CHAPTER I (c)
45 Lower (vassa) of Gotama Buddha
According to the ordinances, the Buddhas are not in a place for a long time, only when they reach the season of immersion, then the Buddhas are in place for three months in the tradition of the Buddhas.
Since Gotama Buddha appeared in the world until the death of Nirvana, He only had 45 vassa. [1] never mind. As a rule, the Buddha often travels everywhere, lecturing the blessed for beings with good fortune should be blessed, in a short time or as long as grace. But in the dry season, the Buddha and Bhikkhu Buddhist monks in a certain place for three months in the rainy season. At the end of time, the Buddha and the monks traveled to other places to preach the dharma of sentient beings.
Followed by the 45 sequences of the Buddha
Summarize each of the Buddha's special points
1. Lower the first: After all theory of Zhuan Falun (Dhammacakkappavattanasutta) for the first time as the full moon day in June to international group of five bhikkhus Him Kondanna realization of the truth Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold attained Enterers - Enter the Fruition, became the first class Entered into the teachings of Gotama Buddha . Lord Koṇḍanna asked the Buddha for bhikkhus. At that time Buddha Buddha, French Bao, German monk, Triple Jewels for the first time appear on the world.
June 16, the beginning of the rainy season. The Buddha and the group of five Bhikkhus settled down first in the garden of the deer called Isipatana near the capital Bārāṇasi for three months, until September 16 completely new.
On the first day of immersion, June 16th, Vappa Vappa realized the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Truth - Enter the Consciousness, become the Sangha, and ask the Buddha to allow bhikkhu
On June 17, the day of His Holiness Bhaddiya , attained the status of the Most Holy, then asked the Buddha to allow the Bhikkhus.
On June 18th, is the day of the Mahānāma Mahāmāma , attained to the highest level of consciousness, and then asked the Buddha for bhikkhus.
June 19 is the day of Venerable Assaji , attaining the status of the Most Holy One, then ask the Buddha to allow the Bhikkhus.
On June 20, the Buddha preached the Anattalakkhaṇsutta , a group of five bhikkhus, all attained from the Most Noble Truths, the Most Noble Truths, the Noble Truths, Arahán the Holy Way - Arahán the Fruit, becomes the arahant.
These are the first five Arahants to appear in the world, in the early days of this summer. After that, the Buddha gave a sermon to the disciples of Thanh Van, and another 55 had attained the status of arahant.
After the completion, the Buddha and the 60 holy Arahants, each one in a direction to lecture dharma beings have blessed grace.
Second: The Buddha and 20,000 monks Bhikkhu Sangha settled down at the Veluvana temple near Rājagaha .
After the fullness of the Buddha, Bhikkhunī Sangha traveled everywhere to preach the dharma.
3-4 Lower third and fourth: Buddha travels everywhere to teach sutras that sentient beings should bless. In the rainy season, the Buddha returned to the third and fourth retreats with the Bhikkhu Sangha at the Veluvana Temple near Rājagaha .
Lower Thursday: Buddha with the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha settled down in Kuṭāgāra lecture hall, in the big forest near Vesāla. At that time, the Mahāpajāpatigotamī and 500 Sakya women shaved their heads in the same way as monks , leaving the capital Kapilavatthu to Vesali , crying in front of the Kuṭāgāra preaching hall because of the pious body of the Buddha. The monk became a monk in his teachings.
Venerable Ānanda met the Mahāpajāpatigotamī to understand her wish, so she went to the Blessed One to allow the woman to become a monk.
The Buddha said: " If the Mahāpajāpatigotamī approved eight factors (garudhamma), then it is the ordination to become a monk of her.
Venerable Ānanda came back and told her eight things; She was very happy to accept these 8 dharmas and strictly practice fully for the rest of her life. It is the monk's becoming monk of the Mahāpajāpatigotamī , and the 500 Sakya women have become monks in niyatatthakammavācā . Thus, the Bhikkhuni Sangha appears in the teachings of Gotama Buddha beginning from the fifth lower of the Buddha.
Sixth Lower: The Buddha and the Bhikkhu Sangha settled down in Makula Mountain in Magadha . As a matter of fact, his wealthy Ragagaha has a precious redwood tree , he lends a bowl and hangs it on a tall tree and announces:
- In this life, if any one is a holy Arahán, the god, then he will fly up this bowl of bass, I will arise faith in him .
Six groups of pagans who claim to be Arahans have many divine powers, all of whom come to him to offer the bowl, but he says,
- If he is the god Arahán, ask him to fly up to the bottom bowl down here .
Last 6 days no one flew up to get the bowl is. The people of Rājagaha thought that in this life there was no arahant.
On the seventh day, the Mahāmoggallāna Mahāmoggallāna and the Venerable Piṇḍobháradvāja go into alms round in the Rājagaha Sūtra, when he hears this, Mahāgoggallāna Venerable Piṇḍobhāradvāja goes up to take the bowl to bring faith. for everyone.
Venerable Piṇḍobhāradvāja , who was able to fly up to the bowl, floated three times around the Rājagaha capital, and landed lightly on the rich man's house. The rich man gave birth to pure faith, invited him to the castle, sat on the noble, and bowed to him and received the bowl, offering delicious food offerings to His Holiness.
Venerable Pindobharadvaja return to the temple, there was not a large crowd of people to see firsthand his psychic performances, they pulled together to find Him, ask Him to perform psychic show them.
At that time, the Blessed One knew what was going on, the Bhikkhu Sangha meeting was reborn and the Blessed One rebuked the Piṇḍobhāradvāja :
- This Piṇḍobháradvāja, only this bowl of bass, which I show miracles to the people at home watching. It is not the duty of Samon, to give rise to faith for the unbeliever .
This is the first cause, the Buddha prohibited the monk to perform miracles for the layman. Bikkhu who perform divine, bhikkhu he violated evil (dukkaṭa) .
Later, the Buddha taught to break the bowl of alms into small pieces, smoothly dispel eye drops for bhikkhus.
7. Lower Saturday: Buddha ascended Heavens Cross Tam Tam Thien, to settle for 3-month retreat [2] during the rainy season, preached Abhidhammapitaka (Tibetan Abhidhamma) includes 7 large sets: Ministry Dhammasangani , the Vibhanga , the Dhatukatha , the Puggalapannatti , the Kathavatthu , the Yamaka and the Patthana to international form of Buddha ( the present life is a male bias in biochemistry Santussita Tushita heaven Da Thien ), attain the level of the Holy Entered, along with countless gods, the gods attain the level of the holy low or high according to their paraphrase.
On September 15, the Buddha from the Three Senses of the Three Heavenly Realms returns to the human realm at the gate of Saṅkassa , the Bhikkhu Sangha, Bhikkhus, monks, nuns, Buddha.
8. Lower the eighth: Buddha and monks Venerable Bhikkhu Increase in retreat settled in the forest temple Bhesakalavana region Bhaggajanapada to the public health of Susumaragira .
9th-ninth: Buddha with the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha settled down at the Ghositārama temple near the Kosambi .
10- Lower tenth: Two groups of monks of Kosambi quarrel, the Buddha advised them but they refused to listen, so He entered the forest Pālileyyaka settle down alone, throughout 3 months of rainy season. The Pālileyyaka Forest is located between the city of Kosambi and the Sāvatthi city .
11th-11th: The Buddha and the Bhikkhu Sangha arrived in Dakkhiṇagiri town , then settled down in Dakkhiṇagiri temple , near the village of Baikon Ekanāḷa to the Mughal monk Kasibhāradvājaordained as Bhikkhu The Bhikkhu Kasibhāradvāja conducts insight meditation attained the level of Arahant.
Twelfth-Twelfth Buddha : The Buddha and the Bhikkhu Sangha arrived in Verañja at the invitation of Vlamña Verañja . In the meantime, Verañjā encountered drought, crop failure, famine, and famine, because of the lack of food, so bhikkhus did not get food. A delegation from Uttar Pradesh with 500 coaches arriving in Verañjā met the rainy season, so they had to stay. They see bhikkhus begging for alms, but they do not get anything, so they make blessings rice offerings are the real thing to raise horses, put the red rice to cook rice, Bhikkhu; Special offer of Ānanda Venerable avocados, honey, sugar ..., to Venerable Ānanda made food on the Buddha.
During the three months of retreat, the Buddha and the monks of Bhikkhu Sangha had to suffer from the rice cooking with red rice ( one of the old karmas of the Buddha left a little, and also This affects the monks closest to the Buddha .
13th-thirteenth: The Buddha retreats at a temple on Mount Cāliya near Jantu , in Cāliya . From the first down to the thirteenth, the Buddha did not have a bhikkhu who was the regular attendant to take care of the Buddha, while the other monk changed the bhikkhu the Buddha. During this summer, Meghiya Bhikkhu was the attendant of the Buddha. One day, the bhikkhu beggars in the Jantuvillage , seeing in the mango garden on the bank of the river, a beautiful natural, quiet, happy, He wants to go there to practice.
When returning, Meghiya Bhikkhu went to pay homage to the Buddha, asking him to go there to practice his way. Buddha considered not timely, should teach that:
"Son, I should wait for another bhikkhu to replace you, and then go."
However, Meghiya Bhikkhu begged him to go, the Buddha advised three times that the MeghiyaBhikkhu refused to obey, so the Buddha must give permission. Bhikkhu Meghiya obeys the Buddha and departs , leaving the Buddha alone in Mount Cali .
When Bhikkhu Meghiya comes to the mango garden to practice, the mind of thought improves , causing the mind to heat up, frustrated so can not conduct meditation, can not conduct meditation. Bhikkhu Meghiya returned to pay homage to the Most Venerable Monk:
- Enlightenment of the Buddha, the monk who left the faith in the Three Jewels, when evil thought, evil arise arise to interfere with the conduct of meditation, conduct wisdom; What to do to eliminate evil thinking, support the practice of meditation, practice meditation. You.
The Buddha taught:
- This Meghiya, who has not destroyed the negativity afflictions need to have five methods:
a) Have you healed, you good .
b) As a person with a pure virtue, the end in the precepts, keep the body and the clean and pure, travel in safe place, often find great disaster in the small fault .
c) Being knowledgeable in 4 things daily .
d) There is a constant effort to stop evil, making good and arise .
e) Awareness of insight knowledge, knowledge of birth, the destruction of nama, rupa leads to the removal of mental distress, liberation of suffering .
These are the five methods of extinguishing evil thoughts, to support the practice of meditation, the practice of wisdom, leading to the liberation of suffering samsara.
Bikkhu Meghiya obeyed the teachings of the Buddha. Not long after, he conducted meditation wisdom realization of the Four Noble Truths, attain the four Noble Paths - 4 Fruits, became the holy Arahán.
Fourth-Fourteenth: The Buddha retreats at Jetavana Temple of the wealthy Anāthapiṇḍika near the Sāvatthi . During this summer, Sadi Rahula round raised full 20 degree monk, so he Venerable Sariputta was priest of (upajjhaya) and he Venerable Mahamoggallana as I recite the Declaration and the Universal City (acariya)
The Buddha knows that bhikkhus Rāhula is full of the three-la-secret dharma, so he intended to lecture bhikkhus Bhikkhu Rāhula kill all the negativity negativity.
On that day, after passing the alms round in Sāvatthi , the Buddha instructed Bhikkhu Rāhula tobring the cloth to the forest south of Sāvatthi to take a nap. Countless gods, followers follow the Bhikkhu Rāhula, knowing that the Buddha Dharma lecture Dharma Moral Rāhula to kill all the negativity negativity.
The Buddhist discourse Cūḷarāhulovādasutta : Sutra teaches young Bhikkhu Rāhula . After listening to the sutta, Bhikkhu Rāhula realizes the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attains the Noble Truth of the Noble Eightfold Paths of the Noble Truth, and attains Arahāra of the Noble Truth. Tich, Luc pine, simultaneously have countless gods, the natural also attained the level of the Holy Entered, St. Hybrid, the gods, the Arahants according to their paranormal.
15- Lower fifteenth: the Buddha with Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha immigrate at the Nigrodhārāmatemple near Kapilavatthu capital . King Mahānāma of clan Sakya had built accommodation to give offerings to the monks with the Buddha Bhikkhu Increase chair. The Buddha talked about the precious treasure of the blessing of the place to monks Bhikkhu.
16 - Lower Sixteenth: After the Buddha was sacrificed Aḷavaka is very aggressive than the demon king. Deleted Alavaka enlightened truth Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold attained in Save - Enter Save St. fruit, become saints in Save. Then the Buddha settled down at the tower Aggāḷava in Āḷavī, to bless King Aavavaka and the people of the land.
17- Lower seventh: Buddha with Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha settled down at Veluvana temple near Rājagaha .
18 -19 Lower Eighteen and Nineteenth: The Buddha went to teach the dharma, sentient beings have good fortune should be blessed everywhere. Nearing the rainy season, the Buddha came to the temple on Mount Cāliya near Jantu village in Cāliya village for three months during rainy season.
20- Lower twenty: Buddha with Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha settled down at Veluvana temple , near the city of Ragagaha .
From the first down to the beginning of the twentieth century, the Buddha did not have a bhikkhu as a permanent attendant to take care of him; When this monk, when other monks: Bhikkhus like Bhikkhu Nāgasamāla, Bhikkhu Nāgita, Bhikkhu Upavāṇa , Bhikkhu Sunakkhatta, Bhikku Cunda, Bhikkhu Sāgata, Bhikkhu Meghiya ... exchange each other to serve the Buddha; There is no bhikkhu called a permanent attendant day and night to take care of the Buddha; Therefore, sometimes the Buddha went to beg for alms, bhikkhu embracing the Buddha in order to go another way, should leave the Buddha's bowl to the ground then go to his will, or sometimes have the spear Khưu is serving the Buddha, then go to practice another place, only Buddha, there is no bhikkhu care to serve him.
In this summer, one day, the Buddha was sitting at the Gandhakuṭi cup , when the Bhikkhunī Sangha gathered around the Buddha, who taught:
- Bhikkhu, as Tathagata is older (55 years), the bhikkhu to care, serve Tathagata; Sometimes when the Tathagata go begging for a way, the Bhikkhu bring the bowl to the Tathagata want to go the other way, so the bowl of the Tathagata to the ground and go to his own ....
Bhikkhus, you should choose a bhikkhu as a permanent attendant day care to take care of, serve Tathagata.
When listening to the Buddha, Venerable Sriputta bowed to the Blessed One with his two hands, saying:
- Dear Blessed One, I would like to be a permanent attendant daily, night care to serve the Buddha.
The Buddha did not approve of the request of the Venerable Sariputta .
Next to the Venerable Māhāmoggallāna , the Blessed One also did not approve. According to the Grand Master's request, the Buddha also does not approve any. Only Venerable Ānanda was sitting quietly. Venerable Bhikkhu Bhikkhu encouraged the Venerable Ānanda White as a permanent attendant daily care for the care of the Buddha.
