Events of the Buddha's Enlightenment is the result of a long causal chain holiness. Holy causal chain that includes part of the spiritual potential that he has accumulated from previous lives and a part of an effort to cultivate an extraordinary willpower right in this life that he achieved results the Enlightenment, Liberation paramount. Learn events of the Buddha attained enlightenment in a short time limit that we can, which is right in his last life, we see the Pali canon remains more special. Thanks to this classic resource, we understand the role of knowledge and innovation in his direction to the process and the results achieved enlightenment. The autobiography segment of the Buddha and his teachings after enlightenment, the Ananda remembered and recounted, the following is recorded in the Pali texts, especially biblical Bridge (Central Economics, No. 26), University of Economics Saccaka (Central Economics, No. 36) partly reflects this.
0.1. Since acquiring knowledge and learning experiences
But Pali scriptures do not describe details of the Buddha's childhood (when he was Prince Siddhattha), autobiographical passages and many of his sermons showed Prince Siddhattha (Si-reach-us) has life learn a lot from a watered education culture Veda (Vedas) of Indian society in the sixth century tr.TL. .. Prince Siddhattha was studied with the best teachers imperial capital employed carefully selected (Schumann, 1989, p. 22). The ability to receive knowledge and practice of inner Prince makes surprise his teacher. According to the study by Schumann, Prince Siddhattha was almost fully learn the knowledge areas and skills are necessary for a prince in Indian culture society of the time. However, Prince Siddhattha has many special penchant for spiritual knowledge and skill than the other (1989, p. 22).
Spiritual, meditative practice to improve training the mind is a new trend by the time Guru advocated radical. Narrations of the Great Buddha in all economic Saccaka showed spiritual inclinations of Prince Siddhattha expression very early: "I remembered while I father, of Sakyan are plowed and I was sitting under shade of pink apple tree, I do not bother to earthly pleasures, renounce evil state of mind, peace attainment and residence in the first meditation, a state of peace and joy, mind and body soaks elegant peace so that there is no desire " (Middle Length, 36). This proves that the spiritual inclinations of Prince Siddhattha very special, is shown at a very young age and little Prince Siddhattha many methods have also learned the basic spiritual practice, spiritual exercises such as sit, from the teacher was invited to teach in the palace.
Prince meditating under the rose apple
Knowledge, at this time in India, the best education is to equip students to be able to understand the Vedas and the liturgy. Prince Siddhattha was also awarded a life like education. Schumann synthesis of evidence in the Pali scriptures record that Prince Siddhattha would love to hear the wisdom masters of that time musician Veda poetry shelves and discuss their philosophies (Schumann, 1989, tr.28-29) . The acquisition of knowledge is at this time of the Buddha after use very creative in explaining the metabolic pathways that have made him successful. However, the knowledge that Prince Siddhattha reception in the palace and experience to face real life is not enough for Prince to answer basic questions and also the eternal questions of humanity: How to escape suffering ? This is the main motivation Prince Siddhattha put embark on the path of spiritual empirically minded.
According traveled liberation movement at that time, Prince Siddhattha abandoned palace, became a wandering yogi, and called the recluse Gotama (Gautam). Stage of learning and practicing this special reception reflected the spirit of liberal knowledge and experience profound spiritual recluse Gotama. The autobiographical piece about his experience learning and practicing the two most radical ascetics as Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta give us some illustrations. According to the Bible recorded in Bridge (Central Economics, No. 26), Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta are "wise, erudite, wise, have long lifetime prevalence of dust."
When looking to select two teachers and to school, recluse Gotama is evident spirit of the school has had a penchant practitioner has deep spiritual knowledge. In this master, he learned that: "This makes France a location, not how long, peaceful experience in the legal and permanent, in the experience itself that experience had attained his Master" ( Business Central , No. 26, The Bible). With Alara Kalama, he learned and practiced law in accordance with the school as, soon, he attained equal status meditation his teacher, it's super Vietnamese state both space and mind, come to Visualize all existence are not there. These properties are needed for the practice and attainment in this way, he has accomplished enough. This process is described as follows:
"Not only must Alara Kalama have faith, diligence, idea power, concentration and wisdom; I also have faith, diligence, idea power, concentration and wisdom. So the effort, whether I have evidence that Alara Kalama declares methods not? Then not long, by his own experience, I experience rapid and permanent peace in the law that Alara Kalama declares witnessed by Because of her experience " (Middle Length 26).
