A wise philosopher leads a mathematician of his traveling around the world.Over the past 10 years, teachers have followed each other to most countries, meeting virtually all educated people. At this time, their teachers have returned, every one of the prayer wheels full stomach, experience full.

Before entering the city, the sage sat down on a lawn in the suburbs, telling his students, "Ten years, you have become a great educator, now, study. I'm going to teach you the last lesson. "

The students came to sit around the sage. A moment later, the sage asked: Where are we now? The students responded that they were sitting on the grass outside the city. The sage asked, "What kind of tree is on this grass?" The students answer, on the wilderness wild grass!

The sage said: Yes! On this grassland grows all weeds. Now we want to know how to get rid of all this weed? The students looked at each other in amazement, they really did not expect that the old sage, who was just studying the mysteries of life, but in the last lesson asked a simple question. So single.

One of the maths students said before: "Master, just a shovel is all done!"

The gentle nodded his head.

Another student, like discovering something new, went on to say, "Master, burning fire to kill the grass is a good way to do it!"

The silent gentleman smiled, beckoned to another person.

The third student said: "Teacher, sprinkle lime can also kill all the grass species it!"

Next immediately after the fourth student he said: "Kill the grass must be removed from the root, just pull up the big root is finished!"

The students took turns to speak their minds, the sage stood up, said: "Today's lessons come here are all, you go home, then the way you think, each of us to kill the grass in a If we do not kill the grass, then we talk about a year later. "

One year later, people came back, the only other thing was that the pasture was no longer full of weeds, but became a green field of corn. Mathematical students sit gathering near the rice field, waiting for the sage to come but wait forever still not see him.

A few years later the sage died, his former pupils re-edited the documents and theses he mentioned, and in the last chapter, he added himself to a sentence: "Want to kill All weeds in the wilderness are the best way to grow crops. Good virtue ".

Read the story, who did not admire the greatness of the sage and the intelligence of his students. Let's think if our lives lack the last lessons like this, then what does the study of the bookstore mean?

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This is a meaningful story. It gives each of us a great lesson: Those who want to achieve a good future, with a perfect end to their will, the most effective way is to step by step take the maximum amount of time. To come and make good things, good works and good qualities.

The more you really care and set the priority to do the right thing, away from the bad things, the bad habits, the faster you expect to achieve. It is the law of cause and effect that excludes one of us.

Keeping a harmonious attitude in action is important to ensure a better and better life.

So if you want a complete / total outcome, for the whole team; Sacred, noble, good; Of great importance, of essence, bring stability, bearing long-term significance; In accordance with the agreement, commitment; According to the plan outlined, in accordance with the role and responsibility, in harmony with the spirit and culture, promote advantage / suitable with strengths, ... for yourself, you need to:

- Pay attention to and do more for the global, the whole, the collective rather than the local, local,

- Pay attention to and do more for the sacred, the noble, the good, the better habits are dull in the low, profane, bad, bad habits

- Pay attention to and do more for the things that are important, substantial, of great importance, stability, long-term significance ... rather than sud at the work of useless, Not urgent, formal, unsettling, short term, seasonal

- Pay attention to and do more for the agreed, committed, trusted rather than silent on the unconfirmed, unconfirmed, undermined prestige.

- Pay more attention to and do more with the plan, in line with the role and responsibility, rather than pursue the unplanned, as opposed to the role or responsibility that is taking place.

- Pay attention to and do more for things that are cultural / humanitarian, spiritual, emotional, spiritual rather than profane to money, material, violence, non-humanity.

- Pay attention to and do more for the things that enhance your strengths, advantages rather than to make it harder and harder to work on.

By the way, I repeat a living art associated with the Law of Cause and Effect in the door of the Buddha for your reference

What sows today:

If you sow sincerely you will reap the trust
If you sow good heart you will reap friendly
If you sow humble you will reap noble
If you sow patience you will reap the victory
If you sow you will reap the harmony
If you sow hard, you will reap success.
If you sow you will reap reconciliation.
If you sow openly, you will reap intimately.
If you sow, you will reap.
If you sow your faith you will reap.

But:

If you sow falsehood you will reap doubts
If you sow selfishly you will reap lonely
If you sow pride you will reap destruction
If you plant envy you will reap trouble
If you sow lazy you will reap
If you plant bitter seeds you will harvest isolation
If you plant greed you will reap damage
If you sow groggy you will reap the enemy
If you sow worry you will reap the worry
If you sow you will reap sin

So be careful what you sow TODAY,
it will DECIDE what you reap on DAY MAI

                                            

                

Say easy words

 

Allan Lokos is a multi-religion cleric, a meditation instructor and a famous author.He is the co-founder and director of the Peace and Religion Community, and founder and executive of the Community Meditation Center in New York City, USA. In the  following article in  Tricycle,  he talks about the benefits of practicing precepts, the words of the layman that help us to be able to speak at the right time, in the right way in our everyday and in our daily lives. Communication depends on the social position of each person.

