SUSPICION NECESSARY.

 

Perhaps education Christianity and Judaism of the West has made many people tend to see what the suspect is a shame, to see it as the enemy. People feel that if they suspect, it means that they are denied the doctrine, while they should have a faith without question. Currently, in some religions, beliefs query-believe blindly-still considered the qualities required of the faithful. But Buddhist momentum not require it. When it comes to teaching, the Buddha said, "come and see" or "come to discover the truth"; He did not say "come to believe". An open mind and know that questioned absolutely not be considered as an obstacle for those who believe in Buddhism. However, an official said: "This is not in the frame my perception, so I do not believe" it is a closed mind, and a new attitude is a major disadvantage for those who have any desire to pursue a spiritual path. In contrast, an open mind, always asking questions and not accept things just because it was said, did not encounter any difficulties.

A well-known texts about a group of villagers to visit the Buddha. They said to Him, "Many teachers have gone through this. Each position has its own doctrine. Each of them have stated that the philosophy and the practice of it is the truth, but all of these are opposed to each other. Now we really confused. We should do. " Is that sounded very modern story? But it was a story of twenty-five centuries ago. The same problems. Buddha answered, "You have the right to panic. It's a puzzling situation. Do not believe in anything simply because it traditionally has been transferred, or because your teacher says so, or because the religious order's head so you have to teach you, or for it has been written in popular texts. When you are self-perceived and self-experience that is true, is true, then you can accept it. "

At that time, it was a speech advice revolutionary nature, because obviously the Buddha also said that to his teachings. Trans xuốt ages, we know that the teachings of the Buddha are there to be discovered and experienced by the individual. So people do not need to hesitate when there is doubt. Indeed, Stephen Batchelor, an author of many works on Buddhism, has published a book titled Faith to doubt (The Faith to Doubt) . We put the question to be true. But we need to question with an open heart and an open mind, not with the idea that what is consistent with the notion that we know is true, and whatever opposed to these ideas are of course wrong. Following behavior is the same case 'the bed of Procustes'. I have a the appropriate preset mold, and whatever we happen to encounter or elongated or truncated to fit that mold. That just distort things and impede learning.

If we happen to encounter certain things that we find difficult to accept even if we have to investigate to find out a very careful way, it also does not mean that the entire teachings contained it should be discarded. Even now, after many years of study, I still find in the teachings of the Tibetan people have things that I'm not entirely sure. I often find my lama and consulted him about things like that, and he used it, "That's fine. Obviously, she has not really had a connection with that particular theory. That is not the problem. Just brushed it aside. Do not say, "Oh no, that's not true." That say, "At the moment, my mind is not quite catch that." Later, she may appreciate it, but maybe she will not catch it. That does not matter. "

When we encounter an idea that we find difficult to accept, especially if it is a character essential to the teaching, the first thing we should do is to find out our problems him with a mind without prejudice. I can read anything reading-related issues, not only from the perspective of Buddhist teachings, but if there are many different ways to approach the problem was, we need to read the document anymore. We need to ask such problems connected with other parts of the teachings. We must put our cognitive abilities on it. At the same time, we should recognize that our cognitive abilities is still a worldly awareness. We still do not have a broad mind. We only have a very limited view. So definitely there are countless things that ordinary secular perception of us it is impossible to experience in a direct way. But that does not mean we can not get enough of what does not exist.

Again, it is important to keep an open mind. If others have a deeper experience and mental resistance more than that they have experienced something, at least, we should be able to say, "Maybe this is the case '. I should not be limited mind and ignorance of our standards. But we must remember that the mind is limited and our ignorance can be completely transformed.

It is all the way towards. Our minds become more open and more liberal as we progress. We begin to see everything more clearly, and as a result all the things started to slowly mold. We need to be patient. We should not expect to be able to understand the explanation of a profound wisdom in mind the first time we happen to meet. I am sure that we all know to a certain number of works about the wisdom that we can read over and over again year after year;, and every time you read, we still feel like we read them for the first time. That's because our minds are expanded, we began to explore the story deeper level of meaning that we can not see in the previous reading. True spiritual path is much the same. It stages of sense, and we can only understand the concept of hierarchical access by our current level of consciousness.

I think everyone has different problems. I know there are things that some people find very difficult to grasp, but too simple for me. I believe a lot of things in my teaching before to the Dharma. In contrast, there are things very difficult for me, others that it is very easy to understand and accept. We all come from different education, and the like, each of us has his own problems. But it is important to identify the problem that is not a great story. That is no problem at all. The doubts and queries we motivate us to keep us alert and intellectual.

There have been times when my whole spiritual life is under a big question mark. But instead of ignoring these questions, I have taken each issue one to query and examine thoroughly. When I went through, I realized that it simply is not the problem. We can completely happy with a question mark. Finally, it is no problem at all, as long as we do not strengthen it or put our entire lives feeling threatened by it. We need to develop confidence in the intrinsic qualities that can bring fruit. We all have Buddha-nature. We have all the qualities needed to follow the path. If we do not believe it, it will be very difficult for us to engage because we do not have a foundation from which to go to. It's very simple. Buddhism is not based on dogma.

But why believe that we have the Buddha nature is so difficult for us? Basically because of our state of mind, because we lack the knowledge of who we are and what our role is in this life. Since we do not know who we are, we feel far away from others. That is the sense of 'self', that feeling to make up for all of us fear, anger, attachment, jealousy, and insecurity. But Buddha said that the incident is not obliged to do so. Our inherent nature is pure. All what we have to do is detect that we really are, and that the direct purpose. It's very simple. It is not based on faith, which is actually based on experience, and experience leads to awareness. The problem is not learning what the Lamas teaching, or what tradition says, and believe that it will save us. Path is not our salvation. Of course, we need to know what the Buddha said. We need to know what the old master said, because he has gone before us and have left us with a map so that we can follow. That is a bit like reading a Journey. We can read a Journey and felt that we were in Journey to where it comes, but we never really there. The only thing is the travel experiences of someone else. Because when we go there, we will have our own experiences. Direct route is to take the experience of this path for yourself. Experience was not based on what others describe. It is not based on blind faith. Of course, we need a certain degree in order to buy a ticket and begin your own journey. We believe that country exists and it is a lovely place. But over it, it is important that you leave. And as I go, I can tell myself: "Yes it is the path that their predecessors had described. Right. The road looks the same. "

Note of the translator:

1.Theo the content of Kalama, Three French, Anguttara Ministry.

2.Theo Greek mythology, Prosecutes have a iron bed, for guests to spend the night. Somewhat lower than, shorter than the bed, he pulled them long; someone too high, longer than the bed, he cut off their legs to fit the bed. 'Prosecutes bed' in the West refers to an arbitrary arbitrary standard requires absolute obedience.

About the author: Ani Tenzin Palmo was the first Western woman was left home to become a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and became famous for having spent the last 12 years and lived in a cave on Himalayan mountains, a place of about 4,000 meters above the sea level. She is British, born in London, is a character mentioned in the book Cave in the Snow by Vicki MaKenzie, has been translated into English under the title In the Snow Mountain (translator Thich Minh Tam female) or Hide from where the mountain of snow.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/11/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).