I don't know what he said, but somebody said to him You said that if we're not enlightened, we can't really help people or we need to be enlightened in order to help people You said that, but if that's the case, then almost no one in this hall or most of us in this hall would not be able to help people So what should we do or how can we help? And then he says, well, enlightenment has many meanings but the point is helping others That's the point of what? Of enlightenment

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In the Bodhisattva way, the point of enlightenment is to help others Helping others is enlightenment, enlightenment is helping others And helping others means or is and there's different ways to say this the warm way to say it in a way is helping others is thinking that they're yourself or helping others is considering them as yourself or helping others is understanding that they are yourself That's kind of a warm way to put it, isn't it? In other words, helping other people is understanding that they're you

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that helps them, that helps others It doesn't hurt you a bit, it actually helps you too But when you understand that others are you, yourself, they are helped That is what we mean by helping others Now another way to say it, which people find sometimes chilling Helping others means understanding that there's no others to help That also helps others That is actually what helps others, is to understand there's no others to help So the Bodhisattva understands enlightenment is to help others And helping others is to understand that there's no others to help And while I'm helping others by understanding that And when I understand that, that understanding I should say helps others

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There actually are no others that I'm helping that I understand aren't there Understanding that others are empty saves, relieves suffering and helps Another way to put it, which is back to the warmer side is Helping others means understanding the oneness of all beings Helping others means understanding the one vehicle So understanding the one vehicle, understanding that others are empty of other They're empty of other and they're empty of self Understanding that and understanding that others are yourself Different ways of putting the same thing That's what helps people, that's what helps beings, this understanding Together with the basic project of enlightenment, which is to help others

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If anybody could understand that others are themselves without being primarily devoted to helping others They might miss out on the fun But for those who are committed to helping others That's how they accomplish their goal And so you can go to the hospital and visit sick people Or go to the hospital and be a doctor or a nurse or a social worker and try to help people And that's great But it doesn't necessarily help them It might actually just frighten them You might confuse them Because you might bring with you lots of delusions And sort of dump them on them Like, I'm coming to help you and you're not me And I'm the helper and you're the helpee And you're sick and I'm healthy or I'm somewhat healthy Or I'm a little bit sick but I can still help you because we're not two

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And here, have some pollution Now they might actually say, oh thank you very much I understand that you're me And so your visit actually might stimulate them to wake up Even though you don't But it ain't necessarily so that visiting people in the hospital is helpful Unless you're understanding that they're you So the point, again, is being helpful Now some people come to Buddhist practice places And I ask them what they're up to and what they want And they tell me, honestly, they want liberation And actually they're thinking of themselves being liberated From all things that they don't want to be caught up in They want freedom and that's great And some people actually want liberation for everybody

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But wanting liberation could also be said I want to work for liberation, I want to help people But some people actually don't want to help people They just want liberation, which is fine, they're welcome It's just that that's not the point The point is not liberation, the point is helping others be liberated So that they can help others be liberated That's the point That's what some people say, and I'm one of them That's it And then I just thought I might mention that If you want to be able to see that others are yourself If you want to see that others are empty of otherness, otherhood If you want to see that the oneness of all beings Then there's a practice of loving all limits

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Loving all limits Like loving the limit of yourself When you come to an end and somebody else starts Or when you come to an end and there's a space And then somebody starts Various possible ways of looking at it Loving that boundary between yourself and somebody else Loving that boundary, loving that limit Opens the door to seeing who people are To seeing and understanding that they're you Our mind naturally, we come by it honestly We innately project limits upon the universe We just do that quite naturally, innately we do it We put limits on the world

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We put frames on the world We put frames on the landscape We put frames on the masses of living beings We put frames on ourself We put frames on our feelings We put frames on our emotions Our mind frames things So, we can love that And that, what I just told you is also framed That's a framed story of how we frame So I think we could love that we frame And love the frames And I'll just briefly mention that One of the early teachings of the I don't know how early it was But one of the teachings of the historical Buddha Is called the foundation of mindfulness But it also could be called Mindfulness of frames Mindfulness of the frames we project upon our

