Majjhima Nikaya.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

94. The Ghotamukha
(Ghotamukha sutta)

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At one time, fake Udena resided in Baranasi (Ba-la-complaint), at the mango forest of Khemiya.

At that time the Brahmin Ghotamukha came to Baranasi to have some work. Then Brahmin Ghotamukha walked and went to the mango forest of Khemiya. At that time, Venerable Udena was walking in the middle of heaven. Then Brahmin Ghotamakha went to the Venerable Udena, after coming to say welcome words to the Venerable Udena, after saying the greetings to visit friends, immediately told the Venerable Udena, who was going. Onions:

- Dear Sun fake Sa-subjects, there is not a true renunciation. It seems to me: because I do not see a false Religion like Him, or what is it here?

Upon hearing that, Sun fake Udena step down from the place of business, go into the monastery (vihara), and then sit down on the available seat. Brahmin Ghotamukha also step down from the place of practice, into the monastery and then stand aside. Venerable Udena said to Brahmin Ghotamukha standing on one side:

Hey Ba-la-Mon, here are the seats. If you want, sit down.

- While we went to the Venerable Udena, we were not sitting. How could someone like me think to sit down, before being invited.

Then the Brahmin Ghotamukha took another low chair and sat on the side. Sitting down to one side, Brahmin Ghotamukha said to the fake Sun Udena:

- Dear Ton, fake Sa-subject, there is no correct legal ordination. It seems to me: because I do not see a false Religion like Him, or what is it here?

- Hey Brahmin, if you agree with what I agree, and refute what needs to refute, and there is something I say that you do not know. Here, you may ask me more: "Venerable Udena, what is this? What is the meaning of this?" After making such arrangements, here will be a talk between us.

- I will agree with what Venerable Udena agrees, and refute what needs to refute. And there is something Venerable Udena said that I do not know. Here, you can ask more Venerable Udena: "Venerable Udena, what is this? What is the meaning of this?" After making such arrangements, I hope to have a conversation here between us.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, here are four classes of people present in the world. how is four? Here, this Brahmin, there are people who practice suffering themselves, dedicated themselves to suffering themselves. Here, this Brahmin, there are people who practice suffering, dedicated to suffering people. Here, this Brahmin, there are people who both practice suffering on their own, concentrate on practicing their own suffering, and practice suffering people. Here, this Brahmin, there are people who both do not practice suffering on their own, not diligently practice their own suffering, and do not practice suffering people, not diligently practice suffering people. He does not practice suffering himself, does not practice suffering himself, does not practice suffering people, not diligently practicing human suffering, right in the present moment without lust, tranquility, feeling cool, feeling happy, fall into Pham Can. This Ba-la-Mon, these four classes of people, what kind of person is your favorite mind?

- Venerable Udena, the kind of people who practice their own misery, practice their own misery; This kind of people, my mind doesn't like it Venerable Udena, the kind of people who practice suffering, dedicated to practicing suffering people, this kind of people, my mind doesn't like it. Venerable Udena, the people who practice misery on their own, diligently practice their own suffering, practice hardships at the same time; This type of people, my mind does not like. Venerable Udena, people who do not practice suffering on their own, not diligently practice their own suffering, neither do it hard, nor diligently practice human suffering; people who do not practice suffering themselves, do not practice suffering, right now, have no desire, remain calm, feel cool, feel blissful, self abide in the Body, this kind of people, my mind likes Italy.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, why did you not like the mind of these three classes of people?

- Venerable Udena, the kind of people who suffer themselves, dedicate themselves to suffering themselves, these people practice misery by themselves, torture themselves, while wishing for self-indulgence, indulging in suffering. Therefore, my mind does not like the will of these people. Excellency Udena, people who practice suffering people, dedicated to practicing suffering people; This class of people tortures others, torturing others, while others desire happiness and suffering. Therefore, my mind does not like the will of these people. Venerable Udena, people who both practice their own misery, diligently practice their own suffering, practice hardships at the same time; These people suffer, torture themselves and others, while we and others long for pleasure and suffering. Therefore, my mind does not like the will of these people. But, Venerable Udena, people who do not practice suffering on their own, not diligently practice their own suffering, and do not practice miserable, not diligently practicing human suffering, this class of people does not practice suffering on their own, does not practice suffering people, right now there is no craving, tranquility, feeling cool, feeling blissful, self abiding in the Body. Therefore, my mind likes the will of these people.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, there are two congregations. how is two? Here, this Brahmin has the congregation because of greed for jewels and jewels, looking for wives and children, looking for male servants, female servants, searching for land, looking for gold and silver. Here, Brahmins, there are congregation again, not indulging in jewels and jewels, forsaking wives and children, for male and female servants, for land, for gold and for ordination. , renounce the family, live without a family. This Brahmin, the type of people who both do not practice suffering themselves, not diligently practice their own suffering, both do not practice suffering people, not diligently practice suffering people, people do not practice suffering themselves, do not practice suffering people right in the present, there is no desire, tranquility, feeling cool, feeling blissful, self-abiding in the Body. Hey Brahmin, in which congregation You see most of these people: in the congregation indulging in jewels and jewelry

