TAKING REFUGE.

Buddhist Schools

HT. Thich Thien Hoa

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First Course
Human Thua Buddhism

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Last Thursday

A. Re-Open

After taking refuge Tam told to live according to rules devised by the Buddha was, to move forward on the Path. About him are the five rules. Confucian religious people must live according to Tam outline, usually five, then Buddhists can not only maintain life without Tam The Five Realms.

The center has found refuge in the Three Jewels is stepped foot on the ladder of liberation, but otherwise keep the five precepts is just the first step a step, then paused, not possible to be truly liberated. Men not only to the strong progress on
escape routes, but also provide order, peace, peace for the family, country, society. Five main gender ties make it create happiness for individuals and corporate bodies, the teacher is to prevent us doing out in the desert gas law. So Buddha Shakyamuni had said earnestly following testament before he entered Nirvana:

- "After passing us, the people must be respected religious precepts as his teacher; oil for one lifetime to teach for a few thousand generations to go further, we also do more things than the rule." Buddhist precepts invent so much, because they must apply for a variety of people to practice: - monks, - monks and nuns, - Sa di, di ni-Sa. Particularly for Buddhists, it's only 5 only. But if you keep the 5 Precepts, the benefits for themselves, for the unspeakable.

B. - District Re:

I. - Definition : Five of sex is prohibited in that Buddha was devised to prevent the memorial evil, speak no good, unrighteous actions. In the commandments is: - Do not kill, - Do not steal, - Do not commit adultery, - Do not lie, - Do not drink alcohol. In this y themselves on compassion, equality in terms of termination other than personal sin and bring order and peace to the society that formed. Buddha does not require us to strictly follow and are not threatened if we do not obey Him, they must be punished. The keeping or not keeping our world is so completely self-obtained data. Buddhism differs from other major religions in the Buddha is not a supreme judge reserves the right to reward and punishment. A thought, a word, a good or bad the act has brought with it a germ payoff then. Buddha was a very compassionate guide, and very lucid. He shows us the path that is the way light and the road is not dangerous path to go. But if we do not follow the path that it wants to go light on the dangerous path, then of course we will have a natural disaster, but the Buddha did not create disasters to punish us. Court is the law of causality. We do evil, we bear bad fruit; we do good, we are too good. In the year's main stronghold for us not to block the road strayed into evil, as in the fence to prevent it from falling into the abyss, while we go on the path of liberation.

II .- In About

1 .- Do not kill . Article The first prohibits the Buddha advised us not to kill the life, from humans to animals. The life is a precious value, particularly the life force; kill other life force to compensate for the life of this car is an evil, irrational direction.

Buddhism prohibits killing by a variety of reasons:

a) Respect for justice. - We see ourselves as your life force, is an absolute treasure. If someone bad advice, that they resisted to protect the life radically. I knew you in my life, why want to trample the life force? By extension,
the animals know they appreciate the network. As a cow or a pig about to be hit first, poking blood, we find strong resistance, the extreme pain of them, with cries, those delays were spared! By its righteousness, that we do not want anyone to us, then we do not do to others, or other species. He tells us: "Everybody was afraid of the sword, everyone is afraid of death. So take heart failure hearts, not to kill! For others to kill."

b) Respect for the Buddha-nature equality. - We each species but different body, which is the one Buddha nature. Buddhahood can not have equal reason to institute says that the Buddha nature in value than the material in this class this color class value other than the other color. An animal being killed is to kill the Buddha nature.

c) Cultivate compassion. - Buddha's compassion as I see all things, He does not agree to his disciples animals being killed, in any case. Because the night to kill the life interest is already flourishing evil heart, compassion being smothered. Rings
mind to kill an animal for no reason, no less the violent evil to kill a man. Ruthless do others have to delays or other objects, groans, optical monsters in their blood, before the heat of the last breath, is the killing of his compassion, the love suffocates the germ is quybau in our hearts. As such, difficult to cultivate the right to be effects. Confucius has taught: "Van public comments period to bar any ring, any ring reviews public comments period from birth." (Hear the roar of the lion, not eaten it; that it did not live to see it die for). So people have compassion or mercy, it will not kill people or animals.

d) Avoid application received retribution hatred . - When you kill a person or an animal, the resentment of their overwhelming difficulty extinguished. They may, because of our weakness should be killed. Meanwhile, they hold our hatred, vengeance waiting for the opportunity to meet, their relatives or their children
will avenge it. So every day we are sowing hatred for humans and animals, long-term accumulation, mass injustice in his power to more than one, as long as it's where we are killed again. The more you create professional look, the more workers into misery. He tells us: "The consciousness often killed, as growth in enterprise suffering, spell rotation of birth and death forever, with no days off" (Business Lankavatara).

