CHAPTER 5 THE TEACHING OF BUDDHA.

 

Ask those who follow the Path,
to embrace the teachings of the one,
it's like drinking honey,
fresh from the inside out.
teachings of're all true,
and filled with glee Festival.
Wear apply those words
is how to achieve the Path.
Buddha

The Buddhist texts are most important?

On the first rainy season after the Buddha passed away, a meeting was convened five hundred disciples.

Ananda-momentum, hova brother also was a disciple of the Buddha stood up to recount the entire teaching of viThay called Sutra (glass or slot economic) . Starting from that lineage is formed based on rote learning. Buddha did not manually write out a sentence at all, so all texts begin with the following statement: "I heard something like this," and the next it is told in the German case Buddha gave a sermon on it. Order mucdich help for learning by heart is easy to a number of questions revolutionary formula (stereotype-repeat and bring some "cliche") and exuberant had been grafted added.

After the presentation of the Ananda-momentum, turn Pros-ba-li (Upali, a learned disciple of the Buddha) set up all the rules on how to behave in the collective life in the monastery , be referred to the Vinaya (Vinaya) - the vinaya mean, "what helps get rid of suffering" . The law is not a synthesis drawn from a system of logical thinking (reasonable) at all, but rather it is just the law of the Buddha given sequence for several years during His time Sangha leaders. In short, these rules have been set based on the direct experience of the Buddha.

Then a business called A-spleen-reach-ma thesis (Abhidharma-also known as the Abhidhamma) is designed for general purpose full training bogiao of the Buddha, and the drafting of this has lasted in a long time over the centuries. Tripitaka analyzes the human mind an extremely accurate and insightful, by describing the types of mental, and the sulam and has led the mind to change and how differentiation.

Three the books trenday - Sutra, Vinaya and Abhidharma - represents all the basic teachings of the Buddha.

So sutra (economic)?

Originally the word sutra means "thread" and if interpreted broadly, the meaning is "may" - this word that generated the word SEW (unfortunately) in English. The teachings of Germany Phatdan and into each other to create the text - and that's the sutra .

Over twenty centuries ago ie in the first century after the era, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in a period of many North Koreans, the monk of this country decided to use Pa-li, a local written in the ancient language of India and is much closer to Sanskrit, to copy all the teachings of the Buddha. The manuscript has become a classic among the oldest orthodox Buddhism. The record on dayduoc perform around 80.

Later, the business has also been translated into Chinese and Tibetan and still keep up to date.

The business even drafted centuries after the Buddha has passed away, but it is the main view is recorded teachings of the Buddha. For Buddhists, the spiritual truth carries a great importance and essential than the historical truth. A business simply reflects the spirit of the teachings of the Buddha are well enough to be considered his business was.

The scriptures of Buddhism

be viewed nhutuong equivalent to the Bible?

Buddha and Jesus did not write anything. Teachings of the was all revolutionary tradition. Thenhung what to Buddhism is totally different from Christianity in Buddhist canonical point is not entirely uniform. Each school shall select and gather the oral teachings of the Buddha in his way, so sometimes shows little difference. Bottom line is not a mainstream classic Buddhist represents the whole all the parties agreed to accept a absolute way.

There is also another point again is also surprising in many Buddhist countries, the study of the schools of thought are not necessarily prioritized based on the direct teachings of the Buddha, which is only based on the separate booklet of the major sects to which these schools of thought belongs. Such as the practice of Zen meditation, study the writings cuaDao Highlands (Dogen) ie teacher and meditation brought Zen to Japan (this question is not very accurate, because the Chinese meditation school Tchan was brought into Japan from the eighth century, Dao Nguyen, born in 1200 and is led of Soto sect from China to Japan in 1227, and therefore could see he was the first to set up and deploy schools of thought in Japan.

Japanese Zen Meditation and the entire school in general there are many schools of thought, of which there are two major schools of thought especially Lam Teva Soto. Learn to do Techu in learning more on the project, and Soto schools of thought are more interested in meditation.

The writings of the French Government for increase - Shobogenzo - Dao Nguyen is considered the most profound works of Japanese meditation in general and he is also considered the greatest thinkers in the history of Japanese culture . Other schools of thought and the tribe of Japanese Zen used to study the writings of him to practice. Also, the word Zen is also very general meaning and is an abbreviation of the word Zenna , and Zenna text is a negative word translation from Chinese Chan-na - English translation of the characters is Zen-na . Chu Chan-na of China is a negative translation from the Sanskrit word Dhyana , and Sanskrit Dhyana in this case, it means that allows a combination of dhyana meditation - that is the focus, and prajna - intellectual meaning) , and legacy of Tan-out disciples Tibetan songs Research of Password-Lac Japan-three, a "hero" (ie a Bodhisattva) and also a Tibetan Buddhist saints. In short, the works of the above will be considered as equivalent to the canonical Orthodox sutra (please note this is just two of the hundreds of other examples, and also indicative of the typical way to raised some general idea of number of very cùngđa texts and richness of Buddhism) .

Do not have a set of Buddhist scriptures hold the position and role of a Bible, such as in the case of Judaism. So obvious Buddhist texts are not written "final" can not can interpretations honduoc the. Buddhist texts also do not have a source arising out all legal caluat that the practice is learning throughout life. Moreover Eastern beliefs (ie Buddhism) also did not need to a thungon language sacred revolutionary at all, such as in the case of Hebrew (for the Jews). Though recorded texts In Sanskrit, Pa-li or Chinese, all official and self they are spiritually nature.