At that time, Venerable Ānanda paid homage to His Holiness blessed two hands:
- Dear Blessed One, I would like you to have eight privileges, if you give me these eight privileges, I will ask you to be a permanent attendant day and night to take care of him.
Four special pleas
a) Dear Buddha, do not give him the good shepherd he has .
b) Please do not ask the Blessed One to give you the good food you have .
c) Dear Buddha, do not allow me to be with you in the Gandhaku ci cup .
d) Dear Buddha, do not allow me to follow you to the house of worship that they invite you .
The Buddha asked:
- Ānanda, how do you see how disadvantageous, I ask four such grace to deny?
- Dear Buddha, I want to avoid the detest of others that : I would be a permanent attendant of the Buddha to look forward to good medicine, good food, living with the Buddha, is Follow the Buddha to the master invited him.
The Blessed One accepts the four blessings of the renunciation of Ānanda .
Four special pleas
a) Dear Buddha, where I received the invitation.
b) Please allow the Blessed One to guide you from other distances to His Holiness .
c) I ask the Blessed One to allow me to come to Him, to ask for the things I do not understand .
d) The Buddha preached where, when you are absent, ask him to teach it to me to hear .
The Buddha asked:
- Ānanda, what do you think of the benefits, that I ask for four pleas?
- The Blessed One,
First favor : Those who have pure faith in the Three Jewels come to the Blessed One, but can not find Him, I can accept their invitation on their behalf. If the Blessed One does not go to that place, they will think , "You are the perpetual attendant of the Blessed One, but they simply can not help by inviting the Blessed One."
Second Privilege : People from far and near to the Blessed One, if they do not have the opportunity to pay homage to the Blessed One, they will think, "We come from far away, have the will For the Blessed One, listen to His teachings, but the bhikkhu's attendant also does not help us to have that opportunity. "Thus, they will reduce their faith in the Three Jewels.
The third gift: When I hear the Buddha's Dharma, there is a law that does not understand, I ask again that, the Buddha explained to me is understandable, then the child is conducive to the practice of wisdom of children.
Fourth Grace : Some people ask me : "This sutra, this dharma, this precursor ... where did the Buddha say, what is the meaning?"
If you answer them "I do not know", then they will think : "Venerable Ānanda is the attendant of the Blessed One, but that discourse, France, precursor ... also do not know." Therefore, you need to know these sutras, these dhammas, the precursors ... to answer them understand.
After hearing the Venerable Ānanda explaining the meaning of each privilege, the Buddha approved the eight virtues of Ānanda . At that time, Venerable Ānanda was the regular attendant of the day and night, taking care of the Blessed One until the passing of the Blessed One.
Venerable Ānanda was given the standing attendance of Gotama Buddha , because of his previous life, he vowed to become a permanent attendant of the Buddha; This prayer was acquired by Padumuttara Buddha , in the past, and he also created pāramitā for the 100 thousand earthly lives.
21 - 44 In the twenties to the forty-fourth
45 of the Buddha divided into two periods:
* The first period : From the first down to the 20th, each lower Buddha settled down where, blessed beings are recorded clearly.
* Last Period : From the 21st to the 44th, the Buddha retreats to one of the two temples. Then at the Jetavana temple , at the Pubhārama temple near the Sāvatthi .
After the completion, the Buddha often went to lecture blessed for beings with good grace so close, although far in the human realm, or celestial sex, gender. When approaching the rainy season, the Buddha returned to Sāvatthi , settled down at Jetavana Temple , or at the Pubhārama Temple . Because, King Pasenadi Kosala in the capital city of Savatthi , who have faith in the Three Jewels clean place, with a mind of respect to the Buddha, Dharma, Patriarch. In particular, there are two major benefactors are Mr. Anāthapiṇḍika and grandmother Visakha, in the home of these two patrons are always arranged 500 seats to welcome the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu monks to alms. And most of the people in Sāvatthi are the pure believers of the Three Jewels, who are happy to offer four things to the Bhikkhus. Therefore, when the Buddha retreats at the Jetavana temple , or at the Pubhārama temple , there are a large number of Bhikkhuni monks also settled in one of these two temples, and near the capital. Sāvatthi, so that bhikkhus have many advantages, especially four things, during the immigration season. Therefore, the conduct of meditation, the conduct of the bhikkhu meditation is favorable and easy to develop.
45- Lower forty-five: Lower end
Buddha retreat retreat in the small village Veluvagama, near the capital city of Vesali , he allowed the Venerable Bhikkhu monks retreat around the village near the Buddha, in order for this work to gather to hear his teachings. Because, he knew that only about 10 months left, he would conquer Nirvana.
During this immodest season, the Buddha was severely ill, thought to be about to end Nirvana, but he thought that: " Tathagata has not taught the attendant Ānanda, the monks know, Nirvana is not a thing. Therefore, he tried patiently to suffer suffering, then enter Arahán Fruit. As a result, his illness was relieved.
After he was not ill for a long time, the Buddha went out of the cup to sit at the place available, Venerable Ānanda pay homage to the Buddha and said:
- Dear Buddha, see him sick, I'm happy too! When I saw his severe illness, I have a heavy body, my mind dark, dim, no longer know the direction, satin meditation practice is not clear in the mind. I, because of the serious illness of the Buddha. But there is one thing that I comfort myself with:
The bhikkhu did not have the will to monks, he probably did not condemn Nirvana .
At that time, the Buddha said:
- Ānanda, monks also hope in the Tathagata again? The Dharma that Tathagata preached did not discriminate on the inside, the outside, the Tathagata, unlike other teachers, hid the dangers until the time before the new death sentence passed to the learner. Confidentiality .
Now Ānanda, the teacher who thinks, "I am the leader of the monk group, and the monks who raise the monks in my place," then the teacher has a will to the monks group .
Ānanda, Tathagata does not think: " Tathagata is the leader of the Bhikkhu Sangha group, and the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha where the Tathagata ." Thus, the Tathagata has a testament to the monks increased .
Hey Ānanda, now Tathagata has come to old age, age is high, is 80 years old [3] then! For example, the old car used to be repaired, so the body of the Tathagata is like that, always need to be repaired by entering Arahán Sacred .
When Ānanda, when Tathagata entered Arahán Holy Fruit, there is no object of Nibbana phenomena to kill the three dharmas, enjoy the peaceful law Nirvana Super three, then the Tathagata is truly peaceful. Therefore, you should live with me [4] as an island (in the sea of suffering), I have a place to rely on, not to rely on other places. That means there is the Dhamma as the island, the Dhamma as a place to rely on, not to rely on other places.
Now Ānanda, therefore, the present Tathagata, as in the future, when the Tathagata Nirvana Nirvana, the monks are also living people have us as islands, where we rely on, should not take refuge elsewhere. It means that bhikkhus live the Dharma as an island, the Dharma as a place to rely on, not to live on other places. The Bhikkhu who practices satipaììhåna, will be the noble one .
The Buddha lived here for three months, this is his last.
The last days of the Buddha
After the completion, the Buddha and the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha return to Sāvatthi , sitting at the Jetavana temple .
Venerable siriputta Nirvana
Venerable Siddhartha thought:
All Buddhas with the Supreme Supreme Thanh Van, who will conquer Nirvana first? He knows that the Supreme Lord Supreme Buddha passes away the Nirvana before the Buddha. He contemplates his life expectancy, knowing his life expectancy is only seven days away.
Venerable Sriputta came to pay homage to the Last Buddha, asking permission to go away Nirvana.
The Buddha asked the Venerable Sariputta :
- Sariputta, where will you conquer Nirvana?
Venerable siriputta with the Blessed One:
- Dear Buddha, I will conquer Nirvana in the village of Nālākagama of Magadha where I was born, and to bless my mother. Although she has seven children, she has no faith in the Three Jewels.
Venerable Siriputta and 500 disciples bowed to the Buddha, asking permission to leave the Buddha. He returned to his house, staying in his old room. On the last night of his life, he suffered from dysentery, multiple bloody stools, severe illness. At that time, his mother stood looking through his room, saw the four eminent kings glorify him last time, then back out. Next, the Sakka King from the Three Senses Realms came to bow and worship him, then back out. Sequence of the kings in the realm of Da Ma, the king of the earth, the realm of lore, the realm of the realm in the heavenly realms in the heavenly realms and next to the great gods of heaven men also come to worship him the last time.
His mother saw the gods, Great Brahma has a bright light, the latter than the previous, she wanted to know what the gods are, which solemn to her children like that! So she went to his room, asked her Venerable Cunda ( son ):
"Hey, Cunda, what gods do you pay homage to your brother's worship?"
Venerable Cunda said,
- Dear mother, four worshipers, the first prostrate that is the Four Heavenly King.
She thought: "The four great nobles worshiped, worshiped my son; my son is so noble! If so, then the Buddha is our son. He is certainly much more noble . " And she continued:
"Hey Cunda, what are the other gods?
Venerable Cunda continued:
- Dear mother, next is the king Sakka heaven from the Three Realms of Heaven, Heavenly King Sujāma heaven, Heavenly King Santussita Heaven Heaven Da Da, Heaven King Sunimmita Heaven Heaven , The king of heaven Paranimmita from the heavens Tha Vua Thien Thien, and next to the Great Brahma from the heavenly layers ...
So she thought that: "The Great Brahma that we worship, the great Brahma gods pay homage, worshiping my son, my noble like that! If so, the Buddha is my child's Master, how sure he is noble! "
Thinking of this, she gave birth to a blissful mind that had never existed. She graciously visited Siriputta 's illness and expressed her thoughts. Venerable Sariputta was timely, so he preached the Buddha's grace to his motherly virtue . After listening to the dharma, she immediately realized the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Eightfold Path - Enter the Consciousness, become the Sangha of the Faithful in the Three Jewels.
Venerable Sariputta thinks, " Now I have paid for the birth of my mother ." Then, in the morning, Venerable Sariputta told the Venerable Cunda, to send the monks to the congregation, and then he would sit up and teach him,
- Hey sisters, you have followed me for 44 years, if I have done anything, say words that upset you; Now please sage please forgive me.
Bhikkhus admonish that:
- Honor Virtue, he is our respectable, loving teacher; we do not accept anything; and we have followed him as the shadow of the image, for the past 44 years, if we have done anything, have spoken words that offended him; Now, please forgive us for your mercy. You.
After the ceremony sincere repentance from each other, on the fifteenth day of October ( lunar ) He Venerable Sariputta passed away Nirvana , end all misery of life and death reincarnation of the three presented four species, as soon as he simultaneously Earth also shivered naturally.
After the cremation of the body of Venerable Siddhartuta , the Venerable Cunda took the relics of Sriratiputta to the Lord at the Jetavana temple . The Buddha taught to build a tower worshiping the relics of Sāriputta in the Sāvatthi city .
He Mahamoggallana cessation Nirvana
After Siddhartha passes away the Nibbāna, the Buddha and the monks from the Sāvatthi Sutra come to the Rājagaha , at Veluvana . At that time, Mahāmoggallāna Venerable Mahāmoggallāna was staying in Kaḷasilā village in Magadha , the pagans hired to rob bandits besieged him, how many times he was avoided; At last he considered the old evil karma to the time of giving the fruit, so he patiently endured to rob band hitting him broken bone crushed meat. They thought he was dead, throwing his body into the bushes and leaving. He used the spirit linking the meat bone, fly to almost worship the Buddha asked the death of Nirvana. Venerable Mahāmoggallāna condemned Nirvana on October 30 ( lunar calendar ), in the village of Kaḷasilā in Magadha.
Cremation ceremony, the Buddha taught to build the tower worship relics Mahāmoggallāna Him in the Rājagaha .
Thus, in October (lunar calendar) that year two Supreme Auditor Thanh Van Nirvana.
The bhikkhu monks from the Rājagaha city travel to the city of Vesāli . One day, the Buddha went to the city of begging Vesāli , after the completion of the Buddha finished teaching the Great Buddha Ānanda to the same tower Càpālacetiya. After the Buddha sitting on the seat is already available, Venerable Ānanda Mahaparinjpa finished, sit a reasonable place. At that time, the Buddha said:
- Ānanda, who has often carried out four legal achievements ( idhipāda ) , has become maturing, has become a solid basis, has been base, has practiced into routine, often Effortlessly conduct this four measures of accomplishment.
Ānanda, he has the ability to maintain a lifetime of life or more than life expectancy .
Ānanda, the Tathagata has often carried out four measures of accomplishment, has become masterful, has become a solid basis, has a base, has practiced the habit of daily, often diligent effort Carrying out these four measures of accomplishment .
Ānanda, the Tathagata is also capable of maintaining Eternal life ( 100 years ) or more life life ( 100 years ) so .
The Buddha taught indirectly, so that Venerable Ānanda do not understand, so do not invite the Buddha:
- Dear Buddha, respectfully begged him to maintain throughout life (100 years).
Please pray for the fullness of life, to bless the majority of sentient beings, to bring benefit and peace to the majority of sentient beings, to bring benefit, evolution, peace to the Lord. heaven and humanity.
Because, then Venerable Ānanda was harassed by Mara, so he did not understand the meaning of the Blessed One. Although the Buddha taught the second time, the third time, Venerable Ānanda still can not understand; He bowed to the Blessed One, then asked to go out and sit under the tree not far from the Blessed One.
Maharashtra Buddha passed away Nirvana
When Venerable Ānanda was just outside, the Devil came to the Blessed One, and stood a good spot and said,
- Enlightened Buddha, reverently begged him to kill Nirvana, begged him to kill Nirvana right now! Now is the time to destroy his Nirvana.
In fact, the Devil has repeatedly come to the Buddha's death Nirvana, the times before the Buddha rejected. But this time, the Buddha promised to Martyrs that:
- This evil Ma Thien, you rest assured, not too long, Tathagata will be Nirvana. From now only three months, the Tathagata will be Nirvana.
Thus, the Buddha has enlightened intellectual, identified three months time will discharge life, his life, at the Stupa Capalacetiya, which is on the fifteenth day of January ( lunar calendar ). At that moment, the earth shuddered.
Venerable Ānanda saw the strange thing, the earth trembled, and said to the Most Holy One,
- Enlightenment of the Buddha, caused by the cause of earth shaking, white He.
The Buddha taught that:
- Ānanda, today, just then, Tathagata has a wise wisdom promised to Martyrs that: "Only three months left, Tathagata will conquer Nirvana."
Hearing this, Venerable Ānanda replied that:
- Dear Buddha, I implore you to maintain life long life (100 years). I would like to extend to you the longevity of life, to bless the majority of sentient beings, to bring benefit and peace to the majority of sentient beings, to bring about the benefits, the evolution, the peace for the gods and mankind.
