DALAI LAMA BEGINS TEACHING ORDER OF MEDITATION.

Known in recent years, the Dalai Lama has visited many places in the world to preach the Meditation Sutra, in 2008, he preached for five days in Sydney, Australia. The set of documents we have are the lectures in Sydney. Here we would like to summarize the main points in lectures.

Work Order Meditation of the Great Indian Buddhist monk's The Lotus (Kamalashila) is e memory for the Dalai Lama is a very important work is the key and open the door into the Buddhist scriptures. University The Lotus's engineers Kamalashila an important representative of the Madhyamika school in the eighth century. The Lotus's author advocates religious fusion and Duy Madhyamaka epistemology .

Start trading cult lectures the time proceedings " Light a faithful three grades: 17 gentle action of the former reverence Nalanda Institute . "

This is followed by a lecture on Heart of the period (provisional record) following intentional.

The presentation below is a summary of lectures by the Dalai Lama, according to all Vietnamese translation Thubten Munsel's Prayer, was revised to prepare for the conference in Sydney, 06/2008. I respectfully write this merit your Tri Thuc.

• The right to be happy:

All creatures have the right to exist, survive. From plants to living beings. Beings not only have the right to life, but also the right to live happy. This is natural. Our bodies from nature relevant to mental fun. The pathogenesis sorrow. So this body itself is made up of psychological function happily. Between physical and spiritual intimacy are correlated, then his happy healthy mind and vice versa. The main objective of this life is to live happy, successful. This is right from birth.

Happy to say here, mainly mentality deeply satisfying. That is when the body is painful, arduous toil, privation material which is joyful heart. State meet with two levels. First, thanks to the physical heart happy. Second, because the spirit mind happy. We are human, there is the great intelligence than other species. But that is why despite the material life is very full of depression, anxiety, insecurity, doubt, loneliness. All because of intelligence. So do not make intelligent sense of happiness, inner peace.

• The function of religion - Three questions about life

Throughout history, humankind has been trying to find ways to create sources of internal peace. Especially always need hope to survive. Faith brings hope. Humans are the face of adversity toward a supreme being, take prayer.

Faith brings hope, that hope is crucial. Thus religion meet spiritual needs of man. Although the 21st century is full of material, but the spirit is not happy, and religion remains vital role function brings people joy within.

The great religious traditions are generally aimed at three questions:

1.Cai me?

Two. I have a starting point or not?

3. What I have in the end or not?

• What is ego?

Buddhism says ego or self, is the author of the components of body and mind (five aggregates), so I have absolutely no independent separation from the body and mind.

In addition to Buddhism, all other religious traditions accept the self as the subject, owned body and mind, able to mobilize and use of body and mind. It is because of our natural feelings. When he saw something we always thought natural "things that I see." And right from birth we always feel this is my body, my mind is.

Buddhism is that the self disguised, is the name of a general body and mind. Based on the synthesis of the components in a car called the chariot; similar, based on the mind and body composition (five aggregates) which the foundation is called ego.

That is the concept of selflessness in Buddhism specific. However, this does not mean denying the existence of the self, but look at the real me (stand). Here the major schools of Buddhism have many different analysis and give its own answer to this question. Is attention to mind, is that the conscious ego, and has sent out official filing bowl (a re-skin formula). Irreducible in a few sentences can express the theory that profound.

• What I do not have a beginning?

If you have started it like? Many religions believe that the creator is: 1. The first is that Christians are all created by God, and only one life. Two. The Indian religious theists argue that with the creator (Brahma Brahma) but just accept the law of karma. 3. Traditional ancient Indian philosophy called Total comments (Samkya) to have referred to as the creator Pristine can create all except itself and its people. Thus the ego or self is eternalism no starting point.

• Buddhist perspective on the starting point of the I:

What I just put the name assigned to a combination of mind and body composition, especially the heart, so to determine if what I have in the beginning or not, to find out if the mind is the beginning point or not, and body beginning point or not.

Body is the beginning point or not ? Speaking of family, of course is the starting point. My parents had come from, stem from his parents to her ... the next generation from the previous generation, so natural to open up local youth. If the evolutionary theory of Darwin, the species from two feet to four feet, and four-legged species from jellyfish. Traced from species of jellyfish from inanimate property. On the more subtle, our physical bodies today can be traced from the time of the explosion. Traced until the maximum range, the grain structure of our body to come from a continuous serial stream, we can say is absolutely no starting point. If these materials have physical form the start, then why this material was there? It is impossible to explain.

