The benefits of observing the precepts. I. Introduction: “In the past, Mr. Bach Cu Di asked O Sao Zen master: 'What is the great idea of ​​the Dharma?' Mr. Chao said: 'Do not do evil things, keep good deeds.' Bach's surname said: 'Those two words, a three-year-old can speak.' Mr. O Sao said: 'Although the child is three years old, he can speak, but the eighty-year-old man has not finished yet.' Be aware that this statement is the most essential word of all for all Buddhist learners. [first] In fact, the two sentences ' Do not do evil, obey good deeds' is the general idea of ​​all the sutras, the precepts of the three Buddhas, and is also the purpose of Buddhist ethics aimed at you. people to guide them to a peaceful, pure life, and to become a fully human being with all the noble personality, honesty and beauty. Therefore, in order to thoroughly realize the goal of spiritual practice towards that ultimate liberation and enlightenment, the Buddha's disciples must follow strict practice of a number of necessary rules, according to Buddhism. that is the Precepts. -> related articles: Benefits of ordination and observance 1. Definition: Morality, Sìla in Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Gender, which means prevention of evil, is prevention, prohibition, restraint, prevention of wrong things, evil and evil thoughts. Gender is the categories, the disciplines, the natural barriers in ordinary life. The precepts are also called 'liberating segregation', which means that those who fully observe the precepts will fully enjoy the results of that practice. For example, if we keep absolutely not violating the world of killing or stealing, we will never fear imprisonment or death, illness, etc., moreover, we will be praised by people. Law, Sanskrit is Upalaksa, Chinese translates as Law, are rules, principles, discipline, framework, rules, rules for keeping order and discipline in the Sangha, Buddhist Church that everyone The Buddha must execute. Just like we learn to drive, we are required to obey the driving rules, if we break the traffic rules, we will certainly be dealt with according to the severity of the violation; However, the Buddhist precepts are not the creeds that force the disciple to blindly obey, but just the means of practice to help the learners, if they want to live a pure, virtuous life. must prevent sinful actions and overpower one's own private desires so that they can progress gradually to the attainment of liberation. According to the Buddhist history, during the first twelve years, the Buddha had not restrained the precepts because in the Sangha is completely pure, many enlightened and attained Saints many bad things have not happened, but later on, after the Sangha the stronger the group becomes, the more people will begin to infiltrate those who do illegal things, break the purity and harmony, hinder the practice of liberation; Therefore, in order to stabilize the order and order of the Sangha, Buddha has 'discredited', that is, how far is the discipline to be violated, the precepts go there. All those principles and disciplines are preserved, practiced, inherited by the disciples, and are gradually codified into the Vinaya, finally clearly divided into the precepts for the disciple. Monks including Bhikkhu Sangha (250 precepts), Bhikkhu khưu Ni (348 precepts), Sa Di and Sa Di Ni (10 precepts), five precepts, eight precepts for disciples at home, In short, to make it easy to understand, the Buddhist precepts are the frameworks, rules, and rules according to the legal nature, the basis of which is used in practice to regain thoughts, tame evil minds, treat karma, evil and evil spirit of all sentient beings, so all Buddhist disciples must practice medical teachings, not to commit crimes. II. Benefits of Practicing the Precepts a) Relation of Precept in the category of Cause and Effect “The two words 'Cause and Effect' include all worldly laws, leaving the world without missing anything. The sutras teach: 'The Bodhisattva is afraid of causes, sentient beings are afraid of results.' If you do not want to receive the result of suffering, you must eliminate the bad and evil first. If you always cultivate good people, you will definitely decide to enjoy good results. This is exactly what the Book of the Letter says: 'The effect of good will fall on the wall, the effect of bad deeds will befallen.' The I Ching also says: 'Accumulation of goodness is full of residual status, unwholesome accumulation is inherent' (Accumulation of good, happiness is abundant, contains unwholesome, calamities must be redundant) . [2] Two statements of O Sao Zen Master above are quoted in a four-verse verse: ' The evil devils work, They practice good, Thoughtful thoughts, Buddhist monks ' roughly translated as: ' Do not do evil, Yes do good deeds, Keep your mind pure, That is the teaching of the Buddhas ' It is also wanting to emphasize the point of 'prevention not only evil' of the Precepts, but also a means of preventing and preventing cause and effect, helping practitioners to do good deeds, avoid bad deeds, keep their body and mind clean. . “Good - evil is not apart from the three places of body, speech and mind. Known cause and effect will keep the body - mouth, wash your mind. Even in a dark house, the