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  • Later, Steven and I headed into the mountains

  • to Bongeunsa, a Buddhist meditation temple

  • founded more than a thousand years ago.

  • We were fortunate enough to talk

  • to one of the eight Buddhist monks

  • who live at the compound,

  • and the results were enlightening.

  • (man speaks in Korean) His name is Haneul.

  • His name is Haneul.

  • You must be very at peace.

  • He must be very at peace in his spirit

  • and his mind.

  • (man speaks in Korean)

  • What is he saying? He's saying,

  • "You need to look inside yourself

  • "to fix your problems." (laughter)

  • Which, I mean...

  • I don't want to look in there, I already know.

  • It's such a peaceful place,

  • but the wind chimes are making me crazy.

  • It's like, peace and then grrr!

  • (laughter) Makes me crazy!

  • (man speaks Korean)

  • This guy could (mumbles) talking for (mumbles) straight.

  • I think when you live here and you're around all these

  • very peaceful monks,

  • you must have this urge to speak.

  • It's these wind chimes.

  • They make me crazy in my head.

  • Crazy! The wind chimes! (laughter)

  • (speaks Korean) (laughter)

  • My mind, it's just, like, crazy!

  • (man speaks Korean)

  • He knows that you're on T.V.

  • You know that I'm on T.V.?

  • You have television?

  • (laughter)

  • I really thought we were the first people

  • to come up here in a thousand years.

  • (Man speaks Korean)

  • You have an iPhone?

  • (man speaks Korean) What'd he say?

  • He says he has both.

  • What does he have?

  • He has Samsung and an iPhone.

  • You have Samsung and an iPhone?

  • I don't even have that!

  • (traditional Korean music)

  • (man speaks Korean)

  • Because the chimes aren't enough, you know.

  • What'd I do wrong?

  • Oh, I see.

  • You're laughing at me. (laughter)

  • Let me try one more time.

  • I think I've got it.

  • I got it, I got it. (laughter)

  • Very different, little difference.

  • (man speaks Korean)

  • What did I do wrong?

  • (man and Steven speaking Korean)

  • You two are having a big old laugh.

  • (laughter)

  • (applause and cheering)

  • Oh. (laughter)

  • What are you going to do with this guy?

  • I don't know. (laughter)

  • Good luck.

  • It took us years to master this.

  • (laughter)

  • (traditional Korean music)

  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK.

  • I know how to shovel!

  • I'm from Boston!

  • We have snow!

  • (Man speaking Korean)

  • (cell phone ringing) (laughter)

  • (laughter and applause)

  • (laughter and applause)

  • (laughter and applause)

Later, Steven and I headed into the mountains

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