Thursday 19 April 2012

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Dear Teachers, Dear Friends:
When he was teaching this station, I felt very confused and embarrassed to see most of the bottom row are all seniors, by her master. First of all please explain why a school mites unfinished et I also like to talk radio instructor with you? This is due to a patient so I often tell the story of this patient and say why this person has helped me understand the various issues. We often have to pay a high price could understand a saying in business, sometimes just a simple verse. She is new for some thirty years old, colon cancer. When she came to hospital keep crying alone. At that time I set the new doctor of oncology, new pathological view that she had surgery twice but recurrent cancer is back, just as incurable. She was crying the language should say no more, damage is not know how, want to ask the doctor to his patient's condition. Today I went to shift out to visit her sick room and also a brief introduction by the way some Buddhist legal for her to know. not listening to her surprise, emotion, opened his eyes and said loudly:
"Why so long no one told me about this? Why do I have lived thirty years filled with trouble and about to leave until I heard the Dharma ".
But only a few short sentences, but it seemed to pierce my heart puncture. Then she burst into tears and I cried, cried a great restlessness. At the time The old snow hides the (old lay Binh Ly South) is in the world and lectures on Wednesday each week. Every day when I would finish my work at the hospital to talk to and comfort patients, except on Wednesday and not go to hear lectures Tuyet Cong. I found every Wednesday she was very happy to lecture prepared to say: "I also hope you can follow (lectures) but unfortunately no chance." I replied, "In the future she will also have opportunity to be. " Eventually, she was going to listen to business, to lecture at the library Avatamsaka From Quang I saw her sitting in the front few rows. But half of the lecture she just hug and cry and go belly on, calm her pain severe complications, so she too could not continue listening experience. At that time I suddenly realized was an open question in all sutras:
' Supreme profound Abhidhamma.
Ba nan natural things I realized life.
Written opinions obtained needle life falls over.
May explain the true meaning Tathagata ' .
Because of her influence so from that day onwards I was not afraid to understanding their crude, always trying, more active, and want me quickly introduce the key people in the Dhamma [the I understand], speaking for the masses know the happiness that can bring Buddhism to the people. This happiness is not money to buy, who steal can not get lost. In any case, and the scene world and no matter how people use the concept 'blessed' or 'painting' in the world to measure the feelings of happiness, in the interior of us are always full of peace, happiness, and fresh morning.
I asked the lay people in the communes studied Buddhist sutras title or what in this course, I replied that Xu is discussing 'Bat Dai Nhan Business Sense'. sure anyone came across this business and can I had memorized. Article enlightenment first are:
' The world is impermanent, fragile level, four great sufferings, in warm-self, birth and death forever, not damaged puppet master ... '.
It is known by heart, but most of us do not believe so. The Buddha said the world is suffering, impermanence, but you feel very happy human world! Every morning wake up coffee cake, ..., looked up, oh welcome in the sky and white clouds, so that the happy life that! If only so often, but the time passed so quickly. Suppose a certain time, story challenges audiences as onset occurs, you will not see the sun in white clouds, blooming not see, your heart will not feel happy anymore. Here I would like to tell a few stories that I had seen it when work at the hospital. In these stories, each patient are my teachers, everyone told me a path which the Buddha said in the scriptures, they sealed (prove) the Buddha teaching, they make me believe wholeheartedly believe Buddha and the Buddha said that 'people say truth, never lie.'
Many patients ask me: "Doctor, how old this year".
I replied: "Thirty-two years old."
Another question: "Doctor married yet? I do for tomorrow. "
I asked them: "Her life was happy, right?"
Curiously, no one who answers is 'yes' before! So one day I met a patient with cervical cancer, each patient visits are beautiful makeup losses, damages apply red lipstick, nail painted hands and feet are very beautiful. finished her vet wanted to do for me tomorrow. She said:
"I work at the hospital I Quoc Thai, who was polite decorum."
I asked her: "She lost a very happy, right?"
She said: "Yes, my husband treated very well; their children are very curious, very affluent homes."
Thus it is happy, congratulations to her. She was the only one to say we are happy, as happy gium her loss. 's because when the patient entered the hospital often cry and lament,
"Doctors do not know, I had to borrow money from people to visit here sick, children no fun at all";
Or, "Ah, no one at home ignored; take too long sick people did not care anymore."
Nor visit: "My three dinner yet?".
Or, "Since I suffer this disease, my husband is always away."
Largely fall into this category, but not identical circumstances entirely similar content; only damage is lucky she is to be happy. But over a short time later, the nurse said as reported surprise that she committed suicide. The nurse said: "In her report, published information was picked up from the river .... She left home at the end of the year goes on, and then committed suicide."
I asked: "She was very happy, very happy, why commit suicide".
Ladies and gentlemen, we think about how much love at that time of husbands do not want to change the mind of her suicide? Why the piety of the children did not drag her back? Why money does not buy the peace of mind? loving husband and children for a few pious is impossible to replace the pain on her body. A beautiful woman so why not run away from home and finally hike to jump into the dark water? Maybe because before that she felt life is too beautiful, not tasting the flavor of the suffering, she did not know the 'world impermanent, the fragile ', so the mind is not prepared psychologically, faced a challenge in my life not stand, without the' vaccine 'to prevent being, there is no resistance, suffering itself is not so new element. very sorry I had not previously been introduced Buddhism to change her perception of clarity and direction, towards Di Da.
The suffering people would probably think: 'It's only a minority, very few people commit suicide.' Damage to commit suicide a lot, I work in oncology, if not day to meet patient suicide the day after the day it must be very good, very rare! Damages, each day I have often heard saying: 'I should die sooner the better. " When people wish good health and the care that unable to get it usually will commit suicide. At night in the hospital I had to go deal with this suicide. Not that they intentionally did not want to live but too sick suffering should not know how to take more containers.
