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And tonight I'd like to give a talk about some very fundamental Buddhist teachings about freedom and the way it is or the

basic laws that govern this world and this human incarnation.

And I have too much material and too many stories, so I wore my work shirt because it's Labor Day right?

You know this is my job so I gotta do it you know and we'll see how it goes basically. And I want to honor that it's Labor Day in certain Zen monasteries before you take the meal you do this beautiful chant of 52 labors brought

this food, the labor of the earthworms and the ants and those who plant the seeds and those in a sweaty

bandana who pick the lettuce and those who drive the trucks and

stock the stores and bake and cook and you know the labors of the rain clouds and the earth herself and so forth.

So it's Labor Day. And right livelihood, I'll talk about just a little bit as a start is a part of the

path of Enlightenment. To live in enlightened or a wise life means that the work we do, which is a big part of our

human existence, first doesn't harm other beings, so right livelihood doesn't include selling weapons and drugs and so slavery and so forth.

But more fundamentally it means to take the work that we do and offer it as the gift of our spirit.

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