Buddha and relatives (II)
For relatives, Honest is the best. - Dhammapada
Buddha and The Other Mother IB a day after returning KAPILAVATTTHU Buddha (Kapilavastu), Prince Nanda, the son of King Suddhodana (Suddhodana) and Queen Pajapati Gotami, the festival celebrates three important: married, and knighted the new palace.
bustling While everyone congratulated offerings to the Buddha returned to the palace. After that meal is finished, the Buddha gave the bowl to Prince Nanda, read verses blessed and got up to leave, not the bowl bid.
hugged quietly Prince Buddha bowl on legs, belly and make it think that the memory again, he will withdraw bowl sometime. But Buddha ignore, ignore. So revered Buddha, the prince was forced to continue to follow.
The prince's bride is Janapada Kalyani told of the very same concerns, full flush of the face, hair disheveled, she hurried by calling to, "Hey Prince esteem, hurry back." The call full of cherished it penetrates his heart, but oil is very grateful, Prince did not dare give back to the Buddha bowl for reverence, a respect for elders respected. And so, the Prince burned hug bowl to follow Buddha's grace in Him to dwell temporarily residing. At this point, the Buddha asked the prince did not wish to retire. Prince Nanda respected and worshiped the Buddha very deeply because maybe he is a Buddha, he is both the head. Therefore, oil reluctantly but dared not refuse, consent prince ordaining life.
Nanda Bhikkhu But indeed found little happiness in the spirit of renunciation of the material world. Increasingly debilitating mental because always dream of the bride. One day, he first ordained monk to tell the others as follows:
"Hey brethren, I'm very dissatisfied. spite of ordaining life and noble virtuous life, but I feel can also take it anymore. I intend to abandon the noble precepts of the life to be inferior, as a layman. "
When told of the Buddha asked Nanda Bhikkhu is indeed not. Nanda Bhikkhu acknowledge his mental breakdown and showed great concern for the bride.
Nanda Bhikkhu To lead on the right path, majestic Buddha uses magic powers, fighting God put Export offers, bonuses because of the breathtaking beauty fairies. Along the way, Nanda Bhikkhu seen a female monkey has lost his eyes, ears, nose and tail of a cloud of fire, still trying to cling to barren tree amid the forest fire has burned down. When the celestial Buddha and fairies only the Bhikkhu Nanda asked:
"Hey Nanda, the maidens and Princess esteem Janapada Kalyani, beautiful-looking one more?"
- White Buddha, if compared with extremely beautiful maidens this lovely Janapada Kalyani like a burnt monkey, clinging to its stem.
- Hey Nanda, so be aggressive, trying to! As if Nanda Lai ensuring that teaching practice patience, then one day Nanda will also achieve beautiful concubines so.
Such a child is encouraged, Nanda Bhikkhu clear:
"If so, students I am happy to live pure lives sublime. "
When the other or that the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Nanda tried virtuous life just because I want to be the first to reach women, they expressed ridicule, call as "employees."
Venerable Nanda awakened, aware of his vile reasons so ashamed and rejected all evil thoughts, Exert, practice and perseverance attained A La Han. Then he came to clear the Buddha:
"O Blessed goods, please cancel your Buddha said that He promised, assured his disciples that if proper teaching practice, students will be the beautiful maiden . "
- Hey Nanda, as long as you are no longer cling to the things of the earth, your mind has been completely purged, no longer caught some impurities, then the Tathagata will cancel promise. Buddha gave the same answer and read a stanza:
"He took off the mud and conquer lust,When a few monks expressed skepticism about the achievements of German Nanda, the Buddha explains:
he has eradicated the illusion (delusion),
who did not appreciate the pleasure and the pain. "
"Rainwater can not pass through the thick thatch roof of a clever roof closed. similar to this, not lust be absorbed into the master mind was fully developed. " [1]
After enjoying life happy deliverance, He Nanda praised the virtues of the Buddha as follows: "The method of Duty Counsel who is awesome, by which we are saved, out of danger the cycle of birth and death are constant and too expensive to reach Nirvana. "
By doing Theragatha, Germany Nanda uttered the following words:
"There was a youth, since no righteous thoughts, I just amorous attachment love what outward manifestation. Was longing desire to tame my mind was always spontaneous and chaotic.
