Buddha and Shen Yun.
"Serving with relatives is a blessing" - Happy Feet.
The King wants to meet the Buddha.
Whether the Buddha was in Rajagaha and was spreading the Dharma, King Suddhodana was more anxious to meet his intellectual son. For nine consecutive times, the king ordered the nine envoys to summon the Buddha to Kapilavatthu (Kapilavatthu). Contrary to the king's expectation, when he meets the Buddha, all nine of the enlightened ones are delighted, stay in the dharma, renounce, and attain Arahantship. When they attained Arahatship, they were no longer eager for the world to think of the Buddha's return. The king was disappointed. Finally, he passed the order of my good friend, Kaludayi, who was a close friend of the Buddha as Prince Siddhattha, visiting the Buddha. Kaludayi worshiped but requested that he be allowed to follow the Buddha.
As the previous envoys, Kaludayi was also honored to hear the Buddha preach the Dhamma, attain Arahatship and ask for his ordination. But unlike the other, he did not forget his mission. He urged the Buddha to visit his father, now old. Then, in the dry season, the Buddha was able to go there easily. The Buddha returned to his hometown with many disciples. On the long journey from Rajagaha to Kapilavatthu, he divided the shorter sections, both at the same time as lecturing the Fa, and arrived two months later.
Everything was prepared for the Buddha to dwell in the house of Prince Nigrodha, the Sakya. When the Buddha arrived, the Thicha seniors thought that "the other monk is not our grandchild, should the young people welcome the Taoist, we will be behind , and sit still, not worship Buddha. In order to overcome the pride and sensuality of the royal elders, the Buddha flew in the middle of the sky and used miracles, permitting Yamaka Patihariya, "the god of power", to make water and fire at the same time born of pores [2].
Seeing the majestic power of the Buddha, King Suddhodana came to pay homage to him and said that this was the third blessing. [3]
All other princes followed the king's example, bowing respectfully. Buddha.
When everyone finished, he flew down and sat in a high chair that had been prepared. All the royal princes are humble, sitting around, quietly listening to the Buddha.
At that moment, a sudden rain fell, causing a heated discussion among the princes about the strange phenomenon.
Then, the Buddha preached the Vessantara Jataka [4], teaching that the same thing happened in a previous life, when he preached the Fa before the audience of relatives. All are delighted.
But when parting out, no one knows the duty is to provide the Buddha and the disciples on the increase. King Suddhodana himself did not know, because he thought, "If the Crown Prince does not go to the palace, then where to go?" He returned to the palace to worship and wait for the Buddha.
The Buddha went to meet and judge King Suddhodana.
Because there is no separate request, the Buddha prepared to lead the delegation to peace. Before going, the Buddha ponders as follows: "Upon returning home, the Buddhas in the past have gone right into their homes by means of real estate or also from house to house. After realizing that they were going to be peaceful and not going home, the Buddha followed, leading the monks to follow the streets in the Kapilavatthu (alms-giving) city.
When he heard the Princess Yasodhara recount the fleeting, impatient action of the Buddha, the King became very disturbed, went out to look for him, and after paying homage, said:
"Hey, Prince, how are you doing to hurt the royal family?" He was humiliated when he saw me go begging in the very city that I used to go with yellow palms. humiliated father? "
To the surprise of his father, the Buddha replied,
"The Great King, the Tathagata, has never humiliated the Great King! The Tathagata is acting according to the tradition of the Tathagata generation."
- But this Prince Tzu! Is not the tradition in the royal line to live by begging? Our family is the lineage of the heroic hero Mahasammata, not just ordinary people must humiliated begging to feed the network.
- The Great King, it is not the royal tradition of alms-giving. But this is the tradition of the Buddhas. Thousands of Buddhas in the past still go alms.
Then, standing alone in the street, the Buddha advised his father as follows:
"- Not easily leave, always keep mindfulness (when meditating, standing in front of people). happy and happy in this world and in future lives. [5] "
Listen to this King Sri Soudhothana realized the Truth, the Noble Qur'an. He came near the procession of the Buddha and he and his disciples returned to the royal palace. After the completion, the Buddha said as follows:
"Do not be so liberal." The solemn man who keeps the righteousness will live happily, in this world and in the coming time. [6] "The
king heard, Da Sak (Sakadagami, Nhut Lai), the second floor in the four holy floors and Mrs. Pajapati Gotami.