Buddha always advises his disciples to preach what he had heard in the vernacular (mother tongue) of them . It is also the way that he tried to do the opposite of what policy that Ms. -la-subjects did, because they absolutely taught in Sanskrit - that is, a language that only the three highest class in society can be understood thanks to education, rest, the others completely blind. For Buddhists, the person responsible for the translation always play a very important role and those who are gifted makes the teachings of the Buddha can be sung in their native language are highly respected respect.

Buddhism did not offer a the teachings revolutionary concept absolutely no mistake that than thenua is also advocated freedom commentary. Indeed there is something unique in the history of religion in general.

Why do people read less books sutra -

Whether it is the teachings of the Buddha?

In the West the number of sutra texts have been translated so far is still too low, so the researchers had to face many difficulties. The translation is almost only used a text to help the reader understand, but sometimes thayduoc a few slick features. Thus the very specific characteristics in terms of Buddhism have been lost or not be made ​​to stand out, that nothing is because the theoretical structure of Western languages ​​is formed from the time of Plato and Aristotle (Aristotle) ​​(the philosophers of ancient Greece) with the wording too different from the language used in Buddhism. There are many works of translation using the term (West) lack of precision makes it very easy to cause misunderstandings, the reason is because the meaning of the term is influenced by the traditions of ancient philosophy and the mound bundle (Greek philosophy) has permeated into our language (ie the language of the West) that we did not know.

Please set up an example of the hundreds of other examples, the word "essence" (nature, essence, essence / nature, spirit) is used in many translations (from Sanskrit or Pa-li to the Western languages) is a term derived from the philosophy Plato (Greek philosopher) , and the meaning of this word was created for the entire Western world a particular nuances. The meaning of this word referred to a key concept of truth to the whole metaphysical philosophy of the Western world, there is the concept of a solid foundation in order to raise the immortality and immutability of a second something. For example, when referred to the nature (essence) of a dog , it is something that helps us identify a dog, whether it belongs to the labrador breed or the Bichon breed (two dogs very different) . Meanwhile, the Buddhist philosophy to thousands of miles away with the picture was about thegioi, because Buddhism forefront the concept of ephemeral (impermanence, changes) and a non-catch of reality (common characteristics that help recognize "that's a dog" to Buddhism is not reflective of a nature or a permanent and fixed at all but there are some unspoken convention help together, "that's a dog." Even the name "dog" is a convention because can call it by another name, such as the mongoose, crane, a dog, un chien. .., the name does not contain a "nature" at all. Meanwhile, according to Buddhism, all phenomena are interacting with each other and constantly changes. summary influenced by educational , belief, culture, language, most people in the West often bring to mind some notion of the immortality and by Fabrice Midal, the idea niemdo also reflect discreetly through a few terms in the translation Buddhist texts into Western languages) .

In summary we hope roiday only will receive the perfect translation works in the future.

(The writing is sometimes just use language to express their thoughts, while the translation is much more complex because requires active expression of at least two other languages each other and especially to capture the thoughts and intent of the author. addition to understanding the context of a traditional cage culture and history behind the text you are translating, it is not is to have a thorough understanding of the topic presented in the original. A specific example is the business language can often be translated from Chinese and therefore heavily influenced by the culture, history and ideology ( Taoism, Confucianism, etc.) of China.

Sanskrit and Chinese languages ​​are the two language systems with the theoretical structure is completely different. The Central Quocda must take centuries to translate original Sanskrit texts. In addition to cultural and ideological influence Taoism and Confucianism can be seen easily in a number of translating Chinese texts, the Western scholars also discovered many additions not included in the original Sanskrit. There are also a number of "self" is a translation from Sanskrit, but in fact it is just the product impersonating.

Summary translation negligence, dishonesty can do the teachings cuaDuc deviations Buddha. Scholars and experts translate the West Buddhism is often very thorough understanding of Sanskrit, Pa-li, China, Japan, and the translation of them for a long time was also " science "and carefully, thenhung Fabrice Midal still hope in the future will be well received translation works better! ) .

Most Buddhists I know are only interested in the study of the classics by the master of the schools of thought or their schools (eg, the Japanese practice of Zen meditation is interested more to the writings of the Tao Yuan as has been highlighted in the above example) . Therefore their understanding to the teachings of the Buddha is also integrated with a new wording both sinhdong and closer to them, and can say that it can deeply impact far to their hearts as well (a Japanese meditation to understand the teachings of the Buddha but also inherited more about the culture, language and customs of their native Japan, and how thinking as well as a new life through the person of a teacher is Dao Nguyen. All forms of "fancy" and "decorative" cage has been added to the teachings of the Buddha and thus brought a new vigor to go straight into the heart of the practice.) For many Buddhists, the bond of interoperability with their teachers play a more important role than a mentor texts logo and vivid detail the teachings of their own making.

Buddha's first sermon is,

why it is the most essential?

After the Buddha reached ngothi sense at that moment he did not intend anything. He wondered for seven days in a row. What should we do here? There should preach and pass on what I've discovered?

"A peace so deep and vast, it was discovered by me, is the teaching of me. Yet know who hieuduoc, so should I just keep quiet and stay in the forest."

But the moment of decision has come. A very important moment.

But the decision does not speak in words but broke up in the person of His marvelous compassion and an unparalleled strength in order to bring the situation more beneficial to humans. But did not think to help sentient beings and just want to stay in the forest, thenhung in his heart again resound loud call of feeling completely selfless compassion.

He has no hesitation as ago nhula a teacher with something that can be brought out teaching, that he only knew in a way that is as simple and natural in such context is evident that he is ready serve (do not know if I have something to offer, no matter what the object of devotion ie action beings, that chibiet that the his devotion to what is appearing in front of me) .

He met the fellow with him before. They had abandoned him when you see him give way to choose the path of ascetic practice by the attention, less grim. When seen He begin drinking dauan again and no longer tried to suppress their cravings like truocday again, they rated him as a human weakness, an apostate people.

