KNOW AND DO NOT KNOW.
When the new director, the Buddha said: "Strangely all beings have the virtue of the wisdom of the Tathagata that is ignorant obscure obscure". And the Buddha's wish is to expose the beings who enter into the knowledge of their own Buddha, that is, the Buddha wants to show us that we have the knowledge of Buddha. Therefore, the duty of the student and Zen is to realize how to live with the knowledge of his Buddha.
Socrate, a Western philosopher "enlightened" are sentences written on the temple gate Delphes: Let yourself know yourself you , similar to Memories reflective of the Patriarch or part of autism the fate of the Tuệ Trung. Why do we have to look back at ourselves? Because we can know many things but never know who we are. Today we try to address the problem: Know and do not know this.
One philosopher said: The most painful thing in this world is that one does not know two things:
1- People do not know that people do not know anything.
2- People do not know that they are nothing.
At the beginning of this we may think that it is ridiculous, but it is startling to think about it again. We know a lot but that is what we do not need to know.And the best thing to know, I do not know at all. For example, you may know, where war is happening in the world; Where is the disaster, floods? Or who is the famous model in the world ... But "Who am I?", then know very vague.There is a poet who wrote like this: I went to many places and I saw many things I thought I knew everything, but I just knew I did not know a thing The last truth I found there!
Go everywhere to finally realize that you do not know anything. The ugly truth! So, we should not be guilty that we do not know this, that ... We live in life, everyone knows a little by his karma, enough to contribute to life to make it better. For example, a doctor may not know about poetry, about music;Writers, poets may not know how to close tables, chairs ... But that is only know and do not know temporarily. What we need to know most is why we were born, when we die we will go? And what do we live in this world to do?
In the last paragraph of this poem, there are sentences like this:
T- shirts and trousers swept all five slaves
C á i school life for t cell i is not easy
M à life too strict teacher of r a,
N a y t ó cb sir c , coal box i !T um iv á nPolice h games n h o .
People call life a school, a place to learn. But unfortunately! We do not know how to study, so he has been lifting his entire life without learning anything.Learning in the school of life means that when confronted with circumstances or people around us, we can draw lessons, the truths to avoid mistakes, stumble, or make their own life. richer up Learners also see life as a school to train their mind.
As Buddhists, we can use the Buddha's eyes to show us how to observe this life, to see that life is not very interesting, because it is dominated by four mountains: birth, old, sick , death. Then more love that has to leave, hate to meet, without the need to ... The Buddha shows us what we are passionate and chasing as talent, fame, money ... finally These are just bubbles, illusions. Finally, when the eyes are closed only two hands and a pensive.Another philosopher said: "People close their eyes and walk in this world. Only once awake to open his eyes, but alas that opened it was squeezed immediately. That is when we are going to die. " We usually only wake up at the last minute of our lives, when there is nothing left to do. However, the Buddha also teaches that this world is not a place of suffering.
If we know the cause of suffering, we can escape it. Suffering is not fate or destiny, nor is it created by heaven or earth, but by ourselves. Since ignorance ignorance, do not know the truth of things, we are wrong to look at the wrong life, create countless karma and the industry itself is dragged into misery. So, we have to work hard every second, transforming our misconceptions, and making our lives both right now and later.
Things we often wish, learn, think, differentiate ... sometimes are all unnecessary things. The Buddha calls that the falsehoods that we need to boldly let go. The "strange" of the Buddha can make us peace of mind because we believe that the mind is available pure capital, peace. Living with this mind, all troubles will disappear, all suffering is removed, all worries are unhappy child. And living with this mind does not need to know a lot of things outside, no need to go anywhere, no need to read in any book and no need to learn from anyone ... just look right into your own mind. Five continental organization held lecture after listening to the Diamond Sutra: "Ung countless children born cylindrical base period interest" also uttered a series of sentences where n edges:
Da u unexpected nature of this ancient t bar ị n h ,
A â un g ert ut plan h unborn and undying,
Da u equity questionable nature full e annealing,
Da u questionable nature or birth m u umbrella n legal ...
