CHIEF CREDIT AND CREDIT ME

Through Visualization Mandala Ceremony In The Jade Buddha Palace Nghinh

Kim Huynh Quang

Recently, due to the large mandala images taken during the ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha world peace prayer at the temple and was posted abroad on a global electronics website, as well as popular e-mail, with the critics wrote that it "phenomenon should not be spread superstitions," has puzzled some Buddhists do not know what is real what is not.

Before an important event like this, suppose to have more comments designed to help shed light on the problem. In a constructive spirit, the person writing this article would like to present some views related to a major credit and superstitions in Buddhism in general and the phenomenon of the mandala ceremony in particular provision of the Emerald Buddha nghinh .

First of all, please spread spread vigilant to avoid superstition spread to affect the child's primary Buddhist believers. Because of the Buddhist duty is to uphold the values ​​and interests of the chief credit for jewels, for the Buddha's Dhamma to help benefit the path or address except love.

So, what is the primary signal and superstition?

The chief credit is the belief in Buddhism was enlightened by wisdom, is tested through practice, a belief in cause and effect, karma, the belief in the Three Jewels, the Buddha's dharma, is the belief help people towards good, do good and evil out, destroying their suffering, the sorrow except greed, hatred and delusion, the true nature of enlightenment, the results achieved liberation. In contrast, the superstitious belief in Buddhism is not realized by the mind, a belief not based on cause and effect, karma, do not believe the Three Jewels, do not believe the Dhamma, not helping people to quit the evil towards good healing and eradication of greed, hatred and delusion distress, is not to help people trust the true nature of enlightenment in order to achieve the liberation results.

But, as we have many qualified students of different base, the base benefit, prescription basis, so awareness and confidence in the Dhamma is also difference. Therefore, the district has multiple levels of credit.

Therefore, the Buddha to open five Thua radical option that level. Five Human excess is excess or surplus Thien Thanh Van excess Pratyekabuddha, the Bodhisattva. Like the open field, they must teach the curriculum for each grade, such as preschool, elementary, middle school level, school, or high school, college, university and graduate school. Redundant workers to take refuge in the Three Jewels, sex life over the years, ten of good practice at an average basis. God took the extra ten good practice and perfect the practice of meditation as a foundation. Thanh Van excess taken the practice of the Four Truths: Suffering, Tap, Kill, Act as the basis for the six lines from the three worlds. Pratyekabuddha take the customary twelve predestined: The ignorance, the, of, list size, continental integration, contact, feeling, loving, capital, property, birth, old age as a foundation element to end birth and death, to results to the enlightenment of the Buddha's enlightenment Doc. Bodhisattvas take the extra six paramitas practice: generosity, morality, patience, effort, meditation, and wisdom as a foundation to achieve Buddhahood for themselves and other living beings.

In each base excess also various allegations and therefore the willow treatment, attain different. Therefore, can not provide insights and beliefs of people who practice this Thua comparison or evaluation of insights and beliefs of other people Thua practice. Insights and beliefs of a person in excess People do compare with insights and beliefs have entered the 4 sacred fruits Thanh Van? At The Bodhidharma met Luong Vo De King, the King asked how long this charity work, statue, building the temple, there is not merit? To Achieve Ma replied immediately: No little merit at all. As if that does not mean that King De Vo Luong made a mistake. To say the deep seat of his high attainments that "all compounded things are lies like sleep, like rays of sunshine, such as electric shutters, such as water balloons," they do have merit or not. As for baking Vo Luong King compounded by the Human, Natural surplus, how to enter the direct reach. So, The Dat Ma was sitting on the mountain to the flange Shaolin Spirit Quang wait to see the right to direct and bring new inborn essence of Zen that "of course traditional heart interest" for.