But on the day when they saw him coming towards them, illuminated and glowing, they understood immediately that something had happened, and they welcomed him so warmly.

Lecture Buddha gave them the occasion to Buddhism is also largely similar sermons on for Christ Giao.Day Mountain is one of the rare true teaching because although How many centuries have passed but the lectures he still like a lecture which he had just passed to us today.

Nevertheless, the Buddha was completely different from the founders of other religions, especially for Jesus, because the Buddha speak the truth, a truth not a bit fancy and also not accompanied by any promise. He looks at everything as is. So the truth is it?

We are suffering here. All human camoi suffering. We must know that looking at the joy of suffering in the hearts of all human beings. Belief that suffering can only be a unsatisfactory, a quiet little anxiety in the heart, a wound or also thela both an immense mass grief.

Search pleasures in order to desire to cover up the fact that it was a real way to treat superficial and stupid. But otherwise if you try to define and subject to destitution, nor can bring a solution.

We can not avoid Suthat. We are suffering.

We think you can turn a blind eye to truth it almost look the other way in order to transform his life and to datduoc what they want. Indeed skeptical. Buddha says that: "Nothing can be more wrong!". Indeed, we will never succeed this way.

Before the truth that we must confront in a more honest way: that is, to admit that something is not smooth in his own life. Even those who are full of money to health, happy family - the understanding - but they always feel a certain unease restless in my heart because apparently still something that you are not satisfied or still something she had not done.

Fashion, we always want to try to gain more and more experience to help you avoid all the fear and dissatisfaction, as well as the concern in her heart. The but the cogang only useless only. If you do not accept the truth of suffering, quakho we can reform his own life.

The first teaching of the Buddha known as the "Four Noble Truth" (Four Noble Truths) .

The first is that all are suffering. The second truth comes to the origin of suffering. The third truth that can set you free from suffering and the fourth was given way to bring liberation.

Why Four Noble Truth

to be presented in that order?

Because the Buddha was deduced by the method of a physician than of a sage or a prophet (bring a sacred sumang - a Prophet) . His diagnosis (1). Based on the results of the diagnosis he thought the cause of the disease (2). Knowing the cause of his illness to understand how to cure (3). Nhovao that he has found the cure for the treatment (4).

Also, we must first recognize that the suffering is torture. Suffering that can only bring a crude form (illness, accident, etc.) or can be more subtle than that. People often say to a normal, pain perception, sometimes just as a speck of dust caught in the hand, but for a practice, then dust in their eyes (a common man love life roaming around and not aware of the suffering in every form thucdang insidious torture, waiting. Because of ignorance obscures hokhong saw the suffering, if there is a little glimpse go again, it's just a speck of dust caught on hand. They also not afford to hieuduoc that the form of ignorance is to help them live roaming is also a great immense suffering. Yet for a practitioner file, all the suffering that is not a speck of dust contaminated hands that irritation of the pain in their eyes. Whenever we feel the dust tear it makes us sad in gas and irritated eyes in heart voila also will be buocdau of enlightenment) .

Only when we are aware of the suffering of their (1), understand that I have caused them (2), and found that it is possible to remove them (3), then we may feel determined to follow his Way to help achieve this purpose (4).

Buddha's teachings that "all is suffering" mean,

and how to be able to accept it

while at times we still feel that you are happy?

Suffering a frustrating puzzle in addition to what is like (ie reality) . This is an unsatisfactory tormented us, a game hook between hope and fear, creating a network of tightly wrap us.

Find ways to deal with what does not go well is our first response, and this response is also something most essential help us step on the Path. Why should every home, once we stop and open the television, there is a way to dispel the silence is trying to squeeze our stuffy, a sort of quiet reflection sựlo real European certain subtle? (sometimes it is just the movement of machinery that we did not think about the root causes behind these actions are hidden. We will open the TV to watch or not to hear but just to make the cloudy atmosphere of space in the room, in order to help you hide from yourself. youth today often listen to music constantly, whether they are walking on the street or sitting on a public vehicle, always also have the player in your pocket, at home, playing video games tulien free day. Maybe it is that they seek to avoid anxiety and hidden sohai truth deep in our hearts before the difficult life - and Buddhism called straight suffer - are waiting for them in front of him. fact that only those who meditate aware of each tiny gestures of yourself madoi seems like nonsense, but it is to help them return to their own, with confidence hova Buddha in their hearts) .

That means that we are trying to escape the reality of suffering. Path is helping us gain access to it. Admit we are suffering as a noble truth, is the gateway to help you enter the Path. Indeed, it was a really great determination.

Indeed, even for those of Buddhism, sometimes they did not even pay attention to the fact of suffering is a fact, and more for Buddhism in general, this is a true Noble extremely . Must always be aware of it.

Suffering is a sense of enlightenment experience, because when we suffer, there is the opportunity to help us to question myself. That way we will know more thorough review something, think about it and try to understand it (why suffer every torture yourself like this (1), which causes the generation of it (2), O is the suffering that also can be removed, and nothing is difficult just to remove the cause of it (3), looks behold the Buddha holding drug bowl was on hand to be ready to give us (4)) .

If you think a sense ngose ​​person is living in a form of well-being, it would be a mistake. This is just a human being always open our hearts to receive all the suffering in this world. Meanwhile, on the other hand, most other people always try to find every way to hide the pain. The heart of a human enlightenment are open to experienced and did not try to hide under the cover of a wise attitude behavior, similar to get into a solid fortress (word wise this is roughly translated from the word sagesse - or wisdom - in the original, the word is often used by Westerners to translate wisdom because in complete language nguTay The no text equivalent with intellectual words) . Should understand that wisdom bring back the idea of a bear than a means to protect themselves (should look at the suffering of abuse than to find ways to avoid it, because the pain is also very wise and cunning, it is always a way to make yourself confronted with it at some point) .

