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The historical significance of the historical factor of the Birth of the Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.
When the Bodhisattva was born he stood firm, balanced on his two feet, seven steps north facing, a white parasol covered. He looked in all directions and spoke like a ox, uttering the following words: “I am the ultimate in the world! I am the supreme person in the world! Now is the last life, no longer reborn in this life ... ".
The historical significance of the historical factor of the Birth of the Buddha
The history of Buddha Shakyamuni is the history of a human being, through his diligent practice in attaining Enlightenment himself. During 45 years of doctrine of birth, He became the greatest man born in life. It was the life of the Buddha that was so great that the legendary element of His Birth at birth entered the human mind as a divine legend, in order to create spiritual imprints, right from the moment of human birth. steps to find peaceful land.
Therefore, every year, Buddhists all over the planet joyfully welcome the Great Day with respect. The ultimate goal is to show the end the image of the Buddha born through the mythological elements of the Sutras originating from the Sutras, which are considered works of Buddhist literature. It was the model of the Buddha's birth which was performed by the Buddhists in the image of him from the Heavenly Palace riding a six-tusk white elephant appearing to dream with Queen Ma Da. After that, he appeared in the midst of eternity when his mother raised her hand to the Supreme branch in Lam Bhikkhu garden and immediately took seven steps to emerge on seven miraculous lotus flowers. He declared as a liberating message with earth-shaking echoes: "In heaven and on earth, only I am unique".
Obviously, it is the mythical elements derived from the myths in the Suttas of the righteousness - Amarat, as well as the Great Deity Sutra - Nikaya makes the history of His Birth, from ordinary human beings. so the incarnation becomes an extraordinary person in the middle of this life. With immovable devotion to the Tathagata, an extraordinary person like him appeared again, living forever in the mind of each person.
It seems that literary sutras have been associated with myths since their inception. After all, legend is an extremely valuable archive in human memory. Legends naturally become collective unconscious through forms, supermodels, so ingrained into the subconscious of readers that inherit from generation to generation. The writers implicitly use mythical elements, first of all as a symbol, a metaphor to express the meaning of the work behind a language system expressed through a class of words and images. specific with extremely vivid details. Thus, myths are used to enter dreams, into the unconscious realm of the character, and to manifest extraordinary reality. Since then, the legendary element is closely linked to create the intertextuality of the work that seems completely real, making it possible for people who live and live with different cultures to understand each other as a common message of humanity. However, the composers, depending on the nature of the work, during the composing process can transform, convert myths into myths to have more artistic value.
We should not be surprised to see the dreamy queen Ma Da pregnant until the day of her birth. The six-tusk white elephant is a symbol of pure bodhisattva with lifelong happiness. Elephants symbolize mighty strength that always moves forward. The six tusks are even more special, because in fact there is no six-tusk elephant, but this represents the image of Bodhisattva attaining accomplishment of the six-tusks. Therefore, the white elephant is also an incarnation of Buddha. He was the Bodhisattva Ho Minh from the heavenly Palace of Dau Tu, riding a six-tusk white elephant dreaming of Queen Ma Da, then she became pregnant and gave birth to him. When he was born, he was not like other ordinary people, but was manifested in a surreal but very vivid image as described by the righteous hymn:
When the Bodhisattva was born he stood firm, balanced on his two feet, seven steps north facing, a white parasol covered. He looked in all directions and spoke like a ox, uttering the following words: “I am the ultimate in the world! I am the supreme person in the world! Now is the last life, no longer reborn in this life ... ".
Obviously, the surreal image of the Buddha's birth comes from reality. He was born, raised in life. Each step of the Buddha is each step actualizing the wisdom compassionate aspiration to bring love and happiness to all beings. Therefore, the sutras often describe him as a lotus born in the mud, growing in the mud without being contaminated with the smell of mud. So is Religion, born in life, growing up in life without the smell of life. So the lotus is a symbol of His image. Buddha is a lotus, a lotus is a Buddha. When he was born walking on the seven lotus flowers, he was a picture representing the path to attain attainment through seven stages of training: the four foundations of mindfulness, the Four Righteousnesses, the Four Bodies of Mind, the Five Basics, the Five Forces, and the Seven Paths of Enlightenment. chi, the Noble Eightfold Path. Generally 37 aids. This is the way that led him to the attainment of Supreme Bodhi.
And the statement "Heavenly heaven, only one person" (in heaven and on earth, only I am unique) is a fact that proves the process of self-practice, self-practice, self-realization. , attaining Nirvana is the most noble in the life that the Buddha attains. A human being, if he does not achieve superior wisdom and liberates Nirvana, is also affected by the corruption of the law of impermanence, nothing noble. Only the realization of the truth is the highest and is not governed by any laws of life. According to the Dharma, whoever achieves superior wisdom and dwells on great compassion, he or she is unique. Buddha is such a human type, so He confessed: "Heavenly heaven, only one person" is the obvious truth.
Besides, the Buddha's birth was the period when Brahmanism prevailed in Indian society. Only Brahmin is noble, Brahma created all kinds of creatures. All beings exist by Pham Thien, the Brahmin god, that was born in life. So is the saints. The Buddha's birth was to refute the false traditional view that was deeply rooted in Indian beliefs at that time. Above all, he appeared in life to confirm that he was not born from Brahma or Brahmin, but he was born from the result of good karma and deeds that created many lives, many lives in his cultivation efforts. attain Nirvana results. The Buddha's birth is performed in the context of a miraculous aura illuminating and ten thousand worlds vibrating to prove that a world of liberation is real. It has a powerful effect that transforms the minds of living beings everywhere, vibrates all worlds for those who know how to focus their mind and make efforts to become Buddha. Therefore, He declared: "Heavenly heaven, only one and only one".
Buddhism is the way to see! See to practice! Cultivate to become a Buddha. The Buddha born today is the Buddha born in our heart when we say our prayers, live according to the Buddha's teachings, step by step bloom a lotus, towards the peaceful land.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/5/2021.
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