Eight Worldly France
(Atthalokadhamma)
T HE difference this time is not quite beautiful effective as rose petals. It is not absolute as thorny rose plants. Roses gentle, beautiful, and smell fragrant. But the tree that his birth it is thorny. Flowers are flowers. Hemp is hemp. What is the flower of flowers. What is in the thorn of thorns. Not because of his work on the flowers that have thorns, thorns that are not so much alienated commission.
With the optimistic, this world absolutely like rose petals. A pessimist on the contrary, it shows that spikes obstacles. But for real, the world is not absolutely beautiful, is not entirely bad.
knows he will not charm the beauty of roses are right but how it is. Thorough understanding of the nature of the spikes that they truly see it and will act prudently to avoid barbed grooming or stabbed, shot.
Much like the pendulum of the clock, hitting the left and to the right, then back to the left , always the case, there are four blessings and four misfortunes in life that everyone, everyone will have to confront, not avoid one. That is:
- Is (labha) and loss (alabha)Pali called "Atthalokadhamma" Eight Worldly France [1].
- fame (yasa) and notorious (ayasa),
- praise (pasamsa) and blame (ninda),
- happiness (sukha) and suffering (dukkha).
1. Gain and Lose (Labha and Alabha)
So often entrepreneurs to meet both business: gain and loss, in other words, gains and losses. Of course, to benefit the people delight, joy. This in itself nothing wrong. The similar boon, not oils or righteousness, are bringing the world the joy that everyone desires, everyone is looking for. Without hours of fun painting, oil is fleeting, life really is not worth living. During the time this dispute and uncertainty, human life is very little opportunity to enjoy a few happy excited spirit. The similar pleasures, oil is still the material, it will definitely help a health and longevity.
But until then suffering losses at its inception. We can easily benefit smiles while, but do not lose time. In many cases, significant losses makes people insane, when brought to the scene very exclusive life, if not take it anymore. It is in similar circumstances, have praised courage and keep the mind calm, do not get too perturbed. While struggling with life, everyone will encounter at the ups, downs now, and we are willing to tolerate, preparedness, especially in adversity. Despair will be minimized.
Losing something of course we feel sad. But the sadness did not help us find the lost objects. I have to think that someone can enjoy other things, even though they enjoyed an Unjust. Wished him to be happy, peaceful and happy!
Or we can console ourselves: "This is just a petty loss, does not matter." Or we can accept a noble philosophy: "Nothing is 'I', not what is 'mine'." In similar cases, to keep the mind calm.
At the time of the Buddha was alive, there was a young woman looking up German Sariputta temple (Buddhist relics) and many other monks. While preparing to give his real character, the husband and believed all the people were ambushed, killed while walking reconcile a dispute. She did not even seem sad. Calmly, quietly kept her poems in his pocket monks continue to bowl like nothing happened. Then a maid brought jars and milk to give security risks dislocated leg monks fell, cracking the jar.
Thought maybe she will regret benefactor pots and containers in which food, German Sariputta (Buddhist relics) consolation that things like pots, have sense of "tank" in line with it, there must one day tank. She credits intellectual woman calmly replied, "Venerable transparent glass, it was just a normal loss. Believe I just received my husband and children were killed killer. Cow poem in your pocket and still keeping the mind calm, do not panic. And despite the bad news, I continue to bowl and his monks. "
precious German heroic young woman indeed laudable and worthy example for others.
other times, the Buddha went for alms in a village that. Due to the disruption of Mara, the Buddha's day to bowl no one and nothing to the meal. When Mara said brusquely He had not heard fasting Buddha explain mental attitude of the people was beyond all obstacles and replied, "Happy, Tathagata lives unimpeded. Nurture joys , Tathagata always in sight as the sun Quan God. "
Another time, the Buddha and his disciples retreat in the village and that, according to the provision of a Visiting Brahmins. But this totally forgotten the duty is to take care of him. During the three-month full-time low, the Buddha and the monks serenely use of horse feed horse that a rider has to offer, even though Germany Moggallana (Moggallana) mystically volunteer to do other things. Buddha is not a lament or protest.
