VIRTUE AT THE HEART OF OUR.

 

One day on the way to pay homage to the Blessed One, because it is too early, male lay Pancakanga visit Vihara of Mallika visit. Here, he be travelers who Uggahamana present perspective good in sufficient detail and good at winning. Accordingly, those who achieved four measures of body, speech, and mind are not evil and do not live by evil life, he achieved good in sufficient detail, good at winning.

Do not capable of evaluation perspective, men lay Pancakanga not express praise or rejected. He restated the Buddha. He denied the right to the point, that if that is true, the kid also achieved good sufficient detail and good at winning (economic Samanamandika, Central II).

Body, speech and mind not evil is only the negative side of the good or the first stage in the development process improvement, not perfection of the good. On the platform to stop the evil action, the implementation of the new charity benefits is the positive side of the good. This is the new development called good in sufficient detail, good at winning.

However, the good development platform outside to put on the good inside. Good outside call is good, good inside root called good. Of A-function distinction: "What is called good and good roots? Positive actions of body, speech and mind, called charity. Without greed, without hatred and without si (actually compassion and wisdom), known as the root of evil ".

Buddhism review action is really good or not is a look at the good in the hearts (of virtue), that inner motivation. An action is motivated by unwholesome roots (greed, hatred and delusion) is considered evil, whether manifested in the form of charity. For example, those who hide in the name of charity in order to profit themselves. Similarly, an action supported by the charity, ie positive thoughts inside, are wholesome, though sometimes expressed in the form of evil or does not seem to be good. For example, kill the terrorists are preparing to mass murder. Form of murder is evil, but the motivation to kill the other in order to save a lot of compassion and wisdom.

With good roots inside or positive thoughts inside, all of us, in any component of society, rich and high status, or poor civilians, can do good. If we spend some money and effort to help others, it would be a great improvement. But if we do not have the conditions to do so, while wage workers, we can still offer good deeds for others if you know blowing into positive thoughts rooted in love and interested people. For example, you do professional help, cooking, laundry, cleaning the house. If you try to complete all work to your landlord does not scolded and not get fired, your job is merely employees. But if you blow into positive thinking, for example, while cleaning the house, you wish the whole family all enjoy clean fresh air; or while cooking, you desire people dining and more health, your job turned into good deeds, and you accumulate a lot of merit to it.

In life, there are very ordinary and small, if we send positive thoughts then become noble, great. In contrast, the action is great, but in fact very small and insignificant. For example, you do that, the good just to please others in order to receive any privileges from them. Or charity you do with a desire for fame or for branding purposes, or for-profit, then your job becomes trivial, even when people blow-ups, praise. I remember the end of 2010, a charity auction soliciting favors. The people in the name of charity auction which is essentially to promote the brand and profit. Therefore, we should never turn his noble actions of trivial thoughts and calculations behind it.

Facing job nature merits, you see their interests in, eager to begin work on. If not, you did not care. Or if you know any job that does not confer a benefit to you, you seek repudiation, rejection. If so, will you never do good deeds. So, if you have thoughts and selfish calculation, you will ignore all can make good opportunity to accumulate merit for themselves.

We often say to each other to work the mind. This mind, first of all attention focused on the job, things are hard working, dedicated, enthusiastic and dynamic; and ultimately sacrifice, dedication, for the benefit of others, the desire to bring to the best for everyone.

If in all the work and sectors of society, who also worked with such a mind, good society can seem. But the mind does not seem to exist much in this day and age people. I remember not long ago, the press published status rotten meat is "magic" into "specialties" in restaurants, cafes, found it "chills". There are foods that people do not dare to eat, but they do sell it to others. But the life of the other, can we receive the results from the "heartless". The following story is worth our reflection:

"There is an old carpenter when about to leave, the boss asked up to his new home. He certainly agree carpenter but his mind is no longer thinking of the house, careful selection of materials is not like before, when work does not concentrate intently as before. Done, he brought the key to the carpenter's trade him and said: This house belongs to him, this was the gift I gave him. "

Old carpenter stupid people, you can imagine his embarrassment, regret how. You may think: if early carpenter said his boss will give better he will build. For now, he can only stay in the house they built through roughly speakers.

We can also make the mistake as the old carpenter to build your spiritual house, do not choose the nice solid materials such as love, kindness, sincerity ... to the throne become bright, peace, joy and happiness, but choose something evil, corruption, crisp, fragile as deal in a negative way, deceit, hostility or hatred, discrimination, self ... become gloomy darkness, sorrow and suffering.

We each have good roots in the hearts, often cultivate fertilizer to its development into green trees good life, do not take time, lied to each other. In his belief pearl County , with the story of Arctic hunters hunting weasel downright evil.

"When night falls, the hunters put on thick cotton shirt and started playing. They lay in a place often appear. They pretend about to freeze to death. The nature of capital ferret honest, saw someone lying on the snow, we came running out of her warm cave, then use body heat for those who are pretending to freeze to death. Therefore, hunters can easily reach out to catch the ferret. "

Fox hunting shameful behavior has vehemently condemned by the world, that this is bad behavior, the most evil of mankind.

Treat each other with kindness, not to abuse the kindness of others to do inhumane bad. Take the good response to the good, for goodness is spread out, scaling up, dispel evil, to humanity forever live in a festival of love! 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 ).