LET'S DIE.

In the treasure trove of Vietnamese folk tales, the fun story of King Yan's fear of death is as follows:

 One time, Pluto suffered a severe illness. Because of his age, weakness, his heart felt sad, anxious, because this time he could face death; And that also means that his Pluto status is also terminated. The more anxious, the more emotionally disturbed he felt. King Yinglum summoned all the gods and commanders to say,  "If any of you find a good physician to heal us, he will be bestowed the most important position in the court. "  Heard that, one official said:

- Lord, would you like us to find a Chinese or Western medicine physician?

- You go to find a good healer, as long as he cured me.

 So the spirits went everywhere to find good physicians, even prisoners in prison heard the news is also excited to provide information about the physician, in order to get rid of sin to soon out of prison. They have searched everywhere for months and still have not found. Before this news, Pluto is more impatient, sad. He continued to meet the lads and gave new tips:

- It's been a long time, you have not found a doctor yet, so now you have to find the clues where good doctors are, to places like infirmary, clinic, especially big hospitals. Wherever you see no-good soul crying for your life, surely there is a good physician there, invite all of them here for me. If you delay to let me die to become a ghost, it will be very unjust for me.

According to Pluto, this time they split up throughout the clinic, especially the famous hospital in the world, but still find no place where there is no oan soul grievances complaining physician. Returning to the Pluto, he continued to ask them to find places where there are less oan souls, where there would certainly be better physicians. In that way, his life may be hopeful.

Fortunately, the gods find a medical facility of two doctors just a few souls are crying. They asked them to come to the Pluto. The two doctors, knowing that they were asked to go to Sheen to cure Pluto, were extremely scared. Because they are new surgeons, have not had much experience, do not know if they can cure Plague, and if they can not be treated, what will happen? Along the way, these two have a confused mood.

When they arrived, the prince took them to the King of Kings. Heard these two are thought to be the best in the world to meet, Pluto is very happy, said friendly handshake:

 - I congratulate you, young people who have made great achievements in bringing life to many people. Today, I allow you two opportunities to cure me. If you both heal and save, you will be given a gift, even your relatives will be immortal. On the contrary, if it can not be healed, that I may die, then ye shall have the same fate with me.

Hearing the King, the two doctors panicked, trying to calm down that:

- We are not a celebrity, not a good doctor, so we can not cure him. Please forgive us our sins. Otherwise, our parents and wife and children will have no caregiver. He wants us to compensate for anything, so do not force us to die.

So, the King himself turned to ask:

- What do you say? Why do you have a few innocent souls, but you are not a good physician. How long have you been practicing?

The two doctors replied:

- Dear sir, we have just opened the cure one hour ago!

 The Emperor:

- Just opened an hour that has a few souls already? Then I ...

Imagine that people on the earth are afraid of death, while those who hold the soul, managing life under the sun is not afraid. Through this story, they are obviously afraid of death as no human in the realm.

The Buddhist doctrine does not accept the fact that the Pluto manages the souls of the underworld. This is a completely untrue fictional story, Vietnamese folk tradition handed down to criticize this misconception, or if so, then the King is the fear of death than anyone.

Whether or not Pluto governs the soul under the sound plane, we do not need to discuss it, but through the above story shows, fear of death is a big obsession with those who have life. Buddhism conceives that, when there is life, then there is the dead. Many people do not want to accept death because they do not understand. On the contrary, people with insights, knowledge of death live in a cavalier, liberal, peaceful and meaningful way. Living in the world, if anyone knows about death will feel relaxed, peaceful, not dependent on the long or short time. Just understand the value of life to live meaningful, bring happiness, joy to yourself and the people around.

 The words of Pluto with two doctors worthy of attention and contemplation : "If you cure illness, help us not die will be given to grace, you and your loved ones are also immortal. "  Obviously, Pluto itself can not be immortal, so how can it be given to others? This is also a problem for those who  "participate  in the world".

Genghis Khan is a very good tactical, strategic, is considered a warrior, victory. Victory in many places, the hegemonic achievements, but he still carry the suffering, haunting death. This prompted him to find a way to obtain immortality. At that time, he went to the most famous spiritual teachers in China to help him achieve his aspirations. He invited Khưu Su Shi - a prominent Taoist, the reputation of the time, only lost to the previous Tam Phong, while the contemporary no one can match.

 Knowing the will of the Enlightened Khan, the ruler of the Rabbit has taught the Genghis Khan magic to calm the mind, living harmoniously between the law of yin and yang by means of training the mind, gas, and spirit. . These are three important points that help to prolong life, go against the inevitable principle of the physical universe, but can not die.

 The art of immortal immortality in China at that time seemed like great, but in reality, Tam Phong could not live on the age of 104, and Khưu MOC was less than that. On the basis of the immortal doctrine there are quite large holes. Everyone wants to live long life, but forgot to ask the question: Long live for what? Benefit yourself and the people of society?

