Our real home.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

HOUSE OF REALLY TA 
Time France Preach For an old man dying

Now, please set up your mind and listen to the Dharma. While he preached, he listened attentively to his words just as the Buddha himself was sitting in front of him. Close your eyes and keep your body relaxed, resting your mind at one point. To pay homage to the omniscient devotion, please take it easy for the wisdom, truth, and pure state of the Three Jewels to go straight into and settle in the Mind.

Today he did not bring any material gifts and gifts, only Dharma, Buddha's teachings. Listen attentively. He should realize that even though the Buddha himself - with the great treasure of virtue that He had accumulated from countless lifetimes - remains inevitable the death of the physical body. When old age comes, He does not cling to the body but let go, put down the burden. Now, too, he must also learn a lesson to be satisfied with so many years spent depending on this body. She should feel that that is enough.

He can compare this body with the appliances in the house that he has been shopping for a long time - the cups, the plate, the bowl, the bowl, etc. When he first bought it, it was clean. But now, after a long time of being used, it began to fail. A whole lot was broken, the other was lost, lost, and the rest were gradually decaying, it did not have a permanent body, and its nature was. His body also seems like that - always changing from the moment he was born into life and through his youth and adulthood, until today that he is old, he is constantly changing. She must accept this. The Buddha taught that contraband possessions [1], oil belonging to the physical body, exist due to conditions in the inner conditions, or oil outside, due to external conditions, are infinite. fall. Its nature is always changing. Visualize this truth until she sees it so clearly.

It is the decaying mass of meat here which is the righteous Dharma (saccadhamma), which is the truth. The truth of this body is the Dharma, and that is the immortal teaching of the Master. The Buddha teaches us to look at this body, contemplating and contemplating it until it fully understands its true nature. We must be able to live peacefully with this body, no matter what state it is. The Buddha taught us to make sure that only the physical body is locked up in prison, and not letting the mind go to prison with it. Now the body begins to decline and decay with time. Should not resist, but should not let the mind decline with it. Separate, keep your mind separate. Enhance the mind power by realizing the true form of things. The Blessed One taught that it is the nature of the body, there is no other way: was born naturally to go gradually to old age, sick and dead. This is the eternal truth that He is experiencing in the present moment of money. Please look back on yourself with this wisdom and realize this truth.

If your house is washed away by a flood, or if a fire burns down, threatening flooding or fire threatens, let the house worry. Those dangers are only related to the house. If there is flooding, do not let it flood and attract the mind. If there is a fire, do not let it burn your mind. The house is an object outside, so let it be attracted to the floodwaters, or burn into ash in a fire. Let the mind let go, do not cling to the house. Time is ripe.

He lived for a long time. Specific eyes have seen many shapes and colors, specifically hearing many sounds, he has had many experiences. And all is just that - just an experience. She ate a lot of delicious food, and those sweet ones were just sweet. Nothing more. The bitter taste is also bitter. Just like that. If Instrument's eyes see beautiful images, they are just beautiful figures. All of that only. So is an ugly body. Just an ugly body. The ear to hear the melody of the song is soothing and it is only that, nothing more. It was just a simple noise.

The Buddha taught that rich or poor, young or old, people or animals, no living beings in this world can keep themselves intact in any state for a long time. All must be changed and become something else. That is the reality of life that we cannot do to save. However, the Buddha taught that what we can do is to contemplate the body to see its selfless nature, to realize that both, body and mind, there is no "I" good " My ". It only exists temporarily. Just like this house, it's just a specific name. You can't take it anywhere with you. In the same way, the property of the career, the body of the gods of Specifically, all are just of the specific name, in the words, not really belong to him. It belongs to nature. This truth does not apply specifically to Alone alone. All people share the same fate, and so are His Holiness and His disciples. The other is that they accept that it is the nature of things; They see that the natural way of things is. No other way.

Therefore the Buddha taught us to contemplate and meticulously examine this body from the soles of the feet to the top of the head, and from the top of the head to the back of the soles of the feet. Try looking. What do you see? Does the genus itself be pure? This whole body steadily progresses to disintegrate, and the Buddha teaches us that it does not belong to us. Of course, this body must be, because all phenomena of contraband are in a way that must be changed and changed. What else can we do? In fact, the nature of the body is so nothing is wrong. Not the body makes us suffer. When he looked at the wrong thing, he was, of course, mistaken.