Thus, with the ability to receive acumen, soon, recluse Gotama has full comprehension of the practice of the spiritual teacher first infusion. Along with high determination, relentless effort, he has the ultimate practice of meditation has learned. While studying with Alara Kalama, although they reach spiritual levels as high as this teacher and her legal residence in peace, he is not satisfied with what the evidence is. He found that: "France is not taken to abandon lust, attachment end, at rest, calm, intellectual experiences himself, enlightenment and nirvana" (Middle Length 26). So he retired from first spiritual teacher and find a different reputation than it is Uddaka Ramaputta.
Sa Gotama directed study with Uddaka Ramaputta
Coming to this new teacher, he also attempts, relentless effort. In a short time, he has quickly attained the highest state of meditation in this way, but according to the testimony of the witness Uddaka Ramaputta, is on par with his teacher. It is beyond the state of no-thought and ideas. Despite this higher state of meditation meditative state attained earlier, once again, recluse Gotama is not satisfied with what has just achieved the same reason as for the first teacher: " French not lead to enlightenment, liberation. " So he departed from him goodbye. The recluse Gotama go simply because of what the teacher had to teach him and guide him to practice what not meet his needs.
From the palace steps out and embarked on a spiritual journey, recluse Gotama met many teachers. For any teacher, he also studied lead poisoning and the highest in the teachings of the master's. What time education was traditionally transmitted, recluse Gotama has insight, but then he was not satisfied. He turns pounding from the famous hermit that time to pursue its noble purpose. Perhaps lofty ambitions that are in need of more effort with significant breakthroughs in thinking of a practitioner.
0.2. To experimental and creative success
According to The Bible, we see, with the practice of learning and mimicking him, recluse Gotama attained the meditative state as he himself has attained. According to tradition, a disciple of educational settings and documents a teacher has is the dream of many people. But the recluse Gotama, as it was not enough. The desire to seek the truth really is liberating motivate people find hermit directed not stop here. Still not satisfied with what achieve, after learning meditation techniques from two best teachers of his time, but did not reach its full liberation, recluse Gotama decided to turn the entrance.
You find the path of asceticism in many different forms that some religious practices of the time usually. This detail is told and recorded in the General Economics Division from Hong (Central Economics, No. 12). To the ascetic approach which is completely different from the way that he has abandoned convent, recluse Gotama and his efforts. He admitted that: "We have lived ascetic life, full of four aspects: I practiced austerity, austerity in the form of asceticism; I live filthy practice, most filthy filthy living forms; We practice careful attention, even the most cautious in little things; I live practice separation, living in the most secluded place in the desert place " (Middle Length 12).
Every time he retired from a step on the road to spiritual practice, recluse Gotama have more knowledge and more experience. Similarly, each time to find a new practice disciplines, recluse Gotama learned many valuable things. With practice and practice isolated ascetic, recluse Gotama learned to tame the feel and sensation. He also learned from experience the actual experience itself is, when excessive mortification, the body is not strong enough to be able to sustain the effort is difficult to attain what could be attained on schedule liberation. During ascetic exhausted to bargain, he has the collation, comparison associate with meditation experience under his father when he filled in lowering ceremony in the past when he was younger, to promptly adjust perceptions and practices. His insight: "And I think as follows:" I remembered while I father, of Sakyan are plowing and I were sitting under the shade of pink apple tree, I renounce all earthly pleasures , quit the evil state of mind, peace attainment and residence in the first meditation, a state of peace and joy, mind and body are imbued with peace not greed so that '. As such permanent peace, and I thought: 'This data path to enlightenment can not?' And then the idea was, this consciousness has arisen in me: 'This is the path to enlightenment.' " In the state of severe depression, he thought : "'This is not easily attained 's bliss, with horrible sickly body like this. I eat less dry food, such as rice and bread '. Then I eat less dry food, such as rice and bread. " (Middle Length, 36).
