Meaning of Vu Lan Message of Hieu.
In the gratefulness and blessing of the nation, Buddhism has long honored and adopted the patriarchal tradition. The interdependence of that spirit has led to past and present examples of filial piety, bright and marked with time. It is no coincidence that, on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar calendar every year, the Buddhist religion solemnly held the great ceremony - magnificent dignified, magnificent from the form of organization to the content of humanitarian meaning on the spiritual level - the culture of man. The festival comes from the Buddhist scriptures recorded in the Vu Lan Bon.
- "Vu Lan" is the abbreviation for "Vu Lan Bath", Sanskrit Ullambana. "Ullam" is translated as "hanging backwards" (hypothesis), for example the suffering of the dead as hanging back, extreme suffering. The word "sink" in Sanskrit is "bana", translated as "help". Thus, "Vu Lan Bath" is the rescue of the suspended sentence.
- "filial piety" is the payment of the merit of the child's birth to the current parents and parents of many lifetimes.
Buddhist Vu Lan ceremonies as we see them today come from the time of the Buddha. With great compassion, the Buddha taught the mode of filial piety to parents in this life and many other generations. The first person to receive no one else is Sun Giong. Venerable one of the ten outstanding disciples of the Buddha. When Moggallana witnessed the green light, he remembered his mother, and he used the wisdom of the label search, found her mother in the hungry hunger extreme poverty. His mother was infinite, He manipulated the spirit down the ghost realm bowl full bowl for her mother. Thanh De's heart is too greedy and bad karmic life report is too heavy so she can not use rice because the bowl of rice turned into fire. Extremely painful, do not know how to save his mother, he immediately asked the Buddha. Buddha taught:
"The sin of your mother, even using miraculous miracles of angels, can not be saved, only by virtue of their rise after three months of retreat, Can change the karmic force, your mother just escape the suffering.
Hearing, Sun author Kien Lien immediately implored the Blessed One:
"The Lord of the Sun, how can I invite ten monks to offer offerings at such a time?"
The Buddha said: "The day of Nirvana is also the Fourth Day of the monks, he should buy the offerings on the day of Tu Tu. On that day, whether you are in meditation or meditation, or in the human world, you will gather for yourself and pray for your mother to be free from suffering . "
The monk practiced according to the teachings of the Buddha, and it was that same day that the mother of Truth escape the suffering of evil that was born in heaven. Venerable extremely happy and asked: "There are beings who want to develop filial piety to pray for parents to escape suffering are fun, they can be like children?"
The Buddha said: "Can be done so on the self-destiny to parents of this life and many generations are freed."
From there, in Buddhism, a method of salvation for the deceased, for the sake of peace, was carried out on the day of Vu Lan - Tu Tu. On these days, no matter who you are or where you want to go to the temple to attend Vu Lan - Newspaper Hieu, light a prayer incense to pray for parents or this life or life is super, and people is present through this virtue that happy and happy in human life.
Since the introduction of Buddhism into Vietnam, Vu Lan has become a tradition of filial piety. Today, Vu Lan is no longer merely a sacred religious significance but has become a "cultural festival of humanity" with anyone who is present in this world. Honoring his mother, worshiping his ancestors, linking love and sentiment between the lost and the dead is a beautiful tradition in the cultural flow of humanity.
A beautiful day of Vu Lan is the program of roses set. In the sacred ceremony, who also parents will be happy to put a chest of roses on the chest, who lost his mother sad to set on the chest of white roses sad. But no matter how many parents are gone, each one of us is giving a deep gratitude to his mother, and every one of us is devoted to fulfilling his duty as a filial paternal.
We understand why duty children must know filial tastes? Anyone who is present in the world, first of all must be severely painful mother: "Nine months pregnant, as heavy as mountains; night and night like a serious illness, day and night; During the birth, the liver seems to tear the lungs, narcotic pain, bloody bloody " (Kinh Bao) . To give birth to the parents have to suffer, to raise children to grow up to suffer more pain, wet side of the mother lying, the baby rolls, even because of the child that must do evil. You are a jade gold, is the blood drops of parents divided two, so no matter how your parents love children. That love "stops, only the last breath." (Annunciation) . The birth of the parents are immense, as high as the mountains and as wide as the sea, parents are two sunsets warm and bright child: "Mother alive is called the bright sun in the morning, called sun had set " (Kinh Tam Location Bar) . In life, there is no greater happiness than happiness and parents, and there is no greater unhappiness than that of the orphan. Pictures of laborious father early morning, gentle mother caring little bit of food, sleep, have been and always are the smooth pace of the chorus family. The moral foundation also begins with family education, since parents are the norm of children since childhood. Forever, at any age, we also see the parents are based on the spirit of solid. Maybe when we succeed in the career or happiness in the couple life, we do not feel this, but when the situation unfortunately, when the life of the tumultuous, when completely lost faith For the people around, we suddenly understand that, where a distant heavenly roots, parents are still cramps for you to sleep deep, is a gentle arms to clear up all his sad sadness. The sacred grace, the immense infinite love, where can we find where, apart from his parents?
