ILLUMINATED PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT.

 

The world praised the practice of law is not only found in the Vinaya but also in the Mahayana sutras, such as classic Bodhisattva and Tantra Yoga of Supreme. In tantra Kalachakra Tantra, for example, there is a clear statement that all of the Kalachakra Vajra guru, guru vows Diamonds have sufficient detail about the Supreme.

Chapter 9
OPINIONS AND ACTIONS BODHISATTA

Lamp for the Path: the eighteenth

Arose desire for enlightenment
Continue efforts to improve it through collaboration
Remember it in this life and also in the other life
Keep the rules as explained appropriately.

If we have received bodhicitta aspiration, we must abstain from the four negative factors and cultivates four positive factors to ensure that our practice not to rot in this life and the loss later life.

The four negative factors are:

1 - The disappointment of his teachers and beings worthy of respect by speaking lies.
2 - The reason is that other people feel remorse because of their ethical behavior.
3 - Enraged, said harsh words to the bodhisattva.
4 - With the engine negative disappoint other beings.

Four positive factors are:

1 - Never lie for selfish reasons, even the price of their lives.
2 - How to other beings to the path of morality.
3 - Improve awareness of the bodhisattva who bodhicitta has arisen as the teacher and make manifest their virtues.
4 - To maintain a sense of compassion and responsibility towards all beings.

Lamp for the Path: The nineteenth

No vows of commitment to the goal
of perfection aspiration can not be grown
in a defined Effort to take it
because I want to wish for enlightenment to grow.

Here, interpretation is that despite claims arising aspirations of attaining enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings have merit, but greater benefits depending on the acceptance of the Bodhisattva vow to live ideal of bodhichitta. Interpretation process following recommendations:

1 - Generating the altruistic goal
2 - Participating in a ritual and receive an aspiration to continue to maintain it.
3 - Improve desire to engage in the behavior of the Bodhisattva.
4 - Receiving Bodhisattva vows.

Lamp for the Path: The twentieth

Those who maintain any of the seven categories (they lost)
Of individual liberation vow
Have the ideal [to first] the
Bodhisattva vows, not others

Here, the commentary points out that practitioners receive Bodhisattva vows should ideally lay the foundation of ethics by contemplating any of the seven layers of the vows for individual liberation .

1 - The willingness of lay men (gender Upasaka)
2 - vows laywomen (di world she offers)
3 - male novice vows
4 - female novice vows
5 - official vows delete ma na ni
6 - great vows of men's
7 - The willingness of women in world

Lamp for the Path: The twenty-first

The Buddha talked about the seven types
of individual liberation vows
The best of these is pure splendor of virtue
is said that the vows of a particular gender-sufficiency

This paragraph says that the seven vows special characteristic of liberation, the university's highest. Buddha said very clearly that we can determine its ability to survive, flourish was, standing with his doctrine on the basis of the practice of the Vinaya, the rules of ethics. Wherever the Vinaya practice is established, particularly its three major acts - slapping ritual published periodically (penitential rite potash), retreat (summer retreat), and holidays self-quarter (end of summer retreats) - Buddha's teachings also exist. It also said that wherever the practice flourished Vinaya, the Buddha also feel a sense of humility. Wherever the practice of the Vinaya of absence, the Buddha's teachings can not be said to truly exist there.

The world praised the practice of law is not only found in the Vinaya but also in the Mahayana sutras, such as classic Bodhisattva and Tantra Yoga of Supreme. In tantra Kalachakra Tantra, for example, there is a clear statement that all of the Kalachakra Vajra guru, guru vows Diamonds have sufficient detail about the Supreme.

Lamp for the Path: The twenty-second

Based on the protocol described in the
chapter on the principles of the stages of the Bodhisattva
vows receive from a spiritual teacher
Possessing generous and virtuous

Unlike liberation vows special and secret tantric method, we can receive the Bodhisattva vows in the presence of a Buddha without the presence of a teacher. However, the twenty-second paragraph says that ideally, we should accept it from a qualified spiritual teacher way. The first paragraph describes twenty-three of these qualities as a teacher should possess:

Lamp for the Path: The first paragraph twenty-three

Please understand that a moral and spiritual teacher
is a person skilled in the vow ceremony
with vows, and he lived with
trust and compassion to proclaim it

Reviews of then said that if we can not find a spiritual teacher so we can still get in the way of the following vow: The light for the road: the 24: But if in case I tried but could not Seek out a spiritual teacher like that, I will explain a different process proper for the reception of vows

