The life and marvelous cultivation path of Venerable Quang Kham.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

Doing to death, is selling the network but doing, is an expression of "alms"; doing it all the way to the last breath does not regret it, requires very "advanced"; the results are hated by the people, it is cultivating "patience"; being encouraged by others, our mind is not moving, not sad, it is "meditation";

Venerable Quang Khâm was born in the Qing dynasty, the 18th year of Quang Tự (1892).Mr. Hoang, the customary name is Van Lai, a native of Fujian, China. His family was so poor that his brother did not have enough money to marry. When he was four years old, because he was unable to nurture him, his parents had to bring him to be adopted for the Ly family in Tan Giang.

Fortunately, his adoptive parents are very good people, all his life by farming. They loved him like a son. Ms. Li is a profound Buddha believer, a boy's whole life. She often took him to the temple to pray because she was often sick, and her body was weak.

Renunciation and established the sleeping position

When he was nine years old, Ms. Li died; two years later, his nanny also stepped on his heels, causing him to suddenly become an orphan. At that time, all relatives and relatives were struggling, waiting to occupy the land and gardens and properties of the Ly family. That made him, a child, feel profoundly the sour taste of life and the impermanence of everything. In his mind came the idea of ​​escaping from the ceiling: He took all the land and gave it to his relatives, and then he went to Thua Thien Temple in Phuc Chau and asked for ordination.

At that time, the staff of the Temple of Thac Thien was Venerable Chuyen Tran, teaching him to take refuge and cultivate austerity with Mr. Thuy Phuong. He is distributed for working, growing vegetables, weeding ....; These are the probationary results for those who want to leave home.

By the age of 19, due to many special conditions, he passed through Indonesia. Here, because he had no education, he had to do manual labor. One day, he and his friends went to the mountain to cut firewood, he told you about his intuition intuition that the truck carrying firewood would turn on the mountain slope, but no one believed. Not long, the car was indeed turned over. This surprised his friend, saying: " Having such intuition, why don't you cultivate, develop spiritually, after that? " Hearing that, he suddenly came to his senses, and then returned to Trung. Flower. Then he was 35 years old, after nearly 16 years living in Indonesia.

Returning to Thua Thien Pagoda, he officially went down to his hair, bowing to Venerable Thuy Phuong to become his French Knight named Chieu Kinh, Tu Quang Kham. After renunciation, he was a monk who practiced austerity, who ate no-appetite, did things no one would do, often sat in Zen, and recited a Buddha's heart. There was a time when Nung was responsible for Huong posted (lit incense, scanned Buddha's power) and marked them up every morning. Many times he slept so well that he was late for writing. This makes him extremely ashamed, deeply repentant in his heart, and from then on, he will sit and sleep.

In 1933, after six years of working as a novice monk, he then prayed for the bhikkhu ordination where the Most Venerable Dieu Nghia, Tu Tho Pagoda and Phu Dien. Life is already on, he immediately asked permission of the staff transfer Tran go to retreat; At that time, he was just 42 years old. Now, alone, with little clothes and more than 10 kilograms of rice. He aimed for Qing Mountain, Quanzhou Province, to step forward.

There, in the middle of the ridge, he found a large enough cave to calm himself down. This is the place where the tiger often comes; But when he met a tiger, he was not afraid. He told them the intention to use this cave to practice and advised them to look elsewhere. Strangely, the tiger seemed to understand what he meant, the words of people. He again because of the tiger that the Three Rules of the yin; Tiger heard and wagged his tail away. Not long after that, the tiger brought the tigers back: any mother tiger, baby tiger ... toyed, close to him like a cattle. Therefore, later people around him called him the Venerable Tiger.

At that time, the Venerable was in the cave day by day, meditating and reciting Buddha's name; soon the food ran out, he picked up the forest fruit to eat. In the mountains, there are monkeys and gibbons outside the tiger. They are strange, often so dynamic; they bring the fruit and fruit to him again and again!

Venerable monks often enter samadhi. Once he entered the samadhi for a few months, did not eat or drink, did not move his body; Even the breath seems to be exhausted. Someone nearby saw that, mistakenly thinking that he had passed away, he should immediately report to Venerable Chuyen Tran to take care of the cremation. Fortunately, at that time, a high monk named Dai Nhat Hoang Nhat, who was in a nearby temple, heard the news and went to the mountain to see the real situation. Arriving at the place, the great teacher, Hoang Nhat, knew that he was entering the Enlightenment, knocked on three voices, awakened him from his meditative state. The news he entered was intended to spread everywhere, so everyone could praise it.

Last month as the name shot, penetrating Venerable Master was on Thanh Luong mountain for 13 years. Then he, 54 years old (1945), returned to Thua Thien Pagoda. Two years later, in 1947, he left the mainland, sailing to Taiwan. Here, begins his life of Dharma:

- 1948, he built a small temple in Taipei, named Quang Minh Tu.