- Venerable Udena, people who do not practice suffering on their own, not diligently practice their own suffering, both do not practice miserable people, do not practice miserable mind; people who do not practice suffering themselves, do not practice suffering, right in the present, they do not take desire, remain calm, feel cool, feel blissful, self-abide in the Body; These people, in the congregation do not indulge in jewels and jewels, forsake their wives and children, renounce the male servants, the female servants, the land, the gold and silver, the ordination, the family , living without a family, in that congregation I see most of these people.

- But this Brahmin, now He just said: "We know the following, Mr. Sun fake Sa-Mon, there is not a true renunciation. Seems to me: because I do not see a Ton Suppose He or here is what dhamma is? "

- Honestly, Udena, really beneficial for me. There is a true ordination. Here, for you is like that, and hope Venerable Udena will hold you is like that. The four classes of people were said briefly by the Venerable Udena, without broad explanation, instead, if they were initiated by Venerable Udena, they started analyzing this four-class child.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, so listen and reflect carefully, I will say.

- Yes, fake Ton.

Brahmin Ghotamukha obediently responded to the false Religious Udena.

Venerable Udena said the following:

Hey Ba-la-Mon, what is the kind of people who practice suffering themselves, dedicated themselves to suffering themselves? Here, brahmin, there are people living naked life without ritual, licking their hands clean, going begging, refusing to step forward, going begging, refusing to stand in one place, not accepting food brought not accepting food for food, not accepting from the mouth of the pot, not accepting from the mouth of the pan, not accepting at the doorstep, not accepting between sticks, not accepting between pounded rice pots, don't take from two people who are eating, don't accept from a pregnant woman, don't accept from a lactating woman, don't accept from a woman who is having sex with a man, don't accept food, don't accept There are dogs standing, but do not accept bu fly on the spot, do not eat fish, eat meat, do not drink alcohol or yeast. Does he only accept food at one house, or only accept to eat a piece, Or he only accepts to eat at two houses, or he only accepts to eat two pieces ... or he only accepts to eat seven houses, or he only accepts to eat seven pieces. He fed with only one bowl, fed with only two bowls, ... fed with only seven bowls. He only ate one meal a day, two days a meal, ... seven days a meal. So he lived according to almond diet until half a month to eat once. He only eats wild grass, eats barley, eats wild rice, eats crumbs, eats waterweed, eats broken rice, eats rice scum, eats sesame, or eats cow dung. He eats fruit, eats roots in the forest, eats fallen fruits to live. He wears raw hemp cloth, hemp cloth mixed with other fabrics, wears a shroud and then throws it away, wears algae chalk, tirita bark to make a shirt, black chamois leather, wears braided clothes. piece of black chamois skin, dressed in sandal grass, dressed in tree bark, dressed in small wooden planks, wear a coat of hair that is braided into a blanket, a shirt with a braided ponytail, and a coat of wool. He is a person who lives hair plucking, is a person who specializes in living the virtues of plucking hair, is a person who usually stands, gives up his seat, is a squat, specializes in living by the conduct of squatting, diligently, He is a bed user who often sleeps on a bed of thorns, lives a night of bathing three times, takes a bath (to wash away sin). So in many forms, he lives on his own misery, diligently practicing his suffering. Thus, this Brahmin, known as the class of self-suffering people, dedicated to self-suffering. specializes in living by the conduct of squatting, diligently, is a person who uses thorns as a bed, often sleeps on a bed of thorns, lives a night of bathing three times, follows the conduct of a bath (to wash away sin). So in many forms, he lives on his own misery, diligently practicing his suffering. Thus, this Brahmin, known as the class of self-suffering people, dedicated to self-suffering. specializes in living by the conduct of squatting, diligently, is a person who uses thorns as a bed, often sleeps on a bed of thorns, lives a night of bathing three times, follows the conduct of a bath (to wash away sin). So in many forms, he lives on his own misery, diligently practicing his suffering. Thus, this Brahmin, known as the class of self-suffering people, dedicated to self-suffering.

