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Hi, hello everyone. Today is the new year. I wish you all a happy new year. To all of you, the audience, who watch the channel of the Quy Lam crew, I wish you all to feel every day, every moment is a spring season, a festival, a moment of admiration, a moment of joy in life that doesn't have to wait until one day on the calendar that we feel that this life is a reward. We don't have to wait until one day that someone else decides for us that it is a holiday that we can rest. We can create a spring season, a festival, and the tranquility, the rest in every moment of life. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Quy Lam crew feel that the land is very clear, the sky is blue, the sun is bright, and the birds around are singing, and the sound of the forest is also heard. And the Quy Lam crew feel that every day is like that for the Quy Lam crew. Every day, there is a spring, a summer, a fall, a winter in one day in the place where the Quy Lam crew lives. And the feeling is always like on the Lunar New Year that we can rest and be happy and relaxed. But why most of us feel that the light of the Lunar New Year is very special? And the Quy Lam crew used to feel this specialness in the very clear times, the time when we were still in a poor village and the Lunar New Year was extremely special. Now, the Lunar New Year is not as emotional as it used to be. I guess everyone feels that way. I guess all adults feel that way. Our childhood and especially in Vietnam, when the country was still poor, we saw a wonderful Lunar New Year. We waited for months to come to the Lunar New Year. And on the Lunar New Year, there was something that brought us joy and love. And we could feel the earth, the fire, the nature, the trees, everything was blooming. It was indeed the spring season. But the Quy Lam crew realized that the light of the Lunar New Year always brought us peace, tranquility, cleanliness, and good energy. Because it was the time when most people around us were resting and feeling peaceful and relaxed. And the thought was energy. And the collective consciousness had a great power. The collective consciousness had a great power. And when such a large group around us felt peaceful, relaxed, and clean, then naturally a clean energy enveloped all the space, enveloped all life, enveloped the nature, the trees, the grass. And that made us feel lost and we didn't understand why. In fact, if it wasn't the Lunar New Year, if it was a normal day, if all our collective consciousness had a love, a cleanliness, a peace, just like the Lunar New Year, then that day we would still have the feeling that it was the Lunar New Year. That was the power of the collective consciousness. But normally, we are too confused, too busy with the meaningless things in life. And we are always wandering in a busy life. We can't rest, we can't relax, we can't dive deep into our inner world. Therefore, we often see the Lunar New Year as a very busy day, very busy, and full of sadness and joy. But on the other hand, on the Lunar New Year, we feel very peaceful. When we understand this, we will create a lot of Lunar New Year. Do you agree with me? If we understand the power of the collective consciousness, then we don't have to wait for the Lunar New Year. We just have to be aware of ourselves. We create a bright, colorful day. Every morning, we listen to the sound of the birds, we look at the sky, we look at the sun, we are calm, calm, relaxed, and we feel clear and peaceful. We have a bright, colorful day in our life. There are a lot of bright, colorful days like this. Today's topic is about awakening. We have been evaluated by many teachers that most people are just walking and sleeping. We have to look, don't be arrogant, if we still dream, if we still don't recognize the true value of this survival, of this life, if we still don't recognize the essence of life, of the spirit, of the universe, of the human, then we still walk, sleep, and dream. That's normal, because that's how the winter is. That's normal, but if we have a chance, we should wake up. Wake up from small things to big things. And we can, many people think that we are small, but when we turn around and look at ourselves, we see that we are the universe. We are big, big, great. And we begin to realize that we have a lot, a lot, a lot of space, time, because we are not limited in a narrow frame of a body, a life, a family, a race, an environment, a culture, a religion, a system. We are completely not in those narrow frames. And when we wake up, or when we turn to wake up, we come to a life that is lost in every second, lost in every moment. And we don't need to wait. We don't need to wait. We don't need to wait around. We don't need to wait for the world. We don't need to wait for everyone and then we can change. All the people who try to change the world eventually realize that the best thing and the best thing is to change yourself. Now I don't want to talk about big topics about spirituality or about the universe. I want to talk about the awakening in this Tet holiday, the simple things in daily life. An awakened person will not do things that are old and sad and bring misfortune or be reluctant to do. The first thing I have often shared is that I cannot ignore the rituals that people usually do on the Tet holiday. It is the celebration of the age, the lucky money. In the past, it was a joyous experience. In the past, the money was rare and not popular. So people spent a small amount of money to bring luck or something that was considered lucky for the young and the old. They celebrated the age with money in small amounts. But now, money has changed in a terrible way. Money has become a means, a way for adults to win each other's hearts, to win each other's hearts by spending money to win each other's hearts. It has become a bad activity because adults spend money on lucky money. Visitors are under pressure to know how many lucky money they should prepare and how much money they should spend. If they spend a small amount of money, people will feel hurt. If they spend a big amount of money, people will feel hurt. If they spend a small amount of money, people will feel hurt. Therefore, we should give up lucky money because some people spend money on poor people more than on rich people. Rich people don't need money. They don't need a lot of money while poor people need