CHAPTER 7.BUDDHA OF BOUNDLESS LIGHT AND DEWACHEN.

An absolute faith in the Buddha of Boundless Light

Certainly the Blissful Realm reborn.

An enlightened mind with Buddha qualities.

Wherever the Pure Land way feel well.

Buddhist cosmology specifies a large number inconceivable world systems outside of our earth. Universe outside world, apart from the six cycle, where exist many Pure Land is not the end, lasts ten directions of space (eight direction around, above and below). The planes are clean places occupants of the progress being awake, even the Buddha of the heaven and the great bodhisattvas.

Limitless Pure Land, many are particularly important include the Pure Land of the position as Vairochana (Vairocana) Vjrasattva (Vajrasattva), Tara (Bach Y Avalokitesvara) Avalokiteshvara (Quan Bodhisattva), Maitreya (Maitreya) and Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Padmasambhava). World Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is the best known, is located on the west, in addition to the many other universes. That ideal world is where the seat of the Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha), he taught countless people come to seek enlightenment, including many practitioners and the other disciples. Because the clarity of light filled his whole body all the Buddhist Pure Land is nothing to prevent problems; His name in Sanskrit is called Amitabha. That is Boundless Light.

Amitabha Buddha is central to many traditions of trust in the Pure Land of Buddhism as the Chinese nation, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. In Tibet, the subject Dewachen to expect prayer, reflection and meditation, esp. In the ritual for the dead. In many texts, historical Buddha Sakyamuni make a real confirmation that this is a Pureland easiest of which to be born again, there is joy and have more energy towards lead to enlightenment. Who was born in the Pure and the world will be fully enlightened, in a final life. Because the quality of the Pure Land was blessed by the Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha) as well as merit of those who were born in it.

Origin of the Pure Land tradition

Majority of the Buddhist scriptures are the fundamental source of these traditions to the Buddha Pure Land. Both economic (plus teaching) and Mantra (Vajrayana teachings) including many titles as well as economic record of the Pure Land, but Shakyamuni Buddha has shown us more attention to describe the realm of Sukhavati Amitabha Buddha in the living and the great details.

Two important economic Mahayana special character known as the Amitabha Sutra and the Amitabha economic Elementary. These teachings are spoken by the Buddha in the following places: He taught the Amitabha Sutra at Mount Gridhakuta (Spirit Animal) near Rajagriha (Rajgir) (now Rajgir in Bihar state, northern India) for Ananda (Ananda) and He Ajita (A Theory Test) as well as the majority of those who gathered other disciples. He taught business at the State The Jeta Grove Amitabha (his teachings) (now under water Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh state, India) for his Shariputra and the majority of his followers.

Two business appears in many translations, including Chinese (since the 3rd century after Christianity) Korea and Japan (from the 7th century), of the Han Vietnam may appear on 4th century; great Tibetan translator in the 9th century.

This chapter took the basics of Tibetan translations, and also have a few documents as well as other comments.

Three peculiarities of the Pure Land

As we clear the Infinite Life Buddha (Amitabha) and the realm of His Bliss as recounted in this book belong to the body of one of three application specific characteristics or the body of Buddhahood.

First is the ultimate body (dharmakaya): it has no form, is full of natural Buddhahood, is recognized to the nature of reality itself. This is the absolute state of the generosity and emptiness, self in its huge, unique and extreme.

The second is the report itself: it is not in a state of duality and homogeneous nature. This is the Pure Land form of the body, pure and inseparable with the wisdom of the Buddha. It is spacious, permanent, never changing and infinite bliss.

Pureland Pureland ultimate and can only have peace by those who have been enlightened.

Tuesday peculiarities of Buddhahood is the application itself: This is a physical form as in virtue Shakyamuni and other Buddhas incarnation in our human realm. Pure Land of the application (of) itself is relatively form, which can be realized by the normal beings or secular character like us, if we have not taken actions merit. If we are born into one of joy, peace in the realm of the Pure Land itself, then we will move forward to achieve our wisdom and will to take absolute Pureland.

As I have repeatedly stressed on the knowledge and experience we've had different stages of life, especially at the time of death, as a result of the knowledge of the habits that we have found born and rooted in the flowing stream of our consciousness in the past. If your mind is burned and turned into gas heating causes of anger, hatred and awareness are not healthy, then the appearance and life experience as well as special life Our future will arouse in us the world of hell. If our minds are planted by the peace, joy, and bring the mind as well as good action and if we had good fun with the identification, the same form and the perception of the world Pole Us, then it will arouse world places that we will be reborn, be it good in the world of peace and bliss, like Dewachen so.