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Everything we're related to All living and non-living beings we're related to We put frames on them Interpersonally we put frames on the world And intra-psychophysically we put frames on the world There's a psychophysical inwardness of us And we put frames on it Like greed, hate and delusion Good and bad That's a frame So the Buddha taught the frames of mindfulness And he said, this is a direct path This is a direct path And it's really a good thing And it basically is Be mindful of frames For example, be mindful of the body frame Be mindful of the foundation of the body The frame of the body

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Be mindful of the frame of feelings Be mindful of the frame of mental states Like agitated, calm Evil, good, worried Distracted, concentrated Beware of these frames And beware of mental objects Like, for example, various teachings Analysis of sensory experience Four Noble Truths Aggregates, the five aggregates Hindrances to being aware All these things These are the things These are the frames That he recommends being aware of So he says, for example A monk, a yogi When standing is aware of standing In other words, when we're standing We have a frame on our life called standing

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When we're sitting The monk is aware Is mindful that they're sitting In other words, when you're sitting Most people will have a frame that they're sitting And a wide variety of frames Which we put on the body Which we call sitting Now, some people might be saying That we're sitting right now But some people might not say we're sitting They might have a different frame on us But, you know Perhaps most of us are doing For various reasons Most of us may be putting the frame sitting On our body right now Our body is not the frame of our body But we frame our body Our body is actually Other people's body That's what our body actually is Our body is actually Empty of body

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And so on Our body is actually The oneness of all beings That's what our body actually is So, Tori Zenji says When I regard the true nature Is that what he says? When I regard the true form Or the true nature of all things Look at the real form Yeah, when I look at the real form When he's looking at the real form He sees that everything Is the glorious revelation of the Buddha When you look at your body When you first look What you're seeing What you're seeing is a frame You put on your body Because you framed it That's not the real form of the universe That's a frame That your mind puts On your body And if you look at that frame And you love that frame You will realize That frame is empty

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The body, which is actually a frame That you put on the universe Is empty And then if you see that You will see the real form of the universe You will see through the frame of your body That everybody is you So, he's been Tori Zenji, I guess Was loving the frames That his mind was putting on the world So he actually can see the real form And you and I Also can see the real form of the universe If we will love The frame we're putting on it And some of the easiest frames For us to notice, for example Is the frame of our body Which we're putting on the universe Because we're highly oriented towards that So that's a real good one to love

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And love means Like you pay attention to it In a loving way Even when the frame is Sick body Aging body Degenerating body Or gorgeous body Indestructible body Whatever the frame is I'm suggesting to you that if you love it You will realize it's empty And that frame The frame, when loved Or loving the frame Is the gate to the true form Of the universe And when we see that That vision is what helps others That's the point Of enlightenment Or that's what enlightenment is So I'll probably be talking about this

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For the rest of the year And I hope you are greatly benefited And I hope I am too But mostly I hope you are Because I'm into helping you And realizing that you're me And then Buddha goes on So not all these physical postures Are frames for you to be He says mindful, but The way he talks about mindfulness I would summarize by saying love Or another way to put it is love What I mean by love Includes mindfulness So loving somebody Includes being Loving

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Alert Ardent Remembering to pay attention to them And clear And alert Alert means paying attention to them The way they are now Not like yesterday he was my friend So I'm sort of dealing with the person he used to be No, the new person The one here right now To pay attention to this one To be warm about that To remember this And to be clear about it And to be Really let the person Or let the body Or let the breath Really let it be what it is If it's long You know it's long And you love it If it goes from long to short You know it becomes short And you love it You don't like it You don't like short breaths You don't hate short breaths You don't hate long breaths You don't

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Like long breaths You love whatever length breath you have You love whatever body you've got Even though It's kind of in certain relative way Maybe a lot less Attractive Than the one you used to have And also the person you're talking to Is a lot less attractive Than they used to be Or than the person you were talking to a minute ago They're not as cute But you Love them In other words you love the frame You're putting on them Now they may not get any cuter Than they are right now However, this loving of them Is the door to the true Form of the universe So And Attractive people Are just as good opportunities To love As really Repulsive people And vice versa

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In both cases There are opportunities for love In the context of the bodhisattva Likes and dislikes May arise If a like arises, it's another Frame To love If hate arises, it's another frame To love It's a frame up It's not reality But your mind has framed it And you're geared to Grasp it And therefore Like or dislike it Now we have to develop this new Training To love it Love limits And I thought I might also just say