Later, it was reported that when the prince was ascetic in the forest, rumors came to the king that because he could not tolerate a strict life, he had died. . The Buddha preached to him the Dhammapala Jataka [7], which reported that in a previous life, the king refused to believe that his son died, when someone said so. At that time, only the bones of the son, but he did not believe. This time, when listening to the end of the French, he achieved Anakami (Anagami, Thây), the third layer.
In the dying moment, he heard the Buddha say the last time and attained Arahantship before closing his eyes. After the blessing of seven days, King Suddhodana (Sri Sanskrit) died. At that time the Buddha was about forty years old.
Buddha and Princess Yasodhara (Yasodhara)
The Yasodhara, commonly known as Rahulamata, or Bimba, or Bhaddakaccana, is the son of King Suppabuddha, the ruler of Koliya, and Queen Pamita, sister of King Suddhodana. Lord Yasodhara is the same age as Prince Siddhattha. When she was sixteen, Prince Siddhattha was chosen by the king Suppabuddha to be a prodigy after a show of martial arts. At that time the life of the princess was plentiful rich and happy happy. At the age of twenty-nine, on the day of her death, the only son named Rahula, the despised prince, and her brilliant husband, decided from Leaving the world to find a way out of all suffering of life. Without a farewell young beautiful and noble wife, Crown Prince left the palace in the dark, leaving her full responsibility for caring and educating the child. In the morning, when she was waiting for the Prince to welcome as usual, he was believed to have left. Melancholy of her grandmother does not tell. She lost the most precious treasure in her life. The gold jewelery at that time for her was just a dark dungeon. Her only solace is the newborn prince.
At that time many nobles of Kshatriya descent came to ask, but she refused all and always loyal to her beloved husband. When listening to her husband living the life of the monk, she took off all the precious gold rings and covered the gold. During the six years of the school, when Gotama tried to fight to attain enlightenment, Yasodhara always followed all actions and lived the same way.
When the Buddha returned to his hometown of Kapilavatthu and when King Suddhodana invited the monks to the palace, all the people bowed, but Princess Yasodhara did not. She thought: "If I still have a pure virtue, then the Blessed One will come here, and I will bow down to him."
After completing the task, the Buddha handed the bowl to the King, led two followers, stepped into the princess room, sat on the place prepared for him and taught: "Let the princess arbitrarily prostrate I like Lai. Do not say anything. "
Upon hearing the Buddha, the princess commanded all the women in yellow dress. When the Buddha entered the room and sat quietly, the princess came lightly, tied her knees, knelt down on his feet and bowed to her, and reverently sat down. At that time, King Suddhodana opened his praises for virtue and praised her pure faith as follows:
"The Blessed One, when the princess heard that he was emblazoned with gold, she also clothed him with gold, and when he was told of the truth only once a day, she did so; It was low, and when she was told not to use the corolla and the perfume, she also gave up on them, and when the prince of the nobles trusted the matchmaker, she did not even look at anyone. full of happiness. "
- "Not only in the last life of the Tathagata, but in the past, she has protected, attracted and loyal to the Tathagata."
The Buddha accompanied King Sri Soudhothana and, to comfort her before he left the palace, told the story of Candakinnara Jataka, recalling the relationship between him and the princess in past lives.
Later, when King Suddhodana died, the Queen Pajapati Gotami ordained Bhikkhuni, Princess Yasodhara also left home and attained Arahantship.
Among the women, Yasodhara was the head of those who attained Mahayana (Maha Abhinna) [10] and died at the age of seventy-eight.
Her name is not mentioned in the Therigatha but her remarkable verses are written in the Apadana. [11]
The Buddha and Rahula (Rahula)
Rahula is the only child of Prince Siddhattha and Princess Yasodhara. He was born on the day that Prince Siddhattha decided to escape the secular. Greetings the princess descended male royal while the Crown Prince is meditating meditation in the palace. Contrary to the usual rule when people have their first child, the Prince is not too happy. He exclaimed: "Rahu jato, bandhanam jatam!", "One Rahu was born, one more bound!" So the king named his grandson Rahula.
