CHAPTER ONE

PRODUCT APANNAKA

1. DARK STORY FRANCE SHANGHAI (Formerly Apannaka)

There are those who say ...

Blessed One, while in the United amnesty Tinh Vien, near Xa-defense, has preached this dialog. For who, Dharma is mentioned? Because your friend five hundred millionaire Anathapindika (Anathapindika) are pagan practitioners.

One day, the millionaire Anathapindika brought five hundred of his friends are disciple pagan, to bring many garlands, scents, aroma oil and light oil, honey, molasses, fabric and gown , go to the Members States bowed, offering him materials such as wreaths etc .. and distributing pharmaceutical monks wear healing and fabrics. Having done that, he sat down on one side and avoid the six vices while sitting.

Likewise, the unbelieving disciples bowed, and he sat to one side near Anathapindika, looking up at the Master's face shining like the full moon, the integrity of the primary and secondary general good, looking up at discounts relative shining and looked up wide a range of dazzling aura of the Buddha, the aura emitted as if each pair of rings, each pair.

Then young lion roared varieties like thunder in the valley, as storm clouds in the rainy season, as the Ganges heaven (galaxy) rushing down, and like a string of jewels woven, however, with a full eight-part Pham sound excellent, interesting natural wonders as he preached to them, a sweet voice and approach shines with many different beauty.

They listen to the Master preaching, the mind is purified credit, stood up and bowed to the Master, breaking health regulations heathen, and refuge in the Buddha. From there, they always go to his residence with Mr. Anathapindika, holding fragrance, garlands etc .. hear French, almsgiving, morality and life Eight Precepts.

Then Bhagavan from Xa-defense went to Rajgir. During the Tathagata is away, they break the law refuge in the Buddha. Then they take refuge pagan, revert back to their original state.

After seven or eight months, Bhagavan back Member States. He Anathapindika brought five hundred companions who went to the Master audience, offering the flavor etc .. He bowed and sat down on one side. He Anathapindika reported to Bhagavan said after he left, they break health regulations have life, accepted the heathen legal refuge, go back to their original state.

His lotus mouth open, as open treasure box, filled with fragrance difference, fragrant with the scent gods, so powerful real say feet, experiencing countless memories uninterrupted life, the sound Exalted sweet and asked:

- Hey laymen, were so broke Three of his refuge, and take refuge in the heathen?

And when they can not hide, they confess:

- Indeed, venerable sir.

The Master said:

- Hey layman, no one place from the bottom of hell below, on to the gods, no one anywhere in the world spanning the breadth immeasurable, no one in, do not say the higher virtues Buddha on the merits as morality etc ..

Then he presented to them the merits of the Three Jewels, as was mentioned in the scriptures:

- Hey monks, among living beings feet, legs, or four legs, the Tathagata called supreme. If there are assets in this life or the next life ... And indeed, paramount among believers ...

Then he continued:

- Without a lay public, men and women have taken refuge in Three Jewels, the full throne such supreme merit, to be reborn in hell etc .. but they are free from birth to deprivation, they are born into the world of the gods and attain great Zen evidence. Therefore, when he broke the same rules, and went to take refuge in the pagan, the one thing he did wrong.

And here, to make clear that no one had taken refuge with the Three Jewels ultimate liberation, to be born into deprivation, in these passages must be spoken:

Those who take refuge in the Buddha

Will not go deprivation,

Abandoning human body

Heaven will be filled.

Those who take refuge in France

Will not go deprivation,

Abandoning human body

Heaven will be filled.

Those who take refuge Increase

Will not go deprivation,

Abandoning human body

Heaven will be filled.

Humans are afraid of panic,

Find more places of refuge,

Or jungles, mountains,

Or gardens, temples,

Refuge was wrong,

No ultimate refuge,

Refuge of that place

Not from suffering.

Who refuge in the Buddha,

Dharma and Sangha,

Whose knowledge Secretarial

Four see the truth,

Saw suffering and Suffering,

Seeing the suffering pass,

Seeing St. eight branches

Bringing suffering to end.

It's peaceful refuge,

It's the ultimate refuge,

Having such refuge

New from suffering.

The Master does not just preach to them that way, he goes on to say:

- Hey laymen, the practice of Buddha, the practice of the French concept, the practice of giving a Stream concept Increase direct and save the results expected, directed Nhat hybrid, hybrid Best results, Real hybrid religion, Real future results, A-la welding direction, Arhat fruit.

And after he had preached to them with many methods, he said:

- With the same break rules, they had done something wrong.

And here, the director brought up the project, etc .. The stored results for those who practice the Buddhist concept etc .. should be stated with the following passage:

- Hey, monks, there is a law, if it is practiced, and made for fullness, leading to fully cover glass, dispassion, cessation, calm, win position, Enlightenment, Nirvana. How is a France? Etc .. It is the Buddhist concept Thus, Bhagavan with different media, lectures for laymen:

- Hey laymen, too, in the past, those who cling wrong conclusion, clinging crazy arguments, think something is not a place of refuge, a place of refuge to see the truth, the he will be Yakshis carnivorous demons in the desert landscape, the non-permanent seat, and fall into tribulation. And those who cling Coliseum true wealth of expression, the ultimate legal clinging, clinging measures not crazy, it was in the desert scene, they gain peace and safety.

When it comes to this, he was silent. Then Anathapindika the owner got up from his seat, bowed, praising him with both hands placed on the head and said as follows:

- Buddha, this is clear to us that in the present time, the laymen that, after breaking the refuge supreme law, has fallen into the evil jungle comment. But in the past, the tribulation of those who cling wrong conclusion in the desert, of the non-permanent seats, and secure the peace of the myriad legal clinging Coliseum argument, for we are being obstructed, only clear to him. You instead, if the Blessed One, as though causing the full moon rises, to clarify this event for us.

Then the Exalted says:

- Householder, precisely because the purpose of removing the doubts in life, thanks to the full ten operating practices Balaam underwent countless lifetimes secret that I realized where Necessarily. Be careful ear, as if he is the lion's marrow poured into a tube of gold!

After encouraging the attention of the rich million, he said the story had been reborn cover, as the full moon is released, after the snow clouds broke.

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Formerly in Kasi country, at the Balaam complaints, have king named Brahmadatta. Then, the Bodhisattva was born in the family merchant caravans master, and has continued to grow, going here and there to trade with five hundred vehicles, when it travels east through the west, when it went from west to east. Balaam in the complaint, there is one other caravan owners are young and foolish, not very good have to improvise.

At that time, after five hundred carts laden with valuable cargo, Bodhisattva ready to go. Employers young and stupid caravans and other similar goods piled on another five hundred vehicles, ready to hit the road. Bodhisattva thought: "If the owner of the caravan this foolish and go with my children, with a thousand chariots, accompanied once on the road, the road will not be able to bear it; it's going to be hard to find firewood and water for the caravan, and grass for the cows. or is it, or that we must go ahead ".

He invited him to a private message, presented the work and said:

- The two of us can not go at the same time being. So you go ahead or behind?

But he thought: "If we go ahead, there will be many benefits. I will walk the path has not broken out, the cows will eat the grass has not been touched, while the family members are going to pick the leaf cooking curry has not been touched, in calm water; and finally pricing preferences, we will sell the goods ".

Think so, who was speaking:

- Hey you, I will go ahead.

And go after the bodhisattva see many benefits because he reasoned like this: "Those who go ahead to flatten the path has not been leveled. I will go the way they have been going through. The cows would new grass grows and sweet food, and he's going to find the curry leaves cook fresh new leaves sprouting on the spot has been picked off. the spot does not have water, they have to dig for water, we should drink water in others dug wells up. the valuation is like killing human life, we go back to selling goods as specified normal value ". When you see such benefits, the Bodhisattva said:

- Hey you, go ahead.

- You instead, you.

The owner caravans so young and foolish then to win the said carriage, left, second class passes the village, and began to desert border. Early time, the desert has five categories: desert thieves, predators desert, desert without water, desert and desert inhuman and no food.

First, the path that has thieves refuge, that place is called the desert robbers; second, the path that has the lion etc .. refuge, known as desert beasts; Tuesday, where there is no water for bathing and drinking, and called the desert without water; Wednesday, the path that has the non-humans (spirits) shelter, known as non-desert; Thursday, the road does not find the species of edible roots etc .. called the desert without food.