When the Buddha attained Supreme Bodhi tree under La Bat entered college All of Hai An excess of eighty commonly said to every university teacher bodhisattva. He also thought with inborn inferiority of beings is how to afford higher territory deep teachings of magic that he has realized. But, I think the Buddha to the immeasurable suffering that sentient beings are suffering, think about the volunteer force of ten living Buddhas have been and will practice thinking radical difference of beings like as lotus in the pond mud: there still in the mud, there was a rise from the water, with the other lobe, there was a blossoming. Therefore, the Buddha decided that he brought the teachings of radical beings to customize which of the.

Yet, to wait until near the end of life, the Buddha said that the new target ultimate place to Linh Son, that He was born to say Japan's legal, sentient beings as Buddha and not have any excess. II surplus, excess only eight such facilities into. Security surplus is the most ends. During the French channel Canal Hoa where this mountain, the gods were scattered flower mandala, flowering plum Rivals Sa, etc ... to make offerings to Buddha and mass.

That said to show that even the Buddha attained to enlightenment and liberation fullness, he still means to set the industry beings blessed thin thickness, the gross basis. For the upper base, the upper position does not reflect the law as flowers, leisurely self-interest in not being tied to the name of sights do not need to rely on image to represent the practice facilities. But, on the basis of ordinary beings inferior position, the vehicle can not leave, the name can not break the sights, but need to know to apply guidance, such as people who do not want to swim across the river, they need to small boats.

From then see that the provision nghinh Emerald Buddha is the spiritual benefit to many. Do not say no further, just in the city of Escondido, San Diego County where the French King Monastery. Decades, the American neighbors are never set foot in, whether people know it's a Buddhist temple. But during the holidays also nghinh Emerald Buddha in early February 2010, hundreds, thousands of Americans on a pilgrimage to the Monastery of the Emerald Buddha. The body of this writing, had a chance to talk to an American woman to attend the opening ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha on February 7, 2010 at the French King Monastery, which she said that her house right across the street Monastery is only a few dozen yards away, but she has not long been in the monastery. Now she sounds so new to the Jade Buddha Monastery to admire.

Some people would laugh and say that they only go to the temple where the Buddha once but Buddhists have made a lifetime? Please do not forget that in the Lotus Sutra Buddha teaches that, "Although people with heart scattered into the temple tower, once the concept Namo Buddha is a Buddha." Indeed, just a good mate with Buddhism, even with the Jade Buddha, the future will become a Buddha. Not so very precious?

Events flower mandala in the ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha is real or caused by people deliberately created?

First of all please tell through the flower mandala. United mandala is a flower shaped mandala offerings to the Buddhas and St. They are often mentioned in many Mahayana Business as the Amitabha Sutra, Lotus Sutra, etc. .. According to Electronic encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), the Mandala is translated from the Sanskrit sound Mandala kanji, meaning "circle," ie member content. In the tradition of Hinduism and Buddhism, the sacred art of the two religions often take the mandala as a symbol. Basic form of the Mandala in Hinduism and Buddhism is a square with four doors contained in a circle with the center point in between. The mandala is a spiritual meaning and rituals of Buddhism and Hinduism. In Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet, the mandala has been developed in the art of sand painting. Mandala is also a key component of the practice of meditation. In Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet Mandala used to describe the Buddha, or enlightened wisdom of the Buddha, delegates and complex empirical calculation of the enlightened mind and the mental outlook, or as a microcosm head represents the Vietnamese capacity deficit in the universe. The Mandala of the outside such as a circle and a square section in the "court" mandala in the middle. Want to know about the mandala may be on the Vietnam Buddhist site to read many articles explaining the mandala, among them quite elaborate article entitled "Understanding the mandala" of Vo Quang Human authors published in the state of the Hoa Sen Library: www.thuvienhoasen.org

Events in flower mandala ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha are true. In fact, in the sense that the images were video cameras and shoot camera in place and put on the website immediately in the presence of many monks, nuns and Buddhists that this writing is known directly in Tu French Institute for Wang, San Diego, United States, at about 4 pm opening day, February 7, 2010 mosquito nets, and night February 16, 2010 at the Jade Buddha went off. In fact, in absolutely no meaning any behavior modification or reconstruction on which photographs taken by the King Monastery France and posted on the website France Van ( www.phapvan.ca ), site Sea North Sound ( www.haitrieuam.net ), Quang Duc's home page ( www.quangduc.com ), etc. ...

