CENTER LIKE LAND.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Remember a sutta about Mr. Xa Loi Phat., Summarized as follows:

There was a young monk who just joined and joined them. One day, Sir Xa Loi Phat passed by him, accidentally his clothes fluttered across the young Sangha, making him angry. The monk immediately went to the White Buddha that Sir Xa Loi Phat despised him. The Buddha asked the person who invited Sariputra to come and ask:

- Hey Xa Loi Phat, is it true that he despised this monk?  

- World Religion, my heart is like earth ...

 

What lesson can we learn from this story?  

We know that we practice Buddhism and cultivate the mind.

Tu Gioi: is training your mind without bad thoughts: not starting to take greed, ignorance, then how to have evil words, evil deeds: greed for stealing, killing, wrongdoing, speech, drunk.

Tu Dinh: is also to keep our mind from reciting, so how can addiction passions arise.  

Tu Hue: contact with worldly phenomena, which  "does not hold a  general, does not hold a private general",  just know as real, know what is, then also master his mind.

Thus, cultivating Tam is the most important.

Whose mind is that?

This question is easy to answer, isn't it? Perhaps they will answer immediately, without thinking:

- My heart!

- Yes, that's right!

Which ever, I forgot or not? I went to look at other people's minds, then speculated what people thought, what did people laugh about? People don't laugh, why not laugh? People don't say, why not say? And when people say, why say that? Who does that statement refer to? Do people refer to me? etc ..

Now I return to the topic:  why is it necessary to transform my mind to <Heart as earth>  .

+  Land considered as a refuge of people, a place of refuge should be solid . Nothing is immovable. The mind is like the place where ideas, words and gestures come into play. The wholesome mind will create wholesome thoughts, words and actions.

+ The  earth receives all that is cast into it. No reaction . The mind must also accept everything that others give. When receiving words of love, respect, complacent, arrogant mind. When receiving angry words, defamation, unjust, not sad.

+ The  soil also transforms the things that people throw down into a fertile substance  and then from the land, the leaves are green, produce sweet fruits, and fragrant flowers are offered to life. So does my mind. When receiving the good sentiments from others, the mind knows that these are encouraging words for me to continue to cultivate better, not to be complacent. Only then can bring his ability to help life. And when receiving the words were stimulated, satirical sarcasm, the mind knows that it is also a level of knowledge, helping me to be more careful so as not to make mistakes, or not to mislead others. From there, as the mind is tested, in the gold smelter. The hotter the fire, the more brilliant gold. It is known that fake gold or pure gold.

+ The  land is at the foot, anyone can step on it. My mind must be the same, the new self will not fly into the sky like a kite meets the wind. Put the self to the ground. This is not easy. As the precepts of the Buddha, all monks, have to go begging for food - begging for food - every day. Whether it is a prince, a princess, a princess, a chief author, even an aristocratic class such as Polaris, or Brahmin, ... ego by lowering himself to the ground, inferior to everyone in the world. Ask for food even from the poorest, most impoverished people in society, even from those who are not yet religious or other religious people. You bear so much hardship, not about physical hardship, but about mind. To cultivate one's mind. Put your heart into the gold smelter.

Therefore, we see that during the Buddha's time, why did the monks only cultivate for a short time to attain the ultimate result, escape from the ghost net, be liberated, nirvana, no longer be reborn.

What about me now?

Don't blame it because there is no Buddha now, Buddha has entered nirvana. Buddha has passed on the full scriptures, that is, the Dharma is still standing on the earth. But when the Dharma is still standing, Buddha is still standing on this earth. Buddha is still preaching. Because I don't listen, I don't know.

Or we blame: there is Buddha, there is Dharma, but there is no Sangha to explain it clearly, so we have not understood the profound place of the Sutta, how can we practice it? This may be true. However, it is self-justification. Full scriptures, how much is legal. We just need to understand a dharma. Follow a dharma. In accordance with the required conditions is also to the final result.

What conditions? She temporarily summarized the following, however each person will flexibly apply at his own discretion.

+  Choose only one dharma , for example: Quan Yin (impermanence, or causal relationship, or Suffering, or non-self, etc.) or Just or Concentration (not identifying the object, hearing, or seeing, or Breathing, or Do not say etc ...) or Hue (Knowing as real) or Satipa xứ xứhāna (choosing the subject of body, or feeling or mind or dharma) keeps knowing, or mindfulness and awareness.

+  Dedicated to practicing,  cutting off the worldly futility constraints. Do not join parties, meetings, friends in vain. Eat moderately, do not spend much time on cooking, cleaning up.

+ The  mind is firm, not regressive.  Confident, do not trust others. Do not pay attention to the non-marketing.

+  If at home can still practice . Arrange a day of the week free of roasting, not cooking, just practice. Go to the garden, admire the bonsai, depending on the theme you choose, if it is Quan or Hue, then observe nature, look deep into the phenomenon. See the current situation. Realize the self.Tong Khong, Nhu Huyen. Meditate if you choose to Breathe or Say No, meditate according to your level.

+  There is time to reflect on how you are today.  Is it more peaceful? do you understand it more deeply? is the mind safe?

This meditation is important. Promptly draw experience for yourself. Did I encounter any problems today? - Well, because of me, I said that to make a friend misunderstand, sorry tomorrow. Ah, I still have pride, there is a self. Ah, because I am involved, other people's affairs have nothing to do with me .... Ah, what do people think about me, speculation? Stealthy talk behind his back, good, not to say his face. Write anonymously? He is still good, has not yet advertised himself on the internet, he is still a little compassionate.

That is the practice of practicing how to make your mind like the earth. Whoever gives anything is good. What people think is their business. Each person is the owner of his karma, And each person is also the one who has the fruit, there is no error.

+ Must increase the good deeds, even small things, giving out: a smile, a helpful word, help your friends when you need etc .. So be times evil thoughts, evil words are natural exclusion.

+ No matter which path in Buddhism, do not go out of these necessary conditions.

 Just because I was not determined to practice it. Nothing difficult to understand, nothing mysterious. Within reach of each person

Whoever runs after the movement, sees other people busy, thinks that there is something attractive, has magical ... so life is easy to be deceived. Treasure in the house, but keep running to search the east and west.

Just realize that the Wordless Word, the state of mind which is empty, quiet, peaceful, peaceful, is a treasure to be used endlessly.

Where is that mind? It is what I already have. Back to see. Do not run out to find. It was right before my eyes. My eyes, not the eyes of others. Your mind, no need to cross others' minds. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2020.