According to Buddhism, the great human situation. The self-employed person yourself, no one entity or any higher power can decide its fate. The Buddha: The founder of the religion, Buddha (if we may call him the founder of a religion in the conventional sense of the word) is a unique teacher did not call themselves anything else than a human is purely a human being. The other cardinal position is either God, or God incarnate in different forms, or the revelation of God. Buddha is not only a man, his back was a man claiming to be a revelation not from any god or any other power. He said everything he done, to be achieved and completed, are entirely from effort and human intelligence. Only human beings can become Buddhas. Everyone in her ability to become a Buddha if they wish and effort. We might call the Buddha was a great moral Man. He is so perfect in "human nature" that his later, in the religion of the mass, he was regarded as a "Superman".

"Self is our shelters for us, who else can do helpless?" <! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [1] <! - [endif] ->

He advised his disciples to "take refuge in himself," should never seek refuge or help from anyone else<- [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [2] <- [endif] -> . Ngai giang day, khuyến khích người moi VO co va tu su to any VA Tim giải Minh Chinh cho thoát, VI con người von tu co Luc at MOI rang giải thoát khỏi sure buộc no va tri Thu Minh Chinh Cua Luc. Duc Phat Day: "Nhu Lai Cac đức<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [3] <! - [endif] -> Giang day đạo Chanh, Nhung nguoi chinh cac Phai việc cua minh lam. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [4] <! - [endif] -> Neu Người ta goi đức Phat The MOT "Jang Cuu the" Cung thi ra tim đà Ngai who will go with those đường Đi đến Giai thoát, Nyet-ban. Nhung you chung ta, ta Phai bước thirty đường Ay.

Because the principle of personal responsibility is that the Buddha to his disciples completely free. In economic Mahaparinibhana (Great Eight Nirvana), the Buddha taught him never thought control Sangha (Sangha)<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [5] <! - [endif] -> and he did not want this mass depends on him. He taught that in his teachings, no mystical theory, nothing to hide in "virtue fist Teacher" (acariyamutthi), or in other words, he did not hide anything in the sleeve at all.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [6] <! - [endif] ->

In the history of religion, there was no other religion have a freedom of thought such as Buddhism. This freedom is really necessary, because according to Buddha's liberation depends on the people directly receiving the truth, not in favor of a god or an external power to reward the submission.

Once, the Buddha's visit Kesaputta Kalamas in a small town in the kingdom of Kosala. When listening to the Buddha, who Kalamas He visited and transparency:

"O Buddha, there are many Brahmin hermits and Kesaputta visit. They explain and clarify his theory, but despised, condemned, all chain theory of the others. Then there are those Brahmin hermits and others also explain and clarify their own theories, despised, condemned and vilified the theories of others. But bhante, about us section, we always doubt and confusion, do not know who among the Brahmin hermits and revered had told the truth, who said wrong. "

Then the Buddha gave them unique advice as follows:

"Ask people Kalamas, ye doubt, confusion is a must, because the problem was very suspicious. Q Kalamas people, not to be tempted by the words narrated, or by tradition, or by the rumors. Do to be guided by canonical authority, or by deductive reasoning, or by the reliable appearance, or by the pleasure of thinking about the views, or by what seems reasonable, or by the thought: "This is our teacher." But ask Kalamas, when you yourself know something is immoral, wrong, bad, then get rid of ... and when you yourself know what is good, good , then accept, to follow. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [7] <! - [endif] ->

Buddha went further. He told the bhikkhus that a disciple should be judged even the Tathagata (Buddha), to be completely confident that the value of their teachers are under.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [8] <! - [endif] ->

According to the teachings of the Buddha, comfort (vicikicha) is one of the five hindrances (five females, nivarana)<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [9] <! - [endif] -> , nam against ngai of Hieu Biet chan cho cho ly goes on Tien Bo Linh Tam (Cu bat hay cho tien bo NAO). Tuy nhiên, Nghi Khong Phai The MOT "toi loi", Boi Khong Vì Trong Phat Giao Có Nhung "tin điều". Here tea, Trong đạo Phat Khong co "toi loi" theo Hieu Nghia "toi loi" vai tôn Trong Khac Giao. With the kings of xau moi cua minh xa VO (avijja) goes TY Kien (micchà ditthi). Điều Khong mot cai beyond the choi bao lau with co Hoai Nghi, hoang mang, do du, the Khong thi bo tien nao Có. Cung Khong the choi cai Rang Hoai được Nghi Tranh được Khong Khong Hieu Người with ma khi ro, ro thay. DJE Nhung holds xa hon, thi Tuyet đối can Phai xa lia Hoai Nghi. Muon Khoi Hoai Nghi, Phai thay can t ro.

The problem is not that one should not doubt or should believe. Just saying "I believe", does not mean that you understand and see clearly. As students solve a problem to stage do not know how to proceed, it will fall into doubt confused. If in doubt, he can not move, so you definitely comfortable. There are workarounds, but do not just say "I believe" or "I do not think" that solved the problem. Committing oneself to believe and accept that he did not understand all, is a political attitude, not a spiritual attitude or knowledge.

