So, the goal of today and tomorrow—
there are many
goals in life,
many people have different dreams in life.
After many years of teaching,
I feel like people have five…five main goals.
First one, I think we can say, financial freedom?
So I…I don't want a lot of money—
I'm very happy in the monastery; we don't own anything—
but I would like to have enough money
that I don't have to think about money,
and what I want to do, I can just do.
So I have a girlfriend— she's 87 years old—
and I take care of her, and
every time I travel, I have to buy something for her.
They know. They go with me to buy it, to pick it out.
We did pretty good last time. And so,
I would like to have enough money—I don't have to worry,
you know, "My credit card doesn't have enough money," or something.
I would like to have a nice small house to
meditate and do my things.
I tried a cave, okay? I've tried it.
What you don't read about in the Buddhist book is spiders!
You are meditating and then 100 spiders are crawling on you!
So, I decided a small house is better.
And I don't need three cars,
but I would like to have one car that works, and I don't have to
waste my time fixing it all the time, you know?
So that's financial freedom.
Everybody would like to have that.
It means you don't have to worry about money.
You just plant it.
You know, like I have watermelons in my garden.
I just plant them in the… in the spring.
Then I don't sit in my house and worry, you know.
I know they will grow.
I don't have to do anything.
I just relax.
I go out in the summer, and they're ready, and I eat them.
Money should be like that.
Then, second thing, you can have lots of money,
but if you're lonely, it's not fun.
It would be nice to have a beautiful partner
—that you get along with? Always?
You don't get bored of them;
you don't fight with them;
they are loyal to you.
Be nice to have like, perfect partner.
I think, everybody would like to have a nice partner.
I think it's one of the greatest happinesses in life.
Then if you have a nice partner, and you have lots of money,
but you're not healthy, that's a problem.
A lot of people, to get the money, they use up their health,
and they feel tired, old.
There's—something hurts in their body.
So I think the third goal—
that people would like to feel energy? Or young? Feel young?
And have good health.
It's fun to be healthy all the time,
and to have enough money to do what you want,
and to have a beautiful partner, and you don't feel lonely, okay?
Then—I'm gonna… Can you hold this? It's too hot.
I thought it was— Europe was—cool.
Then…
there are people who have those three things
but they're not happy.
Last—two weeks ago, in America—
maybe the most successful comedian,
he killed himself.
He didn't take pills; he hung himself, you know.
Then, he has everything,
but he's not happy, you know,
and you see that.
So I think all of us are attracted to this image of a
"Buddhist monk is meditating and very peaceful inside," you know.
And we would—
I don't think many of us would want to live
in a Buddhist monastery;
they're not fun place like you think, okay—
it's a lot of work—
but we would like to have that peace, you know,
that we imagine the Buddhist monks have.
So I think, that would be the fourth goal—in my mind:
"I would like to be successful on the outside;
"and inside, I would like to be a Buddhist monk—
even if I have a family."
You know, and…
and everyone thinks like that.
Then, I always tell people…
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