NIRVANA near and far.

 

Buddha's Maha Nirvana

Everyone convent, who also aspired to be born in Pure Land or the unborn nirvana no samsara. But how new convent near and Nirvana? How far and not religious nirvana? Following poem by a disciple of the Buddha Venerable talking about Nirvana near and far:

Seeing passion for excellence,                                                                          

If the intention of loving thought,                                                                               

Mind feeling greedy                                                                        

Enter and dwell Center,                                                                             

Tho he grew,                                                         

Many types of identity by birth,                                                              

Join caused strong interest                                                             

They harm from its center                                                                           

Suffering containing such substances                                                                         

Very far with Nirvana.

The identity of all forms, starting immediately saw the passion, and think of volition preferred identity formation, that is greed immersed in sensation. Because the feeling greedy, should enter the mind sharp and excellent place to dwell. If the mind dwells where the identity of her feelings for the increasingly sharp increase. If sensations increased, then there is much negativity by feeling guilty that engenders excellence, such as greed, interest is growing increasingly hazardous. If participation continues to grow, the damage Bodhicitta overshadowed. Karma accumulated negativity, Nirvana increasingly remote. Not only for excellence, passion for excellence have such bad ones, but chasing bar, rod enthusiasts, chasing incense, incense passion, chase you, your passion, chasing promotion, enthusiasts can also contact the same disadvantage. Increasingly away with Nirvana. Conversely, the closer to nirvana:

No infiltration of excellence

Seeing colors mindfulness          

It does not participate feelings                   

Do not dwell intrusion.           

Seeing how great?

Such feelings

From left no accumulation

Mindfulness practice so

So do not contain hard

Being so close to nirvana.

The chromosomes do not see color, but the mind is still sharp eyes that dwell in mindfulness should not run according to the feeling of feeling lost or suffering. Did not run according to the feeling it does not penetrate the mind sharp and not abiding place where excellence. Seeing how great the record (life) like that. No discrimination manually initiate discharge attachment, in constant mindfulness, negativity is not laboring smoky ceiling. Persons suffering from troubles not as close to Nirvana. So far with Nirvana or Nibbana is so close to the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body contact with sharp, sound, smell, taste, touch; if sticky jam, nirvana remote infection before it; no jams, no previous infection, is close to Nirvana.

One day, he came to the Buddha Phu Lau Na bowed, kneeling said to him - Buddha, I want to go to a secluded place to practice. Please Exalted teach simple method tu catchy, so I went there immediately gain direct practice.

He says: - Eye color shows no infection before, not cling as close to nirvana; ear infection not heard before, not cling close to nirvana; nose to smell, tongue to taste, touch body contact is not infected before, not cling as close to nirvana. Conversely, if the infection before, if the attachment is far from nirvana.

Phu Lau Na yes venerable Buddhist teachings go to a deserted place to practice. Buddha practice is very simple.

Far and near Nirvana Where? base year ceiling exposed in that clinging is far nirvana, opposite five-year contact with bare root without chasing, not clinging close to nirvana.

In the Buddhist tale story as follows. Long ago in Benares, the monarch of this country a hundred sons. The youngest prince thought that I was the first one hundred, the throne that his father never passed down to him, who is the brother to the throne, even if he dies, he has two, three ... you should be queen e pray to the saints only wise for a country that the prince could seek to make him king. The heart of the prince wishes to be induced. A Buddha said that Bich Chi to:

- How you water a hundred miles away, across the land who would be king. But from here to there must be demons through a forest is close. Most people have been through this forest demons eat meat, few would survive. If the past is definitely out of the king. And want to pass out of the forest demon is not eat meat, watching everything that demons out to seduce seductive to refuse all. Just go straight to the front which is not harmed. If stuck there will definitely be a killer demon eat meat.

Buddha Prince Bich Chi hear talk like instant permission to go to the land of her father. When preparing luggage then ask some friends to follow. Prince says: - This road very dangerous, and you go, e la police along carnivorous demons. I do not dare to invite you guys go.

Those of you saying that: - You go, we go. He let us go. What we are doomed.

Prince thought if not for his selfish as you go, so you either accept to let go. There are five people accompanying the prince.

Beyond the boundaries of the kingdom to a jungle. At this point the group travel long journey tired, suddenly appeared a pub, the seller is nice, wine and delicious snacks. In the group there was drinking, the smell of alcohol should be stimulated. He went please stop drinking and would go after. Prince of caution: - No, as long as the demon is out there looking at it, you eat it at him.

The answers like wine: - No problem, I drank it accompanied.

He myriad pubs, union prince went on. People like getting drunk, eat iron demon.

Union prince added quite a long way away, everyone is tired. Appeared in front of a beautiful house damage, the house has many charming beauty girl. Guess who walked, she ran a hostel for the invitation to go alright. In a group you pervert, see the beautiful girls interested. Prince unwilling to stop, continue to lead delegation to pervert ... He said - let's go guys, I stayed one night stay, then tomorrow I followed also.