"Thanks to the ingenuity and compassion of the Buddha generosity, former 'solar generation 'I have been blessed in life noble, righteous action, and from the pond's existence, my heart is picked up and rescued. [2] "
The disciples of the Buddha, Nanda was his famous self-control is very tight.
Buddha and Ananda
Ananda is the son of Mr. Huang Amitodana, a brother of King Suddhodana (Suddhodana). So Ananda's brother, uncle Prince Siddhattha (Siddhartha Ta). The birth of a great happiness for him is royal, for that reason, his name is Ananda.
Two years after the Buddha's enlightenment, Prince Ananda ordained along with five other noble Sakya (Shakya) is Anuruddha, Bhaddiya, Kimbila and Devadatta. Shortly after hearing of a French Mantaniputta Venerable Punna, he attained Tu Da Huon (Sotapatti, Entry), the first floor of the four holy.
When the Buddha was fifty-five years old, the Venerable Ananda became chief steward.
During the twenty years after the Buddha's enlightenment, he does not have to choose one permanent servant. Some of the most temporary Buddha, but does not appear to be diligent and dignity, noble inappropriate. One day in Jetavana (Jeta Vihara), Buddha called all the disciples and says:
"Now the Tathagata got older, the Bhikkhu this, as much as Lai said: Let us go this way, then there who went the other way. well have dropped the y, the bowl of the Tathagata. therefore the teacher to select a regular attendant Tathagata. " [3]
From Germany Sariputta (Sariputta) or less, most of the Bhikkhus are pleased to serve the Buddha, but he rejected them all. Then Venerable Ananda sat quietly to one side. The other would advise him, and he bowed to the Buddha would be served with eight conditions:
1. - Buddha did not give him (Ananda) which lay robes offered to the BuddhaBuddha accepted eight requests, four have negative personality characteristics and four are positive, the Venerable Ananda, and ever since, Venerable Ananda became the steward, servant to regular hours Buddha finally, during the twenty-five years.
2. - Buddha did not give him the items continue to rise due to lay Buddha.
3. - The Buddha did not allow He ends up sharing in a net loss to the Buddha.
4. - The Buddha did not allow him to go with the Buddha where the Buddha sometimes only benefactor.
5. - Buddha would be happy to go with him (Ananda ) whenever there is a time to his benefactor (Ananda) to.
6. - Buddha will be happy to let him lead the guests from afar visited the Buddha.
7. - Buddha will be happy to The Buddha allowed him to clear a skeptic when it arises.
8. - happy Buddha will repeat the Buddha Dharma without him at there.
follow the ball, the Buddha him everywhere, very diligent care needs of the Buddha with all reverence and respect. Night as day, when he is ready to serve the Buddha.
sutras recorded that night Venerable Ananda holding sticks, hand torch around the Buddha's net loss nine times to keep her from sleeping and to Germany Buddha from being disturbed.
Ananda Bodhi
tree is called Ananda Bodhi because he himself had planted it.
At that time, the Buddha lay most often to bring flowers or flower garlands to make offerings. In the Buddha's lay away the flowers he put things in front of him and lost out on the net. Bourgeois Anathapindika (Anathapindika) requested that Venerable Ananda thus transparent to the Buddha to see where else can lay offerings to worship the Buddha's preaching with my friend's French, is not present in the temple .
Venerable Ananda Buddha and the most transparent:
"Bach of the Buddha, there are many treasures to worship beings offerings (Cetiyani)? May he be happy to explain."
- Ananda, all three . That is: The object being to worship offerings related to body (Sarikira) [4], the items related to individual appliances (Paribhogika), and the animals to commemorate Buddha (Uddesika.)
- White Exalted goods, while he was in the money, there should not build His church tower?
- No, animal beings to worship offerings related to body should be constructed only after the passing Tathagata. Items offered prayers to commemorate Buddha entirely spiritual, the only keepsake that is a symbol, not a material basis. But the great Bodhi tree which was once the ancient rain sun Tathagata's support for animal beings worship offerings, oil or Sakyamuni Buddha passed away.
