Anecdotes about the Three Teachings of Zen Meditation - The Great Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

Not long after the first day of January 4, the first year of Nguyen Phu, while laughing and talking to the monks, the French Indian teacher passed away, the same figure in the picture that Ly Lan drew for him that way. long…

The Zen Master (1032-1098) belongs to Van Mon, the name is Lieu Nguyen, Nhieu Chau, Phu Luong, since he has read fluently the Confucian classics, 3 years old can read Luan Ngu Exams, 5 years old are more than three thousand articles, growing up and reading Buddhist scriptures, called prodigies.

Childhood Buddha was once in Truc Lam Tu read "The Great Buddha's Sutra Peak". When he was 19 years old, he went to Le Son, studied at Thien Thiem meditation monk, and then studied Zen master Dien Khanh Tu Dung, was praised that "The way is like Snow Bean, it is really a talent in the future".

By the age of 28, the Indian Buddha still specialized in the study of Noong, arrived in Chenghai Tian Jiang. He then hosted many other temples. For more than 40 years, he traveled around the famous places and high esteem. The Buddha Sutra built Bach Lien commune, praising the Pure Land ideology.

King Shen Tong gave each of the four colors to the golden bowl to demonstrate virtue. The Buddha's disciples have Nghia Thien, Dien Duc ... An Indian Buddha and To Dong Pha have a close relationship with each other.

To Dong Pha, Buddha An and Hoang Dinh Kien sat drinking.

An Indian Buddha is a monk who has the temperament of the Three Religions, not a pure monk. If you consider the Buddha as a Buddhist clergy, it is not considered an increase. Confucian studies in him also used to combine Buddha and Tao.

Once when he returned to Kim Son Tu in Lo Son, he wore a Taoist hat, went to a grape house, put on a robes, and showed his tolerance of the three religions and saw his liberal spirit. This idea later formed the style of a sect.

The Indian Buddha had a time as a local mandarin, when he was 28, he was ordained. Although he is the successor of Thien Thiem's ​​legal system, his actions and thoughts are very thoughtful. He often participates in wine parties and talks with friends in real life.

One of Buddha's very close friends is To Dong Pha. The great poet of the Song Dynasty, two people who often drink wine and recite poetry, often play and tease each other. The Indian Buddha compared to To Dong Pha is still a honest person, so he is often bullied by To Dong Pha.

To Dong Pha every time like that very much like to like ... One day two people are sitting in meditation, To Dong Pha asked, "What do you see me like?" Buddha answered: "Looks like a taste Buddha". I heard it very happy, laughed and said to Buddha: "Do you know what I see you like? Looks like a pile of dung. Indian Buddha said nothing.

To Dong Pha went home to tell To Tieu Muoi. To Tieu Muoi just looked at his brother while laughing and said: "That is just that, but you ask for meditation, do you know where the meditator is the most important?

That is the mind of the mind, there are eyes in the mind. The Buddha says that he is a Buddha, it is said in the heart of the Buddha Indian Buddha. He said he saw a pile of manure, so he thought about what he had in his heart! ".

To Dong Pha and Hoang Dinh Kien were both in Kim Son Tu. One day, two people make cakes to eat. The two agreed that this time making certain cakes did not tell the Indian Buddhas.

For a long time, the cake was already cooked, the two of them counted the number of cakes, first donating a few cakes to the front of Quan Am Bodhisattva, very respectfully worshiping, praying for one. Unbelievably, the Indian Buddha had known beforehand to hide behind the curtain, taking advantage of the time when the two people worshiped, reached out to take two pieces of cake.

To finish Dong Pha, stand up, find it seems to be missing two pieces of bread, kneel down and pray: "Quan Am Bodhisattva is really a miracle, eat two pieces of bread, why not embody?" Pressing in the back of the curtain said that if I were here, I would have eaten with some people, I wouldn't dare to bother.

Whenever To Dong Pha house invites guests, Indian Buddhists do not invite themselves. One evening, To Dong Pha invited Hoang Dinh Kien to play Tay Ho, there was a lot of meat on the boat.

The boat had just left the shore, To Dong Pha laughed and told Hoang Dinh Kien that every time he had a party, he could run, and today we went by boat to the middle of the lake to drink and recite poetry, playing for fun, Buddha Any publications cannot be reached.

Anybody who knows the Buddha Sutra who heard the news of To Dong Pha and Hoang Dinh Kien soon came to the lake to play, so it was already prepared before the two of them had yet to board the boat.

