Ananda's life increased
Chapter I
Enlightenment made man
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P stew special status of Ananda (Ananda) in the great line of sight of the Buddha Thanh Van has started long ago, before entering the last life.
Like the Buddha, Ananda came from the Tusita world and was born the same day, reincarnated into the same class (knight) of the Sakyamuni royal family, parallel with the Buddha.
The two sisters of Buddha and of Ananda were brothers, so Ananda came to the Blessed Virgin. Nanda has three brothers: Anuruddha, Mahana, Pandu and his sister Rohini.
Anuruddha was ordained as A Nan Da, and he was adhering to the precepts, developed the wisdom of liberation, attained the Arhat, the highest Sangha. After the general network will be liberated, no longer reincarnated.
Followed by Mahānāma, although in the Crown Prince to maintain Sakya, but also attained Aun Ham (ie, the Holy One, born only once again, then liberated) .
Meanwhile, Pandu, the son of the rest of the family, does not see much mention of the history, only summarizing that he is the only survivor of the Thich family. When the Buddha was 80 years old.
His only sister, Rohini, because of the enormity of jealousy from his past life, suffered from severe skin lacerations, the night of misery hiding in a closed chamber until the Buddha, That is the bad result of bad karma from previous life. When the Buddha was enlightened, she also sincerely spiritual practice, later reached the Saptapatpagamagga Sutàpattimagga, or step into the path will certainly be freed.
Rohini at the entrance to the Holy Save the natural heal, and at the end of life, death in the 33rd heaven is the wife of the god Sakka (Sakka)
According to the Vinaya Pitaka, the eighth chapter of chapter 1, Ananda was 37 years old when he joined Anuruddha and his cousin Devadatta with some of the aristocratic youths of Shakya. the life of the monk.
The Master has made the renunciation for Ananda is Arhat Belatthasìsa. But this Master's Dharma remains in the very few triads. We have just found the following few words:
Only by the simple and profound guidance of that sutra, has Ananda become ever more mature in the precepts. He was a disciplinarian and always wary, so during the first mundane he had achieved the fruits of the Transition (according to Galileo Vagga VII, 1).
After leaving home, one day Nan Nan told his followers, "Punna Mantaliputta has helped him to improve so much in his practice that he passed on to new monk initiates. Have him, by teaching them to understand: The obstinacy in the self is born through the two servants, namely, Name and Form, ie through form and thought. is through the level of thinking and character of the nuance. "
To make it easier to understand, Sr. Punna also cites an example: "If a person wants to know how their nose looks, or wants to see their shape, they have to look in the mirror, or in Likewise, when the five aggregates (or the five aggregates) form a human being, it only reveals its self-gratitude through form and thought, ie, and COOL! "
Each of the six faculties, namely the Eye base, the Atrium, the Tent, the Body-ground, and the mind, in an individual, but also tied to the Name and Sacred, that is also associated with form and thought, of course there is the "I" appears! And when the six bases are no longer nourished by form and thought, then the "I" disappears (Samyutta Nikaya 22, 83 - Acts 22, 83).
Ananda meditated on this comparison repeatedly and deeper, until he became aware of Dukkhàriyasca, Anicca and Anicca. Anattà). Then he no longer allowed his inner being to be "nourished" by the Five Aggregates (or Name and Sutra), so that he could begin to reap the fruits of his life, first of all, .
From then on, Ananda was always contented and calm with the life of Sa'mon. He recognized the peace of rejection (the euphoria of renunciation), and the advancement of the path, like a man floating in the middle of the sea, happily finding his way to the shore. The only buoy is the virtue of awareness or self.
According to the Dasapāramitāsutta, the stream of samsara is blocked only by the three banks, the other side, the upper and upper banks. Hedonism, ie see Kia Kia so!).
In the early years of Sa-son life, Ananda spent all its time in inner purity. He was very easy with the clergy community, and he gradually developed his spiritual strength in a remarkable way. When the Buddha and Nananda were both 55 years old, one day the Buddha summoned them up and taught:
"In twenty years, the Tathagata community has been closed by many disciples, but no disciples volunteered to live forever. a disciple like that, and now the Tathagata is 55 years old, the body that as the carriage is entering the stage of damage, Tathagata felt need to speak out so that he automatically appears.
