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Distinguished guests, Your Excellency the Ambassador of Iran, Your Excellency the Cultural Counselor, uh, P' Wannawan, whom I've known for a long time, Ajarn Pakorn, Khun Worawit, and then Sayyid, whom I've just met for the first time, but I feel that Sayyid looks as passionate and fiery as I do. Uh, distinguished guests, and esteemed religious figures. I am speaking today on four topics. Uh, please allow me to speak a little in English at the beginning, but the content will be in Thai. Uh, Your Excellency, I would talk about four topics. The first one I would talk about is dignity. Dignity, the first thing I will speak about. The second one would be justice. The third one is moral, and the fourth one would be courage during the changing situation. These four topics, when finished, will link back to each other. And finally, where will it end? It will end with Ayatollah Khomeini, all four of these topics. It will end with you, who is the last fair world that I think is the most perfect. What is dignity? Dignity is not about lineage, rich or poor, it's the same for everyone. Poor people have dignity, but rich people don't have dignity. Therefore, the value of two people is vastly different. Dignity is not measured by money, not by who has the most money, who is the richest in Thailand, who has hundreds of billions. Dignity must be earned by oneself. Dignity must be created by oneself. Dignity is not related to education. Many people who have graduated with high degrees have become people without dignity. But those who work hard for a living, are honest with themselves, sincere with their neighbors, trade honestly and purely with those who buy goods, do not overcharge, do not sell substandard goods to customers. These people have more dignity than the owners of oil or electricity companies with tens or hundreds of billions, but who cheat the public with high electricity prices. Dignity, we can see it, why can't we see it? I think for a person, don't pay attention to where they graduated from, Chulalongkorn, Thammasat, or Chiang Mai University. But see if they are honest. Just now, Sayyid spoke about many things. He spoke about humans. He spoke like my parents and teachers taught me. I listened to him for a while, and I was amazed. He spoke like Luang Ta Maha Bua, my teacher. Because religion is universal in terms of morality and goodness, honesty. Just now, Ajarn Pakorn and Sayyid spoke about truthfulness. How important is truthful speech? It's important because someone without truthfulness, or as P' Wann said, someone without truthfulness cannot be trusted. The Buddha once said that someone who lies must have done evil before and will continue to do evil. If in this world, if we talk about the person who lies the best, it's unavoidable, that crazy Trump, right? I am the first person to call this crazy person "crazy Trump" because he is not human. Now, dignity, I ask, how is dignity linked to morality? Because morality is the knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil, right? In Buddhism, it is the shame of wrongdoing and the fear of sin. Therefore, in all religions, they will teach not to do evil, not to sin, certainly. Therefore, if a person is honest but likes to steal, they are not honest, are they? Right or wrong? A person must have truthfulness, meaning if we promise someone, before we promise, we should think first if we can do it. If we promise, we must do it. Why is truthfulness considered the most important in Buddhism? Because when monks are at a high level of meditation, they sit until their bottoms hurt, and finally, they make a vow to themselves that if they don't achieve enlightenment today, if they don't see the truth today, they will not get up. They will sit and die in this meditation posture. This is the truth that began. Politicians should also have truthfulness, which is very rare. We have families, so we must have truthfulness with our families. For example, I promised my loved one that I would not have a second woman. This is truthfulness, right? We must do it. Or another example, I borrowed money from you to start a business, and I will return it within 1 year with this much interest. When the time comes, I must return it. This is considered truthfulness. If we don't want to borrow, we must have truthfulness by saying, "I won't borrow, can I just have it?" Therefore, truthful words are important. Truthfulness will lead to having morals. Having morals, the principle is simple. I believe Allah and the Buddha are the same. Do not take what is not yours. Do not take other people's belongings as your own. This clearly proves that Israel and America have no truthfulness, right? They violate the moral precept by occupying their land, even though their land already has an owner, and they use methods of oppression. People with dignity do not bully those who are inferior to them. Inferiority is not about being poor; many rich people are inferior. I have seen this a lot, not just recently. Therefore, dignity must be earned by ourselves. We must create it ourselves. I have been following geopolitics for a long time, since Iran's Prime Minister Mossadegh was overthrown by the CIA and Shah Pahlavi was installed. Until Ayatollah Khomeini returned from