"Mahakasyapa" : Ma Ha, meaning "great" (large); Mahakasyapa is "Great Kashyapa". Kashyapa translated as "wet-ray", also called "optical three"; even a more named as "General Rules Thi". General Regulations of the venerable they market because of Venerable ancestor as a practitioner with a turtle (rules) suck a big painting to see venerable ancestors, the ancestors of the Sun should get new authors " General Rules Thi "do they give the family tree. But according to the Chinese that says it "shall" is always used to yell the word; such as the Chinese say: "You're a turtle map". This is the person yelled. They venerable University of Kashyapa is "General Regulations", known as "La Ti Da". La Ti Da is the name of a plant, because his parents he came to pray under this tree that venerable born, so named after the name of venerable trees.

Why is called "wet-ray"? Because the body Venerable Kashyapa light can overshadow all other lights, like drinking took all that light. Why venerable body emits light? Discuss this issue, have a plan. The venerable former wife is Kim Quang Tu nuns. At the time of the Buddha Pipa test, after the Buddha's passing, with the tower up for Buddhism, building temples, creating objects of worship. But going through a long period of time, the temple has deteriorated and ruined tower, did not know someone had put on a Buddha statue, a conical hat to rain. Why is it called "conical hat"? Because this hat leaves used to back that up, can put on the rain cover. In the spring in the north of me, the girl in the family to use sorghum (a type of tree lines used to store wine) to be kind of like a hat and bring the city to sell; team hat like that to cover though, were not afraid of the rain.

Looking statue was put on a hat like that, a girl found compassion arises immediately think: "I definitely have to build a temple for the Buddha, the Buddha will be sunny here baits rain, status how can something like this be right? Its definitely going to gilded statue! "So girls everywhere alms. She is a very poor, the money would be one day, she will offer to buy gold, over a period of about ten years, her gold accumulated a lot; her to spend a lot of gold, this time may be enough to build the temple and also enough to sheaves yellow jersey for the Buddha.
consecutive She invited a jeweler, cook yellow discharge, and sheaves on the statue. jeweler to see how much gold you have, and asked: "How did you get so much gold?" The girl replied: "At first, seeing the yellow jersey on the statue's body peeling out, I immediately alms Development Center, spent more than ten years to spend so much gold. "She just said that, a goldsmith instant Development Center, said:" This is not only merit alone her work, I also have a part in that. It is common of the two of us! "Actually this jeweler seeing girls play center built temples, Buddha sheaves for the yellow jersey, with a happy heart is good for the heart should start loving girl. 've Loved consciousness is certain to please your first girl, so he just said this is the faith of two people do, not only do girls alone. Kashyapa Sensei certainly thought so!

So Buddha was sheaves is finished, the temple was finished building, a goldsmith immediately proposed to the girl: "Her heart good place! All my life I've never met anyone better than her! I capital to lifelong celibacy, today met a soul mate sound, as her alter ego, she is willing to marry me? "Girl listening immediately thought:" Oh! His mind is not a bad guy, I invited him to sheaves yellow jersey for Buddha, he only took half the money. The heart of this man's good! "Think so, she immediately satisfied, the two married. Married and still not want to leave, two consecutive vows lifetimes wife wants to do with each other. You see! Love the power of this kind of terrible! Two public life born spouses also must do!

Predestined by sheaves of golden Buddha statues shirt, so the two bodies always emit light golden color and also so that the name of false religion is called "wet-ray" that is capable of devouring all other light. In the present life, while venerable Kashyapa just born, the body has light yellow; after growing up, venerable parents want to find a nice girl to marry his son, he came and said: "Do not be! On the human body with yellow light, you must find a certain girl has light yellowish new; if not, I'd rather advocates of celibacy! "Then, indeed, there was a girl on the body also has the yellow light just as he came in a different country, two people married to each other immediately. Aspiration prayers, is not wrong, when two witnesses arahatship directed immediately see how many lives are turned two spouses who work together. But we do see the couple together, you should not misunderstand and think that: "After this encounter was a boy, I would vow with him like that, the lifetimes have a wife husband! "It vow lifetimes as husband and wife because of spiritual matters; lifetimes must be a practitioner must take refuge in the Three Jewels and renunciation. You should not vow lifetimes together as husband and wife, because as far as making direct, at some point it will fall into hell! there is certain to cultivate new direction!

