THE BUDDHA BODHISATTVA.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

The Buddha Bodhisattva  .

We have to realize that all the teachings of the Buddhas are aimed at the heart, not sticking to the name and the word, because that is just a finger raised, and the destination we see must be a shining moon beyond. off the edge of that finger.

1. Meaning of Bodhisattva:

Bodhisattva, say enough is Bodhi-slapped-reda, the Sanskrit transliteration is Bodhisattva. Bodhi translation is enlightenment; slapped-red translation is beings. Bodhisattva is enlightened, but still lives to save lives. The Bodhisattva, from the beginning (beginner's mind) to those who have led many lives following the Bodhisattva conduct (Great Bodhisattva), has a clear direction: the effort to liberate and enlightenment by life itself and use it to help others to liberate and enlighten. Moreover, it is in the effort to help others in liberation and enlightenment that he attains liberation and enlightenment. In short, Bo-slapped has two main jobs:

•  The chemical basis of the Bodhisattva  (also called the Bodhisattva Quality):

Liberation and enlightenment yourself. This is the work of the Wisdom to see emptiness or emptiness of all phenomena (all phenomena), of all space and time. This work is called accumulation of wisdom.

•  Method of chemical level of Bodhisattva  (also called Ideal Bodhisattva):

Serving sentient beings (so they are liberated and enlightened). This is the work of great compassion. The reason is called "Dai" because it is not the work of one life but the work of some lives equal to the life work of all beings; the work of a life "without leaving sentient beings" and thus "without fear of samsara." Serving, benefiting beings must go through many lives, in all aspects. This work is called accumulating merit.

Bodhisattva is a harmonious life with two contradictions: on the one hand, liberation from samsara; on the other hand do not abandon samsara, or the liberation of birth and death by emptiness (the truth of egolessness and lawlessness) and do not give up samsara for compassion.

Thus, on the path of the final Bodhisattva, the two contradictions as if that contradiction became one, inseparable. Kinh Vien Giac expresses the ideal of the Bodhisattva based on the spirit of willow and samsara. Practitioners practice that samsara is not something obnoxious and formidable like a pile of stinking garbage, so it should be discarded as soon as possible, but rubbish also has its advantages, this is the positive side of samsara. on the path to attain Buddhahood. Also thanks to that we say, Bo-slaps have deep gratitude for samsara and sentient beings.

2. Chemical basis of the Bodhisattva:

Noun Bodhisattva, not knowing from when has entered the heart as a shimmering image and typical. We can come across Bodhisattva through familiar images like Maitreya Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, etc. career positive ocean Chief Justice, chemical beings. Besides, the Bodhisattva is also known under many simple appearance depending on the basis of the Ta-she realms.

Bodhisattva path is not easy to fully practice. If the mind is inconsistent, the will is unstable, and does not carry within itself the great vow of "praying to Buddhism, lowering sentient beings " then the practitioner will never go on that miraculous but very arduous journey. .

Of course, we cannot say all the qualities of the Bodhisattva, because in the process of advancing through many lifetimes, the qualities that humans can have, are perfectly developed in a Bodhisattva. -slap. In this limited article, we will mention only the qualities of the Bodhisattva based on the Spirit of Enlightenment Sutra. The basis of degree is the result obtained by the practitioner, or can understand, it is the path that a Bodhisattva has to go, to achieve based on countless methods of practice from the beginning to the beginning. Cross. Based on that, Vien Giac divided Bodhisattva into four levels according to the enlightenment process, including: phu phu, before Ten Decimal, enter Ten Decades, and Vien Giac Buddha. Practicing at each level like that is called a monastic store, while practicing and attaining enlightenment quickly thanks to the upper house called felling practitioners.

Through each of the Kinh Vien Giac, we see that the Bodhisattva qualities taught by the Blessed One are very basic and thorough after every problem raised by the Great Bodhisattvas, such as Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Prussian, Kim Cang Tibetan, Dread Germany At ... dignity belongs to the self-level, is the practice. And throughout the whole of the Sutta, the Blessed One does not teach anything but the basic teachings such as Pratyekabuddha, the Five Aggregates, Mindfulness of the Land, etc. , Nirvana as well as Ba-la-security, also known as the Land of Tathagata or French-land Nhon. Bo-slapped practice to eradicate ignorance as minus long-term illness.