In this kind of desert, there are two kinds of dangerous desert is a desert without water and non-desert. Thus, the owner of the caravan was young and foolish to put up huge car seats, filled with water, and began to move into the desert sixty mile long.

When they were halfway there, Yakshis demon residing in the desert thinking: "I will make these people throwing water stored, making them weak, then I'll eat them all." Then it turned out a beautiful carriage with the bull fair. Being with ten twelve Guardians inhuman, holding bows, names, and carry weapons, it jewelry with round blue lotus and lily white on top, with wet hair and wet clothes, sitting on his chariot as a lord, it embark on the road with muddy wheels. Entourage also went ahead and go after, with wet hair, wet clothes, jewelry with round blue lotus and lilies, with bouquets of white lotus, red lotus hand, chewing the lotus stems, lotus root, water dripping and mud.

Then, when the wind is blowing in front, the owners of caravans, which was normally sit in the carriage to go ahead with the servant enclosure to prevent dust. When the wind blows behind, they ride behind. The wind blows this front, therefore, the owner of the caravan children ride in the front. Yakshis demon saw him approaching, immediately for parking in a side street, a friendly welcome and asked where to go. Caravan owners to park their vehicles and a roadside and told the devil Yakshis:

- Ladies and gentleman, we go from Barnabas to come. Mr. jewelry with blue lotus and water lilies, lotus holding white and red, was chewing the lotus and lotus root stalks, muddy walk the tears flowed. So he went right along with the rain, there are lakes covered with blue lotus reasonable? etc.

Devils Yakshis, heard asked, immediately shouted:

- Hey you, you say what? Yonder was visible ridges of dark-green forest. From then on, the entire forest is nothing but water. Always raining, there are lakes flooded; everywhere are lotus ponds.

After saying so, and the convoy was passing by, he asked:

- The carriage is going?

And they answered:

- Go to this place, there.

- In each of these carriages, with what goods?

- Many types of goods.

Then when the last carriage passed by, carrying very heavy, it asks:

- In this chariot Chou What?

- Carrying water in it.

- From the place of departure to this point, you have to bring water as well. But from this point on, no need to bring more water. From the front there is plenty of water. Let's break the water smashed to go for comfort.

And it added:

- The him go. We set off delay lest it!

Then it's off for a while, came to sight, immediately returned to Yakshis. The owner was foolish tour, due to his ignorance, demon obey Yakshis, for smashing the chair, not to regain even a handful of water, just pour it all and ordered the car to go. The more you go forward, nor a drop of water. They must not become weary of drinking water. They keep going until sundown.

Then they untie the car out, put in a circle, and tie the cows on wheels. But we also do not have drinking water. They also have no porridge, no rice, so weak, lying down and sleeping around. When night just down from the devil Yakshis Yakshis go to, kill all life cows and humans, eat them, leaving only bones and left. Thus, just because a child and caravans all ignorance, all were caught in the tribulation, the bones of people and animals scattered everywhere, just five hundred carts stood there with a full cargo.

Part Bodhisattva, from the date the owner waited caravans and foolish young leave, of a half months passed, with five hundred carts from leaving the city, eventually to the desert border. He filled the water for the water smashed, to extract more water reserves and drumming party meeting and said as follows:

- If you do not ask me, a handful of well water is not used. There are many poisonous plants in the desert, none of the notes are eating leaves, flowers or fruit is not eaten before, without asking us.

After only teach them so, Bodhisattva beginners go into desert with five hundred vehicles. When you go to the middle of the desert, his demons Yakshis currently on the way out the door image Bodhisattva, and how to advance. Bodhisattva saw it immediately recognizes day and thought: "This is no water, and is called the desert without water. He had red eyes, the shape is not fear, the projector does not have the ball. No Comfort doubt, owners of caravans and young foolish to go ahead was it instigated, has poured all the water, so exhausted, and be eaten as a whole entourage. But it does not know where it is assets and skillfully used the means ".

So the Bodhisattva said to the demon:

- You go, we are merchant. Not see other countries, we do not pour water reserves already. Where does that water, we just reassuring emptied, making light of the carriage.

Devils Yakshis off for a while, came to sight, immediately on the Yakshis. When Yakshis went, people asked Bodhisattva Group:

- Dear Boss, these people just showed that there is a series of green forest. Outmost same forest, the sky is always rain. They put a wreath on the head of the blue lotus and water lily; they hold lotus flowers red and white; they picked the lotus root and lotus stalks; shirt gets wet, gets wet first; they go with the flow water drop. So let's go water park, making the carriage is light, we go faster.

Bodhisattva heard them say so, and then he stopped the chariot, meeting all the men and asked:

- In the note, has anyone previously heard that this desert pond or lake it?

- Dear boss, no one heard at all. So this place is called the desert without water.

- Now there are some who say that further belt of forest over there, it will rain. The wind blew away the rain may be how much?

- Dear boss, about a mile (by-week).

- Wind can blow rain to touch the body of someone in the comments do not?

- Dear Boss, do not.

- How far enough, the first clouds can be seen?

- Around a mile, sir boss.

- Has anyone in the top notes seen a cloud it?

- Dear boss, no one.

- How far, flashing light visible?

- Dear Boss, about four five miles.

- Does anyone of note saw the light flashing?

- Dear boss, no one!

- How much distance thunder can be heard?

- Dear Boss, about two or three miles.

- Has anyone in the notes to hear the thunder?

- Dear boss, no one.

- They're not people. They are demons Yakshis. Yakshis come and think: "We incited water poured caravan, and the caravan weakness, we'll eat them! For owners of caravans and young foolish to go ahead without skillful means, certainly they were unlucky emptied and when tired, they were demons Yakshis eat. and five hundred vehicles are left filled with goods as before. Today, we will see them. do not pour away even a handful of countries have also maintained. Please go to, as quickly as possible.

His urge to go to a party, the Bodhisattva continued until it was five hundred carts full of goods, the bones of the cow and the unfortunate previous caravan scattered everywhere. Untie him to the car, put the car in a circle, back to the camp meeting, and beef for dinner party early, then going the cows lay down between them.

Then he recruited some strong leadership, themselves stood guard with swords hand, three watches during the night until dawn. Early the next day, he was to have completed the necessary work, for the cows to eat, toss away the frail chariot, took the strong carriage, dropped commodities less valuable, loaded goods valuable merchandise, go to the designated place, and sell goods for money by two third of the price of capital. Later, he along with his entourage returned to his city.

*

The story ended, the Master said:

- Hey layman, so in the past, those who cling wrong conclusion, to see the great tribulation. Those who accept the truth ridiculous the argument had escaped from the inhuman, and to where they want safely.

And after combining the two stories together, for the purpose of introducing the teaching of the truth of this argument countless Coliseum, Career Enlightenment verse:

There are those who speak up

The Coliseum did not make a comment,

But other grades

Declaration on the wrong reasoning.

Who know this place,

Embrace the supreme law.

So Bhagavan teaches about true wealth measures Coliseum this argument, then he added:

- The path of the righteous is not good to bring the achievements of three, six heaven in sex education, the achievement Brahma world, which ultimately brought Arhat fruit. Also called deviant path brings rebirth conclusion of four years of deprivation and poor families.

Then he preached about four to sixteen operating Truth minister. His last lecture, all five hundred laymen attained a Stream.

After the sermon, the Master stated the lessons and tells two stories and combine them together, he identifies precursor as follows:

- In those days, young people and all caravans are foolish Devadatta (Devadatta), entourage entourage who was Devadatta, the owner's entourage caravans gentle operating position of the Buddha's entourage, also the owner of the site caravans Hien Me.

-ooOoo-

2. STORY desert (Formerly Vannupatha)

Unmanaged tired, they dug ...,

These talks are Bhagavan when He speaks in Xa-defense. Because whom he said? For some monks gave up diligently. When Bhagavan at Xa-defense, a man can have a permanent home in the friendly Xa-defense went to States Members, the Master heard the sermon, net credit your mind, seeing danger in the fitness, so please ordained. Live five years awaiting ordination, he memorized two abstracts, in meditation practice, take from the Master a subject of meditation that you enjoy, then go into a forest house.

Experiencing a rainy season retreat period, after three months, he can not start up a light or visualize anything. Then he thought: "masters have taught four classes of people. In them, we have to be happy lowest it? I can not think for ourselves Paths and Fruits us, so do we live in the woods ? go to the Master, to live to admire Buddha body with ultimate color solution, to listen to the sermon than sweet.