He always skeptical all chains. Even when he was going away, leave a few minutes before death, he was repeatedly told his disciples to ask if there are technical doubts about His teaching, to later regret not because it can not all questions . But the disciples were silent.

When the Buddha was a very touching words: "If so respect that the Tathagata can not ask anything, then tell everyone you know" (which means that each person ask you what you ask it for questions).<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [10] <! - [endif] ->

Not only the freedom of thought, but also the grace of the Buddha, have made use of religious studies by surprise. A youth so in Nalanda, a wealthy and prominent name advantage-she-li (Upali), a disciple of the sect in family friendly list-element Ni-Kien (Nigantha - Nataputta) of Jainism of Mahavira Jaina, Mahavira was dispatched to meet the Buddha to debate and all I few points in the theory of karma, because the Buddha's views on other issues with the view of Mahavira<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [11] <! - [endif] -> . Trai ngược you mong đợi, Upali sau khi Tranh Luan Nhan Phai chap rang when Nhung điểm đức cua Phat goes beyond đúng điểm quan cua minh thay know. Ong cause the boi ta xin đức Nhan Minh Phat lam mot DJE ​​already you tai (Upasaka, uu-ba-Tac). Nhung đức Phat Bao Ong lai ta hay Suy Nghi, đừng go you go, there "of x and t can đoán than rat tot cho Nhung Người lac loi NHU NGO." Khi Upali Nhung lap lai xin loi cause, đức Phat khuyên hay Tiep Tuc Kinh Ong Trong Nhung I go there thay ung cu cua ong ta Nhu trước<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [12] <! - [endif] -> .

In the 3rd century BC, the Buddhist emperor Ashoka's kingdom of India, following the example of grace and virtue exalted understanding, respect and uplift have all other religions in the Empire His broad. In a statement of the Emperor carved pillars now we also read:

"People should not only respect their own religion and all I religions of others, but to respect others religious reasons or other reasons. Thus we can make their own religion and help develop other religions. If not, where one has buried digging his own religion, and also harms other religions. He who only respect their beliefs and all the credit chain other beliefs, in fact they did this because of the devotion to their own beliefs, thinking, "I will honor my religion." But on the contrary, when do they hurt their own religion in a more severe. So perfect harmony is nice: everyone should listen, and willingness to listen to the theory that someone else initiated. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [13] <! - [endif] ->

Here we should also add that the spirit of sympathetic understanding that now needs to be applied, not only in matters of religious theory, but also in other jurisdictions.

Tolerance sympathy from the beginning he was one of the most beloved ideal of civilized culture and Buddhism. Thus, throughout the history of missionaries in 2500 years, Buddhist Asia, and now has over 500 million followers. Violence, in any form, any argument, also absolutely opposed to the Buddha's teaching.

People often ask: Buddhism is a religion or a philosophy? Call it, that's not important, Buddhism is Buddhism, though here you paste onto whatever brand. Brand is dependent. Even brands that we set for Buddhist Teachings Buddha also not relational. The name that we set for Buddhism is not essential.

What's in a noun?
Rose flavor was even more names.

Also, do not need brand truth, it is not a Buddhist, Christians, Hindus, or Muslims. Truth is not exclusive of anyone. The sect mark is an obstacle to understanding the true self in a way, and they give rise to harmful biases in human thought.

This is true not only in matters of intellectual and spiritual, but also in the communication between people. For example, when we meet someone, they do not look like a man, we gave them a brand such as English, French, German, American or Jewish, and he reviewed all the prejudices associated label was in our minds. But he can be completely beyond the attributes that we assign to them.

Man enjoys the distinguishing marks, so they put him on all the brands on the virtues and emotions that everyone has. They said to the "type" of different charity, such as: Buddhist Charity and Charity Christians, and despise the other brands of charity. But charity can not be a partnership, it is not God, Buddha, Indian or Muslim. The love of a mother for the child is not a Buddha or God: that is motherhood. The qualities and human feelings such as love, charity, compassion, tolerance, patience, friendship, desire, hatred, lazy late, ignorance, pride, etc.. no need to brand partnership, they do not belong to any religion at all.

For the seeker of truth, a thought is due to come from non-relational. The origin and development of a thought is the problem of scholars. Indeed, to understand the truth, we do not even need to know from the Buddha's teachings, or from someone else. It is essential to clearly see the problem, understand it. There is an important story in the Central Business (Majjhima-Nikaya) (Business 140) to clarify this.

One day the Buddha to stay overnight in an artisan workshop of pottery. Also in the workshop had a young hermit there before him<- [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [14] <- [endif] -> . Ho Khong biết nhau. Duc Phat sat người quan tu va Nhu was an "Thanh Nien is no co Nhung Cu Chi đáng men. Ta Hoi NEN xem've người Mom." Hoi Phat Boi đức the người is: "Hoi Khat was<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [15] <! - [endif] -> , Nhan Danh to ban ma bo đà you already đình? For there thay cua Ban? Ban cua thuyết Thích ly to? "

The young man replied, "my friend, a recluse Gotama Sakyan, has abandoned the family to become a hermit. It was rumored that it was an Arahant (A-la-drought), a level omniscient. the name of that holy man that I became a hermit. He is my teacher, and I like the theory of man. "

- So that holy man, the A-la-draft, who was omniscient now where?