Following the questions of Venerable Manjushri and Samantabhadra, the Prussian Preacher asked the Buddha to declare him very practically and become the standard content to capture the entire Sutta: "Wish Buddha for they Bodhisattva in this society and for all beings of the Dharma life to teach the problems of the Bodhisattva class: how to think? How to maintain? Are enlightened beings what are the means for all to be enlightened? ”(Prussian Praying Bodhisattva questioned Buddha, 3rd).

The question is similar to the one that Elder Tu-Bodhi asked the Buddha in the Vajra Sutta:

"World-Ton! The good men and good women who want to develop the supreme mind The enlightened mind, where should they dwell? Should subdue the mind like? ”  (Diamonds Sutta, section on Good Visibility, second).

Throughout the Sutta, with requests for the practice of the Great Bodhisattvas, the Blessed One answered in different ways but all based on the basic disciplines on the basis of meditation. In meditation, one must clearly attain the nature of ignorance. It is ignorance that is the focal point of all samsaric suffering and does not know how much thorny brain heat for practitioners.

In the first works, the Buddha gave a general mention of Ignorance, in the following products, He pointed out the root of ignorance that causes suffering because of craving and craving arises which cannot be mindful. . Products Maitreya Bo-slapped the Buddha, As-Lai taught very clearly, the reason being beings reincarnate in the muddy life and death is due to craving and sex possession. Therefore, the Bodhisattva practice needs to see a thorough way: the cycle of reincarnation, Ai is the basis. Because the sex helps craving arise, should make samsara connected. Education for love, birth that network. The fate of sentient beings depends on the root of sexuality. Craving is cause, Craving is fruit.

Saying that means practitioners want to walk on the path of the Bodhisattva must contemplate the root of birth and death due to love from which to eradicate, that is, to see the nature of love, the sweetness of love, the beginning of loving kindness and the cessation of love radically. This is not easy because we are present in this life from craving, it is necessary to strive to overcome all habits, all wrong thinking by initiating Right Understanding to eliminate Ly obstacles and determination to cut them off. cause of birth and death to remove the obstacles.

Bodhisattva must pray to all the right understanding to guide the standard practice, which requires the diligence in meditation that the Oai Venerable Buddha at the Bodhisattva Buddha Foundation has briefly described three methods:

Firstly, practice Xa-Ma-Tha:

Gradually makes the mind quiet as a mirror. This is also called meditation Only. Secondly, practice Tam-Ma-Bat-De gradually see all things as illusory as dreams in order to avoid attachment. This is also called meditation practice. Third, practicing Zen-na, gradually silencing all thoughts like the sound of silence in objects, never having the opportunity to echo again. This is also called the distinction to see true generals.

Applying these three types of practice, also means that we practice the four foundations of mindfulness meditation:

Mindfulness of the Body means  returning to contemplate the Four Noble Truths based on the characteristics of Suffering, Impermanence and Non-self;

Mindfulness means  looking at sensations about dukkha, joy, unhappiness and unhappiness based on the characteristics of Suffering, Impermanence, and non-self;

To recite the Mind  , to return to look at the transformations of the mind in order to be able to control the mind skillfully based on the characteristics of Suffering, Impermanence and Non-Self;

To recite the Dharma  is to look at the phenomena existing in mid-life based on the characteristics of Suffering, Impermanence, and non-self.

These are the traditional practices that any Sūtra we can see, and the Enlightened Sutra is not outside of that case. Besides, there is one thing that Bodhisattva always inscribed in each mind, that is the problem of keeping precepts.

Prussian Preacher after asking the dharma practice for the Bodhisattva has been taught by the Blessed One, wishing to recite the pure mind of the Tathagata, one should be mindful of leaving the illusions, before he follows the conduct of Xa-ma- Tathagata's pardon, keeping the precepts strictly, disposing of them ...

Precepts are an indispensable practice for a Buddhist monk as well as at home. The precepts are righteous with the basis of Liberation, thanks to the precepts that Meditation is accomplished, and the Wisdom which is here is thoroughly grasped. In the assemblies, every rule is based on the Five Precepts, the following precepts have been developed from here on.