And this Brahmin, what is the kind of person who is suffering people, dedicated to suffering people? Here, Brahmin, someone who kills cattle, a pig slayer, a duck killer, hunter, hunter, fisherman, thief, executes of thieves, guards and people in other cruel professions. As such, this Brahmin, known as the suffering of people, specializes in suffering people.

And this Brahmin, what is the kind of person who both practice suffering by himself, the mind of self-suffering, and the practice of suffering people, the mind of practicing suffering people? Here, this Ba-la-Mon, someone as king, of the class Sat-to-li, has made the initiation, or a Ba-la-Mon millionaire. He built a new lecture hall on the East side of the city, shaved off his hair, put on a coarse leather coat, covered his body with oil and grease, scratched his back with an elk, entered the lecture hall with his main wife and one Brahmin self sacrifice. Then he lay down on the bare ground with only a slice of grass. The king lived with milk from the breast of a cow, with a calf of the same color; the main wife lives with milk from the second breast; and the Brahmin self-living with milk from the third breast. Milk from the fourth breast is used to sacrifice fire. As for my child, I live with the rest. The king said this: "Kill some bulls for sacrifice, kill some bulls for sacrifice, Kill some for sacrifice, kill some goats for sacrifice, kill some sheep to sacrifice, cut some trees to make sacrificial posts, gather some dabbha grass to make sacrificial place ceremony. And the servants, the servants, the employees, these people out of fear of the stick, out of danger, with their faces full of tears, crying and doing the works. Thus, this Brahmin, is called the type of people who both practice their own suffering, dedicate themselves to suffering on their own, and practice suffering on their own.

And this Brahmin, what is the kind of person who does not practice suffering on their own, not diligently practicing their own suffering, not practicing misery, not diligently practicing human suffering, these people do not practice suffering themselves, do not practice miserable, currently live without greed, calm, feel cool, feel blissful, self-abide in the Body?

Here, Ba-la-subject, Tathagata appears in life as A-la-Han, Chanh Variant Tri, Minh Hanh Túc, Thien The, World Settlement, Supreme Master, Article Ngu Trượng Phú, Thiên Nhân Monk, Buddha, World Religion. Tathagata after self-realizing with the upper mind, this world is the Heavenly Yard, the Demon World, the Brahma World, including this world with Sa-Mon, Brahmin, Thien, Nhon, again He was enlightened. His sermons are good, honest, good, full of literature, He teaches the pure full of virtue.

The patriarch or the patriarch, or a person born in the lower class hears the dharma, after hearing the dharma, he gives birth to the Tathagata belief. When he has such faith, he thinks: "Family life is full of troubles, the way is full of dust. The life of a monastic life is like nothing. It is not easy for a person to live at home. we can live according to the Virtue completely fully, completely pure, white like a snail shell. So we should shave off our hair, put on a robe, leave home, leave home, live without a family. After a while, he gives up small property, or big property, abandons a small relative, or a big relative, shaves off his hair, puts on a cassock, and ordained, gives up. family, live without a family.

He ordained like that, practicing the world and living Ba-la-Mon, giving up killing, avoiding killing, leaving the staff, leaving the sword, shame, fear, compassion, living love happily all sentient beings and sentient beings. He gave up on not giving, away from getting free, just looking forward to giving things, pure living, no robbery. He gave up the life of non-Pham, lived according to Pham, lived a life of seclusion, stayed away from lustlessness.