Just like water in a river, naturally flows from high to low, never from high to high. It is its natural characteristic. If the other person stands on the river bank and sees the water flowing down from above, he crazily wishes that the water must flow back up the slope, of course, he must be disappointed. No matter what he did, his wrong way of thinking did not let his mind be peaceful, peaceful and peaceful. He was dissatisfied because his opinion was wrong, and he contemplated upstream. If there is a righteous view, he will find that natural water must flow from above to low, and even when he is clearly aware and accepting this reality, he is still confused and sad.

The water flow of the river must flow smoothly from a high slope to a low level, just like the body. There was once a youthful time. He became an old man, and is now winding toward death. Don't expect it to be different. It is not something that he has the ability or the power to cure. Buddha taught us to be wise to see the way of things and let go, not clinging to it. She should take the feeling of letting go of her as a refuge.

Keep meditating, Can's oil feels tired and exhausted. Let your mind rest on your breath. Take a few long breaths and tie your mind into it. When breathing in, silently thinking, "Bud", exhale, mentally whisper, "Dho" [2]. Let's practice in the habit of doing so. The more you feel exhausted, the more you should try to be more attentive, so that you can adapt to the growing suffering. When you first start to hear, please stop all thoughts and conscientious thoughts of knowing the breath. Always chant "Bud-Dho, Bud-Dho" silently while watching the breath.

Let go, ignore all that is outside. Do not try to cling to thoughts about children or relatives. No clinging to anything, no matter what. Let go. Let the mind focus on a single point and use that mental mind to follow the breath. Only know the breath. Breath is the only object of the mind. In addition to the breath of knowing nothing else. Focusing on such thoughts until the mind becomes increasingly subtle, the feeling is increasingly insignificant, and as long as he will see the inner mind becomes awake and extremely clear. Until then, when the feeling of suffering arises, it will gradually dissolve itself. Finally, she will look at the breath as a relative to visit.

When the relative left, I took the door to take my feet and watched until the person, walking or driving away, then returned to the house. We follow the same breath. If the breath is rough, we know that it's rough. If it is subtle, we know that it is subtle. When it becomes more and more subtle, we keep watching, the mind is always awake. At some point the breath seems to be losing, and all that remains is just a sense of awakening. It is called meeting the Buddha. We have a clear awareness in the state of awakening called "Buddho", a person who knows, who is awake, who is lucid. It is meeting and staying with the Buddha, with wisdom and enlightenment. Because only the historical Buddha entered Great Nirvana (Parinibbana), the Buddha is made of leather. And the true Buddha, the omniscient omniscient Buddha,

Thus, let go, put down all, all ... except the awareness. Do not be fascinated if there is a picture or sound starting during meditation. Put it all down. Do not hold on to anything. Just stay in that state of awakening. Do not worry about the past or the future, just stay still and Specific will reach the place that is no longer progress, no longer rot, and no longer stop, where there is nothing to accept or cling to. Why? Because there is no self, no "I" or "My". All are left, lost. The Buddha taught us, in this way, to make us empty, without anything, without carrying anything. Know, and know, let go.

Realizing the Dharma (Dhamma), the path of liberation from the constant cycle of birth and death is the work that we all have to do alone, each one for us. Thus, please try to let go and receive the full teachings of the Master, truly try to contemplate. Don't bother worrying about your family. In the present, the grandchildren like how they are, and in the future they will be like him. In the world no one can avoid this fate. The Buddha taught us to put down everything that does not contain the essence. If you put it all down, You will see the truth. If not, will not see. It is so, and it is so for everyone. Therefore, she should not worry or cling to anything.

Even if she thought she was thinking, it was good, as long as her thoughts were clear. Do not think crazy. If she thinks of her children and grandchildren, remember with wisdom. Do not think crazy. Whatever the mind is directed, he should reflect and understand it with wisdom and wisdom to realize its nature. If the tool knows with wisdom, he will let go and will not suffer, his mind is clear, joyful and peaceful, not disturbed, not dispersed. At this moment, what he can find to rely on for support and support is his breath.

