Path of laypeople through practical lessons drawn from Business Central Coast.
Previously, when not know anything about Buddhism, I have often heard people criticize that the Buddhism is pessimistic, cynical, negative, is director of the despondent man, a failure in life and want to run away life ... etc.. However, after more than two years studying Central Business class, I find that the teachings of the Buddha very practical, has freed me know how anxious sorrow, gave me a peace radio sources high, a strong mental power to thousands of pages for me on paths of life, and has changed my perspective about people and life.
From a sermon of Business Central Coast, I may withdraw a practical lesson to think and apply in everyday life, whether it be Buddha preached sermons to the monks, laymen or outsiders.
practical lessons drawn from Business Central Coast are many and rich, but the limited scope of this article, I just mention briefly to set itself a problem, our core, that is the problem 'Why do people suffer?' , and 'How to end suffering?
Buddha's teachings did not make the deep, wonderful, although we give life to make learning is not enough research! But, look through the preaching for 45 years of life, the Buddha has said:
'Hey, the bhikkhus, as well as old now, I just say one thing, it is the pain and suffering'
So, so What is suffering?
In its most common form of the suffering we have two kinds: material and spiritual. Material, the sick, elderly, hunger, lack all the needs of everyday life is suffering. Mentally, all things are left to our attention against our suffering: not far from the one you love is suffering, must be close to someone you hate is suffering, may not wish to be suffering ... etc.
But Buddha with a Master's intellectual omniscience, there was an ultimate insight of suffering, the Buddha has said: 'Everything is impermanent is suffering.'
Verily, from birth until growing up, school, and then go to work, we see life like a river smooth, calm flow will be no end. I did not pay attention to the damage variable is quietly happening every moment in the universe and in ourselves. Even in our body, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind ... every day wear and tear through weak, so we thought that it retains focus lad forever, so we do not stop all efforts to pay for paint ourselves increasingly youthful freshness! I was attracted to the pursuit of benefits for themselves, which is money, fame, status, beauty, love ... and for that it is the purpose of life is ideal, as The only happiness in life. I revel in the world men's sexual and thought they would be mine forever. Until one day, we encounter a failure, an extraordinary event, a great loss in its heart was pounding pain, shock, left out, such as property loss, loss of status, fame that we had been working on building up, lost love, lost beauty, lost a loved one .... I startled our series looking back on past, look back and wonder 'Is this behavior authentic being reasonable? '. If this is true happiness, it must be lasting, permanent, never lose. Why are we now no longer have one of those days over? Why now vanished joys and frustrations just rest, fatigue, frustration, sorrow? I was startled, want to hold back what has passed, but what has been! I feel helpless and suffering numerous ...
Here, the Buddha's teachings enlighten us eternal truth: 'All the measures are often, and everything is impermanent is suffering '
But the origin of suffering why this is?
We know that pain be present along with the existence of man. Human suffering by detecting and feel. If there is no human suffering, the problem arises.
Philosophy world has ever questioned, 'Who am I? I come from and will go? '. But to answer the metaphysical nature of the philosophical world do not satisfy those who are yearning to find the truth. Sometimes humans justifies its existence: 'I do not want born, because by the will and desire of my parents that I must be present in this world, so my parents must responsible for my suffering? '.
Buddha gave an answer about the ultimate causes of human existence in the life of the Dependent Origination.
I was born and was not present in my life is a matter of chance or accident. In the General Business Section Take Ai, the Buddha taught, that by desire, by the desire to continue enjoying the sex life in this world that's way we have to fix in the mother's womb at the right time meet the conditions of four dishes: the real, real contact, of food, and practices, so that a man is born into eternity. The four dishes made by causal craving, craving and ignorance combine to give birth to the whole aggregate of human suffering.
Why Buddha taught that ignorance combined with craving to generate all the human suffering?
I understand that by craving, people have been born. Childhood emotional orientation was not clear, but when grown up, started when the six bases in contact with six naked, craving started. I began to love in love, anger, hate, desire ... and slowly I was attracted to the chief nursing education: color, sound, smell, taste, touch ... The temptation of sex by increasing the speed of development of material civilization. Being this, we again want that; be the other what we want it, or just want more so by her children, friends, the public. We not only want to eat nice clothing, ideal to have a lover, but also want wealth, fame, status ... deference to people, admiration. I see my self getting bigger, we do not want inferior one, more and more immersed in our vast ocean may not know education is boundless ...