Mind is the beginning point or not ? Talk about sensory perception, like consciousness, ear-consciousness ... mind this type of course is the starting point. For example, when I saw a flower, the flower-consciousness will arise due to two factors outside the flower and the flower eyes. But seeing this become an experience when the mind has a mind to go ahead factor, a state of mind which is emptiness and emptiness that morning. For example, a drunk or a crazy looking flower without light consciousness because of lack of identity, or consciousness.

Divided into many kinds of consciousness, the dream while awake, conscious gross or subtle. Gross minds are free from subtle consciousness born.

Mainly, the nature of the mind is emptiness light, the nature of awareness. General care is absolutely no form, forms, expressions. Thus, when it comes to the major factor in creating the human mind must bring to mind the same nature, that is just the nature of light and nature of awareness.

Buddhist perspective, the continuity of care is the foundation of the self. This mind has no beginning. Because the mind arises from a mind ahead, not by something else or thing arising out, so the heart can not be seen as the beginning point.

• What I have no end?

In the opinion of the majority of theistic religion, the ego no end, because: either by final judgment and good will in heaven forever with God, or as the ancient Indian religious the ego as part of the creator will be returned back to the Great Brahma (Brahma Big) forever.

In Buddhism there are two views:

1 / The lower denominations believe that reaching Nirvana (Mahaparinirvana - Mahaparinirvana) then go to eradicate, remove physical body and the mind is entirely extinction; ie accept that the mind and body end (intersection between public).

2 / The higher denominations believe that things are still valid or not depending on where the presence of the corresponding elements dissolved or not. Center which includes a variety of mental delusion, a delusion center corresponds to a mind capable of opposing mind delusion neutralize it. Apply neutralize the corresponding consciousness, the mind will get rid of your delusion.

However, if it comes to light nature of mind and nature of awareness, which is the true nature of mind, then no element dissolved. So the light nature of mind and character that will continue indefinitely, not end, to take effect until enlightenment. So you say there is no end point falls (falls without end).

• Other messages philosophy-Together:

All major religions have taken a different philosophy of its own. But generally all carry the same message, same target practice: that is a message of love, of compassion of charity, and target practice is to make these things.

When sincere compassion open, the generous nature, and go to the self-managed care to control yourself, do not cause harm to others. The focus of the major religions are showing compassion charity. From that arises a lot of great men devoted a lifetime to happily beliefs of others, with great heart, warm.

Dalai Lama brief presentation order Show Mahayana Meditation in concrete below. As mentioned above, this is a theory interpretation of his "Order of Charity" of the Great Indian Buddhist monk Kamalashila The Lotus World.

In meditation has three levels: 1. Profile meditation (First stage) 2. Chinese Zen (Second or middling stage) and 3. Three Great meditation or meditation (Last or the Third Stage.

In three levels, Chinese meditation is seen as easier communication, so often preached for mass cultivation. A location to quickly achieve perception, must strive to practice full power conditions.

The presentation below is a summary of lectures by the Dalai Lama, according to all Vietnamese translation Thubten Munsel's Prayer, was revised to prepare for the conference in Sydney, 06/2008. I respectfully write this merit your compassion Knowledge.

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1 / What is mind?

Omniscient mind that people can not, because if so, anything that could also be omniscient. If the birth does not depend on something else, then everything can not question the existing finish, it's no excuse not to be omniscient. Thus everything depends required conditions. Omniscient position is subject certain conditions.

2 / mental training

Need decorations choices and support elements for accurate and complete. Can not choose wrong because of the cost of effort and still not achieve expecting. Similarly, not enough people can not generate results.

What are the causes and conditions creating fully enlightened mind? Buddha says: "Hey Kim Cang Thu, Blessed are Shenzhen Policy, Vietnam took place omniscient super great compassion center as their base, is born of the altruistic, Mind, and skillful means." So, like the omniscient mind, we need to practice the following three things: the mind of great compassion, Mind and skillful means.