Bo-slapped because of compassion, the precepts become the best costume on the path of practice and propagation. Gender is the embodiment of awareness. Before seeing Tanh, a person immersed in the delusion of samsara and the narrow ties, killing his Buddha mind, this is the most serious crime of murder. When the deluded thoughts continue to arise and last, we destroy the treasure of Buddha Dharma, destroy the merit, that's when we become dangerous robbers.

When delusions arise and continue to be nourished, we will create more akusala kamma, and shake hands in confusion with miserable habits, that is when we are guilty of wrongdoing. When blindly with the wrong ideas, we do not matter how to speak the law, we will fall into the great sin of hope, but it is not useful. When isolated in the wrong mind, the intellect cannot arise, all knowledge is ambiguous, that is when our minds are no different than a drunken man. Contrary to the above, a practitioner who is known to keep the precepts of purity, without any blemish, is praised by the saints. A Bodhisattva must see the precepts on that level in order to advance more than virtue, in order to know that keeping the precepts honestly is the fastest path of enlightenment in seeing the clear face of nature.

When the Bodhisattva qualities have been achieved, then they step into another position - the upper-hand Bodhisattva position,  "Bodhisattva does not require dharma attachment, does not pray for dharma that is open, does not like Nirvana, nor is it glasses. maintain the precepts, don't hate people who break the precepts, don't respect the long-term acquaintance, don't despise the novice, because they're all enlightened "  (Prussian Prayer Bodhisattva questioned Buddha, 3rd).

Therefore, according to Kinh Vien Giac, the Bodhisattva is defined as a person away from the illusory structure, also synonymous with  "All the Bodhisattvas and sentient beings of the Dharma life must first and foremost end all the roots of samsara"  ( Products Kim Cang Tibetan Bodhisattva Buddha, Wednesday.

Right here has established a great belief for practitioners to practice efforts to end all craving attachment - which is the basis of reincarnation. The belief that once grown up, everything is very quickly accomplished. The teachings are complete for a Bodhisattva, we only have to go on the road to commit to be able to enter into the victorious truth.

3. Means of Bodhisattva degree:

Bodhisattva into life because of the vow of compassion and compassion to countless beings, not due to karma of samsara like other types.  During and after the practice of the Dharma, Bodhisattva always keeps in himself the noble ideals. All these ideals are not beyond the goal of self-reliance and forgiveness based on the agents of Wisdom and Compassion.

Through the light of Wisdom and Compassion, Bodhisattva realizes what is the path of light, what is the ultimate happiness, what is the way to bring that ultimate happiness to all beings vindictive. Of course, the ideal of the Bodhisattva's forgiveness must go hand in hand with the spirit of self-sufficiency as the smooth combination between water and inseparable milk. Self-happiness is quite clearly reminded in the poem Pham Nhan Nhan:

"Samantabhadra you should know
All beings
Body and mind are like illusory
General form of the four great
Tanh Tanh belongs to the six
elements The four elements are left
What is harmony?
Such a monastic class
All are pure ... ... All the Buddha's world Like the void of flowers The three lives are equal In the end, there is no future from the Bodhisattva to develop the mind Together with sentient beings who want to pray to Buddhism Must practice such."

From the self-consciousness like that, Wisdom arises which makes Bodhisattva naturally nurture the growth and attainment of compassion, that is, the wish to save all sentient beings. Both the Kinh Vien Giac Version express the purpose of Forgiveness very clearly and practically. Each Sutta is started with the questions of the great Bodhisattvas, specifically from the practice of (Wisdom), to the aspiration of activities (compassion).

In fact, when we know how to cultivate our own virtues, compassion or in other words, the eyes that look at sentient beings will also be more generous and tolerant. True love cannot be found in a person who never knows to take spiritual care for himself. Therefore, in Kinh Vien Giac, all the questions of the Bodhisattvas pose, both on the basis of facilities and on the means of accomplishment, that is, the achievement of " Buddhist Prayer, lowering the sentient beings ".

Bodhisattva practice clearly understands the doctrine of Dependent Origination, no dharma exists independently, Reasoning and equanimity interrelate, though all exist as such as the Void Flower, but have to start generously compassionate to turn the realms of Ta-she become Chinese Tibetan World Sea, as the Lankavatara Sutta taught:

"The world is being reborn by the
Do, nowhere,
Unnecessary flower, Immortal, who is born in
great compassion."