Rahula grew up in no fatherhood, nurtured by his mother and grandfather. When the Buddha returned to Kapilavatthu for the first time, Rahula was seven. On the seventh day after the Buddha left home, Princess Yasodhara was dressed in fine clothes for the Buddha and told the Buddha,
"Look, my dear, look at this, the golden-haired man, who looks like a Brahmin among the twelve monks!" He was my father and he was a great priceless treasure. We have not met yet. Come and ask him to give you my share of the inheritance. "I said," Father, I am a prince. After the throne, you will be a king who ruled the kingdom. I am now in need of a fortune. Respectfully ask the father handed the child, because the property of the father that is yours. "
The boy innocently Rahula (Rahula) do what she taught, approached the Buddha and, with the utmost love, white:
" It's your shadow that makes you very cool and happy. "
When the ceremony finished, the Buddha left the palace. Rahula followed him and said: "Please give me your inheritance." And talk about more, but no one stops. The Buddha did not bother to follow. When he arrived at his residence, the Buddha thought:
"He wants his father's inheritance, but the property in the world is truly afflictive. Lai would have picked up under the bodhi tree, and it would help him become the owner of a supernatural fortune. "
The Buddha calls Sariputta, teaches the ordination ceremony for Rahula (Rahula).
At the age of seven, Rahula was ordained.
Upon hearing the grandson of his dear family, Suddhodana king extremely melancholy. He came to see the Buddha and humbly asked the Buddha from later on did not give the ordained ceremony to anyone without parental permission. "When the Blessed One departed from the world, I was deeply in pain." Then came Nanda, and now there is Rahula. Cut the veins, cut the ribs, cut the whole bone, the whole marrow. Please, the Buddha accepted this petition, will not issue a family ordination for a child that is not allowed by parents. [13]
The Buddha readily accepted the petition and promulgated it into law.
It is hard to imagine a boy who can live a noble life according to the monkhood. But Rahula Rahula, who is both intelligent and especially obedient and respectful of the rules, is very diligent in his study. The book records that, each morning Sa early in the morning, out to grab a handful of sand, roll out and vow: "Hope that today we learn as much as this sand!"
One of the earliest sermons that Rahula listened to was Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta, emphasizing the importance of truthfulness.
One day, seeing the Buddha from afar, the Rahula nourished the seat and made water available for the Buddha to wash his feet. After washing, the Buddha left some water in the bowl and asked:
"Rahula, do you see a bit of water in the bowl?"
- Bach Duc The Sun, children see.
In the same way, Rahula, samurai does not mean anything if he lied without shame.
Then the Buddha slapped the water out of the bowl and taught:
"Life is like walleye, if you lie, but do not know as shame."
Then the Buddha turned the brass bowl and taught:
"Samaritan life is turned upside down, if you lie and do not know how to shame."
Finally, the Buddha turned up and straightened the brass and taught:
"Life is empty and tasteless, if you lie, but do not know how to shame."
"For a liar who does not know shame, the Tathagata says, there is no evil sin that he can not do." Therefore, Rahula, I must try to set my mind: Play, I do not lie. "
Embracing the importance of true fruition in easy-to-understand examples, the Buddha explained to the Raja Sara the Rahula the value of basic reasoning and virtue, with the common image that children can also comprehend. :
"- Rahula, the mirror to do?"
"- White Lord, to reflect the image."
"In the same way, Rahula, before you act, must investigate, meditate on the wall, before speaking out, pondering, thinking before you think and analyze the wall.
"Whatever I want to do (by body), I must meditate: 'Now this is what I want to do with my body, which is harmful to me, or harmful to others, or harmful to us and to others'. then this action is immoral, this action brings sorrow and suffering. such action, you have to avoid, not to do.
"If on the other hand, when failure "Now it is this action that I want to perform with my body that will not harm me, no harm to anyone, nor harm to me and to others." that is good deed, which brings joy and happiness. Act like that, I have to do it. "
And the Buddha taught that the Rahula should use reasoning in the time, and after, doing something.
"While doing what is right, I have to meditate: 'Now is this activity that we are doing in our body, harming us or harming others, or harming us and others? are not?'
"If at the time of inference, I would say, 'Now this action, which I am doing with my body, is harmful to myself, harmful to others, or harmful to me and to others.' Thus, it is unwholesome action, which will bring affliction and suffering. You must stop immediately, do not continue to act again.
