Tuesday 31 January 2012

PENANCE.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Buddhist Schools

HT. Thich Thien Hoa




First Course
Human Thua Buddhism
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A. - Open Thread
We live in this world no one is completely clean. Buddha constantly taught: "For whatsoever is down to the three worlds, rolling in six lines, is not a species that is completely clean, not a sin as to which end all".
Indeed, this world was called mundane, how clean? It is often said "the election is round the tube is long"; so, in the bush all have to dust. Street has a long body covered with long lifetimes, on top of us, into the chamber liver lungs
of us. It makes our blindness can not see the right way; it makes us opaque heart, not see the true mind. If we want to live forever in the dust scene, want to wallow in sin, then do not say. But when
we want to be pure leisure, to shed our sins to be gentle, for women, then of course we must find ways to subtract out dust, to eliminate all sin. In Buddhism, method of removal was called repentance.
B. - District Threads
I. - Definition:
The word "Sam", Sanskrit called Samma; Tau translated as "repentance." Kinh said: "Sam Gỉa shopping pre-shield, the exchange term consequences." That is, Sam is the fault before repentance, and exchange are not given the following error. If you use an Uncle Sam or an exchange is not enough words meaning, so the old To join two words into the word "Penitential", translated in Vietnamese as "repentance contains errors." Thus the Penitential words imply repentance, remorse for past mistakes, regardless of the long fast, and now to come later, his prayer is not repeated again. If you know the old bug is flying, now I would atone, but still do it later, it is not true in Buddhism Penitential.
II .- The way Penance.
1 .- Penitential wrong.
Yes the word is the term Penitential own Buddhism. When called Penitential that wrong, is not Penitential anymore. But for convenience of expression, let us temporarily use two words to say how common the sin in this world or in the outside directors (outsiders).
The world, when her sins to him, the village water, betel used alcohol, pork or chicken, money to sin, sorry. Sometimes we again used the form "rate of atonement", but the offense with the court or in the military, for example. Forms can also take the seat or atonement, but not perfect and even crude. It applies only to deal with the outside, but inside the case of sins happen in our inner, these sins are very subtle, very profound, but it is difficult to apply the said form on.
In the heathen, we also use many forms of sin: as a direct use animal blood to get baptized with the spirit; a policy directed to bathe in the rivers and streams where it is sacred to the sins; is directed to bring supplies to ask
pardon of the Holy Spirit; have directed the policy of austerity and force identified themselves as beating, hunger, thirst, cold to heat, bile taste are thorns to be freed of sin . The way such redemption are all wrong. Psychological sin, not the generals. So how can retrieve material such as water, blood, or body supplies to clean up the crime.
2 .- Penitential true.
Buddha taught that sin by the mind of the creator, no one has the right payoff is. Bad seed sower bad fruit, seed growers are enjoying your delicious fruit. Sin was created from the mind, the mind must also be from Sam. Speech is clear, even reasonable, with the experiment. So we want to sins, should follow the law y Penitential true of Buddhism that was operating. In Buddhism, there are four methods of penance as well, which belongs to the law, a law of the process:
a) legal work Sam Ho i: France belongs to the penitent, to make pure sex appeal up now and prove, so-called legal work. When the colon's, I have to honestly express a sincere sin, repentance and prayer even mind not to relapse again later. A penitential devotion such as sex can be pure, that is all offense.
b) The Prime Minister of penance: this belongs to the French, and harder than previous methods. This Buddhist institutions, is the visualization of penance, for those who cultivate highly qualified, or no increase in engine, or have, but not pure. Want to repair this, one must come before the Buddha or Botat, heartfelt worship, presentations have committed sins, repent and pray leave off. Doing so from the first day, 3 day, 7 days, 49 days, and always good to see the minister when: as found glory, golden lotus, see the Buddha, Bodhisattvas to delete first etc. .. the last time.
c) Red List of penance : France also belongs to repent of, by Sir Real Master the Chinese Song Dynasty compiled. 53 him to withdraw the Buddha's name in the Business "Three Five Ten Buddha" which is from Buddha to Buddha Pho Quang Nhut Trang The French Man United, and draw the Buddha in the Sutra 35 "Pub of Medicine, is awarded" to the French Buddha body A-Di-Da, then add to shelves Samantabhadra Vow, the penitential rite, the total of 108 bows, 108 except to indicate distress. This penitential rite, even if one of the feast, it would eliminate the suffering and sin has created, in the present as well as many past lives. Buddha-Thi Ty-She said: "If any beings hear this Buddha title 53, the memory of hundreds of thousands of lives do not fall into the three evil way." Shakyamuni Buddha said, "long ago, Dieu Quang Buddhist life, we come face to legal practice, thanks to titles 53 to hear this Buddha, and heartfelt worship, but to avoid the pain of birth and death in road in many lives. " 35 And after the Buddha's name, from Shakyamuni Buddha to Buddha-Lien-Hoa Buu Thien-Ta-La-Head-Life United, then in the Post-Integration Business said: "If all human beings, or offenses contingent or cross against evil, to want life can not repent, confess only 35 titles and worship Buddha, how many obstacles are eliminated crime. "
Red List of Buddhas have merit so inconceivable, so he Real Shamans new protocol designed to do penance. French red list repent now, most chuadeu practice. Later he From Van Mage because of
the weak or not used to bowing much, should have written a penitential rite, very compact and easy to meaningful, also known as primary measures of penance, for every Buddhist day may repent of his sins.
d) Radio-born repent : France belongs to repent of, very high and difficult, frustrating often need to be able to practice
- you were born CONCERN : That is my observation is self-interest money is not being. As in Kim-Cang Kinh said: "Consciousness can not be past, present no mind, no mind to the future." Consistent in three have no interest period, the outlook is not where that concept, if concept outlook is not available, then the sin is not. Kinh said: "I'd say that the mind being well away from the heart. If the mind is not born, I am no longer, so the true repentance."
