Saturday, 3 December 2011

Self-interest and the interests tha

1.Van posed

Spring in 1946, while residing at the Wuhan Institute of Buddhist Studies, at which Mr. La Van Tieu in Hankou, submit an article related to the skepticism of Buddhism for me. That article said he was prepared on a magazine, because the hearts of his fans Buddhism, so I hope to answer this question, then posted to the magazine.

For the purposes of a cynical young woman living in the family tradition of Buddhist, Buddhism is often heard from her father. She is for Buddhism not malicious, just not enough confidence. According to her understanding, to hear her father taught the Dharma feel very great, but where there exist some problems to avoid conflict. The problem is made more than 20 articles, can answer, but it's hard to explain it in detail so I was repeatedly denied in a long time. Recently, he heard Van Tieu La is in Hong Kong, Taiwan's coming, do I think about seven years ago, a job unfinished.

The issue of which related to compassion and forgiveness advantage, with great content like this idea: "The spirit of compassion and forgiveness advantage of Buddhism is extremely great, but anyone can benefit others? And how good neighbor? First of all, if not themselves thoroughly enlightened, liberated themselves in can not be done. Thus, in the Buddhist world how many people get that? If the number of minority only, then the rest are not eligible to benefit others, seeking only self-interest emergency. This is the reason that Buddhism has always made good slogans mercy and forgiveness, but very little is done! Since only the enlightened self-liberation in thoroughly, with illusions of and have full capacity to distinguish cognitive understanding of being radical, new release was in bondage to others, as Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara great compassion, the sound of being immediately seek compassion sufferings. So the practice of compassion and forgiveness advantage of Buddhism, we can say is too difficult, not to the average person "!

Article doubt so, of course not too relevant, but also because she is not deliberately distorting the issue, but it is thought that the part of Buddhists. Well luckily this is only because some people have thought so inaccurate, so this issue needs to be answered in detail.

2. What is a good neighbor?

Talking to others is beneficial to first understand the meaning of "benefit" is what? Benefits are benefits, benefit: the leaves damaged prospects, evil, deprivation, suffering, reached the true, good fine, rich, peaceful. Self-interest benefit to others is to make yourself and others achieve peace benefits. Worldly, benefit all bad, is pleased to have pain, but did not achieve perfection in a thorough yet its relative value. As Buddhism spread outside of the human world, the ultimate benefits (fully gain release) out, there are also common benefit of the world.

Buddhism appears in the world, that human beings are "life is peaceful, life after peace, liberation ultimate bliss." Only text - Hinayana practitioners, new favor "self-interest than expected," focused on personal gain peaceful liberation. If referring to tha interests of Buddhism, do not fall into this point of the bar text, since they tend to self-interests and professional focus on liberating themselves at personal benefit. If ignored, "this life peacefully," the narrow content himself a Buddhist, to leave the human world itself, it is difficult to charge people in society misunderstood!

Gum tha there are two broad categories:

A good neighbor is using the material (Financial experimental): Relief assistance on issues of dress for the poverty, drugs for disease treatment and repair of roads, clearing wasteland, etc. ... use energy or her own life, to help rescue others.

Two others from the spirit is good (experimental method): Bringing knowledge to the ignorant, comfort to those who are suffering sorrow and encouragement from being pusillanimous fear; all the culture that's targeting upper, go to the luminous, middle, the common, peaceful. It is not only a teacher and guide of the world is not legal, but also brought the world to teachers of law and guidance makes the human personality always foster good, uphold virtue, knowledge and competence of personnel type, as a stepping stone for the legal export.

Of course, financial measures, the more candidates than more radical. If financial aid candidates and help the needy miserable about clothes, food attributes interim then the resolution is the tops. Dharma also provide induction orientation their knowledge of teaching skills, create jobs for them (except for children, the elderly and the disabled), or justified by the labor of the individual settlement life issues for yourself, this is much better than the interim relief. In Buddhism, experimental measures of the legal world is much better candidates world, but could not not need to finance candidates and candidates legal world. If the professionals get the benefits of self-liberation in, then it is the fundamental misunderstanding of Buddhism.

If the experimental method of how to bring others to attain liberation, also nothing wrong in their imagination. If you want to liberate it from practice to practice to achieve. Hinayana meditators beginning to the heart of glass, sowing seeds of liberation then, depending upon practice, gradual maturation; the last of the true, minus the charm and attain liberation. In Mahayana practitioners, new Bodhi mind, that the seed planted the Bodhi; spent a long time to practice new maturity, new ultimate Buddhahood.

Mahayana to Hinayana have to go through the process of "planting seeds" go to "mature" finally achieve the "liberation". Therefore, teachers of the law of others not only makes the current gain freedom is self-interest in others. Make others "planting seeds", go to "mature", this is not a good neighbor or what? Inducement to attain liberation in the present while not achieving their own deliverance, it is not possible (there are also cases themselves are not free but are able to make others attain liberation). But that other people get the benefits of "planting seeds" and "mature", but never reached their own benefit "free", this is quite likely.

Thus, "The Nirvana" tells us: "The even more disturbing," but if they understand the true meaning part of the Dhamma is capable of doing just where y (teacher) of others. If people understand the true meaning of the Dhamma, does not bring happiness current benefits to others, exclusively for peaceful liberation to individuals, and certainly not "because the first enlightened himself thoroughly to the impossible. " It is just who are able to liberate themselves in the capacity to bring more benefits to being more generous than deep only.

The question this question from the point of no radical Enlightenment can not benefit others, which it did not matter. But a part of Buddha's disciples, a very exaggerated liberation benefit themselves at the present, down from the concept itself has not been beneficial interest shall not be forgiven. Finally, whether or not reached self-interest (free) has not achieved all the benefits that others are completely ignored!