"If, in my deduction, I say, 'Now this action that we are doing in the body, not harming ourselves, harming others, is not harmful to us and to others. ' It is a good deed that brings joy and happiness.
"If, in your deduction, you say, 'Now, this action that I have done is unwholesome.' You have to repent, have to say to the priest or the good intellectual, or to the members of the Church, have repent, I must leave in the future, should not repeat.
The counsel of good deed, akusala, speech and mind are the same.
The Buddha explained that in order to keep the mind pure, the key is always to reason, and He finished the Dharma as follows:
"So you have to try to practice, always meditate on the wall. Keep clear of all actions by body, speech, mind. "
In the Samyutta Nikaya, there is a special chapter that chronicles the Buddha's teachings of the Rahula on the impermanence of all phenomena.
Since Rahula was ordained at an early age, the Buddha advised and guided him on the right path.
The Sutta Nipata notes that the Buddha often repeats the following verse of Sa-di Rahula: "Forsake the pleasures of the five faculties - both sweet and seductive, with firm faith, abandon the family to an end all suffering. Let's find a place in a remote, secluded, quiet and peaceful. Let contentment in the realism. No attachment Health, bowls, items needed equipment and accommodation. Do not come back in this world. Be strict precepts and restrained senses. Be careful watch sensuality and make the world boring.
Keep away from the flashy appearance of things. Keep your mind pure and calm. Let's develop what does not nourish the outer surface. Get rid of the hidden mind in the mind. When you kill such conceit, you will go through life in absolute serenity. "
By the age of eighteen, on the occasion of an attachment thought related to his beautiful body, Rahula Rahula (Rahula) was heard a profound Dharma of spiritual development. One day, he followed the Buddha. The magnificent majesty of the two monks see the lake as a statue of a statue with a statue of nobility, as the king's swords led the wading children on the lake in the palace, as the majestic tiger and lobster baby Both of them have beautiful bodies, both of the lineage and king, both from the throne go out. While admiring the face of the Blessed One, Rahula (Rahula) thought, "I am as beautiful as the Buddha, my father. The body of the Buddha is so beautiful and so is my body. [16] "
The Buddha immediately read that unwholesome thought. Going away, he stopped, returned to teach as follows:
"Whether beautiful or ugly figure, or how any, should also be observed this way: This is not mine (N'etam mama) This is not me (N'eso'ham 'asami), this is not my soul (Na me so atta) [17] "
Rahula teacher respectfully to the Buddha should we just watch body like that does not. The Buddha taught that we must see all five khandha [18] like that.
After listening to the teachings of the Blessed One, Rahula asked for permission not to follow the village as usual. He stopped under the tree, crossed his legs in the direction of lotus, straight and focused on meditation.
Sariputta, the tutor of Shah Rahula, did not know that the disciple was meditating on a subject that the Buddha had taught, seeing Rahula sitting in the lotus position at the head. The tree is advised to focus on the concept of breathing (Anapana Sati).
Rahula was confused because the Buddha taught a topic and the teacher taught another meditation subject.
The teacher immediately followed the teacher, the breath and then later, to the white with the Buddha would be explained on this point. The Buddha explained the instructions he had given on the topic of the aggregate and other aggregates, and he briefly mentions a few other meditation subjects with the effect of each of them, such as temporal control of the akusala citta etc. Finally he explained the concept of breath-in, breath-out (Anapana Sati).
Following the teachings of the Buddha, Saadi Rahula carefully meditated and soon learned of the Cula Rahulovada Sutta, attaining Arahantship.
Fourteen years after the Enlightenment Buddha, Saadi Rahula ordained, ordained monk. He passed away in front of Lord Buddha and Lord Buddha. Ven. Rahula is well known for his respect for discipline. The following verse in Theragatha is said to be his:
"We are fortunate to receive two blessings and to be called Friends of the Blessed Lama, both of us. of the Buddha and the one who has enlightened the Truth.
(Ta) no longer return (on earth)
Arhat, we deserve to receive the worship of human beings .
lust for blindness.
The aspirations of the physical body cover the beings as a netting.
Beings are covered in craving, no other fish in the nest.
But now I have turned my back, no longer hear the call of the ceiling.
Cut off and break all the fetters, Get
rid of craving, rooted.
Now we are cool, peaceful, peaceful.