- The French you were born : That is very general observations (selected character) cuacac not being legal. The word "real minister" means the Minister was not born not kill, lie unspoilt; over the years it is often like that, no change in time or space displacement, throughout this old lens, to call is very general (Gen. true). It also called feet or feet as heart ... When the minister receives it then, these are no longer fiction. At that time the sins (fictional) past, no longer the first chicken that exist. in Kinh Quan Samantabhadra is written: "To repent, be it general consistency of the method, the new crime is annihilated.
III .- Healthy Development Hanh invited to banish old sins
Ceremony of penance done, to develop good behavior for many, to banish old sins.
1 .- Discussion of sin over time . The old toiloi our lot, we can say is countless. The continuation of our live contact with each other from generation to generation it as an endless chain. Then one in life, from birth to death, from death to birth, we just create more crime forever. From this currency crossing the other so bad, then from a minor go to a big crime, the momentum carried him up forever on forming a power called karma, guided us into the street suffering, delusion, ie the birth and death so we are feeling. The Flower Adornment Sutra Samantabhadra Botat said: "If evil beings are formless, all unreal is not contained at all." Indeed, the sins of all beings boundless pile of life, and communications connections over time, by heredity, customs, habits quenv.v ... Nature such as greed, our birth, how can anyone teach us, so that we know! No one told us to anger, so that having something unwanted, we can demand, a problem with buzzing. The character had a bad time with family and very deep, but hard to stop. In Business we call it "disturbing question being," or "organic seed obligation," meaning that the seeds for a long time. The seeds of this bad even as grace born of other sins, but in texts called "discrimination distress" or "the starting seed," meaning seed new infections due to time and practices and customs govern. "Distinguishing distress may be easier than, but" disturbing question being "very hard to except. They are like grass, shot, stabbed deep roots very far and if the gardener despised it is not easy to clean grass land clearing.
So we should not repent so poorly, getting there is! We have to do that:
a) The other major character less bad eventually, by the power of sincere and determined to press;
b) Then the great end of them from the bad rebirth.
Want to cool them off, but if no suitable method, it is like taking ice to grass: it is temporarily crushed, but the rock moved away, it will grow stronger than before. Appropriate method in the repentance is: To develop good behavior, to eliminate old sins.
2 .- Development of good behavior . In our hearts each contain not all evil nature. If the bad character has been around since forever, the good nature of the cortex, also had. We each have the Buddha nature is like a germ of good behavior, the seeds that
were buried under many layers of desire, delusion. Now they want to eliminate our desire to create conditions for the flowering Buddhahood sprout leaves, on flowers, fruit Bodhi. Bode conditions make germ development is good as well: Cutting, Hyxa, Bothi,
Trigioi, patience, etc. .. Tinhtan If we develop good character was, of course the bad character no land to grow again.
C. - Conclusion
As we have seen in the preceding paragraph, or the world religions have repented ways to prevent errors at all. Song, the only legal currency of Buddhism sam1 new except for the end of sin, by taking the evil place, crucial parts workplace. In four
of the teaching methods of penance, which in the law, a law of reason and law, have the legal low. So according to radical and that the circumstances of each application. The upper base, the customary law being very penitent. The scene does not have convenient, no sex now, not having high up, the prime minister used measures of penance. A person's situation is now convenient purification, is high up the Great work ethics, use legal methods of penance. And find yourself stumbling heavy crime, and that the practice was legal on the difficult, then every night, or the vegetarian meals and day care expectations, arbitrary to the temple or home media center bow Red List of penance, or Primary penance well.
In the legal penance of Buddhism, despite bowing, kneeling there, with worship, but not to beg to be forgiven next to where. In the bow, so he knelt, contains countless meaningful and useful. Still bowing and kneeling said, first is a list of Hong legal repentance, it is determined little tired tear, but in a tired body, have a happy spirit, in what the Minister has functions outside the inner meaning. Indeed, although many have bowed, long memory, but still not out of the following purposes:
1 .- Find practical ways to make human nature center is clean, all the faults in the present life, but also eliminate the crimes of the past lives.
2 .- Try to develop noble behavior, follow the wise example of the sages.
In summary, the repentance of the teaching methods, if properly practiced, will bring the following valuable results:
- To develop sincerity.
- Improve your resolute virtue in the eradication of bad character.
- Termination is guilty, being blessed.
- Mau to win free seats happily.
Through repentance law of Buddhism, which in humans can better ourselves. Through repentance law, people can make personal life to be happy, and social life is peace, peace.
So who wants all sin; who wanted to free birth and death; who loved the truth, let's research and legal practice of Buddhism to repent thoroughly, so before the improve personal life, after a life of sentient beings are suffering less, and more happily.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).1/2/2012.

TAKING REFUGE.