At the lack of time of the Buddha to live in a castle isolated scenes of suffering, old age, disease and death. A prophet told his father that after the baby or become a great king or an unusual practice. His father did not want his son to follow the path from the secular left, so he had to build a world of pleasure to detain children. He held the child in a supermarket or something Disneyland (the organization of games for children and adults) . Where everything his desires are satisfied.

This is also a kind of dream is always evident in the hearts of all human beings to help each of us do not even know to worry about anything anymore, but the dream was so vain. Then, even though his father had deliberately concealed, one day Buddha had received raduoc it. He discovered that the disease is the true story, old age and death is what will happen - did not want to admit what they really nostalgic.

Live and watch calmly as if nothing had happened, that is not living in a real and true meaning of it.

Indeed we can live his life by insisting that will not have anything can happen to you and at the same time also to convince others to believe as you. Thenhung Is there any way to help her avoid where practical.

It is likely that the impact of the renewed unhappiness and frustration occurs not meet strength makes us wake up. We continue to believe that everything sad that he was suffering from nothing less than the others or is caused by circumstances.

That is the way normal. Thenhung Buddha pointed out to us a different path.

Second Noble Truth

address the causes of suffering, what would it mean?

Depending on the classical schools of thought and the causes of suffering can be understood in two different ways: a) or there is a desire or lust - can also be understood as an attachment or occupancy, b ) or ignorance - that is, a form deliberately to be blind.

Why hunger is the cause of suffering?

Because it often creates for us a feeling of dissatisfaction. We always just want to be something else. It is a process of moving non-stop, never Decho us alone.

Why ignorance is the source of suffering?

Nothing because we separate ourselves from the election of the original space and its own expansion (ie primitive early form of self or their own) by up everything border separating the with the other, similar to our own self-set a field (a space, a private world) , we tuxem we are a separate individual, completely independent of the others and the world (his feelings about the self made ​​separate from reality, self-isolation of the world, and it is the source of suffering) .

School of thought which I attended before chutruong hunger arising from ignorance, and that is the initial cause of suffering (Theravada Buddhism - Theravada - that the deepest cause of suffering is craving thirsty, but Mahayana Buddhism in general, that the reason suthem thirst or desire is by ignorance that out) . Hunger will lead to subam attachment, and attachment trim creates a tension nothing is because we have lost the election the original space are always expanding their own (ie a spatial elected not entangled problems in the self - the author mean to say that the election was also a time space, is that Buddhahood or Enlightenment) .

Is it true that real Buddhism against

all the things they want or not?

What a surprise when you realize that some of you are willing to take themselves as seriously, or people see them as a context (the author is referring to the scholar, the eminent philosopher , or highly educated people in the West) might wonder about these things so absurd? Indeed had countless scholars, the god hocda been confirmed and is still identified as Buddhist against any desire vadoi with them, it is a way of life against a narrow themselves, a form of denial difference (alterite / otherness .., a concept raised philosophical differences in others. above sentence mean the policy desires of Buddhism is a particular disable of an individual - because according to them, the coveted symbol for "life" and a certain diverse forms of human beings).

If results right so we sekhong the can understand why there are millions and millions of people from many centuries have followed a belief so ridiculous! Just look at the Dalai Lama or any other genuine teacher will also notice from the irrational character of that assertion. They (the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist teachers) always reveal a life filled with joy and a real zeal revered.

Certainly not, Buddhism is not against the legitimate desire is expressed in the form of a driving cothuc in life. Such as the desire to make something better, help others, themselves beyond their own people ..., all he desires is wonderful.

But on the other hand, Buddhism has always condemned lust harmful form of desire, attachment, greed and lust, there are obstacles blocking does not allow space we look thayduoc elect immensity of reality.

If the desire is a turned matdi way to yourself, a form was always driven by the impulse to search for the means to satisfy ego blindly, desire was sechi a hindrances . Conversely desire push us to open our hearts and know more dedication, always represents a rich and that is what is needed.

Are we always want things to happen exactly as we want or whether, and how we now feel ready to integrate into the true to the apparent reality of it?

It is in the form of integration that we will self-indulgence, and despite living on startup. Result there is a great sunghich very interesting (a practice let alone in reality it looks like a slack no "desire" or "lust", "lack of energy", but in fact a motion with reality by borrowing the quiet power of reality) . Throughout the nineteenth century, when he realized that Buddhism advocates emptiness we (the West) go on insisting for rangday is the one thing religious worship nihilism (nihilism - also known as extinction) . We (the West) have reacted in two different attitudes: Buddhist praised or condemned on that aspect - but we never shall find out the true meaning of the concept is what. And for Westerners new to be carriers tend to nothingness in a very deep way. They only know how to achieve all the passion what you desire, so they have narrowed thucde turn it into a block of material can be measured, for the purpose help hoco can control the world comprehensive one. But in fact it is the way they have destroyed all love (height occupied colonies arising in the nineteenth century and it was also a period that Europeans use technical strength and weapons, and including threshold catin, to control the world, but also it is the sick dread in this century that Buddhism also has a foothold in the Western world) .

Buddhism always necessarily the policy must go beyond nihilism so may elect to receive the vast space of reality with all its most subtle aspects. Buddhism has always excited our legitimate desire to give us a new spirit, by raising us to see the difference between the desire chinhdang and things around uncertainty and bargain superficial seeks to engulf us. And there is also calling for the determination of we (go boldly step up to the Path) .

The Noble Truth Tuesday and Wednesday?

