Today’s
Enlightening Entertainment
will be presented in
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
with subtitles in Arabic,
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Mongolian, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Thai.
Filmmaking
was introduced to
Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
at the end of 1890s.
It began to thrive in 1923
with the first movie
co-produced
by the French and
the Aulacese based
on the masterpiece
“The Tale of Kiều” by
literary great Nguyễn Du.
Embracing
the modern technology
of our world's civilization
and combining it
with a diverse artistic
foundation inherent in
the country's traditions,
Aulacese filmmaking
nowadays continues
to develop to
enhance the nation's
cultural landscape.
On Enlightening
Entertainment,
Supreme Master
Television is pleased
to introduce different
forms of arts
from Âu Lạc (Vietnam),
as well as from other
countries in the world,
in order to share the
beauty and cultures
of the peoples
on our planet.
The film “A Tiger That
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge”
chronicles a young man’s
experience on the path
of spiritual practice
for eternal liberation.
The story also offers
counsel for renunciates
to build strength
on the protective power
of the spiritual community
and the guidance
of the respected master
while on the noble
journey of the soul.
We now invite you
to enjoy part 1 of the film
“A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge,”
written by the Venerable
Thích Chân Tính and
produced by
Hoằng Pháp Temple.
It will be presented
in four episodes,
with performances by
Bhiksu Tâm Khải
as Head Monk,
Bhiksu Tâm Hải
as Discipline Monk,
Thiên Bảo as Hùng,
Thanh Điền
as Hùng’s Uncle,
Kinh Quốc as Brother Hai,
Công Ninh as Foreman,
Dương Cẩm Lynh as Hà,
Hoàng Mập as
Plump Novice,
Hoài An as Thủy’s mother,
Lý Nuôi
as Skinny Novice,
Bích Vân as Thủy,
Châu Kha as Thúy,
with the participation
of respected monks
in Hoằng Pháp Temple
and other artists.
Please join us
next Thursday for part 2
on Supreme Master
Television.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
caringly sent gifts
to the artists
and professionals who
participated in the opera
“The King Who Plowed,”
broadcast on
Supreme Master Television.
They shared their
thoughts and expressed
gratitude toward Master.
Continuing from last week,
following are
heartfelt words from
the performing artists
and professionals
who have contributed
to glorify and enhance
Âu Lạc’s theater arts.
Opera actor
Mạnh Hùng as Sấm:
Respected
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and Supreme Master
Television viewers,
today Supreme Master
Ching Hai sent her care
and gifts to us artists.
This is truly
a very great happiness.
Opera actor Mạnh Hùng
and actress Trang Nhung
as Hương Sen dedicated
to Supreme Master
Ching Hai an excerpt
from the opera
“The King Who Plowed.”
I’m leaving,
knowing not
my return day.
O love, know you not
my pain in separation?
I’m not the person you love.
Thus you leave
the village and
a once famous
ancestral profession,
which is in ruin now.
Feel you not the torment?
My heart is tangled
with a hundred cares.
Who causes
the woe of parting?
Who took my many days
and nights of hard labor?
Such an ungrateful job,
I want to leave it for good!
What is there
to regret about?
Our pains we cannot
share with each other.
Now you depart,
knowing not
the day of return.
Knowing not
the day of return.
On the New Year occasion,
I’d like to wish
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and all viewers
a year of abounding
health and happiness.
Actress Tuyết Lan as
Hương Sen’s mother:
Respected
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
today I’m very honored
to receive
Supreme Master’s gift
I am very touched
by the love that
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has for our group
as well as for me.
This New Year,
I respectfully wish
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and Supreme Master
Television staff
good health and
a New Year with many
new accomplishments.
Opera actor Quang Sáng
as Village Mayor Cửu:
Today, we are very
delighted to receive
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s care, both
mentally and materially.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
loves humankind
as well as all animals.
Her nature is truly noble.
Thank you,
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
On the New Year occasion,
I wish
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and Supreme Master
Television staff
good health and a lot of
new achievements.
Opera actor Duy Khương
as Village Chief Quých:
I’m opera actor
Quách Duy Khương.
Supreme Master
is an exceptionally
compassionate person.
She helps all those
who are in trouble.
She is a selfless spirit
who not only helps
human beings
but also all beings.
In the New Year,
I would like to wish
Supreme Master Ching Hai
good health and
abounding happiness.
Opera actress Bích Việt
as Miss Mai.
I would like to wish
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and viewers
a New Year full of
happiness and health.
And opera actor Mạnh Thắng
as Attendant Nhỡ:
I would like to send
my best regards to
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Supreme Master
Television,
and all viewers.
Bích Việt and I would
like to dedicate to
Supreme Master Ching Hai
and viewers
a folk song from
Hà Nam Province.
Gazing up to see
the high mountain
The road to the peach
flower cavern is far
Gazing up to see
a precarious scenery
Evening falls on a rocky
and deserted forest
Sun shines upon
the tea orchard
Hear you not birds’ song
calling forth springtime?
A sky azure, a thousand
flowers display
their bright colors.
Our love is as beautiful
as the myriad blossoms
as the myriad blossoms.
We sincerely thank
the playwrights,
directors, artists
and professionals who
contributed your talents
and efforts to bring
about valuable chèo
traditional operas.
Thank you
for your endeavors
to preserve chèo,
a performing art
in Aulacese
traditional culture.
We wish you and your
families all the goodness,
upliftment,
and happiness in life.
Thank you for joining us
on today’s
Enlightening Entertainment.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master
Television.
Words of Wisdom
is coming up.
Farewell and
we’ll see you again.
A human life is ephemeral
with both joy and pain.
Who in this world
knows not sorrow,
as life is transient?
Love one another,
live for others.
Look up at the sky above,
look down at the deep river
Learn to share
to comfort each other.
Together
to brighten the world
with a loving heart.
Too much crying or sorrow
would not change
what happened.
Who among us humans
hasn’t shed tears for
romance, life, and money?
Stand up,
wipe away your tears,
and start a new tomorrow.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times,
and peace will come
into our lives again.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times,
and peace will come
into our lives again.
Please come down for
your breakfast, ma’am.
It’s time for breakfast
already, dear?
Yes. Please come in
to have your breakfast.
Thank you.
Did you sleep well
last night, Mom?
Please have your breakfast.
Do you plan
to go anywhere today?
Yes, Mom.
I must go to work.
Today is Sunday
and you still work?
I’m rushing to
build the patriarch shrine
for the temple
to have it opened in time
on October 15.
So I need to
work on the days off.
You know
that I’m getting old?
I know.
You should settle down
in marriage
to ease my mind.
You worry too far
in the future.
No one is certain
about life and death.
Just like your father –
he was only 50 years old
when he passed on.
You’ll live a long life
up to 100 years old.
How do you know?
I can tell by physiognomy
that you’ll live very long.
You’re beating
about the bush
to avoid getting married,
aren’t you?
Life is long;
I’ll think about it later.
But do it soon so that
I have a grandchild
to keep me company
in my old age.
Hi, brother Minh!
Hi, brother Hùng!
How is the work?
It’s progressing well.
The underground
electrical installation
needs to be done today
so that it can be delivered
to the carpentry group
tomorrow.
Be careful when
doing electrical work.
We’re always
extremely careful.
Safety is above all.
Be careful!
I’ll go in to see
the head monk for a while.