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That this afternoon When we're working Some of you are going to go away But you can apply this when you leave too But particularly I hope that During work today We have That we're Able to Continue to practice Compassion while we work In other words Continue to love The limits that you're putting on The The things you're working with We've rented a dumpster Which would be nice to put something in there Since we rented it At a ruinous expense But You know I really would like you to Love the frame that you put On everything that you touch That you bring to that dumpster I'd like you to stay in touch With loving Whatever you're dealing with

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Throughout this work period To remember that While you're working This is a great opportunity What do you call it? The management is allowing you to practice While you work here I don't know if it will increase The amount of stuff that gets in the dumpster Or decrease it I'll watch to see If I put more or less in the dumpster If I practice this And also the body Which is like picking stuff up And moving it around here Love that frame Love your body while you're working today Take care of your body Take care of what your body is relating to Love Inwardly Psychophysically Mindful and loving Of the body Of the posture Love your posture

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Whatever posture you're in Notice what posture you're in Now I'm standing Now I'm kind of bent over Now I'm kind of twisting to the side In order to grab this thing This is the frame That I'm putting on the universe Of my body right now Okay Please enjoy that Enjoy being mindful of your body posture Throughout the work period This is similar to saying While we're busily Taking care of this property This space While we're busily Taking care of it Remember the one who's not busy Remember the The one who's just loving Whatever is

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Whatever is being given Whatever is coming And whatever comes You could say is a frame job Because in reality Things are not coming and going But our mind projects coming and going Upon the world So then Things are given In the coming and going frame And again If we love these frames Of coming and going We open to the world of no coming and going Which is similar to remembering No coming and going While you're coming and going Love dualism Dualism is One of our Our most Famous And outstanding frame ups The great frame

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The basic frame of dualism Of self and other Of birth and death Of truth And falsehood That frame up Love it I'm tempted to say Love it to death But I don't really Want to Make you think That you're going to kill it But kind of love it to death In the sense of love it Into radiance Love it into Into the true Form of the universe And also love delusion And anger That way too Love delusion and anger Yeah Love delusion means love the frame Delusion is basically a frame

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That we impose Upon the world Which if uncared for Can choke it And also can whack us Mightily Whack whack whack Yes I've sometimes heard you talk about Things like love or Other virtues Sometimes you talk about them as if it's something You can develop and practice And sometimes you talk about it as if It's not something you can do It's just the way things are Right Are these two different? Um Yeah So How would I say You can develop The Kind of the Ritual enactment Of love Love is reality And we do this

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We do this frame version of love So we Open to the reality of love And you can develop The framing You can develop the working with the frame And then the time comes When the frame is realized as empty And then you realize The actuality Which is not being framed Which is not being grasped But without the framed version You can't realize the actuality Without the framed version you can't realize The actuality and without the framed version We would Just be the reality But we wouldn't necessarily Realize it, we would just be it So Love or compassion or intimacy I would say is the reality Is the true form of the universe It's the actual way That beings are helping each other In order to realize this We must do a Kind of like a developed A cultivated A cultivated version of this

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Or a version of this which can be cultivated But that goes with This framed version Of it that we have And that can be developed And it's developed and developed And developed until finally It just drops away So when you say something Like love isn't something you can do You're not saying Just give up the enactment And hope for the best No, I'm not saying that I'm saying Please Devote yourself To the enactment of it To the ritual performance of it Like today During work Try to make work A ritual performance of love And if you have to stop Working For a second And remember Now what's the point again of being here? Oh yeah Loving

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Whatever comes, that's the point of being here Okay, now let's go back to work With that understanding So in a way that's The same thing as saying Doing something thoroughly It's the same as doing something thoroughly, yeah Loving Something is the same as doing it thoroughly Doing it thoroughly means being mindful Gentle Not trying to get anything Giving yourself entirely to it And letting it be itself All that's included in thoroughness Yes, when I First came to this country I encountered Very devoted Protestant people Who, Protestant churches Like specifically Presbyterian Church of Norris California

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And I was Turned off By An exuberant Sort of Lovingness That seemed Not real to me And if I Connect that With what you're saying I don't know what their real practice is And maybe it seems Not to be real to me And it was real, but to me it seemed like Sort of So the practice I'm talking about is When you meet people And you have this kind of experience You put this first person

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