The Buddha taught that:
- Ānanda, you should not take Tathagata; Now not at the Tathagata again. Tathagata indirectly taught children many times that children still do not understand, I do not have as Lai. Now Tathagata has promised to evil, then can not be any other.
Venerable Ānanda felt infinite sadness, remorse for his negligence, so the Buddha comforted the Venerable Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, Tathagata has taught that : "Living away from each other, die separated from the loved ones, the dear ones, that is obvious. Therefore, how can you, have loved ones, the darling as you want it! "
The law that has already been born, created by conditions, certainly has the destruction is common, despite the desire that : " please do not destroy it , that is impossible. .
Ānanda we went to the Kuṭāgāra hall in the big forest .
Venerable Ānanda followed the Blessed One to the lecture hall of Kuṭāgāra . At that time, the Buddha said:
- Ānanda, you should invite all bhikkhus in Vesali to gather at the Upaṭṭhana.
Venerable Ānanda obeyed the Buddha 's instructions to invite bhikkhus. Then he Venerable Ānanda to almost prostrate Germany, and said that:
- Bhagavan Buddha, bhikkhus monks came to gather in the lecture Upaṭṭhāna, I implore him.
The basic Dharma, the 37 attained the Noble Path
The Buddha went to the lecture hall, sitting on the noble, teach the monks increased that:
- Bhikkhu, the Dharma that Tathagatas preached, to realize the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Path - Fruition and Nirvana. The dharma, you should learn the knowledge, then practice, often carry out the practice, to realize the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained Noble Path - Fruit and Nirvana, to maintain high virtue The dharma is to last for long, to bring benefit and peace to the majority of sentient beings, so that blessings bring benefits, evolution, peace to the gods and mankind.
The monks, the Dharma that Tathagata has preached, to realize the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Path - Result and Nirvana is :
4 satipaṭṭhāna : mindfulness, thought, mind, thought.
4 dilution efforts (samappadhāna) : Effort to eliminate evil law, diligence to prevent the evil, arise diligence for good, arise diligence growth of good law has arisen .
4 achievements (idhipāda) : Achievement by satisfaction, achievement by effort , achievement by determination, achievement by wisdom .
5 Initiatives (indriya) : Credit Initiatives, attacking all legal, all legal concepts, all statutory, legal knowledge all.
5 legal force (bala) : Faith force, force law, legal concept, legal force, legal force.
7th sense of mind (bojjhaṅga) : the sense of the mind, the sense organs, the sense of limb, the sense of chi, the sense chi chi, the sense chi chi, the sense chi chi .
The magical law (magga) : Right view, right thinking, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration .
- This bhikkhu, the Dharma that Tathagata has preached to the children, to realize the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Path - Holy Result and Nirvana.
Monks, now reminded that children :
" All conditioned things ( nama - rupa ) the damage is permanent, you should strive diligently to complete all parts of the Four Noble Truths by law not to chase, conducted four foundations of mindfulness .
Not long, Tathagata will be Nirvana, since today 3 months longer, Tathagata will be Nirvana .
Followed by the Buddha taught the verse:
, "Paripakko vayo mayham
Parittam me jivitam
Pahaya vo gamissami
Katam me saranamattano
Appamatta satimanto
Susila hotha bhikkhavo
Susamahitasankappa
Sacittamanurakkhatha
Yo imasmim dhammavinaye
Appamatto vihassati
Pahaya jatisamsaram
Dukkhassantam karissati," , [of 5] .
Parittam me jivitam
Pahaya vo gamissami
Katam me saranamattano
Appamatta satimanto
Susila hotha bhikkhavo
Susamahitasankappa
Sacittamanurakkhatha
Yo imasmim dhammavinaye
Appamatto vihassati
Pahaya jatisamsaram
Dukkhassantam karissati," , [of 5] .
Meaning:
The age of the Tathagata is old,
the life of the Tathagata is less, the
Tathagata will fare the
Tathagata has realized Nirvana,
where to rely on his safety.
Hey Bhikkhus, how pitiful!
You are the one who can not grow up.
There is a virtuous, clean mind.
There is always awareness and awareness. Mindfulness
, right thinking.
Watching and keeping your mind.
One who lives in this law is
not delinquent, there is always mindfulness
Practical Dharma end of life,
he eliminates samsara.
the life of the Tathagata is less, the
Tathagata will fare the
Tathagata has realized Nirvana,
where to rely on his safety.
Hey Bhikkhus, how pitiful!
You are the one who can not grow up.
There is a virtuous, clean mind.
There is always awareness and awareness. Mindfulness
, right thinking.
Watching and keeping your mind.
One who lives in this law is
not delinquent, there is always mindfulness
Practical Dharma end of life,
he eliminates samsara.
From Vesali to Kusinārā
One morning, the Buddha enters the Vesali city to beg for alms, after the completion of his return, the Buddha stood watching the Vesali city last time, and taught the Venerable Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, we go to Bhaagagma.
The monks and monks rise to Bhaagama. In this place sermon exhorting monks Bhikkhu briefly, then continued coming village Ambagama , village Jambagama, the Bhoganagara, in every place of the Buddha sermon exhorting monks, and continued coming into Pāvānagara. At that time, the Blessed One sat in the mango garden (ambavana) of Mr. Cunda Kammāraputta .
Mr. Cunda heard that the Blessed One and the Bhikkhu Sangha had come to Pāvānagara , who was staying at his mango garden. He came to pay homage to the Buddha, then sit a reasonable place. At that time, Blessed Lord Cunda , Cunda , born of pure faith in the Three Jewels, was very happy at the teaching of the Blessed One, when he paid homage to the Blessed One. "
- Enlightenment of the Buddha, tomorrow to praise the Buddha with the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha received the reality of our home. You.
The Buddha received by silence.
Knowing the Buddha accepted his invitation, Cunda reverently pay homage to the Buddha, asking permission to return home.
The Buddha is actually sūkuramaddava
Mr. Cunda Kammāraputta wrongly told the servants to make delicious food, including a special dish called sūkuramaddava : ekajeṭṭhakasūkurassa pavattamaṃsa which means that the meat is cooked in the most special way .
The night was over, that morning the Blessed One with the Bhikkhu Sangha came to the cradle of Mr. Cunda , he reverently invites the Buddha to the highest place; All the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangas sit down. He reverently bowed to the Buddha, and gave him special sūkuramaddava dish . The Buddha taught that:
- Cunda, I offer this sūkuramaddava [6] only to the Tathagata alone, I should offer other dishes to Bhikkhu Sangha. The remaining sūkuramaddava, you should be buried underground. Because, except for the Tathagata, the Tathagata does not see any one in this life, including Samon, Brahmins, gods, devotees of the sex world using sūkuramaddava this can then be digested .
Mr. Cunda obeyed the Buddha's words and brought the remaining sūkuramaddava buried deep in the earth.
When the Buddha was fulfilled, Cunda paid homage to the Blessed One, and then sat in a reasonable place. At that time, the Buddha preached the Dharma to Cunda, making him very happy according to his teachings.
The Blessed Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha departed. After eating the food is finished, the Buddha died of dysentery in addition to blood, illness is very serious; The Buddha has mindfulness of mindfulness enter Arahán Fruits, suffering suffering from dysentery, and taught him that Ānanda Venerable :
- Ānanda, now we come to Kusinārā.
The Blessed Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha went to Kusinārā. On the way to the Blessed One, to the tree he stopped and told the Venerable Ānanda that:
- Ānanda I spread the medicine Saïghaṭi four layers for the Tathagata sitting rest.
Venerable Ānanda obeyed the sheet, the Blessed One sat down and told the great Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, please go get water for the Tathagata to use, Hybrid thirsty very much then!
Venerable Ānanda said,
- Benedicts, 500 recently carts across the river, because the river water is low, so the water is chilly; Recently the river Kakudhānādī clean water, gentle river, the Buddha can clean water and cool on the river.
However, the Exalted Thirst is too unbearable, so he ordered the Venerable Ānanda the second time, the third time.
Venerable Ānanda had to obey the Buddha, he just brought the bowl to the river is still less water, the river is chilled and turned into clean water. He was very surprised, took the bowl to bring the white Buddha:
- Enlightenment of the Blessed One, extraordinary! Never before,
The Blessed One has so much power!
River water is still low and 500 cars have just crossed the river to make the river chilly, when children approached suddenly turned into pure water.
Dear Buddha, Honor the water.
Blessed water finished to feel thirsty, after sitting to help tired, he with the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha continued to go to the river Kakudhānādī. When he arrived, he came down to the river and bathed, and then he went to the mango garden and taught the Venerable Cundaka ,
- This is Cundaka, please spread the four layers of medicine to let the Tathagata rest.
Venerable Cundaka obeyed the sheet, the Buddha lying on the right side of the legs stretched straight staggered, right knee legs slightly slightly, there is mindfulness of mindfulness entered Arahán Fruit. Venerable Cundaka sat near the Hon.
When the Arahant discharge, the Buddha called him Venerable Ānanda taught:
Ānanda, if anyone blames Cunda Kammāraputta for saying, "It was not good for you, you did not do good! His real life, must be Nirvana.
Then you should explain to Cunda understand, to generate a happy heart, without sad that :
"Mr. Cunda, what a great benefit for you! He did something special. His last realm of vegetation was Nirvana. This hearing from you raise the needle discourse of the Buddha that : Twice their offering, with big fruit treasure equal; This treasure is bigger than the other offerings to the Tathagata:
1) Sujātā's food was offered to the Bodhisattva, after the completion of the food, that night he attained the Buddha's Noble Truth .
2) The food of Mr. Cunda Kammāraputta was offered to Tathagata, after the food was finished, that night he passed away Nirvana.
The food offered to the Tathagata in these two cases, the same great treasure; This treasure is greater than the offerings of other food to the Tathagata . "
- Ānanda, I should explain to Mr. Cunda Kammāraputta so well that he is happy, without sadness.
Indeed, in the commentary on this sutta teaches:
* Sujātā's cooked food, which the Bodhisattva completed, at the end of that night he attained the highest level Buddha in the world of sentient beings; Thanks to this nutritious food, the relatives of the Blessed One are able to sustain for 49 days and nights, to enjoy the peace of Nirvana.
* The meal of sūkuramaddava of Mr. Cunda Kammā-raputta, which the Buddha was finished, thanks to that nourishing food, the needles of the Buddha could withstand severe dysentery, New Blessed It is possible to come to the Forest of Sàlà Kusīnārà to conquer Nirvana as intended.
Thus, two offerings of these two objects at a distance of 45 years, but the great treasure is of equal nature, as the Buddha taught.
After resting for a while, the Buddha told the great Buddha Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, we should go to the other side of the river Hirañvatī.
The Bhikkhu Sangha to the other side of the river, then continue to Kusīnārā .
The Buddha declared Nirvana at Kusinārā
On the afternoon of April fifteenth, Exalted forests coming Sala origin Kusinara , royal resting place of Malla , He commanded Venerable Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, I should put the bed turned head north, between the two trees Sālā (longevity).
Then the Buddha was on his right side, his head turned to the north, his legs stretched straight, his right leg stretched, his left leg knees slightly, his legs were not equal, there was mindfulness of mindfulness. Prior to discharge time .
Offering the Blessed One
Two Sālā trees blossom the fruit, the flower falls to the body of the Buddha to offer Him. The flowers in the forest are blossoming, the sky, heaven ... from the heaven falls as rain to offerings to the Buddha. The music of heaven to give offerings to the Buddha. At that time, the Buddha taught Venerable Ānanda :
- Ānanda, two trees Sālā flowering flowers, the flower falls to the needle of the Tathagata to offer me. The flowers in the forest are blossoming, the sky flowers, heaven, heaven, from heaven, falling, the music heaven from the heavens also up to offer offerings.
This, Ānanda, offerings to the Tathagata by such material is not called the noble offerings . A person who is a bhikkhu or a bhikkhuni, or a bhikkhu, or a bhikkhu, who is practicing the wisdom meditation leading to the attainment of the Noble Path and the Nibbàna, , according to the Dharma, he called people with respect, worship, offerings Tathagata by offering noble .
Ānanda, therefore, you always remember that : " We are practitioners of the practice of mindfulness meditation leading to the attainment of the Noble Eightfold Path and Nibbàna, practicing the Eightfold Path, according to the Dharma . "
The Buddha praised the offering by practicing the dharmas to be more noble than the offering of things , because only the offerings of the Dhamma can be preserved. The world of the world.
Venerable Ānanda cried
At the last guard that night, the Buddha was about to conquer Nirvana, he was still a sublime , he was embittered , leaving a quiet place crying, complaining: " I am still a saint. In order to attain sublime attainment, it is necessary to proceed with insight meditation, but the Blessed One is our masters who are going to conquer Nirvana . "
At that time, the Blessed One did not see Venerable Ānanda , asking the monks:
- Bhikkhus, Ānanda, where are you?
Bhikkhus admonish that:
Venerable Ānanda flees from a deserted place, crying, laments: "I am still a sublime being, To meditate to lead to attain sublime, but The Blessed One is the blasphemer who is about to conquer Nirvana. "
The bhikkhu told a bhikkhu to call him Venerable Ānanda to him.
Bhikkhu obediently, invited the Great Buddha Ānanda to the Most Holy Sun.
Venerable Ānanda came to pay homage to the Blessed One, and then sat in a reasonable place.
The Buddha taught the virtue of Ānanda that:
- Ānanda, Tathagata has taught that : "Living away from each other, die separated from the loved ones, the dear ones, that is obvious. Therefore, how can you, have loved ones, the darling as you want it! "
The law that has already been born, created by conditions, certainly has the destruction is common, despite the desire that : " please do not destroy it , that is impossible. .
Ānanda, I am a devoted attendant to take care of the Tathagata with the metaphor expressed by body, speech, and mind. It is the benefit, the evolution of all good, full of dharma practice .
Ānanda, I should strive diligently, I will definitely break all miserable afflictions, become arahant quickly .
The Buddha praised Ānanda devoted himself to caring for him in a very thoughtful way; Venerable Ānanda is a good man who knows how to deal with people, knows how to arrange a reasonable time, guides people to the Lord: He guides the monk, the monk, the nuns, access to the female, the king, his ministers, religious groups etc .. in most Exalted .
The reason for the death of Nirvana in Kusinara
Although there are many large countries, big cities, but the Buddha did not choose to preside over his Nirvana, but chose the land of Kusinārā because there are three reasons:
1. In the past, the land of Kusinara a vast citadel called Citadel Kusavati , Germany cakkavatti Mahadassana ruled the galaxy Xuzhou. If the Blessed One passes away from Nirvana, there is no reason to discourse on the Mahādassanasutta . Therefore, he chose Kusinārā as the place to destroy Nirvana, so that he had the opportunity to preach the Mahādassanasutta, sentient beings listening to this sutta would arise pure faith in the Three Jewels, .
