The Buddha's teaching about Clothes .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

It is often said "The shirt does not make a monk but a monk cannot lack it". It seems that the cultivator's shirt is also very problematic ...

 

At one time, the Blessed One stayed in Sàvatthi. Then Venerable Nanda, covering the clothes with skillful ironing, skillfully, applying eye-painting, holding a bright bowl, went to the Blessed One; After coming, pay homage to the Blessed One and sit down at one side.

The Blessed One told Venerable Nanda as follows:

It is not worthy for him, Nanda, to be a good son, because of the belief of renunciation, renunciation of the family, to bring skillful and skillful clothes, to paint eyes and to hold a bright bowl. It is worthwhile for him, Nanda, to be a good son, because of the belief of renunciation, renunciation of a family living without a family, that is, living in the forest, living on alms, living in algae and living without expect the lust.

After the sermon finished, The Blessed One added: I look forward to seeing; Nanda lives in the forest; dressed in algae; live with food; know that has dropped; not expecting lust.

Then Venerable Nanda, after a while becoming a monk, lived in the forest, ate alms food, dressed in algae, and did not expect lust.

It is often said "The shirt does not make a monk but a monk cannot lack it". It seems that the cultivator's shirt is also very problematic ...

For Buddhist monks, medical bowls are very important legal instruments, cherished to be carefully preserved like the irises of the eyes, which are the objects of separation for each monks. World Religion in the world, the bowl of the Male pretentious use of predestined, by homeowners, good and bad. In addition, there are quite a number of monks who pretend to be wearing algae pollen, by gathering pieces of shrouds of corpses tossed out in graveyards or damaged fabrics in landfills, then washed, dyed and dyed to decay. color) and into y.

However, at the time of World Religion as well as now, a few monks were too focused on appearance, drawing eyebrows, smooth bowls, etc. just like Reverend Nanda had done and was blamed badly by the Blessed One. . Granted, a Male pretentious, pedagogical "teacher of heaven" people need to be solemn. However, the true solemnity must be "stately news non-solemn, solemn address list" (Kinh Kim Cang).

It is often said "The shirt does not make a monk but a monk cannot lack it". It seems that the cultivator's shirt is also very problematic ...

The true quality of the Male-on stilts is where the solemn mind shines, making the solemn appearance outside even as a mere beggar (mendicant) wearing ordinary algae.

Therefore, once the inner self is not really motivated to achieve purity, the furrow of the outer coat to some extent is necessary but not practical. The false Religion Nanda after listening to the teachings of the Blessed One has changed to wearing algae pollen, living alms, suppressing lust is a valuable lesson for the descendants of the Buddha to contemplate and follow the example?END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/8/2020.