Many years ago, when I first began to believe in Buddhism, I was surprised that the practice of loving speech - speaking easy listening - was very important. The Buddha saw how important it was that we touched, exchanged, and talked with one another so much that he placed them on the same level as other important factors, such as Right View, Right Thought, Right Cause, Right Mindfulness. Pillars of the Noble Eightfold Path.

The Buddha sees that we must always engage in relationships, beginning with the most important relationship: the relationship with ourselves. When we meditate, we can realize how we speak to ourselves - sometimes with compassion, sometimes with judgment or impatience. Our words are a powerful means by which we can bring happiness or create suffering.

Right Speech starts by refraining from lying, not distorting, vulgar or gruff. We should not use insulting, antisocial, vulgar or indecent words, nor should we engage in gossip, gossip or gossip. To be able to do that, we only have words that are truthful, kind, gentle, useful, and meaningful. Our words will make the listener feel encouraged, encouraged, excited, and we will be joyful to the people around us.

 

The core of right speech is to say truthful words, which means that we should avoid all the lies that we think are harmless. We need to recognize the deceptive nature through such exaggerated, unfounded, or self-inflicted forms. These types of idiom usually arise from the fear that we ourselves are not good enough - which is never true. The truth must start from ourselves, so the practice of right speech must begin with being true to oneself.

The Buddha advised us not to gossip, because he knew very well the damaging consequences that this wrong language could bring. Story has a person after seeing the harm of gossiping about the neighbor, came to seek a priest. The man told the man to go to the market to buy a chicken for him, but when he was on the road, he had to remove all the chicken feathers. When the man returned to the feathered chicken, the sergeant asked him to pick up the feathers he had let go. He replied that it was impossible to do because now maybe the feathers were flying around the village. The Taoist nodded in agreement, and the other person realized that we could hardly get his words back. As Basho Meditator wrote:

The temple bell was silent,
and the sound of the bank sounded over the hill.

 

Gossip is about a person who is absent. Not to mention bad or good. If we need to talk about a person not present, talk about them as if they were present. Once or twice a year, I usually spend a certain amount of time - a week or a month - I practice not talking about anyone not present. I noticed that I was tired, and also excited. Each time, I realized that the effect of this practice of mindfulness remained in me for weeks or sometimes months later. When I started talking about someone, there seemed to be a siren in my heart: 'Do not talk to people.'

An advice on teasing - Do not do! Teasing is always aimed at someone, and often hurts that person more than I think. In short, teasing, joking is causing misery. We should use the energy we waste on teasing to make a sincere compliment.

Right Speech often comes with another communication skill that is listening. Although the words are clumsy to the point, the speaker is still trying to convey something. "I hate my father very much", what does that say of a child in anger, really mean? "From the day you have a couple, you do not have time for me anymore," that old friend's words imply? Those angry words convey a desire to be more concerned. When we practice listening, take time to breathe, so we can avoid reacting to situations of suffering arising, instead responding to compassion for what is contained. Inside the gruff words. We can pacify the child with his love or affirm us that he or she is still important to us and we will spend more time with them.

At times the very noble silence is the best word. Several years ago I had directed a weekly colon. A convention of the colon is that no one is commenting on what another member in the colon has said during the discussion. Even words expressing agreement, such as "I agree with you X.", or "My brother also has the same situation." All we need to do is listen. With time, we realize that our minds are usually busy preparing for a reaction while we think we are listening. One time, a young woman joined our ministry, and during the discussion, she confessed that her husband had just died of cancer at the age of 37. The following weeks, when she said she was still down. Sometimes we also want to cry while listening to her, but we can not say a word.

But one day, she told us that she had joined the diocese because she found in our group what she could not find in other groups of friends. We let her express her pain without judging or offering temporary solutions.We were there for her, as witnesses to her sorrows, wrapped her in silent sympathy. Being there for someone is the greatest gift we can give them. Sometimes people need to express their sad feelings, and silent silence can be very precious.
Today when we speak of right speech, we must also think of an aspect that the Buddha did not exist at the time: it was email. When phones become popular, most of us are the ones who give up the habit of writing letters. People who have long forgotten the habit of writing deep letters, Now it is equipped with the technical ability to flush email covers. So be mindful of writing.

The most important step to develop right speech is to think before speaking (or writing). It is mindfulness of speech. Some other things can also do better in our relationships with the development of right speech. High silence brings us, and the people around us, the space that we need to be able to say easy to hear. When we can speak more skillfully and cautiously, our ego - our compassionate self, full of love - will be easily revealed. So before speaking, stop, breathe, and think about what you say better than silence. 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.1/4/2017.