Many people in old age are suffering a great deal of torment, in which the greatest suffering is solitude, loneliness, lack of caring, helplessness, descent gratitude, especially when the body suffering from illness, physical pain. Is immortal art really bringing peace to human beings or is it just a dream? Normally, when a person has a sufficient material life, he or she wants to live a long life to maintain the enjoyment, to be called a happy person in the world.

 In fact, the nature of immortality is only to promote hope, to open the worldly pleasures, it is not true peace and happiness. Many Chinese have misconceived in this regard, thinking that immortal birth is holy, sacred, or incorporated into eternal history. Because of that, many people have tried to find life through immortality, but they are suffering because they can not find it. Because even the creator of the doctrine can not live for long, let alone those who study.

The Buddhist perspective is more realistic, evaluating human life on the basis of moral life and insight. Morality and insight help man overcome fear before death. Consciousness, with great compassion, in accordance with the law, Buddhism calls it living with a state of " fearlessness" , ie living without fear.

Just as in us, if one has a moral stain, he or she is afraid of being criticized by others, saying things that are not good to the public, fearing imprisonment, prosecution or retaliation. Do not do evil, unethical, unethical fears can not happen, or if there is also will be controlled easily. 

 In order to have a perfect moral life, to reach certain values ​​requires the insight and knowledge to practice, make the life better, more perfect. That is also why Buddhism does not pay much attention to life expectancy, because living longevity depends on human factors. So the Buddha lived only to the age of eighty, while today, there are people set a world record of life span to one hundred and twenty years.

In the time of the Buddha, Ananda lived to one hundred and twenty years. It is very necessary for you to live a long life, because the vast treasure of the encyclopedias of Buddhism, the disciplines and the path of practice all require insight, your record. Without Ananda, many generations of monks and nuns, later Buddhists will lose many teachings, the value of the practice of the Buddha. Perhaps from that angle, he made a vow to live long enough for anyone to need the teachings of the Buddha, he can narrative, detail and guide the yogi practice results.

And we, do not have aspirations like Ananda does not need to live too long to do. For so long, the perceptual senses of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind must wear down, slow down, not to mention they are damaged. Therefore, people living longevity in the state of health is not enough, only bring feelings of suffering, Bodhi mind, depressed, depressed and deadlock only.

DEATH

Buddhist psychology teaches people how to face the fear of death. How do that theory? Buddhist scriptures offer four situations in which human life can not last. Based on that doctrine, one can not say that one who lives is blessed. Whether good or bad depends on how life is useful for life with service and commitment. The four end-of-life situations include: fullness of life, karma, end of life and karma, and negative externalities.

The first case, when the human life is full, fullness is not based on the long or short dimension, it depends much on the activity of the karma, which is related to the life of the person who created it. out. Some people only want to live to fifty years old, because with such an average age, they have the power to do many things, and then go back to being reborn in the next life. Over the next few decades, they acquire the spiritual heritage that has been cultivated in the past.

 Normally, people who work to sixty or sixty-five years old retire. In contrast, the monks up to seventy and eighty years can still make good Buddhas, because their minds are still lucid, lucid, blurred. They work effectively through the support of the spiritual dimension in the process of cultivation, the older the experience, the deeper the practice, can guide the practice and practice better and better. when still young.

The history of the Thirteen Dalai Lama in Tibet has never been lived on the seventies, and even some of those living up to the age of forty were born again. Therefore, it can not be based on the age factor to determine whether he is blessed or not, but what is important is that life is consistent with his cycle and well-being, and then continue to go to Buddhism. the other place is in need. Otherwise, there will be a lack of presence in them, and at the same time the demand will be hardly met. 

The second situation, when the karma ends, all activities must cease. Karma is considered to be the living substance of sentient beings, whether it is consciousness or the presence of consciousness in the form of rebirth, the mind of the continuum, the mind of the reincarnation, etc. The function of karma is to motivate people to be present. life, and when karma ends, human life is also ended. Many have the commitment to serve, when the vows are completed, then they are relaxed, no fear and nostalgia.

The Queen after giving the world Ta-she Prince Siddhartha has abandoned the realms that leave. The saint - Prince Siddhartha appeared, bringing many spiritual peace values ​​not only for the Indians, but also for many other nations in the world from more than 26 centuries ago. Our system today. According to the scriptures described, after seven days Prince Siddhartha lowered birth, the queen of Madagascar went away peacefully, born in heaven of heaven. At that time, Lord Shakyamuni did not lecture on the Pure Land, the  Amitabha , and the scriptures did not describe her being born in the Western Pure Land. continue to practice.

The two factors of life expectancy and karmic retribution are two important data that determine whether human life in the long or short term is present in the world.

 The third situation, when the kamma ends and the life expectancy ends, causes death quickly, gently and peacefully. The person who went away did not suffer physical pain from illness, but died simply, when he slept, died, or suffered a minor illness without any pain, and went quietly into his sleep. In order to have such simple and gentle death, we need to invest in methods and art according to the Buddha's teachings. 

Fourth, die of death (death). The dead in this situation are living healthy but the death of death, which folk often call death death, death, death, still life is dead.