Think so, he returned to Member States. The friend told followers he:

- Hey Sage, you have received from the Master a subject of meditation, went to the determined implementation of recluses. Now you go back, enjoyed live congregation. Or do you have achieved the ultimate goal of duty-home people, and ended reborn?

- Sage Hey, I did not see was the Paths and Fruits, his thought was not capable, so I gave up on this effort and.

- Hey Sage, you did not do one thing, you have ordained in the teachings of the Master persistent effort, you give up the effort. Let's go to the audience with the Tathagata. We will present to him this straight.

They took this position to close the Master. When he saw he and said:

- Hey, monks, the monks brought him here this unwanted him. What did this person?

- Buddha, the monks, after the renunciation of the true dharma of liberation so, after practicing law recluses, to abandon this effort and return.

Bhagavan told his monks:

- Hey monks, were so he gave up the effort?

- Ladies and indeed, venerable sir.

- Hey monks, why after the renunciation of Dhamma so, he did not know how to live at training and contentment, renunciation or effort, but had to abandon diligent? Due to the diligence of his alone, but in the sandy desert, and herds caravan of five hundred carts had been drinking, was to live at peace. Now why did you abandon the effort?

With such words, the monks he felt encouraged tons of books. Heard so, the monks requested Bhagavan:

- Buddha, we have clear renunciation of this current effort of the monks. But erstwhile, due to the diligence of its people, in the sandy desert, the cows and groups who drink and live peacefully. The story is still being covered up for us, just to be clear with Bhagavan is located Necessary steps. Tell us the story.

- So this, monks, listen.

After suggesting the attention of the monks, Bhagavan clearly raised the incident happened in the past.

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Erstwhile, while Brahmadatta ruled in Balaam complaints Kasi country, the Bodhisattva was born in the family merchant caravans, raised and often trade with five hundred vehicles. One of the Bodhisattva enters sandy desert, sixty miles long, with five hundred vehicles. In that desert, sand is very fine, when scooping the fist, it will run down before. When the sun rises, the sand becomes hot as flaming piles of coal, could not come up on it. Therefore, those who go through that desert, carrying firewood, water, oil, rice ... on the carriage, just walk in the night; when the sun rises, they put the carriage into a circle, making a canopy overhead, after eating really early, they usually sit in the shade all the day.

When the sun sets, they eat early afternoon, the sand was cold, they won the chariot around and leave. Going through this desert-like sailing so. Instructor, called "geographic growth" guidelines caravans passing through understanding the stars. This caravan owners at that time going through desert with such facilities.

After all fifty miles away, he thought: "Today was another night, we will be out of the desert." After dinner, he ordered the wood and water disposal, won the car and leave. Travelers head to cover the cloth in the forefront carriage to sit and watch the stars and the words that say the road will go, and then lay down. He had not slept for a long time, so tired, asleep, unaware that the cow went around and return to the old way. The cows all night to go that way.

When dawn sky, leaders wake up, look at the stars and said:

- Give back the carriage turned the fold!

But when the rover has returned, and it was already lined up in the morning. The people in the group said:

- Yesterday, we had to camp there chariot. Firewood and water we got rid of all. Now we are in danger then.

They untie the car in a circle, extended a veil on the head, each one lying down his chariot, melancholic despair. Bodhisattva thought: "If we abandon the effort, all will be in jeopardy". In the morning, when the weather is cool, he went up and saw a patch of grass dabbha, thought to himself: "Under this grass, how to make the circuit also water, grow new grass", went to grab a hoe and dig that place. They dug sixty elbow; come here, touch stone hoes below. Then, all disappointed, not try anymore. Bodhisattva thought how water also under the rock. He went down, standing on a rock. Leaning down, he listened. Hear the water flowing under a rock, he climbed back, told the attendant servant:

- Hey buddy, if you abandon the effort, then all of us will be in jeopardy. You do not abandon the effort. Grab a large hammer, comes down and beats on this stone!

Obey all, while everyone stood dejected, who does not abandon effort, climb down and smote the rock. The stone is broken in the middle, falling and standing up jets of water, horizontal high palm tree trunks. All of them drinking and bathing, and then play the wheel tight, excess axle, porridge and rice. When finished eating, they eat beef.

Until sunset, they had a chance to plug the tree near the water, then go to the designated place. There, they sell convenience of goods obtained twice, four times the amount of capital and then return home. They live every life, and the common destiny to follow his career. And the Bodhisattva, giving life and making merit, and followed his career.

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When finished speaking this dialogue approach, Career Enlightenment verse reads:

Tirelessly, they dig,

They dug sandy road

By the time the water line

There, they were water!

Likewise, tier hermit

With the power of diligence,

Not discouraged fatigue,

Find peace of mind.

Then he preached about four Truth. Last lecture, the monks had to abandon his effort attained supreme, fruit Arhat.

After the Master had finished two stories and combine them together, he concluded with the identification of precursor as follows:

- At that time, the attendant not give effort, smashing the rock and bring water for your caravan ie monks abandoned this effort. Owners entourage entourage that caravans of Buddha, also owners of caravans as Me.

-ooOoo-

3. HUMAN TRAFFICKING STORY TEA (Formerly Serivanija)

If this Mr. degenerate ...

Bhagavan this dialogue sermon at Xa-defense, also relates to a monks abandon diligent. When he was taken to the monks the Master, in cases like the story truouc, the Master said:

- Hey monks, he ordained in the Dharma brings such Paths and the Fruits, abandoned diligent, he will long melancholy, as merchant Seriva lost a golden bowl worth hundreds of thousands of gold money.

The monks ask Bhagavan analyze this incident. Bhagavan clarified the meaning over the past following story:

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Oldtimer years of previous lives, the Bodhisattva in the country Seri, wholesale occupation flaked away and is called Serivan bowl. Serivan with a merchant selling greedy smashed another bowl, crossing rivers leading into Andhapura Talavaha, divide the roads in the city, selling their goods in the road has been divided. The other path to receive their part. In this city, there is a family of millionaires deteriorating. All boys, me, you are lost and property clean. The survivors are a daughter and a grandmother, her two grandchildren living by working for others. But in the house with a golden bowl, great old millionaire who used to eat rice. Bat long he was thrown into the middle of the other dishes are not used to the filthy and covered with dust. They do not know that gold bowl. At that time, the other greedy merchant, was walking and Ad:

- Take water smashed, get smashed water.

And to the house door. The girl immediately told her you see the grandmother:

- Ma'am, get a jewelry for children.

- Dear relatives, we are very poor, and something to grab flaked change the water?

- Have a bowl of no help to us. Take this exchange flaking.

She referred to the merchant, took the chair sit, put bowl raise him and said:

- Hey you, take this character and give her a little change.

Bowls merchant thought: "This can Bat gold", rotate the bowl in hand, scraping a road with a needle back bowls, bowls of gold know, who thinks: "There is no need for these people a nothing, I'll take the bowl, "he said:

- How much of this material? Its price is not worth half a penny.

But he threw the bowl to the ground, got up from his seat and left. Then, between the merchant has an agreement that when a person was on the road and then left, the other on that road may be. So the Bodhisattva enters this path, my pitch:

- Who took flaked water?

And went to the door of that house. Her grandmother told her daughter as before. Grandmother told her:

- Dear relatives, the merchant to advance to the ground and threw the bowl away, now we can give something to get?

- Ma'am, the merchant other harsh speech. This person also has the cute appearance, speak softly. Chances are this person possess.

- So let's call them back.

She called this person.

When this position at home and sit, they bring the bowl to see. This position is known golden bowl then said:

- Dear mother, this bowl is worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins. I do not have in my hand the value of goods in this bowl.

- Hey you, the merchant went to the front saying this is not worth half a coin, was thrown to the ground bowl away. Now this bowl his merit, became golden. So we gave him this bowl. Tell us a little bit of something, grab a bowl and leave.

At that time Bodhisattva in hand eight hundred gold coins and goods worth five hundred gold coins, immediately brought to all and said:

- Let me keep the balance, basket and eight gold coins.

After applying these things, and he picked up the bowl and leave. He went quickly to the river, the boat owner money and climb eight boats. Then the greedy merchant back and said:

- Take the bowl out here, I will give the people a little something.

But the old lady who yelled at him:

- Note that the golden bowl worth a hundred of us are not worth the price of thousands of half a penny! But a true merchant, like teacher pay, gave us a thousand pieces of gold, grab a bowl and leave it.