Ascetic Practice
After the obvious consequence of the form of ascetic practice, recluse Gotama commented that: "In the past pretty, if there are technical or brahmin Sa experience pain, suffering, fierce ache This level is also the same, can not be over. In the future, if there are technical or brahmin Sa experience pain, suffering, fierce ache that this is also the same, can not be over. Currently, if there are technical or brahmin Sa experience pain, suffering, fierce ache that this is also the same, could not be better. But the fierce ascetic practices to this extent, I still do not achieve legal proof of nobility. So is there any other way to enlightenment reasonable? " (Business Central, No. 36). Thus, the recluse Gotama ascetic practice, he also laboring, asceticism end of which there is still no result, he began to question. Here, he not only knew absolutely under religious tradition like everyone else at that time. Instead, he asked himself, customary practice review, compare with the experience he has been through and find a more reasonable way to see what you are doing is not effective, although put all my energy into the path of true spiritual experience.
With new experiences from the practice of the virtues of mortification, he had a remarkable change in awareness and spirituality. Abandoning extreme mortification, as has been abandoned extreme stereotyping, under the guidance of the teacher in pure meditation, he decided to find his own way. He began to incorporate thinking skills and observe the power to look deep into the nature of all phenomena. This is a significant milestone reflects the creativity in cognitive and experimental recluse Gotama. And this is also a historic turning point in the system of religious philosophy and India.
His fusion all his theories and methods learned through practical experience themselves from the extremists has been presented, and open up a new path to spiritual practice in which both cognitive performance and capacity of the mind plays an important role. With relentless perseverance of a methodical, recluse Gotama has developed the skills and ability to reflect the highest level of consciousness and maturity, achieve supreme intellectual liberation, becomes rank Shakyamuni Enlightenment. At this point, the question "how to escape suffering?" Was the ultimate answer on both aspects and empirical knowledge. It is the metabolic pathway by purifying the mind the body and mind, cultivate concentration and intellectual development.
Thus, on the journey to find the truth, recluse Gotama did acquire useful knowledge sources, especially through the learning process directly with two spiritual teachers as well as practicing meditation and ascetic practices as the hermit that time. With the knowledge learned, to identify the correct philosophy and spiritual practices, and personal experience with the practice and efforts to abandon efforts properly, recluse Gotama has use some meditation skills that he has learned, but in entirely innovative ways purification, controlling it and transforming it. He was creative in applying the knowledge learned from sources education contemporary masters from the Ms-la-experienced subjects itself to the development of intellectual liberation.
0.3. The role of knowledge and innovation
Until the sixth century p. TL., The ability to remember and know Veda scriptures proficient skills sacrifice has been featured in the Indian environment knowledge. However, according to Dasgupta (1922, p. 13), in the mid-sixth century p. TL., The accolade gradually being replaced by a new policy, it is pure meditation. A representative for this trend is the Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta with the ability to reach the highest level of interest in religion among contemporary artists.
Through the presentation above, we can conclude that, according to Buddhism, the center itself is not an end, but a means and platform to bring finality to enlightenment, liberation. At the same time other conclusion can be drawn from the presentation on that, though wisdom is mentioned in Buddhist scriptures early is not merely knowledge, but knowledge and creativity to contribute to important on the path to achieve wisdom. [1]
If we accept the truth of the Buddha's practice with the guidance of two masters Ba-la-goal, then we can not deny the existence of a knowledge-based environment affect recognition understanding that both master and Buddha, as well as all those who live in that cultural environment, because "knowledge can not be separated habitat" (Mitchell & Sackney, 2000, p. 33) . It should be stressed here is that there may be differences in the acquisition process as well as the reaction of the Buddha and other masters two theories exist in environments that knowledge. The turn of the Buddha, having reached the level of awareness and spiritual teacher no less two, is an illustration for that difference. And in that difference, clear and progressive creation of the Buddha more, because if you do not have the creativity and progress that they can not progress towards achieving the ultimate fruition of enlightenment after that of the Buddha, a state of super-Vietnam spiritual development, meditation transcends states that two other masters experience.