Talk about the tastes, Buddhist scriptures mention a lot, in addition to Vu Lan Bồn out, there are some other business as Nhuc Nhut, Dai Tap, Tu Thuy Nhi Chuong, A Ham, Tang Chi ... words very Memorable, lively, leaving the spiritual mark for the reader to realize the living direct human. Right in the fourth chapter of the Chapter has clearly expressed the viewpoint: "As worshipers worship evil spirits, not to worship the parents, parents are the ultimate god." The Dai Tap sutras say: " If there is no Buddha in life, then worship the parents as well as worship the Buddha." Parenting is a divine mission, beyond responsibility and duty. Foster parents by respecting the five things: "Parenting; fulfill the obligation of the children to the parents; family preservation and communication; protection of inherited property; funeral when his parents died " (Business Education ThoThi La Ca Vietnam). Dear parents, children must complete the five things: "must be born next; get up early to take care of the water for parents timely; do not worry parents; to thank parents; When parents have to worry about the disease in time . Although trying to be polite, but grateful parents extremely difficult to answer. In the Sutra I, the Buddha taught "There are two kinds of people, brethren, I can not repay. how is two? mother and father. If one side is carrying a mother, one shoulder carrying her father, do so for 100 years until the 100 years old. If they massage, bathe, and where they have urine, they have not done enough or paid enough for mother and father. " The above tastes seem to be high and not all children understand and do well. But according to what the Buddha taught, this kind of gratitude has not paid enough to the parents. Grateful parents such great, the obligation of children how to new round the pious?
Praying for Buddhism, if only support the body full body and all the reverence is not enough to thank parents. The child's tastes, in addition to general nursing must turn parents back to stay in the Dharma. The Buddha taught: "Those who give rewards by nourishing, offering parents with goods, food, money is never enough to repay the father. O bhikkhus, who to parents do not have faith, encourage, guide, stay in good men; For parents to greedy, encourage, guide to stay in the Bell; to the parents according to the wisdom, encouragement, guidance to stay in the mind. That is enough and enough to repay the mother and father, is true gratitude. Encouraging parents to return to the dharma to avoid falling away is the perfect method of filial piety "It is not good for parents to encourage their parents to do good deeds, to give up evil. If you can not convert parents to protect the three time protection, but parents are also known as unfilial. Parents are hungry, lustful, evil puppets, unreported ... the children must be very discouraged to call it " (Business Hieu Tu). When the parents are too old, the Buddha said: " Each year to the full moon day in July, right up the Tu Tu Tu, the ceremony of offerings to ten of the Sangha, vow for parents present life long blessings, Devil, born in heaven, the blessed person extremely " . Thus the obligation of the children to parents, in addition to offering material conditions is of course, but would be more meaningful if the children know the direction of the parents of the Three Jewels, know the Bell offering, giving up evil, doing good. On the other hand, because of the birth and nurture of the parents to the children as the sea as the sea, so it is not possible to take material wealth to compensate. Besides, all material goods in the world are temporary, impermanent, mutilated, not of permanent value, so if encouraging parents to have faith, do good, live righteously , which is the most meaningful gesture. Because if anyone can do so, their parents will increase the blessing, increase life, joy in the present life that the next life is also enjoying the good results.
Hunger not only report the merit to the parents but also the children are growing merit: "Offering parents even though a little bit of merit immeasurable ." Families have filial paternity as praised by the Buddha as blessing equal to the Brahma, deserve to be offered. The Sangha, the Buddha said: "The families in which the children worship the parents, these families are accepted equal to the Brahma, is acceptable to be offered." It is Sakkha (Sakyamuni) thanks to filial piety to parents who are blessed heaven, as the king of the Three Heavenly Heaven. This in the Sutra, the Buddha told Mahàli: "Maháli, when Sakka was a man, he abstained and practiced the seven prohibitions of proletariat: heeded his parents, respected patriarchs ... By holding these seven prohibitions, Sakkha was status of God ". The Hien Ngu, the Buddha said : "Merit virtue parents win over immeasurable, because of this merit on the gods, under the Holy King to the Buddha, the three realms of reverence are due to this virtue" .
If the children live up to his father generous merit blessing immeasurable as long as the gratitude is the biggest crime. Cause many karmic cause blindness of mind so more filial piety. The Buddha states: "The most evil is nothing more than filial piety." Parental killing is the most serious sin, falling into hell can not be cured. There are many wealthy children rich but parents stay in the hut, many people eat clothes full of overflowing but parents still dressed, tending each day to take care of livelihoods, even there are people I have the act of losing people as verbally abusive parents, beating parents and labeled the article published children kill parents ... It hurts instead! Parents work hard hardships to raise children, but the children can not support their parents, the parents. Whose fruit, It was when these unfortunate children were treated badly by their children. Even though they regret being late, the only way to hell is waiting for them in front.
