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This is
where it all began for me.
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My acting career.
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When I was in the third grade,
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my mother agreed to let
me be in the school play.
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I was to play the title
role; "Little boy blue."
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It would be my
first time on stage.
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The moment came, I
stepped up onto the stage,
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into the light.
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And the words and the
action flowed effortlessly.
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I was only eight years old,
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but I knew this was my calling,
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this was my destiny.
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People say the same thing
about politicians, athletes.
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It happens in religion too.
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Almost ever faith has a
figure that they think was
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chosen by god.
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Muslims have Muhammad.
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Christians have Jesus.
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Jews have Moses and Abraham.
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Why do we rally around
these chosen ones?
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And how do they guide our faith?
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I'm setting out to
meet chosen people who
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walk the earth today.
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An American boy who's
the reincarnation of
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a Buddhist lama.
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When I grow up I can
teach a lot of people peace.
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- A - man who heard god Cal him
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in his darkest hour.
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This is when
I felt that god spoke to me.
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And a
guru who is no longer human.
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It cannot be corrupted.
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I'll try to understand how
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chosen ones change us.
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The memory
of imam Hussain it is a
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responsibility for
the whole of humanity.
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How they give us strength.
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The deity possess the medium.
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They are not themselves.
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The medium becomes godlike.
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To achieve
what seems impossible.
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They're not
going to back down and
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we're not
gonna back down either.
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And perhaps even change the
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course of history.
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¶ ¶
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¶ ¶
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where do you find a chosen one?
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In the deserts of Arabia?
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In the holy land?
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Amid the temples of India?
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I found one in the
suburbs of Minnesota.
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I've come to the home
of a Tibetan couple who moved
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to America in 1999.
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How are you?
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I am very well indeed.
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Thank you so much.
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Very good.
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Dorje Tsegyal
and his wife Dechen Wangmo.
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Hi, how are you?
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Very well.
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Tibetan Buddhists believe
this is the reincarnation
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of a lama, a Buddhist
spiritual teacher.
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His name is Jalue.
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Thank you.
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Nice to meet you sir.
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Hi five.
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Jalue.
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Yes.
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Who are you?
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I'm a monk and I'm a little boy.
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But how do you come to be a monk
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at nine years old?
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Well, when I was
two years old I got a paper
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from the Dalai lama
saying I was reincarnated.
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When you were two?
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Yes.
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That's you right there?
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Yes.
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Where was this taken?
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This was in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Madison, okay.
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You went there to
meet the Dalai lama?
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Yes, yes, yes.
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And when you were two years old
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that didn't mean
anything to you.
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But now you're nine,
what does it mean?
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It means I'm
a monk, I'm special.
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You're special.
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How do you feel
about that right now?
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I feel, I feel great.
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What is a, just a typical day,
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what is it like?
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On a school
day, I wake up at six.
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I go brush my teeth
and then I have to go pray
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and then I eat breakfast
and then school.
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And then you come home?
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And then I have
to hurry home because I
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also have a Chinese class.
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And then I pray and
write my homeworks.
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Then I get a little bit of
break time and then I have to
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do my nightly prayers and
then when it's just 9:00 I have
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to go to sleep and
do it again Monday to Friday.
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You have a very organized life.
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How do you manage that
at nine years old?
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I would go crazy.
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Let me see your teeth.
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Nice and clean too.
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You brush them every
day, once a day?
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Twice.
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When Jalue's
mother was pregnant with him,
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she had what she believed
was a prophetic dream.
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She saw an elephant and
her baby calf walk into
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the prayer room of their home.
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So she asked a high lama
to perform a divination.
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He confirmed by his own
dream that Jalue was the
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reincarnation of a Tibetan
lama; Taksham Neuden Dorjee.
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Tibetan Buddhists believe
this guru's soul has been
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incarnating through
a series of chosen ones for
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almost five centuries.
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The spirit of the guru
returned to Jalue's body to
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continue his teaching.
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And that means this fourth
grade boy must now juggle math
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and English with Tibetan,
Chinese and memorizing volumes
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of Buddhist scripture.
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So what are you reading?
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It's called Yudensu.
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It has about 400 pages.
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Listening to it,
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I'm reminded of when I was
in like first grade and
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we were readying you know,
so see spot, see spot run,
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run sport run.
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Is it kinda like that,
just doing kind of a rote?
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Yeah, yeah, kind of.
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So let just ask you now Jalue.
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Do you ever feel like, yeah,
I don't want to do this?
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Really?
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I have to learn
a lot so when I grow up I
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can teach a lot of people
how to be kind and show peace.
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But to fulfill
the destiny that has been
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chosen for him, Jalue must
soon leave his American life
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behind to spend
his adolescence in a
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monastery in India.
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He'll be away from his
parents for ten years.
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I've asked thinly Woser,
one of Jalue's teachers,
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to help me talk
to his parents about
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his impending separation.
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Okay, so when do you
think you will send him off
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to school, to monastery?
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Yes, actually
according to his holiness'
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wishes he has to go to the
monastery at the age of ten.
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That's next year.
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Yes.
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It's not
like you have 2 or 3 children,
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this is it, you got this one.
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And now it turns out
that he is super special,
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he's not just your son,
he's a child that apparently
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belongs to the world now.
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How do you feel?
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It is difficult to send him out
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in the monastery.
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But, at the same time he is
beneficial for the community.
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Then they can do a little
bit of sacrifice of their
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love and care.
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As the date of his move to
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India draws closer, Jalue
must prepare for his role as
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a spiritual leader.