2. Taoist Subhadda was the last disciple of the Buddha, is here in the land of Kusinara . Except for the Blessed One, there is no saintly devotee capable of adhering to the Taoist Subhadda . Therefore, the right to the land of Buddha Kusinara to international level for Taoist Subhadda disciples His last, bhikkhus Subhadda will attain a Arahan saint, before Buddha passed away Nirvana.
3. The Buddha realized that after the death of Nibbana, the cremation was completed, the big countries will come to fight for his relics, so can cause war between the land together. Buddha clearly, knows only Brahmans Dona who have the ability to stand out as the mediator of the King from big countries and how to divide the relics for each origin sometimes bring about building chedi church Xa profit. Brahmin Doṇa is now in Kusinārā , so the Buddha decided to choose Kusinārā as his birthplace of Nibbana.
These are the three main reasons that the Buddha chose Kusi- nārā to preside over his Nirvana.
Last night of the Blessed One
The last night of the Buddha is the full moon (lunar month).
- First tip : Hear news that last night, the Buddha will condemn Nirvana in forest Sālā . The king, the queen, the prince, the princess and the elders of the Malla royal family , the royal family liked to come together to pay the last respects to the Blessed One, followed by the imperial mandarins, the whole people Made Kusinara sequentially to almost prostrate Exalted last time, prolonged full-head soup.
- Centered : The Subhadda discovers that the Buddha who is about to condemn Nibbana to the Last Supper, thinking: " I have many questions, for a long time no one has answered, help. makes us wonder is this paragraph. Now heard Samon Gotama, the Buddha Siddhartha Sutra came to this land, He was in the woods Sālā near death Nirvana into the guard last night. I should go to him, to inquire my questions, to answer him .
Taoist Subhadda to forests Sala looking met Venerable Ānanda permission in most Exalted.
Venerable Ānanda said,
- Taoist Subhadda, please do not disturb, bother the Blessed One now, Blessed is too tired.
The Subhadda asks earnestly to ask the Venerable Ānanda to bless the Blessed One.
When Venerable Ānanda and Subhadda were talking to each other, the Buddha taught Venerable Ānanda :
- Ānanda, I should not stop Subhadda, let Subhadda to meet Tathagata.
Taoist Subhadda have an opportunity to question the Buddha almost finished, sit a place where perhaps, hermit Subhadda prospectus that:
- Samson Gotama, the Samon, Brahmin is the master, the head of the famous leadership of a discipline, which most people praise praise, devotees are holy. Makkhali gosāla, Ajita Kesakambal, Pakudha kaccayana, Sañjaya Belaṭṭaputta, Nigaṇṭhanāṭaputta all Samon, Brahmins have attained as they have declared, or all have not attained, or have some attainment, some do not. You.
The Buddha taught that:
"This is Subhadda, I should not mention that, you should listen to the Tathagata.
This Subhadda, the Noble Eightfold Path, is not in law, it is certainly not in the sequence of the First Sangha of the Sangha, the second Samsara of the Most Holy One, the holy Arahant in that law .
In Subhadda, the Noble Path of the 8 Noble Eightfold is contained in the law, there is certainly the first Noble Order of the Sangha, the second Samsara of the Holy One, the Third Noble Truth, the Fourth Noble Truth Arahán in that law .
This Subhadda, the Noble Path, is full of the eight principles that are only in the law of the Tathagata. Therefore, surely there is the first Noble Order of Samsara, the second Samsara, the third Noble Trinity. Lai, Samon fourth grade Arahant in the law of the Tathagata. Apart from this law of the Tathagata, other evil cult do not have any Samon .
This Subhadda, in Bhikkhu's ordinances, lives by practicing the right path, and instructs others to practice according to the path of righteousness .
After listening to the teachings of the Blessed One, Subhadda was extremely happy, praising the Blessed One. Regardless of where the Buddha, in the Dharma, in the Sangha, become ordained Sadi, monk in his teachings.
The Buddha allowed Subhadda to become a Bhikkhu.
By becoming a Bhikkhu, the Venerable Subhadda is alone in the solitary, not distracting, meditation leading to the realization of the Four Noble Truths, attaining the four Noble Paths - the Four Noble Truths and Nirvana, becoming Arahant, before Buddha passed away.
Venerable Subhadda is the last disciple of the Blessed One.
- Watch the last : Buddha called Venerable Ānanda counseled:
- Ānanda, among you, if any one thinks, "The Buddha has condemned Nirvana, then we no longer have the Buddha (natthi no satthā)", then you should not think so.
France and Law are the Masters
The Buddha taught:
"Yo vo Ānanda, maya dhammo ca vinayo ca desito paññatto, so vo mamaccayena sattha ..." [7] .
" Hey, Ānanda, the legal office that Tathagata has the theory, which laws Tathagata has prescribed; When the Tathagata Nirvana, then the law, that law is your teacher . "
In the commentary Mahāparinibhānasutta explains that:
Dhammo : Dharma includes whole and entire Tibetan Tripitaka Abhidhamma.
Vinayo: That law is the entire Vinaya.
The teachings of the Buddha have been preaching for 45 years since the attainment of the Buddha Sanhedrin until the Buddha attains Nirvana.
The Tripitaka consists of 84,000 divided divisions as follows:
The law consists of 21,000 disciplines.
It consists of 21,000 disciplines.
Tibetan Abhidhamma 42,000 teachings.
It consists of 21,000 disciplines.
Tibetan Abhidhamma 42,000 teachings.
The Buddha explained that:
"It is a tragic incident, but it does not matter. Ahañca kho dāni ekakova ovadāmi anusāsāmi; mayi parinibbute imāni caturāsitidhammakkhandhasahassani tumhe ovadissanti anusāsissanti ... "
" Thus, 84,000 of these disciplines exist, only the Tathagata alone passes away. Actually, now alone Tathagata teaches you, teach you children; When the Tathagata is Nirvana, then there are 84,000 that is "Master" will teach you, will teach you children .
Under the comment, the Buddha himself explained to the Buddhists that: Buddha passed away Nirvana, then we do not have the monk, but in fact, we still have 84,000 methods are there. 84,000 monks. Each method is a teacher who is able to lead, teach us to attain the realization of the Four Noble Truths, attain the Noble Truth - the Five Noble Truths and the Nibbana, the liberation of samsara in samsara four species.
The last teaching of the Buddha
Finally the last watch, the Buddha once again reminded Bhikkhus last time that:
"Handa dani bhikkhave āmantayāmi vo,
Vayadhamma mahchar, appamādena sampādetha"
Vayadhamma mahchar, appamādena sampādetha"
" Monks, monks, nuns, close to men, near the woman, now reminded me as Lai, advised the children the last time that : - The compound (the aggregate) You should try to diligently complete all the Four Noble Truths, by lawlessness, conduct the Four Foundations of Mindfulness . "
The Buddha has just finished sentence: "Appamādena sampādetha" since then no longer teach another sentence.
Therefore, the "Handa Dani bhikkhave ... appamadena sampadetha" call is Pacchimabuddhavacana: Question Buddha final language .
Buddha passed away Nirvana
After ending the last teaching by saying "Appamādena sampādetha".
The Buddha entered the first meditation, and discharge the first meditation.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Enter the fourth meditation, then discharge the fourth meditation.
Entry is not boundless in meditation, and discharge is not boundless meditation.
Recite the boundless meditation, then release the boundless meditation.
Enter the non-possession of meditation, and then discharge the property of meditation.
Enter non-thought non-perception meditation, and then discharge non-non-ideal non-meditation.
Enter the kill life.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Enter the fourth meditation, then discharge the fourth meditation.
Entry is not boundless in meditation, and discharge is not boundless meditation.
Recite the boundless meditation, then release the boundless meditation.
Enter the non-possession of meditation, and then discharge the property of meditation.
Enter non-thought non-perception meditation, and then discharge non-non-ideal non-meditation.
Enter the kill life.
At that time, Venerable Ānanda asked Venerable Anuruddha ,
- Anuruddha Dharma brother, the Buddha declared Nirvana death is not it?
- Ānanda Dharma, the Buddha has not yet condemned Nirvana, He is passing away life thought .
The Buddha dismissed the life sentence.
Enter non-thought non-perception meditation, and then discharge non-non-ideal non-meditation.
Enter the non-possession of meditation, and then discharge the property of meditation.
Recite the boundless meditation, then release the boundless meditation.
Entry is not boundless in meditation, and discharge is not boundless meditation.
Enter the fourth meditation, then discharge the fourth meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the first meditation, then discharge the first meditation.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Introduce the fourth meditation, and then discharge the next four meditation to kill Nirvana called Khandhapari-nibbana : Five aggregates Nirvana, that is, to eliminate the five aggregates, then there is no other condition for the reincarnation of the five aggregates; End of samsaric birth in three worlds. At that moment, the earth shuddered.
Enter non-thought non-perception meditation, and then discharge non-non-ideal non-meditation.
Enter the non-possession of meditation, and then discharge the property of meditation.
Recite the boundless meditation, then release the boundless meditation.
Entry is not boundless in meditation, and discharge is not boundless meditation.
Enter the fourth meditation, then discharge the fourth meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the first meditation, then discharge the first meditation.
Enter the second meditation, then discharge the second meditation.
Enter the third meditation, then discharge the third meditation.
Introduce the fourth meditation, and then discharge the next four meditation to kill Nirvana called Khandhapari-nibbana : Five aggregates Nirvana, that is, to eliminate the five aggregates, then there is no other condition for the reincarnation of the five aggregates; End of samsaric birth in three worlds. At that moment, the earth shuddered.
This is one of the eight common phenomena for the Buddhas.
The Buddha Gotama Gotama is the greatest, the greatest, the supreme in the whole world of sentient beings, who overcame Nirvana.
Before the death of Nirvana, the Buddha advised, reminded the last row Thanh Van disciples that:
"Handa dani bhikkhave āmantayāmi vo,
Vayadhamma mahchar, appamādena sampādetha"
Vayadhamma mahchar, appamādena sampādetha"
- Bhikkhu, now the Tathagata advised, reminded the children the last time that :
" The dhammas, the five aggregates with the cessation of the common, you should strive diligently to accomplish all the Four Noble Truths, without diverging, conduct the Four Foundations of Mindfulness."
All beings, when they are born, must have death; no one except The Buddha and the holy Arahans are not called death ( death ) but called the death of Nirvana , the end of birth death in three generations of four species; Because, the Buddha and the holy Arahant have destroyed the remainderless craving, so there is no craving to lead karma to the next birth. And other sentient beings, even the Most Holy One, the Most Holy One, the All-Merciful One, still crave for the suffering humanity to reincarnate in the afterlife, continue to reincarnate samsara in three worlds of four species.
The Buddha has already passed away, but his teachings still exist in the world.
As the Buddha explained before he conquered Nirvana:
"It is a tragic incident, but it does not matter. Ahañca kho dāni ekakova ovadāni, anusāsāmi; mayi parinibbute imāni caturāsitidhamakkhandhasahassani tumhe ovadissanti anusāsissanti ... ".
"Thus, 84,000 of these disciplines still exist, only the Tathagata alone passes away. Actually, now alone Tathagata teaches you, teach you children; When the Tathagata precepts Nirvana, then there are 84,000 courses that will be "Master" teaching children, to teach children ... ".
Although the Buddha had passed away Nibbana 2,548 years ago, his teachings are still preserved to fully maintain 84,000 teachings to this day.
In order to be close to the Buddha, each of us strives diligently to study Buddhist teachings and practice Buddhism.The According to the ability of each person, so that Buddhism is maintained in the mind. Those who have Buddhism in the heart, they are dependent on the Buddha, rely on the Fa, rely on the monk, to rely on the Noble Three, so that they can become noble people and to bring benefits, evolution, long-term happiness to themselves in present and future lives; Particularly, it makes good on the path leading to the liberation of samsara in the three worlds of four species; At the same time, preserving the eternal Buddhist life of the world, to the end of the 5,000 years of Buddhism, to bring benefits, evolution, long-lasting peace to all beings, especially the gods and mankind.
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THE GOTAMA BUDDHISM SURVEY
Gotama Buddha is the result of the full accumulation of the thirty dharmas dharma, through past lives, from the first incarnation of the Buddha to the Buddha. In the last Bodhisattva Siddhattha became Gotama Buddha .
The first Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha
The Buddha dwells on a gemstone with a large number of bhikkhus, along the jungle with fragrant flowers near Lake Anotatta . At that time, the Buddha taught the karmic deeds he created in his first incarnation:
"Monks, you should listen to the good deeds that I have created in past lives. As Lai saw a bhikkhu who lived happily in the jungle, should generate pure faith, then offered "an old cloth" to the bhikkhu. At that time, the Tathagata birth of great compassion has the will to become the Buddha Siddhartha Buddha to save, save the sentient beings out of the sea of samsara reborn in three worlds of four species. That is the first life of the Bodhisattva of the first Tathagata is willing to become the Buddha Buddha. Thanks to donations karma " old cloth" in the past in that first, leading to the present life became Buddha Enlightenment title this Gotama " [8] .
The last Bodhisattva of Gotama Buddha
Gotama 's previous Bodhisattva passed through countless rebirths in three periods:
- The German Bodhisattva has the wish to become the Buddha of the Buddha, throughout 7 a-rainy season.
- The period of the Bodhisattva's vow, in order to let the sentient beings know the will of the Bodhisattva, during the 9th Anniversary.
- The Bodhisattva Age was 24 Buddha's life determining the remaining time, the Bodhisattva will certainly become Buddha Gotama Buddha Gotama . Beginning from the first Dīpaṅkara Buddha to the last 24th Kassapa Buddha , through the four continents and 100 thousand earthly lives. GotamaBuddha created the full 30 parami dharmas, to his last Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Siddhattha birth of King Suddhodana and main palace Empress Mahāmayādevī . At the age of 16, Bodhisattva Prince Siddhattha crowned the King and married Princess Yasodhara.The 29 years old; At the age of 35, the Bodhisattva attained the title of Buddha Gotama Gotama Buddha ; At the age of 80, Buddha passed away.
Fruit of the good and evil of Gotama Buddha
The Bodhisattva, the predecessor of Gotama Buddha , created the complete 30 parami-dharmas of good kamma for the attainment of the Buddha-dharma. But through many lifetimes in the past, sometimes the Bodhisattva also create akusala kamma (evil kamma); These evil karmas have the opportunity to give birth in the last incarnation, before the Buddha passes away.
The old evil kamma that He created in past past lives for the suffering in the present last life is as follows:
Old Gotama's Gotama
Calling old karma is to distinguish it from the new karma .