From the twenty-five onwards, progressive interpretation presented for the reception of the Bodhisattva vows, if a teacher is not available. This is excerpted from The Points of the behavior of Venerable Shantideva (Shantideva)

Lamp for the Path: The first 25 to 31

25 -
I will write here very clearly, as explained
in economic Manjushri Buddha Ornament Place,
How, long ago, when Manjushri is Ambaraja
his intention to become awakened enlightenment

(Paragraph 26 onwards extracted directly from a review of the Venerable Shantideva)

26 -
"In the presence of the divine protector,
I woke up to the goal of achieving full enlightenment
I invite all beings as the guests of the child
and would deliver them from the cycle of reincarnation.

27 -
"From this moment onwards
Until I attain enlightenment,
I will not harbor thoughts of harm,
anger, greed, and envy

28 -
"I will cultivate moral purity,
abandon wrong action and desire
And the joy in the vow of discipline
Train yourself to follow the Buddhas.

29 -
"I will not selfish to reach
enlightenment in the fastest method,
but will stay behind until the last moment
the sake of a living individual

30 -
"I shall purify limitless
inconceivable national level
and at the back of the ten realms
For all those who call me names

31 -
"I shall purify all of the general body
and the form of speech act
of mental actions, I will purify
and not do anything unethical

In paragraph 32, the commentary presents the practice or the world that he should engage once we have received the Bodhisattva vows. This is the principal practice of six perfections (paramitas continent) - generous [alms], ethical [morality], endurance [patience], fun effort [effort] , concentrated meditation [meditation], and wisdom. All the perfections of the bodhisattva practice can be understood in terms of three ethical principles of the Bodhisattva:

1 - Do not do negative actions
2 - Integrated file ethics
3 - Action for the sake of other beings

Lamp for the Path: The 32nd

When somebody reflect the vows
of selfless action targets trained mature
form of the three principles, their interest
for this form of three principles (ethics) to grow
things made to purify the human body, speech, and mind

PRACTICE THE FIRST YEAR OF GLOBAL CHARITY

Now we relate to interpretation of Tsongkhapa guru to read the explanation of the six perfections. One is perfect generosity.

Wide LuongToan Shan (Dana Paramita)

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Generous giving is a jewel ovum with its wishes you can fulfill the hopes of sentient beings. It is the perfect weapon to cut the knots of the heart four cropping. It is morality (altruism) to highlight the courage of confidence not subjugated by the child. It is fundamental to the good reputation of the child are transmitted in ten directions. Knowing this, those who have grown wise by his own excellent way of giving full body, property, and merit. Me, yoga practitioner, has practiced it. The child who also seek liberation, please cultivate delight themselves in the same way like that.

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15. For paramitas
stupid as Italy
there is the ability to
complete the wishes
of all beings;
is the weapon
most Effective
Cutting knots wipe
dirt of our glue.
attitude because the
source will increase
courage, self- credit.
For persons who are
ten ways the world
would have praised.
know this because
a location should be
diligent in reading the
lab cultivation,
by giving away the integrity
body, wealth,
for both sets
From merit pay .
He is the author of
such amended.
children one who
is free for
taming yourself
the same way.

We must understand that the main objective of generosity is to fulfill wishes of benevolent objects, there are other beings. Its goal is to practitioners to help them overcome feelings of possession and four cropping problems. Commentary contain details explaining how to accomplish given: the proper time, motivation, psychological condition, etc ... Also, to express an act of generosity, the assumption of slap must ensure that all six are complete perfection in a single action was.

Ethical Principles of Perfection (Paramita precepts)

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Ethical principles (precepts) is water to cleanse away the impurities of wrong actions. It is the light of the moon cools the burning heat of the impurity. (It makes the child) shining like Mount Meru in nine kinds of beings. With its power, you can conquer all sentient beings (in the good effects) of the child) without (the book) fascinated by the flashy appearance (or anger). Knowing this, the holy people are protected, as they protect their eyes, (to keep) the pure precepts which they have received. Me, yoga practitioners, have practiced just that. The children also seek liberation, please cultivate yourself enjoying themselves in the same way like that.

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. 16.
About the water is
washing away all
negative karma taint
the moon About
Soothe all
infected burns center
's Who spiritual
body radiant
like Mount Meru
shine throughout the
nine kinds of beings
of the world capacity
will help you
tame all
no need to show his power
Beings hardened
pros would have provided.
So know this
should be the saints
preserve morality
as keeping your eyes
I am the author of
such practice have
children one who
is free for
taming yourself
the same way.