Benefits of not killing. - For the above reasons, the Buddha prohibited Buddhists do not kill. Do not kill, will have the following advantages:

a) On an individual basis . - A murder is not cruel, harmful things, not evil spilling blood, not snake skin, butchered, beheaded, strangled, then no picture inside agitation, regret, body and mind to be gentle, poetry Thoi , sleep peacefully, be gentle face, in the morning.

b) On the social aspect. - If all mankind in this world will keep the first precept of Buddhism teach here, then there will be no war, but the business birth and death also freed. The old should be taught to:

''All sentient beings without killing business,
which has ten popular war.
Every house, every place all charities.
Lo do not peaceful galaxy. ''

Limitations: Still know is to kill human suffering, but people still eat meat at home, while doing other work and that, it's hard to avoid close range. Here we are not required to keep strictly to this, just hold the key part is not murder, and large animals like buffalo, cows, horses, dogs, pigs, chickens, etc. .. What if a small child how much you avoid much. we should go more slowly, then sure. Especially not kill a ridiculous creature, like kill kill for satisfaction. While holding the world closely, we should have the following two precautions:

a) Do not let ill-will arise . Killing a large animal, but because accidental or self-defense, then the fruit of it is lighter than a dragonfly kill the evil desire to kill for fun hands.

b) Avoid the orders set in the context of murder: The children of 3, up 5 yard having dragonflies, butterflies catch and break off, start agitation if their parents found that not scold; to 12.13 age, they shop Na, faculty thun shooting birds, to 20.25 years old, they stabbed pig throat, killing dogs is not prohibited, the latter, accustomed to violent nature, in a rage, they can kill does not include hand. So we should not free the children know what to kill an animal, nor the extent of killing size scenes in cinemas or in the middle of life.

2. - Do not mix robbery . It is well known that robbers get them mixed character of the property, without consent, or consent to coerce people by force or authority. Valuables such as houses, fields and gardens, money, pearls and emeralds ... to humble materials like betel leaves, chilli ... but his people do not marry are thieves. Theft takes many forms: Y powerful factions of the horizontal shock robber; hope this dependence is weak right to steal money; caught dead at one of severe deprivation to lend words, pledging to sell cheap mites is robbery; speculative hoarding to sell black market price is robbery. Using stalking tactics, stealth is taken of the theft; weight premature, close the deficit, hiding the string, contraband goods, are the people that the return is not trying to steal. We can say a sentence is short; Any way, take the greed of the main nguoibat are stealing all. If for needy poor, sick wife the pain, lack of medication shortage of rice, should be forced to cunning, the offense guideline is being prepared; but was rich, happy grace to wear, the car off the horse but also defraud the taking of, robbery of, to live in imperial sweat tears of the poor poverty, the crime was serious!

For whatever reason Buddhism prohibits stealing? Buddhism prohibits robbery following reasons:

a) Respect for justice: We do not want anyone to take her, why he should take care to dispose of? Individual ownership of me, I know t6o important, then why the trampling of property rights? Doing so would be contrary to the
fair. A society without justice can not survive long.

b) respect for the equality . - Everyone has the same Buddha nature, why do we want others to suffering we are happy? Why would anyone want to eat any major special effects nhunh while it was only a man such as how many people
different?

c) Cultivate compassion . - Once you accidentally lose something or some money, I sad and Oil, loss of appetite, restless sleep, why we take care of it for people to cry, for I suffer? People often say: "Money is the blood financial
circuits. " So, who is robbed of the sacrifices people pillaging, killing human life that. Only those who have no compassion, conscience, agree to take a new dark do the same. In one, was a Buddhist, is trying to raise
support compassion, we can not be stealing anyone's.

d) Avoid hatred of karma . - In an organized society, respect for justice, the guilty thieves always punished. Burglary is taken to court misdemeanor, robbery is a felony court. When not caught, thieves looking to steal hundreds of thousands of accounting methods
to avoid. huddled in the dark living underground. When caught, the thieves must be tied, interrogated, imprisoned, locked up examination. His body parts were very hard for position, back to his family, his parents, wife and children also sad shame, and lost all hope in the future.