Knowledge and innovation play an important role, as people are predestined to enlightenment
We can say that, while promoting the specialized knowledge of Veda and pure meditation practice based on the experience itself is two extremes exist in gentle intellectuals and artists of Indian society at that time, Buddha was the first to combine a creative way to practice meditation with purely cognitive activities in the process towards enlightenment. This is one of the significant middle important lessons contained in the Buddha's enlightenment. And if this claim can be accepted, we argue that the basis for knowledge and creativity can be seen as factors contributing to holy not only important in the process of acquiring experience go ahead and lessons of real life, which I bring people closer to enlightenment status, more liberated.
Can we get a proof for this argument from the Pali scriptures. The teachings of the Buddha attained enlightenment after being recorded in Trading Volume reflects his position quite clear on the combination of active thinking and pure meditation. When asked how it is understood by intellectual liberation, the Buddha said that mindfulness and clear view of the serene state of consciousness is liberated by wisdom ( Business Group , the number in 1107). For him, the use of force to purify the mind, develop and maintain awareness towards achieving wisdom is extremely important. On the basis of this innovative facility, the Buddha set up a system of philosophy and practices characteristic. It can be asserted that the creative element is the thread throughout all petal enlightenment and his later practice.
Furthermore, in the dialogue with the teacher Balaam subjects, we found a Buddha very clear understanding of their practices; though this may be a manifestation of a transcendent intelligence, this fact can not exclude the possibility that the Buddha has a deep knowledge of both the methods and philosophy behind the foundation of the method of out there, especially when the Buddha used the exact words and concepts familiar to the master's (eg concepts related to pure meditation above). From the Pali scriptures, we see the Buddha repeatedly use the knowledge of Veda philosophy to point out the limitations of such ideas and new sources of capital doctrine is believed by the intellectual tradition of his ( The School of Economics , No. 11, Economic Kevaddha; No. 3, Business Ambattha; Anguttara Economics , Chapter Five: In France, Business 192, Business Dona Ba-la-keeper). In many sermons recorded in the scriptures, the Buddha usually refers to the gods as Prajapati in Veda philosophy, Sakka ( School of Economics Department, No. 19, No. 21), Yama ( Central Economics , No. 130 , Increased Spending Nikaya , 8:43) and Brahman ( School of Economics Department , No. 19; Central , No. 26; Dhammapada , verse 391, 406; Notes so scriptures ), and the name as Atthaka, Vamaka, Vamadeva, Vessamitta , etc.. ( The Business School , No. 3).
What has just presented above allows us to understand that the Buddha is said to seamlessly acquiring external knowledge and experience in the learning process itself and practice to attain enlightenment, but the He is the director of the event into a most vivid demonstration. Ryan & Cooper (2000) argues that "knowledge can not be transmitted directly from teacher to play, but the school must create and re-create new knowledge while acquiring new information source" This is true not only on terms of accumulated knowledge but precisely how often both in the classroom and spiritual practices. Moreover, the "create new knowledge is a complex process that includes links to sources of knowledge that learners often re-creation of habitat" This allows us to understand that in every phase of practice spiritual journey, the Buddha always apply the knowledge obtained, together with the experience gained through state securities meditation practice, with special creativity, he always find new way to experience the higher spiritual level. Finally, he reached the highest point on the route spirituality: liberating intellectual achievement to triumph over the event director. Directed results fullness of the Buddha is the result of cognitive processes and creativity, effort and determination in his extraordinary observation process and transforming the mind.
In short, the events of the Buddha's Enlightenment is the result of a process. The process that takes place over time spans in which the shortest period we can understand that part of his life in the end. During this period, his effort itself is the nucleus of long-chain multiple causal holiness. And in that effort, knowledge and innovation play an important role, is a major factor in the fusion process a cognitive wisdom and experience of the spiritual recluse Gotama on the path to attained the enlightenment, the ultimate liberation.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTFOLD PATH.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/6/2014.
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