Buddhist Schools

HT. Thich Thien Hoa




First Course
Human Thua Buddhism
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A. Re-Open
After taking refuge Tam told to live according to rules devised by the Buddha was, to move forward on the Path. About him are the five rules. Confucian religious people must live according to Tam outline, usually five, then Buddhists can not only maintain life without Tam The Five Realms.
The center has found refuge in the Three Jewels is stepped foot on the ladder of liberation, but otherwise keep the five precepts is just the first step a step, then paused, not possible to be truly liberated. Men not only to the strong progress on
escape routes, but also provide order, peace, peace for the family, country, society. Five main gender ties make it create happiness for individuals and corporate bodies, the teacher is to prevent us doing out in the desert gas law. So Buddha Shakyamuni had said earnestly following testament before he entered Nirvana:
- "After passing us, the people must be respected religious precepts as his teacher; oil for one lifetime to teach for a few thousand generations to go further, we also do more things than the rule." Buddhist precepts invent so much, because they must apply for a variety of people to practice: - monks, - monks and nuns, - Sa di, di ni-Sa. Particularly for Buddhists, it's only 5 only. But if you keep the 5 Precepts, the benefits for themselves, for the unspeakable.
B. - District Re:
I. - Definition : Five of sex is prohibited in that Buddha was devised to prevent the memorial evil, speak no good, unrighteous actions. In the commandments is: - Do not kill, - Do not steal, - Do not commit adultery, - Do not lie, - Do not drink alcohol. In this y themselves on compassion, equality in terms of termination other than personal sin and bring order and peace to the society that formed. Buddha does not require us to strictly follow and are not threatened if we do not obey Him, they must be punished. The keeping or not keeping our world is so completely self-obtained data. Buddhism differs from other major religions in the Buddha is not a supreme judge reserves the right to reward and punishment. A thought, a word, a good or bad the act has brought with it a germ payoff then. Buddha was a very compassionate guide, and very lucid. He shows us the path that is the way light and the road is not dangerous path to go. But if we do not follow the path that it wants to go light on the dangerous path, then of course we will have a natural disaster, but the Buddha did not create disasters to punish us. Court is the law of causality. We do evil, we bear bad fruit; we do good, we are too good. In the year's main stronghold for us not to block the road strayed into evil, as in the fence to prevent it from falling into the abyss, while we go on the path of liberation.
II .- In About
1 .- Do not kill . Article The first prohibits the Buddha advised us not to kill the life, from humans to animals. The life is a precious value, particularly the life force; kill other life force to compensate for the life of this car is an evil, irrational direction.
Buddhism prohibits killing by a variety of reasons:
a) Respect for justice. - We see ourselves as your life force, is an absolute treasure. If someone bad advice, that they resisted to protect the life radically. I knew you in my life, why want to trample the life force? By extension,
the animals know they appreciate the network. As a cow or a pig about to be hit first, poking blood, we find strong resistance, the extreme pain of them, with cries, those delays were spared! By its righteousness, that we do not want anyone to us, then we do not do to others, or other species. He tells us: "Everybody was afraid of the sword, everyone is afraid of death. So take heart failure hearts, not to kill! For others to kill."
b) Respect for the Buddha-nature equality. - We each species but different body, which is the one Buddha nature. Buddhahood can not have equal reason to institute says that the Buddha nature in value than the material in this class this color class value other than the other color. An animal being killed is to kill the Buddha nature.
c) Cultivate compassion. - Buddha's compassion as I see all things, He does not agree to his disciples animals being killed, in any case. Because the night to kill the life interest is already flourishing evil heart, compassion being smothered. Rings
mind to kill an animal for no reason, no less the violent evil to kill a man. Ruthless do others have to delays or other objects, groans, optical monsters in their blood, before the heat of the last breath, is the killing of his compassion, the love suffocates the germ is quybau in our hearts. As such, difficult to cultivate the right to be effects. Confucius has taught: "Van public comments period to bar any ring, any ring reviews public comments period from birth." (Hear the roar of the lion, not eaten it; that it did not live to see it die for). So people have compassion or mercy, it will not kill people or animals.
d) Avoid application received retribution hatred . - When you kill a person or an animal, the resentment of their overwhelming difficulty extinguished. They may, because of our weakness should be killed. Meanwhile, they hold our hatred, vengeance waiting for the opportunity to meet, their relatives or their children
will avenge it. So every day we are sowing hatred for humans and animals, long-term accumulation, mass injustice in his power to more than one, as long as it's where we are killed again. The more you create professional look, the more workers into misery. He tells us: "The consciousness often killed, as growth in enterprise suffering, spell rotation of birth and death forever, with no days off" (Business Lankavatara).
Benefits of not killing. - For the above reasons, the Buddha prohibited Buddhists do not kill. Do not kill, will have the following advantages:
a) On an individual basis . - A murder is not cruel, harmful things, not evil spilling blood, not snake skin, butchered, beheaded, strangled, then no picture inside agitation, regret, body and mind to be gentle, poetry Thoi , sleep peacefully, be gentle face, in the morning.
b) On the social aspect. - If all mankind in this world will keep the first precept of Buddhism teach here, then there will be no war, but the business birth and death also freed. The old should be taught to:
''All sentient beings without killing business,
which has ten popular war.
Every house, every place all charities.