Consequently Venerable Kashyapa and his wife are the refuge in the Buddha, are certified by St. result, he came as the first Patriarch; The first is the venerable Mahakasyapa. You have like to see respected author Mahakasyapa not? Venerable Mahakasyapa now still on earth, in the mountains of Yunnan Province successor of China, Sun imitation is still static, samadhi there, wait until later when the advent of Maitreya Buddha , will take care venerable bowl of Sakyamuni Buddha to Buddha Maitreya handed. Currently venerable yet to nirvana, not yet passed, Venerable still on this earth. You succeed when the mountain worshiping false religion Mahakasyapa, if anyone would be interested as he came face to face.

From "Optical humidity" This is not to say that light drinking in the stomach, this does not make sense; that is to say in the light of venerable body can swallow up all the other light. This light body venerable transcends all light; like the light of a lamp power 500W, when adhered to spot fake Kashyapa This is another 500W light will no longer shine light on the relative strengths of the venerable than 500W, 1000W may be, 2000W, it will take This 500W light-mouth is not drinking, which is light on the venerable body emits surpasses any other light, eclipsed all other light, like that swallowed the other light. Each of us must understand this point, should not assume that religious Kashyapa not drink water that is light, there is a skewed understanding.

The Venerable Kashyapa this age most of the disciples of Buddha; Although such large, but the older you are the more venerable lucid, more healthy, do not have anything from the spokes. Venerable Lama capital growth in the country Masterpieces Recommended (Da), father and mother were very have money, wealth can par with kings, king of Ma Jie offer to make him want to worship venerable; but after export from the Buddhist religion, he came to think: The religious right direction "of poverty heresy, heresy of poverty", not greedy for money, so he came to bring all of their assets to charity, a yourself a practitioner first observes a dedicated ascetic momentum.

What is called "unfortunate early momentum austerity"? That is not good food to eat, wear and do not wear good, not that good at, afford yourself to suffer, endure toil, not being afraid of hard. "Austerity" means as hard as life rings to, afford to be laboring. All the enjoyment of life are not things beyond 3 y, actually, office. "Y" is to wear clothes; "Real" is food to eat; "Head" is the place to stay. He came for three things always liked afford suffering. Venerable age but how big, but still well-practiced asceticism early momentum.

One day, the Buddha was preaching, he came to go to, immediately give half court sitting Buddha to Venerable. Building very large sitting Buddha closely divided court told Venerable half that: 'Kashyapa, come sit next Tathagata! "Venerable Buddha sat. Why the split half court sitting Buddha to Venerable Mahakasyapa? Since this time the venerable age has very large, about 140 years old. Venerable Buddha advised: "His age is too large, the spirit will not be very prolific; he should eat a little more good things, even some more good furniture, comfortable room in a little more, well first of momentum should not anymore! So it's hard! Age he was too big, unaffordable afraid! "But the Buddha has advised that, did not heed venerable, still early momentum unfortunate practice. You still see well out in the first Venerable momentum, still ascetic life, randy bear such hardships, so venerable Buddha praised deeply that: "France's long cylindrical Tathagata in life, most of related happy with the first practice of Venerable Kashyapa momentum. Venerable Kashyapa started to practice virtues such momentum, the Tathagata approach can certainly permanent office in the world! "So, of all the Buddha's disciple, Kashyapa Sensei's" First Junior momentum , "observes the forefront of early momentum.

