LESSON 5: CHAPTER MAITREYA

UNIVERSAL BUDDHISM 2

Course VI II:  STUDENTS

(INTERPRETATION AND STRATEGIES)

* HE BUDDHISM translates Sanskrit into Chinese characters

* Priest THICH THIEN HOA translated Chinese characters into Vietnamese

Lesson 5: CHAPTER Maitreya Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

1.  HE MAKING maitreya Buddha asked

At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva in the assembly stood up, walked around the right side of the Buddha three times and held his hands respectfully, bowed at the feet of the Buddha, and then knelt straight and said:

- Venerable Venerable Mahayana, for all the Bodhisattvas and the Great Bodhisattva, opened the secret treasure of the Tathagata (Vien Giac Vien) and made the present Venerable with the next generation beings lucid fearless, distinguish the Chief Justice, deep understanding of reincarnation, for the scene of Great Nirvana (Nirvana Mahayana) being confident, no longer starting to accept attachments, returning to the realm of reincarnation again.

Bach Duc The Ton:

1. Bodhisattvas and sentient beings of the next generation, how can they be rooted in reincarnation, so that they can enter into the ocean of the Tathagata of Tathagata?

2. How many types of beings are there?

3. How many religious people follow the Bodhi religion of Buddha?

4. When the Bodhisattva enters the world of being, what means must we use to educate beings?

Bowing to the Blessed One, inviting great compassion to save the world, teaching the present Bodhisattvas and the sentient beings, making beings, their hearts clear, the eyes of wisdom blue, enlightened "Tri supreme knowledge ”of Tathagata.

Maitreya Bodhisattva sometimes invited like that three times, and respectfully bowed to Buddha and then returned.

THE SOLUTION

Because in the chapter of Vajrayana, Buddha taught: "Before the root of reincarnation from beginninglessness", this chapter Maitreya Bodhisattva asked: "... How can the root be reincarnated? And how many types of beings are there? "

The intention of this paragraph Maitreya Bodhisattva asked:

1. How can the root of the reincarnation root to enter the sea of ​​Nibbāna of Tathagata?

2. How many types of beings are there?

3. How many types of Buddhists cultivate Bodhisattva?

4. When the Bodhisattva enters the world of being, what means must we use to educate beings?

Dai Dai Sea passed away.  That is, the Nirvana of Mahayana, as vast as the sea, has been pure and quiet, so it is called "passed away". Enough all four virtues: Chon often, Chon lost, Chon and Chon net. Also a different name of Vien Giac or Chon Chon.

Maitreya Bodhisattva.  Forerunner: In countless previous lives, the Buddha was born, Dai Thong Tri Thang Tathagata, at that time He (Maitreya) and Buddha Shakyamuni (predecessor) co-produced the Bodhi mind. It was not until the Buddha Nhut Nguyet Dang Minh was born that he became a monk, but he was a good-natured person, accustomed to the style of spontaneity and unrulyness. , in the tenth incarnation.

Later thanks to the Buddha Shakyamuni taught the method of enlightenment, he contemplates "the three realms of idealism, the universal method of knowledge".

Because realizing that wealth, fame and title ... are like the mirror in the mirror, like the moon under the water, due to the consciousness of the mind, he alleviates all the delusions about the delusion, variable design accept "on" tha, "enlightened nature" members of truth "should be signed by Buddha Shakyamuni to later become Buddha in this world.

Maitreya's current body:  2,500 years ago (544 BC), when Shakyamuni Buddha was born in India, he embodied in the Brahmin's house named Ba Ba Loi in Nam Thien Truc, to the first day of the first lunar month His surname is Abhidharma (none more), the name Maitreya (Từ Thị). This surname represents His infinite compassion and joy. From many lifetimes to becoming a Buddha, he also took the name of Maitreya.

The Maitreya Sutta says: On the second full moon day of the second month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the twenty first month (the month of the fourth month), he passes away on the spot of birth; decreased and then increased again, in an increase in the life span, humanity enjoyed eighty years of age, at that time he was born into this realm, and then came to sit at the root of the Long Hoa tree to become the seat of Right Understanding. He became a Buddha and turned countless sentient beings to six thousand years to pass away.

