Buddha and great compassion.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

  

 

As children of the Buddha, we understand and always respect and be proud of His boundless personality and compassion. But in reality until now the pagans or the uninformed people often think that Buddhism is a religion full of pessimism, cynical because the lord Buddha has abandoned the family, so it is criticized as a filial piety, a blameless husband and irresponsible father. As for society, in the first discourse of the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha talked about the suffering and afflictions of human existence to escape from the bonds of family and society. Is the truth that Buddha was such a person and did Buddhism bring pessimism and weakness to society?

 

      Despite such doubts and lack of sympathy, the clear and obvious fact that Buddhism is the religion of wisdom because the Buddha always reminds the disciples in all situations, things must be considered. Be careful, you should not rush to believe in, nor should you be in a hurry to let go of anything. An example in the Buddha's sutta instructs the Kalama tribe how not to be confused every time there are Taoists who come to evangelize and always speak well for their religion. The Buddha said: "Hey Kalama! Do not believe anything in a hurry because of the style and way of speaking of man, nor do you believe in the old customs. Do not be in a hurry to believe what is repeated or even the writings of the saints, should not believe in the imaginary, unrealistic and even what the Tathagata says, but examine and consider for yourself. ,

    This shows that the Buddha is a person who works by reflection, analysis, giving up all worldly material to find a noble way of liberation for himself, for his family and for the gods. with humanity. All stem from the Buddha's vast, inexpressible compassion for sentient beings with so many stories or actions that express his boundless love, which is his zeal, his enthusiasm. Courageous, breaking all the laws of society at that time, when he was born in a noble lineage in an Indian country full of class divisions, he declared that 'No class level in the same red blood stream, there is no inequality in the same salty tears'. So despite refusing secular life, but with great compassion and insight, He is always interested in social populations in many different fields. As for women, he was the pioneer to initiate the world's first gender equality revolution, arguing that the intelligence and understanding of women and men are not different, is the way to solve the problem. freeing the woman from the bondage, oppression, always a slave under the scornful, inferior gaze of society, which in a text the Buddha said as follows:

                        Oil is woman, oil is man,

                        The carriage is still ready to wait, the same carriage

                        Will take into nirvana.

    Thus, the radical and fair thought that the Buddha introduced more than 2,500 years ago can prove and affirm the strength and leadership ability of a woman to be no less than that of men, even though in In some societies or religions, women are still discriminated against, equally restricted due to their narrowness and lack of understanding.

      In terms of social governance, although the Buddha is not a politician, there are always advices for kings when they need his help, with 10 Buddhist monarchs preaching to King Udena (King Uu Dien). as well as the Seven flourishing dharma s for the people of Vajji Buddha instructed the kings to use kindness and righteousness to govern the country that would bring peace, prosperity and be loved and respected by the people. In the Sugàlovàda Sutta, the Buddha also taught about each duty, the responsibility of relationship between each class in society as well as in the family, like parents to children. For parents, wives to husbands, husbands to wives, relationships between teachers and students, my king, master and servant, all must use love and sincerity to treat each other and should stay away from the four Buddha's teachings. called bias

        1 / Not biased because of love

        2 / Not biased because of hate

        3 / No bias blister fear

        4 / unbiased because of ignorance

   In addition to the above, the Buddha also shows sentient beings how to spend money, because people who work hard when they have assets need to know how to divide their wealth into four parts:

         1 / To repay the old debt, is to take care of the full physical support for the parents

         2 / New loan, is for the children to take care of properly

         3 / Pour into a deep hole, is for daily consumption and sustenance

         4 / Burying things to save are alms and help for the poor.

   Not only money but also time is considered precious because a person's life is short, impermanent, and life is fragile and precarious, only by breathing, so we must always be mindful, mindful and should not say unkind words. The benefit to avoid wasting time is what the Buddha mentioned in the Ten good karma. In the Sutras, the Buddhist teachings also have the following:

            Although living a hundred years

            Do not see the dharma arising and passing away

            Not equal to living a day

            Hearing the Dharma.

     Because he loved sentient beings, he often reminded of impermanence, so as not to waste his life, let go of his life freely, easy to go with matter. The Buddha also often taught filial piety at the top of the good dhammas 'Parents are present like Buddha in the world', so even if he is an enlightened being, he did not forget his duty as a son to continue his father Tinh Sanskrit, mother Gotami. , to lead the only son La Hau La to the right path, together with the princes of the family. He compared his relatives to be like the shade of an ancient tree, so when he realized, understood the joys and happiness of the fruitage, he shared all the attainments for everyone to taste the fruitful taste. The Buddha deeply understood that people are born to live with the desire for peace, happiness,

                  1 / Prevent unborn unwholesome deeds

                  2 / Eradicate the unwholesome that has been born

                  3 / Development of good has not yet arisen

                  4 / Diligently develop good things that were born

    The Buddha Dharma is immense, miraculous depending on the ability and the blessing of each person to observe for long-term benefits in samsara. The last teachings of the Buddha are also a reminder to take the teachings and precepts as teachers, a torch, a beacon for yourself, to be diligent and diligent to achieve liberation. END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).PRAYED AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/11/2020.