BUFFALO

THE  DHARMA.

 In the agricultural water  picture  with the child buffalo  buffalo  buffalo sitting on the flute is an  image  familiar commonly  associated with  the life of people. In  Vietnam , long  picture  has  come into  consciousness  everyone  and not only  the value  of life  living labor  practices  but also  automatically goes into the realm  of literature  art anymore.

 In the  literature  of Buddhism  in general and  literary  Zen  in particular the  image  with young buffalo  shepherds  have  become  exam materials,  symbols ,  legal defense  art. The  image  is  visible  in the  traditional  classics as well as being mentioned several times during the legal period of  the Buddha  when He was  on earth .

 For nearly half a century  sermon  fertility ,  the Buddha  taught and  chemical levels  for a lot of people from many  sectors ,  radical  and different backgrounds. Depending on engine  coast that he  used  these  methods  to open several faculty  wisdom  for every  disciple . Sometimes he used  gentle words  to admonish. Sometimes he uses the  reasoning  sharp to  convince . Sometimes he uses examples, parables, the  typical incident . Sometimes he uses the definition. Sometimes he uses the  metaphor  powerful. The wisdom  of  the Buddha  has to shine in the presentation  of truth  with profound  words  simple , ordinary,  straightforward , no  frills  fuss . There are lots of products, programs, passage of the Beijing were  the Buddha  used  the image  buffalo to  express  the value of the message  of liberation  spirituality  for people  studying religion .

 Pictures  buffalo  symbolizes  the mind of  sentient beings . Everybody has a " buffalo heart "  own  themselves. The buffalo was always close to  us  like a shadow  that so  many people are not  expressed an  interest  to the  presence  of it, not  a dream experience  to  discover  it.  the nature  of the post buffalo is domesticated, diligence, patience, and also easy to  tame , but  occasionally  still  foolish  doing is wrong, brutally aggressive wild animals. it is also  characteristic of  them students .  sutras  take  pictures  of buffalo to  emphasize  to the  no-mind  in  human beings  with a mind full of  delusions ,  perversion , greed, hatred and delusion,  let loose , lack of  autonomy ,  contains  negativity ,  delusions  and  desires . mind  ignorance  of  beings  with the  delusion  of buffalo which starting from a background  of ignorance  alike. Both are not  enlightened  by  the true mind  that only live up to its " hope center "  crazy  from all life. But both available capital can be calculated Buddha  accomplished  enlightenment  and  liberation . both are going to Buddha. 

 The process of  domestication of  cattle in order for it  to be  peaceful  and be submissive according to  human  nature is a process  symbol  on a  Catholic culture  and  transform  the spiritual  in the  world  of Buddhism. Buffaloes  such as  false mind  crazy . Who  practice  metabolic  young mind like  shepherds herd,  overcoming  false mind  and falling  to tame it. Since then, the process of  enlightenment  is the process of  transforming  the mind, since promising to foot, from  birth and death  to  infertility  kill, from passion to realization, from  beings to  fruition Buddha. But the process of  transforming  the mind that,  depending on the  radical  cutting of the convent which has shops, with low and high with shallow depth. 

 Work  observing  every move of mind to mental concepts, to  cultivate the mindsimilar  as the  herd . Buddha  and Patriarchs have left many valuable teachings to shepherd " buffalo mind " is. 

 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS In NGƯU ( Tang Nhat Agama ) recorded conversation  monarch  origin  Magadha  visiting Buddhist  and five hundred  disciples  Buddha to  make offerings  in three months. King  wants to move fresh milk  offerings to the Buddha  and their  monks  should have to call the  herd  day to day brought fresh milk. After three months,  the monarch  should pity these people to their  fate to mostly Buddhist. They come mostly Buddhist,  happy  is  contemplation  of the face  of the Buddha, but little ignorant to ask because they only know the  herd only. They brought it asked the Buddha, to know what to  herd  how to have  effective  practical . Buddha if known to hold " ten one thing ," the producers can make healthy buffaloes and proliferate much more.