The reincarnation of Maitreya: The  Sutta says, "Bodhisattva has the benefit of being an obligation": Bodhisattva takes salvation to benefit sentient beings as his duty. He manifested many bodies to confuse each and every one of his classes to confer sentient beings. Among his incarnations, Buddhists in China and in Vietnam understand and worship most of all the body of the Venerable Father. He embodied a Venerable in the land of Minh Chau, Phung Hoa district, in China. He often plucked the cloth around the market, who gave everything he put in it to take away. He gathered the children, then distributed them to confectionery, taught the Dharma, and had a very interesting conversation, so wherever he went, the children gathered there.

He often preached to the poor, doing incredible things. At that time, no one understood what kind of person He was, just calling them the Venerable Venerable Father (the Venerable was carrying cloth). In the reign of Luong Minh, the third and third year of Trinh Minh, he met them at Nhac Lam pagoda, and then he sat upright and said the verse:

Maitreya Maitreya

Natural transformation incarnation

Time of good times

Time of unconsciousness

(Maitreya is really Maitreya, transforming hundreds of thousands of memories, often present in life, but no one knows about it.) After saying the shelf, He passed away. The monks and nuns came together to worship and erect the statue of him worshiping at the temple east of Nhac Lam pagoda in China.

Because based on this application, in the temples in China or Vietnam often worship the Venerable Father with a gentle face of joy, a smile and a smile, symbolizing the joyful virtue of joy. Fat, big belly, or holding a rope. There were six babies climbing around him, symbolizing the six thieves (six enemies) who had been surrendered to him. This is the reincarnation of the hundred thousand incarnations of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

The future of Maitreya:  Today Maitreya is a Bodhisattva patron in the inner palace of Tushita, waiting until the end of this world decreases the 9th, then the 10th rose, while multiplying kind of life expectancy is over eighty years old, at that time He was born into this realm, in the home of a Brahmin named Tu Pham Ma, his mother named Pham Ma Bat De. When he was born, he had many good generals, integrity, and intelligence. When he grew up, he became a monk and went to Ke Tuc mountain to receive the medicine of Shakyamuni Buddha, given by Mr. Ma Ha Ca Lettuce, and later he went to sit under a tree of Long Hoa using Kim Cang to eradicate the subtle elements. ignorance, supreme witness to Bodhi.

He lectured at Hoa Lam lecture hall under the Long Hoa tree. The first association of ninety-six memories of Arahant, the second assembly of ninety-four memories of Arahant, the third association of ninety-two memories of Arahant. So called "Long Hoa triploid". His sermon to sixty thousand years, chemical countless beings.

2. BUDDHISM BUDDHISM BUDDHISM

At that time the Blessed One praised Maitreya Bodhisattva and taught:

- Hey Thien nam, very precious! He, because of the present Bodhisattvas and the sentient beings, asks Tathagata with the sublime noble meanings, makes the Bodhisattvas have a pure wisdom eye and all sentient beings after Samsara samsara, real-life mindfulness (1) and a testimony to Be infinite (2). You should listen attentively, I will because you teach. 

At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva and the Great Assembly rejoiced and obeyed the Buddha's instructions.

THE SOLUTION

At this stage, the Buddha praised Maitreya Bodhisattva: Thanks to what he asked, for the Buddha to instruct, so that the current Bodhisattvas, the wisdom eyes will be clear and the sentient beings of the next life will also come out of this question forever. reincarnation.

3.  BUDDHISM: SEXY AND SEX IS THE ROOT OF THE DEATH OF LIVING DISCIPLINE

- Hey Thien nam! All sentient beings from beginning to now, due to the "sex and craving" should be born reincarnation. All beings in the world have four species in short:

1. The species that produces eggs

2. Species have children

3. Species being wet

4. Species of being

These types of beings, are all created by "lust" that constitute its life (especially beings of the lustful pediatric life).

