COMPASSION ARISES.

Transforming it

(Compassion arises)

 The 14th Dalai Lama

 

Principles: Transforming THE MIND

(Teaching on Generating Compassion)

English: Geshe Thupten Jinpa

Chapter 1: BASIC of transformation

 

The meaning of the word metabolism

Words Lo-Jong in Tibetan literally means "mind training" or "transition center", implying something about the internal discipline. The significance of the shift hearts and minds is to find happiness.

When we talk about the happiness or misery, of course it is our experience of these two conditions - that is what we talk about direct effects on the human mind. Leave aside the philosophical question "whether or not" so-called consciousness[1], Distinct from our body; it was clear that everyone is human, everyone has a natural demand would be happy and escape suffering. This is a fact, so let's start from this point.

Before developing further, let us look at the nature of the experience we had. I think we can say that life experiences are rooted in the mind or consciousness (1) (Mind or Consciousness) of us, as though to say what happened to my life where we, we did not only one body that originated only. If we have a numb body parts such failure, we will not feel anything there anymore. So "feel" anything, it was just related to consciousness. More broadly, the experience can be divided ralam two types: one type more relevant to our body - created by the senses, and one more relevant to the state we call the mind or consciousness.

On the physical experience, we are not much different from what animals go through. Animals also have the ability to feel pain or comfort. These may be what makes humans different from other organisms, it is because we have so many powerful spiritual activities - in the form of emotions and thoughts. Of course we could argue that some animals have this ability at a certain level - billion as we have such memories. But overall achievement, we can fairly say that men have greater ability to experience these mental activities.

Events distinguish two types of experience such significant implications for some attention. The most important story is that if a human mind is holy and calm inner peace of the people that can help them overcome the physical pain. In contrast, when people are suffering because of depression (depression), anxiety or any type of depression are needed, even when they are enjoying the wealth of material, they are not able to really enjoy be happy because it is brought.

This suggests that the mental state of one - the attitude and mind of one play a crucial role for our happiness or misery. The lectures Lo-Jong about transforming it offers a variety of methods can be brought to mind the expectations of discipline, that is creating the basis for happiness that we want to.

We all know that there is a close correlation between the healthy state of body and peace of mind. My illness is affecting the mind, body as healthy as easy mental peace. Often we all recognize this connection it should take exercise to the body more robust, allowing the spiritual life is joyful. There are also collective nature to the traditional practice of energy called "Qi"[2], As in the permit to practice Yoga Prana. Today yoga is very popular story in the modern world. The reason they take exercise for sure many people have found that through yoga, they are healthier, so that their spirits are also more comfortable.

Meanwhile, the Lo-Jong taught us a slightly different way. This method focuses directly to the ECD in mind, the attitudes and shift our thinking.

It is important to understand that not a method based on the pressure that can help us transform the mood. In the case of physical exercise, on the contrary: a pressure that can make a discipline - but for the mental discipline needed to transform the mind, the power is not effective at all. This right is rooted in the voluntary. Discipline and acceptance that only happens after we recognize the behavior or lifestyle that is useful for yourself. Only after getting to know these things, we commit our voluntary exercise of spiritual discipline. And only spiritual path we pursue new determination can help us transform our mind.

The key to the transformation of interest is understanding the operation of the emotions and thoughts within us, to know how they work. We must learn to recognize the adverse aspects of nhuug inner conflict. Rate such as anger, we must find out if anger is the harm, and we must find the power of the mind, which can be used against anger. ghoi so first of all, we know that suffering brings the feeling of evil, a destructive character. Then due to trying to develop feelings for ngich with them, we will gradually reduce yard si ...

Anyway when we settle certain anger, hatred in me that just is not enough to pray down. "Please do not anger arose in me" or "Let me not be entangled in hatred and delusion" was mere devotee wishes. Although prayer may benefit, the idea would not take you away. You need efforts while practicing spiritual luaa century, apply it all your life, it can reduce the power of hatred and delusion, and increase its capacity for compassion. This is how the mind to discipline.

Through his self-examination (autism), we can review the ideas and feelings arising out stars in mind. There are many feelings aroused in the mind as a natural conversation. Why of course we raised as an object of philosophy. According to Buddhist teachings, many emotions and thoughts out of habit or because of old industry certainly gives us tendencies or thoughts constantly. Probably because we have feelings and that we do not observe or control them should be dragged into the confusion problem, crisis and suffering.

Therefore we need to follow a disciplined spiritual things as mentioned above. To reduce the capacity as angry hate evil, we must stimulate the counterpart of it is love and compassion.

If only those resources that are needed is not enough, if I only wish more compassionate, more thuongyeu not enough. We have to try repeatedly, trying to nurture skeptical skeptical of our good nature. The key is to practice non-stop. The nature of the feelings of people as to when we care about them and how they developed stronger and stronger. So we must be aware of the development of compassion and love in our minds to a greater day. We're talking about the good nature of nurture. We carry out the orders of this practice during meditation.

 

Meditation: a kind of spiritual discipline

We understand what meditation is? In view of Buddhism, meditation is a kind of spiritual discipline helps us to control the thoughts and feelings at a certain level.

Why in life, chungta can not enjoy the happiness that such intentions often suffered upset? Buddhism explains that our ordinary mind full of prodigal feelings, ill-disciplined, and because we do not have the mental discipline to control our spending so we helplessly. As a result, emotions and thoughts control us. And these feelings are often the negative energy, negative in our control is slightly more positive trends[3]. We need to turn this circle so that the feelings we no longer have any force submission of the sum of the forces of evil and we are then able to control the mind.

The idea to change the roots of our human beginnings like a story can not be done. But in fact, we can do something when a discipline such as meditation. We choose a particular object and for his training to be able to focus on that object. Normally if we self-observation for a short time only, we also immediately see that the mind is not easy to concentrate. Thinking about something, we suddenly found himself head out waste, the attention to something pretty. The idea in this first run from one to the other stories because we do not have mental discipline focus. Through meditation, we can train the ability to focus on a certain object.