Once, when the Buddha was preaching, Brahmas bring a flower to worship Buddha Kim Ba La; This Brahmas lay on the ground, the body uses as building sits, Buddha invited himself to sit up, listen to the sermon beings. Buddha sat on his Brahma, holding flowers in the sun before hundreds of thousands of them smiled a smile. Buddha smiling, Elders Kashyapa smiled also, so this event is called "posting the flower of goofy TV" (television system by holding up smiling flower); What TV? Communications press center of the Buddhist teachings. Buddha said: "Tathagata Dharma eye treasure, magic nirvana heart, they really formless, beyond traditional religious language, get press attention center (labeled Dharma organs, marvelous mind of nirvana, they really formless, teachers Foreign television special, certainly press center center) brings this venerable entrust Mahakasyapa. "Tathagata has passed measures to Mahakasyapa, so he came to the first Patriarch in India.

What is called "Team"? Buddha Dharma transmission brings all the disciples; disciples who passed this law called the Patriarch. Mode "group" in India is a lifetime pass to one only, called leaflets, so the only transmission for Kashyapa Buddha, Kashyapa The only transmission for sensitive groups as Ananda, Ananda organizations to transmit binary Na Hoa Thuong Tu done for the three groups, three groups Hoa Thuong Tu Na commanded the department had made the quarterfinals three priority groups ...; per lifetime per lifetime are passed down method press center hub.

From the first group to group communication Bodhidharma 28th; Organization Bodhidharma bring press attention the entire practice of the Dhamma eye treasure, magic nirvana heart, they really formless, communication language teaching in China in addition to the God of Light as binary transmission organizations; God of Light II organized the Third Organization for communication, so communication to Team Four, Five Organization, until the Sixth Patriarch; later "flower opening five ye" (a flower with five petals bloom-only group Bodhidharma was an Indian and the team next year is the Chinese) will divide into five major sects "Rinzai , Soto cardboard, cardboard regulation threshold, cardboard and cardboard Van Mon French name "and to this day, the Dharma was transmitted to the West. This is the general meaning of "the lineage from Buddha's teachings to the Patriarchs."

Last lecture to the "first track", usually the early momentum in China called the "first rise"; Thus, the word "first rise" to explain how? Not just ordinary people, but some educated people, but not through Buddhist studies also do not understand the meaning of this, just know called "early rise". Early momentum is Sanskrit, translated as "locomotives" (makes excited); "Flagship spirit" is a seven-day period is still our main thing I would say "make up good spirits". Sentence "in good spirits make up" your wish is not afraid of suffering, fear hard, as hard as the next, more and more hard to do, just like Kashyapa so Sensei. You see, Sensei older Kashyapa like that still observes early momentum, making up good spirits. At the beginning of this unfortunate trend divided into 12 categories:

First, Before he spread load, is said to wear costumes. What clothes to wear? Even "loaded y" (clothing patch); on clothing, a piece of fruit patch, to patch a piece, do not know how much patch that matter, clothes so called "health promotion charge" or "y chalk algae".

Why call "chalk algae y"? This type is made clothing like? These are clothes that normal people do not have to wear, throw it in the landfill; How is the home person went to landfill, pick up the tattered cloth thrown in here, wash them, and then joined together to do a costume to wear, here referred to as "medical chalk algae". Wear this costume would be beneficial? If you talk in terms of positive benefits, there are many; if negative talk about the pros and not less. Why say there are many positive benefits? You wear this costume itself was not greed does not start, even eradicate greed of yourself and also would not say: "You see, I wear the beautiful costumes too! Most worthwhile here! "Not arise arrogant mind, tame their greed. Just see people around you, "Oh! The practice is, dressed in rags like, do not wear a beautiful dress! This truly is a practitioner, we should learn from you too! "So except greed kills people; because of the impact this will also cause you to other monks have begun directing mind. So had stopped taking his mind, even to the end to greed, this is not His interests stars? You tell me this benefit is not limited volume? So said the great benefits!