The moon shone brightly in the sky, the cool breeze brought lotus flowers across the lake, the boat slowly walked towards the three-man moon. To Dong Pha cuped wine, stroked his beard, and was happy to tell Hoang Dinh Kien: "Today there is no Indian Buddha, fruit also has more purity, we first take poetry as a command".

To Dong Pha wrote the poem first, read: "The white cloud opens, the moon is full of clarity, what is the sky saying, what is the sky saying?" Hoang Dinh Kien saw the pool of lotus flowers blooming, then said: "Sen The blossoming swells, the fish swim clear, that's okay. That's okay! ”.

At that time, the Buddha India could no longer hold the boat, and when Hoang Dinh Kien finished speaking, he opened the lid of the boat and said: "The boat is opened, the Buddha shows clearly, cannot stop it, can't stop it". To Dong Pha and Hoang Dinh Kien saw that under the boat some people came out, jumped at him, looked closely, turned out to be an Indian Buddha, and heard that there were four such verses, unable to stop laughing.

To Dong Pha dragged the Buddha and sat down, saying: "You are good at hiding, it is also wonderful, you still caught him today." After saying that, the three of them laughed together happily and continued to enjoy the moon on the lake.

The Indian Buddha is a monk, but does not abstain from drinking alcohol. That day, the Indian Buddha fried fish to drink alcohol, just when To Thuc visited. The Indian Buddha hurriedly hurriedly hid gold in the fish. I soon smelled fish, but I didn't see it in the room.

I remember the last time Hoang Dinh Kien was thinking, I thought of a plan, so I deliberately said: "Today, I want to ask a great teacher for something. After the sentence: "What is the sunshine of the usual spring disciples"? "

The Indian Buddha saw his friend talking about the verse that both of them were familiar with and immediately said the following sentence: "Integrating the wealthy family members". To Dong Pha clapped his hands and said in khanh (mõ) that there was a fish (surplus) why not a little good, brought out to eat?

Here, Tô Đông Pha used the word play method to be a sound, anonymity with a fish, meaning fish. Indeed, very ingenious.

In the 8th year of the reign of King Shen Tong, at that time the holder of the High-Ruling Sangha (equivalent to the position of the Royal Monk of Thailand now) was Thich Thien Hoa visiting China, both as a visiting state between two countries, then by the way, go to see the scenery, study the religion. He came from the South to the North, the pagodas in the North all went to worship, then he came to Kim Son Tu.

The temples in the North all welcomed enthusiastically like welcoming other great kings. However, when Nghia Thien came to Kim Son Tu, the Indian Buddha still sat on the bed meditating, receiving the ceremony after taking the ceremony to receive precious guests.

But Venerable Monk Nghia Thien is very reverent, has no attitude of anger or reproach. Some people find it strange. At that time, there were people sent by the imperial court to act as an entourage named Duong Kiet, and immediately asked Buddha:

“Why is the Zen master still sitting on the bed receiving the worship of Nghia Thien? This is different from other places that are different, isn't this a bit disgusting? ”

"How could that be? Do you not see the face of Nghia Thien? ”, The Buddha answered. "That is not seen, it really makes me a bit confusing," Duong Kiet said. “That's right, it's because you don't understand, and even fellow practitioners elsewhere don't understand it. Hope the teacher will help me, ”Duong Kiet urgently pleaded.

The Buddha immediately replied, explaining: "Any monk, no matter what position he or she is, the pilgrimage to the other affinities must be based on the Buddha's law to conduct the worship." "Yes, this I know," Duong said.

The Buddha again added: "Nghia Thien is the High Priest of Ly Ly, but it can only be a monk anyway, naturally following the growth of the forest, cannot be arbitrarily changed. If Ho Buddha once said:

"Four rivers enter the pool, there are no river names, hundreds of them are monks, all claim to them Like." It is impossible for rich or poor to ruin the precepts.  

Before he passed away for a while, increasing them in Van Cu Tu invited a painter named Ly Lan to paint pictures for Buddha. The Buddha said that if you want to paint for me, it must be a smiling picture, but if your face is sullen, you won't accept it.

Ly Lan said: "The sketch is the simplest shape, then comes sad, then comes to meditate, the hardest is still smiling". Ly Lan accepted the drawing until it was just a pleasant idea for the Buddha. Drawing so many times, Ly Lan finally got a very happy smile, Buddha was very pleased. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/5/2019.