That is the work of Tool himself, not someone else's. Let others do their work. He has his duties and responsibilities and cannot embrace the work of anyone else in the family. Nobody's job, but let go. This renunciation will make the mind become quiet. The only task of the current instrument is to gather the mind and bring it to rest in the state of silence. Everything else, let others worry. Colors, sounds, smells, and tastes - let others worry. Put it all behind and do your job. Whatever arises in the mind, whether it is the fear of pain, the fear of death, the anxiety of worrying about the person or anything else, he tells him: "Do not stir up me! You are no longer public my job too. " She kept saying that to herself, when the dhammas started.

Noun "dhamma", legal, function implications mean? All are dharma. Without the chi is not dharma, dhamma. What is "world"? The world is the state of mind which is making the Instrument fluctuate in the present. "What will this person do?" When we die, who will look after them? How will they manage? All these things are "worldly". Although the empty generation of an idea of ​​fear of death, or fear of pain, is also the world. Throw away the world! The world is so. If He let it begin in the mind and gradually invade the subconscious, Instrumental mind will become eclipsed and not see itself. Therefore, whatever is found in his mind, he insists on saying: "This is not my job. It is impermanent, suffering, and non-self."

Thinking that he wanted to continue to live longer, would make him suffer. But thinking that he wanted to die immediately, or soon die, it was not true. It also makes him suffer, isn't it, sir? Smuggled objects are not owned by us. It must proceed according to its natural laws. About the way that this body must be What you can't do. He can make it a little more beautiful, or make its appearance more appealing and clean for a while, such as makeup girls, lipstickers, long fingernails But when old age comes, all people share a boat, a destiny. This body is so. She couldn't do anything else. But what he can improve, make it more beautiful, is the mind of him.

Anyone can build a house, wooden or brick, but the Buddha teaches that this kind of house is not really mine, but just mine. It is a house in the world, and it must follow the way of the world. "Our true home" is a calm state within. A physical home in the outside may be beautiful, but it is not very calm. It is this cause of anxiety to other worries, anxious to worry about it. So we say that it is not my true home. It is outside of us, and sooner or later we must leave. It is not a place where one can live forever in it, because it does not really belong to us but is part of the world. So is our body. I accept as self, as "I" and "My", but the reality is not so. It is another worldly house. The Body of the Body has transformed from its natural progression from the moment of birth to the present day, old and sick, and Specifically cannot prevent it from changing, because of its nature. Wanting to be different is crazy, like a duck like a chicken. When realizing that this cannot be, the duck must be a duck, the chicken must be a chicken, and the body must be old and die, He will recover his health and energy. How specific it is for Dau to want this body to continue to exist for a long time, it will not do so. The Buddha taught: When realizing that this cannot be, the duck must be a duck, the chicken must be a chicken, and the body must be old and die, He will recover his health and energy. How specific it is for Dau to want this body to continue to exist for a long time, it will not do so. The Buddha taught: When realizing that this cannot be, the duck must be a duck, the chicken must be a chicken, and the body must be old and die, He will recover his health and energy. How specific it is for Dau to want this body to continue to exist for a long time, it will not do so. The Buddha taught:

"Anicca vata sankhàra 
Uppàdavayadhammino 
Uppajjitvà nirujjhanti 
Tesam vùpasamo sukho."

"The things that are structured are impermanent 
Must be born and destroyed, Has arisen birth and 
destruction - 
Stop it is happiness."

The noun "sankhàra", translated here, is made up, or illegitimate dharmas - implying that this body and mind - are impermanent, unsustainable, unstable, newly constituted. immediately dissolved, born and destroyed. Even so, everyone wants it often. That is crazy. Look at the breath. Move in and go out, that's its nature, it must be. The in-breath and the out-breath must follow each other, breathe in and out, breathe out and breathe in and out, there must be a change. The things that are made, sankhàras, exist because of change, he cannot prevent this. Think only like this: Is it possible to breathe in and out without breathing? If you breathe out without breathing in, will it sound pleasant? Or is it just breathing in without breathing out? "We want that things must be permanent, but it can't last long. It can not be. Once the breath comes in, it has to come back, when it comes out it has to come back, and that's natural. Is that right, dear? Being born, we must be old, sick, and die. This is completely natural and normal. That is because the things that are made have done its part. Also because of the in-breath and the out-breaths are intermittent, so that humans exist today.