Returning to the negative side no less beneficial, even negative benefit is that? You wear this dress torn, looting getae certainly will not rob you. As in 1948, when I was in there at Nanhua Temple robbed to rob the temple, they broke the door swung in, asked me to check out. I told them: "You see me dressed like this is the same person does not have money?" They looked at the clothes I was wearing-clothes I was wearing at that time did not heal like the clothes I wear now. The clothing is then outfit I wore when he was prime hospitality beside her mother's grave; procedure is complete after taste, I always wear that outfit to celebrate my mother. Because the clothing tattered, so when I was in the Northeast, the disciple who take refuge in me wants to give me a more fitting patch large square; who take refuge in me will also give me a piece patch, so the patch kit interlaced.

In Nanhua Temple, the robbers saw I was wearing patched clothes, I told them in the room: "In my room with treasures, and you go in there and get it!" But they are not on. At that time, in my room indeed 2 "treasures" conservation of living there! It is 2 notes novice, then still small. Due to dress like that, so bugs will not get robbed of your map. Back there, the money will avoid you very far; it was a very important point that the girls will avoid you very far. Your spiritual advancement, always dressed like that, there will be a scent "very fragrant"; but "smells" that would make the girl's normal to smell, so could not stay away from you a bit. So wear algae powder has many benefits so here I just sent a number like that.

Second, direct the mind. 's Birthday is "only"; y only three, no other objects. It should say "his side do not have the material obstacles, they themselves do not arise sorrow"; Bhikkhu observes early momentum, he only allowed three. Three y is:

(1) The y: y is the third largest in medicine, also known as the "Great Physician". Sanskrit is "Sangha pear", translated as "y 25 things" (II cross medical contingent). 25 things, each a 4 cell one cell short term, overall there are 125 plots all, this is the expression for the shape of the plot, so also called "Blessed fill y" (y fields blessings ). Upon entering the palace, or lecture or hold ups building alms bowl may robes this group.

(2) Failure y: Y 7 that, in each of which there are 2 blocks long a short box, 21 boxes in total. Sanskrit is "Uat multi la rose", translated as "Enter them y" (y in them). Why call them Y into? Bhikkhus to worship, chanting, projected herd boys, listening to preaching economic measures must cover this care.

(3) implies: Y in which, in each cell that has a short-term one box, 10 boxes in total. Sanskrit is "momentum Social Security", translated as "action y" (Y work). The main task is to work, accept labor servitude; at any time, any place can robed Ng.

Bhikkhu wanted observes early momentum should only have three this medicine. The so-called "Three bowls y stuff" (three medical, bowls, cushions), the fabric used on Buddhist shrines strewn worship called "tools"; Bhikkhu cup rice eaten called "bowls". This is related to two well-dressed issues in the first 12 well-momentum. Also dressed up, what is more important, what is not as important as what you eat rice-most people see is the wear and eat, eat more important than clothes. So there are 5 types of behavior early momentum related to eating problems.

Third, to beg: is hugging beg for rice, also known as the "Common alms". As each day to meal time, came to beg for rice, not cook yourself, eat foods that are available-it is done, you go there to please. In Siam (Thailand), Burma, Sri Lanka, homeowners are finished making dinner prepared separately in a bowl placed beside; monk will come first alms here, kneeling on the ground landlord, the vegetarian rice bowl on top, then pour into the bowl of the monk, followed by the first stage 3 females, expression offerings Three Jewels . Every family in the country of Siam, Burma, Sri Lanka will do so to the Three Jewels offerings.