Of course we do not choose to focus on what an evil. If you're a deluded person, and you just pay attention and thoughts to the attractive character of the result is that you'll be craving body contact with the object. But meditation is not to do such things. In view of Buddhism, meditation is the practice on a good object - that is, an object can do to advance our ability to care for. That way, more and more we become close, along with objects that we observe. This method is called in Buddhism Shamatha - meditation or just quiet htien: Attention to the center only one object only.

Shamatha is not enough. In Buddhism, we combine goodwill with permission Vipassana Meditation or called Vipasyana. In Vipasyana legal practice, we use the customary method of analysis. Due to recognize strengths and weaknesses of different kinds of feelings, identify the edge of them, we can increase the positive progress of the mind, helps the mind towards the gentle, peace and happiness, as well as reduce the attitudes and emotions leads to misery, despair. Meditation analysis is quite useful in this process.

I can say is that the above two types of meditation - meditation and meditation only (or quiet meditation and insight meditation) is not any different on the level of the object. It's different methods of application, not the object for contemplation.

To clarify this for example when I meditate on impermanence, for example. If someone has always focused on the idea of ​​"all things are changing from minute to minute the other", then that is meditation or just quiet meditation, with concentration due to only focus on objects very often. If the person meditating on impermanence always applied by rotating ce impermanence in all things, strengthen confidence in the impermanence of their consistency with the analysis allowed .. DSO is, the practice of insight meditation. Both have the same objects are impermanent, but they use different methods of meditation. I feel like the two above methods are practiced today in most major religions break. In ancient India, for example, both allow this meditation practice in Buddhism as well as in other religions.

While chatting with a friend who converted to Christianity in nine years ago, I learned that in this tradition, especially the branches of the Orthodox Christian Greece, meditation has been around since ancient times. Similarly so, in Judaism, some rabbis are talking to me about some esoteric practice of this religion, they were permitted to use quiet meditation, only focused on an object.

We can use two methods of meditation above in a theistic religion. As Christians, for example, they can meditation by pondering deeply the secrets of the universe or the power of God's grace or focus on a topic mjc any other interested person - and hence more who believe in Genesis. Through that process, one can reach an absolute trust in God, the mind will be peace of mind because only in him alone. In this meditation allows, he has been through analysis that goes to the concentration on an object (God): so is meditation on the two permits are present.

The obstacles to meditation

Khin Buddhist refers to four kinds of main obstacles to overcome a meditator to reach levels of success. First is the mental outlook or scattered ideas arise on the level of consciousness crude makes it impossible for the mind. The second is depression, depression causes more meditators asleep. The third type is the lung release, solution treatment, the mind does not hold duodc the bright-eyed. Finally, more subtle, such as the whirring, agitation from nature to rouse the mind.

When our mind is too cold tongue, we easily nervous and excited because the idea was to chase as many different objects - makes the mind when excitement was depressed. Many khuyey excessive lead us to all sorts of moods and emotions.

In contrast, the lung provides spiritual release slowly, quite comfortable for us to rest. But it is also an obstacle to meditation. I noticed the birds and animals being fed, they were very comfortable. Play cat purrs, we can know that it is very comfortable.

Sad feelings emerged when the release into the lung to the subtle layers of mind. Meditators often difficult to distinguish the situation when income peace meditation with lung pleasant detachment, because in the latter case, we are still little insight. You do not lose the ability to focus on meditation, but there is no awakening. Then realize that you may wisely but you do not mind sharp and vivid. For a serious meditator, they need to distinguish what is comfortable and what is lung let peace by meditation.

Other obstacle is said to be a stampede or dementia often experience every time you want to focus on an object. We recognize that our minds very quickly lose the ability to focus on one thing, and it is often the thoughts, memories pleasant or unpleasant to make our error dementia, do not focus anymore.

Wednesday obstacle is the mind be provoked, as well as a distraction to focus, but it is usually related to the subject makes it interesting. These are ideas or concepts for most meditators lost during meditation. Maybe it's the memories of jokes we enjoyed, or we are trying to do. Memories or imagining this kind are often the key factor making it not succeed in meditation.

In the fourth type of meditation obstacles, two main types are scattered, and let the lung. We have to deal with hindrances 4 this?

More severe mental depression often associated with health status of the body, such as lack of sleep makes us more often depression. When eating suitability for floor or eat too much body, we are also prone to depression. That is why the monk role in Buddhist monasteries are often advised not to eat the noon (after lunch). Keep this world, the monks could keep awake part meditation, and mind is more clear when you wake up next morning. Proper eating habits jquen allowed to have a good effect against the more severe, depression.

For lung prize release center treatment, it is thought that the reason was as vaay meditators because they lack energy while meditating, making them unable to keep awake. When rice this obstacle, we need to do to be elated spirit. One of the best ways that we should foster the vi ljac seem to think the fruits of the good deeds we have done in my life so ... It's a mind to let go of the lung with prize incentives.

Or let people see the solution treated lung condition is normal, tring of the mind, that is not good nor evil. It does not rise to moral or immoral in our time. Nheng last time to meditate, we should start by keeping your mind focused on an active object - for example, focusing on such impermanent.

The stampede started when our minds are stimulated too much. For this story, we try lowering the trigger down. Another method is to reflect on ideas to make our minds quiet again - as customary on the death, suffering and impermanence of life.

The above permission meditation can be used in all major religions, of course depending on the context of each sect. Rate as in theistic religion, a meditator being bored or let the lung, they can raise spirits up by meditation on God's grace, the charity of his greatness. These ideas can bring you happiness, joy and support to help you be more severe, treatment solutions. Conversely when too excited, you should meditate on the times you were not fit to live God's commandments, or custom of sin, your mind will be calm again, due to excessive stimulation . Thus, we can use in many religious customs theien different cockroach. In short, we want to know the value of the hurdles theien 4 files, especially with the two main ones are scattered and treatment, we need not adopt a smart two-way capabilities of the mind: awareness and autism (I know introspection).