But if the law does not punish the world, then the thieves will not escape the karmic law of cause and effect. Robbery of the robbers would be back, causing many suffering animosity. He tells us: "The best financial attachment refused to leave, as well as nostalgic baby on the blade a little secret, its tongue licking, have been painting off the tongue" (Kinh Tu Cross Chapter II). Government, since taking your money, very people who threw himself into self-examination and the road, to hell. We listen to verses warning of King Tran Thai Tong:

Mr. Pierce reported the first groove wall,
advise hundred thousand for the amount of participation;
of the oil life is now,
always life generation buffalo horse.
For these reasons the Buddha should be forbidden to mail theft.

Benefits of not stealing.

a) On an individual basis . - The space is part of the present life is peaceful, not required, detention, imprisonment, where to go and trust the other person, entrusted to him the important position. The space they take away after enjoying
blessings of wealth, happiness, and offspring generations also inherit the sound quality thanks to the grandparents, parents leave but is glorified.

b) In terms of mass . - If one day no one in the social care part time, home burglary is no need to shut down, the worry out of keeping, no material dropping, it's nothing more happy! It's difficult because there is no, but who
are still suffering of many, so keep to worry. The robbery is not quietly give others peace and stability. The Nho have a saying: "means any non-delivery Nhon, meaning any non-player character" direction we are Buddhists or how to go steal?

3. - Do not adultery. Fornication is sexual immorality want to talk about non-holiday, non-legal. Law teaches people to be ordained ly would definitely lust, while the laity are not sexual misconduct. When husband and wife wedding ceremony called the district, in addition, lang promiscuity secretly
working illegally with the opposite sex is called evil. But if the couple formal way, which is not the place, shook each other nearly as far as sexual misconduct shall also belong to both. It is said in terms of crude. To be more subtle, the flesh of the larger
identity immerse mind, any right thinking, hang out flirting, also belong to both kinds of sexual misconduct.

Buddhism prohibits adultery because of the following reasons:

a) Respect for justice . - Every person who also wanted his family feeling good, still happy, his wife and children radical right, why go in increasingly damaging, humiliating tone as subjects who, to his wife and children on the path of sexual disorders.

b) To protect the family happiness . - Do not suffer, darker, when a family where your husband or wife has stomach privacy, we borrow. Where is happiness, when husband and wife do not trust each other! Once the family was that scene, the children will be ashamed, self-indulgence, orphans, her
children not to exchange skeptical and non-soluble nature, decry neighbors, reputation tarnished. The conditions essential to maintaining a happy family is the loyalty of the couple. We are told: "Thuan wife upon her husband, fellow should work." Since the sexual misconduct
of one of two friends of the family lines that often occur cases jealousy, quarrels, sometimes beaten to cause murder. Sometimes, in revenge, it is common to see a situation occur, "He ate cha, nem eat her." A husband and wife looked to center dom
people, the wives and children they are poised to bar fence then the others. They broke the family happiness, the happiness of the family before they broke up.

So banning adultery is a necessary condition to build happiness for her family and her family.

c) Avoid hatred and retribution for evil . - He tells us: "The sexual embrace patriotism as well as holding duot who go against the wind, the fire victims hands" (glass from Cross chapter II). Indeed, people have bad heart passion of lust, sooner or running to the victim, if
not the loss of water soluble, the leg also killed by guns, flame sword. Until now the dark disastrous results due to the passion of lust caused no shortage; we simply due to the husband or husband how the history books every day, will see
abound in every page, every paragraph. In all the hatred, hatred does not have the intense hatred by the auxiliary field by deception caused the affair. of the murders happen every day, largely the result of sexual misconduct.