Therefore, they should know: the root of samsara is "Loving" and "Sex". Because there is "education" for new born attachment, due to "attachment" should be born and death, connecting always end.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph Buddha pointed out the root of samsara is "love and craving". Just as the body of the beings here, are also created by lust.

Because the body of the body has borne craving, so the body is still craving, the craving is still the body.

In the Buddhist scriptures, it is written: "There is craving for birth, craving for everything is gone; Said the root of samsara is craving (organic love rules being born, take advantage of death cessation, trying tri samsara, craving for the duty).

In the Nirvana Sutra also said: "Nhon love being favored, multiplying loving being born, weakening craving, taking advantage of dads." Meaning: Because craving should be born lo, lo lo new born fear, if people are already craving, what is the concern and what is it afraid?

Four species:

1. Ova birth: species that produce eggs, such as birds, fish, etc.

2. Giving birth: species that give birth to a child, such as humans and animals, etc.

3. Low birth: species that get wet, like mosquito larvae, germs, etc.

4. Biochemistry: as the pupae make butterflies, or as hell species, hungry ghosts and gods ...

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- Hey Thien nam! Nhon craving should be born "sex", due to the new sex should have body. Therefore, should seek to its roots, the sentient beings attachment to the body is the attachment to "Education". Craving is "loving", but loving one's body is "fruit".

CONSOLIDATION

Mr. Sun said: "Because the external sex scene it teases, making the mind to be craving; due to craving, the new born craving. Because of craving should create karma, created new career results. When feeling fruitless and then create karma again. So samsara is not the same ”.

4. BUDDHIST ANSWERING: "IS THERE A TYPE OF DISCUSSION?"

- Hey Thien nam! There are so many things going on in the world, if people encounter adversity, generate hatred, create evil karma, then go to Hell, Peta and Animal.

If people know boring scenes, prefer to create good karma, ridicule bad karma, then be reborn in the realms of heaven and the sex world.

As for the mundane people who criticize the mundane scene, the pollution in the realms of Education, the craving for the Fourth Jhana and the Eight Precepts of the two realms, as well as the root of craving, the birth of the two realms is "Heavenly Sac" gender "and" Colorless gender ".

The above types of beings, are still in the cycle of birth and death, because there are craving, so there is no Holy Path. Therefore, beings who want to escape from samsara, must first eradicate craving and attachment.

THE SOLUTION

The paragraph was Maitreya Bodhisattva asking, "How many types of beings are samsara?". At this stage Buddha answered that there are three types of beings:

1. Bad karma.  As hell, hungry ghosts and animal being (bad karma is angry, they fall into hell, bad karma is wretched, hungry ghosts, bad karma is downhill, animal life).

2. Good karma.  This is about friendly property. Such as: Thien, Nhon and Spirit of A Tu La (An unwholesome wholesome career is born in the six realms of Heaven,

3. Real estate.  (Meditation) Like the heavenly realms of the Fourth Jhana and the Four Khongs. Because of meditation practice that was born in the four realms of Zen in Sac (1. Ly, born Hy Hy Lac location; 2. Dinh, born Hy Hy Lac; 3. Ly Hy, wonderful Lac Loc; ). And the four realms of No, in the formless Heaven (1.

Three types of beings (bad karma, good karma and real estate career), although highly visible, vile to different, but also also craving and sex, just through that rough or subtle. Craving also means defilement of property; because of the defilements of being smuggled, should still be born in samsara.

In short, because beings in the three realms (sex world, gender identity and gender identity gender) still craving, so are still reincarnation. 

At the end of this paragraph, the Buddha taught a sentence:

"... Therefore, sentient beings, in order to get out of samsara, they must first eradicate craving and craving" (The visions of being, free from birth and death, free from rebirth, first take part in sex, except craving).

The Buddha taught the Dharma to come out of samsara, there is only one sentence:

"The passage of sex and desire"

Very simple and extremely clear. What a "golden mold of pearl", worth making a rule for eternity! Practitioners only practice as the Buddha taught here, that is Tu, Tu is already there.