- Bach of the Buddha, when he went theories French afar, Jeta large Vihara is no longer helpless, and lay people here do not know where to focus on worship and offerings. Exalted transparency, ask Him to allow the joy of taking a Bodhi tree seeds for planting in front of mother Vihara.
- The Ananda Okay, let's go plant. How well did the Tathagata always here. [5]
Venerable Ananda story art for the great benefactor as he Anathapindika (Anathapindika), Visakha and Mrs. King Kosala, then ask German Moggallana (Moggallana) retain a ripe fruit falling from trees Germany and handed over to his rise to King Ananda. King gave bourgeois Anathapindika (Anathapindika) plant. A Bodhi Tree grows on lush soon, named Ananda Bodhi. [6]
German Women and Gender Ananda
himself also requested Ananda Buddha accepted women into the Church. So that Mrs. Maha Pajapati Gotami monks and nuns to be ordained. All monks and nuns were able to love Him with all your heart.
At one time, the most Venerable Ananda Buddha and transparency:
- Bach of the Buddha, we must treat women like?
- Behold Ananda, does not seem to see.
- but had seen before, the Exalted transparency, how should we?
- Behold Ananda, do not talk.
- But if asked, how do we have?
- Behold Ananda, be careful precautions, maintaining mindfulness.
general counsel reminded the monk should always be cautious when relating to women.
Venerable Ananda has an incredible memory. He had the rare good fortune to be standing Buddha servant and listen to all the teachings of the Buddha. By the same token, Venerable Ananda is considered the Dhama-bhandagarika, "Conservative Dharma."
To answer the question of a brahmin, Venerable Ananda said to the knowledge of his teachings are as follows:
"Eighty-two thousand of the BuddhaVenerable Ananda Buddha paralyzed in the line of his disciples for five reasons: health education scholarship (bahussutanam), extremely honest memory (satimantanam) noble virtues (gatimantanam), persistence (dhitimantanam) diligent and devoted (upatthakanam). [8]
I learned. also added two thousand more, I learned to lay people.
As such, there are eighty-four thousand French all that I learned. " [7]
Although a prominent disciple, smooth teachings, Ananda still living with his French-Learning (Sekha), ie there should be more training, not attained Arhat, until the Buddha. Final exhortation of the Buddha: "I have made many blessings, Ananda, you will soon purge all pollution. [9]"
It was not until after the death of the Buddha, Venerable Ananda attained new A La Han.
During aggregation Tripitaka first consisting of the Arhat, Germany Ananda need to keep an important role so he tried to paddle, attained in the previous night, while you lie down. Sutras written that he was the only disciple attained Arhat go out at, standing, lying, sitting [10].
Venerable Ananda passing away at the age of twenty one hundred. The Dhammapada commentary states that at that time, because people on both sides of the river Rohini are all reverence and desire to serve his offer, and both sides have longed to worship the relics of him, so he mystically sitting in the air, the river, and preached to crowds vow that part of his flesh will fall a sides and the rest will fall to the other side. Then he focused on the subject of meditation Fire (Tejokasina samapatti). Immediately fire kindled revolt from his body, and as the will, a part of his flesh fell to the shore, and the other one down the other side.
Economics Theragatha are many verses recorded by the Venerable Ananda read more case. These lines are following His coyly mention the temporary nature of the so-called body beautiful:
"Look at that body lie, cajole of the puppet.Sample and Ms. Di Buddha Maha Pajapati Gotami
A painful mass misery,
sickness A disk containing full winter as the grass is,
how many plans and goals.
, but in this (plan and target) no shred of viability.
Please look, appearance false, because the dependent items outside decorations,
but all just a skeleton inside a leather case. [11] "
Pajapati Gotami Maha is the youngest sister of King Suppabuddha. Her Sister Queen Maha Maya. Both sisters are the Queen of King Suddhodana (Suddhodana). She has two children, a girl and a boy's name Nanda Nanda, later they both left home. When Queen Maha Maya common destiny, she nurtured me as Prince Siddhattha (Siddhartha Ta). Her son, Nanda, then thanks her for feeding and care.
Gotami her clan name. Maha Pajapati called because the prophets predicted at that time that she would later led a crowd of people. When the Buddha returned to the palace and sermon Dhammapala Jataka, Jataka Tri France, she attained Huon freezer.