We want to know many things in life without knowing the mind is the master of all understanding, the mind is aware. Without consciousness, what do we perceive to be things? But we often go outside, distinguish there is no good, bad then hate, take ... and create all good evil. The Patriarchs say that they forget about the things . Now, we have to realize and believe that our minds are already purified, that they become "turbid" when we are affected by the external scene. We must know how to keep our minds in its pure state, defilements can not arise. In addition, we need to know that our mind does not kill, only accept the birth of the body that will kill the body that will kill the rhyme. We know so well, do not be afraid when the body of temporary mental condition, disintegration.
In the past, a layman came to ask a Venerable Master:
- When you die, where is your mind?
The Venerable replied:
- Do not know what to do with death?
She said:
- The life you already know so just want to know how to die!
The Venerable asked:
- Where did you come from? And where does the living come from?
The lay silent, do not know the answer. The monk hit his shoulder and said:
- Are you running away? The layman came out.
Our mind is not shaped, it is constant but we do not know, keep running the mind is born kill. A common story heard in the Zen house:
Mr. Ba Truong, one day, came to Ma for the playground, saw a pack of flying ducks passing by. Group code:
- What is this?
Tượng replied:
- Duck feather sky.
Group code:
- Where is it going?
Treasure:
- Yes, it's over.
The source of the nose of Mr. Truong was very strong. Mr. Ba was so scared.Mausoleum:
- Why do not you fly it?
Attempted Trượng.
We are always clinging to the scene, dominated by the scene ... never remember the Tanh see, Tanh know their availability. Buddha often remind us that: Tanh see, Tanh hear not change according to the body. Our bodies change from small, big, to old ... but Tanh see not. There are those sitting meditation suddenly find the body is calm or see the loss of mind and body.But where does this fear come from? Know not lose! This body does not move our nature. Nature surpasses space and time.
It is also important that our minds can produce all things. That is my situation created by the mind. It means that our minds will be able to take advantage of it. Suffering is also the only mind. The birth of the method of birth, the mind to kill the destroying. Knowing this, we have to prepare our minds for good, then our scene will follow that beautiful, "Pure net Buddha."We can turn suffering into joy, change defilements into Nirvana. Such as a person to denigrate everything. Often, when the ego is passive the reason will fade away, the will will "rush". I will be angry, will hate, I will be angry. I do not care anymore, just do it alone. And so, may be causing the scene as: bear, fight, even kill each other ... But if we remember the ancient capital pure capital, which is not destroyed, which does not change, which has the right to create When we hear people say bad things about us, we just laugh, everything will be cool. Let go of the bad, the good, the bad, the bad, the new we can recognize and live with the mind.
One king had three beautiful wives. He lived happily with all three. One day, he suddenly wanted to know, in the three wives, who is the most beautiful.He asked the courtiers, no one dared to speak. The king invited a general to see who is the most beautiful. When he put his first wife in, he said nothing;to the second he rolled his eyes but did not speak; and to the third he was silent, but he did not reply to anyone who was better than anyone. Finally, he told the king that they were equally beautiful. The king said that he wanted to hide his secret, so find a way to force the master to say. Someone told the king a successor, to write three letters in the name of three wives, to invite the master to come. If he comes to her first, then she is more beautiful. After receiving the three letters, the general went to her place three times. The king after knowing the results, immediately beheaded the general. And after that, the king made a good effort, o her grandmother. The other two wife to feel so jealousy, so together to calculate the next three killed her. The king knew that the culprit poisoned his wife is the other two wives, so they killed two women. Eventually, the king becomes "orphaned" by his wife only because he wants to know.
In life, we like to know crap. If we know less and let go of the knowledge that causes anger, right and wrong is very good. This will make our pure mind clear and we can live very well. Always remember that our minds are pure, we should not do it.
A teacher specializing in Duy Thuc's teachings came to inquire about Hai Hai:
- What kind of mind does the Zen Master use to cultivate?
The Venerable replied:
- I do not use any mind to cultivate. And there is no religion to cultivate.
The magus asked:
- If there is no mind to use and no religion to do so every day to combine them to sermon?
The Venerable replied:
- He did not have any land where they fit, no tongue, where do you recommend?
The Venerable has denied all, does not recognize the body of the four elements, nor the mind of hope, no stranger to language, no general body ... The listener does not know what to understand, just because he lives with The mind has no shadow but covers all over. So if we live with a pure mind, we do not need to use mind and religion to cultivate.
In the Prajnaparamatas there is the phrase "no eye, ear, nose, body, mind , mind" means "no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind." When he was young, when he heard this, he asked the monk. The monk could not answer and asked him to ask the Zen Masters. The new monks recall that the specialization of the mind, which mind is not the body, so let go of these things to realize their own mind.