- In the land to the north, to ask you, is a city called Savatthi (Sravasti). The Blessed One there is who, the A-la-droughts, who are omniscient.

- When you have that you did not, who did the Blessed? If you meet him, you will recognize him or not?

- I have never seen him Buddha. If you meet him, I do not recognize.

Buddha realized that his name that this strange young man gave up and became a family doctor begging. But still not to reveal traceable. He said:

- Ask Dr. beggar, I will teach you the theory. Let's listen. I would say.

- Yes, you say go. Young people's approval.

When the Buddha was teaching the youth a most impressive sermon of truth (which we will present the essential points later)<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [16] <! - [endif] -> .

Only after hearing the Dhamma is complete, a hermit named Pukkusati realize that people say to me is the Buddha. He lowered his feet Teacher ethics, and sorry for him because he did not know which to call Him "you"<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [17] <! - [endif] -> . Roi Người Ay cause xin đức Phat Truyen rejoiced PHAP go vao đoàn the Nhan Minh Tang already.

Buddha had asked him y, bowls ready (a bhikkhu - monks - have 3 y and a bowl for alms). When Pukkusati no answer, the Buddha taught that the Tathagata (Tathagatas) shall not life up for someone if they do not have available medical or bowl. So go find Pukkusati y and bowl, but unfortunately he was crawling along the butting death<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [18] <! - [endif] -> .

Later when he reached the sad news, Buddha told his disciples that Pukkusati is a holy man saw the truth and has reached the stage near the end of the road made Nirvana, and be reborn into a realm , there he will become an A-la-drought<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [19] <! - [endif] -> leather goes Cung chet DJE ​​bao Thu Phai Khong gian tro lai the nay.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [20] <! - [endif] ->

Through story we can see that when Pukkusati listening and comprehension of the Buddha were his teachings, he does not know who is telling who he is, or there is the teaching of one. He found the truth. If the drug or the disease will heal. No need to know who makes the doctor, or from where it again.

Most religions are established on faith - rather, blind faith - but the Buddhist emphasis on the "notice", understand, be acquired, rather than on trust. In the Buddhist scriptures written word Saddha (Skt. Sraddha) usually translated as faith, trust. But saddha is not "faith" in the conventional sense, but rather it is "credit", arising from the determination. In Buddhism popular and in common usage where the scriptures, we must recognize the term "saddha" has a meaning of "faith" when it is explained by the refuge in Buddha, Dharma (Dhamma) and Increase (Sangha, Sangha).

According to Asanga, the great philosopher of Buddhism in the fourth century, "credits" has three aspects:

1) The trust and integrity sure about something.
2) joy serene about the virtues.
3) The desire or wish to complete a goal to pursue.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [21] <! - [endif] ->

Although understanding how much faith in the sense that religion has very little relevance to Buddhism.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [22] <! - [endif] ->

The problem arises when faith no evident - that all makes sense. As we can see, the problem disappeared faith. If I told you that in my fist with the pearl, the problem posed for the trust you do not see a gem. But if I open your fist and only jewel, then you've found the problem posed no longer trust again. So in the ancient texts have a saying: "Get to know as we find a jewel in my palm."

A disciple of Buddha, a monk named Musila told another: "Hey you Savittha without faith<- [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [23] <- [endif] -> , long tin bucket sung Bai, Khong can Thiên vi ua thich hay, Khong can nghe loi hay đồn đãi truyền thuyết, Khong xét đoán can be ngoài Nhung Le Ly, Khong can Lac su thu tu trong quan Duy ve cac Niem, thay rang Toi va su biết Cham dut CUA Niết sinh tu la-ban. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [24] <! - [endif] ->

And the Buddha taught, "Ask the monk, said that the eradication of evil, is impure so that a person has seen and known, not for someone who does not see and did not know. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [25] <! - [endif] ->

The problem has always been known and seen, not private. Buddha's teachings are called Ehi-passika, invites you to "come to see", rather than come to believe.

In the texts, the word always refers to people who have the truth that "the French label (Legal eye: dhamma-cakkhu), not dusty and dirty, has arisen:" The What was the truth, have entered into the truth, has overcome skepticism, he no longer hesitated. With true wisdom, he see them as they (yatha bhutam) "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [26] <! - [endif] -> . We đến of jackets ngo cua chinh Ngai, đức Phat day: "With mat đà sinh phat, phat tri đà sinh, sinh Kien Giai đà phat, phat Anh Sang đà sinh"<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [27] <! - [endif] -> . Luon Luon djay there on your hay thay Biet here tri (Nana-dassana), chu Khong Phai beyond tin tin đức Tuong here.

