1 00:00:02,832 --> 00:00:03,333 Oops. 2 00:00:04,775 --> 00:00:05,155 Oops. 3 00:00:06,317 --> 00:00:07,238 It was reloaded. 4 00:00:07,679 --> 00:00:07,819 Oh. 5 00:00:15,570 --> 00:00:16,732 Which one are we at? 6 00:00:17,213 --> 00:00:18,154 All right, I got it. 7 00:00:18,354 --> 00:00:19,676 There's one about Burma down there. 8 00:00:19,696 --> 00:00:20,337 Did we miss one? 9 00:00:22,841 --> 00:00:23,902 What is it about riots? 10 00:00:24,183 --> 00:00:25,525 Why riots in Burma? 11 00:00:26,726 --> 00:00:27,287 Oh, yes. 12 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:32,642 Why riots in Burma? 13 00:00:35,271 --> 00:00:36,957 I don't know, because people are people. 14 00:00:38,502 --> 00:00:39,345 People riot. 15 00:00:40,629 --> 00:00:42,154 Burma has a lot of issues. 16 00:00:44,834 --> 00:00:49,141 One thing I would like to talk about is the Buddhists. 17 00:00:49,903 --> 00:01:01,643 I saw an article recently, Buddhists outraged over Buddha images on shoes, I think. 18 00:01:02,765 --> 00:01:07,112 Pictures of the Buddha on shoes. 19 00:01:09,472 --> 00:01:13,859 It's such an absurdity to write an article saying Buddhists outrage. 20 00:01:13,879 --> 00:01:14,840 It's an insult, really. 21 00:01:16,222 --> 00:01:17,885 How could a Buddhist be outraged? 22 00:01:18,245 --> 00:01:21,029 How could you call yourself a Buddhist if you're outraged at anything? 23 00:01:22,151 --> 00:01:23,313 The Buddha was very clear. 24 00:01:23,353 --> 00:01:34,770 If you get angry when people are sawing you savagely limb from limb with a saw, you're not a follower of the Buddha. 25 00:01:37,518 --> 00:01:41,082 So how could you possibly be Buddhist if you're outraged? 26 00:01:41,282 --> 00:01:44,245 How could you possibly write an article stating Buddhists outraged? 27 00:01:44,786 --> 00:01:50,692 You'd have to say, people claiming to be Buddhist outraged at etc., etc. 28 00:01:51,914 --> 00:01:54,216 You know, it's not... I'm just making fun. 29 00:01:55,658 --> 00:01:59,562 But it made me think that... I didn't read the article, I just read the headline. 30 00:02:00,643 --> 00:02:02,445 It made me think that... 31 00:02:03,488 --> 00:02:13,703 This is a real problem with labels and something that has to be understood by people. 32 00:02:14,384 --> 00:02:17,008 You're not something because you say you're something. 33 00:02:17,909 --> 00:02:25,280 Buddhists who riot or kill people or even protest governments, this is not a Buddhist thing to do. 34 00:02:25,961 --> 00:02:28,585 They're not doing something that is in line with the Buddhist teaching. 35 00:02:31,163 --> 00:02:38,079 even though they might claim that they are, they might say it's in the name of Buddhism, protecting Buddhism and so on. 36 00:02:39,101 --> 00:02:40,264 This is not the Buddhist teaching. 37 00:02:40,544 --> 00:02:43,010 You can't protect Buddhism by getting angry. 38 00:02:44,012 --> 00:02:50,387 These people thinking they're protecting Buddhism, don't let them put Buddha images on their feet, down with them, tear down their store. 39 00:02:50,367 --> 00:02:55,233 Buddhist monks who go and burn Muslim temples. 40 00:02:55,293 --> 00:02:58,097 They built a Muslim temple on our sacred holy site. 41 00:02:58,237 --> 00:03:02,743 Burn it down, tear it down, throw them out, kill them even. 42 00:03:02,763 --> 00:03:03,764 Protect Buddhism. 43 00:03:04,966 --> 00:03:05,687 It's ridiculous. 44 00:03:06,768 --> 00:03:08,631 You can't protect Buddhism by getting upset. 45 00:03:09,672 --> 00:03:11,194 You protect Buddhism by letting go. 46 00:03:12,929 --> 00:03:22,298 So that's what I think about riots in Burma or wherever.