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Filial piety in the Pali canon.

 

Ð we membranes with Vietnam, Vu Lan festival (Bon Vu Lan, Ullambana) the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month every n am e ã become a seasonal tradition for signaling the dutiful son, heartfelt tribute to acknowledgment foster Parent - c On life as well as e ã through life - v à trying its best to repay that acknowledgment, by parents caring for v à angels.
Besides the Maudgalyayana area - Thread Bar in the Mahayana Buddhist, increasing the risk of Israel's water system has many Pali Buddha's teachings to his disciples, to help them keep g print all in harmony e HIB, to c another application t Director of Dharma antenna. Nhan Vu Lan festival this year (1995), pp. I would excuse the HIB presented a few short paragraphs in the Pali canon, the text says Hieu m à Buddha e ã preached to the disciples.

Great merit
Ca dao Vietnam often thanks for the parents as Mount Tai, as the water from flowing out. In Samyutta the Buddha e ã great merit for their parents as sea same place. He preached that human milk feeding through many lives many lives, n Daniel immense sea more: "... Behold the monk, mother's milk that you e ã drink while you flow circulation back in a long time, then four more in the sea water. Why? Because samsara is beginningless, no stars to count. flows rebirth of beings tr cancer n messages stating Israel can not launch point. V ì ignorance stoppers, v ì craving binds all of them now living. " In T antenna Chi Ministry, Buddha also for parents as the flames worthy of respect, v ì parents who e ã v gives life à t antenna for child growth, as well as bringing alive the flame, sources of energy to care whom: "... Behold the Ba-la-goal, of parents who are flame worthy of respect. V ì Why? Because of that m à creating life, existence. Due to that, as parents l à the sacred flame worthy of respect, worthy of respect, worthy of offerings , v à will provide communications chief . " For the grace grand parents like that, the Buddha said that there are two kinds of people that we never pay off thanks be, that l à mother and father (T antenna Chi Ministry):





"... There are two kinds of people, and this monk, I say no thanks to pay off is. Such is the Father and Mother. shoulder piggyback If a mother, a father carrying shoulder, do so during tr am until years centenarians is not enough to repay their parents. If the parents take care of all the treasures tr Israel left the land has not fully repaid. V ì Why? Because that parents e ã pains for children and nurture them until grown, v à lead them in this life. "


Bowed to the east

of Church Life In Execution-ca-la-Vietnam (Singalo-vada Sutta) , School of Ministry, a morning when Buddha went tr ì average alms in Rajagaha, he saw the boy Thi-ca- la-Vietnam up early, out of their hands and bowed Hexagonal: East, West, South, North, Upper, Lower as the traditionally taught parents that do not understand what it means to do that. Buddha preached that their hands in such worship is not enough, m à need to visualize the operations center to treat those around you: the East is the relationship between parents and children, to the west is the marital relationship, the direction Men are teacher-student relationship, the North is to contact your friends, towards the upper contact between clergy and laity, the House is oriented contact between the employer and the maid.
Regarding the relationship between parents and children, Buddha preached:
"... There are n am the child to task l am: foster parents, to fulfill all of the duties, keeping in e HIB with traditional, legacy asset protection, and when his father's funeral mother through life. "
In addition to that, the Buddha also said: "... There are n am responsible parents need to cycle to fame: ng l I stopped eating am evil, encouraging them l am good, teach I have a good career, t Im good partner for me, and given me the heritage for the right time. "

Obviously this l à an accountability message, a mutual obligation between parents v à children. You have n am duty to parents, v n à parents also am responsible for the children. When parents v children à fulfilling that, th i assume e HIB happiness, v à Eastern, figuratively, each k is an image. When it bowed toward the East truly meaningful. T antenna chief of Dharma

Buddha also advised parents and children to practice, put off the evil road, commitment v noisy child -friendly way, help each other grow in the Dhamma. In Anguttara, Buddhist theory:

"... Those who favor by nurturing, offering parents with wealth, material, money th ì never be enough to repay their parents. Behold the monk, for parents who do not have l he believes encourage, guide for parents residing v noisy goodness; take time for parents th ì encourage, guide for parents residing v loud generosity, for parents th position in evil ì encourage, guide to parents residing v rushing right knowledge; like that people that l am full v à repay her enough v à father. "

Buddha preached that, by paying hospitality offering physical assets is not enough, m à targeted to the ultimate goal l à t together heads of Dharma antenna, approaching liberation from all suffering samsara fire. Parents want to achieve peace b Dinh, ultimate happiness, then you have to help parents who abandon evil good and perform well, taking time to give alms and practicing generosity, giving very intelligence and evidence was intellectual.

Benefits of filial piety

the while taking care of, nurturing parent, the child will be entitled to the merits, l results earthy filial piety brings. preached Buddha (T antenna Chi Ministry):

"... The credit men with female property due diligence efforts harvest is, by itself m laborious effort to create Dinh, a reverence offerings, take care of their parents. parents he , is the reverence, take care of that, l will start his love for Israel and pray: 'Give me my long life! Please give me the protection, life safety network b HIB! '. Behold the residents officer, a pious son is so loving parent, would certainly strong growth in the Dhamma. "

In Samyutta the Buddha lay Mataposaka:

"Those who follow dharma,
Nurturing mother and father.
well and created many,
D membranes with parents.
Thus, Sages,
in praise of this world,
died after being born
Enjoying peaceful deities "

In T antenna sub-ministries that Buddha preached in e HIB hospitality that have children know their parents, then in e Dinh had merit, respectable v à reverence, should be considered as h horizontal antenna with discounts God. Brahma is the highest gods in Desire and Lust. His teaching:
"... Behold the monks, those in e HIB to have children in the feast of parents, those in e Dinh was accepted at par with Pham Thi Dan, are accepted as equal in e Dinh masters, respectable v à offerings.
Brahma is synonymous with parents. doctors Teacher is synonymous with parents. worthy offerings to the level l à synonymous with parents. V ì stars How? For help parents support their children very much, v ì parenting parents to ng ay they grew wise, dd Training them to put them v hen the world. "

The Sakka (Sakka) , Kings Cross Tam Tam heaven, because thanks to the Lord take care of their parents m à postnatal life is l Wet weather (Samyutta):
"... In ancient times when God is the master Sakka, he accepted precepts seriously and hospitality their parents. Through that m à l was born Wet weather today:

Who tastes their parents,
step Regards chief
speaking gentle words,
abandon double-edged words,
Tame lap time involved,
is a real person,
for any hatred Photography.
With such a person,
Chu Thien Tam Cross Tam,
Call level is noble. "

Conclusion

T moan just l à brief quoted Buddha, recorded in the case N guyen water, the shopkeeper. Buddha e ã says a lot about the great merit of the parents said the children's responsibility to repay the enormous grace. H Dinh rituals is not essential, that the actions take care practices, offering new parents l à important. Taking care of parents will create blessings for ourselves - the money and the next life, and happiness in e HIB us.
Buddha also taught that the best way to repay beautiful v à l fullest à father her firm belief in Dharma, together entered the right way good, evil world away, take time off, the moral life, really h Photopanel generosity, give me the dark ignorance v à direction to light bright clarity of mind, to get v tube mortal suffering. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/11/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).