Benefits of no sexual misconduct . That's why the precepts prohibit adultery will have the following benefits:

a) On an individual basis.

- The ThapThien said: "The world is not misconduct shall be entitled to the following four advantages:

- Six units (ears, eyes, nose, tongue, body, mind) are perfect.
- Whole life is respected.
- Section unless the withdrawal of all the troubles stirring noise.
- The love, family life no one dared to invade of. "

b) In terms of mass.

- In a society where everyone is not misconduct, the family was quiet and happiness, the failure of the trade lus6n will dissipate, the scenes rarity, institutional killing will not happen again; children are tricks, cherish, society
will promote prosperity. In short, her realm Ta filth, suffering world will turn into pure happiness.

4. - Do not say untruthful . Speaking untrue four ways: Lying, said Aftergood, said two-way blade, say evil.

a) lying or telling lies , is not telling the truth, tell no story there, not talking about there, to say the contrary, said to the contrary; that heard not heard, the hearing heard not; or extend in front of commendation sausage, back opening mode; or when the said popular sweet
smelling, bitter as the bitter hate. In summary, the thought of doing before the next word conflict, on the other, in addition to any Nhut, belong to lie at all.

b) In weaving, is the less acid for many, making the listener floating anger; the tria polish words, polished and sweet voice, or, onto slightly mellow down to skin tone to tempt the listener, making the responsible charm; also said when the cartoons, said press, said magnet, said shots for the audience to suffer. In short, how many words are not literally true, more down to literary vanity, slick makes guys listen to psychosis, birth afflictions, are referred to as the said Aftergood.

c) two-dimensional grid, or more prosaically, that says "blow two sharp jolts," that is to say this place is joined with the other party for defamation, joined to the other side say that to say bad side, making close friends are against each other again, who grace, the mean opposition, hatred together.

d) say brutal , vulgar language that says the gruff cursing, making the audience suffer, sadness, fear.

Why ban Buddha said untrue? Buddha said banning false because of the following reasons:

a) respect the truth . - Is the teaching of real; who practiced Buddhism should respect the truth. People used to lie, not necessarily finding the truth is hard to pass certification. We are living in delusion, the main task of the monk is trying to destroy the delusion that to be a living and if not do so but instead was more overlap with the delusion that the lie disguised fool again, then it is against the director.

b) Cultivate compassion. - The main motivation lies is selfishness, evil, bad people want to satisfying his dark desires. The deceived, bulge suffer because their antlers, sometimes reaching enemy eyes to resentment, sometimes in failure to produce tan.
A practice that has been approved to do so is to take a conscience, has been smothered in love heart them then. Once no more compassion, that is the main motivation was lost, then the practice is only a false, deceptive people, and certainly never result
possible.

c) faithfulness Conservation in society. - In a family, a community, a society where no one believes anyone, all of the small to large have failed. In small islands, one in five basic virtues is trust. "Nhon unbelievers any establishment," which is the teachings of
Confucius, happy family and society can not be a lie. suspicion, envy.

d) Avoid karmic suffering . - Words but not the blade, but it is more dangerous than the sword, because it has two nasal tip, a nose hit another person, a nose hit the people who use them. Everyone sure has not forgotten story of the boy
shepherd to deceive neighbors by a "Fire! Fire!", but it's just a swell person, it was after the fire was, even though it cries out carpet Who does not crave to set fire again. Well, people lie just cause for his painting. Therefore, the Buddha
taught: "In every man in the world, hammer sharp blade stuck in the mouth, cutting her the reason is because evil words." Forums take place indirectly, saying that to hurt people distort, but you've hurt people, how well the damage to her. "Evil evil hybrid" is that. To avoid hostility, avoid industry data, we should not lie, lie.

Benefits of not lie:

a) On an individual basis . - To be honored, trusted, no plaintive hatred rare people where to go and be around for a trusted position, open-armed welcome> In professional business, the truth is many clients, and assigned responsibility for more valuable.

b) In terms of mass . - Family and social solidarity in the trust. All the general public, has been promoted cell results tot.Dong love, understanding each other better.

