BUDDHISM WITH PEOPLE

MASTER=THICH TAM CHAU.
  TO DINH TU QUANG Canada, 1982 .
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IV.- HUMAN VALUES

"Dignity of us make us a great person, rather than by our position incidentally captured." Conwell

Value people a faithful reflection of the human status, after his position had become truth.

For Buddhists, so far has acknowledged a special value of human beings, a value is attached to the body and its features. But, only when people know that comply with human legs.

Conversely line general comment on the issue of man, we have to realize that people have a special place in the universe, as well as in Buddhism. Had a special status of course should have a special value. That's not worth searching the distance, just look right on words, thoughts and deeds of humans.

Pursuant to the Deed Kinh said, the value that can be generalized in the following headings:

 

MORE VALUE 1.- Species

"Nothing is worth the value of knowledge worthy of his position."

Beijing Upasaka said: "In all species, more qualified person, such as the intellect. Especially the human condition not too hard as hell, is not too happy as paradise and not foolish like animals ".

Indeed, the mystery doctrine was a testimony makes us get human dignity:

 

Human intelligence than all species

Thanks to intelligence, a new form of human society today. a society be organized in all aspects and know who used force or invent machines, clearing land, planting crops, bring abundant economic resources, to provide care for people; said textile clothing, institutionalized medicine, let themselves from the cold and from illness; said the tall building to the sun and rain shelter; Know manufactured vehicles to travel convenience ships; Know the laws set up to protect the life, bring security to the society. And, there are many things essential to society are due to the human mind comes. So the ancients said: "The spirit u everything" reasonable from direct ancients had recognized that value.

 

The human condition is the average situation

According to Buddhist teaching, this world is only one of countless other worlds and with the law: a, cylinders, tanks-not, the same rhythm in the boundless nature.

Karma causal Under the eyes of the Buddha enlightenment, the same world, the secular world, can be classified into six categories:

1 / God: (Deva, Sura): World's relative had a nice, clean climate, the natural materials, beautiful people, live longer than humans and are more pleasure.

2 / asura (Asura): The world has a shape, one body, one life and the demand is almost heaven, but quarrelsome, aggressive and passionate sex.

3 / The (Manusya): World average, not very good, not bad, was not very happy, not so hard and not feeling well, was not weak.

4 / Hell (Narska, Niraya): The world is subject to the most miserable. All configuration, demand and instruments contained in misery

5 / Peta (Preta): The world objects ugly, emaciated, always hungry, do not enjoy a little satisfied, happy.

6 / Bang birth or animals (Tiryagyoni): The creatures have called her body sideways, eating strenuous, carrying heavy cargo, ignorance, confusion and sometimes must dedicate themselves destined for other animals .

Therefore, we look broadly of human society, if compared with all things human, it proves an average value, although in that situation when it has spread to the territory of the other species in mind and behavior of individuals.

Let us take the situation created and improved our situation.

 

There are human beings who now works as a

Buddha said: "Now is the human body is due to previously practiced five commandments:

1 / Do not slaughter: All creatures have body par excellence due, the authors are interested formulas, know eating, know the joy of living, fear of death, so from college species of animals until the tiny insects we are not to kill. Do not kill but also to bring kindness to help living beings.

2 / Do not Steal: Has destiny Friendly settlement activity, must take these items to nurture and preserve life as a general principle of everyone. Already a general rule, it's somebody under him we should not mind to steal. And maybe even customize your circumstances and give to others.

3 / Do not commit adultery: Already a pregnant creature escape from craving, of course it followed, the craving arises, should have married, except those who are determined to escape it. There is to distinguish families with family on physiological and happy, so no one should do well adultery. That is not to have sexual behavior that must be kept pure happiness.

4 / Do not lie: Sharing a society, live in circumstances to live and to live, so no one should use words lies, fabrications, flip measurement and evil. In contrast, only use those words honesty, uprightness, faithfulness andpetrochemical calm.

5 / Do not drink alcohol: Alcohol is a powerful stimulant, it can drain the body, brain, psychosis, mental confusion, or born of the evildoer, so we should not drink alcohol. No alcohol shall be lucid enough intelligence to curb energy body and mind and do things right direction.

That is the work of professional staff to students in the human world. It's a value in human behavior guarantees characteristic shape and relatively more human creatures. Because, if there's now, of course without human. even where no man has more wisdom in all things and be in average condition, so that "people are now working the engine for all".

Thus the human values ​​in the status of human right. Man is the center point for all species by private industry, the circumstances and the intellect into. We are a part of human society, we must postulate that special value and we will prove in daily work we are "over and over all". So every day we remember the sentence: "You stay here and look straight into your path."