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Today, Jalue's going to
give one of his first public
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speeches to the local
Tibetan community.
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He has invited me to come along.
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Jalue Dorjee.
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Yes.
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What does that mean?
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Indestructible rainbow body.
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If you say it backwards.
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Ah, say it backwards.
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Indestructible!
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I don't want
to get you into any trouble,
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cause it's just us, alright...
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What else would
you like to be doing?
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Excuse me?
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What else
would you like to be doing?
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I don't know.
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You don't know?
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Well, average nine old is
thinking about YouTube and
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Facebook and stuff like that.
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Not in your, not in your...
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Sometimes.
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Sometimes.
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Thank you for coming today.
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I am very happy
to be here with the
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venerable Abar Rinpoche.
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I would also like to thank
everyone here for making this
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auspicious gathering possible.
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See you later.
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Alright.
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Are we buddies?
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Yeah.
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Alright, later.
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You look at Jalue and you
see an ordinary American boy.
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He plays soccer,
he likes video games.
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But you sense something more.
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Something much deeper.
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He's been graced by a power,
some energy that traces back
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through centuries of
Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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It gives him a maturity that
is far beyond his years.
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He's only nine years old.
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He didn't ask for this, but
he's willingly carrying that
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energy into his future.
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Jalue's path was set for him
before he could even speak.
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But other "chosen ones"
don't receive their calling
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until later in life, and
they chose to follow it even
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in the face of grave danger.
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Like this man, who sacrificed
his freedom to spread god's
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word inside one of the world's
most repressive countries.
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In north Korea, religion is
controlled by the state and
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Christianity is outlawed.
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I'm here to meet
missionary Kenneth Bae,
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who was held prisoner in
north Korea for two years.
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His crime?
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Leading Christian prayer groups.
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I have heard quite a lot
about you, my friend.
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Well, thank you.
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Where are you from?
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I was born in
south Korea in Seoul and my
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family moved to the
United States, to California,
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when I was 16.
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So, you
were arrested in north Korea.
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Why?
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They
charged me with attempting to
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overthrow the government.
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And, I asked them how,
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how did I do
that and then they said,
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"through the prayer
and through worship."
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So, were you, in fact,
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praying and worshiping
in north Korea?
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Yes.
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I actually organized
tours into north Korea,
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and I brought in about
300 people, you know,
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in a one year period of
time and pray and worship.
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And I felt the calling
to help all those people.
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The lord said you're
gonna be a Shepherd.
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You feel certain you were chosen
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by god.
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To go into harm's way
and spread his word?
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I knew the risk.
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I knew that, they cannot
tolerate anything but their
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own religious system.
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But I feel very certain
that I was chosen by god.
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So, they arrest me and they
put me in the very remote hotel
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and I was actually
there for about a month,
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being interrogated from
early morning until midnight,
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every day.
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Can you talk about it?
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Was extremely difficult.
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They actually put me in the
middle of the room and they say,
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"stand still."
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And so I had to stand
still for, maybe,
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five or six hours
without moving.
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If I move they will come
in and yell at me and say,
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don't move, stand still.
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But something happened
that I couldn't explain.
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Suddenly my hand was
getting warm, my left hand.
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So, I slowly opened my
palm and I saw something
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sparkling like gold dust.
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And then this is when I felt
that god spoke to me and say,
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Kenneth, holy spirit
is holding your hand.
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He's standing next to you.
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And, do not fear
because I am with you.
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And I feel so peaceful.
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I was smiling, I guess, and
I can hear some of the people
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from other rooms saying,
wait a minute, he is smiling.
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This is not working.
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And then one of the
guards came in and said,
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just go to bed.
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You don't have to stand anymore.
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Okay.
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Now, you have been
caught, so to speak,
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and you've been sentenced
to 15 years of hard labor.
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What are you praying for?
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I realized I wasn't going home
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any time soon.
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And then I said this prayer,
lord you know my heart.
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I want to go home but I
give up my right to go home.
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Use me here as a missionary.
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And, he did.
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And, god did,
quite a bit after that.
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I started having more
conversations with the guards.
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I started to become their
friends and more like,
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became a Shepherd to them.
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On the guards, ask
me this question,
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you say god is for real then
how come you're still here?
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And I said, because god
may have a different plan.
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That plan may include you
because without me how are you
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going to hear about god?
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And he said, it's true, I
never heard anything like this
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before in my life.
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After two grueling years,
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U.S. officials finally
arranged Kenneth's release.
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His mother was there to
welcome him home to America.
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You know you have gone through
this horrific experience,
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literally, in the name of god.
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A lot of saints,
prophets, even Jesus,
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have gone through
like circumstances.
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Do you ever think
about that and wonder what
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your future looks like?
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One person told me,
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Jesus is a hope
to live my life for.
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I just want to be the
channel of the blessing,
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and become a bridge to those
people who are in need.
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It's quite an amazing story.
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Why thank you.
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I'm glad you're back.
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Lord bless you.
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Kenneth knew
the risk he was taking by
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going to north Korea to
do missionary work but,
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he was willing to take
that risk because he felt
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chosen by god.
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He heard god.
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God spoke to him.
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And, that gave him the
strength to endure extreme
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physical and mental anguish.
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Now, I'm not saying that he's
a prophet or anything like that
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but, his story echoes the men
and women, over the centuries,
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who were willing to sacrifice
themselves for their faith,
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because they believe
that god chose them.
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One of those people
was named Hussain ibn Ali.