Buddha showed us that Enlightenment is a truth, a form represents the best of health and completely within the reach of human beings. He advised us to behave as a physician to cure yourself. In fact we can make the pain stop! Enlightenment hidden behind the knot of attachment. No need to invent enlightenment, should not be looking for it somewhere, because it was right there, behind the knot was.

Monks, Noble Truth of the cessation of suffering? This is the end totally, without any attachment, lust, denial, give it up, get out of it.

But how? That's the role of the Truth Wednesday. The fact that we saw only one Way.

Buddhism can thus be understood as a way to help us confront the most direct way to suffering almost free himself from it. Thus, the path that has made ​​so many people, both men and women, have to be touched and admired. Indeed there is a method to help treat those suffering persistent and severe human kha. That's the way the Fourth Noble Truth taken to remove all attachment and opens to us a field for planting. The way it is presented in the form a Way of eight articles the Party (Bat Religion) , ie a total of eight attitudes behavior benefits:

1 - The right understanding of suffering and the way in which it was shown to bind us all.

2 - Thinking correct, that is the mindset to help us expand our hearts, to let go, always reveals the kindness and compassion.

3 - Spoken from the right, that is to avoid impure speech and bring boredom, but, on the contrary, you should find the words to match the openness (of your hearts) , and always try to keep the room way.

4 - act right, that's what we call ethics, which means we must be more vigilant in their every gesture that was consistent with our desire to seek datduoc enlightenment .

5 - The right means of livelihood, means should choose a career that does not go against your practice (eg nhulam butcher cattle for slaughter, harboring gambling, logging out forest, wholesale, sales fraud, phishing, oppression of the weak, taking advantage of those who are honest, based on the "occupation" of her to force others to bribe, and so on and so forth ..) .

6 - Try to correct, means know giumot promoted in between these two extremes is the indifference and practicing ascetic revolutionary sick.

7 - The right focus, it is the foundation of all allowed to practice in order to help implement:

8 - The right meditation.

The second important teaching that Germany Phatda preach?

According to legend, the Buddha has taught that emptiness Consulate on top of Vulture Peak with an island audience thatdong - shops that emptiness is a profound teaching rank than the first instructional time, ie The first rotation wheel of Dharma (teaching of the Four Noble Truth) . Indeed it is a concept that even today only those who have been interested in learning new appliance can penetrate - in addition, the result is difficult for others to understand what it is.

But before you a brief explanation about the emptiness is what they think should be a brief presentation of the Buddhist concept of reality. A-spleen-reach-ma thesis ( Abhidharma ) is a set of business done a few centuries after the Buddha had passed away, it is a work of collecting and rearranging his teachings in a coherent system and order. Main content of the business is to set up the diverse and varied nature (of reality) - completely opposite to the teachings of Hinduism. Buddhism denies the concept of a permanent entity and the existence of a self - ie atman (soul) of the Ba-la-subjects. Sutruong existence of a material fact as well as an illusion, just like as a fire or a stream. All that exists is the structure (general consists of many components) . A table is assembled from many parts, the parts are made ​​up of microscopic particles. An individual is a combination of temporary and fluctuating profiles, and itself an instance does not contain any independent existence.

Not only did the shop that it not only can be done by thinking, but also proven by practice of meditation, because the new meditation can help us integration directly tiepduoc with the consulate. Thus we can see through every moment one is not any one thing can be kept intact. All that we perceive, experience, think, appear, exist for a while and then disappear in the election wide open space of our minds.

The process of trying help record sukien turn on this matter can remain durable through all scene circumstances occur in existence go again, it is always accompanied by a profound variation was within the perceived structure of the meditator (the meaning of this sentence pretty song philosophers: for example I still remember some memories at a young age, but the memories of that has changed over time, it will no longer conjure up the images and create the right emotions at the time I was young. A vicious wound on a continuous serial stream of knowledge is never "raw" but always "change", it is relatively with the wounds available tutruoc and the wounds will happen then to transformation.

When an wounds generated by an "action" (now) is inscribed on a "unit" revolutionary period of the continuous motion of immediate knowledge, it interacts with what saved "unit" before it, all interact with each other to create the wounds (consequences) to influence the "unit" of knowledge happens next. The focus of the meditation helps to recognize the interconnects and volatile nature of all phenomena - material and immaterial - and all the variations and subtle movements of the mind, all both can not keep be sunguyen integrity as a "unit" of time - or knowledge - this turned into a "unit" of time. Such variations of all phenomena can be identified by inference, but for a meditator, a user can directly feel it, integrate it, and to "live" with it . In short do not have anything that can keep the intact, though it is material-physical or non-plant-animal-nature, whether in the inside or outside of the mind. That is the nature of the emptiness of all phenomena) .

The teachings of Buddha vetanh not have opened a new era in the history of Buddhism.

Meanwhile, the teachings of A-leaning-at-ma thesis does not achieve such a depth as to all things. Indeed these teachings (in the A-ti-at-ma thesis) succeeded in separating reality (distributed components of reality in order to prove the emptiness of it) but in fact, there is a way to maintain the existence of the composition a reality (that is not going all the way inference or get shop. Example separated people into the five aggregates is to demonstrate the emptiness of an individual, followed by the splitting of the aggregates into the four elements to show the emptiness of the five aggregates, but the four elements are still there waiting for us to split further. Meanwhile, Fabrice Midal also stated to show that the emptiness was still in the mind and sucam always variations of the meditator. summary is we also thexem here is demonstrating the emptiness of the concept of emptiness, or said a more direct way, it is the emptiness of emptiness ) .

Nature does not support for thoughts datden place its ultimate. We do not have a base (background) at all (the real thing it does not have a facility to support the inference is to achieve it) .