Limitations : Lying is a great disaster, for themselves and society. However, there are some cases should lie. This is because when a compassion that lie to save people or animals. Lie in criminal cases is due to greed, anger as motivation.
Conversely, if the impulse that compassion must lie, not a crime.

5. - Do not drink alcohol. All things that men do say the material, make sure people are not hazardous drinking. Have devoted themselves not to drink, but also urge people not to be forced to drink. Injection solicit, encourage others to drink, I
drink heavily than their own again. At severe clinical disease, taking the drugs do not heal, physician told to air on the drug alcohol, use it temporarily. But before you use them to clear that up. When the sick, do not continue to take medication
with alcohol anymore.

For these reasons Buddhism prohibits drinking alcohol? - Buddha ban alcohol following reasons:

a) To preserve the seeds of wisdom. - Alcohol is more dangerous than poison. A poison we drink manufactured in die immediately, but only one body at death, but alcohol consumption, losing just intellectually, to die relive countless lives. So to preserve the precious seed wisdom, Buddhism prohibits alcohol.

b) Prevent the cause of the evil . - Alcohol itself is not a sin as killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, but it can do for the sins of another birth. When you have drunk alcohol in, the offense may be committed. Here is a story to prove it - there are a farmer plowing his field the same, suddenly appeared before him a lofty spirit hung a large, strange, intimidation to kill him. He terrified, crying for mercy network. The violent security:

- If you do one of three things tha we die for this: either kill your father or mother who is hit or drinking a liter of wine on the table for you.

He thought farmers sweat and then replied:

- Xin He was drinking liters of alcohol to children.

Violent listening seems pleased, then disappear. At noon that day, home farmer, found liters of wine, which he bought to entertain themselves, for the upcoming anniversary, he hurriedly grabbed, drank a bit shallow. His father saw the child sassy, ​​holding sticks and fighting broke abused children. Ma has absorbed men, he no longer knows right and wrong, stealing his father's cane, beat him a good cheut tree! She ran to hug his mother mule village. Huh he is not angry, hit her dust bag. Villages led to his running back arrested for the murder of his father beat his mother. He said the new provincial drinking is serious crime Nhut in three kites that hung god ordered him to do.

In conclusion alcohol cause sin. Here are 10 of the harm that alcohol was mentioned in Business: 1 - loss of wealth fall; 2 - Growth pleased killed; 3 - Intellectual diminishing; 4 - not a career; 5 - Body care much suffering ; 6 - The sick or disabled; 7 - Heart anger
hold the flour, popular prostration; 8 - worn merit criteria; 9 - reduced life expectancy; 10 - General Network fall into hell.

Benefits of alcohol prohibited

a) On an individual basis. - He does not drink alcohol, it avoids the damage just above 10.

b) In terms of mass. - Families are still happy, less disabled children sick, social harmony section, the mighty race.

C. - Conclusion

1. - Do not Buddhist precepts are not Buddhists . - We have seen the practical uses and benefits of five world in terms of individuals and groups. If your mind is the foundation, the team's fifth rung of the Buddhists to gradually step up the results. In the first step, the Buddhist vows possible to keep the five precepts, the better and if not so much bound to keep the five precepts of the world which they have held several practices that may be, such as: No drink, do not lie. Then with the effort and valor Bodhicitta, we vow to continue to keep the world as no more stealing, no sexual misconduct ... But was does the vows to keep the world keep loyal, do not be a step forward, two steps regression, using the like forever never get anywhere. If the Buddhist precept that does not star called a Buddhist? Ordinary people, not the Buddha but also hold true status as no alcohol, no lying, no stealing change, let alone a Buddhist? I want to Buddhism is beyond the ordinary life of the people. If we in the Act and that continues to float the old life, or even worse than the life of thenhan, it is we want to tarnish the Path,

So Buddhists must try to keep the world worthy of its name, to bring happiness to yourself and all beings.

2 People should not follow the precepts Buddhism. - men said nothing as sublime, mysterious. It is a lesson that ordinary citizens any society, a country that wants prosperity mighty can not be overlooked. So in the law was not only to apply for Buddhists, but also to all those who want to live a healthy, happy, perhaps mean and progress.

A society in which all elements are done in his precepts, it is a social model, Nhut civilized world. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).1/2/2012.