 Whereupon, the Buddha also taught the monks turned to  monks  is to know " eleven measures " to  improve methods  is  growing . This is the art of the eleven  herd , relative  value for  eleven things  in mind of a  monk  to  subdue  the mind. The title  of  the Buddha  is " overcoming Professor " should also be understood as well as a shepherd he, a charioteer cleverly put  sentient beings from suffering, reach the shore  of liberation  and  peace . Eleven it is:

 1. If the  herd  well known  realize  his being buffalo,  buffalo know black, white or color magazine, when a  monk  to do well also  similar  like that. Monks  must also know the "material", must know  recognize  these  elements  make up the  physical body  around. Shop must know  physical body  is due to its "big four" including "land, water, wind and fire" form. Be smart  observation about the  personality  combination  of  aggregates of matter , of the  factors  fundamental  in the trunk,  observe  the  wisdom  to see clearly  the nature  of impermanence ,  impurities  of the body.

 2. If the  herd  better  identify  their buffaloes are buffalo, said Minister of buffalo, buffalo minister said good or no good minister when compared to other buffalo herds when a  monk  is good to know the  distinction  form ,  recognizable  by the  changes  of the "body, speech and mind." To know what actions of body, speech and mind his is good, should do and what actions are  immoral , not to do. When  distinguished  by  acts  of fools and the wise,  distinguished  by the dark to the light, it is clear "the Minister".

 3. When the buffalo are the blood-sucking insect poison, foot injuries, if people  buffalo  rubbing well known bathing buffaloes, said dissection to  eliminate  the insect poison a  monk  good to see that evil should know something that is evil,  the same  as poisonous insect species suck blood "good grounds" to do more foot center wound up. People must know  repentance ,  said  letting go  and knowing  wash  mind  clear of her for  greed ,  ignorance  and  hatred . Knowing minus before being  peaceful .

 4. The  herd  good care know bandaged the wounds of Buffalo, said grab cloth, or take leaves cover the wound, do not let the flies  stinging . One  monk  said solid cover the wound must also  record the situation , not to let the poisonous insect  defilement  greed ,  golf Nhue ,  foolish  stinging caused wounds. Knowing  upholding  "six senses" his eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind when  in contact  with the "six sense", to  six ceiling  can not be swayed that cause  harm is.

 5. If a  herd  know how good bacon bark burn up to Buffalo from mosquito bites when a  monk  is good to know incense  freed up, you bring  morals  that I have  learned  is that people teach around him so they avoid attention from dislocations, avoid the pain  of sorrow  tormented in  body and mind  them, guides  the spirit they  return to  peace and fun.

 6. If the  herd  well known  way  to go  safely  to Buffalo when a  monk  is good to know the way to choose the  life  of me, to know the  practice  "the Eightfold Path", said  the way  the holy bowls  can go to  Nirvana . Knowing avoid the  path  taken to  fame ,  lust , pubs, casinos and the Coliseum.

 7. If the  herd  well known  love  buffalo, know how to find accommodation  suitable  for buffalo when a  priest  should know better  cherish  the joyful conviction by  meditation  brings. When  listening to the French  to students interested  joy ,  trust ,  life over  and  determined  implementation . When  preaching  Buddhism  it is  legal blow  purity , these  friendly apartments  add up.

 8. If the  herd  knows good looking good for buffalo across the river wharf, river know how deep, no shallow river, wading down the river with easy, easy to go through, no waves, no insect poison, said putting buffalo strong through dangerous river, buffalo herded weak ford, boundless good, the one  monk  also good to know well to shore  safely taken through the mind, to know rely on the "four noble truths "to reach the shore  of liberation . Often seek to know the place of the  monks  multicultural  approach that question, asking for his heart light or dark,  disturbing  light or heavy. There is a new world for themselves are making good dock,  peace  which is  the exit .

 9. If the  herd  has to find a place better known good field, with grass and buffalo drinking water to drop food, know where  peace  without evil insect,  beast , when a  monk  is good to know that " mindfulness quartet "is the best piece of land to go to the  rescue . Know yourself  impure , said life is suffering, know the mind  of impermanence  and know  selfless approach .