See you later.
See you!
Try to do it fast, brothers!
(Yes.) Hùng Công!
Encourage the brothers
to speed it up.
Yes. Do it faster, friends!
Let me do it for you.
Greetings, Your Venerable.
Buddha be praised!
Please have a seat.
Your Venerable,
is there any other changes
to that drawing?
No. Just proceed as is.
Thank you,
Your Venerable.
Try to complete it in time
for the opening
at year’s end.
Yes, I’ll try.
Have some water! (Yes.)
How old are you?
I’m 26.
When did you graduate
from the school
of architecture?
I graduated
when I was 23.
Very good!
You still have
both your parents?
My father passed away
over 10 years ago.
Do you have many
brothers and sisters?
No. I’m the only son
in the family.
Does your mother
go to the temple regularly?
She does occasionally.
Bring her here someday
to enjoy the scenery
and worship the Buddha.
Yes, Your Venerable.
Take these books to read
and understand more about
the Buddha’s teaching.
Yes, thank you.
And this CD
is for you mother.
I’ve always wanted
to study Buddhism.
It’s so precious that
you give me this book.
Read it carefully
to understand the
fundamentals of Buddhism.
On behalf of my mother,
I would like to thank you.
Please allow me
to return to work.
Try to do a good job.
Yes, Venerable.
I take leave now.
Buddha be praised!
Electrical shock! Hurry up!
What happened to Minh?
Take him
the emergency hospital!
Hurry up!
You just came?
Have a seat, dear.
Auntie, I’m bringing you
a box of moon cakes.
Thank you, dear.
You don’t teach at school
today?
No. Today is Sunday,
so I’m off.
Oh, I forgot about that.
But Hùng is not home
today, Auntie?
He went to work already.
He doesn’t take off
even on Sunday?
I heard that he hurries
to finish a construction
for the temple, so
he works on Sunday too.
There he is.
Hi Mom, I just came back.
You just came to visit?
Yes.
O Mom!
What is it, son?
The head monk
gave you this CD
about the Buddha’s life.
It’s so kind of him
to send me a gift.
I give you this book.
Thank you.
Play it, son. (Yes.)
Halo, it’s me, Mom.
Where are you going?
Yes, yes,
I’ll be home right away.
Mom, I’m going to
change my clothes.
Auntie,
I have something urgent.
I probably have to go home.
Sure, dear.
Bye, Auntie!
O Auntie, please tell Hùng
I must leave
to take care of something
Sure. Come visit me
when you have time.
Yes. I take leave now.
Have some coffee, master.
O master,
your mother is not up yet.
Go call her again, please.
O ma’am!
O master! O master!
She doesn’t
open the door still.
O Mom!
Where’s the door key?
Mom!
O ma’am!
Mom!
Ma’am!
Don’t scare me, please.
O Mom!
O ma’am! Ma’am!
Mom!
Ma’am!
What should I do now,
master? O master!
Wake up, Mother!
What’s wrong with you,
Mom?
Don’t frighten me, Mom!
O Mom! Wake up, Mom!
Don’t scare me, Mom!
Is it you, Uncle Năm?
Please come over
to our place right away.
My mistress...
I don’t know what to say.
O Uncle Năm!
Please come right away!
Please come right away.
I’m so scared.
Don’t leave me, Mom!
What’s the matter, Hùng?
Mom!
What is your mother’s
illness?
But... why...?
I have no idea. O Mom!
Call the doctor here
for an autopsy to see
if she was poisoned
by anyone.
No, Uncle.
My mom is gone already!
Leave her alone.
The doctor will cut her open.
I don’t like that,
and the procedure
is complicated.
We’d better think of
my mother’s burial.
O Mom!
Please allow me
to take care of
the funeral arrangement.
Mom!
Come, everyone,
to the living room
to discuss the funeral.
A human life is ephemeral
with both joy and pain.
Who in this world
knows not sorrow,
as life is transient?
Love one another,
live for others.
Look up at the sky above,
look down at the deep river
Learn to share
to comfort each other.
Together to
brighten the world
with a loving heart.
O brother, like I said,
help me rebuild
my mother’s tomb.
Go take a look at
the models then.
I’ll build the tomb
according
to the model you choose.
Too much crying or sorrow
would not change
what happened.
Who among us humans
hasn’t shed tears for
romance, life, and money?
Stand up,
wipe away your tears,
and start a new tomorrow.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times,
and peace will come
into our lives again.
Start anew, my friend.
Mourn no more,
she has gone already.
Sorrow only
makes life dismal.
Wipe away the tears
on your lips.
As time passes,
you’ll forget.
That’s all a human life
is about: Name,
birth date, death date.
How meaningless!
Don’t be so pessimistic!
Don’t you see?
No one has ever
escaped death.
Don’t talk about death
anymore.
Today, we should go
find a model of a tomb
to build for her.
What about that one?
That’s fine.
All right,
we’ll use this style.
Stand up,
wipe away your tears.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times.
Sorrow only
makes life dismal.
Wipe away...
Wipe away the tears.
Buddha has shown me
the truth about the
impermanence of life.
His teaching
guides my path.
O Mom, I can’t
get married to give you
grandchildren.
I’ll be a monk.
I’ll follow Buddha’s path
to find the Truth
and be liberated
from all suffering.
Please forgive me, Mom.
Come on in! Are you in yet, Tấn?
What a beautiful house!
O God!
Wow, what a splendid
decoration!
Have you heard anything?
Young master
will explain it to us soon
anyway.
Oh, I think
he’s coming out.
Beautiful house!
He’s coming.
Greetings, young master!
Today, I invite
everyone here
to discuss some matter.
You’ve been tenant
farmers on my parents’
land all this time.
Thanks to you that
my family is well-off today.
First, on behalf
of my family,
I thank everyone.
We’re grateful
to your parents.
We thank you.
You’re very kind for sure.
Thanks to your parents
and you that we have
a comfortable life.
Thank you,
sir and ma’am.
Thanks, young master.
Please quiet down,
everyone. (Yes.)
Today,
on behalf of my parents,
I’ll donate all the land
you have leased from us
to do farming so that
you’ll have full and
permanent ownership.
We’re so happy!
Your parents are
very kind-hearted.
Thank you,
young master.
Thank you very much.
Our family is so blessed!
What is it you called me
here for, Hùng?
There’s something I need
to discuss with you.
What is it? Tell me.
My parents worked hard
all their lives
to secure wealth.
When they died,
they couldn’t bring
anything with them.
What belongs to the world,
goes back to it.
I find it so meaningless.
Today’s
Enlightening Entertainment
will be presented in
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
with subtitles in Arabic,
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Mongolian, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Thai.
Filmmaking
was introduced to
Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
at the end of 1890s.
It began to thrive in 1923
with the first movie
co-produced
by the French and
the Aulacese based
on the masterpiece
“The Tale of Kiều” by
literary great Nguyễn Du.
Embracing
the modern technology
of our world's civilization
and combining it
with a diverse artistic
foundation inherent in
the country's traditions,
Aulacese filmmaking
nowadays continues
to develop to
enhance the nation's
cultural landscape.
On Enlightening
Entertainment,
Supreme Master
Television is pleased
to introduce different
forms of arts
from Âu Lạc (Vietnam),
as well as from other
countries in the world,
in order to share the
beauty and cultures
of the peoples
on our planet.