For the Buddha and the holy Arahant, only old karma, no longer create new karma. In addition to the Buddha and the Arahantas, all beings, including the three Noble Truths, are the Most Holy One, the Most Holy One, the All-Knowing One, and still create new karma. Each good kamma, every akusala kamma, if given the chance, can give the result in the present, second and third lives until the death of Nirvana.
In the last, Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhartha Gotama Gotama . As a Bodhisattva, the past life of Gotama Buddha , through many lifetimes, in the past, he sometimes created evil kamma , or his old evil kamma ; These old karmic retribution also gave birth to the four realms of evil world, suffering long suffering, until graduation. Nowadays, although he became the Buddha of the Buddha, the old karmas still have little power; If they have the opportunity, they will give their fruit, except the Buddha.
Buddha preached in the Apadana part Buddhapadana [9] on the now evil old for results are summarized as follows:
Bodhisattva practice ascetic throughout six years (dukkarakiriyā)
In the past, the Bodhisattva, the previous Buddha Gotama, was born in the noble Brahmin family, named Jotipāla , to the time when Kassapa Buddha appeared in the world.
Jotipāla Bodhisattva is prone to descent, so there is no faith in the Three Jewels; (another cause related to Kassapa Buddha's unwholesome result ) . Thus, when hearing of the title of KassapaBuddha , the Bodhisattva Jotipāla said:
"The bald head, it is easy to attain the Buddha Siddhartha Buddha! It is difficult to attain the Buddha-dharma. "
The Bodhisattva Jotipāla has a good friend named Ghaṭikāra , Ghaṭikāra, who is a close- mindedmale with pure faith in Kassapa Buddha , often encourages Jotipāla Bodhisattva to come to KassapaBuddha , but once the Bodhisattva Slapping Jotipala also refused to go. One day, Ghaikirra invited the Bodhisattva Jotipāla to bathe in a water landing near the residence of Kassapa Buddha and the monks. After bathing Ghaṭikāra invited the Bodhisattva Jotipāla go to the Buddha Kassapa , the Bodhisattva Jotipāla refused to go; Ghaṭikāra thought that he could not walk, Ghaṭikāra took hold of the head of Jotipāla Bodhisattva's head. Jotipāla Bodhisattva no other way, must follow to the Buddha Kassapa . While listening to the Dharma, the Bodhisattva Jotipāla generated pure faith in the Buddha Kassapa , asking him to become a monk in his teachings. Later, Jotipāla Bhikkhu was identified by the Buddha Kassapa the remaining time in the life of Bhaddakappa Earth. will become Buddha Gotama Gotama . Kassapa Buddha is the 24th Buddha to have the last Bodhisattva Jotipāla Gotama Buddha .
The Bodhisattva continues to make full 30 pāramitā dharmas until the last birth of the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Siddhattha , 29 years old. Because now harsh insult to Buddha Kassapa was, therefore, the Bodhisattva must be operating measures austerity 6 years the net up , in the mountains near the village Uruvela , because now harsh was the fruit of asceticism for 6 year.
Later, abandoning the ascetic, Bodhisattva following the practice of the Middle Way leads to realization of the Four Noble Truths, attain the four Noble Truths - the Four Noble Truths and the Nirvana, to eliminate all craving, all troubles brains, all evil, especially kill all the money disabled, become the Buddha's Gotama Buddha Gotama .
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
In the past, Tathagata was Brahman Jotipāla offended Kassapa Buddha :
" Bald, that is not easy to attain the Buddha Buddha. It is difficult to attain Buddhahood.
As a consequence of the evil karma, Tathagata ascetic practices in the mountains near the village of Uruvela 6 years school full. Because of the old evil karma, the wrong ascetic practices. Tathagata can not attain Buddhahood by practicing asceticism.
After abandoning the ascetic practice, Tathagata following the Middle Way leads to the realization of the Four Noble Truths, attaining the Four Noble Paths - the Four Noble Truths and Nirvana, becoming the Buddha of Right Mindfulness.
Now, Tathagata no longer create evil business and good karma anymore, has eliminated all negativity, all craving, all evil; no longer hot temper, no longer sorrow, suffering. As Lai will be Nirvana.
The Buddha suffers from the cajamadhikatu ( abbhakkhāna )
In the past, the Bodhisattva, the previous Buddha of Gotama, blamed Him on the Venerable Nanda , the Buddha's Dharma.
Bodhisattva after death, because of the evil karmic retribution for the rebirth of beings in the hell realm, bear the consequences for thousands of years, until the last evil career, to escape the hell realm . When being reborn as a human being, the Bodhisattva is often blamed for the bad things, because of the power of the evil karma created in past lives.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhartha appearing in the world. His good name spread everywhere, the rows of disciples every day a lot more, including the king, the mandarin, the rich, the people, gods, disobedient ... listen to the Dharma, Then practice the Dharma of realizing the Four Noble Truths, attaining the Noble Truth and the Nirvana, becoming the Noble One from the Sangha, the Most Holy One, the Noble One to the Arahant . Those who have not attained the Noble Truths, who have pure faith in the Three Jewels, please take refuge in the Three Jewels, become male or female close in the teachings of Gotama Buddha . In fact, the great majority of these people, formerly of the pagan traditions, Brahmins, etc. Now, when the Buddha appeared in the world, they became disciples of the Buddha. That is what makes the foreign friars feel so much hurt, the old believers can not hold back, the new believers do not add; Therefore, the offerings, the benefits are increasingly decreasing, the life of the monks more and more deprived of suffering, more difficult than before.
The group of foreign monks meeting with each other, plotting the malice to lower the prestige of the Buddha.
At that time, in the city of Sāvatthi there is a beautiful female beauty as Goddess , named Ciñcāmāṇavikā , she was a pious student of the religious pagan.
The pagan monks thought aloud:
" We use pregnant female Ciñcāmāṇavikā pregnant with Samon Gotama, to cause misunderstanding, to discredit him ."
One day, as usual she Ciñcāmāṇavikā to the pagan monastery, finished the ceremony, she sat on one side. She Cincamanavika surprised somehow that day the monks sat quietly told her not a sentence. She thought: "What a mistake I have!"
She told the Presbyterian:
- Dear Him, I have honored you three times already, but do not know what my fault that you do not tell me a word ?
The old man said sternly to her:
- Are not! Dear children, I am a good student, I have no faults! At present, the life of the teacher is very difficult, very little child! Therefore, you are sad, suffering, no one told anyone sad sad.
She Cincamanavika surprised anxiously asked:
- Ladies and gentlemen, before your life is full, so rich, why are you in such a difficult situation?
- Ciñcāmāṇavikā, do not you know anything? It was Samuel Gotama who had tormented me, and Samson Gotama had robbed the wealthy disciples, so that he lost all the benefits he had made ... Therefore, you must live in such a miserable condition .
She Cincamanavika feel very heartbreaking, heartwarming said:
- But you do not know what. Do not know what you can do, to help you ?
The monks pretended to be silent for a moment and then said,
- Only fear that I'm afraid, but not help you .
She Cincamanavika quick to respond:
- No, I can do anything, as long as you can live peacefully, so I'm satisfied .
The serious monk said:
- This is very important, requiring children to be smart. If you really want to help my teacher, there is only one way, please use charming charms of the child, pretending to be pregnant with Samon Gotama. If you do that, it will reduce the prestige of Samantha Gotama. Thus, most of the followers of Samson Gotama will return to us .
She Cincamanavika cheerfully say:
- Yes, this is very good! Please trust in me, I will try to fulfill my duty, to repay your gratitude to me .
From that day, on every afternoon of the people in Sāvatthi, after listening to the Buddha's sermon at Jetavana Temple finished, pay homage to the Buddha, they often see her beautiful dress Ciñcāmāṇavikā very charming a bouquet of flowers in his hand, going on the way to Jetavana Temple , someone curious stopped asking:
- In the evening, where are you going to dress up ?
She Cincamanavika answered intentionally caused to people doubt:
- Where is my work, you know how useful it is !
Having finished, she walked towards the Jetavana temple , but spent the night at a nearby monastery.
Then, the next morning, when there were some close-up men and women close to the Jetavana to donate to the Buddha and raise them, they saw her Ciñcāmāṇa-vikā from Jetavana Temple back to Sāvatthi ,
People asked her:
- Where did you get off last night ?
She Ciñcāmāṇavikā cumbersome answer:
- I have a place where I have a place to stay, you know what benefits it is !
And from that, every morning and every day, from month to month, Ciñcāmāṇavikā does the same. Until one day, the number of men approaching, the other women asked:
- Where did you get off last night ?
She Cincamanavika it was time to say, to start to cause suspicion.
- What personal story do you want to know? Sooner or later you will know ! If you want to know the truth now I would like to declare that : "Last night I stay at Gandhakuti with SAMON Gotama, to serve Him, that's a great honor of my life."
When she finished speaking, she gave her consent to the city.
When listening to her Ciñcāmāṇavikā said, there are close to the male, the female close to the human mind is low, so the center of semiannual semen , until 3 to 4 months, she Ciñcāmāṇavikā take the cloth belly, cover the outside, as if the person is pregnant. There are some non-intellectual people, not knowledgeable about the Buddha's teachings, doubt that Ciñcāmāṇavikā is pregnant or not!
The time has come for 9 months, the dramatic demeanor of the Blessed One in the end. The uninvited clergymen call her Ciñcāmāṇavikā , who uses a piece of wood that is shaped like a pregnant child who is about to give birth, has four heads, tells Ciñcāmāṇavikā that she is tied behind her back, Looks like a real pregnant, finished group of religious monks using the sword in the palm of his hand, swollen feet, seen as the woman is about to give birth.
The Buddha won her Ciñcāmāṇavikā
One evening, when the Buddha was sitting in the courtroom, at the lecture hall of Jetavana Temple , four disciples were sitting quietly listening to the Dharma as usual, then Ciñcāmāṇavikā from the outside into the dilapidated , then came before the Buddha , pointing his hand at his words:
"Hey Samantha Gotama! He is very good sermon, how good, how many people he knew, and how did he not blessed? I am pregnant stomach is because he, he said delicious sweet talk with me, said to help me this, the other ... Today, soon to be born, he lectured the dharma of others, What's up to me? Although he was not able to care for me, he told his servants as King Pasenadi, he endorsed Anāthapindika, Visakha ... care for me also. But this, he only satisfied personal desire, he did not know my suffering, bear stomach like this here!
Listen to her Cincāmānavikā scolded, the Buddha stopped the sermon, still sitting on the natural course, calm on the court and said calmly:
- Hey sister! You say truthful or false, only Tathagatas and she knows only?
She Cincamanavika responded:
- Yes, this is Mr. Samon! Only you and I know it!
At that moment, at the Three Senses of the Three Heavenly, the court of King Sakka warms up, with the celestial observation of cause, the king clearly see her Cincamantian is scolding the Buddha among the four disciples, by the things are not real. This is a plot of the evil group of religious monks, use her Cincāmānavikā female engineer , intentionally lower the prestige of the Buddha among four disciples. King Sakka decided to clarify this. The four gods and goddesses appeared at the Jetavanatemple immediately. The four celestial men, at the order of the heavenly king, became four mice, crawling at the same time to bite the four wooden strings, the shape of the fetus tied behind her back. Cincāmānavikā , and at the same time, the king made a breeze for the other wood to fall on the ground and touched the feet of Cincāmānavikā , causing her legs to bruise.
The incident occurred in a short time, all obvious facts are exposed in front of the four disciples. She Cincamanavika reviled profusely, someone beaten, spat, and then chased her out of the precincts. She Cincamanavika frustration, excuse just stumbled walked out of sight of people, the mainland split into two, play up a spark burned her and then pulled her down determining deep underground. After Cincāmānavikā dies, the evil karma results in the reincarnation of the great Avīci, suffering from the evil karmas.
Her story Cincamanavika slander Buddha has spread everywhere, from origin to another origin. And everyone knows that it is the malignant conspiracy of the pagan monks. Some of the former members of the religious group, who have heard of this, have lost their faith, so no longer offer spiritual gifts for the religious group, the life of the group. Priests of the hardships of suffering, now even worse.
On the contrary, the people everywhere arises good heart purely offering the Buddha and monks wealth items; Those who do not have faith now have faith in the Three Jewels; The number of people who have faith in the Three Jewels, the more faith grows.
The Buddha defeated Cincāmānavikā's slander by means of an analytical method [11] .
As the Buddha taught about his old karma:
In the past life, Tathagata once slandered Nanda Venerable; After the death of the disciple of the Buddha, after his death, the retribution of that evil fruit results in the reincarnation of the hell realm, suffering for millennia, until the end of the evil one. Get out of the hell realm.
Whenever I was reincarnated as a human being, the Tathagata was often blamed for the bad things that were not real, because of the power of the evil that I created in the past.
Due to the capacity of the old evil left a residual, this last life was her Cincāmānavikā slander Tathagata things are not true, between the four disciples.
The Buddha was slandered by the nuns of Sundarī
In the past, the Bodhisattva, formerly born of the Gotama Buddha , was born into a lower class family, Munāḷi , the Bodhisattva who was often close to the wicked, resulting in bad habits. One day, seeing the Surabhi Solitary Buddha , Bodhisattva Munāii immediately let go of the slander:
" This bald head is breaking the world! Poor lawless! "
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the resultant rebirth results in sentient beings in the hell realm, suffering for millennia, until he is released from the place. prison. When being reborn as a human, often slandered the bad, not real.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhattha Buddha appeared on the world, his good reputation spread everywhere. The disciples row more and more; On the contrary, the disciples of the non-Buddhist groups gradually reduced, so the life of the monks and nuns fell into a more difficult situation than before. Therefore, they planned to discredit the Buddha.
At that time, the non-Buddhist nun named Sundarī was very beautiful, visited the pagan monks, bowed and finished, see the group of non-religious monks sitting quietly do not tell her a word.
She asked:
- Dear Sir, what is your fault that you do not tell me?
A pagan monk laments that:
- We were all suffering from Samuel Gotama, which I do not care or know, that is my fault !
- Can you slander Samon Gotama?
- Dear Sir, I can do it.
From that day, every afternoon, the people of Sāvatthi, after hearing the Buddha sermon at JetavanaTemple finished, they pay homage to the Buddha and ask permission to return home, they often see Sundarī monk holding a bunch flower in hand, going on the way to Jetavana temple , someone curious stopped asking:
- In the evening, where are you going?
She nun Sundari replied to cause a suspicion:
- Where is my work, you know how useful it is!
Having finished, she walked towards the Jetavana temple , but spent the night at a nearby pagan monastery.
Then, the next morning, when the number of subordinate men and women approaching the Jetavanato donate to the Buddha and the monks, they saw the Sundarī nun from Jetavana Temple back to Sāvatthi . People ask her:
- Where did you get off last night?