 10. If the  herd  knows better  maintenance  of the drop zone buffalo, not devastating environmental vandalism buffalo, buffalo milk not to  exhaustion of a  monk  adept must also  be careful  and cautious in the  contact  with  pants them and  receiving  of  donations , not to lose  faith  of the  Buddhists . For animal by  benefactors  offered  as  clothing ,  food , and medicine is ready when  monks received must know  enough  alone. If making people  lose heart  , the private sector and devastated  the herd .

 11. If the  buffalo  head buffalo herd well known. The biggest buffalo, can guide both buffalo should be  preserved  not to  languish . Drink it for peanut oil, jewelry, give  wreath ,  represents  the horns iron grinding brush,  stroking  praise. Know how to use the big buffalo buffalo example for children. Bhikkhus  should also  follow as  that. In them increases  with the level  monks  elders , levels of  university staff  have  virtue upholding  Dharma ,  conquered  pagan , can sow the  good grounds  for concern, when a  monk  is good to know depends on  virtue  and  experience  of the masters  go ahead  alone, not  proved  negligence,  disregard , to know  reverence ,  serve  offerings  properly.

 Thus the  monks  do  perform  is perfect eleven above the main thing  itself  alone enjoy all the  benefits  nice  and makes  the sangha  increasingly flourishing. The above persons  monks  can mimic those  shepherds  to  practice  but not to herd buffalo to pasture where the herd is the " buffalo heart " in his heart.

 Those  herd  after hearing the preaching of a  herd thoroughly  so, are taken as  awe  and  admiration ,  not thought  to be a prince  for life  never  herd , but on the way to master  herd  so. They said  to each other  that, in his career, very much aware of three or four stories, though to master  herd  only knew five or six story is the same. Buddha knew the eleven ways, he is the one result " omniscience ". In their "omniscience", a  title  often used to honored  the Buddha , which means something well known, both to the  herd  also know.

 In FOUR BUSINESS Twelve  Chapter,  Buddha  was also intelligent graphic images buffalo go in deep mud to show every  renunciation must endeavor to practice  out of sight the new  reincarnation of life and death ,  escape theconsequences negativity "He let  religious practices  such as carrying heavy buffalo go in deep mud, hard to top last few dared not look at the two sides, which have to go for fast, leaving the rest new deep mud. Recluses  always considered  craving  deeper than jam, so  straight a circuit  that  practice , the new  escape the sorrows ".         

 In  FRANCE UNITED BUSINESS  more example from the example of the fire, his example  and death , herbs example to example  the chemical , etc .. example out treasure tower  image  by buffalo pulling the car  out  in the "Example". Is about a  bourgeois age is old, very  wealthy ,  owns  a large building but only one entrance. His children are very crowded  playing  in it, but the  moment  the four directions at the same time the house caught fire. His children busy  playing , unaware. He asked the children quickly  escaped  , but the popular children  play , do not be afraid, do not understand what is the fire, did not know how hazardous is every father looked engrossed running joke alone, refusing  to hear the word  father counseled . He must use  means of  seduction  for the child the toy  precious  as it is the third carriage goat, deer and  buffalo cart  beautiful  and most splendid  stimulate  heart  favorite  of children for example let  ham want  that ran out of the burning house.

 House fire only for  three worlds :  sexuality ,  gender identity  and  formless . This is the home  of consciousness  beings  inhabit, it was burned by the fire, "impermanence", by the  desires and demands of  the false mind  crazy . The children are  playing  in the fire without knowing the house is on fire, for example  sentient  being "birth, aging, sickness and death" burn. Goat  symbolizes  the "cultural legacy bar". Deer  denotes  the "pratyekabuddhas". Buffalo car  only for "Mahayana" or "One Buddha Vehicle '. 

 The used  car buffalo  to  symbolic  chariot  Mahayana  carries more  meaningprofound . Vice  Best picture  buffalo image  associated with  the life  of people. Get as animal buffalo sled  Mahayana  says are  mass , calculate  the budget  of the  ideals  of Buddhism . Second, the buffalo is an animal much  power  should deck  vehicles buffalo  Mahayana  so  can carry more  sentient beings  on the long road to go from  ordinary  to  become a Buddha . Third, the ox  represents  the mind  of ignorance  of  living beings . The road  became Buddha  start going  from heart  beings  to  the Buddhist center , from the stage of a  sentient  began preliminary  bodhichitta  until  the  completion of the  enlightenment  and  liberation . Key  so , wagon load  beings  away from this shore  of ignorance suffering  to the other shore  of enlightenment  peace  be interested chariot  beings , gotten  buffalo cart , and then  once in  the metabolism  of heart enlightened , that carriage  Buddhayana  full . 