Mrs. Visakha, an important female patron in the Buddha, the temple often to take care of all the needs of the Buddha and the monks. One day, she covered a very precious robe to go to the temple. When the entrance to her gown for the maid to take hold. At left, her maid accidentally forgotten again. German Ananda (Ananda) that you store it in one place, waiting for her to give back to Visakha. Back to home remembered, she told the maid look back. But if there was a monk who has touched, do not get on. She asks maid temple, Venerable Ananda was aware that the gown should be kept back for all the news. She almost went to Visakha Buddha and expressed an interest in doing good to the sale of this precious coat. Buddha advised her to construct a monastery for monks residence there. Since no one has enough money to buy a coat so precious as her major acquisition, and use that money to build a beautiful monastery, the monks rise. After beating the temple open her maid gratitude as follows: "If I do not miss forget robe, then we will not have the opportunity to make this merit. Therefore, we would like to share this blessing to the . "
Rather sad or depressed because of a temporary loss of valuables, and rebuked maid accidentally, she thanked him helped her a chance to make merit.
example of her attitude improved intellectual Visakha should be a lesson for those who easily get angry because of the mistakes that she makes.
brave I must suffer losses, losses. To cope with it, and as the "painter numerous single" describe it to a sudden, every group, every crowd, and not alone. We have to deal calmly with complete equanimity, we think this is a golden opportunity to practice this noble virtue.
2. View Thom and Bad English (Yasa and Ayasa)
List Fragrances (Yasa) and Bad English (Ayasa) is a pair of other ups and downs that we have to deal every day. Fame happy to welcome us. Bad English, we do not like. Fame rekindle the spirit. Bad reputation make us depressed, suffering.
prefer We are renowned. We would like to see their names and pictures in the paper. We are delight to see their operations, negligible oil, and was reportedly prompted many, many people know about. While we try very well, a real right, make people pay attention to her.
To see her image in the press, few people are willing to pay a big amount. To be honorable, few people are willing to contribute important, or bribe the right group of people. To self-promotional, some praising pure heart by giving his son up hundreds of monks, or more. But there will be people who totally unaffected by the anguish of the poor hungry people living right next to her. We can scolding and punishment a thief too hungry to steal a coconut garden to relieve hunger, but we will not hesitate to place the whole world in exchange for little coco fame.
It is physically of people. Until we do good, we do most of the non-profit implications. These people clearly completely altruistic truth rare in this world. By the same token, someone who has done a good job - oil motivated to act not so praiseworthy - was also lauded for her good deeds. Most of the time we are always hiding something in his sleeve. Who is hundred percent better? How many people completely clean, from the engine to the action? How many absolute selflessness?
They do not need fame of good runs. If we deserve it, surely it will come to find that we do not need. When flowers are flowing full privacy bees, butterflies will come. States do not need to invite bees or butterflies invited.
Yes indeed, we naturally feel any joy, so happy, when our reputation soar, spreading. However, it is observed that a good reputation, fame, glory, just by holding it to the tomb, and the clouds disappeared, the smoke. It's just words, although the language is metal, is rhetorical, soothe our ears.
notorious But, why?
They do not like to hear, or think. Certainly when the bad words slip into the ear, it will make our mind shocked, upset. Deep psychological pain as bad if the call is over narration or report that proved totally unfair or misleading.
Normally it takes the whole year, or more, in order to create a great palatial houses . But just a glance sophisticated modern weapons can wreak havoc and destruction easily. Much as it takes years or even lifetimes to build reputation. How much painstaking work that can blight the moment. No one can avoid disastrous start sentences with the word "but". Indeed, he was so good, he did this, that. But ... The first part of the sentence was good was the "but" pushed into the darkness of oblivion.
you can clear moral life as a Buddha, but you can not avoid criticism, attacks and spells curse.
Buddha is the most famous teachers of the time but is also cursed and reviled most of the time.