The nun of Sundarī wanted to create a suspicion and said,
- What personal story do you want to know? If you want to know, I will tell the truth: "My life is very honored, night and night to be served Samon Gotama at his GandhakuС" g cup. "
The pagans awaiting this news, now have the opportunity, they immediately spread the news that:
"All of you, you have heard the evil deeds of Samson Gotama !"
It is Sundarī who claims to slander the bad deeds of the Buddha to her, spreading confusion, causing distrust to the people.
For the disciples of the Buddha, the disciples of the Buddha certainly never believed in the slander of the pagan monks and nuns of Sundarī ; For some doubtful people arise suspicion. It is the conspiracy of the pagan monks to discredit the Buddha, hoping to restore his prestige.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
In past lives, Tathagata is a delusion of Munāḷi who insulted the Surabhi Solitary Buddha, after his death, due to his evil karmic retribution in the hell realm of suffering for many long time. years, until the evil industry.
Because of the old karmic power left a little residual, in this present life Tathagata was slandered by nuns Sundarī.
The Buddha and Bhikkhu Sangha were slandered to kill Sundarī woman to hide sin (abbhakkhāna)
In the past, the Bodhisattva, the previous Buddha of Gotama Buddha , was born into a family of Brahmins, the Bodhisattva of Brahmanism. He taught the group of 500 Brahmins in the forest at the foot of Mount Himavantu . One day, the Taoist attained meditation[12] , the Five Elements [13] have a lot of power, come to the monastery of the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva met this Taoist, immediately arise jealousy, should slander the Taoist that:
" This Taoist deceives! This Taoist enjoys enjoying the five senses ... "
The Bodhisattva also told his disciples that the Taoist was a deceiver, enjoying the pleasures of the five senses.
The group of disciples believe in the words of the teacher, went into the alms village, also defamed the Taoist so.
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the retribution of the karmic retribution for beings in the hell realm, suffering for many thousands of years, until the end of the evil karma, is released from the place. prison.
In the present life, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha becomes the Buddha of Righteous Enlightenment appearing on the earth, his good name spread everywhere, from the Goddess, the rich, the faithful. In the Buddha, the Dharma, the monks, they offer four kinds of riches. In contrast, non-religious groups; The majority of pagan believers renounce the pagan monks, refuse to seek refuge thanks to the Buddha, the French, the monks. They no longer offer alms to the pagans; Therefore, the life of the religious pagan more and more deprived more than before.
Although the pagans and Sundarī slandered the Buddha for bad things that were not true, they did not diminish the Buddha's credibility, so the group of pagan monks used poisonous tricks to hire hordes of alcoholics. killed Sundarī's infamous nun, and hid her corpse in the rubbish dump at the gateway to the Jetavana temple . The alcoholic thugs were acting their way.
Later, a group of non-religious monks requested the submission of King Pasenadi Kosala .
- The king, nun Sundarī, our disciple has disappeared.
The king gave orders to seek Sundarī .
The pagan monks dragged themselves to find the Sundarī, in the rubbish dump at the entrance to the Jetavana Temple , where they laid the Sundarī female body on a stretcher and carried it to the king, and carried it. Around the city of Sāvatthi slander that:
" Dear all, let's take a look at the evil deeds of Samuel Gotama and his group of disciples, who killed our holy nun, Sundarī, to conceal the sins of Samson Gotama. "
The king of Pasenadi Kosala, who was clever and wise, commanded the soldiers to investigate who killed the Sundarī nun .
At the same time, the group of alcoholic drunks are drinking alcohol and arguing with each other and blame each other:
- You killed the nun Sundarī!
- It's not me, it's you!
Soldiers in the court heard the story, immediately arrested the group of alcoholics brought to the king inquiries.
The king asked,
- Did you kill the Sundarī nun?
- To the king! Yes, we killed the nun Sundarī herself.
The king continued:
- Who hired you to kill the Sundarī nun.
The group of alcoholics:
- To the king! It was the pagan priest who hired us to kill the Sundarī nun and told us to hide her corpse in the rubbish dump at the gate of the Jetavana temple.
The king immediately ordered the capture of a group of foreign monks, arrested them to plead guilty; Then we must go around Sāvatthi rectify the slander of Gotama Gotama and the monks before: " Dear everyone, we are the ones who hired the group of alcoholics to kill the nuns Sundarī, to blame Samson Gotama and his bhikkhu monks. In truth, Gotama Buddha and his disciples are completely innocent . "
When the religious group did so, the people of Sāvatthi did not have any doubts. The king took a group of alcoholics and a group of foreign religious conspirators killed the Sundarī sisters .
After that, the Buddha and the bhikkhus have been raised by the majority of the people of the faith in the Three Jewels.
The Buddha and the Bhikkhunin Sangha are slandered by the evil, not real, because of the old bodhisattva's evil kamma, he has slandered the Taoist in the past, and the last power is last. This is the opportunity for the fruit of the old evil karma.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
Bodhisattva, a previous life of Tathagata, as Brahmaplas finished school books Blammon, teacher teaches a group of 500 disciples in the forest near Himavanta Mountain.
A Taoist who attained the highest levels of meditation and spirituality came to the monastery. Tathagata saw the Taoist who had endured the jealousy of the Taoist; I also told the group that "this Taoist deceives, Taoist enjoy the pleasures of the five." When the Tathagata said so, the group believes in the words of the Tathagata, they go begging to all families told people that: "Taoist cheated, the Taoist is the one who enjoys the five senses ", After death, because of the evil karmic retribution for the fruit of rebirth in the hell realm, the suffering of a long time, until the end of evil .
Because of the old karmic potential left over, the present Tathāgata and the 500 Bhikkhus are slandered on the death of the nun Sundarī .
Buddha burned foot skin
In the past, the Bodhisattva, a former child of Gotama Buddha , was a mischievous child playing in the street, seeing the solitary Buddha go begging, the Bodhisatta setting fire on him.
After the death of the Bodhisattva, because of that evil karmic result in rebirth in the four realms of the world of evil, suffering until the end of the evil karma, is released from the hell realm.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhartha, because the power of the evil left a little left, so the Buddha burned foot fire.
Recruiting a group of gunners shot the Buddha
In the past, the Bodhisattva Gotama Gotama, a general who killed many enemies.
After the death of the Bodhisattva , the resultant karmic retribution for the rebirth of the hell realm, suffering until the end of the evil karma, is released from the hell realm.
In the last existential life, Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhartha, because of the capacity of the old evil karma left a little, making bhikkhus Devadatta recruited group gunners bow to shoot arrows, to kill Buddha. The team can not shoot arrows, to pay homage repentance; The Buddha taught the dharma, they became the Sangha.
The Buddha was touched by rock in his toe ( Silāvedho )
Bodhisattva, a previous life of Gotama Buddha , born in a wealthy family, has a half brother. When parents passed away, left a great fortune. Two brothers each had their own servants; Because of the incitement of these servants, the two brothers made wood, murdered each other, to take possession of all their possessions. Bodhisattva is that he has more power than his brother, pushed his brother fell to the rock niche, and then kicked his dead brother.
The Bodhisattva, after the death of the karmic retribution, gives birth to the fruit of rebirth in the hell realm, suffering for many thousands of years, until he is released from the hell realm.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha, and the monk Devadatta in the lineage is the son of her aunt and uncle, also the princess of Princess Yasodhar .
The life of Bhikkhu Devadatta and the previous life of the Bodhisattva Siddhattha are two jewelers. [14] It is summarized as follows:
In the past, the bodhisattva, the previous Buddha, who was a merchant of good jewelery, and the previous monk of Devadatta , is also a jeweler , but greedy and evil. A family that was formerly rich, but now all the assets are exhausted, only the net gold dust is full. The family inherited only one grandmother and granddaughter, they did not know the value of the gold tray.
One day, a jewelry trader ( former bhikkhu Devadatta ) from far away, passing the house, her niece saw, immediately begged her grandmother to buy a jewelry.
Old grandmother affectionately told his niece: "Hey dear! I do not regret it. Hiem a family that is poor now, not enough clothes, then get money to buy jewelry for her. Only the old trays left, ask foreign traders to see if you can change the small jewelry for me not.
She called the merchant, put the old tray for him to see. After a thorough examination, the trader knew that the precious gold trays, which the two grandchildren did not know the value of it. Being greedy and evil, he thought to himself: "I have to take this gold tray, but just change a small jewelry is not worth the price." When he finished thinking, he pretended to throw the tray to the ground and said:
- This old tray is not worth anything, it is not worth 12 cents and a half ! Where to get a jewelry ?
After saying that, the greedy and wicked merchant left the place.
The next day, the honest merchant ( former Bodhisattva of the Buddha) walked across the house, his niece crying for jewelery. Because she loved and wanted to please her, she called the merchant into the house, then brought the old tray to the dealer to see this. This time, she talked about her plight for the merchant, in the hope of exchanging some small jewelry for him.
The trader honestly took the tray, cleaned the dust, discovered this tray is not only a tray of precious gold, but also carved reliefs, delicate pattern, elaborate, What a wonderful art.
The bodhisattva with two hands to nourish the tray and said quietly:
- Mother, this tray is not only pure gold, but also a precious artifact, at least over 100 thousand Kahapana ( ancient gold coins ). All of the jewelry and money you bring with you is not equal to one percent, so you do not dare to touch that priceless artifact.
Old grandmother deeply appreciate the honest heart of the honest merchant, sincerely said:
"My son, this is the true heart of my precious child than this artifact. In the past, there was a merchant who sold the jewelery like this one. He said that this tray is not worth 12 cents and a half. When he went, he threw the tray to the ground and uttered the spit. If it is true, it is of precious gold as you say, it is your blessing. So, take a child and give me any jewelry, do not be afraid.
After many refusals, the Bodhisattva handed over all the jewels and all his money, totaling about one thousand (1,000) gold coins for his two grandchildren, only ask for eight again to cost along the way.
The Bodhisattva brought the golden tray. After that, the trafficked evil man returned to find her, he said:
- Old woman, bring the old tray out here, I will give her grandma a small jewelry !
The old man saw him, despicable man, she said:
- Hey man, my gold tray is worth 100 thousand dong, why did he criticize that, it was not worth 12 cents? I sold it to an honest jeweler, he gave me the full amount of 500 gold and all the other jewelery. I gave away the gold tray for him to take away.
Hearing this, the greedy and cruel merchant felt extremely sorry screaming:
- Oh! I have suffered too much damage! The dealer had stolen a gold tray worth 100,000 VND!
Screaming to dry mute, the heart to hate extreme, the dealer lying rolled to the ground faint. When he woke up, like a madman, he threw away his clothes, jewels scattered, with his head tangled, ran after the Bodhisattva. At that time, he passed over half the river, still heard his shout: "Come back! Come back!". He told the boatman to row straight across the river.
On the banks of this river, too frustrated and sorry, so angry, extreme anger made the bloody mercenary surge in the mouth, rolled to death on the spot. Before we stop breathing, with the heart of hatred yang out evil curse landings contrary to the Bodhisattva: "I will unfairly wrong with you regardless of any position. This is the first left between the previous life of Bhikkhu Devadatta with the previous life of the Buddha.
Therefore, during the time of samsara, when the two meet again, in which circumstances, status, aftermath of the evil wretched merchant also seeks to kill or hurt Bodhisattva; Even as a father, the Bodhisattva is the son, the father also find enough reason to kill the Bodhisattva. Even until the last incarnation; After the birth of Prince Siddhattha , the former Prince Siddhattha attained the rank of Siddhattha , and the aftermath of the former evil merchant, Prince Sakadavada of Sakya. (Prince Siddhattha's dynasty) became monk Devadatta , disciple of the Buddha; Bhikkhu Devadatta Find all the malicious intentions to kill the Buddha. But because of the power of the Buddha, there is no one in the world capable of killing Him.
With the remaining karmic effect of the Buddha left a little bit left, so bhikkhu Devadatta climbed Mount Gijjhakūṭa pushed the rock roll down, on the road Buddha walking, the stone was broken, only a broken Small pieces of stone fell on the toes of the Buddha's head, bruising only. Thus, bhikkhu Devadatta commits one of the five arrogant freedoms .
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
In past lives, Tathagata killed his brother half-brother, because the cause of the inheritance of his parents to leave, Tathagata pushed his brother down the rock niche, then roll the dead stone.
As a result of the old evil karma, this last life, Tathagata was bent by Bhikkhu Devadatta buckled rock, but the rock was stopped, only broken a small piece of rock splashed to touch the toes of Tathagata .
The Buddha touched his toes with blood ( Sakalikāvedha )
Bodhisattva, previous life of Gotama Buddha , born in a normal family; As a young boy is very mischievous, he is playing in the middle of the road, seeing the begging Buddha is begging, he thought: " Where is bald head? ", Then held a stone thrown at the back of the sole Buddha, touching his heel, scratching his skin, bleeding.
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the karmic retribution results in the reincarnation of the hell realms, suffering for millennia, until he is released from the hell realm.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha Buddha. When the Buddha was walking on Mount Gijjhakūṭa , due to the capacity of the past little karma, the monk Devadatta shoved the rock down, but the rock was blocked, but a small piece of rock broke. Shocked to touch the toes of the Buddha, causing bruising. This is due to the fruits of his past evil karma.
The Buddha was wounded with a knife ( Satthaccheda )
The Bodhisattva, the previous Buddha of Gotama, was the king of a small country outside of the Middle Kingdom, the Bodhisattva of the Bodhisattva who was close to the evil gods, so he became the evil king. One day, the king was swinging his sword, barefooted ( not wearing sandals ) from the palace and ran into the wall killing many innocent people.
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the resultant rebirth in the four worlds of evil: hell, hungry ghost, atula, animal, suffering until the end of the evil karma, is released. 4 worlds of evil worlds.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha Buddha. Due to the capacity of the old evil kamma remaining little left, causing bhikkhu Devadatta buckled the rock rolled down, a small piece of rock hit, his toe bruised blood.
Later, Jīvaka practitioner uses a scalpel knife to remove the wound from the blood with the heart ; It is good kamma, to heal the wounds of the Buddha's great toe.
Bhikkhu Devadatta as bruising toes Buddha, with stone pieces with aversion , should commit evil matter called now countless cockroaches ( anantariyakamma ) certainly will result reborn in hell Aveci.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
In past lives, the Tathagata is the king went barefoot to swords innocent murder. After death, because of that evil karmic result in rebirth in the hell realms, suffer the suffering suffered in the hell for a long time, until the evil career, to escape the hell realm.
As a consequence of the old evil karma left a little bit, the present life, the last of this, As the lai was bruised on the wound of the toes of the Tula; Because old karma has the capacity for fruit.
