Process Of Life And Death.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

The four emperors of Buddha taught us that life is suffering, our suffering is the cause, we can end suffering and have ways to end them. Liberation in Buddhism is true life, to go through life in a fun and useful way. The path of liberation requires us to face desire, and attachment is the cause of suffering.

To liberate from suffering, we must not cling to the body, material possessions or others. We need to remember this clearly. The gradual reduction, then going together to completely eliminate those clumsiness, does not mean that we must turn our backs on life, give up all joys in life, make our lives poor and unintentional. life meaning. On the other hand. When there is no problem, clinging to something, our life will add meaning and happiness. We will know how to give, receive and be more open to all. Clinging means holding, holding, not letting go. So when death comes, all the holdings will get out of our reach.

Process Of Life And Death

Death is as natural as Life, as magical and magical as Life.

We need to understand the Death to know Life, on the contrary we have to understand all about Life, to understand the Death. Death is not the general high of life, it is an interruption of a flow. Death is like a dock, a stop, a place where we get off to prepare for many other trips.

That is not to reduce the will of life and death. How we lived, in other words, the choice of a train for us to step on, will determine our mood when berthing, will prepare for our next trip. We may have chosen a ship that was shy, stale, or a gleaming ship. Maybe we have chosen a train full of fun, temptation, with dancing girls, games, with invitations of money and fame. How much we will suffer when we have to leave that train if we have been attached to the pleasures of enjoyment of the flesh. On the other hand, we may have chosen a train that will take us through so many beautiful natural scenery by the road, a train that when we dock, we will happily stand up and leave it without attachment.

Don't be attached

Only our body, the cloak covering our minds when we live in a ruined life. My mind is not destroyed.

How can we not be sad when we have to lose what we love in life. When our loved ones die, be merciful, but don't let the suffering of loss go on to fill our lives.

Too suffering is lethargic. Because of the loss, death is inevitable. Therefore, in many religions, many cultural practices have set a time for mourning. For example, Jewish people mourn the dead by staying indoors for 7 days, they don't go out unless urgent. They don't shave, don't cut their hair or wear new clothes. They could not sit on chairs or wear shoes. For 7 days, they contemplated their suffering.

We suffer because of the death of our loved ones and fear for our own death. Human life is a circle of coming and going of Birth and Death. The loss of body is not everything. The mind still exists, so the suffering that lasts beyond the limit is dull.

If people take the loss too seriously, death is a great, terrible obsession. For them, death is the end of all, an indescribable suffering. But if we know how to let go of what has passed, lost, whether it is material wealth, or the body of a relative, and only focus on the longevity of the mind, death is no longer scary. It was just a turn, a change of clothes. Be merciful, but don't go beyond suffering. This advice can be applied to everything else: love, happiness, family, work, friends, home. . . Be miserable but then step forward.

Fear of death, the suffering of death caused by clinging to things outside of us like body and fame. We always seek to usurp wealth, love ... in life as a way to deny death, to avoid facing the reality that this life is only temporary. Attachment, meaning that we cannot live without those things makes death even more terrible. While the personality of impermanence is available in all things, in every emotional relationship, it makes the change and loss inevitable. Change, destruction, loss ... does not make people awaken, on the contrary makes them more afraid. They fear loss of body, thought, wealth, emotional correlation.

The key to freeing these suffering is to let go of all attachment.

The four emperors of Buddha taught us that life is suffering, our suffering is the cause, we can end suffering and have ways to end them. Liberation in Buddhism is true life, to go through life in a fun and useful way. The path of liberation requires us to face desire, and attachment is the cause of suffering.

“Who is not attached, will not suffer, fear. Desire causes us to suffer, our desire to make us afraid, those who are not desiring will not suffer, less fear "

Clinging to the outside

Since childhood, we have been trained as happiness measured by wealth, emotional relationships we can possess. So when material is lost, emotional contact changes, people become miserable. We have attached ourselves to certain images and situations, so we suffer when we lose them. We think this body is ourselves, so we suffer when there is sickness, aging; or when we look at other sick, old people, we also feel suffering.

Suffering is a sign of imbalance in life. What is the suffering of loss of material wealth, emotional change, physical damage, telling me? Maybe the nature of life is like that. We are in the world, struggling to achieve what we think we need, and suffering on the path to finding them. Out of story. But it's meaningless, if life is just that. If you feel pain in your leg, the pain tells you that your foot is infected, do you just use your shoulder to say, "Thank you. If there is foot, there must be pain. ”If so, the infection will spread to the body, causing us to lose our lives. That is absurd. People will know the pain has signaled a certain part of the injury, need to be treated. People will know that pain is a problem to be solved. Also,

We depend on our material wealth, people, emotions, and bodies. We think they are us, and cling to them. When we are damaged, or lost, we feel miserable. It is this attachment, along with ignorance, that causes the fear of death. The more I cling, the more I fear death. Anyone who knows how to let go knows that nothing belongs to him, knowing that our body has only one means of being freed from fear.

