Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The Establishment of the Monastic Order in India. The Buddha himself gave ordination to the first monks, by reciting " Ehi bhikkhu " (Hey bhikkhu, come here). " When some monks were ordained in this way, he established the ordination ( bsnyen-par rdzogs-pa , Skt: upasampada , Pali : upasampada ) for the monks. According to many traditional accounts, at first when the Buddha's aunt was Ma Ha Ba Xa Ba De (Mahaprajapati Gautami, Go'u-ta-mi sKye-dgu'i bdag-mo chen-mo , Skye- dgu'i bdag-mo , Pali : Mahapajapati Gotami ), asking him to leave her home, he refused. However, along with five hundred female believers, Ma Ha Ba Xa Ba De shaved his head, put on golden robes and followed him like homeless escapes ( rab-tu byung-ba , Skt: pravrajita , Pali : pabbajja ). When she asked for ordination a second time, then the third time, and was rejected by the Buddha again, his disciple was a false Venerable Nan (Ananda, Kun-dga'-bo) has acted on her behalf to petition the Buddha. With the fourth request, the Buddha agreed, on the condition that she and the nuns must obey the Eightfold Dhamma ( lci-ba'i chos , Skt: gurudharma , Pali : garudhamma).). These include the status of the nuns will always be lower than that of the monks in the Sangha, regardless of how long they have been ordained. The Buddha stated such restrictions, in order to be compatible with the cultural values ​​of India in his time, in order to avoid social problems that would not respect the Sangha, and thus would not respect the dharma. your. He did the same, to protect the nuns, and to ensure that they would be respected by the lay people. In ancient India, women were first under the protection / supervision of their father, then their husbands, and finally their sons. Single women are considered prostitutes, and there are many cases in the Vinaya ( Vinayaof nuns, whom you have been called prostitutes, simply because you do not have the protection of a relative, are a man. The association of the nuns with the Sangha has made the monastic status of nuns respectable, in the eyes of society. According to some traditions, the acceptance of the Eightfold Dharma has created this first ordination ceremony. According to other traditions, the Buddha entrusted the first ordination ceremony of Ma Ha Ba Xa Ba De and her five hundred female followers to ten monks, under the leadership of Ananda. In both cases the earliest standard method of ordaining bhikkhunis was performed by a group of ten bhikkhunis. This way of giving ordination is often known as the "single ordination ceremony" ( pha'i dge-'dun rkyang-pa'i bsnyen-par rdzogs-pa ). The ordination procedure involves making a list of questions regarding obstacles ( bar-chad-kyi chos , Skt: antarayikadharma , Pali : antarayikadhammathat the precepts may have, which prevents them from keeping all the vows. In addition to the questions that are generally applied to the bhikkhus ordination, the list contains other questions, regarding the identity of a woman . When some of the nuns were about to take the vows of bhikkhunis expressing great discomfort, when having to answer such private questions to the monks, the Buddha instituted a "double ordination" ( gnyis- tshogs-kyi sgo-nas bsnyen-par rdzogs-pa ). Here, first of all, the bhikkhunis will ask the question regarding whether the vows are suitable to become a nuns. Then on the same day, the bhikkhunis will coordinate with the bhikkhus to form a council. Bhikkhus will give ordination, and bhikkhunis will act as witnesses. In the beginning, the Vow for the Sangha consisted only of avoiding "guilt" ( rang-bzhin kha-na-ma-tho-ba ) --the actions of body and speech were negative towards everyone, even though are lay people or ordained. For the monastic, however, these include the vow of celibacy. Over time, the Buddha gave more and more additional vows, related to the "charges of sin" ( bcas-pa'i kha-na-tho-ba) - the actions of the body and speech are not naturally negative, but only forbidden for the monastic, to avoid social problems will not respect the Sangha and the Buddha's teachings. Only Buddha was authorized to issue such prohibitions. Monks receive more additional precepts than monks, because each additional precept has been established, after a specific problem has occurred, regarding the improper behavior of a monk or nun. The vows of the nuns include the precepts established, based on the nuns 'improper behavior, while in contact with the monks, while the monks' vows do not include the corresponding provisions. like that, with regard to dealing with nuns.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN =THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/2/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=IETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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