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And his sacrifice to keep his
religion on the right path is
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remembered every year by
millions around the world.
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I've always tried to stay on the
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straight and narrow.
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But you know,
the world is full of
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distractions and temptations.
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One day, you look
around and you find you've
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wandered way off track.
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Every now and then you
need someone to help you find
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the way forward.
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That's what the chosen ones do.
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They help the faithful
get back on track.
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Get back to the path.
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Or find them a new way.
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Christians believe Jesus was
chosen by god to show the new
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way forward at a time
when Judaism was suffering
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under Roman occupation.
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The shia denomination in
Islam has a similar origin.
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It stems from the life,
and death of a man called
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Hussain ibn Ali.
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I've come to London,
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one of the world's
great cultural crossroads,
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to meet with
members of the shia community,
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and to learn the story
of their chosen one.
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I'm here to witness
the holiest night in
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shia Islam, ashura.
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The night that commemorates
Hussain's violent death
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almost 14 centuries ago.
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So, here we are at the mosque.
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It's kind of exciting sounding.
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Well, it's
the busiest night in many ways.
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With me is historian of Islam,
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Sajjad Rizvi.
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It doesn't
matter how irreligious you are,
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you always turn
up on ashura night.
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You do?
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Yeah.
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So, tonight we are
commemorating the day on which
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Hussain, the grandson
of the prophet,
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was martyred in Karbala.
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And it's his sacrifice
in martyrdom that we're
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commemorating tonight.
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Alright, what
are we hearing right now?
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Now, you are
hearing the salutation on
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Hussain and his companions
who were martyred with him.
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You often say that, you know,
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if only we were
there with you Hussain,
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we wouldn't have sacrificed
ourselves with you as well.
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We are commemorating
the martyrdom of imam Hussain,
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which took place some
14 centuries ago.
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It was the confrontation
between truth and falsehood.
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It was the challenge between
justice and injustice.
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It was a challenge between
light and darkness.
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As the evening builds,
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the mosque becomes
more and more crowded.
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Thousands of people cram in.
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So I ask Sajjad to take me
somewhere quieter to explain
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why Hussain is their chosen one,
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and why his death
means so much to them.
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So, on this
particular day in 680 there
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was a conflict, in
which there was Hussain,
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the grandson of the prophet
Muhammed and the forces of the
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person who had declared
himself as caliph, Yazid.
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When Yazid took power, he was
not really pretending to be a
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moral figure who was standing
in the place of the prophet.
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Whereas Hussain is trying to
adhere to the values of his
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grandfather, of Islam as an
equalizer in which no person
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of a particular race or tribe
has precedence over another.
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What happened to Hussain?
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Was it...
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An uneven fight?
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It was a much greater force from
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5,000 to 30,000 men,
against a band of men who
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had traditionally held to be 72.
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It's not a fair fight.
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After they were killed
they were beheaded.
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In most cases the
bodies were dismembered.
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In Hussain's own case, at
the end he's full of arrows.
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He falls from the horse
but it takes him a while to
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fall because the arrows
are standing between him
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and the ground.
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Hussain's sisters, his wives,
after their tents are burned,
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they're taken as prisoner,
and taken to walk all the
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way to Damascus,
to the court of Yazid.
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This tragic
event was one of the reasons
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for the split in Islam between
the Sunnis who remained
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aligned with the caliphate
that followed from Yazid.
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And the shia, who swore
their allegiance to Hussain.
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And on the night of ashura,
they mourn his death.
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People will stand up with swords
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and with bugles,
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and the whole idea
is it's supposed to evoke
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in the mind the battle scene.
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You have the beating
of the chest,
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to have a sort of
a cathartic sense of feeling
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what Hussain felt.
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Sharing in his passion.
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Much like
Christians turn the sadness
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and suffering of Jesus' death
into a celebration that brings
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their community together,
shia Muslims come together with
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ashura to celebrate
the values of justice,
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truth and peace that they
believe Hussain died for.
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In fact, shia around
the world are spreading the
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message of Hussain
beyond their community.
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Organizing peaceful marches.
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Hoping to bring the world
together in a time that is as
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fractured as hussain's was.
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War's are
everywhere and if we listen
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carefully to imam Hussain
and Jesus Christ and Moses
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and all the
prophets in history...
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We should be ashamed of
ourselves that we let wars tear
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apart societies and
communities as human beings.
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These are these people who we'd
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say are chosen to
explain what god sees,
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because they get a
glimpse of it.
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And, in fact,
I think there's a word in
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Arabic which describes
people like Hussain.
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The word is wali.
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Wali literally means
a friend or an intimate.
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Friends of god.
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Christians
remember the sacrifice of
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Christ once a week
in holy communion.
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For the shia, their
remembrance of the death of
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Hussain climaxes once
a year on ashura.
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Their emotional mourning and
physical suffering is an echo
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of what he experienced for
them some 1500 years ago.
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He is their chosen one,
the one who stood up
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for their beliefs,
no matter what the cost.
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Remembering Hussain and
sharing his suffering is how
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they stay true to
his vision of Islam.
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Chosen ones like Hussain and
Jesus led their followers
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down a righteous path.
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But sometimes the chosen
one's mission goes off course.
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For Catholics,
the pope is god's chosen
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representative on earth.
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Some modern popes, like
John Paul ii and Francis have
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inspired millions to
live true to their faith.
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But back in the middle ages
some popes lost their way.
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They persecuted non-believers,
sold absolutions from sin.
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And today, there are phony
gurus and money grabbing
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preachers everywhere you look.