These giants are not known, or known matter, and a misleading.
At the time of the Buddha, a woman who frequented Vihara at night. People of other religions proclaim rumors, slander Buddha and his disciples woman was murdered and buried under a pile of flowers fade within Vihara.
When the Buddha had finished fulfilling mission His history and a lot of people would come in, the rival ascetics libel that now because the Buddha that she must leave me, leave her husband. His main obstacle progress of every country.
Chinh cousin, and also a disciple of the Buddha, many times the plot to crash his noble qualities, but failed. He murdered the consciousness Blessed from above by Rolling Stone in Him. Already a Buddha, he can not be killed.
If that is the unfortunate part of an innocent and pure as the Buddha, the class is trivial subject like more?
Now climb the mountain, the more we high, standing under the plain people notice it more and more that it is smaller. And they only see the back, did not see the front. The world just blow this feather to trace exhibited defects and faults of people. How much virtue hide. The building fan to fan wheat grain dust and nothingness empty, but keep the good seed, it is full. Sieve, then left again, keep raw flesh that turns to juicy juice. The intellectuals have to cultivate the delicate keep yourself, and what is left rough. Rank keeping the uneducated and primitive discard the subtle sophistication.
Whenever been misunderstood and people accidentally or intentionally, proclaim unjustly, we thought it wise, or as Epictetus said was advises: "Fortunately, many people do not know themselves. they only knew sketchy so bad I can only say this much. If people knew more, I'm even more criticism."
should not leprosy useless waste of time to correct the false rumors if circumstances force us to shed light on the issue. Enemies will take delight that we're mad because their words. That's exactly what they want. If we flippantly maligned word will disappear into oblivion.
To see the faults of others, we must do the blind.Unable to terminate the accusations, The narrative or false rumors. The world is full of thorns and sharp stones. We can not clean up the thorns and rocks. But if it must go on despite the obstacles, moving rocks and thorns instead - something which we can not do - it is better to take shoes and step cautiously. We'll be safe.
To listen to the criticism of others, we must do the deaf.
To speak ill of others, we must do as the mute.
Dharma teaching:
"Be like a lion, not trembling before the noise.Princess is painted forest, lions do not fear, shaking, or pulling her to hear the roar of the other animals. In this world we have heard the stories left ear, disadvantages, fake accusations, libel slander sounds despicable, because oral tongue lizard clue missing limbs. As a lion, without notice. As a weapon of Australia (boomerang), it was launched, it flew to hit the target and returned all hands, even so, the word dastardly evil claims it will end where it began first.
Be but the wind, not in nets attached.
Be like the lotus, from the muddy waters rise
, but not muddy water and mud contamination.
Be firmly, solitary, like a rhinoceros. "
Wearing dog barking, the caravan forge ahead.
they're living in muddy waters. Many were from the lotus rise, fouling paint adorn, without being muddy water and mud tarnish. We must try to live like the lotus, a pure life and noble, did not care for the mud to which others can throw at us.
Be ready for mud that others can throw at themselves, instead of expecting roses that people can donate. I will not disappoint.
Though difficult, we must try to cultivate happiness denied, let alone, not sexuality.
they come here alone, a relative. One family alone, we'll leave. In this world, sexuality is not happy.
Regardless of the venom, but the tongue lizard lips. Stand-alone application, or we leave it here, wholehearted service and the welfare of others.
European and exotic! That the great man often maligned, vilified, poisoned, hung on the cross, and was shot dead.
Mr. Socrates was poisoned greatness. Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ) noble hung on the cross. German-violence Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead.
therefore also reasonable good too dangerous? Yes, if he survived the criticism or slander, because reputation is not running. One can know my work, and he is not interested. Of his work, serving, but not bothered to enjoy life.
3. Praised and reprimanded (Pasamsa and Ninda)
is praised and blamed the other two downs every circumstance affecting humanity. Of course, when we celebrate the blooming of the engine, joyful delight. At blamed the collapse mentally, gloomy sadness.