Through understanding ourselves, we found above are likely aware, self-realized mind is always excited when the lung is being let go, or when we are unwittingly ahy intentional mind into marriage depression, depression.

Once we recognize his mental condition and, then mindfulness (awareness, a sense of what is happening in the mind and external) will help us return our attention to the object to shop projector.

We can say Mindfulness is the key element of meditation. Whether you follow the methods of meditation, the most important thing remains constant about mindful and always try to do DSO non-stop. Do not expect results after meditating for a short time, it was just not practical. Meditation requires continuous efforts and long term.

Although we use the word meditation or not, analytical meditation is actually being applied most school professional career, in everyday life. Rate a businesswoman example, want to succeed, he must be able to recognize what a good sharp, what a bad job. Thus, even if that person thsc or not, he / she is allowed to use the distributed calculation that we use in meditation. Overall, I can say is allowed Meditation or Insight meditation is greater efficiency in transforming it.

The nature and sequence of the Food

In the first line of text "Eight verses Transformation Center", the formula is "I". Story is very important that we have to ask yourself really but I know nothing about this. Mon learn about what I am or what I (Self), we have to put the teachings of Sakyamuni in the wider context of the spiritual traditions of India at that time.

One point makes Buddhism different from other Buddhist traditions do not accept the notion there is a constant eternal soul (God or Atman), independent and outside the human body and mind.

Buddhism explains that what we call the Self can be understood that it was the current psychology of the components - I only physical. It was the Aggregate [4] makes us human. If we observe that the aggregates, we find they are always changing, so that is something I can not invariant.

The Aggregate short life also, so Self can not be something eternal, permanent. The Aggregate of very different and diverse, so that I can be something unique. Because the theoretical basis that Buddhism reject the idea has a soul eternal immutable.

All Buddhist sects believe that the existence of a human being is the operation of the elements in the material and spiritual person, so that I do not have to include only what we see pure in the body only.

In Buddhism, it is often considered to correlate with Self sequence of consciousness (Continuum of Consciousness). People also ask is that I can start and end or affordable?

In some Buddhist sects, such as cardboard Vaibhashika [5], Almost as they recognize the concept of Self sequence can be terminated. But most of the sects agreed that there is no beginning or end of the Falls - based on the relationship of Russia with the sequence of consciousness.

The schools are recognizing that we can not tell when the time was the beginning of consciousness. If we recognize there is a beginning of consciousness, we will have to admit about consciousness exist without a cause at all. This is in contrast with the fundamental principle of the law of Dependent Origination Buddhism.

Buddhism so as every minute, every stage of consciousness are the product of nhiee conditions. In particular, the causes and conditions that give rise to a form of consciousness is a life experience, because if matter alone can not make the present method. Mode appears only if the minutes had already had it.

Also, if we start to find the source of the material world, the Buddhist perspective, this world has no beginning. We can analyze substances into the factors that created it, into molecules and atoms, etc. ... but the ingredients are also only be created if we have sufficient conditions.

Our mind, too, has no beginning, there's no end because no one thing can erode away the existence of fundamental knowledge and ability to experiment. Some mental states such as feeling, based on the body so the body no longer exists (death), it will also terminate chsung. But when it comes to the sequence of the consciousness, there is no beginning, then it is for us not the way we understand poetry.

The consciousness in Buddhism, is the subtle levels of mind, or "bright essence of mind." The new consciousness that constantly, no ending. Based on that Buddhism Self said no beginning nor end (without beginning and without end).

Normally when you think about consciousness, people often feel like there is a strong nature called "mind" (mind). Not so. If we probe a little deeper, we'll see what we call consciousness that is very complex. It includes thoughts, feelings, emotions and experiences, all kinds of junk.

I would say on this point raised by our perception of things. Want to get a sense there must be a number of conditions. Exchange instance to the eye are aware, the eye must be exposed to an object (color) on the outside. Then to add some conditions to give a fuller sense organs (eye) can react with the object (ceiling or landscape), so there is a new awareness arises.

Buddhism teaches that our mind has a bright base layer includes only pure experience and intuition, and the very basis of this sequence allows the perception arising when units (sensory) contact with hearing or sight (object). More broadly, the very nature of this bright of mind it will transcend the limits of earthly life at a particular time (death), because it has properties of a sequence of continuous uninterrupted . In Buddhism we call it by such terms as "sterile nature of consciousness" or "continuous chain of consciousness."

As I said above, according to Buddhism, this material world there is no starting point. You may ask "What about the theory Explosion (Big Bang)? That is not the starting point of the universe back? ".

Buddhism can not accept a start of the physical world. As such acceptance does not solve anything but create more problems for us. We can ask more questions: "Why the Big Bang? The causes which produced it? ... "According to Buddhism, the material world has no beginning, we want to talk about the tiny elements - atoms. Of course, a space or a particular planet - and at another time, it will stop working. When it comes to the material world without beginning and without end, we want to say to the universe as a whole.

All these points lead us to the fundamental principle of dependent origination. To understand comprehensive this principle, we need to accept that in the same unit of time (like a minute, for example), the appropriate correlation between single phenomena and events in the wider class .

Buddhism emphasizes interdependent origination, not because it is a divine law that it helps you have a deeper understanding of reality. Why is that theory? As we know by experience and commented that things arise not by accident that we have random according to some rules.

Is there a connection between this phenomenon with other causes. Moreover, nothing happens without the causes and conditions to push. When we remove the assumption of random two and no causes, then we must accept the basic theory that all things are the relationships of dependent origination.

You may ask why an understanding of dependent origination that are important to Buddhists? This is because Buddhism is extremely focused on transforming it to take us to the change of direction in life and wisdom.

Moreover, in the method of visualization, meditation and transforming it must be based on what is real. If fact incompatible with the agreement allows us to practice meditation, we can not hope itself will improve. So when the orders file and find out the nature of reality, the more we know, the more we know how to apply meditation allow yourself to achieve profound transformation in us.