In the "trip to the West" there is the Tripitaka trip when passing through a forest, Tripitaka said to Wukong that:
- Disciples, watch out for the demon.
Wicked No answer:
- Master chanting Bat Nha nostalgic that I do not remember.
The Tripitaka says:
- I am hearty, how can forget.
Listen, Sun Wukong said:
- Master read but I forget, in the Prajnaparamas have the phrase "unkind, atrial, billion, damage, body, mind." Have no ears, eyes, nose, tongue, body, mind, the mind afraid of ghost where is that?
At the time the new Tripitaka startled, fearing for themselves forget that forget to go to meet the mind. Because this body is the body, created by kamma. If we attach ourselves to this body, then when we get out of this body, we will grab another to cling to. Therefore, the birth and death of samsara, can not live with the great mind, the mind can create all his world. The Buddha also said: "I am from the faith until the day of death and never say a word" to indicate the body does not speak, must speak out the language, think new identity of the mind. Just let it be, if not, it's not.
Back to the story of Zen master Huimin. When hearing Hai Hai Hai said that there is no tongue to speak, then the monk was very angry, claiming that he lied. The teacher replied:
- I have no tongue to tell the truth, where to get to lie.
The monk said:
- Serious is not understand the words of the teacher.
Master Hai Hai also replied:
- I do not understand, too.
The teacher was very thorough. Do not understand, do not know is only very clear. Because the mind is knowing, is understanding. It is not an object to know. All our thoughts and actions come from the mind.
The Dhammapada once said:
Italyd à n top of the p h á p
Italy doc h incubation, the creation.
N If the Y n h IEM
N ó i up or action
K h drive brain will follow
Nh u vehicle v é t pull.
And:
N h Ữn ga i with the bar t print h
N ó i up or operating the n g
A n optimistic follow after
Nh u fertilizer g not leave h Print h.
Mind that I know it has become "object" rather than the owner. He wants to live with virtue, want to return to the pure mind is to let go, the mind itself manifest. And when you receive the mind, you can say that too. And when not received, whether or not say anything wrong. The hard part is that. In the Zen house, there are very good answers. For example, one asked Chao Chau:
- C h íe sir ov Carn a n ,d u yh IEMg i Arab
Mr. Zhao Zhou responded:
- This question has been asked for five years that he is still upset.
Listen to this answer, surely someone will show suspicion Zhao Chau. In fact, Zhao Chau answered very well. The "embarrassment" means that the language is not spoken, if not, it is not.
Or, as the Bodhidharma Bodhidharma came to China when meeting with the Emperor Wu. Luo Võ Đế asked:
- I build pagodas, increase, do more good. So what is the merit?
He replied:
- There is no merit!
Although King Emperor Liang, who was a learned dharma, once stood to teach the court to listen. At the lecture, the rain fell. But before the answer of the Patriarch, the king was also embarrassed by the unclear intention of the Zen. Here, we need to distinguish merit completely different from merit.Phuoc Duc is the good fortune, good deed will be blessed but spent. Thus, it is still in the samsara, not merit, which makes us return to the Buddha's true nature itself. Bodhisattvas practice, create the merit to see where no whereabouts need to appear, without being bound, ie want to come, want to go, go. While all sentient beings come here, they are drawn by karma. If good karma produces good fruits, peace. The kamma will produce evil fruits.But if we know how to cultivate one's own mind, karmas will be transformed into vows. However, there are cases where, due to the overwhelming effect, our vow becomes karma.
Nam Tuyen one day to visit monks on Ba Truong mountain. Mr. Ba asked,
- The gods in front of any law that can not tell him?
Mr. Nam Tuyen replied:
- Yes.
Mr. Ba continued:
- What is the dhamma can not say?
Mr. Nam Tuyen replied:
- Not the mind, not the Buddha, not the object.
Ma Ma own a good saying when directing for one: mind is the Buddha . That is our pure mind is the Buddha. That mind is within each of us. Therefore, we do not need to pray, find the Buddha outside. We prostrate, exalted the Buddha outside because they show us the Buddha in our mind. There was one question:
- Why should not the Buddha ceremony?
