THE TRUE BUDDHIST.

I. - Introduction :
When people go to the temple to worship Buddha, chanting, listening to monks, nuns sermon, or introduce myself, "I am a Buddhist," we know these people are Buddhists, means a child of the Buddha said, other than that they had voluntarily followed the path of the Buddha, should we value, because the same religious ideals with us, but you all have to be a Buddhist righteousness.

II. - qualities and duties of a true Buddhist : Buddhism is not only direct but also compassionate equality and freedom for all living beings, so a true Buddhist, necessarily lead Buddhism does not require him to practice more difficult, but requires, reinforced only make individuals who it is sublimation, in other words is better in the present, especially in the morning after.

1) What qualities are required:

A) Faith: Buddhist righteousness must first believe that the Buddha was a Great Awakening, being what he taught is recorded in the scriptures are truth, but we should remember the first free Buddha taught us is: " Understand then believe me, if I did not understand us, he is defamed me! "

We believe that Buddhism is the way to end suffering, to give us peace in the present and release cycle in the future.

B) Keep the world: Before Buddha entered Nirvana, he taught the monks to take precepts as mine, so The Buddhists righteous man to keep men to be strictly confidential, always remember About the Teacher, head of the Tam School, keeps About issued birth, care of new born Wisdom.

C) From School: A Buddhist if refused School, Q, understanding, will fall into the wrong, do things to fly like other normal people. Buddhists must first learn, by listening to Lecture at Temple (tape) by your monks, nuns teaching. Prayers, books and newspapers to understand the teachings of Buddhism the Buddha taught. Should close ranks religious man, who improved to instill knowledge well, close the you directing studied for many years, to learn ethical review talks for wisdom to be opened more.

Next is to practice, sophisticated every day, depending on his choice of the appropriate method for myself, or sitting meditation, the Buddha, chanting. At first there are many difficulties but to try to overcome, especially diligently, every day to his wife, the wife is always right now. To avoid the guests, now elaborately preferably from 5 to 6 am, no one will bother her at all, and it's time it cool, fresh air, quiet, helps the mind is calm and in the morning, start for a new day.

Secondly is to cultivate compassion, should be offered, alms; first create merit for us, the second is to know the essence of letting go, so until death grief, busy something , serene, just remember the Buddha, which need from Industry (karma Data at near death) will help in regeneration of good sex.

2) It is the duty of a Buddhist: Buddha taught, Buddhists Four An important, we have a duty to do to repay the favor: eat parents, your teachers, social grace national and grace Jewels.

A) An parents: Parents have the gift meant for children, parents who do this then you will see clearly to greedily:

a) An reproduce : Motherhood must carry nine months, ingestion abstinence, to keep going, stand, sleep, stay careful while carrying pregnancies. When students know how much is dangerous, when have lost their lives. Father have to worry about creating the frequency to work hard, to care for his mother round the square.

b) An raised: Since new born until grown, parents to create frequency, hard to raise children, care for me enough to eat, to take care of me wearing warm enough, take care of a safe sleep . Looking for good food, great fast; bought it to make things that other things always want to make their children happy.

c) An medicines : When children are sick, parents have to worry about care and treatment for children, worried that he forgot to eat not sleep, remains how to protect health, family life for their children.

d) An teaching : Parents must teach children laughing, walking, eating, learning, be respectful and behave in the world, it remains for the child's gradually going steady at a young age, and grow into your life, make a living raising himself, it is useful to society.

B) An I You: In life people often use the proverb: " Do not do the machine to do so ", he taught, did you give the more friends. This project include:

a) Expansion of knowledge : He taught us how to read, write, eat in gentle behavior is directed, know what you need to know, in order to make themselves become good people, useful for social Assembly.

b) Enlightenment intellectuals : Not only do I teach for understanding that I and You have taught us to comment, make intellectual understanding of the reasoning we achieve smooth, accurate and correct.

c) Encourage : Thanks to You and You are always encouraged, so we are comfort when sad happy, we boldly move forward, do good things, odd for themselves and society.