3. Mahayana emphasis tha interests.

Purification of body and mind, developing virtues, from the radical enlightenment to achieve self-liberation self-interest in which is the common goal of Buddha's disciples. But the difference between direct and sravakas Bodhisattva is directed at the self-interest focus, or focus on the benefits tha, that tha benefit from the completion of self-interest only.

Thanh still not able to benefit others, they still preserve the Dharma, the benefit of natural, free of being, not through their own interests focus on liberation. When they have attained liberation, because the mind is too deep affection ly less like tu tha good merit. After they realized, also teacher of grace not very positive option. As the Bodhisattva before liberation itself benefits, benefit from bi tha. Thus: "When you do not have the self must first of the others, here's the one who found the Bodhisattva mind." After enlightenment, the more they get for the relief of countless beings. Since the main motivation of Thanh text is redundant in the position of attention while the main engines of the Bodhisattva is excessive emphasis on the Bodhisattva of compassion relief director.

Bodhisattva direction in the early or sacred scriptures known as the Tripitaka sravakas also exists, which is "the Bodhisattva Bon Dam Sanh" was recorded in the Bodhisattva Three A- increase-public life, is the king, prince, or sovereign agencies and foreign directors, farmers, workers, merchants, doctors, masters or for other living beings, animals such as birds. Bodhisattva spared no resource, do not regret my life, for the good of beings that dedication offering. In the realm of Hell-line-problem, there is no place without the meat and bone marrow blood sacrifice of the Bodhisattva. All the practice morality, patience, energy, four types of Ba-la-bile, six kinds of three-or ten perfections, all from the great difficulty of the inductive behavior in the "Bon Dam Sanh."

Benefit others as compassion, both before gain release should say no self-interest can not benefit others! When religious maturity, lower off-topic a wonderful concept corresponds wisdom, members of supreme supreme Buddha. How to become a Buddha enlightened from the practice of compassionate forgiveness benefits, gone through three great A-rose-term gain new life. The difference is most specific in the period of birth and death, not for profit self-liberation that focuses on compassionate benefit others.

Classic in the preliminary period of Mahayana practice for the third period with slightly different text Thanh Tam organs. For Mahayana is the Bodhisattva practice good neighbor, before the act is not realized, but won the job is very difficult but merit has not been generous. After thorough treatment of the feet (wealth being legal entities), pure dignified, modern well-being benefits tha mature, much greater merit. Because this corresponds to the feet position, the ideal, equality very afraid.

Bodhisattva Mahayana divided into direct practice in two stages: Bat-director bodhisattva practice is experiencing a great A-rose-public life, before the place of money; Duy Tu Thuc tone called the salary you and Gia behavior (comments directed to you) also known as the local winner. After realizing that means direct, bodhisattvas practice through two-term A-life increasing local news Sign Bodhisattva, Duy Thuc from comments in the direction from the director. Roughly speaking: the Bodhisattva local currency, but have not won there is evidence that, promote collective investment boundless merit pay, the same access to what is said in "Bon Dam Sanh." What is the Bodhisattva of great legal sites such as Guan Yin Bodhisattva of compassion etc. ... spectrum of relief being inconceivable. In "Taking Birth Dam" notes have a happy bodhisattva vow so, the stage of incarnation. But there are two major stages are not realized, and realized, but not realized before, the Bodhisattva of compassion still benefit others, to not have a mind an idea that only self-interest seeking liberation. Based on the significance of the Bodhisattva behavior, the person making the question of doubt, completely wrong, basically not a problem. Bodhisattva Quan Yin etc. ... eight sufferings, is the work of the Bodhisattva great location, but that is not the Bodhisattva practitioner primary school, no practical acts of compassion tha benefit of this.

It is just a part time post-Mahayana, Mahayana is claiming up to Mahayana, Shanghai is the ultimate excess surplus; even just members, the high upstream release. No need great unfinished apartment which is a heart rate for a sense of achievement. So prevalent beautiful terms such as "raging out", "super cut", "one being the means", "three being members of" frontier, "being a Buddhist", "News entertain Buddha" etc. ... " birth and death not ends, tragic emergency, "" university of birth and death, impermanence tons of speed. " This is a sentiment of affection sravakas ly, has obviously come to the heart of the Mahayana practitioner who just release. Now adjectives in the mountains, the praise is the path of the Bodhisattva, that is no longer directed to "the capital of the hamlet villages" anymore.

In other thoughts on, the suspect think that question can not be a problem. Because all merit benefit members of tha capital, without seeking extrovert. If such a realization concept, then complete three six perfections, the infinite merit, without any omissions, a small point. In the theoretical context or in the mind, of course, words with moral reasoning grounded, but in the eyes of ordinary people, that the merit of the Bodhisattva tha benefit so nothing is content in the heart of religious believers. And the fact that self-expression only profit, not so good tha inevitable that suspicion of others.

During the war, after a tour of Southeast Asia, great teachers of Thai Fiction returning said at Nam Phuong doctrine Hinayana, but the behavior is Mahayana, while teaching in China is Great redundant, but acts as Hinayana. In fact, although the Southern Buddhist Tripitaka, Thanh text, but the loss of their cultural spirit of the bar so apparently no longer care for glasses to coveralls, specialist insight meditation where the direction of escape. Without a supply center for enlightenment, so that opposite to focus on education of the world, made ​​of cultural philanthropy. In China, not only at teaching the Mahayana Mahayana, directly enter the religious life was cut super dark Mahayana Mahayana Mahayana Buddhism but which Thanh live by the spirit of the text - for self-interest demand, supply of import demand. Discard the international spirit of compassion, Mahayana practice to save the first, the only mandate that the mystical idealism of it! END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).