ONE DAY THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS.

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Make no place on earth has such weather. Except for Melbourne in Australia. The morning mist is fine cold winter; half a day in the spring; lunch and driver of the day is the last day of summer and is on Thu. It was in this strange locality has a famous monastery named Quang Duc Bodhisattva. This year the 20th anniversary of the establishment should I write this text to record a few memories of a monastery called Bodhisattvas and also to praise, to praise the results have been more than 20 years, due to virtues of Venerable Thich Tam Phuong, Abbot founder and disciple cells Venerable Thich Nguyen Tang is vice abbot there.

When I first arrived in Australia in December 1978. Local Brisbanne I want to be, because their petition is sent to Germany from where he nay.Thuo Lufthansra aircraft flying directly from Germany to Australia, so I had to fly with Singapore airlines. This is probably the longest flight in my life and also the flight nhat.Vi childhood memories that Singapore airlines new development should be the promotion of many different forms. With each up and down, passengers receive a gift, such as coin purses or fountain pen. The road from Singapore and from Singapore Frankurtt go through Melbourne and Sydney, go get six times as receive souvenirs. The thing made me remember a lot and think through the flight like that, is the staff of the Australian immigration aircraft spray pesticides when the plane landed in Melbourne airport. Childhood was not extended Sydney airport, most flights are landing at Melbourne airport before a flight to Sydney. Now, by contrast, most of the airport the plane landed and then Sydney before flying to Melbourne to welcome guests, or that there are many direct flights to and from the airport to the Sydney, not Melbourne.

What fascinated me was afraid and wondered why Australians do it! We come from the European origin of civilization from the land owner does not bring disease into Australia but they have to. This custom appears after about 20 years is gone, possibly because of costly state, or any reasonable reason? On it, Melbourne is the international gateway to Australia; so all visitors must be off the plane where the passport stamped on entry and baggage claim, then the aircraft luggage to go back to Sydney . It is no less cumbersome.

Next is the character of Melbourne. If the spelling in French, it must read all the letters, it became wrong, no one understood. That it should be spelled in English, Australia is: " Melbell " new right. This is the irony in buying tickets bay.Vi way I say go n u a, the Germans would not understand I want to go dau.Va reasonable language it has its own way, even the pronunciation problems reasonable of the local language? Other English UK, English in Australia other than English in the U.S. and even in Asia, English is also very difficult to hear. So that's not enough learning how much is it and how much is not stiff new place is so strange. Elementary school days (1956-1961) have all memorized, so far I still remember. That is all: " Take on hand, ready learn wisdom ":

Take it that this said,

At home that day with her wisdom.

Behold the world's five continents around,

The how much land they were.

Also many large rivers to mountains,

Path way to sprawling hundred-dimensional.

The four breeds black, yellow, red, white,

Four southern sky, North, East, West.

Non non, of water, clouds, clouds,

I know this does not go through another draft.

As a child I learned the lessons by heart like that. Apparently last month to pay for teacher, teacher from one to two times. As a result, after more than 50 years, the student was still thuoc.Va youth every Monday, on a blackboard with writing a proverb, proverbs in French or in English Viet.Vi example sentence: "Les Oriels sont des Murs "(The walls have ears), or: " First learn the ceremony, post-literacy "; or" Good wood better than paint, " etc. ...

Today people no longer seem like nua.Va learn every time, innovative education, so all is just a "nostalgic" only. As soon as the Confucian school no more prevalent in the early 20th century, specifically Tran Te Xuong lamented that:

"The Confucian school was damaged and

Ten school, only nine

She slept booksellers dim lim

Master Key Group sitting from wages

Morale timid old must report

Literary reckless punching away food

I did not dare to mock my village children

It has consistent Korea, Tuesday, only time. "

Arrival in the years 1978, 79, and then the 80, 81 onwards, I saw the sky was clear Australia was lam.Thuo Vietnamese people in Australia are not many Vietnamese pagoda almost no, only some Buddhist Society was founded by lay at Brisbanne, Sydney and Adelaide only. Even nuns childhood was also only a few are. It is the young novice novice Central Council, later to the U.S. and followed by Venerable Thich Phuoc Hue, Most Venerable Thich Huyen Ton arrived, then Venerable Thich Bao Lac, Most Venerable Thich Nhu Hue, Venerable Thich Phuoc Nhon, Venerable Thich Quang Ba, etc. ... I am the second coming in Australia, but have an affinity very close to Wat Dhamma at the Lotus Temple in Sydney and Adelaide.

