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(Lecture Buddhist celebration, PL. 2534-1990)

 

Le Vu Lan holiday tradition of Buddhism deep harmony of peoples living in Vietnam for a long. This ceremony has become familiar in order to think through the folk saying: "July fifteenth death far".

We work together to find out what the spirit esteemed and rewarded grace grace is shown to the Vu Lan holiday comes from. And monks, Buddhists we should celebrate Vu Lan how to properly approach the Buddha.

Vu Vu Lan Lan said tank is full, which means saving legendary island. Vu Lan Yu Lan comes from business Bon (Ullumpana Sutra) by French Architecture Dunhuang Bodhisattva households (Dharmaraksa) 265 years of service, his emperor, the West Xun, China.

The content of Bon Vu Lan tells his story Maudgalyayana invaluable information, insight for parent label was observed species fall into ghosts. He offered to bring her lunch, but she could not eat, because she has opened her mouth, fire spilled from his mouth. Moggallana asked the Buddha saved. Buddha Maudgalyayana wait on slowly, looking up holiday offerings set to rely attention of monks vow to save the mother.

Why Buddha taught to slowly pick on Vu Lan ceremony, prayer offerings? To understand the significance of this practice, to apply to achieve good results, we need to briefly explore the meaning and the difference settling on settling time, the monks slowly on between the two factions Buddhist Theravada and Mahayana.

Conversely history, the time of the Buddha, present in early, have every Holy Increase healthy body and strength beyond normal intelligence. With care, a bowl, and he traveled the Buddha, weathered enuresis, despite rain or shine, hot and cold. Therefore, Buddha did not need to question the Saints settling up. That we have seen in the West as tanks will be addressed in the next section.

However, the larger Sangha, many bhikkhus a play is not a prospect. At that time, the health of the monks can not constantly traveled the Buddha, especially after the season we met up flood washed bowl losing health. Compassion Buddha start, stop and interim measures he devised retreat.

From there, we focused a place up in the four-month rainy season retreat for body and mind, encouraging each other to learn. They review the work practice of preaching on the month of birth and transmitted to experience each of the pages for the next day of practice.

Also, during the rainy season, many small creatures appear. Monks retreat detention would avoid the stampede, killing them. That is the meaning of residential security model at the time of the Buddha.

After Nirvana Buddha, Buddhism spread all over the world, dates and retreat slowly changed depending on the country. But boiled down, there are two patterns in residential security systems Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.

As we know the policy Theravada Buddhism inherited form exactly Theravada Buddhism in India at that time. Organization's retreat from Theravada September to June and September to take on the full moon day slowly, for Theravada monks to stick to the Indian calendar, a year three seasons, May to September is rainy season.

In contrast, Mahayana emphasis on ideological legacy. When Buddhism was introduced to country, depending on cultural and traditional activities such place where monks flexibility combined teachings to help people flourish, freed. For the Mahayana monks, how it forms, as long as benefits for practice only. The date change and retreat slowly of Mahayana monks is not out of this goal.

When Buddhism spread to China, the monks brought Buddhism Mahayana spirit of generosity, got clear core meaning of retreat during the rainy season and the target date offerings Lantrong Vu Tu Tu. They observed the state of Chinese society that is influenced by Taoist thought, Confucian, and the customary long available. For example, one year, three major holidays that often folk festival is held on the full moon day Shanghai January, Zhongyuan festival on the fifteenth day of July and the Lower ceremony on October fifteenth.

The right to change the objective existence is not a simple matter. Mahayana Buddhism has cleverly mixed with local life, to Buddhist monks do not fight against their ethnic traditions. In the spirit of tolerance, such combinations, Chinese Buddhist retreat held from April to July, instead of the original Buddhism from May to September. Because in China there are four seasons, not three seasons as India and China in the rainy season from April to July.

Therefore, the change of season retreat Chinese Buddhism to suit the local weather, while maintaining the spirit of grounded primarily Buddhist retreat by the regime. In addition, the Chinese Buddhist Vu Lan ceremony held on suicide, the full moon in July, instead of the full moon in September as Theravada, is to combine the Vu Lan festival holidays in China the Chinese tradition.

With that wisdom as they really are, meant to apply to religious harmony with local practices, Mahayana Buddhism was time to change the traditional local holidays in the Buddhist ceremony with nuances specific, separate . In this spirit, Vu Lan festival, full moon in July, according to the interpretation of Mahayana Buddhism is no different than the full moon in September of Theravada. Because the law is not primarily a matter of time.

