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GREAT PRAYER

" I wish to live later, when the enlightenment Bodhi, if any of them are afflicted with serious illness that no one cure, no one to rely on, not see the teacher, no medicine, no children, no housing, suffering many miserable poverty. When listening to our title, had fallen into the ear even once, all the diseases of brain and brain are eliminated, the body of peace, family wealth, wealth, until proven harmless. Upper Bodhi .

If we do not understand this is very easy to lead superstition Mahayana. Does anyone here dare to claim that before so far not sick? There are people who live 50 or 70 years of age who have never been sick, but only in one moment, all beings in this life who are sick, that is mental illness.

In the Sutra of the Buddha: At one time the Blessed One dwelt in Saravan at Sa-ta-na, calling the monks: " O Bhikkhus! There are two types of this disease, how are two? Diseases of the body and mind. Hey monks! We find beings who claim that they have no physical illness for a year, ten years, fifty years, up to a hundred years. But these Bhikkhus! It is difficult to find in life that the beings who identify themselves do not have mental illness even in a small time, except the holy .

At times we are proud of being strong, strong, but in fact we always have mental illness. What is mental illness? Illnesses, illnesses, illnesses, illnesses, congestion, selfishness ... These diseases are all serious diseases, difficult to treat, no matter how good physicians do not have drugs. treat.

In St James the elite tells a story: A guy walks out to the market, just to see what is worth it to get into the bag from gold, silver, money ... He was arrested on the market. Fight for a fight. There are those who see strange ask:

- Why are you so stupid, day in the middle of the day so why do you dare go to steal such valuable things?

He replied:

- When I came out to the market, I did not see anyone else, but at that time I only saw gold, silver and valuables.

We see, when the greed, I do not know anything, this disease even if the drug or medicine is not exhausted, but the medicine of Buddhism, medicine is practical means. Like giving, offering, practicing, doing good deeds. Anyone who is sick of the yard, the drug of compassion ... So for the kind of mental illness such as greed, anger, delusion, jealousy, selfish ... then only take medicine of the new Buddha, in addition no longer what medicine cured.

Then on a different level higher, such as I was sitting here listening to his mind that mind is still somewhere, his mind is also sick, that disease is the mind of theft.

In the Synod Sutra it is said: One time there was a bhikkhu who dwelt amongst the people of Kosala in a forest. At that time, he finished eating, on the way to beg for alms, go down the lake and smell the pink lotus. A monk in the forest, mercy Monks, want happiness, want to be alert to the monk. After arriving, the gods say a verse:

This flower from the birth

Do not let him smell

Such a kind of theft

I called him burnt incense.

He replied:

Do not take away without breaking

Stand away from me to smell flowers

So what form?

Called the incense burner?

Who digs the roots of senna

Eat plenty of lotus

Because of these actions

Why not call incense?

Heaven says: People who break down, dig up roots and flowers, we do not call the thief because they are like the person wearing the black shirt, even if there is added black oil on the shirt that also does not change color. And he was a monk, like a white cloth, just a drop of ink fall into the clear.

This can be seen clearly. For example, in the street, there are young men riding motorbikes, whistling and whistling, everyone sees it as normal, but if a teacher walks in that way, they will be told right away. Or people living in pubs, eating and drinking loud noises, no one to notice, but a teacher who entered the bar sip beer will be evaluated immediately, even breaking the other people. Already in the newspaper published a post about a Buddhist before the glass of the Three Jewels, but later he was instructed to worship only Buddha and when he died, he was not invited to the monks. His son asked why, he said, because nowadays, many smokers, drink beer, ride a car, spend money wasting money, so he lost a lot of faith. The son asked about this issue, the team advised his family should take him to the temple, the monastery that the monks, Monks and nuns purify him to have a more general look and regain his confidence. When we went to lecture in the West, many Buddhists also asked about this issue, we have answered very specifically that today, there are people who are dressed in robes, shaved hair but not actually people , sometimes they pretend to form the practitioner for some purpose. Therefore, in the new Buddhist three thousand dread, eight etiquette is so. In ancient times, a Bhikkhu for a little mischief that was brahman and then layman said it is not right posture, the pagans think that the Buddha's disciples even do something wrong. Small, but the people to see, evaluate, and go everywhere, do all things but no one to take care of anything is certainly the Buddha's teachings must be more special,

So people who have left the monkhood must always take care of the rules, if not just a little loopholes that make people judge, but to keep the rules are very difficult rules are not often. Therefore, when we go home to try to stay in the mass as long as possible, miss what we do wrong is also reminiscent to know that correct. And I can not keep it wrong, making people despise the Sangha said they themselves are hurt, also sin for them. 

Next, the heavenly reply:

Cruel mistress

Our word is not related

As true to him

It is our words.

For the unspoken

Usually the direction of the bar

With the wicked see

Small as hairy tip

He looks great

Like a cloud in the sky.

Like a white shirt with only a little black ink, people look like a cloud, and people do not study, even on the shirt is as big as the clouds do not clash, because the black is not. In addition to life robbery robbery, people still considered well but only where to post a message that a priest who committed robbery shock. Why? The monk is the representative of "moral inertia", ie no action that manifests through the way of posture to let people see and wake, this is the expression of the monk. That explains why one of the monks in the palace of the emperor was shocked by the vibration of the mind when we pledged to embark on the path of enlightenment to liberate our evil karmas from the day. the old fall out.

The monk said:

Actually this Xa Xa!

You know me, love me

Speak with me

When I see that.

Finally, after hearing and understanding, this monk thanked the heavenly person and told him that if he next saw it, he would tell him not to do it again.

In the Sutra, the Buddha teaches that mental illness is lust, ie desire is never satisfied. One was staying in Savathi at Jetavana, at Anathabika's garden. At that time, the Buddha called the monks:

- Hey Bhikkhus! Enjoy the three things in life are never satisfied. What is three? Enjoy the sleep, the monks, never satisfied. Enjoy the wine, the wine, the monks, never satisfied. To enjoy sexual pleasure between men and women, the monks, never satisfied.

Enjoying sleep is never satisfied, it is also sick. Like the newly ordained that can not stand up at three in the morning, it is the most suffering. Enjoying sleep is never satisfying, as long as you sleep. With this mind of restless sleep, can only enter into "Medicine Buddha Medicine King Ly Thuong Vuong" or fall into our consciousness only once we can cure this disease, not Then pick up melon, stick to it throughout. Enjoying the beer is never satisfied, nor is it enough. Then to enjoy life pleasure sex and men, these are all serious illness of beings in the world, very difficult to treat. The day before we were in Changshu did not fully understand the compassion of the great teachers should ask: Why this person left home, why this person causing this thing is not being fired ..., but after a period of training and then out to do the Buddha to understand the compassion of the teacher. . No matter what they are doing, it is better to stay in the monastery than to go out, to sleep, to be controlled by the dominant spirit, to be controlled, to be controlled. the disease is even worse.

In the past, Milanda asked King Bhikkhu first:

- Why did the Buddha know that Devadatta would later destroy the Sangha but still let him go?

The nun said:

- At that time, the Buddha knew that if Devadatta Devadatta was outside without leaving home, then Devadatta would become king. As a king, with his evil nature, he will kill more than eight hundred tens of thousands of people, after dying immediately go to hell, thousands of lives are not reincarnated and do not know Buddhism. But thanks to Buddha to leave the family, despite causing many crimes, but after paying off the karma again known Buddhism, later practiced the results of Bich Chi Buddha.

Therefore, the great viewer is different than the flesh, they are good or good relationship with beings so that beings do not fall into three evil lines.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.1/11/2017.