Melbourne youth was just stops your Thay.Vi weather vagaries as well as the community of Vietnamese refugees in this Communist youth less than Sydney did Venerable Thich Phuoc Hue should be the first to Melbourne and then also change operation areas of Sydney, possibly also due to these reasons. The years, I also back in Melbourne but there was so little mercy conditions closer to where people just told Melbourne tren.Toi go observe the day must bring an umbrella and warm clothes, as if they guess all know what will happen in the day, but maybe that is inherent habits of the locals reasonable?

Melbourne has trams running on the rail in the city and houses in Melbourne Australia in general or in particular, just as in England is like a little nao.Tu architecture, until the move, the local name etc. are parodies ... British. This is like Saigon just as the riders Paris.Vi colonialism always grow into it the fruit of the language, academic, architecture, culture etc ... for the seed of "colonial locations "grow up. The word actually means the intrusion, including trees, roots and hold right to land in that locality. This policy no longer exists today, but more than 200 years ago, the British, French, Dutch, Spanish did this and they've earned for their homeland not know how much is profit from its "colonial" is.

From 1984 onwards, every 2 or 3 years, I organized a pilgrimage from Germany to Australia. Because you specifically, you are not fluent in the language and Uncle far no help line, so combine the pilgrimage as well as visiting children and grandchildren and relatives in Australia is the convenience, many people participated. At such times are usually from 20 to 40 participants. I remember our pilgrims depart by bus from Temple Dharma temple first to Melbourne and visit the small temple Quang Duc, his childhood (1990) This small monastery is very humble, only a three room house, the price of self. Abbot sick sick, high high to greet us and from then I knew that it was Venerable Thich Tam Phuong Dao recently to create this page. Pilgrims there late that year Thich Buddhist Meditation and 40, all had to stay overnight in this cozy little temple.

B a ng out for a while, then I heard that He had just purchased a school is a Primary School and now has more than sufficient conditions for the establishment of a home chua.Vi like more rooms, a beach public parking and the temple would be appropriate to place such a public life. It is a pleasure, and also the m peppers fear of her teacher as well as local Buddhist temple for monthly payments to the bank. Here we can open a parenthesis to say about this.

In 1968, when he Thich Thien Hoa Dao as deputy, he Thich Thien Hoa and Thich Tri Thu, Thich Huyen Quang, etc. .. want to get 3 in foreign temples typical of Buddhism in Vietnam, should try Venerable Thich Thien Hoa has sent three Buddha statues to India, France and Japan to hope that someday there will be temple as places of worship are from the side, but until 1975, UBCV in the country still can not accomplish things. Because of financial stringency conditions, as well as monks into the school after traveling in his country, the water no one wants to stay in Japan, France or India do. He is now 3 churches in the UK in France Khanh Pagoda, Vietnam Buddhist temple country from India, and Vien Giac Pagoda in Germany.

April 30, 1975 Then came, who is and who lost, who left, who stayed behind. The pain, the sad, sorry for the fate of the country. Since there is no freedom to have 2 million people left the country. They go not for lack of rice, which lacks all the basic human needs such as freedom of religion, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, etc. ... As to the shores of freedom, the I immediately thought of the temple image. Since then (1975) to date (2010), over 35 years of historical variability, there were nearly 500 large and small temple life and contribution to the Path, to promote and protect the cultural traditions of Buddhism in Vietnam overseas. There are many who have lost everything, but because there is trust, they have succeeded in many ways later. Their association, founded the temple and doing other charitable work. All are automatic and all started to go from zero to minister. Only faith in the Buddha and his religion is pursuing is large and has a perennial value only. Since then, the temple around the world are coming up, including Quang Duc Monastery in Melbourne Australia.