France, I saw hundreds of thousands, millions of Iranians come to welcome him. I have witnessed the growth of Iran. And what about justice, which I must speak about? Justice depends on one condition, the most important one. Before there is justice, there must be truth, right? If we don't have truth, how can there be justice? When truth comes, we will know if this truth is right or wrong. If it is wrong, we must not get involved with it. But if it is right, we must stand on this truth. It's like if we see Palestinians being massacred, exterminated, genocided by Israel, is that the truth? That is the truth, and it leads to another point of morality: we must help each other. What I praise Iran for is not because I am satisfied with Iran, but I praise their courage. Distinguished audience, I forgot myself, thinking I was on a show. I have seen the Palestinian issue for a long time, but I don't understand why the Gulf countries, which are entirely Muslim, do not help the Palestinians fight. Instead, it's only Iran. Even though the Shia minority is much smaller than the Sunni majority, except for Iraq, which has a large Sunni population. But it turns out that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, no one cares. They only care about talking, talking, criticizing. Why? Because those countries lack dignity. They have lacked dignity for a long time. When they lack dignity, they lack truthfulness. They think that if they just criticize countries, criticize Israel, criticize America, they have helped Palestine. They help with money, throwing money at people. Is there anyone who speaks to them and makes them afraid? They take money, you take money. As Sayyid said, material things are not important; the most important thing is the spirit. Therefore, when we have morality, and when we have morality, we will understand justice. Because morality will make us see that the one truth that Ajarn Wann spoke about just now is dharma. Truth has only one form. Because no one can deny the truth. It's just that for the truth to come, it takes time. The period from 1 to 10 for the truth to appear can sometimes take up to 10 years to see that the truth is indeed like this. But for spiritual leaders, thinkers, leaders of countries, like Ayatollah Khomeini, they have seen this truth for a long time. It is the truth that Muslims in the Middle East are oppressed by America and Israel. America has no business establishing military bases in the Gulf countries. Establishing air bases in Saudi Arabia, naval bases in Bahrain, the Fifth Fleet is based here. Excuse me, I have to use strong language. Who invited them? The owners of the countries invited them. Why? Because they want security. Security for what? Security to make a living, to sell oil and bring in a lot of oil, and then use that oil money to buy things to help themselves, to enrich themselves. But they do not help the suffering Muslim people who are threatened and oppressed. Only Iran has a clear philosophy that if we see someone looking down on us and oppressing us, we must go and offer help. Because of dignity. Because Iran has dignity. Where does Iran have dignity? In the fact that they associate with people on the basis of equal dignity. They don't associate with people because this one is bigger and they are afraid. No. The Iranian people, under the leadership of their spiritual leaders, from Ayatollah Khomeini to Ayatollah Khamenei, and even his son, associate with people with courage, with honesty, with sincerity. All of this is dharma, whether it is Buddhism or Islam. Everyone is the same, as Sayyid said. I am Buddhist, it's true. But distinguished audience, esteemed guests sitting here are Muslim. You may not know a secret of mine. I once helped an old Muslim man in the South who dreamed of building a small mosque. He had no money. He came to me. I donated money many years ago, 10-20 years ago, about 200,000 baht, for him to build a small mosque. Even though I am Buddhist. He said that now he can die happily because he had promised Allah that he would build a mosque. Therefore, why should a Buddhist help a Muslim? And why should a Muslim help others? Because people, whether Buddhist, Muslim, or anyone else, have morality. Morality is universal. It's not specific to one religion having morality and another not. But I still can't accept it. I still can't accept countries like America or Israel, especially these two countries. I saw in the White House, in the Oval Office, the Secretary of Defense of America, Mr. Trump, praying to God for help. I thought to myself, "God, what the hell are you doing, inciting you to kill people?" God, as a prophet, and you are a follower of that prophet, and you believe in him. He would not incite you to kill. Therefore, when Iran says America is Satan, they are not wrong. It is truly Satan, right? Therefore, it is clear that the problems, I have said for a long time, never trust America. Because America is a person without truthfulness. Without truthfulness, and until today's negotiations, do the distinguished guests know that the latest conditions for the MU were to force Pakistan, force Saudi Arabia, force many Gulf countries to sign as parties to the Abraham Accords? The Abraham Accords that have come into being, making all countries friends with Israel and opening diplomatic relations to isolate Iran. Distinguished audience, 47 years of a country being blocked, not allowed to associate with anyone, not allowed to use its financial system. Anyone who trades with it will be boycotted, sanctioned. 