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Is there a way to stop these
so called "chosen ones" from
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leading the faithful astray?
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In Amritsar, India,
the Sikh faith believes it
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has found the answer.
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They follow a chosen
one, guru Granth sahib,
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who they see as incorruptible.
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Kamya Arora has come here
from the U.S. to reconnect with
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the faith of her Sikh family
and to meet her faith's
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chosen one for the first time.
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Mandeep Kaur Samra
is a Sikh historian.
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Hi mandeep.
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Hello kamya.
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Welcome to Harmandir
sahib golden temple.
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This is the holiest shrine
of the Sikhs and all the Sikhs
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have to come to this place
once, at least, their life.
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Sikhism is
a monotheistic religion founded
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in the 16th century by its
first chosen one, guru Nanak.
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Today, it has around
25 million followers,
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making it the world's
5th largest religion.
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Guru Nanak has a
vision of a single,
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unifying god who didn't
discriminate based on
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ethnicity, caste, or gender.
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The golden temple
welcomes everyone,
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regardless of their
race or religion.
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Tell me why
are people walking around
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and where are they are going?
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They
walk around the main shrine,
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from there then they go into
the temple where the guru sahib,
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which is the guru
of the Sikhs right now,
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the 11th guru of the
Sikhs is sitting there.
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That is
what everyone comes to see?
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They come for an audience with
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the guru and listen
to what he is saying.
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The word guru in Sanskrit
means someone who takes you
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away from darkness
towards knowledge.
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So he is the one
who shows you a way.
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One of the
best times to hear the guru is
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early in the morning, so
kamya and mandeep have returned
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to the golden temple to
try and get a glimpse of
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the Sikh's sacred chosen one.
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I notice it's quieter now,
509
00:30:23,430 --> 00:30:25,070
is that because of the time?
510
00:30:25,101 --> 00:30:27,871
It's because the guru is
511
00:30:27,903 --> 00:30:30,143
asleep right now.
512
00:30:30,174 --> 00:30:33,514
They are cleaning the
sanctum to make it ready for
513
00:30:33,546 --> 00:30:37,256
him to come.
514
00:30:40,230 --> 00:30:41,630
And why
does the cleaning take place
515
00:30:41,661 --> 00:30:43,231
for the guru?
516
00:30:43,262 --> 00:30:45,862
The guru is the highest person
517
00:30:45,904 --> 00:30:48,934
of the community.
518
00:30:48,976 --> 00:30:55,776
So the place has to be
cleaned for his presence.
519
00:30:57,991 --> 00:30:59,891
When the room is ready,
520
00:30:59,922 --> 00:31:03,392
the guru's assistant
awakens him.
521
00:31:13,650 --> 00:31:16,010
So what
is going on in that room?
522
00:31:16,052 --> 00:31:20,522
I see someone holding something.
523
00:31:20,555 --> 00:31:22,825
That's
the guru they are bringing
524
00:31:22,866 --> 00:31:24,566
to the golden temple.
525
00:31:24,597 --> 00:31:28,697
The guru
of the silks isn't a person.
526
00:31:28,739 --> 00:31:30,969
It's a holy book.
527
00:31:31,011 --> 00:31:33,141
They're holding it on his head.
528
00:31:33,182 --> 00:31:35,612
On their
head because the guru is not
529
00:31:35,654 --> 00:31:38,954
supposed to be
touching ground ever.
530
00:31:38,986 --> 00:31:43,526
It's in reverence and
respect to the guru.
531
00:31:53,644 --> 00:31:56,444
The guru
Granth sahib is a collection
532
00:31:56,486 --> 00:32:00,756
of hymns from past
gurus, saints and bards.
533
00:32:00,789 --> 00:32:07,059
It was composed to be
recited, and to be sung.
534
00:32:10,435 --> 00:32:13,605
When
you come here and you listen
535
00:32:13,646 --> 00:32:18,016
to the singing of
the hymns of the gurus...
536
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:24,990
The very purpose is to make
you connect with the divine,
537
00:32:25,033 --> 00:32:26,263
the almighty.
538
00:32:26,294 --> 00:32:29,934
The single god.
539
00:32:34,309 --> 00:32:37,849
Wow, that
was a surreal experience.
540
00:32:37,881 --> 00:32:40,851
It was incredible to see I
guess so many people wanting
541
00:32:40,883 --> 00:32:47,193
to touch it and be close to it
and follow it into the temple.
542
00:32:48,597 --> 00:32:51,397
When did the guru become a book?
543
00:32:51,439 --> 00:32:52,939
Guru Govind Singh,
544
00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:54,840
the tenth guru of the Sikhs,
545
00:32:54,871 --> 00:33:00,081
he designated that the
scripture as the next guru.
546
00:33:00,114 --> 00:33:02,614
And he after that did
away with the personal
547
00:33:02,656 --> 00:33:05,086
guruship in Sikhism.
548
00:33:05,127 --> 00:33:09,957
The scripture has a
personality in the literal
549
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,630
sense of the word.
550
00:33:11,671 --> 00:33:17,571
It's a person, not a book,
because this was eternal word
551
00:33:17,615 --> 00:33:19,745
of his predecessors.
552
00:33:19,786 --> 00:33:22,446
It's revealed
to them therefore it
553
00:33:22,488 --> 00:33:27,058
cannot be corrupted.
554
00:33:33,104 --> 00:33:35,904
It might
seem strange to follow a
555
00:33:35,946 --> 00:33:37,976
chosen one that's
made of ink and paper,
556
00:33:38,007 --> 00:33:39,707
not flesh and blood.