Later when the king promoted galaxies, both at the time her son, the Crown Prince and Prince Siddhattha Nanda escapism are secular, and her decision to become a great spiritual life. When the Buddha came KAPILAVATTTHU (Kapilavastu) to settle a dispute between two relatives Sakya clan and Koliya of a canal from the river Rohini, He dwells in Nigrodha garden. She approached and provided Pajapati Gotami sometimes happy Buddha allowed women to be ordained. She transparency as follows:
"White of the Exalted, will be a great happiness for women if the Blessed One accepted for each woman is allowed to give to family life is not the life I closed the door, within context of the Dhamma-Vinaya which the Tathagata has announced. "
Buddha rejected immediately, without giving a reason.
second time and third time, Mrs. Maha Pajapati Gotami repeated pleas, but a Buddha denies.
KAPILAVATTTHU Once in a while, the Buddha went back to Vesali times. He dwells in Mahavana, the temple Kutagara.
Pajapati Gotami She was determined. Not daunted by the words of the Buddha refused, her hair down, robed in gold, and with a large number of ladies lady of Sakya (Shakya), walking from KAPILAVATTTHU, through many hardships to Vesali, a distance of about two hundred kilometers. With swollen feet, body dirty dust, she went to Vesali, standing on one side of the net loss port, where the Buddha dwells. Venerable Ananda found her weeping so to ask. After you get to know about the status of her sorrow, and he came almost white Buddha:
"O Blessed goods, ask him to take a look at that, she Pajapati Gotami standing outside the gate, swollen feet, I was completely covered dirt, and looked very unhappy sorrow. Xin Exalted joy of acceptance for women to give life to his close family and no home life, in the framework of the Dharma and About the Law which he has published.
"Bach Exalted, will be a great happiness for women if women are allowed to line up the family and no home life."
- Enough, Ananda, the Tathagata can not goods accepted for ordained women.
second time and third time Germany tried to plead Ananda, the Buddha but a rejection level.
Venerable Ananda respectfully white:
"White of the Buddha, capable woman achievements attained to Tu Da Huon (Sotàpanna), Tu Da Ham (Sakadagami), A Na content (Anagami) and Arhat, if they can move forward from family life to the homeless life and self into the framework of the Dhamma-Vinaya that the Buddha was announced? "
Buddha answered that every woman will be able to achieve the achievements.
Encouraged by this favorable response, the German Ananda Buddha earnestly request again:
"Blessed capers, if so every woman can also afford to successful achievements. Mrs. Maha Pajapati Gotami command has raised a lot of the Exalted - just as her aunt, both a nanny. She was adopted by the Exalted her own milk, and instead Hold him in the palm of German Empress.
"It is a great happiness for women if every woman accepted to give to the world to close their lifestyle does not homes, in the framework of the Dhamma and the Vinaya announced Tathagata. "
- Ananda, if she accepted eight Maha Pajapati Gotami About Parent [12] she will be allowed to establish the Bhikkhuni Church. Eight chief's About:
1. - monks and nuns, the centuries-old oil down, to greet a monk, right before the monk stood up, bowed and practical obligation to monks, although this position was only part of the day 's. 2. - monks and nuns can not enter the House (Vassa) where there is no monk. 3. - to repent period, monks and nuns have asked the monks have long holidays revealed (uposatha) [13] and now you come to the meeting. 4. - At the end of the rainy period, monks and nuns to practice every suicide rate (Pavarana) [14], the lower right front of the monks and other monks and nuns ( to examine if the three things, see, hear, and doubt, I have no guilt point). 5. - monks and nuns have committed a felony shall be fined Manatta [15] before the monks and nuns. 6 . - Women novices (Sikkhamana) had six sex life over a period of two years, may ordained monks and nuns and monks, nuns before. 7. - No matter the circumstances, monks and nuns can not control or severely responsible for monks. 8. - Bhikkhu not repent for monks and nuns, but the monks and nuns can repent with the monks.The following rules must be respected in life, should be respected and not to be changed, moved.
Venerable Ananda When she narrated the Maha Pajapati Gotami happy to accept, consent Eight About Chief's respect. Due to her consent is granted permission ordained, ordained monks and nuns.