Lo do not peaceful galaxy. ''
Limitations: Still know is to kill human suffering, but people still eat meat at home, while doing other work and that, it's hard to avoid close range. Here we are not required to keep strictly to this, just hold the key part is not murder, and large animals like buffalo, cows, horses, dogs, pigs, chickens, etc. .. What if a small child how much you avoid much. we should go more slowly, then sure. Especially not kill a ridiculous creature, like kill kill for satisfaction. While holding the world closely, we should have the following two precautions:
a) Do not let ill-will arise . Killing a large animal, but because accidental or self-defense, then the fruit of it is lighter than a dragonfly kill the evil desire to kill for fun hands.
b) Avoid the orders set in the context of murder: The children of 3, up 5 yard having dragonflies, butterflies catch and break off, start agitation if their parents found that not scold; to 12.13 age, they shop Na, faculty thun shooting birds, to 20.25 years old, they stabbed pig throat, killing dogs is not prohibited, the latter, accustomed to violent nature, in a rage, they can kill does not include hand. So we should not free the children know what to kill an animal, nor the extent of killing size scenes in cinemas or in the middle of life.
2. - Do not mix robbery . It is well known that robbers get them mixed character of the property, without consent, or consent to coerce people by force or authority. Valuables such as houses, fields and gardens, money, pearls and emeralds ... to humble materials like betel leaves, chilli ... but his people do not marry are thieves. Theft takes many forms: Y powerful factions of the horizontal shock robber; hope this dependence is weak right to steal money; caught dead at one of severe deprivation to lend words, pledging to sell cheap mites is robbery; speculative hoarding to sell black market price is robbery. Using stalking tactics, stealth is taken of the theft; weight premature, close the deficit, hiding the string, contraband goods, are the people that the return is not trying to steal. We can say a sentence is short; Any way, take the greed of the main nguoibat are stealing all. If for needy poor, sick wife the pain, lack of medication shortage of rice, should be forced to cunning, the offense guideline is being prepared; but was rich, happy grace to wear, the car off the horse but also defraud the taking of, robbery of, to live in imperial sweat tears of the poor poverty, the crime was serious!
For whatever reason Buddhism prohibits stealing? Buddhism prohibits robbery following reasons:
a) Respect for justice: We do not want anyone to take her, why he should take care to dispose of? Individual ownership of me, I know t6o important, then why the trampling of property rights? Doing so would be contrary to the
fair. A society without justice can not survive long.
b) respect for the equality . - Everyone has the same Buddha nature, why do we want others to suffering we are happy? Why would anyone want to eat any major special effects nhunh while it was only a man such as how many people
different?
c) Cultivate compassion . - Once you accidentally lose something or some money, I sad and Oil, loss of appetite, restless sleep, why we take care of it for people to cry, for I suffer? People often say: "Money is the blood financial
circuits. " So, who is robbed of the sacrifices people pillaging, killing human life that. Only those who have no compassion, conscience, agree to take a new dark do the same. In one, was a Buddhist, is trying to raise
support compassion, we can not be stealing anyone's.
d) Avoid hatred of karma . - In an organized society, respect for justice, the guilty thieves always punished. Burglary is taken to court misdemeanor, robbery is a felony court. When not caught, thieves looking to steal hundreds of thousands of accounting methods
to avoid. huddled in the dark living underground. When caught, the thieves must be tied, interrogated, imprisoned, locked up examination. His body parts were very hard for position, back to his family, his parents, wife and children also sad shame, and lost all hope in the future.
But if the law does not punish the world, then the thieves will not escape the karmic law of cause and effect. Robbery of the robbers would be back, causing many suffering animosity. He tells us: "The best financial attachment refused to leave, as well as nostalgic baby on the blade a little secret, its tongue licking, have been painting off the tongue" (Kinh Tu Cross Chapter II). Government, since taking your money, very people who threw himself into self-examination and the road, to hell. We listen to verses warning of King Tran Thai Tong:
Mr. Pierce reported the first groove wall,
advise hundred thousand for the amount of participation;
of the oil life is now,
always life generation buffalo horse.
For these reasons the Buddha should be forbidden to mail theft.
Benefits of not stealing.
a) On an individual basis . - The space is part of the present life is peaceful, not required, detention, imprisonment, where to go and trust the other person, entrusted to him the important position. The space they take away after enjoying
blessings of wealth, happiness, and offspring generations also inherit the sound quality thanks to the grandparents, parents leave but is glorified.
b) In terms of mass . - If one day no one in the social care part time, home burglary is no need to shut down, the worry out of keeping, no material dropping, it's nothing more happy! It's difficult because there is no, but who
are still suffering of many, so keep to worry. The robbery is not quietly give others peace and stability. The Nho have a saying: "means any non-delivery Nhon, meaning any non-player character" direction we are Buddhists or how to go steal?
3. - Do not adultery. Fornication is sexual immorality want to talk about non-holiday, non-legal. Law teaches people to be ordained ly would definitely lust, while the laity are not sexual misconduct. When husband and wife wedding ceremony called the district, in addition, lang promiscuity secretly
working illegally with the opposite sex is called evil. But if the couple formal way, which is not the place, shook each other nearly as far as sexual misconduct shall also belong to both. It is said in terms of crude. To be more subtle, the flesh of the larger
identity immerse mind, any right thinking, hang out flirting, also belong to both kinds of sexual misconduct.