The film “A Tiger That
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenges”
chronicles a young man’s
experience on the path
of spiritual practice
for eternal liberation.
The story also offers
counsel for renunciates
to build strength
on the protective power
of the spiritual community
and the guidance
of the respected master
while on the noble
journey of the soul.
We now invite you
to enjoy part 2 of the film
“A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge,”
written by the Venerable
Thích Chân Tính and
produced by
Hoằng Pháp Temple,
with performances by
Bhiksu Tâm Khải
as Head Monk,
Bhiksu Tâm Hải
as Discipline Monk,
Thiên Bảo as Hùng,
Thanh Điền
as Hùng’s Uncle,
Kinh Quốc as Brother Hai,
Công Ninh as Foreman,
Dương Cẩm Lynh as Hà,
Hoàng Mập as
Plump Novice,
Hoài An as Thủy’s mother,
Lý Nuôi
as Skinny Novice,
Bích Vân as Thủy,
Châu Kha as Thúy,
with the participation
of respected monks
in Hoằng Pháp Temple
and other artists.
While Hùng
was in the midst
of wealth and success,
his mother suddenly
passed away.
This made him realize
that the world
is ephemeral and full of
suffering due to the cycle
of life and death.
After the funeral service,
Hùng gave the tenant farmers
all of his lands and fields.
He also sold his family’s
home, determined to
become a monk to study
Buddha’s teaching.
Thank you for watching
today’s
Enlightening Entertainment.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master
Television.
Up next is
Words of Wisdom.
So long for now.
Let bygones be bygones,
son.
Don’t let your mind
wander anymore,
or you might
end up getting sick.
I don’t think aimlessly.
I’ve considered it
thoroughly.
I plan to take
all my possessions
with me when I die.
Can one take along his
possessions after death?
Are you okay, Hùng?
How do you take them
with you?
I have a way.
Simply by giving away
all my properties.
Are you out of your mind?
No, I’m of sound mind.
Yesterday,
I invited the farmers
who worked on our land
all this time,
and I’ve transferred
to them all the rights
to use our land.
Are you insane, Hùng?
Your parents spent all
their lives working hard
to build up
an estate for you.
Why did you give it all
away as soon as your
mother passed away?
Are you crazy?
Respected Uncle,
please calm down.
By giving it away,
I think I’ll still have it.
That’s how
I can take it with me.
That’s the best way to
keep my possessions.
You’re certainly insane!
You drive me crazy too
the more you talk.
I’m going insane.
Respected Uncle,
I wish to ask something
of you today.
Speak up!
Will you help me sell this
house and all the assets?
I want you to use
that money for charity.
What? You want to
sell this house?
You’re going to live
on the street?
No. I’ll lead a monk’s life
in the temple.
Becoming a monk?
Your Venerable,
please allow me
to become a monk.
What is your reason?
My mother passed away
all of a sudden.
Thanks to the Buddha’s
teaching, I have realized
the ephemeral nature of
life and the human body.
I wish to follow
the Buddha’s path,
to find truth about life,
death and reincarnation.
Very good!
You’ve built good merit
for many lives to know
about Buddha’s teaching
and take the vow
of monkhood now.
However,
being a monk is difficult.
You’re going against
the world’s current,
doing things people
deem hard to do,
enduring things people
deem hard to endure.
Do you think you can
pursue the Buddhist path
to the end?
Yes, Your Venerable.
I’ll try.
Buddhist practitioners
must go through many
hardship and challenges.
Only those with
high ideals and
aspirations could make it.
I hope you have
enough patience
and perseverance
to overcome all tests
to realize your goal.
Thank you,
Your Venerable.
Good man. Good deeds.
Perceiving the ephemeral
nature of life,
Renouncing
the mundane life
Gaining
immeasurable merit.
Simple and Pure Earth
Maha Bodhisattva
be praised!
Now, virtuous man!
The hair on your head
has been formed from
time immemorial due to
accumulated rebirths
and afflictions,
which can’t be eradicated
by yourself,
but can only be erased
with the help
of the sangha
(spiritual community).
Now, I’ll shave
your head for you.
It’s done. You’re
more good-looking
and brighter now
with your head shaved.
Thank you.
A bhikshu
when his hair is shaved,
First, upholding
the ten precepts
First, upholding
the ten precepts
Then upholding
the bhakti’s precepts.
Then upholding
the bhikshu’s precepts.
Today we’ll continue
from the sentence
“First we learn
about the precepts.”
Get ready
to write it down.
O Hùng!
She’s Nhất Tâm’s girlfriend.
Really? So beautiful!
But he still left her
to become a monk.
You marry her then!
Fine!
Someone is looking
for you over there.
Wait for me
in the guest house.
How long
does the class last?
It’s almost over.
Okay, I’ll wait for you
in the guest house.
Hùng dear!
You shouldn’t
address a monk
by his worldly name.
What should I call you
if not by your name?
To a novice,
you call him brother;
to a long-time practitioner,
you call him master.
So, how are you, brother?
Thank you, Miss.
I’m fine.
My God, why did you
call me Miss, dear?
Oh, I’m sorry.
Brother, why did you
call me Miss?
It’s being courteous.
You shouldn’t
call yourself a sweet term
when speaking to a monk.
Goodness! What should I
call myself then?
I find that lay Buddhists
refer to themselves
as “children” when
speaking to the masters.
What about
for a novice like you?
I have no idea.
You may call yourself
by your name.
But I’ve already
had a new name.
What’s your new name?
It’s Nhất Tâm.
But why should you
change your name
when living here?
Anyone who
becomes a monk
is given a new name.
The atmosphere
seems so stuffy here.
Can we go outside to talk?
It’s more relaxing.
No, I can’t. The rules
here are very strict.
One may only receive
visitors in the guest house,
and time is also limited.
What kind of practice
that’s so harsh?
Buddha be praised!
Master calls you, brother.
Buddha be praised!
I’ll be right there.
Hurry up!
He’s waiting for you!
Buddha be praised!
I’m sorry Thúy.
See you at another time.
Wait, dear!
I have a gift for you.
Just put it on the table.
The rules don’t allow me
to take it
from your hands.
Why is it so difficult?
All the hurdles
are against me.
Please understand.
See you some other day.
I’m going now.
Take care, dear.
Dear, dear, all the time!
Ouch! Ouch!
Ouch!
Good monks, today you
all practiced very well.
Time is up now.
Let’s take a rest.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
How is their progress?
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Your Venerable,
the monks’ study here
is good.
Take good care of them.
They are the future
of Buddhism.
Yes, I know.
How is Nhất Tâm’s study?
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Your Venerable,
his practice is very good,
but he is quite inattentive
to his study.
Can you find out
exactly why is it so?
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
I think he seems
to be more interested
in meditation.
Every time
in the classroom,
he always closes his eyes
to meditate.
After class,
he’d be in his room to
recite Buddha’s name
and doesn’t
contact anyone at all.
That’s a good case.
But… not good enough.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Your Venerable,
I think he’s still very young.
When one enters monkhood,
he must first learn
the precepts well
before focusing
on the practice.
You’re right.
He was shocked upon his
mother’s sudden death.
Finding that human life
is impermanent,
he’s determined to devote
to spiritual practice.
You should find out more,
and tell him the duties
of a renunciate.
Yes, Your Venerable.
Tomorrow morning,
tell him to come see me.
