Pattern ideal layman.

Bring to a Buddhist name, a layman responsible guardian and preacher in his condition can. In advance of the seven measures lay the Buddha in economic Increased transportation spending both content, and teaching guardian

Lay people who have taken refuge in the Three Jewels. That is what the conviction in both classic North South transmission and communication.

 

In the Buddha's disciples, we laymen occupy large numbers and have a certain influence on the appearance of Buddhism in general. Surveys from the scriptures and through the life of the typical layman the Buddha showed patterns are ideal layman Buddha mentioned quite specific and detailed. According to the survey, an ideal layman to complete four basic qualities: Economic Stability; dignified about morality; balance and conditioning; guardian and preacher.

 

Economic stability

The reason being is because real objects exist. To survive, you need to have the conditions of existence. Conditions of existence of beings is the food in the broadest sense of the word. Here, stability and economic solidity of the basic conditions for all the existence of a human being in general and in particular the lay person. Moreover, with a layman, outside materials to meet the demand actually exists, it should have the appropriate duties in their relationships.

 

Specifically, laypeople need a strong economic platform in order to bring peace to their parents, wives and loved ones involved. Laypeople livelihoods and living conditions of others, benefit, peace and happiness to others, is Buddha's called foot level. Contemplate more deeply about his family situation of the great benefactors of the Buddha represented as Anathapindika, Visakha, Matikamata, Vimalakirti ... shows that they are lay people have an economic base is stable and steady.

 

A life economic autonomy will prevent as well as some kind of protective negativity, avoid pressing involves frequent physical needs, in the everyday life of a laymen. According to the Buddha, poverty is something disturbing. Because poverty contributes to export many kinds of afflictions born like being in debt, are urged, being chased, threatened the lives and persecuted ... As  of Salvation is to lead , the poor and the needy Excessive gateway also explore the consequences, the risk of crime. This is a reality that can detect the busy flow of life today.

 

To the layman, the Buddha always encouraged them to attempt living in there own abilities and conditions of their own karma. According to the Buddha, there is no career on man in a living, without distinction of value between the farmer or military officer. Apart year underhanded career as swords trafficking, human trafficking, trafficking in meat, alcohol trafficking, trafficking in toxic drugs that laypeople should not do, the phrase any job are recorded in trading Anguttara affirmed the Buddha allow laymen to be born with the right to pursue all possibilities and possible conditions, in order to build a stable economic foundation and sustainability.

 

In addition to acknowledging happy about ownership and possession rights of life who enjoy laymen, the Buddha has gradually encourage the laity should attempts to find happiness high things, more sustainable. Specifically, as the plan to bring peace to the others, committed for the benefit of the community as well as the Three Jewels upholding mind.

 

To complete the duty to do the layman as well as the wishes expressed honorable and noble, is an important condition for goods laymen, is to stabilize the economy.

 

 

 

Dignified about morality

 

Paralleled with confidence Three Jewels, laypeople need to complete the basic ethical principles, scriptures called morality. According to the Buddha, a layman called dignified about morality, you need to complete these qualities: renounce killing, taking what is not to give up, abandoning misconduct, lying abandoned, leaving captivated cooking wine. Here are five basic principles of life, the dignity required of a lay person, as a condition for being Empyrean. Who completed a full year of this quality, also known as Job's leg. From the scriptures survey showed that the incidence of ethical standards in the Buddha is repeated hundreds of times and appear in many different contexts. It has  confirmed the importance of the five principles of this life, in the life of a basic layman.

 

Moreover, in addition to the five principles of fixed nature, the above model, in real life, people need to lay proper follow ethical standards ten complementary nature, such as humility, the knife , honesty, consistency, no distractions, patience, gratitude, detachment, engagement and more removed. These are ethical standards complementary nature, the  Buddha preached scattered depending upon the business. The complete year ten principles and ethical standards listed above, creating a personal moral qualities of an ideal layman.