C) National Social Security: We live in a country, between human society, our life is peace, prosperity and happiness; national social and bring it to us, we we have gifts that life as follows:

a) security : The government of any country to seek security for protected mode, but if for the sake of the people, they must take care of the people peacefully to eat, so that the people are prosperous and happy.

b) Keep the integrity of the frontier, independent : Thanks national preserve, protect the territorial integrity of the air, land, sea and preserve their independence. If not, the territory of foreign invasion, the country was foreign domination or dependence. A loss of independence, the people they are very high, heavy duty, work hard to provide service for foreign assets. Loss of independence, the people no longer be prosperous and happy.

c) The prosperous and happy : One of us can not do enough necessities for themselves, such a person can not do farming to get enough food, can not be employed weavers to adequate clothing, blankets, warm when cold, can not make enough medicine to treat sickness, can not have enough knowledge to protect the life with nature, can not do it yourself enough amenities to their use. Society has assigned to each of a profession, a job to produce all the necessities and the means for the user.

D) An Jewels: For the Buddha-Dharma-Sangha Buddhists in the following publication:

a) An Buddha Jewel : For the suffering of sentient beings, Prince Siddhartha had to find a way to release all bound to suffer, as Buddhists we must remember his kindness:

- Leave the throne, the family: Who did Buddha? He gave up his crown prince, give supply of gold, pearl, leave his father and mother, wife and children to find a way to release all suffering beings.

- Six years of austerity where the jungle: Prince Siddhartha to become a monk for six years with his group Kieu Nhu Tran asceticism, fasting, hardy in the jungle lonely place.

- Lecture, instructive beings: After giving His extreme asceticism, meditation and attained Buddhahood, and bring truth to teach beings practicing to escape the cycle of birth and death. If he does not teach what we know to be the truth as it is today?

b) An Dharma : Thanks to the classics, today we know that the teachings of Buddhism, so Dharma gifts:

- The only way to liberation: Thanks to the scriptures, we understand life is to assume temporary, subject to much suffering, to cultivate reach Nibbana to escape all binding suffering.

- To teach methods of learning: Did the Buddha shows us the suffering of life, rebirth, also recorded the classic method of learning to be free.

- Create peace for us, peace for the world: Buddha flee evil to do good, people have compassion, kindness, living together in society, especially the daily hours for the end of the constant moment (a with outstretched arms and hands, with 60 moment) to keep the mind peaceful individuals, everyone like they care what the world does not peaceful.

c) An Sangha : Increased who has forsaken his family to practice rescue and lo help all beings, so these gifts:

- Maintain the Dharma: The monks maintain discipline, compassion and generosity that makes the teachings of the Buddha exists in the world, so that we may know Buddhism, said the method to study free .

- Replace Buddhist goods of being: Increases are you doing messenger of the Tathagata, ie replace the goods for being Buddhist monastery.

- Communications awarded ordination: We want to care for religion, we have to take refuge in the Three Jewels, Buddhist monk has instead passed on Discipline and teach us the way of learning.

3) paid four favor Vehicles: For the four hidden in a Buddhist to deep temple was as follows:

A) Security The parents:

- Hieu happy: Always have to please their parents. - But good things do not should be avoided.

- Display name of parents: When I was little attempt to study high gain, to have knowledge in the profession, will be a useful contribution to the Buddha, the financial compensation culture, serve social work was also shows the name of the parents as highly important rights. However, the importance of high power when only the title unreal, fake temporary life, we must be wise, avoid sexual competition title and won.

- Extension of parents: If birth parents money, yet imbued with Buddhism, we must find a way for parents to temple, Buddha, to do good and avoid evil.

- My parents have passed away: We have regular merit, pray for their parents soon be born in the realm of peace.

B) How your Master Security:

- Diligent Study hard out: We always work hard, progress in learning to me you are please.

