BASIC THINGS
TO Buddhists refuge (1970)

When the new Buddha attained enlightenment, he taught:

"Doors wide open unborn

He who has ears let him hear and

Renounce your delusions deviant "

PREFACE

We face suffering from delusions should we seek enlightenment merciful to rely, almost stopped except suffering, enjoying wellbeing. Buddha who sincerely seek refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha will fall into the three evil paths from hell, hungry ghosts, animals and the cruel wrong place.

Qualities whenever refuge ceremony, the Buddhists were allowed TV Guru Three regulations, the Five Precepts and other basics.

But how in a time that listeners can receive and remember all the things that guru said. It needs to be heard, to speak, or read it many times before can not forget.

Furthermore in our daily lives, the majority of Buddhists have rolled much, so hard on subsistence realm, not free time to learn all the things you need to learn, to make the right as a Buddhists.

So here we compiled this booklet called The basics for the new Buddhist refuge to help with a basic understanding of possible guidance practitioners step forward, not go wrong with the aim of Religion.

We hope this booklet is disseminated in all walks of laypeople. So ask you to spread the Buddhist site not for them to learn and practice.

That is a common interest that we seek.

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Flowers bloom see Buddha, anonymous birth certificate

Bodhisattva any rotten do you travel.

I. MARKET BRIEF PURPOSE OF THE BUDDHA

Buddha appears in this world is not because of, for profit, nor to sit on the throne that ruled the galaxy four continents. But with the aim of making beings are freed within rebirth suffering, awaken.

In the Lotus Sutra says: "Tathagata arises in this world with the aim of making them being publicity, marketing, enlightenment, Buddha imported knowledge". But because of the low height being frugal disagree, therefore, his teachings divided into various frustrating and basically initially provided Three, Five Precepts: three provisions in order to win the district credit, creating virtuous precepts nice; from which progresses to step Path leads to nirvana liberation.

II. PROFILE OF URBAN LIFE OF THE BUDDHA

Germany's cardinal virtue of Buddhism us is Guru Shakyamuni Buddha Conflict-ni. During countless lifetimes ago he was a being like us. But he was soon enlightened beings suffering, He became the Buddha.

In the present life, because he wanted to save sentient beings from the suffering of birth, so, ago than two thousand five hundred years (to 624 BC), he was born as crown prince strike called off triggers multi-child reaches the King and Queen Ma Ca-pressure water-da-la-defense of North India.

When he was Crown Prince, His intelligent enlightenment peak, ingenious than people; hospitality, complete virtue. His very being father and everyone loved and give everything in my life happy. But the purpose is not to come enjoy material happiness. So he gave up the riches of life royal quarter, exceeding the city, in quest of enlightenment Enlightenment.

Through six years of ascetic practice enough practice, after all, with 49 days of meditation under the Bodhi, he discovered and became Buddha.

After enlightenment, he went around the land of India to preach the birth. Number of people by his teachings of many unable unspeakable. In 80 years, the birth predestined fullness, he entered nirvana where ta-la song forest land life sentence-enforcement-na.

Today thanks to some good conditions, we are deeply in the sea wash of the Buddha, knowing the way of practice to demand freedom from suffering. So we must try to cultivate more and give all the power to upholding the law, so expect high rewards merit His thick.

III. TAM REGULATION

What are the three provisions? As refuge. That is the Buddha, the refuge in the Dharma, the Sangha.

 

Buddha was totally enlightened, blessed, full position, inside the negativity being pulled now, external circumstances are not in favor, against, impede. Being liberated liberation.

France is the supreme doctrine of Buddha. That is the methods and guidelines for the Buddha said we practice for enlightenment and liberation like him.

Increase your home's true, always according Dhamma practice which, while ensuring that the teachings spread in the human world, so expect all of them to be enlightened.

Buddha, Dharma and Sangha (three jewels) have sufficient self-enlightenment and enlightenment for everyone like that, so we need to press the refuge.

The word refuge means returning to refuge. For as long wild child parents go wandering away from home, her life today finds itself helpless suffering, recollection returned to rely parents to nurture the consolation.

Refuge also means left back right away, give back good evil. Rotate back enlightened confusion, counterclockwise rotation suffering of samsara nirvana peace.

But want to cultivate their practical results, Buddhists need to press on the heart and sole refuge. Mean:

- Once in the Buddha, then, no refuge in heaven, gods, demons, animals. Because he was being in the three worlds, still birth and death, not to be totally liberated as a Buddha.

- After taking refuge France then, no refuge pagan heresy. Because his teachings are not guided towards fulfilling perfect enlightenment.

- After the Sangha and, not changing diapers you evil refuge. Because he often gives us the mistake of thinking leads to suffering for life.

So Buddhists cautious and mature in this matter refuge.

IV. WORLD MILITARY

Five Precepts of Buddhism is in forbidden sex.