closed room is always as if it were in front of the gods. That is the great Dhamma of 'wisdom, mindfulness, right mind, and body practice' to teach all beings of the upper, middle, and lower levels of the Great Enlightenment. However, the madman is afraid of being caught, saying that it is the minister; a fool in order to avoid being ugly, he said it was a waste of time. Except for these two classes of people, who wouldn't believe it? "[3] Therefore, from poor ordinary people to noble and noble people, no one does not want to enjoy a happy, warm, peaceful life, without fear of blasphemy and insecurity. To be like that, of course we must obey ordinary laws, rules, and moral discipline. Especially the true monk must practice strictly the Dharma precepts they have received. Follow practice so that the family and society will be orderly, harmoniously and happily. b) Vinaya in the Tam Vo Lau Hoc category “The Buddha Dharma is as vast as the realm of law, ultimately like nothingness. Thesis to the essential place, there are only three Dharma Realms - Jhana - Wisdom! But these three dharma s use each other, cannot stand apart alone. Initially entering the religion, morality is the most important task. Therefore, the Lang Nghiem sutra says: 'Mindfulness is Gender, the human world is born Dinh, the human Dinh develops Tue. This is called Tam Vo Lau Hoc. ' Therefore, when the Tathagata became Chanh Giac, he immediately said Pham Vong Kinh Kinh Bodhisattva to all Bodhisattvas, Thien Thich Pham, and the king, the people whether the Sangha or the custom, until the dual digging, the slaves, All beings of the three evil paths are maintained together. Therefore, knowing the Precepts is a great furnace for Tathagata to burn the holy spirit. "[4] Thus it can be said, these three dharma s are like a vertex with three legs, without one, the vertex cannot stand. However, saying there are three, but in fact there is only one, say there is one, but there must be all three; Because by keeping the Precepts, body, speech, and mind will not violate. ordinary feet, clear and clear mind, isn't that the use of Wisdom? Students who learn Buddhism need to know that whether it is Hien Buddhism or Tantricism, whether Zen or Pure Land, etc., all dharma s must be complete with Precepts - Samadhi - Wisdom to be able to transmit the ordination, succession and succession, but if If the defect is incomplete, it is impossible to promote Buddhism and lower the living beings. The Sutra Pham Vong teaches: “ I am a Buddha, you are a Buddha, you will become. Often it should be believed that the quality is complete. "This statement is enough to help us realize the importance and domination of the laws of the precepts, so the intellectuals, the religious practitioners, no one without taking the Precepts as the original foundation Studying, doing the first task, and also because of that essential importance, surely taking and observing the precepts will bring us great benefits throughout our spiritual life. . c) The benefits of the enjoyment and practice of the Precepts According to the Buddha's teachings, the humanitarian position of the Dharma Ending period was depressed to the extreme, weak magic strength, wanting to uphold the Dharma, in the secular realm is relatively easy, but renunciation as Sangha is not a simple, easy task. do. If we cannot meet a master, lack of people with the same virtue to support and sharpen our spirituality, our high will may be impaired, no longer diligent, diligent, easily swept away from indolence, late for laziness. , wasting a lifetime of being a Buddhist, the teacher grace the Master, unable to report filial piety to her parents. Patriarch An Quang said: " If the monk is not a true practitioner, then he will practice the qigong on the road and go to the market ," [5]. The first is to adhere to the Precepts. "We may be incompetent, but for the precepts that we have received, we must be "as pure as ice and snow". In the Mahayana Sutta, the Buddha said: “Entering the Buddha Dharma sea is based on faith as the basis, transcending the stream of birth and death, taking the precepts as ships. If the monk does not keep the precepts, is greedy, entangled in worldly pleasures, disrespects the Dharma precepts of the Buddhas, such a class of monks will no longer be called the monk ". We are the sons of the Tathagata, keeping the life of the Buddha Dharma to circulate in the world, taking the responsibility of "creating the Tathagata, the Tathagata practice", in order for the Dharma to endure, we must take precepts as teachers. All three times the Buddhas depend on the precepts to practice until the attainment of the attainment of attainment. Thus, when there are no more voters, the Dharma will cease from there, because there are no more qualified people,"[6] " But the old monastic ordination because play mind freed of birth and death, and the life is now ordained majority only because to be great Increase for satisfactory appearance, something attained world has never done or thinking come." [7] Therefore, in the Sangha, there were many complicated problems, disorderly discipline, mixed gold, especially later on, the evil of accepting superficial disciples, just wanting to have many disciples. do not care about the dignity of character, and