The first supernatural monk was once rebuked by the Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

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The Buddha said to the nun: "In the presence of the Buddha, you must not display miracles for your own sake; instead, a nun needs to maintain humility and simple manners, so that all sentient beings will be inspired and spontaneously generate respect in the heart. "

The biography of the Buddha recounts that, when the Buddha descended into the human realm after three months of teaching the Dharma to his mother Maya Devi at the Tushita sky, countless gods followed the Buddha's world and tens of thousands of people waited. welcoming him back to the human realm, including Bhikshun Udpala (Lotus Flower) and Bhikkhu Udayi (called Charkha in ancient language) waiting to provide Buddha under the canopy of Udumbara trees in Sanchi. The public offered elegant music and sang triumphal songs to welcome Buddha, offering him countless offerings, wreaths, incense powder, silk scarves, offering water-filled bowls of fragrant water. pure and countless real magic.

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When the Buddha was seated on the throne, millions of Buddhists worshiped him. In the middle of the crowd was the nun, Udpala, a near-enlightened nun who could not see the Buddha because of the obscure crowd. She did not even have enough room to celebrate and pay homage to Him for the cramped space, so she transformed into a cosmic king, dressed in magnificent royal costumes and countless jewels to surprised the surrounding crowd and opened the way, so that she could admire the Buddha.

As she moved forward in royal clothing, people thought that a king really had come to pay homage to Buddha. Everyone respectfully gave way to her and so she could prostrate and offer all her jewelry to Buddha. However, the monk Udayi (Charkha) laughed and told everyone, "This king in disguise is definitely Udpala nun, because I can smell the Udumbara flower from her." The Buddha said to the nun: "In the presence of the Buddha, you must not display miracles for your own sake; instead, a nun needs to maintain humility and simple manners, so that all sentient beings will be inspired and naturally arouse respect in their hearts. " After this incident, the Buddha gave the sermon to the masses and the devas returned to the Heavenly Yard.

The precursor to Bhikshuni Udpala

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Buddha said: “Thousands of years ago, in Varanasi, there was a married couple of merchants rich gem. They love each other very deeply, never talk to each other. The husband's name is Captain Mahavasu and the wife's name is Vasumati. One day, the husband wanted to get on a ship to cross the ocean to collect gems, but the wife was pregnant and she did not want her husband to go alone because she was afraid her husband would not return. The wife said to her husband, "Life is more important than gems." They then decided to go together, but out to the middle of the ocean, their ship was sunk by a storm and the husband died. Thanks to her karma, the wife clung to a small plank, drifted onto a small island and survived.

On the island, there was a boy belonging to the Linh Dieu family, his body and bird wings, named Pakshin Sumukha. The boy came and said to his wife: "Don't be afraid, you will not be left alone on the island, I will protect and bring happiness to you". Then he took his wife to a castle built of precious stones. Here, the wife gives birth to the son of her first husband. After that, she became the wife of Linh Dieu. She also gave birth to another boy like Pakshin Sumukha, who was human and had bird wings.

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When the eldest son matured, the mother said to the youngest son: "Take me to Varanasi - where your brother's father once lived. Because your brother is not a natural child, he will not inherit any property from his father. You are his only son. You are half siblings ”. Listening to his mother, the younger brother followed his brother to fly to Varanasi, where the brother used his claws to kill King Bradmadatta (Tshanijin) who ruled Varanasi and made his brother king. The younger brother warned his subjects and servants in the palace that if they tried to resist their brother, the younger brother would kill them like he had once killed the king. Out of fear, the people of the city were in awe and obeyed his brother's orders like the previous Brahmadatta king. Thus, we can see that,

In Varanasi, the older brother fell in love with a beautiful girl named Sosumba and became queen. Worried about leaving the queen alone in the palace with only men, the king asked his brother to take her to a distant palace, where she could not meet a man all day. At night, the younger brother took her back to the palace. Every day, the younger brother flew to Keseru island to transport Queen Sosumba.

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In Varanasi, there was a man named Jiwan who played the lute very well. The gem merchants in Varanasi invited him to accompany him to play entertaining music on long beach trips. Jiwan agreed and they started their journey, but their unfortunate karma caused their ship to sink. Only the musician survived and the water pushed him to Kaseru Island, where he saw a beautiful girl engrossed in festivals of garlands. It was Queen Sosumba of Varanasi. Fascinated by the beauty and melodious lute of the musician, she quickly fell in love with him. For her part, Jiwan also captivated the incredible beauty of the young queen, so she fell in love with her at first sight. The two lovers were caught in the fire of passion and knew nothing else but lust and lust.

When her younger brother Padma Sumukha returned to pick up the queen, Jiwan asked to go with Queen Sosumba to return to Varanasi. Padma Sumukha did not know they loved each other, the younger brother agreed to let him go but warned, "You must close your eyes until you reach Varanasi." Despite the warning, in the middle of the journey while crossing the ocean, because Curious, the musician opened his eyes and he was blinded by the blinding light of the sun. When he finally arrived in Varanasi, the musician was blind and hid himself in the flower garden of the King's palace.

One day the king decided not to take the queen to the island but took her for a walk in the flower garden. As the king and queen were strolling in the garden, Jiwan smelled the scent of Sosumba and completely forgot that he had to hide. He played the lute and sang songs praising the beauty of the queen. Upon hearing the music played by blind man Jiwan, the king searched and found him at the root of the flower garden and interrogated. The king wanted to know how he knew the beauty of the queen and asked him to describe her appearance. Jiwan answered that her body was adorned with eight figures of auspicious figures, her lips were soft, red and white like Bimpa's petals. Hearing the exact description of his queen, the king was furious and immediately deported the two, forcing them to walk around the city on a donkey cart to the cemetery.

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The previous life of Bhikshuni Udpala was Sosumba and Jiwan was reborn as Udayi (Charkha), who revealed to the Buddha and the assembly of gods in disguise. In many previous lives, they were a couple and sometimes friends, because they had accumulated a lot of good karma in this life and the previous life, so now they became monks and nuns. When they became Arhats, they all possessed the power of lucid wisdom and the ability to display divine power. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.28/12/2019.