There are allowed to practice in Buddhism used to treat some special problems. Rate as meditation to allow greed and abstinence problems. As to visualize a land full of dead men's bones. In this visualization, the images are not the real thing. Meditators know that those images just to help them with the emotion of that special time.

Usually about Buddhism emphasizes intellectual development analysis to understand a certain topic. Simply because when you understand that I will do is increase the kindness, which can transform the mind. Knowledge, wisdom wise lead to deep spiritual realization. So in general, the wise intellectual development (realization), the elements of life and death on the spiritual path.

Four markers of Dharma

 

 

I have said above, in our lives who have a natural instinct would be happy and free from suffering. Expect to be happy is the main thing of all. Want to answer the question why? Maybe we just say "it so it".

Although we wish they all have that natural, even though we all seek happiness, but also natural, we all have to encounter again and again the scene of suffering, of all kinds. Why so? Why is that when honestly look forward to happy, we keep getting disturbing?

In view of Buddhism, the cause just because we have some wrong notions about the basic knowledge of matters related to us and to the outside world. Looking at the root, Buddhism is the kind of awareness we have 4 or 4 wrong wrong.

First, we look at all things are eternal, permanent and unchanging, while actually they are constantly changing and only exist for some time. Monday wrong: we consider the facts - the truth is the source of suffering - as the cause of bringing joy and happiness.

Tuesday: We see things as impure things clean, desirable. Wednesday: We tend to see everything in existence when things really do not have it's own nature.

The fundamental wrong in making her look and her relation to the world the wrong way, take us to the confusion, pain. On the basis of this engine, Buddhism offers four markers (Justice press) as the premise, the main principle of all Buddhist sects. They are:

1. All things (dhamma) are formed by the predestined always changing (impermanent).
2. What impurities are "prime real deal" (width).
3. Without any of the separate nature (no).
4. Nirvana is truly bliss (nirvana tranquility).

1.     All things are impermanent

This is the first French Press, the basics of Buddhism: all things are impermanent, changing skeptical skeptical. Any or all things what this is all because of conditions that are created, they are always changing as the fluid is always flowing into continuous lines.

In brief partial glimpse of impermanence, we have found to be all things change and how to terminate. But Buddhism goes further, arguing that the class changes we can see, there is a profound change classes more subtle not exposed.

If we identify changes in a long time, then we can get to a unit change in the minimum time that one can imagine. Although only a moment, evolution is change is always present.

All the little things have changed even from within a very short unit of time (moments). Therefore, we can argue that all things were made by the causal nature of impermanence. That is, all things are fleeting transient.

When you understand this basic point, then you can see the happiness that we desire and we want to avoid suffering, is also the story is propelled by causes and conditions. We do not where to, just because of conditions that arise only.

Whether you have experienced a painful story, no matter what a big difference, it is also due to karmic - and so, it will go away. Happiness or misery are always the nature of change. Happiness and suffering are equal because of the nature of impermanence.

2.     Any impurities are "real deal:

Monday the French press refers to the difference between happiness and suffering, that the nature of this phenomenon is that it causes the net are not satisfied (any agreement or any agreement obtained). this may be implied by what is not predestined impurities may bring satisfaction, satisfied.

When we talk about what impure here, we want to raise these issues arise because of karmic evil, negative feelings of distress. It is called impure because it is tinged with the pollutants of interest. Therefore, it is fundamental not bring satisfaction, their nature is suffering (Duhkha).

Mark on Monday not to mention the feeling that everyone recognized as pain or distress. Of course, we all desire to escape suffering. But depending on each person's awareness, we understand suffering in a different way.

Buddhism comes to the suffering in very subtle class. Those who understand the Dharma in Buddhism there are three known types of suffering: suffering Suffering, suffering and dry Hoai * (6). We refer to this kind of suffering in the French press last Monday.

As I mentioned, Monday press law implies that if we are not polluted in mind, we will have a long and happy that our primitive desires. The question is why the eight pollutants which brings us back to the experience of suffering? And how we can overcome all kinds of negative feelings that no reasonable improvement?

The eighth pollution or negative feelings, including all kinds of thoughts, feelings, distress in nature. From Nyon-mong the Tibetan language means what makes us suffer from the side of us, they cause distress and suffering.

I want to say to the root of all suffering in us, in the most subtle levels, which are the evil energy of the negative feelings deep in our mind.

This means that the root of suffering is available within us, the roots of happiness too. Therefore, we know that according to a disciplined mind that we have more or less happiness or misery. Disciplined mind, the mind is transformed, it leads to peace - while the undisciplined mind, was the distress lead, it put me to suffering.

Now we can coordinate the contemplation of one of the first two marks. First, all things are impermanent: we know all things are predestined, but is due to start, not only depend on others for survival, but the subject itself is always the rule changes, can not stand firm. Moreover, the transformation does not require a third element to distributed engines. The main causal create things that are also predestined to make it stop.

If we coordinate "seeing" with the press Monday that the law, then we will understand that everything is starting as a result of the karmic impurities - are the prospects mind pollution - they are have no basis to bring happiness, because they are the directing mind is not clean.

Thinking like that, we realize that we allow ourselves to be the evil feelings of control and more, we have to let the feelings that are negative powers of mind control. We will also begin to understand that if we continue to state that, then it will lead us to suffering. Accordingly, the feeling of truly evil is the energy calculated to disrupt.

What harm us or bring disaster are called enemies. Our real enemy lies within ourselves! So new is difficult. If the enemy outside, we can run away or hide. Sometimes we can fool him again. But even in our enemies, then it is difficult to know what to do.

Key questions for the practice of the spiritual path is one who can win the internal enemy that reasonable? This is the challenge of our most important.

There are few ancient philosophers said that nature is a possible contamination of the consciousness, can not separate it out, if indeed there is any negativity that still exists. Said this implies that we can not win it.

If so, I really would rather do a fan of enjoyment. I do not need to try to practice what to do but to find solace in alcohol or other things, ignoring always the idea of ​​spiritual practice. And I do not need to pay attention to such philosophical questions. Perhaps it is the best way to be happy that reasonable?