There are also people who are not born for death need not complete, lying groans. There is a sick stomach intact below the cancer sores all, surgery and doctors have made ​​a temporary anus on the abdomen, but no way to be cured. substance secreted in the gut leak straight out. room at the third floor, second floor heard from flying to the smell. Not that this is nothing special but anyone we encounter in this case are the same. When caring for her mother were reluctant to use a cloth to cover your mouth and nose. Every day she wanted to commit suicide but did not see the opportunity. One day occasion she went to the market to buy breakfast, she sat up my best fried, climbing through the window from the third floor of the hospital jumped. Just in time to the children about, saw me quickly run to for help her. she jumped into the outcome is not dead but injured. capital is now too painful even more injured, in pain every day can not be described, not for birth, death need not complete; network not all suicides are not dead. Whether suicide gone, forever damnation in the six paths of reincarnation, the endless suffering repeated back!
The poet Rabindranath Tagore said:
' Birth of sight down the flowers, their beauty, such as collecting monthly e '
(Living at beautiful summer flowers, beautiful as the moon at death fall) .
You wanna live like beautiful summer flowers are probably also not hard, but want to die beautiful as the autumn moon, they must strive to prepare new sophisticated! do now have many critics who study the Buddha and said: " Ah, so talk to your preferred 'dead' popular talk 'death' too, seems to have despised all my life. In life there are many things to do, especially those who practice the Pure Land like you, on any day of 'Amitabha Buddha', preparing for rebirth in the West, it's too negative. " In fact our life is like a dragon drawing process, each drawing each color identity are important. at death as well as the final drawing dragon eyes. at birth are important at death, no drawing can be sloppy. Buddha Recitation is good mind at least, positive make life and death are at a good even fine (best).
Speaking from the earlier to say now but not on today's main theme: 'Listen to the song of the River Ganges. " Several years ago I had the opportunity to go over and sit in a boat to India along the Ganges river. At the heart I was very calm; sound on every river billowing rebellion as it felt like walking in the water 'birth and death' .... When listening to this sound which I heard the sound of children children, the adults, there cry, with laughter. ... All these sounds mixed together into a universal moral question my commission, 'Amitabha Buddha'. You look at pictures of the river Ganges, each undulating waves, ghosts of your own, of relatives, friends, sunset, birds flying and hovering clouds in the horizon, all these shadows into harmony with each other as rivers 'life force'. They let us see images and listen to this song the Ganges, from the song 'samsara of the Ganges' till the song' Buddha's enlightenment. " For us rivers Ganges is a very familiar because of economic Buddha used the term 'sand of the Ganges' to visualize the meaning 'boundless'. In the 'Ganges' is the life we are all swimming across the river ....
The boat just went ahead and passed a place used for cremation in the river. burial custom of the Indian dead simple, they do not need the coffin just wrapped cloth and bring back the bodies burned in river, until she is no exception Gandhi (her national flag used to cover). The rich have enough firewood to fire would burn into ash and then brought out into the river. The poor little burned through a speaker and bring the body out into the river. When I came across a boat sitting dead burned this place, under the ashes even spotted a leg is not darkened burned to ashes. We try to get a leg is missing half of one ? Not so long ago that it also has very soft skin and embrace his mother's womb. there sometime this leg walking on green grass, there would be a lot of youth want to close it . Then as time went by it began to dry and hardened when the its age. Ultimately then it turns into a half-burned legs, dark, beneath the ashes. After some time it will turn into a pile of sand in the Ganges. Once again let us look at pictures and listen to the song of the River Ganges. These images of India but also can be ours again!
There was a day he usually loves to eat betel, smoking, alcohol consumption and cancer later in her mouth. When to visit the hospital the cancer has spread, sores in the jaw and cheek holes. sores that any drainage and again, when he was eating the food will fall out. Whether he drink wine before him like the most is very painful, and pain on eating betel as' swallowing hot iron. " His muscular body is gradually emaciated due to not eating; we have to insert a tube from the nose very food to your stomach. His wife was very sorry and said before the couple they quarrel every opportunity. She said: "Okay, he insulted me he would be oral cancer, I planned for his oral cancer. who suspect him mouth cancer, who suffer the most is I; in addition to wound care trade for him, went around him for a doctor for treatment, but have to worry about money to cover losses is suffering ... no way to describe it. " If women know they are suffering now will appreciate at an early healthy and also said: "When he insulted me, I would rather go a hundred O Lord Buddha bless him, invited him to eat delicious, I do not use the word evil to tru him."
Together they recite the Buddha's compassion in light of the Buddha's wisdom is better not quarrel or what? Unfortunately, we usually get to choose the treatment method of causing suffering to another; not sick at the wear jewelry abuse this body, then it's time to bring back sick land Coal Coal sky. I hope that we in the treatment of conditions like this is short, use compassion sincerely treat each other; anger ie only create resentment path full of thorns suffering ahead. He enjoyed fishing; at hand bearing betel, wine, fishing and going to the river, he felt very excited. But when mouth cancer are sores all new shock herself with the province, you know the feeling when the fish hooks pierced mouth. For mouth sores, he said it was difficult, and I take care of his wound, Fried said his pain and regret those words this feeling for a little while before the temporary pleasures that cause suffering to the fish; that pain now goes back to him, as well as pain when the mouth is hard holes, when the mouth to swallow food like my throat is burnt, is stabbed with a knife, the pain too well to struggle flailing like fried fish to bite their best to escape the hook. He taught me a lesson that does not go forgotten memory, just as 'silk trench no causality wrong!'. There poem as follows:
Opening the lives of the population born
Japan remains the most humiliating original packaging
We strongly recommend opening the bird spent
Death in the Middle outlook form provided.
(Networks do not despise material weakness
Meat, skin, his bones as other expenses!
Do not shoot the bird on the other branches
Young birds in the mother was looking for)
There is an oral cancer and I also have surgery to remove cancer cells in the cheek. This surgery is complex, have divided several times to complete, must be cut to cover the breast skin incision in the cheek , and requires a lot of stamina. At night when I go weeks the patient room, I saw your eyes open sports I lie staring at the ceiling, and then late that night had I not been sleeping; cold night air, tears of a doctor is very cold, dreary; we have to do to comfort the sick this? Uncle is waiting for a second surgery but did not survive to the final surgery. Perhaps we often wait to do a job but not sure what it can survive until then, so good things do come quickly, for Buddha to meditate now !
