Route to attain Truth.

The Buddha, while disagreeing with the belligerence of the faith of some other faithful in the pursuit of faith lacking a basis of endorsement ¹ , cites the approach and attainment of truth. 12 steps are very basic and clear. He said that the mind  (annà)  or the truth (saccam)  - synonymous with enlightenment, liberation of suffering or holy Arhat - does not come to humans immediately but come to learn slowly  (anupubbasikkhà) , gradual practice  (anupubbakiriyà) , practice slowly  (anupubbapatipadà) , on the basis of scientific experiments and experiments. The method of approach and truthfulness proposed by Him includes the steps:

1. Start trust  (saddhà) : confidence or esteem arising hearts through adequate understanding of the dignity of the guru and his teachings preached by the position ² ;

Coming up  (upasamkamanam) : contact, close to the teacher to learn Dhamma;

Expressing respect  (parirùpàsàà) : respectful attitude towards the teacher;

4.  Shorts (sotàvadhànam) : listen attentively to the teacher's advice;

5.  Dhamma-savanam : listen to and fully remember what the teacher teaches;

6. Dharma  (dhammadhàranà) : receiving and fully grasp what the teacher presented;

Reflect on the meaning of the dhamma  (atthupapàrikkhà) : reflect on the meaning of each teaching or discourse taught by the teacher;

8. Approve the  dhammanijjhàna : agree with the method taught by the teacher;

9. Begetting desire  (chanda) : a desire to practice or live according to the teachings that have been learned;

10. Effort  (ussàha) : arranging work and spending time for the practice of the dharma has been absorbed;

11. Consideration  (tulàna) : reviewing and selecting (practice) the method of cultivation appropriate to living conditions and ability to develop their mind;

12. Essence  (padhàna) : day and night of the heart of Dharma practice and practice has been learned and absorbed, implying the diligent practice of meditation  (vipassanà)  to attain liberation, wisdom exit ³ .

The Buddhist scriptures describe this energetic mind of a disciple who has firmly established his faith in the teachings of the Master and lived the teachings of the Buddha:  "Only the skin, the tendons and the bones, The flesh and blood on the body will wither, hoping to have the effort to attain what has not been attained, thanks to the patient patient, thanks to the staff, thanks to the staff needs " ⁴ . The guru confirms that by  virtue of the virtue (padhàna ) , the effort of practicing the dharma is fully learned and absorbed, or the practice, practice and practice of the dharma bhàvanà bahulìkammam) , a self- seater who attains the supreme truth  (paramasaccam sacchikaroti), and with the intellect to enter that truth  (pannàya tam ativijjhati) , he sees  (passati) 5:  "These are diseases, lumps, arrows. Here, the disease, the lumps, the arrows are eliminated, there is no residual. Because clinging is eliminated in us, should be eliminated; due to the killing, should be destroyed; due to birth, so old, dead, sorrow, sadness, suffering, goodness, brain is eradicated. Such is the cessation of this entire mass of " ⁶ .

Above is a path of truthfulness consisting of 12 steps of effort, starting from the faith to the need or the devotion to practice the teachings taught by the teacher. Noticeably, this process also begins with the belief in the teacher's virtue and the teachings taught by the teacher, but then another set of efforts that require the seeker. truth must be done by oneself. It seems that faith is only a preliminary step in the elaborate practice of the Buddhist teacher, as there are other faithful steps that other practitioners need to improve. The Buddha speaks of faith as the basic condition for the arising and functioning of the process of truthful experimentation with many steps of effort, and thus, if the disciple of the Buddha only stops at faith alone Enough to experiment or attain truth. In other words, In addition to belief, Buddhists have to make more effort to learn more to achieve the goal of salvation is the realization of truth or the release of suffering. The following is the proof of the process of attaining the truth of the Buddha⁷ :

"Monks, I do not say that wisdom is completed immediately. But these monks, wisdom is completed by learning slowly, slowly onions, practice slowly. And these monks, what is wisdom is completed by learning slowly, slowly, practice slowly? Here, bhikkhus, a believer, comes near; After approaching, he shows respect; After paying respect, he shrugs; After hearing, he heard the dharma; After listening to the Dharma, he experienced the Dharma; After the Dharma, he reflects on the meaning of the French life; After reflecting on the meaning, the dharmas are approved; After the dharmas are accepted, the desire arises; After the desire to arise, he tries; after the effort, he ponders; After deliberation, he is in need. Because of the need, he himself witnessed the ultimate truth, and with the intellect to enter that truth, he saw. "

In general, the method of attaining truth or liberation of suffering proposed by the Buddha is very specific and clear. It is the direction of good faith, which is linked to the effort to learn slowly, slowly, slowly, and gradually, practicing what has been touched, learned, learned, weighed and weighed. prompted There is no "dogma" or the laxity of the Buddhist way of life. The Buddha speaks of faith but does not accept the easygoing attitude of approaching and experiencing truth. In his texts, the Buddha advised his followers to carefully examine his teachings, even his enlightenment, in order to ascertain the path he followed.⁹ .

Research on Buddhism, Professor TW Rhys Davids highly appreciates this very spiritualistic attitude of the Buddha saying that one needs to pay attention to its purpose and method when comparing Buddhism with those of the Buddha. Other religious systems to see the true position of Buddhism in the religious history of India and the world in general ¹⁰ . According to Rhys Davids,  " Buddhism is one of the" scholastic religions. " When we hear that it was founded about 500 years before Christmas, we may think that Buddhism is too ancient, primitive, primitive, like the arts and sciences. that far-fetched age. But seriously, Buddhism is one of the newest products of the human mind ^.  "In addition to the twelve-step approach that Rhys Davids considered to be  "the most innovative product of the human mind," there  must be many other practical and profound problems in doctrine. Buddhism is worth letting people continue to discover, surprise and cherish the Buddha's teachings.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.30/9/2017.