Meaning of Tathagata.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

  

Tathagata is a person who understands the world, thus has reached the ultimate place of the world, can understand the world. But it must be in the world to be able to understand the world, to be in samsara to overcome birth and death, as shown in the Rohitassa Sutta.

First of all, we mention the Tathagata in general, then the Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha in particular, what definitions have been used to describe them, and especially the very contributions Especially about the main teachings, the teachings have helped sentient beings escape suffering. 
A problem can make many people wonder, in the past as well as in the present, who is the Buddha, is he god, is it fair, is he like us? We are Buddhists, we are Buddhists, we need to see who the Buddha is, in accordance with the Buddha's teaching? A question about some of the problems answered by the Buddha in the 36th Sutta "depends on the world" (Tang Chi, IV-36).
Madame Dona saw the footprint of the Buddha with the wheel (full wheel) with all the details, when the Buddha walked on the road between Ukkatha and Setabbya, he immediately thought that this was not the footprint of mankind, should come near the Buddha and ask: "Will He be the Fairy, He will be the Lady, He will be the Buddha, He will be the man?". With these four questions, He answered in a sequential manner: "I will not be Fairy, I will not be the Blessed Lady, I will not be the Patriot, I will not be Man".
The answer surprised Lady La Dona, and we also understand, because if the Buddha answered: "I will be the gods ... or I will be the species" ie the Buddha must be reborn. , there is also samsara. So the Buddha replied: "I will not be the gods, I will not be the Blessed Lady, I will not be the Buddha, I will not be Man". But this answer surprised Lady La Dona and asked, "So what is your position, and what will the venerable be?" The Buddha's next answer is very special:

- "The Brahmin, for those who have not finished the contraband or, I may be the gods with the contraband or the end, cut off from the roots, made into a Tala tree, made for Can not exist, be made impossible to arise in the future, Brahmin, for those who have not finished the contraband or, I may be the Blessed Lady, I may be the Buddha, I can as human beings, with contraband or endlessly, cut off from the roots, made into Tala trees, made impossible to exist, made impossible in the future ... ".

Thus, depending on the beings being mentioned, for beings is Chu Thien has not taken the contraband or, the Buddha may be the gods, but with the pirated or the end, no birth and death. For humankind, we have not finished the contraband or, the Buddha may be a human being, but a person who has finished the contraband or. In other words, the oil of any kind of sentient beings is still contraband or, while being born in samsara, the Buddha may be that being, but with contraband or end. We are human beings, the Buddha is for us, only the difference, the Buddha is the one who finishes contraband or, and we are human beings, but not yet finished the contraband or. Then the Buddha gives us an example to clearly define his position in the human world: "For example, Brahmin, blue lotus, Pink or white lotus flowers are born in the water, growing in water, rising from the water and standing upright, not wet. So is Brahmin, born in life, growing up in life, I live to conquer life, not wet by life. Brahmin, I am Buddha, be like that. "
Then the Buddha used a verse to sketch his image in life:

"With contraband or not yet, 
May Be Blessed Grandma, 
Or go to Da Xoa, 
With Me, contraband or endless, 
As a beautiful white lotus, 
Life is not wet Me, 
I am Buddha, righteous, 
I may be Fairy , 
It is possible that birds, 
Or in human pregnancy 
, Destroyed, eliminated, 
Not wet by water, 
So I am called, 
O Brahmin. "

The Buddha lived in his life, not being infected by the unclean life, as he called the Tathāgata, which means that he truly understood the world, how the world could not be infected, like Kinh. " World ", (Tang Chi, IV-23), stated:

- "The Male-stilts, the world is the Tathagata, the Tathagata is not implicated with life. The Male stilts, the world is starting to be the Tathagata, the world is Tathagata. The Male stilts, the world of the passage of the Tathagata is the sense of enlightenment, the passage of the world is the Tathagata enlightenment. The Male stilts, the path to the world to kill the Tathagata is the righteous sense. The passage to kill the Tathagata practice ".
"What is this, the monks, in the whole world with the Heavenly World, the Phantom World, Pham Thien Gioi, together with the masses of the Brahman, Brahman, and Devas and humans, are seen, heard, and feeling, being awakened, being attained, being demanded, being mindful, all are righteous Tathagata, hence are called Tathagata, From the night, the monks, Tathagata are righteous, By the night He entered Nirvana, in that time, what He said, said, declared, all was so, it could not be different, so called the Tathagata. Anyway, if you do anything, say so, because if you say something like that, what to do should be said as a Tathagata ".
"The Male stilts, in the whole world, Heavenly world, Ma world, along with masses Sa, Brahmin, gods and humanity, Tathagata is the victory, not defeated, omniscient, The whole idea, the great self, hence the so-called Tathagata ".

As the above Sutra has presented, Tathagata is a person who has understood the world, thus has reached the ultimate place of the world, can understand the world. But it must be in the world to be able to understand the world, to be in samsara to overcome birth and death, as presented in the Rohitassa Sutta, (Tang Chi, IV-45). In this Sutra, the god Rohitassa asked the Buddha: "Wherever the White World, not being born, not being old, not dying, without renunciation (this life) there is no arising (other life), we Can you go to see, to know, to reach the end of the world? ". And Buddha answered definitely not possible. Rohitassa praised the Buddha's answer, praising that it was marvelous because the prince Rohitassa himself walked at a fast pace like a flash, with footsteps from the East Sea through the West Sea,
But then the Buddha taught, we don't need to go far, on our own body, we can reach the end of the world. "Hey sage, I declare that wherever there is no birth, no old age, no death, no renunciation of this life, no other beginning of time can not come to see, to know, to reach But at this end of the world, but this sage, in this long and deep body (byàmatta) with its thoughts and thoughts, I declare about the world of initiation, about the world of annihilation, of the road to the world of destruction ". 
And with the following verse, the Buddha summarizes his teachings:

"To go, never 
If not, do not gain 
time without liberation. 
Therefore, steps have position, 
evacuating the world, 
Tier achieve peace 
not expecting this life. 
Put the ends of the world 
for the new with the world 
Out of suffering, 
Understand the world well, 
With achievements and achievements, 
Knowing the world, 
Not wanting the next life ".