Heard so, who was coal:

- I've lost golden bowl worth a hundred thousand gold coins before. It was called robbery has hurt us.

Greedy merchant concerns that arise grief, unable to concentrate the mind, becomes insane, manually scattered gold coins and commodities that door, throw away clothing, gowns, and hand holding the balance as the stick to follow the path of the Bodhisattva, to the waterfront. Seeing the Bodhisattva was crossing the river, who was crying dose:

- O you ferryman, come back.

But the Bodhisattva stop and say:

- Do not return.

Seeing the Bodhisattva gradually go away, melancholy anxiety of those that arise, burning heart, hot blood flowing out of his mouth and his heart cracked like the mud at the bottom of a water tank. Because hatred against the Bodhisattva mind, who was on the spot shared destiny. This is the first time Devadatta has hatred against the Bodhisattva mind. And the Bodhisattva, as the merit life as alms ... and followed his career.

*

After this dialogue sermon finished, Career Enlightenment verse reads:

If this Mr. degenerate

No targeted Dhamma,

He will suffer long-term

Se-ri as traders.

Thus, after the Master preached this dialogue lead to the crowning Arhat, preaching Four True. His last lecture, the monks abandoned the Supreme diligently attained Arhat.

Having told the two stories and combine them together, the Master identified Precursor:

- At that time, the merchant is foolish Devadatta, while the merchant is where I so gentle.

-ooOoo-

4. STATE OF MILLIONAIRE'S STORY (Formerly Cullakasetthi)

Wise with less capital ...

These talks when his theory is Exalted in Jivaka mango forests, near Rajgir (Rajagaha), the Presbyterian Cullapanthaka. Here, life should be mentioned Cullapanthaka. At Rajagaha, the daughter of a wealthy millionaire through space with his slaves. This job was afraid other people know, the girl said to the slave:

- We can not live in this place. If parents know this is sin, will rend us. We should go to another place to live.

With portable jewelry fixtures, both fled out the door is rarely opened, agree to find where nobody knows them and will live there. After a period of living together, pregnant girls. By birth, the wife said to her husband:

- Now I was close to giving birth period, in that it does not have relations. But when you give birth, we will meet two miserable. So let's go home.

The husband kept an appointment times from day to day, and to date has passed. The wife thought: "He is stupid, conscious of his sin is too big, should not dare to go. Parents are their best friend. My husband leave or stay, I have to go".

Wait husband leave the house, the wife coming home furnishings, and for the people who live nearby said that she returned home her parents ,, then hit the road.

When the husband about, did not see her, ask a neighbor, said she had returned home, immediately rush followed and caught her halfway. There, she was a child. The husband asked:

- Hey dear, what's wrong?

- Hey man, I gave birth to son.

- What shall we do?

Both agree that the goal is to go home birth, but between the lines he had resolved to do this goes further. So they went back to the old lodge.

Because children born between sugar, should be named Panthaka (Travelers). Soon, she got pregnant. All events took place as last time approached. Because this second child was born between road and they started naming children is Mahapanthaka (Dai Lu hotels) and children after the Cullapanthaka (Elementary Tourism Visitor). Then they brought the two children returned to their homes. While they lived in that place, kids Panthaka hear the other kids call him, the grandfather, grandmother, mother asked him about:

- Dear mother, the other kids call him, the grandfather, grandmother. So we do not have her children back?

- We also have. The mother replied. But relatives of the children are not here. He is a millionaire's son in Rajgir. There, you have a lot of relatives.

- Dear mother, why do not we go there?

She tell you why not go to his home, and when you ask again, she said to her husband:

- The kid makes me very tired. Maybe parents do not see us, we eat meat? Please go to the home of the children know them.

- I can not stand face to face with my parents, but we will bring them to you.

She said:

- So, also, how the kids see their home as he was.

The couple have two children about to Rajgir, staying at an inn near the mouth of Rajgir. Then the wife brought two children thanks to a messenger for her parents know they have arrived. Upon hearing the news, her parents said:

- Living in the world without a son, daughter, can not get a job. But they were guilty too big for us. We can not face it. This is the amount of money for them. We take that money to live comfortably in a certain place. But must deliver two kids stay here.

The girl took the money to your millionaire parents, and delivered into the hands of two children messenger. The children grew up in their grandfather's family. Cullapanthaka was little, so Mahapanthaka usually go with my grandfather to the Master heard the sermon. Often hear the sermon, and see the Master, center of monastic Mahapanthaka favor. He told his grandfather it:

- If he accepted, he will ordained.

-This Her body, she saying? Oh ! I was delighted to see him ordained, than to see the world ordained! This dear child, if possible, be ordained.

Grandfather accepted and took him to meet the Master. The Master asked:

- Hey millionaire, he carries that child?

- Buddha! The child is my niece, it wants to leave home with Bhagavan.

The Master told a child mendicants ordained. Elder, read the subject five-part meditation, from skin and allow onward ... ordained for the child. The child learn many teachings of the Buddha, and when you come of age, he was ordained. Thanks to dedicated ardent, do all the duties of practice, Mahapanthaka attained Arhat. While enjoying peaceful life and peaceful meditation Noble, who he thought should give you the Culla-panthaka also enjoyed his peace. Then he went to call his people of foreign millionaires and said:

- If approved grandfather, I will do for Cullpanthaka ordained.

- Venerable Sir, be ordained for it.

Elder ordained for life Ten Cullapanthaka and gender. But novice Cullapanthaka, after renunciation, referring proved very padded. The younger brother of four months may not memorized this verse:

As light and fragrant lotus flower,

At dawn the morning,

Flowers are blooming comprehensive

With immense scent.

Buddha looked brilliant

With reference halo area,

As the sun shines

Cloudless sky.

We are told that, in the time of the Buddha Kassapa, Cullapanthaka renunciation, wisdom, had sneered a padded referring monks are memorized a passage. Monks was ashamed of being despised that could not miss, and read her passages. As a result his career, becoming possessed Cullapanthaka padded, the new sentence he learned as he has learned to forget the previous sentence; and four months have passed, while he is trying to learn a verse, Mahapanthaka told me:

- Panthaka Hey, you can not afford in this Dhamma. Four months passed, I can not memorize a verse, how you can achieve your ultimate career home person? Let's go out of his residence.

So brother chased him. But Cullapanthaka has special attachment to the teachings of the Buddha, should not want to become a home.

In those days, people are making distribution Mahapanthaka meal. One day Komarabhacca Jivaka brought many scents and garlands, to his mango orchard, to Bhagavan offerings. After listening to the French, Jivaha from the seat up, bowed Ten Career Resources (Dasabala), then go to nearly Mahapanthaka and asked:

- Venerable Sir, how many monks near the Master?

- About five hundred.

- So tomorrow, please venerable invite five hundred monks, with the Buddha is in the lead, having a meal at my house.

- Hey laymen, who possessed Cullapanthaka fillers, can not grow in the Dhamma. I accepted the invitation to all, unless it out.

Hearing that, Cullapanthaka thinking: "The elders accepted an invitation all kinds, monks and went out. No doubt about it, his affection for me has been broken. Now I am in the Church what this approach again? So I'll do a layman, living as the merits as alms, ...

Rang Cullapanthaka sua day off with the thought: "I returned to life at all". The Master, in the early morning, looking around the world, see the event, should go sooner Cullapanthaka. He paced in front of the gate, on the road of Cullapanthaka and stood back. Cullapanthaka, from home to go out, see the Master, came to him and bowed. See Cullapanthaka, Bhagavan asked:

- Hey Cullapanthaka, I go at this hour?

- Buddha, he kicked the child, so the hike.

- Hey Cullapanthaka, I left home with me. When he kicked me, why do not you come see me? Children living at home to do? Come live near me.

Then Bhagavan brought Cullapanthaka go, sitting in front of Huong told the room. He put a clean cloth Cullpanthaka that He has created by clairvoyants, and then said:

- Hey Cullapanthaka, be facing east, use this cloth to wipe clean the past and said dusting objects, objects dusting.

Punctuality was specified, the Buddha told the monks gathered around, go home and sit on the seat Javaka was drafted. Cullapanthaka also, with the sun facing side, sitting holding wiping cloth and wipe over said dusting objects, objects dusting, until the cloth becomes dirty. Then Cullapanthaka thinking: "Already, this cloth is very clean. But this for ourselves, it has dropped its original state, and become dirty. Really the issue is impermanent". Upon comprehending Cullapanthaka cessation, meditation is growing. The Master said Cullapanthaka meditation center has reached perfection, but I said to Cullapanthaka:

- Do not pay any attention to this was cleaner cloth dirty. But in the dust involved ... just removes them.