Now take care of people with oral cancer, I sometimes think I have genital sores in the mouth is very painful, especially when the foods are very caustic burning, sores alone wound of the jaw people, when drinking cold water must also be painful to run. When we opened his mouth to say not only elegant in six seconds to say a sentence that sentence that makes the listener painful life, and when its effect is out, as well as those suffering with cancer this function! Trau and alcohol can bring us a little momentary pleasure but also bring pain relief can not bring disease into the body. We we must be careful, a brief moment of joy go through very quickly, the time of the pain of a long day in bed sick as a hundred years !
Clinic patient No. 1 and No. 2 of the hospital with an interconnecting door automatically. One day I noticed a few women around fifty years old located in room 1. She had breast cancer and need a drug but told labor insurance not paying for this drug so sick she had pain in addition to earning money to cover medical expenses; crying because she would not tolerate the pressure too great. At that time the two rooms she has a new three Ten years old and also had breast cancer, hear about her party should take all the money room in a bag and told me: "Ask your doctor to give her in the next room." she said, sobbing: "We I will suffer the same this suffering. " I was deeply moved and praised Bodhisattva spirit of her selflessness, I understood her plight while she deprivation than other lots. her young child should have to send people gium was adopted, her husband's salary is very low, the uninsured, max out your savings have to pay hospital and dissect. When she was referred to hospital for radiation therapy, she Calculator default fate nudges the healing and not because there is no money, but when she saw the words on the wall: ' Whether a doomsday tomorrow, tonight I also have full lotus growing in the garden 'new thinking should again, went home loan cheeks, continue healing and keep him alive.
She said: "Birth is impermanent and network losses are more painful challenge, but I can not afford anything but my greatest wish is a little hope to do my best and help those who ally Early-suffering them to be happy. " I was deeply moved; two whom had cancer but who are suffering sadness, while a person who is escaping her the ball, help, comfort, and wipe the tears for others, develop their potential; while living each day to plant a lotus, lotus ponds gradually raw fragrant. Just think of serious diseases require much stamina and how much torment; if brought this torment languish in exchange for his life suffering is very unfortunate that not why not 'pure lotus flower' in their minds, even just a smile, then as well as charity, can make themselves and others are fun! There question is: ' Just a thought arises compassion, disabilities were helpless sick are not afraid ! '
There is a new six-year-old boy with cancer Three clinical route (lymphatic cancer), major new time had to go through so much suffering. Each of the children of white blood cells up the doctor to inject a drug side effects are vomiting. The make me happiest is when white blood volume drops too low, low to the point can not be chemotherapy, doctors fear too low levels of white blood cells are more susceptible to infection infection can be dangerous to the lives, and for me each time so happy as the children in prison were released, could temporarily 'immunity from execution'! She said to me: "Every day except watch TV they also watch TV. " The child should they be better off in a separate sick room. She said, "I almost married her then; she invited me to 'hold cotton baby' in her wedding. It I could spend the better growth could be, but most can not know it? " This is the speech of a child six years old, is doing damage to the listener is not from pity. Sometimes I sit in injection waiting room to wait, before you are happy to bring toys to it, but then recalled to the door 'suffering close to, near the start then' penguin inspired so soon. Sometimes I put clenching own hands to find a blood vessel and said, "Get this place going." Sometimes I would not go away hiu also very sad, I did not cry out hours, just crying softly, wet rate mi. For the first time come to withdraw blood from the ear they were crying out for two hours. suffered far too many times, who knew I was crying or fussy it does not help anything so I was very brave to endure. Damage a baby is too pitiful. In life we do not want to grow old, they must short life (premature death), if not stillborn, then get old!
There are a few new thirty-year-old has nasal cancer in the last period. Usually if what age thirty have died, perhaps you say very short life. But she is only thirty years has done little for the home her feel more unbearable. husband was not with concern with concern for her child should have resigned and again, and so should have lost work. Both houses fall into complete destitution and to the Assembly Tzu Chi for help. Association agree Tzu her a tremendous amount to help pay for her hospital. Cheeks should she wait too long lament, "Why not take too long but the money back. Long time! " . I said: "Not where we owe her. Money is saved by members, spend tons of money to eat, bring compassion to help people. They do not see her suffer merciless, not everyone is rich Where nothing. " She sighed out! not have to worry about money again! The family atmosphere was too oppressive. Patients also not safe to continue living, she worried about her mother was too tired to say: "You why not blood and died for, harm suffered by one of us." Her husband was suffering too often asked me: "She was 'lasts' very long now". I said, "Please do not use the word 'long' are not live a day in this life is very precious loss, relative maize a day damage is rare. " If you just focus on the pain and noticed a dark spot in his life , even if no disease is also known as 'extended' lives. If positive thinking about good things, even very difficult life is worth living well. If you appreciate life, thirty years older than fifteen longevity, age is also doubled, compared to six years old when longevity is more than five times.
Hearted can improve the transport network . new friends I have some thirty years of age, bone cancer, the first surgery had a total of twenty times. After a stop arterial bleeding should not have to saw off a legs. her life was more difficult due to the aforementioned but know how to apply Buddhist teachings, taking care to treat each other grateful, my family and live longer happier when not sick.
She told me: "I am very lucky, I lost a leg but could hear the Dharma. If not hear they do not know how to create a career criminal, subject to much suffering. "
Her husband waited outside the operating room through surgery twenty times, you know her husband's mood this? He supported her care as a bodhisattva, not complaining at all. After learning Buddhism law, her crutches and her husband brought cooking for people with ill and advised them of Buddha. I make an appointment with her: "You recite the Amitabha Sutra and together we walk up the mountain to bow helpfulness to those who had cancer. " So along with her ​​whole family learned, I learned to elementary school she told her: "My mother memorized economic Amitabha not a wrong word for mother in child hundred bonus "; her at home by doing crafts or just learned Buddhist concept, to pay at the post for everyone to hear.