557
00:33:39,748 --> 00:33:43,318
But for the Sikhs,
the 11th and eternal guru has
558
00:33:43,350 --> 00:33:45,920
one great advantage.
559
00:33:45,962 --> 00:33:50,792
It has no earthly desires,
no carnal distractions.
560
00:33:51,465 --> 00:33:55,335
It is the incorruptible
word of god.
561
00:33:55,378 --> 00:34:00,778
It illuminates, unwavering,
the path to righteousness.
562
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,583
Around the world,
chosen ones keep the faithful
563
00:34:06,624 --> 00:34:09,994
close to god, close to his will.
564
00:34:10,667 --> 00:34:12,527
But chosen ones
also drive them to
565
00:34:12,568 --> 00:34:15,868
transcend human limitations.
566
00:34:15,910 --> 00:34:17,870
To become god-like.
567
00:34:24,515 --> 00:34:27,985
Churches are
designed to be awe-inspiring,
568
00:34:28,027 --> 00:34:30,327
towering towards the heavens,
569
00:34:30,359 --> 00:34:33,559
reminding us
of the man upstairs.
570
00:34:33,601 --> 00:34:36,531
And just as they
reach for new heights,
571
00:34:36,572 --> 00:34:40,302
so they encourage
us to do the same.
572
00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:45,345
I think chosen ones serve
much the same purpose.
573
00:34:45,518 --> 00:34:49,488
Their lives offer us a
glimpse of god's power.
574
00:34:49,530 --> 00:34:53,730
Encouraging us to attempt
things that we at first
575
00:34:53,763 --> 00:34:57,803
thought were impossible.
576
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,150
Every year, in Thailand, men
who believe they have been
577
00:35:09,192 --> 00:35:14,132
chosen by Taoist gods
perform superhuman rituals.
578
00:35:14,165 --> 00:35:17,505
They endure what
look to outsiders like
579
00:35:17,537 --> 00:35:20,137
horrific body piercings.
580
00:35:20,179 --> 00:35:22,779
They do it to
cleanse and reinvigorate
581
00:35:22,810 --> 00:35:26,180
their entire communities.
582
00:35:27,683 --> 00:35:30,793
Sociologist Dr. Andreas
Schneider has come to
583
00:35:30,825 --> 00:35:35,225
Phuket, Thailand,
to study these chosen few,
584
00:35:35,268 --> 00:35:38,338
known as the ma song,
as they take part in the nine
585
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:41,810
emperor gods festival.
586
00:35:44,914 --> 00:35:46,814
Welcome to one of the oldest
587
00:35:46,855 --> 00:35:47,985
shrines in Phuket.
588
00:35:48,015 --> 00:35:49,285
One of the oldest?
589
00:35:49,326 --> 00:35:50,786
Yes, it's over a century.
590
00:35:50,827 --> 00:35:52,127
Wow.
591
00:35:52,158 --> 00:35:54,428
Karuee Chotithamaporn is a
592
00:35:54,459 --> 00:35:58,429
representative from the
bang Liao dou mu gong shrine,
593
00:35:58,472 --> 00:36:00,332
a center for Taoist worship.
594
00:36:00,373 --> 00:36:01,903
They are many figures here.
595
00:36:01,944 --> 00:36:03,904
Are they all different gods?
596
00:36:03,945 --> 00:36:06,875
Yes,
they are all different gods.
597
00:36:06,917 --> 00:36:09,287
How do
they relate to the processions
598
00:36:09,318 --> 00:36:10,588
in the street?
599
00:36:10,619 --> 00:36:12,859
The
purpose for street procession
600
00:36:12,890 --> 00:36:17,230
is actually to bless the
general public by the gods
601
00:36:17,263 --> 00:36:19,333
through the mediums.
602
00:36:19,374 --> 00:36:21,804
The
medium is of course a mediator
603
00:36:21,836 --> 00:36:24,876
between the gods and the people.
604
00:36:24,908 --> 00:36:29,748
Could we speak to
one of these mediums?
605
00:36:36,565 --> 00:36:38,835
This is the mediums and his
606
00:36:38,866 --> 00:36:40,036
name is Kot.
607
00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:41,307
Kot.
608
00:36:43,009 --> 00:36:45,039
One of the big questions for
609
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,526
everyone watching this
festival is of course,
610
00:36:46,551 --> 00:36:48,611
the ma song are
piercing their cheeks.
611
00:36:48,652 --> 00:36:50,282
Why are people doing that?
612
00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:55,425
It is ordered by the deity
613
00:36:55,466 --> 00:36:56,556
or the gods.
614
00:36:56,597 --> 00:36:58,597
What kind of weapon he
has to use and where to
615
00:36:58,628 --> 00:37:02,568
Pierce from the gods,
all from the gods.
616
00:37:02,610 --> 00:37:05,340
So what I would like to ask him
617
00:37:05,372 --> 00:37:08,582
is why he was chosen
to become a ma song?
618
00:37:12,186 --> 00:37:13,756
He say it's not his choice,
619
00:37:13,787 --> 00:37:17,927
but it's the gods will.
620
00:37:20,001 --> 00:37:22,701
Kot has
invited Andreas and Karudee to
621
00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:25,072
come see him in
the shrine's procession
622
00:37:25,104 --> 00:37:28,474
the following morning.
623
00:37:35,390 --> 00:37:37,120
This year,
624
00:37:37,161 --> 00:37:38,861
we are going to have
around 800 mediums.