After a repair time and stability in his old practice of the local Buddhists, Thich Tam Phuong project to build a real Gia lam. The role of Master Teacher he went through the campaign fund-raising dinner or vegetarian festival to be calm, to fulfill a dream "get patched stone of heaven". Since no one can imagine that in front of us waiting for something more. Of course, when building the temple Teachers also know that no less difficult, but any slope will prayerfully Buddha, the Buddhist household. Perhaps this is the nourishing material durable, so that those monks proud. This is also a quality lake, glue the wall is also more durable cement, reinforced concrete and more. During the past 35 years, since 1975, I was oblivious to it.

By mid 2003, I received the invitation inauguration ceremony Quang Duc Monastery in Melbourne by the Venerable Thich Tam Phuong sent by Germany and also in June 2003 that, with the German Theravadins attend the 25th anniversary established Vien Giac Pagoda in Hannover. He also said that in October 2003 will celebrate the occasion of his inauguration and Congress organized UBCV Overseas. In that same year I returned home and Phuong Truong year retreat, counting from the first true multi-Bao in Sydney so I have come to me that in October 2003 to join the conference and inauguration ceremony Tu Quang Duc Institute along with hundreds of thousands of monks and Buddhist people. Human UBCV Overseas Congress, all members of the Church in worship overseas have the Venerable Thich Huyen Quang to Quaternary Increase throne of the Church system. This is a historic event we are not allowed to forget. Because dates and chronology of worship is still there, the history is still here, no one of us has the right to deny the history of this lineage.

Previous years, Master Nguyen Tang, cells were followers of the Master Mind Method to Australia and in the holidays like this, Master Nguyen Tang or worth more staff work to assist teachers in method. Master Nguyen Tang has small man with a face as bright as a private Master Mind Method, Th was more help for the parent cell in the work of preaching good life, especially Master Nguyen Tang has had great success in creating Home Quang Germany to disseminate the teachings of all Buddhism, and now has over 2 million unique visitors. It can be said Quang Duc website is one of the few global network Buddhism was widely known and to view books, listening to lectures mp3 every day. Today we sit at home can access the computers of the world about everything and know everything that people want to know, but if not there are people who spend so much time to cultivate food center her spirit, we have no chance to detect. Please aspiration and gratitude to everyone who has and will have the heart to sacrifice for others that way. This is also the image of the operating Bodhicharyavatara. Bhikkhu actually not difficult, but practice Bodhicharyavatara is not easy at all.

Under the roof of the temple of Quang Duc Monastery Melbourne nourish the soul as it is and now in exile outside the Vietnamese who want to find the image of the temple, they came and went as well as to many people, but particularly where there are so many Australians, the Japanese, the U.S., also came to the temple as the result of teaching and learning in the Buddha through the local language. Fruit is very rare.

In December 2009 the past, Quang Duc Monastery of the Emerald Buddha procession organized and opened up residence, I also present to share the joy with two teacher deputy chief abbot. It is true as the French proverb says: "The success is not important issues, but important issue is how to go to the success" is worth mentioning. Twenty years a block short of the 100-year history, but a long way for those who are: " Competing at the origin . " There have been attempts Master Thich Quang gave me two verses that:

"Wisdom optical Vietnamese targets local high range

From general traumatic scene in Atlantic "

That is:

"Sublime wisdom, clear through Vietnam

Mostly western bell outlook, from the heart "

Now I give back to these two verses delicate position, trying to make Master Thich Quang Do will also smile. Because few people "bring overseas market bell" that would not be so.

Melbourne now has five oil for a season matter, the Quang Duc Monastery in what is also not shy with dew or rain wind and sun picture. Because of the bell that has emerged and implications escape many troubles, that's bitter to fly forever in vain, to penetrate deeply into the ground for the natural realm is called leap mercy salvation.

