Saturday, 25 February 2012

Maitreya meaning welcome spring

1 - Mua Xuan Lac

On Vietnamese New Year cultural tradition of Vietnam,  or other Asian countries are generally day of lunar January, coinciding with the date chickened the birth of Maitreya. Spring attached to the virtues of compassion and wisdom of a bodhisattva Maitreya effect is - the future Buddha appeared in this world. Maitreya means corpse, a great compassion, bring happiness to all beings. He went through many lifetimes of the multitude of gods in human life in order to minister deliverance. Maitreya's virtues is to turn the world full of suffering and evil to live a peaceful scene; Turn the world into chaos universality; Turn the world into the Pure Land pollution. Maitreya's ideals are suffering at the fun, always for humanity to a beautiful future, building true happiness of life. Therefore, the spring was named Spring Maitreya is the general wish of the people.

2 - Form Maitreya statue

Buddha statues are popular all over the father's portrait of the Master General, which entered the Cone Test - one of the incarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva appeared at the Music Pagoda Forest District Fenghua, Zhejiang Province - Chinese. His face always smiling tolerance, long ears, belly and chest brake, holding scepter and meditation cloth bags. Maitreya Buddha in the memories everyone is rejoicing Buddha, this image exuding happiness and good fortune, so worthy of spring symbol.

General smile on his face Maitreya manifested boundless compassion, young and old regardless of gender, everyone wants to see this face smiling under. General expressions ears term compassion over people, smart ears hear and rejoice with every sound, who praised laughed, scolded critics who laughed and liberation for all life attitude. General expression belly Buddha has great compassion, accommodate everything in the galaxy. For the fool who mind, the rich and poor, the coward to man, He has no attachment to the heart of equality. General chest brake out, reveals the power of courageous sincerity of heart, not equal two. Expression of the shopping bag containing countless Abhidharma, giving what is to all beings. Using stories written: Every time something begging him to be generally distributed to others. Therefore, each time that his children are gathered to receive food and great fun to play. Thereafter the image is designed to form itself in the smile he sat with six children climbed up on myself playing very innocent.

3 - Venerable Father General

Pursuant to the "Tang Minh Chau Khe district Try Fenghua stories "have records that:

The presence of the Master often carry bags walking around the galaxy, known as the father who lives the Master General. He claimed that Khe performance test, the Pearl District Fenghua, China. This strange monk, usually smiling mouth, abdomen very large, active speaking, where did we go home, sleep land grab. She traveled amorphous, an option that, at a body buried in the snow while he slept, snow does not stick to itself, very dreary life in order. Childhood there are those who lay their Tran asked him that there venerable French brand is what? He immediately replied:

"Great Falls most useful, afraid of nothing invisible monster

Turn cross claimed, enter the order at the bar. "

That is: "I only have cloth bags, as nothing very afraid.

Open the cover of the ten directions, type in that order. "

This magic cloth bag called "Bach told of the cosmos" - bags containing all the treasures in heaven and earth. He used to bring bags, all personal property or real objects to earn all of which collectively grossed out, so he called Bo Dai monks.

Lay bare the questions: What Venerable not have baggage? He says the shelf answer that:

"Most natural bowl in part, there are thousands of friendly travelers.

Thanh least human level, white clouds reveal the problem. "

Roughly translated: "thousands of common rice bowl, play thousand miles distant relatives

The world looks blue eyes, asks the way through the white clouds. "

Great Father's behavior extremely liberal monk, living without constraints, natural harmony with heaven and earth, immersed in people with compassion without attachment.

Bo Dai monks, depending on the time of people who have affinity with having the open market Buddhism Zen doctrine. "Image Transmission Six German" - book 27 it is written: Once the Master walking behind a rose, clapping shoulders and said "Give me a coin." Increasing the Zen saying: "In the moral, I'll give money." He immediately let go bags, that stands hand removed. The other day, there is an effective White Master Lu asked: "What is a Great Dad?"

He immediately let go bags. Father General asked the Master: "He did it mean?" He rejoined, bringing cloth bags that come up. Behavior is to let go and bring a cloth bag open legal market of higher meditation enlightened moral position, to release and capture were liberated, not attached to the two generals: Yes and No, birth and death and Nirvana etc.. Practitioner to achieve such as mind, the middle path of true integration minister, entered the world in order to save a life.