Then Bhagavan corona discharge, a mentality manifested by intellectual form, he sat in front, and read this verse:

Join New-called dust,

And not this dust;

Join the new truth means

With dust frequently used letters;

This, O monks,

Give up this dust,

Live the Dhamma

Of not dirt.

New stadium called dust,

And not this dust,

New golf really meant

With dust frequently used word.

This, O monks,

Give up this dust,

Live the Dhamma

Of not dirt.

New Si called dust,

And not this dust;

New Si really meant

With dust frequently used word.

This, O monks,

Give up this dust,

Live the Dharma

Of not dirt.

Last stanza, Cullapanthaka attained Arhat with the Four Infinite concerned, he understands all the classic Tibetan. Legend has it that, in the past, he became king, and while walking around the city, sweat from his forehead, he took a clean cloth to wipe his forehead. Cloth becomes dirty. He thought: "Because of this our body, cloth left in the white status quo and become dirty. Really the issue is impermanent". He understand impermanence. Thus it is in the dirt rid constitute freed predestined for him. Meanwhile, the water level rise Jivaka Komarabhacca Enlightened Beings giving up. The Master's hand covered bowl and said:

- Jivaka, during his residence there any monks or not?

Mahapanthaka said:

- Buddha, in his residence does not even monks.

But the Master said:

- Hey Javaka, there are monks.

Javaka immediately sent a man in his residence to see if there are monks or not. Meanwhile, his brother said Cullapathaka said no monks in his residence and he wanted to show people that there are many monks in his residence, immediately make the whole mango forest full of monks . Some monks are doing y, some are dying, some are studying classics. Cullapanthaka create a thousand monks, not just someone who. Other people saw a lot of monks in his residence, returning let Javaka said:

- Dear boss, the whole forest is full of monks mango! There are elders at it !.

Presbyterian Pan-tha-ca

It turned itself into a thousand times,

Sitting beautiful mango forests,

Wait time was called.

The Master said to him:

- Let's go to his residence, said Bhagavan for Cullapanthaka call.

He went, and when to say so, then thousands mouth speaks:

- I'm Cullapanthaka! I was Cullapanthaka!

Him about said:

- Buddha, they all said: "I am Cullapanthaka".

- So he let go first and if someone says: I am Pathaka, hold his hand, all the rest will disappear.

He did just that. At the same moment, thousands of monks disappeared. Elders went with him to the Master. After the meal is finished, the Master said to Jivaka:

- Javaka Hey, go get a bowl of Cullapanthaka. You will say thank you.

Jivaka did as the Master had said. Elders bellowing roar of the lion, makes lively all fishy scriptures in his speech thanked.

Then Bhagavan, from the seat up, the monks surrounded them, went back to his residence. After the monks assigned job Boa finished, Bhagavan got up from his seat, stood before Huong prevention recommendations theories of celestial rank them monks, giving them topics Meditation, disbanding them Rate -kheo, then went into a room redolent with aromatic Perfume and lay down on the hip side as lying lion design.

In the afternoon, the yellow-robed monks gathered from many places in the French line, sat down as if experiencing a golden curtain around the Master, and began to praise his merits:

- Hey Sage, Mahapanthaka not know the capabilities of Cullapanthaka, Cullapanthaka chased out of his residence, which was foolish referring fillers, in four months of school is not in one stanza. But Career Enlightenment, the supreme virtue Holiness, in just one meal, gave Cullapanthaka Arhat results with the Supreme afraid. With the award was his wife, Cullapanthaka grasp the whole of Tibetan classics. Oh, so very large Buddha force instead!

Exalted knows the story progresses in France road, think this should come to him, stood up from the berth of the Buddha, wearing a red coat dazzling two plates, tighten the buckle itself as lightning, and cover back y. Auspicious one like crimson blanket, from Huong room came out, went to France with majestic endless line of a Buddha, mobile with beautiful majestic gait of elephants, lions in fitness. Step up the Buddha is shown in the middle of France splendid stately street. He sat on the Buddha is the aura emitted. Buddha has six colors from the rising sun on the mountain Yugandahara, he shines on the sea bottom.

Career Enlightenment Upon arrival, we monks ended the story and keep quiet. The Master, with gentle compassion, looked congregation and think: "The congregation is very bright, do not have a hand up, a leg up, cleared his throat without making a sound, not a cough. All for honors me, if I did not say sit for life, mass were not dare say before I say. I know I have said before. I will say first. " With discounts sweet sound, Bhagavan told the monks:

- Hey, monks, and he now sat here saying what topics and what the story is not yet finished speaking?

- Buddha, we are sitting here not talking nonsense. We sat praising his merits as follows: Hey Sage, Mahapanthaka not know the capabilities of Cullapanthaka, was chased out of his residence Cullapanthaka ... Oh, so rather loudly Buddha's power!

Exalted, says, monks heard it, they said:

- Hey, monks, this Cullapanthaka due by me, has achieved greatness in the Dharma. And also because of the past thanks to me, he has achieved a great asset in the asset.

The monks ask Bhagavan explains this sense of instant Bhagavan and articulable facts obscures reborn through the following story.

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Long ago, in the Kasi country, in a complaint Balaam, when Brahamadatta reigning king, the Bodhisattva was born in a family of millionaires and known as Elementary Millionaire. He has intelligence, said all kinds of generals. One day, while walking to the king, middle of the road to see a dead rat, right then he calculated the stars and said:

- A mail that good men have eyes, just picked this mouse to be able to build businesses and grow a wife.

Now there are good men needy death, hear millionaires say, thinking: "This man knows something new to say", he picked up the mouse, sold a penny in a shop buying cat food. With his coins, he bought biliary and drinking water to a jar. Meet those who make wreaths from the forest, he Give everyone a little sugar, honey and water with a little the shell. Each person making a wreath, for him a handful of flowers.

Tomorrow, the florist that amount, he took sugar, honey, and go to a water smashed flower garden. That day, the guy who made wreaths for the flowers were picked left and left. Not long for this medium, he has eight gold coins.

Then on a rainy day, in the garden of the king has many dry twigs and leaves fall down wind, do not know how people keep gardens to sweep them clean. He went on, telling people keep gardens:

- I will wipe out the condition that the wood and leaves my belongs.

Garden holder approval. This practitioner's Elementary millionaire status go to the children's playground, give them sugar, and because they clean the wood, into a pile of leaves before the flower garden in a short time. Then the king ceramist in search of firewood to burn baked dishes for the king, he saw the pile at the entrance gardens, he bought right hand and take it away.

That day, his disciples Elementary millionaire status has been selling firewood sixteen coins, smashed bottles and five bowl. After having been twenty-four coins, he thought of a plan, not far from the country to put a door smashed and fell into the water for five hundred people drinking lawn. They say:

- You help us a lot. You want us to do for you?

He replied:

- When do I have to, I'll tell you know.

While going back and forth, he made friends with a man on the trafficking and maritime traders. Traders on the news to him know tomorrow will be coming in a horse trader with five hundred horse. Hearing this, he told the lawn:

- Today, everyone please give me a bunch of grass, and the grass does not sell him until I finished selling my lawn.

They consent and brought him five hundred bundles of grass. The Merchant can not find grass horse in the whole city, then gives him a thousand coins and took his lawn. After a few days, traders on the sea inform him know there will be a large ship dock. He thought of another plan. With eight coins he hired a carriage equipped, is rented by the hour, and went to the harbor with majestic looks very imposing.

After putting the ring as a pledge for the ship, he told a tent not far up how much, sitting in the tent and told them employee as follows:

- When the merchant from the outside to the future, please let us know via three referrals.

Ship to hear the news, about a hundred merchants from Balaam complaints to to purchase. They were told that the goods can not be obtained because the right to spend at local merchants that have bail. They heard this, he went to meet him. The servants, as has been told before, telling them to introduce three people.

One hundred merchants that, everyone gave him a thousand people to work on the train and capital contribution for a thousand more to pay their share for goods. So your disciple Elementary millionaires get two hundred thousand coins and go about Balaam complaints.