Buddha be praised!
Yes, Master!
Hi, brother.
Buddha be praised!
Do you know
where Nhất Tâm is?
No, I don’t.
Please come
to the guest room.
It’s over there.
Buddha be praised!
Wait! Miss, Miss…
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Buddha be praised!
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
You come here to look
for Nhất Tâm, right?
Yes.
Kindly go
to the guest room.
This is the monks’ area.
Lay people are not
allowed to enter.
Don’t you see the sign
over there?
Here is
the forbidden sign, Miss.
I’m sorry.
I didn’t see it.
But if I’m not mistaken,
I met you once in the
guest room the other day,
right?
That’s right.
I’m the only special one
in this temple.
Anyone who sees me once
will never forget me.
O brother! How long
have you been a monk?
Over three years.
But why do you
want to be monk?
Why?
Because I like to.
O God!
Spiritual practice
is arduous,
and you said you like it?
Who said
a spiritual life is hard?
It’s a real joy!
But what do you eat
to become so fat?
I eat rice.
I know that.
What I meant is
what do you eat with rice?
With bean sauce,
fermented tofu, tofu,
and cucumber.
Really? Have you ever
had something else
as supplements?
What are supplements?
Like once in a while,
you’d pretend to eat
some meat or fish.
Buddha be praised!
This temple is
100% vegetarian.
No mixed breed at all.
Don’t think up
wrong ideas!
Buddha be praised!
But how come you’re
so fat being a vegetarian?
It’s just my
body composition.
If your body is not picky,
you’d gain weight
with any little food.
Really? I thought
you must have consumed
elephant’s milk.
You have a good sense
of humor.
I must get back to work.
If my master sees me
chatting with you too long,
he’ll scold me.
Wait! Brother!
What is it again?
Please do me a favor by
calling Nhất Tâm for me.
You can go
to the guest room
and ask the reception
monk to help you.
But I’ve waited
since this morning.
Please help me.
Since this morning?
And you haven’t seen him?
No.
All right, sit on that rock
and wait for me.
I’ll go find Nhất Tâm
for you.
Thank you, brother.
Nhất Tâm
is meditating now.
What is meditating?
It’s sitting with
crossed legs like this,
two hands placed like this,
and eyes closed.
There! That’s meditating.
But why must one do that?
It’s to fight
against the Maya
(King of Ghosts).
King of Ghosts?
Are there a lot of ghosts
in this temple?
A lot!
My God, they mess
about everywhere!
But I see nothing at all.
How can you?
They’re living ghosts,
not dead ones.
Living ghosts?
Living ghosts
with long hair,
wearing white shirts and
pants, high-heel shoes,
and even carrying a purse.
Goodness!
They’re all
good-looking ghosts!
Who are they?
Those ghosts?
Those ghosts (ma)
are called Ma-đăng-già
(Maatangi).
Maatangi?
Yes.
Who is Maatangi?
If you want to know
who Maatangi is,
go ask brother Nhất Tâm.
He’ll answer you right away.
Let me go in there then.
I’ll call brother Nhất Tâm
and be right back.
You can’t do that!
But I’ll go out right away
after I call him.
You can’t.
The rules here
are very strict.
Women aren’t allowed
in the monks’ quarters.
Don’t go in there.
But I know that
if I go in and call him,
brother Nhất Tâm will
come out right away,
He’s meditating.
How can he come out?
He is meditating.
He can’t come out.
No! He meditates.
He can’t come out.
Don’t go in!
Please do me a favor.
I’ll reward you greatly.
All right, I’ll help you.
No need for reward.
But next time
when you come here,
remember
to read this sign for me,
all right?
Yes, I’ll remember.
What help do you want?
Tell me.
Any message,
I’ll tell Nhất Tâm for you.
Will you give this to him?
But never mind.
I’ll come back another day.
I’ll take leave now.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Buddha be praised!
She talked and
asked a lot of things.
Yet she made no offering
and would only do so
when brother Nhất Tâm
comes out.
What an unreasonable
person!
What are you looking at?
I myself get no offering,
much less you.
Go back to work.
Buddha!
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Kindly recite
in a softer tone, brother.
You can hear me reciting
even in your meditation?
You do your meditation,
I do my study.
Why pay attention then
be bothered by it?
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Your Venerable,
I’ve focused
on meditation,
neglecting my study and
duties as a monk here.
Please allow me to repent.
It’s good that
you’re aware of it.
A renunciate must study
the precepts during
his first five years,
then he can learn
the sutras and meditation.
Precepts
are the foundation
for a spiritual practitioner.
Precepts are also the
foundation for liberation.
Because precepts
bring concentration,
which brings wisdom.
Studying other disciplines
without the precepts
is like building a house
without a solid foundation.
The house will
easily collapse.
Your Venerable,
I’ve become a renunciate
to solve the matter
of life and death.
Here I have to do
a lot of studying
that is not suitable for my
aim in spiritual practice.
Today, I ask your
permission to leave
the monk community.
All right.
If you think staying here
isn’t suitable for you,
you may go and learn
from other eminent masters.
Your Venerable,
I didn’t mean to go look
for another master.
I just wish to go
to a quiet place to focus
on my practice alone.
I wish to resolve
the matter of
life and death
right in this lifetime.
Please allow me.
Look at that tree!
After being planted,
it’d take time
to bloom and bear fruits.
You just sowed the seed
but you wanted to reap
the fruits right away.
Is that possible?
I’ve made up my mind.
Please allow me, Master.
A renunciate should
rely on his master and
spiritual community
for at least five retreats.
He must understand
Buddhist precepts
and teachings well
before leaving his master.
The ancient masters said:
“A tiger leaving
the mountain
loses his power;
a monk leaving
his community
heads to his ruin.”
It means that:
A tiger that is away
from the wild
will be vulnerable
to being attacked.
A monk who leaves
his spiritual community
to practice alone
is prone to violate
the precepts and
ruin his spiritual life.
I don’t agree for you
to go practice alone
like that.
It’s very dangerous.
You should reconsider it
carefully.
Thank you for your advice,
Master.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised!
Today’s
Enlightening Entertainment
will be presented in
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
with subtitles in Arabic,
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Mongolian, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Thai.
Filmmaking
was introduced to
Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
at the end of 1890s.
It began to thrive in 1923
with the first movie
co-produced
by the French and
the Aulacese based
on the masterpiece
“The Tale of Kiều” by
literary great Nguyễn Du.
Embracing
the modern technology
of our world's civilization
and combining it
with a diverse artistic
foundation inherent in
the country's traditions,
Aulacese filmmaking
nowadays continues
to develop to
enhance the nation's
cultural landscape.
On Enlightening
Entertainment,
Supreme Master
Television is pleased
to introduce different
forms of arts
from Âu Lạc (Vietnam),
as well as from other
countries in the world,
in order to share the
beauty and cultures
of the peoples
on our planet.
The film “A Tiger That
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenges”
chronicles a young man’s
experience on the path
of spiritual practice
for eternal liberation.
The story also offers
counsel for renunciates
to build strength
on the protective power
of the spiritual community
and the guidance
of the respected master
while on the noble
journey of the soul.