If you compare humans with animals, for example, sometimes you will see our species caught in the imagination, to think we create the confusion, inconvenience, while animals do not have flood the living spirit of the little they pleased, calm and comfortable. We eat when fed with rest and sleep. In a sense, an animal was pleased us much more. This problem lead us to legal publications Tuesday.

3.     All the things are not nature

French press Tuesday: all measures are hollow and have no self-nature. It should not be construed as all defects mark this nothingness. You should not think that Buddhism does not teach what if analysis to bring together all things are not present. Not so.

When we talk about peace, sorrow, about the best method to reduce pain more fun, we certainly never to be all things are not present. Mark on Tuesday just means that there is a fundamental difference between our perception of all things from our true nature. Things do not exist as we think about it - does not exist as an independent and clear thought.

To be considered as negative feelings like anger, hate, etc. ... you really are in the nature of mind is not, we have to observe yourself and the experiences I had.

The anger is always present in our mind does not? No! Sometimes we are angry, sometimes we hate, then the feeling goes away also. Not have the mind is the feeling of this evil. Sometimes angry hate arise, but also for its power at the: compassion, love, and start up.

Buddhism mind that our basic as was the cloud cover, when the feeling arises. We also believe that two contradictory emotions such as love and hate can not be simultaneously present in the mind of a person. These feelings appear different depending on our minds, so can not have negative feelings about the always present, bind to the honesty of it.

So we feel for the good or bad just as the clouds cover the true heart: The heart of us pure, neutral; it may be the mental outlook good or bad influence. So while we have hope.

The fundamental reason this is important issue we can to eliminate the feelings of evil or not.

On the other we have seen that everything changes very often - which means that we can overcome these feelings and the meaning of evil. aspects of universal and more fundamentally, we want to know as the pollution in mind can be completely eliminated or reasonable? All Buddhist schools were to be possible. In many of the Buddhist texts, we see a lot of thorough lesson on the nature of the immoral, destructive potential and the causes and conditions that produce them, etc. ... The essence of this lecture is to try to eradicate the roots of negative capability there.

Of course we can talk about Buddhism in the context of law, such as not killing, lying, etc. ... or to do something good. But this rule is meant only as general guidelines such morality is not anything special but just new to Buddhism.

Ability can knock out the power of evil within us is the unique practice of Buddhism. It is the nirvana of tranquility, a comprehensive release, the stopped of all mental defilements. We can say that Nirvana is the fundamental idea of ​​Buddhism.

For Buddhists, all permits must be understood as the practice to achieve absolute mental freedom, no longer as preoccupied mind pollution. This applies also to maintain strict confidentiality About as well as to advance the goals of liberation.

Ultimate goal of Buddhists is to eradicate the evil thoughts in mind, the origin of the misdeed. The efforts of Buddhists expressed through ethical behavior of their lifestyle, they have proved really want to convert the negative root or not. The first attempt of these efforts is the action (bodily) and oral (verbal) of them.

When analyzing the nature of the emotions and negative connotations, it is recognized under our foundation is always the last eight - the imaginary mind projections due to either an object or not.

For example, when there is something that we take for appeal, then we will feel the love of it and the points through the imagination, making the material becomes more attractive. I would tend easy on it, then access to nearly become increasingly caught up in that object.

Similarly, when we encounter things we dislike, it is often covered up unlike the character of its nature. As a result, more and more we want to leave this subject. These reactions often have toward all things: either that or I want to be tempted away from.

Two current trends that we have the psychological reactions to things. The engine is located under our reaction is too much attachment to the object. Attachment may be the desire or rejection. So we suffer.

In the Buddhist sects who have different understandings of the nature of suffering, causes suffering, depending on the concept of that sect of the nature of reality. Perhaps the French General cardboard (or Duy Duy Thuc Table), a deeper understanding of suffering.

Master Nagarjuna University Nagarjuna * (7) says that nirvana is to be understood as the freedom of life free from suffering and mental suffering created by the industry. I suffer for the cause of action karma, and karma is certainly felt by the evil within us promote.

The emotions and thoughts are evil in themselves are the product of the projection and imagination, rooted in the misconception of reality. This misconception is the notion that all things were real, independent existence and has its own nature.

According to Nagarjuna, the understanding of not (emptiness) really helped us eliminate a fundamental ignorance, our misconceptions about the world. This relates directly to the legal press Tuesday: all things are empty and their own survival.

This French press tells us whether we believe that all the normal things were real and permanent, can exist independently, but in truth they do not have such characteristics. The idea that all things have existed and exist independently is a false perception.

Only enlightenment about the new emptiness helps us eliminate the mistakes. The knowledge of one can not help eliminate the negative feelings which is rooted in the false perception.

We can be summarized as follows: through personal reflection, we understand that the mind, the nature of our mind, is neutral, not good nor evil. We also find clear majority of evil in our feelings are rooted in the misconception of ourselves and the outside world. What will not help us understand the value of the misconceptions that.

Moreover, we also understand that the feelings and insight of evil is no direct opposition to each other. The knowledge and assistance derived from the experiences and explaining firm value, whereas negative feelings are not. Look at all the stories mentioned above, we find that if we have the wisdom of emptiness, we will remove the pain of mental illness.

4. Nirvana is true peace

French press Wednesday that determine the nature of the mind is pure, bright. The false notion, negative feelings are not available in the nature of mind. Knowing that the suffering afflictions are rooted misconception, for one thing we know of them: the wisdom of the emptiness of all things, or the correct perception of reality.

Therefore, empty nature means there is no order in existence, sometimes called "natural nirvana." Because of the nature of the phenomenon is so empty Nirvana - that is truly free from suffering - something we can achieve.

This explains why Buddhist texts refer to four kinds of Nirvana: Nirvana nature, about nature empty; Huu Du Nirvana, as to the continued existence of the personal material; Radio Du Nirvana and finally nirvana Made Radio Head * (8). Because of nature nirvana, you have these three types follows.