To express your gratitude to the State of millionaires, he brought a hundred thousand coins and go to visit you Elementary millionaire. Sub-millionaire status has asked him to do to get this money, he reported the whole story, since according to millionaire status Elementary spent four months starting with the dead mouse guy picked. Sub Area millionaire heard him say so, think that it is impossible for such a young man falling into the wrong hands, immediately raised daughter of her new for him, and for him to master the entire patrimony. When the millionaire died, he had become a millionaire of her city. And the common destiny, Bodhisattva followed his career.

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After talking on the phone method, Career Enlightenment verse reads:

Wise with little capital,

Tier-eyed, little restaurant,

Self build yourself

Such major asset,

Using the breath as his

Big blow small fire.

Exalted says:

- Hey, monks, based on my own, Cullapanthaka today achieved the supreme law of the law, as well as the old property has achieved the ultimate in assets.

After saying these talks, the Master combines two stories together, and concludes by identifying the precursor as follows:

- During that time, a disciple of Elementary Millionaire is Cullapanthaka, also Cullakasetthi, Little millionaire, is Me.

-ooOoo-

5. RICE carriage. (Formerly Tandulanali)

How much rice auction price? ...

This story is Exalted, while in the United Vienna, told the elders Laludayi. In his time, Venerable Dabba, the Malla clan, made man for our food distribution Increased rice. At that time, in the morning, while distributing rice card, when it was Elder Udayi good rice, when it was bad rice. On the day was bad rice throb Udayi often played cards in the room and said:

- Why just play cards Dabba know, do we not know or what?

One day, when Udayi disturb cards up in the room, they gave out cards to Udayi window and said:

- Today, Sage just play cards.

Starting that day, Udayi Increase cards for them. But while playing cards, Udayi not know rice rice is good, bad rice is rice, the lower Udayi Greek did not know how to be good rice distribution, lowered the Greek How bad are distributed rice. When making the order to divide the window, order Udayi not think of lowering Greek. Therefore, when the venerable stand on his position, recording a mark Udayi on the floor or on the wall to indicate this restaurant stand this place, and there stood the other rows.

And the next day, in a room with little cards distributed more monks in this restaurant, and there are many more monks in the other row. Monk rows less than, the marks are too low, many monks rows over, they scored high marks. But Udayi not know about upcoming products, has distributed the cards according to their signs. Thus, the monks told Udayi:

- The signs are either too low or too high. Good for rice have also other products like rice Greek bad for your back with Greek restaurant like this.

But Udayi brushed them aside and said:

- If this mark is so, why do not stand so Sage? Why do I believe the Sage? I believe my bookmarks over.

The position of young and novice Udayi pull out of the distribution and said:

- Hey Sage referring Udayi padded, when Sage distribution card, the monks received their missing parts are received. Sage is not worthy to serve. Please go away.

Meanwhile, the distribution card room, with large noise. Hearing that, the masters call the elders asked Ananda:

- Hey Ananda, not today, Udayi with his ignorance, new make others damaged when receiving their share. Erstwhile, Udayi also did so.

Ananda elders requested Exalted clarified this issue. Exalted articulable facts obscures be reborn over the past story.

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Long ago, in the Kasi country, at the Balaam complaints, Brahmadatta was reigning. At that time, the Bodhisattva of us as evaluators for the king. He rated the elephants and horses etc .. assessment jewels, gold etc .. and he usually paid to the owners of the goods at the price of money as he had prescribed. But the king was greedy and the greed of the king that he thought: "The evaluation of this with such assessments, not how long it would make my fortune in the impoverished. We have to find a hit other prices. " Open windows, overlooking the courtyard, the king saw a stupid country bumpkin participate and are going through the field, he can think guys do people judge for themselves, who went to call him up, and asked him who can do reviews for the king is not. But he answered:

- Sire, I can do it.

King then put him in the position of stupid people who evaluate, with the purpose of protecting their assets. From then onwards, the source was rated elephants, horses, etc .. Do not care at all about value, said the price preference. And because the position was, who he said nothing, then the price is not so, another can not.

At that time, the northern countries, a trader with five hundred horse to horse. King who was called up and told him to evaluate the horse. But he rated five hundred horses with rice auction, dealers told to pay for a horse auction price of rice, and led the horse into the stall protection. Horse traders went to meet the old reviews, narrated this incident and ask how. Bodhisattva said:

- Give him some bribes and asked it: Knowing that the price for our horses worth a rice game, he could tell us, according to a league he money is how much rice, he may claim that the price was not before the king? If it can be answered, then handed it to the front of the king, and I will be there.

Merchant listened to Bodhisattva, to evaluate some bribes, and put the issue to raise him. When this person was accepting bribes and said the match could evaluate rice, traders rushed his horse before the king. Bodhisattva and many other lords go. Horse dealers, after the king bowed, began to say:

- Sire, you know the price of five hundred horse with tactical price of rice.

- But tactical rice price is how much?

- Dai Vuong ask this reviewer.

Do not know what happened, King said:

- Hey reviewer, secretary tells us that the price of five hundred horse.

- Sire, the tactical price of rice.

- Be So the secretary. Five hundred horses worth a rice game. So the value of a game is how much rice?

Cretin he replied:

- A game with all rice worth of Balaam complaint with the suburbs!

Thus, we know that, in order to please the king, who was worth the horse in a game of rice; but after taking bribes from arms merchant, he was assessed a match rice with whole suburbs Balaam complaints. At that time, the whole city surrounded Balaam complaint to twelve miles long, while the inner city and suburban Balaam lodged three hundred miles wide! However, he fools the internal and external value of Balaam complaints this vast rice just one game! That heareth say, the grand applause smiled and said:

- In the past we often think of the earth and the country is invaluable. But now we know that the big cities Balaam complaint along with kings only one game worth of rice only. Oh, cried fully evaluate intellectual truth! Why it can hold its position for so long! But really who rated this fit our king a wonderful way!

The university's applause, laughter and ironic way.

Then Bodhisattva read verse:

Price match how much rice?

- By the inner suburbs,

City Balaam complaints

All five hundred horses

Also just the cost of money

A rice tournament only.

At the time, King was embarrassed chasing fools go and put the Bodhisattva in the same position evaluation. Then comes the common destiny, Bodhisattva followed his career.

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After this dialog legal presentation, the Master combines two stories together, and concludes by identifying the precursor as follows:

- At that time, an assessment is Udayi foolish rustic, but where is your assessment Me.

-ooOoo-

6. NATURAL STORY FRANCE (Formerly Devadhamma)

Full range and you ...

When the Member States, Bhagavan told this story about a monks have multiple objects. In Xa-defense, there was a wealthy man, after his wife died, a new renunciation. Before ordained, he may do so in a room, a room for the fire, and a storage room, the storage room loaded with butter, rice etc .. then ordained. Once ordained, he summoned his servants, cook the food security preferences and the life he used dishes. He has a lot of items, underwear night there, with own gown; Daytime has lingerie, robes, separate and isolated life after local border Vihara.

One day, while he took the medicine and bathing suits, cover them in the drying room to dry, a large number of monks in the provinces, away from abode to abode the other, to the other room, that y shirt etc .. asked them belong. He replied:

- Mine, said the sage.

- Dear Sage, this medicine, these bras, cushions, all of Sage right?

- Well, my.

They say:

- Hey Sage, Bhagavan allowed only three robes. Sage ordained in the Buddha Dhamma so little education, re-loaded arsenal of such items. We will bring to the Master Sage.

Then the monks brought he went to the Master. Seeing this, the Master said:

- Hey, monks, does he bring the monks following an unplanned's he?

- Buddha, monks have many things, and there is an arsenal of items.

- Hey, monks, does he have more widgets?

- Indeed, venerable sir.

- Hey monks, why do you have so many things? Did I say praises happy little training and know enough ... renunciation, not diligent?

Hear the Master say that, he being indignant and said:

- Now I would undress and go like this.

He threw outside medical gown, wearing only a y in and stood among the congregation.

The Master wants to encourage and said:

- Hey monks, erstwhile, he is the demon in search of water Yakshis the knife, lived for twelve years to find the knife. Why now he was ordained in the Buddha Dhamma is revered to this, they have cast between four medical gown outside them, abandoned the knife and stood like that?