We now invite you
to enjoy part 3 of the film
“A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge,”
written by the Venerable
Thích Chân Tính and
produced by
Hoằng Pháp Temple,
with performances by
Bhiksu Tâm Khải
as Head Monk,
Bhiksu Tâm Hải
as Discipline Monk,
Thiên Bảo as Hùng,
Thanh Điền
as Hùng’s Uncle,
Kinh Quốc as Brother Hai,
Công Ninh as Foreman,
Dương Cẩm Lynh as Hà,
Hoàng Mập as
Plump Novice,
Hoài An as Thủy’s mother,
Lý Nuôi
as Skinny Novice,
Bích Vân as Thủy,
Châu Kha as Thúy,
with the participation
of respected monks
in Hoằng Pháp Temple
and other artists.
While Hùng
was in the midst
of wealth and success,
his mother suddenly
passed away.
This made him realize
that the world
is ephemeral and full of
suffering due to the cycle
of life and death.
After the funeral service,
Hùng gave the tenant farmers
all of his lands and fields.
He also sold his family’s
home, determined to
become a monk to study
Buddha’s teaching.
While at the temple,
Hùng dedicated
his time to meditation
and neglected studying
the teachings.
He also believed that
staying at the temple was
not suitable for his ideal
of entering monkhood.
He finally left the temple
and found a remote place
to focus on the practice
of meditation.
Thank you for watching
today’s
Enlightening Entertainment.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master Television.
Up next is
Words of Wisdom.
We bid you farewell.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
O Brother!
Why didn’t you stop
when I called you?
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Because you kept calling
“O Brother,”
I didn’t know
who you were calling.
If you called me
“Fat Brother,”
I’d know right away.
You’re looking
for brother Nhất Tâm,
aren’t you?
Yes. Do you know
where he is?
I told you many times before.
How do I know
if you don’t?
Please show me where he is.
I must get to work now.
My master is coming.
Please ask him.
Yes, thank you.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Greetings, Your Venerable.
Buddha be praised.
May I ask you something?
What is your question,
child?
Please have a seat,
Master.
Your Venerable,
may I ask if you know
why Nhất Tâm
left the temple?
It’s a matter of affinity.
If there’s no more
affinity, he’d leave.
Could you tell me
where brother Nhất Tâm
is now?
He left on his own,
so I don’t know
his whereabouts.
It was probably
because I came here
and disturbed him
so much that he left.
That is one of
the many reasons.
I truly love him
very much.
He already left;
I feel very sad.
You should sacrifice
your selfish love
to let him open his heart
to all beings.
Togetherness and
separation are the nature
of this world.
Separation will come
sooner or later.
Ponder deeply
on this to live in peace.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Your Venerable,
I’ve just arrived.
Please come
to the guest room.
Give more thought
to what I’ve just said.
When you feel sad,
come to the temple,
so I can help resolve your
sorrowful entanglements.
Thank you very much,
Master.
Buddha be praised.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Is this your first time here?
Yes, it’s our first time.
How do you know
about this remote temple?
Your Venerable,
on New Year,
we’re committed to
making offerings to 10
temples in remote areas.
And the locals
showed us here.
How many temples
have you visited so far?
This temple is the 9th one.
One more temple
will make it ten.
If you happen to know
any temple,
please show us so that
we can make it ten.
Let me see.
But there isn’t
any other temple
in this isolated area.
Please try to remember.
Is there another temple
around here?
Ah, I remember now.
More than 1 kilometer
from here, there is
a young monk’s abode.
We heard he was
an architect before
becoming a monk.
Is that right, Master?
That’s right.
His name is Nhất Tâm.
Before he stayed in an
abode about 500 meters
from here.
Once in a while
he went down to the
populated area for alms.
But the buffalo herder
kids disturbed him
so much that he left.
Then he went deep
into the forest to stay.
Is the road there difficult
to travel, Master?
It’s quite difficult.
What do you think?
Are we going there, Hà?
Let’s try.
The road going there
is also dangerous
and isolated.
The more difficult
the task,
the more merit one earns.
Let’s try it.
Let’s go now; otherwise,
it’s getting late.
Please come
in to the temple
for a vegetarian meal.
Master, we wish to go
inside and make offerings
to the temple.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Please come inside.
Yes.
I see no temple at all!
It’s here though.
His temple is just that
thatched hut over there.
I’m so happy!
We made it, finally.
A true Truth seeker,
indeed!
Keep it down.
Listen! (What?)
He’s a real ascetic, isn’t he?
Where can he find food
at such a deserted place?
Someone must be
making offerings to him
or he wouldn’t survive.
I wonder why he sits
eye-closed like that?
Who knows!
He’s probably
reciting the scripture.
If he’s reciting
the scripture,
when will he open his eyes?
How about we take
a stroll and sightsee
for a while?
Let’s do that.
I wonder how much longer
his scripture reciting
will be?
How about we just call him?
Can we do that?
It’s disrespectful,
but what else can we do?
Just take the risk anyway.
Greetings, Master.
Greetings, Master.
Greetings, Master.
Greetings, Master.
I’m sorry.
This is an isolated area.
What is it
that you come here for?
Yes, Master.
We come to make offerings.
Please forgive us
for disturbing
your spiritual practice.
How did you know
that I’m here?
A nun showed us
the way here.
I’m sorry. I have
no tables or chairs here.
I hope you can stand.
It’s all right, Master.
Master,
how do you survive in
such an isolated place?
I sometimes go down
to people’s houses
2 kilometers
from here for alms.
Each time gives me
enough food for a week.
Each time going for alms
lasts you for a whole week?
I eat only once a day,
so it doesn’t take much.
Please allow us
to make offerings.
Every week,
we’ll bring rice
and food here for you,
so you won’t have to
go beg for alms.
Thank you.
Since I don’t want
to bother anyone,
I came to this remote place
to practice spiritually.
Please don’t be concerned
about my situation.
Please allow us
to sow some merit.
We’d like to make
offerings to you.
I’m here for
spiritual practice,
not trading,
so I don’t need money.
Please accept it so we can
have some merit.
Please understand.
I don’t spend money here.
It’s only harmful for me
to keep money here.
Please understand.
The Master is right.
It doesn’t help
to keep money here.
How about we buy things
to make offerings?
That’d be better.
When did you start
going to temples?
We’ve just begun.
What is your purpose
of going to the temple?
We go to the temple
to pray for merits
and benefits.
You should take refuge
in the Three Jewels,
and study the Buddha’s
teaching to learn more
about the purpose
of going to the temple.
We’ll do that, Master.
Please teach us more
later on.
We’d like to
take leave now.
It’s a long way,
we’re afraid
it’s getting dark soon.
We’ll be back here.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Goodbye, Master.
Goodbye.
We take leave now,
Master.
You just got here? (Yes.)
Come in, Thủy is inside.
I’ll lock the door for you.
Thank you.
Come in, Hà.
I’m terribly thirsty.
Have some cake.
Master Nhất Tâm
is quite handsome,
but he chose to be a monk.
What a waste!
He’s not only handsome
but also an architect.
I wonder why
he chose to be a monk.
Who knows? He might
have been lovelorn.
Stop talking nonsense.
What are we to buy
to make offerings to him
tomorrow?
Buy anything he lacks
or needs, such as rice,
sugar, bean sauce,
and dried fruits
and vegetables
for long time use.
Then we’ll see
what else he needs.
We should buy him
a gas stove for
convenient cooking.
That’s right.
Let’s hurry off to go shop,
so we can bring to him
tomorrow.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
We’ve just arrived,
Master.
