III. PREFACE. "The Lotus Sutra" has a total of 28 chapters, the first chapter is "The Title", which recounts the cause and effect of this Sutra. All the old Sutras, do not call the first chapter "The Title", but especially this "The Lotus Sutra" has the "Title". C1. MARKING FAITH AND DREAM BEEN HEARED I heard like this As the saying goes, “I hear like this”: like this is “accomplishment faith”; I hear it as "literature of achievement". Dharma like this can be believed, if it is not like this, it is impossible to believe; so "thus" is "faith of achievement". In all the sutras the Buddha says, there are six kinds of attainments, namely: achievements in faith, achievements in literature, achievements in time, achievements in masters, achievements in the land, and they are accomplished. I heard it was "literature of achievement". What "I" is this "I"? There is a "temporary self" of ordinary people, there is a "sacred self" of pagans; This "me" is the "temporary self", not the "true self". I listen, which is not "headphones"? Why say "I hear"? Since "ear" is only one part of the body, "I" is the general name of the whole body, so Ananda said "I hear". The four words "I have heard this" have many meanings: (1) Eliminate their doubts When the venerable Ananda assembles the Sutras, as soon as he enters the Dharma throne, he thinks of the good signs of the Buddha—and immediately appears like the Buddha. like the Buddha's body, so the assembly immediately aroused three doubts. - The first ritual, the Bodhisattvas, Arhats and bhikkhus here said: "Buddha Shakyamuni has not yet entered Nirvana, he came here again to preach the Sutras and preach the Dharma!". The masses thought that "Buddha has returned". - The second doubt, some skeptics, say definitely "Buddha is from another place". Buddhas in other lands come to this assembly assembly. – Third doubt, people say: "Ananda has now transformed into a Buddha, if not, how could there be such a bright light, 32 good signs, 80 beauty and purple light?" But when I heard Ananda on the jurisprudence say the four words "I heard like this", the three doubts above were immediately gone, and there was no longer any lingering! All the Arhats, Bodhisattvas, shravakas and bhikkhus know now! This is the "word of the law" (only the word of the law). Ananda said: "Dharma such as this is what the Buddha said, which I heard with Ananda's own ears, not the dharma that I said myself." (2) Obeying Buddha Tuan's will is obeying. When the Buddha was about to enter Nirvana, he advised Ananda: Before each sutra should put four words "I heard like this". Ananda, according to the Buddha's teaching, when concluding the Sutras, the first sentence is the four words "I heard like this". (3) Stop arguing Why say stop arguing? Because Ananda is the youngest of the Buddha's disciples; If he did not borrow the name of the Buddha, did not say "this Sutra is the one that I hear the Buddha preach", then there will be arguments between people: "The venerable one can speak, I can also speak". Just keep arguing back and forth. Ananda said that this Sutra was taught by the Buddha, then everyone, whether the Elder, the Venerable, or the Bhikkhu, had nothing to say. Why? Because the sutras were said by the Buddha, not created by Ananda, the four words "I heard like this" should be used to prove it, ending the debate between people. (4) Different from pagan religion Before each set of scriptures of pagan religion, two words "A Au" were used; “A” is “no”, “au” is “yes”. Why use these two words? Because non-Buddhists say: “All dharmas are not 'no', ie 'yes'; not 'yes', i.e. 'no'. "The Buddhist scriptures say, opening with the sentence "I heard like this" is different from the type "with a head without a tail, with a tail without a head", "it's not no, it's yes; is not yes, it is no” of pagans. When the Buddha was about to enter Nirvana, Ananda asked the Buddha four things, the Buddha answered Ananda as follows: First, when gathering the Sutras, before each Sutra should use the sentence "I heard like this". Second, after the Tathagata entered Nirvana, the Bhikkhu-stilts should "rely on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness"; The four foundations of mindfulness are "body, feeling, mind, and dharma": (1) Contemplation of the impure body Contemplation of this body is unclean. Even if our body is washed, there will be sweat, if we don't take a bath, there will be a bad smell, so it is said that "nine files often flow out unclean things". You see! There are tears in the eyes, and there are tears in the eyes, these are unclean things. Both ears have wax, if you don't take them out for a while, The waste will be full inside. The two nostrils have nasal secretions, and the mouth has phlegm and saliva. These are all impure, how do you clean them up? Inside they always contain dirty things. These seven complaints (“courtesy” means empty holes), plus two complaints of urination and defecation, resulting in nine complaints, called “nine complaints that often flow out unclean things”, so one should contemplate the body as abnormal. pure. Beings with many attachments should practice "contemplation of impurity", which is the practice of seeing this body as unclean and impure. There is much attachment, greed for what? It is lustful greed. Those who indulge in lust must use means to prevent "fornication". Prevent how? It is the contemplation of the impure body. Men and women, no matter how beautiful they look, are impure; was impure, What is there to be attached to? That's why it is said that "sentient beings with many attachments must contemplate impurity". Knowing it is impure, so do not be greedy; without attachment, there would be no such strong lustful mind! (2) Contemplation of feeling is suffering. Feeling is of receiving feeling. Are all the realms you feel good or bad? Having feelings will make your mind waver; The wavering mind is suffering. "Suffering" here says a lot, there are three sufferings: "Suffering, destruction, suffering; there is "love away from suffering, hate meets suffering, pray for not suffering, warm year is illustrious"; plus "suffering due to birth, old age, illness, and death" becomes eight sufferings. This "suffering, destruction and practice" includes both the realm of Desire, the Realm of Form and the Realm of Formless; In these three realms, there are all three kinds of suffering. No matter what realm you receive or receive is suffering. If you could know it was suffering, will not be affected by this kind of feeling; If there is no feeling to seek pleasure, there will be no suffering. (3) Contemplation of the mind of impermanence The mind of a person, after the thought has just been born, the first thought will die; Thoughts before passing away, thoughts after they were born. Like the waves in the ocean, one by one, one by one, one after another without stopping; but every thought is impermanent, every thought is illusory. (4) Contemplation of non-self The Dharma has "form and mind dharma". In "Bach Phap Minh Mon" says: Eleven Sac Phap, Eighth Mind Dharma, fifty-one dishes of the Mind of Dharma; Twenty-four dharmas do not correspond, the six dharmas of unconditioned become a hundred dharmas. "Form" eleven (11), "Mindfulness" eight (8), fifty-one (51) dishes of "Mindfulness of dharmas", plus twenty-four (24) "Dharma that do not correspond" and six (6 (6). ) "Dharma Unconditioned" combined into a hundred (100) dharmas. Although there are many such dharmas, there is no "self". “Fall” and “fall down” are not. In the "Vajra Sutra" it says: "The righteous Dharma is still released, let alone illegal" (Dharma is up to discharge, let alone illegal). The so-called true dharma, should not be attached to the dharma, if it is to have the dharma, it will become "law enforcement". If you practice to the end, you will see that people are not but the Dharma is not. In the past, we did not understand the Buddhadharma, so we accepted the existence of a self; everything belongs to me all is my property and attachment to it. Because of attachment, there should be obstacles; because of entanglement, so there is madness; because of insanity, should have fantasies. When you do not understand the Buddhadharma, there is "self-grasping"; After understanding the Buddhadharma, then switch to "accepting the law", accepting the "dharma". So in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Buddha said to contemplate all dharmas without self; "I" didn't exist, then why did there be "dhamma"? Contemplation of the impure body, feelings, mind, and dharma are also impure; Feelings are also impure, mind is also impure, Dharma is also impure. Contemplation of life is suffering; You see, knowing that "feeling" is suffering, then the body, mind, and dharma also become suffering. Contemplation of impermanence; This body, dharma, and feeling are also impermanent. Contemplation of no-self; This body, feeling, and mind are also selfless. So, although it is said that "Four Foundations of Mindfulness" is "body, feeling, mind, and dharma", but they are all related to each other. "After the Tathagata enters Nirvana, the bhikkhus should rely on the "Four Foundations of Mindfulness", not to neglect every moment, this is the Tathagata's advice." When Shakyamuni Buddha was about to enter Nirvana, he instructed all his disciples like that, so there were many bhikkhus who followed this Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Third, after the Buddha entered Nirvana, one must "take precepts as a teacher". All bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, must abide by the precepts and practice. If you don't follow the precepts to practice, the Buddhadharma will perish; and he adheres to the precepts of spiritual practice, Buddha Dharma will stand firmly in life. Having a medical practitioner in the precepts of practice, Buddhism will add a brilliant part; If there are ten medical practitioners who enter the precepts to practice, Buddhism will be ten times more brilliant. If there are one hundred people, one thousand people, one thousand people, all of whom follow the precepts to practice, and do not violate the Buddhist precepts, then Buddhism at this time will be extremely brilliant; shine, dispel all the darkness in this life. Therefore, keeping the precepts and entering the religious precepts is the most important thing. Fourth, for bhikkhus with evil nature, they should use silence to isolate him. Bhikkhu-stilts are evil, there is no way to reason with them, we can only remain silent, not argue, let them spontaneously repent and strictly adhere to the rules. This is the best measure. Ananda asked the Buddha about these four things, and the Buddha answered like that. So now, before each Sutra, there are four words "I heard like this" (like Thi Nga Van). Thus (suchness) is the word for the dharma, it is the dharma that is speaking, this is a kind of achievement of "faith". You believe, it is "like market" (like this); If you don't believe it, it's "unlike" (not like this). "Thu Thi" also means like this: "Invariant name 'Like'; Dependently write 'Thi'" (invariant is called 'such;' depending on condition is called 'Thi'). “Invariant is called like”; This "like" is "immutable". "Depends on conditions is called market", depending on all conditions, it is "market". Although it is dependent on it, it is invariant, and it is invariable, but it is dependent on it. It is the same as immovable, willow willow is often intelligent, this is called "like market". The two words "like market" mean "impression", that is, if you do it right, your mind and the Buddha's mind are the same, called "like market"; If your mind and Buddha's mind are not the same, it's called "not like market". Thus I heard, Ananda said: "Dharma like this was created by Ananda, I heard the Buddha speak with my own ears, not drawn by myself, not compiled by myself, that's what I heard from the Buddha." Ananda was much younger than the Buddha. The Buddha was 19 years old and became a monk at the age of 30; On the day the monk Gotama became a Buddha, that was the day Ananda was born. Ananda was only 20 years old when he left home to work as an attendant for the Buddha, so the sutras that the Buddha said 20 years ago, Ananda has not heard of it, so how can Ananda conclude the Sutras when he gathers the sutras? can practice? Ananda was an uncle to the Buddha, he only left home until he was 20 years old. The sutras the Buddha said before, Ananda had never heard of it, but because Ananda made a vow to "ask the Buddha to speak again", he stayed in meditating, the Buddha repeated one of the sutras he had previously said to Ananda. As for the sutras said by the Buddha, Ananda "heard it through and immediately remembered it" from beginning to end, speaking through his ears, forever inscribed in my heart. That's why there is a saying: "Buddhist Dharma is great sea and water, entering Ananda mind". That is, the Dharma of the Buddha is like the water of the sea, flowing into Ananda's mind. Again, Ananda is the case of "great power manifesting"; Power is a means of cunning. All the sutras spoken by the Buddhas of the past life were compiled by Ananda, so even though the dharmas had not been heard by Shakyamuni Buddha, after he was enlightened, Ananda could all be able to do so. recall all the teachings of the Buddhas of the past life. The Dharma of every Buddha is the same; In the present Dharma assembly of Shakyamuni Buddha, Ananda can all recall the sutras received in the past, which are the teachings that Shakyamuni Buddha said that he had not heard, Ananda is perfectly capable of remembering. C2. TIME, SUBJECT, AND PLACE Once, the Buddha was living at Mount Ky-sara-quat, to the Vuong Xa. For a time, the Buddha remained in the city of King Xa, and in the middle of the mountain of Ky-snak-kook. "A time" is "a time of achievement". Because "time" is not certain, if you have to say what time, day, month, year, the time in India and China is not the same. Regarding the digital calendar, roughly, each country had its own time zone, day, month, and year, and no two countries were the same. If we say what time, day, month, or year, it would be troublesome for archaeologists to spend a lot of research effort, so when translating Buddhist scriptures, we must say "there was such a time". What time was that? That is, the time when Shakyamuni Buddha said "The Lotus Sutra". "Buddha" is "Master of Achievements". Buddha is an abbreviation of Sanskrit (Buddha), fully said "Buddha-da-da", also known as "Buddha". It is the custom of the Chinese people to like to summarize literature, so they only say one word Buddha. The Chinese are all familiar with this word "Buddha"; but when you tell them to explain the meaning of the word "Buddha", they don't know how to teach. The word "Buddha" did not exist in China, but was coined by later people. "Buddha means enlightenment", the enlightened one. "Enlightenment" has three types: (1) The original enlightenment Buddha nature is inherently enlightened, it is not necessary to undergo the cultivation process. (2) Water Enlightenment Newly Enlightened. Just like we have inherent Buddha nature, anyone can become a Buddha, but not yet enlightened; This is only the primordial sense, but not the water sense. We have a desire to study Buddhism, to study Buddhist teachings; This beginning is called "water awareness", that is, new enlightenment. (3) Salvation of enlightenment After the first stage of enlightenment, a little more enlightenment each day; Just like listening to the Sutra, each time you listen to it, you will understand the Buddhadharma a little more. A little understanding a day, ten days will know a lot; One day you will fully understand the Buddhadharma and reach full enlightenment. When you have fully understood, that is the same as becoming a Buddha; After becoming a Buddha, it's called "the ultimate enlightenment". There are three other explanations, which are: "self-awareness, enlightenment and perfect enlightenment". (1) Self-realization Self-enlightenment. Self-awareness is different from ordinary people; ordinary people are "unconscious", not yet enlightened. What kind of person is called self-consciousness? Is the second line, ie Thanh Van, Pratyekabuddha. Those who follow the Hinayana like this Second Vehicle can only be self-aware, but not enlightened. (2) Enlightenment is the Bodhisattva. The Second Vehicle is not the same as ordinary people, and the Bodhisattva is also different from the Second Vehicle. Why is it called enlightenment? It is the self-enlightenment of the principle, then spreading and preaching this enlightenment doctrine to others, wishing everyone to be enlightened, called enlightenment. This is the bodhisattva who "self-benefit, benefit others", has himself been enlightened, and then brings this enlightenment to the benefit of all sentient beings. The Second Vehicle is not like that, only knowing self-benefit but not knowing others; know only self-enlightenment without regard for other sentient beings, so called the second vehicle is "self-liberal" (self-determination). The Buddha reprimanded the Second Vehicle for being the category of "Destruction of the Household", because it did not cause the Buddha Dharma to spread widely, such as a sprout that had just sprouted, but withered again, unable to grow; Although this seed was sown in the ground, it rotted! (3) Enlightenment Bodhisattva, although able to enlighten others, but not yet fully enlightened; Perfect Enlightenment is the Buddha, so the Buddha is not the same as the Bodhisattva. Buddha is "triangle, ten thousand virtues", three kinds of full enlightenment, all virtues are complete, so he becomes "Buddha". Who is this Buddha for? It is Shakyamuni Buddha, born in India, the Crown Prince son of King Pure Sanskrit (Shuddhodana), called "Sad-Dat" (Siddhartha); At the age of 19, he became a Buddha, at the age of 30 he became a Buddha, preached the Dharma for 49 years, and had more than three hundred Dharma assemblies. Ananda was 30 years younger than the Buddha, he was only 20 years old when he left home, so he only heard the Buddha's teachings 29 years later. The Buddha used his supernatural powers to secretly tell Ananda what he had preached 20 years ago; When Ananda heard it, he remembered it and never forgot it. When gathering the Sutras, Ananda repeated very clearly what the Buddha said. "Above of Vajrasattva": This "pillar" has a sutra that says 'at', "Buddha is at Vajrasattva city". "Axis" is "at", "at" is also "pillar"; Buddha lived in the city of Vuong Xa. The northeast direction of Vuong Xa citadel is “Sāvai country”. The country of Sāvatthi is Sanskrit (Shravasti), which translates to "Feng Duc". Phong means in this country, “people are rich in wealth, five desires; people have the virtue of liberating multiculturalism". The five senses are sight, sound, scent, taste, and touch; This ceiling year is also money, beauty, fame, eating, sleeping. In this country, the five-sex environment is extremely rich. A polyliterate is someone who loves to read; Liberation is extremely free, free, not bound. Because of the above, this country is called "Feng Duc". "In the Ky-squat mountain": the Ky-squat mountain (Gṛdhra-kūṭa) is also the Linh Thuu mountain, because the shape of the mountain is like a bird; Ghost is a kind of bird spirit. "Transient" is the time of achievement; "Buddha" is the master of achievements; "Mountain Ky-sa-quat city of Vuong Xa" is the land of achievements; "together with a great assembly of bhikkhus of twelve thousand people" is their accomplishment. In most other sutras it says "one thousand two hundred and fifty." but especially in the Fa Hoa Association, there are up to twelve thousand people attending. C3. THEY ACHIEVEMENTS (2 parts) D1. Classifying Them (with 3 parts) E1. We Thanh Van (divided into 2 parts) F1. The Bhikkhu-stilts (with 2 parts) G1. They Are Uneducated (with 3 parts) H1. Indicate Amount of H2. Speaking Fruitfully To Praise His Holiness H3. Name, summarize G2. They Are Organic F2. The Bhikkhunis E2. The Bodhisattvas E3. Eight sets of them D2. The Total Number Of People Vol. H1. STATE NUMBER OF NUMBERS Together with the great assembly of bhikkhu-stilts one thousand two thousand people attended. Data Great Bhikkhu-stilts they are ten thousand two thousand human sentences. "Great Bhikkhu-stilts": are the Bhikkhu-stilts about to attain Arahantship, so called "great". Why is it called "Bhikkhu-stilts"? Bhikkhu-stilts have all three meanings, because there are many such meanings, so they do not translate, still keeping the word "Bhikkhu". What are those three meanings? (1) The mendicant is the one who begs for food. Because bhikkhus are not allowed to cook, do not cook by themselves. In the Buddha's law, the monks eat one meal a day, too late to eat, this is also the practice of Dau Da [1]. Every day, when it's time to eat, you have to take your bowl to go for alms--going to the door of each house to ask for vegetarian food, usually lay people bring vegetarian rice as offerings to these monks, so they call them "Bhikkhus" ” (2) Ghost Father Scared the Demon King. Why call dad ghost? When he was ordained, when he was ordained as a bhikkhu, the Three Masters of Seven asked: "Are you a man?" Answer: "A macho!". Question: "Have you generated the Bodhi mind?" Answer: "I have already generated the Bodhi mind!" When asked and answered, you answered "have generated Bodhi mind", at this time the Yaksha on the mainland announced to the Yaksha in the air; The yaksha in the air again reported to the gods in the six heavens of the sex world that: "There is a person under the human world named ... who has left home! Buddha-da's kinship increased, and our demon king's kinship decreased!" As soon as he reported that, Mara immediately aroused jealousy and fear; should be called "ghost father". (3) Destroying evil What evils are destroyed? It is to destroy evil afflictions; destroy evil ignorance; destroy the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. Bhikkhu-stilts have all three meanings of "the mendicant, the father of the ghost, the destruction of evil". “They” are the masses, many people gathered in one place. How many? "Twenty-two thousand people attended", up to twelve thousand monks attended. "The group of bhikkhus ten thousand two thousand people attended" is their accomplishment. "Bhikkhu-stilts" denotes the title, stating that this is the title of Thanh Van. The next section will talk about "Venerable virtue", which is to praise the extent of virtue. Before each set of Sutras, there are "faith achievements, literary achievements, times of achievements, masters of achievements, lands of achievements, they are accomplished". Having all these six achievements, The new Buddha spoke the Dharma; If these six types have one type of non-achievement, then the Dharma cannot be spoken. Why? For example, now that we are preaching the Sutras, there must be listeners, the first factor is to have "their achievements". If someone is listening, if there is no place, how can there be a place to listen? If the place is already there, then there must be a dharma master who truly understands the Buddhadharma to come and preach the Dharma; If there were only listeners and places, but no preachers, this assembly would not be accomplished. The preacher, the listener, and the place are already there, but there must be time. If the timing is not appropriate, for example, between 7am and 9am, this time will not be accomplished. There are people who listen, there are places, there are people who preach the Dharma, there is time, but I don't listen, you don't listen, then the "accomplished literature" does not exist. If you want to hear, the "accomplishment literature" is available. But even if you don't believe it, you won't know what the Master is saying in the end; And I don't know if what He said is true or false? Because of not believing, "faith" is not achieved. “Oh! This shaman taught in a very orderly manner, it sounded really good; The more I listen, the more I want to hear. Hearing these words, my ears are more open!” always want to hear and believe in that word, this is "accomplishment faith". Now that we preach the Sutra, there are also six kinds of achievements. First, you must believe; if you have news, you can listen; if you want to listen, it takes time; If there is time, there must be a Dharma teacher, and there must be a place to gather with the masses. Of these six kinds of achievements, none of them is indispensable. H2. STATE THE RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO GENERAL All are Arahants, the gonorrhea has ended, no more afflictions, Complete self-interest, get rid of the attachments in the realms, the mind is free. The stage of the Arahantship, the end of the past, the cessation of afflictions, the treatment of self-interest, the end of all existence, the attainment of freedom. "All are Arahants (Arahant stage)": this great assembly of bhikkhus numbered twelve thousand, all of them Arahants, this is "excellent virtue." ". Praise is praise, virtue is virtue, praise the virtue of these Arahants. "Arahant stage", "stage" is equal to "all", are all Arahants. "A-la-han" is Sanskrit, has the same three meanings as "Bhikkhu". Bhikkhu-stilts is the cause of A-la-Han, A-la-Han is the result of Bhikkhu-stilts; become a bhikkhu, practice the results, attain Arahantship. (1) Making offerings: while a monk, a bhikkhu is a "mendicant", must go for alms; at the completion of the fruition, A-la-Han is "responsible for offerings", worthy of receiving the offerings of gods and men; It is also the level to which gods and humans should make offerings. A-la-Han also called "offering", ie should go to make offerings to other bhikkhus. When the Buddha was in the world, all the bhikkhus, everyone made offerings to the Buddha; Once, the Buddha turned into a cultivator and went to make offerings to the Bhikkhus, this is called "offering". (2) Assassins: kill what enemies? Kill the enemy of ignorance, the enemy of affliction, the six enemies of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. If you can achieve Arahantship, then all these enemies will be destroyed. The enemy must be killed, so it's not the enemy, is it killed? Also kill! not only kill the enemy, but not the enemy also kill, that is called "killer" (kill the enemy). What is not the enemy also killed? Because when he was still in the Hinayana line of Thanh Van, Pratyekabuddha did not consider it an enemy; Cultivating to the position of a Bodhisattva realizes that it is the enemy! In the position of an Arahant, it is not a war, At the level of the Buddha, the Bodhisatta saw the enemy! So not the enemy also killed. (3) Non-birth: There is no birth, and there is no cessation. Witnessing to the fourth Arahantship, realizing the non-birth of the law, seeing that in the three thousand great thousand worlds there is not a dharma that can be born, nor a dharma that can be destroyed; This realm can not be said, cannot be discussed, can only endure life in the heart, so it is called "no-birth-forbearance". There are four levels of Arahantship: First Arahant, Second Arahant, Three Arahant, and Four Arahant. The results of A-la-Han also known as "fruit Tu-da-complete"; This Tu-da-complete fruit is the first fruit of the Arahant. Attesting to the preliminary results of Arahantship, birth and death has not ended, called "the stage of seeing the path" (at the level of seeing the path), this is the first fruition. "Tu-da-complete" is Sanskrit (Srota－āpauna), China translates "entering stream", ie "entering the flow of the Dharma nature of the Noble Ones, go against the flow of the six worlds." Luc ceiling is six ceiling, including: color, sound, flavor, taste, touch, and dharma; The witness is a preliminary result, has the force of concentration, is no longer dominated by the six ceilings. What does it mean? That is, form cannot make one's mind waver; Regardless of whether it is beautiful or ugly in front of the eyes, the mind does not move. That is not wavering before physical form, not being dominated by physical form. What about the ceiling? Ordinary people like to sing, like music, like to hear good voices; and those who witness the results of Arahantship, regardless of the good or bad, the good, the bad, the right, the annoying, etc., it doesn't make that person's mind waver; the bare bar cannot move him, on the contrary he can move the bare bar. Fragrance, some people like to smell the fragrance, touch the fragrance, that person enjoys; When they encounter the stench, they are upset, The above psychological reactions are called being transferred by the ceiling. You like this, don't like that, that's love and hate; If you have a heart of love and hate, you will be swayed by the incense. Tongue tastes, foods with good taste like to eat a little more; If the food is not delicious and you don't want to eat it, this is called being transferred by the naked taste. Attesting to the fruit of Arahantship, the smell of incense and the smell of the ceiling cannot change that person's mind. Touch, usually all of us long to have physical contact, even the love between a man and a woman cannot be penetrated; that's why you use your body to touch other people's bodies, that's called not being able to touch the ceiling. Those who have attained Arahantship, are not exposed to disturbances, nor are they greedy for beauty, nor are they greedy for glamor. Friday is the dharma; Dharma has innumerable types, you have a place where attachment is also ceiling; Arahants are not attached to dharmas. This is the realm of the fruit of Arahantship. If it is said that someone has attained fruition, attained enlightenment, and attained enlightenment, would you try that person by cooking the best dish and the worst dish, see what he chooses to eat? However, you shouldn't let that person know; If they know you've tried it, they'll act like they like bad food. However, if that person likes to eat bad food, it will also be considered as being exposed to the smell and taste of the earth. Why? They originally like to eat delicious food, but knowing that they are tried by you, they deliberately eat bad food, this is called "artificial need", wearing fake masks, not real. If there is no smell or taste, that person will not need to choose anything; Everyone eats good and bad, eats some good food, eats bad food a little, there is no distinction. It proves that this person has a bit of practice in cultivation; but cannot be sure that the person has witnessed the Preliminary results. A Saint-level Preliminary result must have the test; Not everyone can arbitrarily say "I have attained fruition", "I am enlightened", it can't be like that. Two results A-la-Han, called "fruit Tu-da-ham". "Tu-da-ham" is Sanskrit (sakṛd-āgāmin), Chinese translated as "one-laid-back"; If you don't continue to practice, you will be reborn in the heavenly realm once, in the human realm once, so the second result is called "one-returning fruit" (one return). The result still has to endure up to seven times of birth and death. Three fruits of Arahantship, called "Anaham results". "A-na-ham" is Sanskrit (Anāgāmin), China translates as "non-return", meaning no more birth and death to return to the realm of Desire. The first is the "stage of the path", the second and the third is the "religious season", these two are still to be cultivated; The four results of Arahantship are "uneducated seasoning". To be illiterate is to not need to study anymore; Evidence to the uneducated stage is to have escaped birth and death. Willow escape from birth and death? Having ended "the part of birth and death", but still being "transformed from birth and death". Now I will briefly explain these two types of samsara. (1) The section of birth and death: This body of us, each person has a part, each part has a section, that is the part of birth and death of this body. (2) Transformation of birth and death: In your mind, before death, after birth; after death, rebirth after rebirth; This birth and death is the transformation of birth and death. In the Arahantship, the birth and death changes are still there, they have to come to the Bodhisattva realm, stay in the Bodhisattva position, and the birth and death changes will end. Witness to the Four Fruits of Arahantship, his transformational powers reach the realm of inconceivable, wonderful and indescribable. His supernatural powers are completely different from those of the pagans. He has enough five-eyed hexagons, able to soar into space. Void capital has nothing, yet he can stand on space, walk on space, somersault on space, head down, legs raised; On the body spews fire, under the body gushes out water, flying and transforming. In short, he has eighteen transformations in space. Because it is related to his supernatural powers, it is listed in Buddhism as the 'Four Saints'. The Four Saints are the four Dharma Realms "Buddha, Bodhisattva, Sravaka, Pratyekabuddha". Once upon a time there was an Arhat who received a disciple. One day, the Arhat led his disciples out. On the way, the disciple in charge of luggage, secretly thought: "Practicing the Bodhisattva path is wonderful, wonderful, I must definitely develop the bodhisattva path and help everyone!" . Knowing the disciple's thoughts, the Arhat said to himself: "Oh! Now he has developed the bodhisattva mind, and I'm just an Arhat, I have to carry my own luggage, lighten his load.” The Arhat then took the luggage and said, "I'll give it to you, Master will carry it yourself!" The disciple immediately handed the luggage back to the Master. After walking for a while, the disciple thought again: “Oh! When Venerable Sariputra practiced the Bodhisattva path, someone came to ask for his eyes; I asked for the left eye, it's not right, I want to ask for the right eye. Hey! Practicing the bodhisattva path is not easy, I don't want to practice the bodhisattva path anymore, just follow the Arhat Law, I can help myself! Ignore others!” Master Arhat knows this thinking, ah! Earlier the disciple "abandoned the small to follow the large[1]", now "abandoned the large to follow the small", half way round the car, round the back! Then he told his disciples: "You have to bring these things again, Master can't carry them anymore!" The disciple took it. But after walking for a while, this person's Bodhisattva mind again arises, leaving the small to follow the big; The Arhat asked to hand over the luggage. The disciple then replied: “Why does Master sometimes want to carry luggage, sometimes give it back to me, and now he wants to carry it again? Master don't mind trouble? I'm good, but Master