This point is increasingly being lauded at the time that orthodoxy Brahmins forced to believe and accept the traditional course and the competence of their unique truth. One day, a group of educated Brahmins eminent visited the Buddha and a long debate with him. One of the men, a young Brahmin named Kapathika sixteen, was considered intelligent all four of them, asked the Buddha<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [28] <! - [endif] -> :

- Lord Gautama, is the last of the old biblical Brahman proceedings be transmitted continuously through oral transmission of texts. Of texts that he, a Brahmin who had this absolute conclusion: "There is new here is the Truth, and everything else is wrong." So Gautama faith will say about that?

The Buddha asked:

- In the Brahman, a Brahman himself any claim to know and see that "this was the only truth, everything else is reasonable mistake?"

Honest young man replied:

- No.

- So, how can a teacher or a teacher of teachers in the Brahman's Saturday back on time, or even to any one person among the first authors of the economic that case, has stated that he knew and saw: "There is new here is the truth, everything else is wrong?"

- No.

- So, they resemble a string of blind people in tandem, the first not seen, nor of the middle and last but not seen. Thus, it seems the situation of Brahman as the situation of a string of blind people.

He then for a group of Brahmins very important advice: "A wise man should not keep the truth come to the conclusion:" Only this is true, and everything else are false. "

When young Brahmin asked him to explain the meaning of a "truth maintenance", the Buddha taught:

"A person who believes something. If he says:" It is my belief, "such as medicine has been keeping all these facts. But he can not reach absolute conclusions:" There is new here is truth, and everything else are false. "In other words a person can believe anything arbitrary, and can say" I believe that. "So y is respect for the truth. But he should not because trust him to say something that only medical news is the truth, and everything else is wrong. "

Buddha said: "The attachment of something (an opinion), and other scorned things (different view) seen as inferior - it is wise to call a fake chains."<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [29] <! - [endif] ->

One day the Buddha taught<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [30] <! - [endif] -> cho Môn DJE ly thuyết Nhan you here, go I rang đà Thua thay go Hieu ro điều Ay. Duc Phat lien day:

"O bhikkhus, even this conception, transparent and clear like that, but if he hold on to it, if you prefer it to him, if he kept it, if he was tied with it, so he did not understand that the doctrine only as a raft, but actually used to cross the river, not to hold that hug. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [31] <! - [endif] ->

Elsewhere, the Buddha teaching this famous metaphor, in that doctrine is like a raft used to cross the river, not to hold and carry on their backs.

"O bhikkhus, a traveler, to a large river about. Coast is very dangerous side, but on the other side is peace and no danger. Not have a boat to the other side of river nor have a bridge to go through. He said to himself: "The river was wide, this shore full of danger, but on the other side, the peace without danger. No boat to the other side, there was no one to bridge over. Therefore, it would be very good if we collect grass, wood, twigs and leaves to make a raft, and raft through which the other side for peace, using our arms and legs to overlap. "Then ask the Monks, who was collecting grass, wood, trees, leaves that make a raft and the raft was taken by the other side peacefully, overlapping with his limbs. After crossing the river to the other side , he thought: "The true friends of this has benefited us a lot. Thanks to it we have to pass in peace river side, overlapping with our hands and feet. It is worth to take the raft on top or on any of us go back. "

- How he thought the teacher asked the monks? If he do so, the action of y has to be a proper action for a friend or not?

- Buddha, no.

"Then we should do with medical raft? Having crossed the river and to the other side, suppose he thought:" The friends of this fact has a great boon to us. Because it had to come to this river peacefully side, overlapping with our hands and feet. We should leave this raft on the water, then continue to go anywhere. "It is an appropriate action for the raft. Also, ask the monks, I have taught a doctrine similar to a raft, it remains to pass, not to carry, hold on. O bhikkhus, understood that the teachings just like a raft, then (dhamma) he must forsake all, let alone more illegal (adhamma)<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [32] <! - [endif] -> thi lai cang xa bo Biet nen chung NAO. "

From this metaphor is clear from the teachings of the Buddha in order to lead people to peace, purity, happiness, attaining Nibbana (Nirvana). The whole theory of the Buddha that lead to the goal. He did not say what, but just to satisfy intellectual curiosity. He was a practical teacher will teach everything happily bring happiness to people.

Buddha once stayed in a forest Simsapa in the Kosambi (near Allanhabad). He holds a handful of leaves, and asked his disciples:

- Ask the monk, the brothers think? Leaves in our hands more or more leaves in the forest?

- Blessed, leaves in the hands of the enlightened few, but it leaves in the forest Simsapa indeed more numerous.

- Also, ask the monks, it only teaches them very little from what we have is their explanation. What he did not tell the truth, the more numerous. And why did not the Tathagata teaching these things? Because it is not useful ... does not lead to Nirvana. Thus, we did not say those things.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [33] <! - [endif] ->

It is useless for us when trying to imagine - as some scholars have tried to in vain - what Buddha said but did not tell his disciples.