Buddhism prohibits adultery because of the following reasons:
a) Respect for justice . - Every person who also wanted his family feeling good, still happy, his wife and children radical right, why go in increasingly damaging, humiliating tone as subjects who, to his wife and children on the path of sexual disorders.
b) To protect the family happiness . - Do not suffer, darker, when a family where your husband or wife has stomach privacy, we borrow. Where is happiness, when husband and wife do not trust each other! Once the family was that scene, the children will be ashamed, self-indulgence, orphans, her
children not to exchange skeptical and non-soluble nature, decry neighbors, reputation tarnished. The conditions essential to maintaining a happy family is the loyalty of the couple. We are told: "Thuan wife upon her husband, fellow should work." Since the sexual misconduct
of one of two friends of the family lines that often occur cases jealousy, quarrels, sometimes beaten to cause murder. Sometimes, in revenge, it is common to see a situation occur, "He ate cha, nem eat her." A husband and wife looked to center dom
people, the wives and children they are poised to bar fence then the others. They broke the family happiness, the happiness of the family before they broke up.
So banning adultery is a necessary condition to build happiness for her family and her family.
c) Avoid hatred and retribution for evil . - He tells us: "The sexual embrace patriotism as well as holding duot who go against the wind, the fire victims hands" (glass from Cross chapter II). Indeed, people have bad heart passion of lust, sooner or running to the victim, if
not the loss of water soluble, the leg also killed by guns, flame sword. Until now the dark disastrous results due to the passion of lust caused no shortage; we simply due to the husband or husband how the history books every day, will see
abound in every page, every paragraph. In all the hatred, hatred does not have the intense hatred by the auxiliary field by deception caused the affair. of the murders happen every day, largely the result of sexual misconduct.
Benefits of no sexual misconduct . That's why the precepts prohibit adultery will have the following benefits:
a) On an individual basis.
- The ThapThien said: "The world is not misconduct shall be entitled to the following four advantages:
- Six units (ears, eyes, nose, tongue, body, mind) are perfect.
- Whole life is respected.
- Section unless the withdrawal of all the troubles stirring noise.
- The love, family life no one dared to invade of. "
b) In terms of mass.
- In a society where everyone is not misconduct, the family was quiet and happiness, the failure of the trade lus6n will dissipate, the scenes rarity, institutional killing will not happen again; children are tricks, cherish, society
will promote prosperity. In short, her realm Ta filth, suffering world will turn into pure happiness.
4. - Do not say untruthful . Speaking untrue four ways: Lying, said Aftergood, said two-way blade, say evil.
a) lying or telling lies , is not telling the truth, tell no story there, not talking about there, to say the contrary, said to the contrary; that heard not heard, the hearing heard not; or extend in front of commendation sausage, back opening mode; or when the said popular sweet
smelling, bitter as the bitter hate. In summary, the thought of doing before the next word conflict, on the other, in addition to any Nhut, belong to lie at all.
b) In weaving, is the less acid for many, making the listener floating anger; the tria polish words, polished and sweet voice, or, onto slightly mellow down to skin tone to tempt the listener, making the responsible charm; also said when the cartoons, said press, said magnet, said shots for the audience to suffer. In short, how many words are not literally true, more down to literary vanity, slick makes guys listen to psychosis, birth afflictions, are referred to as the said Aftergood.
c) two-dimensional grid, or more prosaically, that says "blow two sharp jolts," that is to say this place is joined with the other party for defamation, joined to the other side say that to say bad side, making close friends are against each other again, who grace, the mean opposition, hatred together.
d) say brutal , vulgar language that says the gruff cursing, making the audience suffer, sadness, fear.
Why ban Buddha said untrue? Buddha said banning false because of the following reasons:
a) respect the truth . - Is the teaching of real; who practiced Buddhism should respect the truth. People used to lie, not necessarily finding the truth is hard to pass certification. We are living in delusion, the main task of the monk is trying to destroy the delusion that to be a living and if not do so but instead was more overlap with the delusion that the lie disguised fool again, then it is against the director.
b) Cultivate compassion. - The main motivation lies is selfishness, evil, bad people want to satisfying his dark desires. The deceived, bulge suffer because their antlers, sometimes reaching enemy eyes to resentment, sometimes in failure to produce tan.
A practice that has been approved to do so is to take a conscience, has been smothered in love heart them then. Once no more compassion, that is the main motivation was lost, then the practice is only a false, deceptive people, and certainly never result
possible.
c) faithfulness Conservation in society. - In a family, a community, a society where no one believes anyone, all of the small to large have failed. In small islands, one in five basic virtues is trust. "Nhon unbelievers any establishment," which is the teachings of
Confucius, happy family and society can not be a lie. suspicion, envy.
d) Avoid karmic suffering . - Words but not the blade, but it is more dangerous than the sword, because it has two nasal tip, a nose hit another person, a nose hit the people who use them. Everyone sure has not forgotten story of the boy
shepherd to deceive neighbors by a "Fire! Fire!", but it's just a swell person, it was after the fire was, even though it cries out carpet Who does not crave to set fire again. Well, people lie just cause for his painting. Therefore, the Buddha
taught: "In every man in the world, hammer sharp blade stuck in the mouth, cutting her the reason is because evil words." Forums take place indirectly, saying that to hurt people distort, but you've hurt people, how well the damage to her. "Evil evil hybrid" is that. To avoid hostility, avoid industry data, we should not lie, lie.
Benefits of not lie:
a) On an individual basis . - To be honored, trusted, no plaintive hatred rare people where to go and be around for a trusted position, open-armed welcome> In professional business, the truth is many clients, and assigned responsibility for more valuable.
b) In terms of mass . - Family and social solidarity in the trust. All the general public, has been promoted cell results tot.Dong love, understanding each other better.