- Same feast: For I you we always respectful, because He is like our parents. This saying: "I hope one day the father, the mother two days, nails three day teacher "(ie New Year, expecting a ceremony at the they said, willing the two in their Premier, st three attend teacher) , respect me in the past with this statement " the monk, semi-monk "(Learning with word Teacher, text even half as well as his teacher).

- Practice my words, you: He is admirable, the good is that you only taught me things, perhaps so doing, we have to do the things or perhaps as I you have to teach.

- Special Education Teacher: In general, Buddhists we must recommend those around them, in order for them to do good and avoid evil, especially the life, words, my job how touched them, for them to do, that is, I have contributed to the improvement of society, making it so nice.

C) The National Security society:

- Round citizenship: First to keep the laws of the government, to contribute to the maintenance of the territorial integrity and the independence of the country, the nation, contributing to the protection of the rights of righteousness of the people. Promoting industry, trade business make the country more prosperous.

- Promoting the culture: A Buddhist as well as citizens, have an obligation to promote the culture of our nation, a nation of more than four thousand years of history, we are proud of the cultural heritage of his father leave, the need to preserve and promote more.

- Traditional ethnic Protection: our ethnic traditions such as spirit against invasion of Dien Hong Conference, independent of traditional Bach Viet Whether we like but not assimilated and dependence of China , our nation has always known how to love, mutual caring. Articles such as " Son Ha Nam nominated "by Ly Thuong Kiet," Binh Ngo Dai Cao "of Nguyen Trai's Declaration, uphold the tradition of our nation.

D) The Three Jewels security: In four, Tam told to eat worms, that the most important, we have to report this gift as follows:

- Indian Buddhist Privacy: How the Buddha's teachings, remembering the Buddhas, incense, flowers, worship, offerings to build Buddhist temples, making many people believe in Buddhism.

- An Dharma: The Buddha's teaching notes, often read the classics to open up a property, contributed money to print books, popular teachings of the Buddha to the people, so that many people know, believe in and stick to the Buddha's teachings.

- An Sangha: monks, nuns are Buddhist behalf of us, we have a duty to respect the monks, as stories directed "The Lion in France", to make offerings to monks on the first four (four offerings): clothes, food, bed, (where sleep), medicine. Today, we offer money and other things but the best offerings the necessities, trying to avoid what could alienate ordained.

4. Household duty: family obligation for parents mentioned in the above four gift, in addition to your spouse (husband or wife) and children.

A) For spouse: As people next to us, share with us the joys and sorrows, on man, we have to take care of his mate from matter to spirit, is to work together encouraging study, both the husband and wife jointly study would be very easy to be diligent.

B) For children: Parents always have an obligation to care for the nurturing of children, not only provides for their food and clothing that parents want for their children good food, clothe, care for children, learning take into account to have a career in life or social identity with all the ones that are the ordinary things of the world. We have a sacred duty, to lead the children to step on the Path, it is useful not only for the present but also useful for the future. As parents, we should take care to encourage their children as follows:

- When they are young: Children from 3 to 12 years, each time the temple, we should lead them, to not let them know you know the Lord, incense flowers and pay respect to the Buddha. Someone told a humorous way: Today I went to the temple as a child, I followed my parents to the temple to eat control or tea areas. If Family Buddhists should let go of living with this mass.

- At large: As long as 13 years or until their twenties, the age is to learn, learn. We should encourage their children to the temple, the Buddhist books they read, so that they are imbued with Buddhist teachings.

III. Conclusions :
The Buddha taught monks, nuns are responsible for maintaining the Dhamma; layman who is responsible for upholding the law, so that every Buddhist, we shall be rounded its like that we have to understand what the true Buddhist and we fulfill the duties of our true Buddhist Dharma. Do not forget we have a duty: To build their families, and contribute to the improvement of society becomes true, the good, the American spirit of Buddhism.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER= VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.20/1/2013.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).