How many fire has been extinguished. "[20].END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/9/2018.
Whether the Buddha was in Rajagaha and was spreading the Dharma, King Suddhodana was more anxious to meet his intellectual son. For nine consecutive times, the king ordered the nine envoys to summon the Buddha to Kapilavatthu (Kapilavatthu). Contrary to the king's expectation, when he meets the Buddha, all nine of the enlightened ones are delighted, stay in the dharma, renounce, and attain Arahantship. When they attained Arahatship, they were no longer eager for the world to think of the Buddha's return. The king was disappointed. Finally, he passed the order of my good friend, Kaludayi, who was a close friend of the Buddha as Prince Siddhattha, visiting the Buddha. Kaludayi worshiped but requested that he be allowed to follow the Buddha.
As the previous envoys, Kaludayi was also honored to hear the Buddha preach the Dhamma, attain Arahatship and ask for his ordination. But unlike the other, he did not forget his mission. He urged the Buddha to visit his father, now old. Then, in the dry season, the Buddha was able to go there easily. The Buddha returned to his hometown with many disciples. On the long journey from Rajagaha to Kapilavatthu, he divided the shorter sections, both at the same time as lecturing the Fa, and arrived two months later.
Everything was prepared for the Buddha to dwell in the house of Prince Nigrodha, the Sakya. When the Buddha arrived, the Thicha seniors thought that "the other monk is not our grandchild, should the young people welcome the Taoist, we will be behind , and sit still, not worship Buddha. In order to overcome the pride and sensuality of the royal elders, the Buddha flew in the middle of the sky and used miracles, permitting Yamaka Patihariya, "the god of power", to make water and fire at the same time born of pores [2].
Seeing the majestic power of the Buddha, King Suddhodana came to pay homage to him and said that this was the third blessing. [3]
All other princes followed the king's example, bowing respectfully. Buddha.
When everyone finished, he flew down and sat in a high chair that had been prepared. All the royal princes are humble, sitting around, quietly listening to the Buddha.
At that moment, a sudden rain fell, causing a heated discussion among the princes about the strange phenomenon.
Then, the Buddha preached the Vessantara Jataka [4], teaching that the same thing happened in a previous life, when he preached the Fa before the audience of relatives. All are delighted.
But when parting out, no one knows the duty is to provide the Buddha and the disciples on the increase. King Suddhodana himself did not know, because he thought, "If the Crown Prince does not go to the palace, then where to go?" He returned to the palace to worship and wait for the Buddha.
The Buddha went to meet and judge King Suddhodana.
Because there is no separate request, the Buddha prepared to lead the delegation to peace. Before going, the Buddha ponders as follows: "Upon returning home, the Buddhas in the past have gone right into their homes by means of real estate or also from house to house. After realizing that they were going to be peaceful and not going home, the Buddha followed, leading the monks to follow the streets in the Kapilavatthu (alms-giving) city.
When he heard the Princess Yasodhara recount the fleeting, impatient action of the Buddha, the King became very disturbed, went out to look for him, and after paying homage, said:
"Hey, Prince, how are you doing to hurt the royal family?" He was humiliated when he saw me go begging in the very city that I used to go with yellow palms. humiliated father? "
To the surprise of his father, the Buddha replied,
"The Great King, the Tathagata, has never humiliated the Great King! The Tathagata is acting according to the tradition of the Tathagata generation."
- But this Prince Tzu! Is not the tradition in the royal line to live by begging? Our family is the lineage of the heroic hero Mahasammata, not just ordinary people must humiliated begging to feed the network.
- The Great King, it is not the royal tradition of alms-giving. But this is the tradition of the Buddhas. Thousands of Buddhas in the past still go alms.
Then, standing alone in the street, the Buddha advised his father as follows:
"- Not easily leave, always keep mindfulness (when meditating, standing in front of people). happy and happy in this world and in future lives. [5] "
Listen to this King Sri Soudhothana realized the Truth, the Noble Qur'an. He came near the procession of the Buddha and he and his disciples returned to the royal palace. After the completion, the Buddha said as follows:
"Do not be so liberal." The solemn man who keeps the righteousness will live happily, in this world and in the coming time. [6] "The
king heard, Da Sak (Sakadagami, Nhut Lai), the second floor in the four holy floors and Mrs. Pajapati Gotami.
