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True Buddhists never use harmful language, do not sow misery to anyone, but should only say useful, honest words bring joy and happiness to everyone. . Thus, in life, no marketing is to improve the Buddhist way of life. Therefore, not saying that the market is not a nuisance is a difficult thing that we all have to perfect themselves by body, mouth, mind.

14. Equality of mind is hard

Equality, interpretation by language, "equality" is the stand and "equality" is equal. To say equality is equal in terms of position, role, power, obligation, and enjoyment of other interests in society. Men and women are the cultural foundations of human beauty in the family and society. Men and women are equal to help the family happily and contribute to making the society rich and civilized.

The role of women is promoted equally in the family and society, bearing a great significance for the good tradition of the Vietnamese people. Thanks to equality in the family, the couple love and respect each other, the children are fully cared for and feel the warmth, happiness, always the fulcrum for human beings to overcome all obstacles. , the difficulties in life. Though the thought of patriarchal privilege has gradually disappeared, a paradox that still exists is that housework, child rearing, caring for family members are still considered as women's work. .

However, in practice, the working time of women in the family is usually higher than that of men, although the law stipulates that in the family, spouses are equal in all aspects, discuss together, decide every the common problem, the sharing of work and the care of children and parents, but in fact men are still considered the breadwinner of the family, have the right to decide big problems and are the representative of the community. copper. Housework, caring for members in the home is often considered a "duty" of women.         

To stop gender inequalities in the family, it is important that we raise the quality of education and propaganda not only for women but also for men. The education of boys and girls in equality has been made since their inception, helping them to have the knowledge, the sense of responsibility and the responsibility to build up their lives. family later.

In addition, the implementation of equality between men and women in the family should be built into one of the most important criteria, so that all people learn together and be recognized as cultural families. Raising the awareness of equality between men and women in order to eliminate the idea of ​​"respect for men and women", step by step implementing equality between men and women in labor, production and other activities in society .

Equality is a cultural expression in human life, there is equality in the family is truly equal in society. Happiness is always the most valuable property in the family, which every member always dream and desire to live happily ever after. Equality in Buddhism, which is linked to world history, is the elimination of the class, the denial of all discrimination, division, discrimination between man and man and between man and animal.

According to Buddhism, every human being must have equal value when one perfects morality. Only morality can accurately determine the value of human dignity. Status, status, luxury, authority, power ... all these things the Buddha denied to promote equality. Equality in Buddhism is male and female in the spirit of responsibility of a human. In the French Hoa Long Female 8 years old also became a Buddha. In particular, all women are joined by the Sangha to become monks with the same rights as monks in the past and present.

The equality of Buddhism was born to transform all prejudices, long-standing prejudice of ancient ideas from ancient times. The highest level of equality in Buddhism is the Buddha-nature, the wisdom of all people, who is capable of turning to himself to become a man of wisdom and compassion. Buddha-nature is not only found in human beings, but also in sentient beings, and all sentient beings have a potential for their own understanding, which goes against the traditional practices of the past. Everybody is equal in every way, there is no blasphemer or my husband-in-law.

Thanks to the birth of Buddhism, it has helped people to respect each other equally in all aspects. Only with these equality perspectives is it sufficient to justify the transcendence of Buddhism in promoting humanity and giving man absolute equality. Equal practice is, therefore, extremely difficult, especially for those with high social status, the families of the most profane, the feudal and the most egalitarian. .

15. Do not say the right fruit is difficult

In society, any organization including the people in the temple as we are talking right. Because the circumstances of life think and work no one like twins. Living in the world, we can hardly satisfy everyone. Because of this body, we have to work to feed ourselves and our families. So there is movement and collision, of course will not avoid the words to be bad harassment in life.

People say bad, say not true about yourself, how will I handle it? First, I have to look at the words people say is true about me, if true, then I should thank them, if wrong then I will use gentle words to explain to people understand. It will be more complicated when you say it again, to dispute the right and wrong. Whether we are right or wrong, if we try to justify, try to clarify the matter by arguing over and over just making things worse and worse.