- 1951, built Quang Chieu Tu.

- 1952, he found a special lithology in Thanh Phuoc mountain: when the sun and the moon grew, the light shone directly into the cave gate. Because of that, he named Japan Yueguo and decided to stay there. This place, which has not been watered for a long time, has since come to a natural cool water stream that has sprung up next to it. On the top of that mountain, he built a tent to live in. One night, there was a giant python crawling back and forth to pray for the law; he immediately because it sermons and transmits the Three Refugees.

- 1955, followers in Taipei offered him a land created by fire; He built Thua Thien Tu there.

- 1963, he hung the wall of Duc Duc; building Quang Long Tu in Long Tinh mountain.

By 1964, he had been in Taiwan for 17 years. During that time, he ordained three times and each time longer than a month. Every day, he ate only one meal and ate only fruit; He did not eat anything cooking or frying. So believers call him the fruit of the Venerable Master - Mr. Master Eat the Fruit. Unless it rains, usually every night he sits in Zen meditation until morning in the garden or in the forest, not sleeping in the room like others. These are his special virtues.

Buddhists call him the fruit of the Venerable Master - Mr. Master Eat the Fruit.

When he was 80 years old, he once expressed to the public the intention of "Dismissing" - his import - of him. At that time the disciples were extremely urgent, asking him to continue to be compassionate. Then he said that depending on the sentient beings, it should delay the introduction of samadhi, continue the work of birth. From there, he went to the South, Dai-medium, Gia Nghia, Hoa Lien ... praised them.

At the age of 84, he began detention, staying at Thua Thien Temple on Thanh Luong Mountain, no longer going to the mountain. The construction of the pagoda continued, but by his great disciples actively: restored Thua Thien Pagoda, built Quang Thua Nham (1974), Dieu Thong Tu (1982).

When he was 94 years old (1985), he presided over the Three Dynasties, ordained over 2,500 monks and nuns and lay people; form the greatest solemn Dharma Assembly in Taiwan at that time.

His body was extremely light and flexible; elegant movement. He still sleeps naturally, not lying; and still sat outside the open-air garden every night. Then his fruit food had to be crushed into liquid to be easy to eat

At that time, though he was nearly a hundred years old, he still lived very simply and frugally; his words are simple, humble; His walk was still strong, without the use of a cane, without a handler.

If anyone meets him then he will find his body extremely light and flexible; elegant movement. He still sleeps naturally, not lying; and still sat outside the open-air garden every night. Then his fruit food had to be crushed into liquid to be easy to eat.

In late 1985, he returned to Thua Thien Pagoda. He is currently sick; deny everything food, medicine; also do not receive followers.

On the Lunar New Year in that year, 1986, he summoned all the disciples at the temples and monasteries all over the place to bless and distribute the posterity. He instructed the cremation and division of spirituality in Thua Thien Tu, Quang Thua Nham, and Dieu Thong Tu, at the same time answering all questions of the faithful. That morning, after taking a boy's life, he decided to go to Dieu Thong Tu in Kaohsiung. The next day, the second Lunar New Year, his vigor was extremely depressed.

The third Lunar New Year, his stamina recovered. He and the masses went on to recite Buddha's name. He talked freely with the disciples; extremely clear and optimistic spirit as if nothing happened.

On the morning of the fourth day of the New Year, he called all his disciples with him to go outside to receive the sun. He said to a disciple, teacher Truyen Van, that: "You are okay; but they - mass - are not done yet!"

Year of the Lunar New Year (February 13, 1986), he sat cross-legged with peace, the spirit of peace, no disturbance; Then teach disciples to recite Buddha's name in unison.

At that time, though he was nearly a hundred years old, he still lived very simply and frugally; his words are simple, humble; His walk was still strong, without the use of a cane, without a handler.

At two o'clock that afternoon, he said to them: " Infinite, an infinite one !" (not coming or going, nothing); then look at them-they nod, smiling. Not long after, the masses saw him sitting still and moving to the side to observe carefully, new or he was already calmly following the sound of Buddha reciting, passed away.

Looking back on his whole life, coming from a poverty-stricken but self-righteous, righteous and simple nature; When he was ordained, he truly let go of all things, sincerely retreating, practicing all kinds of hardships. Because of such true humanity, the result is indescribable touch; After coming down the mountain, to the Dharma of the Buddha Dharma, he continued to know how many sentient beings, from people to animals, from yang to negative, to love, to accidentally ... And, especially his extremely liberal liberation - the most eloquent testimony of the miracle of the Dharma, as well as the possibility of accomplishing liberation, attaining the Path of the monastic practitioners.

Miracle relics of HT Quang Khâm

Venerable Quang Kham was honored as the diligent master of Buddhism - who lived through an ascetic life, and was also a life full of miracles. He used to live hard in the cave on the top of the mountain for 13 years, in order to dress the tiger, touch the lemur, and enter four months to be almost cremated, to know before the storm, to avoid the accident before the birth of the song itself. posterity .... Then "patted the belly out".