By day she learned of all sutras, she said, "Both my house from when ever not happy like that day. " Even the baby bonus and wages earned during the time she has been learned four thousand dollars, she brought the entire offering to the Three Jewels. Because they want to go up the mountain every night when I have any sleep, she had practiced Lord Buddha. If you use a pin to see her you will feel the Lord Buddha to tears. husband was trying to raise money to make her an artificial leg. She said: "If he could raise ten thousand dong, please give me money for my charity; because one leg is enough to use it. " She just two crutch and say, "I'm not missing a leg on the contrary I balance one leg." When she said this is when cancer cells have spread to the lungs should have surgery and treatment chemical materials again. pink and her facial expressions often big smile, many of them fresh longer than those without disease. She said: "My family is not rich yet but now there is nothing more fun before leg amputated at not more. " The Buddhist concept soon was able to live life in the Pure Land, the happy atmosphere of harmonious daily life.
As most human cancers, she could not avoid serious economic deprivation, having invited her to open the salon games for children can earn lots of money. She said: "I want to try husband this should deliberately bring her husband's advice. " She was glad when he said: "We are the Buddha, scared child has fascinated video game, how can hurt other people's children . " I admire this couple, but in difficult circumstances but they still have very noble act. There are many families because of economic difficulties should not fall into complete darkness, whereas Her family thanks ill that may be directed to the Buddha, take obstacles into his hard fragrant lotus flowers, very worthy example for others.
There is a function of oral cancer have surgery to remove cancer cells have to remove the bones and lower jaw. Your doctor must cut the skin on the chest to cover operating room and he reluctantly became no lips. He could not eat, can only drink soup or liquid food. He could not eat like ordinary people, must lie down to eat, otherwise the food will be shed. Since there is no environment for him not so have something 'shut up'. Just look how these people fry their best to endure and fight off disease; there are times when I wondered why I was luckier than them? While the subject who suffer so they can attempt to pass; though their circumstances and the mood is different and look different lives, but they all believe deeply what the Buddha said. When I explained Buddha taught the young people, many dry when it comes to my throat but they did not always believe, but for those who are suffering in the hospital, do not say anything, just ask: "Irritability, suffering ".
They replied: "Very frustrating, very painful".
I said, " Buddha said the world is full of suffering, be thought Amitabha, mind toward bringing clarity, the fun-suffering . "
They did not add any more questions immediately started to recite Amitabha Buddha. wonder new sentence: ' Cross the three Buddhas were taken eight of teachers suffering ' . Suffering is the best teacher, but we must why wait until now?
More of the same function of oral cancer, he was blind, cancer cells have developed to the neck. yellow water constantly flowing down from his cheeks. I told his bride: "At home I do not know how much spray perfume do not smell this away. " then I heard her in particular: "I saw her husband leads her three visits sick, she was a dutiful; care for cancer is suffering, but the Buddha has said: ' For eight field of merit, to care for the sick is a first class field of merit '. If she committed to his care, making the old man is happy, natural blessings will be immeasurable. Someday we too will grow old, to be born sick, we treat the elderly like, also, our children will imitate to treat us. We have to notice, whether a very small action words that, too, have mercy and pity for the sick. Patients do not want to have the same smell. Today one of the three or four people will have a cancer, if the That is what I can not take no smell and they were reluctant to do so that, if she can tolerate a bit, she will have good fortune. "
Because he was blind so doctors often ask very technical condition: "Sick of I really like? loss doctor told me to walk, no nothing. What I worry most is now my child is a child not get married. " Ah, it is true that the infinite sorrow, a serious disease that do not concern yourself, to care for 'children not married'!
When a person does not have the capacity to care for oneself, the damage can not afford and what measures to take care of others. If the sea does not pass their suffering, how could he help other people and help them overcome the suffering sea .
There is a chest in patients with dragon and tiger tattoos, make before the gang something. Since oral cancer fails onwards he began to sincerely repent. He said: "I lost sere "not a word of reproach, sincere repentance, to help other patients, to paddle for charity. Through many tribulations circumstances eventually passed ...
I have often heard patients lament: "All my life I am not evil, where there where harm anyone, just as it did not have his eyes; why I was sick to suffering like this?". word makes me think damage not think so? There is no damage to the evil? If so, then we are all saints. View Buddhist teachings, from small to large we as satisfactory, just happening to be angry, open mouth, yelling. Because no desire to eat something into account lost her chickens, pigs do not care to a particular birth mortality. not honestly say, not actively working, often disobeyed parents, and so on. All quotes are not without greed, hatred, ignorance dominates. person I knew growing mustard seed wealth slight improvement at the plant will not grow smaller. At yet retribution spot them might even say bad people, or say while angry offend others, dare to invite guests to eat seafood. When is the last known consequence unbearable suffering, the time was a new passion for wish to spend karma.
Kham Venerable Quang said:
" Must be physical, verbal, that eliminated basic idea of karma . "
In other words when taking food, think of a carp, catfish is also a living being that compassionate Buddhas ten directions; said that, there is also his brothers, Buddhas are merciful, cheek it is looking forward to it; as having something to be angry, but because they understand that dreams are illusory, so no more consciousness of anger. Fasting verbally not want people thinking that they are beings Amitabha Buddha Day night and expected to lead to salvation; they also have karmic ties and there is suffering, so transfer mind to think of Buddha and Buddhist concept.
If I can change in a positive way, not language, actions, habits make sense of the obstacles, the karma will be eliminated, suffering because of illness also need compassionate mind finely resolve and declining.
I met a school teacher, he was an extraordinary patient. Every time I walked bed of suffering are used to explore learning in mind to observe them. When he entered the hospital, the cancer has spread to bone marrow life, pushed to the nerves so his legs could not move anymore. Over time, the use of radiation therapy may be reluctant to walk on crutches; right next to the toilet in his bed for a great distances. He used to strive very hard to be able to sit up and went to the toilet; even though his body was very weak, but his eyes were very spiritual. He said it was difficult because nerve in brain cancer. When not asleep his eyes closed, and then always broken leg bone. While severe ill so he said: "Unfortunately, now I can not teach anymore!" (he was a very enthusiastic professor teaching students). He said: "Having experienced the pain of this illness makes me more about life, understand the suffering of people, I will be more loving care of my students; very sorry that I did not get the chance again. " I said, "He is a very respected professor, only to see his aspirations of being sick so they know" . He strives from the bed to sit up but can only head up three inches. We immediately sat up at sitting up. He strives to both drenched in sweat shirt just 'close' to sit up be, but he was delighted and said: "Today I can move a distance like this." For me, when he sat up about 30 to 40 degrees even more admirable athletes in the Olympic long jump Association.