 The Mahayana Buddhist literature, especially the  Medicine of the Master,  mentions nine fateful death cases: death, martyrdom, death from mountain crushes, death from traffic accidents, death from floods. , death due to natural disasters, etc. Despite their desire to live long, there are efforts to practice, career and happiness, but still can not prolong life, subject to one of the deadlift situation, does not conform to the law of birth and death.

Beijing  Nikaya  not explicitly listed nine specific situations such as death of  Medicine , only mentioned the deaths not related to career and life. For example, when the road meets heavy rain, the wind is falling down trees, are standing by the road, the car died in the cardboard, or bathing the wave was engulfed, etc. ... like the tsunami in the South East Asia, causing death for some hundred thousand people. All such deaths are caused by many factors of the environment and nature.

Asking the question: Why do feminists have so many at the same time? The answer is because the activities of karma are very diverse and complex, people sowing seed on life is less but destroy much life. For example, deforestation, mass slaughter of rare wildlife, or, in one life, people eat too many kinds of animals without realizing that doing these acts is the cause of karma. If you feel happy in destroying, killing karma is activated in a way that is strong, which will govern human life. Therefore, there are people living life and longevity still, but by being covered by the above karma, must suffer the consequences of death (unexpected death) .

I have the opportunity to watch people teach how to fish on television, just learn how to fish that students also have to spend a lot of money. In the boat, the person standing, the sitter, the boat ran away to where there were many fish, and each man holding a fishing rod, then throw the bait fishing hook. Each area has a different fishing rod, with fishing rods of about four and five inches, and with fishing rods, the fishing rods are used for lengths of two to three meters.

Schools for fishing  (Fishing School)  whether fishing as joy, congratulate each other when it is fished. Then the fish is thrown into the water; He let the fish swing, struggling to get excited, until it was thrown into the water, the fish was or is dying. In Vietnam, recent fishing habits are similar. In the suburbs of Saigon such as Nha Be, Thu Thiem, Thanh Da, etc., many fishing spots are organized with the price of a few hundred thousand dong per person, free of charge. fishing rods, bait and fishing rods. 

Finding fun in fishing is like spending money to buy karma. People do not understand games that contribute to the creation of heavy killing karma. This karmic force acts as a force, stopping karma of human life.

The Buddha put forth four death situations to remind people not to cut off the lives of animals intentionally, to know the seeds of life and love. If we have the opportunity, we should consciously protect ourselves by engaging in activities that protect the ecological environment.

Failure cases occur largely in two situations. First, the situation is created by the act of killing, creating a conscious way. Second, the situation is created by others. There are situations that create death for many people at the same time, making us panic do not dare to appear in the crowd. From 1997 to 1999 in India, violence, terrorism took place everywhere in the form of religious ideological conflict. People ruthlessly kill each other, where there are crowds where they are bombed, blasted, mass murdered. The fear of death was spread, covering the whole area.

The twin towers of the United States that was attacked on September 11, 2001, were also hit by a radical Islamist, killing thousands of lives. That terrorist event caused the whole world to be obsessed with no greater fear and left many sequelae later, so that when seeing the tragedy, it was replayed on television. , many people still have to tears. In addition, people are being murdered by other means such as sending poisonous envelopes, sending a briefcase containing mines, poisoning food, or attacking, controlling aircraft. ...

Lack of compassionate material of Buddhism, hatred, retaliation will also spread everywhere, especially to relatives of the victims died in the disaster of pain. Therefore, it is necessary to find a more flexible, better solution to prevent the spreading of seed to kill.

 In 1999, Pakistan and India competed for sovereignty over the land of Kasmir, killing so many people. During that time, the number of people killed increased every day, every hour, and not only the soldiers of the two sides but also civilians with many innocent women and children. In the fighting, killing, there is a deed that I think fit the spirit of Buddhism. Hindu soldiers after killing the enemy, holding the corpse for chanting, praying, sitting for several hours in meditation, then lower the grave buried enemy body, and burial grave name again.

Some people believe that the actions of Hindu soldiers are just a gesture of diplomacy, aimed at condemning the crimes of the Pakistani people. In fact, in any form, we still see it as a noble way and means. Indeed, it is the behavior, the expression of human affection, that makes life more noble, better. 

From the perspective of the war, when the two sides are willing to kill each other, standing before the sudden death of the people are full of life, see their unfortunate condition, suffering, the survivors should take human affection for treating each other; As such, hatred in karma will be greatly reduced. On the other hand, this also minimizes the chance of creating fake mortalities for yourself.

When high levels of human spiritual development are no longer an enemy to one another. Humans are animated because of anger, and it is formed by greed and delusion. When the anger arises, at that moment the delusion begins. A person with insight can stop the anger, otherwise it will appear at the ego mentality, wanting to do something to become the important axis of rotation in the partner. If the situation does not meet the requirements of the partner is annoying, frustrated. Since then, the three elements of greed, anger, and syringe combine and interact, making one unhappy and unstable.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/9/2018.