Why is spring in Buddhism called Maitreya Spring?VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.HAPPY VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR.THE YEAR OF RAT.

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Everyone must constantly generate good affinities with the Three Jewels, cultivate and pray for Enlightenment Prayer. Welcoming the Maitreya spring like that will receive the source of Dharma in Buddha's teachings.

Why is it called Maitreya Spring?

Maitreya Buddha is a contemporary Buddha symbolizing joy, joy, joy, rejection, tolerance and forgiveness. This is also the first wish of the Buddha's children, praying and wishing for a happy and happy spring.

Spring in Buddhism is called Maitreya spring because the Patriarchs chose the start of the new year (the first day of the Lunar New Year) as the day when Maitreya and Buddhists mean "Spring of Joy", "Spring of Hope". , or "Happy Spring". 

New Year's Eve celebrates the New Spring and is also a celebration of Maitreya's birth. 

On the other hand, Maitreya is a contemporary Buddha that symbolizes happiness, joy, joyfulness, tolerance and forgiveness. This is also the first wish of the Buddha's children, praying and wishing for a happy and happy spring.

Therefore, the Buddha's children celebrate spring, in addition to celebrating the new spring, it also means celebrating Maitreya Buddha's birth and effort to cultivate and transform themselves to be happy, happy, forgiving and generous. like him, should be called Maitreya spring.

We often chant: Namo Lai Lai Ha Sanh Maitreya Buddha. That is according to Buddhist scriptures, the Bodhisattva Maitreya will become a Buddha in the future. As such, the feast of the Bodhisattva Maitreya on the first day of the year, for everyone, is meant to hope for all the auspicious walls and all things in the new year.

Meaning of Maitreya Spring

The problem of the image of Maitreya, in fact, he is the Most Bodhisattva being born in the country currently residing in the interior of the Tushita heaven.

The problem of the image of Maitreya, in fact, he is the Most Bodhisattva being born in the country currently residing in the interior of the Tushita heaven. He is a contemporary Buddha, of course having 32 good generals and 80 beauty like other Buddhas.

The Maitreya Buddha image we are worshiping with a big belly, a smile, and a large bag in hand is modeled after an incarnation of Maitreya as the Great Venerable Father (the Venerable carrying a large bag) in China. .

During his lifetime, no one knew that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha. Everyone only knows one Venerable Father dressed in mediocre, carrying large cloth bags, always smiling, often distributing candies and playing with children.

He directed the coast according to predestined conditions, happy and free. Before he passed away, he left a verse:

"Maitreya Chon Maitreya

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Time and time

Time people often wake up ”.

(That is: Maitreya is truly Maitreya, in the form of hundreds of thousands of memories, often teaching people, but people don't know it.)

It was then known that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha and carved statues to worship.

Thus, the Maitreya Buddha image we are worshiping today is the image of the Venerable Father, an incarnation of Maitreya Buddha, so it is not the same as that of other Buddhas.

Everyone must constantly generate good affinities with the Three Jewels, cultivate and pray for Enlightenment Prayer.

From the awareness of Maitreya's behavior and morality, Buddhists welcome Xuan, come to the temple to worship Buddha, do good deeds, make vows to practice, eliminate afflictions, catastrophe and personal afflictions Thai An citizenship and bridge. This is a healthy conception consistent with the way to build happiness of mankind. 

In an era in which science is prevalent, people have a strong material tendency, moral values ​​are overwhelmed by the polluted conscience of sentient beings. Since then, between people and people, unions with unions, religions and religions, this nation and other nations have generated conflicts and unjustly, leading to a solid struggle. The Buddha learners must realize that Buddhism always takes compassion and wisdom to neutralize sorrow in the human world. 

Welcoming Maitreya, not just going to the pagoda to pray for the blessing of personal life, such as praying for money and fame, but having to develop a vast mind to follow the Maitreya Buddha's wish. It is a heart attached to others, cultivating kindness and endurance, endeavor to train spiritually, spread the teachings to humanity, and help life less suffering. Everyone must constantly generate good affinities with the Three Jewels, cultivate and pray for Enlightenment Prayer. Welcoming the Maitreya spring like that will receive the source of Dharma in Buddha's teachings. 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.