wants to bring it back!" La-Han immediately said: "On the way, I first develop the Bodhisattva mind, leaving the small for the big; Master is a practitioner of Arhat (Theravada dharma), so this luggage must be carried by the master himself. But after a while, I gave up growing up to follow small, refused to practice the bodhisattva path, just wanted to follow the Arhats, so my master handed over the luggage to me. Now that I have a big heart again, Master has to take care of the luggage again!" This disciple had just heard, “Oh! Master really has magical powers!" So the disciple immediately set out to practice the Bodhisattva path. La-Han is a person who has supernatural powers, this miracle is "nowhere where you can't be at home" (no entry, no self-righteousness). At the time of practicing the Sutras, because he had not yet attained the Four Fruits, There was not yet a thorough understanding of the smuggling, so Venerable Ananda was chased out by everyone, not allowed in. Before the gathering, the chairperson clearly stated that only those who have attained the Four Fruits of Arahantship can participate in this assembly of the Sutras! While Venerable Ananda has only attained the Three Fruits. The venerable was anxious: "What to do now? All the sutras Buddha said, we memorize; but now have not attained the Four Fruits of Arahantship, unable to participate in the assembly of the Sutras! What should I do?" While worrying, ah! The venerable immediately attained the Arahant's four fruits! From the outside, the venerable one loudly called: "Now I have attained the Four Fruits! Please open the door and let me in!” Some of the great Arahants inside said, “Oh! If the Venerable has attained the Four Fruits of Arahantship, what is the need to open the door to enter? Venerable, enter through the keyhole!" Hearing that, Venerable Ananda immediately thought: "That's right! Without opening the door, I can still get in!” So, the venerable man used his divine powers to go inside. You see! The witness is arahant, entering without opening the door; if you have to open the door to be able to enter, say that you have witnessed the fruit of arahant, proving that person is bragging, not real, committing a great deceitful speech. So when gathering the Sutras, Venerable Ananda was locked outside for a while; It's not that simple! The four results of Arahantship can be "cleared of the contraband" (the gonorrhea of ​​the end). The contraband, not only one kind of contraband; how many types? Broadly speaking, there are eighty-four thousand types. If there are eighty-four thousand defilements, there are also eighty-four thousand gonorrhea. The main affliction is “contraband”. Do you want trouble? Then turn to contraband; Where does the contraband go? Illusion leads to the realm of Desire, the Realm of Form and the Realm of Formless. All mistakes are called contraband; all your lusts are called gonorrhea. You love to eat delicious food; likes to hear good voices; like to stay at home well, like to sleep in a nice bed… are all pirated; All that you love, desire, and hold on to is called "contraband". You see, how many things can't I let go? This contraband, like a pot at the bottom with a hole, will flow out as much as you can; Your merit cannot be preserved! If you do a little merit, you will flow out a little merit; The more you do, the more it flows. In short, it cannot be saved. Our bodies are called "trafficked friends"; eyes, ears, nose, mouth, bowels, and urine are all called "gonorrhea"; in the mind arise the delusions are all "wrong". These “contrabands” are so numerous that they cannot be counted; there were eighty-four thousand in total, but it didn't stop at eighty-four thousand. The gonorrhea is all the great gas, small; big and small mistakes; reprehensible habits, bad habits are all called "gonorrhea". To put it more succinctly, your likes to smoke, drink, gamble, and like to find beautiful women are all illegal. Women who like to find men are also illegal. It is not only men who have gonorrhea, but women are no exception, even more women's gonorrhea. To clarify a bit, if you can't keep your spirit, gas, and spirit, it's called "gonorrhea". Women have periods every month, this is also called gonorrhea. The main reason is that men and women cannot stop the lustful mind, this is the biggest "contraband". Piracy has a lot like that! But these Arahants have ended all the gonorrhea. The end is the end, no more. The word "end" does not mean "the contraband is gone", but "no more contraband". You look at the scriptures, you must understand this place very clearly, not to say that the contraband is gone, calling it "contraband" is not correct. which is completely free of contraband, basically no more contraband, called contraband. Saying "trafficking through", must be certified to the four results A-la-Han, to be able to achieve full-fledged smuggling; you have not witnessed this result, is not yet completely smuggled. Smuggling is the main contraband that has ended. Twelve thousand great Arahants, the great assembly of bhikkhus here have all been removed from the cankers, without the slightest error, all are saints. "No more afflictions" (Reversing afflictions): These great Arahants, these great Bhikkhus have all attained the full understanding of the cankers, so they no longer have afflictions. If you haven't reached the full understanding, then the afflictions will remain. Here, to say "to disobey" means "there will be no return". The position is "done, no longer life after the body" (the reason why, real life after life); has been freed from birth and death, so there is no affliction! After all, how much defilement is there? Generally speaking, There are eighty-four thousand kinds of defilements. Eighty-four thousand types, that's too much! We summarize it to just one, ignorance; All these defilements arise from ignorance. Defilements from ignorance arise, there are three types; What types are included? These three types of afflictions are called "three poisons". These three poisons obscure the Buddha nature of all of us; From time immemorial, the reason why we can't become Buddhas is because of these three kinds of defilements; These "three poisons" make us live and die in a dream, completely unable to return to the source, restore our inherent face. What does "Three Poisons" include? One is "greed", the second is "hate", the third is "delusion". (1) Greed: talking about "greed mind" is referring to the desire to not know boredom; no matter what, want to have a little more, want to take other people's things as their own. Speaking of greed, everyone has a way of being greedy—in the country there is the greed of the nation, in the people there is the greed of the people. In some countries, some politicians always have the desire to annex other countries as their territory, this is the greed of the nation. Greed in people is greed for all possessions; one house is not enough, want to buy two; two units are not enough, want to buy three units; three apartments are not enough, want to build a skyscraper, surpass others, in general, want to be more popular than others. “Oh! Look! I have more wealth than anyone!” But having more wealth than others, can't keep his life. Even if you have a lot of money, you can't live forever, and you can't bribe the old king of Hell to let him make you live forever and not die, that's impossible! This greed has the ability to make people who are very intelligent become confused, make good people bad. (2) Yard: This mind of anger is also difficult to change. It should be said: "A small spark can burn up the forest of merit", "a thousand days of chopping wood, burning in an instant"; Although you have done a lot of merit, but when you arouse anger, the fire of anger will burn all these merits of yours! What is an offering to the Three Jewels? There is no anger on your face, that is the offering of the Three Jewels; should say "face to the yard to make offerings to him". You rejoice in front of the Buddha, that is making offerings to the Buddha! If you make offerings to the Buddha, make offerings to the Three Jewels, and your face is full of anger and delusion, even if you offer a full tray, the Buddha will not be happy. Why? Because you make offerings to the Buddha with anger, the Buddha will not accept it. "Absolutely not speaking to anger, the land is wonderfully fragrant." This mouth does not speak angry words, does not insult people, it is like a fragrance coming out. "The mind of no anger is a true treasure", no more anger, this is the real treasure. This mind of anger is very difficult to subdue, the Kim Cang Sutra says: "Subduing the mind" is the subduing of defilements, and also the surrender of delusions. (3)Si: "Aversion" and "greed", people are easy to commit, but also very easy to detect; there is only "delusional mind" hidden inside, less exposed. Si is stupid, do not understand the truth, for all reasons are obscure; take right to be left, take left to be right, say black to white, say white to black. People with delusion will arise delusions: Wishing that beautiful flowers often bloom, Moonlight and night are always round. Rivers and streams in the world are turned into wine, Forests of trees and leaves grow wildly. (Hao Hoa often Linh Trieu Diem, Minh Nguyet Ha Phuong Da Vien, Dai Dia Huu Tuyen Giai Hoa Tuu, Truong Lam has no life, no money.) "Good flowers are often spiritual trieu diem", flowers bloom and fade away is the natural cause of birth and death of all things; When he liked this flower, he immediately thought: Oh! If this flower was so bright every day, how beautiful it would be to bloom round and round like this! I can see flowers every day. "Minh Nguyet Ha Phuong Da Vien", you like to watch the moon, the full moon on the full moon day of August, the moonlight is so bright! You wish: “If every night there was a full moon like this, how good it would be! Every night I can see the moon; why is the moon not full or bright? Oh! It is disgusting!” But what do you think? People who like to look at the moon, want the moon to be always full and bright; but the thief does not wish so in his heart! He thought: "I'm going to steal things today, but unfortunately the moonlight is so bright, making me have no place to hide. "He considers it obnoxious, he wants the night to be dark, without moonlight; while those who like to look at the moon want the moon to shine. “The great earthly friend is a booze", the person who likes to drink thinks: "Oh, now that I drink wine, I have to use money to buy it; Only money can buy alcohol. If the water in all the rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, and seas in the world turned into wine, how wonderful! I don't need money, I can take it when I want to drink." This is also a foolish wish! "Long live life without money", the greedy person, if he has to go to work to earn money, he will feel that he is very hard to earn money; thought in his heart: “All the trees in this world, each leaf can be used as money; If when I needed money, I would climb the tree and pick it down, how happy!" This is also a foolish way of thinking, which cannot be done, but they still think so. In the past, I have lectured, like a person who has not attended school but wants to have a doctorate; People who don't sow seeds, want to harvest again in the season, this is also a kind of stupid mentality. If you don't practice but want to become a Buddha, it's really stupid! If you don't practice, don't take refuge in the Three Jewels, haven't gone through these stages but want to become a Buddha, is there a reason for this! These "three poisons" in each of us, dominate us, make us crazy, confused, mentally unintelligent, wisdom does not show money. So what to do? You don't generate greed, don't give rise to anger, don't give rise to delusion, you must "put an end to greed, hatred, and delusion; specialize in cultivating precepts, concentration, and wisdom” (need to practice precepts of concentration wisdom, ie killing greed, hatred, and delusion). When it comes to "Precept, Concentration, and Wisdom", how is it called "Gender"? What is "Tue"? What is "Destiny"? (1) GENDER: is "only evil, prevent phi" (stop evil, prevent errors), used to treat your greed. The greedy mind will cause evil thoughts to arise, greed for things should not be greedy. Why does this kind of greed arise? Because I don't know anything about gender. The main precept is to stop evil, to prevent errors. Precepts teach you enough, know how to stop, don't be greedy; If you know how to practice the precepts, you can defeat greed and conquer greed. (2) DETERMINATION: is the "concentration force". If you don't have the force of concentration, it will be easy to generate anger, everyone will see it as wrong, and whatever you look at it will not be right. If something happens, it is considered bad; see everyone wrong; when there is no one or nothing, I find myself wrong, angry with myself. It's not even enough to get angry with yourself, beat yourself up; slap the left one, thought: "The other right side must also hit, otherwise it will be jealous". What is “jealousy” (吃 ?)? This is a very interesting Chinese idiom. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a minister who was very afraid of his wife. Scared to what extent? In the evening, when he came home a little late, his wife forced him to kneel in front of the bed. Originally a great minister, every time he met the emperor, he had to bow down and bow down; Every time I come home late, I have to kneel in front of my wife. It was only when his wife told him to “stand up” that he dared to stand up; and if the wife has not lowered the "sanctuary", has not said the word "stand up", it means that the husband has not yet allowed the husband to stand up. The relationship between this great minister and the king was very good, so he brought the incident to the king. The king said: "I have a way to treat your wife, so that she will not be able to house you from now on!" The angel rejoiced and said: "What's wrong with the Emperor?" "You don't need to ask! I must have a way to help you rule your wife!" So the emperor immediately issued a holy order, called the wife of the great minister into the palace; This lady was as fierce as a tiger, "a tigress" entered the palace. The king said to her: “Young man! Why did your husband come home a little late, and you immediately made him kneel in front of the bed? It is not right to do so! What's more, your husband doesn't have a messy relationship with other women; even so, you shouldn't be keeping your husband under control! If from here on out, you'll change your husband's house and don't put your husband under house arrest, then I'll consider it okay, forgive me your innocence; but if you keep restraining your husband, don't let him be free, then I will punish you with death, here I have a cup of poison, you will have to drink it! “Do you know how the other lady handled it? This woman was so brave, she answered the king very bravely: "That's fine! I am willing to die right in front of your majesty!” So she took the cup of poison and drank it right away. In this cup is not poison, but vinegar; The king purposely said it was a cup of poison to see if she dared to drink it. This woman is so brave, without thinking, she took it and drank it! It is better to die than to let her husband loose; In the end, luckily, it was a cup of vinegar, but it was sour in the stomach after a while, but there was no danger to life. So from then on, in China this idiom "drinking vinegar" circulated; Its meaning is: the wife restrains her husband very tightly, it is better to die than to let go. That shows that the person has a hot temper, with no one around, that person can't stand himself, hits himself. Why? Because that person's nature is too hot, if there is no one around to hit, then hit yourself. Why beat yourself? Because that person has no concentration! So it is necessary to meditate. Those who practice concentration have concentration power, they will not have anger; Why do you have such anger, hot temper, and anger? That's because you don't have concentration. (3) WISDOM: Why are you stupid? Because you have no wisdom. All day long, full of hope, being dominated by delusions of thought, ceaselessly; That's because there is no wisdom, so nothing is clear. People with wisdom "react to the past, the past is pure", whatever comes, they do according to that; When the work is done, when the work is over, let the mind be free, do not dominate it forever, like the saying "mind is translated", don't let the mind be a slave to the body. Why? Because you have no wisdom, you are not capable of mastering yourself, on the contrary, you are dominated by it. If you have real wisdom, you can grasp all the things that happen to you to solve them (welcome to understand) —like holding a sharp knife, no matter what happens. They all pierced through them with very sharp knives! This is called “grasping the bottom line”, dealing with the problem. We as Buddhists must clearly discern all things. Today, I heard Guo Chuong teaching us Chinese patterns saying: “Those who do not understand the Buddhadharma are the most ignorant; Those who understand the Buddhadharma are the ones who have wisdom." This is really a proverb, very moral! So we who have wisdom will not be stupid; Fools have no wisdom. I also want to tell you a sincere sentence: That "stupid" thing, do you know what it is? It's "intelligence"! “You say that and confuse me! What stupidity is wisdom, wisdom is stupidity? Then why learn wisdom and not be stupid?" You should not take my words for granted. What I mean is that “the essence of stupidity” can become wisdom; rather than leaving this stupidity and looking for other wisdom. This wisdom is inherent in your ignorance, you just don't know how to use it. If you know how to use it, it is wisdom; If you don't know how to use it, it's stupid. The key point is here! The above mentioned intention is also the yard; yard is also determined. If you really want to have samadhi, then right there this anger can turn into concentration. If you really want to keep the precepts, then even the place of desire can turn into precepts, without having to seek outside. These are all in your self-nature, if you know how to use it, it is "Precept, Concentration, Wisdom"; if you don't know how to use it, it's "greed, hate, delusion". The magic is in this point; What you don't understand is also at this point. "Complete self-interest" (Reward for self-interest): "treat" should be explained as "access", which means "come". Self-interest is reaching the level of self-benefit. What is self-benefit? Because these Arhats "have cut off all the defilements, no longer suffer from afflictions". Why can't we do it for ourselves? It's because of that gain, that's all "piracy" lost; If now there are no more gonorrhea and defilements, then it is called "gaining benefits for oneself" (self-serving benefits). What is the real benefit? Real understanding by oneself is the attainment of true wisdom; people without wisdom will not gain real benefit. Having wisdom, attaining arahantship, this is called "gaining self-benefit". "Self-interest" is "self-enlightenment", also called "self-awareness" or "self-interest". You can bring your enlightened morality to teach all sentient beings, it's called "benefiting others" or "enlightening others", so it's generally "self-benefiting others, self-enlightening others". . At present, these great arhats have all attained self-realization, but have not yet been able to enlighten others, so they can only "benefit for themselves" but not "to benefit others". "Clear the bondage in the realms" (to the end of existence): End is no longer; nothing left? There is no more "attachment" (attachment) to the "realms". Why is it called bondage in the realms? Those realms are the Realm of Desire, the Realm of Form and the Realm of Formless; These three realms are also called "three friends". If this "three realms, three friends" is divided, there are "twenty-five realms" again. Twenty-five realms in the three main realms are: Four continents, four evil beasts, six realms of Desire, Brahma; Four meditations, four void bases, No perception, Five Na-hams. "Four continents, four evil beasts". The four continents are the Eastern-Through-Through-the-Thunder Province, the Southern-Three-Buy Province, the Western-Yu-Hua Province, and the North-Culture Province. The four evil beasts are the Atula species, the species in hell, the hungry ghost species, the animal species; These places are the worst, so they are called evil realms. Why is it called “becoming”? that's the "kamma-generated realm", which creates these bad karmas. The four continents and four evil realms mentioned above are in the world of desire. "Six Desire Realms, Brahma" refers to the six Desire Realms and the sixth Brahma Realm of the Form Realm. There are seven in total, plus the above eight makes fifteen. The six heavens of the Desire Realm, including the Four Heavenly Kings heaven, the Dao Loi heaven, the Dama heaven, the Tusita heaven, the Hoa-Bliss heaven, and the Tha Hoa Self-Defense heaven. "Four jhānas, four void bases". There are four jhānas in the Form Realm, including the first jhāna heaven, the second jhāna heaven, the third jhāna heaven and the fourth jhāna heaven. Some people who do not understand the Buddhadharma think that they have reached the first meditation, second meditation, third meditation, fourth meditation, which is terrible; in fact, that person is still in the twenty-five realms of the three worlds, and it is not possible to say that he has achieved any achievements at all, and when it comes to the matter of cultivating the Way, it is far and far away. However, there are some masters who vaguely tell everyone that this is the highest kind of realm. Like Bhikkhu-stilts No Man for heaven, the fourth jhāna is the fourth holy fruit (Arahantship). He reached the heaven of the fourth meditation, and thought that he had attained the fourth holy fruit; later, when heaven's blessings have ended, When the general came out, he slandered the Buddha, saying: "The Buddha said that those who attain the fourth holy fruit will no longer have birth and death, why do I still have to suffer now?" As soon as he uttered such a blasphemy against the Buddha, he immediately fell into the four evil paths, never to get out. Not only did he fall into hell, but tens of thousands of his disciples also fell into hell along with his master, so it is said: The blind lead the blind, Both are astray. The Master fell into hell, the disciples followed. (Dream dong transmits dream dong, Nhat Truyen bi does not change; Master descends to hell, Disciples go to Ly also). The disciple also followed the master to hell. Master asked, "What are you doing here?" The disciples said, “Master! You have come to this place, of course we must follow you too! Hearing that, the master was very surprised: "Oh, why did I send the disciples to hell?" The teacher himself did not understand why he came here. You tell me, this is really… These disciples really love their master, the master went to hell, they also followed; very pitiful! The four bases of emptiness are the four heavens: the base of Boundless Void, the base of Boundless Consciousness, the base of Nothingness, and the base of Non-perception, the realm of Formlessness. "No Thought, Five Realms" is the Heaven of No Thought and the Five Realms (the Five Pure Lands) of the Form Realm. The Five Realms is a heaven called the Five Unrefined, not the five heavens. "Four continents, four evil beasts" together are eight realms; "six realms of Desire, Brahma" combined are seven realms; seven plus eight makes fifteen. "Four meditations, four void bases" into eight realms; adding "Heaven of No Thought" and "Heaven of Five Uncompleted" makes ten. Fifteen plus ten makes twenty-five. These are the twenty-five realms of the three realms. No longer being attached in the realms is to go beyond the three realms, no longer stay in the world of desire, form and formless world, so it is said "Beyond the three worlds, not in the five elements", that's how. It is really the will to escape from birth and death. "Mind is free" (enjoyment of freedom): at that time in the minds of these great arhats extremely happy; self is happy. There is no greater freedom, no more joy than! Why is Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara called "Avalokitesvara?" It is he who is "present" right there, so all day long, he is happy, extremely free, without any worries, the mind achieves true freedom! Because he attained true wisdom, he was extremely happy. This joy is the real joy that comes from within, not intentionally pretending to be happy and laughing. True joy is within, not outside. Don't think that laughing all day is fun, on the contrary, it's affliction! That is madness! Why? When you see something you like, you are immediately drawn to that interest (moved by the scene). It's because you don't have samadhi, so you're attracted to love, laughing. Is there any real joy in that? There is none! That's why I say it's crazy. H3 NAME SUMMARY Their names are: Ana Kieu-tran-such, Maha-Kassapa, Mahā-Kassapa, Ull-tn-loa Ka-lettuce, Gaya Ka-lettuce, Nadeca -Lettuce, Sariputra, Maha Moggallien, Maha Kachalien, Ananda, Kibbana, Kieu Pham Ba De, Ly Ba -da, Tathagata Basa, Bac-kola, Maha Cau-hyla, Nanda, Ton-dala Nanda, Phul-la Amitabha, Subhuti, Ananda, Rahula, etc... the great Anandas. arahant everyone is familiar with like that. Nicknames wrote: A Nha Kieu Tran Nhu, Ma Ha Ca Diep, Ulou Tan Loa Ca Lettuce, Gia Da Ca Diep, Na Deca Lettuce, Xa Loi Phat, Dai Muc Kien Lien, Ma Ha Ca Chien Dien, A Nau Lau Da, Kiep Tan Na, Kieu Pham Ba De, Ly Ba Da, Tat Lang Gia Ba Sa, Bac Cau La, Ma Ha Cau Hy La, Nanda, Ton Da La Nanda, Phu Lau Na Di Da La Ni Tu, Tu Bodhi, Ananda, and Arhat, as they are, have great knowledge of Arahantship. Whose names are “their names”? It is the name of twenty-one (21) venerable ones such as An Nha Kieu-tran-like, etc. These ten thousand two thousand are present in the Dharma Flower Assembly. "A-Nha Kieu-Tran-like" is one of the five Bhikkhu-stilts, the first Buddhist disciple to be saved. Buddha under the Bodhi tree, at night see the bright star that enlightened; After enlightenment, the Buddha contemplated the cause and effect, who should he save first? There are so many people in the world, who should be first? When he had just attained enlightenment, the Buddha was surprised to exclaim three times: "Strange! Strange! Strange! All sentient beings on earth have Buddha-nature and can become Buddhas." Shakyamuni Buddha only said that all sentient beings on earth have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas, not saying that "all living beings are Buddhas"; but some later Buddhist disciples, or non-Buddhist disciples, pretend to be, saying "everyone is a Buddha!" They believe that sentient beings and Buddha are not inherently different. This is called "the blind leading the blind, blinding the eyes of gods and men", blinding the eyes of people on earth and the eyes of the gods in heaven. After uttering "strange" exclamations three times, Shakyamuni Buddha then used the wonderful wisdom to observe wisdom[2] to observe, who should be the first to be saved? “Oh! Should go to the Deer Garden to do the five brothers Kieu-tran-like etc... first!". These five people, in their past lives, specialized in sabotaging and slandering Shakyamuni Buddha. In countless kalpas ago, when these five people together developed their minds to cultivate the Way, they always oppressed Shakyamuni Buddha; sometimes he beat the Buddha, sometimes scolded him, sometimes he ate his meat or drank his blood. Do you find it scary? When Shakyamuni Buddha was still practicing the bodhisattva path, although he was beaten by these five people, he not only did not get angry, but also made a vow: "Ah! You guys are really helping my spiritual practice! If I can become a Buddha in the future, I vow to save you all first! Because aren't you being nice to me right now? I should also treat you guys a little better! When these five people scolded the Buddha, he also made a vow: "Are you not scolding me now? But I do not hold grudges against you; Not only that, but after I become a Buddha, I will save you first!" The Buddha made such a vow! You see, if it were us, he would punch me with a punch, I will definitely respect him with a punch; you give me a stone, I will also respect you with a stone. Shakyamuni Buddha not only did not fight back, but also treated them with a good heart. There was a time when these five people formed a faction and said to the Buddha, "We don't have any meat to eat right now, you cultivate like that, can you cut some meat on your body for some of us to eat?" The Buddha immediately cut a piece of the cleanest, thickest meat on his body for the five of them to eat. These five people ate and criticized: "Your meat is so bad, it doesn't smell good at all! Dog meat is more fragrant than your meat! The most delicious is pork, beef, goat meat. Huh! You feed us, but we still don't want to eat." The mouth said it didn't want to eat, but swallowed it all up; they ate the Buddha's meat and even scolded the Buddha. At that time, Shakyamuni Buddha, who originally wanted to offer his flesh to convert the five of them to return to good deeds, to amend and renew themselves; Who would have thought that they both ate His flesh and scolded Him. You say, if you were a normal person, you would get angry and say: "The meat I just gave you is not meat bought from outside, but meat cut from people! You ate my flesh and scolded me!" Shakyamuni Buddha was not like that, “Good! Don't you eat my flesh? In the future, when I practice to become a Buddha, I will definitely save you first; because you have eaten my flesh, my flesh is the Buddha seed, planted in your place!" You see, Shakyamuni Buddha made such a vow. It is the same when they drink the blood of the Buddha; while drinking, criticizing bad blood, bad blood… so that Shakyamuni Buddha was all patient. The largest koan is “King Cali and Tien Forbearance”. Who is this King of Calori? It is the Venerable A Nha Kieu-tran-like. In the past, King Cali once led a group of court ladies up the mountain to hunt​—catch a number of animals, such as roe deer, elk, and deer. These palace maidens have always stayed in the inner palace like a prison, never going out; This time, it was like being in a cage, able to look at the sky and clouds. Oh! Looking at the scenery of the mountains and forests is really open, there are mountains, there is water, plants are sprouting, spring water is gently flowing; In front of such a scene, people's hearts are extremely happy. The scenery of the mountains is beautiful and majestic, this scene is really indescribable. The palace maids were engrossed in running around to visit, and suddenly saw an old man in a mountain cave, The layer of dirt that clings to this person's body is indescribably thick, the hair is so long that it is braided into a messy tangle. When seeing this person's appearance, the palace maids did not dare to advance, thinking it was a demon; but after looking closely, oh! It turned out to be an old man, a very strange old man! It was Shakyamuni Buddha when he was still in the human world, worked as a forbearance practice in the deserted mountains, rarely seeing other people. At that time, seeing so many palace maidens, he also wanted to convert them, so he said, “Oh! Ladies, don't panic! I don't eat you guys! I can't eat people, I'm human too." This is what the palace maidens heard: Oh! The old man spoke already! Ben surrounded him and asked, "What are you doing here? Do you have food to eat here? Grandma's clothes are all tattered! Can you go? Why do you keep sitting here? ..." The predecessor of Shakyamuni Buddha, it was this forbearance fairy, who told the palace maids: "I am here to cultivate the Way, to specialize in the practice of patience!" The palace maidens asked, "Patience? What is humiliation?" When they heard the word "patience", they did not understand. The Sage of Forbearance then explained: "Patience means that even if people treat us badly, we will not get angry, as if it never happened." After that, the Sage explained to these palace maidens about the "patience" method. Preaching for a while, the speaker is also willing to speak, the listener is also willing to listen; because these palace maidens have never heard of such wonderful dharma since ancient times. This time, the listener is also absorbed in the mind, the speaker is also centered; What's going on around, all of them don't know. Like we are now, if you are a sincere person here listening to sutras, then no matter what happens outside, you will not hear; And if you are someone who doesn't really listen to the sutras, are there any tourists on the street, or if you are currently staying at "Kim Son Times newspaper" talking about the origin of Kim Son Times newspaper, you all have heard. know all. If you listen to the sutras with all your heart, you won't hear any sound outside. This forbearance fairy specializes in teaching the palace maids the "patience" method; At that time, King Cali came from afar to see what the girls were doing. Normally, the king would often play with the familiar palace maids, this time too, he walked gently, slowly, not letting the palace ladies see. The palace maidens are listening in ecstasy, the Sage of Forbearance is also preaching in ecstasy, All were unaware of what was going on around them. King Cali went lightly to the front and looked, Oh! It turned out there was an old man! The king's maidens were all around the old man listening to the conversation. So the king became jealous and thought, "These palace ladies are all his women, now they are fascinated by an old man, all of them seem to like him!" Thinking like that, the king immediately asked: "What story are you talking about?" Hearing someone ask, the Sage of Forbearance looked up and saw that it was an emperor. The fairy replied, "Bad Dao is teaching them about the method of "patience"!" The king asked, “Patience? Why is it called "forbearance"? Can your house have a ring? Based on this old body alone, can you endure it?” The Sage of Forbearance replied, "The poor Dao can endure it!" King Cali asked again: “Can you ring it? Now I want to confirm your words! Try to see if your family can ring? According to your patience, no matter how much pain you are in, you can endure it, right?” The fairy replied, “Yes!” "Then I'll cut off your arm with a precious sword first, how do you