The exact meaning of the Infinite Balance Nirvana, Nirvana Du Huu be different interpretations of the Buddhist sects. Some schools of this definition includes the Huu Du Aggregates formed individuals, others just know no matter dualistic perception remains. The balance of the five aggregates only the physical component that we have as a result of the industrial past. But we need not go into it.

What legal basis is set from Tuesday, we understand that the nature of all the things that they can not exist independently. While it is common ci misconception is that they have a separate nature.

Aware of this ignorance is the root of much confusion and distress in us. The knowledge about the emptiness of things force us to treat with the misconceptions, so free from suffering. Nirvana is completely shake off the negative feelings and the perception was wrong.

Nirvana in Tibetan language was Nyang-de, which can translate verbatim is "beyond sorrow." In this context, only sorrow and mental suffering is nirvana free Pregnancy, do not get caught in the feeling that pain.

Nirvana is freedom, no suffering, no longer the cause of suffering. Nirvana understand this, we begin to understand true happiness means. We can look out the possibility of complete freedom, no more suffering.

So we can conclude as follows: the wisdom of emptiness is emptiness (emptiness) can help us eliminate all the emotions and thoughts of evil, as well as misperceptions, our platform. No insight on all pollutants that are swept and purified. So, the main point is to understand the Buddhist Nirvana, based on the wisdom of emptiness.

Problem assessment spiritual path

When you you've heard my explanation, you may think chugn have good basic inferences and almost quite reasonable. But we need evidence to prove what the reasoning is valid and the argument was thinking what? There are evidence that we can observe and document the explanation of this?

On this question, I want to talk about things I have experienced, have seen the benefits for myself: that's what I learned in the Sakya sect * (9), from the traditional lecture Lam-dre (path and results). According to these teachings, there are four factors to measure value, legitimate comments, teacher's strengths and experience of value.

Of course we must study the scriptures first, then to the interpretation * (10) followed. And want to learn properly, we need a teacher to guide and explain to us what that discussion. This led to the practice experience of directing learners.

But if you want human development, learners should direct reverse order of the four elements. First, we must have our own experiences. For example, when reflecting on the four legal publications, if we have not experienced little previous personal experience of truth in it, they have no motivation to practice patience.

Of course there are many different levels on the spiritual path. There are profound realization that I was one of many who are not reached, but all of us can reach new levels of school directors. I myself, when I reflect on my compassion are very emotional.

But how that practice experience is valuable? You can comment on its effect in us. When we reflect on the good nature of something and when we feel inspired in the mind deeply, then we have created an internal capacity.

This realization gives us more courage, to look at the open and help with anxiety, restlessness years. These experiences demonstrate the spirit of it was somewhat valuable. As I said before, when reflecting on the good nature often makes me very emotional, and I am more in admiration of the great teachers of virtue had been there.

Quan so, I began to realize that perhaps the biography of the great predecessors have realized the profound, more details are very close to the truth. But surely we must recognize that the traditional period of his life may be praised by the excessive, especially when due to the students of that teacher recounted.

But we can not generalize that all the stories that are worthless. Not so, some of the characteristics of any of the masters may have occurred.

Of course that's not the only zoom in Buddhist texts. When I read the comments of a very meticulous scholar big a short text by writing instead, I found the comments sometimes in great detail and insight that I began to wonder see the real mentor of the author meant that in mind when writing reasonable?

When you contact what we do with the details of the biography of the great master, you can develop reverence for teachers with dignity. From the personal realization, you will find a moral teacher and when you respect him, you will have a firm belief in what the teacher wrote, from which information on the source of the wisdom he has, is the economic version of Buddhism.

In my opinion, to lead the way to find such a great benefit: you start from their own experience, continue to go into the essence of the spiritual path you choose. For Buddhists practice, especially in Mahayana Buddhism, it is vital Shakyamuni Buddha mind in admiration and deep respect that must be rooted in our clear understanding of Buddhism - basic teachings of the Buddha.

Understanding Buddhism is understanding and not-self that I mentioned above. A serious study of Buddhism Buddha is conceived not only historical character, a great teacher, with excellent virtues and boundless compassion alone. The Buddha in admiration of the Buddhist must have an understanding based on his profound Dharma, which is the philosophy of emptiness.

We should understand that Buddhahood or perfect enlightenment, is the expression of four types of Buddha * (11). Understanding this basic lead us to a fundamental point in Buddhism. It is the dualism between mind and body. We should understand the status of complete freedom is a very distinguished general (non-dual) of Wisdom and Compassion.

I can summarize what has been widely discussed as follows: Four French press in Buddhism teaches us that none of the suffering that we want - it is the result of emotions, negative thoughts , are rooted misconceptions (wrong) our own. Four wrong it is to believe in the permanence of any changes - to believe that things always change can bring happiness - for all is desirable - and believe that all things have an independent nature.

False prejudices can be eliminated through the development of understanding (wisdom) about the nature of reality (true nature of reality). When we nurture such understanding, and avoid making them stronger, the evil will be eradicated slowly, taking the evil feelings generated by them.

In Buddhism, about transforming it, there are two aspects of the direct path, and that's Tu Tu Phuoc Hue * (12). Tu Phuoc includes skilful means, is preparation. Therefore, it makes counterfeiting can use their intellectual abilities (Tu Hue) to directly eliminate all suffering.

Answer Question

Question:

In the busy urban life, much as I want to speed go meditate in a peaceful serene place, leaving life behind. According to him, they live normal lives with relatives or important than the religious left?

Dalai Lama:

That depends entirely on the individual. Those who practiced diligently, only one-meditation and attend courses from the course he should leave the world, isolated as they want to cultivate. But most are not suitable for this. In fact, few students have much of this type.

Normal people like you up meditation, live as a molecular activity in society is much more important story. Since you will be contributing to the good society and bring meditation into daily life, as much as possible.

I just spent some time early morning or evening meditation ... For most, it is the best way. There are people who fled society to live alone for some time, after they found that indeed, this is difficult. Slowly, quietly and confused, they tried creeping back to society.