Paragraph verses related primarily to the practice of ethics in the world to ban or control, that is the zone to prevent negative actions (karma), especially in the thesis of the vow of personal liberation. For a bodhisattva, the practice of the major ethics (morality) the ban is to prevent the heart from thoughts of self and self-love her.

Patience Perfection (Paramita virtue of patience)

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Patience is the best solemnity of those with the capacity and the practice of the momentum (ascetic) perfect for floating tormented by delusions. It is rising on the wings of an eagle with a snake enemies of anger, and the thickest armor weapon against abusive language. Knowing this, the (wise) later in the book familiar and varied forms of armor with super Vietnamese patience. Me, yoga practitioners, have practiced just that. You be those who also seek liberation, practice or fun also like this.

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17 -
Rings jewelry is
the most Beautiful people
have more power
Tolerance is the practice
austerities best
for people who often
harms the heart Vong
wing eagle is
soaring sky
engraved crystal of solid
angry Hatred
Is thick armor
stop all
slanderous weapons
Knowing this
should be a location
Cultivate your mind enough to adapt
armor With
Almonds supreme
I am the author of
such practitioners have
children one who
is free for
yourself domesticated
in the same way

The practice patience here related primarily to the development of patience to endure whatever damage that may happen to us, things like that we develop a sense of indifference towards it . We learn to voluntarily accept the challenge for higher causes. There is also a third category to practice patience, that is to be cultivated as a result of continuous reflection on the teachings of the Dharma. The most detailed explanation of this practice can be found in chapter Friday Guide to the Bodhisattva's Life of Venerable Shantideva (Shantideva) _ [38]

Joyful Effort (Perfection of Effort paramitas)

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Once the armor of resolute efforts glad irreversible, expertise in classic and insight will grow as the full moon. You will do all meaningful action (to enlightenment) and will bring whatever you have to do to the results of it. Knowing this, the bodhisattva has the use of large waves of joy efforts, cleared away all laziness. Me, yoga practitioner, has practiced it. The child who also seek liberation, please cultivate yourself enjoying themselves in the same way like that.

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18 -
Wearing the armor
of the planet tons
At that very school,
Cultivation, enlightenment
will grow faster
as young moon
is full moon to the
action and no
significant spill
Towards free
and have brought
results expecting.
Knowing this,
Bodhisattvas should
roll waves diligently
Clean all
-long lazy.
I am the author of
such practitioners have
children one who
is free for
taming yourself
the same way.

The practice of cultivating the perfection of joy efforts are detailed in chapter seven of the Guide to the Bodhisattva's Life of Venerable Shantideva.

Focus Perfection (Paramita Meditation)

Lamp for the Path: The 33 to 38

From paragraph 33 onwards, the lamp for a detailed explanation of the practice to cultivate tranquility and insight.

33 -
So, through the efforts of vows found
by the Bodhisattvas for pure enlightenment integrity,
The accumulation of perfect enlightenment for the
completion will be perfect

34 -
All Buddhas say the cause to complete
The accumulation, the nature of the
merit and wisdom sublime,
is the noble cognitive development.

The noble virtue and wisdom mentioned here relate to two types of accumulating merit or good fortune and wisdom and holy relation to two types of bodily enlightened body and corresponding measures. The statement of interpretation that the basis of complete accumulation of the two types is the cultivation of noble perception ([Tib: language-she]). It related to an awareness of this noble place where a person capable of intuitively understanding the trends and attitudes of the spirit of other beings and can act to help them in effective ways best.

35 -
Like a bird in developing
wings can not fly in the sky,
Those who are not capable of sublime awareness
may not act for the good of living beings.

Point out here that if we lack this awareness in the minds of other beings, while the trends we can be very noble, we can express the action of the body , speech, and mind finally end damage on those who receive.

36 -
The receiving merit in a single day
by a person who owns a noble awareness
may not be received even in a hundred lives
by someone who is not aware of such noble.

37 -
Those who want to quickly complete
The accumulation of full enlightenment as
would perfect the noble perception
Through effort, not through laziness.