Wednesday, begging Order: alms is not selected. Like the Shurangama said "Instantaneous Anan, mortgage application maintenance and gas, u du basis of, first filed beg week. Hub for preliminary, final Vietnamese men, boys of all reason, no matter purify unclean, religious police beneficial qualities, fried access mandala, the issue of equity, regardless of means scouting, development of the park, the most essential being, of merit. "Anan took the bowl, in the heart thinks, who donated food for us, it was our son's ultimate owner. No attention is clean or dirty, nor for the sole benefit Police descended money, class or poor mandala Best Lamb; ask not wealth, not all the participants who have money or no money, just like alms, given all beings of merit. According to the sequence alms, ie no discrimination, equality practice, making all human beings have the opportunity to cultivate merit, there is no center option, this is so impartial.

Fifth, most middle-date real. Ie morning do not eat, do not eat at night, eat only once in the afternoon. One meal a day is very good, unfortunately not easy to implement. Why so? People take food as the original, everyone will want to eat food, have the desire to eat food, a little hungry immediately think of food. Early morning get up and hungry, hungry night; so good, the very good (所以好是最好), but not easy to do. Well what? Greatly reduce nuisance; two sessions you will eat less reducing defecation, urination several times. Merits of "On a meal" can not name them all. In short, you'll eat a little at a little annoyance; eating too much trouble to grow.

Especially at dinner bhikkhus have 3 types and 5 types of visualization concept. What are 3 types of this concept?

(1) May period necessary evil: evil all voluntary cessation.

(2) atom necessarily good: all of them for the good.

(3) May the best set of beings: May all the beings be happy to be left suffering.

What are five types of visualization?

(1) Design of multi-ethnic origin steering amount. First, to calculate their food ready to serve how many people need to be able to do a refresh? Like this rice seeds, sown into the soil, the fertilizer must be nurtured, watered, and then reap the milling-machine now used, but must be used before millstone for grinding-shell plucking it out, and then cooking the new rice can eat. You have to go through the test to see how many new stages grain can become like this? So to think of who makes it. The ancient Chinese had sentences like this: 

Between noon plowing, sowing sweat;
Who or rice in bowl, permeable seed beads hardships.

(Harmony or midday update, rare air like breaking down;
Thuy san intellectual center table, modern Greek Greek period of suffering.)

In ancient China were farming this way, using rake hoe; even when the air is hot, the sun stood balls. Sowing sweat, the sweat of the small farmer field ground like water dripping little bit separated separation. Who or rice in bowl, permeable seed beads hardships, each grain of rice is made out of hardship.

So we were in any other country, of any ethnicity, of the material should be made to save, should you unfortunately, not arbitrary objects are left pedal is spent! should think it is not easy to create. Why do the nations of the world today do not have enough food? Because things are so much wasted no rice to eat. We who believe in Buddhism, especially to be careful, pay attention to the problem of causality, should not waste anything. The food and drink, money matter is you can use the user, can not use it for other people to use, not to be arbitrarily dropped bike. There's a saying "the surplus rice kitchen, along with the hungry", in our house over rice, whereas external hungry people; should take no leftover rice for food and not be thrown away. So they feed, to think it was not easy to make.

(2) rural virtue century, complete with cozy applications. Thon is speculate, consider thinking; think you can consider what virtue can receive experimental offerings of all the places to bring? Complete with its virtue is sufficient or not, is full or alternate? If virtue is not sufficient to quickly direct the retreat center.

(3) Division of psychological process taking concrete class. room to room center is the center of his being; ly so as to be away from the faults. Away from any mistakes? 3 kinds of mistakes away from "greed, hatred and delusion". When food is not involved, do not say this food is delicious, I have to eat a little more; other food bad, I do not eat, the food must be equality, not discrimination or bad taste.

(4) The raw image of the dry herbalists. bhikkhus while dinner is to visualize how? Think of food as medicine: why I have to eat this food? This is the real cure! If you do not use this remedy is his body will wither, will not survive.

(5) The business of religion, to try life. Why should I eat it? Oh! So I think to use the spiritual advancement, if I do not eat rice, it does not stand to stand, not sit firmly-seated and can sleep, but that's not the way of spiritual knowledge; I have wanted to do so should not be directed to not eat this.