Question:

His proposal does allow for new meditation practice?

Dalai Lama:

Consistency of impermanence and when you have more than the customary understanding of the nature of suffering. You can also shop on the nature of destruction. In fact, meditation on the Four Noble Truths - the foundation of Buddhism than meditation to imagine themselves as elves.

Read mantra is to keep our mouths busy. For those new to meditation, you should limit each letter.

A Zen monk in Amdo region, east of my country, once said, "When chanting mantras and rosary many times too, can not alleviate the feeling of evil, but instead, we only wear nails of all ".

Question:

Please he said about prayer in the Buddhist perspective. If there is no god who we pray and pray for something?

Dalai Lama:

Normally we pray on the high level and have power over us as the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, saints and sages, ... However, there are no noble nature than we, because they also had just like us. They became the Buddha or Bodhisattva is by training their minds only, as we understand them.

Question:

Xin He said we can cooperate and allow mantra allows consistent image of Tibetan Buddhism with the permission of insight meditation (Vipasyana) or not? Not to file at the same time that capacity to elaborate various sessions during the day? I find it necessary to practice this both ways, there is not anything wrong? Please teach him how I know?

Dalai Lama:

Of course we can coordinate the two methods. Even in the Tibetan perspective, we still consider the basics of meditation that allows Quan insight, in Vipasyana. Allow every word and consistent picture of the Vajrayana meditation enables additional insight, we can say we do to advance the ability to meditate.

People tend to feel when the Tibetan Buddhism, one must follow all of our rituals, such as blowing the trumpet tube length, playing instruments such as gastrointestinal or cymbals ... but in fact these things are not is the basis of meditation.

So I usually advise people, including Tibetan, Zen Master Milarepa is considered to be a good example for us to follow. His face is great practice all his life. If one into the cave where he was a hermit, you will not see the trumpet or any instrument out there!

According to ancient stories, the great master Atisha * (13), 11th century, from India through Tibet, in a large conference, he met many local Lama. In a great reception, he saw the very imposing Lama, to the remote release on the horses are decorated with colorful strings and bells. Main master also ao hat xenh petrol splendid. Some teams like the top hat birds.

Atisha was surprised and overwhelmed. He shouted: "Goodness, species that Tibet is to behold." He covered her face again, do not want to look for hallucinations. The Taoist Tibetan understand him, they dismounted and change clothes, wear a simple monk Atisha then approached, and he was happy to welcome the delegation.

Many Tibetans know this, as to tell us repeatedly. But we are still caught up in the small ceremonies colorful. Of course when I lived in Lhasa, I'm usually dressed in brocade brocade expensive. But I think if we focus on these things so much that the teachings and rituals will become one-sided, lost their meaning.

Since the exile lives, we have the opportunity to change this. I no longer wear more expensive. The cape is just what I was wearing very well, easy to clean and comfortable.

Brocade which are very hard for his flesh and hardly cleaned. Especially with the very hot climate in India, the first Leopard was dirty very quickly. The circumstances that we can not wear fancy clothes, I was predestined for this lucky.

I'm sure if you consider carefully the monks wore shirts in Tibet, then we will see at the collar, the closed-time dust from generation to generation. This story I think, really bad. We recite the name khihanh lead editor but without the words Buddha teaches is sad.

When we follow or not follow a religion, it is purely about personal choice. But when I have chosen, we need to practice the spiritual path was a devout, earnest. That was key.

I think now is the time Buddhism need to review some of the process. Other religions too. Once you follow any religion then you should seriously and sincerely, practice every day. Thus the new value. When only because of traditional beliefs are not helpful.

NOTES CHAPTER I:

1. Center (Citta) and Food (Vijnana or Parijnana)

Attention in Buddhist sects which depends significantly different. Usually translated Center snag Ang language is Mind or Mind and Heart. Consciousness is the official translation.

More attention to be used as another name of consciousness or mind.

Knowledge is the know - that is the current sense or the understanding to distinguish things. When the senses (Apartments) in contact with the object of them (Tran or Landscape) visa (I Know) arise.

According to Duy Thuc tone (Mind Only School - one of two major schools of Mahayana Buddhism), there are 8 or 8 Soul Food (also known as the United Center 8):

-        Consciousness (Eye Consciousness): I Know born when the eyes (label based) contact with the identity of the landscape (earth colors).

-        Turkish official (Ear Consciousness): I Know born when the disaster (Turkish based) exposure to sound (bar ceiling).

-        Percentage of (Nose Consciousness): Know what the nose (Billion Units) exposed to smells (incense ceiling).

-        Loss of (Tongue Consciousness): I know the tongue (base damage) in contact with food or drink (the ceiling).

-        Body of (Body Consciousness): I Know (Emotions) by the body (relative units) in contact with all things (ceiling exposure).

-        Consciousness (Mind Consciousness): I know the Italian base (mask) exposure to France ceilings.

-        Mask mode (Manas - No. 7 of): ego instinct, intuition, ego or self-preservation instincts, our present since birth. Mask is the center of the misconceptions - discriminatory treatment (one / person, before / after, above / below, students / kill etc ...) and the mask is also the foundation for all of the actions of 6 .

-        Back-A-Family (Alaya) or hyperarousal, rule number 8: This is the foundation of all knowledge and all psychological phenomena, physics ... Western psychology refers to "the subconscious, unconscious, hides, etc. ..." new just as the concept is similar to A-Back-Gia, for Museum of deep, broad and much more vivid. It is the nature of human life and existence of the environment in which life exists ...

(Be aware of policy issues in education Duy Thuc, Thich Nhat Hanh and the French Total Basic, Actions)

2.     Engineering (Qi - Prana - Vital Energy): Vitality - the main energy source of an organism, from the point Y and Eastern martial arts. Gas is then living, clean air, the spirit identity (province), voice (gas) and spirit (Shen) of us are good, all agencies are in a healthy person.

We have 4 types of gas:

-        Air born from parents (Korea Natural Gas).

-        Gas due to nutritional (Marine Engineering cups).