Buddha was elephant Nāḷāgiri chase
The Bodhisattva, the predecessor of Gotama Buddha , is the elephant protagonist, riding the elephant away, seeing the perilous Buddha walking on the road. The Bodhisatta begs the elephant to think, "Where is this bald head from? ". Y arise the heart of the field that makes the elephant angry in pursuit of the Buddha alone.
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the karmic retribution results in the reincarnation of the hell realm, the suffering of the long-term, until the end of the evil karmic retribution, to be released from the hell realm.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha Buddha. Due to the capacity of the old evil karma in the remainder, bhikkhu Devadatta to meet King Ajātasattu to conspire with the fierce elephant Nāḷāgiri to kill the Buddha; The king approved.
Bhikkhu Devadatta ordered the administrator:
- Tomorrow, you must give the Nāḷāgiri statue drink 16 jars of alcohol, drunk crazy and then released according to the way that Samson Gotama often go into the alms round, so that it ran straight to the death Samon Gotama.
That morning, the Buddha and the monks went to Rājagaha , the elephant Nāḷāgiri saw the Buddha from far away, rolled up the hose, fan with two ears, curved tail ran straight to the Buddha, such as a fruit the mountain was dipping in his direction. The Buddha recited the mind from the Nāḷāgirielephant , then called with a sweet voice sweet affection:
- This is my favorite child Nāḷāgiri ! They give me 16 bottles of spirits, making me crazy, so that I killed Tathagata.
Please come here with Tathagata, this love Nāḷāgiri !
Elephant Nalagiri brutality hear the AM sweet affection of the Buddha, he opened his eyes, raised his head and looked directly see the needle itself Buddha emit compassion, immediately intoxication frenzy vanish, the mind awake. Due to the Buddha's loving-kindness , the elephant Nāḷāgiri lowered his hose, obediently went on his way, kneeling gently under the feet of the Buddha.
Buddha lectures the elephant Nāḷāgiri , the whole body of elephants Nāḷāgiri arise joyless ever. If not the animal, then after hearing the French elephant certainly Nāḷāgiri has attained one of the Holy Dao - some of the Holy; But because the elephant Nāḷāgiri is a animal, so can not attain the Noble Path.
From then on, the elephant Nāḷāgiri [15] became a pleasant gentle elephant for the rest of its life.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
In past lives, the Tathagata is the governess, riding the elephant on the road, the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva makes the elephant angry chasing the beggar Buddha is begging, after death, due to his evil career The fruit of rebirth in the four worlds of suffering suffering until the end of evil industry, out of 4 evil paths.
Due to the capacity of the old evil left a little bastard, causing bhikkhu Devadatta sent the administrator to drop elephants Nāḷāgiri ran to the front of the Tathagata is going to the capital of Rājagaha to beg for alms.
Buddha suffering headache ( sīsadukkha )
The Bodhisattva of Gotama Buddha , born in the family of fishermen, the Bodhisattva and the fishermen came to catch fish, see the fishermen catching a lot of fish gathering large piles, Bodhisattva and socks. The fishermen immediately arise happy heart of the killing.
Bodhisattva after death, because of that evil karmic results in rebirth in the world of evil: hell, atula, hungry ghosts, animals until the last evil career, to be released from the realm of evil.
In the present life, the last Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha became the Buddha. As a consequence of the old evil karma of the killing, in the past there was little left over, so the Buddha sometimes had a headache; still life of bunch of money in the past fishermen, this present life, born in the royal line of Sakya were destroyed by King Vidadubha [16] .
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
The life of the Tathagata born in the fishermen neighborhood. Seeing fishermen catching so many fish, Tathagata generates a happy heart.
Due to the capacity of the old karma left a few moments for the headache arising in the last Tathagata, the fishermen in the past, now the Sakya clan was slaughtered by the King Viḍaḍūbha.
Buddha rice red rice ( yavakhādana )
The bodhisattva, a previous incarnation of Gotama Buddha , was born in a lower class, less educated, andhabāla . Bodhisattva see Bhikkhus Thanh Van disciple of the Buddha of animals actually delicious, rice Sali , so Bodhisattva offended that: " The SAMON skinhead let's dine red rice, do not use rice sāli ... ".
After the death of the Bodhisattva, the result of that evil retribution gives birth to the four realms of the evil world, suffering for the long time, until the end of that evil evil, is released from the four worlds of evil.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha became the Buddha, and he Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sang travel everywhere, lecturing the world for beings with good grace and blessings.
One day, the Buddha together with a group of 500 Bhikkhu Sangha came to Verañjā. Lord Venerable Verañja came to the Buddha to fight the Buddha, but he could not win the Buddha, he immediately recovered the pure faith in the Buddha, French, German Sangha, listen to the Dharma immediately attained the level of the Holy Entered. He respectfully paid homage to the Buddha, requesting the Buddha and the Bhikkhus to attain the three rainy months of Verañjā .
The Buddha silently accepted Mr. Balm's request.
From that day on, evil spirits made the mind of the people of Verañjā confused, and at the same time in Verañjā is experiencing drought, hunger arises, people starve to death very crowded; Because of the shortage of food, the Buddha and the group of 500 monks alms, no one offered to bowl.
A delegation from Uttar Pradesh with 500 coaches arriving in Verañjā met the rainy season, so they had to stay. They see bhikkhu go begging but not get anything, they arise good heart to bless goodwill donate rice as a real food for horses, pounded into red rice, cooked rice, god added taste the sky, then offer to bowl to Buddha with 500 group of monks increased his disciples.
Thus, Buddha and the group 500 bhikkhus Increased rice red rice for 3 months in Lent retreat that year, until day festival Pavarana (Mass requests invited only his fault ) before chronic abuse, The evil king no longer makes the people of Verañjā confused. Indeed, Vlamña Verañja recalled three months ago that he invited the Buddha and his group of 500 monks and nuns to settle down during the three rainy months of Verañjā , which he forgot, At the time of his death he did not offer four things to the Buddha together with the group of 500 monks.
He Brahmans Veranja to almost Buddha, Glass invited him for the same group of 500 bhikkhus Increase next day, he would like doing good company of making offerings to monks Bhikkhu Increase the Buddha chair, while he respectfully ask Buddha and gods Pi Increase the forgiveness of guilty conscience forget his duty.
Actually, that is the old evil kamma that the Bodhisattva, the previous Buddha Gotama . The old evil kamma results not only in the suffering of the Buddha, but also in the 500 bhikkhus who are affected by the effects of that evil kamma.
Buddha suffered back pain ( piṭṭhidukkha )
Bodhisattva, a previous life of Buddha Gotama, born in a wealthy family, Bodhisattva Bodhisattva stature, but extraordinary strength.
At that time, a boxer wrestled muscular body, through the match with opponents from all over the province to the capital, he won all, he considered himself the champion. One day, this martial artist came to the Bodhisattva's homeland, just as in other places, there was no opponent who could pounce on him; So, he boasted himself as a champion, then flattered to go to another place.
At that time, the Bodhisattva thought:
"This martial artist won all the wrestlers in my hometown, and then went away with such arrogant pride."
The Bodhisattva immediately came to see him applauded:
- Come here, pounce on me and go !
Wrestling wrestler laughs and thinks:
- Great opponents, we also win easily, in this short-haired figure, we only need one hand is enough.
He clapped his hands to meet the Bodhisattva. The two shook hands before pitting.
The Bodhisattva grasped his muscular body, lifted his legs, raised to nothing, circled, then shook his shoulders against the ground to make the cartilage of his spine, and let him lie on the ground. , no longer stirring.
The people in the land so applauded praising the Bodhisattva who won a famous boxer wrestler, and they gave the Bodhisattva the precious prizes.
The bodhisattva healed the shoulder bone, the spine bone for the martial arts, then he stood up and teaches medicine, from now on should not match with anyone else.
Whenever the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva is reborn as a human, the wicked kamma of the wrestler, if given the chance, the Bodhisattva often has back pain, aches and pains.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha Buddha become the Buddha, is completely free from suffering suffering anymore; But the Buddha still suffering from the four elements, often suffering from back pain ... Therefore, sometimes the Buddha is lecturing, back pain arise, he taught the virtue of Sariputta or Mahamoggallana to replace him continue. preach; He let his disciples lie down, to reduce the back pain. That is the result of the old kamma.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
Battle wrestling, Tathagata has wrestled boxer wrestling in the past; present life, the result of old karma, so back pain arise to the Tathagata.
Buddha suffering from hemarthrosis ( atisāra: dysentery)
Bodhisattva, a previous life of Gotama Buddha , born in a physician's family. The adult Bodhisattva lives as a therapist to cure people. When the Bodhisattva heals the son of a rich man; The fortune-teller paid for unpaid drugs. Due to dissatisfaction, the Bodhisattva has been purged for the wealthy son.
When the bodhisattva Bodhisattva is reborn as a human, because of the evil karma for the pill, if the opportunity for the fruit, the Bodhisattva suffering dysentery, go to blood.
The present life is the last, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha became the Buddha Siddhartha at 35 years old. From then on, during the 45 years of sermon, the saints liberated from the ocean of samsara in the three precepts of four species. When the Buddha was 80 years old, on the full moon day of the fourth lunar month, the last day he passed away Nirvana. After the Buddha's special nourishment of the sūkuramaddava of Cunda kammāraputta, and adding the flavor of the gods in the heavenly realms, it was added to the power of God. On the way to the forest of Kusinārā, the Buddha and the monks on the road to the forest Kusinārā, He is suffering from dysentery, passing stools to blood, causing the body to tired, thirst again, he had to stop resting for a while, then continue to go to forest Kusinārā , the Buddha died Nirvana Entrance to the full moon night of the fourth lunar month (lunar calendar).
The Buddha is the most noble in the three worlds, yet still can not avoid the old evil business.
The Buddha taught about his old karma:
Born in the Lai as a physician, as a teacher for the rich man; Due to dissatisfaction, the teacher has been pouring litter for the rich boy to drink. As a result of the evil karma for the fruit, so the bloody artery to arise Tathagata.
Buddha thirst
The Bodhisattva, a pastor of Gotama Buddha , was a cowherd, leading the herds of cattle to eat grass. The Bodhisattva saw the cow drinking water, so it was forbidden to drink it at will.
As a consequence of this evil kamma, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha finally lives on as the Buddha of Righteous Enlightenment. Before Buddha passed away , on the way from Pāvā to the forest of Kusinārā, the Buddha was suffering from dysentery. bloody, tired and thirsty. He taught the virtue of Ānanda to get water. He Venerable Ānanda went to the river has less water, and besides had 500 wagons crossed the river as muddy river water, so he Venerable Ānanda not want to take this water. As for the Buddha because of thirst so unbearable, he taught the Venerable Ānanda must take water to give degrees through thirst. Venerable Ānanda Step into the river, it is extraordinary, the stream of water is chilled to become clean green. He took the water to bring to the Buddha.
It is the fruit of the old evil karma that forbids the mother from drinking water, in his previous life .
The Buddha made the old evil kamma created in his past lives to the monks at the forest near Lake Anotatta .
All beings in general, each one in particular, depends on the kamma and effect of one 's own kamma . At present, human beings have the right to choose a career, then have the right to create good or evil karma; But the result of good or bad kamma arising from the cause of the cause, not completely chosen. Good business is good fruit, peace fruit ...; On the other hand, when evil kamma is for suffering ...
Therefore, good fruit, peaceful fruit, should be all good business; and do not want bad results, suffering fruit, should not create all evil karma.
If any sentient beings have created good karma or karmic retribution, then when karma has the opportunity for its fruit, the sentient beings receive the result of karma, as the heir of karmic results which he himself created. .
The Buddha taught about kamma that:
"Kammassako mhi kammadāyādo kammayoni kammabandhu kammapaṭisaraṇo ya kamma karissāmi kalyāṇam vā pāpakaṃ vā, tassa dāyado bhavissāmi" [17]
"I have my own karma, I inherited the fruits of karma, karma is human, karma is kin, karma is my refuge. We create karma: good karma, or negative karma, we will be the beneficiaries of good karma, or bad karma.
Every good kamma, every evil kamma, if it is full of conditions and opportunities, it can give results in the present life, give birth in the next life, and the next life until the death of Nirvana. Table, for the Arahants.
Then we should have faith in the karma and fruits of our karma ; Also, to know the past karmic retribution, what is the result, in the present life, is not easy to know, for all sentient beings. The only German Sabbannu ( Buddha Omniscient ) see clearly, know the industry and result of money now spent countless past lives, present life, his future and the lives of all living beings. And some Arahants are also capable of knowing their karmic virtues in their past lives. His narrative is recorded in the Apadāna .
In addition to the Buddha and some Arahants, there are no other beings, no one is able to know their karmic origins in past lives.
Indeed, because kamma and kamma are one of the four inability ( acinteyya ); Do not think thinking about karmic effects and results; There should only be faith in karma and the fruit of karma . If one thinks thinking about karma and the result of karma, one may get dementia.
The omniscient Buddha knows that the old evil karma in the past lives untold, but what are the old evil karmas that He has mentioned, because those old karmas are related to the fruit of suffering in His last birth. , before the death of Nirvana.
Those who have faith in the karma and fruits of their karma. If those people, while enjoying the fruits of good karma, are rich and wealthy, have high authority, etc. They feel happy, happy and happy life; the more they have faith in the karma and fruit of their karma; Therefore, they seek good opportunities to create many good deeds such as generosity, keeping precepts, meditation, ... Thanks to these good karma support lifetimes are noble, especially creating good conditions. The three truths to realize the truth of the Four Noble Truths, attained the Noble Path - Fruition and Nirvana, liberation of samsara rebirth in three kingdoms of four species.
If those people, when suffering the consequences of evil karma, ... they do not blame anyone; They firmly believe that it is only the fruit of the evil karma they created in the past; Now, to the time of the fruits, they suffer the consequences. They bring good heart to frightened all evil karma, sin, they try to get away from all sinful evil karma, so that their futures do not suffer suffering like this anymore.
Thus, those who have faith in karma and the fruit of karma, whether of the result of good kamma or evil karmic arises, can still generate good karma, Not affected by the results of karma, not let lobha or mind center arise.
Karma and the fruits of karma are very fair, without prejudice to anyone, even the highest Buddha Siddhartha in the whole world of sentient beings can not escape the suffering of evil karma. What each of us is like; When we are happy to receive the fruits of good karma, we should also patience the consequences of evil karma with clear mind.
The person who has faith in karma and the fruits of karma, believes that: "The karma of the fruit also has the term of karma."
Thus, karmas and results of karma are not fate at all, but the karmic effects and effects of karma are entirely dependent on the law of cause and effect .
The Buddha taught karma and fruits of karma by saying:
"Yādisaṃ vapate bījaử, tādisaṃ harate
phala ntụkwasị Kalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṃ, pāpakāri ca pāpakaḑ" [18] .
phala ntụkwasị Kalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṃ, pāpakāri ca pāpakaḑ" [18] .