Among the praise or blame the Buddha, the wise do not delight nor gloomy sorrow, which is like a solid rock, not shaken under three storms of life style.
If we deserve the praise indeed mellow. But if we do not deserve, as the case may suck, then those words though tuneful, will also make us frustrated, and one disastrous. Anyway, that's just the sound, the sound, do not bring any consequences if not caught the ears.
worldly standpoint, praise can go very far. A gentle sound compliments, right now, we can easily help achieve desirable collector. A question worthy enough to introduce the entire audience listened intently speakers. If speakers praise the audience, he will be noticed. Conversely, if you start with these speakers reprimand or criticize the attitude of the audience response he would not have been favorable.
maturity he did not believe the words suck raid, did not want to suck. When one is worthy of praise, devout older men without sincere compliments implications jealousy. When reprimanded, he rebuked the subtext without contempt. The only reprimand him for compassion, to improve the perverted paths.
These giants are all small guys big compliment but calmly, not perturbed.
Several people close to the Buddha often ca His legal virtues, each way. Upali, a new millionaire refuge in the Buddha, including the hundreds of his virtue. Nine of the Blessed commission at that time often remind people, even to this restaurant Buddhists still read as the Divine. And each time the proceedings to the noble virtues, we look up at the statue itself mused with highly respected cult hearts. Nine commission was also the subject of meditation for the mind and direct heat source is still sexy important for those who see themselves as Buddhists.
reprimand But, why?
Buddha said: "People talk a lot reprimanded. speaker at a reprimand. silent person was reprimanded. "
Looks like part of reprimand is the common heritage of mankind.
"the majority of the world live without discipline" Buddha recognized this and teaching continued: "As war elephants in battle, heal inspired nose bullets from all directions names blizzard to shoot, even so the Tathagata's cursed to suffer all the time."
Who deluded misguided because the bad, the damage of other people's beauty without looking at anyone.
Except Buddha, no one hundred percent better. And no one hundred percent bad. Between our inner man has the best damage. In the worst man good points also.
know people do dumb as an opener when attacked, cursed, cursed, he - the Buddha - Nirvana stood before, although not realize Nibbana .
could I serve humanity with the greatest heart, but the world is often misunderstood and assigned to one of the goals, ideals that we never dreamed of.
could I make to serve and help a friend in danger of flooding. Want to do when we have to borrow or sell furniture, home. But later, the world is deluded to the point of failure for the other back to deny my goodness, of complaining, gossiping, and will delight smeared see it collapse.
During Jataka stories have a musician named Guttila, devoted disciples taught and never sign anything secret. However, there is an ungrateful student intentionally do it all the way to competition for influence with him. Later the disciples failed.
Devadatta (De Ba Dat Ma), disciples, both cousins of the Buddha, there were miracles, do not try to take the honor of the Buddha, but also attempted murder He caused by rolling rocks down from the mountain, while he sat at the foot of the mountain to meditate.
Once the Brahmins have also invited the boy Buddha rising. According to the request, the Buddha came. But instead of welcoming a right, Brahmin Jealous of a series of words coarse and extremely dirty. Buddha politely inquired:
- This brahman said that visitors to the home when he is not?
- Yes, he replied Brahmins.
- When house guests know he do?
- I will prepare a meal to hearty hospitality.
- But if customers are not to busy, why?
- Then our family will share a meal together.
- Well done, this Brahmin him, today he invited to the house to son Tathagata up and he was entertained by the Tathagata scolded curse worse. Tathagata does not recognize. So please kindly get back to him.
Buddha was not angry, not revenge, but he politely returned Brahmin what this person had entertained him.
"Do not take revenge, not vengeance," Buddha such counsel. Hatred will face hatred. Vengeance, vengeance will never bring peace and tranquility. The power to deal with certain strength. Munitions will encounter bombs. "Anger will never extinguish hatred. Center Only From anger to destroy." It is from the teachings of the Buddha.