In addition to a physical struggle that he also wishes to continue teaching and to continue to care for students. People often we complete each day mentally healthy but often trivial calculation to bring negativity to yourself; we often complain of work in the workplace, the energy capacity without a good story. He was a pain patient lying on the bed but have aspirations to go back teaching to care more for student teaching. But he could not do that, but the sincere wish of his vast brought teaching him to become permanent stations professor of thousands of people.
There is a tongue cancer is in the final period. cells from tongue cancer has spread to both lower jaw. At first there may be strong to stand on their own, then have two rails on either new party to be, and wheelchair, and eventually could not move anymore. yellow water from dripping out the cancer Hoai; every time I change drugs he used to ask: "Why is growing so ". He does not speak clearly; when I wash instead of medication for his wound, his eyes looked like I was being asked: "Do not know I could heal the sick is not dead I'm close to not? " The mood of fear that is the picture of 'birth and death on the Ganges'.
When being confronted with the birth and death, everyone was very lonely, fear, terror. Even a few years and eighty mothers huddled in my heart also cried like a baby ... One day I to my lectures and go across the street, TH The sun was very cold, butcher deer on the road recently opened. I passing motorist saw three deer standing close nestled in a cage. of the eyes deer is familiar, much like the eye of the patient lying in hospital, like they're saying: "I was dying, right? Quick, quick to deliver me; no matter what drugs, what method ... " Poor three deer. Please drop them off! Drop them on the forest goes! Once they stopped breathing there is no way I could get it running again, come quickly for van owners please do not kill them!
When I look back across and bought some deer go free birth. When we heard the owner wanted to bring the deer to liberating life, feel moved to say: "I am raising deer, so love them, never kill harm them. But because of economic difficulties today were reluctant to sell them as meat, I was heartbroken. " After hearing I was very moved, being productive of life have their report suffering a sudden brain makes it so. fact everyone has Buddha nature; this is why the Buddha Amitabha is always forgiving, merciful, wait until we have a thought turned back to clarity. We I buy them provides complete deer three jewels of refuge and release into the forest, hoping that they will not get caught again, and also pray for those who may hunt bodhicitta, having predestined good job can be changed career, ending close to industry from suffering further notice.
Patients often to a catfish or carp in the water in the pot or pan under the bed or on a table to eat for appointment. when I visited and saw disease as these fish are struggling. One day I went to bed of a disease she suffered from breast cancer. She is a believer in Christianity very young, twenty-seven new has this sick; you can imagine the mental agony of her? Her hands always cold . At the bottom of her bed to a fish; I told her:
"Some people are asking for help in under her bed." She opened her eyes real big and looked very surprised. I asked her:
"Now learn this disease, she suffered very much hope someone will save her sick all right?". She nodded, I continued:
"The fish under the bed to know is it going to pan very hot, feeling that its just her feelings now. she bear to Jesus to save this fish? The fish are there for her rescue. She let view ".
Her red eyes (like crying). I've just added:
"She found it saved us mind, when she was about difficulties or accidents, will naturally have to save her people." She was happy to take the fish go free birth. After that a university, his friend Specialist Taichung to introduce the fish to help her free birth ...
Sometimes I tell patients: "Sell me this is not raw fish pot".
Patients often say: "If doctors eat, I gave the doctor".
I replied: "I'm vegetarian, not eating fish, I want to buy these fish go free birth, free birth bring merit dedicate this to you, hope you like the fish are also liberated, restore health, home soon healed union members with their families. "
Usually patients have suffered too much pain or experienced approached the door of birth and death are understood 'your situation is like the fish'. They often develop personal compassion to bring free birth. the fish in mind liberating life can often make them feel happy, to promote the love of their life, and life returns to refresh them more than fish.
There is a young man walking down the street when midnight was stabbed in the stomach dishonest wounded lying in the street collapsed. Then it is transported to the hospital, the wound is too large, the error intestine, liver and bile also injured. We midnight surgery to help him and then he has no home to go by so we had to capture wound before surgery to prevent surgical cases have nothing to trouble proof injured before ... (In our society today who is not at easy thing!). This new British engagement soon, you can imagine the embarrassment, anxiety fiancée of hearing not believe he was injured? The things we do in the belly is not something nice, the Buddha told us of 'customary impurity', we can visualize a try. If you get an engagement at abdominal wound image bloody splash lum give people look, sure very few people will be engaged to you!
There is a patient into hospital it for treatment of bone, the upper legs are fitted with a metal tree through the bone and the muscle is always the other side. At the foot of a tree and pierced it. You can Imagine the face and screams of people complained of pain at the plant puts into the bone. If that person is you then you can smile are not we guess? You see the grill room at the night markets selling birds do not? There are ten very common bird pierced the string dangling before a counter. what causes suffering to other beings someday may happen to our bodies. When that happens, then We feel extremely painful, a little bit uncomfortable as well. But we often bring this suffering to other beings caused by an accident and see nothing happen. Think of the suffering of sentient beings, and also consider long-term happiness, everyone please do not do that anymore, to avoid 'Hý spared look goofy, intense bi enter hell' (happily kill animal life then crying at the hell).
A man suffering from cervical cancer each encounter I cried. She was divorced and raising her children alone was miserable; new elementary school kids, she is sick. Every day to day sadness depression ... Actually, before that she was almost empty and healing; if she had been a little intellectual life ... they can live happily. It can be cured from cancer, but the pain in the center unless you use wisdom and hear it except not all Buddhism. She was treated with radiation, with surgery, only missing one thing is not visiting her for heart surgery Buddha. The surgery is most effective surgery in the mind, to uproot the defilements and to her hard not to hug trees every day afflictions which are thought Affliction tree wrapping her tightly.