47 years. 47 years. At that time, someone who was 30 years old was boycotted and sanctioned for 47 years. Today, they might be dead. This is not the act of a human. Sanctions, boycotts. Distinguished guests, they say Iran is about to have nuclear weapons. So what? What's the big deal for you? America has nuclear weapons, doesn't it? Britain has nuclear weapons, doesn't it? Pakistan has nuclear weapons, doesn't it? India has nuclear weapons, doesn't it? So what is Iran's fault if Iran develops a nuclear program? It's wrong because Israel and America have joined hands to want to fight Iran. Even though nuclear weapons were initially developed with the hope that they would be used for peace. And if tomorrow Iran creates nuclear weapons, who will you blame? You can't blame them. You are forcing them into a corner with no way out, right? It's like Kim Jong Un, the President of North Korea, said clearly. He said that if North Korea didn't have nuclear weapons, you would have bullied us to death by now, right? Therefore, that is to say, truthfully, this is Iran's dignity. Why does Iran not yield even an inch on keeping nuclear weapons in the country? Because it is their dignity, right? Therefore, dignity is very important. When a person lacks dignity, even if you drive a car worth 100 million baht, have a private jet, it's meaningless. It's not as good as the uncle next door who sells fried bananas. I always buy from him. He has a lot of dignity. I want to help the poor. I give him 100 baht. "Hey, buy me some fried bananas." I told the uncle to keep the change. It turns out the uncle gave me change back. He said, "All these fried bananas are 85 baht. That's enough, it's the right price." Is this called having dignity? Yes, dignity. While many millionaires, people have complained to me that they lent money and are in trouble. Sayyid said, when we help someone, we must help with our spirit. When we have helped someone, we must accept that it's done. We helped, and that's it. No need to remind them of favors, no need to see this person or that person and say, "Oh, this person, if it weren't for me, they would have died." Why say that? So, when you help, if your spirit is not pure in helping, if you expect benefits from it, to mock or praise yourself, or to belittle others, people with dignity do not belittle others. People with dignity treat everyone equally, rich or poor, right? Therefore, people with dignity can walk out of a restaurant at a friend's lavish party and go stand at the bus stop and take the bus home. Their dignity is not harmed. While those who remain walk out and get into their Mercedes or Rolls-Royce. Or people with dignity dress ordinarily. Women with dignity also dress ordinarily. They don't need to carry a Chanel bag worth 300,000-400,000 baht or an 80,000-baht bag. An ordinary cloth bag is enough, and they are satisfied. They have dignity. Iran is a country that has been sanctioned for 47 years. They live with hardship, but they are not poor. They have enough to eat, but they may not have the right to have another class. Every society has many classes. The class with money is a very small number. They are not bothered by these things. They can live. They have endured for 47 years. That is courage. Distinguished guests, close your eyes and picture it. America wants to seize Iran's nuclear program. They say if not, if Iran doesn't comply. When I talk about America, I must also talk about Israel, because both America and Israel are a hellish duo, right? These people want to get rid of Iran. They want to get rid of Iran's government. That's why they constantly say, what do they say? They say just change the leader. At that time, it was just Ayatollah Khamenei. Once he is overthrown, the Iranian people will rise up and applaud them because they will receive freedom. But the latest news is very funny. A country that has only developed for 250 years, just celebrated its national day on July 4th, and a country that is holding a funeral, the last farewell of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a country with a civilization of over 4,000 years. It's very funny. One country doesn't even know how much evil it has done to the world. The other country, which endures with courage, dignity, morality, and justice. Because when there is morality, there is truth. When there is truth, there is justice. When there is justice, there is dignity, right? Isn't it? Distinguished guests, it must be like this. And a country that has been blocked for 47 years. 