Twelve Bodhisattvas put twelve practical questions on the path of liberation. Each question opens a way to brighten us in the ideal of high bar. "Bodhisattva back to the ceiling of labor, how many beings must make up the means of education?" The above question of Maitreya and all such questions establish the belief of each practitioner, giving him the opportunity to enter the ranks of them. Ideal Bodhisattva thanks to this is fulfilled.

Thanks to Right Understanding, which the Blessed One has taught many times in the Sutta, Bodhisattvas practice like that, such class, think like that, abide like that, such means. , enlightenment like that, praying for legal things like that, and seeing that all of them have no energy, such as praying for evidence. And thanks to the steadfast belief, Bo-slapped into the life of the level of beings do not know tired, only hope beings achieve professional career in order to renounce all the constraints of evil.

As an arrow shoots across the bird's flight path, it makes the network dead, likewise, Bo-slapped in the world with compassion, using all skillful means to end karma for sentient beings, causing all to be photographed in the apartment. French version. This is the ultimate ideal that practitioners need to orient and diligently practice.

Bo-slaps back to consider themselves, then also see the mind in beings. The reason for this is because the mind of sentient beings is not outside the mind of the practitioner, who wears together the karmic scenes, the same cause of reincarnation, because of this extra benevolence the mind spreads over the relatives of the primitive person, the fast of the flood.

Gradually, when the mind from the right verse rises up to all objects, the concept of Self-General, Nhon-General, Beings-Generals, and Generals-Generals will quickly end, as one sees the illusory, self-eradication, Knowing that the magician is performing, enchanted scenes created do not make us any more obstacles. If all the right understanding is the right view, that righteousness is righteous, whereby the four diseases of operative (do), Nham (wear), Only (prevent), Kill (cut) immediately eliminate and no chance back to harm my holy race again.

All this will be achieved when the practitioner comes to life to use compassion as a means of opening the enlightened ones. " The great compassion (mahàkarumà) is originally the crystal of samadhi (samàdhi) because compassion is the body (saria), its gateway (mukha), its striker (Purvangama) and the means of self-manifestation throughout The universe. Without compassion, the Three Sages of Buddha, no matter how imported, would not be of value in the performance of a Great Spiritual Theater. This is indeed the difference between Mahayana and all the previous doctrines in Buddhist history. .. ” 

Regardless of the life, the practice no matter how many obstacles arises, the practitioner must also have a compassion for the beings of the Dharma, how to make all stay in the absolute Dharma. but the Buddhas of the ten directions, three generations, always praise. The benevolent benevolent mind, like nothingness, mound of hills or abyss, is called by the Vien Giac Giac "Real priceless equanimity". This result is achieved by the Bodhisattva who has mastered one's mind and the mind of others, clearly seeing the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Interception, Selflessness as if feeling his breath.

When enlightened or progressing on the path to enlightenment, Bodhisattva never lets sentient beings fall to peace in Nirvana. The twelve Great Bodhisattvas in the Enlightenment Sutra certainly have attained the Tathagata teachings, and they have the means to ask questions before the Buddha just to make other beings depend on this place to know the dharma practice. episode, by ordinary wisdom how can understand the truth manifests how that request. That alone, it is enough to see how deep the Bodhisattva ideal and worth practicing.

To conclude some remarks about the Bodhisattva ideal in the Enlightenment Sutta, please quote the extremely clear teaching that the Buddha preached in Prussian Pratyeka Bodhisattva questioned the Buddha: " In a lifetime, sentient beings want Vien Giac bridge, should play the mind that says, all beings take the realm of nowhere, we all make in Vien Giac ultimately .

Comments and conclusions:

" Monks, I have been liberated from all the traps that have fallen in the Heavenly and Human World. The Male-stilts, He was also freed from all the trap-collapsing in the Heavenly and Human World. Monks, please travel for happiness for the masses, for peace for the masses, for compassion for life, for benefits, for happiness, for peace for gods and humans. Don't go two people in one place. The Male-stilts, let the sermon good, neutral, friendly, meaningful, writing. Make the Declaration of Bliss completely complete and pure. There are sentient beings born less infected with life dust, if not heard the Dharma will go to perdition. They will become the ones who understand Dharma. The Male-stilts, I will go to Uruvelà, Senà town to lecture. .. ” 

This is considered to be the first human word that began the propaganda of the Dharma with the presence of the great Buddha's disciples, and the benefit of this mass has been maintained to this day. It can be affirmed, that the Bodhisattva thought has been developed and developed in the early days since the World-Honored One attains the supreme Dharma of Enlightenment, because the Sangha's spirituality does not have to enjoy the benefits. self-interest, not austere desires to leave karma, but for the happiness of the whole community where they are.

