The Buddha's compassionate teaching.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.

When the Buddha was about to enter Nirvana, all his wisdom and virtue expressed in true and full of compassionate teachings. Because of all sentient beings, for the suffering of all beings and for sending to the smallest units of life, we read again.

That year the Buddha was 80 years old, in the last months he was thin and tired, no longer going away but still preaching as usual. From three months before his death, the Buddha began to instruct the closest disciple, A-nan-da, to assemble his disciples to listen to the lecture and to announce his passing away. A-nan-da asked the Buddha to calm down for the rest of the days, but he went away and taught: "Our body is inferior, but our compassion and wisdom are no less. I still have a day that day is not a useless day. "

In a forest near the city of Cau-na (Kusinagar), Shakyamuni Buddha rests between two trees of Saul.

In a forest near the city of Cau-na (Kusinaga, also known as Kuçinagara), today is a small town called Kasia, 50 kilometers east of Gorakhpur province, and 150 kilometers north-east -bac Varanasi (Bénarès), the Buddha lies between two sapas. He folded his robes into four, then lay on his right hand, head to the north, face to the west, legs stretched straight, feet resting on the other leg. Then the Buddha addressed the final words to remind his disciples to understand that their teacher is not a character, nor is the Buddha, their true teacher is  the Dharma . The Buddha was mindful of water, He quietly told his disciples the last words of instruction:

"Behold, disciples, make your own torches to enlighten you, rely on your own power; you should not depend on anyone. My teachings will lead the torch. the way for you, to be a refuge for you, no need to depend on any other teachings.

Look at your body, how long you will see that body unclean. When you understand that the pleasure and pain of the body are only the source of suffering, when you understand that, you will not be able to let go of desire to dominate your children.

Look at your consciousness, you will see that mind transforms constantly. So you will not be able to let yourself fall into the hallucinations of the mind, then maintain the pride and selfishness created by the mind, especially when you understand that those emotions are the most only to bring suffering.

Look at all the surrounding objects to see if anything is permanent. Are there objects that are not constructions? All will break, disintegrate and disperse. Do not be afraid when you see suffering with everywhere, follow our teachings, even after you have passed away.So you will eliminate suffering. Indeed, to follow our teachings, you will definitely become my true disciples.

Hey my disciples, the teachings I preach to you, you never forget, never let it go tomorrow.These teachings must be preserved, researched and practiced. If you follow these teachings correctly, you will achieve happiness. The most important things in our teachings are that you must control your minds. Get rid of all your desires and keep your body upright, pure mind and true words.

If you know how to remind yourself that your life is only temporary, you will be able to eliminate all hunger and ferocity that lead to suffering. If you realize that your mind is tending to cling to or entangle with desire, you must get rid of your desire and stop that temptation right away. You must master your mind.

Mind can turn a person into a Buddha or an animal. When falling into confusion, I can become a devil, but when Enlightenment I will become a Buddha. Therefore, you must control your mind and not stray outside the Path. To be able to keep up with our teachings, respect each other and don't argue. Don't imitate like water with oil pushing each other;imitate like water with milk, can completely blend together.

Let's study together, explain each other, practice together. Don't waste your mind and your time in arguing or being lazy. Gladly welcome the fragrant flowers of Enlightenment at the time of flowering and pick up the sweet fruit on True Road.

The teachings I give you are due to our own experience, and we have followed that path.You should obey those teachings and keep them in the same way no matter what difficult circumstances you encounter. If you are distracted, it means you have never met me, you are really somewhere far away, even if you are sitting next to me right now.

But if, on the contrary, you accept and practice our teachings, even if you are far away in the end of the world, it is like you are beside us in this time.

Respect and respect the Dharma to keep doing good.

My disciples, my last minute is close, the minute between me and you is not long. However, you should not mourn. Life is a constant change and nothing is hindering the disintegration of the body. That fact, I am proving to you that right on my body, my body will disintegrate like a ruined carriage.

Do not mourn in vain, on the contrary, you must rejoice when you realize that transformation law and understand that human life is just empty. Do not try to maintain the unreasonable aspiration, wish that temporary things must definitely become longevity.

The demon of worldly desires always seeks to deceive your minds. If there's a poisonous snake in the room, you won't be able to sleep if you haven't chased it out. You must cut off the bonds of secular desire and get rid of those bonds as you have driven the poisonous snake out of the room. You must carefully protect your minds.

Hey my disciples, my last moment has come, yet you must understand that death is only the disintegration of physical body. The body was born by parents, it grew up with food, it had no way to avoid illness and death. An authentic Buddha does not carry the human body, but merely an Enlightenment.

There is only Enlightenment. The human body must dissipate, but the Enlightenment's Enlightenment will endlessly exist in the reality of Dharma, on the path of practicing the Dharma. If anyone sees only my body, he will not see me really. Only someone who accepts my teachings really sees me.

After I passed away, the Dharma replaced me as the teacher for you. Knowing to follow the Dharma, that is how you show your loyalty to us. In the last forty-five years of our lives, we don't hide anything in the teachings.

There is no secret teaching, no words with meaning. All of our teachings are given in an honest and transparent way. Hey my dear children, this is the end of the moment. In a moment we will enter Nirvana. These words are my last words to you. "

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The night of silence, only hearing the Buddha's sermon, outside the bright moonlight, the meteor stars soaring through the sky, the bhikkhu disciples who came to breathe did not dare to breathe hard to listen to the last words of Buddha Shakyamuni. Finally, he asked people about the Four Noble Truths and the Ten Noble Truths, and what could not be understood could be asked. He asked 3 times and the disciples were silent, because there was no question. At that time Aniruddha told the Buddha:  "Dear  Buddha Tathagata , we have understood the truth of the Four Noble Truths and the Ten Noble Truths. In this world, the moon can heat, the sun can cool but the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and the Ten Noble Truths cannot change. ”

Buddha is very calm without a bit of tired expression. At the end of the great earth trembling, the sa-la flowers fell like rain, the disciples suddenly saw the shocking spirit, then the Buddha Thich-Ca entered nirvana ... The last words of the Buddha's sincerity and full of compassion for oneself, for those around us, for the smallest beings of life. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/3/2019.