The goal of the Vu Lan festival that we need to do is to pray and make offerings to how the deceased and the living will be beneficial. In general, the State of Vietnam, Japan and Korea are influenced Chinese culture. So, when Buddhism spread to these countries, Vu Lan ceremony to pray to ancestors also held on the fifteenth day of July, like in China.

To organize prayers and offerings to the Vu Lan holiday right way, we need to review the economic Vu Lan tanks. In doing this, the Buddha taught his Maudgalyayana that he could not save his mother, despite the divine class. Must Increase by ten prayer for them as customs virtue, purity of the day slowly, can save.

"... Want to save lives, not by the force of ten up ... he called Section Market to close, transmitted Dhamma grace necessary examinations. Full moon day in July is slowly, ten are up this ceremony. Be prepared for burning box, hundreds of food items, fruits in color ... "

Then explain why the Buddha offerings on slowly: "... Since that day the Holy Increases were enough, oil everywhere gather. Meditation As the complicated painting, avoid negativity, take the Zen na . Either people are direct results of four buildings, the practice voluntarily agreed unborn. Either lower the economic life out, you do not desire power, as General anonymous. Either people are green, and the goods news release Pratyekabuddha, bar text. Or Bodhisattvas of the ten directions is close to being done wrong ... "

Through passage of the Buddha presented to us is the increase of the Holy arahant, Bich-Buddha, Bodhisattvas. They are based in the mountains meditation, reflection or meditation teachings of the Buddha, and sentient beings are religious. They do not increase our presence in every retreat is the Buddha. So Buddha said to wait until Maudgalyayana slowly, to meet the religious faith of this position. When they complete the moral purity of morals, prayer new results.

The Saints Rising above represents the Buddha's disciples in the pattern of life. However, although the bar text, or Bodhisattva Pratyekabuddha, excess of three quarter results are a common feature of virtue is "Equal very sound so pure morality, ethics feet thick concentration of mind. All Saints mortal life leaders unanimously harmoniously rice bowl ".

Thus, the form of the Buddha in the making, ability to work is to pray to the didactic level, pure, free. Since the defilement of sin, morality is not complete, can not convince the people on time. Much more comes to their eligibility for the credit on behalf of all, to make offerings, contact the Buddhas in the spiritual world.

During the retreat, the monks dues over the body and mind, cultivate morality, practice efforts. Thanks filtered, suppressed anger and negativity, emotional clarity and discipline to live right, they are freed, calm, so wise. During the three-month retreat, its downs of everyday teaching, reflecting the Buddha's teachings, morality and wisdom of the mass sublimation, accumulate to high levels during the day time slowly. Then, the saints and ordinary Increase Increase together very pure, and the radial deceased Suffering form force to lead them back to the state of peace.

In addition to offering the Vu Lan festival achievements, not only monks pure restraint, but every Buddhist offerings must also wholeheartedly sincere prayer: "Mass media in ordering relief, addressed to to the Buddhas, monks. "

With all the media attention, offering Buddhist offerings, praying. However, it should be noted, for the monks also brought the five aggregates usual, the offerings received is inevitable. But for Buddhas or sages up without physical sustenance. They are living in meditation, to dwell in the spiritual world. Then, the pure of heart will rise Buddhist offerings to become important.

The ancient Buddha said that the heart, not the real, or the Buddhist Virtue, opening the karma of money. This means that the Buddha did not need to eat, do not take the money. His mind only Virtue, Our sincere. If people do things for money and sin sin offering to the Buddha, the Buddha is like defamation.

Not the pure heart of worship, but also have offerings pure, does not need expensive, cumbersome. Money comes from the work Unjust, theft, fraud, unclean things only. Never the Buddhas and Sages to care about, let alone receive them.

Want prayers, offerings of worship itself should have a good life, right by virtue of the Buddha's teachings for laypeople. If you do not meet the three conditions mentioned above, prayer, offerings Vu Lan day signaling not only useless, but add sin.

In summary, the full realization of profound spiritual experience Ullambana tanks, should be combined virtuous  purity, freed from monks to the heart of the media offerings, along with offering the pure material, at the time of day pure suicide. Being so, will bring real results that benefit as the Buddha taught: "Any person who objects to the shop, to slowly increase the offering, the amount of the dear, dear relatives are all thanks. Three out of servitude sure, enjoy serene natural life. As parents are out of money, thereby also promoting school-aged life. As his seven deceased parents born in the realms God will supply falls, the time tuấn excellent figure, halo lighting around the continent itself. "

We expect that signaling during Vu Lan Buddhist calendar 2534, monks, Buddhists should set legal Vu Lan ceremony just as the Buddha, thanks to intensive independent German reformatories From Sun.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/7/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).