As in the Shurangama Sutra, Buddha taught that:

"... Tam Tam except,

The ceiling is impossible ... ”

Means: The mind thinks about the lewdness, if not eradicated, then this rosy scene never knows when to leave.

5. PRESENT BODY, NOT BY SEX, BUT BY BINH BINH AND PROTOCOL

- Hey Thien nam! The Bodhisattvas manifest themselves in the world, not because of the defilements of craving like sentient beings, but due to their compassion and great vow to salvation, so they have appeared the body of greed and desires to enter samsaric existence. birth, causing sentient beings to discharge the craving.

THE SOLUTION

Because of fear of people misunderstanding: Bodhisattva also has parents, wife, etc ... of course there must be craving, pollution and also birth and death as sentient beings, so this paragraph explains Buddha: Bodhisattva due to kindness compassion and great vows for salvation, should appear to take part in sex, to enter samsaric existence so that beings, not real craving and birth and death.

6. BUDDHIST SITUATION: FIVE VEHICLES

- Hey Thien nam! If all sentient beings of the next generation, to abandon the craving, except for the mind of hatred, to completely stop samsara, where the mind is pure, to enter the Giac Vien world of Tathagata, they will be enlightened.

- Hey Thien nam! All beings born from ignorance take part in sex, so they produce five other false nature. The five properties are based on eliminating the two obstacles that have shallow and deep discernments.

What are the two obstacles?

1. Physical obstacles: obstacles Chief Justice Chief

2. The obstacles: do continue the birth and death. If for the two dishes this cheek has absolutely no paragraph then called being.

THE SOLUTION

Then on Maitreya Bodhisattva asked, "How many people practice Buddhism in the Bodhi religion?" At this stage Buddha answered there were five classes. But the five classes are based on the elimination of the two shallow and deep obstacles of the meditator.

Ly obstacles:  Disturbance on Ly, also named "Department of obstacle", due to the French birth. Because the law should make obstacles "Chon as reason" does not appear; Therefore, it should be said that "Li chapter is the obstacle of right understanding of Buddha".

The obstacles:  Disturbed in the, also known as "Disturbing the brain", due to ego. Because of the defilements should create karma because the new career should create reincarnation. So Buddha said: "The obstacle makes rebirth in samsara".

By clinging to ego should arise the negativity as obstacles Bodhi. By accepting the ego should be born Department of obstacle, making Nirvana passed away by Buddha. Because those who have not developed austerities, for these two items have not been able to get any, so only called "beings" that are not listed in the five strains.

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- Hey Thien nam! What is the year racial identity?

1. Thinh van racial identity

2. Pratyekabuddha nature

3. Bodhisattva racial identity

4. Uncertain identity

5. Foreign religion racial identity

1. Thinh van and

2. Pratyekabuddha nature

If sentient beings do not stop taking part in sex, except for the hindrances (ego) but the reason for disobedience (dharma) is not broken, then only in order to attain the Sravakāya and Pratyekabuddhas, do not remain in the realm of Bodhisattva.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph is about the racial nature Thinh Van and Pratyekabuddha, collectively known as the "dual redundant nature".

Granted that these two fruits completely abandon the greed, break the ego, except the obstacles, and the samsara, and also not eliminate the obstacles (legal accept) but the practice of the two sides are different.

- One side of the Four Noble Truths is that the obstruction (ego) is called "Thinh van racial nature".

- One side of the Twelve Dharmasattva coast is the obstacle (ego), it is called "Pratyekabuddha nature".

Mr. Sunshi explained, "Knowing suffering and suffering, eliminating the mind of climbing, is called subtracting the" Obstacles ", in fact, it is not possible to deduct the three Sacrifice (three Sacrifices, see in the book of Mahayana). Credit).

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3. Bodhisattva Tanh Tanh

- Hey Thien nam! If the sentient beings of the next generation want to enter the Great Enlightenment Ocean of Tathagata, they must first make a vow, painstakingly eliminate the two obstacles. Until the two dishes were obedient, the enlightenment into the realm of Bodhisattva.