38 -
No real tranquility reaches
sublime perception will not happen
so please ongoing efforts
to perfect tranquility real estate

Atisha Sensei presented the practice of real tranquility as a condition to improve aware of this noble, or sublime awakening. more important, the attainment of tranquility, is a real premise required to achieve self-reflection - a deep insight into the nature of emptiness. Although the development of wisdom can realize emptiness but without real tranquility, obviously can not develop the wisdom that it is a merger of real tranquility and profound insight. Deep insight on the real focus is not reached only when we go through the clever application of physical and mental transformation from analysis to verify the process. To reach proficiency metabolic analysis, we must have a proficiency of the body and spirit which it arises through any disorder of mind. Interpretation of Guru Tsongkhapa next describe the special qualities of mind once he has reached the status of real static (static head).

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Meditation is the king concentrated power through mind manipulation. If we use it (on a point), it will remain there, motionless as the great mountain Meru. If we apply it, it can cooperate fully with any moral object. It brought joy excitement joy of body and mind for the present serve as convenient. Knowing this, the practitioner has mastered yogic continuous paddle any disorder of mind, is what will overcome enemies wandering spirit. Me, yoga practitioners, have practiced just that. The child who also seek liberation, please cultivate delight themselves in the same way.

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19 -
The great king is
dominated consciousness
as Mount Meru
Firm not move
when opening the center to the
Center will collect photographic
intervention measures whole
body and mind makes Dinh
Nhu finely sensitive
security joyful contempt
Knowing this
should practitioners
smart religious people who
are also devoted to
meditation only Free confidential
Try surrender
Enemies devoted
practitioner of me has
been such a religious
person who the child
is freed for
taming yourself
the same way

In the first two lines, the author says that when we attain real tranquility, we also achieve a proficient understanding of his own mind, because we are able to decide whether to conduct (a certain action) with an object or not. If we want to put the most attention on an object selected, it will remain there in a completely no variation, such as Mount Meru. Type of concentration meditation described in this paragraph is reached after the ninth level of mental stability problem, is where we experience a sense of joy and happiness joy. [39] This happiness should not be confused with university in tantra tantric bliss; rather, it is happiness comes from the seamless body and spirit to arise as a result of the most consolidated our mind with a meditation object selection.

Lamp for the Path: The 39 th & 40

39 -
While the conditions for real tranquility
Not entirely, (then) the sanity of meditation
will not complete, even if a meditation
energetically positive A thousand years

40 -
So let's focus on the conditions mentioned
in chapter accumulated for Meditation Noise Level
Set mind on any
subjects important moral point.

Commentary presented as if the conditions improve any disorder of mind and real tranquility (of mind and still reside) not completely, all of our efforts to achieve sustainable tried meditation will be useless . Therefore, if we want to conduct a practice focused real estate cultivate tranquility, we must first ensure that the five conditions required to present.

1 - Based on a true lifestyle on moral principles (rules).
2 - Less personal desires or worldly chores must be completed.
3 - There is an understanding of all human key elements and stages of the practice.
4 - There is a proper diet and avoid eating a waste.
5 - As little distraction as possible, with a limit on exposure to strangers or others.

In this way, we can create the conditions necessary for most practical retreat residence. The first Buddhist practitioner contact to concentrate efforts to cultivate the mind to any of this disorder must be carried out this practice in two ways. We must know the techniques for improving both the mind and the generation of ideas to our right. We may think that sitting upright will improve the mind, and stretched over (bent) will lead to this result, but is not the case at all. We must learn the process and observe the mind to bring ideas to these effects.

Here, we are talking about practitioners practicing gradual path (lam-rim), who had carried out in practice up to this point - the beginning stage and the next stage followed, including three the Advanced Train (Study threefold: World-of-knowledge) - and reached a certain level of experience as a result of applying coordinate analysis and meditation single minded meditation (samadhi meditation and special touches meditation).

As practical steps in the progression carried the cultivation of tranquility, real estate, there are many different methods are explained in the commentary, such as the Middle Border Discrimination Number of Reviews Maitreya / Asanga (Maitreya / Asanga's Madhyantavibhaga [Tib: U-tha-men-cover]), we can find a lot of discussion in the main obstacles to the success of meditation and eight for treatment with these obstacles. For objects that we use for most of the heart meditation, interpretation presented many classes of objects. There are objects suitable for purifying the negative karma or rid afflictions, there are subjects more appropriate to analyze the temperament, etc. ... There are three main subjects covered:

1 - A broad audience, usually for real tranquility and profound insight.
2 - The object coordinate with the temperament or habits of our past.
3 - The object contact than to overcome the affliction.