Greetings, Master.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Greetings to you both.
Today we bring rice,
food, and some utensils
here as offerings to you.
How troublesome it is
for you!
No problem at all,
Master.
Why, you bought
so many things!
These are daily necessities.
Please take this gas stove
back home.
There’s a lot of firewood
here that I use for
cooking to save money.
It’s all right.
We can manage.
Feel free to use it, Master.
Next time, kindly
don’t bring anything else.
I’ve forsaken
all material comfort
to come here
for spiritual practice
to attain liberation.
I don’t want to be entangled
by anything anymore.
Yes.
Please rest, Master.
Allow us to go in
to prepare food.
Just rest, Master.
We’ll help do the cooking.
You have to go home to
take care of your family.
Don’t worry, Master.
We’ve arranged
everything already.
We’re going now.
He’s very handsome,
don’t you think?
No need to say.
He’s both good-looking
and intelligent.
Ouch!
What’s the matter?
My finger got cut.
Cutting your finger?
What were you
day-dreaming about?
Thinking of Buddha,
of course!
Are you sure it was Buddha?
You’re terrible!
Are you done, Thủy?
Let’s cook quickly;
it’s getting late.
You go in first, Hà.
Let me finish the cutting.
I’ll go cook the rice first,
all right?
Thủy!
Yes, Mom.
Iron this set of clothes
for me, dear.
Yes, give it to me, Mom.
You’ve gone out a lot lately.
I went to the temples,
not going out for fun.
Before, when I asked you
to take money to
the temples as offerings,
you refused to go.
Why are you visiting
temples so often now?
It’s thanks to the monk
who teaches me Buddhism
that I’ve become awakened.
What temple do you go to?
It’s very far away,
deep in the forest.
Why such a distant
temple instead
of closer ones?
Because that temple
is very poor.
Is the monk young
or old?
He’s still young.
How many monks
are there in that temple?
Just one monk.
He’s a young monk
who practices alone,
and you’re a young woman.
Your frequenting there
will bring on
a bad reputation.
I don’t want you
to go there anymore.
It’s far and unsafe.
I’ll be fine.
There are many
closer temples,
why don’t you go there?
Because
that temple is poor,
so I want to make offerings
to help the monk.
That’s very good.
But you’re a young woman.
Traveling such a long
distance is dangerous.
I go with Hà,
not alone, Mom.
If you don’t listen to me,
don’t blame me later on.
Too much crying or sorrow
would not change anything.
Who among us humans
hasn’t shed tears?
Stand up,
wipe away your tears.
Laugh to forget
unhappy times.
I knit this scarf myself,
sending all my heart to you.
Wear it to be warmed
by my faithful love.
Our sweet memory
will never fade.
Halo.
Halo, Hà?
Are you free today?
I have to go visit
my hometown.
But, what is it,
my good friend?
I was going to ask you
to go visit the monk
with me.
Next week then.
That’s fine. Okay, bye!
Greetings, Master.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Master, allow me to take
a picture for souvenir.
Thank you, Master.
Why do you come alone
today?
Hà had to go back
to her hometown.
The road is distant
and isolated;
it’s very unsafe
to travel alone like that,
especially
since you’re a woman.
What makes you come
here in such a hurry?
It’s getting chilly lately.
I’ve just finished
knitting a sweater,
a cap and a scarf,
so I bring them here
for you to wear.
Thank you, Miss.
I’m used to the hot
and cold weather.
I hope you will kindly
accept them
so I can be blessed.
Thank you, Miss.
The master is back there.
O Master!
O Master!
Dũng, go help Master
carry the water bucket.
Greetings, Master.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Greetings, Miss.
Let me, Master.
Please.
Greetings, Master.
Last time, I told you
don’t bring anything here
anymore.
Please accept them,
Master.
Master, this is Dũng.
He lives near my home.
He wishes to be a monk,
so I brought him here
to be helped by you.
How old are you?
I’m 15 years old, Master.
What grade are you
in at school?
I’m in the 10th grade.
Do you still have
both parents?
Yes, I do.
Do they allow you
to leave home
to become a monk?
Yes, they do.
To be honest with you,
I’ve been a monk
for just over a year.
I left my Master and
the monk community
too early, so now
I don’t know much
about Buddhist rituals.
As for my seniority
in spiritual practice,
I’m not allowed
to accept disciples.
As for the ceremony
to help lay Buddhists
take refuge
in the Three Jewels,
I’m also in the dark,
much less the protocol
to receive a monk.
You’re just being humble.
Please help Dũng,
Master.
He’s good-natured and
longs to become a monk.
If he can stay
here to study with you,
it’d be very good.
What you said makes me
feel more ashamed.
Knowing his wish,
I also want to help him,
but I myself
don’t understand much,
how can I possibly help?
Only now do I realize
my mistake
in leaving my Master
and the monk community
too soon.
Please have compassion
to help Dũng, Master.
I can only advise Dũng
to go to my Master’s
temple to become a monk.
There, he will be taught
and trained very thoroughly.
To be honest with you,
the set of wooden fish
and bell you offered me,
I don’t even know how
to use them properly,
so how can I teach anyone?
You’re so humble,
Master.
It’s the truth.
I’m not being humble
at all.
Listen to me,
young brother.
It’s best for you
to be a monk
at my Master’s temple.
Since Master already
said so, we should go
back to discuss it over.
Today’s
Enlightening Entertainment
will be presented in
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
with subtitles in Arabic,
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Mongolian, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Thai.
Filmmaking
was introduced to
Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
at the end of 1890s.
It began to thrive in 1923
with the first movie
co-produced
by the French and
the Aulacese based
on the masterpiece
“The Tale of Kiều” by
literary great Nguyễn Du.
Embracing
the modern technology
of our world's civilization
and combining it
with a diverse artistic
foundation inherent in
the country's traditions,
Aulacese filmmaking
nowadays continues
to develop to
enhance the nation's
cultural landscape.
On Enlightening
Entertainment,
Supreme Master
Television is pleased
to introduce different
forms of arts
from Âu Lạc (Vietnam),
as well as from other
countries in the world,
in order to share the
beauty and cultures
of the peoples
on our planet.
The film “A Tiger That
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenges”
chronicles a young man’s
experience on the path
of spiritual practice
for eternal liberation.
The story also offers
counsel for renunciates
to build strength
on the protective power
of the spiritual community
and the guidance
of the respected master
while on the noble
journey of the soul.
We now invite you
to enjoy part the conclusion
of the film
“A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge,”
written by the Venerable
Thích Chân Tính and
produced by
Hoằng Pháp Temple,
with performances by
Bhiksu Tâm Khải
as Head Monk,
Bhiksu Tâm Hải
as Discipline Monk,
Thiên Bảo as Hùng,
Thanh Điền
as Hùng’s Uncle,
Kinh Quốc as Brother Hai,
Công Ninh as Foreman,
Dương Cẩm Lynh as Hà,
Hoàng Mập as
Plump Novice,
Hoài An as Thủy’s mother,
Lý Nuôi
as Skinny Novice,
Bích Vân as Thủy,
Châu Kha as Thúy,
with the participation
of respected monks
in Hoằng Pháp Temple
and other artists.
While Hùng
was in the midst
of wealth and success,
his mother suddenly
passed away.
This made him realize
that the world
is ephemeral and full of
suffering due to the cycle
of life and death.