One Zen master replied:
- Do not worship the Buddhas outside because those Buddhas are like a beautiful piece of white cloud cover the door, making the birds forget the way back to the nest.
In the Kim Cang also wrote:
Nh is entitled to excellence is certainly n g ã
Yesâ m bar bridge n g ã
Seers practice deviant e sir o .
Unconsciousness As L a i.
Want to see the Tathagata, we have to look inside ourselves, but also look out to see the Buddha is not seen. The external appearance is illusory, the core is to look at his mind. As the Buddha goes, his body is still the body of death. Therefore, when sitting in meditation, any image coming will not accept. If we cultivate good, always remember the mind of the "Ma mong lai ma pham, Buddhist hybrid carcass" means ghost to death, Buddha to die Buddha, I still do not move. In addition, if we live with the mind, we will find ourselves very rich. On the contrary, if anyone does not believe you will find yourself in need and need everything. So return to the mind is the only way to liberation and right, no one can help us outside ourselves.
All sages, whether Eastern or Western, said: "Knowing others is called wisdom. But know yourself is a person of wisdom. Because you know yourself, you can win the bad ones from which to create happiness. In the Dhammapada, the Buddha also taught: "Victory thousand troops not by winning yourself. Victory is the most outstanding attack. " Therefore, in life, when encountering obstacles, we need to know to let go to return. Let go like that, we gradually become the one who is calm, calm before all events, and the mind is always peaceful.
Under the Buddha, there is a monk or donator who gives food to them. One day, she was asking the woman to give her food. The woman dropped her hand and dropped the honey pot. She was afraid to face. Worried, Sattahip advised her employer not to scold her. The lady said,
- Miraculous fake, this is not worth anything. I do not care about it. The bigger things that you have not shaken. Because while I was about to be here at home, the robbers got in and took out my husband and children.
This woman has become impermanent success, the world is impermanent nature. The power of awareness can make us a strong person. So, Buddhism does not have to "invite" us to become Nirvana but to give ourselves the opportunity to receive every disaster with a calm mind. There is a verse like this:
Afflictive parents
T a i rotten gcountry of origin
Non-market-cum t h à n h palsy
N h à t set a total of k h umbrella n g .
Afflictions are home to any country, there are also catastrophe, and if we meditate, all success and failure in the final life is not. When we contemplate such things in life, we can easily accept everything that comes to us with a peaceful heart.
In the past, in China there are family Ban Ung - a family very famous with the couple and two children are enlightened. His family was very wealthy, but he brought all the gold money into the river, accepting life poor. The girl must flatten the flute to feed his father, while the son must go to earth to feed his mother. The whole family is always talk together uncontrollably, so they live very well and die well. Chen Chao, her daughter won the chair father died.Seven days later, Banh Uan leaned on his knee and died. His wife heard the news, ran newspaper for his son farming. He stopped fighting and stood dead. She buried her son into a dead mountain.
Rich people bring their money into the river, then live a simple life, the life would be crazy or foolish. But because they have found the treasure of their home should be willing to trade. While the surrounding people, the rich are kept on the rich, the poor, the sky, the land. We know the path and then rich and poor to cultivate. We all need to work hard to live back to our original self, first of all to ourselves, then to others around us. From that do the human, more happiness in this world.
Return to the story of King Emperor Liang. The king asked the next question with the Bodhidharma Bodhi:
- What is the First Noble Truth?
He replied:
- But not holy.
Meaning: "Nothing is holy".
This answer has surprised many people. Because beings are the faint so who also want to be transformed into holy, become the Buddha. But if we see that all sentient beings have pure minds, then we do not need to distinguish between saints and saints. In fact, Saint is just a temporary use.Sutra also says "no evidence killing countless prime," ie no place attained so Bodhisattva mind unobstructed, because unobstructed so without fear, because there is fear so far from all the crazy expectations think and attain Nirvana. Then the three Buddhas also follow this method that is certified by the highest level, right understanding.
In short, we live in the ceiling, we need to recognize the Buddha's mind, then in the binding we also have the liberation. And from this liberation, we have liberties and can guarantee that our next life is liberated. Try to awake to be able to neutralize, dissolve relatives, neighbors, friends, in the afterlife meet again in the happy happiness rather than being misleading. Finally, I would like to borrow the conclusion of King Emperor Luong Vo to finish the talk today. The king asked the Bodhi: 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.21/9/2018.
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