There is an old woman at the hospital fabric tape on their eyes closed. When I open ice in the mind felt a pain! this old lady is very gentle face, her eyelids were at it for cancer should be done so. We think the time when using chopsticks to pick up the eyeballs of the fish on the table? We try to think of Helen Keller, a great person deaf, dumb, and blind wrote thus: ' If the eyes I was able to get only three days, just three days ... '. We can in certain cases would be lost eyes, yet still eyes at the back look east, look west and self I was born depressed? Why do we not see the eyes of the Buddha of compassion? Why not look toward that immeasurable glory? We often use precious eyes to see garbage all around; garbage lace of others put in their hearts. For long time, then the interior is like a fetid trash should be separated from them purity of the Bodhisattva in customs. Please open your inner eye, longer visible at people, look at the good of others, learn other people's strengths; feel a little more, look more 'four' bran loyal customs' (four eyes in the short sea specifically) of the Buddha Amitabha, look extremely beautiful landscape of the world Sukhavati, and heart wide as the sea of Bodhisattvas.
There is a cancer of the esophagus, respiratory difficulties, to insert a tube from the nose to the lungs to help breathing and a tube to put food into the stomach; that when she had to struggle to cough, each ho was then torn stomach ache, whole body trembling with pain. Her husband was heartbreaking to see such a sight not stand to run out into the hallway and cried. shopping Sometimes I see chickens hanging on carcasses is so poor. On the neck of the chicken also cut a hole for hanging, very few people pity them the pain of it; but when people put a breathing tube into her nose, a son, or your mother, you will oil the gut every time they cough and breathing hard.
Having a job selling pork, he had lung cancer for a while then died. I heard him tell his wife and child home when he was comatose for several days not every province but screaming mouth and said:
"Quick, quick to bring the pig liver hanging on the wall away." Either:
"Quick, take away the pigs."
He just cried so much throughout the day, everyone in the house afraid to erect hair but do not understand what he said. At his death scene was very scary, he was so much suffering. Since then his family knew of the causal retributive killing, when he located the hospital had recommended that his home for Buddha, but they said in his sadness, how such concepts are? The Amitabha Buddha has great compassion heart to guide thoughts are ten titles at death of Dewachen rebirth, but it was still healthy difficult to conceive as fascinated by the world's love, let alone the nearly dead at the patient suffering torment, torture, how can conceive! May the teachings of the appearance of this disease others have heard and drawn from experience to avoid similar suffering. And pray also merit being wary of him he could leave the scene of suffering and the Buddha to lead. And also pray for them His birth was killed rely on nectar of Dharma, open knots in our eyes, the concept Di Da, and western birth, and the Buddhist Circuit.
Healthy people often do not sleep enough coal. In hospitals there are too many tears, the pain lingered long! The less number, are grilled on a bed and said alarm clock rang too loud. The next number, throughout night fighting and tension with birth and death. There is a person with cancer spread to the lower jaw and throat. He can not swallow, respiratory problems, so doctors cut a hole in the abdomen to insert the tube feeding into the stomach, and cut a hole in the neck to assist breathing. We can eat the hole does not need to put food and breathing tube inserted into the hole without the damage is very precious and very rewarding to know Thanks!
A few days before his death, we can say that every day a little bleeding, two or three days to re-bleeding; blood flowing from nose and mouth, insert the breathing tube from being melted. The nurses and physicians visual artist wanted to save him but could only stand on one side holding a bowl to catch the blood flowing from his body, then gave him a blood transfusion because my blood flowed from the spot he could not stop. For a time His blood flowed to stick my entire self. His eyes were bloodshot and swollen look awful growing up. The next night we stayed and took care for his blood. next morning must continue to find sick that I could ask a friend to bring me change clothes. Austria I could change his clothes but can not change it! You know, every time he moves up a little bleeding more. We must not stop to blood in him but also not as quick to flush blood from his body; what medication is most effective; his body so any bleeding and tortured him all day, all night. It was want to close my eyes a gentle loss is not a simple task!
From that I understand a little more about birth and death, the shadows reflected on the Ganges River likely is his own shadow!
There is a 16-year-old brother is a student in the class class; children who suffered from brain cancer. I had brain surgery four times that three surgeries are conducted in the same year. Children in this hospital for radiation therapy, bone of my brain is cut short a period to be very hollow head to one side. May maintains that the lives and the opportunity to hear the Dhamma. One day I received a thank you card sent by my father. In it he said I asked him to write and hopefully if convenient, please send me a Buddha to worship me.He was afraid to disturb my guests flute, and as much as a new application reluctant Buddha. I was moved to tears immediately went to appeal an Amitabha Buddha statue for you. Mr Phong Nguyen, me too you should ask a nurse to bring him. this nurse as she recounted to me from the bed, then sat up, because almost half of the body movements should not be limp but very enthusiastic and sense to go with Lord Buddha. In such scenes, so she moved and said: "I was healthy limbs but so far never meant to Lord Buddha, see you sincerely so, chalk Match all his little strength to Lord Buddha, I was embarrassed. "
When healthy people are walking to move, they thought it was natural, rarely valued. healthy body time can not be extended Hoai, the first paragraph as one might have lost mouth, throat, lost, lost even to the brain. Today we also have mouths we should learn the words nice peaceful, and help each other advice, together faith recites things pink list 'A Move Da Buddha. ' We do not know when it can take away the brain, use it today to think of glory and compassion of the Buddha.
A in Da Phat. A in Da Phat.
When I do interns and residents in the first year, a night duty at the emergency room. middle of the night with a blocked cardiac artery, had respiratory arrest and coma are not the province. face and tongue has turned into color Purple breaks. detectors and blood test results show that heart has been severely damaged; the experience of the physician head of state milder disease who also does not save anymore let alone the weight status as This should tell the house to be 'prepared'. I just keep the Buddhist concept of common concern emergency patients. Take all things but my blood pressure medication and how he measured, he is still married I love and could not breathe. hurt his wife said to me:
"People said he was injured and heaven help Virtue, but why it did not he love me?". "Good doctors find ways to save him, whether he turned into 'vegetable', I also bear care for him. "
I feel that she is urging the new climate and honest advice to her:
"At the big accident, to recite the Buddha's great vow they hope to overcome."
