There's four benefits of country, father and mother, friend or the teacher or the relative, for example, from a sentient being, or the government or the nation. We cannot exist without this. So our daily life should be in appreciation all the time. Without appreciation never comes our enjoyable life. So your attitude is always expressed this way.

[01:11]

You can perceive this. Each finger has its own duty and its name. If you separate, each has its meaning. It's funny. In Japan, we do this. It means your father, father. This is a rubber, like that, we stand in the middle Each finger is very needed to use our own hand So put together, this expresses oneness We consist of five fingers, each family children, father, mother, elders, big brothers like that. If each one is egoistically separate, always against all the fighting.

[02:18]

But if we do this, the family is one. to come up to San Francisco to say bon voyage to him, to go to Japan. I usually appreciate Dick's great work, this monastery, especially organizing this. And this sangha,

[03:22]

Your self consists of the greatness of a friendship, and a beautiful friendship, very important. I personally, I'm very proud of, I had once a greatest friend in my life. His name was Maximilian Kolbe. Everybody drink a tea and pray listen to me. My personal story. His name was Maximilian Kolbe. Maybe some of you read the book, Night and Fall. It's a story of a geisha tableau in Germany. And the world was sick. Before the World War II, Maximilian Kolbe to Japan, he stayed in Nagasaki City at 12 years. He worked as a missionary.

[04:26]

His life, daily life was too miserable. Especially in Japan, that time was facing the wartime. Everything became poor and seems poverty. He hasn't one pencil. But spiritually, he worked. He shared this pencil to the poor children. He published some book, pamphlet, to tell his gospel. He belongs to the Catholic Church. And he worked so hard. But he always wanting to do his best for the Japanese children to tell the gospel. And one day I went to Nagasaki city, I met him. And I can understand what relationship occurred between us.

[05:33]

But then I corresponded through the letter so many times. And when Poland, his native country is Poland, and he once took back his trip to Poland, this time Nazis captured to him, suspecting he'll work as a spy to Japan. But it's not true. He captured as a prisoner. And as you know, there was a terrible, terrible, terrible murder in the gas chamber at Geshutabo. the Auschwitz and Assentim in Poland. Maximilian Kolbe, one of the prisoner, he described his diary every day.

[06:41]

One time, one prisoner want to escape. That time law is very strict. If one person, a prisoner, escapes, ten are in the same room, ten persons are in the same room. Ten prisoners are punished. One time, every day, Geshe Thabo punished the prisoner so hard. Always, my friend, Maxim Korovet, located the ward and the entrance. He said, I can pray for everyone to suffer from coming and go with a punishment. One time, his roommate wanted to escape. And it was a terribly hot season in summer. All prisoners lined up outside. The temperature almost 112 degrees.

[07:46]

This time an officer beaten, beaten, beaten, almost going to die, without a reason. So one time officer with a gun, right this way. And you are the escapee, but he's not. That time he understand, oh my wife, oh my children, like that. And Maximilian Kolbeck cannot stand. So he took his place. I'm going to die. Please let him go. That night, it was so miserable to every prisoner. A roaring morning, like the animal's voice come out always, all through the night. Next morning, Maximilian Kolbe took the acid, what can I say, enzyme?

[08:58]

Arsenic. Enzyme. Yeah, he took a drink and died instead of the prisoner. But he's always free because strong Geshe Tabo cannot take his own will. My friend passed away with his own free because he believed I served for someone. I'm free without Geshe Tabo. This is written and told to me very after the World War. The German embassy officer come to Japan and he was once friend of Maximilian Kolbe. He found his diary and he told to me the detail of his pass away.

[10:05]

So I strongly impressed my friend, action. Eternal freedom always belong to him. Especially my visualize of him during his stay in Japan. He was so good to children, especially Japanese people. I never forget him. his freedom, believing his own religious faith. Oh, it was tremendous. So, friendship between Jesus and Sangha, most important, believing each other, trusting each other. I guess that's what it is.

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