 In the days  last , the night  nirvana  forest at  Sala trees ,  Buddha  with ECONOMICS  PROFESSOR DI  (ie Economic Teachings  Final ) was exhorting the  disciples  of Him in order to  guard  his mind, as well like  guarding  a water buffalo,  picture  icons  buffaloes have also been cited as a  picture  detail  vivid .

 In ECONOMICS  PROFESSOR DI  is where the " processing center "  Buddha taught very carefully, saying, "You have to remain in  the precepts , should  refrain base year, do not let it loose on  education years . For example,  people who  herd , rod  eyes on it, do not let it  spoiled  infringe  on people-plated rice. If loose five senses, not just spread it on  in education , which, virtually boundless stormed to do and not  institutionalized  for being! Like the horse, not to be used as the second  curb  and it will pull people  going down to  the pit. As harmful robbed, just suffering  a lifetime , but  the scourge of enemy units last year to more life, severe damage, not  can not be careful! So,  wise  restraint  without base year based on,  keeping  it as the enemy, do not let it  let loose . Supposing , let it  let loose , soon, will see the killing as it melts. For his five senses, mind master them. Therefore, the smart should  overpower  the mind! Mind very  scary , more afraid  of poisonous snakes ,  beast ,  resentment . And as soon as the fire burning is not sufficient as an example of them! For example,  someone holding a bowl of honey,  mobile  impulsively, just looking bowl of honey, do not see the pit. For example,  no hooks wild elephants, monkeys, gibbons, earned the woods, climbing, climbing, jumping, hard prohibit,  overpower  them! Fold break up  in mind  that, do not let them  let loose . Let loose  his mind, destroying the good work of the people. Overpower  it in one place, not what is not done. So  the position  bhikkhus  should diligently  diligently  for the mind of your philosophy! "

 "Ten paintings herd" ( Ten Bulls ) was suggested and derived from it. Bring a rod action  watch  the buffalo to eat rice it from plating of the  comparison  to illustrate the action based refrained for years  chasing  in education  as a way of promising  examples  just  specific ,  flexible , both  international Second , profound. For  years fitness  in mind  beings  always ready to go up to the operation, people need  careful  in every moment as  shepherds  look after the  buffaloes do not eat rice so that it's plated. Homemade cultivator not every  idea ,  words  and actions are  in education  will have the opportunity to manipulate the right.

 In  Zen  CHINESE  the  images  illustrated buffalo also very  flexible  in the way  question and answer  of the  teacher . The  document records a lot, really  interesting .

 His Chau Phuoc  Dai An  asking  organizations Bach  Truong: "I desire to understand  Buddhism , that like?" Bach Truong replied: "Just like riding a buffalo buffalo find!" Q: "How do I see?" Answer: "As people riding buffalo back home." Question: "And how to keep the case before the next contract?" Answer: "As a  herd  of buffalo hold a rod, and let's commit plated rice."

 Or as he Lac Dam asked  Spiritual Exercises : "Before I  left home  he do?" Ignatian  replied: "Herd." Lac Dam asked: "Blankets like?" Linh Thao  said: "Early in the morning to go riding, riding in the evening." Lac Dam said: "He was  foolish  oversized!" Whereby  Ignatian  great awakening .

 Or as Mr.  Dong Son  asked  Venerable  Long Son: "Venerable show  moral universe what this mountain?" Long Son replied: "I only saw two buffalo butting mud and ran into the sea. From then  until now  have not seen  the news  at all."

 And he  Baiyun  - Nghia Doan Quach Cong Fathers asked that "net Buffaloes yet?"