Later, it was reported that when the prince was ascetic in the forest, rumors came to the king that because he could not tolerate a strict life, he had died. . The Buddha preached to him the Dhammapala Jataka [7], which reported that in a previous life, the king refused to believe that his son died, when someone said so. At that time, only the bones of the son, but he did not believe. This time, when listening to the end of the French, he achieved Anakami (Anagami, Thây), the third layer.
In the dying moment, he heard the Buddha say the last time and attained Arahantship before closing his eyes. After the blessing of seven days, King Suddhodana (Sri Sanskrit) died. At that time the Buddha was about forty years old.
Buddha and Princess Yasodhara (Yasodhara)
The Yasodhara, commonly known as Rahulamata, or Bimba, or Bhaddakaccana, is the son of King Suppabuddha, the ruler of Koliya, and Queen Pamita, sister of King Suddhodana. Lord Yasodhara is the same age as Prince Siddhattha. When she was sixteen, Prince Siddhattha was chosen by the king Suppabuddha to be a prodigy after a show of martial arts. At that time the life of the princess was plentiful rich and happy happy. At the age of twenty-nine, on the day of her death, the only son named Rahula, the despised prince, and her brilliant husband, decided from Leaving the world to find a way out of all suffering of life. Without a farewell young beautiful and noble wife, Crown Prince left the palace in the dark, leaving her full responsibility for caring and educating the child. In the morning, when she was waiting for the Prince to welcome as usual, he was believed to have left. Melancholy of her grandmother does not tell. She lost the most precious treasure in her life. The gold jewelery at that time for her was just a dark dungeon. Her only solace is the newborn prince.
At that time many nobles of Kshatriya descent came to ask, but she refused all and always loyal to her beloved husband. When listening to her husband living the life of the monk, she took off all the precious gold rings and covered the gold. During the six years of the school, when Gotama tried to fight to attain enlightenment, Yasodhara always followed all actions and lived the same way.
When the Buddha returned to his hometown of Kapilavatthu and when King Suddhodana invited the monks to the palace, all the people bowed, but Princess Yasodhara did not. She thought: "If I still have a pure virtue, then the Blessed One will come here, and I will bow down to him."
After completing the task, the Buddha handed the bowl to the King, led two followers, stepped into the princess room, sat on the place prepared for him and taught: "Let the princess arbitrarily prostrate I like Lai. Do not say anything. "
Upon hearing the Buddha, the princess commanded all the women in yellow dress. When the Buddha entered the room and sat quietly, the princess came lightly, tied her knees, knelt down on his feet and bowed to her, and reverently sat down. At that time, King Suddhodana opened his praises for virtue and praised her pure faith as follows:
"The Blessed One, when the princess heard that he was emblazoned with gold, she also clothed him with gold, and when he was told of the truth only once a day, she did so; It was low, and when she was told not to use the corolla and the perfume, she also gave up on them, and when the prince of the nobles trusted the matchmaker, she did not even look at anyone. full of happiness. "
- "Not only in the last life of the Tathagata, but in the past, she has protected, attracted and loyal to the Tathagata."
The Buddha accompanied King Sri Soudhothana and, to comfort her before he left the palace, told the story of Candakinnara Jataka, recalling the relationship between him and the princess in past lives.
Later, when King Suddhodana died, the Queen Pajapati Gotami ordained Bhikkhuni, Princess Yasodhara also left home and attained Arahantship.
Among the women, Yasodhara was the head of those who attained Mahayana (Maha Abhinna) [10] and died at the age of seventy-eight.
Her name is not mentioned in the Therigatha but her remarkable verses are written in the Apadana. [11]
The Buddha and Rahula (Rahula)
Rahula is the only child of Prince Siddhattha and Princess Yasodhara. He was born on the day that Prince Siddhattha decided to escape the secular. Greetings the princess descended male royal while the Crown Prince is meditating meditation in the palace. Contrary to the usual rule when people have their first child, the Prince is not too happy. He exclaimed: "Rahu jato, bandhanam jatam!", "One Rahu was born, one more bound!" So the king named his grandson Rahula.