react?" The sage replied, "Yes, please try!" So, swooping, King Cali pulled out his treasured sword; The king's treasure sword can split gold and cut jade, extremely sharp, as soon as it touches the hand of the fairy, the arm will be severed. King Cali asked, "Are you in pain?" The Sage of Forbearance replied, "No pain!" The king continued: “Does your mind arise with anger? Do you resent me?" The sage replied: "No resentment!" “Are you really not resentful? Good! One arm left, I'll cut it off too! One arm, you certainly do not resent, try two arms!” So the king cut off his remaining arm. "Are you in pain?" The Sage of Forbearance replied, "No pain!" "Does your heart hold a grudge against me?" The sage replied: "No resentment!" "So what's the proof? You say you don't resent me, you must be lying and bragging! Huh! Yes, there is this morality! I cut off your hand, you don't resent me? There is no such person in this world! I don't believe it! I cut off one of your legs, see if you have any resentment or not? I wanted you to tell the truth! You lied to me again, I can't forgive you!" After saying that, he swung his sword and cut off one of the Sage's legs. You see! The man's two arms and one leg were cut off, leaving only one leg. Ah! If it was an ordinary person, it would be very painful, tears flowing like a stream; but the Forbearance Fairy was not in such a mood right now. King Cali again asked the Sage, "Are you sick now?" The sage replied: "No pain! This is not worth it!” “Oh? Not worth it? Does your heart hate me?" The immortal replied, "The poor Dao does not hate him!" "Rub! That's good! Your two arms are gone, only one leg remains. One leg can't do anything, can't walk, I will fulfill your pain-free patience by cutting off the other leg too!" So the king cut off his other leg and asked the Sage, "Are you in pain? Now that your arms and legs are gone, how can I see you? Are you in pain now? To be honest! If you tell the truth, I'll let it go; By lying, I still have to experiment!” The Sage of Forbearance replied, “Oh! Now the poor Daoist still feels no pain! "Then do you have a grudge against me?" King Cali asked. The fairy is still humble: "The poor Dao does not resent him!" The king did not believe, "You say you don't resent me with your mouth, because I'm an emperor, you don't dare to resent me, you dare to be angry but you don't dare to speak, that's why you try to bear the pain, so you have to lie but don't accept it. Honestly, isn't it?" The Forbearance Fairy is still the same: “Yes, no! If the poor Daoist does not have a grudge against His Majesty, may the poor Dao's limbs grow long; But if the poor Daoist has a heart to resent Him, may the hands and feet of the poor Dao not return to the way they were before." As soon as the fairy finished speaking, her arms and legs did grow back as if they had never been severed. At that time, all the guardians of the good gods were angry and sent a huge hailstorm against King Cali. Seeing this, the sage of Forbearance prayed to the good deities, saying: "You shouldn't blame the king, he's just testing the poor way and helping the poor achieve their path. In the end of future lives, if one becomes a Buddha, first the poor path will save the king to become a Buddha; The poor way will save the king first, the king will be the first to be enlightened." King Cali in the past life is now Venerable A Nha Kieu-tran-like. In the past, the false venerable was not so polite to the Buddha, but after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha gave him enlightenment first. Even the name "A-a" of the fake Religion translates as "the original solution", also known as "the ultimate solution", that is, "the first enlightened person". “Maha Ka-lettuce”: Maha, meaning “great” (great); Maha Kassapa is the "Great Kassapa". Ca-lettuce translates as "Am Quang", also known as "Quang Ba" ; there is another name called "Dai Quy Thi". Dai Quy Thi is the Venerable's last name, because the Venerable's ancestors when practicing religion, There was a large tortoise holding a painting to show the venerable's ancestors, so the venerable's ancestors took "Dai Quy Thi" as the family name. But in Chinese words, "gui" is always a word used to scold people; For example, the Chinese say: "You are a turtle". This is a scolding. The last name of Venerable Dai Ca-lettuce is "Dai Quy", the name is "Tidala". Tidala is the name of a tree, because the Venerable's parents prayed under this tree to give birth to the Venerable, so taking the name of the tree as the name for the Venerable. Why is it called "Am Quang"? Because the venerable Kassapa's body emits light that can obscure all other lights, just like drinking all the light. Why does the venerable one's body emit light? In this regard, there is another koan. The former wife of the Venerable is Bhikkhu-ni Tu Kim Quang. In the time of the Buddha, after this Buddha passed away, Some people have built towers, built pagodas, and created statues to worship him. But after a long time, the pagoda was damaged, the tower was also dilapidated, do not know who put on the Buddha a straw hat to cover the rain. Why is it called "straw hat"? Since this hat is made of straw, wearing it on the head can protect from the rain. In the spring in my north, the girls in the family all use sorghum (a kind of sticky rice used to make wine) to make such hats, then sell them in the city; put on that hat like an umbrella, you will no longer be afraid of the rain. There was a girl who saw a Buddha image wearing such a hat, and when she saw it, she immediately aroused compassion thinking, "I must build a temple for Buddha, Buddha here will be flooded with rain, love, love. How is this possible? I will definitely put gold on the Buddha statue! "So the girl went everywhere to become predestined. The girl is a very poor person, the money she gets every day, she goes to buy gold, over a period of about ten years, she has accumulated a lot of gold; she saved a lot of gold, this time maybe enough to build a temple and also enough to wear a yellow robe for Buddha. She immediately invited a goldsmith, melted the gold, and then covered the Buddha image. When the jeweler saw that she had so much gold, he asked, "How did you get so much gold?" She replied: "In the past, when I saw the yellow robe on the body of this Buddha statue all peeling off, I immediately set out to change my destiny, it took more than ten years to earn so much gold." As soon as she said that, the jeweler immediately said: "This merit is not only done by you, I also contribute a part. We both create merit! "Actually, this goldsmith, when he saw the girl, had the heart to build a temple and put a yellow dress on the Buddha image, this behavior was very good, so he fell in love with the girl. If he has a heart of love, he must first fall in love with the girl, so he says this merit is done by two people, not just the girl. Patriarch Kassapa certainly thought so! When the Buddha statue was finished, the temple was also completed, the goldsmith immediately proposed to the girl: "Your heart is so good! I have never met anyone better than you in my life! I originally intended to be single for the rest of my life, today I met a soulmate like you, are you willing to marry me?" Hearing that, the girl thought: “Oh! The guy's mentality is not bad, I invited him to wear a yellow shirt for the Buddha statue, he only took half the salary. This man's heart is so good!" So she agreed, and the two got married. Even after they got married, they didn't say anything, and the two made a vow to be husband and wife for eternity. Do you see! This kind of love power is terrible! In any life, both of them want to be husband and wife! Because of the predestined condition of wearing yellow robes for the Buddha image, both of them emit golden light and because of that, the name of the venerable is called "Am Quang", meaning the ability to swallow everything. other lights. In the present life, when Venerable Kassapa was just born, there was a yellow light on his body; After growing up, Venerable's parents wanted to find a good girl to marry for their son. The venerable said: "Impossible! I have yellow light on my body, I have to find a girl who also has yellow light; if not, I would rather be celibate!” Then, indeed, finding a girl with the same yellow light as the Venerable in another country, the two immediately got married. The wish is indeed not wrong. When two people realize the path of Arahantship, they immediately know that for many lifetimes the two have always been husband and wife. But when you see people getting married, you shouldn't misunderstand and think: "In the future, when I meet a son, I will also make a vow to be husband and wife together with him forever and ever! " People vow to live forever as husband and wife for the sake of religious practice; For all eternity, they must all practice the Way, take refuge in the Three Jewels, leave home, and attain enlightenment. You should not make a vow to be a husband and wife for eternity, because the further you go from the path, at some point you will fall into hell! Definitely have to practice new religion! Therefore, Venerable Kassapa and his wife both took refuge in the Buddha, both attained Sainthood, and became the first Patriarch; The first patriarch was the Venerable Maha Kassapa. Would you like to see the venerable Maha Kassapa? Venerable Maha Kassapa is still living in the world today, in Ketu mountain in Yunnan province, China. The venerable is still sitting quietly, entering samadhi there, waiting for later when Maitreya Buddha is born and becomes a Buddha, he will bring Shakyamuni Buddha's robes and bowls to Maitreya Buddha. Currently, the venerable has not yet entered nirvana, has not passed away, and is still in this world. When you come to Ke Tuc mountain, you will pay respects to the venerable Maha Kassapa, if anyone has a sincere heart, he will be able to see him. The word "Am Quang", not to say drinking light in the stomach, does not have this meaning; which is to say that the light on the venerable's body can swallow all other lights. The light on the venerable body surpasses all lights; like the light of a 500W electric lamp, when the venerable Kassapa comes to this place, the other 500W light will no longer be bright, the light on the venerable one's body is stronger than 500W, maybe 1000W, 2000W, it will drink this 500W light—not drinking with the mouth, but the light on the venerable body that surpasses any light, obscuring all other lights, just like swallowing other lights. . Each of us must clearly understand this point, should not assume that the venerable Kassapa does not drink water but drinks light, this is a wrong understanding. This venerable Kassapa has the oldest age among the Buddha's disciples; Although so old, but the older he is, the wiser he is, the stronger he is, and he does not hesitate to do anything. The fake monk was originally born in the country of Ma-kiet-de (Da), Both parents are very rich people, the wealth can be compared to kings. The king of the country of Makatie once worshiped the false Religion as a teacher; But after leaving home to practice Buddhism, the Venerable thought: Those who practice the Way must "be in poverty and perversion, in poverty and perversion", cannot be greedy for money, so the Venerable gave all his possessions to give alms. body practice the Way, dedicated to practice asceticism head-dad. What is called "happiness at the beginning of asceticism"? That is, not eating well, not wearing well, not living in a good place, having to endure hardships, endure hard work, not afraid of difficulties. "Asceticism" means that the more suffering, the more patience you have to endure, the more you have to endure hard work. All the enjoyments of human life are nothing but three things: y, real, and standing. “Y” is the clothes to wear; “real” is food to eat; “pillar” is a place to live. Venerable for these three things always like austerity. Even though the venerable's age is so old, he still practices asceticism. One day, the Buddha was preaching the Dharma, the Venerable came, the Buddha immediately gave up half of the seat to the Venerable. The seat was very large, the Buddha divided it in half and told the venerable: 'Ca-lettuce, come and sit next to the Tathagata!" The venerable sat down with the Buddha. Why did the Buddha divide half of the seat for the venerable Maha Kassapa? Because at this time, the Venerable's age was very old, about 140 years old. Buddha advised Venerable: "Your age is too old, the spirit will not be very full; You should eat a little more delicious food, wear a little more good clothes, stay in a more comfortable room, don't practice impetuous behavior anymore! That's so hard work! Your age is too old, I'm afraid I can't handle it!" Although the Buddha advised like that, the false Religion did not listen, still practicing according to the leading-dad behavior. Because I still see that the Venerable follows the first-dwelling conduct, still living ascetic, endured such hardship, the Buddha deeply praised the venerable Master, saying: "The Dharma of the Tathagata lasts a long time in the world, largely related to the practice of the head-dwelling conduct of Kassapa. Venerable Kassapa can practice such impetuous conduct, the Tathagata's dharma can certainly stay in the world for a long time!" So among the Buddha's disciples, Patriarch Kassapa is the "first-class head-dad", leading in the practice of virtuous conduct. Once, when the Buddha was preaching, there was a Brahma who brought Kim-bala flowers to the Buddha; This Brahma lay sprawled on the ground, using his body as a seat, asked the Buddha to sit on his body, preaching the Dharma to sentient beings. The Buddha immediately sat on Brahma's body, holding a flower in front of hundreds of thousands of people, smiling. The Buddha smiled, the Elder Kashyapa also smiled, so this event is known as the "flower seal of the legend" (transmitting the Dharma by raising a flower and smiling); transmit what? Transmission of the Buddha's mind seal method. The Buddha said: "The Tathagata has the treasure of the eye of the right Dharma, the wonderful mind of nirvana, the formless and true nature, transmitted outside of the teachings of the Buddha, with the mind set in mind (the true dharma eye organ, the wonderful mind of nirvana, the formless reality, The transmission of the foreign religion, the heart of the mind) is now entrusted to the Venerable Maha Kassapa.” The Tathagata transmitted the Dharma to Maha Kassapa, so he was the first Patriarch in India. What is called "Nest"? The Buddha brought all the dharmas to his disciples; This dharma-transmitted disciple is called the Patriarch. The "Patriarch" regime in India is a generation that is only transmitted to one person, called a single transmission, so the Buddha only passed on to Kassapa, Patriarch Kassapa only passed on to Ananda as the Second Patriarch, and the Second Patriarch A. -nan commanded Thuongna-hoa-tu to be the Three Patriarchs, The Three Patriarchs of Thuongna-hoa-tu commanded Ubakku-da to be the Four Patriarchs…; Every life, every life, is the method of mind-impression. From the first Patriarch to the 28th Bodhidharma; Patriarch Bodhidharma brought the entire Dharma door of the mind seal of the treasure eye of the Dharma, wondrous mind of nirvana, and passed on outside of language teaching to China and transmitted to Than Quang as the second patriarch; The Second Patriarch Than Quang passed it on to the Three Patriarchs, and so on to the Four Patriarchs, the Five Patriarchs, to the Sixth Patriarchs; Later, the "flower of the five halves" (one flower with five petals—only for the Indian Patriarch Bodhidharma and the five Chinese patriarchs) was divided into five major sects as " Lam Te sect, Cao Dong sect, Quy Ngang sect, Yunmen sect and Phap Nhan sect” and until today, Buddhism has spread to the West. This is the general meaning of "the transmission of the Dharma from the Buddha to the Patriarchs" _ Buddha's transmission. Recently, when speaking about the word "head-to-moment", often people in China call the first-momentum "head-to-moment"; So how should the word "top-up momentum" be explained? Not only ordinary people, but some educated people, but have not studied through Buddhism nor understand this meaning, only know as "top-of-momentum". Dau-da is Sanskrit, translated as "dau tau" (to make excitement); "Spiritual escape" is when I usually say "lift up the spirit". The phrase "makes the spirit up" is to want you not to be afraid of suffering, afraid of difficulties, the more suffering the more you move on, the more suffering you have to do, just like Patriarch Kassapa. You see, Patriarch Kassapa is so old that he still practices leading-edge behavior, making the spirit up. Here, the first step is divided into 12 types: First, Dap Ba load y, which is said to wear clothes. What clothes to wear? Wear “clothing” (patched clothes); on clothes, left patch one piece, right patch one piece, patching do not know how much to say, such clothes are called "yielding medicine" or "algae medicine". Why is it called "algae powder medicine"? How is this garment made? This is a garment that ordinary people refuse to wear, throwing it in the landfill; So the monastic immediately went to the garbage dump, picked up the torn cloths that were thrown here, washed them, and then joined them together to make clothes to wear, this is called "algae medicine". What are the benefits of wearing this type of clothing? In terms of positive benefits, there are many; In terms of negative benefits, there are many. Why say there are so many positives? You put on this garment, you yourself did not give rise to greed, get rid of one's own greed and won't say, "Look, I'm so beautiful in this outfit! It's very expensive!" do not give rise to pride, control their greed. People around you see you: “Oh! This monk, wearing such ragged clothes, does not wear beautiful clothes! This is the real cultivator, we should learn from him!" Thus, the mind can be eliminated from greed for people; Because of this influence of yours, it will also cause other bhikkhus to generate the path of mind. So, having stopped our own greed, and also stopped being greedy for others, isn't this beneficial? Would you say this benefit is limited? So say this benefit is huge! Talking about the negative side is also a lot, what is the negative benefit? You wear this torn clothes, bandits and robbers will definitely not rob you. As in 1948, When I was still at Nam Hoa pagoda, there were robbers who came to rob the temple, they broke open the door and asked me to give the check. I said to them, "Do you think I look like a rich man?" They looked back at the clothes I wore—the clothes I wore then were not as healthy as the ones I wear now. The clothes at that time were the ones I wore when I was still paying filial piety beside my mother's grave; After completing my filial piety, I wore that costume forever to commemorate my mother. Because that suit was tattered, so when I was in the Northeast, my disciples who took refuge with me all wanted to add a large square patch to me; whoever took refuge with me also patched a piece for me, so the patchwork was patchy. The suit the bandits saw me wearing at the Nanhua Temple was the same patchwork. I told them to enter the room: "I have a treasure in my room, go in and get it!" But they didn't come in. At that time, There are indeed two “treasures” in my room—living treasures! Those were the two novices, who were still young at that time. Because you're dressed like that, the robbers won't take your stuff. Also, people with money will avoid you very far; Another very important point is that the girls will also avoid you very far. Those who practice the Way, always wearing such clothes, will have a "very fragrant" scent; but that “fragrance” would make ordinary girls think it was rotten, so it is impossible not to stay away from you for a bit. So wearing algae powder has so many benefits, I will only mention a few of them here. Second, only three y, ie only three y, no other things. Should say "there are no obstacles on our side, we do not arise defilements"; Bhikkhu-stilts practice head-to-moment, only allowed to have three y. The three ys are: (1) The ancestor: is the largest of the three y, Also known as "Great Medicine". The Sanskrit word is "Sangha-le", translated as "y twenty-five things" (two and five things y). These twenty-five things, each with four squares long and one short, totaling one hundred and twenty-five squares, this is a manifestation of the shape of the fields, so it is also called "Phuoc Dien". y” (y field blessing). When entering the king's palace, or ascending to the throne to preach the Dharma, or holding a bowl for alms, they can all wear this robe. (2) Seven clothes: Y seven things, in each of them there are two long squares and one short box, a total of twenty-one squares. In Sanskrit it is "Uddala increase", which translates as "Enter them" (y into them). Why call Y into them? When a bhikkhu pays homage, chants sutras, attends the piano and listens to the teaching of the Dharma, he must wear this robe. (3) Five medical: Y five things, in each one has a long box and a short box, a total of ten boxes. In Sanskrit it is "Ananda Assembly", translates as "y task" (Y works). The main task is to work, accept labor and serve; At any time, anywhere can wear this Five robes. Bhikkhu-stilts who want to practice impetus should have only these three robes. The so-called "Tam y bowl tools" (three robes, bowls, sitting instruments), the cloth used to spread the worship on the Buddha's temple is called "the instrument"; The cup used by monks to eat rice is called a "bowl". These are the two actions that are related to the matter of wearing clothes in the twelve first-momentum activities. Apart from wearing clothes, there is nothing more important than eating food—what people value most is wearing clothes and eating, and eating is more important than wearing clothes. So there are up to five kinds of almond-momentum related to the matter of eating. Third, begging for alms: is holding a bowl to beg for rice, also known as "Chang of alms". Every day, when it's time to live, you go to beg for food, rather than cook it yourself, so you should eat ready-made food—people make it, you go there to ask. In Thailand, In Burma, Ceylon, the homeowner after making rice all prepare a separate bowl set aside; When a monk comes for alms, the householder kneels on the ground, puts a bowl of vegetarian rice on his head, then pours it into the monk's bowl, then bows three times, symbolizing the offering of the Three Jewels. Every family in Siam, Burma, and Ceylon does this to make offerings to the Three Jewels. Fourth, the order of begging: begging for alms is not chosen. Just like in the Shurangama Sutra it says, "Immediately Ananda, upholds the temperament, u go to the city, the second week of beggars. The center of the pre-requisites, the ultimate dan vietnamese, the reason for the master's son, no problem of purity, slaying-benefit, respecting nature, access to the sheep-dala, the practice of equality, the unscrupulousness of the means, the development of a successful intention, necessarily. sentient beings, immeasurable merit." Ananda hugged the bowl, thinking in his heart that whoever offers food to me is my ultimate master. Doesn't care if it's clean or dirty, nor did he care whether the lineage of the rich Chad-di-rei, or the poorest class of Chindala; Don't ask rich or poor, don't ask if the benefactor has money or not, just like that, begging for alms, giving all sentient beings immeasurable merit. According to the class of begging, that is, without discriminating mind, practicing equality, making all sentient beings have the opportunity to cultivate merit, without having the mind to choose, this is justice and impartiality. Thursday, noon eat a meal. That is, do not eat in the morning, do not eat in the evening, only eat once at noon. Eating one meal a day is very good, unfortunately it is not easy to do. Why? People take food as the basis, everyone wants to eat, has the desire to eat, and when they are hungry, they think of eating. Wake up hungry in the morning, hungry in the evening; So it's good to have a good meal a day, but it's not easy to do. Good for what? Saves a lot of trouble; If you eat less than two meals, you will be able to defecate and urinate less often. The merits of “One meal a day” are indescribable. In short, the less you eat, the less trouble you have; If you eat too much, the more trouble will be. Especially when a bhikkhu eats rice there must be three kinds of mindfulness and five kinds of visualization. What are these three types of concepts? (1) Vow for the cessation of all evil: vow for the cessation of all evil. (2) Vow to practice necessarily good: vow to do all good things. (3) Vow to save all sentient beings: vow to save all sentient beings from suffering and be happy. What are the five types of visualization? (1) The design of the minimum amount of Belgian origin. First, you have to calculate how many people do you need to prepare the food you are about to eat? Like this grain of rice, when it is sown in the ground, it must be cultivated again, watered, then reaped and grinded—now using a machine, but in the past had to use a mill to grind it—peeling it off, then cooking it into rice before it can be eaten. How much effort do you have to go through to become a grain of rice like this? So think about who made it. An old Chinese saying goes like this: Plow the field in the middle of the day Sweaty sowing seeds Who or rice in the bowl Seeds absorb hard work. (Su Hoa Nhat in the Ngo Han Dynasty likes to lower the land. Thuy tri table Trung San, La Lap Gia Tan Suffers.) In ancient China, all fields were cultivated in that way, using harrows to till the land; Right when the air is hot, the sun stands still. The sweat of sowing seeds, the sweat of this farmer drips onto the field like water dripping. Who likes rice in a bowl, grain soaked in hardship, every grain of rice is made out of hard work. Therefore, we in any country, of any ethnic group, should be thrifty for material things, we should cherish, not arbitrarily waste things that are still usable! So it's not easy to think that it was created. Why are there countries in the world today that do not have rice to eat? Because they were too wasteful, there was no food to eat. We are Buddhist believers, especially we must be very careful, pay attention to the issue of cause and effect, should not waste anything. Food, drink, material money you can use, you can use, if you can't use it, let others use it, don't waste it arbitrarily. There is a saying that "in the kitchen there is excess rice, there are hungry people on the street", in our house there is leftover rice, on the contrary, there are hungry people outside; Leftover rice should be given to people who have no rice to eat, not to throw it away. So when you eat food, it's not easy to think it's made. (2) Thoroughly virtuous, full of defects. Tho is to consider, to consider; What virtues do you think you have that you can accept offerings from donors from all over the world? Is it perfect or not enough, is it perfect or not? If virtue is not enough, then quickly use the mind to cultivate the Way. (3) The room is too psychedelic. Mind defense is to protect this mind of yours; Too far away from mistakes. Away from which mistakes? Away from the three mistakes of "greed, hatred, and delusion". When eating food that is not greedy, let alone delicious, I must eat a little more; The other food is bad, I don't eat it, in eating and drinking must be equal, should not distinguish good or bad taste. (4) The very medicine, dry micrographs. When a monk is eating rice, how should he visualize? Must think of food as medicine: why should I eat this food? This is the real cure! If I don't use this remedy, this body of mine will wither, won't be able to survive. (5) The position of the career path, real life test application. Why do I have to eat this rice? Oh! Because I have to work hard to cultivate the Way, if I don't eat, I won't be able to stand, I can't sit still—I can sleep, but that's not the way to practice the Way; Because I want to practice the Way, I can't help but eat this rice. When a monk eats rice, he should have these three mindfulnesss and five contemplations. This is the practice of “eating one meal a day”, this way has a lot of good things. Friday, Real Quantitative. The term is “with moderation”; quantity is "quantity". Eating food shouldn't say it's delicious, After using it, you want to use it again, that's no moderation. No matter how delicious the food is, if I eat two cups of rice every day, I will definitely only eat two cups; You can't say that this food is not delicious, so you only eat one cup, and if you eat good food, you eat three cups, that means you have no self-control. Each monastic practice leading the way, originally eating two cups can be full, but now I only eat one and a half cups, eat a little less, this is called "moderate eating". Saturday, too sweet soy sauce. After noon, do not drink rice water—not even cow's milk or juice. But this is too difficult! This is not easy to do, tea is also counted as a drink (soybean), so even tea cannot be drunk. These are the top five types of almonds that are related to food. When the Buddha was still in the world, Venerable Kassapa was "the first Da-da"; The head-moment has 12 types, we have finished teaching 7 types. The remaining 5 categories belong to the matter of staying. Eighth, Pillar of A-Lanya. Alanya is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as "peaceful place" (a quiet place); Tranquility is a place without noise, without any sound. This place is in the mountains, away from the city; Calling this "A-Lan-ya", also known as "A-Practice-Elegance", is the best place to practice the Way for yogis. In a quiet place, it has a certain place. Ninth, Tho lowly. Why stay under the tree? Because a cultivator uses heaven and earth as his tent, and the four seas as his home, where one can live anywhere. Under such a tree, you can avoid the rain, and it is still very cool, so you can stay under the tree. But under each tree can not stay more than three days, can only stay two nights. Why can't it be more than three days? Since bhikkhus who really practice the Way, with high moral character, will avoid places where there are conditions, Avoid letting people recognize and come to make offerings, so at each place stay only two nights and then go. If someone recognized him and wanted to come and make offerings, he would have already gone. This is because he does not ask for any generous offerings from anyone, so he stays under the tree. The tenth, Road to the location. Under the tree, there are still leaves to shield the wind and rain; In the open field, at this time, it is really taking heaven and earth as a home, such a life is very free. Sleeping in the open field, with the bright moon and shining stars; therefore said: "When the moon hangs in the sky The wind blows through the water A strange scent can be felt by many people." The original natural center of the country, Feng shui water face time; Most of the bar of taste, the comb won the least of human tri. When the moon shines in the sky, When there is a breeze blowing across the water, the life of nature is like that, but very few people can comprehend this mystery. The eleventh, the middle of the earth. Trong is the "grave" (grave), which means sleeping with the dead. Sitting in the cemetery befriends the devil. Why? Because sitting next to the grave is very suitable for “contemplating impermanence”—knowing that human life is impermanent, sooner or later we will all die; after death will become a mound, the body inside turns into a pile of white bones. Sitting next to the grave, one can realize that all is impermanent, will not give rise to greed, hatred, and delusion, and will not be attached to anything. Twelfth, Hiep was not before the president. Rape is the "rib". Rape before the president (the back does not stick to the mat) is "usually sitting and not lying down", that is, he is always sitting. In India, there was a Venerable Rape who never lay down all his life, but only sat. Often sitting and not lying down is also one of the first-momentum activities. Because it is easier for people to sleep when lying down, but once they are asleep, they want to sleep even more, refusing to get up to practice cultivation. Often sitting or not lying down, he sits down to sleep, then wakes up, it will be very easy to use practice, to meditate and meditate. So this way of "usually sitting and not lying down" is very beneficial for the practitioner. For the first twelve actions of momentum, Venerable Ma-ha Ca-lettuce can all practice. There are people who practice leading-momentum, only practice one act; either wearing only “algae robes”, or “only three robes”, or just practicing “often begging for food”, or “begging alms according to grades”, or practicing only “eating one meal a day”, or only practice "moderate in eating", or "staying at the grave", or "usually sitting and not lying down". Venerable Maha Kassapa, although very old, but all can practice as the dharma of the first twelve actions, so the new venerable is honored as "the first Da-da". "Uu-lou-tin-loa Ca-lettuce, Ka-da-ka-lettuce, Na-de-ka-lettuce": U-lou-tin-loa is Sanskrit, translated in China as "Muc Qua Lam" (Wood of Swings) enough), it means that the false Religion likes to practice in the papaya forest. Gia-da translates as “city” (city). Na-de is translated as "ha" or "jiang," which means river. These three brothers were formerly fire-worshippers; They believe that fire is the most sacred, the mother of all things, so they always revere and bow to fire. You say, is that stupid or not? What are the benefits of bowing to the fire? There was no benefit, but they still worshiped the fire. So after enlightenment, initially teaching sentient beings, the Buddha first converted five Bhikkhu-stilts (five Kieu-tran-like brothers); After that, he observed who should be converted next. Realizing that the conditions of the three brothers of the Kazakh family of the country of Makatie had ripened, the Buddha immediately went to their residence. What did Buddha go there for? If you want to save people, you can't suddenly come up to them and say, "I've come to you! Do you believe it?” can't say like that. Buddha also had to use skillful means, go there and tell them, "It's dark! I can't go on! Can I stay one night at your