I can explain and talk about this later, if necessary, when things have cooled down. If it is not worth paying attention then we just ignore it. If we only bring in the heart of warmth and resentment, just because other people do not understand right, right about themselves. In the past, in a free time, a new king asked his courtier: "I see the human personality and quality always show harmony with people, why are there many languages? Hate that? "  

The official replied," Your Majesty. The rainy season, the seller always happy, but the breadman exposed to sad. Heaven and earth are impartial impartiality, but the rain weather weather is still the world's hatred in love. When I was not a complete person, how to avoid the criticism of criticism. So silly thought, for the voice of the world in the market we should calmly consider, do not hurry to hear something. King heard the news of the wrong market is not true, the spirit is harmed. Parents believe that the market is not left, the children are abandoned. Husband and wife to listen to the market must be disturbed, the family dispersed. The world is not the fruit of the world is normal in this world, everyone should be thinking, examination .

Through this story, let's hear King Tran Thai Tong, the monk, talk about the right to live as follows:

"The fruit must fall in the morning.

Interesting cold with the night rain.

The rain stopped and the rain stopped.

Spring still has a bird.

In the five precepts of the lay people, the world does not lie to people who are content that prohibits Buddhist people say the market must not harass. Mai Phi, sometimes in some cases is also a double-headed chatter, to this one I say bad people, to the other I say bad people. Its effect is to mislead the two parties by causing hatred and weakening the power of an individual or group. And when faced with the phenomena of marketing or not to be harassed with other people to make friends of relatives who are cracked by misunderstandings. For Buddhism, marketing is prohibited only in the lie not lie lie delusion and divorce.

True Buddhists never use harmful language, do not sow misery to anyone, but should only say useful, honest words bring joy and happiness to everyone. . Thus, in life, no marketing is to improve the Buddhist way of life. Therefore, not saying that the market is not a nuisance is a difficult thing that we all have to perfect themselves by body, mouth, mind.

16. To find good knowledge is difficult

Make me a parent, make me a friend. People should be spoiled, most affect friends. Good knowledge is good friends, good friends, friends who often help us or do good things that avoid evil, show us how to cultivate moral and spiritual life to live. When there are such friends, our lives will be stable, the future will be good over time. The good friend of the knowledge, they always hope for peace and happiness to help us succeed on the way.

If we encounter bad friends, we call evil knowledge. This type of friend often comes to us, when we desire to enjoy lower interests; They instigated and encouraged us to join in the path of inferiority. If we are rich, capable of having fun, our friends will be bigger, so our lives will sink into sin.

Good knowledge is good friends, good friends help us improve the level of understanding, know how to approach the teachings of the Buddha. In addition, good knowledge is also understood as the teachings, teachings, classics of the Buddha help us uphold virtue and moral virtue. Knowledgeable people also mean that the teacher leads us on the path of enlightenment, liberation. Meet the true master, then my goal is easy to achieve. If one leads me to the path, then surely I will follow the path of darkness. In life, good teachers good friends meet, and when you see how to distinguish.

How can we know that a person is a knowledgeable person, the only way is to be close to him for a long time, to live with him in difficult circumstances, hear him talk can see the virtue, wisdom and the realization of him. Therefore, we must be wise to choose the good teacher good friends, the process of our new can achieve fullness in the future.

17. Studying and understanding is difficult

The concept of the difficulty in this article consists of two categories: learning, understanding, and hardness. Studying is difficult because we have to go against the flow of life, people are greedy, we do not greed, the family attached to the wife and children have to go beyond the family life tie.

The Transcendental Meditation learned from the Ca-Hsien origin of Bodhidharma is also the last of the Indo-Chinese meditation with the policy of " human mind, the nature of the Buddha.

The weakness of the Zen school that goes straight to the heart to cultivate, transform the delusion has been ingrained in our consciousness. So before this practice it requires each practitioner to learn a wide range, to know the Buddha's teachings that reached the peak of enlightenment, liberation and the Buddha. 

