BRAIN IN BUDDHISM.

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PEOPLE often say Buddhism is the religion of compassion and wisdom . For many Buddhists, compassion is more important, and if there is no compassion , no Buddhism. Buddhism is the path to the cessation of suffering , then is to bring joy, compassion is saved, nothing more true when it comes to Buddhism is the religion of compassion ? But one can also ask: can any contractor including Buddhism in the word compassion ? Compassion enough to define Buddhism, to distinguish Buddhism from other religions and philosophies? In other words, can see compassion as a characteristic of Buddhism? Looking around, we see religion also advocates immense love, vast as the charity of the Lord Christ, cum craving theory of Moscow. But only Buddhism emerged in the highly intellectual . Can be said that throughout the history of human thought, not a religion focused on the role of intelligence than to Buddhism. Because the Buddha (Buddha) derived from Sanskrit bud , that is understanding. Buddha who complete understanding, awakened, enlightened, who have intellectual integrity. Such new intellectual can say that the fact that the characteristics, the foundation, the essence of religion Buddha. What is intelligence? First of all, we must understand the wisdom of Buddhism is, because wisdom has a very special significance in Buddhism. Wisdom in Buddhism must be distinguished from the common conception of wisdom. According to common sense , wisdom is the result of intellectual activity (Intellect), based on reason (raison) used to argue, concepts, language, and mainly consists of the understanding, the knowledge has been gathered. In Buddhism , wisdom is also called wisdom , because same kanji can read the wisdom or property . The U.S. often read is favored (the fire read as "Huay"), while the Vietnamese or use the word property , with the majority of the compound word on the list from the Buddha, such as knowledge base, wisdom, property search, property resources, property, property interest, property, nature ... The Pali is Panna , Sanskrit is prajna , and when transcribed into Chinese is becoming Bat Nha (N read as representative of English). Indian philosophy ancient India has three terms used to specify the knowledge: Nana (p) / Jnana (s) , viňňāna (p) / Vijnana (s) and Panna (p) / prajna (s) . - Ñ Ana usually specify common understanding, in its broadest sense. In some texts, we also see the word used in the sense of Panna Nana . - viññāna 's understanding based on reason, using the method of inference and analysis. Meanwhile, Panna is profound wisdom, the comprehensive understanding of the nature of intuition, not based on theory, concepts, language, beyond words. French is often translated as sagesse , connaissance profonde, transcendantale , or cognition Integrale , but the words still describe a part that can not be described. 's why difficult to translate so in Asian countries, it is common keep the transliteration of Sanskrit, Prajna wisdom (U.S.) or Hannya-Chie (Japan) to specify the wisdom of Buddhism. Prajna wisdom and conventional wisdom, such as science, but differ in where the object of understanding. As the Buddha said in the sermon "leaves in forest Sinsapa", his teaching solely on the path of liberation, is the most urgent and practical. If you compare science and Buddhism with the light, then we can for science to shine light everywhere, and Buddhism with a focused laser beam off the power to a point, that is the end of suffering. In Buddhism is a noun too close to the favored sense (bodhi , transcribed as Bodhi) . enlightenment and awakening, back to sleep. So in the ritual chanting, we often encounter the phrase "... far from the source suffering mother, husband back to shore feeling". And in Buddhism, enlightenment and insight is the goal of Buddhist practitioners, take the heel of Shakyamuni Buddha is the "Chief District enlightened" (Samma-SamBuddha -) , is fully enlightened. Wisdom in Theravada Buddhism The role of the mind in Buddhism origin (primitif) and Theravada Buddhism (Theravada) is very clear and bright: the intellectual is the only means to enlightenment, and liberation from suffering. The "Wisdom in Buddhism" by Thich Minh Chau (in site Internet Buddhasasana) has presented a wise and full of problems. I just reiterate a few basic teachings of Theravada Buddhism. If we take the "within twelve predestined" (paticca-samuppâda) that review, we will see the clue of the suffering , of complete fall within the damnation of human is ignorance (avijja) . Since ignorance is the focal point of the problem, so is wisdom to solve the problem. "right way eight mile" (atthangika-magga) , right view (Samma-ditthi) and right thought (Samma- sankappa) are two paths of wisdom ( panna) , is the last stage, the most important of the practice (while right speech, right action, right livelihood of the world , sila , and right effort, right mindfulness, district belongs , samadhi ). Of course the practice of Buddhism can not be divided into distinct stages of the case, and eight-mile path that should be all together, but we can also see in the division by a sequence consistent with what happens in human psychology. Photography must be body, speech and mind (sex) , the new effort, mindfulness and concentration () , and so they understand and see clearly the truth (wisdom) . In the Dhammapada (Dhammapada) , is a the oldest in the business of