Buddha did not want to talk about metaphysical matters not required, the sole realm of thinking, the generality of the imagination. He saw them as a "forest concept." It seems that the disciples of the Buddha are also people who do not like his attitude. Where he is a Man of the pupil (Malunkyaputta) were asked 10 questions sparse renowned classical metaphysical issues and ask the Buddha replied.<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [34] <! - [endif] ->

Malunkyaputta One day, after the session of meditation on the driver, went to pay homage to Buddha, sat down on one side and asked:

- Blessed, when I was sitting in meditation alone, this idea came to me: "There are issues that the Buddha did not explain to to the side and remove. This is:

A. Everlasting universe, or 2. not lasting;
3. Space limited, or 4. infinite;
5. The soul is one with her ​​body, or 6. another soul other body.
7. Germany has also the Tathagata exist after death, or 8. He does not exist after death.
9. He just does not exist just to exist after death, or 10. He just does not exist and neither does not exist.

These issues were not the Buddha explained to me, this attitude is not unsatisfactory. I do not like her attitude. I will go to the Buddha and asked him about this sir. If the Buddha did not explain to us, we will give them mass up and leave. If the Buddha knows the universe eternal, let him say so. If the Buddha did not know the universe is eternal or not etc.. do not know a person should be frankly, "I do not know, I do not know."

The Buddha's answer to kyaputta Malun-benefit results for millions of people worldwide are now wasting precious time on the problems that perplex the metaphysical and mind is an unnecessarily:

- Malunkyaputta this, we have never said to him: "Come, Malunkyaputta, live the holy life under the shadow of me, I will explain these things to him or not?"

- Buddha, no.

- And he, this Malunkyaputta, he told us: "Buddha, you will live the holy life under the shadow of him and he will explain these things to children?"

- Buddha, no.

- Right now, Malunkyaputta, do not say to him: "Come live the holy life under the shadow of me, I will explain these things to him." And do not tell us: "Buddha, you will live the holy life under the shadow of the Buddha and he will explain these things to you." In such cases, ask the other crazy people, who denies it? " <! - [if! supportFootnotes] -> [35] <! - [endif] ->

Malunkyaputta asked, if someone said, "I will not live the holy life under the shadow of the Buddha if he did not explain to me the problem was" then he could die before the Tathagata question is answered. Suppose, asked Malunkyaputta, a man shot poisoned arrows and friends brought her children to a medical doctor. Suppose then the other person said, "I'm not going to draw this arrow out if we do not know who shot, he is a Delhi Police (Ksatriya) or a Brahman (priest-class) Coffee or a clinic (Vaisya, commercial farming class) or a la Prime momentum (Sudra - the caste), his name is, the family was, he high, low or medium height , who was black leather, brown or yellow, he came from any village or urban provinces. I will not to draw arrows if we do not know what kind of offers we had shot, cord was, kind of arrow What, what to do with hair made of and what the name. " Q Malunkyaputta, he will die before knowing what any of these questions. Also, ask Malunkyaputta, if a person says, "I will not follow the holy life under the Tathagata ball until he answers questions such as whether the world's longevity, etc..", He will Tathagata died before being answered.

Then the Buddha explained to Malun-kyaputta that holiness does not depend on these views. Although people have the idea how to go about these things anymore, it still birth, old age, sickness and death, benefits, compassion, sorrow ... that the cessation of these things (ie Nirvana) is said can be done right in this life.

Therefore, this Malunkyaputta, keep in mind in mind: what we have explained, is considered to be explained and what we have not explained it was not considered to preach. What is something we have not explained? World eternal or not etc.. (10 of these concepts), we have no explanation. Why, asked Malunkyaputta, but did not explain them? Because it is not useful, not related to fundamental spiritual holiness, does not lead to boredom away, liberation, the cessation of suffering, the peace, the penetration, passing the corn- the table. Thus, we were not talking to him about these things.

But what, asked Malunkyaputta, we have explained? I explained that suffering (dukkha), the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to the cessation of suffering<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [36] <! - [endif] -> . Hoi Màlunkyaputta there sao ma ta đà Giai Thích Chung? Boi Loi Vì nó ich, nó when HE CAN ban đến đời song thien thanh tam Linh, nó đưa đến on Chan bo on Giai thoát, Cham dut đau kho, on An Tinh on Tham nhập on lieu Ngo, Nyet- ban. The TA đà Giai Thích Boi chung. "<! - [If! SupportFootnotes] -> [37] <! - [endif] ->

Let us now consider the Four Noble Truths that the Buddha told that he has explained Malunkyaputta. HET = NAM MO Guru Shakyamuni PHAT. (3 LAN) .24/32012.

V. Lessons QUESTIONS FROM "THE BIGGEST ENEMIES OF LIFE"

Through what we have on this analysis, especially based on the Buddhist-Soul, we can draw the following lessons:

1 / LIFE is impermanent, JUST LIKE Dream = Understanding of selflessness, our implementation is largely self France. Everything in this world only by the grace of, we penetrated the impermanence of the earth.