The Buddha has just finished the sentence immediately all the disciples have a lot of volunteers volunteer to be Buddha. But the Buddha peacefully refused, then He quiet.
The gesture of the Buddha shows a special meaning. All the immediate disciples thought of Ananda, who was sitting at a humble place, behind the elders, and he was the only one who had not volunteered for the Buddha. Then they turned to Ananda, asking him to step forward.
Due to the maturity, from a lot of previous lives, Nan Nan is the only one who will play the role of an apostle near the Buddha. But there are some Sangha, not achieve pure wisdom, surprisingly ask the question: "Why is Nanjing not present among the first disciples to ordain the Buddha?"
Aan politely replied:
- My faith is inherent in the fullness of the omniscient. I want to see the Buddha's benevolence expressed.In my heart I volunteered to take on that responsibility for a long time, because a member of the Shakyamuni family played the role of lowering the Buddhist teachings, avoiding those of other classes, discouraging the Buddha. But I do not dare to be so, because the Buddha is the grasp of all conditions.Only He chooses the disciple to be the most certain, and He has manifested.
The Buddha waited for Ananda to finish his statement:
- A Nan Dama is the disciple of Buddha that Tathagata choose. And from now on: In addition to serving as Lai, he was one of the Tathagata representatives to publish the command.
While listening to the Buddha as confirming his status, instead of being proud of being elevated to the great disciple, Nananda humbly requested the liberator to accept his eight conditions. here:
- Firstly, do not give priority to the blessings of dress for Ananda.
Secondly, the Teacher does not beg for food. - The Third Teacher does not reserve a good home for him. Fourth, when there is a new master, the Master does not favor him to attend Sangha or offerings. - Fifth, if anyone wants to take the Buddha's life, then he just needs to tell Ananda, then Ananda replied and the Buddha will accept. - Sixth, when there are good people from far away, want to see the Tathagata, then Nananda has the privilege to bring them to Buddha. - If Ananda encounters questions in Dharma, he is allowed to ask the Buddha at any time. Eighth if the Buddha's lecture while Nananda was absent, he asked the Master to repeat this discourse to him.
Then he presented the reason he asked for these eight things:
- The four requirements from the first to fourth will prevent the ordinary masters of the practice that "Nananda volunteered to approach the Buddha only for the benefit!".
- The next four requirements (from fifth to eighth) will crush the critics of life: "Nan Nan is a day care about the Buddha instead of contacting the Buddha, where time to Studying, practicing, developing the practice of liberation ...?! "
The Buddha, of course, accepted the eight requirements of praise, because it was perfectly suited to the well-being of a Sāmon. And since then, Ananda has always been a companion, a servant of the Blessed One for twenty-five years. About twenty-five years long, the name, as well as the diligence, patience, and persistence of Ananda's inner workings, has not decreased, as compared to the first eighteen years, when he It is an unknown Sanskrit, not known.
And Ananda began with the following verses:
Then in the next two chapters of this verse, Ananda uses a similar vein, to express the unparalleled security of a Sanskrit who has destroyed Anger and Delusion.
You can read the four verses again, substituting the words "Greed, thirst," or substituting those four words with "Passion, error," you will have two. Next shelf as follows:
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The main theme of this verse as well as the next verses in Theragatha is that Ananda has praised the happiness of anyone who follows the Buddha's example, which ends with greed, hatred and delusion.
On the other hand, "twenty-five years" is mentioned in the context of the remarks, which describe only the peace in the time of his ministry, rather than the quality of his life as a Sanskrit.
During those twenty-five years, though, he still has a lot of personality. According to the sutras: He is the one who needs to learn - Sekha [3], but Ananda has many times been distracted from greed and anger, so he delicately exclaimed: "Although not yet achieved Exit, who is to serve a Buddha, he is not suffering from greed and hatred. "
(Note: A Siddhartha is one who is infectious. This level only removes self, doubt and superstition.)
Indeed Ananda is the one who has benefited the merits of the Buddha.
And the verses related to the other virtues in Theravada (Theravada) of Ananda, although not quoted here, but generally all content to praise the noble dignity, which he As a companion of the Buddha in money, have experienced.
Particularly, the life of Arahanta has attained Arhat, after the Buddha's passing away, will be mentioned in the next section.
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