place?” Uloudhurya Kassapa, then one hundred and sixty years old, thought: “Why does this person look so different from everyone else? Oh! There must be some identity.” He wanted to find out the background of this person, and for what reason came here, but couldn't find it, no matter how he looked, he couldn't find it. At first glance, this person was just like any other ordinary person, but he had a hunch that this was a very special person: “Ah! Strange! I can observe any cause and effect, and immediately know it, but why can't I know about this person?" So he said, "Do you want to stay here, venerable sir? OK!" Where did you invite Buddha to stay? In the fire dragon cave! There was a fire dragon as the protector of the U-Lou-Qin-loa Ka-lettuce; but it is very ferocious, anyone who comes to its place will be burned by fire. At midnight, the fire dragon crawled out, saw the Buddha, it immediately spewed fire and burned him; The Buddha then entered the samadhi of Fire Light - He sat still in the fire, no matter how the dragon spits out fire, he cannot burn the Buddha. Then the Buddha gathered the fire dragon into the bowl. At that time, I believe that Buddha was not like the Sixth Patriarch, who said to the dragon: "You can only spit fire but dare not enter this bowl of mine, right?" Buddha did not need to say that, but in a very natural way, Buddha used his magical power to gather fire dragons into his bowl. Then the Buddha spoke the Dharma to the fire dragon. The fire dragon immediately took refuge in the Buddha! Next, the Buddha displayed countless magical transformations. As soon as U-Lou-Qin-loa Kassapa saw it, he thought, "Ah! I don't have such great morality, so I take refuge with the Buddha!" So he took refuge in Him. After taking refuge in the Buddha, U-Lou-Qin-loa Ka-lettuce again led all five hundred disciples to take refuge and ordained with him; Before long, all of them were able to witness Sainthood. The two younger brothers saw that the eldest brother had ordained as a monk - they were also non-Buddhist worshipers, all three were colleagues - now the eldest brother has left home, and the two younger brothers also want to become ordained. So the Kazakhsakayapa and the Nadtheca Kasyapa also brought five hundred disciples to ask for ordination. Not long after ordination, all also attained Sainthood. Sariputra. Regarding Venerable Sariputra, I believe everyone is very familiar, remembers this Venerable very well because there is an anecdote associated with him that people cannot forget. The uncle of Venerable Sāriputta, named Maha-kou-hyla, often argues with his sister; every time she argued like that, the sister always lost, and Mahakou-hyla was always the winner; But after the sister became pregnant, a strange thing happened. What's strange? Now, every time he and his sister argued, he always lost, whereas the older sister won. Thus, Mahakou-hyla knew: “Oh! My sister wasn't that smart before, but now she's unusually smart; The unborn child in your womb is certainly a wise child, helping its mother to argue.” Then he thought, “Oh! Now I have to hone my skills, otherwise later, when this grandchild is born, I will be an uncle, a senior, It's a shame to argue against you, it's a shame!" So he went to South India to study the Dharma. Can you tell me how he studied? He read books, studied Dharma day and night, studied so much that his hair was not cut, his beard was not shaved, and his fingernails grew to an inch long without cutting. Why not cut? Not that he intentionally did not cut! Here, I am not talking about the common phenomenon of young people today, who also have long hair, long beards, are not neat and tidy, nor are they well educated. The reason he was different from these young men was because he did not have time to take care of himself, even cutting his nails; What are you busy with? Busy reading – reading all day and night. You see, this is really the use of learning! Because of studying, I put aside all other jobs, no time to cut nails, no time to shave, cut hair…; That's why everyone called him "Truong Claw Pham Chi" (Long Nails Pham). In this way, all the scholarly arguments of South India, including medicine, divination, and astrology, he was well versed in. Returning home, he immediately went to his sister and asked, "Where has your grandchild gone?" The sister said: "Your grandson has followed the Buddha and left home!" As soon as he heard that his grandson had left home to follow the Buddha, he immediately started to become arrogant, thinking: "Oh! My grandson was only eight years old when he was able to post the lecture, his fame reverberated throughout the Ngu Thien, the whole Ngu Ha region was shaken, and hundreds of professors were defeated at his hands! Such a smart child, how can he go forth with a recluse? Pity!" With such an arrogant mind, he wanted to go to the Buddha. He thought: "Let's go see if this ascetic has the skills that can deceive his intelligent grandson as a disciple?" Arrive, meeting Buddha, he immediately thought of ways to attack Buddha, but could not think of any way; I have been reading books for ten years, my nails are not even cut, I plan to return to argue with my grandson, but when I come back there is no land to use martial arts, my grandson has left home to follow Buddha. Now that I've met the Buddha, I don't know what kind of book I should use to argue against the Buddha; After thinking about it, he finally came up with a way to form a sect with only Buddha. Buddha asked him: "What do you take as your religion?" He replied, "I take 'no life' (not receiving) as my religion." "Real life" means that no matter what he preaches, I do not accept; Whatever he says, I don't care; I will not accept His doctrine, let's see what He has to do, He says! Buddha said: "Okay! He took 'no life' as his tone, then did you accept your 'regardless of life as sect' view?" The Buddha asked a question that made him speechless, unable to answer. If it is said "accept one's own interpretation", this is "life"; If you say "don't accept your opinion", then there will be no tone at all! He said "take no life as the school", this is "view", is his knowledge. If you say "no life" (don't admit it), the more you contradict yourself, proving that what you say has no morals, like planting a tree but no root! If we say "life" (acknowledge) one's view, then basically, this guideline cannot stand. Before arguing, he made a bet with Buddha that: “If the argument loses, I will cut off my head and give it to him; If you lose, you must return my grandchild to me." But this time, he lost the shackles, he thought: "If the head is cut off, it's the end of life, how can that be?" so he ran away. After running about five or six miles, he thought, “Whoa! I am a man, a great man, how can I speak without keeping my word? I said if the argument loses, I'll cut my head off; now run away, how is that possible? Who da! You have to go back and cut off your head like you promised!” and he immediately ran back, asked to borrow the Buddha's knife: "Please lend me the knife!" (the precepts of the monks used in the past). Buddha asked, "What do you need a knife for?" He replied: "I have made the condition for this argument, now that I have lost, I must cut off my head and give it to you!" The Buddha said, "There is no such method in the Buddha's teaching! If you lose, consider it done, must you cut off your head?" So the Buddha preached to him; just heard, Immediately, he obtained the pure Dharma eye and opened the Dharma eye. As soon as he opened his eyes, he knew the profoundness of the Buddha's teachings: "It turns out that the non-Buddhist Dharma that I have studied for so many years is not equal to one ten thousandth of the Buddhadharma!" So, not only did he not bring his nephew back, but he also left home to follow the Buddha. Sariputra's uncle had such a special predestined relationship, so I believe everyone knows Venerable Sariputra. Sariputra is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as "Thu Tu"; Also known as "Chau Tu" or "The Son". Why is it called "Autumn Death"? Because the eyes of the Reverend's mother are like those of a bird, Thu Lo, very beautiful, so people call her "Thu". The word "Fat" in Sariputra is the word "death" (son); therefore "Sariputra" means "Thu Lo chi son" (son of Thu Lo). Why is it called "Chau Tu"? "Chau" is the name of Venerable's mother, Because the eyes of the Reverend's mother are like pearls, she is also called "Chau Tu". Why is it called "Son of the Dead"? It is because the Venerable is a child born from the upper part of the mother's body. The wisdom of Venerable Sariputra stands in the first place, and his divine powers are also extremely generous. Saying that is not that He is first in wisdom, and supernatural powers are only second, not so. How then? There was a time when Maha Muc-kien-liang and the false venerable masters; how is it? Wherever Shakyamuni Buddha went to preach the Dharma, all his disciples had to follow in order to hear the Dharma. Why? Because if you don't follow to listen, you won't be able to listen to the Dharma that the Buddha taught in the future; Because at that time there was no tape recorder like now, you can record the Buddha's sermon, so that if you don't attend this time, you can save it for later listening. At that time there was still no such method, so the Buddha's disciples had to follow to listen to the Dharma; only once, Sariputra was in samadhi, so he did not follow. Maha Muggallana said: “All right! If the Venerable does not come out of samadhi, I will use my supernatural powers to make him come out of samadhi!" Venerable Moggallana displayed all his supernatural powers and wanted to lift Venerable Sariputra, but not only could he not lift Sariputra, but even the cross of Venerable's shirt was not in the slightest. shake. You tell me, how generous is the divine power of Venerable Sariputra! Venerable Muc Kien Lien was originally the first miracle, but when the two people "battled" with each other, Muc Kien Lien could not overcome Sariputra, that was enough to see the divine power of the Venerable. Sariputra is so generous! Dai Muc Kien Lien. Muggalien is Sanskrit, translated in China as "Lai Phuc Can, "also translated as "Thai Thuc Thi". The name of the Venerable is "Cau-law-da", which is the name of a tree. The birth of the Venerable Master also has a predestined condition like that of the Venerable Dai Kassapa – Venerable Dai Kassapa is born from his parents' request for a life; The same is true of the venerable Muc Kien Lien, who was also born by his parents praying for him with the root of the tree of the law, so he was given the name of this tree. Although Venerable Muc Kien Lien's mother prayed for God, she did not believe in Buddha, Dharma, or Sangha. Not only did she not respect the Three Jewels, on the contrary, she also slandered and destroyed the Three Jewels, saying which of the Three Jewels were not good, which were not worthy to believe in, etc., so after she died, she immediately fell into hell. . Wait until after Reverend Muc-lian certified La-Han results, attained Luc Thong, he immediately observed all the realms to find his mother; I just saw her fall into hell. Because the Venerable has opened the Buddha's eye, dharma eye, wisdom eye, have five eyes of six pine, should see his mother is suffering in hell, there is no rice to eat; So the venerable brought a bowl of rice to his mother. Entering hell, the venerable offered a bowl of rice to his mother. When she was still born, her greed was too heavy, so even though she fell as a hungry ghost, she still couldn't get rid of that mind. Holding the bowl with one hand, she covered it with the lapel of her other hand, and then hurriedly ran to a place where there were no pretas, secretly eating alone. Why did she have to cover the rice bowl? Because she was afraid of other hungry ghosts coming to fight for her, when she thought that the rice was brought to her mouth, she turned into a ghost Therefore, even though he was reborn as a hungry ghost, he still could not get rid of that mind. Holding the bowl with one hand, she covered it with the lapel of her other hand, and then hurriedly ran to a place where there were no pretas, secretly eating alone. Why did she have to cover the rice bowl? Because she was afraid of other hungry ghosts coming to fight for her, when she thought that the rice was brought to her mouth, she turned into a ghost Therefore, even though he was reduced to being a hungry ghost, he still couldn't get rid of that mind. Holding the bowl with one hand, she covered it with the lapel of her other hand, and then hurriedly ran to a place where there were no pretas, secretly eating alone. Why did she have to cover the rice bowl? Because she was afraid of other hungry ghosts coming to fight for her, when she thought that the rice was brought to her mouth, she turned into a ghostfire light. Why? Because her karma is too heavy, her karma is too deep, so no matter how delicious the food is, she can't eat it! Even though Venerable Muc-liang is the first miracle worker, at that time he could not recite mantras, nor perform miracles, there was no other way - he had to find a teacher. The skills the disciples learned, going there are useless! So the Venerable returned to Ky Hoan Vihara, went to Shakyamuni Buddha, and said: "My mother has fallen into hell. I brought rice, but as soon as I finished eating, the rice turned into fire. Please tell me what should I do? Merciful World-Honored One, please save my mother!" Shakyamuni Buddha immediately offered a way to help the Venerable save his mother, what is that way? Buddha said: "Because your mother slandered the Three Jewels, the pity is too great; Now he alone cannot save him. If you want to save your mother, then on the full moon day of the seventh month, which is the day when the Buddhas are happy, also when the monks retire, you should set up the Vulan-ban ceremony, this is the ceremony to "resolve the mystery island" hanging upside down). First, you should make offerings to the ten directions of Sangha; When the Sangha of the ten directions have not yet used these foods, he has not yet used them. He had to make offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha first, then he could use the offerings. On this day, if you make offerings to the Three Jewels, your mother will be free from suffering and be happy!" So, Venerable Muc Kien Lien dressed in this way, setting up the Vu-lan Dharma assembly, the Vu-lan-pot worshiping ceremony. So every year up to this day, the pagodas hold the Vu-lan-pot, super-save for parents in the past seven lives and parents in the present. Someone asked: "My parents are still alive, So what should I do?" If your parents are still alive today, save them for the past seven generations; Transcending parents in the past, the present parents will also gain more blessings and prolong their life. The divine powers of the Venerable Muc Kien-lian are the first, extremely generous. Once, Shakyamuni Buddha went up to the Dao Loi heaven to preach the Dharma, while crossing Mount Tudi, he met a poisonous dragon. This poisonous dragon was jealous of the Buddha, saying, "Do you want to go to heaven to preach the Dharma? I won't let Him go!" The dragon then sprayed poisonous sand, wanting to poison and kill the Buddha, but the Venerable Muc Kien-Lien used his miraculous powers to turn the poisonous sand into soft, no longer toxic cotton silk. Looking at it, the poisonous dragon immediately knew: "It turns out that this ascetic has magical powers, and has neutralized all my poisonous sand!" So the poisonous dragon immediately transformed into a large body, wrapped around Mount Tu-di three times; Do you see any benefits? After all, how big is Mount Tu-di? Indescribably large – our four great jewels are all located on the four sides of Mount Sumeru. At that time, Venerable Muc Lien also transformed into a large body, larger than the body of a poisonous dragon - the body of a poisonous dragon wrapped around Mount Tu-di three times, but the body was transformed by the Venerable Mu-liang. mountains to nine rounds. Seeing that, the poisonous dragon had to exclaim: “Ah! The fake one is more powerful than me!” but still not conceded. At that time, Venerable Mulian again turned into a small insect, burrowed into the stomach of the poisonous dragon and gnawed its intestines, causing it to be extremely painful. Knowing that he could not have such a generous divine power, the poisonous dragon immediately took refuge in the Buddha! Therefore, it should be said that the divine powers of Venerable Muc-liang are extremely generous. Who is the venerable Muc-lian? It is the "King of the Great Vow Bodhisattva" that we now call it. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva not only could not bear to see his mother suffer, but also could not bear to see the mother of all sentient beings suffering, so he made a vow to become Ksitigarbha King, go to hell, take care of everything. in hell. This is the predestined condition of Venerable Muc Kien Lien. Maha Kachalien. Maha means “great” (great); Cachien translates as “Van Suc”. "Strength" is jewelry, which means that the author's literature is beautifully polished, and also means dignified. This Venerable has another name, which is "Phien Thang" (the fan rope). Why name like that? Because not long after the Venerable was born, his father passed away. The mother wanted to remarry, but because of the Venerable, she could not do as she wished - the child was like a rope that bound her, so she called this child "Phien Son". The venerable is also known as "Hao Kien" (beautiful shoulder blade), which means that his two shoulder blades are very beautiful; there is another name, "Tu Thang" - "thought" is thought, "win" is superior - it means that the thought of the Venerable is very dominant, superior to all; Everyone's thoughts are not as hostile as His thoughts. Those are the names of the Venerable Cachalien. This Venerable is very good at teaching, so he is called the "First Commentary" level; No matter what morality you want to teach, Venerable Master has a lot of arguments to explain. Once, Venerable met an outsider following the policy of "interrupting the view"; this person specializes in the idea that all things are "interruptions" - nothing is left, all is over. He said: “His Buddhism says that 'a person dies, there is an afterlife'; and my religion says 'people die and there is no next life.' I have a proof I want to tell you! "What's the proof? He said: “You said that a person dies and has a next life, must go to suffer; but as far as I know, those who died, no one came back to tell me how they had to suffer! I have never seen it! Then why do you say there is an afterlife? A dead person is like a lamp that has run out of oil, there is no afterlife!" The venerable replied: "Oh! You say the dead don't come back? If someone commits a crime, is taken away for impeachment, handcuffed and sent to prison, can that person return home?” Hearing that, the non-Buddhist monk immediately asked the Venerable Cachalien: “You said that a dead person is like a criminal who is tied up and taken to a prison, unable to be free, unable to return; but if I say I was born in heaven, I have not seen anyone who has been born in heaven and come back and say to everyone, 'I have been born in heaven! ' How should this case be said? Falling to hell should not be free, can not return; but if they are born in heaven, they are free, they should have come back and talked about their situation a little bit! Why don't those who are born into heaven see anyone coming back?" The venerable Kachalien replied: “Oh! What he said makes a lot of sense! But you must know, the person who is born into heaven is like someone who has just come out of the latrine, cleaned up; So I wonder if he still wants to run into the latrine to get his poop on him?" Wow! This pagan has no words to say! Venerable Cachien Dien said: “One more thing, one day and one night in the Dao Loi heaven is as long as a hundred years in our human realm; think about it: After being reborn in heaven, he still has to arrange his work, arrange everything, is that right? Wait until that person has finished resting, wants to come back, then he is already dead! One day and one night in that person's place is equal to one hundred years in the human world, and his time there will be equal to several hundred years in our human realm; At that time he had been dead for a long time, his bones were all disintegrated, can you still know if he returned or not?" After listening, the pagan had no more words to say. Therefore, Venerable Cachien-Dien is honored as the "First Discourse". The ten great disciples of the Buddha, each with their own forte, the forte of the venerable Ca-chien-Dien is debating, specializing in moral arguments. If you have any ethical questions, you want to ask the Venerable. With his argumentative skills, the Venerable can speak in a great voice, making the listeners excited. This venerable "A-Nau-la-da", I don't know if you realize it? Or because the pronunciation is a bit off, some people will feel strange. If I told you the name that you already knew of the Venerable, I believe you would recognize it, you would say: "Oh! It turned out to be him!" So, who is the Venerable? It is the "Venerable Unrepentant". Venerable Wu Ba also called "Ana-law", now we call "A-na-la-da", compared with the sound "Ana-law" just a little different. Why is the venerable one called "Innocent"? Because in countless kalpas ago, Venerable had once made offerings to a Pratyekabuddha; When making offerings, the venerable one did not know that this was a Pratyekabuddha, just saw that this person was going to transform, but could not ask for food and drink according to his wishes. This Bich Chi Buddha originally made a vow to descend the mountain once every seven days, and only went to transform seven houses; If no one in these seven houses made offerings, he would not continue to transform. Originally seven days ago, He did not ask for food or drink; This time down the mountain, he went to beg through seven houses, but there was no one to make offerings, so the Pratyekabuddha held his bowl and did not return. He had nothing to eat for a week, this time he did not ask for food, and he would have to be hungry for another seven days. At that time, Ananda knew the situation, so he was very sad and sympathized with this elderly monk. Why can't this Pratyekabuddha become predestined? Because at that time there was a famine, there was no food to eat, the life of each family was still facing difficulties, how could there be leftover food to offer to the monastic? Therefore, this Pratyekabuddha did not ask for anything. At that time, Venerable Ana-law was a farmer working in the fields, also a very poor person, using labor in exchange for stability for life; so I only dare to eat the cheapest rice, called Bai Coc rice – is a type of grass with seeds growing in rice fields, this rice is the cheapest, not worth much. Working every day, he ate only this kind of rice; Go to the field early in the morning to bring lunch to eat, and return home in the evening. But this afternoon, seeing that the old monk could not change his destiny, the farmer immediately felt sympathy, so he asked: "A monk like you, having a year of famine, has no food! It is pitiful! Do you criticize my Bai Tu rice rice? If I don't mind, I can make offerings to him!" The Pratyekabuddha immediately said: "The benefactor is willing to give me alms, that's very good! I will accept the donor's offerings! But what will the patron eat?" The farmer replied, “I may not eat! There's nothing wrong with fasting for one meal!" So the Bich Chi Buddha used that portion of rice; finished using, you say what happened? The Bich-chi Buddha immediately displayed miraculous powers, appearing eighteen generals of divine transformation. A La-Han has eighteen transformations, Bich-chi Buddha also has eighteen such spells; upper body to fire, lower body to water, lower body to water, upper body to fire, to fly into the air, etc. In general, these transformations are all things that ordinary people consider very strange. After displaying the eighteen types of transformation, the Pratyekabuddha made a vow: "I accept this donation from the donor, and I hope that in the next life in the future you will not be poor anymore!" Having said this, the old monk immediately left. The farmer continued to work in the fields. but suddenly a hare came running out of the field; This rabbit is very strange, clinging to the farmer like a cat, the dog plays with him, sometimes jumping, sometimes talking, playing with this person. The farmer said: "I'm busy with work, I don't have time, don't disturb me!" The rabbit immediately jumped on his shoulder; He struggled to remove it forever, but there was no way to remove it, because it was like having roots on his shoulder. While doing this, he was flustered with fear, this person thought: “Ah! This bunny is on my back, is something wrong?” When it got dark, he returned home. Although poor, the farmer still has a wife; So when he got home, he told his wife to take the rabbit on his back down. When the wife brought the rabbit down, she realized it was just a dead rabbit; Not only a dead rabbit, but also a golden bunny! He cut off the yellow rabbit's front legs and sold it, earning a lot of money, but the two cut off legs of the yellow rabbit grew back; The yellow rabbit's hind legs were cut off, brought to the market to sell, and grew again as before. Thenceforward, this family became prosperous, not knowing how much money there was; that's because they have this golden rabbit, every time its leg is cut off, it grows back, miraculously like that! Not only becomes a rich person in that life, but in the next ninety-one lives, this person is rich. When making offerings, the farmer did not know that it was the Bich Chi Buddha; only, after making offerings, this Pratyekabuddha dedicates merit to the benefactor, this person will reap the reward of not being so poor. Ano-la-da is the uncle and brother of Buddha. What do you like the most? Likes to sleep the most; every time the Buddha preached the sutras, the false religious were fast asleep; As soon as he fell asleep, he snored like thunder, breathing loudly. Therefore, the Buddha reprimanded the Venerable like this: "Burning the lake with micro-impregnation, the speaker is not good; Most lobbied millennium, unwritten Buddha name. "(Wow! why sleep, Like snails, mussels, clams, One thousand years of sleep, Can't hear the Buddha's name). “Burning” is a word used to blame, like saying: “Hey! Oh! Why is he sleeping like that? You are like the snails, mussels, and cockles that live in the water and sleep for a thousand years in one sleep, so you cannot hear the Buddha's name." After being criticized by the Buddha like that, the false Religion immediately tried to make an effort; From then on never sleep again! The venerable one does not sleep like that, he really wants to learn the Buddhadharma. For seven days and seven nights without sleep, what would you say? Broken! The Venerable's eyes were completely blind. Seeing this cousin was pitiful, because he was so diligent in his study of Buddhism that his eyes were blind, so Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Venerable the Dharma 'The Samadhi of the Vajra Lighthouse'. . Follow the Buddha's teachings and practice, The pseudo-religion has witnessed the divine eye. Not only obtained the Celestial Eye, but also obtained the "Selling the Head of the Heavenly Eye"; half the first part of the venerable is the celestial eye. He contemplated the three thousand great thousand worlds, like contemplating the fruit of Ammala in his hand - like placing an apple in the palm of his hand, seeing very clearly. Therefore, Venerable Ananda was honored as the "First Heavenly Eye". "Maha Kibbana". The parents of Venerable Kiep-n-na have reached the age of forty-fifty but still have no son; They immediately went to a temple and prayed to the twenty-eight stars. Why did you turn to? Towards the star "Nhat Tho Room" to pray for the birth of a son, indeed there is an inspiration, soon she became pregnant and gave birth to a son; therefore named him "Room Tu" (star Room Nhat Tho); Kiep-tan-na means "Destiny". The names of the twenty-eight stars are: “Giac, Cang, Di, Phong, Tam, Vi, Ki are the seven stars of the Dragon Dragon in the East; Dau, Niu, Female, Hu, Nguy, That, Bich are the seven stars of Huyen Vu in the North; Khue, Lau, Vi, Rabbit, Tat, Thuy, Sam are the seven stars of the White Tiger in the West; Province, Ghost, Willow, Tinh, Truong, Duc, and Chan are the seven stars of Chu Tuoc in the South." Because the grandparents turned to the fourth star, "The Nhat Tho Room" to pray, and gave birth to the Venerable, so they called the Venerable "Kiep-tan-na". Among the Buddha's disciples, the Venerable Master had the ability to understand the stars, leading in astrology (First Astrology). "Kieu Pham-ba-de": It is the Venerable Nguu Tu, who always likes to learn how buffalo chew grass, also known as "Nu Vuong". Venerable is a very strange person, how strange? After eating the meal, the Venerable's mouth was very similar to the appearance of a buffalo chewing grass - a buffalo after eating grass would lie down and sleep on the spot, but when he slept, his mouth always chewed the grass he ate. make noise. This venerable one also has the same habit, after eating the food, the venerable's mouth always makes a movement like a buffalo chewing grass. Because the Venerable had such a habit, fearing that people would destroy them when he saw them, causing them to fall, so Shakyamuni Buddha told him to go to heaven to live in order to receive offerings from the gods. Why does the Venerable Master have this habit? That is the retribution for saying evil words of the false Religion. How does the false religion speak evil words? In the past countless kalpas ago, Venerable met a Bich Chi Buddha; The age of this Pratyekabuddha was so advanced that his teeth all fell out. When eating food, he had to chew it slowly. The venerable one immediately spoke disrespectfully like this: "Wow! Old monk, you eat rice like a buffalo eats grass!" The Pratyekabuddha immediately said to the Venerable: "If you slander me like this, you will suffer bad retribution in the future. You should quickly repent! ““Am I repentant? Repent of what? I won't look like you no matter what!" When he was still a small novice monk, the Venerable was contemptuous of the Venerable Elder like that. Because he destroyed the old monk who ate rice like a buffalo chewing grass, so when he was reincarnated for five hundred kalpas, he became a buffalo, then he was reborn as a human. Even though he became a human, his appearance still couldn't leave the habit of buffalo, so after eating rice, the fake monk's mouth was still drooping like a buffalo chewing grass. Because in the past life, the venerable had slandered the Pratyekabuddha, so now he must suffer such retribution. From there, it shows that our every word, every action, every move we make should not arbitrarily disparage others, destroy others, we need to always reflect on ourselves. "Lyba-da": is Sanskrit, The Chinese translation is "Seven-Tac". The Venerable's parents also turned to the star "Seven Tuc", one of the twenty-eight stars that prayed to give birth to the Venerable, so he named him "Seven Tuc". He is also known as "Pseudo-Harmony". "Fake" is not real. Why is it called "Pseudo-Harmony?" Because this Venerable, before he left home, was also a very poor person, with no house to live in, and had to sleep in a communal house. One night suddenly appeared two demons, one large and one small; The big demon was over two feet tall, and the little one was just over two feet tall. Seeing the Venerable, the two demons immediately said: "We must eat your meat! Who do you want to feed? Feed the older one? Or feed the child?” Big demon with blue face, red hair, big mouth, long fangs; very large mouth, long ivory-like fangs sticking out of the mouth are very unsightly; As soon as he saw that appearance, the Venerable immediately panicked. The little demon is even more ugly, seven or eight parts are all gathered in one place; ie eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and mouth are all very long, so they stick together. They also brought a dead body, and asked Lybada, "Do you think it is good for us to eat this corpse, or not to eat it?" If He said, "It's good to eat dead bodies!" then the two demons will say, “Ah! You say it's good for us to eat corpses, but we don't want to eat corpses, we just want to eat you!"; if the Venerable said: "It is good not to eat dead bodies!" then these two demons, one big and one small, will have nothing to eat, and still want to eat Him. So no matter what the venerable one said, they were still eaten by them! Therefore, the venerable one did not answer the question, did not say that he should eat, nor did he say that he should not eat. Seeing that the Venerable was silent, the big demon immediately ate the corpse's legs; The little demon then used his strength to pull off the legs of the venerable Ly-bada, and then put them on the corpse's legs. The big demon continued to eat the corpse's two arms, the small demon again pulled off the two arms of the Venerable to install it on the corpse; so that when the big demon finished eating the dead body, the little demon also tore off the venerable's body to cover the corpse intact. The venerable thought: "Now that I have no body, because I have been released by a small demon and inserted into a dead body, I have no body anymore!" The next day the venerable one went everywhere, met a person, and the venerable asked: "Hey! Hey! Do you see if I have a body or not?” This person also does not know what the Venerable is asking? It's obvious that I have a body, but I still ask people if I have a body or not? Meeting anyone, the Venerable also asked like this: "Hey! See help, After all, do I have a body or not?” I don't know it myself, I have to ask others, meet everyone and ask, so that no one dares to approach the same people on the road; everyone did not know the plight that the Venerable had gone through, so they all thought that the Venerable was crazy, so no one cared. One day, meeting a group of bhikkhus, the Venerable immediately asked: "May I ask, do you see that I have a body?" Among them, there is a person who has witnessed the fruit of La-Han, and while looking at the fake Religion, he thought: "Oh! This person can be ordained here!”