What is clinging to or assimilating us with something? Clinging means we think we need to have some conditions to exist. That is accepting ego. In other words: "I'm an important person, so I need this car. This car is mine, mastering this car proves that I'm rich, successful in life, this car helps me identify myself. ”Or:“ I need to stick with this woman. Without her I would not be happy. If she leaves me, I will collapse, my life will lose all meaning. ”People also cling to a certain mindset. For example, in American culture, children have been educating their children since they had to have this, the other one to have a worthy life. The model of life is born, growing up to have a happy family, living in white brick houses, surrounded by flower fences, with filial children. Everyone's wish is to buy large houses, get two cars, get a second home and vacation places, and get early retirement. These desires have been given to the society by them, thin for them and when they do not achieve these things, they become miserable. They think that life has treated them.

That you assimilated yourself to the foreign body. You have drawn yourself, identify yourself with people who live in clean, luxurious houses and have a perfect life. You think it is you. But the truth is not so. Do not cling to these images. Live as life leads us with its ups and downs.

Also, when we are ignorant, we think: "I am angry." Saying "I am angry" is to identify myself with anger, thinking that that feeling is us. Emotion is not us. As humans we are capable of being angry, feeling angry, but all those feelings are not us.

Also, our bodies are not us. We have relatives. They are just means. I said, "I'm six feet tall, black hair, white skin." But that's not us. So whoever complains about our appearance, we feel miserable. We panic when we realize our bodies become old, slow.

Most of us cling to our bodies, our bodies and our bodies. Therefore we become frightened when we think of losing our body, ie losing our individual and existence. When we are not awakened, we are afraid of death. We are also slaves of fear.

Also, who clings to wealth, material, houses, clothes, jewelry, money, the more he is afraid of losing them. Because they identify with them, bring pride and meaning in life. Some people cling to others, they assimilate their emotional attachment to them. They fear their death will rob that sentiment. They fear the death of their loved ones for the same reason.

To liberate from suffering, we must not cling to the body, material possessions or others. We need to remember this clearly. The gradual reduction, then going together to completely eliminate those clinging, does not mean that we have to turn our lives away, give up all joy in life, make our lives poor and lost. life meaning. On the other hand. When there is no problem, clinging to something, our life will add meaning and happiness. We will know how to give, receive and be more open to all. Clinging means holding, holding, not letting go. So when death comes, all the holdings will get out of our reach. The more tightly the tension, the more intense the tear, the more pain and frustration, if we go through life with open hands, don't hold it, even if death comes, we will be leisurely , no regrets, no clinging.

However, it is not always a morning to wake up that we can let go of all problems. Need to practice for life. It is necessary to awaken every moment to do that, because there are so many charms and temptations in life that we will fall into attachment.

Fall into life

Is death the end of life? Is death a devil in the dark, snooping around suddenly to cover us without warning?

According to Eastern philosophers, death is not the end of life. Our body ceases to function, the conditions (in space and time) disintegrate. But consciousness does not lose. Understanding like that, death is not so dark, terrible. Death is as natural as life, equally wonderful and good. Tu and Sinh both lead to life and development.

In that respect, people are conditioned (in space and time) for a certain cause. Just like growing in the field, having to wait at the right time, the right place to germinate. But when it's done, there's no reason to linger in the field. Then comes the waiting period for seeds to sprout, grow. When the rice is ripe, the tree is tall, we go back to the field for another purpose, at another time. So is human life, we are born to prepare, fertilizer for a piece of land at some point, then leave again, waiting for the harvest to return.

One can talk about human life as a condition, as an energy, a combination of space and time. That source of energy cannot be destroyed, it can only be rotated. People come to some time, some space, then leave, go to another place. The Eastern philosophy holds that human karma leads people from one place to another, for this purpose or other purpose, in other time periods or times.

Although more or less, death is still a threat to us.

The moment of goodbye to life is a great moment when people shine back everything that happened in their life in the last moment: all sentiments, memories, work of a lifetime of her stay, forming a force that drives us. That power is so powerful that it can shape our new life.

We have lived that way until now before it is very important to leave.

Try comparing death and sleep. All day we do what will affect our sleep. If we go to bed with so much regret, fear, dissatisfaction ... then our sleep will be unstable, and they will certainly affect our next day. The unfulfilled wishes of the previous day will haunt the next day. Or rather, a new day has been lost due to the flashbacks of the past day.

On the contrary, if we go to sleep with a comfortable heart, then the next day will be a new day to welcome us. Live fully for today and don't get stuck. Tomorrow is tomorrow's story. Each day has its own mission and purpose.

Also, how people live their lives will affect their death moment. If the life of a person only lives with fear and obsession, the moment of death and fear will increase tenfold. A person who has lived an immoral life, death comes in an infinite way. A person who does not own his life, lives without purpose, death cannot be predicted.

On the contrary, a person who has lived a disciplined and disciplined life does not cling to anything, will go away leisurely, as a guest knows it is time to break up. The purpose of their lives has been achieved, they calmly go away, knowing that reality is within them eternally, unaffected or disturbed by others, by the materiality of the life they are about to leave.

Life or death is also on the wheel of reincarnation. End of this round to the other round, successively stop each other ... END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/5/2019.