The Male-stilts began to practice the Tathagata with the spirit of commitment; begging for alms; depending on predestined predestination; bring the life of renunciation nurtured in the minds of others; showing people what the bright path is to achieving virtue and where the dead end can lead to corruption. The congregation almost reestablished an order of life which was rooted inwardly for all classes of the time, with the very ordinary teachings that anyone of any class could practice. maintain.

The religious world has affirmed, He preached not because of disputes, disputes, wars, arguments, but for the purpose of liberation, therefore, what the wise praises, He also praises; what the true human does not accept, 

Beings there are eighty-four thousand diseases difficult to treat encapsulated in greed-si-si, Buddha-da teachings have up to eighty-four thousand disciplines for treatment and eradication of all those diseases.

The teachings of each place exhibit different ways, according to each different language, according to a different level of cognition depending on the object's root, sometimes referred to as the Unique and Wonderful Dharma; sometimes Vien Giac; sometimes the Chief (Da-la-ni); sometimes the Realm, sometimes the Pure Land; there is a Dharma Realm of Huayan; some places are Tathagata; There are places such as Buddha Tich Tich, Amitabha, Medicine Teacher, Pho Hien, Van Man, Maitreya, and Ammunition, etc. All these names clearly indicate Nhat Tam. The nature of this mind is the original Buddhas, it is the name of all the Sutras. Kinh Vien Giac also lies in that profound meaning.

We have to realize that all the teachings of the Buddhas are aimed at the heart, not sticking to the name and the word, because that is just a finger raised, and the destination we see must be a shining moon beyond. off the edge of that finger. If not so, all measures will become poison, practitioners will have to inherit, will have to be the owner of the bad karma. Any time in the Dharma and the Sutta, we must use the wisdom to shine through, see the essential content that is not out of the chemical base (Quality of practice) and the chemical method (Idealize the degree of them) birth).

These two contents intertwine inseparably, one achieves the remaining content based on it to fulfill. The reason for dividing the above structure is only for us to understand easily, but in fact, just read, either the basis of the Bodhisattva's chemicalization, or the Bodhisattva's chemicalization method. , then we can understand the rest. Kinh Vien Giac presented very carefully the two contents above from the first to the last.

The key point in every word to help sentient beings Tanh Tanh not content with the teachings, The teachings of Tathagata are to come to see but not to contemplate as a vague philosophy. That doctrine is easy to understand, completely encapsulated into the words "Wisdom" and "Compassion", but attaining it is not easy. And that is the immense horizon that each of us has the right to choose and to commit to!

Bodhisattva vows to convert all sentient beings into Nirvana (Lowering beings - the ideal of forgiveness) but actually does not see any beings who are truly sincere (Buddhist Prayer - dignity of self -) - ( The Vajra Sutta, paragraph 17, The Endless Self), is the essential ideology of all Buddhist texts.

The Enlightened Enlightenment, whose true vision is of the dharma, also opens up a new heaven, where we see the paths of the Bodhisattvas as well as the basis of their being. The interpretation of Dharma, equal compassion and kindness are always what is appreciated and repeated by the Buddha, forming the living standards of Tathagata disciples in the past, present and the future.

ENLIGHTENMENT, the title of the Sutta also shows us a part of the magic of the Sutta, wants all sentient beings to practice the Bodhisattva path and to be seated in this miracle thanks to the contentment of the selflessness , Infinite beings, Infinite life fake. Beings being sick is Bodhisattva sick, therefore, Bodhisattva must try to find the miraculous cure for himself and save sentient beings. Diseases caused by Ignorance, Craving, Lust, Clinging ... as long as raging Bo-slaps still embodied the salvation, that means Vien Giac's spirit still circulated widely.

We practitioners on this noble spiritual path must also be diligent in the effort to cultivate the mind of kindness and the growth of wisdom, overcome the confession by ourselves, and help others overcome it. That is the most true and practical tribute to the Three Jewels, which is also the purpose that Vien Vien Giac wants to convey. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/11/2019.

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