In fact, he "did not come nor go, nothing"; Xa-profit left after tea-cremation (fire cremation) also expressed miraculousness and spirituality.

According to the transmission: After the Tea Ceremony, people collected a total of over a hundred large Xa-Loi tablets, the remaining members were relatively smaller than the other disciples. There was a Buddhist who came slowly to kneel in front of the crematorium to pray all night, until it was clear before the kneeling had a large Xa-profit.

Photo: Daitangkinhvietnam.org

Another Buddhist brought a handful of sacred ash to worship in the house, then discovered several Xa-Loi tablets.

The two disciples of the same disciples attended the Master's tea ceremony, and on that day returned to the North. The next day (February 7), they heard that the Venerable Master left many Xa-Loi, rushed to drive back to the South, to the crematorium, and found a lot of Xa Loi on the roof.

A young Buddhist woman found in the Xa Loi flowers a very similar flower shape of lotus lotus of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

A tall old lady, whose eyes were blurry and could not find the tiny Xa-profit seeds, she immediately knelt down to ask Master mercy, three times to pray ... to be three Xa-Loi! It is unthinkable.

Photo taken back relics HT Quang Kham. 

A seventy-year-old Truong cousin, blind in Taipei, was also a disciple of Mr. Quang Kham (he was ordained in the winter of the previous year). Because he had a low leprosy disease, his family members could not keep up with the news of the death and the cremation ceremony of the Venerable Master. Or believe Master was born, he joined his niece, on March 7, renting a car to the South. To "Fire Field" of Dieu Thong Pagoda, all Xa-Loi in the crematorium were all shared among Buddhists first!

With great sadness, he cried his body and fell down in front of the oven, clawing two hands with the hands of the ash, wrapping his handkerchief with him, then moving on to the old car; On the way, he kept on reciting "Nam-A-Amitabha Buddha". Arriving at his house, he immediately took the cremation ash and put it on a lacquer plate ... strangely, there were more than 30 Xa-Loi tablets - big and small, there were bright and shining - those who witnessed it thought marvelous! 

The teaching of HT Quang Khâm about to study

Doing to death, is selling the network but doing, is an expression of "alms"; doing it all the way to the last breath does not regret it, requires very "advanced"; the results are hated by the people, it is cultivating "patience"; being encouraged by others, our mind is not moving, not sad, it is "meditation"; not moving, not using a response, called "keeping the precepts"; If you want to repel things that are unhappy in your thoughts, you must lower the air, which is the expression of "wisdom". These are called Sixth Division!

Quang Kham monk: " Right and wrong, good and bad in the mouth should not say, transparency in the stomach is okay ".

HT Quang Khâm and Tuyên Hóa HT

One day, houses like young people came to the road to receive visitors to visit the temple, they had to receive the afflictions of ordinary people. After the guests returned, Quang Kham told the monks immediately:  "Regardless of good or bad, right or wrong, in addition to the mouth, it is not okay to talk, in a transparent mind. Mouth muttering non-stop, there is no such thing as a problem, it will cause harm to yourself. The person who has nothing will grumble and need attention, because it is very harmful .

Venerable Quang Kham continues to say:

“Seeing others do good deeds, our minds are not happy, they do bad deeds nor initiate the mind, they must refrain from this mind, not to be afflicted. Other people are not good, other people's bad habits, that is their problem, if we are afflicted, then it is our own ignorance. Thus, no matter how good or bad things are, to keep the mind moving, to be patient.

If it is possible to break through this, then it is not disturbing to meet anything afterwards, which must go through the process of learning and cultivating yourself, when karma is eliminated, naturally I will be better myself ”.

We ourselves have to be like the light of the sun, for all things to be considered the same, illuminate the good, the bad also shine.

Good and bad is a secular thing, we have to treat everyone with compassion, if compared to ordinary people, we are also "eight-pound ".

When karma is eradicated, naturally it will be better for itself

The Dharma is complete, unlimited boundless, tolerant and tolerant, how the worldly people change, the Buddha Dharma remains constant.

Cultivation is the process where we are in the secular world, throwing away the things of the world, using compassion to treat things and people in the world. Wherever we are, we only need to be willing to cultivate, to pray in our tribulations, and to cultivate our own mind, so it will definitely be enhanced.

In the secular world, we have formed a habit of enjoyment, being accustomed to being self-confident, conservative without being able to withstand constraint ... all the mind must be abandoned.

Statue of him at Thua Thien Pagoda, Taiwan

Now that we have renunciated, it is necessary to remove the bad habits that have formed in us all the time, and instead the laws of the Dharma. This is something that is not easy to do, it requires us to believe, volunteer, modify and cultivate until we reach the final goal, enlightenment is only available. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/6/2019.