625
00:37:38,902 --> 00:37:41,262
Yes.
626
00:37:42,504 --> 00:37:44,134
People are yelling,
627
00:37:44,175 --> 00:37:46,705
and they bang the table that
means they're entering trance.
628
00:37:46,747 --> 00:37:48,277
Yes.
629
00:37:58,424 --> 00:38:00,764
So actually the drum helps the
630
00:38:00,795 --> 00:38:02,765
mediums to enter trance.
631
00:38:02,807 --> 00:38:03,997
Makes perfect sense.
632
00:38:04,037 --> 00:38:07,607
Rhythm is a central part
for entering the trance,
633
00:38:07,639 --> 00:38:09,939
and you feel the
vibration as well.
634
00:38:09,981 --> 00:38:13,781
He cannot wait.
635
00:38:14,484 --> 00:38:15,624
Oh, it's Kot?
636
00:38:15,654 --> 00:38:17,484
Yes, it's happening.
637
00:38:17,525 --> 00:38:18,695
Oh my goodness.
638
00:38:18,726 --> 00:38:21,926
It just happened.
639
00:38:22,198 --> 00:38:24,128
Yes, oh yeah,
he's shaking his head.
640
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:25,439
Yeah, that's right.
641
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,910
When ma song
violently shake their heads,
642
00:38:27,942 --> 00:38:32,182
like Kot is doing, it's a
sign they are in trance and
643
00:38:32,214 --> 00:38:35,884
possessed by the gods.
644
00:38:35,926 --> 00:38:40,386
And it means they are
ready to be pierced.
645
00:38:40,429 --> 00:38:45,129
Some use Spears, others needles.
646
00:38:45,172 --> 00:38:48,672
Kot's piercing is more unusual.
647
00:38:48,704 --> 00:38:50,074
Oh my goodness.
648
00:38:50,115 --> 00:38:53,515
Oh wow, yeah, his piercing...
649
00:38:53,547 --> 00:38:55,487
Oh, so he's taking the umbrella
650
00:38:55,518 --> 00:38:56,818
through the tongue?
651
00:38:56,859 --> 00:38:58,559
Yes, as you can see
652
00:38:58,590 --> 00:38:59,920
there's no bleeding.
653
00:38:59,961 --> 00:39:01,531
And we believe that the deity...
654
00:39:01,562 --> 00:39:03,192
Yes.
655
00:39:03,233 --> 00:39:04,503
Possess the medium.
656
00:39:04,534 --> 00:39:05,864
They are not themselves.
657
00:39:05,904 --> 00:39:07,464
So,
the medium becomes godlike...
658
00:39:07,505 --> 00:39:08,905
Yeah, that's right.
659
00:39:08,936 --> 00:39:10,336
And
for that reason doesn't bleed.
660
00:39:10,377 --> 00:39:12,007
That's
right, it's the possessing.
661
00:39:12,048 --> 00:39:14,008
After the
800 chosen ma song from the
662
00:39:14,049 --> 00:39:15,625
shrine are pierced, they
march through the streets
663
00:39:15,650 --> 00:39:20,690
of Phuket displaying
the power of the gods.
664
00:39:32,140 --> 00:39:35,380
¶ ¶
665
00:39:44,428 --> 00:39:47,798
The locals believe the mediums
666
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,940
save the public from sin by
piercing through all this.
667
00:39:51,972 --> 00:39:54,842
Receiving all the sin.
668
00:39:54,884 --> 00:39:56,314
And of course,
669
00:39:56,355 --> 00:40:00,515
mediums cannot exist
without the public because
670
00:40:00,557 --> 00:40:02,927
they are the link to the gods.
671
00:40:02,959 --> 00:40:04,259
Okay, yeah, that's right.
672
00:40:04,300 --> 00:40:08,130
The mediums they give hopes
to the locals to have a better
673
00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:12,172
life after the festival.
674
00:40:17,848 --> 00:40:19,648
I'm amazed at what the
675
00:40:19,689 --> 00:40:22,359
ma song endure physically.
676
00:40:22,391 --> 00:40:26,291
I've heard that when
they remove their piercings
677
00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:28,663
they don't feel pain.
678
00:40:28,704 --> 00:40:32,734
They say their wounds
heal incredibly quickly.
679
00:40:32,777 --> 00:40:36,847
That sounds miraculous, but
the ma song believe that being
680
00:40:36,879 --> 00:40:42,989
chosen by the gods gives
them superhuman powers.
681
00:40:43,023 --> 00:40:46,563
They become an inspiration
for the rest of us to
682
00:40:46,595 --> 00:40:50,635
be more like god.
683
00:40:56,611 --> 00:40:58,881
I'm on my way to meet
a man who has been chosen
684
00:40:58,912 --> 00:41:02,182
to lead his people
in an epic struggle.
685
00:41:02,224 --> 00:41:07,024
One that also requires
superhuman endurance.
686
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:17,010
He's asked me to come to
devil's tower in Wyoming.
687
00:41:17,584 --> 00:41:21,214
This is chief Arvol
looking horse,
688
00:41:21,256 --> 00:41:26,356
the chosen one of the Nakota,
Lakota and Dakota tribes.
689
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:45,059
I've
brought him a gift of tobacco
690
00:41:45,090 --> 00:41:46,790
for his sacred ceremonies.
691
00:41:46,831 --> 00:41:48,491
Thank you.
692
00:41:48,532 --> 00:41:51,732
So, chief, tell me,
693
00:41:51,764 --> 00:41:56,704
why did you want me to meet
you here at devil's tower?
