The legend of the gong.

The legend of the gong

In ancient times, there is a venerable temple abbot countryside near the waterfront. Whenever a job that province, he hitched by the boat sideways. That day to July 13, he hitched a ceremonial one province to trade above period. When the boat out to the middle of the river and saw the roaring waves rise as the boat lurched want wrecked. Everyone in the boat are also alarmed, then at that moment, suddenly found floating on the water a great orca, ocean bloodshot eyes staring at Sayadaws. But Monk remained calm sitting Buddha.

Meanwhile, the fish looked up out of the water but stammered: "O passengers in the boat! The people want peace, let's throw down the old evil gives rise to gulp it wreak fury . The people have said no, the day before, we follow the old practice religion, he refused to teach even the loose themselves to do whatever we want, without restraint. So we are born lazy, just worry roam eat sleep under a secular, not necessarily anything to elaborate penance, fasting and care nianfo the temple. Not only that, every time the feast let us carry its robes to brag with Mass and parishioners. As such vices should be after we die, to fall into the animals do cetacean relatives, go to where the rush to get there, making the fish shrimp run bottom of all, no one what to eat, to go hungry, so should hardship, suffering damage than demons hungry. So we just old resentment, and not down the innocent people for me, I do not want to hurt anybody. "

fish hear speaking, Master Instrument smiled but said to "severe animal Hey! You said that the new home is truly stupid. Did you not understand the dialect: "A girl, taking the thorn that ceremony, or what?". If you have known for creating such sins which must fall as the fish then your house must repent of sin and create good conditions, in order to kill the newly crimes being blessed, then they escape retribution . I am your teacher, whenever you teach your right under the security rules are too strict, or chide discipline, still loose thee thou shalt not familiar severely vague emptiness, a new trial must fall as fish . Once fall into, you need to repent and newspapers tell us to chant and blow ultra sins, even if they wanted to eat me, then take another one to save you. There were crimes, not remorseful, but also sought to blame. Increased discounts at Buddha there, even as violating the Buddha zero increase. You have to understand that sentence reasonable? "

Teacher Tools Kình finished talking, the other fish dive well water sink to the bottom.

                           


"Thay, some today, thanks to the merit of teachers and monks to pray and chant so I was super high professional standards, Kình escaped fish life and born to heaven sphere. Before going to heaven, I would like to pay homage here sincerely thank Master and monks and relatives pray cetacean corpse stored in Temple for a day, wielding monks knock on the head, so as to set an example for any religious position are slothful, Popular brag, pride, vanity, refused his closing round discipline and also to remind the obligation he remembered cultivating the mind, practice their religion, to avoid Bai continental elaborate distraction, for Buddha meditation, deep finish dues, rules of moral. " 

For the area as aforementioned, but from that day to this, the new wooden bell carved fish-shaped for centuries notion that spiritual awakening people

Note: Describe the gong: 
- Gong carved according to the profound intention of a fish is wanted awakening human beings and are still in confusion, u downs. 
- The fish species is never blindly and like activities. Also because he wanted to practice day and night without sleep, to the practice, so hanging fruit quickly evangelism and hit the gong and the fish-shaped wooden bell carved so. 
- Gong There are two types: Mo gong oval and shaped pipe. 
- oval model to chant, drivers crowded ceremony when the rhythmic chant. 
- Nature of the suspension in order to indicate the categories While serving a meal or effects. Bell sound while keeping the ceremony was solemn and keep the mind from wandering during the ceremony. Therefore, people called Browse our gong hit, this one called to please everyone in the chanting together at last. 

The meaning of the bell gong:  
- Previous hit three languages:  That is being caused by three professional body and mind artifacts of all evil, then will fall into the three evil way: hell, hungry ghosts and animal. But also means trying minus three poisons: greed, hatred and ignorance to overcome three freed to attain three virtues: France itself, Prajna relatives and relatives of Liberation. 
- Next spans seven hours:  It is typical for Furniture chi sin. About yourself, there are three: Sat, religion and sex. About gate there are four: Vong language, language dependence, bipolar damage and harsh. After you have cut through seven offenses listed above are losses associated documents enlightenment: Tse measures, diligent, happy, except, discharge, and concept. 
- After the end of four:  That is to eliminate the four generals birth, old age , disease and death to move into four position: To the wisdom: Money contingent formula (labels, eh, nose, tongue and body), Hotel Dieu observations: First continental consciousness, mind Equality nature: na Mac Seventh formula , University Park landscape: First bowl A formula to skin.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN PRAYED BUDDHIST NUN MONASTERY.THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE  BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,ADELAIDE,SYDNEY.28/7/2015.