Because of ignorance, we do not understand the dangers of education, as the Buddha taught: 'Hey bhikkhus, the happy little sex, suffering much, much brain, where the more dangerous the more.'
Because of ignorance, we accept the body as self. I accept the form, feeling, perception, this is one, is mine, is my self. Therefore, we find ways, every means to satisfy these five aggregates plate. Buddha taught that not all evil Ma alien capital, in education it is the harbor. When we crave pleasure is when we have fallen into evil hands of Ma, Ma was evil control, we blindly follow the orders of the evil Ma, and commitment to produce any unpleasant feeling ... and continue to result in six channels around reincarnation.
As such, combined with ignorance of craving: craving born of ignorance, craving and ignorance nourished. So on the whole aggregate of human suffering has started from there, as Li was twelve conditions specified.
After teaching for us to understand what suffering is and the origin of suffering, the Buddha pointed out to them our way of suffering.
This indeed is not a simple matter for the ordinary person like us. I can understand the source of pain and suffering, but we can not kill the pain if we do not have wisdom. The role of intelligence was extremely important for people who want to take the suffering and liberating enlightenment.
So what is the wisdom?
In Business Central Coast, the Buddha repeatedly refers to a location. Persons who have heard intellectual teachings of the Buddha, with proper cultivation practices such as the teachings of the Buddha, aware of the birth and death of the law. He knew: this is illegal or, this is illegal or boot file, this is illegal or cessation, this is the path to illegal or cessation. Since then, he practiced diligently practice to gradually eliminate the defilements, leading to cessation of the birth of the germ y, towards peace, freedom, Nirvana.
Buddha taught: 'Hey, the bhikkhus, as mortal fear, danger, disasters do arise, they just start from the fool, do not start from the position '. Why? As a wise man had knowledge as truth about the birth and death of the law, he did know how hard it is, what is the cause, and the path of suffering. From there, he knows what to do and what not to do. He knows the law will bring evil fear, danger, disaster ... so he determined not to do. He knows good behavior will bring happiness, peace should make every effort he made. Therefore, the fear, danger, disaster, suffering will not go near a location.
For we are also the ordinary nature which we are weak in both mind and body, because So, when something unfortunate happens afflictions, we like being hit by two arrows exclusive: our body, mind is painful and pain. Want to spit poison arrows in the body, just a good teacher or a drug can cure, but to spit poison arrows in the center of it is extremely difficult, requires us to have an extraordinary spiritual strength, strength that comes from wisdom.
Therefore, to have wisdom, we must know who is close to hear the legal position, depending on legal and law enforcement. Thanks to hear more solutions, more and more minds are enlightened, we understand Interdependent Origination, living faith in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. We try to preserve the rule, holders of units, but lack sufficient training and knowledge, not to conquer craving arises, remain mindful mindfulness in all daily activities. I understand the reason why we have in life, why we are unhappy or happy, why are humans that have numerous differences separate. It all depends on our actions, our karma created by past and present.
life we enjoy in the realm of present or future depends on our actions in the past or present. Good actions create good karma will lead to the happiness, the evil act evil karma will bring suffering. Suffering or happiness we were done by our actions and decision. I am the owner of the business and industry is also heir. Therefore we must try to create good karma and abandon the evil action.
The suffering in the present is created by our industrial past. So, to end suffering, we must actively do good deeds to turn professional. But what is a good deed? Buddha was very clear definition: 'Actions to bring about their interests, the interests, benefits both is a good deed. Action to bring about harm, hurt people, hurt both immoral act. '
So, before doing something, we have to think, consider, think twice, going to see action is good or immoral; including actions only benefit themselves without benefit, it should be avoided. Even in our minds, we must always remain mindful awareness to control the lines of his thinking. When a concept of evil has not started, we do not try to tame it starts and when it started, we tried to find ways of getting rid. When a good idea not to start, let's try to create conditions for it arises, and when a good idea started, we try to nurture it grow more and better.