 Or, today, Mr.  Dai An  ups and road  teaches us: "Dai An thirty years in Qui Son, Qui Son meal, great  urination  Qui Son, without studying meditation Qui Son. Day and night just  seemed  a  water buffalo black. If it  strayed  into the plating grass, holding your nose immediately pulled back. Just  infringement  to rice fields one, immediately put the whip lashes. what a pity! Buffaloes were  subdued  for a long time to become  mature ,  obedient  instructor. Now black buffalo  into  white buffalo,  bloodstained  clear  sight , nor chase away all the day. "

 In  the story  above,  teacher  Dai An  has said to the black and white buffalo buffalo. Black buffalo heart just  ignorance . White buffalo just  Consciousness enlightenment. Full day of chasing away the focus was not  subdued , no longer wanderings according  to Chen . That is  the status  always interested  Currencies in  intelligent sense , in  peace . Painting  herd  Mahayana  drawn from black buffalo  gradually  turned white. Conversely  paintings  herd  Zen  painting the buffalo before and after only one black only.

 Thich  Pho Nam Tuyen prayer , surnamed Wang, said about his buffalo shepherd: "United  Roshi  small animal from a buffalo bull. Dining in the slot to release the e eastern eat rice to the  Sultan . Calculate drop in slot western food was difficult not to f rice from violations of  the Sultan . There's a little bit by taking a full part depending not see. "

 Zen master  Hui Tang Gong Thach , a former hunter, was  Matsu for the  ordained . One day the professor working in the kitchen,  Matsu  suddenly stopped, asked: "What are you doing?" A: "Herd." Ask continued: "What blankets?" A: "Once on instant rice fields holding noses pull back. "  Matsu compliment:" He was well-known as the  buffalo . " 

 And as if  that law  herd  is widely  used , has himself has taught others raising livestock. At the end of the thirteenth century, the Tran Dynasty, the  Zen MON VIET MALE appeared  a character  outstanding . That is  Tuệ Trung  real name is Tran Tung, he is a  teacher  enlightened . He is the guiding King  Tran Nhan Tong  in  the door Meditation  and has many  influences  to  thoughts  of kings  founder  Zen sect  of Truc Lam Yen Tu  this.

 He was the first buffalo shepherd in  literature  Meditation  Vietnam . He was raising his own buffalo, which he discovered from Qui Son  Chinese  neighbors. This, he wrote poetry:

放牛

偶向溈山得弟鄰,  
荒蕪甘作牧牛人.  
國王德澤寬如海,  
隨分些些水草春.

Transliteration: Reporters ngưu

Incidentally Qui Son direction favorable to dive,

Deserted  cam effects  ox item  's;

Sultan  virtue scout  drilling as customs,

Depending on our part we shui spring draft.

Translations of poetry: Drop buffalo

Qui Son looks out for home

Buffalo  cam place co-away unit

The king  mercy  as big as the sea

Beautiful spring water grass parts do.

 Subscribe to  progress  spiritually  by  Tuệ Trung  from when he saw the ox of  Dai An  in Qui Son and from there he also committed guys element  herd  for himself, he has  flexibility  himself  transformed  image  icon  buffalo  originally  a ground buffalo, buffalo buffalo mud or stone bearing the demeanor Country  Vietnam ,  human  Vietnam . He was always  chasing  it, who always plays the  shepherds . He  described  the success  process  herd  her through poems  vivid follows:

守 泥 牛

一身獨守一泥牛,  
騰鼻牽來未肯休.  
將到曹溪都放下,  
茫茫水急打圓球.

Transliteration: Prime Guinea ngưu

Friendly least  toxic  most obvious  Guinea ox,  
Dang refugee status confirms hybrid pension shield. 
Relatively unique  Tao Khe  urban  land release ,  
Bring bring  staff levels have hydro demand.

Translations of poetry: Keep soil buffalo

Keeping buffaloes land  alone

Instant hand  pierced nose  quickly brought  back to

Instant when the next drop  Tao Khe .

Countries  immense  swept away foam rolling.