Teaching in the A-spleen-reach-ma thesis also seeks to help practitioners achieve nirvana, in other words is to achieve something that we will not have (or nirvana is just emptiness) .

Emptiness, for we know there is nothing to gain, nothing to search. All the desire caudeu make us lost direction ( the experimental practice to go away and think about this point ) .

Buddha's statement that (raised emptiness of all phenomena) were removed at the root of all deliberate attempt to analyze his teachings by intellectual means. For that reason, even the concept of "Buddhism" ("Bouddhism") is irrational tronen and is a misleading. Do not have anything to be able to call it "Buddhism". Nothing can be known as Buddhism.

We are just people, men and women, born from an extension (ie reality) .

(What the author Fabrice Midal just told this to make people think of a Zen teacher and also a prominent school giathat of Buddhism is Eric Rommeluere, he has just published a book entitled rather "provocative" is "There is no Buddhism" (Le Bouddhisme n'existe pas, home published Sueil, January 10, 2011). Yet Buddhism for him no, but he was meditating more than 30 years and is very enthusiastic in Hoang France as well as the teaching and guidance on how to practice meditation! said while delving deeply into Buddhism, the more people will discover Buddhism is really just a elected expansion space and the atmosphere of that time itself increasingly expanding and can not handful batduoc it. Buddhist Thus he says in a way that is often understood as a doctrine, a philosophy super or a belief brings promises, absolutely not. They entered the space as a Buddhist pilgrims reached the final station on the way they are going, a real place mysterious and the most subtle of reality, similar to U as a vote open space expression for absolute freedom. Eric Rommeluere meditation for more than thirty years to see Buddhist nowhere but just felt in heart an absolute freedom - no more anxiety, fear not expecting or waiting for anything - and then opened to him a vote vast space enables his existence can radiate wide eight towards ten).

Please liberty extracted here a passage in the Wei-ma-hard Department of Economic Theory that the Eric Rommeluere has quoted in his book (page 134):

"Who seek dharma (Dharma) will not seek [datduoc] a form, a sense of feeling, a perception, a mental causation, a knowledge of all. Was also not seek a realm or the source of a perception that he was not expecting [to achieve] a desire realm, a realm of appearance or invisible minister. Behold Xa-profit-waving, who seek [achieve] dharma (Dharma), does not seek by clinging to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. anyone aspiring dharma [then on] seek [but] do not need to be aware of suffering pain, do not need to destroy the cause of his suffering. was expecting [but] do not need to complete the final implementation, does not need to practice on the road. Why? [Because] inside the Dharma there is no arising of any revolutionary concept. If anyone said: "I have to understand what suffering is, to destroy the cause of suffering, to make the Chiva family to cultivate the Way ", it will only further launched the rise of the concept and that is not the way forward for the dharma (Dharma"). (above is a free translation from the business Directory Only-ma-hard by Eric Rommeluere cited in his book (tr.134) - Vimalakirti Sutra, T, XVIII, N ° 475, page 546a) .

How to understand the emptiness?

At this point we continue to try to reflect back on what has been presented in the above segment (ie emptiness) . Reality is completely empty of any certain characteristics. People always try to identify the objects and all other beings as existing in front of him, but it was just a misleading view. Indeed there is only one way to narrow what to see (his gaze found only a very small part of the object they saw, in other words, it is a way to limit or narrow the substantive of an object) . My husband or wife that I have lived fifty years, but in fact, I do not quite know all him. What I know is still subject to the this (en DECA / in below / missing, incomplete) what my wife or my husband is present. He completely empty of everything concept that I tried to impose on him (my wife or my husband, smart, beautiful, ugly, clever, clumsy, marine fraud, ethics, pudgy , great, wise woman, the man removing the shoulder, etc. and etc., all things that are concepts. When you look at your husband or wife, the impulse to cling in his mind - that is, the judgments expressed in the mind is dominated by the wounds on a continuous serial stream of knowledge, ie - to impose to nguoiay, often is very strong, although it is positive or negative. contrary when we see a man or a woman in the street for example, the notion that you impose on that person will be more superficial. Bottom line is all of these things done whole does not represent the reality of his subjects that assessment). It is because of this that he (my wife or my husband) always makes me impressed and surprised (or maybe vice versa, or say otherwise, what assessment he is often mistaken or not quite right) . This is a simple way to help learn what emptiness (what they impose on the husband or the his wife is the concept they have created in my head and the fact that your spouse completely empty about concept niemay) .

This shows that all things are not present (true) . Buddhism is not a nihilism - but on the contrary ladang. All things are completely independent of any other form of free thought, computing or creating any that you want to impose on them.

There is an understanding that is very great or what?

When has seen emptiness thiday also means that elect the original space to be opened to help people integrate into the root of the real sense of transparency and simplicity (ie, the feeling of enlightenment , liberation , the absolute freedom, the suspension, the shut off or nirvana etc. .. depending on the wording of the different words or terms).

The reason we are having trouble finding understand emptiness, nothing is completely because emptiness is not a concept that may impose additional reality (emptiness itself is a concept nhutat all other concepts. example I think my wife may be good, average or bad. Good, bad, average concept raises some characteristics-beauty such - to impose my wife. Yet if I do not have an idea about it and I did not know my wife is beautiful or ugly, or a look that was all, because in the beginning I totally do not have a concepts about which to base on it to assess my wife - certain I sekhong could have known my wife good, bad or average. emptiness therefore very difficult to penetrate because it does not have a specific basis to rely on it to that holding its batduoc) . This is an evidence that all philosophical concepts, whether in the realm any case also does not contain any solid entity (a philosophical concept is a building in the mind of a philosopher used to impose a certain form or a situation of reality) . Trying to understand emptiness as above can also thexem as a remedy to neutralize any real a philosophy that vehien theory.

