Meditate on the Buddha teaching Rahula about integrity.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

“A cultivator's life is only a little bit of this water if he is deliberately lying. A practitioner's life is also thrown away like this if he or she intentionally lies. A practitioner's life will become as empty as this brass if he or she deliberately lies. "

The sūtra does not mention much of the father-son relationship between Buddha and Rahula, but scattered still leaves interesting interesting signs about how the Buddha led Rahula to me. sugar matures. Although before all these texts there were stories about how Rahula became a disciple of the Buddha, but most of these episodes fall within the three discourses that if we put them all together. to each other, it is a continuous process of the path to enlightenment: when Rahula was 7 years old, Buddha taught me morality; when Rahula was 10 years old, Buddha taught me to meditate; and at the age of 20, he taught about enlightenment. The process of maturity of Rahula, therefore, is accompanied by the process of enlightenment.

The sūtra does not mention much of the father-son relationship between Buddha and Rahula, but scattered still leaves interesting interesting signs about how the Buddha led Rahula to his child. sugar matures.

First of all, it is the lesson of integrity that he taught his children:

The first story tells of Rahula, taught by the Buddha about integrity. At the age of 8, Rahula once lied. The Brahmin Sutta (Central Sutta, 61) says that after the meditation was completed, the Buddha came to find his son, Rahula took the Blessed One seat and brought him a basin of water to wash his feet. profane at that time. After washing his feet, the Buddha asked:

- Hey, Rahula, do you see some water left in this basin?

- Yes, I did. Rahula dear.

- A cultivator's life is only equal to a little of this water only if he is deliberately lying.

I imagine Rahula blushing.

After that, the Buddha poured out the water from the basin and said: 

- A cultivator's life is also being discarded like this if he or she intentionally lies.

When the Buddha was done, he turned the brass over face down and said:

- A cultivator's life will become this upside down if he or she deliberately lies.

And, to emphasize even more, Buddha turned the brass over and said:

- A cultivator's life also becomes empty like this brass if he or she deliberately lies.

Then he taught Rahula:

The Buddha taught me to meditate on the benefits and harms. This requires both self-respect and compassion.

- To a person who purposely lies, there is no evil that he cannot do. So, Rahula, practice never to lie, even if it was a joke.

The story above reminds me that the words yelling angrily at children actually only have power without internal force. Buddha was very calm, choosing the right time to teach without punishment or anger with Rahula.

After a brief but rigorous lecture on the lie, I imagined Rahula listening more. After that, the Buddha instructed Rahula how to consider his actions.

- What is the mirror used for? He asked.

- Bach Duc The Ton, a mirror used to look. Mariah replied

The Buddha taught:

- While preparing to do something by body, speech, and mind, you must reflect: will this act cause harm to oneself or others.

If, after reflection, you find that the act will be harmful, then do not do it. And if you find that action is beneficial to you and to others, then do it.

Realizing that instead of teaching his children to know the absolute difference between right and wrong, the Buddha taught him to ponder the benefits and harms. This requires both self-respect and compassion. Putting the foundations of morality on the basis of "good" or "harmful" helps to free our moral life from abstract concepts and concepts that are not relevant to the consequences of our actions. "Beneficial" and "harmful" also help people realize their goals. What we do will become either contradictory, or predestined on the way we go. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/12/2019.