He gave up lying, said truthful words, related to truth, sure, reliable, not deceiving life. He gave up saying two tongues, staying away from saying two tongues, hearing something in this place, not going to that place to say to birth division in these people; Hear something out there, don't go and tell these people to create divisions among others. Thus, he lives in harmony with separatists, encourages those who are in harmony, rejoices in harmony, delights in harmony, rejoicing in harmony, speaking words that lead to harmony. He gave up cruel words, stayed away from cruel words, said gentle, beautiful, cute, sympathetic words, and pleased many people; he said such words. He gives up frivolous words, stays away from frivolous words, speaks in time, speaks truthfully, speaks meaningfully, speaks law, says law, says words worth preserving,

He gives up without harming the seeds and plants, taking one meal a day, not eating at night; give up on trendy foods; give up going to dance, singing, music, and shows; giving up wreaths, perfumes, lotions, jewelry, and fashion; abandon high beds and large beds; give up on accepting gold and silver; renounce living particles; renounce not accepting raw meat, renouncing women and daughters; renounce the servant girls and boys; give up sheep and goats; give up poultry and swine; give up on elephants, cows, horses and marees; give up not to accept upland land; giving up on not using users as brokers or acting as brokers on your own; give up not selling; abandon the balance, money and measurement fraud; renounce evil actions such as bribery, deception, and fraud; give up without hurting, killing, restraining, depriving,

He lived to know enough, content with the y plate to cover his body with alms food to feed his stomach, wherever he goes, he also carries y and bowls. As the bird flies to any place carries two wings, too, Male-on stilts are content with the y plate to cover the body, with alms food to support the belly, go wherever they go. He attained this Holy world aggregates, interiorly enjoyed flawless pleasures.

When the eyes see sharp, he does not hold general, does not hold his own general. What are the causes, because the eye is not tame, causing craving, compassion, evil, evil dhammas to arise, he conquers the causes himself, maintains the eye, practices child support eye. When he hears the sound ... the nose smells the smell ... the tongue tastes the taste ... the emotional body ... the awareness of dhammas, he does not hold the general form, does not hold his own form, what causes because the will is not tame, causing craving, compassion, and evil evil to arise, he overcomes the cause, maintains the base, practices the protection of the will. He attains the Holy attainment of these senses, introspection enjoys undefiled pleasures.

The position when going to, when going back and forth are awake; when looking straight, when looking around, you are alert; when hand drawn, when stretching hands are alert; when carrying dual y, average bowl, upper y are awake; when eating, drinking, chewing, swallowing awareness; when he defecated, he was also aware of urination; When walking, standing, sitting, lying, awake, speaking, silence are all alert.

He attains this Holy Realm of Aggregates, achieves the Holy Realm that sustains these senses, attains this Holy awareness of awareness, chooses a secluded abode, such as a forest, a tree stump, a ravine, a cave, a graveyard. , outdoor grove, stack of straw.

After finishing eating and returning alms, he sat cross-legged with his back straight in the aforementioned spot, and stayed mindful in front of him. He gave up sex greed in life, living with the mind is free from craving, all desire is washed away. Renounce anger, he lives with a mind with no anger, compassion and compassion for all sentient beings, washing his mind out of anger. Giving up the deep kiss, he lived a deep divorce, with his mind directed towards the light of mindfulness and awareness, washing his mind all the time. Giving up treachery, too regret, he lived not to show up, quiet inner heart, washed away all treachery, remorse too. Renounce doubts, he lives to be free of doubts, without hesitation, cleansing his mind of all doubts for goodness.

After renouncing these five hindrances, the dhammas defile the mind, weaken the wisdom, he divorces the senses, the unwholesome law, the evidence and the first Zen, a state of bliss due to sex. born, with reach for four.

He passes away range and quartet, evidence and stays in Meditation Monday, a state of bliss due to samsara, no quartet, internal tranquility of one mind.

He resides the joyous residency, mindfulness, awareness, body feel the blissful feeling that the Saints call the discharge of mindfulness, experience, and the third retreat.

He exhausted, exhausted suffering, passed away the joy that had felt before, and stayed in the Fourth Meditation, without suffering, without straying, pure mindfulness discharge.

With a calm, pure, pure, unobstructed mind, no defilement, defilement, easy to use, solid, and immovable, he focuses his attention on seclusion. He remembers past lives, such as one life, two lives, three generations, four generations, five generations, twenty lives, forty lives, fifty lives, one hundred lives, one thousand lives, one hundred thousand lives many lives, many lives. He remembered that: "There, I have a name like this, a family like this, class like this, eating like this, living with this misery, longevity like this. After being in that place, I was born in that place.There, I got a name like this, a family like this, a class like this, eating and drinking like this, living in this miserable life, life is like this. After dying on that spot, I was born here. " Thus he remembers past lives,