One time Dad Great Zen Master to a major increase market theory declaration of Buddhism is the only online get true mind, shelves that:

"Tam Tam Tam marketing Only Buddha

Dark cross mascot world

Maneuver to the time of birth

Necessarily any such honesty ... "

Roughly translated:

"Heart, Mind, Mind is Buddha.

Spirit magic world of the ten directions.

Energy content of all things,

All feet are not outside the mind ... "

Trinh Minh Luong third year (917), the Master Cone Test passed at Lam Pagoda Music, sitting on a rock He died gently. Near the shelf that passed said:

"Truth, Maitreya Maitreya, the Division pressing memory friendly.

Their time marketing their mercy, human self-real time mode. "

Roughly translated: "I was Maitreya, the market is thousands of relatives.

Often taught to people, who do not know life. "

Finished speaking he passed, we knew this wandering monk is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Later, in other places people still see as a somewhat monk Venerable Father General, shoulder carry bags or collusion on the road. In the Music Pagoda Forest, the relics of the flesh Khe Bo Dai monks performance test is still preserved.

4 - Maitreya Belief

Maitreya Bodhisattva is the devotion of many ethnic, religious Maitreya is popular not only in China, India, to which all other countries. Maitreya is the future Buddha, has its roots in India, from legendary classic sign of the emergence of a Buddha in the future research. In fact, in terms of the actual beliefs of Buddhism history China's first not Avalokitesvara, or a belief that Amida Buddha. First year in the Han Chinese classic related to the Buddha is translated very much. Thought for the Pure Land birth Maitreya has appeared in this period. Belief is the Chinese Maitreya received extremely revered, this is clearly stated in the texts engraved: "Maitreya Kien Society of America" ​​in Xinjiang in China.

Pursuant to the "autonomous Update Manager" - the use of, a record that: The early years of Tang, this belief is prevalent, mages Hsuan first character is a religious devotion to Maitreya, this as well as any incentive Xuanzang to India to study and research content of the work "Yoga Bhumisastra" thoroughly. White Housing Di (772-846), a Tang Dynasty poet, organization learning, called "The First Time God Thang," for the purpose of rebirth in the realm of Maitreya. Housing Di Bach wrote in the determination letter: "Threshold From the South, claiming Tu Thi fame, Russia vow that, most fashionable beings." That is: "the faith worship Maitreya, Maitreya reciting, prayer I am happy lives, Maitreya was born in the Pure Land. "The French Xuanzang, Maitreya is from Vietnam, but Maitreya is translated in sound, Tu Thi is translated within the meaning of a word Maitreya (Sanskrit).

In previous Tang Maitreya belief is gaining popularity, but in the mid Tang dynasty onwards gradually faded. Beliefs that the Chinese people an aspiration towards the future with a sense of freedom and happiness, against the brutality of the contemporary regime. Therefore, the Chinese ruling class at that time did not accept the influence of these ideas. Tang Xuanzong ordered ban Maitreya belief propagation. To this day, Maitreya belief universal in all countries because of Buddha represent the thoughts of peace, his great vow of the Buddha in this world in the future to bring freedom to mankind.

5 - Welcoming Spring Maitreya

From the perception of ethical behavior and Maitreya, Buddhists welcome the new year, to the Buddha temple, as the good behavior, vow to practice, to eliminate suffering, tribulation individuals, families for families and prosperous country. This concept matches the healthy way of building the welfare of mankind.

At the time when the prevailing science, people tend to intense physical, moral values ​​were emasculated by the conscience of being contaminated. Since then, between people and organizations with unions, religion to religion, the country with other countries conflicts arise and injustice contrary to the permanent struggle. Students of Buddhism to be aware that Buddhism is always taken from the compassion and wisdom to address the human world of sorrow and grief in.

Welcoming Spring Maitreya, who studied Buddhism in temples not only for the good things for personal life, as the demand for money, fame that give rise to extensive study by the virtues of the Buddha Maitreya. It is attached to the hearts of others, raised the benevolence and patience, spiritual training effort, spreading the faith to the human heart, to help others less suffering. People have every good conditions give rise to the Three Jewels, raised aspirations of Enlightenment Bridge. Welcoming spring Maitreya accepted as new sources of Dhamma of Buddhism.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).26/2/2012.