47 years. Wakes up in the morning, there is the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln docked in the Persian Gulf, with full combat readiness. On February 28th, in just 12 hours, it bombed 900 points in Iran. This doesn't even include the destruction and killing of 156 innocent schoolchildren. Later, that Trump admitted it was their mistake, right? Therefore, Iran, in addition to having dignity and courage, also has patience and restraint. Patience and restraint, right? Therefore, why is it that Iran, why is it said that Iran will never lose no matter how much they fight? I have said since the war on February 28th, there were many people who said Iran would surely be finished. I said no. Iran will be injured. It is normal for the world's greatest power to attack Iran. But Iran will endure and survive. Because survival alone is Iran's true victory. And today it is clearly proven that Iran, under the leadership of its spiritual leader, has firmly asserted that Iran has never broken its word. Iran's conditions, how many conditions, Iran has placed on the table and has never changed, not even a bit. Trump, from day to day, says they can reach an agreement, this and that, for what? For his material gain. Materialism. So that he can play with oil prices, up and down, like playing the stock market for his profit. From day to day, he says, "Oh, we have reached an agreement. Tomorrow, we will stop firing." Oil prices go down. He buys shares for his network. Buys shares. And then four days later, in the morning, in the White House, after defecating, he says, "I will send planes to bomb Iran again." Oil prices go up again. He sells shares. Therefore, a country that lies every minute, every second, versus a country that has truthfulness, stands on truth, and has no fear of anything, only courage. Iran is therefore a country with great courage. All of this that I have spoken about is dignity, which we must create ourselves. The Iranian people have received this dignity from their supreme spiritual leader. And the second is morality. Ayatollah Khomeini said clearly, Iran's morality has never attacked anyone first. It gives equality in association. The third is justice. Iran gives justice to the oppressed. It gives justice to the Palestinians who are oppressed. And it gives justice to the Muslim world, that America must be expelled from the sacred land of Allah, which is the Middle East. This is the justice that Iran delivers, right? Therefore, all of this leads to the courage that Iran wants to show the world, to America, to Israel, that no matter what form they come in, Iran is not afraid and is ready to fight at any time. Not like Qatar, which jumps out and lets its country be an airbase, or Bahrain, which allows a naval base. When Iran fires and attacks these countries, fires at American bases, fires at the United States, suddenly Dubai becomes a ghost town. It's a city of money laundering, a city of evil. Everything that happens in Dubai is the opposite of what the Quran teaches. Those who truly betray Allah are the rulers of the principalities and the families of Jordan, who allow America to set up bases in their countries. Iran's civilization is 4,000 years old. In the past 4,000 years, the Saudi family, the Hashemite family of Jordan, the [unintelligible] family, these families were just nomadic tribes in the desert. Iran has engineering capabilities, scientific capabilities. Even though it has been blocked for 47 years. They ask, "Why can Iran fight America so easily?" It's very simple. Because Iran upholds what is right, and Iran is not foolish. They know that one day they will certainly have to fight America. They have been preparing for 20 years. For 20 years, Iran has used missiles, fired and fired again, fired and fired again. Even though the CIA announced that Iran's weapons were depleted. Israel also said Iran's weapons were depleted. So what? They bombed the assassination of the spiritual leader with his sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, and military leaders at a meeting. And what happened? The leadership changed. And what happened? Nothing happened. That's why Trump said he couldn't imagine that nearly 20 million people would come to his funeral. He was shocked. He said, "How is this possible?" It happened because these people don't understand the word "spirit." Spirit is the most important thing. Therefore, it is clear that what Chatchai Thainuwat said, like what Sayyid said, that America will collapse, it will surely collapse. And today, America and Israel are receiving their karma. Receiving their karma. Therefore, dignity, justice, morality, and courage. All of these are the qualities of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He said, for the last farewell, don't cry for him. It's not necessary. Just move forward with faith in what you do. Believe in the sacred, in God. I have been following Iranian news for a long time, since Mossadegh and the CIA assassinated General Soleimani in Iraq. It was very vile. They arranged for Iraq to invite General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, right? To come for a meeting in Iraq, and then they used a Reaper drone, of which Iran shot down 72, to kill General Qasem Soleimani. Iran never does this. Only they assassinate people. Iran is a people who adhere to morality. They do not bully anyone, absolutely not. But that doesn't mean they are afraid of anyone. They are not afraid of anyone. Therefore, today, I offer a last farewell to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the words that he had dignity, he had justice, he had morality, and he had courage. No matter how many fleets or planes come to dock in front of the port, he is not afraid, and he is ready to die. Because for him, death is not the end, it is the beginning.