Neither teachers are praised and revered as the Buddha. However, he also criticized the teachers, blame and most reviled. That is the fate of the great man.
before the crowd a woman named Cinca posing as pregnant, slander Buddha. With compassionate face, he patiently endured the curse, and his pure virtue proved clear.
Buddha and was accused of killing a woman with an accomplice of the filing element.
Activity directed other others criticized him and his disciples with the words badly Venerable Ananda begged him to leave it to a different village.
- Ananda, if the people in the other villages also cursed more then we do?
- Glass White Buddha, we will turn to another village.
- This ananda, if doing so the entire territory of Indian origin will not have enough room for us. Be patient. The curse will end naturally.
A woman concubines of kings Magandiya name it, have a grudge with the Buddha, because he showed no respect for her beauty-looking pilot, not knowing, her father She wanted to marry him Buddha. When passing through the country she was in, Magandiya hire people publicly scolding drunken Buddha extremely badly. With town center fully Buddha endures all. But Magandiya suffer because of her wrong actions.
Cursed, cursed is normal. The more activity, the more service, we become more and more grand than suffer humiliation and more cursing.
Socrates was the scolding wife. Every time out to serve the people, his wife Socrates often narrow interest before his nagging scold. One day she fell ill Socrates should not be doing "work" to earn a regular review. On that day, Mr. Socrates the street with sad expression. Visit Friends ask why. He explained that because today his wife is ill he should not interfere.
- How can that be? He was glad to be rather new. Not getting scolded, why are you sad?
- Nay, when scolded, I found the opportunity to practice patience. Today, I took a chance. That is why I sad.
above are valuable lessons for all. When insults had to think this is an opportunity for law enforcement patience. Instead of anger, yelling grateful to us.
4. Happiness and Suffering (Sukha and dukkha)
Happiness (Sukha) and suffering (dukkha) is the last pair of ups and downs. It also has the most energy, affect human life. What makes it easy is happiness (Sukha). What is unbearable suffering (dukkha).
Usually satisfies the desire to be happy. But, as he immediately achieve that dream, I wish happiness to others. Bottomless pockets. Greed is never satisfied, never know what is enough.
applicable to ordinary people, enjoying life's pleasures are sensual happiness and only the most noble. While dreaming, while enjoying life, and the pleasures recalled that the disaster was a favorite material, is certainly happy instant. But it was short-lived results and the virtual suspension.
Bourgeois material can bring us true happiness is not? If so, the millionaires would never even think about suicide. In a national debt that material progress has come to a climax, there must be ten percent of the population suffer from mental illnesses. Why is that? Business assets and have enough happiness really not?
ruling has dominated world is not real happiness? Alexander the Great, who was headlining invading India in a heroic, majestic and glorious, who had conquered all the territory on his way, he lamented that nowhere in the country another to conquer.
the kingship, the king still crowned, he can always fish happy? Life political leaders and national leaders are often the opposite faction threatened forest le. The death of Mahatma Gandhi and President JF Kennedy was a few typical cases.
Chan happiness lies within us and can not be defined by such terms as property, power, fame, or conquest , invasion. If the investment is other worldly possessions was recorded by violence, abuse of power, or any other unfair means, or in a wrong direction, or more, to be viewed with affectionate eyes or greed, it will be a source of pain and sorrow for all the people who do it.
happiness What is this person can not be happy for other people. What is the food and drink can be poison for others. The Buddha mentions four kinds of happiness laity:
a) The first type is happy to be privatized (atthi sukha) as health, property, longevity, beauty, fun drawing, strong, career, children crowded etc. ..However, it must be noted that it is difficult, very difficult, but everyone is impressed. People with high interest before you know just to keep his life pure and unaffected by public opinion.
b) Sources of happiness The second is the private property they enjoy it (bhoga sukha). Generally, everyone wants to enjoy life, enjoy everyone preferred. Buddha never taught recommend that everyone should reject earthly happiness and to withdraw into seclusion, deep forests solitary place.