To refer to the example of chastity, we must first mention Buddha Shakyamuni who fully expresses the spirit of filial piety. After the day of meditation, the memory of gratitude as birth of the sea of his mother, He has many times to teach the sermon to the mother heard. Queen Ma Gia along with the gods from the sky Da Ma down the sky to hear the Buddha to teach the Dharma and attained first fruits. To King Sri Soudhothana, he also displayed a very pious child while still in the royal palace. After the reincarnation, he returned many times to visit his father, while the sermon encouraged his father to take refuge in the Three Jewels. Through the teachings of the Buddha, Sanskrit king became a devout Buddhist. The most moving was the last night before the king died, He was in the palace throughout the night sermon for his father father to prove A Na Ham. And the Buddha himself personally carried the king to the place of cremation.
In the history of Vietnam, there are many typical examples such as King Ly Nhan Tong (1072-1127), the occasion of Trung Nguyen's blessing of worshiping for him. Buddhist meaning. History also records that King Tu Duc (1829-1882), that one day go shooting birds in Thuan Truc area, An Nong, meet the flood, the king's return slowly, the wrong troops to take the boat to pick up. Go to Thuong Bac, the king rushed to the bow, dressing up, to worship the model. Anger, sitting face down on the wall, Tu Duc himself lay down, stalking the cloud on his back to sin. Empress Dowager face to hand the rod and rebuke heavy words. That night, obeying the mother, the king stayed awake for the night. From then on the king no longer neglected the court.
When questioning filial piety In modern life, many people are surprised to see that it is still true? Is it too hard to pursue an old-fashioned kind of family? But luckily, there is still a sparkling example of filial piety emerging in this modern life. Nguyen Thanh, after a long time studying abroad, found a stable job in a multinational company. A western schoolboy, working for the West, but in Nguyen Thanh, mother love almost became a "religion." He worked up to 21 hours a night to rest, but every day spent time to pick up his mother to work. It's been like that for years. And when you know which stage has a new play, which cinema has a good movie, Thanh bought a ticket to the mother to see. One day I had finished eating with you, but my mom called for me to eat rice and said, "Yes, I'm hungry, will eat with my mother immediately ". Thanh said: "The reason I have such a routine is because I always want to compensate for my mother, because she has many emptiness when her father is far from home. regularly.
Another case in point is Mr. H. Long, 35 years old, living with his wife and children and the work of a construction engineer who does not have much time to look after his father. His long lost mother, he put love for his aging father by arranging his time to reach his father. The old man was in a wheelchair because he could not walk. And the people in Go Vap are familiar with the image he engineer often pushed the wheelchair for his father walking. "Let me see life, breathe the fresh air, get out of the cramped situation of the family and especially to the father of sad." His conception of filial piety is a normal thought, to him is not so great. Filial parenting is to take care of parents, love parents as parents themselves love and do not make parents sad.
Vietnamese customs still retain the traditional beauty of the East, the parents live together with their children, have all four families living in the same house, called the four lines of the same road. Western countries are different, preferring to live independently, and children to adulthood. Old parents are brought into the nursing home, although material is full but the affection is not very firm. Many elderly people are guaranteed under the reunion, over at a time have missed the hometown skin, not integrate into the human life. Especially the families who have penetrated modern life, each one is an oasis, the relationship between the members are not tight, from which the feelings for the elders are no longer sacred, The older the more the sad feeling of a living creature. In fact, the elderly have very little physical need, but the emotional needs are many. If we do not understand this well, then we can accidentally make people angry, so the afternoon is more gloomy.
For laypeople, if parents still have money is a great blessing, because parents are blessed earth. We try to make parents happy and happy in the rest of their lives in all three aspects of material, spiritual and spiritual. In terms of material, we care for parents according to their abilities, medication when the sick people are sick. In the spirit of our clever harmony, teach children to respect their grandparents. Because old people often feel lonely, or embarrassed, sometimes with somewhat conservative views, we should be sympathetic and always caring. Spiritual, we direct parents into the path of good, take refuge Three, keep the world. If parents were Buddhist, we create conditions for people to go to the temple to hear the French, close to the level of respect, Book your parents practice the practice. If parents do not understand the Dhamma, often create bad karma, we very patiently, cleverly advise parents to return to the right view. Beside that, the children themselves must do many good deeds, effort to practice meditation to convert the mind of parents. When the parents are sick, the Buddha taught the children to practice the male sex, generosity, liberation and chanting peace. When the parents died, the Buddha taught the children if they want to repay the parents, the fate of the week to give birth, release, chanting prayer for the parental soul is freed. After 49 days, the children continue to tell their parents. Each year to the full moon day of July, with Lan Bowl feast, children depending on circumstances, generosity, release, offerings Three Jewels to merit merit for parents,
In summary, Vu Lan sink is a very noble tentative festival of Buddhism in particular and is the festival of filial piety in general of all tastes in this world. Vu Lan has a great spiritual significance, helping children think of their parents' gratitude, inspiring them in a spirit worthy of respect and respect. The Buddha is deeply aware of the Buddha's words, the season of Vu Lan about the effort of diligent practice diligence to gratitude to parents. The respect of parents has become a living virtue of the Vietnamese people, as well as the Buddhist doctrine of living Buddhists when asserting that Buddhism is filial piety. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH GIAC NGO.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.25/8/2018.
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