Cultivator and Fame.

Do not practice true, because no true center to practice, so people taking Buddhism as a way forward for fame and career.

CHAPTER TEN

FAME

 a monk and a monk will never understand fully the letter list reasonable? As with life, the fame is what most sublime and beautiful. Schiller a poet and theater reputation Germans have said: 

"In all of the assets of life, fame is the most noble. When this body sink into the dust, a reputation that remains forever."

Is that what the majority of people this earthly expectations. 

In the study and understanding of our little, I only know what fame is worth avoiding. List the third tier of the sensual pleasures of life: money, fame, beauty, eating and sleeping. Who lives on the other title they understand cultivators, so they compete with each other but who are looking for fame.More and more fame the more they enjoy and be proud of yourself, see it as a success of their lives.

But the life of every person is born one way, there's nothing list. Only her family is going to list their parents had expected, and due to certain karmic healing in the lives before they also enjoy all the fame gradually from the family that when they grow up. Was born into the aristocratic family, wealth, academic families, educated as they were born in the name of good ones that already. Of course it was also thanks to the fame that they are respected and admired more. But then his fame, sometimes the leg or put their lives at a certain turn, sometimes it's hard to understand.

Of course, they mature later, have to create the value the partnership with their family lineage had. Failed to create a disgrace will do for their suffering and sometimes family throughout a lifetime. Growth in human perception is also the maturity of how a fame. With intellectuals they seek fame along intellectuals, through learning to get academic degree or that they live their lives with the full name, the card, with an invitation on along the whole problem important positions. Missing ones that list, the ones that Leszcynski described sarcastically that: - "What is List? Without a reward for his people that actually know about himself did not know anything." - Then it will be very sad and will feel life had no meaning at all.

Also perhaps this life, and especially for the European and American society today, the title and qualification was too important to people to run as a natural response could not be otherwise. People living in today's society can not retrieve the list other than finality, because it is the foundation to build the success or failure, joy or suffering of life. With the less learned but more wisely, they find fame through the forest wealth of money - the silver sea, with all the money is even fame and social status. Oil today's world has been evolved to an incredible degree with significant scientific progress, and the control of that person and yet sophisticated money can still buy all the qualifications or that to so-called high office in the government. There were too many so-cumbersome and laughable things happen to people who have a list without actually stay in this life, from all parts of the government administration, to place trade and the whole family . With bad people, they seek fame through the wiles and tricks sometimes because of that they have created for their crimes cover as well as for the many people involved. At list and the name of greed arises, they will not deny any action even though ugly, infamous even agree to take conscience anywhere, as long as they have a name, is famous is good enough. That's life, is the world in which I live now. This is so the whole world, and human life is so and what can I do here now, running or stopped, deny or turn away. Buddha's teachings and wisdom of His compassion, please enlighten me in all matters to the mind is at peace, human life is happy and meaningful for people as well as yourself. If you have any noble devotion to the belief put toward wholeness, if any single doctrine to human life relied on, then that is the Buddha and his teachings.  

It is he and Buddha Justice has opened my mind, for I see the thing seen, learned thing left for me to know how to live more than a human life. Otherwise I do not know my life today would drift anywhere in sight, to be aware and understand the ignorance of karma. Looking at life from all the millions of people who live on the list, on the benefits and on how much karma created in my life, I felt a shiver of fear.  

If you do not have in the past sowing the good conditions are good grounds now how do you know that if you do not know the Dharma, then make what I now do not dive in the sea-loving parents as numerous other people. Ducking so, make what you will not fall in the realm of evil lost once this body perishes.So precious rather be ordained as the practice, conscious life to see and so much understanding of the suffering on earth. As well as wisdom, love and great hero that he has given me I have enough patience, wisdom and power to close even step on the path so that we can be of benefit to themselves and to others.

There are times when I find my heart is immense immense, spanning everywhere to perceive and feel full of a lifetime suffering beings. That's when my heart felt emotions, are the moments when I feel the kindness of the Buddha, and the complete renunciation of food bars that I was enjoying getting.So I wrote the above lines are the lines of my mind comes from the bottom of heart. Feel the immense kindness that is the heart of a home person, and he must cultivate and cultivate new lots deep desire that a temple. In his understanding, but I always put myself in their correct status.