Limitations : Lying is a great disaster, for themselves and society. However, there are some cases should lie. This is because when a compassion that lie to save people or animals. Lie in criminal cases is due to greed, anger as motivation.
Conversely, if the impulse that compassion must lie, not a crime.
5. - Do not drink alcohol. All things that men do say the material, make sure people are not hazardous drinking. Have devoted themselves not to drink, but also urge people not to be forced to drink. Injection solicit, encourage others to drink, I
drink heavily than their own again. At severe clinical disease, taking the drugs do not heal, physician told to air on the drug alcohol, use it temporarily. But before you use them to clear that up. When the sick, do not continue to take medication
with alcohol anymore.
For these reasons Buddhism prohibits drinking alcohol? - Buddha ban alcohol following reasons:
a) To preserve the seeds of wisdom. - Alcohol is more dangerous than poison. A poison we drink manufactured in die immediately, but only one body at death, but alcohol consumption, losing just intellectually, to die relive countless lives. So to preserve the precious seed wisdom, Buddhism prohibits alcohol.
b) Prevent the cause of the evil . - Alcohol itself is not a sin as killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, but it can do for the sins of another birth. When you have drunk alcohol in, the offense may be committed. Here is a story to prove it - there are a farmer plowing his field the same, suddenly appeared before him a lofty spirit hung a large, strange, intimidation to kill him. He terrified, crying for mercy network. The violent security:
- If you do one of three things tha we die for this: either kill your father or mother who is hit or drinking a liter of wine on the table for you.
He thought farmers sweat and then replied:
- Xin He was drinking liters of alcohol to children.
Violent listening seems pleased, then disappear. At noon that day, home farmer, found liters of wine, which he bought to entertain themselves, for the upcoming anniversary, he hurriedly grabbed, drank a bit shallow. His father saw the child sassy, ​​holding sticks and fighting broke abused children. Ma has absorbed men, he no longer knows right and wrong, stealing his father's cane, beat him a good cheut tree! She ran to hug his mother mule village. Huh he is not angry, hit her dust bag. Villages led to his running back arrested for the murder of his father beat his mother. He said the new provincial drinking is serious crime Nhut in three kites that hung god ordered him to do.
In conclusion alcohol cause sin. Here are 10 of the harm that alcohol was mentioned in Business: 1 - loss of wealth fall; 2 - Growth pleased killed; 3 - Intellectual diminishing; 4 - not a career; 5 - Body care much suffering ; 6 - The sick or disabled; 7 - Heart anger
hold the flour, popular prostration; 8 - worn merit criteria; 9 - reduced life expectancy; 10 - General Network fall into hell.
Benefits of alcohol prohibited
a) On an individual basis. - He does not drink alcohol, it avoids the damage just above 10.
b) In terms of mass. - Families are still happy, less disabled children sick, social harmony section, the mighty race.
C. - Conclusion
1. - Do not Buddhist precepts are not Buddhists . - We have seen the practical uses and benefits of five world in terms of individuals and groups. If your mind is the foundation, the team's fifth rung of the Buddhists to gradually step up the results. In the first step, the Buddhist vows possible to keep the five precepts, the better and if not so much bound to keep the five precepts of the world which they have held several practices that may be, such as: No drink, do not lie. Then with the effort and valor Bodhicitta, we vow to continue to keep the world as no more stealing, no sexual misconduct ... But was does the vows to keep the world keep loyal, do not be a step forward, two steps regression, using the like forever never get anywhere. If the Buddhist precept that does not star called a Buddhist? Ordinary people, not the Buddha but also hold true status as no alcohol, no lying, no stealing change, let alone a Buddhist? I want to Buddhism is beyond the ordinary life of the people. If we in the Act and that continues to float the old life, or even worse than the life of thenhan, it is we want to tarnish the Path,
So Buddhists must try to keep the world worthy of its name, to bring happiness to yourself and all beings.
2 People should not follow the precepts Buddhism. - men said nothing as sublime, mysterious. It is a lesson that ordinary citizens any society, a country that wants prosperity mighty can not be overlooked. So in the law was not only to apply for Buddhists, but also to all those who want to live a healthy, happy, perhaps mean and progress.
A society in which all elements are done in his precepts, it is a social model, Nhut civilized world. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).1/2/2012.

TRIPLE GEM REFUGE.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Buddhist Schools

HT. Thich Thien Hoa




First Course
Human Thua Buddhism
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Last Wednesday

 
A- Mo de :
One of her realm we are a full realm of delusion and desire. We're diving in a tank Drop cuadau eye pain and mud of desire, life goes rolling in that scene, we hardly see the bright shore landing, to wade into peace. It is a pity for our human condition.
But we do not have a prayer that! We, from the cortex, in which sources feet quiet, very smart. As a concept unawareness, ignorance, delusions started, we were reeling in the birth and death, floating in the three realms of six lines.
So one of us who do not want to escape the dark realms, behind his head, to be back in the light source, happy?. But how to get out? Who is who to invite compassion shown the way for us? Who has enough magical methods to help us out of samsara?
- Clear and lofty One who fully qualified laDuc was none other than Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born of real fruit, eternal, and only the last of his teachings are being saved from the pain of impermanence suffering.
So we do not hesitate anymore, but take refuge in the Tam-Bao.