Just when I was born, I died. Our birth and death are only one. Like a tree, when there are roots, there are branches. There are branches with roots. She could not have this without that. Europe is also strange! Everybody's life is sad and deeply disappointed, sad and sadly mourning the death of a loved one, and everyone is extremely delighted, joyfully celebrating a baby born in life. That is illusion. No one ever saw clearly. He thought that if I really wanted to cry, it would be better to cry when someone was born. Because in reality, birth is death, death is born, roots are branches, leaves are roots. If we must cry, weep at the root, weep at birth. Please see the wall: If there is no birth, no death. Do you understand that?

He should not bother to think much. Just think, "This is the way of things. The nature of things is so." That is part of the task. Even in the present, no one can help him, nothing that his family and his career assets can do for him. All that can help him in the present is just the state of mindfulness, the clear, the righteous knowing. So Instrument don't hesitate. Let go, throw it all away.

Even if he did not let go anymore, then all of them gave up and left him. Can he realize that? All the different components in the body have gradually crept away from him, look at his hair. At the time of lack of black hair and dense hair, it was now sparse. It left him. His eyes were clear, clear and far away, now weak, only blind. When the body parts feel tired, it goes away. This body is not his home. When he was young, his teeth were strong and strong, now he was negligent, and not yet had a denture. Eyes, ears, nose. tongue, they all gradually go away, because this is not its home. She could not use the objects (sankhàra) to make her permanent residence. He can only temporarily stay there for a short time and must leave. It is like a tenant looking at his small rented house with his eyes that are becoming dimmer. The teeth are no longer as hard as before, the body is no longer robust, all are gone, leaving.

So, You don't need to worry about this physical body, because it's not a real house, it's just a shelter. Born into the world, she should visualize the nature of the world. Everything here is about to disappear. Look at the body. Does it still keep its original form intact? Are your skin still the same? And his hair, too, is no longer the same as before, is that it? Where do all go? That is nature, so is all. When the time comes, the objects are composed quietly following its path. In this world there is nothing that we can rely on. Just an endless circle full of distractions and confusion, sadness, sadness and suffering. There is no peace and peace.

When there is no real house, we are like a guest wandering indefinitely on the road, heading for this path for a while and then turning to the other side, stopping for a long time, then walking up again. Even when we return to our true home, no matter what we do, we always feel less comfortable, like people leaving their hometown to embark on a distant journey. . Only when he comes back home can he feel comfortable and comfortable.

There is no place in the world where we can find true peace. Poor people are not peaceful, so are the rich. Adults are not peaceful, and children are not peaceful. The rural people of the ignorant season are not peaceful, and the wide-ranging learners are not peaceful.

There is no peaceful and peaceful place. That is the nature of the world. People with little fortune in suffering and suffering, the money of forest and forest people also suffer. Children, adults, the elderly, everyone suffers. Suffering for old age, suffering for children, suffering for wealth and suffering for poverty - all is suffering.

When Specifically reflected and contemplated things in this way, he would see impermanence (anicca), and dissatisfaction (dukkha). Why are things impermanent and unsatisfactory? - Because things are anattā.

Both - the body of the body, sickness and pain, and the mind that knows the sick and painful state - are called dhammas, dharma. The component without form, like thoughts, feelings, and perceptions is called dhamma, nama. And the thing that aches and aches with the sore shoe is called dhamma, rupa. Material is dharma, dhamma. Spirit is also dhamma. Thus, we live in dhammas, we are dhammas. In fact, no matter where you are, there is no self. Only the dharma does not stop being destroyed. Its nature is so. In every moment very subtle we are born and destroyed. That is the way of things.

Whenever we commemorate the Blessed One, remembering how accurate His teachings are, we deeply appreciate the fact that He truly deserves to be worshiped, worthy of worship and how does it look? Every time we see the truth of what we see His teachings, even though we never practice Dharma. However, if we have knowledge of the teachings of the Blessed One, have learned and act but have never seen the truth of things, then we are still homeless.