Because of the important role of our body, the Buddha taught except for the body (sakkàyaditthi), the prohibition and suspicion to attain the result of Siddhartha, renouncing the divine position into the holy position. Therefore, sometimes the Buddha also bellowed the lion about our five aggregates, a roar that frightened the gods because he thought that the bodies of the gods were often, like the Sutra Sutra,:

- "So this is the rate of pretentious, Tathagata sermon: This is the five aggregates (sakkàya), this is the five aggregates of the aggregates of initiation, this is the body of the five aggregates of cessation, this is the path to the five aggregates. kill the Male, without pretentious, there are any gods, long life, content, enjoy much, have lived long in the big castles, Chu Thien, after hearing Tathagata sermon, most of them become into fear, trembling, fear, they think: We are impermanent, this is a false religion, but we think we are often, we are not permanent, this is a false religion, but we think We are not permanent, we are not religious, but we think that we are permanent, this is the religious religion, we are impermanent, not permanent, non-permanent, photographed. g this one ".

With the Buddha himself enlightened, when he became the Chief Justice, he came up with a very humble thought:

"It is very difficult, not respectful, disobedient. Then let me respect, pay homage and live in the way of a Sabbath or Brahmin ... For the purpose of making the aggregate incomplete. ... Make full definition of aggregates incomplete ... Make full of ignorance of incomplete knowledge ... Make full wisdom to escape the incomplete aggregate. Let us respect, worship and live y only on another sorcery or Brahmanic, but I do not see any place in the world of gods, evils and Pham Thien, between the masses, the gods and the human race, without a sacrament or madam. any other subject, with gender ... with samadhi ... with wisdom ... with more liberation than Me that I can be reverent, prostrate and live only y. : With this dharma, we have realized the righteous enlightenment prostrate and live with him only. "

Thus the Buddha with a humble heart wanted to find a Brahmin or Brahmin to rely on the Dharma. This attitude of the Buddha explains why the Buddha advised Ananda not to be sorrowful after the Buddha passed away, because the Buddha disciples always had the dharma leading, having the Dharma to be the only place, right France as a refuge. The Buddha can see that the patriarch advises us not to rely, rely on the individual, He only advises us so he points to the righteous Dharma, so relying on the dharma.
And so we are not surprised when the Buddha was honored as the supreme being in the world of sentient beings like the "Faith" Sutra (Tang Chi, IV-34), determined: "Oil for any kind of love, this is the rate of stilts, no legs or two legs, four legs or many feet, there is no color or color, thought or unimaginable, or non-ideal non-ideal. Those who put their faith in the Buddha, they put their faith in the supreme, For those who put their faith in the supreme, they are supreme.
Because he occupies a supreme position in the world of sentient beings, because of his realization, liberation is practical, fully fulfilled, utterly pure, so he lives in his life, attaining four things fear, such as the "Nothing in the Office" (Tang Chi, IV-8) presented. He declared: "There are four fearless of the Tathagata, the Male stilts, due to the achievement of these four fearlessness, Tathagata recognizes himself the position of Niu Wang roaring the lion in the congregations and turning dharma ".
He found that no one can criticize him for not being enlightened completely, not for the contraband or completely, the Dharma he is saying that the dharma is truly nothing and the purpose is He declared, it is not practical to bring people to practice the suffering. Because he was truly fully enlightened, he had truly contraband, illegally possessed, and ignorance because of the hindrances that he declared really obstructed practitioners on the path of spiritual practice, because His purpose is to preach, because the methods of practice introduced by him have really helped tens of thousands of millions of people to be saved and enlightened. Therefore, he is free to go to every congregation, not a little shy fear, because no one can question and suffer from him. He witnessed four not being afraid of real enlightened beings.
With His supremacy, with His great enlightenment, with His four fearless, He achieved the four miraculous, unprecedented dharmas, as described in the "Abhidharma" Sutra .

"The Male stilts, when Tathagata, A La Han Chief of the sense of equality appeared, there are four magic vi, unprecedented this appeared". 
"The Male stilts, the masses preferred to keep, enjoy accepting, happy to accept. When France does not keep the Tathagata preaching, they are smart to listen, listen to ears, and stay with the mind ... ". 
"The Male-stilts, the popular favorite arrogant, arrogant and arrogant. When the dharma is not arrogant, the Tathagata preaches, they listen well, listen to the ears, rest the mind with the right mind ..." 
"Hey the Male pretentious, popular people are not calm, enjoy peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
"The Male-stilts, the masses go to ignorance, become blind, bound to cover up. When Tathagata lectures ignorance, they are smart to listen, listen to the ears, and stay at the mind with right mind ... " 
" The Male stilts, As Tathagata, A La Han, Chief Justice of the sense of appearance, there are four unprecedented measures appeared. "

This is truly the miraculous influence of Dharma. We have not heard the Dhamma, but have heard the Dharma when our mind gradually changes, our favorite nature can hold the lightness of acceptability, our arrogant nature is less arrogant and arrogant. , our wavering nature becomes calm calm and ignorant ignorance nature becomes clear, enlightened. The sensitizing ability of the true Dharma is truly wonderful. The Buddha's sensibility is truly wonderful. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2019.