If the two obstructions ( ego, attachment ) have completely passed away, then you can enter the enlightened world of Enlightenment Giac Vien, perfect result of Bodhi and Great Nirvana.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph is about the Bodhisattva of nature. There are divided into  two periods:

1. The new period of two obstacles nestle.

2. The period of two paragraph break.

Practitioners since the status of ordinary people, are being two obstacles (Disturbance and Department of knowledge obstacles) raging, and then go through the stage of tension, until the two obstacles are obeyed, so just got into position. Bodhisattva. When ascending to the Bodhisattva position, continue the obstruction, until the break is overcome by the obstacle (ego), so that Bodhi (Tri Duc), the break will be overcome by the Department of knowledge (Dharma), so that he can attain Great Nirvana. virtue). The two obstacles are permanently broken, then to enter the "Buddha".

Why make a Bodhisattva nature without making a Tathagata? Because the Bodhisattva cultivates until it is completely final, then attaining Buddhahood, so there is no more Tathagata.

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4. Uncertain identity

- Hey Thien nam! There are types of beings who can witness Vien Giac. However, if they meet the Good Knowledge, they become a Hinayana; also meet Thien knowledge is Bodhisattva degree, they become Mahayana. If you meet Tathagata teaching the supreme Bodhisattva, they become Buddhas.

THE SOLUTION

This passage is about "Uncertainty about identity". This means beings are not certain Mahayana or Hinayana. If you meet the Knowledge-Friendly Mahayana, then they become Mahayana; also meet the Friendly knowledge belonging to the Hinayana, then they become Hinayana.

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5. Foreign religion racial identity

- Hey Thien nam! There are sentient beings who reach the level of knowledge, who only teaches the way of austerities, but they meet the pagan deviant teacher who teaches them, so they bring forth wrong views, understand enlightenment, and are not chon, so-called "pagan religion of nature". This is not the fault of that being, it is the fault of the evil monk.

In short, sentient beings from Bodhi, there are five different strains of racial nature, as we have just finished.

THE SOLUTION

This passage talks about "pagan racial identity". Although this being still has austerities, but does not meet the "good knowledge" of education, meets the deviant teacher who teaches, so he becomes a pagan.

Because our understanding is false, not the right path, so called "pagan". Foreign religion, Tanh Tanh, in other business called "Xien Tanh Tanh Tanh", meaning "paragraph like Buddha". Because of the four strains above, although there is Mahayana and Hinayana different, but also "Chief enlightenment", only the pagan Tanh Tanh, born of wrong views, eradicate right view, as opposed to righteousness into the Buddha should be called "they Xan threads" (paragraph like Buddha).

7.  GIVING UP THE ENTRY OF BEHAVIOR, PRESENT CHARACTERISTICS AND WARNINGS

- Hey Thien nam! The Bodhisattvas all take care of their vow of birth from beginninglessness and are motivated by the great compassion (3) to enter the world of being. Bodhisattva uses the means to appear many appearances, sometimes the scene is favorable, sometimes the scene is adversely, sometimes lurking with living beings and co-working as sentient beings (Comrade photographer) for convenience chemical surface, making beings to be Buddha.

THE SOLUTION

And on his Maitreya Bodhisattva asked the Buddha: "When bodhisattvas enter the world of being, to use means nothing to teachers of all beings?"
Great reviews this period Buddha replies: Bodhisattvas by vows of birth from beginningless (Bodhisattva of course taking advantage of the nature of duty), and the Great compassion pure urging, should enter the world being born; unlike beings as craving pollutes and is attracted to karma.