Upon hearing the Master, starting up the knife, he robes, bowed to the Master, and sat down on one side. The monks requested Bhagavan clearly explains the meaning. Bhagavan presents the meaning of being born again through the stories cover the following:

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At the time, Brahmadatta was reigning in Kasi country in Balaam complaints, the Bodhisattva was reborn as the queen of the king, and the day named, was named Prince Mahimsasa (Niu Wang). When the Bodhisattva began to walk, run, a second son was born and was named Candakumara (Moon). When the child begins to walk, run, Mom Bodhisattva common destiny. King set up a queen others are favored by King. This queen, in her love, and bare a son named Prince Suriya (Sun). Father saw me, very happy heart, Queen promised her a request on behalf of her son. She promises to the queen, looking forward to do the next. When her children grew up, she spoke to the king:

- When the birth of a business card, the Great King had promised to give a request. So give me a business card king.

King refused, and said:

- I have two sons, shining like fire. We could not deliver the kingdom to the queen is.

But later, saw the queen continues requested forever king evil conspiracy afraid she hurt her children, so to call them back and said:

- This, dear child, when born prince Suriya, for one thing we ask. Mother requested this kingdom, you do not want to give it. But the woman or evil nature, can harm the human evil conspiracy. So let's go into the forest two children, and when we go back to the general clause of this rule is the heritage of the house.

That said, with tears and exclamations, the king married two children on the head and take them away. After bowed to his father, the two princes castle goodbye to leave. Prince Suriya playing in the yard, saw this, knowing the job, immediately decided to go with his two brothers, and went off with them.

They went to Snow Mountain. Bodhisattva walked down the street, sitting on a tree and told the prince Suriya:

- Hey Suriya yourself, go to the lake. After bathing and drinking, bring us drinks in the lotus leaf.

Uranus was the pool by Pi-recluses (Vessavana) for a water demon with Yakshis advised: Except those who know the natural law, and all those who down this lake, you have the right to start eating meat . Those who are not in the water, the people have no rights.

Since then, the devil Yakshis legal questions those disasters down the lake, everyone knows it's not meat. Prince went to the lake Suriya did not observe anything, just walked down to the lake. Devils Yakshis caught and asked:

- Do you know disasters legal?

Prince said:

- I know. That is the sun, the moon.

Devils Yakshis said:

- You do not know the natural law.

Then catch him in the water, and held him in his aquarium. Bodhisattva saw his brother go too long, the prince immediately sent away Canda. Devils Yakshis also catch him, ask about natural law as the four winds. Devils Yakshis said he did not know the natural law, arrested him and detained in that place also.

Bodhisattva see Canda go too long, thought that any problems happen to everyone, went alone to that place. See the footprints of two people go down, thought that the lake could be the devil shelter Yakshis, Bodhisattva immediately draws his sword, bows and stood ready. Yakshis water demon said to the Bodhisattva refuses water, is an employee turned the forest, told Bodhisattva:

- Hey you, your journey tired, so you do not down this pool bath, drink water, eat lotus root, lotus makeup, and go anywhere you fancy.

Bodhisattva saw it, said it was the devil Yakshis, asked him:

- Are you catching my brother?

- Yes, I started.

- Why?

- For anyone down this lake is mine.

- Are they all belong to the people?

- Except for those who know the natural law, the rest are mine.

- Do you want to know the disaster legal?

- Yes, we want to know.

- If so, we'll tell you about the natural law.

- So you say go, I will hear celestial law.

Bodhisattva said:

- We can say celestial law, but the limbs are covered with dust.

Devils Yakshis bathed the Bodhisattva, for him to eat, to drink, to jewelry to flowers, to apply to the aroma and undergo a screening is between an ornately decorated theaters. Bodhisattva sits on is ready, start Yakshis devil sitting at the foot, and said:

- Give ear, carefully listening to natural law.

He said this verse:

Quarter and full-range,

Dedicated to transparency measures,

Career's calming foot,

In life, called natural law.

Dharma Yakshis heard this, net credit your mind, said to the Bodhisattva:

- Ladies and location wise, I feel a net credit to him and wanted to give him a brother. So I bring someone?

- Bring the child best.

- Ladies and location wise, he knows absolutely natural oil law, he did not behave according to natural law.

- What happened?

- Why did you choose me, leaving him? He does not respect its greater age.

- Hey Yakshis, do not know the natural law, but also the right natural treatment methods. As a child she was that we went into this forest. As a child she was happy for the mother country of his father he asks. And his father we refuse to accept the request, consent for us to live in the forest with the aim of protecting us. The child does not think of returning, had followed us. If someone hears that in the jungle, a Yakshis ate it then no one can believe it. Because of fear of rebuke, which I told you to bring it to us.

- You instead, rather benign, location wise. He not only knows celestial law, but he will also fond legal practice.

Yakshis devil speak his sympathy, and gave up both of you. Then Bodhisattva told him:

- Hey you, because ye do evil results from before, so now you do Yakshis birth, eating flesh and blood of others. Now ye did evil again. This evil can not make you escape from hell etc .. Therefore, from now on, leave the evil, do good ...

And Bodhisattva convince Yakshis demons.

When convince fund-rubbed, the Bodhisattva lived there for the protection of a devil Yakshis. One day, looking up at the stars, knowing his father had shared destiny, Bodhisattva bring devils Yakshis about Balaam complaints and take back the kingdom, Prince Canda style as viceroy, prince set Suriya as army commander. As for the devil Yakshis, Bodhisattva to do abode in a nice location, it receives the best wreath, the best flowers, the best food. Particularly Bodhisattva Dharma and reigned under the common destiny, to follow his career.

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After including telephony solutions, the Master preached the truth immediately. Last lecture, monks he attained a Stream. Career Enlightenment had finished two-story, combine them together, and concludes with the identification of precursor as follows:

At that time, the Devils Yakshis monks have many objects, Prince Suriya is Ananda, Prince Canda is Sariputta (Sariputta), and Prince Mahimsasa is Me.

-ooOoo-

7. HER STORY firewood (Formerly Katthahari)

Great Career Ladies United ...

This story is the Master told at Jetavana about her Vasabhakhattiya. The story will be found in chapter twelve, Forerunner Bhaddasala (No. 465). Legend has it that she is the daughter of the Sakyamuni named Mahanama with a handmaid to the Nagamunda, and later became the king of Kosala queen. She bore a son to the king. Later the king knew her family's maidservant, instant status depose her, and depose always Vidudabha sons. Both lived in the inner palace. Exalted knows this fact, in the morning, with five hundred monks gathered around, go to the abode of the king, sitting on the seat was drafted, and said:

- Sire, Vasabhakhattiya where?

King recounted that story.

- Sire, whose daughter Vasabhakhattiya?

- Buddha, the Mahanama.

- When she arrived, she was the wife of one?

- Buddha, my.

- Sire, she was the daughter of the king. She had come to the king's wife. She born son to the king. His son, due any reason not to do all kingdoms owned by the father? In ancient times, a king had a son from her daughter who were collecting firewood, and an accidental encounter gave her son the kingdom.

Exalted King requested clarification meaningful story. Bhagavan immediately tell the tale past.

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Long ago, in Balaam complaints, Brahmadatta went into royal park with great majesty of the king. Ongoing go back and forth to find fruits and flowers, he saw a woman gathering sticks, just picking and singing. King captivated her and eat her. Bodhisattva is conceived in her stomach. She felt her stomach as carrying heavy lightning rod (blade hammer) of Sakka. Knowing that she was pregnant, she was the emperor. King gave her a ring and said:

- If born daughter, keep this ring to get money to nurture it. If born son, bring it to me with this ring.

After saying that the king departed. When fetal time, she gave birth to the Bodhisattva. By the age of Bodhisattva walk, run, while playing in the playground, with a shout:

- We are children without a father beaten.

Hearing this, the Bodhisattva went to his mother and asked:

- Who is your father?

- Dear body, you are the king of Balaam complaints.

- Dear Mother, there is something to testify?

- Dear relatives, the king had to ring and say: "If born daughter, then keep this ring to nurture it. If born son, bring it to me with this ring." Having said so, the king leaving.

- Dear mother, the situation is so, why she did not take their children to see his father?

She knew my intentions, so bring me to the door of the palace and the king consulted. When called on, she bowed and said before the king:

- Sire, here is a child of the Great King.

King knew that, but feel ashamed before masses should say:

- It's not my child.

- O Lord, this is his ring. Make him recognize this ring?

- This is not my ring!

- O Lord, I do not have anything else to protect witness to the truth. If this child is his child, it will stand out of nowhere. If not, it will fall to the ground and die!

Then she took the Bodhisattva foot toss up nowhere. Bodhisattva sits fetters-old out of nowhere and with a sweet sound, legal claims for his father, read this verse:

Dear Dai Vuong ranks.