Bhikkhus to meal should have 3 concept, this custom 5. This is unfortunate, "one meal a day", how this can benefit immensely!

Sixth, the amount of real savings. savings is "abstinence"; amount is "quantity". Eating food should not say this food delicious, finished want to use, there is no moderation. No matter how delicious food, every day if I eat 2 cups of rice, I will definitely eat 2 cups; Can not say the food is not only delicious to eat 1 cup, and eat good food then 3 cups, so there will be no self-control. Each of the first monastic virtues of momentum, which can eat 2 cups no, but now I only eat 1.5 cups, eat a little less, here referred to as "eating with moderation."

Saturday, noon Too estate humidity. Via after noon lunch-not even drink milk, juice also are not drinking. But this is too hard! Doing this is not easy, as well as a tea beverage (similar), so can not even drink tea. This is the first year the momentum kind of behavior related to eating problems.

When the Buddha was alive, Venerable Kashyapa is "First First track"; early momentum with 12 categories, we went finished 7 categories. The remaining 5 categories of the problem.

Eighth, Head a tasteful spread. A spread is elegant Sanskrit, translated as "land of tranquility" (quiet place); is a place of tranquility without noise, without any sound. This place is in the mountains and forests, far away from urban areas; called it "A tasteful spread", also called "tasteful A train", is a place of spiritual best practitioners. In this calm place to have a certain place.

Ninth, Tho lower-sufficiency. Why must stay under the tree? As a practitioner who made ​​heaven and earth take tents, took four beach house, where they go and can stay. In such trees below, was able to avoid the rain, it was very cool, so it can stay under the tree. But as each tree can not stay more than 3 days, can only stay 2 nights. Why can not exceed 3 days? Because the real bhikkhus of spiritual, noble virtues will avoid any place with grace, to avoid people and to recognize their offerings, so at each place only 2 nights and went. If there are people realize, wants to make offerings then he was gone. This is because not demand any generous donations of the public, so in under the tree.
Tenth, Lo-sufficient place. In under a tree, still leaves wind shield of rain; also in the open field, this time the sky really is the taking of land for a large room for his life at such incredibly self. Sleep in the open field, both bright moon, both stars shine; so said: "When the moon hanging in the sky, the water, blast through; a strange sound wave flavor, many people feel. "When the moon shine in the sky does not appear, it is time to have a breeze through the water, natural life like that, but very few people can perceive is what this mystery.

Eleventh intermediate office. eggs is "grave" (the grave), ie the same bed with the dead. Do you sit in the cemetery with the devil. Why so? So sit beside the tomb is very suitable for the "consistent impermanence" discriminant life is impermanent, whether early evening will slowly die quickly; after death will become a mound, inside the body turns into a pile of white bones. Sitting beside the grave of spiritual enlightenment may be all is impermanent, would not trigger a multitude of greed Anger countless, countless delusion and will not be attached to anything.

Twelfth, any previous assault president. Rape is "rib". Rape any previous president (not sticky back projection) is "usually is not sitting," that said he always sat. In India there is an assault Venerable names, lifetime he was never one that just sits. usually is not sitting well be one of the first well-momentum. Because people are going to sleep, but sleep was even want to sleep, do not take up the work practice. Often sitting not lying, he sat a nap, then woke up, the public will be very easy to practice, participate meditating. So how "often sit not on" This is very beneficial for practitioners.

For the first 12 well-momentum, Venerable Mahakasyapa can practice. Someone observes early momentum, just a well; or even just "chalk algae y", or "only 3 y", or just practice "often seeking alms", or "alms class order", or just practicing "one meal a day", or just practice "moderation in eating", or "at the mound," or "usually is not sitting." Mahakasyapa venerable age but has a very large, but can be practiced as well the first 12 measures momentum, so he came to New reverentially called "Head First track". END=VIETNAMESE TRANLATE 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.6/8/2014.