B- Chanh they :
I - Id and interpreted.
1 - The-y mean ? Regulation is back; Y is the dependent, y is the master-back refuge in ignorance because they have, give away free lyre, like foolish children left their parents to go in the complete destruction, Now that the wild stock due experience suffering, to return
to refuge under the shadow of happiness and love of parents. The original word translated means-y glass or submissive obedience.
2 - Three security mean? Tam told the throne three: Buddha, Dharma, UP.
At that time, gold, silver, jade and ivory fame is precious. But the truth, gold, fame Where can save people from suffering, life, old age, sickness, death, which do also make people more suffering anymore! And Buddha, Dharma, the Sangha is fully capable to lead man out of the above suffering. Therefore, new life worship the Buddha Dharma, the Sangha is the third crown (three jewels).
a ) Buddhist : Buddha by the Sanskrit word transcribed into Bouddha. Vessels is enlightened means: Anger enlightened wisdom completely on three aspects: self awareness, feeling forgiven, feeling happy consummation.
b) FRANCE : French translation from Sanskrit which means the Dharma. France is the practice that the Buddha was promoted to eliminate any confusion, suffering and the results of the Buddha. Three Tripitaka are referred to as French.
c) INCREASE : Increases or Sangha is a Sanskrit Shanga by which transcribed into; Tau translated: Reconcile us, that is, a community of practice coming up to four people, a place to live together, and keep the rules cu Buddha, the division angles to each other along what had been admitted, from the object to make sense.
3 - The Three-security-y about? - The Tam-sure-y return three throne refuge: Buddha, Dharma, UP.
The-y Why Buddhism? - As the Buddha who is completely clear, limitless compassion, wisdom infinite blessings, moral perfection; - Because Buddhism is the greatest guide, had the experience escape the cycle of birth relatives to witness death.
Why the French master-y? - Since only the method of the Buddha is full of energy to take us away from the sea of misery, to liberation.
Why master-y increase? - For Increased who sacrificed family, money, fame ... to volunteer as Buddha being driven on the Path.
Anger II-Three Jewels
Three Jewels annoyed:
- Dong Tam sure can,
- Export Tam told the world,
- world Tam told the abbot.
1 - homogeneous Jewels
a) Security Council can play : they are referring all being the same word can start a lucid nature.
b) homogeneous Dhamma : that is all being said the same a legal nature Buddhas equal compassion.
c) Increase Physical Security Council : that is all being said, the cycle can start a pure nature, the, of harmony.
2 - Made the World Jewels
a) Made the World Buddhist Make : is only for Sakyamuni Buddha, the Buddha A-Di-Da, the Buddhas in the ten directions, three generations, was self-liberation from the constraints of the world.
b) Made the World Dharma: Dharma is the only of the Buddha, whose functions are being made ​​to escape the constraints of the world, as the four-base, cross-sensitivity of-grace, Clerk-level etc. ..
c) Made the World Sangha : is only for Saint-up was to escape the constraints of the world as virtue QuanTheAm, Mahasthamaprapta, Manjushri, Ca-Houttuynia, A-Nan etc. ..
3 - The Three Jewels Gian Abbot
a) Make the World Buddhist Abbot, is only for XaLoi of Buddha, Buddha faith in metal, wood carvings by my name, fill with soil, covered with cement, embroidered fabric, or drawing on paper.
b) Worldly Dharma Abbot, is only three organs Themes: Business, Law, Reviews in writing or on paper or cloth on tobacco trade, etc. ..
c) The Abbot Gian Sangha, is only the TyKheo, TyKheoNi religious right feet, moral purity, strict rules of the current page.
III-The Three Jewels of Refuge
After you understand how the master-y Tam said, of course, to practice understanding by the general ay.Thuc of respect, obedience to Tam-protected, so-called master-y Tam-protected.
1 - The Buddhist master-Y: Every day we must remember always to Buddhist thought, recite Buddhist, admire him, and pray for life under his feet, he is the master-y Buddha.
2 - The French master-Y : Daily reciting, laws and theories; early hours two times sophisticated, deep mystical sense understanding of the Dharma. When reciting sutras do not think mind Rubbish roll, not sure what to think or not, no attempts to discuss plans to selfishness, loss multiplication. We put away the desire, the mind is clear, peaceful, serene.
3 - The master-Y Increase : The world used to say: "In Buddhism, to the glass up." So, if we are sincere Buddhist how much, then we have experienced so much up. The practice of the master-y up, everyone saw the shirt round square, true
religious, moral, they immediately respected, valued, as it represents the Buddha. Doing so is the master-y increase.
In short, Buddhist, chanting, holding gender, study the Dhamma, Sangha genuine respect, that is the master-y tam-protected.
IV-Management Jewels of Refuge
Li is inside. Tam Ly-y-protection rules means rules-y Tam-protection in our mind. If we only practice the rules-y, just traveling in Tam-security line outside, but forget the reason specified-y, that is forgotten Tam-protection within our mind, we do not practice
true Tam- regulations. Indeed, inside the mind we have the Tam-protected. We need to make-y baggage rules, or Tam-Y Self-Regulation:
1 - Self-Regulation Y Buddha : his own means for his self-interest. From master-y Buddha is back with his own enlightened Buddha nature of mind, - Well everyone has Buddha nature, and can become Buddhas. This is the Sakyamuni Buddha taught. But Buddhahood he was deluded, delusions hide. Delusions as clouds dim, like moon Buddhahood. Translucent clouds can obscure, but can not kill the full moon. Buddha nature we are ignorant delusion to mask deep everywhere is permanent. So what we have
to forget our Buddha nature, which only run under external imploring Buddha; as her "the death" a jewel, his parents had hidden built-in cross-shirt but it does not know, to go begging the same everywhere!