She said: "How great vow".
I said, "Use your mind that even the great vow."
She immediately said, "From now on we will couple vegetarian and Buddhist concept; he was a teacher, when all disease can propagate Buddhism."
I took her and her children each a rosary and said, "Tonight you anxiously waiting in the emergency room is not very helpful, not by bringing this restless mind settled down to recite a thousand titles Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha for being, inconceivable Buddha's power. We do our best to save him fried, because you said that Buddha, if all of his life-he can rebirth in the Pure " . night the three of us looked the doctor measuring electrodes measure the heart and blood and adjust dosage from 7 pm to 3 pm. One in three doctors coal is: "We live all night for three people care for a person without measuring blood pressure " (ie people without a motorcycle can not be yourself breathing.) strange thing is that until about four in the morning, then his blood pressure from from rising, he slowly regained consciousness. I immediately went to inform his family. I was touched to see the house opened into a line sitting is a very Buddhist concept faithfully. Son he wrote on a sheet of paper: "Dear Pa, I'd open three from the gentle eyes."
There was a young man visited him and blubbered as I thought was his son. The young man then said: "He was my teacher, before he was in a substandard fall attics, use up to provide salary the students take care of us. If no teacher is today without me, please doctor is bound to revive him. " Words do not stop crying the next and then I knew he was selected as a in 'ten teachers have the greatest compassion for students.' After he awakens to continue to use the machine to help breathing for three more days. At that time he began to recite the Buddha; outside the blocked artery disease cardiomyopathy again he had a lung disease. finally healed and he himself walked out of the hospital. After that he returned for me to hospital in economic cooperation. The doctor via electromyogram and heart test results Then he saw blood from health recovery felt unable to imagine.
There is a very beautiful girl, before former beauty queen at the school. On the swelling had cancer grows almost by the first three bunched up. When I first met and saw her there with her ​​feelings as baby sitting on top. But she endured great suffering, but also may think again. In this miserable time she said to the Dharma, her coal is: "Oops, I hear too late!" . But if timely care is not delayed. In such cases pain asked if others call heaven and earth, whereas she could recite the Buddha. She brought suffering turned into nectar of compassion, sorrow changes into the virtual light bar food, her mind was relying on the Buddha Amitabha. She brought all of her assets to offer to people about death and advised him of a. Many shamans and joint ownership and also touched her to recite the Buddha's compassion. One day she asked me to take five hundred to buy flower seeds sown in front of the temple or Vihara Buddha Recitation Pure Sugar Industry; when she said to worship the Buddha can flower, with flowers blooming out Hoai to worship Buddha.
We are healthy people but none as beautiful as her mind. Perhaps you will say her face is ugly, no longer look as beautiful as it once was, but think again we have in mind as beautiful as her? She gave me the most precious necklace that her mother gave her before and said, "Have your doctor complete sell this necklace and bring money in business, offering three jewels ... how is arbitrary, as long is able to benefit beings. " It is rare, while she endured countless sufferings that have been so beautiful in mind, you have strength of the association are Buddhist or not? Very much who visit her, she said: "I get sick is because of karma [the evil things that I do at first], then you must visit me not to do evil, do good work, always remember so, to know the food reserve in case of famine. Mau new early Buddhist concept is not in vain my visit this time. "
There is an old man eighty years old from lung cancer in a nursing home. He said: "At five years old when his father died, eight years old when her mother died, a lonely life until now had 80 years." can be said that he had tasted enough of all the smell happiness, sadness, isolation, united in life . So far old patient suffering from severe back, to stay in bed all day. There is a pillow the night he sat up talking to her self: "I want to go on, I want to go on"; very mournful voice , but at the unsteady feet and fell back wounded. Dental plaque in the mouth was full stick, per day charge nurse how much strength to call his Father that he was certain not rub and said: "People want to dead, rub the teeth to do anything anymore. " nearly two months he refused to eat anything so nearly exhausted with hunger. It's really hard for me to drugs and new food in his mouth, but he was not certain swallow and determined to die.
After that great and did not control urination and conditions; to urinate on the bed of sickness. He had no family in the hospital who do not complete, has no duty to place next to linens bed and dressing. After that clothing does not have the strength to wear that he will not wear, just skin and bones so inert in bed. Because he refused to eat so can only injection. Hand since then all his needle to inject drugs or draw blood. This is the suffering of old age. recommended his Buddhist concept but a difficult concept, every time they see he has no pen to describe all of the heartache this suffering. He has also healthy as we do, go cantering has gradually climbed out non cross streams, as well as we had, when starved, feeding, smiling as if a flower. But the waves of birth Ganga's death a minute, a fraction that does not stop ... Our bodies can also houses damaged and collapsed to live in older homes damaged, leaking rain very hard, very difficult. If at that time we recite the Buddha, bring your mind to dwell in the realms of the West a free, pure solid, at any time can move out very well dignified. If sadness brain in house clothes torn, afraid of the future you will also move to the house was damaged and leaking more than the current old, eternal suffering!
There is an old patient, someone said he was 80 years old, someone said he was 90 years old. Looks like he is a former professor of Beijing University, he looked very much like the intelligentsia. He was not a patient under my treatment specialist.From the moment I met him first when he was unconscious. Each time the patient comes into the room I can only term 'Amitabha Buddha Amitabha' into his ear. every two months so he has not when there is a little reaction at all. At last he came to, with little response and look at me, seemed like the best of 'Amitabha Buddha', but no power to the sound concept. hand he appointed seems like the hands, hands together for healthy people is one thing very easy, but for him it was extremely difficult. It is not leather at an early age he was also very soft pink or star ? But the world is impermanent, rosy young fat will slowly turn into getting that old phrase!
Looks like I brought the image of older people pulled down to the bottom of the deep abyss, so may be too cruel or not? But if not explicitly describe such people do not understand things in the world , do not let go can not be happy in themselves. If not in the early Buddhist concept was afraid that life will forever regret it later!
