An old Zen Tri To Meet Buddha.

 There is a venerable elders at a Buddha. He was a serious meditation. He wants to find the source of all problems should have gone to retreat to meditate.

Sometimes the meditation he was calm, sometimes not. He can not do it to be stable. Now is, sometimes not. Sometimes you feel lazy, sometimes fervently. At laborious, boring time. Thus, he begins to suspect, and that he needed to learn more about the path. Then he heard about a certain teacher is very famous, very prominent. He went to school and back again applied practice.

 Then after practicing the way learned, he saw what was, with nothing. Then again doubts. He sailed to meet a prominent teacher to learn, and then return to practice in ways they have learned. But now is the time to see not. The suspicion grew. He floored to despair.

 One day he heard people talking about ethics Gotama (Gautama) was an outstanding teacher. He heard all our heart and sailed seek the Buddha. Buddha explained thus:

 "Trying to gain an understanding of other people's words, it will not get rid of the doubt. The more he listened, the more he suspected. The more you listen, the more distracted him "... "Doubt is not something that other people can solve for us. Other people can only explain about the suspect; also we had to experience to arrive at an understanding for yourself "...

 " In the body of this group, color, feeling, perception, and consciousness. That's my mentor, gives understanding; but the need for investigation and proper meditation. If you want all doubt, so he has to stop and investigate the body and mind "...

 "Eliminating the past. Whether it is good or bad, to eschew them. No useless to hold it now. The good thing was over. The bad thing is over "...

 "The future is yet to come. What will happen will happen and terminated in the future. When it happens, just recognize it and ignored without adhesive attached to it "...

 "What happened in the past is gone. Why are you just wasting myself to think about it ?. In the present, he does not need to engage in it. He does not need to stop the mind and judgment, but after having thought or said about the past, he consciously about it and let it go away, because that is what has ended in the past "...

 "The future is yet to come. Understanding the thoughts about the future as they arise and disappear, and let them disappear. Thoughts of the past is impermanent. Weather future is uncertain. Knowing about them, and let them disappear. Looking at the present, right now. Looking at the current law ( dhamma ) that he was experiencing here and now. Do not think that this teacher or other teacher will resolve the doubts of his fears. "

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Buddha did not compliment people only know to trust others. Those who believe in the words themselves and see others happy or sad, it is not Buddha praise. After understanding the words of others, I have to let go, because those words are other people (from the experience of their own) and therefore should not get attached to them. Even if those words true, that's true for them. We have to know those words apply in practice. If we do not practice in order to know the meaning of those words, we are not Buddhist merit. (Buddha nor commend us to believe even in the Buddha, to believe without practicing self-confidence is not proper evidence).

 I've always said about this place is the Dharma yourself to look within themselves to see, to understand and to realize for themselves. If someone says something is true, do not believe it. If someone says something wrong, do not believe it. Since we can not know it is true or false, right or wrong is because he thinks only. Any doctrine that you should also take it into yourself and practice it in order to validate whether it is right or wrong, right here and now.

 The practice of each person is different, because each person has different location based. We went to see the teacher and try to learn how to cultivate their understanding. We look at the method (method) and their status, but those things are secondary for us outside. If one continues to study under someone else but not self-cultivation, the doubts still remain in the mind. "Why is he initiates this way? Why do the other initiates that way ?. Why this teacher taught many, and the other teachers teach less, and find it, it does not teach anything? ". Type this question makes me confused.

 Find out how to practice their right of each person's work, rather than relying on what the teacher was saying. We can learn to follow the example of others, but it is important to know to look within themselves to rid themselves of suspicion. Thus, the Buddha taught the other elders just mindful in the present moment, do not let his mind drift to the past or future.

 So at all times follow up his mind. Regardless of how, it is no problem-just see they are not sure, they are only ephemeral. This is the only way Buddha taught elders. Through the practice itself, he could see France ( dhamma ), enlightenment is the experience itself inside-in his mind-body. Round reincarnation ( samsara ), like the ring congeal I do not need to run after it. It runs armor ring, it's too fast. If so we should just stand back a place, let it spin. lizard can try chasing it; I just stood and saw the lizard back and come back quickly. It's very fast, it is the eternal loop of worldly things. But for people who have wisdom, it does not matter. If someone knows mindfulness in every situation all things come and go, just observe and see them to-go, can-lose, born-kill, no harm to our minds.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.24/10/2015.