694
00:41:58,008 --> 00:42:00,178
We all it Mato Tipila.
695
00:42:00,219 --> 00:42:02,249
Mato Tipila.
696
00:42:02,281 --> 00:42:04,451
Ah, that's
one of our power points
697
00:42:04,492 --> 00:42:06,252
of prayer, of worship.
698
00:42:06,293 --> 00:42:08,293
It's like a church.
699
00:42:08,324 --> 00:42:11,264
This is where the white
buffalo calf woman brought the
700
00:42:11,296 --> 00:42:15,036
sacred pipe to our people.
701
00:42:19,811 --> 00:42:23,981
So the story is that
19 generations ago,
702
00:42:24,024 --> 00:42:25,854
our people were camped here.
703
00:42:25,885 --> 00:42:28,825
At the time there
was no more food,
704
00:42:28,857 --> 00:42:32,327
because people
were abusing life.
705
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,970
From a distance
they saw a cloud.
706
00:42:38,012 --> 00:42:41,542
And then from that
cloud there's a woman.
707
00:42:41,584 --> 00:42:44,584
She brought the sacred pipe.
708
00:42:44,616 --> 00:42:48,786
She said, I'm bringing
this sacred bundle to you.
709
00:42:48,829 --> 00:42:52,899
That you shall live
in peace and Harmony.
710
00:43:04,748 --> 00:43:07,118
The white
buffalo calf woman taught
711
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,120
chief Arvo's people how to
respect mother earth and
712
00:43:10,161 --> 00:43:15,431
worship the great spirit with
the sacred pipe she gave them.
713
00:43:16,805 --> 00:43:18,135
Does it still exist?
714
00:43:18,176 --> 00:43:19,436
Yes.
715
00:43:19,477 --> 00:43:23,177
Since the age of 12 years old,
I've been the keeper of the
716
00:43:23,219 --> 00:43:26,749
sacred white buffalo
calf bundle or pipe.
717
00:43:26,791 --> 00:43:29,221
They call me canupa a wayanka.
718
00:43:29,253 --> 00:43:30,753
Chanupa a wayanka.
719
00:43:30,794 --> 00:43:33,994
Mmm, me.
720
00:43:34,136 --> 00:43:37,066
The white
buffalo calf pipe is so sacred
721
00:43:37,108 --> 00:43:39,308
that chief Arvol
cannot let anyone outside
722
00:43:39,339 --> 00:43:41,909
his tribes see it.
723
00:43:41,941 --> 00:43:45,081
So your grandmother was
the keeper of the pipe.
724
00:43:45,112 --> 00:43:46,952
Yes.
725
00:43:46,984 --> 00:43:51,354
She said that
you were to be next in line.
726
00:43:51,396 --> 00:43:53,126
Yes.
727
00:43:53,167 --> 00:43:55,897
My grandmother on her death bed,
728
00:43:55,929 --> 00:43:59,799
she told my family we
are at the crossroads.
729
00:43:59,841 --> 00:44:04,011
Earth changes, climate changes
and that if the people don't
730
00:44:04,044 --> 00:44:09,284
straighten up, then he shall
be the last bundle keeper.
731
00:44:10,588 --> 00:44:13,388
And it was very
shortly after that she crossed
732
00:44:13,429 --> 00:44:18,129
over into the spirit world.
733
00:44:22,145 --> 00:44:24,975
At 12 you were now a chosen one.
734
00:44:25,016 --> 00:44:26,746
How did you feel?
735
00:44:26,788 --> 00:44:29,648
I was pretty overwhelmed.
736
00:44:29,689 --> 00:44:33,219
I was ashamed because our
ways were still outlawed and
737
00:44:33,261 --> 00:44:35,931
we couldn't talk
about this openly.
738
00:44:35,963 --> 00:44:39,433
So I became a
professional "bronc" rider.
739
00:44:39,465 --> 00:44:41,675
You went off the beaten path.
740
00:44:41,707 --> 00:44:45,147
You went and did something you
had no business really doing,
741
00:44:45,179 --> 00:44:49,479
'cause you left your
responsibilities.
742
00:44:49,521 --> 00:44:53,291
Yes and in 1983
this horse jumped out of the
743
00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:56,763
bucking shoot, took about
two jumps and went straight up
744
00:44:56,796 --> 00:44:59,296
in the air, took a flip and...
745
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,640
All I remember is that
horse came right on top of me.
746
00:45:06,682 --> 00:45:11,012
Next thing I remember
I was in the hospital.
747
00:45:11,054 --> 00:45:14,284
They told me that I was
paralyzed neck on down.
748
00:45:14,326 --> 00:45:17,556
At first I was thinking
about this, how can I live?
749
00:45:17,598 --> 00:45:19,828
Then I got a telephone call.
750
00:45:19,869 --> 00:45:23,039
And said, this is
your grandmother.
751
00:45:23,071 --> 00:45:25,011
I thought your grandmother died?
752
00:45:25,043 --> 00:45:27,543
Oh it was a spirit grandmother.
753
00:45:27,584 --> 00:45:29,014
Oh, oh, oh.
754
00:45:29,045 --> 00:45:30,845
Now she really chewed me out.
755
00:45:30,886 --> 00:45:33,656
You're supposed to be taking
care of the sacred bundle,
756
00:45:33,688 --> 00:45:36,728
but you are laying
here like this.
757
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,160
And we're going to
give your life back.