Therefore, please understand the key point that everyone, all creation, is about to die. When we live enough to adapt to our time, we must leave, follow our path. The rich, the poor, the young, the elderly, all beings must undergo this transformation.

When he realizes the world, he will feel that this world is really boring. When you see nothing stable or intrinsic, you can rely on him to feel tired and deeply frustrated.

However, despair here does not mean sorrow or hate. Mind Instrument has clarified and found that it is impossible to do anything to cure this condition. The path of the world is just that. Understanding like that, he will be able to let go of all clinging to go through and leave all with a calm and unhappy mood, not sad, but peacefully peaceful with the dharma that is composed, sankhàra, due to thanks to lucid wisdom, see the impermanent nature of all things.

Anicca vata sankhàra, all compounded elements are impermanent. In simple words, impermanence is Buddha, Buddha. If we really see a phenomenon that is impermanent, we will see that it is often, often in the sense, "its transformative character never changes." That is the normal state where beings are available. There is a constant change from childhood, through adolescence, to adolescence. It is the impermanent state of the transformed nature that is often, non-movable. If you look at things with labels, the mind will be calm and comfortable. Not only he must undergo this situation but all beings.

When commenting things like that, he will feel depressed, tired and disgusting things of the world and feel extremely disappointed. The state of delight in sensual sensuality of the Five-year-old will disappear. He will find that if there are many assets, he will leave behind him a lot. If there is little, he will leave little. Money is just money, life expectancy is just life, nothing special.

The important point is that we must follow the teachings of our Master, build the house for ourselves, build the house according to the method that Master has told him. Let's build a house for him. Let go. Let go for as long as the Mind of mind reaches a peaceful state of peace that is no longer coming, no more retreating, and no longer stopping standing still. Pleasure is not my home. Suffering is not my home. Both - pleasure and suffering - must decline and deform.

The Master realized that all sankhàras were impermanent. Because of that, he taught us not to cling to those dharma and let go of everything. At the end of life, we have no choice, nothing to follow. So is it better to drop it all before that period comes? It's just a burden, why don't we just throw it away now? Why bother to drag and drag it around this head and head? Please let go, please think and let your family take care of him.

Those who nourish a sick person will grow up in good faith and virtue. As for patients, while helping others get a good chance, they should not create difficulties for their adopters. If there is pain, aches, or some other instability, let your nurse know and always keep your mind clean. People who take care of their parents in pain should do their job with a heart full of warm and gentle love, and should not be upset or upset. This is the only chance that a filial son can repay in some way to give birth to his nourishment, to cover his debt to his parents.

From the mother's womb to childhood, and long-term adulthood, we always rely on parents. I am like this today because my father and mother have been immensely suffering to help us in every way. Thank you, parents, that we have to carry in our hearts, really cannot be measured.

Today all of my children and relatives gather here, see how their parents become their children. In the past, you were Uncle's son, he has become your child today. People grow up and grow older, grow older, until they become children again. The memory is lost, the eyes are no longer visible, and the ear is no longer as clear as it used to be, and sometimes it sounds loud, the sound is not good, it is not clear. Don't let these things make you uncomfortable. Nursing a sick person, you all have to know how to let go without attachment. Do not cling to things, just let go and let it follow its path. A child who is not obedient, sometimes his parents close his eyes and leave to be safe, and make him happy. Now your parents are like the baby. His memory and awareness were blind. Sometimes you confuse your name, or sometimes you ask for a cup. The situation is normal, you should not be upset, upset.

Let the patient recollect the gentle loving attitude of the person who nourishes them and patiently endures the painful feelings. Specifically try to try, not to distract and distract the mind, not to cause uncomfortable and uncomfortable situation for the caregivers. He should let the nurse keep his mind in good faith and compassion, not to make them unhappy with unattractive things like cleaning the nose and sputum and urine and urine. Please try your best. In the family, please lend a hand.

For you children in the house, the two are the only parents. The instruments give you life, your teachers, the nurse, your doctor, are all for you. The Fathers have nurtured, educated you, shared your property with you and considered you to be the continuation of the industry of the Specifics - the great part of the parenthood. Therefore the Buddha taught katannu and katavedi - to understand the debt of deep gratitude, and to try to repay that deep gratitude. These two virtues support each other.

