Monday 8 July 2013

THE BUDDHIST PATH.



 


   Today is the anniversary of Buddha's birth th 2536, is calendar 1992. Already have Buddhist monks and Buddha oriented Thich-ni-ca-contradictory effect celebrations. Here we would like to reiterate a few points in the life of the Buddha, so that we find a way of teaching practice as Exalted.
As all monks and Buddhists are aware, before the Buddha attained enlightenment was Prince Si-reach-us (Siddhartha), the King ruled the country Ca-Pi-la-defense (Kapilavastu), mother's Queen Maya. According to Buddhist history, before the Indian market, he is Bodhisattva underwent a three-up-period of life, happiness Bodhisattva practice. Life finally dealt born in India, the Buddhist monk Thich-shift effect Muni. So he went to the Buddha result is not easy nor short.
now we are Like death, his only son, all assets must know certain Tathagata. Want to be like his father sure that we have done what good bishop to teach, the new perfected results. Buddha used to say in college through a three-up-period practice new life to achieve Buddhahood. We are His children, whether well whether you go through that long period with many difficulties and thorns prevented? If you do not pass well, then our spiritual practice will be like? That is what makes us the monks thought, and probably also Buddhist thought.
Over such a long process, the Buddha had done many deeds, how much hard work to complete the fullness of Buddhahood. Now we are Buddhists, have certain step, to overcome, to fight as his month. Buddhas of the ten directions and all predecessors have experienced, lived experience, always waiting, we expect a good practice determination, and He is ready to help you complete a voluntary dissolution of enlightenment escape. Thus the Buddhist way we are not alone. Because I have always been a good father, who's deceased, of the true practitioner. So let's hope word brotherhood towards their chosen disciplines, about ten true practitioner to perform the prayer for healing, for peace yourself, be happy end to suffering.
We now have available methods, how to practice, not difficult in the past suffering as the Buddha, just determined to stop. When it is not determined to be spying on the two sides, which go straight to advance to the Buddhist members. Once upon a time the Buddha suffered numerous difficulties, takes a long time to settle that his concern about the human condition, such as being elderly patient dies. This is an issue that no one can replace anyone been before. You test to see, when we hurt, who will sit inside your body, but what are they helping us? More than a few words to comfort, to soothe our medicines and the outside only. But the suffering endured then we have taken themselves, no one can replace.
    we know, the Bodhisattva Si-reach-us before ordained that a provision Eastern Prince, the only child of Queen Dynasty. All the necessary amenities and sometimes necessary, to have put all this king, long live the Prince happily. But how can he be joyful, inside every jacket when anxieties, concerns about the short life of the human transient? So when the door to the east, the image of the elderly, wrinkled gray skin, no solid as minister to the younger son, is no longer clear voice again thought about the prince made ​​his life in tomorrow Such well. He knew that the relatives are here, will be filing grinding, does not exist with time. One hundred of his desire, fire was only about two or three dozen things. When people come to witness this reality, the Prince was questioned entourage:
    - Tomorrow, we get old like that?
    The servant answered very honestly:
    - Dear Prince! In every family there are old. Prince will eventually pick up the meniscus old as man.
    Unless it alone, as prince and holding the key. Then things around the amenities of life are no longer strong enough to bind the Crown Prince anymore. The fun of the palace became his brazen. Prince refused to accept a slack effort by day life like that, I can not sink in the human birth and old age, sickness and death. Using recorded as witness to events outside the east door, then he is always asking questions like this: Body was then also that? So on man or the young and old, no matter who was right and that? It's a big project that no one can solve.
    then walk him into the south door, having a body buckling dread disease, agonizing scream. He asked his servant:
    - Is there anything to help this person out painful?
    - Dear Prince, drug therapy has been sick body, helping healthy patients, but only for a temporary period segment alone, can not solve all diseases permanently.
thought the Prince temporarily resolve this uncertainty, not to put too much trust in the people living life in peace. Now Prince determination further, certain to find a way to solve this suffering.