 

In the final teaching lay people in Pataligama Buddha confirmed that five benefits to a dignified lay on precepts. Firstly, there will be ample money because there are no distractions life. Second, get a good reputation spread far. Third, people keep going to the assembly instructions, or Sat-imperial-town, or Brahmin, or the owner, or recluse, he enters with fearless spirit, not confused. Fourth, people precept, precept live soul dies with no disturbances. And finally, the precept, precept after living under corrupt public network itself, will be born in good fun, paradise. This can be regarded as the ultimate concern of the Buddha, for every laymen, are doing business Elementary School and the Council of conviction.

And so the laymen met many advantages in terms of practice precepts, Buddha had a special note about habitat, about exchanging friends, in classic called befriends friendly . Make friends with the friendly neighbor to have virtue, faith; exchanges and learning to follow the example of that position. Befriend Buddha refinement standards also means more proactive proverb: "Tell me who is your friend, I will tell you how you are."

 

Virtue ethics is due to the reason to practice. With a laymen, adopting the Buddha's teachings in practical life, as there is a fundamental method to practice, is of fundamental importance. Even a layman Visakha busy as she was concerned about a training method of being consistent with the reality of the life of a layman, then the Buddha taught to practice Bat boy. From that show, according to their own conditions which laypeople can select a corresponding practice. Do not be concerned or the tedious monotony of the practice in the early stages. Let's go now to the next. Here, to the practice of the results, a layman should get a home with heart and skill comments and choose for themselves a practice, compatible with conditions of karma itself.

Laypeople aggressively in life so prone body and mind collision, damage and spoilage. With limited space of human life and the limited time funds due to livelihood, therefore, the opinion of a layman's weak attempt to pluck arrows melancholy in this life, by application and practice according to the basic law school, but Buddha customized presentations for laymen.

 

Balance and conditioning

A stable life, with prolific vigor, there must be a balance and regulate the regulating body, the mind. It itself is also a significant problem in life as well as in practice. Therefore, if the body is not healthy, the sick constantly, all will face many obstacles in their daily lives as well as in the practice schedule.

 

First of all, want to have a robust body, calm, they must eat to adapt. Where the Buddha advised King Pasenadi temperance in eating are recorded in business correspondence was a typical example. As a rule of king Pasenadi had a heavy body as overeating should encounter obstacles in movement and travel. Buddha king consulted on this issue and he graciously instructed:  "People often mindfulness / To be eaten, to know if / To some extent, strong feelings / Aging slow, long life" . From this advice, King Pasenadi were abstemious in eating and initially find the sanity of the body.

 

Watch out, the relationship between diet and health has been the Buddha interested very early. Because according to the Buddha, the regulation, temperance in eating, in work, in leisure pleasures, pepper knife ... there is the basic condition for a healthy and long life, as a generalization from Business Increase chi: Work appropriate, know the proper moderate in eating and digesting food, and traveled to the celibate.

 

For a layman, the issue of balance and harmony, in particular the issues of family life paramount significance, sometimes happy to dispose of an entire family. For example, the air conditioning in the living and parenting. Despite the fact that to make money to feed their families and to care for our children's future is of fundamental importance; however, the interest and parenting is also an indispensable responsibility of both fathers and mothers. Sometimes people are constantly attempting to lay the cause, but forget that there is a taste kids lonely even in his own family. This misfortune may encounter from history until today.

 

In our dealings with the basic relationships of human life, the mind also needs a smooth and balanced. For example, although a family to take care of privacy, but people need to lay a hand sides worry for parents. Fulfillment of conduct and fit two side exterior material not only brings happiness to the family, but also the ideal standards of a pious children at all times. Moreover, with the remaining ties as a teacher-student relationship, friends and family, neighbors ... laypeople also depending on their condition and actual circumstances, to have a consistent behavior co. Attitude is not too extravagant, not too miserly in terms of material, is the proper behavior, with the relationship of a layman.