Prince of caution: - He stayed close as it boils his meat.

He did not listen to pervert prince, just follow his tastes, he stayed one night stay, late iron carnivorous demon.

Union prince went a long way to add more. The best crew fatigue. In front of the villa out there, from villas voice rang out with the melodious chant melodies. And a delegation invited the girl to drink tea at home listening to music. In his delegation in music, so please stay for tea listening to music. Prince dissuade dissatisfied: - No, he will stay close carnivorous demon-la.

But he does not love listening to music, drinking tea decisively in the player. Dark demon to eat iron.

Then he continued to go left, go a long way toward advertising, paid nearly runs dry, stomach is hungry. Appeared in front of a bar with food smells fried rice, fragrant warehouse ... fly. In his delegation hungry bad, smell delicious food, begging him not bear to eat. Prince does not agree, it is recommended that: - No, I'm in the devil is going to eat him closely.

- Shelves, eat the food, I stayed, and hungry.

He stayed then fed carnivorous demons he was watching it.

People like wine, the popular beauty, who preferred music, people like delicacy to not be so close carnivorous demon is all gone! In only one group of people with the prince. Both continue to ramp left, go approximately two-thirds of the road, a spacious villa out, in a house with a widow maid servant. Widow welcomes the introduction of two persons with full villa any comfort blanket warm soft mattress, not lacking anything dish. The rest of the group you are too tired, heard fully furnished house, so he likes to stay offered a night stay. Prince compartment:

- No, he will stay close carnivorous demon-la.

- No, I'll stay a night and then keep going.

So that night was watching demons eat him. The prince was left alone to continue the journey. He knew in his companion with iron demons were all eaten before. His very wary vigilance. Left alone, he went to see an end edge of the forest, the house, the house had a young couple fights to be fighting each other. She is very beautiful wife, whose husband beat her cries for help. But that pitiful sight, but did not dare to rescue the prince, fear demons cast iron, which go wrong reverse itself. She invoked her prince is not saved, that the prince, she begged run:

- Would you save me, it's my husband beat me angry, I suffer too, where he had compassion for my suffering ...

If a hero, pitiful sight to help jump. However, the devil is the prince said police disguised to deceive him. So he did not say anything, just go wrong reverse that, it's also just follow him forever. When he arrived, on King Bed and Breakfast guest house of her origin. The guesthouse manager and grant him honor the king is reported to have a distinguished guests from the neighboring countries. The King also esteem, women visiting his office. When I met him, the king saw him beside a beautiful girl, the heart king, so new question: - The woman follow khanh khanh Is not his wife?

The prince replied: - She is sure to be a killer demon, not the wife of hypothermia.

The woman said: - Men treachery, said the injured spouse, as long as the demon is angry police said.

The king did not know she was his wife or demon prince is watching. But, because she is too good to be the king of mental coma, asked again to determine: - She Is this your wife khanh not?

Prince unequivocally: - Not Lower god's wife, she is a devil is watching.

The woman was also said: - Men treachery, said the injured spouse, as long as the demon is angry police said.

The king was so favored her, said to the prince: - If not, then I do my wife pick her khanh supply.

Prince said again: - Sire, beware the devil is watching her.

The king commanded her pick of offers. That night was watching the demon king eat meat, leaving only a skeleton. Then water no king, the new marketing thinking: The guest is a prince of a quarter of its neighbors, through the forest road is watching the whole of life, is the extraordinary virtue. Now his king ice water, should appeal to your guests throne. Hundredth prince became king, as his heart wishes and teachings of the Buddha Bich Chi.

This implies teaching something? Underground kings throne only for pure nirvana, demons own observation is only for worldly pleasures. The demon is close to the religious example meat immersed in sensual pleasures, mental confusion, not regress Bodhi strikers. The religious want to be liberated is nirvana for excellence, silent, flavor, taste, touch of separation, do not have to chase, do not be infected before attachment. In contrast, for the ceiling of the chase, it is hard to accept before Nirvana. Nirvana increasingly remote.

In the Magazine Agama Buddha give an example. There's a criminal offense to be sentenced to death. Then king review, forgive him on the condition that he had brought the oil disk is full, go from end to end path, not a drop of oil will fall from the death penalty. If you drive recklessly to welcome oil, spill a drop, then just go after his executioner beheaded him immediately. He sinners are forgiven on the condition that, glad, and accepted immediately. On the way from the start line to end line, two on the sidelines, there are beautiful girls everywhere, pubs, music, games playboy attractive enough. He stared death row undiminished drive oil away, not daring to look back through glances, knowing there behind his executioners procedure followed, a little faux pas, pour the oil first flight. With the mood that you go from the first line to the end of the road, not pour oil, he escaped death.