Men and women have different flowers. At the new rose bud looks really cute, and then from the start it until it looks blooming lovely, with gorgeous scent makes people thoang I fainted. Then the petals and deep wrinkles with acrid acrid smell to finally wilting flower, the petals fall gradually. This is the civil law, based, vandalism, destruction of creating h box ; no one avoid off! Clearly understood as such, it has not been put in the mind, not unhappy when impermanence of our application. there and take it. different life with a ton of pottery have enough joy, anger, love, staining we are just actors, just as the audience. Assigned positions that we have more than a drama that we play directors, ministers, prime ministers, the president ... in the year, ten years. When the curtain, we were civilians again. If we try to cling to the that role, we thought it was real, it is permanent, then you take it, we will be very sad.

Venerable Master Hua is teaching: "Remove tops the original run, get to the real author, is recognized as the enemy. Who does not wake up, still living in a dream and attachment of the dream realm. " Do you ever think you're living in a dream as big as the dream fable Nam Kha in Vietnam or not? There you will protest immediately. Ridiculous! If I'm dreaming, I pinch the meat in the know pain, I hit his hand hard on the table saw, my contact with people and have felt happy contact, sad, angry, hate ... Even when I'm crying, my tears flow. How do say is fake? So I ask you, you are sleeping at night in bed and dream of a nightmare, your extreme fear and tears, you light up your knees wet. Such as in a dream, you see, are really living your life like that. If you know it's fake, you have woken it!

Thus, Diamond Sutra ends with four shelves are important:

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Nhu you, Huyen, Bao, Anh Nhu you, Gia, bot, Bong

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"Friends of" what is all generals should look impermanent and birth and death. All compounded things are like dreams, are authors such as bubbles when rain falls on the road, as the shadow people and things in the wall in the sun, like dew drops on flowers morning, as well as power flow by lightning flashed when going to rain. Let us often think of life as such. There is nor there, "not without sharp sharp! In this world, where nothing is stable, where nothing is immutable. Quan thus, we are new surrender Center, New Center of dwelling.

Often when that dream a beautiful dream, I want it longer. Conversely, when having a nightmare, I want to wake up quickly. Thus, happy people living with fully furnished material not usually think of spiritual practice. After all, this world, where nothing is sure? Even the floor, the road that we thought was solid when, standing on it to open up when the quake, recently appeared hell holes in many places, especially in China. Before the natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, earthquakes, meteors, epidemic ... I feel so small. When given the opportunity to sit on the plane and looking down, saw their homes, cars no different from children's toys and people can as small as ants. Also, on this earth, no place is really safe when outside the aforementioned natural disasters, human beings are causing the terrorism war to kill each other?

All what he thought was his, is certain, that could endure forever collapse, disappear overnight. Therefore, in the Lotus Sutra, Buddha for this world as a house that people burning themselves playing in it as childish. According to the Mayan calendar, Doomsday (Doomsday) is dated 21/12/2012 when a giant asteroid bumped into our earth. Hearing this, are we do not have a response back? For me though this is true or false, here is a warning to mankind and advised people to love one another, "hidden, in healthy" because only new merit ear to help people, the victims from . Faced with natural disasters, epidemics, war, all we can do nothing but what we can do, it is on ourselves. We can prisoners, merit to be able to alleviate the karma that we ought to pay, as our ancestors used to say "Germany to win some." Anatta is on the absolute selflessness but Russian is fairly fake fall on the side. Relative and absolute are two sides of one reality. Through life, even love expectations, illusory, relative, we must have a duty to prevent the evil, so do the good because "human authors but also counterfactual" and karma will follow us like shadows with right image in a dream. To edit your application in good standing, we should remember what a Tantric Master taught: "Be always aware of the illusory dream life to reduce craving and hatred. Let's have a good mind for all species, have mercy mind whether others treat you like. What else do not matter to you when you see as illusory dreams. The main point is that you have good intentions in a dream. This is key. This is truly Tu Tam. "

2 / DO NOT ego = Buddha advised us not to see that "own" is real because it causes any problems as described in the "weakness of the ego" (III 2b), so it is not his enemy or what?

3 / Please return WITH GENUINE ESSENCE, THAT is Buddha nature = Knowing the "own" is what "assume", we will turn to what we "have it" to be happy forever. That is the Buddha nature inherent in each of us. The Sakyamuni, who tell us that the true value of our by declaring: "I am the Buddha, sentient beings will become a Buddha." I recall a fable about true self in Indian philosophy: There is a lioness about to give birth pregnant but hungry too so nibbled the village. When the stream, mother lion labor and delivery and a lion. But the lion exhausted mother had died on the banks of streams. A goat shepherd boy discovered the arrival of the four tri shouted. Villagers to take the lion mother and lion owners. Lion raised in his herd of goats and goat thought. One day the princess lion seeking prey, beside a stream to drink. He herd goats and goat hide away in fear when the lion looked around, asked: "friend, friend." The male lion was surprised, just angry lion went near and said, "You are a lion is not easy!" Lion constantly asked: "friend, friend." God was very angry lion grabbed the lion neck then dragged to the banks of streams senh Shakespeare, thrust his face close the water and said, "Take a close look to see if you are?" Lion roared inspiration from his face and a hours. Forestry has the image of God!