Rahula grew up in no fatherhood, nurtured by his mother and grandfather. When the Buddha returned to Kapilavatthu for the first time, Rahula was seven. On the seventh day after the Buddha left home, Princess Yasodhara was dressed in fine clothes for the Buddha and told the Buddha,
"Look, my dear, look at this, the golden-haired man, who looks like a Brahmin among the twelve monks!" He was my father and he was a great priceless treasure. We have not met yet. Come and ask him to give you my share of the inheritance. "I said," Father, I am a prince. After the throne, you will be a king who ruled the kingdom. I am now in need of a fortune. Respectfully ask the father handed the child, because the property of the father that is yours. "
The boy innocently Rahula (Rahula) do what she taught, approached the Buddha and, with the utmost love, white:
" It's your shadow that makes you very cool and happy. "
When the ceremony finished, the Buddha left the palace. Rahula followed him and said: "Please give me your inheritance." And talk about more, but no one stops. The Buddha did not bother to follow. When he arrived at his residence, the Buddha thought:
"He wants his father's inheritance, but the property in the world is truly afflictive. Lai would have picked up under the bodhi tree, and it would help him become the owner of a supernatural fortune. "
The Buddha calls Sariputta, teaches the ordination ceremony for Rahula (Rahula).
At the age of seven, Rahula was ordained.
Upon hearing the grandson of his dear family, Suddhodana king extremely melancholy. He came to see the Buddha and humbly asked the Buddha from later on did not give the ordained ceremony to anyone without parental permission. "When the Blessed One departed from the world, I was deeply in pain." Then came Nanda, and now there is Rahula. Cut the veins, cut the ribs, cut the whole bone, the whole marrow. Please, the Buddha accepted this petition, will not issue a family ordination for a child that is not allowed by parents. [13]
The Buddha readily accepted the petition and promulgated it into law.
It is hard to imagine a boy who can live a noble life according to the monkhood. But Rahula Rahula, who is both intelligent and especially obedient and respectful of the rules, is very diligent in his study. The book records that, each morning Sa early in the morning, out to grab a handful of sand, roll out and vow: "Hope that today we learn as much as this sand!"
One of the earliest sermons that Rahula listened to was Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta, emphasizing the importance of truthfulness.
One day, seeing the Buddha from afar, the Rahula nourished the seat and made water available for the Buddha to wash his feet. After washing, the Buddha left some water in the bowl and asked:
"Rahula, do you see a bit of water in the bowl?"
- Bach Duc The Sun, children see.
In the same way, Rahula, samurai does not mean anything if he lied without shame.
Then the Buddha slapped the water out of the bowl and taught:
"Life is like walleye, if you lie, but do not know as shame."
Then the Buddha turned the brass bowl and taught:
"Samaritan life is turned upside down, if you lie and do not know how to shame."
Finally, the Buddha turned up and straightened the brass and taught:
"Life is empty and tasteless, if you lie, but do not know how to shame."
"For a liar who does not know shame, the Tathagata says, there is no evil sin that he can not do." Therefore, Rahula, I must try to set my mind: Play, I do not lie. "
Embracing the importance of true fruition in easy-to-understand examples, the Buddha explained to the Raja Sara the Rahula the value of basic reasoning and virtue, with the common image that children can also comprehend. :
"- Rahula, the mirror to do?"
"- White Lord, to reflect the image."
"In the same way, Rahula, before you act, must investigate, meditate on the wall, before speaking out, pondering, thinking before you think and analyze the wall.
"Whatever I want to do (by body), I must meditate: 'Now this is what I want to do with my body, which is harmful to me, or harmful to others, or harmful to us and to others'. then this action is immoral, this action brings sorrow and suffering. such action, you have to avoid, not to do.
"If on the other hand, when failure "Now it is this action that I want to perform with my body that will not harm me, no harm to anyone, nor harm to me and to others." that is good deed, which brings joy and happiness. Act like that, I have to do it. "
And the Buddha taught that the Rahula should use reasoning in the time, and after, doing something.
"While doing what is right, I have to meditate: 'Now is this activity that we are doing in our body, harming us or harming others, or harming us and others? are not?'
"If at the time of inference, I would say, 'Now this action, which I am doing with my body, is harmful to myself, harmful to others, or harmful to me and to others.' Thus, it is unwholesome action, which will bring affliction and suffering. You must stop immediately, do not continue to act again.