After the funeral service,
Hùng gave the tenant farmers
all of his lands and fields.
He also sold his family’s
home, determined to
become a monk to study
Buddha’s teaching.
While at the temple,
Hùng dedicated
his time to meditation
and neglected studying
the teachings.
He also believed that
staying at the temple was
not suitable for his ideal
of entering monkhood.
He finally left the temple
and found a remote place
to focus on the practice
of meditation.
Hùng thought that
he was able to avoid
the woes of group living,
but little did he know
that obstacles were
coming his way.
During the New Year,
two young women
Thủy and Hà
came to his quiet abode,
one of the 10 secluded
temples that they pledged
to make offerings.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has sent gifts
to Hoằng Pháp Temple
in sincere appreciation
of the temple’s elaborate
efforts in producing
many films and
modern folk operas
with profound
spiritual significance.
The Venerable Abbot
Thích Chân Tính
remarked that
the purpose of
the Hoằng Pháp Temple
is to disseminate Truth
teachings to benefit the
public and thus everyone
is encouraged to widely
share DVDs produced
by the temple.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
also sent gifts and
loving regards to artists
and professionals
contributing to
the film “A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge,”
broadcast on
Supreme Master Television.
They expressed
their thankfulness
for her caring.
Actress Châu Kha
as Thúy:
Greetings,
respected Master.
I have received your gifts.
I’m very happy.
Thank you, Master,
for sending me a gift
from afar. We don’t know
what the next plan is
in the near future,
but we’ll try to take part
in more Buddhist films
like this.
Actor Hoàng Mập
as Plump Novice:
I’m very happy to receive
the gift and very grateful
to Master Ching Hai.
I also received Master’s
lucky red envelope.
Thank you so much,
Master.
I’ll read this book
to understand
the most precious and
treasured things Master
has put into this book.
I also admire Master
very much and I hope I
will meet Master one day.
Actress Bích Vân
as Thủy:
Greetings,
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Thank you, Master,
for sending me gifts.
This New Year,
I wish Master abundant
health and peace.
May all your wishes
be fulfilled to help those
whose lives have met
with much hardship
and to teach
young people morality.
As an actress,
keeping the body in shape
is very important.
I like to eat vegetables,
so I’m often told that
I look a little younger
than my age.
Besides, animals are fed
with drugs, which is not
good for the animals
themselves and
not good for our health
when we eat their meat.
The best thing we can do
is grow vegetables
and fruits at home
and use them. I think
eating meat or food
made from dairy,
artificial colorings and
chemicals is not good.
While doing filming that
took place at the temple,
I love to eat tofu or
stir-fried beans
with soy sauce.
It feels light.
At home,
I also eat like that.
Actor Công Ninh
as Foreman:
Today I’m very touched
when I receive
New Year’s gifts from
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
I greatly treasure
her fond regard and hope
Supreme Master Ching Hai
will produce
the most valuable films
about spiritual and life.
I sincerely thank
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
May Supreme Master
Ching Hai
have a New Year of
abounding health
and happiness.
Actress Dương Cẩm Lynh
as Hà:
I’m actress
Dương Cẩm Lynh.
I felt very glad when
I received your gifts
and I’m very honored
to be known by you.
I’d like to send my deep
gratitude to Master and
wish Master good health.
On the occasion of
New Year, I respectfully
send my best wishes
to Master.
Singer-songwriter
Khánh Loan who wrote
and performed
the film’s theme song:
I’d like to send
my heartfelt gratitude to
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
You gave me a meaningful gift
upon New Year.
I’m the one who sang
the theme song in the film
“A Tiger that
Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge.”
I’d like to wish
Master Ching Hai
great health so as to have
many contributions
to the world and
Buddhist monastic
practitioners.
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Since I realized that
being vegetarian is
very good for our health,
I started to eat vegetarian
one day a month,
then increasing
to 3 days a month.
After that,
on the 7th lunar month,
I ate vegetarian
for the whole month.
I felt very good, peaceful
and all things went very
smoothly and favorably.
I advise everyone
to be veg.
First, it is good
for our health.
Second, it reduces killing.
It is good for all aspects
of health and spirituality.
I’m singer Khánh Loan.
I’d like to send
my warm greetings
to viewers of
Supreme Master Television
broadcasting worldwide.
Be Veg,
Go Green
2 Save the Planet!
Actor Thiên Bảo
as Hùng,
actor Kinh Quốc
as Brother Hai,
actor Lý Nuôi
as Skinny Novice;
director Xuân Phước;
script supervisor
Ngọc Thy;
cameramen Lê Trí
and Nguyễn Huỳnh;
set specialists Thành
Thuận and Trọng Thái;
makeup specialist
Tường Vy;
lighting specialists
Đức Thái and Thái Bình;
voiceover group
Phước Trang -
all of whom have
contributed to
Supreme Master
Television before, also
received gifts along with
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s best wishes.
Supreme Master Television
sincerely thanks
Hoằng Pháp Temple,
all the artists
and professionals
who contributed to
the film “A Tiger
that Leaves the Mountain
Faces Challenge”
as a reminder about
the meaning and value
of spiritual practice
and enlightenment
in a human life.
We wish you blessings
in your daily lives as well
as in your endeavors
to uphold spiritual
and artistic values
and to bring peace
and goodness
to the public at large.
We thank you for
your presence on
Enlightening Entertainment.
Words of Wisdom
is coming up next.
Please tune in on
Supreme Master Television
next Thursday
for the Aulacese
modern folk opera
“Four Happy Ties” by
playwright Trương Vũ.
Farewell for now.
What’s up?
Come here,
I’ll tell you something!
What is it?
I’m stuck in here now.
How can I crawl out?
Goodness!
Just get out!
Why didn’t you
use that way?
It’s too late now.
Why did you crawl
in there?
Drag him out.
Get out quickly!
Drag him out for me.
Get out quickly, man.
Quickly, man.
Where is he?
He’s grooming himself.
Goodness! He...
Where is he now?
What are you doing?
I’m checking out
the place.
Are you buying a house?
You’re a thief,
not a photographer.
Get down! Follow me.
Bend your back.
Lower.
I know, man.
Be quiet, you all!
Hurry up!
Easy!
Get in!
Get in! (Yes.)
Sit quietly!
That’s right!
Stop talking nonsense.
Where do you hide
your gold and silver?
Give me all your dollars!
Hurry up! Where is it?
Take anything you want.
I’m a monk.
How can I have any
money to give you?
A monk without money,
but uses a gas stove
and an inlaid chest?
Where do you
hide your possession?
Bring it out here quickly!
You guys!
Search everywhere
for me! (Yes.)
Collect all valuables
and bring them out here.
You search over there.
If you make any move,
I’ll kill you.
Go ahead to search.
Take anything
you can find.
If you want to kill me,
go ahead.
I have no money
to give you.
We only take possessions.
We don’t kill people.
Find anything yet?
We’ve searched everywhere
and found nothing.
What’s in your hand,
anyway?
A wooden fish.
Why do you take it?
So that people know
we’ve robbed a temple.
My God!
So you have proof
for the police
to arrest you faster?
Throw it away!
I’ve found something,
big brother.
You did?
Look here!
Money? Gold? (No.)
So what is it?
A magic lamp!
What?
Are you insane?
It’s an oil lamp,
not a magic lamp.