Bodhisattva mind has great compassion and Mind, made vows of being universal, the engaging means skilful practice. Thus, the full accumulation of merit and wisdom fully enlightened mind is like holding in your hand. Business Dharma said the national economy: "Dear white Buddha, Bodhisattvas should not practice many practices. If bodhisattvas can keep a proper solution for it, from a perfect solution for real, the good faith of countless Buddhas will fit in the palm of your hand. If the law says it is, it is a center of great compassion. "

4 / Development of discharge, the root of pronouns:

Compassion meditation begins with consistent equanimity. Try to start with an equal mind all sentient beings by cessation and anger.

Take a deep contemplation that, from birth and death to countless hours, no living being was not the friend of our family hundreds of times. So there is a reason this attachment, resentment of others. Start Center equality for all sentient beings. Start meditation of equanimity, from friends, strangers, and then the enemy. Compassion for the seed planted, when the mind has instilled in the pronoun, then great compassion meditation.

5 / recognition of suffering:

Compassion is the wish for all beings from suffering pain. Beings in the three worlds are always abused by three kinds of size, showing different shades multitude. In the three realms of hell, animals, to human beings, for beings to be tortured by all kinds of suffering.

Tam ie suffering the suffering of pain, suffering damage, of suffering. Suffering suffering beings born by themselves suffering under all kinds of diseases born old, suffering from fetters of craving. Suffering damage due to transformation change, disease, death. Industrial action by suffering and sorrow as factors that impact arises.

Meditation suffering as compassion arise, starting with relatives, then gradually spreads to all species of beings. Order of exercises in compassion, took it as a platform from which to develop Mind meditation.

Mind is of two conventional and ends. The Mind of conventional care is decorated initial aspiration, for the benefit of sentient beings in the sea of ​​suffering damnation. The Mind of conventional care was decorated by the process explained in the rule, local Business Bodhisattva (Bodhisattvabhumi), foremost bhikkhu, and strictly devoted to the Bodhisattva precepts.

When Mind convention has arisen, to support Mind decorated ends. Mind cure-all super Vietnamese thought arises, extremely clear, the goal is not subject to pollution and not move. This center has been decorated by continuous collective consciousness with customary practices in the long term only. Business address Password Shenzhen said, "From Market Bodhisattvas, all of the world and to improve methods of production that Sravakas, Bodhisattva, or as hybrid, know are the only consistent results generated." Since all district belong only to the restaurant, so all religious practitioners should only customary diligence.

However, the practitioner can not practice meditation without wisdom only, since only the light of new intellectual eradicate mental impurities. Business solutions Shenzhen Password taught: "The destruction capable of suffering. Wisdom is the ability to thoroughly destructive habits and afflictions. "

6 / Wisdom

Business Security Integration "Thanks About that peak. The practitioner then achieve wisdom. Wisdom will help achieve pure consciousness. With clear perception that About to perfection. "

And wisdom to cultivate parallel. Exit Super Size Maha said: "Do not see sravakas Buddhahood because of strong but weak property. Bodhisattvas see the Buddha nature but not obvious, because knowledge that the weak strong. Only Tathagata can see everything, because the property equally. "[...] So hold religious song only consistent method.

7 / Prerequisites customary practice only

Must meet all conditions customary practice only just beginning to achieve.

The prerequisites are: convenient living environment; minorities and recognizing sufficiency; not bear much; pure precepts; radical left craving thoughts and all other concepts. Need to rely on fake holy wide multicultural education, teaching the Dharma smart, compassionate, rich in patience. [...]

Bodhisattvas, when eligible, start meditating.

Must first complete all the preliminary practices: keeping the body relaxed in the quiet place. Place the Buddha or Bodhisattva statues in front. Meditation center has: "I will of all sentient beings to enlightenment nirvana." Run Mind, Body and bow and prostrate ground Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and ten directions. Obstacles need to repent from all sin and custom blow everyone's merit.

Practitioner or half-lotus lotus position on specific coordinates. Eyes not wide open, not closed tight, looking down the nose tip. Keep body straight into the rotation center. Natural shoulders, head straight. Natural teeth and mouth, jaw blades touch. Keep breathing light, steady, make no noise, no effort, no interruption. Natural breathing like no.

8 / meditation practice only

Have achieved just before meditation. Just wandering mind is not run by external, where dwells a natural title, continuity, security needs contempt fine. In a state of mind that only consider the exact nature of such, it is consistent. Van Bao Kinh said: "Just as any disorder of mind; restaurant is separate examining the true nature."