. So this person said: "This body is fake, not yours. If you practice and realize the results, understand your self-nature, that's the truth! Does this body of yours have anything to do with it?" Hearing that, the venerable one said: "Saying so, I will follow him to become a monk! "The venerable one followed the Arhat and then became enlightened! Because he had been eaten by a demon, so he realized that this body was fake, so it was called "Pseudo-Harmony", this is the name of Venerable Ly-bada. "The Old Lady-Basa". The name of this Venerable, translates as "Yu Tap" in China; because the habit in many lives of many lives of the false Religion has not been terminated, so it is called "Due set" (residual habit). This venerable has attained the fruit of La-Han, has supernatural powers. Once, wanting to cross the river, the venerable asked the river god to make the water stop flowing. This river god is a girl, the venerable said: "Little Pi, stop the flow!" (Tieu Pi, stay up!) Tieu Pi means "worker, slave". Because the false Religion is a certified La-Han, so the river god does not dare to disobey; But in my heart I was so angry that I didn't dare to say it, so I was very resentful. Not once, which is a lot of times like that; so this river god went to the Buddha to express his displeasure. The river god said: "Venerable sir! Among His disciples was a man named Siddhartha Gautama, who did not respect me at all! When he reached the riverbank where I was in charge, when he wanted to cross the river, he said, "Little Pi, stop the flow!" It's not polite to say something like that! It is impolite!” The Buddha calmly said: “All right! Waiting for him to return, the Tathagata will ask him to apologize and admit his shortcomings to you." As soon as the venerable returned, Buddha Shakyamuni immediately said: "When you want to cross the Ganges, why call the River God: "Little Pi, stop the flow!" huh? Shouldn't say that! You quickly apologize to the goddess, say polite words to apologize!” Venerable Siddhartha-basa immediately folded his hands, smiled hi hi and said to the river god: “Ah! Little bug don't blame! Baby, don't be angry! "This river god was not satisfied with the fact that the Venerable called himself "Tieu Pi", the Buddha told him to apologize; Now the Venerable called her "Little Pi", and said "Tieu Pi, don't be angry". Unable to bear it, the river god said to the Buddha: "World Honored One, see! Now that I'm in front of you, the venerable one still calls me that!" Buddha said: "Ah! You just don't know that! Five hundred years ago, she was the employee of the Venerable Siddhartha Gautama. He used to call her "Little Pi"! So now, although she is already a river god, but the venerable has not yet fixed this habit; Because she and Venerable have a master-servant relationship, he still calls her "Little Pi" now. Hearing the Buddha say that, the river god has no way; This is due to habit, so the fake monk forced his mouth to call it that way. Because the habit has been trained from many lifetimes, so the fake is called "Du Tap". "Silver-ku-la". Bac-co-la is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as "Thien Dung", indicating the appearance of this venerable is very beautiful; The venerable is given the title of "the first Nghi Dung", his appearance looks very dignified. Why is his appearance so beautiful? Because in countless past kalpas, Venerable Bac-kola specialized in the practice of "the precept of not killing" - avoiding killing. The false way of avoiding killing is not the same as saying we don't kill ordinary people; even the "thought" of killing living beings, the false religion does not arise, the mind is completely unmoved, does not start killing; That is, not only does not kill outside, but also keeps it very pure inside, no matter which sentient being, the venerable one does not kill. Because the venerable one keeps this precept of not killing, he can feel the "five immortal retribution", reaping the five kinds of immortal retribution. Why is it called "the five immortal leopards"? Because when he was just born, he knew how to talk, talk with a radiant face, know how to call "Mother", know how to call "Dad" in an interesting way. Seeing this, the venerable's mother thought, "Does this make sense! From the past until now, I have never heard of a newborn baby who can talk like this, and even joke like that. This is definitely a monster!” How would you say it would be? Mother Venerable, perhaps the mind is also very cruel, not very compassionate; so she immediately put him in the pot, underneath the fire burned the Venerable, but even if he burned the Venerable, he would not die. The venerable one sat in a pot over the red fire, but as if nothing had happened, he was still very pleased. The venerable's mother was angry and said, "Okay! If you're not afraid of fire, you're definitely afraid of water." So she put the venerable one in a large pot of water and stewed it like a stew of meat, The boiling water did not burn the Venerable to death. Seeing that boiling water did not kill him, she immediately threw both the pot and the person into the river to drown him; but water could not drown Him. Are you saying it's weird? Seeing that she did not die by drowning, she threw the Venerable into the sea. The child was immediately swallowed by the fish; Although it was swallowed by the fish, it did not crush the Venerable to death. Fortunately, this fish was caught by an old fisherman and brought ashore; He cut open his stomach with a knife, but he didn't cut the baby to death. The child crawled out from the fish's belly. Therefore, Venerable Silver-kola has five kinds of non-death retribution: (1) Fire does not die: using fire does not die. (2) Boiling water does not die: using hot water to cook does not die. (3) Water is not drowned: thrown into the river is not drowned. (4) Swallowing fish does not die: being swallowed by a large fish in the stomach is also not crushed to death. (5) The scalpel did not die: this fish was later caught by someone, using a knife to cut open its belly, but it did not kill the Venerable. This is the "five immortal leopards". Why was Venerable Silver-kula able to achieve these five non-death retributions? That's because the venerable one does not kill, keeps the precept not to kill, so he has this inspiration. "Maha Ko-hyla". "Ku-hy-la" is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as "Dai Tat", which means that the Master's knees are very big. This Venerable is the uncle of Venerable Sariputra - who has high five bets with the Buddha, if the argument loses, he will give his head to the Buddha. There is no obstacle in the argument of the False Religion, the Venerable is very talkative; Among the Buddha's disciples, Venerable is the first eloquent. Maha Cau-hyla and Bo-kola were both regulars present in the Buddha's dharma assemblies; At this Lotus Assembly, they make "them influence"[1]. "Nanda". Among the Buddha's disciples were three named "Nanda", that is Nanda, Ananda and Ton-dala Nanda. This Venerable Nanda, someone said, "Releasing the Bull Nanda" (Nanda grazes buffalo), when he was young, he liked to release buffalo. Nanda, China translates as "Goodwill Joy", Venerable is a very happy person. "Tondala Nanda" - Ton-dala is the name of Nanda's wife, translated in China as "Hao Ai" (very loving). Who is the person she loves? That is Nanda. Translated as "Doan Chanh", it means that her face is extremely beautiful; This Ton-dala looks very beautiful, it can be said that she is the most beautiful girl in India, so the new Ton-dala Nanda was mesmerized by her. The person that Ton-dala Nanda loves the most is this wife. Why love the most? For she is exceedingly beautiful; Therefore, when walking, standing or lying down, the venerable one does not leave half a step, like glue and paint - fused into a block, as if glued together - in modern terms it is "double in and out". Nanda is the Buddha's half-brother. Shakyamuni Buddha saw that the venerable's predestined relationship had matured and wanted to give this younger brother a monastic life; But the Venerable did not want to leave his wife, so he refused to leave home. The Buddha then thought of a way, choosing a day when Ton-dala Nanda and his wife were having a meal, he went to the palace to turn into a boy. Seeing him coming to become a boy, because he wanted to add more to his bowl, Nanda offered food to the Buddha. The Buddha handed over the bowl and said, "I'll take the Tathagata to Ky Hoan Vihara!" Nanda said, "How can that be? Ton-dala is at home! How can I go?" But the Buddha said, Venerable did not dare to disobey him, so he asked Ton-dala: "The Buddha told you to bring this bowl of rice to the Ky Hoan Vihara. Can you go?" Ton-dala said: “It is possible, but I will spit on the ground, before this saliva dries, you must return; If you wait for this saliva to dry before you return, you will not be allowed to enter the door, I will not allow you to enter the door again!" Ton-dala Nanda accepted his wife's condition, saying: "Okay! I brought rice to Ky Hoan Monastery, it didn't take long to return, it is estimated that your saliva has not dried yet." So the Venerable went to the Ky Hoan Vihara with peace of mind. Tell me, how did things become after coming to Ky Hoan Monastery? The Buddha did not allow the Venerable to return, but also told him to leave home, resolutely shaving his hair. Although he has already left home, but Ton-dala Nanda all day looking for opportunities to escape. Why does the venerable one want to run back? Because he could not leave his wife Ton-dala. One day, when all the monks went out to change their conditions, Shakyamuni Buddha instructed the venerable Ton-dala Nanda, "Today you have to take care of the monastery, no go anywhere! Should sweep the monastery, clean up the places. The Tathagata and the bhikkhus went to transform boys and bring them back for you to use!" Venerable Ton-dala Nanda was overjoyed, "Ya! This time all the monks have gone, I have a chance to escape! Wait a moment, I will definitely escape!" So waiting for everyone to go away, the Venerable immediately swept the places in the monastery; I decided that after sweeping the lecture hall clean, cleaning the windows, I would hide. Would you say strange or not? The venerable one cleans this place, there is dust there; If you clean that place, the wind blows some leaves here, and it's dirty again! The venerable one swept the whole morning, sweeping back and forth, tired to the point of sweat, could not make the Vihara clean; even go to close the window, one door has just closed when the other door opens again; As soon as the other door closed, another door opened, it was too annoying. So he couldn't escape all morning because he hadn't finished his work. Seeing that time was not early, Ton assumed that he had to hide; If you don't run away now, there won't be another chance. So from Ky Hoan Vihara, Venerable ran towards the palace. While running, the venerable one thought: "You must avoid the Buddha, if you encounter him, you will not be able to run away". The venerable thought again: "Buddha always goes on the main road, does not enter the alley; Today I will take a small road, from there I will escape to the palace! "Unexpectedly, the venerable was walking along the alley when the Buddha also returned from the alley; As soon as he saw the Buddha coming, he hid behind a big tree so that the Buddha could not see him. But the false venerable hid on this side, the Buddha immediately went to this side; The venerable hid on the other side, the Buddha also went to the other side. Finally, the fake was discovered by the Buddha. Then the Buddha asked: "What are you doing here?" The venerable said: "I am waiting for the Blessed One! Seeing that he still hasn't returned for a long time, I came here to welcome the Blessed One back to Ky Hoan Vihara." Buddha said: "Good! That's good! Come back with the Tathagata!" The venerable wanted to escape, but this time there was no way to escape, so he had to follow the Buddha back. After finishing his life, the Buddha asked the Venerable: "Do you want to visit the places? The Tathagata will lead you away!" Nanda thought to herself: “What heart do I have to go out? If you just want to run home all day, why don't you have the mind to go out?" There is something the Buddha said, that Venerable pretended to be his younger brother, so he did not dare to disobey, so he had to reluctantly follow the Buddha. Arriving on a mountain, seeing many Maitreyas[2], the Buddha immediately said: "Do you want to compare whether Ton-dala is beautiful or these monkeys are beautiful?" Nanda replied: "Of course the beautiful Ton-dala! These monkeys are so ugly, how can they be compared with Ton-dala? Wouldn't that be an insult to Ton-dala?" Buddha said: "Ah! He is so smart! Know what is good and what is bad. Good! Let's go back!" So the Buddha led the venerable one back. The more religious people remember Ton-dala to heartbreak; A few days later, I wanted to escape again, but there was no chance. The Buddha asked the Venerable: "The Tathagata sees you are so sad and unhappy every day, I don't know what you are thinking? The Tathagata wants to take you to heaven for a while, how do you feel?" The venerable thought: "In heaven? What is the sky like? Good!" So the Venerable and the Buddha ascended to heaven. Arriving at the place, the Venerable saw that the palace of heaven was so splendid, so beautiful; see a lot of fairies inside a palace, Oh! These fairies are all incredibly beautiful. The Buddha again asked the Venerable: "Tell me, are these fairies beautiful? Or the beautiful Ton-dala?" The venerable said: "Of course these fairies are beautiful! Ton-dala compared to fairies is like Di Mai compared to Ton-dala. How can Ton-dala compete with fairies?" The Buddha exclaimed, "Oh!" Seeing such beautiful fairies, the Venerable followed the Buddha, but secretly asked them: “Who is your master here?” The fairies replied: "Our master is the younger brother of the Blessed One, named Ton-dala Nanda, who is currently ordained as a follower of the Buddha. At the end of this life, in the future he will be born here; Our fairies will all follow him.” Hearing that, Venerable Ton-dala Nanda was very happy, A! Being followed by so many beautiful women in the sky, this time I must try my best to practice! Must forget Ton-dala, will not remember her anymore, only think of these fairies; So after this return trip, Venerable Master used his practice to practice and pray to be reborn in heaven. The false religion strives to practice, spends a lot of time practicing; The Buddha saw clearly the venerable's mind, "Oh! Now I don't think about Ton-dala anymore, I get entangled in the nostalgia of fairies. OK! The Tathagata will show you something terrifying!" On one day, The Buddha again said to the venerable: "O Ton-dala Nanda! In heaven he has gone, but hell has not yet gone. The Tathagata will take you to visit hell, will you?" Every day, the Buddha used to say that hell is an evil place. The venerable one knew that there was nothing good there, so when he heard about going to hell, he quickly said: "What is there to see in hell, Lord? " The Buddha encouraged: “Let's go see, see for a bit! You've never seen hell!" The venerable had to follow the Buddha to hell. When I got there, I only saw mountains of knives, forests of swords, oil pans, blazing fire..., in hell, everything was visible. The venerable saw in a certain prison put a large pan filled with oil, there were two demons next to watch; The fire under the oil pan seemed to be burning, but it seemed to be about to go out. Two demons, one sitting next to an oil pan with half-lidded eyes, nodding, seeming to be very sleepy; and the other demon lay down and slept soundly. “Those two demons are lazy! There is a duty to heat the oil pan, but do not bring it to a boil, just want to sleep!” The venerable then asked the sleeping demon: "Hey demon! Do you do this job, is there someone to supervise you, or is there no one to supervise? Why are you guys sleeping here freely?” The demon yawned: "Ah—", rubbing his eyes and asking, "What did you say?" “I ask you, you work here, why not work hard, but sleep all the time? I'm heating a pan of oil, it should've brought it to a boil." The demon replied, “You know what! The time for the guilty person to be thrown into this pan of oil is still far away!” "Why is it so far away?" The ghost replied, "Because the Buddha had a younger brother named Ton-dala Nanda, who has now left home to follow the Buddha. He cultivates blessings and wishes to be born in heaven, in the future he will be reborn in heaven; wait until the end of heaven's blessings, the five generals of deterioration appear, he will have to fall to hell and be thrown into this oil pan. Because that person doesn't really cultivate the Way, he will have to come in here and be fried in oil until cooked! But the time from here to there is still several hundred years, so why do we need to rush to boil the oil pan now? That's why our work is very leisurely, we can sleep every day." Upon hearing this, the venerable Ton-dala Nanda was so scared that his whole body broke out in cold sweat: "Oh! Turns out this oil pan is just for me! What should I do?" Right after that, the Buddha led the venerable one back, giving him the lecture on being born in heaven: "Suffering, emptiness, impermanence, no-self"; The false religion followed this contemplation, and immediately attained Arahantship. This venerable Ton-dala Nanda loves his wife very much, but when he saw the fairies twice as beautiful, he no longer loved his wife. Knowing the suffering in hell, Venerable immediately generated a mind to cultivate the Way; if he did not know the suffering in hell, then the venerable one would not have made up his mind. This Venerable Nanda is also called "Happiness", the same way as the name of the Venerable Nanda before; but this Nanda is the Nanda of Ton-dala, taking his wife's name to make his name. "Phulonga Didalani Death". Phu-luna, Chinese translated as "Man" (overflowing), is the name of the false father's father; Didalani is the name of Venerable's mother, translated in China as "Tu" (compassion); Venerable's name is the son of "Man Tu" (Man Tu Tu). Among the Buddha's disciples, Man Tu Tu was good at preaching the Dharma, and was called "the first Dharma preacher". At the time of Venerable's birth, it was like pouring rain, but it rained down a lot of treasures into the Venerable's house, This is a very good omen. "Subhuti". Why is the venerable one named "Subhuti"? Because when the Venerable was born, all the jewels in the house disappeared, so he named him "No Birth" (born with nothing). The Reverend Father found a fortune-telling teacher to sow hexagrams, the hexagram showed "both healing and good", extremely auspicious, so he was also known as "Thien Kiet". Seven days later, the treasures in the house all reappeared, so the venerable one was also named "Thien Hien". Among the Buddha's disciples, Venerable is "the first solution". "Ananda". This is Venerable Ananda, the Buddha's attendant, who repeated all the Buddha's teachings in the first collection of the canon. Venerable is called "Khanh Hy", because he was born on the day of Buddha's enlightenment, so his father was very happy, so he named him "Khanh Hy". It means that the whole country congratulates the Buddha's enlightenment. Among the Buddha's disciples, Venerable is the "first multicultural". "Rahula". Venerable is the son of Buddha. Among you, does anyone know how many wives the Buddha had? Buddha had three wives. The first wife's name is "Cau Y", the second wife is "Da-du-dala", the third wife is "Loc Da". Rahula was the son of his second wife. Daddu-dala for giving birth to this son has taken on a very large market, a lot of trouble. Why? Because the Buddha had left home for a long time, while the wife's belly was growing, so the people in the Sakya family - relatives of Shakyamuni Buddha were very angry, saying: "The man This lady is definitely not chaste! Otherwise, the Buddha had been ordained for six years, how could she have given birth to a child?" For Rahula was in her mother's womb for six years; The Buddha was not in the palace, so there is no reason to say that they have been separated for six years and still have children. Therefore, the people of the Thich family were extremely angry, both wanting to punish the princess and kill her at the same time. At this time, bad rumors spread throughout the caves and alleys, making everyone aware of this incident. Rumor has it that the Buddha was not at the palace for six years, but the wife gave birth to a child. In front of the king, although the palace maids assured that the princess had never done anything wrong, this child was indeed the child of Shakyamuni Buddha, but no one believed it because they thought that on What does this world do? In a reluctant situation, Princess Dadu-dala made a vow that: "If I were a person who did not keep the virtue, I would now jump into the fire pit, and my son and I would both be burned to death; as if I didn't do anything wrong, Then ask the gods of heaven to help me, so that I can jump into the fire without being burned to death!" So the princess immediately prepared a huge fire pit, filled with a lot of firewood, after using the fire to light it up, Princess Yadudala hugged Lahula and jumped into it. As soon as the princess jumped into the fire pit, something very miraculous happened! This pit, which was originally filled with fire, immediately turned into a lake; Inside grew a lotus flower, supporting the mother and daughter of the princess. From then on, the king learned that the daughter-in-law was unjust, all the people in the country also knew about this extraordinary incident, so no one denigrated the princess anymore. La-hula in Chinese translates as "Phu Chuong"; rich is concealment; Obstacle is an obstacle. Why is it called richness? Because in the past life, when he was still a child, the Venerable used a log to fill the mouth of the mouse hole for six days before taking it out. So in this life, the venerable must stay in the womb for six years, which is the retribution for the other six days. Each of us should think, the cycle of cause and effect is really harmful! Rahula is the son of the Buddha, in his past life he filled the mouth of the rat's den, so he had to stay in his mother's womb for six years, and must receive these six years of retribution, so it's called a bodhisattva. The main obstacle is for Dadu-dala to say; because there is a Rahula that causes Yadu-dala to suffer a lot of trouble, great obstacles, so it is called Phu Chuong. This trouble is because of the son. After all, how did the son of Buddha come to this world? Is Rahula the son of the Buddha or not? Right! But are the deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha like ordinary couples? Unlike! Because Princess Yadu-dala liked to have a son, Shakyamuni Buddha pointed his finger at his belly once, so Yad-dala immediately became pregnant. This is like a myth, but in Buddhism, there are many myths, not just this one. So this is an inconceivable realm, you want to definitely verify it, but there is no way to verify it; Only by practicing cultivation, reaching that realm will you know that: The realm of the Buddhas is wonderful, unpredictable, and inconceivable. Every day we come to listen to the sutras, this is not easy, sitting here listening to the sutras, we really have to be people with great good roots to be able to sit still; otherwise when you sit here, you will feel uneasy all over, just want to get up and go. Such great Arahants are the wise among them. As the market they have great knowledge of A-la-Han class. "Like that" refers to the twenty-one great Arahants above; is the "row of knowledge in them". They are “popular”; in the mind understand clearly called "tri"; the eye to see clearly is called "consciousness"; Your mind and eyes both see and know, called "knowledge". Knowledge is for "stupid" to say; stupid is not seeing do not know; Knowledge is a person with wisdom. But this morality must deal with both sides, if it is true that you do not see and do not know, that is true wisdom; really do not see do not know, you can not think; If you can't think, your inherent wisdom will definitely show up, that's real knowledge, real wisdom. Therefore, when teaching morality, it is necessary to highlight the main side of the doctrine, and at the same time to find out the other side of the problem. "Great Arahant": These are all great Arahants. Great Arahant is not a minor Arahant. In Hong Kong there is a "little Arahant". This person is just a young monk with a very innocent appearance, always smiling hi hi all day long, does not accept any offerings, even if he receives it, it is convenient to give it back to others right away, so everyone is happy. gave him a name, called "Tieu La Han". What if you are a great Arahant? Then they will receive the offerings of gods and humans - which is one of the three meanings of Arahant: making offerings, killing thieves, and being born. Haven't I explained these meanings before? Lahan killed the enemy (killer), not only killed the enemy, but not the enemy, Lahan also killed. Perhaps you will say, “This guy really doesn’t know what to do!” To be a great Arahant is to ignore morality at all. La-Han has magical transformations, you talk to him about morality, He does not care; so "not the enemy", La-Han must also kill. What in the realm of the Arahant is considered not a war, in the realm of the Bodhisattva, it is considered a war; so for Lahan, not the enemy, still have to kill, have to leave the small to be able to reach the big. G2. THEY ARE LEARNED There are two thousand educated and uneducated people. The righteous study, the uneducated two celestial beings. In this Dharma Lotus Assembly, there are not only great Arahants, but also the "educated and uneducated" Second Vehicles. Organic learning is "there is still a place to learn" (property learning), before the fourth Arahant has been certified, it is called "the stage of learning"; when achieving the fourth Arahantship, it is called "the stage of no education", that is, "no place to study" (no basis for learning). They are both educated and uneducated, and together there are two thousand people; These two thousand people also represent "Ten like market". Ten like market has ten types like market: "General as market, nature as market, as market, power as market, action as market, human as market, condition as market, fruit as market, report as market, the ultimate end as market." Each of these "like market" turns into ten like market, ten turns into a hundred, and a hundred turns into a thousand, which represents "two thousand educated and uneducated people". F2. THE Bhikkhuni Bhikkhuni Maha Basa-ba-de along with six thousand relatives belonging to the assembly. Rahula's mother, Bhikkhuni Dadu-dala, was also with her family members. Maha Ba-sà-ba-de-bhikkhu-ni, evil relatives belonging to the six celestial beings. La-hula model Yadu-dala Bhikkhu-ni, heron's evil retinue of the sentence. "Bhikkhuni Maha Basà-badhi". Maha is “great”; Basa-ba-de, Chinese translated as "loving religion"; Ba-sa means "love", Ba De is "the way", together called Dai Ai Dao. She is Buddha's aunt. Buddha was born seven days, his mother was reborn in heaven, It was this aunt who raised Buddha to grow up. She is not only the aunt of Shakyamuni Buddha, but also the aunt of a thousand Buddhas when they came out of the world, taking care of them to grow up. "Along with six thousand relatives of the association": along with her relatives - relatives are relatives, friends, more than six thousand people. “Rahula’s mother”: Lahula’s mother. "Bhikkhuni Dadu-dala": Later, Princess Yadu-dala also left home, became a disciple of the Buddha, and became a Bhikkhuni. Bhikkhu-stilts have three meanings: "bhikshu, father of ghosts, breaking evil", Bhikkhu-stilts also have those three meanings, just this one is a woman. "Also with relatives in the assembly": Bhikkhu-ni Yadu-dala also accompanied many of his relatives to attend the Dharma assembly. E2. THE bodhisattva (divided into 3 parts) F1. Highlight Typical Number F2. State the Fruit to Praise Germany F3. List Names And Summary F1. STATE TYPICAL NUMBERS Eight thousand great Bodhisattvas. Bodhisattva Mahasattva eighty thousand people. There are also eighty thousand Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas. Bodhisattvas are sentient beings; Mahasattva is a great Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is the short name that the shaman Kumarajiva chose to use, in full, "Bodhisattva." Bodhi is enlightenment, red-sattva is sentient beings, is a bodhisattva who enlightens sentient beings. A bodhisattva is also an enlightened being who brings this enlightened doctrine and method to enlightenment to other sentient beings, such a person is called a bodhisattva. Bodhisattva also has another name called "Great Path to the Mind of Sentient Beings", the Bodhisattva is also a being, but this is a being with a great mind of the Way. The bodhisattva has another name, "Knower". Bodhisattva Mahasattva means the Great Bodhisattva, having all the seven "great" things: having great faculties, having great wisdom, believing in the great Dharma, understanding agents, cultivating great conduct, experiencing great kalpas, and seeking great blessings. fruit. First, "Enough great base" (Great root). The bodhisattva's foundation must be extremely deep. Deep, also means big; big, also means deep. Why is this root called the great dharma? That is, the Bodhisatta once planted the roots of merit. The Bodhisatta, through many lifetimes, has deeply planted good seeds; This good root is the root of virtue, that is, the source of morality. The bodhisattva cultivates immeasurable and boundless roots of virtue, so it is called "real assembly of virtues". They are multi, which means very The bodhisattva cultivates immeasurable and boundless roots of virtue, so it is called "real assembly of virtues". They are multi, which means very The bodhisattva cultivates immeasurable and boundless roots of virtue, so it is called "real assembly of virtues". They are multi, which means verya lot a lot. Bodhisattvas have planted many good dharmas, as in the "Vajra Sutra" says: "No matter the one Buddha, the two Buddhas, the three and five Buddhas, the children have good roots; There are immeasurable thousands of thousands of Buddhas, all of the good roots." (Not only planted good roots in one, two, three, four, five Buddhas, but also planted good roots in immeasurable thousands of thousands of Buddhas.) The bodhisattva planted virtuous roots, not only planting good roots in one Buddha, but also planting good roots in immeasurable, boundless, hundreds of thousands of millions of millions of millions of Buddhas, so it is called "full of great roots". . Second, "Having great wisdom" (Having great wisdom). Has great wisdom. Why is this wisdom called the great dharma? It is because the Bodhisattva can generate great Bodhi mind; Because you can generate great Bodhi mind, you must have great wisdom yourself. Generating great bodhicitta, the bodhisattva wishes to extend to all living beings, saving all sentient beings without clinging to the sign of saving sentient beings. This in the "Vajra Sutra" says: "The birth defect of ovum, the birth of the fetus, the birth of the low birth, the birth of the weak chemical, the weak of form, the weak of formless, the weak of thought, the weak of non-perception, the of non-being of thought, the of non-being, of non-being. no thought, fall into the spirit of no residual Nirvana Nirvana to destroy chi; Just like the extinction of immeasurable, limitless, boundless sentient beings, there are no sentient beings who attain the cessation of falsehood." (The species are either born from the egg, or from the fetus, or from the damp, or from change; or the species has form, or has no form, or has thoughts, or has no thought, or has no existence. thoughts, it is not without thought that we will all be saved into Nirvana without residue; immeasurable, immeasurable, boundless sentient beings have been saved like that, in fact, not a single living being has been saved). Although he saved all sentient beings, not a single living being was saved by the Buddha. are all taken by sentient beings; This is called "Although there is birth, but not attached to the general of birth". Unlike us, when we do something good, we immediately cling to it like: "I have saved so many monastics! I have saved so many people who have the heart to believe in Buddha! This person was saved by me, the other person was advised by me to believe in the Buddha, and the other person was introduced by me!" Why are you attached to the general? It's because of stupidity; If you are a person of great wisdom, you will not be attached to all signs. "The bodhisattva is satisfied with all the signs, that is, he attains the Ano-dala samadhi-samadhi." (Bodhisattvas should stay away from all signs and immediately attain unsurpassed Bodhi). If you don't leave the sign, it's not a bodhisattva. Therefore, the bodhisattva must have great wisdom. Third, "Believe in the great Dharma" (Faith in the great Dharma). Great faith, great Dharma is Mahayana; it is that you should believe in the Mahayana method - you should deeply believe in the teachings such as Prajna, Cause and Effect, Mahayana Truth, should have this great faith. The vastness of the Buddhadharma is like the sea, only this one word "believe" can enter the sea of ​​Buddhadharma. If you don't have faith, the Buddhadharma, although vast, cannot save you. Why? Because you have no faith! Therefore, it is said: "Believe in the path of virtue and motherhood, and necessarily nurture the good roots." (Faith is the first mother to produce good merits, cultivate the Way, and nurture all good roots). Where did your good fortune come from? It is from faith that there is; Only from faith can merit be born. This faith is the mother of the merits on your spiritual path; So in this third category, it is to believe in the Mahayana dharma. Bodhisattva Mahasattva believes in all Mahayana dharmas, believing in all the unsurpassed and wonderful dharmas, especially for this collection of "The Wonderful Law Lotus Sutra", the Bodhisattva has extremely deep faith. So we have to believe in Mahayana dharma. With regard to the Buddhadharma, if we really have deep faith, we are also Mahasattvas and Bodhisattvas. In the "Vajrayana Sutra" it says: "Contemplation of one mind", until