The reason for the writer to emphasize the fact that "truth, in the sense of ...," because that is what the monks, nuns and Buddhist followers saw in place. However, the flower mandala seen only through television and still camera that can not be seen with the naked eye outdoors, if there were no cameras there. Seeing eye pictures outdoors is the sun change colors very strange in the afternoon ceremony, February 7, 2010, at the Monastery Dharma King that many people present at the site were seen including who wrote this article.

Some people say the image is due to "reflect light," that out. When shooting with light reflection to create a circle light, even color, is normal. The problem is, on the flower mandala ceremony also captured in the image nghinh Emerald Buddha mandala out very clearly, can not be confused with the light reflected by it.

The writing on form refers only to flower mandala was taken at the French King Monastery itself because direct writers know this. The article also believe that the monks, nuns and Buddhist temples in others offer nghinh Emerald Buddha and the mandala-shaped flowers are real, that is the picture that was taken and uploaded directly rather than through any amendments and false at all. Many news reports and articles about events in the flower mandala ceremony also nghinh Jade Buddha Temple in the United States in many in recent years have shown a degree of credibility and accuracy like.

Tin flower mandala ceremony also captured in the Emerald Buddha Is nghinh superstition?

As witnessed miraculous image of the sun change colors and the flowers look the mandala image through a camera in the night the money supply at the Monastery of the Emerald Buddha Dharma King, who wrote this article has seen the affects, the tears of joy on the faces of so many people appreciate a rare event in my life. Who wrote this article and many Buddhists are present have the same feelings, that flower mandala event to strengthen credit for his district, because the deep feeling that it can:

- Buddha's right is master of devas and men. Jade Buddha, but also are scattered glass flower mandala offerings such as Buddha's message response itself is revered so much. From there to see that kindness, the moral and intellectual virtues of the Buddha's boundless indeed immense.

- What the Buddha taught in business is absolutely true. For example, the classic scenes of flowers sprayed mandala offerings to Buddha, the flower mandala images in the ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha is a proof that it's true.

- By credit growth district such as the Three Jewels believe deep, deep message of cause and effect, karma and more effort to practice the Buddha's teachings.

Trust will further cement spirituality, more confidence to continue with jewels firmly on the path to learn and practice the Dharma so how is superstition?

For writers, the real problem is simple and easy to understand, because we, as Buddhists in the human world, for the Jade Buddha as revered as the iconic image of the Buddha, to be presented flowers for offerings to him, the gods, too, they also should respect the Jade Buddha has spread to flower mandala offerings.

The problem is to alert the market to stop the evil non-discrimination is not to initiate care, do not think that flower mandala events occurred more in the supply nghinh ceremony at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha is mission impossible, or even fabricated stories to engage the public purpose to benefit the temple. Please do not think any procession The Emerald Buddha Temple which flower mandala is spiritual temple. Such thoughts will lose right of the Buddhist believers.

The mystery of the Dharma can not take ordinary reason or interest to measure discrimination.

Induction is due to causes and conditions in full. As soon as the Buddha in the world where everyone can be Buddha whether the chance of having him on their way, for delivery of all beings in a town of his birth is not possible. The Buddha also taught that those who are predestined to be the degree he has. Those who are not predestined he also predestined to be created in the future by means of transmission of the Dharma.

In short, who believed his teachings, believe the scriptures is Dharma Flower Mandala events appear in the ceremony also nghinh Emerald Buddha is also consistent with right reason, is the primary signal, not superstition.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).