    Buddhist monks practice we should also like Buddha. Once you see what you wish for is not guaranteed to be like that, do not fully preserve all my life, I can not be certain that reassuring thought to find a way to solve. We are learning the enlightenment, the Buddha's wisdom, how could he accept a job has no future, no guaranteed results. If we normally easy lax to the last day, do not worry prepare the future, then we are not wise. Buddha: In everything, we have to see the consequences of it. To know the result of it, how do we be satisfied. Conversely, any job big or small though, but the results sure do not know, safe practice, for his life is not as certain.
    past the velvet prince, spoiled in the Queen's side, but he saw nothing guaranteed. Because when he hurts women's queen is painless, so no matter how much comfort he has always felt lacking. Prince felt the need to solve this by themselves. Every time witnessed the reality of life, the more he more decisively. Definitely something? Definitely find a way to solve their work. He knows very clearly can not rely on those who hurt, those living around the facilities, but I could be calm. You often find a quiet place to think life experience why so? Why do we face in life? Why do people have to cope with such charming scenes etc. ... With how much the Why? Why? ..., Found no way out, no one can solve, no satisfactory answer, so he have to look any further.
    third time He went to the west door and saw a body be alive and going nowhere apart. Flies bu sealed, they scrambled draw each body part then crushed. It is the body of a dead man. Prince also thinks it yourself like this, people also like. Whether jewelry, love, how to prepare for it, and go to state decay, rot like that. In deciding to go to please him intensely, refused to accept this life, looking for a way to escape from birth and death. Seeing a dying body, the Buddha was so shaken, so that we now prefer to prepare for a body not guaranteed, are not safe. Unfortunately!
    understanding the Buddha, then, perhaps we should be taking advantage of the relative merits of doing things, to take advantage of this religious body is folded. Because it's very fragile, new shows that healthy elderly and dying patients. This path everyone has to face. Now their sanity, the senses are light, we clearly distinguish the phenomena of object outside, then how to practice to be applied. So life is a little longer the position. Conversely during a practice can make, but we ignore it until the last minute will panic fear, then it was too late, can not save up again.
    Can we do a lot of work outside the commune opportunity, but forgot his own. So Buddha, The music often we have to trade him. Trade is trade someone they are not prohibited, like all beings love, but do not forget yourself. I do not love her, do not worry yourself, then to the last minute, mouth distorted, scrabbling limbs, senses lost control again, then too late. Have your business is to prepare, what to prepare? That is to practice. Do not ever forget that. What do they do, all things are external media to complement life, but practice is the key. Even if you complete all aspects of physical media, but do not take care of yourself emotionally it's time to go will feel deprived. Through practice, fully prepared to pay from, you will go in faith, in wisdom, like the one who knows his trade.
So when he approached the last door in the north, see Figure give the image of a monk, not the school director, no title, no assets, not all, but face very deliberate, calm, cheerful. From this man spread out the definition all peace and happiness. Si-reach-Prince was happy too, immediately got down bow monk and asked him:
    - Lord, He is what?
    - Dear Prince, I was recluse, ie people who do not care about everything in the world, his complete mastery, not attached to the outside of object. So I liberated, liberated.
    Physician-at-Prince was happy too little:
    - Lord, He can help me be like Him?
    - We are ready if the prince determined to go this direction.
    User This is to let go of all directions, the direction of their own business. All this old favorite holdings, now removed, leaving out, clean up, the new fully implement this approach.
    Physician-at-prince said:
    - Well! All that I had would be willing to give. I will obey His Word and decisively implemented what he just said.
    So the image of the monk, the man freed himself then slammed into the hearts Bodhisattva Si-ta-reach. Thanks to unique images that bold heart, women should love royal prince and to one side, all the emotions of the palace, the facilities, are excluded from the list, just keep a self-image the liberation of recluses only. So finally the night, the Bodhisattva Si-reach-us wake servant, put him to go out. You prepare yourself for a new life.
Through six years of asceticism in Forest Struggle, non-physical methods only his nice skin and bones. But with will and voluntary force, the Bodhisattva is not certain loser. By so will definitely be on the same highway route being emitted from extreme asceticism where he found a way out. Horizontal here is one thing we need to discuss together. In the spirit of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana Buddhism, asceticism is to support and benefit the two extremes should not be a priest. If his ascetic body will lean thinking too weak, not strong enough to meditate, to promote intellectual. Austerity is usually reduced to knowledge, not enough to help his morale enough force to practice. Through that experience should Bodhisattva-Si-reaching austerity we see as obstacles to attain.
    contrast with the austere avaricious, the material comforts, it also interfere with religious out. For example, the civilization now, we can sit here and know the West side of the ship. Just press a button to hear the voice of the people away from her several thousand kilometers. It is the comfort of civilized life on track. But in terms of Buddhist practice is what makes this facility very time consuming. As eight hours are the hours you sit in meditation or chanting, but by then the special program was introduced last week, I could not put aside the time to practice aside. Less brave dare anyone out there to take care programs practice. Know more avaricious facilities, the less and less religious.
