WHO WILL LOOK AFTER FOR YOU? VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.

Once, Buddha walked into the residence of teachers to observe. Buddha saw a teacher lying alone in an underground room with severe dysentery. He is on his own stool and urine. Buddha asked other brothers, why no one cares for him? The teacher replied that because he could not help anyone, they left and let him alone deal with his illness.

The Buddha immediately sent his attendant, Mr. Anan, to get water, and they both bathed and cleaned him up, then raised him to lie on the bed. Then the Buddha called all the other teachers and asked, why was the teacher left alone in such a state. Everyone replied to Buddha, "Exalted, because he cannot help us!"

Buddha said, "Hey teachers, you no longer have parents to take care of and care for you. If you don't care for each other, who will take care of you?" And Buddha also used this opportunity to set the precept to teach teachers to care for each other in times of illness.

This touching story tells an aspect of Buddha that we rarely see in Pali suttas. And more importantly, I think the story also speaks to the reality of humanity today, and it also brings hope and shows us a path of liberation.

One of the great and very real problems facing humanity today is that we are in our own sub-class. The waste from our consumption, from garbage, waste materials, to chemicals, toxins oozing from our own lives, they pollute the environment. mine. And what Buddha taught, can also be applied here: There is nothing that happens naturally. Things like this are not due to an accident, luck, or the will of a certain god, but it is the result of one's own work. The world we live in is a product of our own actions, which are themselves an expression of our minds.

We can also, like teachers when we were old, only take care of ourselves! But Buddha also reminded us that today we have no parents to take care of us anymore. Today's mother land is too exhausted, no longer able to continue to suffer from the exploitation, abuse and destruction of our resources. And the heavenly Father, no matter how powerful, must be helpless before the law of cause and effect.

If we don't care for each other, who will take care of us? Who among us has the right to say "The other person can't help me?" Whether we want it or not, we are all in the same situation. Learning how to take care of each other, taking care of each other is the most important thing on the way we go, in our practice.

Dirty, unclean items will be washed with cool and clean water. The toxins of desire, anger and delusion coming from our minds, will be purified with generosity, with love and wisdom. Once we are raised and put in a clean place, regaining our self-respect, we will be able to start a recovery process, and be happy again. The Buddha was a doctor, he taught us about the Four Noble Truths as a remedy to recover the mystery: Identify the problem, see the cause of the problem, use that knowledge to excuse the cause, and then persistently practice according to the treatment.

But any dose, the miraculous oil, is only effective if I take it. How happy this life will be if we know how to share and help each other with Buddha's teachings, and raise each other to stand up and share love to ease each other's suffering. Whether it's a stranger, or someone we don't like. Even if they are the people "who can't help me!" And I can dare say that, will I do it myself?  END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN= THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/2/2019.