I try to practice in every word, every gesture, every small act every day. Try to keep the mind how to think only of good, good mouth just say the words, just do the body good. It has to be trained to process right knowledge, right thought, right speech, right action and right livelihood.
This is indeed a path very difficult for us. Because the idea was deeply rooted in career mode, have dominated, forming sticky thoughts, habits and actions of our everyday. Now we must purge from his mind to stop them from arising speech or evil action. The nature of our capital by students craving, and you're deep in the world with full training, anger, ignorance, pride, doubt, wrong ... so, we are vulnerable and desire to attract become weak, easy to forget his teachings, and yields to lust, to indulge yourself. Just a lack of awareness, stopped his distraction, easy on ourselves that we have fallen right into the arms of evil desires Ma!
Therefore, we must always reflect to purification. The reflective process for the purification of practice is a process to purify the three industry. Practice is a purification process to move towards professional and career termination.
To practice the results, we must be strict with yourself. Precepts is a form of self-discipline yourself, help us overcome instinct, desire to turn the mind towards the good. Next, the path of meditation helps us to purify the mind and purify the three most effective professional way. Because as the Buddha taught: 'Meditation is replaced by the five hindrances in meditation spent'. During purification, initially gave up the evil measures of body, word, mind; trying to achieve good behavior of body, word and thought. Then followed, gradually, step by step ... we the mind into an object, gradually replaced, anger, Marital Tram Thuy Mien, Trao Affairs, by range, Tu, Hy Tam Lac, and Nhat .
This is a long process and practice hard for it. Because we know that five hindrances is the enemy within us.
Kill the enemies inside myself indeed extremely arduous, requires us to have great energy, determination to act diligently shall not be discouraged. Only new meditation helps us have an internal force, a force to a strength of spirit to respect the training and help us overcome the crisis, weak before the temptation of the Evil Ma.
When the mind It was the static, we have found joy brought by meditation, gentle heart becomes relaxed, gradually abandon the bonds of desire did we suffer so long. When one has to understand is the law of impermanence of all things, nothing is permanent, eternal, and the measures are self, there is nothing we, as ours. We are just a set of five aggregates, the elements, and then there will be disintegrated into dust. Thus, money, beauty, status, fame, love ..., generally all of the world education and even this body, all-foam steps, such as clouds, as dream ... all I will come back to what really are is NO. So nothing worthwhile indulgence? What's worthwhile attachment, sorrow, suffering? They come or go, even or lose, let us know and try to calm the mind does not hold for dynamic allocation, no panic, no fear, no suffering. Let's mentally prepared to accept impermanence as a guest appointment. Thus, when visitors to impermanence, it is not surprising, no panic, no fear, just calm awareness; 'A visitor Impermanence has come!'.
When we have kept his mind calm before all the events of impermanence, we have seen that is directed at, namely, that we enjoy the scene at Nirvana on earth, even in this current. Happiness is here! And this is true happiness.
As we have seen the truth, have found peace for ourselves, our hearts became tolerant, generous. I feel loved everyone, look at people with compassionate eyes, look at life with open hearts. I suddenly feel aches when I look around how many people are suffering. Therefore, we determined to embark on life with unbridled greed, wealth hatred, delusion, invisible attachment. With compassion for all beings, I wish within his power to bring all beings to serve, to help people suffer less happy. It is ideal that any true Buddhist who dreams always done.
As such, the true Buddhist is the happiest man, because he knows life and recognizing sufficiency least, no craving, no attachment . Thanks to the inner light, peace, who was always happy, love life, in an order, how to love, helping people, who live to adapt all circumstances, and find peace right in the heart hustle life, the turbulent world.
short, practical lessons drawn from Business Central Coast had helped the Buddhists find the path in the heart of life, to just be able reached a truly happy life for themselves, make a contribution to building a peaceful society, peace. This proved that Buddhism is a religion not a negative, pessimistic. Buddha raised the issue that is a pain khovi undeniable truth, we need to look at it boldly seeks to eradicate. Know and understand the suffering caused suffering to suffering methods thus bringing peace and happiness for themselves and for society, which is one of the most active of Buddhist teachings.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.19/6/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).
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