there is only one thought of "birth of a pure believer", giving rise to the purest faith; then his merit and virtue is greater than that of someone who gives the seven treasures to all the three thousand great thousand worlds. The Tathagatas will definitely know this mind of yours, you will not be in vain; Therefore, we Buddhists, each and every one of us must generate true faith, in order to achieve this mutual understanding. As in our sutra teaching conference, some people caught a cold and kept coughing. I meant that he should rest a bit; But there are people who still make great efforts, during the time of the Dharma conference to teach the Sutras, they are not absent, even though they are sick, they still come here to listen to the Sutras. That is enough to show that this person has a genuine faith. We believe in the Buddhadharma, so we should have the same genuine faith. In the past, when I was still in the process of studying the Buddhadharma, there was a time when I got sick; When I'm sick, I'm not absent. At that time, how did I feel, you know? “I study the Buddhadharma, unless this breath is gone; If the breath is still there, I must learn! Or when I can't move, then I rest." Unexpectedly today, I met so many tri tones, can also bring illness to listen to the Dharma; there is something not to try, if you really can't stand it, you can rest. Wednesday, “Understanding the agent” (Agent Award). Why is it called an "agent"? To understand the great truth, one must rely on this belief. In "The Flower Adornment Sutra" preaching on "Faith, interpretation, practice, witness": First, you must believe; next is to understand, that is the solution; got it, you have to apply, you have to practice; have practice, then can be attained; This is called "Faith, solution, practice, proof". What is "understanding agent"? Now I will preach to you. You must clearly understand the sentence "All sentient beings are originally Buddha" (all sentient beings are inherently Buddha), this is a great truth, and it is also "Li means Buddha" in "Six means Buddha". According to the logic, each of us is a Buddha; But you have to practice cultivation to become a Buddha. If you don't practice, but always say, "I am Buddha! Buddha, Buddha, Buddha!" That is also useless. It's like you've crowned yourself king, "Oh! I am a king! I'm the king!" But are there mandarins, martial gods to protect you? Are there hundreds of people who support you? There is none! What is the use of you being a lonely emperor? You say you are Buddha, not wrong! Logically speaking, you are a Buddha; but in reality, you have to practice. If you don't practice, you won't be able to return to your roots, you won't be able to recognize your old face. Why is it important to understand that all sentient beings are originally Buddhas? Because this "real wisdom" does not leave the minds of sentient beings, each person's self-nature is complete. Fifth, "Tu great conduct" (Tu great conduct). One must diligently practice the Six Thousand Ways of Life, which are: generosity, precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, and prajna. (first). Charity. The first is to give alms, give alms to others, not people giving back to you. Some people are always talking about "almsgiving", is to call on others to give alms to oneself, while not to give alms to others; this is not only unqualified to be a bodhisattva, but not even to be an arhat! There are three types of giving: the gift of wealth, the gift of law, and the gift of fearlessness. Talent is divided into “internal talent” and “external talent”. Foreign talent is only for all treasures, country and wife and children; These can all be given to people. The basis of the Bodhisattva practice is to not see "people", not to see "me", so what's mine is also yours; yours, I don't necessarily want one either. Because he did not see any signs of human nature, the Bodhisatta could abandon his country, abandon his family, even his wife and children. Like Shakyamuni Buddha who was originally going to be an emperor, but he didn't do it, but became a monk. The Buddha had three very beautiful wives, he left them all; Leaving the glory of a king, went to Tuyet Mountain to practice religion. Internal finance is what you yourself have. Like a head, someone needs this head, right? As long as you want, the Bodhisattva will give. Eyes, someone needs these eyes? The Bodhisattva immediately gave alms. Head, eyes, brain, marrow, skin, blood, flesh, tendons, bones... any part of the body, a Bodhisattva can give alms. Dharma giving, is preaching to benefit sentient beings; preaching the Buddhadharma, teaching all sentient beings. It should be said, "The offerings are middle, the Dharma is dark." Of all the ways of making offerings, the Dharma offering is the noblest. Offering the Dharma is proclaiming the Buddhadharma widely for all to know; Therefore, all students of Buddhism must learn how to preach the Sutras, and should not be "obsessed with confusion". Why is it called nostalgic maze? It is to carry a lot of treasures on your own, came to this country without offering aid to the poor, causing the poor people here to starve to death. We, who know the Buddhadharma, must definitely introduce the Buddhadharma to everyone; I know a little, I will preach to others a little; know ten parts will teach ten parts. Bringing the Buddha Dharma that I know, teaching it to everyone, this is called dharma giving - giving the dharma to people. Fearless alms, each of us will at times encounter disasters, making you extremely afraid; it is when they are afraid, you come to comfort them: “You should not be afraid! Don't stress, everything has a touch. Your heart is so good, there won't be any bad results in the future!" Making that person no longer afraid, this is called fearless giving (giving without fear). (2). Tri world. Each of us knows there are five precepts, eight, ten, ten heavy, forty-eight light, two hundred and fifty Bhikkhu-stilts, three-hundred and forty-eight Bhikkhu-ni; There are many kinds of precepts that must be kept and strictly followed. (3). Long-suffering. This patience is the best method, if you can be patient, you will have a treasure. It should be said that "Forbearance is priceless treasure, human history is not good", this "ring" is a priceless treasure; but this priceless treasure, no one knows how to use it. Why is that? Because the one-time ring is still possible, the second one is reluctant, but the third time, he gets angry: "Huh! Why do you bully me so much? You think I'm afraid of you? It's just that I hold you! You bully me over and over again, being invaded by water, isn't that chasing and killing? You are too much!” heated up, then fought back. That's because the word "ring" doesn't apply. It seems that I have taught before, there was a long-time practitioner practicing patience, in front of his room hung a sign with the three words "Nature like a statue"; It means that coldness is like ashes, not even a little bit of anger. Throughout the day, he stayed in one place to practice and practice, without knowing anger, his temperament was very gentle and flexible like water. At that time, a bodhisattva, who wanted to test him, pointed to the sign and asked, "What are these words written by you?" This person replied: "Tanh like a beauty". A few minutes later, this person asked again: "What are these words written by you?" This person replied: "Tanh like a beauty". Not long after, this person asked again: “What are these words of yours? I do not remember!" This position still calmly replied: "Nature like a joke". The Bodhisatta kept asking dozens or hundreds of times, finally making him angry: "Nature like a joke, a nature like a joke! Why don't you stop babbling! I'm here to practice the Way, you come and bother me forever!" The Bodhisatta said, “Oh! It turns out there is still fire in the ashes!" Having said this, the Bodhisatta immediately flew up into the air. Who is this Bodhisattva? It was the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who came to test the other. The results this time show that, after practicing "Nature as a Hero" for decades, Guanyin Bodhisattva just came to try and could not pass. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara said, "You still have to continue to work and practice. Wait twenty years, I'll come and test you again!" You see, practicing patience is not easy; ring, there must be no hotness left. Before, when I was still a disciple, I never dared to get angry; with or without my master, I dare not get angry. Why? Because my teacher, who has no bad character like me, is very compassionate. If he saw that I was angry, he would not eat rice; he said: "I have not taught my disciples well! Wow! I don't deserve to eat." Since Master gave up on rice, I didn't dare to get angry anymore. So do I have a temper? My temper is bigger than anyone, even the hottest person is not equal to me; but since I have left home to practice, I have corrected this bad character. Now coming to the United States, they have just received three American disciples. These Americans, when they have not yet left home, are not angry; just finished monastic life, have not learned how to take care of each other, but learned how to be angry, know how to get angry. Yesterday, two people came to me for arbitration; one said the other was angry, the other said this person was angry. After all, who gets angry? I don't care either! This time I make a rule. What are the rules? That I don't care who is angry, who is right, who is wrong; In short, a person who is angry must kneel before the Buddha for one day and one night. For twenty-four hours, he is not allowed to get up, he is not allowed to defecate, he is not allowed to eat rice, he is not allowed to drink water. , not allowed to sleep. This is the rule I give, if you don't obey, refuse to kneel before the Buddha, I will kneel for you, I will do exactly as the rule has given. You try it! But not just one person kneeling, so how? No matter who gets angry – I have three American disciples now, all three must kneel together; Even if the other two don't get angry, they still have to kneel down. Someone asked: One person is angry, two people have to kneel? This is not fair at all! That's not fair! If it's fair, then there's nothing fair in this world. If you are afraid, then everyone should not get angry; If you don't tell me who got angry, the same punishment will apply. Won't you tell me? I have a celestial eye, a favorable ear, someone will tell me. At that time, you must obey the rules. Can you all hear it clearly? This is also a way of practicing "forbearance". Why make you kneel? No food, no drink, no sleep, that's also a way of "practicing patience". Aren't you hot? People with hot temper should practice this "forbearance". This is also a "virtue" - kneeling before the Buddha, having to endure painful knees. Can you all hear it now? After hearing everything, then this rule will be made. “This teacher is so powerful! I don't dare leave home with him anymore." There are some people who want to become ordained, but in the end, they dare not. If you're scared, don't get angry. there will be nothing. This is not a rule made by me, but this is made by the person at fault; Kneeling or not kneeling is on that person, not me. Why make this rule? If I hadn't established it, there would have been many disciples in the future, you beat me, I beat you, this one came for arbitration, the other also went to the master to sue, must say who is right and who is wrong, right now. Not even a magistrate who hears them all day can't finish such troublesome matters. Cultivators, how can it be hot? It can not be. If there are disciples and you get angry with them because of your teaching, it's still understandable; It's impossible to get angry with the brothers here. So it is said: “A ring is a priceless treasure, but no one knows how to use it; If anyone can use it, everything will be fine. "If you know how to apply this word 'ring', everything will be fine, otherwise no matter what you do, you will make mistakes. (4). Tinh ton. Diligence has "intelligent body" and "intelligent mind". Being diligent is only for the practice of practicing such as worshiping Buddha, chanting sutras, maintaining mantras, etc.. Every moment, every moment, there is no entertainment or much sleep. The main effort is not to imagine (thoughts of private thoughts), " diligently cultivate the precepts of concentration wisdom, eliminate greed, hatred and delusion", clean up the mind of greed, anger, and delusion in the heart; You have to be diligent, then you can practice and meditate. Being a cultivator is not easy, can't lie down and sleep day and night, must be diligent day and night, trying to attack in a real way; Not only practicing for others, calling people to come see you use your practice. Whether there are people or not, people have to use cultivation practice; Using practice is to practice for yourself, not for others to see. (5). Meditation. It is to use the effort to meditate, meditate, practice meditation. To engage in sitting meditation, diligence is required. If you are not diligent, today a lotus flower, tomorrow a peony again, forever changing. So saying "One day sunbathing, ten days cold chi" (one day to dry hot, ten days to cool), is like an object, you let it dry for one day, then freeze it for ten days, so what's the use? ? Cultivation is the same, you practice for one day, then rest for ten days; “tu (修) and holiday (休)” both have the Chinese sound of “xiū”, but one is the “xiū” of “xiū xong” (tutu), the other is the “xiū” of “xiū xi” () rested); If you practice like that, you can't get the technique of meditation. (6). Prajna. Prajna is also extremely important. We must have wisdom in our cultivation; without wisdom there would be no way to practice. Stupid people practice, no matter how they work to advance, they can't succeed; Those who have wisdom, wherever they are, at all times, they will use their efforts and will see true wisdom. So say "Thuy bamboo royal flower, no non-pragmatic" (golden bamboo flower, none of which is not prajna); What he sees is wisdom. It's like Guo Ning told me: Guo Hien said that as soon as Guo Ninh opened his mouth, he scolded Guo Hien. Scolding "who"? Is this not stupid? If you have wisdom, how can you be scolded? Even if Guo Ning scolds Guo Hien, if Guo Hien is a wise person, he will not accept the scolding, this scolding will be returned to its owner. In "The Fourteenth Chapter" says, someone scolded the Buddha, the Buddha remained calm and told him: "You scold the Tathagata, If the Tathagata does not accept it, the scolding will return to you! Just as you raise your face to the sky and spit, this spit will fall on your face again!” So don't tell people not to scold you, even if they scold you, if you don't accept it, the scolding will be considered absent. When people scold you, you should think, “Oh! He's singing to me." Or “Oh! I don't understand what he's saying. Is he speaking Japanese? Or are you speaking Chinese? Not even speaking French?" Because what he said, you don't understand, so it's okay; That is what true wisdom is! If you understand “he scolds me”, who is “me” after all? Once a Bodhisattva, there is no longer "the appearance of oneself, the appearance of a person, the appearance of living beings, and the appearance of a lifetime". So why is there still an "I"? The monastic should throw this "I" into the Pacific Ocean, not needing it anymore; there must be no 'me', that's all! This is the fifth “Great Virtue Cultivation”; was preaching about the practice of "The Six Lands", in addition, there was "Van Hanh". Van Hanh means that the Bodhisattva practices many Dharma doors. If we say more thoroughly, we do not stop at "Van Hanh", the practice method has eighty four thousand types; but due to time limit, I can't analyze them one by one. Now we talk about "three minds". The bodhisattva must "sweep the three minds, leaving no four marks" (algae three minds, non-four marks). Sweep, like on dusty ground, with a broom, sweep away the dust. We should also wipe out these three minds of ours. Why is it called three minds? That is the mind of the past, the mind of the present, and the mind of the future. Past mind has passed; that has passed, there will be no more "past". The present mind, you say now is the present right? But the present does not stop, so this "present" also passes and becomes the "past". The past is gone; the present does not stop; you say there is still "future mind", the future mind has not come yet! But if you haven't come yet, where do you go to find this future mind? So it is said: "Past mind cannot be attained, present mind cannot be attained, and future mind cannot be attained either" (past mind unattainable, present mind unattainable, future mind unattainable). affordability). If you can't achieve these three "past, present, and future" minds, what else is worth clinging to? There is nothing worth clinging to, it is the attainment of liberation; When you attain liberation, that is true freedom. Bodhisattvas also have to practice the "Four Laws of Photography", What does the four dharmas include? These are generosity, loving-kindness, profit-making, and companionship. (first). Charity. Bodhisattvas must always have the mind of generosity. Generosity is giving to all sentient beings; almsgiving has "gift giving, dharma giving and fearless giving". (2). Ai language. Bodhisattvas must practice loving speech; But you must be a bodhisattva to be able to speak lovingly, but not a bodhisattva cannot. The bodhisattva should speak lovingly, must always have a loving heart towards all sentient beings. Why does the Bodhisattva have a loving heart? Because the Bodhisattva no longer has the "I" sign, he considers all sentient beings and himself the same. Not only do we consider sentient beings to be like us, but we are also like all sentient beings; not only resemble but also become one, there is no longer a division between us and people; Therefore, the Bodhisattva is willing to save all sentient beings, and also to save himself. Loving speech is always having kind words to all sentient beings. (3). Profit practice. All sentient beings like benefits, so for sentient beings, you should always bring a little benefit to them; Jobs have many, many benefits, any work that benefits sentient beings, Bodhisattvas should do. (4). Partner. The bodhisattvas should transform into thousands of billions of billions of bodies, and when they see what kind of living beings need them, they will manifest that body to save them. The bodhisattva will transform into this type of body to teach this type of being. Therefore, when Shakyamuni Buddha was still practicing the bodhisattva way, if he had to save deer, he would transform into a deer to teach them, this is a way of "partners". Practicing the bodhisattva's path is to "practice and practice", which is not easy to do, but you do it, that is, you are practicing the bodhisattva path. "Nan discharge energy", things that are not easy to let go, you have to let go; valuables and valuables are more difficult to put away, if you can, That's the real "discharge energy". "Nang forbearance", things that are not easy to be tolerated but must be tolerated, this is a kind of Bodhisattva path of a Bodhisattva who cultivates great conduct. “Nan gives in”, things that cannot be given up but you can also give in. I often say, "Have to eat what one cannot eat, must receive what one cannot take." Eating things one can't eat, by no means the food one hasn't eaten, I have to eat first; Not to mention the rarest food in this world, no one has eaten yet, I have to eat first! That's not what it meant; but what people don't like to eat, bodhisattvas can eat. I tell you, I'm not a bodhisattva, but I can also eat foods that people don't want to eat. How was that? I remember one thing that winter, when I was seventeen, in my North there is a “Moral Society”; This Ethics Society specializes in teaching ethics and talking about humanity. When I was sixteen, I joined the Ethics Society; at the age of seventeen, he becomes the president of the teaching practice class; The teacher of the teaching practice class is the teacher, the teacher for all students. My age is very young, there are about sixty-seventy students, both male and female, age four-fifty, five-sixty. People in this association must be thrifty, which means they must be frugal, everything must be thrifty. Savings to what extent? Eat potatoes, not delicious ones, but regular potatoes. Normally when eating potatoes, people don't eat the skins, so they peel them off and don't eat the skins; The people at the Ethics Society all preach about morality, to eat things that people can't eat. So I tell every student: “Each of us must eat the potato skin, not spit it out; I have to force myself a little, eat all the potato skins. Things that we can't eat must also be eaten, showing that we have a lot of practice." Because I preach like that, I also eat these potato skins, but what about ordinary students? Some people listen and then like the wind blowing in their ears, listen but don't hear, still release the potato skins - after chewing in their mouths, some people spit it out on the table, some people spit it on the ground. While eating, everyone was not allowed to talk, so I ignored them and let them release. I said "Don't throw away the potato skins", but some students still threw it away often. So after eating, I picked up all the potato skins that the practitioners had thrown out on the table or on the ground and put them in a bowl, and ate them all in front of them. That incident, making all students feel embarrassed; From then on, I saw that no one dared to let go of the potato skins again. If I didn't do that, didn't set an example for myself, these practitioners wouldn't listen to me! They spit it out from my mouth, and I used my mouth to eat it, making these practitioners feel extremely embarrassed. This is called “What people can't eat, we can eat; What people cannot accept, we can accept. What can't one receive? That is “qi” (angry)! No one can stand anger. If you get angry with him a little, he'll be furious. If you can handle your anger, then if someone gets angry with you, you will consider that person singing to you, or speaking in a foreign language, so there will be no problem. Can accept, can endure, can yield, can give up, these are all conditions bodhisattvas should be fully prepared for when cultivating great conduct. Sixth, "Experience great kalpas" (Great kalpas). How many aeons passed? Let me tell you! One "life" is "thirteen thousand nine thousand six hundred years"; a thousand kalpas is a "small life"; combined twenty minor kalpas, counted as a "middle life"; four middle kalpas, called a "great kalpa". Then "passing through great kalpas" is going through three great kalpas that are too many to count. How many do you think? Experiencing three great as-tank-periods with no number! Asanqi is the Indian language, the Chinese call it "infinite number". You say, in ordinary time, how long does this countless aeons take? Therefore, being a Bodhisattva is not easy, having to go through many aeons for a long, long time. Saturday, "The Great Fruit". What the bodhisattva seeks is a great fruition, that is, the fruit of "Ana-dala samadhi" which is "Unsurpassed Right Enlightenment", which is also "to become a Buddha". . Bodhisattvas are full of these seven great things, so they are called "Maha-sat" E 3. EIGHT SET OF THEM (7 parts) F1. We Gods F2. They are Dragon King F3. They Urgently F4. They Can Sac Ba F5. We Asura F6. We Ca Lau La F7. We People F1. THETH OF THE DIVINES At that time, Shakyamuni and his relatives, including twenty thousand gods and sons, gathered together. There were also the heavenly son Minh Nguyet, the heavenly son Pho Huong, the heavenly son Bao Quang, the four Great Heavenly Kings[2] and their relatives, including ten thousand heavenly sons. Heavenly Son Tu Tu, Thien Son Dai Tu Tu and his relatives, including 30,000 heavenly sons, joined the assembly. The Ta-she world has owner Pham Thien Vuong, Thi-qi Dai Pham, Quang Minh Dai Pham, etc., and his relatives, including one thousand two thousand heavenly sons. At the time, Thich-de-turned-human-evil family member belonged to the two thousand heavenly sons. Restoring the rightful son of Minh Nguyet Thien Son, Universal Huong Thien Son, Bao Quang Thien Son, the Four Great Heavenly Kings, and the evil family members belong to ten thousand heavenly sons. The Son of Heaven, the Great Self of the Heavenly Son, and the evil family of the three thousand heavenly sons. Ta-she world master Pham Thien Vuong, Thi Qi Dai Pham, Quang Minh Dai Pham Dang, fierce relatives belong to the ten thousand two heavenly sons. “At that time”: at that moment. At this time, it was the time when Shakyamuni Buddha spoke the "Flower Sutra", there were eighty thousand bodhisattvas who came to the Dharma assembly at the same time. These eighty thousand bodhisattvas are all great bodhisattvas, all children of the Buddha - the Buddha is the Dharma King, the bodhisattva is the Dharma Prince (son of the Dharma King). Therefore, in the "Mitabha Sutra" it is said: "Manjushri benefits the Dharma Prince". In the "Flower Sutra" here, These great bodhisattvas are all Dharma Princes. The Buddha had three children: the true son, the inner child, and the outer child. True son: the true son of Buddha, is the Bodhisattva Dharma Prince. Interior: only for all Bhikkhu-stilts and La-Han; is a relative of the Buddha's religion, a child of the true religion of the Buddha. Outer son: Buddha's outer child, Buddha's outer relative, Buddha's outer protector. All ordinary sentient beings are also children of the Buddha, the outer disciples of the Buddha. Why? Because ordinary sentient beings, there are people outside the Buddha's dharma, who have not yet practiced the Buddha's dharma; Some people, although studying the Buddha's Dharma, do not realize the results, are still in the position of ordinary people, have not yet reached the status of sages. The Buddha has three such sub-classes, which cover all Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and sentient beings of the six paths. Sentient beings in the six worlds are united with beings in the three holy ranks, which are beings in the nine worlds; sentient beings in the nine dharma realms are divided into three subclasses. "Thich-de-huan-ren": Thich-de-huan-ren is Sanskrit, translated in Chinese as Nang Tac (or doing). What ability? Divine ability. This "thick-de-returner" is the god, the king of the heavens that the pagans worship; is also Lao Thien Gia (heaven). In "Sangama Note", there is a sentence "Namo Nhan-dala-gia"; Nhan-dala-ya is the King-Dala-king, also the same as Shakyamuni. Shakyamuni as the thirty-third heavenly master, is also the heavenly master of the Dao-loi heaven; is also God, is the Jade Emperor that the Chinese people revere. Although the Jade Emperor is a celestial being who is the Emperor of the heavens, he is still in the dharma realm of the six mortals, cannot be considered a saint; Shakyamuni is the protector of the Dharma in Buddhism, the protector of Buddhism. Because this Shakyamuni was in front of the Buddha's protector, he didn't even have a seat, he could only stand. So when he came to the Buddha's guardianship, this Sakyamuni didn't even have a seat, he could only stand! There is no seat, why do people revere Him so? Trust Him again? Why believe that He is the true lord in heaven and earth? Is this His will? Right! In Buddhism, although he has no seat, he can only stand there to protect Buddhism, just a dharma protector; but in the scope of his rule, he is a unique character, a supreme leader. We all worship Him very much. I will give a specific example. our country, There are villages in the remote countryside. There is a village that has not yet been civilized, the people still live in the mountains. This area is completely separate from all activities outside; since the village chief often goes out to interact with the outside world, the country also recognizes him as the village head. But what does he say to the people of that area? Since all of them had never been to the city, they were all rural people, so he told them: “I am the greatest man in the world, no matter what, everyone must obey my command. I am the emperor, the president, and the master who governs this world.” As soon as they heard that, the other people immediately believed, thinking that he was the leader, of course the words must be true; they do not know that above the village head there is also a district chief, a provincial head, even a president or an emperor. Why don't they know? Because they live in a mountain cave in a remote area, they have never been in contact with the outside world, so they think that this village head is the most powerful person in the world, so everyone worships him me, trust his word. The same is true of this Heavenly Lord; Those who do not understand the Buddhadharma are like those who live in the countryside. They have never seen the big world outside, never seen the big city, and don't know what this world is like, so they made their village head the highest leader. In the same way, we ordinary people, who did not understand the Buddhadharma well before, only knew that there was God and God, but did not understand that above God there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Why don't you know? It is because this God does not want to teach those under his control that there is someone greater than him; like the head of that village, he did not teach the people in that village how to interact with the outside world. If they were exposed to the outside world, they would immediately know that he was just a humble village chief, so they would no longer trust him as before. Like-de-complete-people are the same way. Where did this Sakyamuni come from? In the past life long, long ago, in the time of the Buddha Kassapa, he was a woman. Not only as a woman, but also as a very poor girl; Not only a poor girl, but also a beggar girl. Seeing that the gold smeared on the statue of Kassapa Buddha was peeling off, this girl coordinated with thirty-two people, Together, they restored the temple and put gold on the statue's body. Thanks to this outstanding merit, after their death, all thirty-three of these people were born in heaven as the Lord of Heaven: the poor girl was the one who initiated the work, so she became the Heavenly Lord of the Dao-Loi heaven; the remaining thirty-two people, eight in the east, eight in the west, eight in the south, and eight in the north, are all lords of the thirty-two heavens. So how many heavens are there? The number of heavens is innumerable, it is impossible to count them all; only the Dao-loi heaven is on the top of Mount Tu-di; The four heavenly kings were halfway up Mount Tu-di. “Shakyamuni and his relatives”: and his relatives; Relatives are fellows with Him, members of His household. How many? There are "twenty thousand heavenly sons to join the assembly": up to twenty thousand heavenly sons come to this Dharma Flower assembly. Not just Shakyamuni, but also his relatives twenty thousand. "There is another heavenly son Minh Nguyet": there is another heavenly son named Minh Nguyet. "Heavenly Son Pho Huong": this heavenly son likes fragrance, so he emits a scent of incense, which spreads throughout the Dharma Realm. The heavenly son Pho Huong liked to smell the fragrance, because he knew that all sentient beings also liked it, so he emitted a kind of universal incense. If it weren't for this heavenly son to emit fragrance, our world would have become unbearably stinky; thanks to him emitting the fragrance in this world, all stench would have been eliminated. "Thien Son Bao Quang": this heavenly son loves treasures, so he has a precious light on him. Heavenly Son Bao Quang knows that all sentient beings have greed, are greedy for precious things, so he gave off a precious light to satisfy the hopes of sentient beings; When their hope is fulfilled, they generate bodhicitta. These two heavenly sons, it is not that he himself likes to smell fragrance, just because all sentient beings like to smell fragrance, he emits fragrance; It is not that he himself likes precious things, but because all sentient beings love precious things, he emits precious light. This shows that this world has an inconceivable realm, causing sentient beings to generate unsurpassed bodhicitta. Perfume is pure precepts, treasure is formless generosity. "Four Heavenly Kings": namely Dong Thien, Nam Thien, Bac Thien and Tay Thien. These four Great Heavenly Kings are right in the middle of Mount Tu-di. The Eastern Heavenly Kings are located to the east of Mount Tudi, the Southern Heavenly Kings are to the south of Mount Tudi, the Western Heavenly Kings are to the west of Mount Tudi, and the Northern Heavenly Kings are to the north of Mount Tudi. The Heavenly King in the east named Tri Quoc Thien Vuong; the heavenly king in the south named Heavenly King Growth; the heavenly king in the west named Da Van Thien Vuong; The heavenly king in the north named Quang Muc Thien Vuong. These four Great Heavenly Kings protect this world, so they are also called the Heavenly King Protector; We are all now under your protection. "With his relatives, including ten thousand sons of the gods, gathered together": and his relatives, more than ten thousand sons of gods, all came to this Dharma assembly to listen to the lecture "The Wonderful Law Lotus Sutra". "Self-sacrificing Heavenly Son": this heavenly son is extremely free, he lives in the Heaven of Hoa Lac. The joy of the Heaven of Transformation is due to self-transformation; He can also bring the happiness of other heavens to transform to his own heaven to enjoy, so it is called Hoa Lac. "Heavenly Son of Great Freedom": this is the Son of Heaven in the Heaven of Tha Hoa Self. His freedom is not something available in his heaven, but he manifests from other heavens. He can also bring the joys of other heavens to his own heaven. "With his relatives, there are 30,000 sons of the gods to join": and his relatives, there are 30,000 sons of gods, more than the number above. Shakyamuni only had twenty thousand sons of gods, he had three thousand, more than ten thousand. “Sad world”: Why is it called the Saha world? Ta-ba (or Sa-ba) is Sanskrit sound, sometimes read as "Sa-ha"; The English translation is "Saha World", which is this Saha world. What is the world of Tathagata? The world is sweet, this world is so sweet. Someone said: “A