"He who soweth seed,
he reapeth the fruit thereof .
The good man, the good
man, the bad man, the bad man.
he reapeth the fruit thereof .
The good man, the good
man, the bad man, the bad man.
You have the opportunity to give the fruit in the present life, the next afterlife and the third birth to the birth of Arahantship, before the death of Nirvana.
-ooOoo-
The Buddha with the great Bodhi tree
Plural story of Kaliṅgabodhijātaka
The Exalted One at the Jetavana Temple of Anāthapiṇḍika, near the Sāvatthi Sect , preached the preaching of Kaliṅgabodhi [19] in the first paragraph summarized as follows:
When the Buddha was sitting at the Jetavana temple along with the great monks of the Bhikkhu Sangha, until the Buddha traveled to another place, the Bhikkhu Sangha followed him. At that time, Jetavana Temple was empty, there was no one in the temple. Those close to men, women close to the material brought to the temple, not see the Buddha and also do not see a great Bhikkhu. They did not know where to offer offerings, so they had to put in front of the Gandhakuṭi cup of the Buddha, and they returned home without the joy of joy.
Knowing so, he wealth Anāthapiṇḍika waiting when the Buddha with Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Sangha returned to Jetavana . The rich man immediately came to pay homage to His Holiness Ānanda and told him that:
- White glass, every time the Buddha with the monk Bhikkhu Sangha traveled to other places, at this temple became empty. The men near her, the woman brought the gifts to offer offerings without seeing any. They had to bring the items in front of the Gandhakuṭi cup door of the Buddha, and then return home without the joy of joy.
Dear Lord, I respect him by telling the Buddha that : " For the Buddhists there are other places, to offer offerings or not? "
At the request of his rich man, Mr. Venerable Ānanda came to pay homage to the Buddha, then said:
- Dear Buddha, how cetiya is the place where offerings are how many places? You.
- Ānanda, cetiya where offerings are three places.
- Blessed one, where are these three places? You.
- Ānanda : These three places are:
Sāriraka cetiya: Cetiya where the relics of the Buddha Siddhartha are worshiped .
Paribhoga cetiya: Cetiya where the Buddha used the Bodhi Tree, the things the Buddha used .
Uddissaka cetiya: Cetiya where Buddhists make Buddha statues, Stupas etc. to worship .
Venerable Ānanda said,
- Benedict Buddha, when the Buddha remained in the world, three places cetiya he, the Buddhist row can offer offerings or not? You.
- Ānanda, Sāriraka cetiya : Cetiya where worship the relics of the Buddha Siddhartha, when the Tathagata ascetic Nirvana, then, the new Buddhist can offer worship offerings cetiya, where worship Relics of the Buddha.
On Ānanda, while Paribhoga cetiya and Uddissaka cetiya, when the Tathagata is still alive, Buddhists can also offer offerings to the two cetiya places.
This Ānanda, the Great Bodhi Tree, is called the Paribhoga cetiya, where the Buddhas used to sit under the Great Bodhi Tree to attain the Buddha-dharma.
Listening to the Buddha, His Holiness Ānanda said,
- The Blessed One, when the Blessed One arrives, the Bhikkhu Sangha is following him, at which the Jetavana Temple becomes empty. Close-up men and women carrying objects to the temple, they did not see anyone, so there is no place, so they offer offerings.
As such, you can take the seed of Bodhi from the Great Bodhi Tree in the Uruvela Forest and bring it to the Jetavana Temple, where the Buddhists make cetiya at the dedication ceremony. , whether or not? You.
Buddha taught that:
- Sādhu! Ānanda ropehi.
- Ānanda, good! You should plant the Bodhi tree at this temple.
Thus, there is a Bodhi Tree in Jetavana Temple, as well as the Tathagata.
Venerable Ānanda proclaimed to him the wealthy Anāthapiṇ-ḍika , the great Visakha , the king Pasenadi Kosala , and all the subordinate men and women in the Sāvatthi I will plant a Bodhi Tree at Jetavana Temple , please allow the person to dig holes to grow the Bodhi Tree.
At that time, Venerable Ānanda went to see Mahāmoggallāna and said,
- Dear Venerable, I would like to plant a bodhi tree at Jetavana temple, my parents came to the Great Bodhi Tree in the Uruvela forest, brought a seed Bodhi brought back.
The Venerable Mahāmoggallāna accepts, using the miraculous powers to fly to the Uruvela Forest , fly around the Great Bodhi Tree, to find the bodhi tree which is old, leaving the branch. He used the plate to inspire the Bodhi seed, not to fall to the ground, to bring back to him the Venerable Ānanda . Venerable Ānanda received the seed of Bodhi with a golden plate of reverence.
Next, he Venerable Ānanda announced to King Pasenadi Kosala , he rich Anathapindika , her great supporters of Visakha, and all the access to the south, near the women in the city Savatthi gathered to celebrate Bodhi tree planting . When everyone gathered at the Jetavana temple ; First, Venerable Ānanda presented the golden disc bearing the Bodhi seed given to King Pasenadi Kosala, to plant the Bodhi Tree. The king reverently received from the hand of His Holiness Ānanda and thought: I, though a King, but who deserves to cultivate this bodhi tree must be wealthy Anāthapiṇḍika. So thought, the King immediately handed the plate of bodhi seed to his rich man; rich man received from the King's hand. Next, he plowed the fertilizer down the hole, then held hands with the golden disc bearing the seeds of Bodhi sown down the hole and covered a layer of soil on the face.
At that time, many people saw, something extraordinary, never been there! As soon as the sowing is completed, immediately sprinkle a bodhi tree height of 50 handshell (elbows), there are 5 branches, each branch radiates 50 pitches, became a great Bodhi Tree, which all four directions, The eight directions are clearly visible.
King Pasenadi Kosala offered 18 lotus flowers, watered the pure water into the tree, he endowed Anāthapiṇḍika , grandmother Visakha , the whole of the subordinate Visakha , all the subordinatemale, female close are extremely happy, times Offering offerings to the Great Bodhi Tree reverently.
Around the Bodhi Tree is built four fences and gates with precious stones; The base of the Bodhi Tree is lined with precious stones, as a place to offer offerings to Buddhists.
Venerable Ānanda came to pay homage to the Buddha:
- Dear Buddha, we have grown the Great Bodhi tree finished, the Lord Buddha to use the Great Bodhi tree. When the Blessed One uses the Bodhi Tree, so that we can enjoy the benefits, the evolution, the long peace.
According to the request of His Holiness Ānanda , the Buddha came to use the Great Bodhi tree to enter Arahán all night.
He Venerable Ānanda announced to King Pasenadi Kosala , he rich Anathapindika , her great supporters of Visakha , and all the access to the south, near the women in the city Savatthi gathered at the Bodhi tree, for festivals Offering to the Great Bodhi Tree. Therefore, the Great Bodhi Tree is called:
" Ānanda bodhi: The Great Bodhicitta of His Holiness Ānanda ."
The Great Bodhisattva of Ānanda is still alive to this day, at the base of the ancient temple of Jetavana, Sāvatthi Province, India.
As for the Buddhists as the novice, as the household is close to the male, the female approach must respect the Bodhi Tree, because when we honor the Bodhi tree as revering the Buddha so So, at every Bodhi Masterpiece, there is a sanctuary where every Buddhist should have a duty to take care of the preservation, regularly clean and clean, and often to worship, offer offerings to the Great Bo Such as worship ceremony offerings to the Buddha.
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Buddha statue
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- What is the Buddha statue?
- Where did you first appear?
The reason for this question, is that through the times of the Tripitaka and Pāi times from the first to the fourth time. In that, the Buddhist teaches that the monk, bhikkhuni and the household goods are close male, female close must respect the Great Bodhi as venerable Buddha , should not cut the branches Vulnerable substance Bodhi tree. Everyday, Buddhists take care of, clean up around the Great Bodhi Tree, a sanctuary, worthy of offering offerings to Buddhists who have faith in the Three Jewels.
In the Asoka of the Pāiliputta Temple, the Emperor was a wise man in the Three Jewels, the third member of the Tripitaka and the Pāḷi Commentary .
In Buddhist calendar 236, the king of the delegation composed of five great virtues, led by Mahinda Mahinda [21] , went to Srilankā Island to propagate Buddhism. At that time, King Devanampiyatissa ruled the island of Srilankā , a close friend of King Asoka . King Devanampiyatissa and the mandarins in the court, the people gladly welcome the delegation of the monk Venerable Sang solemnly.
Delegation of the Venerable Sangha, who spread the teachings of the Buddha, the king and the mandarins in the court, and the people in large part gave birth to the pure faith in the Three Jewels, whose number asked to become a monk became a monk. The number of people seeking to take refuge in the Three Jewels, became close men, women approached the Three Jewels to the lifetime. There are also the number of women seeking to become ordained monks; Thus, Mahinda Venerable Mahayana returned to King Asoka to send a delegation of Bhikkhunī Bhikkhunīs to Sri Lanka .
Welcome Bodhi tree to the island of Srilankā
King Asoka approved the delegation of the Bhikkhuni Bhikkhunī Sangha Bhikkhu ni Saṃghamittā [22] As the head of the delegation, the delegation had a Bodhi Tree planted on Srilankā Island .
King Asoka performed the solemn ceremony of the Bodhi Tree, the King ordered the messenger to forward to the King Devanampiyatissa to receive the Bodhi Tree for the Solemnity.
Indeed, King Devanampiyatissa and his dignitaries and crowds stood waiting in the boat dock. When the boat of the Bhikkhunī Sangha's nunnery with the Bodhi tree arrived, it was Devanampiyatissa himself who brought the Bodhi tree from the hands of the Bhikkhunīs and received the same delegation of devotees. Bhikkhu ni Srilankā Island .
Thus, only the Bodhi tree was planted on the island of Srilankā , without reference to the Buddha statue.
Therefore, the Buddha statue from which period? It is difficult to determine exactly, but based on some of the records that:
- The statue of the Buddha dates back to the sixth-century Buddhist period, by Karika artisans of Buddhist faith, in Gandharaṭṭha, in ancient India.
These artists think that:
- Brahmins have statues of gods to offer offerings, so Buddhism should also have the Buddha statue to worship, offer offerings. Thus, these sculptors learned about the 32 great generals and 80 good ministers of the Buddha as the basis for their creation of the first Buddha statue.
Another source said:
- The first statue of the Buddha at the time of Buddha 700, after Buddha passed away Nirvana; by sculptors in Gandharaṭṭha, in ancient India.
Is the Buddha suitable for Buddhism?
The Buddha statue in Uddissaka cetiya : Cetiya where the creator of the Buddha statue, the Tower of Bao, etc .. to worship, worship offerings ... so the Buddha statue in accordance with Buddhism.
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THE IMPRESSION OF THE BUDDHISM
The Great Bodhi Tree is the most distinctive symbol of Buddhism, because the Bodhisattva Siddhattha attained the Buddha-dharma under the Great Bodhi Tree. That is the Bodhi Tree ofGotama Buddha . Buddhists worship, offer offerings to the Great Bodhi as well as worship, offering offerings to the Buddha. (as in the story: " Bodhi Tree of His Holiness Ānanda ").
The 12-pin wheel of the Zhuan Falun is the rotation of the Three Tansha: Wisdom, wisdom, wisdom into the Four Noble Truths (3 x 4 = 12) is the core of Buddhism. So, the wheel of Zhuan Falun is also a symbol of Buddhism.
These two symbols, if any Buddhists have deep understanding of the Dharma, can perceive, know the noble nature of the symbol.
The Buddha statue is a Buddhist symbol
Buddha statue is also a special symbol in Buddhism, Buddha ste Buddha statue is a symbol, an image that is easy to associate with the Buddha, is the highest of all Buddhists devoted to the worship of worship.
Statue of the Buddha according to the art of each nation
The Buddha taught: A Bodhisattva Bodhisattva last life, will certainly become the Buddha, the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva is full 32 good general of the Great and 80 good generals. It is the teaching of the Buddha, that the typical image is completely absent; Therefore, the sculptors create their imagination, based on the art of their own nation to create the Buddha statue.
In the past, all the early artisans sculpted the Buddha, no one ever saw the Buddha's body. Each art house has its own concept of beauty and aesthetics that are different. Although they have studied the study of the 32 great generals and the 80 good generals of the Buddha, the imagination of every artist has the personality and spirit of his people. Thus, Gotama Buddha was created through each period, each nation, because each art form is completely identical. However, there are some commonities and characteristics, which are relatively similar; so when people see Buddhist statues, they may recognize that object Gotama the Buddha. Thus, they associate the Buddha with the nine virtues of virtue, giving rise to pure faith, reverence, worship, offering offerings respectfully.
How to worship the Buddha statue?
Made of reinforced concrete , of bronze, of silver, of gold or of precious stone , or of precious wood; even Buddha statues made of paper, whether small, large, etc. .., then Buddhists nor worship the Buddha statues offerings place reinforced concrete, or Buddha copper, silver Buddha, statue The Golden Buddha, or the precious Buddha statue , or the precious Buddha statue, or the Buddha statue etc. In fact, Buddhists, when seen, contemplate the Buddha statue, must think of the 9 virtues Buddha, so when the cult is worship to the 9th Lord Buddha , When offering is offering to 9 Lord Buddha, when nembutsu is thought to 9th Lord Buddha, etc.
Thus, the Buddha statue is an external object, to associate with 9 Enlightenment Buddha in his goodness. Therefore, the Buddha statue made of material, shape, posture ... how different, is also the only form of the object. When Buddhists worship, pay homage, offering offerings ... in the statue of the Buddha, always have to pay attention to the 9th Lord Buddha inside his goodness.
However, the shape, posture Buddha also affect the thoughts, feelings of Buddhists. Therefore, in the ancient land of India , the sculpture created iconic Buddha in sitting posture was Zhuan Falun , the lower Portuguese delegation, in the middle wheel Zhuan Falun , the two sides have 2 deer and the group of five monks . It's a very vivid picture, reminiscent of the Buddhist an impression of the past, the first Buddha Post Business Zhuan Falun in forests reporter born deer called Isipatana; to bluff 5 monks : Lord Koṇḍañña, Vappa Him, Bhaddiya, Mahānāma and Assaji.
When Buddhists contemplate the statue of the Buddha in Zhuan Falun, describing the first historical context in Buddhism, that Buddhist easily generates pure faith in the Three Jewels, forgetting things. troubles in life, the mind is pure peace.
Thus, the Buddha was the object to help Buddhists generate pure faith in the Three Jewels, it is thanks to this faith that will be the basis for all the good things arise and growth from the moral, good lawlessness, non-virtuous Dharma to Super Noble Dhamma, bring benefits, evolution, long-lasting peace. 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.23/9/2018.
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