Bodhisattva using means, many appearances appear to be born. As Mr. Guan has 32 applications, Maitreya Bodhisattva manifests himself as the Venerable Father, or there is the emanation of Kim Cang, the embodiment of Tieu Dien, the Ten-Power Minh Vuong, Ox Head, Ma-face, and so on. present "From", sometimes "Oai" should have a phrase:

"Kim Cang revealed the reason for the four ghosts

Bodhisattva mi mi market by someone from the continent "

Means: God Kim Cang rolled his eyes to surrender to the four ghosts. Bodhisattva invites you to be compassionate beings in 6 paths. Bodhisattva when the situation is favorable: Teaching the Dharma, advising cultivators, etc. for those who awaken to recall. Oldman said, "People who do not have an accident do not know how to return to goodness." (Nhon in thousands of thousands, no beginning). Or like Mr. Thien Tai Dong Tu went to study with Ms Tu Mat Nu, etc.

Bodhisattva sometimes appears at the same time as beings and co-work as sentient beings (like Mr. Luc To when living with hunters etc ... to lead beings back to the Chief Path) .

In summary, the Bodhisattva entered the world of birth, are due to the mind of the Great Compassionate Mind, taking the Vow as the basis, using the means of many subjects, though not fixed, but generally not apart from the Thuan and the Mischief. Either use the teaching (oral education) or embody the chemical (physical education), or use a colleague of photography, generally one purpose is to make beings liberated and become Buddha.

8. JUST PRAYER THE CITY, DO NOT BE INTENDED AND INVOLVED FOREIGN EXCHANGE

- Hey Thien nam! If sentient beings of the next generation, emit the pure aspiration of the Bodhisattva

I pray today, to meet the Knowledge of the good and teach me to practice to enter the Vien Giac of Buddha, don't meet the pagan monk and the Second Vehicle.

Con Y according to the prayer of practice, the end of time except the obstacles. When the obstructions are completed, you will be fully contented, and you will be able to enter into the great Giac Vien, solemnly nice and up to the pure palace of Tathagata's liberation.

THE SOLUTION

The idea of ​​this section, the Buddha taught the sentient beings of the next life, to pray for Vien Giac, must make the vow: "Please do not meet the pagan deviant monk and the Hinayana who only worry about negative selfish cultivation and do not propagate the Dharma of birth. I pray to meet with the Mahāyāna knowledge, actively cultivate and benefit, teach me how to practice Buddhahood. ”

Mr. Nhu Son said: "Ly, although enlightened, but for the general, they have to eradicate times" (Ly, though enlightened, the fire is cleared).

When the obstructions are gone, then go, stand, lie, sit in all the time and all places, be liberated. It was the pure liberation palace and the solemn Vien Giac member of Tathagata.

9. BUDDHIST SAYING THE POST, SUMMARY OF THE MEANING

Then the Blessed One, wanting to summarize the above meanings, should say:

Maitreya! He should know:

All beings

Because of desire,

Should measure into samsara,

There is no great liberation.

If someone loves it,

Along with greed, hatred and delusion

No need to practice anything else,

All are Buddha.

Pray to see the Master,

Enlightenment is the Chief Justice.

He followed the Bodhisattva vows,

Except for the two obstructions,

To enter the Great Nirvana,

The Bodhisattva ten directions,

Because of compassion,

Vow into samsara,

Depending on the type of beings.

Current spiritual practitioners

And the sentient beings later,

Must eradicate or,

Just to enter Vien Giac.

THE SOLUTION

This verse Buddha called Maitreya Bodhisattva that taught, like this: All beings because of craving, should be reborn in samsara, not liberated. If the person breaks away from Tham, San, Si, etc., he will attain Buddhahood. So austerities must pray to the enlightened Master, and then follow the Bodhisattva's wish to eliminate the two obstacles and witness the Buddha's Nirvana.

The Bodhisattvas in the ten directions are all motivated by the great compassion and active aspiration, so they cannot rest in the pure solitude of liberation alone, enjoying the tranquility of selfishness such as Hinayana goods; that Bodhisattva vows to enter the world, being mixed with labor to customize the coast. Not afraid of pollution, not to mention labor time, no hard words.

As the Earth Store Bodhisattva vows, saying:

"Beings to the witness of Bodhi

Hell does not swear to become a Buddha "

Ananda Nan also swore that:

"... The five first five wicked enemies

Like all beings become Buddhas

They tried it out completely ... ” . END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/1/2020.