magician! I've heard him preach for a long time, never seen him preach wrongly, but this time, he really did say it wrong! I see the translation means "Sa-she" is suffering, why do you now say it is sweet?" If you knew it was suffering, you shouldn't be attached! Why can't you leave this world? Why do I say sweet realm? It's because I see you can't leave this world; If you can't give it up, then of course it's sweet! If it is suffering (bitter), then you should leave soon! The other said, "As the shaman has said so, I have nothing more to say!" You have nothing to say, but I have something to say. What's there to say? This Saha world is not suffering (bitter), nor is it sweet, is a world without taste at all; There is no taste whatsoever, but defilements are many. What affliction? Is (the) affliction very painful. Therefore, this "Sa-she" is translated as patient, able to endure; able to endure all external suffering circumstances. This suffering situation has three sufferings, eight sufferings, immeasurable sufferings. What are the three sufferings? (first). Suffering: is the misery of poverty; had no food to eat, no clothes to wear, no house to live in? Would you say suffering? This is suffering within misery. (2). Suffering: having food to eat, a house to live, and clothes to wear; not only have houses to live in, but also live in high houses with wide doors, very luxurious houses; not only have clothes to wear, but also wear very beautiful, very fashionable, very luxurious clothes; not only had rice to eat, but also ate rare and delicious dishes that people in this world had never tasted before, they had all enjoyed. What do you say? That good situation didn't last long, suddenly there was a fire, sometimes the enemy was robbed, or suffer some unintended loss…; No matter how rich and happy, they will all be destroyed, this is the suffering of destruction. (3). Suffering: there is no misery of poverty, nor destruction of wealth, so it can be said that there is no suffering? Not true, still suffering the same. What misery? From teenager to young man, from young man to old man, from old to sick, from sick to death; Mindfulness and mindfulness flow, mindfulness does not stop, like a wave of water, the next wave chases the previous wave, the previous wave just ended, the next wave is born, so they run after each other, birth and death die, there is no the end - human life, from infancy to old age, constantly changing, constantly changing in every thought, every thought, this is the practice of suffering. Eight sufferings, are: (1). Suffering (2). Aging and suffering (3) Sickness and suffering (4). Suffering death (5). Farewell to suffering: you love this person very much, do not want to leave him; but the forced situation cannot be far away, would you say suffering or not? Having to part with the person you love the most, there is no greater pain than that. (6). Resent the meeting of suffering: you really hate this person, “Huh! I hate him so much, I want to stay away from him, don't like to be around people like that!" Ha! Going to another place and encountering the same person, equally detestable, this is called resentful meeting of suffering. You hate this type of person, move to another place, you think you've been released from debt, but as a result, you meet someone like him, this is the suffering of having to meet the person you hate. (8). Asking for unhappiness: what you always want and desire but you can't get it, would you say there is suffering or not? (8). The Five Warms of Suffering: This suffering is even more terrible! It always follows you, right in your body, it walks along with you. The five warms are form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. The five warm pots mean that this warm year is like fire, burning you very strongly, this is also suffering. So much suffering, still bearable; Oh! It's so hard, but you can still bear it, right? This means that things that are inherently unbearable, yet bearable; in such a miserable situation, you are still calm, you can still endure, still can't leave this world. You cling to this world, see it as what? Why do I say this is the sweet world[3]? Because everyone is clinging to this world, thinking it's like an apple! The apple is very sweet, they think the world is always sweet; in fact, once swallowed, will feel the world is bitter, as bitter as Hoang Lien - even more bitter than Hoang Lien! When you know this world is bitter (suffering), you still accept to endure, this is not an easy thing. If you cultivate the Way, if you can swallow so many bitter things, then you will definitely become a Buddha. Before, when I was still in the Northeast, I had a disciple named Guo Shun. He said: "I work for the Japanese, I don't eat enough, I don't dress warm enough, I don't get enough sleep at night. If a person only needs to have the stamina to endure half the hardships of working as a janitor in matters of cultivation, he will definitely become a Buddha.” So, after ordination, he ate only one meal a day, not much; meditating from morning to night, not sleeping. Eat a meal at noon, often sit or not lie down, conduct early-momentum. Among my disciples, he is the most up-to-date. Later, because he did not want to stay in this Saha world anymore, he set himself on fire. After the fire went out, his body remained upright; waiting for someone to come see, just reach out and touch, the body immediately turns to ashes. Burned to death but still sitting, this shows that he has the power of concentration; If you don't practice meditation, when you are heated by fire, you will definitely jump up. For ordinary people, if you put a match on them, this person will definitely jump. So, for any person, if they claim to have the power of concentration, have entered samadhi, you can try them. You should take a small fire to them, if this person doesn't jump up, it is true that they have real concentration; even burned, turned into ash but still sitting still, that is the true concentration! If you don't have such samadhi, don't brag about having samadhi. That's why I can't say I have samadhi. If you say you have concentration power, then you have to test a little to know if it's true or false! "The world of Saha", the world (life), has three generations: past, present and future. This is the concept of time; realm (realm), separated by a boundary. This is a spatial concept. "Master Pham Thien Vuong": owner means master; Pham is the great Brahma Thien Vuong, he resides in the great Brahma heaven. "Thi-qi Dai Pham": Thi-qi is a Sanskrit sound, translated in China as Da Ke, on his head there are many buns of hair. "Quang Minh Dai Pham": there is another heavenly son named Quang Minh Dai Pham. "And so on": ie other gods. "Along with his retinues, including twelve thousand heavenly sons, gather together.": and his retinues, as many as twelve thousand two thousand heavenly sons, all came to the Dharma Flower Assembly. F2. THE LONG KINGS There are eight dragon kings: the dragon king Nanda, the dragon king Bat-nanda, Dragon King Sagiala, Dragon King Hoatu-kiet, Dragon King Ducoaka, Dragon King Anabadatta, Dragon King Manatu, Dragon King Ubat- la etc... each brought along countless hundreds of thousands of relatives belonging to the assembly. The Eight Dragon Kings: Nanda Dragon King, Bat-nanda Dragon King, Sage La Dragon King, Hoatu Kiet Dragon King, Buddha-Dragon King Buddha, Ana-Batt -Multi-dragon king, Mana-tu-drang king, Upal-long-king king, all the gods and goddesses belong to the sentence. “There are eight dragon kings”: dragon (dragon), in the past there were many dragons, anyone could see; up to now, dragons no longer appear. Why? Because there were too many people, the dragons were so scared that they didn't dare to appear. Dragons belong to the category of animals. This animal is not like the others, it has supernatural powers. How is magic? It can transform to make the body grow, can shrink the body again; You can let other people see it, but you can also make it impossible for people to see it. So why does it make the body of a dragon? You don't look down on it, don't think of it as an animal and then consider it no good. In the past, dragons were cultivators. While practicing, this person "excessively postpones the precepts", so he has to fall into the dragon body. "Vanilla" is the Mahayana Dharma of the Buddha; "gender" is the precept. This person practices very urgently, but does not keep the precepts, which means that he has not eradicated the desire, especially, he has not been able to get rid of the notion of lust. Because this notion of lust has not yet been abandoned, although he has tried his best to cultivate the Way and devote himself to studying the Mahayana Dharma of the Buddha, it is precisely because he does not keep the precepts that he must fall into the form of a dragon; but thanks to his vigorous efforts to practice Mahayana Buddhism, he has obtained supernatural powers; there is magic, yes, but turned into an animal. There is also the class of "delayed precepts", ie this person keeps the precepts very seriously, but does not diligently practice the Mahayana Dharma; People who practice this way can also be human in the next life. How to be human? Be very rich, but not very smart; very rich but stupid. Because they follow the precepts very strictly, so they are rich, but because they refuse to read and recite the Mahayana sutras, and do not study the Buddha's teachings, they have no intelligence, a little bit of stupidity - no must be completely stupid, but not very smart. There is a class of "vehicle precepts", ie this person makes great efforts to practice Mahayana Dharma; Strictly observing the precepts very well, studying the Buddhadharma is also very dedicated. This type of person can witness the results; If you do not witness the fruit, you will also be born in heaven to enjoy blessings. There is a class of people who do not practice the Mahayana, nor keep the precepts, and are lazy all day long. Those who do not leave home, do not study the Buddhadharma, do not practice the Buddhadharma, this is the lazy class; The monastics, they also do not study the Buddhadharma, are also very lazy. In the morning, they sleep until ten o'clock to wake up, and in the evening they rest very early. They said: "The sun is up three o'clock, but I don't want to get up, it seems that fame and profit are not equal to leisure". One pole is about ten feet high, three poles is thirty several feet high; The sun has already risen three o'clock, which means that the sun has already risen thirty feet high, but this monk is still lying in bed and has not yet woken up! Compared to those who seek fame and gain, still can't compare to me, being idle like this, doing nothing, compared to being a lazy person is still better! "Excessive sentence delay" is the lazy class. This type of person does not keep the precepts, nor study the Buddhadharma; Although in the name of being ordained, in fact they do not practice, do not use effort. Or they like to hide from work and enjoy leisure, no matter what, they also come later to hide, not going to work; but if there's any good food, they sneak a little bit first. Like to eat lazy, the future will have to fall to hell! Will have to run into hell, from morning to night, the guards will tell you to eat the red burning iron stone. If you like to eat, you will eat it. You don't like to do, don't like to study at all; When you get there, you don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess your sins. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you Although in the name of being ordained, in fact they do not practice, do not use effort. Or they like to hide from work and enjoy leisure, no matter what, they also come later to hide, not going to work; but if there's any good food, they sneak a little bit first. Like to eat lazy, the future will have to fall to hell! Will have to run into hell, from morning to night, the guards will tell you to eat the red burning iron stone. If you like to eat, you will eat it. You don't like to do, you don't like to study at all; When you get there, you don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess your sins. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you Although in the name of being ordained, in fact they do not practice, do not use effort. Or they like to hide from work and enjoy leisure, no matter what, they also come later to hide, not going to work; but if there's any good food, they sneak a little bit first. Likes to eat and work, the future will have to fall to hell! Will have to run into hell, from morning to night, the guards will tell you to eat the red burning iron stone. If you like to eat, you will eat it. You don't like to do, you don't like to study at all; When you get there, you don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess your sins. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you but if there's any good food, they sneak a little bit first. Like to eat lazy, the future will have to fall to hell! Will have to run into hell, from morning to night, the guards will tell you to eat the red burning iron stone. If you like to eat, you will eat it. You don't like to do, don't like to study at all; When you get there, you don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess your sins. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you but if there's any good food, they sneak a little bit first. If you like to eat and work, you will have to go to hell in the future! Will have to run into hell, from morning to night, the guards will tell you to eat the red burning iron stone. If you like to eat, you will eat it. You don't like doing, don't like to study at all; When you get there, you don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess your sins. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you You don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell you You don't need to do anything, just ask you to confess. Either bring you to fry in oil, or send you to the mountain of knives, to the forest to search, to the cauldron of oil, telling you to taste those flavors. Why tell youDid you taste those flavors? It's because you are lazy, are you still lazy? In this Lotus Assembly, there are eight dragon kings, in addition there are many subjects of the dragon king. Speaking of this, I remember Guo Shun when he was still in the Northeast, didn't I say before that he burned himself? This Shun is a class of "extra precepts", he has followed the precepts, and still practices the Mahayana. He built a thatched hut, which is made of thatched grass to make a house; This house is not very big. After the house was built, he invited me to the clearing, which was also the opening ceremony. I brought a few disciples, one named Guo Nang, one named Guo Zhi, one named Guo Ta to the clearing. That night, we stayed in his grass hut. That night, ten dragons came to seek refuge in the Three Jewels. Now it was a drought, it had been a long time without rain; I asked the ten dragons: “Dragons are in charge of making rain, why don't you let it rain now? Do you still want to take refuge?" The dragon said: "It must rain, it must be directed by God." The God of Thich is the Thich-de-turned-man, they said that he must have his command to make it rain; If they have not been ordered, they do not dare to arbitrarily make rain. At that time, I said to those dragons: “Please go to the place of Sakyamuni, and ask for it on my behalf; I want rain within forty miles around. Tomorrow, if you can ask the Jade Emperor for permission to rain, the day after tomorrow I will take refuge for you and accept you as a Buddhist disciple." I told them so, and sure enough the next day it rained; This rain, indeed, only appeared within forty miles of my place, the land beyond forty miles did not drop a drop of rain. So by the third day, I have passed the three rules to these ten dragons. After taking refuge, they all practice. Saying these words is like telling a myth; in fact there is no myth at all, this is a story that I have experienced myself. Before taking refuge, the other dragons made rain; Therefore, I named Guo Thuan's thatched hut "Long Vu Mao Bong". These dragons, you can't see, but they still exist. Dragons can transform infinitely, possessing a kind of magic. What is the dharma name for these ten dragons? As "Level Cultivator", you must cultivate quickly. Currently, there are eight dragon kings in the Dharma Flower Assembly, in addition to many small dragons. These eight dragon kings all have names. "Dragon King Na-da": Nanda is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Happy, is the leader in the ranks of the Dragon God Protector. "Dragon King Batnanda": Bat-nanda is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Thien Hoan Hy. This dragon king and the dragon king Nanda are two brothers. In the past, they did not follow the rules, later when they were subdued by the venerable Ma Ma Muc Kien, they became the protectors of Buddhism, so now they also come to the Dharma Flower Association to listen to the sutras. . The brothers of this dragon king help the country of Maidde with favorable weather and wind, rain and wind at the right time will help the grain to get a good harvest; they are very useful to people. "Dragon King Sa-à-la": Sa-gà-la is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Ham Hai, this is the sea dragon king in the salty sea, also known as the dragon king Sa-kiet-la. "Dragon King Hoa-tu-kiet": Hoa-tu-kieu is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Multi-Headed. This dragon king has many heads, a body that sometimes grows nine heads, sometimes twelve, sometimes fifteen, but sometimes there are only three heads, seven heads, so it's called Multi-Headed. "Dragon King Ducxaca": Ducxaca is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Show Poison. This dragon king has poisonous gas, can blow out a lot of poisonous gas. If anyone inhales this poisonous gas, they will die immediately. "Dragon King Anabadatta": Anabadda is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as No Heat Brain. This dragon king does not suffer from the affliction of heat. "Dragon King Manatu": Manasseh is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Great Body; because his body is very big, so called Dai Than dragon king (long king himself big). "Dragon King Upa-la": Upa-la is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Thanh Lien Hoa (Blue Lotus). "And so on": that is, not only these eight dragon kings, but also many, many others. "Each of them brings with him countless hundreds of thousands of relatives of the assembly": Each dragon king brought a lot of baby dragons and grandsons to the Phap Hoa festival to listen to the Buddha preaching. F3. THE URGENCY OF NA LA There are four Kings of Kinnala: Dharma King Kinnala, Wonderful Dharma Kinnala King, Great Dharma Kinnala King, and Practitioner King Kinnala, each one of them. brought along countless hundreds of thousands of family members. The Four Noble Truths of King Kinnala: Dharma King Kinnala, Wonderful Dharma King Kinnala, Great Dharma Kinnala King, Trial Dharma Kinnala King, and all the evil and weak powers. sentence charm. “There are four kings of Khannala”: not only dragons, but also Kinnalas, also one of the eight sets of gods and dragons. Kinnala is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Nghi God. Why is it called the Goddess? Because this person looks like a human, but on his head grows a horn, so it is called Nghi Than or Doubt. This is the divine music of the Jade Emperor, often play music for Thich-de-complete-people to listen to. There are four kings of Khannala: "King of the Dharma": this one has many ways of playing music. "Dharma Dharma Khan-na-la king": this person not only has many methods of music, but the music is also very wonderful. The music this taste plays is very nice and smooth, everyone likes to listen to it; Not only made people love to study the Buddha's teachings, moreover, the music performed by this monk showed a very wonderful Dharma sound. "Dharma Khannala King": The music performed by this person talking about the Buddha's dharma is very loud - the dharma is also loud, the sound is also loud. "Holding the Dharma of King Kinnala": there is also a ritual, every time he plays music, not only makes other people very interested in listening, but also makes them generate a kind of mind that likes to practice, like to follow. Dharma practice, life maintenance. These four Khanna-kings, "each of them brought with them countless hundreds of thousands of relatives of the assembly": innumerable means a great number. How many? Some bring a hundred, some bring a thousand, or bring ten thousand relatives to this meeting. F4. There are four Ganttva kings: the King of Music, the Music of the King of the Throne, the Beauty of the Throne, and the Beauty of the Sound of the Throne, each of them according to countless hundreds of thousands of family members. The Four Noble Truths of the Kings of Heaven: Music of the Kings of the Worlds, Music of the Music of the Kings of the Kingdoms of Heaven, of the Music of the Music of the Kingdoms of Heaven, of the Music of the Kings of the Thousand of the Heavens belonging to the sentence. "There are four Kanthāgata kings": Kanhātā is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Scent of Fragrance. This type of god specializes in smelling flavors, taking flavors as food. This is the sacred music of Ngoc De, often playing gentle music for Thich-de-huan-ren to listen to. When the Jade Emperor wants him to come play music, immediately dotted a little incense-head Chien-dan. Hearing this fragrance, the taste immediately came. This guy plays very good music. Some people heard that Kannala and Kantha were both gods of music, then fell in love with this music, so they said: "In Buddhism, Kannala and Canhtha-ba are both gods. musical genius.” So they also went to music school. You should know, this music is to perform for the Jade Emperor, not in Buddhism. After taking refuge with the Buddha, they became the Dharma protectors of Buddhism, called heaven dragon eight sets of ghosts and spirits; Some are demons, some are gods, and are Dharma protectors for Buddhism. You should not insist on going to music school. There are four Kanthāgatas: “Music of the Kings of Heaven”: the music played by him is very pleasing to the ear. “Music of the Queen of Heaven”: the music played by this person is even better than the one above. "My Lady of the Universe": there is a King of the Throne named "America". American ie nice; This means that the music played by this person is not only good but also beautiful. "Canadian Beauty Queen": this person can play beautiful music, very subtle, very pleasing to the ear. These four Kandabhava kings, "each of them brought with them countless hundreds of thousands of relatives of the assembly": along with their retinues, the other minor gandharthas, came to this Dharma Lotus assembly to listen Buddha speaks the Dharma. We should not learn to sing, just like birds, as soon as we meet other people, we immediately want to sing to them. Don't learn from that attitude. That person still wants to argue with me, what kind of evidence? They said, "This is also one of the eighty-four thousand Dharma doors." They think that playing music is also a kind of dharma, it's shameless! I was immersed in music by myself, and wanted to call others to be like me. This class of people is pitiful! F5. WE ATU LA KINGS There are four Asura kings: Asura king of the woman, Khulakhilda of Asura king, King of Asura king of Bhikkhu-mad-dala, King of Asura-king of Arhat, each brought with him countless hundreds of thousands of family members. The four friends of the Atula kings: Asura King Brahm, Khulakhilda Asura king, Venerable Vimathdala Asura king, La -Serving Asura king, the wicked can dominate the heavenly realm of the sentence. "There are four Asura kings": There are four types of Asura kings. Asura is Sanskrit, Chinese translates to Wujiu, they don't have alcohol to drink. Also translated as Wu Duan Chinh, the male Atula's appearance is very ugly, but the female's appearance is very beautiful. Why are they named Wu Jiu? Because they have heavenly blessings, but no divine power. In heaven there are Asuras, in the human world there are Asuras. Among the hungry ghosts and animals, there are also Asuras. The nature of this type of Asura is a fighter, determined to defeat others, Solid fight, would love to lose. Atula also had factions, their factions were very powerful, often fighting, often fighting with the generals of the heavens. This Asura king had a daughter who was married to the Jade Emperor; why did the Jade Emperor marry the daughter of King Atula? Because the Jade Emperor still has a body, he still remembers sex; Because of this lust, I have not yet eliminated the lustful mind and also like beautiful girls. One day, seeing the beauty of the extremely beautiful daughter of King Atula, the Jade Emperor immediately fell in love and asked to marry King Atula. Because he thought the power of the Jade Emperor was also great, King Atula immediately happily married his daughter. After getting married, because Jade Emperor liked to listen to the fairy speak the Dharma, he went to this fairy's place every day to listen to the Dharma. But the daughter of King Atula gave birth to doubt, what doubt? Oh! He goes out every day, and comes back very late, probably already with another girl! So she asked Ngoc Di: "Where do you go every day? Did he do something illegal?” Jade Emperor denied: "Not so! I went to a fairy to listen to sutras, so I returned very late. She has no doubts!" However, she did not believe that the Jade Emperor went to listen to the sutras, and still suspected that he did not keep the discipline. The female asura also has a magical power, has the art of invisibility, although she is here, but the physical eyes of ordinary people cannot see her, not even the celestial eye of the Jade Emperor. . So one day, when Ngoc De sat in the car to listen to the sutras, she also went in invisible and sat in the car; When she got there, Ngoc De got off the car, she also got off the car. The Jade Emperor asked her, "What did you come here for?" "So what did he come here for?" "I came to hear the sutras!" “I also came to listen to the sutras! "Because he is still an ordinary person, not a person who has witnessed the holy fruit, so the Jade Emperor still has troubles; he immediately took a lotus stem and beat the female Asura. Being beaten, she got angry and went back to tell her father. When the Jade Emperor married a female Atula, for the first time invited King Atula to the party; To show respect to his father-in-law, Ngoc De gave the heavenly generals two rows to welcome him. But Atula king doubted, how suspicious? He thought: “Hmm! Do you want to brag with me? I haven't seen this heavenly general yet?" and have a displeasure with this son-in-law. In addition, this time, when her daughter came home, she said: “The present Jade Emperor does not keep her routine, every day she goes out to find other girls; I just opened my mouth to dissuade him, and he hit me again!" Hearing his daughter say this, King Asura was furious, "Very well! Jade Emperor! I will fight you to the end! ' so he immediately mobilized the Asura army to fight the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor's heavenly generals battled with the Asura army, it was strange! You lose every battle; The Jade Emperor could not win against Atula, so he went to the Buddha to ask for help. The Buddha taught: "If you return, teach your heavenly soldiers and generals to recite the phrase "Maha Prajnaparamita" at the same time, and you will be able to win the battle! Oh! Indeed, when they recited the phrase "Maha Prajnaparamita," the Atula army lost every battle; Losing so much that there was no place to hide, had to hide in an empty lotus mirror. Why couldn't Atula stand this sentence "Maha Prajnaparamita"? This reason needs to be studied. Before reciting “Maha Prajnaparamita”, every hit is a win; but after the heavenly generals chanted "Maha Prajnaparamita" the Buddha taught, the Atula army suffered a crushing defeat. Why so? Because the thoughts of the heavenly soldiers and the Asuras are the same, there is no wisdom, so they fight wildly; until reciting "Maha Prajnaparamita", the heavenly generals acquire wisdom. Asura is the type without wisdom, very stupid stupidity; Those who do not have wisdom fight with those who have wisdom, they will definitely lose. Therefore, the wise man fights the fool, and the fool will fail sooner or later - the same is true of the principles and principles of Asura and this heavenly army. Asura loves to fight, now we can make a little comparison, in our world, whoever likes to fight, that person is Atula. It is not necessarily that the Asuras in heaven like to fight, those in the human world who like to fight are Asuras incarnated; in heaven, they are always ready to fight, when they come to earth, They still like to fight. There are four Asura kings, the first is "The King of Asuras": She-tri is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as "Beat". To be tied down is to be bound by the heavenly generals. Or translate as Dark Victory, because all sex scenes can be won. "Khu-la-khil-da Atula king": Khula-khil-da is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Quang Kien Giap; The armor is the human shoulder. It means that the shoulders of this Asura king are very large, very powerful, able to carry the Dharma. "The King of Asuras": the King of Asuras just preached is this monk. His appearance was extremely ugly, but his daughter was extremely beautiful. After fighting with the Jade Emperor, he lost the battle and had to flee, hiding in the lotus flower. Bhikkhu-major-dala is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Hai Thuy Ba Yin, the sound of the waves of the sea. "Rahcup Atula King": La-hou is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Obstruction. Obstruction is karma, maintenance is holding (holding). In other words, this person can grasp the sun and moon with his hand, can block the sun and moon with his hand, so this Asura king is called a hindrance. He can suppress defilements, it can also be said that he is blocked by defilements. He can prevent defilements, ie no defilements, this is a way of teaching; Another way of teaching is that he is blocked by afflictions, so he is always hot-tempered and wants to fight. This idea sees a lot. "Each of them, together with countless hundreds of thousands of relatives, belong to the assembly.": Each King Asura duck brought many relatives with him to the Dharma Flower Assembly to listen to the Buddha's teachings. F6. THE LONG SUBTITLES There are four Kings of the Kalachakra: the great Lord of the Kalachakras, the Great Body of the Kalachakras, Dai Man Ka-la-king, Nhu Y-Kala-la-king, each with innumerable hundreds of thousands of family members. The four friends of the Kalachakras: The Great King of the Kalachakras, the Great Body of the Kalachakras, the Great Manchus of the Lords, The Wishings of the Kalachakras, and the wicked and weak-willed. Hegemony belongs to the sentence. "There are four Kings of Calamity": Kalala is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Golden Eagle Eagle. Do you remember that Eagle? That's it! These golden-winged Eagles are not necessarily egg-born; So where does it come from? Sometimes born from pregnancy, sometimes due to chemical birth. Its body is very large, when spreading its wings, it covers up to three hundred yojanas; one doweek is eighty miles, three hundred do-weeks is how many miles? When it flaps its wings like this, it can slap all the sea water. The water in the sea is drained, exposing the seabed; Dragons that live on the bottom of the sea are eaten by it, one by one, like eating noodles. Have you seen chickens and small birds pecking insects? Worms are in the category of dragons; All kings of insects are dragons. Small birds eat small insects, this eagle eats large insects – eat dragons; Dragon is also an insect, it's just big. It eats dragon meat to the point of extinction. You see, now in the world, we don't see dragons anymore, why is that? Because it was eaten by the golden-winged Eagle, it is almost extinct! Without dragons, the Golden Eagle will also starve to death. Now we no longer see the Golden Eagle, that's because there are no dragons. It has no food, so it cannot survive. Therefore, in this world, if people do not have food, they cannot exist. Thus, the golden-winged Eagle had to eat the dragon, the dragon king went to the Buddha for help: "Now our dragon species is about to be wiped out! Because of this golden-winged Eagle! We really can't resist. The power of this bird can slap the sea dry, to force the descendants of our dragons to eat meat, so much so that now our dragons are about to become extinct! Please Buddha compassion, help!" Shakyamuni Buddha immediately gave the dragon king a piece of his old cassava, saying: "Take this piece of old cassava, tear it apart and give each dragon a thread. If you had this Tathagata's casa cord, the golden-winged Eagle would not have caught you, would not have seen you!" The dragon king returned and did as the Buddha told him. Sure enough, the Eagle emptied the water in the sea, but there was no dragon to eat. Knowing immediately that the Buddha helped, do not let it eat dragon meat; So the golden-winged eagle immediately went to find the Buddha and reasoned with him. It asked Buddha: "Do you help these dragons, left us without food, now we're starving, what do you think?" Shakyamuni Buddha replied, "You will not starve to death, nor do you need to eat dragon meat! From now on, at noon every day, my disciples, while eating, will give you some food to eat!" Therefore, when we are offering noon noon, we have recited: "The golden eagle, the wild ghosts and demons, the rakshasa, the mother and the devil, all offerings are offered" (yellow-winged eagle, ghosts and spirits) empty fields, the mother and son of the demon Lasha, and all the offerings) this is to give food to the golden-winged Eagle. From then on, this golden-winged Eagle took refuge in the Three Jewels, no longer eating dragon meat; but most of the dragons have been eaten by it, and there are not many left, or if there are still four or five of them, there is only one in each sea; Now we don't see dragons anymore! Although the golden-winged Eagle has such a large body, it also has magical powers, can turn large or small, just like a dragon. You think, dragons can