It is for that reason that the study of books on the subject of emptiness is often a story both hardships and boring. Books actually just aim to we fell to the ground with something needs technical director (judo) theory. Books each pulse our beliefs - and even the belief that we did not expect to - aimed at mucdich prove to us that all this (the trust) are useless (inanite / inanity)

From that perspective, you can say that no one teacher can match up with the fur (Nagarjuna). He lives in Ando around the second century AD. Many works that people see is his own writings are still preserved today, however a large portion of these are documents that have been translated into Tibetan or Chinese (some of the original Sanskrit has been lost) . His most important works is the focus Quan Lu eating (Madhyamakakarika) , consists of 449 poems (karika) written in a concise text is to help the reader can memorize a dedang (but if you want a thorough understanding of absolutely not so easily) .

Fur has created a solid structure is thought to have broken any creation revolutionary concept. The wording paradox, strange undertakings (philosophy) , as well as how to teach beyond words arising out of the latter must be based on the reasoning that the fur (please send an experimental application brief example enables logical inference called from fur-led the implementation of the following: 1) people can not hereby nhanduoc that: "something"; 2) it can not confirm that: "nothing"; 3) it can not be confirmed that: "something, and [also] do not have anything; 4) was unable to confirm that: " just do not have anything, and [also] is not something "; inference after permission from the above reasoning, we can also imagine the" nature "of What is emptiness) . All objects completely empty of any one reporter thought that I append to them, and it also shows that in fact we always open than we thought (the nature our primitive quite simple ie open, because we are constantly creating more conceptual everything so that we have become increasingly complex and more restrictive. A specific example a child is more likely to adapt to what happens around it, whereas an older man full of the concepts in the beginning, and thus have become rigid, or otherwise becomes stubborn and discomfort caused children to be extremely miserable. bring people in charge of managing people - especially those who 'do' politics - often find how indoctrinated people khokhao and honest young or concepts aimed at intentionally want to impose on them, because the children and the naive or honest not or not enough khanang to create his first building in the complex concepts and shook his craftsmanship) . If want to get along easily with the world around them, the emptiness would be a means of extremely sharp (and it `simple: just go ahead and remove all the concepts in my head) .

Chinhday is the highest point of Buddhist thought. We could not avoid confusion when faced with a kind of logical thinking was extremely surprised that of Buddhism.

Otay theological method is formed from the combination of the teachings of Christ and the Greek philosophical basis - in the form of a weird mix, and it really is a sad thing.

For Buddhism, to reflect on the "theology" does not come from a land other than the land of Buddhism (and therefore not the result of a blend) . That was a blessing.

Why teaching on emptiness

it is not a kind of nihilism?

Emptiness is a means to map out a middle path of Buddhism. Its purpose is to find ways to avoid the two extremes was that the exist (eternalism / eternal, immutable) and nihilism (nihilism / also known as extinction) .

For neo longevity, we believe that having a permanent, immutable, can not bear a variable, so I do support for every action, feeling, thinking and century our thoughts; something that I do support base for our people and our individual, it represents the "essence" (essence / essence, base) the existence of these things.

For nihilism, on the other hand we believe that nothing exists, our consciousness is only the operation of a machine. Standpoint that is what I will be narrowed nhula a brain operation or biological functions. Nothing really can be called a human being. The actions we do not really have nothing to do with us because they are just a product of fate (determinism) we do not have any powers to hand in: "The mistake was due to stimulation factors (hormones, endocrine substances) "," It's a genetic consequences "," I do not have nothing to do here "," this is due education, so father metoi ... "

Very strange indeed, most people at the blaze of this attitude sometimes inclined to a different attitude (before a situation happens, people say: "That is a business thanks to God, God, thanks Thank God ... "or:" inciting such networks, it is my bad luck, my number ... "and they did not force them to be aware that if the two views together it would be a kind of paradox can not understand. ") The purpose of Buddhism is to free us from these two misconceptions.

The third important teaching of Buddhism?

It is the existence of a-can-of-Buddha or Buddha-nature in all beings. Enlightenment were available in each of us. We just found get it to can khoidong it.

Many practitioners rely on the teaching of a second transfer Falun (ie advocate absolute emptiness of reality) may be said that the new teaching on this (third rotation wheel of Dharma The atmospheres exist where every sentient being) is a specific form of a broad, and they are also very concerned because I thought it might be a turning Buddha Up to become a new form of " atman "(self or soul) - a totally contrary to Dharma (Dharma).

But for those who practice the teachings of Zhuan Falun third time other than conception and that if you insist on respect for the negative of emptiness tuyetdoi, it would be a form of sex term reality. Not only did they not phunhan solid character of the concept of emptiness, whether in any one way, but also found out where nature is not a very large depth, avoid the practice does not distract a dangerous (easy fall into nothingness opinion if not understanding what trietduoc emptiness) .

All beings contain seeds or ability to attain enlightenment. Essence of the Buddha's always the full and perfect in a natural way and are present in each individual. Only a single obstacle is that it is ignorance obscures, and thus makes we not get biếtđược it.

The sole purpose of the practice is to remove the darkness and confusion obscure Buddhist Up, similar to nhungdam clouds covered the sky. But though the clouds have dense maydi way again, someday we will have to disappear and can not be separated forever chanduoc the expanse of the sky. What-can-of-the Buddha was completely empty - and no objection the teaching of the emptiness. No way grasping batduoc-that which can only be done it (ie achieve it) only.