The last leg of the famed road takes people where they go right, sometimes I wonder. The searching, longing, hope, anxiety for what it's worth and how durable? The so happy to achieve his tenure lasted long if not more than a lifetime. I think of this world in a hundred years later, and at that time will be almost no one in 7 billion people today are present on this earth again. This world would be 10 billion or 20 billion people living alternative new generation that we live. Fruit is a great departure of 7 billion people, and it will also continue to progress forever and snatch him away forever so. What fame that people we thought was nice, durable and meaningful of a scramble to secure, what will create long lasting and in this life or not? Considering the infinity of heaven and earth, not at the top of the space I suddenly find it fragile and how artificially.

If the old man because of expectations that forgotten because of gratitude to kill each other closely stabbed himself, then today, human society reaches the high point of civilization and progress, they also solve this problem not nice and is much nobler. Does nature of fame was as the evil of sin, so tracing its actions also create similar reactions. Every time watching the news, reading the newspaper, I saw people competing for fame. Those who want to continue ruling the fame and his authority, who has been the desire and try to take over for being the fame and authority that in every way possible, from destruction to find ways humiliated violence subversion. Buddhism teaches me to know about the nature of fame, as well as those suffering entail when people seek to usurp.

There will be three states suffering, one is when no fame so people need to find and use all kinds of ways to get fame; this is yet to be suffering needs to be example to get officials, status, qualifications or that one has to learn, worry, hope, they must intrigues, tricks may they occupy the position and fame they want. The other is when one has to worry then hold on and protect it; Here is the suffering of anxiety and fear. For example, when there is fame as the, minister, or the rich or that their qualifications to take care to preserve it against loss. During this period a lot of people envy, jealousy should seek to slander and harm them, so that those with fame and fear of murder, kidnap, kill and be unlawful to insult. Thirdly, when deprived and lost fame that they are, they will be miserable, grief, despair, frustration and regret; here are suffering the loss of fame. For such people he was sacked, lost seats, losing votes, fired them to bear suffering with heart tortured, tormented, restless and with many regrets, their lives were shattered as and they will not see what pleasure to live on this earth anymore. Francis Bacon, a philosopher and British historian has said:

High fame is like fire; when one group it is already difficult then, but if retained harder to lose and must regroup, it is indeed difficult.

Saying so is not to decry and reject the ones that humans have ever pursued make money, but said to understand the nature of it, to us from the difficulties and sorrows about it. People also need to have a list funnily enough, but there is a list and understand the true nature of the list of intellectual insight, then we will suffer much less. Why? Because the other list when looking usurped, hopes, expectations, it is difficult, but is then easy ephemeral, while fading, lost the suffering is not the same - without wisdom will forever exist in us as a painful wound. In the Second Chapter Four decades Buddha says:

"People throughout the world to pursue a life quest for fame, but when the body is old thinking. Join fame world without worrying about the fact that school directors determine labored in vain, for as incense burned, when we smell the fragrance, the fragrance itself has turned into ashes. the fire this body right behind him here. "

Humans without practice and instill intellectual material in Buddhism, it was hard to remain indifferent to the fame of his life. Who dare to be the subject to separate yourself from the sea of ​​people have crowded but happy to live with this fame, he is reasonable to have a deep awareness of the impermanence of life artificially, can calm and tranquil life that galaxy looking to emulate last. To get an understanding and a deep penetration of impermanence, then if there is anyone here who went into the path of virtue. But this is not easy because even people like me such renunciation crunch also found inside, sometimes also in search, the list also boasts the title or that of religion.

Remember about four years before being ordained as monks for the first time, I found myself with pride inside. This proud since I will be his people called Venerable, will be one of respect and respect more every time we go, I said nothing. I confess that the mind ordained to the religious world, the less the mind to get others to respect it more. Is doing a masters course more pleasure as a novice and uncle, because when they go novice attended plays and what was only wearing a blue robe and a striped robe simplicity. Call everyone is called by his uncle, and sometimes called uncle seemed not portray the full meaning of a new person to cultivate, it is also known to add notes and urine, too.Reviews of mind before, I see, indeed, the list seems to grow it over time to practice. When new-home people still call me a novice, and when he did not see my heart arises a certain sadness reaction; but with practice time passed I found myself not seem happy to see some other pay to be ordained as a novice, and are robed in gold every time the ceremony. And I loner with a blue robe useless.I found myself lost and find yourself shot by people who should not be thought to myself: "What is the novice ordination sure enjoyed and very happy." But over time when life was a novice then, enjoy heart her joy and contentment not stop there, but start thinking of ordained monks to be people revere them and more respectable. And then bring those thoughts in mind, I want to quickly be ordained is so. Ever so long salamander to show a process of human psychology is indeed complex, with many inner desire, whether it is a religious person, a person living in purity and scene study, be picked daily commandment with his teachings of the Buddha.