-        Habitat due to gas (Natural Gas locations).

-        Gas by exercise (Qigong).

(Book Qigong of Professor Ngo Gia Hy, Bui Gia Luong Luu Yem and Wu)

3.     Positive and negative: Positive and Negative - sometimes translated as moral and immoral in the sense "a character or to bring happiness to suffering" - not just mean good or bad ethics.

4.     Or Five Aggregates The Kettle (5 aggregates - skandhas): 5 elements combine to create humans, including:

-        Sac: Body

-        Life: The feelings, sensations

-        Ideas: Perception, recognition

-        Administration or the CenterComprises all the activities of human psychology. Having the mind of all 51, including Life and Ideas, the heart of the most important two are separated.

-        Food: I Know (see note 1).

5.     Vaibhashika: One of the four great sects of Buddhist thought - that the translator as the "theory he should."

The four parties are: Sautrantika, Vaibhashika, and two very important parties: Cittamatra (Realism), Madhyamaka (Middle or Middle Pub).

Women Vaibhashika Nirvana is the entity organic nature (Bhava), they accept the emptiness of phenomena, but does not accept self of man.

This is in conflict with their own theories of their own, for Nibbana totally depends on the conditions. If the organic nature Nirvana is only temporary ... (Books for the Mirror Wisdom, Geshe Gyeltsen Trung Quan and philosophy, Jaidev Singh, Thich Vien Ly).

6. Three types of pain (eight size):

-        Suffering pain (Duhkha duhkhata): unpleasant feelings because his heart was hurting.

-        Suffering damage (Viparunamam duhkhata): suffering because of the change, target passing of things related to her.

-        Dry (Samskara duhkhata): the action (phenomena) are contained the seeds to cause suffering. (In the book Heart of the Buddha, all three things, Venerable Nhat Hanh explained very carefully and extensively on these three types of pain).

7.     Nagarjuna (Nagarjuna): Great Indian sage, lived about two or three centuries after the Western calendar.

He is regarded as a brilliant genius and is the development of sects or Middle Path Middle Pub (Midway-Madhyamaka). He also was the first in the history of Buddhism gave birth to a philosophical system.

Trung Quan Duy or two of the main sects of Mahayana Buddhism, Nagarjuna composed many famous commentary and left a huge treasure of writing a review of the theory of Prajna, not nature, China shops etc. ...

(Japaness - Default Buddhist dictionary, Daito Shuppansha XB)

8.     Nirvana: Nirvana, sometimes called the Pure Land, killing President, Real life ... These are tangible nature of Nirvana, has Buddha nature, but because of ignorance to the suffering of birth and death.

According to the French General (realist) concrete, with four kinds of Nirvana called Nirvana from them:

-        The purified hybrid Nature nirvana (Natural Nirvana) but is disturbing but it is also clear naught because of its nature which is pure (tranquility). Only new level of enlightenment is this nirvana.

-        Nirvana surplus property y (Nirvana with residue) while remaining friendly relations of the post but negativity was killing off permanently.

-        Nirvana Radio residual y (Nirvana without residue): All permanent cessation of suffering, free from samsara.

-        Infinite seat Nirvana (Non-abiding Nirvana): get rid of tri stumbling on there - no, Born - Kills ... reach the Truth As Bo, do not care regardless. Bodhi disturbing news. Bodhi Buddhist position with legs should not be based on that Nirvana in samsara when the Great Tri, Great Compassion to help sentient beings.

The most holy of the Hinayana and Mahayana there are three kinds of Nirvana nature, friendly and very outstanding balance. The Bodhisattva level upwards from Site locations have been Nirvana nature and Infinite seat. Buddha alone is enough 4 of Nirvana. (Vietnamese Han Buddhism Dictionary - the XB Social Sciences).

9. Sakya: one of four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism.

It is the derivative:

Availability (Nyingmapa) - Trade Media (Kyupa) - Lam Turkey (Sakya) and seconded Yellow Cat (Yellow Hat - Gelugpa) which are headed by the Dalai Lama, also considered the Head of State of Tibet prior to Chinese rule (1959).

10.  Business, Law and Discussion: three organs of the Buddhist scriptures (Tripitaka), including all of the Dharma:

-        Business (Sutras): Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Word

-        Law (Vinayas): the rules

-        Comment (Abhidharma): the classic commentary on the teacher's organization, the Zen master.

11. Four types of Buddha:

Kaya Sanskrit means "body", in that the body is expressed by many qualities. In Mahayana Buddhism, custom classic, it is said to three or four relatives of the Buddha and Tibetan Tantric Buddha refers to four kinds:

-        Self-awareness Dharmakaya or Dharma body (Svabhavika-kaya, body with enlightened Buddha nature): To be enlightened, pure essence of Buddhism.

-        Tri Dharma body (Jnana-kaya-Buddha body of perfect wisdom) Buddha with perfect wisdom

-        Report Coal or coal (Sambhoga-kaya-Buddha of perfect resource): Buddha manifested itself with self-sufficient merit (intellectual perfection) and sense tha (the people).

-        Incarnation (Nirmana-kaya-Buddha with perfect emanation body): the appearance (body color, flesh) that Buddha used to come into this world of sentient beings. The Buddha is often seen only through the appearance.

12.  Tu merit: merit prisoners, create karma by doing good deeds (like the skillful means).

From lily: Transformed mind by the cultivation of wisdom, learning Buddhism to understand the true ones of all things, to reach enlightenment.

13.  Atisha (982-1054) is the former Prince Tuesday at Mandi origin (Bangladesh, India, federal). Gifted, by heart racks spread Buddhism from last 18 months, a monk from his boyhood ...

Because the king's request was made in Tibet, Atisha to Tibet false religious missionary activities (1038), again revive Buddhism is the wicked. Atisha is regarded as a great benefactor of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tsong Khapa Professor University followed 14th century works of his Xien positive Atisha Buddhist, Huang Mao created the sect, which is the continuation of the first one Dat Mai Lama, tradition to this day.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).18/12/2011.