This story is to say each of us descended from the Buddha, but we thought ourselves as living beings. We do not know or could not believe this is like my lion is thought to date is easy to master God said that death as well as the Buddha tell us of the dignity that each of us.

Some people wonder why I sure do not see the Buddha Nature? This is difficult because the Buddha Nature and the absolute formless so even Buddha can not use words to express, which can only indirectly used as "finger pointing the moon." Do you ever look directly face you? You must use a mirror, then see the shadow of it, right? Soyal Rinpoche, a Tibetan teacher of the twentieth century raised 4 "bug" makes it difficult to see the Buddha Nature, which he called "mind nature":

"Self-identity too close to the point that it is difficult to realize,

It's too deep to comprehend it difficult to detect,

It is always present is too easy to make money do not believe it,

It is so immense so we do not use floating. "

These analyzes of Soyal Rinpoche makes us remember the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng (638-713). When the open market was five, he joyfully exclaimed words the essence of mind: "It was unexpected nature pure equity,

Self-doubt where birth and death nature of capital,

Self-doubt where the full capital nature,

Self-doubt where nature which does not oscillate,

Self-doubt where you want legal nature or birth. "

Said above, sure you still see vague; so I add the teacher leads Bankei (1622-1693). In his book Mind unborn, he had only one more clearly so that we can recognize in himself the Buddha Mind: "The Buddha mind that you have from birth and the unborn really is a public lighting photo. Evidence of this is while all of you listening out there that I said that caw, Chip Sparrow sound, sound of wind rustling ... although not intentional discrimination, but the sound that you will still recognize and distinguish each sound, this call is heard for the unborn Mind ... The real life that is the source of all things, is the starting point of everything. There is no problem because what does not kill the artifacts are not destroyed, so to say real life is eternal then of course ... What are the Buddhas past evidence is any living mind and what future Buddha is mind without birth certificates as well. Today we are in the dark age, but only to a person residing in the unborn, the Dharma Center also revived then ... Let's recognize explicitly that the lighting was not born and is the true magic that Buddha is mind. An accommodation right in his mind between now and then ever after, you are a Tathagata level living ... "Soyal Rinpoche distinguish two prominent aspects of the Mind:

-Mind "normal" (Sem) capable of distinguishing, conscious duality (good-bad, love-hate, take-up v ... v). This mind should cling to the self born of a desire, anger thus creating karma, brought to life and death-rebirth and suffering.

-Mind "by nature" (Rigpa) is the absolute, not involve change and death (usually longer and does not kill) "Mind the course" not only in our minds only, in fact it is the nature of all things, all phenomena in the universe. Soyal Rinpoche also said that the natural mind is called "God" with Christ and Judaism, "Great Falls" with Hindus and "Buddha Nature" with Buddhists. So how can we back to the Buddha Nature?

Buddha has shown us so many ways (method) to customize each individual's inborn that application. Persons with inborn high, teachers practice the DC is also the basis of low, medium or practice the Salon teachers. The issue is important to practice Buddhism, not only theoretical because we can not distinguish Tri to "see" Nature is but to "see-know" by Wisdom (also known as Tri Prajna ). Fundamental ways in primitive Buddhism is based on Virtue, Wisdom.

-Keep the world is to not cause more bad karma, so that life is not disturbed, so we'll calm, easy to cultivate.

-The mind is not being attached by the scene outside and not be disappointed by the inside of distracting thoughts. Want to have mindfulness right concentration, that want to practice mindfulness, the four foundations of mindfulness.

-Wisdom is the penetrating truth of all things in us humans as well as in space, like a mirror in the morning faithfully reflect all "as it is" (as it is) no more, no less. So wisdom is awareness.

We can take for example a glass filled with water from a muddy potholes after rain. If a piece of paper to write an inscription on one side of the glass, we could not see anything through the muddy water from opposite the glass. We should not shake the cup or in a glass stirring rod taken, such as the "do not hold the world"; as the more we can not see anything through the muddy water cool. On the contrary, we should stay where it is a glass of water for several hours, the sand will settle to the bottom glass symbolizes the "Policy". Finally, when water in the cup has become transparent, we will see the text clearly palpably through the glass, this wallet for "Wisdom." This is the basic principles of meditation and the way has helped Sakyamuni's enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, clearly comprehend all of the heavens perhaps legendary, freed forever from birth and death-rebirth. Buddha His other provinces in that our 24/24 and we are still asleep, "opened my eyes that dream."

4 / TA who decide our own destiny .