Buddhism, there is a talk about "the fool and who . " Languages ​​have to understand here is not ignorant, stupid, less intelligent, lack of knowledge, but must be understood as confusion, immersed in the passion, the illusion of life. knowledgeable , as mentioned above, is not intelligence, erudition, but rather a deep understanding, fully, in the right way, lead to peace and happiness. HT Minh Chau for example a person with a lot of knowledge about wine, well aware of the substance of the wine, the effects of alcohol on the body, but still drink a lot of alcohol, drunk and addicted to wine, still wine coordination. So does he not have the intellectual wisdom of alcohol, he or she is stupid . In contrast, a knowledge of wine, but also know the dangers of alcohol, drunk, alcohol, beyond the influence of alcohol. Thus he is the true wisdom of alcohol, he or she is who . summary, wisdom in Theravada Buddhism are present throughout all of the basic teachings of Buddhism: "four truths, road eight walks, three to assign, karmic reasons "... and play a key role on the path to liberation and enlightenment. Wisdom means complete understanding and practice of the Dharma, to break the display of ignorance and realize the truth. Wisdom in Mahayana Buddhism Wisdom is the rope connecting the Buddhist origins, Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism (Mahayana) . It is often called the head Lao Ministry (Sthaviravada) , the predecessor of Theravada Buddhism (Theravada) , "Is Wisdom" (Ancienne Ecole de Sagesse), and called Madhyamaka sex (Madhyamaka) of Mahayana is the "New Intellectual sect "(Nouvelle Ecole de Sagesse). Actually, as we know, in the history of the development of Buddhism, Mahayana schools split into two tendencies: on the one hand and intellectual side faith . Typical for intellectual is Prajna system, based on the massive economic Prajna Paramita majority ( Prajnaparamita-sutra), (full printed 600 copies!), with two texts the most important is the Heart Sutra (Mahaprajnaparamita-hrdaya-Sutra) and the Diamond Sutra (Vajrachchedika-prajnaparamita-Sutra) . Prajna spirit implemented by his fur (Nagarjuna) , headed Madhyamaka parties (Madhyamaka) , the famous commentator sharp demonstrated that truth can not be understood by reason. According to him, intelligence is the hard way, that faith is the easy way. He preached to understand the teachings of the Buddha, they must understand the two levels, or rather two dimensions of truth, relative truth (samvriti-satya) and absolute truth(Paramartha-satya) . And the absolute truth is emptiness (sunyata) , which is inconceivable, can not be captured by the normal ability of the mind, which can only understand intuitively and empirically. Bai Dai Bat Nha Tam Kinh, although only 260 words, but contains all the essence of the spirit of Prajna. Paramita means pass. One can sense through the other side, this side is disturbing ignorance, the other is enlightened liberation, and Prajna wisdom is the boat carrying people across the river. But read and permeability both texts, we see that the spirit of Prajna wisdom is very special, can be called transcendental. In prayer with the phrase "without herons location without prime", that is a no-brainer that will not be realized. After asserts that "there is no form, feeling, perception, volition, consciousness, no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, solution", says that the that "there is no ignorance, no end of ignorance, no old death, no end of old death, no suffering, set, kill, direct, no wisdom, no attainment", ie all what they have learned in the basic teachings of the Buddha are not real, are relative truths, slender ... Because Minister of France is not being killed, not dirty not clean, no more no less, not a two. Lenses are probably not of the law, of all things, is true wisdom, surpassing wisdom (au-dela de la sagesse). That is the meaning of of Prajna transcendence, ie Prajnaparamita-Sutra , the fundamental sutras of Mahayana. Wisdom of Zen Prajna is followed in spirit the Chinese Zen, from fear of the Bodhidharma (Bodhidharma) from India in the 6th century. It is often attributed to him Bodhidharma four contracts in question guiding principles of Zen, is "Catholic foreign special transmission, Real creating scripts, Girl entity the mind, Kien nature of Buddha." But in fact, according to Buddhism, the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng is the author of this guideline. And the important point is that he has marked a turning point, a revolution in Zen by replacing the concept of "towel" by the concept of "nature". According to Mr. Suzuki Daisetz, two "people" and "prejudice" means "look", but the word "people" with the word "the" on "position", to hand over his eyes to hide the light, which means "try to see" (or "Binoculars, soi" (regarder, scruter), while the "expected" only "item" on your feet, that is "seen", in a natural way, not trying to (voir). As such, the classical concept of Zen is "towel", trying to look at your mind, illuminating his mind, while Huineng policy "its nature", saw the emptiness, the Buddha nature, a natural and innocent, do not try. From there, the look of Zen wisdom becomes extremely simple: "Cloudy tan moon". Needless to grinding bricks to look forward to it becoming a mirror , no need to wonder banners or wind plants. Such separation, hesitation, thinking, just because an idea sparked fog swept away thousands of miles. enlightened Therefore