What does the image of a wheelchair in Buddhism mean? Buddhism believes that the present is the moment that shows the true and flexible life of each person. But what in the past, whether bitter failure or satisfying success, is only in memory and dreams for the future are only an illusion in each person's mind. It is also a meaningful layer of the Buddhist wheel image. What does the image of a wheelchair in Buddhism mean? Everyone's life is like a wheel on the road of life To understand, first of all, let's talk about the image of the wheel in Buddhism in the most understandable angle that is the philosophy of life. One of the important inventions having a great impact on the history of human civilization is the wheel. Let's look at the technical mechanisms or most of the transportation, From a rudimentary vehicle to sophisticated mechanical systems, we can easily see the role of this invention in our everyday life. In the field of belief and culture, the wheel is also a very popular symbol in religious traditions on many different continents. (Artwork) For Buddhism, this symbol has become one of the most representative, sacred, and significant images for the existence and mission of this spiritual tradition towards humanity. over the past two thousand years. In the article "The image of the wheel in Buddhism", the author Thich Dong Thanh stated that, in the flow of life, each person's life is like a wheel rolling on the road of life. Interestingly, although the circumference of this wheel is very large, but the wheel's contact with the ground is just a small spot. Thus, the most realistic and most realistic values ​​of the wheel's operation are not at the points that have passed or the points that have not yet come into contact with the ground on the wheel, but are the current contact points. . Likewise, Buddhism considers life in the present moment of each person as the key to manipulating happiness in this life. Everything in the past, whether bitter failure or satisfying success is only in memories and dreams for the future are only an illusion in each person's mind. The present is the moment to show the true and flexible life of each person. In order to create a life of real happiness and peace, people need to identify and come into contact with what they are in the present. Living with the present is real life and through that people can feel the true values ​​of life. That is real life and tremendous mystery. Also according to author Thich Dong Thanh, the origin of the wheel image in Buddhism probably comes from a story in the scriptures. The story is that the Buddha, the head disciple of the Buddha's divine powers, not only practices in the human realm, but often travels to the hell realms, hungry ghosts, animals and heaven. After witnessing living beings come back to life, slaughtered, tortured in hell, the scenes of animals fighting and killing each other, the devils of hunger and thirst, the scene of heavenly people having no merit is decimated. lost, fallen, the scene of humanity being torn apart by craving, dire pressing ... Venerable then returned to the realm of Pluto (India) and reported these eyes and ears to the four disciples of the Buddha, advising them to be aware of the enduring suffering of the Saha realm that diligently cultivate. maintain towards the realm of sterility. According to Buddhism, all wheels turn toward enlightenment. One time, when the Buddha stayed at the royal citadel, the Venerable Muc Kien Lien also brought the above misery to promote the renunciation. When he saw that everyone was surrounding and attentively listening to the venerable, the Buddha asked Ananda why the people were surrounding the Venerable Muc Lien, when he learned the reason, the Buddha taught: "Elder Mister Kien Lien or any other Bhikkhu such as an elder cannot be present in many places at the same time (to educate people), so it is advisable to make the shape of a five-part wheel set right at the entrance. (of the amnesty). " Then, The monks still wondered, not knowing how to design the wheel, the Buddha taught as follows: the five parts of the wheel are illustrated to represent the five realms, the three below are Hell, animals, hungry ghosts, the above two realms are heaven and human, the four continents of Dong Thang Than, Tay Nguu Hoa, Bac Cau Lo, and Nam Them Bo were also added. In the middle are images of three animal species: pigeons (for example), snakes (for example), and pigs (for example), images of liberation of the Buddhas and the realm of Nirvana are shown through the halo and sublime goods are illustrated through the scene of beings submerged in water, the outer circle shows the 12 limbs of dependent origination in two reversible directions. This wheel represents all the details of the realm of reincarnation in all times, and all is swallowed up by the impermanent (demon). In addition to the above images, Two verses about the practice of the Dharma to overcome defilements, and escape from samsara should also be engraved on the wheel. Also according to this sutra, when coming to the monastery, the lay people ask about the meaning of the image of the wheel, there are some monks who cannot explain it. Therefore, according to the Buddha's teachings, the bhikkhus then choose the well-informed positions to explain to the laypeople the meaning above every time they ask questions. Wherever the wheel rolls over, delusion of negativity is also destroyed When learning about the wheel image in Buddhism, it is impossible not to mention the dharma. Falun is the wheel of dharma. The Dhamma here is the principle or truth that Buddha realized on the night of his enlightenment and then he proclaimed it to the world. The wheel of dharma moves incessantly, the teachings of the Buddha are constantly developing, in a timely, logical, reasonable manner. but supernormal power is still moving, bringing sentient beings from darkness to morning, from misery to joy, from low to high, from ignorance to Enlightenment, from hell to Nirvana. Wherever the wheel of the dharma rolls, the thorns, gravel and stones are crushed, delusion of afflictions will be crushed. The wheel of dharma only goes straight forward, never back down. The first discourse of the Buddha Shakyamuni taught at the Deer Park garden to the four brothers Kieu-Trần-Như, talking about the Four Noble Truths, called the Buddha turning the wheel of dharma the first time (the first turning of the wheel of dharma) The French wheel is drawn in a circle with 6, 8 or 12 frames. Number 12 represents "Twelve conditions and conditions", number 8 represents "Eightfold Path", number 6 represents "Six Paths". The painters also painted the Dharma wheel placed on the lotus to symbolize the pure Buddha dharma like a lotus growing in the mud rising out of the mud without stinking it. The Dharma brings the practitioner from defilement to a pure, high level. There is an artist who draws his hand to support the wheel of the Dharma in the center of the swastika, the meaning of the Buddha Dharma is noble, it is necessary to hold his hand respectfully and respectfully ... The wheel of the Dharma can be created, described depending on the spiritual vibe, but the meaning of the wheel of dharma meets at the point of bringing sentient beings out of samsara, out of samsara, with the miraculous function of saving sentient beings. In the Buddhist scriptures, there is an example of a lame person leaning on a wheelchair and moving away, sentient beings turn to enlightenment and liberation through the Buddha's Dharma.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/2/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.