When Buddha approved the establishment of the Church monks and nuns, who had predicted the consequences and noted:
"Ananda If women are not approved to close his monastic life into homelessness in the framework of the Dhamma-Vinaya Tathagata has announced that the monastic life and the sublime Dharma will survive long-term. But women were not allowed home life is renunciation and sublime Dharma exists only half the time. [16] "
And the Buddha added:
"Ananda, in which a woman with a large and few men, the thieves will easily slip into. similar to this, in whatever Dhamma-Vinaya, if every woman is allowed to give up worldly life and homeless, the spiritual life will not last long, and as well as the other dike embankment next to large lake to prevent water from overflowing the last stop before the Tathagata concerned, when issued "Eight About Right" for monks and nuns, forced to keep life intact. "
When explaining this, the Buddha can not appease women, say in a general way, but he did not mean to reduce the amount of the value of women, but only recorded weak nature of this sect.
should be noted that the Buddha was the Cardinals' first in human history has established a Church for women with full discipline. Just as the male students have two German disciple Sariputta (Sariputra) and Germany Moggallana (Moggallana), the Church Bhikkhuni, the two Buddha, Khema and Uppalavana, do Palmo .
the other day, Bhikkhuni Maha Buddha Pajapati Gotami the most original and begged him to allow her to practice trying to achieve the ultimate goal. He says:
"Hey Gotami, regardless of what the Catechism, not aware, that this leads to ambition - does not lead to happiness, to the conceit - not to respect, to desire more - do not want less, enjoy prosperous urban scene - not like a hermit, gave chase - do not try, it is difficult to be satisfied - without contentment virtue, it is true, Gotami, be aware that the Catechism 's not Dharma (Dhamma), is not Vinaya (Discipline), is not the teaching of the German Master. " [17]
"But no matter what the Catechism, be aware, that this leads to happiness - does not lead to desire, to respect - not to conceit, want less - do not take much , like a hermit - not like prosperous urban Exert - not chased sloth, is happy contentment - not difficult to be satisfied, then yes, Gotami, to understand that it really is the Doctrine of Dharma (Dhamma), the Vinaya (Discipline), the German Grand Master Teachings. "
Sometime later she attained Arhat with knowledge analysis (Patisambhida) [18] and intuitive wisdom.
ladies Lady Sakya (Shakya) has ordaining life at the same time she also attained Arhat.
During the chief female disciples of the Buddha, she was listed as Maha Pajapati high and low and most experienced (Rattannu) .
Economics Therigatha marked by multiple lines as she read the Arhat attained.
Footnotes:
[1] Dhammapada, the Dhammapada, verse 13-14
[2] Psalms of the Brethren, 127 pages. Questions 157-158
[3] Jataka, Jataka, No. 456. Translation Jataka, vol IV, page 61.
[4] As the relics of the Buddha.
[5] Kalingabodhi Jataka, No. 479. Jataka, vol IV page 228. Translation Jataka, vol IV, page 142.
[6] This tree is the oldest historically revered. The Bodhi tree is still living in far Sahet Mahet (current name), formerly Savatthi, India.
[7] Psalms of the Brethren, 354 pages. Theragatha, sentences in 1424.
[8] Anguttara Nikaya, Circuit A Boost function, volume 1, page 24. Gradual Sayings, part 1, page 19
[9] Digha Nikaya, Where A Function - Parinibbana Sutta University Nirvana.
[10] Buddhist Legends, Volume III, page 160.
[11] Psalms of the Brethren, 353 pages. Theragatha, the 1020. Dhammapada, the Dhammapada, verse 147.
[12] In August About this district, the laity may be difficult to understand for some of the world involving only ordained.
[13] On the full moon day and the first of the monks together, read the basic precepts.
[14] Rite termination rainy period.
[15] A form of disciplinary action.
[16] See Gradual Sayings, IV page 184.
[17] Vinaya Texts, Part III, pp. 329-330. Gradual Sayings, part iv, pp. 186-187.
[18] Understanding the significance analysis (attha), (Dhamma), etiology (Nirutti), and comprehend all three (Patibhana). END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/11/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).
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