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00:00So Chao Chu has fallen in the snow and he is calling help me, help me.
00:05I have fallen to the snow, can't get up, somebody lend a hand.
00:09Now instead of extending help, this monk comes and lies down behind him, Chao Chu.
00:17Now Chao Chu sees this, gets a jolt, simply gets up and walks away.
00:23What has this other monk in a second experientially taught Chao Chu?
00:31The disciple Chao Chu is young and strong.
00:36He does have the capacity to get up and walk away, but is still acting feeble and helpless.
00:45Just as you chose to fall into the snow, you can equally choose to get up and walk away.
00:57It is within your power.
01:00But you are pretending to be helpless.
01:04Bondage is a choice.
01:08You are not helpless.
01:10You are pretending to be.

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