[...] When the Bodhisattva mind contempt achieve complete security and dwell there, they will kill conscientious, right of entry.

Practitioner to achievements, from the beginning to see that attention to twelve types of Buddhist contracts, business, application procedures, etc ... can be summarized as follows: all nature is leading to such, will lead as to the nature, and nature has led to such.

Bodhisattva mind on a photographic meditation subject and often only continuous heart set on that place, and there are control heart sunk or external stirs so or not.

Is dedicated to the killing. Use the rope of mindfulness and awareness with your mind as tied to a tree item. When wandering mind escape shipwreck, then no effort is devoted to nature where the object. Need decorations set long in such meditation.

9 / achievement

Having obtained the just, be meditation by thinking as follows: all the teachings of the Buddha's teachings are excellent, are directly or indirectly manifest identifier such as temperament and navigation in extreme morning. If you understand the nature as to escape the net of wrong views, as dark as the light tan appearance. Property must be used to shop for proper identity as it is a pure sense. New property must have been certified as Nature, the industry is stumbling.

Nature as the true nature of things, that ultimately there are very inhumane measures and ego-self. This property must be certified by paramitas, there is no other way. [...]. So just go from that customary property.

The selflessness meditation methods as follows: all the measures, in short, are included in the aggregates, the twelve bases and eighteen sex. Minister of aggregates identity, origin, and gender but an excellent minister of the mind. Because if you divide it into individual chromosomes ultra micro particles, considering the nature of each particle was, nor can find the best properties.

So ultimately it is the mind is not real. This mind here, just know to look at forms of identity delusion, etc., to present a more nuanced, so heartless, how could it? [...] Do it right from nature, which interest bogus.

And so, brainstorming to find a material reflection, still can not find material evidence which was true, he should then enter the conceptual. And such evidence is the very special nature of things.

[...] Just what part meditation practitioner review for a new type of ultimate truth formless. [...] By applying insight where consideration of the ultimate truth of things new conceptual import. It can not be achieved by residing in the realms of earth and the world, because it is excellent ... can not be identified. The residence is called the invisible.

Practitioner is called the supreme wisdom, because wisdom when examining use characteristics of all things, one will find nothing. This is not said in the Tang and Wang Bao Ngoc Kinh Dinh, etc ...

10 / Merge Method and Wisdom

When only consistent balance, keep the mind serene. Every body and mind are relaxed, then stay with it. If body and mind start nasty look as illusory world and, like dreams, like the shining moon, like the current image. Think: "All sentient beings are extremely poor in reincarnation scene because they do not have this profound wisdom." Then the mind has great compassion and Mind, thinking: "I must endeavor to help them understand the nature of such. "Rest, then go back to the old district of the formless. This is a combined path to wisdom, photographic mind on the object by concepts and conceptual.

[...] Yogi meditating on emptiness as of an hour or longer depending on comfort. Then, if you want to export, then the other leg legged, think like this: "Even though the base at all do not have this characteristic, but in terms of the legal base to exist. Otherwise how can we cause and effect? ​​"

Next, slowly discharge the lotus position, bowed ten Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Offerings and praise the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ... Then efforts merit accumulation by practicing intelligence lab, etc ... including the full essence of emptiness and compassion.

Doing so from within the document are filled with emptiness, the ultimate all good faith. Vuong Dinh Bao Ngoc Kinh says: "Wearing armor pronouns, residing in the compassion, the direct evidence primary entry includes the complete emptiness of all good faith supreme. What is the nature does not include good faith fully every night upstream? The emptiness left no experimental behavior, not happy about leaving, not leaving almonds, do not leave happy tones, not to leave happy, happy not to leave property, and not leave the vehicle. "

Omniscient position includes full good faith any supreme, this can be achieved through practice of experimental behavior with the media. So Buddha said that, the omniscient position is achieved by means of. Bodhisattvas should also observes a pilot with the other paramitas behavior can not only known emptiness.

Path is the path of the Bodhisattva practices best practices and intellectual means. Sugar is super-Vietnamese religious, imbued with the mind of great compassion toward all sentient beings.

Therefore He says: "Tri Vietnamese omniscient super great compassion heart to take root, as human Mind, become perfect by skillful means."END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY GESHE TASHI TSERING.( MHDT ).12/4/2012.OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).