2 - Self-Regulation-Y French: ie obey its legal nature. In our minds have all of France: Over-bi, Tri-Property, Equality, Sang-transparent, ring-humiliation, Fine-ton ... we need to develop the qualities and actions that follow them, obey them. As
the French Health Self-Regulation.
3 - Increase Self-Regulation-Y : that is to obey him in his mind, he was in my heart is pure virtue of his harmony, as the Sangha is the embodiment of pure harmony outside. So long as his confusion, he did not see the teacher
in mind, thanks to the Buddha taught, I realized he was calm he was, then I must master my-y first teacher instead!
In short, you have to rely on, turn to the Buddha nature in our mind is clear; with France in mind that these virtues from-bi, Hy-discharge, etc. .., with the increase in our mind is the harmony , purification of the mind. Such as Ly Quy Tam-security-Y.
The Y-Rite V
Once we understand the Terms and LY-y then, we also need to know the rites of the ceremony master-y.
1 - Wash Body Wash must first Clean Heart Give In.
Rules-y is the most important event on our practice. It is the departure to go to the goal of liberation, so we can not see often, indiscriminate celebration is.
When you want to master-y, y-we have uniforms and holiday shopping tray appeal to boys seem monks, pay respect and pray for our monks invited from traditional hand-bi-sex rules for themselves.
Before the ceremony, body and mind we must be washed in clean wash. I will shower dressed. This is the body, while the three phen mind, we must repent, for the three industry is pure. Thanks to the detergent wash in and out of it, deserves to receive our new French noble purity of Tam-protected.
2 - Play Prayer.
By now provided-y, we have to kneel down; according to the guidance of monks, even the vows:
- Master-disciple lifetime Buddhism.
- Life-long student-y French regulations.
- Master-disciple life Sangha.
After the vows and Tam-master, who vows believe you planted the seed of liberation, how well will reap good results is the three-way escape from evil: Main-hell, demons Russia, Belgium-born . So the master-y immediately said three times:
- Master-disciple and Buddhism, from hell.
- Master-disciple Fa y then, from the vicious hungry ghost.
- Increase student master-y then, from vicious animal world.
So complete and Tam-Tam-regulation fetters.
To preserve its lofty ideals and keep the faith on the Act, the regulations-y cacg a strong voluntary and sincere:
- Master-Buddhist practitioners, may not seek refuge in natural life, gods, demons, animals.
- To e-y French regulations, may not provide life-y pagan, paganism.
- Increase student-y rules, may not provide lifetime medical costs with evil-party.
Thus the master-y holiday complete. The adherents of the following correctly only the words and vows he had sworn before the Tam-protected.
VI-The Health Benefits Of Jewels
1 - Needless to claim lost in darkness.
As we saw at the beginning of this article, we are silent Drop in suffering, is helpless fluid communication between the vast darkness. In such tragic circumstances, without a means to go to, no teacher helped to
drive to, then we will spin forever in the sea of birth and death. The landing light was the Buddha, that means he is French, and the teacher was helped Dak To. As we all know there are such a precious but not grasp, is not the dying duoiu khacgi see the raft went wild fool Xua but pushed it out.
The master-y is a clinging to the raft-Tam told that Buddha was devised to save those drowning in the sea all our lives.
2 - When was the vow shall-y, its easy to keep promises made, because there is proof of the Buddhas and they increase.
Someone said: "I worship the Buddha, because he is one who knows perfectly clear; I know ten key French because the French are capable of Buddhism to people to freedom; I know glass is up for the great stands for the Buddha. Know How well enough, no need to make the vow ceremony master-y? "
Say it is not good value in terms of understanding the psychology of promise, a vow in front of others. As we have promised someone something, that promises to swallow, then our hearts chuing vivid picture, not an regret. Promised all have an obligation to fulfill the promise, if
lost promises, all we're going to self-contempt. Especially when the promise of prayer that the election in a context happenings solemn Buddha, on the Buddhas of the tri, tri lower presence of monks, around the concept of family households with
Rights; the vow in the scene was, of course we hardly left the prayer or be distracted.
C - Ket Luana
Admonished to master both the and Ly-y and charged in the master-y
We have seen, it must be a Buddhist-y. Y must be the master-and Li. Do not rely entirely external distractions inside. Should not be entirely his own self-esteem self-respect but contempt outside. Want to master-y, you must first solemn
ceremony to mark-y shall take his first steps on the path to liberation. Mass was like a farewell ceremony to go get a new task. But once they set foot on the road, then he must dong wanderings, to proceed to your destination quickly and not delay, return to fight back seat, tilt or turn over one another. Forums vows master-y but not the footsteps of the Buddha has left no inspiration in the example of Buddha set high, but not by teaching train the mind nature; not keep discipline, disobedience prompted of monks, such as self-deceived and deceiving others, and that the greater harm than the non-medical regulation.
In contrast, if we master-y and the word was practiced as the vow is the path of liberation even if remote, that would have on landing.
Please always remember the last words of the Buddha:
- "Let's move to free crystal."END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).1/2/2012.