The laypeople after Tam French territory shall then need to ban sex life years. Year ban this world body by Buddhist institutions whose purpose is to prevent the speech and evil action, our illegal. It is fundamental to people, but also the first step ladders so we finished directing supreme Bodhi fruit.

Five Precepts are prohibited:

1. Do not kill, harm vat.- All living creatures are involved fear of death, knew suffering, grief like me. To stop unfairly pay more to borrow now lives many lives and to cultivate compassion for all creatures, so, we do not kill.

2. No thieves gat.- All the wealth measure them by working very hard to do the new center there. To give them peace and happiness of her happy and to enjoy taking off bear hunt and chase scenes in this life or make me any retribution plowing heavily in past generations later, we do not mind to thieves.

3. No sexual misconduct estate scene chinh.- To avoid melting of NAT in society, to build beautiful quiet family happiness, and to ease the suffering of birth and death roots Therefore, we do not commit adultery estate Key.

4. Do not say doi.- Wants to all of them live happily trust, harmony, there is no particular hostility and hate each other harm, we do not say insolent, do not say a piercing, without speaking and without speaking embellishing aggressive.

5. Do not drink alcohol drunk ruou.- He then lost all intellectual variety. Directed by now never to fall into a dark hell of suffering. We want to direct the business quickly, wisdom will rush to play, so, we have not drunk alcohol.

In this global ban, a lay Buddhist ceremony at the refuge can how much territory and gender, custom capabilities that vow. But when the territory despite perish tan also decided not to cancel upon. Because it is the boat to take us to where salvation. For as people across the sea, before the decision not to dock the boat left.

Three rules and Five Precepts are the foundation for the religious basis of the laypeople. In addition, there must have the necessary compel religious deeds make quick results. The essential compel it below.

V. Vegetarianism

Fasting is to eat fruits and vegetables pickled beans without meat, fish, shrimp, crab etc .. So eat meat, fish, shrimp, crab ... of course be damaging their lives. As we know all living beings are involved fear of death, were also interested in happiness and fear pain. So Buddhists can follow the Buddha's compassion, no heart to kill beings to feed your body and life.

Depending on the capabilities and the vows, we can eat these boys are as follows: Each month of fasting

Two days (II boys) - first and fifteenth

Four days (from left) - Thirty, moons, 14 and full moon

Six day (green boy) - Mong one, 14, fifteenth, 18, 23 and 30

Ten days (decades younger) - Mong one, eighth, 14th, fifteenth, 18, 23, 24, 28, 29va 30

Each year vegetarian three months (quarterlies boys) - January, May and July

Or the day fasting and vegetarian Buddha chickened as the monks, the more precious.

Remember: The days of fasting, we do not really want to bat fish, meat. If overtime is good deeds like giving and liberating then how great blessings.

VI. Nianfo

Reciting the Buddha's thinking on the Buddha. Remember to think about the virtues of compassion, wisdom and enlightenment. Remember to think about the moral purity dignified minister to none. Remember to think of the self-interest behavior, the benefit of others fulfilled the Buddha. Almost brought the application in his life and everyone to be useful; hope all liberation and enlightenment as the Buddha. This is a method in which Buddhist practice thousands spoke out for practicing Buddhists.

Buddhist mindfulness many ways. As mindfulness imagine virtue or recite the name of Buddha.

In the Amida, professor faith Conflict-ni-ca has taught: "The ten-like memory of the West's Buddha named Pure world and currently has Buddha named Amitabha is the sermon of birth ... If beings who hear these words brought conviction, vows want rebirth of his country and even set daily while serving his title lead to consciousness disorders are the most seats after death will be reborn in his country. "

But why should we wish to be reborn in bliss World of Buddha Amitabha?

Because in that world without the suffering of birth, aging, illness, death and the anguish as the world in which we live here. By contrast, purely joyful things, always be close bodhisattvas and always hear the sound of the Buddha Fa. Mau attained enlightenment, attained. So we aspire to be reborn in the world of His Bliss.

About practices, depending on the circumstances and possibilities of each person. As people do not have much spare time, so every night before going to bed and waking up at morning, practice the method "Ten expression" of his following from spruce Chairman: Before the feast of the three Buddhist altar bow recited a short prayer and then take slightly longer even mind "Namo Amitabha Buddha" no matter how many questions, just a little complacent as a concept, is ten times ten steam. Next earnest dedication to rebirth Ultimate Bliss. Then Buddha that back out. If not worship Buddha that is facing west and respectfully recite vows amnesty then as above. While forced to recite audibly chanting mind not to scatter her. Or who have spare time, the more aware of their options but to keep the ordinary, do not break meal meal concept.

Also daily, while walking outside or working out, always can silently recite; not thinking of other things less important stuff. Mindfulness so long time, always connected contemplation, wandering eliminated. When alive always Buddha memorial to the peace center, the Buddha and death decision upholding be reborn in the Pure His world.