more money. But most people spend money on rich people more than on poor people. The top officials spend more money on the lower officials. They spend money on the people who are less fortunate. They spend money on the people who are less fortunate. This is the difference between people. It's not a good thing anymore. It's a bad thing. I've been away from here for 4-5 years. I don't get lucky money. Many people post on Facebook horrible pictures of the family. The family. It's a great picture. It's a very famous picture. His family were so rich. He was enrobed in a ring. If you have a big house, you will be proud of it, but if you have a small house, you will be ashamed of it. So we have the wrong idea. First, human life. When it ends, that soul will leave everything, even family, even property. If they don't leave, they have to leave because they can't carry anything. So how can they remember everything to keep each family, each race like that, so that they can return to their ancestors, return to that grave. So they will not return there and they will not be there. So there is no reason for you to go there to find, to get, to feel that there is something there. So that you can worship, so that you can attach, so that you can belong, so that you can tie your life with the things that people usually think that they have lost, but they are still there. In fact, they will continue their path, their journey. The journey of the soul is very long, it is endless. So there is no stopping point there. People are not there. So don't show off your status, your property, your power, your action, your ability, your materiality, through that. As I saw earlier, Master Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a very good article on the Internet, a lot on the Internet. Master Thich Nhat Hanh said, don't put Master Thich Nhat Hanh in a tower, because Master Thich Nhat Hanh is not that Buddha. Master Thich Nhat Hanh will disappear and Master Thich Nhat Hanh will return to Master Thich Nhat Hanh's hometown and continue Master Thich Nhat Hanh's journey. Don't put Master Thich Nhat Hanh in a tower. The Buddha's tower is the grave. When people finish the ritual, they put the Buddha's body in a tower, just like a coffin. We can see in the temples, there are tall towers. Those are the towers that hold the remains of the great masters. Great masters have a big tower. Small masters have a small tower. Or they don't have a tower, so they put the Buddha's body in a tower. Everyone who knows, knows that we don't have that. When the ritual is over, we put the Buddha's body in a coffin. We don't put the Buddha's body in a mirror and worship it. The Buddha's tower is the foundation. The Buddha's tower is very hard for women. It's extremely hard for women. For those who are supposed to enjoy their rest. Because they have been doing very hard work for days. Women are very busy. Now they have to take care of the altar. Three days before the ritual, they have to build a big altar. Then invite everyone to eat. From then until the day of the ritual, usually three days of Tet. Every morning, noon, and evening, they have to bring rice. They have to bring rice to the altar. They have to bring rice instead of wine, instead of water, instead of incense. It's very hard. Actually, if we really have a chance to worship the Buddha, if we have a chance to wait for the day of the ritual, if we really have a chance to worship the Buddha, then we should do it. But we don't have that. After 49 days, people have already started their journey. They just stay in the altar for 49 days. Then they continue their journey. No one stays there. Every year, they go back to the altar and sit there to eat. Actually, if we do that, if they haven't been able to escape, but they are still in the spirit world, it will make them even more miserable. Because they don't have the body to enjoy that food. They feel miserable. It will make them even more miserable. So, when we understand that it is unreasonable, it is not necessary, then we need one more factor to get rid of it. It is empathy. We need to step on the wheel to live a free life, to do what we understand, to do what we want, to do what we like. Sometimes we understand, we know, we like, we want, but we don't dare to do it. Because we are afraid of public opinion, we are afraid of being judged, we are afraid of being criticized. People say this and that, but in the end, they don't care. So, when we understand, we know, but we are not brave enough, we can't do it. And on New Year's Day, is it necessary to go to crowded places? No, it is not. People are like, they are being dragged, they have to go, they have to go somewhere. They feel like, oh, the crowd is going over there. Oh, the crowd is going this way. Go, go, go to that point. Go to the temple, then the pagoda, then the tourist spot. So, we go. We don't care about what we need inside. We are being dragged outside. We are being dragged, dragged, and we think that those crowded places are our places, our happy places. But no. Actually, we become more lost when we go inside, wander, observe, enjoy, experience. When we go to a temple, there is also the tiredness of that temple. And we can go back, after a Tet holiday, we can go back to work, which is very tiring, very tiring, with a lot of troubles, because of the customs, habits, customs, which have been stuck in our necks. They have made us feel that it is necessary to do that. Actually, we have a lot of freedom to do something different from others, to do a lot of different things from others. We don't have to do anything. We celebrate this new year, we look back at the old customs, the old traditions, to see if they are still appropriate. And we look back at ourselves, whether we should continue to be lost in that chaotic environment or not. And when we ask those questions, we start to wake up, wake up, and we start to see the light in other environments. And we realize that there are a lot of good things outside of that tradition. There are a lot of right things, wonderful things outside of that tradition. And the important thing is that we have the courage to step out, step out, and build for ourselves a path, a smooth path in life to experience new things, to start to discover the extremely wonderful values of the artifacts, of all the creations around our lives. Okay, the video is over. Once again, I wish you all a happy Tet holiday. Goodbye.