Meaning of the seven steps of a Buddha's lotus blossom .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

  The seven steps of the Bodhisattva Siddhartha in the present day of birth are representative of the seven factors of enlightenment, or in the Buddhist jargon, the seven factors of enlightenment or the part of the Bodhi tree. As long as anyone practices the seven elements of enlightenment, he or she has the opportunity to become an enlightened being or a Buddha.

 

Through the scriptures, we know that not only Shakyamuni Buddha, when he was born, he walked seven steps, on seven lotuses, but any Buddha whether in the past or in the future. , when the apparition was born as a Bodhisattva most born in the land also goes seven steps on seven lotus like that. The lotus is representative of immaculate. It means that the Bodhisattva is born in the middle of the world, but is not polluted by the dust of the world. The seven steps on those seven lotus flowers represent the seven enlightenment factors that the most accomplished Bodhisattva, who practices the land, will attain enlightenment even in this polluted life. The seven factors of enlightenment include:

 

1. Trach legal awareness

 

The method of enlightenment is the part that leads to the Noble Path, due to the content of projection and selection, including enough ideas such as sufficiency, wisdom, wisdom and the determination of the part, causing defilements to be born. instant kill, the negativity unborn, then forever unborn, causing Bodhi unborn, instant birth and if born, will lead to fullness.

 

Therefore, Shakyamuni Buddha before being present in this world of Ta-she, he stayed in the sky of the Tày-heaven sky to contemplate and choose the kingdom, lineage, parents and the lam-ni-ni garden of birth.

 

As such, the element of the law is very important. When he appeared in this world, he chose to continue to meditate and attain enlightenment, the Bodhi ashram, the transporting Falun, Deer Park, and the place of Nirvana, the Saul forest in Kusinaga.

 

When we come into contact with Buddha's birthday, we come into contact with his wisdom. By practicing the Dharma practice, the Buddha succeeded on the path of enlightenment and education of sentient beings.

 

Therefore, the method of enlightenment is typical of the first step in the day of his birth.

 

Therefore, we Buddhists must practice the method of enlightenment to be able to eliminate craving, accept ego, eliminate superstition, fanaticism; far away from evil, righteous beings, close to the good, knowledge, appearing at the right time and right place chosen to promote the life of enlightenment, liberation and benefit all sentient beings.

 

If we live without the dharma, then we will work at the wrong time, speak at the wrong time and in the wrong way, we will receive the evil teacher to be the chief teacher, the evil friends to be gentle, to be friends and then to gradually go away on the path of error in samsara, difficult to escape.

 

During the Buddha's birthday season, we Buddhists practice the Dharma of enlightenment, in order to generate enlightenment material, to make offerings to the Buddha and to serve the Dharma.

 

2. Effortless effort

 

Effort is the effort to make the enlightened method become a reality in your life, so it is called Effort. Thanks to the effort of enlightenment, all the evil things in the mind have arisen, the unborn ones are never borne; good things in the mind are not born, then immediately; good things in the mind that have arisen immediately ascend to the place of fullness. Effort of enlightenment is typical for the second step of the Buddha's birth.

 

Vesak ceremony, we organize the erection ceremony to make offerings are true, organize the Lord of Buddha to make offerings is true, organize litigation to make offerings is true, but all those organizations must have true content of the practice of enlightenment and the effort of enlightenment, not just formality or countermeasures. If we organize only to deal with and form, then we will miss the opportunity to come into contact with the true meaning of Buddha's birthday.

 

Buddha's birthday many unfortunate people, because they have to invest in hard work, there are those who are immersed in the work of killing at slaughterhouses, rotary kilns, fish tanks, or busy with work. control the country, calculate the gain in businesses or in the marketplace, it is unfortunate for them. But there are also those, Buddha's birthday had the opportunity to go to the temple without wholeheartedly practicing, practicing the method of enlightenment, diligently enlightening the mind, making the mind not calm, saying and doing the wrong dharma, is it not? There are no wastes and risks comparable.

 

On Buddha's birthday, we have made the mind to go to the Buddha's bow, recite the Buddhist sutras, then we definitely go and go to the Buddha's bow, chant the Buddha's teachings thoroughly, let the temple go and worship the Buddha the result we desire and our offerings to the Buddha benefit immediately for ourselves in this life and the next.

 

If Buddha's birthday, we are not qualified to go to the temple, that day we bow to the Buddha at home, if at home there is no worship of Buddha then we sit very still to bow to the Buddha ten directions and bow to Buddha in our mind, making every idea evil thoughts in our minds fall. If we strive to do so, we still have the opportunity to come into contact with the first and second steps of the Buddha on the day of his birth. That is the meaning of diligent enlightenment. And we bring the material materials of enlightenment and diligence, and then offer them to Buddha's birthday.

 

3. Hy feeling chi

 

Hy feeling is the part of the projection projection for Hy. Joy is fun The delight due to the practice of enlightenment and enlightenment arises. Thus, Hy is the joy based on enlightenment and enlightenment, not joy arising from ignorance and blindness. In other words, due to the practice of mindfulness, joy arises.

 

Hy feeling is the symbol of the third step of the Buddha on the day of his birth.

