Respect each other.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

I use the word respectful, not the word reverence. Respect refers to the inside, seeing that the other person is truly respectful, so I respect them from within. And reverence is sometimes just a ritual, a minimum courtesy for each other that an educated person must have.

If cultivators treat each other, if they are honored, it is very precious, but if not, they should also keep the ceremony of respect.

 

 

Once I went to a certain temple to visit a friend. When I entered the temple, I met a few young teachers sitting and drinking tea talking. I folded my hands and bowed my head and said that I came to see Master A. One teacher replied "Model Buddha" and then turned to continue talking with the other teachers. I struggled to find a place to wait. Those young teachers still laughed at each other, even though I was alone. Not even glasses of water were invited. That is, even minimal courtesy when visitors come to the temple are not available. I thought to myself, I'm not familiar with those teachers, so they're fine if they don't see me. Since the teacher did not return in time, I had to wait. I had been sitting there for about 10 minutes when an uncle from the government came. That uncle knew I should come to my seat and ask a question. Just sitting down, the teacher ran to respectfully and asked him to drink coffee not for him to do. I suddenly feel bitter. My heart is bitter not because of "country", nor because I'm jealous of him, but I am bitter because today's cultivators don't seem to be able to learn to respect each other.

Another time, a nun took Buddhists to my temple to visit. I clasped my hands and bowed to her, but she did not say hello but she just straightened and stepped forward so I had to step back and move aside so I wouldn't have to meet. I know her monk thanks to charity work and consider feng shui, so Buddhists are both businessmen and rich people, so she looks down on others, even monks.

Telling through a few such cases shows that some cultivators today are not learning how to be a true cultivator. Their teacher may be a good practitioner, but since he did not have time to teach his disciples, the disciple did not know how to cultivate. It is also possible that their teacher is also a bad person, so he set a bad example for his disciples. For example, the above-mentioned monk, if she had a disciple, what would she teach her disciple? Hope not to teach like her, that is to think that I have the conditions to then not consider anyone.

True cultivators must take wisdom as a career, take enlightenment as the goal and take humility, respect for others as virtues to treat others. Cultivators do not, for any reason, fall high and fall. Ỷ money, dependence or something… let the world do it. Cultivation is letting go and progressing to no-self, not accumulating and enriching the growing self. When I had not yet been a monk, I still knew how to bow my head, know how to put my hands together, but after I left home, it was like a carp turned dragon. As I shaved my head, I thought I had turned mortal into a Saint. But my dear, even the minimum politeness between people who do not know who to be saints? How can even if a fellow disciple does not have any help in Buddhism?

In Buddhism there is a very nice word that is "the way", ie the love in the religion, the love between the cultivators. That love is not based on bloodline, not on interests but on ideals. Love is the love of like-minded people, so it is extremely sacred. Unfortunately, today, some people, due to lack of careful education or lack of practice, add to the impact of fame and fortune, that this love, among cultivators, also fades. Even in some places, some people even distinguish caste, making it difficult for each other. How sad! END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/10/2020.