 

2. VALUE OF HUMAN SOCIETY

"Our body is a part of society, so each of us do to help must also be for the life of society"

 

Marc Aurele

"Take heart serve others, the grace repay Buddhas"

Humans can not live alone but have to live with the society and its capacity to provide direction to the building society. Because society is a combination block by many individuals, so the activities of individuals with ties to unions. All social organizations are run by people arise and have arisen since humans. Human capacity comprehensively govern society. Like Mr. Hu wrote: "The being of society without regard to any horizontal or vertical are like a machine organized. In terms of vertical, the social history did not stop. The front affect people later, after affects people later. There's me and countless neck collar workers, how can you and I do today, how has the later. No countless individuals of which there is no history. But, no history is immeasurable number of individuals that did not have that figure. In terms of width, then the social activities of mutual influence. Individuals create social, personal social form. The social life of the whole is due to the activities of individuals no matter how different, are not free from the influence of society. Without such societies, the decision is no you and I like that. Without you and my wealth of society no such decision ".

Therefore, we find, in theory as well as on the fact that, despite the limited time or indefinitely, people still have a special value in human society. One person can not lack food, clothing, housing, medicine, education and supplies. A self-employed person is not enough to provide for himself. But, it can not get out their strength. The President therefore Buddhist Fellowship France also wrote: "The lives of others always in touch with their personal lives."

 

Each act is a formidable weapon

Indeed, every human action is an instrument of social relations to man or good or bad. People can make the society becomes a society of prosperity, happiness and humanity can also turn create decadent society, people suffer.

"One thing's done, things that have affected human prosperity for the country" real saint advises fully meaningful benefits to human society is not perfect grapes.

Therefore, the value and status of human in human society is the center point value, value masters. When people understand human values, respect for human dignity, human neo take ownership, the capacity of the human impact will be evolutionary capability enables human society towards civilization , true peace.

Well, before you feel worth it, let's imitate a speech later Western Buddhists, to do for our motto: "People self-renew, or rather the people keep themselves his innovations in his back all the time ".

 

3. VALUE IN THE EVOLUTION

"Wisdom is the career"

Beijing University's Bat Giac

 

Evolution is a utility? Always changing and progressive, intellectual work by motor.

Kinh Khe said: "Humans evolved rapidly progressive and more ca.Thuc fact shows us the very rich man thought progress and evolution. New period man is living in an era of primitive barbarism eat hairy holes, seal foil covering the body, this era, experiencing how the experience of each class period, gave the society a material civilization heyday, although there is still a lot of flaws. It is because of the evolution that has helped people enjoy a happier life, newer forms of living together ...

But, that evolution has not yet inevitable lack sincerity, that itself becomes disguised degeneration, the embodiment of desire, become a formidable force bankruptcy in life, the right to life of children people, but the truth was proven and has brought many exclamations of regret from the bottom of heart doctors, Western philosophy:

_ "If the scientists of the last century painstaking research, the civilized soul without an outcome of the crisis as it is today".

_ "All the crises in modern times have not caught up by the spirit of the material on the path of human progress"

_ "The origins of the war disaster is the greed of mankind is too heavy."

Thus, Buddhism has always respected the value of progress and evolution of man but, to an evolutionary value is set on the basis of true understanding, the knowledge. There are genuine new insights guide righteous acts, have righteous acts are the result of evolution be true forever.

 

I am the person

If people ever know that I am the man. We are a part of human society, living on the earth people, and have an equal value and have close ties with each other in all aspects. We must teach each other, help each other progress. I brought the ideas and initiatives of the tools we create mountains deforestation clearing mines, land economy brings prosperity to society. We manufacture more sophisticated alternative to reduce the human strength heavy, happily enjoying the freedom ..., then, victims still struggling class, where prison was miserable, where even gas atomic, hydrogen to murder, causing death, misery beyond belief as of today, but still wearing the shirt "democracy, peace, freedom, happiness?"

"Want to take a calm galaxy average last place!"

That is a warning for those who deeply nefarious ambition that Buddha said in the scriptures.

Thus, we have recognized the value of human evolution in Buddhism. Value was not illusory, it is the human act of corporate direction in the true interests. So, here we can say: "You who have forsaken human being heart stains and laxity that he was freed and progress".

In short, only the new man enough special values ​​as above. The value was based on behavioral artifact of human continuity, but it gave no pleasure or pain that it must be the word he A.Huxley said: "People ask us a thing is" becoming people "...

A person should understand that not gods nor devils. "

Well worth it, it will bring to society a happy situation, true happiness, by the power of man, has been shown in the advice: "People are like a mirror image His ... heaven will smile at you, if you smile ... ". And, being so new status was raised Buddhist impress on people like Mr. Sinett British wrote: "Buddhism respect free will with all its dignity within very wide activity and with quite limited sovereignty ".END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.4/9/2015.