WHY GO THROUGH THE MONASTIC NOVICE STAGES?

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Any how the Buddhist monks, after giving up secular, shaved hair ordained to begin a religious life, must go through a period of study and practice of Sa-di. These people in the temple commonly known as tone novice or comment.

Those new to the temple to set practice commonly known as novice

Learning to meditate in the door

Primary stages when 5 years, 10 years, also when the 2 years, 3 years depending on age at renunciation as well as try to learn the ability of practitioners who practice.

Venerable Thich Minh Tri, Phuc Lam Pagoda (Bien Hoa) said: "The new practice, to be published offline ordained as Buddhist teachers, in addition to daily soon to be gone up Buddha, chanting and working in the temple, they must learn by heart and practice the four basic rights law for Sa-di, which is Pi-ni, Sa-di, posture and Landscape Book. "

Pi-ni is the verse that pay self-help training practitioners who practice self-discipline, self-known, self-responsibility, attentiveness, compassion and peaceful attitude, accepting a life of simplicity.

Also memorize the Sa-di ten to the novice to remove the evil mind, avoid harm to sentient beings, protection of happiness, confidence liberate life, in addition eliminates greed, anger, delusion of self-interest, desire, almost tame growth and wisdom (purified mind and intellect - PV) toward liberation.

24 lessons on postures also teaches the novice's behavior. In particular, for the novice to build the lifestyle and behavior of a person ordained as an expression of reverence Three Jewels; desire liberation; of the sensitive in talking, walking, standing, lying, sitting; feet truth and courtesy towards life; left to avoid controversy; avoid misunderstandings and inconveniences that might happen to the practitioner.

The student tu gone up early outside the Buddhist ceremony, chanting, working in the temple to learn by heart and practice the four basic rights law (artwork)

Particularly for Landscape books, these are the words encourages, encouraging and sobering new practitioners should recognize if they have the hope for freedom that is not ordained for whatever reason that is not diligent practice; know Tiger ashamed of what to do without doing, warn them that if clumsy tu (tu no good - PV) will take the painful consequences in the present and recommend implementation of ardent self-liberation through meditation .

"The four laws on the books is to teach practitioners who practice life skills, practice advancement toward spirituality and way of dealing with people like the Buddhist environment. Past, the law books by the four transmission directly taught his disciples, but now there are many Buddhist schools in the provinces that make up the guru often sent his disciples to ask the teachers to teach "- he shared Minh Tri.

Tap the screen to be religious

In the Buddha was on earth, for he left home to ask, he just said "good place, monks!" that person became the Sa-subjects.

But the teacher Minh Tri, in Buddhism today no matter who recently shaved became ordained as monks, but rather to undergo novice stages - a period of trial and redress of thinking, words, the behavior of the Buddhist way of life for people new to the practitioner, whether he left home at a young age or older.

Explaining this problem, Mr. Minh Tri said that people started to cultivate the mind there are many different reasons, or because of lost love, or lost due to fallen world, or from poor families, or by fleeing from the law , or truly wants to find liberation etc.

Do novice stage is a time tested and shaped thoughts, words, acts according to the Buddhist way of life (artwork)

So, just as ready to select the grains of rice make, well, the Buddhist religious practitioners required to become a teacher monks do not have time novice / master guru of tone to the screening, the monitor whether the person has adapted to the environment of Lord Buddha, is truly the bridge or not?

In fact, the novice does not adapt to the environment during collection of Buddhist practitioners are returning to their daily lives. But what is the religious basis, ie truly ordained will overcome the primary to advance to do his whole life to the ideal escape.

"Moreover, by going through this, but from the words, thoughts and actions are different from true practitioners who assume. In our true practitioners are likely to develop heart affection, trust. Looking hypocrites professor, was born naturally doubt their mind "- he laughed Minh Tri.

Novice, is Samanera or Samanuddesa Pali, meaning son of Sa-level subjects (monks), or practitioners who are set to become the Sa-subjects. Sa-di Chinese translation is 'news from', that is, stop doing the evil work, practice compassion.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.19/5/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).