THE SACRED PROPERTY OF THE MONK.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH. Many Buddhists see monks in robes, holding their bowls, but not everyone understands the "mystery" of these two sacred properties of the monk. The robe represents the Dharma The robes of the robe (Dharma dress) appeared after the Buddha's enlightenment, the Sangha began to be established and according to the Chinese scriptures, the robes, also known as the "Cat" or the General Medicine, are fragments. The rags picked up in the graveyard, represent the most trivial things and also remind the monk to have a humble and simple life. Monastic people put on robes to help them keep the precepts, remind them not to adultery, kill, steal, not to ignorance, to cling. That shirt brings them peace, helps them to reveal compassion, increases in their mind courage, diligence, strength and wisdom. On the other hand, the robe has also attracted a lot of attention from the art world, has entered folklore, imprinted on human culture and ideology. The monk wearing this shirt looks dignified and lovely, including the wrinkles or wrinkles on the cassava. “Those who have Enlightenment respect the robe and believe in it. They see it as a shirt of liberation, a field of happiness, a piece of formlessness, a piece of the Tathagata, a piece of the complete, perfect and incomparable Enlightenment ", Dao May, the great Japanese Zen master emphasized. In the Suttas, the robes are also symbols of humble, gentle, and patient conduct and in Buddhism these symbols are closely related to the spirit of equality, the conviction that all sentient beings have the Buddha. the character and the ability to become a Buddha. That is loving-kindness, virtue of becoming Buddha. Today, although depending on the traditions of each school, locality, customs, climate ..., the robe is also deformed, from sewing to color, but those changes are always maintained. thousands of years of Buddhist traditions and styles. All do not go out of the Dharma. The vase is the heirloom of the Buddhas In the Buddhist scriptures it says: When the Buddha was still alive, there were two merchants, Emperor Ly Phu Ba and Bat Ly Ca, both in the north of India. These two, one day brought milk to the Buddha, but the Buddha did not have any containers. At that time, there were four emperors who brought four golden bowls to the Buddha to store milk, he did not accept. Those four Heavenly Kings returned to bring four other bowls of precious things: jade, ivory, far away ... to offer the Buddha, he also did not accept. At last these four people offered four other stone bowls, the Buddha was very happy. According to Sanskrit, the bowl of bowl called Bat Da La (Chinese translates as Imminent Qi) means a utensil to hold food just enough to eat for a person. The vase is only made of stone, of china, made of clay that is fully heated and then enameled inside so as not to absorb water, but not made of gold or silver or all precious metals ... If used with precious metals it is not true of the ordained level. And usually the bag is made of cloth, the same color as the y. In Buddhist Hinayana countries, monks often go for alms, so they often use bowls. Countries that follow Mahayana Buddhism do not go for alms, so they only use the bowl for three months of solitary retreat. At the same time, sometimes, when the benefactors give their heart to donate to the monks (food and requisites), they also use the bowls to worship the Buddha before taking the boy's life. After they have attained the vows, the monks transmit the bowl and begin to calm down (take the bowl to alms) from there. Every time he goes out for alms, holding the empty bowl, the Buddha teaches his disciples not to worry, not to worry, but to be calm and receive offerings with an equal mind. “Dharma clothes and bowls are sacred and precious properties of practitioners. Because it is a means to help the Bhikkhu to be stable in daily activities and to protect the body from indulging in sensual pleasures. While still in this world, the Buddha always reminds and encourages the monks to usually keep with them 3 y and 1 bowl. It is the Dhamma tradition of the three generations of Buddhas, ”according to the Buddha's teachings.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/3/2021.