Therefore, independent writing is not attached to the literal letters in each word in the business, so there is the sentence: " Y Buddhist interpretation means for the Buddha three generations, leaving a message that the ghost said " . Although, on the principle of extra-ecclesiastical transmission, no script, but to identify nature, every yogi still use skilful means to enter. One of the first gateways was the study of religion. Study means to listen to the teachings of the Buddha, and use the wisdom of Bat Nha to enter the self by cultivating.

Zen Master Sung Tin, who sells dumplings near the pagoda, trusts the Three Jewels so every day he brought ten to the temple offerings, each time such offerings, Zen Master Guan gave him one to take home, without saying the reason. He asked the teacher so much, but the teacher just smiled and said: "I give you what error!"

One day he resolved to ask for the truth. Zen master said: "He left home, I will focus only weak." Sung Tin heard the request to go home, spent three years like that the teacher did not just teach what! Making the Tin Foil angry, frustrated too in the heart feel insecure think his master cheated on himself.

The teacher asked him to come up with the question, and one day, he asked the teacher to promise that he would not mind a word for a few years.

Enlightenment: "From the day you came here, I have taught you the weak heart."

"When did the Venerable Master teach?"

"You give me tea for your sake, and you bring me bread for my sake, for you have received me, and you have forsaken me, for you have nodded. I have shown you weak heart every day that you will not receive it.

At that moment, he bowed silently for a moment.

Enlightenment: "See straight straight that see, think wrong."

At this point, he realizes that he is weak.

Weak in the meditation center is very simple teaching, right where to wear clothes, eat rice, go to the toilet, go to the heart is weak! No need to look far. Now we ask you, who knows how to wear clothes, who knows how to eat, who knows how to go, who knows. Does this one make it for me? Apart from being paralyzed and losing control.

The teacher's meditation is to put the disciple in a question and wonder for several years, from the time he was a layman until his ordination. If people do not have the will to abandon but because they are studying, so eventually realized the true doctrine outside the body. Therefore learning the virtues, antecedent nature is difficult.

18. Depending on the degree of difficulty

One of the leading work of Buddhist monks is  to bring the teachings of the Buddha and his teachings to communicate to the people to learn and understand. But in order to achieve this educational goal, the educator needs to know how to properly and reasonably apply the knowledge of the people . Without this decisive factor, propaganda can lead to failure.

Depending on the conditions of conditions, the level of each person that we can help them to transform defilement into greed, happiness and happiness. This is not easy, we usually impose on the view and level of others, by their own understanding, but forget the main purpose is to help people through the sea of ​​passion, not popular conceive or communicate his or her way of life.

Having enough wisdom and ability to customize the beings is very difficult. Avalokiteshvara has 32 generalizations of beings to the beings by four quarters: Giving, loving speech, benefit, co-workers as a means of directing sentient beings to return to the good by heart of love and understanding. Depending on the coast, but still retain the purpose and nature of it is often called grace without change. There are internal forces are weak, so depending on the grace to bear for the drag dragged to lose themselves, but attached to the secular life.

Even the Buddha, when the sermon, He also employs skilful means to depend on the ability of people who find their way. Later Buddhist monks, masters, and monks alike, thanks to the gracefulness that radiated the fine traditions of Buddhism. Therefore, it is necessary, is difficult, is the foundation of the teaching, education. So depending on the coast is difficult.

19. It is difficult to see the heartless

The content of this difficult thing is similar to the content of the 10th hard thing. But the heartless here is mentioned at a higher level, deeper, more difficult to implement, which means not at all attached. Things, even if the sword is close to the neck still not afraid. Unconsciousness is completely self-liberation, liberation. Not being mindful is the first step towards attaining heartlessness. When we have mindfulness, we can not attain complete indifference to the nakedness.

The enlightened, liberated practitioner must step by step train his mind not oscillate before each situation. Every contact must be mastered directly from the six sense of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind.