I am your son,

Ladies and subjective level,

Nurture children grow!

King nurture others,

Noncustodial me?

Listen Bodhisattva sitting on such vanity sermon, the king said:

- Come, behold the body, we will be raising children! I will feed you!

And the king put his hands up. A thousand hands were up to greet the Bodhisattva, but not down to the Bodhisattva other hand, pointed down at the hands of the king, and the king sat on the thigh. King Room for children as viceroy, style queen mother. After the king shared destiny, the Bodhisattva became king named Katthavahanaraja (king of firewood), ruled the country with the Chief Justice, and the common destiny he followed his career.

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Having told this to the king of the Dharma Kosala, presents two stories and combine them together, the Master concludes with the identification of precursor as follows:

- At that time, the mother was Mahamaya, the father is Suddhodana king, and the king Katthavahana is Me.

-ooOoo-

8. STORY KING GAMANI (Formerly Gamani)

Not rushed through ...,

The story the Master told at Jetavana, about a monks abandon diligent. In this precursor, the story about the present and the past will be presented in chapter eleven, related to precursor Samvara. The story and the story was the same, but different verse.

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Prince Gamani abides in the teaching of the Bodhisattva, is the youngest of a hundred brothers, surrounded with a hundred brothers, sitting under a white canopy, on the seat brilliance, his view is glorious , and thought: "All this is my glory is due to our masters," and feel comfortable consent, this speak to their inspiration:

No pass rush,

Expected achievements,

Chicken-Romanian know

To serve our dignity.

Seven or eight days after he ascended the throne, all his people were going about their abode. Gamani Dharma King because under, and when shared destiny, follow his career. Bodhisattva as the merits, and the common destiny also followed his career.

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After this dialog legal presentation, the Master preached the truth. His last lecture, the monks abandoned diligent witness Arhat. The Master, tells two stories and combine them together, and then conclude with the identification of precursor.

-ooOoo-

9. STORY KING MAKHADEVA (Formerly Makhadeva)

The gray hairs on my head ...,

This story is the Master told at Jetavana, about the big event has been ordained after training Nidana-kahtha. Then, the monks are sitting praised the passing of the Great Spirit, the Exalted go to French Street, Buddha is sitting on, asked the monks:

- Hey, monks, and he sat talking now what?

- Buddha, nothing else. We sat praising unfortunate departure of the Exalted!

- Hey, monks, not this new Tathagata leave, previously, I will go then.

The monks ask Bhagavan explains her story. Exalted past presents the following story.

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Her childhood, in Vidaha countries, have king named Makha-deva in Mithila, lawful practice of a Holiness. Experiencing eighty-four thousand years, he was playing in the position Dai Vuong. After a long time, so live the king. One day, he called people barber and said:

- Hey secretary, when Secretary of gray hair on my head see, please let us know.

Barber who, after a long time, seen among black hair of King, there is a silver hair, immediately let the king know. King said:

- Let's pluck her silver hair and put it on my hand.

Hearing this, the barber took the gold tweezers pluck gray hair and hands placed on the king. At that time, the king who had eighty-four thousand years left to live. However, seeing the silver hairs, he felt a strong emotion, such as death came to stand nearby, such as being locked in the house burning leaves. The king thought: "Hey Makhadeva My foolish, silver hair had grown, but you can not exclude this negativity."

And when I think of appearance of gray hair, the king felt internal combustion furnaces, from sweat exuded body, such as suppressing clothing king and became unbearable. The king thought: "Today, we have to go-home".

After the hair cut and benefit the village is worth a hundred thousand, the first king to call people and say:

-This Uncles, on my head, white hair appeared. We are now getting old. These relate to the desire of man, I have full enjoyment. Now we want to seek the pleasures of paradise. It is now time to leave. You are to rule the kingdom. Once ordained, I will dwell in the forests of Makhadeva mangoes and live according to recluses.

The king wants to hear the great god ordained and went to ask the king why wish to retire, prince of gray hair in his hands and say the verse with the lords:

The gray hair on my head,

Appear, robbery green age,

The angel came,

It is time ordained.

After saying that, within days, the king renounced the kingdom, ordained as a hermit in the forest of mango Makhadeva. Experiencing eighty-four thousand years of practice four categories, dwell meditation without interruption, he shared destiny, and born to Brahma world; from birth up again in Mithila and king Nimi name. After the dissolution of families gathered, he was ordained at Mango Forest, practicing four categories, and rebirth Brahma world.

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The Master said Tathagata not this just go with the new was ordained, that erstwhile gone so well then. This dialog legal presentation finished, he taught the Four True. Some evidence is more than enough to save. Some evidence Nhat Lai results. Some evidence Any future results.

After this story had finished two and combine them together, the Master identified precursor as follows:

- At that time, the barber is Ananda, the son is Rāhula (Rahula), and King Makhadeva is Me.

-ooOoo-

10. STORY elders SUKHAVIHARI (Formerly Sukhavihari)

Who are not protected ...,

This story, while at Anupiya mango forests, the Master told the elders Bhaddiya Sukhavihari. Bhaddiya Sukhavihari elders was ordained along with six of the royal family, and Upali was Saturday. Bhaddiya elders, elders Kimbila, Elder and Elder Upali Bhagu attained Arhat, Elder Ananda attained Project Save, Elder Anuruddha attained divine eye, Elder Devadatta evidence meditation. The story of six in this royal event resulted in Anupiya, will be presented in the precursor Khandahala (No. 534).

During the king, venerable Bhaddiya protect yourself as a God arranged the guard, now think about the mood of fear that he has lived, the oil is protected with multiple protection, is still rolling over back in college is located on a high floor ready. He compared the state of fear that with no fear, because now he has attained Arhat, as he wandered here and there in the woods etc .. When you think so, he said to words of inspiration:

- Oh happy instead! Oh happy instead!

The monks thought venerable Bhaddiya their political voice, should be submitted to Bhagavan. Exalted says:

- Hey, monks, this is not just a new Bhaddiya happy, but he also had erstwhile live happy!

The monks sometimes Bhagavan needs to articulate this sense. Bhagavan clarified the meaning over the past story.

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Long ago, in Balaam complaints, while Brahmadatta was reigning kingdom, the Bodhisattva was born as a Brahmin wealth in the North. Seeing danger in the education, the benefits of renunciation, he abandoned the training and on Snow Mountain ordained as a hermit, achieving eight Meditation stock. His entourage numbers up to five hundred ascetics.

When the rainy season came, he left the Snow Mountain ascetics surrounded them walk through the village, through the town, to Balaam complaints, his residence in the garden of the king, the king refuge. There, after spending four months in the rainy season, he bid farewell to the King. The king said:

- Venerable Sir, this venerable older, living in the mountains Snow Venerable do? Let the disciples to Mount Snow, and venerable stay here.

Bodhisattva delivered five hundred ascetics to the chief disciples and said:

- Go in, live in mountain snow with these people. And I will live here.

His chief disciple, the former king, after the death left a large kingdom, ordained, themed as Meditation, Zen eight witness evidence. He lives in Mount Snow with your austerity.

One day guru wants an audience, he called the other ascetic position and said:

- Be comfortable living here, we pay homage to the guru and then go back.

He went to the guru, pay homage to him, he was very cordial welcome, and experienced carpet, lying down next to the guru. At that time, the king went to the garden to your audience with the ascetic, he bowed and sat down on one side. Ascetic disciple to see the king, but did not get up, still lying and saying inspirational words:

- Oh happy instead! Oh happy instead!

The king was not happy with the ascetic saw king without standing up, to say the Bodhisattva.

- Venerable Sir, this ascetic probably too full to eat it is happy, speak words of inspiration.

- Sire, this ascetic before the king as he did. He thought: "Before there was a lay, full authority of the king, are protected by many people with handheld weapons, but is not happy like this. Now, by itself or be happy ordained , be happy meditation, should speak to their so inspiring. "

To preach Dharma to the king, the Bodhisattva read this verse:

Who are not protected,

Not protect others,

Sire, that person.

Really peaceful.

Since there is nothing to wait,

For lust.

Dharma king heard finish, comfortable, bowed, and went about supply. Disciples prostrate guru, then went to Mount Snow. Bodhisattva continue living in it, meditation is not interrupted, and when the public network, born to Brahma world.

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Guru, tells two stories, combine them together and identify precursor:

- At that time, the venerable disciple Bhaddiya, and you are my guru here.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.20/5/2016.MHDT.