The story does that tell us? He is only the condemned man, and also one who had died, the elderly, the eighty-seven-year-old dead, middle-aged man in his sixties is dead, young people are sometimes killed and thirty years ... sooner or later dies . Beautiful girl, pubs ... the fascinating game dissipated only for worldly sensual pleasures. Although he fully practices that the Buddha taught. The Pure Land practice, the Buddhist concept such as oil disc, dare never forget. The meditation, the mind dwells on breathing, in Foundations of Mindfulness ... never dare to loose. Name the first island go back just for the condemned spirits are impermanent were ready to steal human life. The practitioner knows all pleasures of the five desires, though attractive but will harm people, making people wear and tear strength, being sick ... not worth it really should not infected before. Want to escape from the suffering of birth and death is impermanent mind to dwell on that his practice is practice, dare not neglect.

You can see demons caught you not impermanent? When they remembered that, while not forgetting it, so that looking through nostalgic look back to the place should not practice.

Recently, a Buddhist asked me: - I have seen sands day?

I replied: - No.

- If you have all day watching the stars?

- So you know Buddhists do not look all day, taking up the temple abbot died not live forever?

There have birth there must be death, not death to die soon or later, sooner or later die. In this world there is someone from the dead! Why any fear forever? What's scary is that I forget the practice, his distraction, to the chaotic heart fluttered, obscuring afflictions not escape samsara. Want to liberation must be the most specialized, practice resting on her mind, not to forget, not lax safety regulations, the new center. Interested in an escape to a new birth, birth and death are not dominant. Following verse implies the abiding center where religious practices, like the condemned man my stomach began:

As my stomach began the

Not to pour overflowing

Also, protect the heart

As strange direction to go .

Thus, practitioners want liberation, easy or difficult? It is thought to have religious teachings what liberation is any new features. In fact it is not. Just base year ceiling exposed uninfected years ago, no attachment is freed.

Back story Phu Lau Na respected author, year after Buddha's base does not stick to the ceiling in the near nirvana, and year to year based adhesive ceiling is far Nirvana, Buddha asked: - He came to national past?

- Buddha, through the western world.

- The population of that place too aggressive, he went there if they verbally abused, insulted, then he'll be like?

- Buddha, if people cursed insults me, I think that this country still honest people, because they insulted the Lord cursed hand hit, no stone throwing children.

- Suppose they hand hitting, throwing stones he used, how he?

- Buddha, if they hit your hand, they used to throw stones, I think that the people of this country are still honest, because new hands-rated, stone throwing, no hitting with sticks, not the guillotine knife.

- Suppose beat them with sticks, knives slashing him how he is?

- Buddha, if they used clubs, knives slashing, then I think that they are honest, because they have not killed the dead.

- If they kill him, how is he?

- Buddha, if they kill me, then I think that the people of this country better, because when his disciples saw this defile impure body tired it, to find help for it to die. And I do not want that they help remove the fears of this unclean body.

- You instead! He is full of photography and for peace, to the place he's been.

The venerable origin of Phu Lau Na's past, only religious retreat in three months, the evidence is A-La-Han and the ordained five hundred people.

The venerable Phu Lau Na implemented as the Buddha's teachings are six detached house with six bare basics, plus attitude not anger, not hatred, before all of the bad treatment signify a person i, so he quickly Nirvana. Currently if someone insulted or beaten, we look at them, but the thought here is wicked mind, but look at it fried. Fasting but that it is evil, not good man ... And the Venerable Phu Lau Na is honest because he found a new beat, not scolding. Beaten, he is also seen as less honest killed. When killed, he also thinks that honesty because he soon left to help themselves unclean. His death is not harmful to resentment. And if we get the picture rape, not fight back, not saying a word, the mind also sadness anger; always contains disturbing contain anger, so long as the practice is not so enlightened. So precious Buddhist practice, it is essential to understand the spirit teachings Buddha is six bases not stick with six ceiling, which is the root of the practice.

From my previous experience Agama lead. After this experience led me to the Mahayana, the Diamond Sutra he asked Buddha Bodhi Monastery: - Buddha, the Supreme Development Center how supreme Buddha dwells, how subdued the mind?

Buddha said: - Any outstanding student center office applications, office silent dislike, flavor, taste, touch and legal birth center, pediatric office applications Endowment very center facility.

That is not the place to start attachment mind sharp, silent place, where the incense, which are, where exposed, where approach, which is not involved with six ceiling, which is to remain the center of attention Supreme Bodhi release.

So Neng Fifth Patriarch listening to this lecture, he immediately recognized the enlightened his mind, exclaimed: "corn oil by nature a pure equity, where their questionable nature which does not kill ..."

To find a function from business to business Mahayana, Zen are taught including six apartment detached six ceiling is nearly nirvana, liberation. If six bases attached to the ceiling with six remote defilement Nirvana bondage, not liberation. Do not think many temples, chanting well as quick release. The practitioner must understand this.

The talk today but I led many stories, but not beyond the focus: six units not exposed to infection before six ceiling attachment not, dwell time and place center practice, not to forget, is not loose near nirvana, liberation..END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD IETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY,26/4/2014.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).