King Tran Nhan Tong ascended to the throne at the age of 20, was ordained at the age of 41, passed away at the age of 51. He was the king of the country inherited the palace of gold, enjoy pleasant pleasure. Two phen to control the invasion of invaders, keep the country calm through the chaos. When leaving the family, he is suffering as Truc Lam Da Da, actively propagate the law, breaking the superstition of encouraging people to keep the five precepts, tu ten good things, tired, boring

His special point is that when the king sacrificed himself to save his country, against foreign invaders, he loved and loved the people. When ordained, the determination to practice the religion. Until the teachings of profit, guide the people to give up evil and make love together with the heart of knowledge. He is a good example for humanity to remind us that nothing can not be done, only that we have the means to overcome the mistake or not! Because of the definitive attitude clearly in each period, so that he himself in self-living life of course, liberation. Let's listen to his verse:

"In the happy life depends on grace

Hungry to eat tired immediately

In the house only to find

Do not mind, do not ask meditation.

Living in mundane life with countless temptations, fame, beauty, money, good food, beautiful clothes, much sleep, but when the direction of everything is only illusion, not real. The beautiful scenery turns white but black, but we still feel happy and happy, as when hungry to eat, when tired to rest, do not think to think that self-suffering.

People do not know where to find the outside world without knowing where this body is wise, where the eyes are clearly see not the ears, nose, tongue, body, mind also like that. Our cleverness is that when confronted with the mind of our mind is still calm, so where to find meditation again. It's simple, not too far away.

He only briefly lived for only about ten years, but everyone worshiped him as the emperor of Buddhist monk Tran Nhan Tong. King Tran Nhan Tong is the successor of the Buddha's path, so it is not worth the effort to search far and wide, so that the simple and gentle workmanship can be seen only by the thought of birth and death without having to contradict. reflective. So the heartless is a difficult task to do because it is the ultimate destination when achieving the Dharma.

Thus, we also know that the word not attached, the mind will lead to the heartless. Unconsciousness is no longer attached to the person and the situation, is as immovable as immovable, is liberated, freed and usually know clearly.

20. Know the media is difficult

The concept of this last difficulty is also more or less related to the content of the 18th subject matter of the teachings of beings. The similarities between the two are the same in terms of skilful means, in the matter of teaching fertility guidance to everyone is critical priority. The difference in the two things is that Article 20 is a condition, as a broker, a catalyst for accomplishing something. 18. There are skilful means that we can be conditioned.

Proper use of means of transportation will be dependent on the condition will be completed. Means and conditions are two closely linked together very closely, indispensable in the education, depending on the degree of dependence on the drug for any drug, then we give it. In the medium, the propagator must know how to use from low to high, instead of the teachings of the Buddha's purpose is enlightenment, liberation, but because people are not enough, so the Buddha must lead the word to help. we are gradually awake. The Buddha teaches three classes of people who do not know the means to win:

First class, did not realize in the practice and the instructions to communicate the doctrine in an obscure way, making the listener misunderstood the meaning of the content, so they practiced wrong.

The second category, although not practicable, provides clear instructions for the audience to be receptive. Due to incompatible speech makes the listener is also easy to dissatisfaction that born poor attitude.

Third, although the process is practically practiced, but the transmission of instructions is poor, not flexible flexible, making the listener difficult to grasp, so the practice has no practical benefits.

In the past, Ananda taught two religious disciples, one who kept the nunnery to teach the nourishment, one to make a blast furnace He taught only impure body. Two practitioners who do not see progress, He Ananda Buddha only taught again. He taught people so wrong, cemetery keepers only they contemplate impure body because year round they always contact with corpses. And the man who smiths the fire on the day, he teaches the breathing, so that they may be brought back.

Therefore, missionary work or education is very important in the present and future. It can lead to good or bad influences for many generations. Communicating a distorted view, superstition, fanaticism, wrong view, adversely affecting the lifestyle of cultural education, moral spirituality, will bring misfortune for many people.

And when we communicate with the dharma, it is true that the benefits of it are great, that is, bring happiness to many people. Therefore, those who do propaganda and education, must be aware that our work must be beneficial to many people. So smart know the means is difficult.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.19/11/2017.