If the parents are in a weak condition, they often encounter difficulties, then they have to make the effort to try to support them. That is katannu-katavedi, virtue works to support and preserve the world. It prevents all cracks and makes the family stable, stable and conditioned.

Today he brought the Dharma as a gift to him during this illness. He did not have any material gifts to give him. Looks like the house has enough material. So, he told the Dhamma, the gift that she could never do with all. Having received the gift, he can pass it on to as many other people as he can, it will never be corrupted or damaged. That is the nature of Truth.

The monk who is happy today can give the Gift of the Patriarchate, and hope that it will help him have more energy to deal with the painful state of old age.

HE AJAHN CHAH

Mr. Ajahn Chah was born into a well-off family in the countryside of the north-eastern region of Thailand. He became a novice monk at the time of his infancy and took the Bhikkhu Bhikkhu at age 20. As a young bhikkhu, He diligently studied the basics of Dharma, Precepts and Sutras, and then went into the forest to meditate under the guidance of many Zen masters in the region. For many years, he practiced the practice of recluse masters living in the middle of the mountains, sleeping only under deserted trees, wild caves, or on ghost fields. At that time he was given the opportunity to spend a short but extremely useful time studying with Mr. Ajahn Mun, the eminent and most respected Zen monk in Thailand in this century.

After many years of traveling and practicing, he accepted the invitation to stay in a dense forest near his homeland. It is uninhabited and famous for its many venomous snakes, tiger lobsters and ghosts. According to him, it is a perfect residence, very suitable for a bhikkhu living in the forest. Soon after, a large monastery was built around that place because of the number of people - the Bhikkhu, the nun, as well as the layman - came to hear him preach and practice with him. more and more crowded. So far more than forty temples have been established in the mountains or in deep forests, all over Thailand as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia.

When entering the area of ​​Wat Pah Pong, the tourists often met the monks who were drawing water at the well and found a sign with a few words on the side saying: "Behold, please keep quiet! We are trying to meditate. ". Although every day there are two collective meditation practices, the core of the practice is the one that always abides in mindfulness. Monks do labor work such as dyeing or patching, taking care of most of their essential needs and keeping the interior and exterior areas neat and clean. The monks here live very simply, in accordance with the precepts of the monks in the forest, only once a day in the bowl. Capitalism and clothing are very limited. Scattered in places all over the forest there are individual cup tents just enough for a monk to live and calmly meditate.

The precepts are extremely serious to help practitioners to close themselves to a simple and clean life in a peaceful and harmonious union, where it can easily cultivate virtue, meditation and intellectual development, one Convenient and continuous way.

Mr. Ajahn Chah's way of teaching simple but profound is particularly attractive to Westerners. Quite a lot of people have come to study and practice with Him for many years. In 1975 the Wat Pah Nanachat monastery was set up next to Wat Pah Pong, dedicated to the practice of a number of Westerners who enjoyed the monastic life. Since then a large number of disciples have been studying for many years with Mr. Ajahn Chah beginning the work of spreading the Dharma in the West. He himself traveled twice in Europe and North America, and established a large branch in Sussex, England.

Wisdom is a way of life and existence. Ajahn Chah tried to preserve the simple lifestyle of the bhikkhus so that today many people can study, learn, and practice Dharma.

The way of Mr. Ajahn Chah's miraculously simple teaching can make people disappointed. At times, only after listening to him preach many times our mind suddenly became ripe, mastered and understood the profound meaning of the teaching. He has very clever methods to arrange the teachings that are appropriate to the situation, the right place, the right time, and appropriate to the audience's understanding and emotions. Truly awesome! Sometimes, putting down black and white paper, it seems like the lecture is incoherent, or more, contradicting each other! At such times the reader should remember that the teachings he speaks faithfully express a life experience. In the same way, if his preaching sometimes seems to be different from the usual preaching, we must know that Mr. Ajahn Chah always speaks words that come from the bottom of his heart,

[1] Contraband objects, "sankhàra", onions, objects that are constructed, or customary objects, are things that exist only because of other conditions. In fact, it is all the things in this world that are phenomenal. The Dhamma by grace.

[2] It uses two words "Bud-Dho", meaning Buddha, or Giac, as a mantra, a means to concentrate the mind on the breath. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/5/2019.