Vietnam has the proverb "the first practice, Monday tu Fair, Tuesday pagoda", which underlines the importance, the impact of family culture to culture Buddhist ethics. Family is where life began, and where love never ends.
Vietnamese tradition from a thousand generations have honored the children of filial piety to their parents, that definition expressed through folk cultural and spiritual life of the nation:
"The father of the mother sublime
Managing hardships such as our life
Should children have pity
As a means of reparation heavy sky
Nine letters grateful isles
Including those born preterm also had "
The tradition is inherited and promoted to this day, because Buddhism was introduced into Vietnam from the first century BC. Buddhism is filial piety, filial mind is Buddha Mind, Buddha almond taste as well. For a practitioner, filial piety is the most basic of pages on the path to enlightenment, liberation. In the Media General News Press Buddha, the Buddha has taught:
"I experienced many new life into this effort to Buddha, full of thanks and acknowledgment of their parents. So students can not help but be diligent director dutiful parents. "
By the family for a long time immemorial, often called the father's son, "he", because at that time, his father had taught school with small children to the village school before I learned with you, not only that, the head teacher First in my life to teach children how to behave in life, to the peaceful integration. Until now, the father is still the backbone of economic steadiness and spirit for the whole family, in the father, the child is more powerful communication courage and understanding deeply contemplative life, hands great warm mentor their children in the toddler steps away from childhood to adulthood.
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To create a balance of child psychology, the mother along with the gentle tolerance, noble sacrifice has become spiritual fulcrum for each child to take refuge in their lives.
Therefore, the Buddhist, the more people feel their parents make money as Buddha in the world. Buddhism is the religion selfless altruism, Buddhists should understand that:
"Either go hundreds of thousands of mountain river
Still not out of my mother's heart
A future life aspirations
Mother of miracle as Quan Yin "
Parent as sticking through many ups and downs of life, the more people feel the love of noble parents immensely, because parents are always open to tolerate their children, whether complete or her child also made mistakes. Likewise, Buddha with open arms tolerance for any fate, all the way up to the director to learn and modify themselves.
As a Buddha is able to represent the unity of all the Buddhas of the ten directions three generations, parents should be honored as the Buddha out of money in the world, the culture of Vietnam also seriously role of patriarchy and matriarchy equality. Just as in religion, Lac Long Quan and Au Co carries ancestors - Long, Vietnam and the first 100 children divided into 50 children followed their father Lac Long Quan to live on the beach, the mother of 50 children followed up Au mountains up now.
Therefore, since ancient times, Vietnamese people in the forest under the tank all over the country are a human. The source was similar to the law of reincarnation that Buddhism is only for people to understand that people who live together whether love or hate, whether relatives or have served as primary parents, siblings, other friends from many lifetimes in the past. So the Vietnamese people traditionally live together "Voting took my trade secrets along, though other varieties but share a platform", which is also an expression of filial piety.
By Vietnamese origin who was born from the same egg wrapped hundred, call "ethnic" nation mounted the extra glue, Ancestral roots have significant tectonic one people united 54 ethnic groups children, because that sense, customary definition Ancestor worship is recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. That culture is preserved along with the companionship and support of Buddhism
This is reflected in the Vietnamese population despite living in increasingly modern, but also never forget the fire sending notes section for parents and grandparents are pure Buddhist rely scene, under the auspices of the Buddhas lead Stratum and bodhisattvas.
Besides, in the Buddhist, the Buddhist altar is usually placed next solemn and higher than the altar, to pay homage to the Triple Gem and ancestors. The more you believe in the magic of reincarnation exists, people worship Buddha and ancestors to dedicate grandparents, my parents are the best.
So, feast Bon Vu Lan Buddhist Festival coincides with the Taoist Yuan is an opportunity for those who love the warm family. Vu Lan Bon Ulambana transcribed from Sanskrit meaning the legendary island, or vice aid to hanging. Vu Lan ceremony origination from General Hieu Bodhisattva Moggallana mother saved Peta escape, through the merits of its Buddhist monks of St. rose slowly into the full moon day in July dedicated to her mother, so she was conception to heaven.
So every year, Vu Lan holiday reminds each child make money grateful parents, and parents from a previous life, by opening compassion, hurt sentient species:
"Thank you, father, for I have seen
Very high mountain and the sea is great
Thanksgiving mother gave me breath
And compassionate heart for people. "
Thereby, the spirit of Buddhism to piety through praise and acknowledgment birth & nurture of their parents. Women in business as General Report Form The Grace, merits praise Buddha was born into & raised patience with how miserable and full of noble sacrifice of mothers towards their children, then each child were touched by Buddha's teachings, but to appreciate his mother loves more:
"The language is too foolish to earth
Why Mom 2 hours filled
Looking up at the wall, crying baby with ball
Mother mother now understands the old days "
As has been the tradition of filial piety of the people, so it should paralleled cultural family gathered oriental tray of rice, for children are their parents and grandparents take care of the smallest care pampering Daily:
"Hunger and food crush date pits
Sharing food offered mother, old mother teeth "
The most basic thing out of courtesy to piety, those who love Buddhism that gives parents a stable material life, then children that parents have towards their spiritual life positively, consistent with the way , their age, most of our elders would prefer to find joy joyful scene where Buddha Serenity, they are not the Lord Buddha to pay homage to the Triple Gem, but also enhances health, they are listening to monks Buddhist teachings on self-oriented mind about the value of Truth - Compassion - America, from which life happier.
And most importantly, filial spirit of Dharma also manifest through deeds of goodness which children contribute to the community, thereby merit to the station before the Buddha with his parents, praying universal goodness for parents. Because who love each other a tolerant, forgiving, patient, understanding the new person's love for their parents how:
"Up to know preterm premature
New child labor that samples from
Night lights lit night sky
Demand for life parents with children "
By emotional parents - children love you more sustainable society, every family is a social cell. Family affection accompany Buddhist ethics shown by the contributing filial education, building social stabilization and happiness.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.9/8/2014.
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