With a calm, pure, clear, unconstrained mind, no defilements, such as, easy-to-use, steady, immovable mind, he focuses his mind on the samsara of beings. He with pure divine eyes, superman, sees the life and death of beings. He clearly understands that living beings, who decapitate the noble, the beautiful and the bad, and the lucky and the unlucky are all due to their karma. He thought: "Actually these beings accomplish physical negative actions, accomplish non-virtuous actions of speech, attaining mental negative actions, defaming saints, following wrong views, creating negative actions. These people, after their body perish, must be born into the evil, evil beast, fall land, hell. on words, to attain virtuous actions in mind,

With a calm, pure, clear mind, no contamination, no defilements, such as, easy-to-use, solid, and immovable mind, he turns his mind to gonorrhea. He knows as true: "This is Suffering", real wisdom: "This is Suffering", real wisdom: "This is Cessation of Suffering", real wisdom: "This is the Way to Suffering eliminating "true wisdom:" These are contraband ", real wisdom:" This is the cause of the contraband ", real wisdom:" This is the elimination of contraband ", wisdom as true: "This is the Way leading to the eradication of contraband".

Thanks to such knowledge, seeing so, the mind is free from contraband, free from contraband, from ignorance. For such liberated self arises understanding: "I have been liberated". His wisdom knowledge: "Birth is over, Pham Hanh has become, the work to be done; after the present life, there is no going back from this life".

Thus, this Brahmin, is called the type of people who both do not practice their own suffering, not diligently practice their own suffering, both do not practice suffering people, do not practice diligently. He does not practice suffering on his own, does not practice suffering people, right in the present he does not desire sex, remains calm, feels cool, feels happy, self dwells in the Body. "

When said so, Brahmin Ghotamukha said to the fake Sun Udena:

- What a miracle, Honor fake Udena! What a miracle, Ton fake Udena! Venerable Udena, like a man who stands up to what has been thrown, exposes what is hidden, shows directions to those who go astray, brings a light into the darkness so that those with eyes can see sharp; Likewise, (Righteousness) Dhamma was explained by Venerable Udena using many means of presentation. I would like to take refuge, fake Udena, take refuge in the Dharma and take refuge in them. I hope Sun fake Udena accepted as a layman, from this to the general network, I will forever worship.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, do not take refuge with me. Take refuge with the Blessed One, the one I have taken refuge in.

- Sir, fake Udena, now fake Religion Gotama, level A-la-Han, Chanh Dang Giac where?

- This Ba-la-subject, now The Ton, the A-la-Han, Chanh Dang Giac has entered Nirvana.

- Venerable Udena, if we hear Venerable Gotama at ten do-weeks (yojana), we will go ten do-weeks to get an audience with Venerable Gotama, A-la-Han, Chief Equality. Venerable Udena, if we hear Venerable Gotama at twenty do-weeks ... thirty do-weeks ... forty do-weeks ... fifty do-weeks, we will go five fifty do-week to be heard of The Ton, the A-la-Han, Chief Justice. Venerable Udena, if we hear Venerable Gotama at a hundred do-weeks (yojana), we will go a hundred by a week to see Venerable Gatama, the A-la-Han, Right Enlightenment . Reverend fake Udena, because false Religion Gotama has entered Nirvana, we would like to take refuge in fake Religion Gotama entered Nirvana, refuge in Dharma and refuge in them. I hope Sun fake Udena accepted you as a layperson, from now until the general network, I will forever worship.

Sir Udena, the king of Anga, has offered me a regular daily almsgiving, now I would like to make such frequent offerings to Venerable Udena.

- Hey Ba-la-Mon, the king of Anga country regularly make daily offerings to him how much?

- Venerable Udena, five hundred Kahapana (gold coins).

Hey Ba-la-Mon, we are not allowed to accept gold and silver.

- If Sun fake Udena is not allowed to accept gold and silver, I will make a monastery for Venerable Udena.

Hey Ba-la-Mon, if you want to build a monastery for me, then build a lecture hall for them in Pataliputta.

-I am more and more jubilant, joyous, satisfied with Venerable Udena, when false Religious encourages me to make offerings to them. Venerable Udena, with this frequent giving and with other frequent generosity, I will build a lecture hall for them in Pataliputta.

Then Brahmin Ghotamukha with this regular giving and with other regular generosity later, for building a lecture hall for them in Pataliputta. Now that lecture hall is called Ghotamukhi. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).AMITABHA PURELAND MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY,.2/12/2020.