VII. PENITENT

All of us from time to time because of ignorance does not recognize the underlying truth of the law should have created countless skinny crime. Therefore, we are subject to rebirth countless suffering. Nowadays want to eliminate all the crime that we have created the need to lean repent sincerely. Penance means repentance all crimes committed before and prayers from henceforth not cause further creation. If y this sense that repentance, how many crimes regardless of heavy or light can dissipate before. Just like in a home for the evening do not know how long, but when brought into a bright lamp, the darkness was all spent.

Methods much penance. Nay said the most common method is "legal work repentance": Every month on the night of 14 and 30 at the temple or Buddhist concept road, monks and devotees gather enough frozen before the ceremony even Pink Jewels of Buddha's name to pray for repentance. It is the practice "legal work of repentance". The day that we should go together to the temple which even the penitent.

But remember, did penance so, from that day afterwards must always maintain three professional body, speech and mind without causing culpability. There are so, how many new offense prior eliminated.

The method does not produce three career preserve the crime body, speech and mind, nothing more is not canceled committed five precepts of the Buddha.

VIII. BUDDHIST CHURCH

Buddha reigns at home to remember Buddha at heart. We place daily in contemplation to follow and always practice the noble qualities of His eternal brilliance as compassion, Hy discharge, Hung force, equality, purity, wisdom ...

Church worship Buddha is wonderful sublime truth. Nothing is more precious Buddha reigns in the house.

IX. LORD BUDDHA

Buddha spent countless lifetimes practice, merit endless high infinite thickness. We bow to the Buddha will be every sa merit, eliminate the karmic negativity. Lord Buddha to put right, rehabilitation, rid nature high drain conceit. Lord Buddha to profound gratitude toward his healing god father has saved countless living creatures from the sea of ​​suffering misfortune.

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Every day we lit a stick of incense, offering a flower offering to pay their respects Buddha gratitude. Thus, we will create a merit in the present and tomorrow. Buddhist worship should especially be sincere. Stories boy clay offerings to the Buddha, the old woman lights cozy, cozy beggar salt ... has proven that with sincerity, then bauble also become valuable.

XI. PRAY

Chanting to understand and remember the teachings of the Buddha, to the three now are pure, photography collectors false mind, and the wisdom born. Eating to nourish the body how to nurture chanting necessary mental well like that. Must clearly reciting, dignified and proper.

XII. DUTIES OF A laypeople

Buddhists after the refuge protected and want deserve to be a true Buddhist, should be aware of and comply with their duties on some aspect of the following:

a - For the Three Jewels: Must have confidence Tam strictly with its true meaning and believe firmly. Do not let a certain hardship to oscillations. Never do anything that might prejudice the Three Jewels. Zealous upholding and propagating the Dhamma. Most are supporters of Career truly authentic monastic practice and propagate religion.

b - For society: Based on the spirit of compassion and equality of Buddha wholeheartedly serve and build up the society, making life in society becomes peace in harmony, no rivalry, envy hate each other harm.

c - For families: Be filial to parents. Reconciled spouses, relatives brother ... How for everyone in the family returned to the Three Jewels and build family on Buddhist cultural foundation.

d - For yourself: Diligent practice in accordance with Buddhist teachings. Gradually abandon lust, selfishness. Episode spacious living life, liberation. Always do things his beneficial interests. Credit causation. Recognizing all things are impermanent for not being interested craving. in the right direction in life, the path to enlightenment.

 SOME DETAILS TO KNOW

The meaning is to: Leaves are dispatched to mark animals and typically prompts on the way from his collection. Bring leaf sect on, we should hang in a conspicuous place. Every day should look to it and always remember that day of that month of that year, we went to her temple, bridge teacher provided he commanded Three, Five Precepts, the name is.

Always remember Tam of the Five methods as taught in schools, according to which religious. There are good grounds so the growth every day, will enjoy the blessings of peace optimism. Not waiting for the package when stored carefully squeeze brought dead.

Obligation, to guru status and where they have to take refuge: After the refuge, then, we should view the guru on the behalf of the Buddha and they increase Tam of the Five transmit to us. Where to take refuge as from our road. We should normally be close to the temple to guru, close the master that catechesis. Is there something wrong so the penitent before guru and begged to teach. So our view is the son of the family, his children, must wholeheartedly respect and help the teachers in every respect.

Capacity to meet the old monk: Sangha is generally only known for authentic monastic rank, ie house Sangha which they have taken refuge. So, whatever somewhere to meet monks, we must reverently hands in greeting, as his guru status. Now go to the temple to hold solemn purity. For everyone must keep polite. No guilt or self-pride that always deserved his attitude was a disciple of the Great Beings compassionate enlightenment.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/10/2015.