The point of the exercise reported in this book is a form of rebirth in the reincarnation of Dewachen. It's easy to be born on that than some other Pure Land, by sweeping the vow of the Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha) brings all beings in the realm of His Bliss and help them attain enlightenment.

The capacity of the Buddha prayer

In the Amida Sutra is about the realm of Bliss area and how? In an ancient past with a monks named Dharmakara (France Tibet), he has been predicted to become the Buddha Amitabha - Development and establishment bodhicitta vow before his teacher. It was Buddha Lokeshvara (The Independence) that he will serve for all beings. In France at that time he was fifty-one Tibetan prayer promise to lead those beings in the Pure Land birth of his new [1] Here are five prayer gives us an idea of natural vow He and his Pure Land.

In the first prayer, he will abstain from the French Tibetan Buddha result if some beings born in his country which is still suffering because the asura, animal, hungry ghost or hell realms. So for example when a being from hell Bliss birth of the world, all the suffering of beings in hell he would stop and he will become happy beings of Pure Land degrees (please recall that the difference between being in the lower realms and beings in the Pure Land they'll see and feel how the object of understanding is evoked by the mind)

In the second Prayer of him, he vows that will not become a Buddha until all beings that birth in the Pure Land of His will more specifically elsewhere in the human realm and the heavenly beings. He wants that his Pureland completely clean, but also the same good quality as in the human realm and the realm of heavenly beings.

In the nineteenth prayer, He vows that he will not become a Buddha until everyone who wishes to be reborn in his Pure Land, and who practice reciting his helpfulness and merit for rebirth, will actually be born in the Pure Land. Pray for this even if he repeats the thought born in the Pure Land of our world in just ten times, but he did not commit "in the endless crimes or any credit where Buddhism." These conditions are not chosen in the Buddha; if these beings did not open the door to free himself, the Buddha can not be ordered fishing them.

At the thirtieth prayers, vows that he will not at home right until sensory beings in the Pure Land of the future was not only suffering but also from the property with the spirit as products of intellectual unlimited knowledge and confidence.

The prayer of the Amida faith is expressed very strong. But only the prayers we can not promise delivery of this Pure Land. We have done our duty, we must ensure that opportunities not closed, due to the felony offense or not contingent teachings and believe we have opened the way to go to the Pure Land with 'four causes' of the birth of this world Sukhavati (see further in the Appendix A.)

The capacity of the Buddha's name

Buddha Amitabha set vow to lead all those who thought his name to bridge the Pure Land. His name becomes the door through which we can observe the Buddha of Boundless Light, Bliss and his realm.

Mahayana Buddhism teaches us to obtain things such as pictures, sounds and experiences of enlightenment. But to reach this goal we need to go through the door how vital it is the image of a Buddha, or the feeling of peace with nature sounds nice. A door is so red list of Amitabha; things which he himself had been blessed to help us go to Him and from Him can come to us.

Red List of Amitabha is the existence in each every moment as wisdom, compassion and competence. In every moment we become the idea of ​​his name, he is always in us and is with us. So if we concentrate on as well as linking his name at one point and with the confidence of all, we begin to sense in a sea of ​​enlightenment that quality. The refuge and trust in the Buddha would be like a flower that grows wild. Soon we will not find a place to contain the knowledge of evil and feel like the negativity of desire, delusion and attachment.

Like we will become an oven filled with the power of the Buddhas. We will serve others with the spontaneously. Anything that we see, hear and feel will rise in his existence. The rebirth of the other realm Sukhavati as a natural next step. Then the attainment of Buddhahood is the ultimate goal, where the intellectual reach.

If the household becomes thought and our breath as well as the rules and rituals glass, even while we recognize the common image, consciousness, or sensation - even when they live, dead or in how the intermediate - we will always have access to the Buddha through his name.

This is a unique capability that you can call his name when the name or concept of prayer in the original languages ​​in Sanskrit or in a language that has been blessed by many enlightened beings, such as Sanskrit and West Tibet. But if the prayer of your own language is very flexible for your application. So use your language, because it is important to open the glass heart with the regulations as well as developing his confidence in him.

We should recite the blessing of the Buddha's name Boundless Light as much as possible. In appendix A contains instructions about how to confess his name like.

Pure Land like?

Incarnation of the world Sukhavati is expressed in many ways as compared with those calculated by the highest realms of humans and heavenly beings. So they can compare that being born in other places would like the shape of human beings and heavenly beings there?

