701,0:02:25.209 We don't have to suffer when we breathe in. 0:02:26.830,0:02:29.103 We don't have to suffer when we make a step. 0:02:30.210,0:02:34.240 In fact, we should produce the energy of joy, 0:02:34.515,0:02:38.272 healing, happiness when we breathe in. 0:02:39.850,0:02:42.456 And we should be able to produce 0:02:42.456,0:02:46.504 the energy of joy and happiness and peace when we make a step. 0:02:51.500,0:02:53.418 We can train ourselves to do that. 0:02:57.441,0:03:00.169 So breathing in, I know I'm breathing in. 0:03:00.501,0:03:06.503 That is the first exercise of mindful breathing proposed by the Buddha. 0:03:08.580,0:03:10.398 And we should breathe in in such a way, 0:03:10.553,0:03:16.106 that there is relaxation, peace, happiness, joy in that in-breath. 0:03:19.413,0:03:21.297 Because when you breathe in... 0:03:23.020,0:03:24.931 you bring your attention to your in-breath. 0:03:27.270,0:03:30.434 And your in breath becomes the only object of your mind. 0:03:34.240,0:03:36.570 You focus your mind on your in-breath. 0:03:37.620,0:03:41.087 And if you really focus your mind on you in-breath, 0:03:41.140,0:03:43.433 you release everything else. 0:03:45.281,0:03:47.265 You release the past, 0:03:48.194,0:03:50.380 you release the future, 0:03:51.184,0:03:53.441 you release your projects, 0:03:54.159,0:03:55.984 you release you anger. 0:03:56.610,0:04:01.021 Because you are focusing only on one thing, that is your in-breath. 0:04:02.060,0:04:08.102 So, one in-breath may take only three or four seconds. 0:04:08.840,0:04:11.810 And yet, if you have concentration, 0:04:11.998,0:04:14.783 then you can release everything else. 0:04:14.861,0:04:18.173 You pick only one thing, the awareness of your in-breath. 0:04:18.520,0:04:20.299 You become a free person. 0:04:22.080,0:04:23.313 You are light. 0:04:23.880,0:04:25.180 You are free. 0:04:26.911,0:04:29.386 Just in three seconds, 0:04:31.250,0:04:34.949 snd you do not have to suffer during the time you breathe in. 0:04:35.030,0:04:37.174 In fact, you can enjoy it deeply. 0:04:40.052,0:04:42.481 My in-breath is some kind of vehicle, 0:04:42.849,0:04:45.906 helping me to go home to my body. 0:04:48.240,0:04:52.861 And when the mind is with the body, you are there, 0:04:54.480,0:04:56.779 fully present in the here and now. 0:04:57.120,0:04:59.256 Just in two, three seconds.