 

So on Buddha's Birthday, let's practice the awakening life and bring the joy brought about by the awareness to make offerings to the Buddha's birthday. Such offering is called the ultimate offering.

 

In the Buddha's birthday season, Buddhist organizations should organize the days of awakening, selfless and selfless life for Buddhists, so that Buddhists will have joy and joy in the Dharma. Their minds are lit up in the Buddha Dharma rather than formally organized but the effect of transforming the suffering mind for sentient beings as well as contributing to the peace of society is too modest.

 

Therefore, Hy Hy chi is typical for the third step, in the Buddha's birth day.

 

4. Calm of sensation

 

Peace is the gentle, serene mind brought about by the practices of enlightenment. On Buddha's birthday, if we want this mind to make offerings to the Buddha, we must practice letting go of the unkind words, unkind gestures and actions between us and everyone and all things. Most importantly, we must practice letting go of the seeds of greed, hatred, resentment, reproach, blindness, doubt, and selfishness in our mind, making our mind gentle and serene. . Let's bring the gentle and elegant material that makes offerings to Buddha's birth. This is the ultimate offering.

 

The calming sensation represents the fourth step of the Buddha's birth day.

 

5. Mindfulness of chi

 

Mindfulness of chi is to maintain the energy of the present awareness awareness. The elements of zeal, diligence, joy and contempt are maintained by the awareness of present awareness. We bring the awareness of sustaining the awareness of the present money due to the practice that has been offered to the Buddha in his birth, which is the ultimate Buddha's offering.

 

The awareness of enlightenment is typical for the fifth step, on the day of the Buddha's birth.

 

6. Definition of chi

 

The definition of chi is the part of enlightenment in meditation. In this part there are the concepts and concentration such as mindfulness, mindfulness, saturation, concentration, concentration. By practicing these concepts and concentration in fullness, they will facilitate the enlightenment of chi.

 

Every time in the life of every Buddhist we have enlightenment, then we will have firm steps on the path to enlightenment, we will not be attracted by the worldly desires, nor will all the points of the The world dominates and discourages.

 

Buddhists, we have to practice the projection so that in each of our lives there is the material of the limb of enlightenment and we bring the material of that chi to the Buddha, then our effect of donation is effective. for Buddha Dharma to exist for benefit beings. Making offerings as such is the ultimate Buddha's offering.

 

The concept of chi is typical of the sixth step of the Buddha's birth and birth.

 

7. Rinse the limb

 

Discharge of the limb is the projection part for discharge. To discharge is to let go of wrong thoughts related to ignorance, to craving, to the predestined relationship of samsara. The act of discharge is not to follow the deluded practice of samsara, but to follow the awareness, to follow the voluntary escape of samsara to save life.

 

Anyone who has practiced the seven substances or the seven steps on the path to enlightenment in such a complete way, then he is qualified to declare: "Heaven is on earth, the only one." That is, in heaven and on earth, we are unique for the seven enlightened materials.

 

Therefore, if one practices the fully enlightened life of such seven substances, he is unique in the world, respected by the world. Why? Because he will escape samsara even in this life, complete escape from suffering caused by craving, completely free from being reborn in the next life; capable of transporting the right Dharma wheel for life and having the ability to roar at the roar of lions, causing all activities according to the instinctive nature of the world to fall down, all wrong views to be subverted, ants displayed.

 

At the time of birth, Bodhisattva Siddhartha, the precursor of Shakyamuni Buddha, declared that "Heavenly heaven, the only one," is rooted in the practice of the seven places. This enlightened element, which the Buddhist professional term called Seven Bodhi Bodhisattva, or Awakening.

 

These seven factors of enlightenment are the seven processes of meditation practice and contemplation that lead to the eradication of the contraband or in the mind, resulting in the attainment of the smoky material of the enlightened mind and liberation.

 

So, when he was born, the Bodhisattva Siddhartha, the precursor of Shakyamuni Buddha, walked seven steps on the seven lotuses, which represents the status of a Bodhisattva most being added, will attain the Buddha or enlightenment level due to the seven factors of enlightenment, causing no defilements even in this life.

 

However, we know that in the heavenly world no one can accomplish those seven steps of enlightenment easily, and no one has the ability to declare "the only heavenly, exclusive, exclusive place" as convincing and attractive as Shakyamuni Buddha, when he was born. Why? Because exactly as He said, "What He said He did and what He did, He said."

 

When the Buddha's Birthday comes back, we Buddhists will try to study with all our heart, live and practice the Buddha's teachings deeply. Thus, we have the opportunity to contact what the Buddha taught and offered him what we have through practice. Especially we need to practice His seven steps in life until we are able to be free of samsara.

 

Practicing the Buddha's seven steps in life in various forms. We can practice while breathing in, breathing out or walking around sitting, laughing, eating, working and thinking. Through such activities, we can come into contact with the Buddha every day and make offerings to him every day with all our practice. Such practice is that we have also made the Buddha within us alive and will be born.

 

Buddha's Birthday, we must do how the Buddha is truly with us, even in his life through his seven steps. In this way, we celebrate the Buddha's birthday in a meaningful way. On the lotus, the Buddha will look at us and smile, trust and love .END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.25/6/2020.