Although Pureland present incarnation as an object of the duality concept together with the comments. It actually expands with the opening and the good energy. This is a realm of heavenly beings, located where in the sky out of nowhere (not in the sea or on earth) and filled with precious objects. The mission of the other world with a saint and angry split between the teacher and his disciples. All beings had been born in this Pure Land are among the disciples and the disciples have the Bodhisattva, for others they serve as a teacher.

Dewachen world as the realm of human and heavenly beings are structured in a way made possible, separate the size and spacing as well as in relative time. But is not human suffering as the suffering of birth, aging, sickness and death. Nor the suffering of the Devas, to die and fall into the lower realms. To explain why called Bliss, Buddha Shakyamuni said, "In the realm of Bliss where her relatives Minister beings from suffering. Where he has no mental suffering. There can not be counted cause of happiness. So why call it Bliss'' realm.

Dewachen land in the soft and flat, like the hands of children. There is no limit, fresh, smooth and cool as very pleasant to the touch, not prickly gravel or steep slopes. Realms that are pure, peaceful, happy and no pollution. It is composed of seven precious substances (gold, silver, lazuli, crystal, pearl, pearl, onyx) and by the nature jewelry gold in the aisles so solemn, grand, long long , no infection and did not wither away. Realms that are illuminated by the colors and the light beam. In this pure realm there are countless other Pure Land Buddha appeared like the contrast on the bright side glass panels. Beings there can see the contrast of the Pure Land is like you are watching another continent on TV in your room.

Pure Land is not the shadow or the ordinary mountain, but the jewelry with a variety of flat mountains of precious stones on the top and bottom of the mountain. It was here in the mountains of the jewelry by the pile of precious jade, ivory and pearl types marble caves as well as rare home made with beautiful vines.

These wonderful trees that are colorful and landscape decoration. Place plants that have been created by one, two or three kinds of precious objects. Many other plants are created by seven kinds of precious stones such as roots of pure gold, silver trunks, tree branches by lazuli crystal, amber leaves, petals pink pearl, treasure flower color European and jade colored fruit. These trees are as soft and gentle and touching, sweet scent spreading everywhere. Clear audio is transmitted when the wind stirs.

Pure Land is powered by the energy barrier around and above a pond, water, rivers and streams; where many beings that play in the peaceful comfort. The gentle steps made of precious stones lead you to where streams are flowing and lakes filled with water the other virtues. The earth was created by the rare jade is that a layer of sand covered with gold. Austria was also full of water with a full eight virtues are: clean, cool, bright, scrumptious, soft, clear, boast the stalk neck, stomach healthy. The lotus flower in this world lighting, aroma as well as flying across the sky on the water. The water temperature that varies according to your desire. River water with hundreds of thousands of images of musical sound that heaven can not be compared. Lake and the river was filled with fragrance permeates covered. The earthquake's rivers and famous voices echo in the law where you live.

The birds here are transformed by the Buddha in the Pure Land. Like the shape of mountains and rivers of this country along with the birds that are due to the evolution of the Buddha, they also himself. More. They are a source of peace, peace, wisdom and enlightenment; not the cause of promiscuity, attachment, greed or hatred. Like human beings in realms normally hear birds singing in the Pure Land and you'll hear birds singing with French music. However, if you prefer the quiet, then what would you want to hear just the sound of silence.

All flowers are created by objects in the color value of the ordinary. They are usually larger by half, by one or ten weeks (one week in the 4000 range). From the countless flowers that emit yellow light. In every ray of light had appeared countless of Buddha. The appearance of the Buddhas filled in all the world can not all be counted, said the teachings say praise to all living beings, for those who are ready to receive his teachings.

The disciples in the Pure Land does not focus on what foods filled there. However if they need, some surplus that usually appears before them as they wish and invite them if necessary, can be used. At the same time whatever they want, such as fragrances, perfumes, remove his flags, musical instruments, clothing or jewelry will appear before them like they would need. But these things will not show to anyone without thinking of them.

With these people who want the house, there appears here the floor with several layers are made up of precious materials, seats full value, beds with ornaments of heaven, while There are jewelry is wonderful. Every floor was filled with other such beings for thousands of hours incessantly been top-notch singing and was pleased with the supply. The disciples were walking them through the heavens along with the house so extraordinary, with gardens, forests, rivers and ponds.

Every morning, noon, afternoon, dusk, midnight, the breeze blowing from the four directions until everyone. They bring rain from the trees and flowers on land covered with blossoming flowers and soft as silk. If you touch them, lightly scented air, you will feel like your peace in a state of meditation. Soon, all the old flowers lying on the ground and will go away, replace flowers on it and come back fresh the same.