a can from a scream, from a stone thrown into a piece of wood, a piece of burning ... Buddha Buddha's wisdom, where is in your mind, not strangers. intellectual Find elsewhere also "tree hugging wait rabbits" or "carved boat search." Meditation is also in the general direction of the Bat Nha, no attachments, no discrimination, no expectation, not head-on. "application countless head baby born public interest "is in the diamond business has claimed intellectual property rights in the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng and King Tran Thai Tong. Intellectual development path How to develop intelligence? That is the general question of the Buddhist monk. - For beginners Buddha, Buddhism seems complicated, with many sects, scriptures, do not know who to follow, starting with nothing. With great anxiety was mistaken teacher, and books may be the wrong way, take your time or even harmful. - For those who have long studied Buddhist, many find that they have yet had a lot of luggage doctrine, but still stalled, and the fact that said yet how much progress (sometimes perhaps because of heavy luggage!). Buddhism is an empirical way. Each person draws personal experience, is valid only for yourself. But anyway, from personal experience, we can also draw some general lessons: 1. Common Buddhist practice schedules are by then and still has value. * That's "three ways of learning", ie morality (sila) , concentration (samadhi) and wisdom (panna) . * It "text , private, religious, "ie three types of knowledge, are distinguished in the Digha Nikaya Sutta (Digha Nikaya) and Visuddhimagga (Visuddhi-magga) : based on the understanding of learning (sutta-maya-panna) , understanding based on reflection (Cinta-maya-panna) and knowledge based practice (bhavana-maya-panna) . * It is "record the Paramitayana the", ie generosity, morality, essential tons, patience, meditation and wisdom. 2. Wisdom, of course, is the last and highest stage. But we can not forget the crucial role of meditation (bhavana or jhana / dhyana): it is by meditation that Shakyamuni Buddha was enlightened under the Bodhi tree, and only meditation help develop wisdom, because the two methods is only (samatha, calme mental, Tranquillity) , ie (samadhi), and consistent (vipassana, vision penetrante, insight). A question can be posed, but perhaps only the applicant can answer is: recitation (according to the Pure Land school of Buddhism, for example) can lead to a state (or ) , to go to "the most mind any disturbances. " But chanting could lead to a consistent state , and so lead to wisdom ? 3. Classics is necessary or not in intellectual development? Buddhist thought is the middle way, so it should look to the classic spirit. Classics is only a means, a finger pointing to the moon, for classic and should not be regarded as essential, not stick attachment to the scriptures, and make the first steps into the classics. Conversely, should not reject all the scriptures, because scriptures can help you move forward on the path of learning. We should remember that even the extraordinary inborn as Huineng also thanks heard of that enlightenment. The relationship between compassion and wisdom Speaking of wisdom would be missing if you do not talk about the relationship between compassion and wisdom. It is often said that Theravada Buddhism intellectual heavy set , while Mahayana Buddhism weighs about compassion . The truth is not necessarily so. During economic Kindness (Metta Sutta) , the system of Pali, the Buddha taught us to love, save all sentient beings, without distinction, without conditions, unlimited. In doing this, he was not talking about the intimate relationship between wisdom and compassion, but if we understand the interdependent origination , correlation, interdependence, interaction, friendship between all things, the intimate relationship between compassion and wisdom becomes extremely clear. Because all living beings have solidarity with each other as siblings, relatives and siblings, so the suffering of living beings is no different to our own suffering. With Mahayana, Arhat ideal replaced by the Bodhisattva ideal, and compassion are highly valued by the character as he Vimalakirti (Vimalakirti) : "The reason is because the disease Bodhisattva beings. Ever beings from disease, the Bodhisattva also cured ". In Beijing stressed: "There are two things that Bodhisattvas must remember, is never abandoned beings, and saw clearly that all is not." It can be said that compassion is due to solid background intellectual foundation, and intellectual development is due in compassion. Lack of wisdom, compassion can only be temporary feelings, and lack of compassion, wisdom hardly be expressed. In action to save sentient beings, human compassion forget yourself, added experimental Anatta, Emptiness, and open themselves more intellectual. Until no longer distinguish between salvation and the salvation, then free himself completely. compassion and wisdom go hand in hand and attached to each other, because from the source of wisdom, compassion spring flush run, thanks to streams from the wisdom tree blossom. Thus, in Buddhism, compassion and wisdom to complement each other, depend on each other that exist, as well as two sides of one hand, or wings of a bird. bird fly away, fly away forever, no longer see the shore or the other ... END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/11/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).