Of course when you start up or brought inside the mind so, it was very dirty and so evil. I understand and try to curb his mind to it from start to dominate often, I still see the potential it seems like somewhere deep in the subconscious, difficult to treat. Without a true mind, thinking and observing grab yourself on every step of the way, the religious practice can also easily knocked baits fame and lucre. The practice better than anyone else so easily conditioned to live with fame and blinded others. For some traditions, such as Sri Lanka or Tibet, a normal practice and be neglectful, it's hard to get momentum for progress door directing his fame. Because of the traditional practitioners must undergo great trials, prior to becoming a true master as Maha Thera or Geshe, to be revered Buddhist people and my admiration. Through a process such formation, a master must undergo ten consecutive years of arduous study and practice problems, so when their achievements may deserve everyone's respect. Also refused to place themselves in monasteries and religious learning, the lifelong cultivation despite also just a normal monk, can not benefit nor people are respectable. But in the tradition of Vietnam on the other hand, too easy and just based on the time in which ordained Ven tu, Venerable so that people do not have the practice, not understanding Buddhism are also known or that so smug with himself and who, making the beauty and greatness of the security measures, the increased security since losing meaning.

Do not practice true, because no true center to practice, so people taking Buddhism as a way forward for fame and career. If religious life only and attempt to calculate such things the evil mind, indeed the practice is not the person to benefit and enlightenment for the people, but people put themselves into third đoạ evil realms once this human body loses. But whether the start on religious life, we have a very genuine and mind with religion; but as time passed, do not often have the feeling and get targeted provinces liberated as the ultimate goal for their religious life, the impermanence with this mind we can also easily malleable ego , so that someday when looking at ourselves, we will see what his thoughts are just full list, words and his actions also bring a certain sense the direction of interest only. The Dalai Lama, he has said: 

"If a cultivator that May through many religious practices do not find myself more trivial, more casual and more modest initial time, then perhaps we have lost already!"

Dalai Lama says things look easy and we can not wonder what, but there have been few who do practice today. Veteran practitioner who then also naturally want to respect others, and respect than the original time. Who does not know the name of the wrong call, what their positions, we also feel upset and did not even seem happy with him. Who does not reverently, bowed in greeting or prostrate themselves, I also feel uncomfortable and thought to myself: "why the other impolite, no rules".

Previous remembered once I was reading a story, I do not remember the name, but roughly the story of a teacher after serious practice time so went down the mountain bile paint bottom place zodiac periods. After a period of fertility promoting morality, he is known and admired immensely known as virtue and wisdom of his laws. King ordained international lawyers, and every time he preaches are sitting on the throne solemn, fragrant wood downs. After a period of menstruation zodiac in place, I went to find a way out of those elsewhere.One day he passed by a stream down the bath and immersed in the cool refreshing water midstream, beautiful natural scenery of the mountains.Suddenly he snatched her because boos heard of kids. They are also surprised to suddenly see the teacher should turn exclaimed: 

"Hey you guys Oh! Look, there he was not bald over there."

When he overheard, where anger and such overflow to invade the entire heart teacher. I feel I was insulting, humiliating and disparaging canceled. "I am the way the road is a international lawyers, even the king must bow down in awe, the reverence everyone who bowed, but this kid today we can say they are masters bald temples." But just moments later, he suddenly laughed to myself course for enlightenment in time:

"I am a teacher with bald temples, the temple master kids called skinheads, but that's nothing to be sad, to cut to the heart."

Suddenly he saw, and artificially impermanence of life. Ones the title of international lawyers, the monk, the salute, praise, worship, offerings from the people suddenly become illusory or false and temporary. What's left is the equanimity of teachers, such as the liberation of a people free from all defilements of life competition. The story I just remember being there, but it reminded me of the pictures and a beautiful sense of plot, about the fame greed, attachment of the convent for life.

Actually the secret desire of every human being is like to be someone else noticed, respected and admired; whether he is an ordinary person or a cultivator.There are small positions fame and people want to be respected and admired under small degree; have high list, large organizations, people also want others to know and respect more. So with time to practice for many years, has the higher level practitioners also want to be taken seriously is commonplace; but if taken Buddhism as a measure for this, then the desire to be revered and respected even more important through long practice; then this is a desired outcome of the ego due to lack of practice material that out.

When people do not have the practice of true religious and people will see that this is real fame, found himself deserve this list and see what life is real and often at. Only such a look and found a new one, then the name of illusory desire to be sad, to be happy and looking to catch up on it. And if always think of the practice, thinking of the suffering of sentient beings from every launch the concept, expect salvation compassion every species, often thought of liberation where one would desire ones that artificially list others bestowed. Though I still know themselves in his mind and heart that I was very keen to ones reputation or that of the positions, and the ranks of the cultivators, but I'm afraid it's the other hand, because of the psychological impact on target pole, so that it took me to go on the wrong path.