No. It’s not!
Normally, it’s an oil lamp.
But when I rub it,
Buddha will emerge;
it’s a magic lamp.
Where?
Rub it for me to see.
Really?
Let me rub it for you
to see.
Where? Show me!
Show up, Buddha!
Come on!
Come out, baby!
Doesn’t this face
look very familiar,
big brother?
You fool!
Crazy!
Search everywhere for me.
Yes, yes.
Why don’t you
get valuable things?
Gather all
valuable things.
Where do you hide them?
Tell me quickly,
or I’ll end your life.
Take anything you want!
Thank you.
I give you all those things.
Giving?
Don’t say like that,
you hear?
We are thieves.
We take anything we like.
We’re not begging
for offerings.
It hurts our pride!
That’s right.
But be quiet!
Don’t say “robbers.”
It’s very sinful.
Just burglars.
Collect things quickly!
Go get the car
to carry stuff away.
Hurry up!
Yes.
If we stay here long,
the police will come and
we’ll be in big trouble.
Geesh!
These guys are demented!
Hurry up!
Quickly!
Tell Hai to hurry up.
Stay put!
One small move
and you’re dead!
Stuff it in! Quick!
Anymore?
Yes. Take those things,
big brother.
Do it quickly.
Thank you.
You can have all those.
Hurry up, guys. (Yes.)
Be quick!
Girl!
Why are you here so late?
After work, I had to
run some errands.
I finished just now.
How are your parents?
They’re fine.
Thank you, Thủy.
Lately, it’s been raining
continuously.
So chilly!
I have to wear a scarf
and extra clothes.
Thủy!
Right,
it’s quite chilly lately.
Thủy, my company is
organizing a four-day
weekend trip to Đà Lạt.
Do you want to join?
Are you going?
Of course.
Then I’ll go with you.
Really? (Yes.)
Let me go downstairs to
get something to drink.
I’m so thirsty!
So, get ready, all right?
We’ll leave this weekend.
Oh, I forgot.
I’ll be tied up with two
weddings on that day.
I can’t go.
Really? (Yes.)
Can you ask brother
Hải to go instead?
That’s not possible.
Try to arrange it, then.
Let me see.
Try, okay?
We have a get-away trip
only once in a while.
Well, it’s getting dark.
I must leave.
Where did you get
such a nice scarf?
It’s a gift from a friend.
I’m leaving now. (Sure.)
Could the master
give it to her?
That can’t be.
She couldn’t
have beat me to it.
Elder brother,
I’m going to my friend’s
birthday party and won’t
be back until tomorrow.
Please tell Mom for me.
How come you go out
so much like that?
If you don’t go to
the temple, then
you visit your friend.
Drive carefully!
Please close the gate for me.
Okay.
Where’s everything?
O Master!
Amitabha Buddha
be praised.
Greetings, Master.
Greetings, Miss.
What happened to all
the things in your place,
Master?
Some robbers came to
clean them up for me
a few days ago.
They’re sure looters!
They not only made
no offerings
to a spiritual practitioner,
they even robbed him.
Why do you come alone
today?
Hà is busy,
so I’m going by myself.
What is so urgent that
you must come like that?
O Master,
today is my birthday.
I bring over
a birthday cake for you
to celebrate my birthday.
You’re all soaked
from the rain.
Where do you
get clothes to change?
I did bring them along.
Be careful
or you may catch cold!
I planned to stay at
my friend’s home
tonight, so I brought
along my pajamas.
May I go change
my clothes?
Ah, a snake!
O Master, help me!
Please have some cake,
Master.
Thank you, Miss.
I only eat one meal a day
and wouldn’t have
anything else besides it.
Feel free
to enjoy your cake.
Master, today is
my birthday.
I hold you
in high esteem, so I
didn’t mind travelling far
to this isolated place
to bring this cake
as an offering to you.
Please have some so that
I will be blessed.
Master, if you can’t
take a lot, then please eat
a little for my blessing.
Please have some,
Master.
Please understand.
I don’t eat
at the wrong time.
Just have one bite to
make me happy, Master.
Please stand up, Miss!
Please have another piece.
It’s enough.
I ate it out of high regard
for you.
Thank you, Master.
Are you all right?
I got dizzy.
Try to get up, Miss.
Please help me
onto the bed.
Please give me
some water.
I’m sorry, Master.
Enjoying a flower,
then taking a shower!
Master!
How do you feel?
I feel much better now.
Thank you, Master.
It’s late already.
Can you go home?
I can’t drive now.
Please allow me
to stay overnight.
Spending the night here?
If you find it impossible,
please help
drive me home.
Drive you home?
I’ve troubled you so much.
I probably caught cold
since I got caught
in the rain.
How about you do
the coin rubbing for me?
If I feel better, I’ll
go home by myself.
Coin rubbing? (Yes.)
I’ve never done it before.
It’s not difficult.
Just rub with the coin
wherever I show you.
I have
no medicated oil here,
nor any rubbing coin.
I’ve got medicated oil
in my bag.
For the rubbing coin,
you can use a spoon.
Please help me sit up.
Please get the bag for me.
Please get me a spoon.
Please help me;
rub the coin on my back.
Thủy!
Elder brother!
How dare you
seduce my sister!
This is a lesson for you.
Stop beating him!
You, jerk!
Elder brother!
You too! Bad girl!
Go home!
I didn’t do anything.
Your did that and you
said you did nothing?
Come home with me.
Master!
Hurry up!
Elder brother!
Go! Give it up, man!
Brother,
stop beating him, please.
You go home with me!
If anything happens to
my sister, don’t blame
me if you get in trouble.
Are you all right, Master?
Go!
Brother!
Go now!
Let me go!
Go!
O Master! Let go of me!
Go!
Elder brother!
Get your motorcycle,
then go home!
Master, I’m so sorry
that you got in trouble
because of me.
You’re still
standing there? Go!
Elder brother!
Hurry up!
I’m sorry, Master.
Please don’t be mad at me.
Go quickly!
Elder brother!
I’m warning you.
If anything happens to
her, you’ll know
what I’m made of.
Thank you.
Thanks to your coming
in time that
I escaped trouble.
Master’s warning is
very correct.
“A tiger leaving
the mountain
loses his power;
a monk leaving
his community
heads to his ruin.”
O Master,
I just got beaten up,
but haven’t yet perished.
A human life is ephemeral
with both joy and pain.
Who in this world
knows not sorrow,
as life is transient?
Love one another,
live for others.
Look up at the sky above,
look down at the deep river
Learn to share
to comfort each other.
Together
to brighten the world
with a loving heart.
Too much crying or sorrow
would not change
what happened.
Who among us humans
hasn’t shed tears for
romance, life, and money?
Stand up,
wipe away your tears,
and start a new tomorrow.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times,
and peace will come
into our lives again.
Start anew, my friend.
Mourn no more,
she has gone already.
Sorrow only
makes life dismal.
Wipe away the tears
on your lips.
Please wipe away
your tears.
As time passes,
you’ll forget.
You’ll feel happy and
love will return.
Life is still long and
holds many dreams.
There is still me and you
in the world.
Too much crying or sorrow
would not change
what happened.
Who among us humans
hasn’t shed tears for
romance, life, and money?
Stand up,
wipe away your tears,
and start a new tomorrow.
Laugh
to forget unhappy times,
and peace will come
into our lives again.