Then the aroma around the flowers flew to cover her as precious jewels added, plus some great new ones along the dance music by noble beings.

Pure Land Where have all the forms, audio and visual sensations; sound that is the expression of the teaching experience. This does not mean that the form would become the Buddha image or sound that became the language of the Buddhist texts. But on all the root or the existence of peace, peace and enlightenment.

Axis of the Pure Land is the tree of enlightenment. 600 000 Due week high trees. is covered with lush foliage, flowers, fruit and decorated by precious materials as well as flowers with chalky yellow. When we moved by the wind, they emit a sound of singing, fly to the many other world. All those who hear, see or smell the tree of enlightenment or who taste the flavors of fruit, light touching or thinking about the knowledge they would be exempt floating concepts and the feel the pain anymore.

The size and form of the tree of enlightenment is recorded here in an appropriate manner to the way of ordinary people have to see it, but in fact not be able to think. At the foot of this tree has very large shower. This is a sitting judge of the Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha), from where he taught and liberation for all.

Buddha of Boundless Light (Amitabha) and the disciples of Him as king of the jungle covering up all the hills, the Buddha Amitabha pass all the kings in the present. His body was transparent and unstained, are decorated with good minister with thirty-two and eighty great beauty of undergraduate workers. His body was transparent and not limited to, tall as the sky. is illuminated with light is inconceivable, lighting to many Pure Land in the ten directions. His light is the virtue, and wisdom can attain. The light radiating wisdom and beautiful like the full circle of crystal light, showing the whole body and soul of anyone who touches the light and there will be a lot of wisdom and bliss. Thus, He is known as the Buddha of Boundless Light. Because life-he can not think of abyss, he is also known as the Buddha of Boundless Life (Amida - Amithayus).

His teachings brought around any great sound of the Dhamma. His enlightened mind is the immense sea, deep peace and wisdom. He understood all the sovereign through his omniscient wisdom has no limits. His wish filled with love and compassion for all those who suffer, like a mother can only make her only child. With great confidence he very happy with all the consciousness of being, and the achievements that they need to go with the flow of the continuous feed of heavenly beings never before, like the words his teaching. With enthusiastic helpfulness, he shared with everyone the nectar that, like the absolute gain what he vows. As a shepherd of sheep, he goes walking slowly but very firmly, guiding the disciples gathered much of the immense sea.

Where his Pure Land, Buddha of Boundless Light is all mercy of countless disciples of all is unthinkable. They are the ones to take for their own enlightenment and enlightenment for others as well. In the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva has 8 important: Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig), Mahasthamapata (Great Strength), Manjushri (Manjushri), Kshitigarbha (Stratum) Sarvanivaranaviskambini, Akashagarbha (Tibetan Void), Maitreya (Maitreya) and He Samantabhadra (Universal Worthy) The Bodhisattva owns five times this understanding extraordinary as follows:

1) The ownership His inconceivable things like walking in the moments that can penetrate a lot to teach the world to other beings there. Every morning this the disciples traveled to many Pure Land to meet and pay homage to the Buddha at the Buddha and hear this sermon, before returning to the world Sukhavati.

2) The likely he recalls the events from the past to life for the purpose of the study and teaching.

3) The spirit of his eyes is the look of infinite wisdom, Ask what the world so polluted beings, the Bodhisattvas serve.

4) The spirit of his ears can hear the teachings of the Buddha countless beings like praying.

5) The known he states belong to innumerable beings in realms upon the water and help them.

Through the power of this is inconceivable that the Bodhisattva intended for fun and useful in innumerable beings in many different worlds.

Not all beings are born on Dewachen have enough capacity as these people. Because they had a suspicion about the world being reborn in the Pure Land, or lack of confidence in the capacity of the Buddha of Boundless Light, and his vow.

Other beings in Pure Land birth may also be born again into the heart of the lotus in five hundred years and could not meet the Buddha throughout that time. They will be peace and happiness in flowers was inconceivable. But because they are in doubt, complex, so that the petals are closed after they are born again and not see the planes as well as Buddha's Pure Land.

Not all the disciples in the Pure Land are the Ten Bodhisattva or even higher. But for all those practitioners who want their lives will ultimately attained, and for everyone here will be enlightened. Except they choose other targets due to the power and vows of the Buddha.

There are no living being there is the guide for families on the path of life with your spouse and family because all are free from dependence to be the object of humiliation. Here no one who made it out from mindfulness, appreciation and training material way of life is the perfect place of purity. The beings in the realms of Supreme Bliss is the intellectuals and sentiment physical form and character more refined beings in these realms have a secular character. They pass from the classification of men and women. However, according to the scriptures and teachings of Dewachen there are no men or women who regularly between beings that when they are born in the Pure Land, where the feminine or masculine the effects of chemical miracle of the Buddha of Boundless Light, to serve the living creatures was.