 

Need to find a life balance and conditioning with yourself, with family, in social relationships ... is to experience true happiness of a layman.

 

 

 

Guardian and preacher

Bring to a Buddhist name, a layman responsible guardian and preacher in his condition can. In advance of the seven measures lay the Buddha in economic Increased transportation spending both content, and teaching guardian.

 

Firstly, in the role of guardian, laypeople should support the living conditions for the Sangha. Guardian is understood here that is supporting the means and conditions, to make Gem lasting stability and growing. In the duty of the landlord who, Buddha confirmed with Anathapindika that to become a true layman, texts called Saints disciples, must upholding them monks with him, upholding them monks with alms food, upholding them monks with couch, upholding them monks with pharmaceutical treatment.

 

In other words, the role of guardian of a layman first, is contributing to ensure minimum living conditions for household goods. In the flow of history, living conditions of household goods sometimes have a few minor changes. Here, depending on space and traditional practices, lay people should be flexible enough to consider, in order to support the Sangha are fulfilling and meaningful.

 

Meaning the next guardian of a layman, is the support of religious space. Space tu, can be considered as centers of learning in modern interpretation, is an important means to preserve and develop the teaching. Meditations on Member States Vihara house, the place where export many important texts, and was the scene of much of the disciple St. Buddhism, proved that space meaningful practice decisions for advancement in religious in particular training and the development of Buddhism in general. Space convent today may be a temple, a monastery, a retreat center deserve. Of households in terms of space law practice with an important sense, the Buddha praised: Who give shelter origin, who was for all.

 

Guardian also be construed as a hedge, keeping in concrete terms, the aspects related to the Three Jewels such as texts, temples, monks and reputation of the Church. Right from the Buddha, the forces are not the same path and ideological differences, has made an attempt to do stained attempt Sangha image, destructive space and smear religious Buddhism. Encountering these cases, people literally need to lay hands by upholding the Three Jewels possible, with loving attention and altitude awareness. In some special cases, a layman should vow of commitment, because proving identity lofty ideals.

 

Preaching on, firstly, a layman himself to perfecting the moral virtues themselves, efforts to equip themselves with the basic insight of the Buddha dharma. Touching story about another hypothesis about the Buddha dharma, while seriously ill relatives, the couple Nakula, is a vivid lesson in Buddhist family. Dharma applications themselves and equip the material ones, are first preaching ministry of the laity row.

 

Method of laypeople preaching if skillfully manipulate info, it is also very diverse and rich, not necessarily rise buildings preaching. To the layman, cleverly making use photography Four supplementary measures work great in the area in general preaching. By doing Increased expenditure, after finishing the credit himself, gender, cultural, town and the knife, ardent ... laypeople also encourage others finishing as his last, then called laypeople and self interest has the benefit of others. In some special cases, when people lay ministry fully implement the above, it is Buddha praised the personnel of all ranks foot. This is a valuable experience of practical application.

 

Therefore, in the Buddha's disciples, we the laity have a large number and have the means to reach all classes of people in many walks of life. These are the objects sometimes out of reach for the home people. With preliminary estimates, if each person laymen to transform just a few dozen people provided glasses Three Jewels, the preaching career in the broadest sense is confirmed firmly. It is both a duty and at the same time as the strength of a true laypeople.

 

Conclusion

Pattern ideal layman silvery traveled over every step of the Buddha and the monks. Career's foot, is from the Buddha used in some contexts, to honor pattern ideal layman. Go find a model more common attributes of a layman, is not easy in terms of material limitations and inadequacies of space. With these initial efforts, we strive to build the basic identifiable criteria, to every layman can find yourself in it. And more than that, through the above-mentioned standards, giving the laymen a separate assertion, as well as an ideal toward.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC.( VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN PRAYED BUDDHIST NUN MONASTERY ).THICH CHAN TANH.( VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).