Tho property is not entitled to use it only for themselves, but also is announced Candidates for the welfare of others. What we eat, exist only temporarily. Something that we accumulate, we will leave, and leave. But what we give out, we will return. The good deeds that we do with the secular private, will not be able to survive long lost.
c) No debt (Anana sukha) is a source of happiness. If contentment, knowing settle for what I have and if eaten in economical need, we will no debt to anyone. The debt has always lived in the mood dying, creditors could not help worrying. Without debt, although poor, we still feel comfortable and Thoi time inside.
d) pure lifestyle (anavajja sukha), happiness or reprehensible, is the most sublime happiness of laymen. He has a clean life is a source of blessings for themselves and for others. The clean is all admiration. He felt happy to hear within the influence of the vibration of peace that many other people sent to me.
majority delight in the pleasures of life enjoy life. But there are those who delight in the class refused, let the pleasure. No attachment, or goes beyond all physical pleasures, are happy with the ethics. Happiness Nirvana - a state that is out of all suffering - is the form most sublime happiness.
joy we celebrate happiness. But suffering is not warm reception.
painful (physical) and depression (mental) come to us in many forms. We suffer when the old bear, which is natural. Be calmly endure the suffering of old age.
suffering more than the old situation, is sick. And if it is a chronic disease as long painful days I would rather die than feel. Only once tooth pain or headache, sometimes making it extremely difficult to endure. Yes, to console ourselves that we do not have to take a more serious disease.
doing when we have separated relatives. Landscape extremely painful separation. We must recognize that any combination must terminate in sight separation. This is a valuable opportunity for us to practice equanimity.
A regular occurrence that we have associated with unpleasant people, living with people that we hate. Must try to endure and think you reap bad results of an industry that created yourself, or in the past or in the present. We have tried to create a lifestyle appropriate to the new situation and, in one way or another, to try to overcome all obstacles.
Chi to the Buddha, who has perfected completely eradicated pollution , but also suffer from sickness or accident. Buddha repeatedly headache. Stock last dysentery caused him unspeakable pain. Devadatta (Devadatta) rolling stone from the mountain injuring his leg surgery. Sometimes he must starve. Sometimes he used to feed for horses. Once, as the disobedient disciples, He entered the forest in three months. Between the woods, he must lie on a layer of leaf compost, spread on the rough and coarse to deal with bouts of cold bones. But he remained unmoved. Between the situation of suffering, as well as the peace and happiness at the Buddha always maintained equanimity entirely.
On step wandering in samsara, death is of greatest sorrow that we have to deal. Sometimes death is not to be alone for a loved one that comes close coincidence for many people for a while.
Patacara She took a moment, but how many relatives: father, mother, husband, brother and two children. She became deranged. Buddha counseling and consoling her.
Ms. Kisa Gotami lost beloved only son. Hand carried you, she runs away to find cures and to the Buddha for help.
- Well, I could find not a few mustard seeds?
- White Buddha, mustard seed, you will find out for sure.
- But this mustard seed must be taken from the house in which no one had ever died.
mustard seed there. But she could not find any place where death had not visited. She awakened and aware of the nature of existence.
At one time, there were people asking her why do not cry tragic death of a child. She replied: "Uninvited, it came. Anyone or not, it goes. To how it goes likewise. Why do we cry? Crying is useless?"
From the many fruit trees falling shed - young fruits are, old fruit, ripe fruit - even so, we can die at birth, at youth, adult time, and when he grew older.
Rising Sun in the East only to sets in the West. Lush flower withered in the morning to the evening.
inevitable death, to everyone, without exception. And we have to respond calmly.
"Just as on land can take anything thrown, sour oil, sweet oil, clean oil, dirty oil. Dat was an ink calmly impassive, not angry nor hurt. So even so, in happiness, in sorrow, when promotions on downs, one must have a mind like the earth. "
He says so.
Prior to the vicissitudes of the world, the center of Arhat is never welcome action.
between gain and loss situations, fame and disrepute, praise and blame, happiness and misery, let's keep the mind calm.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT=WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/.11/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).
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