This is not born into the uterus, but all this rebirth by the inconceivable generous, noble, sweet perfume in the midst of colorful flowers. No one who produced urine, or urine excretion. For these beings here do not have great body and in foods such as earth.

According to the schoolwork in Abhidharma (See N.183a \ 2 and 3018 CND) in the session's outset of our time, the existence of previous human presence on this earth, regardless of the men he or famous woman. They do not make love with each and every person is born through mysterious ways. People do not need to eat more foods, and they do not need the light of the sun or the moon, but they are screened out by sunlight where the rays of their own body. They fly in the sky like the birds, they do not have wings. Gradually over time people began to be happy with the items on the ground and then through the great experience of the senses. This causes them to lose their ability to fly and their illumination of itself. Soon they start to become men and women who have known and born from the womb of the mother.

Buddha said:

In the realms of Supreme Bliss of the Buddha of Boundless Light

Have long been happy with all the default food intake

Here even the name of foods normally do not have anymore.

Everyone delights in the Pureland and their beauty is like the beauty of gold. The body of all the disciples in the Pure Land is very powerful and full capacity is expressed through good thirty two great generals of the higher human. Lighting the wisdom of their bodies covered all realms illuminated globe. Buddha said:

In the Buddha's Pure Land of Boundless Light

Lighting the wisdom of a true level of production is always saved.

There is no darkness

And no difference between day and night

Their minds are at peace as they are filled by the confidence and wisdom. They rejoice because whatever they please; they naturally happy, no attachments, being afflicted by the misery. Even those who have not passed from suffering. The cause of the pain they still feel the joy, the power of his creative world of purity. No one is the subject of old age or disease. Life is infinite, because the power of merit. When they are born in the Pure Land. All the experience of suffering will be stopped. Where it is not the scene of the suffering in the Pure Land.

Rebirth of the world Sukhavati

The description of Dewachen merely locally seen in the light quality that is rich inconceivable. In fact, even the eyes of god can not see all the quality, which it is infinite. Even Buddha, he also could not explain all of them. Language is never complete it.

According to many books, the prayer of the Buddha of Boundless Light has an extraordinary capacity, if you always remember to think of him, you will not only be born in the Pure Land of His world where you will meet him as a human life even in your sleep or less look the same. At the time of your death the Buddha of Boundless Light, will appear before you in the middle of winter disciples as much as the sea. Especially if you remember the Buddha of Boundless Light, in a state of intermediate body then the memory would cause you to be born in the Pure Land of His world. Because the main thing was while in the intermediate body will easily change your situation.

To be reborn in the Pure Land of the world you do not need to meet up in a few attain high implied. Because with the power of the vow of the Buddha, what you need is the practice of four causes to open the door and let your spirit expressed in the feeling it as much as possible. The only condition is that you never committed a crime within five years of adversity or not believe in Buddhism. Buddha taught the four causes was as follows:

"Ananda! There are a class who is thinking more about the Buddha (Infinite Light and His Pure Land) forever repeating themselves so; two as he created the immeasurable merit and sincere prayer rebirth of the world Sukhavati. When they lose they will be reborn in his realm'' Bliss.

The cultivation of the rules and the direction of the memorial to the Buddha of Boundless Light, we confirmed our rebirth into inconceivable realms of Bliss, a realm full of peace and happiness absolute and become the source of calm and expectations of others. This wonderful opportunity is the promise of the Buddha of Boundless Light, for each of us so. The truth of this prayer has been declared by the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni Buddha). This was confirmed way to travel by Buddhist wisdom and refuge through the ages.

Some Buddhists see these things as "atheist'' to be dependent on planes Bliss, just the glass provided with access to many gods. However, when examined carefully to notice his example Nagarjuna. He is the most important threads initiated origin emptiness of Mahayana Buddhism that godless school was refused the existence of extreme, very head; both the existence and nonexistence; not exist in both non-existent. Now the historical Buddha was legendary sign that: " There will be a monk called Naga (rjuna) ... will be reborn on Dewachen, when he separated from his broken body'' . So then, if a master key, sent to major transmission emptiness (atheist), but was born in Pure Land, a few people who follow Buddhism, theistic god or not, whichever will also be born in another realm.

Easy to rebirth in the Pure Land is important for the dying, should help both systems was in and around them. Next chapter will discuss how the help of assisted suicide. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).29/4/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).