RETREAT SEASON OF MONKS AND NUNS tradition .    

Settling time is the monks cultivate precepts, meditation practice, development.

Traditionally settled by monks from after the Buddha, not how long. Historical records that, in the rainy season the year 528 before Christ, Buddha and assemblies Bhikkhu-stilts entered the first House in the Deer (deer) at Isipatana (Thien Chu fallen of) near Benares (Ba-la-complaint), beginning the tradition of settling an CU, now known as unlawful.

The rainy season in India starts from April and extends to Àsàlha, Assayuga (from mid-July to November of the calendar year). At this time is the period of continuous heavy rain, river water, the roads muddy sludge inundated, the people have to live around the House or in a certain range as villages, hamlets because of travel difficulties. The monks also do not inconvenience you that here, in part because of the terrain and the weather, in part because it did not want to stampede to harm insects, small animals, such as ants, insects, frogs, hissing snakes crawling out of it because of flooded. During this time, the Buddha in the essential and the sermon, not going out to qifu gangui, the disciples in his often gathered to listen to France and Buddhist monks the same donation. This is also the time of every spice to devote more time to the practice of meditation, cultivating Hanh Pham, Germany, increases moral force. The Buddha in the world, in an CU season, lettered Bhikkhu-stilts single-minded studied Dharma and lead meditation under the guidance of the Buddha and the elders A-la-Han.

According to the law of Buddha, monks are settling in the rainy season, beginning on the full moon, Àsàlha (about 7 month solar calendar). After three months, the States settle ends on the full moon, Àssina (about 10 solar calendar) with Free holiday quarter. After settling, the Bhikkhu-stilts are the Buddha assigned trip turned around, get the real Japanese, customized to qifu gangui charm theory of birth but don't forget practice attempts to fragment except for contraband or, achievements, Planning, intellectual property. The Buddha also allows any Bhikkhu-stilts would make settling later than the time of the call was settled in this case then the day ends well settle later. In our country today, lettered monks and nuns traditionally Northern tribe begin settling down on unlawful period on April 16, and anoint themselves four to end the States settled on July 16, (i.e. after three months). If someone starts an on 16 April following the lunar calendar (settle) the by-laws, after the mass, the tournament remained to continue settling until sufficient number of 3 months. Monks traditionally Southern tribes began settling period on June 16th, the lunar calendar and ended the season settled on September 16, the lunar calendar.

In the season settled into the day care hope monks will conduct the rite I-slapped. I-deal (Uposatha) means pure land stay (in pure) or net head (to develop purity). The Buddha prescribed the Bhikkhu-stilts have met half a month on the white moon (lunar 15) and the Black Moon (lunar 30) to listen to The proceedings (also called proceeding). On reading that litigation About menstruation is called day-slaps, Rite I-slapping was given early in the morning (before daylight) of days.

End settling four self is, in itself, each quarter the Bhikkhu-stilts feature request bug only popular for themselves. Its been a visiting player along with the masses as possible see, hear, taste for error only facilities Bhikkhu-stilts that sincere repentance. After repentance is complete then the mind is completely pure.

The Spice done nicely settled depends charm du (go to Catholic culture beings). This represents the spirit of self-awareness, sensory tha; self benefit, benefit, and took himself to favor tha (practice, awakened to enlightenment, open road, to lead sentient beings practice, enlightened as himself), taking advantage of tha to self (retrieved the spear turned useful beings as austerities, cultivating it, exercise area in Germany, developing compassion) of the Bhikkhu-stilts. Embarks on his life to religious practices as well as a practice throw up his ego, is favored to win the achievement help austerities of France maintained, alms (French participants), ring the humiliation, effort etc. Settle to consolidate internal resources, improve their learning, to improve their practice, helping to achieve more efficient goods abroad. The settle became a Buddhist tradition right from the first years after the Buddha into until today.

Settling time monks lived close by in the Act, focusing on cultivating it, practice meditation, to grow. In three months of settling, monks living in the precepts, residing in the Districts of France, live and work in the spirit of solidarity-green tie, had a chance to talk to each other about the opinions, experience, Prime property, Department of food poisoning ... nobody dared to award favors indolence, no one dared to live let go of lung Cavalier (as some do when living alone, in a private place, practice and individual leaders), who also attempt, effort, are interested in encouraging, supporting each other. The practice of a lot of people like to help settle in time for each individual, the virtuous growth mau Hanh; help people with mutual interest, care, help each other in practice as well as (such as illness, disease, or when encountering other problems). In the Samyutta Nikaya, the Buddha, Yi launched not have taught that: "the life's accomplice Raises them crucial in among those who love the thing in the tu situation, Comrade. A Bhikkhu-stilts made friends with good, is good, comrades, promising practice and do the fullness of eight more Scriptures (bowl of legitimacy) to help your fellow liberation as well as ourselves does taste ". Also with that sense, proverbs that sentence: "eat rice with broth, austerities that you" and "the Tiger Cup, Tiger Cup Increases paint them Up severely." These are things that every disciple of Buddha spice as well as in the home are always remembered.

In the life of renunciation is not family, the guided, care, help each other is essential. Although the renunciation, while carrying four relatives, living in the life cereal this weapon are also subject to a law of impermanence, also to students, elderly, sick, dead, also met barriers due to conditions outside of his realm is live (the Ta-BA) bring in, so in the living of life order should have the attention of mutual assistance. The Buddha taught the Vinaya as follows: "the Bhikkhu-stilts, these do not have their parents take care of themselves. So if you don't take care of each other, then try asking who is going to work? The Bhikkhu-stilts anyone out of the wish to take care of Me, are known to take care of his friend, Mrs Associates when people are sick sickness ".

Settling time is the renunciation conditional practicing collective life in the spirit of charity, peace corps has shared the experience of cultivation, condition close mind each other, care for each other when together with practice under the roof of the Chief Justice.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.28/5/2014.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).