Life is like a mirror because when you raise your fist up, fist raised in the mirror and back, and if I laugh in the mirror and smile back. Law of karma in Buddhism is so clear, but we must understand this law in three times: past, present, future, because people must be planted on the coast, the last bear fruit. We do not see what was happening but got immediate conclusion is not true causal laws, that "God has no eyes." Teilhard de Chardin, the famous French theologian, said that why we all recognize that the laws of physics in the universe as we do not believe in the laws of morality, ethics in the spiritual world. In Buddhism it best: "To know life before that person how they see their lifetime . Want to know how the next life he shall also see how they live out in this life. " So we are owners of their destiny, happiness or unhappiness is something we decided, not by anybody else, a different punishment.

Religion Buddhism is a hard to hear. Not everyone is blessed with enough grace, enough to accept radical. How can an ordinary person could accept the idea: I am the author, life is just a dream? The ancients said: "Drugs are bitter disability leave, so the offending words." How good is good enough but not to accept the kindness that kindness to rise above, to Hue tu tu, not only blessed. The vast majority of religious Buddhist blessing now, only few people from Hue. Tu blessing is not an act of cruelty, often do good for the purpose of enjoying the natural consequence. There is merit, how much they enjoyed good results but it is still within samsara as scholar Nguyen Duy should have said: Chains of gold also remains whether x i ch to human bondage like golden cage is also the prison of birds. The problem is broken gold chain or cage to escape prison. Thus the Buddha advised us from Hue to escape from prison "Three Realms". Only so can we master the new greed, hatred and delusion in themselves, master mortal-and if we have Reincarnation rebirth, it is by prayer, not by industry. Buddha said something real fashioned: "Victory sa thousand enemies outside the field not by themselves win. Win yourself is the most resounding. "

5 / Middle Way "Happiness NOT FIRST"

This is the most important lesson, but the highest and most confusing.

Most of us come to the crossroads, but there are a few re-attach to selflessness. Buddha said they thought things should be conditioned where nothing is real at all, death is all that is foolish not to enjoy yourself in every way, including the killing of others. Just like a dream life, no soul, no retribution, but to fear nothing. But they must understand that every person has consciousness as described in section (III-3). If there's "fake" the results also have "fake" and the dream they are still paying the retribution, they still have a taste of romantic suffering in the scene, not run away to be both.

When the theory of selflessness, the Buddha did not want to not because we accept as such, is worse than serving in there, but he just wants us to see the true nature of the Self to not be attached. When you see the nature of things is dependent origination, we find it has no true identity, is there or not. Therefore, we do not attach to a crossroads and did not accept the selflessness, the disapproval is called the Middle Path, also known as "First means no." Middle Way means "no there is not no".

Middle Way does not mean that the synthesis between the Yes and No, which is the Vietnamese super concept from the world. Middle Way does not mean the intermediary between the Yes - no, often-paragraph, on uninterruptedly, Passion-Fun which means beyond the extreme that, outside the ring relative to the difference may manifest Vacuum Noble friends, definitely not heard the thoughts and words. Reality escape four concepts: Yes, No, usually, paragraph. This is in economic duality Vimalakirti. Meaning in the Middle Vietnamese is super attitude detachment, invisible universe, ie not being dependent on a prejudice, not framed in a category that thought. Middle Path is done without being attached to the Yes and No: Need user to strive Falls, to compete for more advanced science, the life is more prosperous but should not get caught in the crossroads it indicates thought to myself that should selflessness application to remove the boundaries between ourselves and the people, to more friends and fewer enemies, to bring happiness to people around the world.

Buddhists have a saying "Depending on conditions that are invariant" means the case that we tackle, but stick to liberation and salvation mortal beings. Therefore, when a man does something like that but actually transgress the purpose of level, to help others. Te Cong Hoa Thuong was born to break the general observance of human beings. However, there are those who rely on to do things about it and said that he illegally accepted break. Buddhism is very susceptible to evil fallacies advantage for their bad behavior. Therefore, we must be wary not to fooled.

VI. KET Luan

In Buddhism, the so-called "own" only

* Links to the five aggregates, and not the other core.

* So that the convergence of conditions and also by the dispersion of conditions that kill.

* And did not have an immortal soul that after the four elements of this body panels collapse but of rebirth consciousness and professional help.

It is the sense (rather than a physical entity) of this body and mind through all the actions of body, speech and mind.

The Buddha pointed out to break the selflessness of our ego. Anatta doctrine breaking down the distinction between our people and to bring equality and harmony among people together, to see happiness of their happiness, ranging from immeasurable mind: loving kindness, compassion, sympathy, and equanimity to all beings.

No-Soul is a truth, but do not hold it in my sleep ethical metaphysics.

Should see a correlation between Radio and Friendship, between No and Say, between self and phenomena, between the Absolute and Relative, between mind and France, between Buddhism and Human excess surplus. When the realization of selflessness then we still have to live and bring the body temporarily, but we assume no enemies at all. Well, it is convenient or retrograde means to practice, "borrowed author from the foot", to achieve True Happiness.

And the most skillful means to break the ego, which is oriented to serve beings, is to develop Bodhicitta. Thus the new Ta increasingly smaller, the new one perfecting himself in the words of Venerable Narada taught: "Serving to become completely and totally to serve." END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).24/3/2012.