15 things to learn Buddha, apply, and transform.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

When we have not studied Buddha, we do not know that the dhammas are impermanent, but when we have studied the Buddha, we know that the dhammas are impermanent, transforming, dependent on each other, and without their own individual nature.

1. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that everything we are holding, clinging to, and grasping is permanent, subtle, and wise, but when we learn Buddha, we realize that everything we are letting go renunciation and detachment are impermanent, free, and leisurely in life.

2. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that the rich are the ones who always grasp everything about themselves, but when we learn the Buddha, we realize that the rich person is the person who knows how to devote himself to doing charity works , make offerings, and preserve the Three Jewels.

3. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that conquering and overpowering others is power, but when we have studied Buddha, we realize that conquering and overpowering ourselves is the power of victory.

4. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that people who talk a lot but do less are wise, but when we have studied the Buddha, we find that people who speak less but do a lot, or words, thoughts, and deeds often Together with them is the enlightened person.

5. When we have not learned Buddha, we often have the habit of dominating and overwhelming others, but when we have learned the Buddha, we know how to practice loving kindness and good listening between ourselves and others.

6. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that the wise person is a person who is arrogant, childish, and disadvantageous to others, but after learning the Buddha, we realize that the wise person is a person who lives in harmony and unite, and build fraternity in a spirit of mutual assistance, mutual love, mutual love, and respect.

7. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that people with altruism are self-helpers, but when we have studied Buddhism, we realize that altruistic people are people who not only help themselves, but also help. to others in the present life.

8. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that people who know how to meditate, recite the Buddha's name, and chant the Sutras are practicing practitioners. However, when we have studied the Buddha's name, we realize that the practitioner who practices is not only someone who knows how to meditate, recite the Buddha's name, and recite the Sutras, but also someone who knows how to guide meditation, organize retreats, understand clear the history of the Buddha, the Dharma, and build fraternity. 

9. When we have not studied Buddha, we often wish what we have not had, but when we have studied Buddha, we wish what we had. Likewise, when we have not learned Buddha, we do not know enough what we already have, but when we learn Buddha, we are satisfied and know enough what we have.

10. When we have not studied Buddha, we do not know the life, death, and arising and passing of dhammas, but when we have studied the Buddha, we know that life and death always take place in all the cells of our body, and the arising and passing of dhammas always take place during the innumerable moments of our daily lives.

11. When we have not studied the Buddha, we do not know that the dhammas are impermanent, but when we have studied the Buddha, we know that the dhammas are impermanent, transforming, dependent on each other, and without their separate nature.

12. When I have not learned Buddha, I wish God or some Creator would change me, but when I learned Buddha, I wanted me to change myself.

13. When we have not learned Buddha, sometimes we are silent like a mussel and talk like a rude and angry person, but when we have studied the Buddha, we practice silence like meditation and talk like the Dharma or the Enlightened One.

14. When we have not studied Buddha, we often think that money, talent, beauty, fame, good appetite, and good sleep are the cause of life, but when we have studied Buddha, we realize that love, compassion, joy, Equity, morality, meditation, and wisdom are a solid cause of religious life.

15. When we have not learned the Buddha, we do not grasp the practical values ​​of the Eightfold Path (Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Karma, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration). However, when we have learned the Buddha's name, we know that the Eightfold Path can help us to identify and transform the practices of greed, anger, delusion, conceit, ignorance, wrong view, prejudice, common view, and section ant. Because these collections of qi if we do not practice, purify, and transform, they not only overpower and burn us, but also make us dark and blind, and believe in the gods, heresy, and superstition.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/11/2020.