    Buddha said that no matter how small droplets accumulate long day full of both common and large. An hour of meditation, a practice can not become a Buddha, but sitting for hours, many days of practice will accumulate virtue, leading to a Buddhist park. So we should not make our practice are broken, mutilated for whatever reason. He said his name boldly remove foreign coast, just focus on one thing only practice. That is a pity really, really wanted to fulfill his vow. Buddha should dare to do so after meeting the monk, in his heart definitely pick up the religious life, not the school director. Only one direction was right, not something all mixed multitude. So he sat under the Bodhi veteran forty-nine days and nights, meditation diligently, eventually reaching the fullness of Buddhist wisdom.
    Become our back, maybe I can vow for a long time, austerity is not how many, but there are Chaun each radial position on the spiritual path. You, and everyone was aware of the criteria to be abandoned less comfort in life. Although not ascetics, but know enough, to know how to apply the daily practice of living alone, with the aim of liberating enlightenment as the Buddha. As Buddhists, we promise will be as good father who, if not so, then we go down this path to do. On the previous pontiff proven countless Buddhas, Bodhisattvas word in ten households concept, true practitioner willing to help us achieve that aspiration.
    When you devote Buddhists remember avoid two extremes as noted above. One is too austere, this polarization will make us not stand and give up, or the fellow was not followed. So Buddhist wisdom did not choose the path of asceticism. Two is too pampered her. This is the attitude that the majority of Buddhists have been caught. While still dependent tu ham, still run by the family's needs. Buddha is not saying this body, with four great authors, not sure at all, so worried about how much it is and does not return. Though I can pamper, prepare, equip and it also left much to myself. But life is temporary borrowed it to practice, do not be a slave but a cause, mouse over the misfortune to suffer birth and death forever. It is an extreme but the Buddhists wise to never fall into. While it was fun, harmony, adapt to all circumstances to practice.
    majority of all Buddhist monks are often disturbed body, was close to suffering. The demands of it, we can never be completely satisfactory with it. As already known, we give both extremes of asceticism and pamper yourself. There's a new easy money from. In short, the Buddhist wisdom is knowing yourself is true using the circumstances to practice. Do not leave it too hard, and not too happy. Eat three times a day, morning and afternoon lunch is very good. The extra dinner, there should be less, the requirement that no less necessary. We also how to recite the chant now, classical studies, or meditation. A day to be the quietest moments of the new, can advance to the purity of life to be liberated.
    Persons not to waste time in religious life who knows. If anyone lost his or waste time with the comforts of life are not known, do not know his name. If we do not know his name, everyone loves you here? No one injured before. Parents, brothers, family members who have injured themselves do not live or die yourself. Despite the pile of money, though peak position, until the breath was not taken in the end they all leave. So do not need to be magnetically dragged myself here, at the request of it to cause the undesirable karma. From then to drift in samsara countless lifetimes.
    Yesterday Vesak day delivery, we take measures true rise Exalted offerings. France is true that religious merit. In these offerings, the law is the greatest offerings. As the Buddha, more than anyone else we have to know the boundless grace of God. Buddha bear suffering countless hard to find a way to teach the truth to our practice. With Buddhists today, only single request is determined to make his teachings are just as certain to achieve his results. By contrast we do wrong, they go through three practice countless lives not achieve anything.
    thus from now point Buddhist, Buddhist practitioners how we have to adjust, never to the through empty space. You should also repent Buddhists disease slack effort, burying her self so much life still vote downs until the three realms. Our longevity in the life of the Buddha, he spent three kalpas practice the religion, to enter Nirvana until 2536 years now, and we still are a pain beings, fellow human in mud of this life. So now enough to know how much your collection already. But now I've realized, was that the cause was pushed into the path he did, the more determined not misled. Today every minute we climb, crossing to perform exactly as the Buddha is Buddha beings will become.
    Buddha's we have available, it is only determined to not like the kid or playful chase catch butterflies flowers, not subject to return for his care. Now in this moment, all fraternal Buddhist monks vowed to his religious teacher, we are the loyal son, the purpose of his death, on the contrary never do what He taught. He definitely achieved what we will achieve exactly that. Because as in a family, the property of the father, his death is the destination, the official successor to her property, and no one else.
    Buddha We want to meet, to eternal with him following the same direction, with deeds, apart from religious knowledge no other way out. Only on the path of spiritual practice, Buddhist path we first met, the eternal reminder, caring for each other to complete her route. All of us will become a Buddha, so certain, not to something else. Buddhist factions we have available, the ability to become a Buddha is also available, now only play, removal of visualization, dream wire disturbing the roots of delusion cheek, creating favorable conditions for us to make full Buddha's his integrity. Since then we pray customized depending coast, bringing compassion spread the wisdom everywhere, to help all beings to practice and achieve the ultimate result as no other Buddha.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/7/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

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