relax too easily for the matter of taking the Dharma precepts, often leading to the illegal situation, so many tough people, the lower ward have also stepped in. being in the Sangha, participating in the line of Thich Tu, praised by disregard for the Dharma that has received the life, deluded against the heart, and being bohemian, hurts morality and customs. . . Because of the essential importance of the Precepts in the precepts that maintain that Dharma circuit, the most important mark in the life of a Buddhist disciple, especially the monk, is the day when the monastic life is posted. French precepts. In the majestic solemn atmosphere of the world, at the moment of solemn sacredness, under the testimony of the high-ranking monks and novices of the three monks, the vow to take the life of the monk and the disciple to maintain the Dharma precepts. The Buddha's renunciation, derived from the faith of the Buddhas, bravely determined to follow in the footsteps of the teaching of the Tathagata, dedicating his whole life to the happiness and well-being of sentient beings, has become a seal. The statue is difficult to fade in the mind of the ordained It is also thanks to the appreciation of that ordination that our monks gradually transform the evil energies from countless past lives, uplifting the mind, " developing the Tanh and spirit, to deserve it. eminent staff, is the true son of the Buddha. If you do not practice like that, then under the ca sa class, you will lose your body, the misery of the evil religion, even though the whole life cannot say it all . ”[8] 3. Conclusion In the past, when he was still making money, the Venerable Master Tuyen Hoa taught his disciples to write antics, in which there is a saying that " Buddhists are weak and incapable of discipline " means that if a Buddhist believer does not observe the precepts, the Dharma End . "Buddhist followers" means the ranks of monks, monastic disciples of the Buddha. The Buddha taught the Dharma, the Sangha followed the Dharma practice and then passed it on to others. Surely monks must observe the Precepts, not observe the Precepts, it is Dharma End, so they should say: "If Buddhists do not observe precepts, it means Dharma End." Dharma is transmitted by the Sangha, but the Monk should take the Precepts as the root. Morality is the basis of becoming a Buddha. This foundation is like a foundation when building a house. Now that we build a foundation to build a Buddhist house, we must definitely take the practice of Precepts as the first step. The Scriptures also have a saying: "The Holy Spirit lost his mind, so he became mad, he could frantically override the idea, and then became a saint ." Therefore, we should know that if we can overcome and overcome the false thoughts and wrong minds, we can bring into play the general and wisdom to become upper people, to become saints, and the only effective method to tame the mind is only. The new Vinaya has enough power to help the practitioner in the sense of union, not to be subjected to afflictions and afflictions, causing the wave of Consciousness to flow, and the sea of ​​Karma is rushing and tattered. More than 2, 550 years ago, when the career of a single life was completed and was about to enter Nirvana, the Buddha earnestly instructed disciples and all sentient beings: "Hey, Bhikkhus, after I have passed away. You need to respect the respect of the Brahmajala (precepts), like the blind and the eyesight, the poor, the gold and pearls. Must know the Precepts is your great teacher, even though I am in life no different from the Precepts . " (Amitabha) Next, the Buddha taught about the benefits of morality, about the most mindful laws of the country, how to live, how to eat in moderation, etc.He instructed many times, from small things to subtle things. Great work, still too detailed, meticulous, filled with more compassion than a gentle mother taught her children. It was impossible to use ink to describe all the compassion of Buddha injured beings, as in Shurangama, Bodhisattva mahasthamaprapta nianfo program, concludes: " Cross the Tathagata, unicorn concept beings as thymus sample. Disgrace from the oath, though the memory is? Sternum sample, like memory model. Mother and baby calendar, incompatible from far away. lives are not far apart). Therefore, want to repay the Buddha's grace and the charitable karma, want to show filial piety to my current parents, to complete the wisdom of karma and the earthly ideal of the disciple of the mighty World Religion. awareness, we must sincerely receive, study thoroughly the spirit, the sense of precepts; once we understand the precepts, we will know how to be human, and once we understand our human obligation, we will also know our sainthood duty. Practicing like that, we can not help but be ashamed of 'blissful body, naked mind,' and then a whole life of grief and suffering, the dark path of liberation. In short, Vinaya is the lifeline of the Buddha Dharma, the Bat Nha boat that helps the practitioner overcome the enchantment, is the wide and wide wings of the eagle's body soaring high in the clear blue sky, the landing place of peace, happiness, and love.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/3/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.