 The buffalo's land  Tuệ Trung  has been  tame , by  piercing nose  took on. Photos  and buffalo herder land that is no longer separated from  each other anymore, but has  become  "one". It is thought that the very "a" is it is  expressed as "two" in the sentence: "Also unique  Tao Khe  urban land release" (released immediately upon arrival  Tao Khe ) and key moments "correspondent dollar down" (released immediately ) this is the moment does not hold, that no longer holds, then there is nothing to let go anywhere, so do not let go. Attitude  "does not keep not let go," This  really  is an  attitude  "leisurely" it.

 When the buffalo have  completely  been tamed under the  subduing  of the  herd, both  buffalo  and buffalo no longer  distinguish  a shepherd and blankets, here there was a harmony. And so, the  restaurant  is a process buffalo  restaurant rediscover  the true mind  of the net often each  person  regularly  confronted with the  desire  of life too much  dust  clinging:

悼 先 師

一曲無生唱了時,  
擔橫篳栗故鄉歸.  
上頭打過胡何有,  
一箇泥牛任倒騎.

Transliteration: Dieu  monk first

Single most  infertility  is initiated willow,  
flip furusato Make raging all regulations. 
Rooftop pool was too early galaxy exists,  
Nhat ky island took ox neon fish.

Translations of poetry: Unfortunately, the old teacher injured

When the song  infertility  just finished singing

Hold the pipe to the village level

Ignoring the former does not spend all

Other buffaloes riding backwards on wearing comfortable.

 Meditation teaches that self to thousands after thousands before us does not lack anything, we had always wholeness. A poet of the  Buddhist  Zen ,  Tuệ Trung suggest we should  return to the  search for  the beauty inside, not looking outside. Do not rely on others. In we have a deep wellspring, if we know how to explore a  persistent , then someday, thousands of spring flowers will bloom jubilantly up endless. His poetry speaks for itself:

示 學

學者紛紛不奈何,  
徒將瓴甋苦相磨.  
報君休倚他門戶,  
一點春光處處花.

Transliteration: Market Study

Scholars  stool any  complaints galaxy
relatively flexible furniture relative target ghost suffering  
retired military newspaper  tha dependence  household subjects 
Nhat ray origin point of origin of spring flowers.

Translations of poetry: Only way to learn

Then do not know why this school

Ceramic tile grinding forever this work goes in vain

Italians do door GMT

Other spring flowers light a sun blisters.

 Trinh Nguyen conflict, in a poem Legend is the  teacher  Huong Hai  also mentioned finding  true nature  or "the present hybrid position" as finding the buffalo. The poem is as follows:

Bulls reach  reporter convent built  
Learn directing  you  heartless 
Built in, Bulls completed in  
Wuxi heart  horror director level.

 This verse clearly Four  path  for  us  to find  the truth . To find the truth  , they must rely on  classics  like the  herd  to find buffalo, noi  track  would. Poetry is translated as:

Find buffalo need flat head  
Learn religion  remains  insensitive 
that mark where the buffalo   heartless  religion easy reach.

 Find buffalo need flat head, a  herd  of buffalo go looking under the sign, it does look towards that direction. Where the buffalo sign, when cattle  stray  , the  herd saw the sign go direction towards which he aimed to find buffalo,  certain  will meet with buffalo. The word "sign buffalo" was  symbolic  for the  classic Buddha. Classic  Buddhist teaching  we  learn that the trail to find  the truth. Truth  is the example for the buffalo.

 Longer  school director  in place, you  heartless . Heartlessness  is easy to reach, religion. Cultivators  we  relied on  the teachings  to practice, which initiates come to  heartlessness . Heartless  eg see buffalo, which  school directors  such as  tracking . If the seal it, then  naturally  we  know that buffalo also, in that direction to find  certain  will meet it. Also, people who  study religion  that is  heartless , the direction  of currencies  from the needs anything. How much business, of Buddha, are reinforced how  we  cultivate  rid  of all those interested  crazy delusions. Crazy delusions  all called  heartless , but  heartless  and found religion.

 Conclusion  again we see  images  buffalo  indeed  evident in  Buddhism  and in Zen. What about the buffalo herd, many. Depending on the shepherd that  form again shepherding differ slightly, but the destination of the buffalo was the only one, that is brought  back to the  essence  immaculate ,  infertility , ie the original primal  it.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.27/2/2017.