"If, in my deduction, I say, 'Now this action that we are doing in the body, not harming ourselves, harming others, is not harmful to us and to others. ' It is a good deed that brings joy and happiness.
"If, in your deduction, you say, 'Now, this action that I have done is unwholesome.' You have to repent, have to say to the priest or the good intellectual, or to the members of the Church, have repent, I must leave in the future, should not repeat.
The counsel of good deed, akusala, speech and mind are the same.
The Buddha explained that in order to keep the mind pure, the key is always to reason, and He finished the Dharma as follows:
"So you have to try to practice, always meditate on the wall. Keep clear of all actions by body, speech, mind. "
In the Samyutta Nikaya, there is a special chapter that chronicles the Buddha's teachings of the Rahula on the impermanence of all phenomena.
Since Rahula was ordained at an early age, the Buddha advised and guided him on the right path.
The Sutta Nipata notes that the Buddha often repeats the following verse of Sa-di Rahula: "Forsake the pleasures of the five faculties - both sweet and seductive, with firm faith, abandon the family to an end all suffering. Let's find a place in a remote, secluded, quiet and peaceful. Let contentment in the realism. No attachment Health, bowls, items needed equipment and accommodation. Do not come back in this world. Be strict precepts and restrained senses. Be careful watch sensuality and make the world boring.
Keep away from the flashy appearance of things. Keep your mind pure and calm. Let's develop what does not nourish the outer surface. Get rid of the hidden mind in the mind. When you kill such conceit, you will go through life in absolute serenity. "
By the age of eighteen, on the occasion of an attachment thought related to his beautiful body, Rahula Rahula (Rahula) was heard a profound Dharma of spiritual development. One day, he followed the Buddha. The magnificent majesty of the two monks see the lake as a statue of a statue with a statue of nobility, as the king's swords led the wading children on the lake in the palace, as the majestic tiger and lobster baby Both of them have beautiful bodies, both of the lineage and king, both from the throne go out. While admiring the face of the Blessed One, Rahula (Rahula) thought, "I am as beautiful as the Buddha, my father. The body of the Buddha is so beautiful and so is my body. [16] "
The Buddha immediately read that unwholesome thought. Going away, he stopped, returned to teach as follows:
"Whether beautiful or ugly figure, or how any, should also be observed this way: This is not mine (N'etam mama) This is not me (N'eso'ham 'asami), this is not my soul (Na me so atta) [17] "
Rahula teacher respectfully to the Buddha should we just watch body like that does not. The Buddha taught that we must see all five khandha [18] like that.
After listening to the teachings of the Blessed One, Rahula asked for permission not to follow the village as usual. He stopped under the tree, crossed his legs in the direction of lotus, straight and focused on meditation.
Sariputta, the tutor of Shah Rahula, did not know that the disciple was meditating on a subject that the Buddha had taught, seeing Rahula sitting in the lotus position at the head. The tree is advised to focus on the concept of breathing (Anapana Sati).
Rahula was confused because the Buddha taught a topic and the teacher taught another meditation subject.
The teacher immediately followed the teacher, the breath and then later, to the white with the Buddha would be explained on this point. The Buddha explained the instructions he had given on the topic of the aggregate and other aggregates, and he briefly mentions a few other meditation subjects with the effect of each of them, such as temporal control of the akusala citta etc. Finally he explained the concept of breath-in, breath-out (Anapana Sati).
Following the teachings of the Buddha, Saadi Rahula carefully meditated and soon learned of the Cula Rahulovada Sutta, attaining Arahantship.
Fourteen years after the Enlightenment Buddha, Saadi Rahula ordained, ordained monk. He passed away in front of Lord Buddha and Lord Buddha. Ven. Rahula is well known for his respect for discipline. The following verse in Theragatha is said to be his:
"We are fortunate to receive two blessings and to be called Friends of the Blessed Lama, both of us. of the Buddha and the one who has enlightened the Truth.
(Ta) no longer return (on earth)
Arhat, we deserve to receive the worship of human beings .
lust for blindness.
The aspirations of the physical body cover the beings as a netting.
Beings are covered in craving, no other fish in the nest.
But now I have turned my back, no longer hear the call of the ceiling.
Cut off and break all the fetters, Get
rid of craving, rooted.
Now we are cool, peaceful, peaceful.
How many fire has been extinguished. "[20].END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/9/2018.
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