If there are no greater action and most beautiful in the dismissal and rejection of fame life, so I took it as a mirror that follow, then that action Buddha's gone in the past and the Dalai Lama at present. Does anyone have fame and power than the Buddha-old time, if anyone has a full and happy life as he yet He still refused and calmly leave. In the Second Chapter Four decades Buddha said:

"I considered royal throne almost dust across the gap, such as gold and precious jewels, bricks and tiles; regarded silk as raw fabrics, regarded as the world's great natural pepper ...; regarded as trees rise and fall seasons."

The Dalai Lama then he also seemed equally unmoved when he left the throne off their land. Recently he again vowed to resign, once regained independence for Tibet, above all, no matter how many millions of people are every revered as a reincarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, he has always expressed a simple and trivial as a mediocre practitioner. Before people ever he also said: "I am just an ordinary monk, but not like everyone else." Thus see that a truly religious man always always humbles himself before the people, lifting people up through words and deeds as possible; and whimsical when he was the humbled, the more he is worshiped and others raised. And to me a lack of study and practice is somehow just like to take the fame and flighty, respectfully demand the respect of everyone. If there is no greatest blessings, if there are any divine inspiration I admire most looked up to study under and virtuous deeds of them, then that is the Dalai Lama, a great master great many people and also my teacher, who I always adored. 

Several years ago in Vietnam occasion to visit, I rise to intending to do some charity. I counted too many projects including the construction of a monastery where the scale to increase financial education. Buddhist country should be restored, we need to increase the practice environment and properly trained according to the level that Buddhist monks were training places. Along some of the other younger brothers, we started to work and calling. The results after six months of work shows very positive, but because the situation in the country has not allowed so we had shelved the project. I think the time has not come for his body out to work should retreat back to India, and in considering monastic retreat for all.

After a period of rest and concentrate on his studies, I looked back old problems -The program, project, plan everything before here- suddenly frightened. Fear is because if there are conditions favorable result, they now do not know I was overwhelmed, inundated with countless ancient nowhere job. The mind which I always thought was initially interested ingenue, so for love, his laments poor people, religion is difficult so I sacrificed the work; data center had to be derived from the true compassion of myself or not? or it's just a side of the ego?After a while I worked so avoid list, from the benefit or not as my spiritual path is very weak? So I thought of something Nhat Chan taught me in a certain time met:

"Go away, only practice specializing in practice only, and not to think of anything else, do not work or that though the Buddha was there is that how much benefit for living beings."

Once the practice of an ordained person's place is not yet ripe here means not being calm and equanimity for the fame and fortune before, were lost, more lost, give criticism of the world: they want to work religion, propagate Buddhism, the truth of human beings and harmful to no avail to them only.How can we know what good thoughts, good wishes for life for the other direction is not the idea of ​​an ego lure.

In the name of goodness, the good thing that benefits all species, ego and led me away forever with the best and most beautiful of all species. But then one day at a time when we cultivate ourselves contemplating taking, a new realization that all ideas, good thoughts for people, for all his former species is just the essence of the down, it masked the benefit for the Dharma and beings outside. Review and look to the deep inner self of man, I can see it always deceptive and insidious, it has all the charm and magic copied to lure people into the path tu sai lost and depraved. So I took myself or told that: "beware of your ego."

If the practice of compassion truly merciful to the suffering and confusion of life, so aggressive plunge into the mundane realm to help others, then the psychological motives that would indeed praise and bowed. But if to plunge into this life with the goal to get the fame, respect and offerings to the Buddha whether the job is, the other missionary activities meant to benefit students how much greatness is also useless, because it put him on the road to push a cultivator unlike worldly fame.

Today, people can cultivate their behalf graduate degree or PhD to take his birth, work for the benefit of our Buddhist students. But the master's degree level, he has enough to do his doctorate sole representative for Bodhi heart, compassion pity really want to save sentient beings or not? Human society is today's society and prospects list, who do not have the fame he is not respected and respectable, so people do hunt racing and assign it to people all sorts of positions, bar name. If to go into the world and practice parallel between those with more fame, but the practitioner must use the name of school facilities, their religious identity to sensitize and convince people, it was not left; but if you use it as a means of advancement to benefit, the title, then it is wrong that people would target the religious vows he did at the start.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI 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.5/12/2016.