Whether we bring an external physical object as the object of meditation or an example of a personal experience of ourselves, it is important to select only one object on the object and maintain it without changing it. The more new objects that we take on as a focus of meditation, the more we gather little more progress. Choose a unique object and took all our attention into it. For example, the Buddhist practitioner may focus on a Buddha forms. However, if you do this you should contemplate a Buddha too big or too small - about three or four fingers width and height is too useful. In any case, the visualization of we must be clear and brilliant, like a three-dimensional imaging technique when proper light.

When we cultivate the mind to meditate on the Buddha, although we can represent a physical state, such as a statue or a painting, when we started, this is not things that we used in the meditation of our really. There, we focus on an image that we create in our mind and cultivate concentration of mind in things. For example, there are methods to hone real tranquility on the basis of deity yoga (yoga Deity), we visualize ourselves as a deity, or the energy of our physiology, in here we focus on the ideas of his subtle. What then is the practice of Vajrayana.

The key to calming real estate development (residential static) is righteous, this self-insight to coordinate care and diligence. That is the continued application of mindfulness to maintain our focus on subjects that we choose. This is the meditation center layout (samatha). Previously, we have seen, on the basis of the concept application, we ensure prevention from negative actions like. Thus, even ethical principles (rules) are also related to the practice of mindfulness.

Also, the first thing in the thirty-seventh aspect of the path to enlightenment (37 Bodhipaksiya) are the four foundations of mindfulness (Satipatthana) - awareness of body sensations, the mind and the phenomenon (mindful of body, feelings, consciousness, law).

In the book's focus single-mindedly, the key is to develop the concept to a level that we can maintain it without being driven by an immediate object. As we proceed in the most concentrated calming the mind through real estate development, we must be alert to the various faults that may affect our practice. For example, even if we can maintain mindfulness of mind, the practice of us may lack clarity, or can it in the morning and not lose focus on the object, but the mind we lack the ability to survive long-term stability.

In general, the faults of meditation is scattered more deep and spiritual. There are two kinds of wandering:

1 - A is completely out of focus, no longer the object of mindfulness.
2 - Two is too subtle, and occurs when the right and although not lose focus on the object, one other thought arises Where there's where our mind fails alley ta.Tan disorder is a sign that our minds move from talking and we need to proceed in a process of mind to bring it down to a calmer state.

Another way that we take the concept to the object when the mind is more deep, or prize incentives (loosely). This simply means that we can not focus on the object of meditation. At other times, although we can focus on objects, lacks clarity, or long-term stability. This is more deep subtle, or prize incentives, and it is an indication that our minds too stagnant. Here, we need to conduct in contemplation improve our minds by creating a feeling of rejoice.

If we find that our minds move from talking and stampede occurred soon as we take up meditation of mind, we should reflect on the fact that we are still under the control of thought and negative emotions; that these afflictions are still active within us. Mindful of the fact that we are still caught in the shackles of Samsara previous session, and reflecting on the impermanence and death. This will have an immediate effect along awake reduce Trao celebration and excitement of the wandering spirit.

On the other hand, if we find that our mind stagnation and lack of long-term stability, we need to raise it. Here, we can reflect on the fact that our own Buddha nature - the heart of a Buddha - or on the immense value of precious existence of man and the opportunities it gives us one. We can also reflect on the qualities of the Triple Gem: Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, especially the enlightened qualities of the Buddha, or the fact that we can reach the end of suffering. The positive thinking like this will inspire joy and confidence in us together strengthen our courage.

When we begin to cultivate tranquility real estate (residential static) and single minded focus, we must learn to how complex the process is developed, it is essential that we explore techniques calm and improve, these things will work in the meditative practice of ourselves and the proper balance for us, but only through continued practice and personal experience, we can discover what these things are. Age and physical condition we can also make a difference, especially the status of our health.

However, as we continue to practice over a long period, we will progress through the nine stages of mental stability problems. At the same time we reached the ninth floor, we will reach an advanced level of concentration of mind, which then takes us to achieve happiness joy that comes from the clever application of body and spirit. At this point, we have reached real estate tranquility (static residence) and ranks first of four concentration levels (beginner meditation: the joy of birth).

If on the basis of real tranquility we continue to progress the way by reflecting on the imperfections of the world's desire, in the end we will cultivate the higher level of awareness, such as three higher level of focus (the Second, three, four meditation). As we continue to move further, we will achieve the security that only the very best (not the quad). At the higher levels of concentration (meditation), our minds will be very subtle that we can temporarily be free with many aspects of distress. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.( VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS,GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).10/8/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ). AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.