My belief is above teachings (vePhat As) is the most useful teachings for all cachung us today. We need to derive from those teaching what can help us in our current lives. Humans have never lived in a social context filled with frustration as our society today. As what Nietzsche (1844-1900, was a German philosopher) has pointed out: it is the most prominent aspect of our time represents an attitude of lack of respect for human products between humans with nhau.Doi with us nothing carries a possible dignity worthy of our respect anymore, including our people.

Nazi (nazism) a most terrifying Republic, is a state of "derailed" (deraillement / derailment / car derailment or false) of the Western world (well, actually it is not the time Western world's first "derailed" that before sliding movements captured slaves, imposing beliefs, invaded the colony and colonialism, as well as other utopianism by Westerners the initiative has also brought harm and no less tragic for humanity. The reason one can only say so much Nazi regime because of over ten million Europeans were killed in the boiler chambers, sir) . According to a certain angle, Nazism as well as the dictatorship (totalitarisme / totalitarianism) bring the most extreme form is not necessarily gone. For example, the case of a psychologist working in the personnel management of a multinational company is the board of directors required to study "the standard to clarify employee" when the company a secret plan laid down the number of employees in the company, (François Emmanuel, La question Humaine , publisher Stock, 2000).

"I (the author of the book cited above) has found an official document, it is a notice by the Nazi who drafted recorded June 5, 1942, which has raised seven terms in order to improve the operating performance Saurer trucks used for the transportation of gas chambers to kill Jews. way to kill people with poison gas effective just to "clean" than bringing them to shoot each series. In that notice, the word "goods", "transport" ..., duocdong variety of uses to avoid need not directly mentioned the word "man." People were animals materialized to become the accounting numbers. It is also a way to help those who read the notice for the first time do not feel too disgusting. Indeed the first time when reading the notice I feel cold spine and I had to think of what happened in the company that I'm working. This is how to use the administrative notice was cold with the letters used as fronts like "reform", " plan job told vecong eat "... in order to justify the dismissal of employees. thing that has made ​​me all the horror. This is the kind of language logic of worship that effective today it is that use abound in the area of employment and even in the living of the whole society. "

Refers to the emptiness of such a social context can also bring a great danger, that is how to induce us to borrow the word "empty" as an excuse for the lack of honesty of action her. We do has to be empty, but is actually full of things capabilities. Teaching on-can-of-Buddha can help us against the tendency to trample human cloning is widespread - and maybe can help us to understand more deeply the importance indeed on the teachings of the Buddha's emptiness (rear of nature is no longer a hidden elected vast space of the Buddha-nature, so we should not use the death penalty for killing a man and The Buddhists in their hearts) .

Buddhism is not a religion based on the teachings. Buddha speak with people by looking at the heart of the suffering is torture them to point out to them a way to help them liberate themselves from suffering condition. So in today's context, what did we have to suffer so horribly?

We are suffering because the original is lost, bitach away from the elected deep space of the body. The physical body is to help us connect with plants, birds and forest streams, with cows grazing. But do we know where to mix with wild animals-every time an animal up close and touch our rights, we are ready to kill them tyrants (as an insect flying to and cling to us, let us look at it with all the curiosity, joy and love rise in my heart. If I was not able to do it cutim how to sing it splashed dam should not compress it. As an insect, it does have enough to distinguish what is an aggressive to flee) .

How can we survive taiduoc in a world where all the stuff and make it into something hypermarkets?

In 1989, a meeting was held between the great teachers of Western Buddhism and the Dalai Lama. During an audience that everyone noticed the priority now is to talk to each other about the difficulties they are facing in promoting the teaching of the Buddha. They submit to the Dalai Lama that their biggest obstacle is Westerners lack of love for yourself. He was surprised and had to ask the interpreter explained to him the meaning of the comment. Then Ngaida exclaimed: "It's terrible, is a man that anyone deserves to be loved."

Surprise that the Dalai Lama suggests that there are two different worlds. We Westerners, we did not automatically set up an obvious relationship with his own heart as the people of the East. For their relationship giaodo is a truism.

The teaching of the Buddha on a-can-of-Phatda prove that we are not people who can switch each other easily to the will of others. There is something hidden so proud where each one of us that we need must see it haude preserved and cultivated it.

Meditation is a way to help us find her with every breath, to help us achieve a sense of wholeness, expand and escape. There is something really good exists. The good (BONTE / goodness / kindness, kindness) did not bring the opposite of evil, but rather something very major and very real.

I believe that the teachings of the Buddha brought a very clear purpose to point us to see those good things, for we recognize it to integrate with it.

Buddhism refers to how well?

For us (the West) the good is a sentiment the opposite of reason is one thing nature objectively. We have launched all his energy to pass from one form to the other form, that is charity-emotional characteristics and subjective - to justice - bring rational and area customers agencies. We often hesitate or tend tilted about some kind of goodness that is controlled by reason. We thought that the passion in my heart to rely on the control of his mind (ie, rational) or vice versa (the mind overwhelmed by the passion, that reason be love crowding) as Pascal (French philosopher and scientist, 1623-1663) once said: the heart has its reasons which reason can not understand.

But for Buddhism on the other hand, the distinction does not carry any meaning. Can not imagine the man as a rational animal, that is not a combination of instinct (passion) and intellectual ability (reasoning minds) .

Kindness itself is a voting space makes radiant light of our existence have room to spread wide. That kindness is always very smart (that is itself also is the reason or wisdom) .

(Please note that the reader is the author presents the teachings of the Buddha through the third rotation wheel of Dharma: The Four Noble Truths (1), the emptiness and the emptiness of emptiness symbolizes the absolute freedom or the Emancipation (2), Buddhist Up or a Spatial Voting open and radiant make our existence integrate with it (3). Yet in the conclusion, the authors bring them we return to the compassion that our conscience is ringing call, it is the motivation and strength to help us all three round wheel). END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/8/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).