Thich Quang Duc, who burned the body into law April 20 in Your Rabbit (1963) to date has nearly 50 years. History is still there, his heart is still here. World and admiration towards the Ngo dynasty has gone into the past, but the sound of prayer and the shadow of the day at the intersection of Phan Dinh Phung, Le Van Browse in Saigon still echoing throughout the time is never lost. Now his name was Venerable Thich Tam Phuong named this monastery, the results have foresight and said "temperate trying new tri" temple to forever be a beacon for many of his way to screen need of support.

Someday everyone has to go. Because the body will return to dust to dust, but the image of the temple and image of the Bodhisattva, though not exist forever, but the spirit of sacrifice to defend the law that has always stayed with the and with life. So try Vu Hoang Chuong poet wrote in the poem: "Fire of Compassion" that:

... " Commercial pool damnation suffering beings
who turn night soil wipe
out sitting type of step, towards the West

Call out the fire on da bone oddity
Dharma left hand not
somewhere after Russia reincarnation
of the same holding my breath Bring
up rhythmic hiccups wheel
turning under air, floating wind burst into tears
... The super win sedimentation from this thunderstorm
Football nine people cross each cloud
Human cool space Bodhi tree
or rock Jade, who carved statues do not need
silk or bamboo, which makes the pen write one
for the passenger: a collection of masterpieces of natural
light in the invisible dazzling definition of compassion ... "

poet and tried Venerable Thich Huyen Khong Giac news, but who has "historic bridge" but these two immortal poems remain with the times, years of mystery.

"The roof sheltered ethnic soul

The eternal life of Cardboard "

Throughout history thousands of years, the temple roof was worthy place to protect the Nation and soul for thousands of years remaining to the next life, the temple also like:

"Temple is a cultural homeland

A place to show love our race. "

In Melbourne today is not only a Quang Duc Monastery, but also many other temples such as the Quang Minh Temple, Pagoda Bao Wang and apparently not less than 20 large and small temple has been here since the early of the 80, 81; so far have 30 years. Oil for different sect, other practices, other organizations v. v ... but still a solid emotional support for now and tomorrow's post countless generations have, or will go through in life.

Looking at the Pho temple Phuoc, Phuoc Canh, Khanh Van in the capital Bangkok, Thailand has gone through more than 200 years of history, where Emperor Gia Long Tay Son refuge in the late 18th century, the king also brought the image of the temple and the temple that still exists to this day on Thai soil, although the king was returning home, to the throne in 1802 and Nguyen Dynasty that ended in 1945 after reigned from 1600 onwards. Thus 9 and 13 lord of the Nguyen dynasty kings, though not as devout Buddhists as the king of Ly Dynasty, Tran Dynasty (1010-1222) and (1222-1400), but also the military intelligence wise king , that care for people, for water and for the survival of the nation.

Nowadays if someone would look across the spectrum pagoda Phuoc, Phuoc Canh, or Khanh Van in Bangkok Thailand, no longer see the silhouette of the Vietnam Bar, but in the late-night session the sophisticated hall of this temple, one can hear the sound from the Thai chanting in Vietnamese are:

"Dieu station maintenance of religious property

United World Surangama rare

Text lifetime memories fall crazy idea

Increase public legal rude body plan. . . "

or elaborate afternoon sessions, you can listen to Vietnamese: "As the market falls literature, the Buddha at Savatthi Nhut International, Member States alone for life. . . "It was very touching because it was over 200 years of history, tradition no longer exists, the ancient language still resonates here. This demonstrates that conservative nor d is in , or rather should preserve the tradition that we do not lose the spirit of the homeland in the land.

Quang Duc Monastery in Melbourne last twenty years with style and minnows dew periods, and maybe it will be 200 years after the Australian novices nose, blue eyes, white skin sits on the main hall to chant up today texts in Vietnamese as:

"Ocean water purification costs

Strain: three natural variables. . . "

Method and the Master Mind Master Nguyen Tang in a distant realm that look old home, where they were staying there for some time, I will make sure you smile, peace. . .

He wrote to give you the 20th anniversary of Quang Duc Monastery Samana favorite like crazy. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.29/4/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).