758
00:45:39,201 --> 00:45:43,131
Right after that my legs
start like tingling and
759
00:45:43,173 --> 00:45:46,773
within days I walked
out of the hospital.
760
00:45:48,247 --> 00:45:49,817
You come out of the hospital.
761
00:45:49,848 --> 00:45:51,888
You embraced your
role as the chosen one.
762
00:45:51,919 --> 00:45:52,889
Am I right?
763
00:45:52,919 --> 00:45:54,249
Yes.
764
00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:55,790
You've been walking the
765
00:45:55,821 --> 00:45:57,091
straight and narrow.
766
00:45:57,132 --> 00:45:59,462
Yeah, up to this day.
767
00:45:59,493 --> 00:46:01,463
What is your job now?
768
00:46:01,505 --> 00:46:05,105
My job today is
maintaining this way of life.
769
00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:08,647
To take care of Wo
chima-ka, mother earth,
770
00:46:08,679 --> 00:46:13,349
like the white buffalo
calf woman told us.
771
00:46:13,392 --> 00:46:16,492
Because we are at
the crossroads,
772
00:46:16,524 --> 00:46:19,764
either be faced
with a lot of chaos,
773
00:46:19,796 --> 00:46:24,866
disasters or we
could unite spiritually in
774
00:46:24,909 --> 00:46:27,639
this global community,
775
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,410
because mother
earth is our source of live,
776
00:46:30,452 --> 00:46:32,252
not a resource.
777
00:46:33,924 --> 00:46:35,184
Say that again.
778
00:46:35,225 --> 00:46:39,595
Mother earth is a source
of life, not a resource.
779
00:46:39,627 --> 00:46:41,727
Yes.
780
00:46:41,769 --> 00:46:44,269
I love it.
781
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:47,370
Chief Arvol has made it his
mission to protect his people
782
00:46:47,412 --> 00:46:50,212
and their sacred land
against all threats,
783
00:46:50,244 --> 00:46:55,614
to ensure he won't be the last
keeper of the sacred pipe.
784
00:46:58,929 --> 00:47:01,129
His latest battle
is in south Dakota,
785
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,930
protesting an oil
pipeline being built under
786
00:47:03,972 --> 00:47:06,672
the Missouri river.
787
00:47:10,546 --> 00:47:12,276
They're
not going to back down and
788
00:47:12,317 --> 00:47:13,847
we're not going
to back down either.
789
00:47:13,888 --> 00:47:16,788
Because water is life.
790
00:47:16,820 --> 00:47:18,990
Dakota standing rock,
791
00:47:19,021 --> 00:47:20,691
you having that fight?
792
00:47:20,732 --> 00:47:23,232
They're trying
to lay that pipeline and
793
00:47:23,264 --> 00:47:25,634
it's going to
ruin all that water.
794
00:47:25,665 --> 00:47:26,965
Yes.
795
00:47:27,006 --> 00:47:29,176
All the
day down to the delta where
796
00:47:29,207 --> 00:47:30,577
New Orleans is.
797
00:47:30,608 --> 00:47:31,978
Then it goes into the big water.
798
00:47:32,009 --> 00:47:33,679
Through my home.
799
00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:36,550
I want to send
a message we are here still
800
00:47:36,592 --> 00:47:38,592
maintaining the cycle of life.
801
00:47:38,623 --> 00:47:42,463
We take care of the
O chimaka, Mother earth.
802
00:47:42,495 --> 00:47:45,935
Okay, thank you.
803
00:47:50,380 --> 00:47:54,110
- I - will light this.
804
00:47:54,282 --> 00:47:56,412
And then when we
leave here, you know,
805
00:47:56,454 --> 00:48:00,784
we don't say goodbye,
we say toksha.
806
00:48:00,826 --> 00:48:03,896
From here on
we leave it the way it is.
807
00:48:03,928 --> 00:48:08,998
That way we leave
here in a good way.
808
00:48:19,958 --> 00:48:24,188
Sitting
talking with chief Arvol I can
809
00:48:24,230 --> 00:48:28,970
feel the weight he's
carrying on his shoulders.
810
00:48:29,333 --> 00:48:32,703
And knowing him makes me
realize how important it is to
811
00:48:32,746 --> 00:48:36,046
have people like him among us.
812
00:48:36,078 --> 00:48:41,188
I certainly hope he's
not the last of his kind.
813
00:48:41,221 --> 00:48:46,231
His energy and passion
for the land, our world,
814
00:48:46,704 --> 00:48:51,204
the planet, is infectious.
815
00:48:51,237 --> 00:48:54,207
And I think he'll do what
other great leaders have
816
00:48:54,248 --> 00:48:58,648
always done, inspire others
to follow in his footsteps.
817
00:49:07,737 --> 00:49:11,897
Most of us are too
busy holding down jobs
818
00:49:11,939 --> 00:49:14,739
to see the really big
picture of what we're doing
819
00:49:14,781 --> 00:49:18,241
as a people, as a species.
820
00:49:18,283 --> 00:49:21,783
Religion allows some
people to step forward.
821
00:49:21,825 --> 00:49:23,725
Chosen people.
822
00:49:23,756 --> 00:49:28,896
People who feel they are
chosen to sacrifice themselves.
823
00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:35,840
People who risk grave danger
to show us the right path.
824
00:49:36,274 --> 00:49:40,644
Their goal is to get a
glimpse of god's view of the
825
00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:45,586
world so they can teach the
rest of us what that means.
826
00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:53,370
Whatever their faith may be,
I know we need people like that.
827
00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:57,970
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