Most people are about to die when breathing very difficult. If you are in hospital, the doctor will insert a tube into the mouth or nose into the trachea to the lungs wealth to sustain respiration. By the push of emergency room nurse on duty frequently to monitor patients. have to use oxygen taken into the nose to help patients breathe. All over the body can be inserted anywhere into the well pipe are inserted into the tube, for example, then put the tube into the urinary tract to catheterization, tube inserted into his mouth to guide the food into the stomach, or nose, then insert the tube into the lungs, only missing one thing is not what a tube to guide light light of the Buddha Amitabha in the hearts of people. A room with a nurse on duty ill (intensive care) is like a hell on earth. Perhaps this modern device has saved many people, but lost out to patients, regardless of whether or not heal are very afraid of hell, no one likes to be put in one more time! At Treasure before prayers I used to think that the words Buddhist bodhisattva beings do fear evil, deliberately to scare people say, what if there are any burning hell, hell cutting blades, ... what is there suffering, very scary, as are threatened people. eve of the hospital I am very Buddha, they said they would always say the truth, and also understand why the Buddha has many times in business and vice reminding Treasure Bodhisattva wishes are:
" Do not let them fall into evil paths birth [even just] a night . " Certainly being qualified to know the human suffering in consequence of this application, do not let the evil beings fall into the subject suffering a date night . " But normally we have to notice and understand this compassion of the Buddha does not?
When the patient told me midnight, when I was very tired and sleepy but woke up to go visit them, care, medication or treatment, then see them born on the banks suffer birth and death, the sentence in Human Sense Bat Dai consecutive trading is in the mind:
" Birth burning death, immeasurable suffering and distribution of excess interest, all deacons, may take place for countless suffering beings, making them the joy of birth to be fulfilled . "
But when he saw the visions of this oversized, ask you to suffer in being you can do is not try to ask those suffering told in the previous paragraph, you can replace them one night? I do not talk 'replace' is too difficult, just on one side to comfort the sick care continually few sleepless nights, all day and night, it was too difficult then (usually you will feel the heavy, heart beating than before ...).
Except in the Buddhist practice of compassion out, also need to have strong faith, may force large attendance, the Buddhist concept is capable of out six paths of rebirth suffering. Damage that is not replace suffer, just 'listening' time, sitting there all day from morning to night heard people lament: "How do I format," "my house is suffering extremely," to let you hear a 24 hours, several days continuously, you will understand. After I 'hear' a time, one day when I thought Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when I heard other people also thought "Male model from General compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ", listening to this question I immediately have an infinite emotion, tears without noticing.
It's true, do not talk to you instead of being subject to very hard, just so you 'hear' the suffering that is associated boundless compassion of the Bodhisattva. He made ​​a vow to "listen to stories in the world suffering space ", where any person to suffer immediately to save them immediately. We compose your mind to recite the Bodhisattva, from the title of a Bodhisattva is said to be infinite compassion of the Bodhisattva, the center location inconceivably large he's precious.
When the eyes I see the sadness, fear, terror of dying, his ears heard countless cries distinct mortality at birth, return of 'infinite clarity and infinite life' of the Buddha Amitabha naturally filled with tears again and feel compassion extremely close sympathy contained in the title of Buddha Amitabha. Then the Buddha Amitabha has long known the pain sad darkness and fear of birth and death within our ordinary, so he launched countless rays everywhere to save, not boring but being comforted. He did not rest, do not 'take vacation! ', day and night, forever aspiration never stop being in the relief of suffering of birth and death, giving the salary bar at Dewachen issued to all beings. You notice that when the rain for several consecutive days but the sun is not lost. Infinite Light Life is an eternal source of compassion, endless shining, not insecure as losing clarity, without the suffering of different birth mortality.
There was late at night, sleeping pills and anti-pain medications are not valid anymore, I'm usually at the patient bedside to help them recite the Buddha (actually have to say is 'bodhisattva patients' help me to recite the Buddha, because otherwise have them on one side, I'm not half so hard sleepless nights, waking up Buddhist concept). breath Reconcile the Buddhist concept and language of patients, just thought while listening to each sentence had a calm voice. When drugs men no effect anymore, very sincerely for help Buddha Amitabha has the strongest effect, body and mind can comfort the patient's suffering; be an hour listening to it immediately upon being freed, if peace which clearly hear every word every word, then the pain disappears in a minute and fog at sunrise. Buddha Amitabha as an electricity supply company for free, just do not withdrawal will map out the electric plug is admitted permanent energy source never stop this.
There is a cancer of the nose, here is the introduction of special significance. Cancer has spread to her breathing, she was new to a hospital, then I was in pain. One time time shortly before her death, she found a vegetarian mind; she pulled my hand and said: "Doctor, if the patient had no hope for cure, please let me come quickly to the water of the Buddha Amitabha . " She was from another hospital to our hospital for radiation therapy. nasal cancer patient which is effectively healed very high value, just detected early and treated early, are all sick, but she disease detected too late. Since midnight her respiratory difficulties new people drove her to a hospital we aid, but not saved. That night I do not live at the hospital, until the next morning at I came out she stopped breathing for a while and is considered dead, the house is preparing to leave the hospital. Do not know why in the emergency room nurse called me with the radio system of the hospital. When I went to see her, feel very sad; me next to her ear and said:
" In her short life has endured so much suffering, but she was a child but her husband take care of it, these things also worried she'd be worried then. Now she must let go everything, she let me to recite Amitabha Buddha of the West and then follow his World of Ultimate Bliss . "
I stayed next to her recite the Buddha and the Buddha of compassion for life photography; at heart I felt it very clear every verse of the Buddha are emitted from the bottom of my heart. It is strange that her tears flowed every opportunity. After that I asked the nurse in the emergency room to see and say:
" On the medical side we say that she has died, his breath was then the end, no heartbeat, no blood pressure, all gone. But the Buddha said, because the dead are attachment, their consciousness has not completely left the body, the average wait 8 hours later separated from his body, so we must care for people near death or died dignity . "
But now if you stopped breathing in the hospital, most of whom are not for us to rest their bodies do not work, this unfortunately. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.(  TAM THANH.MHDT.19/4/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

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