transform, but become a kind of food for golden-winged Eagles; The dragons that it eats can transform and all have magical powers, thereby showing that its divine powers are also unpredictable. Don't think that only dragons have magical powers, the golden-winged Eagle's magic is even greater! "Dai Oanh Duc Duc": This King of Calamity is named Dai Oanh Duc. It flies in the air, can cover the sky and cover the earth, its majesty, that power is so great! "Great Body of Calamity King": the body of the King of Calamity is already very large, this King of Calamity is especially large, larger than the body of the Kalou kings-- other la king! It dwells on a large tree in the Diamond Mountain, its wings spread to three hundred and thirty-six yojanas. "Great Man of Calamity": The Great Body of Calamity has not grown all over yet, this King of Calamity is indeed powerful! As long as it sits in the sea, it fills the whole sea, the sea water will have to flow to another place; Moreover, when its wings fan like this, it will cause the sea water to split, it will enter the sea to eat dragon meat, just as it pleases. "As the King of Calamity wishes": on the neck of this King, there is a jewel of his wish. Like, it's satisfying satisfaction; It can be as it wants. So when it wants to eat the dragon, the dragon will run into its mouth; No need to use sea water propellers to have dragons to eat. As soon as he wanted to eat, the dragon automatically entered its mouth; roughly it said: "Come here, come here! Let me eat some meat!” This dragon is also very obedient, immediately feed it! "Each of you and hundreds of thousands of relatives belong to the assembly": each King of Calamā also brought many and many relatives with him to the Dharma Flower Assembly to listen to the Dharma. F7. WE ARE King Asathe, her son Videhi, and how many hundreds of thousands of family members belong to the association Videhi son Asathe King, fiercely and weakly overpowering the gods. "King Asathe, her son Videhi": Videhi is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as Thinking; thought in their hearts of their son, King Asathe. A-Tha-the is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Vicar of Resentment. Resentment, is resentment; The Birth of Resentment, that is, when this king was not born, an unwholesome thing happened. He also has another name, "Wu Chi", which means no fingers. Why no fingers? When he was born, a fortune teller predicted that the prince would later kill his father. Hearing this, King Qinba-sala, the crown prince's father, was greatly appalled and hated him very much. so I threw him from upstairs, intending to kill him, but he only broke a little finger and didn't die. This King Asathe, who has done everything before, "kills his father", ie his father; “kill your mother”, ie kill your mother; "killing A-la-han", the witness of Arahantship, he also killed; "making the Buddha's body bleed", he threw a stone at the Buddha's feet, causing the Buddha's feet to be torn and bleeding. Oh! Killing his father, killing his mother, killing an Arahant, breaking the harmony of the Sangha, making the Buddha's body bleed, the five crimes against him are all done! In the "Thirteen Quan Sutras" there is a story about this. The reason why King Asathe was so rebellious was because when he was still a crown prince, he made friends with Devadatta; Devadatta was a brother and uncle to the Buddha, but he specialized in destroying the Buddha, slandering the Buddha, what he did was very strange. Knowing that Asathe would become emperor in the future, he formed a party with Ashathea, inducing Asathe to kill his father, and also his mother; waiting for Asathea to become king, he will again induce this emperor to kill the Buddha as well. Devadatta wanted to be the new Buddha; The two of them prepare the new Buddha and the new king will rule the world together. You see! The Buddha's virtue was so great, yet his brothers and uncles objected and specialized in finding ways to harm him. Asathe followed Devadatta's instigation, which was a kind of divisiveness, so he arrested his father, King Tanbasala, and put him in prison. The prison has seven layers of walls, you have to go through seven doors to be able to meet the father, it can be said that it is stronger than the iron wall. Asathe imprisoned his father there, giving him no food or water, letting his father starve to death, nor allowing anyone to visit. He was a prince, locked up his father, then he was made emperor; He ordered that no one was allowed to visit his father. Queen Videhi loved her husband very much, so she surreptitiously went to the prison to visit King Tanba-sala. On the head of women in ancient times wore a number of pearl necklaces, the intestines of which were hollow; She poured grape juice into the intestines of the beads, then put the necklace on her head, surreptitiously brought it to her husband to drink. You say, she gave birth to such a child, wanting her father to starve to death! When Videhi brought grape juice to King Tanba-sala, they both cried in prison. With the current situation, too much suffering, King Qinba-sala turned to Mount Kysarak to worship Buddha Shakyamuni: "Buddha! You are the Great Enlightened One, full of all wisdom, You must know that I am currently suffering from this pain, Please come and save me!” As soon as they hoped to worship the Buddha, he immediately knew, so he sent Maha Moggallana there to speak the Dharma to Videhi and King Tanba-sala. Later, when he learned of his mother's actions, King Asathe was very angry and intended to kill her, but thanks to the intervention of the great minister Ky Ba, Videhi escaped death, but was also imprisoned. in prison. In prison, with what she had to experience, she suffered greatly, and again worshiped Shakyamuni Buddha. The Buddha hid from Mount Kysara, appeared in the palace. Videhi finished bowing, just looked up and saw Shakyamuni Buddha, a purple-yellow body sitting on a lotus flower made of hundreds of treasures, the venerable Muc Kien-liang on the left Venerable Ananda served on the right. Seeing the Blessed One, Vi-dehi lay down on the ground crying, saying: "World-Honored One! This world is too hard! I don't want to be human in this world anymore! I wish to go to another good world, not have to suffer so much pain like this anymore. After all, what sin did you create in your previous life, why did you give birth to such a child, wanting to kill your parents, is there anything good in this world? Please, Buddha, show me a bright path, so that I can be reborn in that world." So the Buddha immediately taught her "Ten Six Quan Quan", teaching her how to practice practice. This "Thirteen Contemplation Sutras" has sixteen types of contemplation, which is the recitation of "Namo Amitabha Buddha", which teaches people to seek rebirth in the Western world of Ultimate Bliss. Ms. Videhi immediately followed this Dharma to practice, and indeed, immediately after that, she was reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. This King Asathi killed his father, his mother, and also broke the harmony of the Sangha, killed the Arahant, and even made the Buddha's body bleed, this five transgression is inherently unrepentant, there is no way to get rid of it. salvageable; but because he later knew he was wrong, he went to the Buddha to cry earnestly to repent and correct his mistakes, the Buddha also pardoned him! King Azareth was an extremely wicked man, but he was still able to forsake evil and do good; so in this Fa-Flower Association he also participates. Currently in that place, he and "many hundred thousand of his relatives": together with his close relatives, with his ministers and subjects, all came to listen to the sutras. [1] Hanh Dau-da 頭陀行 (S: dhūta-guṇa): practicing asceticism, minimizing the three needs of food, shelter, and clothing. Those who practice the first-doing virtue, must adhere to twelve conduct: 1- In A-lana; 2- Often beg for food; 3- Begging for food in order; 4- Eat one meal a day; 5- Do not overeat; 6- After noon, do not drink fruit juice; 7- Put on top-loading medical equipment; 8- Only three y; 9- Stay in the cemetery; 10- Sleep under a tree; 11- Sit on empty ground; 12- Often sitting or lying down. [2] Abandoning the Hinayana, the mind turns to the Mahayana. [3] Wonderful observation wisdom 妙觀察智 (S: pratyavekṣaṇā-jñāna): skillful wisdom observes the dharmas and freely speaks the dharma. [4] They affect 影響眾: one of the four. Because in order to support Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings, the Buddhas, along with the bodhisattva's dharmakaya, manifest themselves as shadows and echoes. The Dharma Lord Shakyamuni is like sound, the Bodhisattvas are like echoes; like the stars that surround the moon, though they do not see artifacts, they do great benefit. [5] Di hou 獼猴 (Cg: Mahou; S: markaṭa): a species of monkey, gray-black fur, red face, protruding snout. [6] Shakyamuni 釋提桓因 (S: Śakra-devānām-indra; Cg: Emperor Thich Thien): King of the Dao-Loi heaven, one of the twelve gods who guard the east, specializing in protector of Buddhism. [7] Four Great Heavenly Kings 四大天王: (Cg: Four Guardians): four heavenly kings in the middle of the four directions of Mount Tu-di, dedicated to preserving the Buddhadharma and protecting sentient beings in the four great continents. [8] Suffering (苦) also means bitter taste. The opposite of "bitter" is "sweet". D2. SUMMARY OF THEY VAN GROUP Each of them bows to the Buddha's feet, retreats to sit on one side. The Buddhist ceremony, abdication of one-sided court. The four groups and eight sets of gods and dragons mentioned before, each of them bowed to the Buddha; After paying homage, he went back and sat to one side, where they should sit. B2. Own title (in particular, the two subjects Tich and Bon). Divide into 5 parts: C1. Titles about their practice; C2. Titles about showing good omens; C3. Title of mind doubt; C4. Title about asking questions; C5. Title about answering C1. BECAUSE OF THESE BUDDHISM At that time, the four groups circled around the Blessed One, respectfully making offerings, respectfully praising them. At the time of the World-Honored One, the four congregations interfered, made offerings, respectfully, respectfully, and praised. Then: ie at that moment. The World-Honored One: the Buddha himself. Four groups: are four groups of disciples. These four groups, there are two ways of saying it, it can be said that they are four groups: Bhikkhu-stilts, Bhikkhu-stilts-ni, Upasaka and Upasi; can also be said to be the four groups: they arise, they arise, they bind, and they affect. Bhikkhu-stilts are male monks; Bhikkhu-stilts-ni is a female monastic, these are the two groups of monks. Bhikkhu-stilts is Sanskrit, translated into Chinese has three meanings: mendicant, father and evil; Bhikkhu-ni also has these three meanings. Therefore, the Bhikkhu-stilts, the Bhikkhu-stilts, are the Buddha's inner relatives, are the two monastic communities, are also the Dharma-practicing groups, are the essential practice groups. Upasaka is a male layman; The Upasakas are laywomen, these are the two lay communities. The two monastic groups join the two groups at home, called the four disciples. Upasaka and Upasi are all Sanskrit, translated into Chinese as being close to male and close to female; they are close to temples, close to the Three Jewels, can serve the Three Jewels, these are called the two outside groups, the protectors of the Dharma. They arise - they understand the Buddha's teachings, see that the conditions are ripe, so they arise to ask the Buddha about this teaching; They have wisdom, and they have the power to plot. The right to plot, is to have a kind of wisdom, means, and cunning. With wisdom, they can immediately see the opportunity, can clearly understand now is the time, need to speak the Dharma; So they immediately arose and asked the Buddha to speak the Dharma. They are in a position to - "opportunity", it is the Buddha to these people who will speak this kind of dharma. Like them, the body of the "Vajra Sutra" is Subhuti; The present audience of the "Mitabha Sutra" is Sariputra and all the Great Arahants and Bodhisattvas. They are present in the "Sangama Sutra" is Ananda and the twenty-five holy monks. The other sutras are the same, this is the Buddha depending on the object that preaches the Dharma. They influence - they already understand the Buddha's dharma, and also have heard the Buddha speak many times, so now they can hear it or not; but they still want to come to support the dharma assembly and influence them. When they came like that, others saw them and said to themselves, “Oh! These great bodhisattvas have all come to hear the sutras!” So everyone is happy to hear the sutra. If none of these great Bodhisattvas came to listen to the sutras, they would give rise to a kind of disbelieving mind: "No one will come to listen to this Dharma conference, surely the Buddhist sutras will not be interesting!"; These great bodhisattvas came to hear the sutras, causing the Arahants, Bhikshus, Bhikkhunis, Upasakas, and Upasakas to see them, and immediately start believing. Sincerity towards the Dharma, focus on stopping the spirit, washing your ears and listening glasses. Unblinking eyes, Focus your attention on one place, called the focus of the mind. Washing your ears and hearing glasses is like washing your ears, reverently listening to the Buddha preaching the Dharma. Why? It is to be under their influence, this influence, that causes them to develop a mind. They are bound - they themselves feel there is no dharma relationship with the people in this assembly, so they have come to marry. How's the relationship? In the United States, for example, there are very few dharma conferences that teach the sutras; If you go to China, you will see that there are many Dharma assemblies that lecture on the sutras, here teaching the sutras, and there also teaching the sutras. Sometimes, people listening to the sutras buy some sweets, some three, some five to share for everyone to eat; Sometimes people buy some western cakes, first make offerings to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, then leave some and divide it for everyone to make a predestined relationship. Sometimes someone buys fruit and shares it with everyone to have a good time. Why do they want to get married? Because they realize that they have no predestined relationship with anyone, can't live with their loved ones, can't live with friends, everyone doesn't like him; So he wants to make a relationship with everyone, so he invites people to eat something, or give him a little something, sometimes also give money, this is called a predestined relationship. In China, people who go to listen to sutras are not only lay people, but mostly monastics; So people stay at home, or buy some cloth, or buy some things to make offerings to the monastic. In short, they buy things that are used every day to make offerings to monastics, or buy a little something to form a bond with people in the Dharma assembly, this is called a predestined relationship. These four groups of disciples were fully present in this Dharma Flower Assembly. Ambient noise (micro-interference): vi is surrounding, noise is circular motion. It's like the day when we cleared the field, walking around while reciting "Namo Amitabha Buddha". In the Buddhist ceremony, called Buddha interference; circumambulate Buddha three times from right to left like this. Later, if we open a vegetarian meal, we all remember that there must be a certain rule. How's the rules? For example, at yesterday's meal, you should be like this Buddha, start from the right, get the food, go to the left; that way people won't bump into each other, don't bump into each other, you bump into me, I bump into you, no rules at all! If people go to the right, people go to the left, although they can still walk, but everyone will bump into each other, this is because there is no rule, everyone is jostling. After the Buddha became a Buddha, at first, people did not know how to behave with the Buddha, how to have etiquette; at that time, The deity in Pure Land immediately transformed into a human, approached the Buddha, circumambulated him three times to the right like this, then bowed to the Buddha close to the ground, then retreated to sit on one side. That's what the word interference means. Respectfully making offerings: Not only bowing to the ground, but also making offerings to the Buddha. So many people, how to make offerings to Buddha? Everyone must use their hearts to make offerings to the Buddha. Respectfully, ie five stature must bow close to the ground; In Buddhism, the five statures planted close to the ground, prostration, is an extremely respectful attitude. Respectfully, it must be that the body and mind are all respectful, not saying that the body is reverent but the mind is not reverent; nor does it mean that the mind is reverent but the body is not reverent; need in addition to merge. Respect and praise: both respect the Buddha and praise the Buddha. Respect, is not contempt; Praise is to use thousands of thousands of verses to praise the Buddha, praising the Buddha is rare, there is no one in this world like him. Just like we are now chanting sutras, in the chanting part there is a sentence "Amitabha Buddha's body is golden, his appearance is good, bright and uncompromising." incomparable), to praise the Buddha, or "The heavens and the heavens are as immeasurable as the Buddha, the herons in the ten directions are irrational; The world possesses self-perception, necessarily non-existent like false Buddhas" (there is no one equal in heaven and on earth, the same is true of the world in the ten directions; no one is equal to the Buddha in all those I have seen). These are all verses used to praise Buddha. The words used to praise the Buddha say that he is supremely respected and precious; In short, try to praise the Buddha. Now that I'm talking about "relationship", it's very important; if you don't get married, no matter how well you treat others, they are still dissatisfied with you. Why is that? It is because there is no fate. Once upon a time, there was a very intelligent magician, the scriptures he read through at once and immediately remembered; Not as dumb as I am, because I had to watch it three times to remember. He knows the sutras and expounds them very fluently, and even gods come to listen to him preach. But then how? People from heaven come down to listen to the sutras, but people on earth don't come to listen. Why do people from heaven come down to listen? Because he preaches so wonderfully; Why do people in the human world not come to listen? Because he has no predestined relationship with them. Being a wise man, this shaman of course also understood this cause and effect, so he bought a lot of rice, then went into the mountains, for what? Feed the birds; From morning to evening, he chanted "Great Compassion Mantra", "Sangama note", bless this rice. He visualized: when the birds eat these grains of rice, they immediately leave the animal body and take birth as a human; So all day, he feeds the birds on this mountain. You see, this bird knew that there was a feeder here, and immediately introduced it to another bird, for every one introduced to another, in the end many birds came to this mountain to feed. The shaman did this for twenty years, after which he preached again. Now, when he preaches the sutras, the situation is not the same as before! All the young men came to listen, moreover they were very respectful to him, bowing to the ground; They are very obedient, the magicians listen to whatever they say, it must be said that they believe to the extreme. What is the background of these young people? They were the same birds that had been fed by the shaman before, now reborn as a human. Because they received the shaman's real dharma, received his kindness to them, so after becoming human, they did not forget the mage's virtue, so they came to support him. Here we have three monks, including me is four; I preach the sutras, with or without listeners, I also wear them. If you later preach the sutras and no one listens, then go and feed the birds; Once you feed them, your congregation will be very large. That's because you've made a relationship with some birds, so when they're born as humans, they'll come and listen to the Buddha's teachings. You should pay attention to this point, should marry everyone, should not get angry; If you get angry with other people, it's unlucky. Without predestination, you will become a lonely shaman, no one believes in you; Wherever you go, there is no one to make offerings, maybe later starve to death. Regarding the "offering", you should use a sincere heart to make an offering, should use a sincere heart to make an offering. Sincere mind, ie things that cannot be let go, if you give alms, that is sincere mind; As well as the things you love so much, you can't bear to let go, if you can let go of it, this is called sincere mind. Sincere mind, that is, without distractions, working with a sincere, sincere heart; It is also the most specialized, not having two hearts when making offerings. In the past, there was a beggar who saw everyone making offerings to the Three Jewels to cultivate merit; He himself did not have much money, but he bought a pound of oil with all his money, brought it as a permanent offering, and made an offering to the temple. Offering to the temple is the offering of the Three Jewels - offering to Buddha, offering to Dharma, offerings to the Sangha. The Venerable Phuong Truong here has attained heavenly clairvoyance, and when he arrives at the gate, he greets him, invites him into Phuong Truong's room, happily visits him, and even invites him to have a vegetarian meal. At that time, there was also a rich man who brought a still oil to offer; This place is about two or three hundred pounds, compared to a pound of oil of the other beggar, two to three hundred times more. The other rich man also brought to the temple to offer the Tam Bao, but the monk Phuong Truong only told the guest to come out, but he himself did not go out. The monks and novices in the temple were all surprised about this, so they asked the Venerable Phuong Truong: "Why is it that such a poor person buys only a pound of oil to bring but he personally goes to the gate? welcome, and even invite him into Phuong Truong's room for vegetarian meals? While another brought over three hundred pounds of oil, three hundred times more than this man, and you did not go out to greet and greet him? Everyone can't understand, please Phuong Truong please explain this to us clearly!" The Venerable Phuong Truong immediately said: "Because you don't know, the poor man who donated one pound of this oil, he only had so much money, and could only buy that much oil to make an offering. Would you say he is sincere or not? As for the person who bought the other three hundred pounds of oil, he was a rich man, not only three hundred pounds, even able to buy three thousand pounds; Given his status, this is a very common occurrence. As for this poor man, he used his sincerity, with what is hard to let go, he can give; he gave up all his possessions. You tell me, if he is not a great protector, will he do that? So we welcome him, invite him for a vegetarian meal. As for the other, his wealth in his house is innumerable, three hundred kilograms of the oil he gave as an offering, just a grain of sand in the desert (literally: nine cows most mau), I must treat him with care. me?" C2. TITLE ABOUT THE BEING OF GOOD (part 2) D1. SIX GOOD POINTS IN THIS ROUND (6 parts) E1. Good omen preaching the Dharma; E2. Good omen entering concentration; E3. Auspicious flower rain; E4. Auspicious earth tremors; E5. In good omen they rejoice; E6. Auspicious omen E1. BENEFITS TEACHING THE dharma Because the bodhisattvas preach the Mahayana sutra, the name Infinite Meaning, which is the Dharma taught to bodhisattvas, protected and remembered by the Buddha. The bodhisattvas preach the Mahayana sutras, the name Immeasurable Meaning, teach the Bodhisattva Dharma, and protect the Buddha's thoughts. For the sake of bodhisattvas who speak this Mahayana sutra, the name of this sutra is "Infinite Meaning". That is, before saying "The Lotus Sutra", The Buddha said, "The Sutra of Infinite Meanings", this is the method taught to bodhisattvas, protected and remembered by the Buddha. When the Buddha was about to say the "Sutra of Immeasurable Meaning", there were six signs of auspiciousness: a good omen for preaching the Dharma, a good omen for entering samadhi, a good omen for rain and flowers, a good omen for earthquakes, a good omen for public joy, and a good omen for light. Right now, it is a good omen to preach the Dharma. Teaching the Dharma is a sign of auspicious omens. Someone heard that and asked: "Buddha often preaches the Dharma, often enters concentration, just like eating rice every day, why does it become a good omen?" Because this lecture is not like the other times. After this lecture, he immediately entered the concentration (a good omen of concentration); after entering meditation, there is a rain of flowers (auspicious omen of flower rain); when it rained flowers, the earth shook (a good omen, the earth trembled); earth quake, everyone is happy (auspicious omens of the masses rejoicing); After that, the white hairy general between the two eyebrows of the Buddha released light (auspicious omen). This is a special predestined condition, a special situation; so these six phenomena are called the six auspicious signs. Because bodhisattvas preach the Mahayana sutras: The Buddha speaks the Mahayana sutras to all these bodhisattvas. The bodhisattvas in this great assembly, ie "eight thousand people" said in the previous sutra; these are all great bodhisattvas, they came to listen to this Mahayana sutra. The Mahayana sutras have seven meanings: (1). The Great Dharma: the twelve sutras in the three canon are all covered in the Mahayana sutras. Hinayana cannot cover Mahayana, but Mahayana covers Hinayana; Therefore, it is the first, the great Dharma. (2). Generate great mind: generate great bodhicitta, not small bodhicitta. This great bodhicitta, From the time he was an ordinary person to the time he became a Buddha, he would never recede, and his bodhi mind would never recede, which is called great bodhicitta. (3). Understanding the great Tripitaka: they can clearly understand the meaning of the Bodhisattva Tripitaka of the Mahayana, and practice the Mahayana according to this Bodhisattva practice. (4). Pure Dai: they have the ability to see the Way, seeing this way, the pure mind is also great; The bodhisattvas studied the Mahayana Dharma, and their purity of mind was great. (5). Dignity: what to use to dignify? dignified blessing; they use merit and wisdom to dignify themselves. (6). Great time: the Buddha practiced during the three great asaga kalpas, this can also be said to be "human greatness". (7). Specific details: complete, ie perfect Luc Do Van Hanh, use good signs to dignify yourself and get Bodhi fruit, so you can also say "great results". Because of these seven meanings, it is called Mahayana. Some say Mahayana is Mahayana! What is Mahayana? I asked them how many, i.e. how much meaning does this Mahayana have? He does not know. Now that you've heard it, the "Mahayana" has seven elements, but this is somewhat different from the seven elements of "Mahasatt." Theory of the Mahayana sutras, "theory" is the teaching. "Sutra" is a classic. Sutra, Sanskrit is Tu-dala (Sutra), Chinese translated as contract; on the contract with the teachings of the Buddhas, under the contract with the basis of sentient beings. There are many more meanings, but there is no need to repeat them. Name of Immeasurable Meaning: Before saying "The Lotus Sutra", Shakyamuni Buddha spoke through the "Sutra of Infinite Meanings". Immeasurable meaning, ie meaning many without quantity. But, where does this immeasurable come from? From the quantifier that comes out; Where does the quantity come from? Is the word "one" that comes out; Where does "one" come from? From the formless that comes out; where does formless come from? From the real generals. Therefore, to say the truth, the sign is the formless (the true form is the formless). The meaning of immeasurable is from the meaning of quantification; Quantitative meaning comes from “the meaning of one” – the first meaning (first meaning) that comes out; Where does the first meaning come from? From the formless meaning that comes out; Meaningless meaning is from the real meaning. Does this "real form is formless" have any form? There is no sign of birth and death, no sign of "emptiness", no sign of Nirvana. There is no sign of birth and death, no sign of Nirvana, call it the real sign. But there is no place where there is no general (no real property), immeasurable meaning is from the real generals that come out; Therefore: "Sutra of Infinite Meanings" is also the true meaning of the Sutra. A few days ago, why did I turn the word "the" into the word "one"? It is this idea here, which is also "Immeasurable is one, one is immeasurable"; even "one" doesn't exist, that's what it really is. Why is there "one"? Is the word "there is not one" that comes out; So people intentionally add a head on top of the head (the top of the head), which is to find the "one". Capital has no job to find work to do; which is not troublesome, find a little troublesome thing to do. Now, what is this "Sutra of Infinite Meanings" for? Dharma for Bodhisattvas: This is the method of teaching Mahayana Bodhisattvas to practice the Bodhisattva Way. Bodhisattvas study the Mahayana Dharma and are protected and remembered by the Buddha: This Dharma, which the Buddha did not want to talk about, was silent for a long time (nine moths) and did not speak - 'wearing', i.e. being silent and not speaking, 'nine wearing' is For a long time, the Buddha still did not speak this Mahayana Dharma. Why? The "Sutra of Infinite Meaning" is self-realized by the Buddha, so it is protected and remembered by the Buddha. The Buddha did not want to speak about this Mahayana Dharma, because if he did, will make all sentient beings distrust; If you don't believe, that is, you don't match the foundation, so it's been a long time that the Buddha still hasn't preached this Dharma. E2. A GOOD POINT OF ENTERTAINMENT The Buddha preached this sutra, sat down in the lotus position, entered the land of immeasurable meaning in the samadhi, and neither body nor mind moved. The Buddha's theory of the sutras, the marriage of the old man and the wife, the immeasurable sense of the land of the samadhi, the body and mind being motionless. This is the second sign, the good omen of entering samadhi. "Buddha said this sutra": Shakyamuni Buddha finished preaching this sutra. Which sutra is it? Have you finished preaching this "The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sutra"? No, this is the "Sutra of Infinite Meanings"; is the sutra "Dharma taught to bodhisattvas, protected and remembered by the Buddha". When the Buddha finished the "Sutra of Infinite Meanings", he should have rested; but Buddha did not rest, So what did he do? Sitting cross-adjacent (joining old-age juxtaposition): sitting juxtaposed, Also known as sitting lotus position, there are two ways of sitting: old-age and semi-old. Why do you have to sit down and get old? Sitting cross-legged can help you cultivate the Way. Sitting in the lotus position can also be said to be the vajra sitting position. If you meditate in the lotus position, you will be less prone to drowsiness, this is the best way. Why is it called slumber? It is sitting in meditation and dreaming and wanting to sleep. When you sit in the lotus position, you will be very stable, not inclined to fall, easy to generate concentration. If you meditate to gain concentration, then sitting in the lotus position can help you generate concentration. If your concentration power is born, then your wisdom power will also increase; The power of wisdom comes from the force of concentration, the power of concentration is from the force of precepts. You are sitting cross-legged, upright people, this is inherently a kind of pre-existing (innate) world. You have precepts, there will be concentration; If there is samadhi, there will be favor. Three non-contraband learning: precepts, concentration, This wisdom is all born from sitting with old age. Again, you sit in the lotus position, all eight sets: heaven, dragon... all come to your support, all the evil spirits of the outside world, demonic demons or natural demon kings stay away from you, run away away from you, so this vajra lotus position is a very important way of sitting in the practice of the Way. When I was in the Northeast (ie Manchuria), I had such a thing. Quan Trung Hy is my friend, he is the teacher of the pagans, has more than three thousand disciples; but he himself knew that there was no way of karma, no way of power, and no way to deal with his own birth and death, so he frantically went everywhere to seek the way. However, he did not dare to tell his disciples about this. Why is that? If he lets his disciples know that he has no spiritual power, they won't trust him anymore! Although he is a teacher of pagan dharma, but he urgently went to search places, it took two or three years to find a wise person who opened his wisdom eyes. Later he met me - how did he meet me? In fact, he and I had known each other before, but we hadn't seen each other for a long time; When I was filial to my mother's grave, he also heard about it, but did not meet. One day, I went to his house. He has a nephew named Quan Chiem Hai, who is the son of his brother; That evening, Quan Chiem Hai saw a dream. He has never met me before, nor known me; but in a dream, he saw me, and I don't know why, he immediately prayed to me. Quan Chiem Hai heard me say: “You Later he met me - how did he meet me? Actually, he and I had known each other before, but we hadn't seen each other for a long time; When I was filial to my mother's grave, he also heard about it, but did not meet. One day, I went to his house. He has a nephew named Quan Chiem Hai, who is the son of his brother; That evening, Quan Chiem Hai saw a dream. He has never met me before, nor known me; but in a dream, he saw me, and I don't know why, he immediately prayed to me. Quan Chiem Hai heard me say: “You Later he met me - how did he meet me? Actually, he and I had known each other before, but we hadn't seen each other for a long time; When I was filial piety by my mother's grave, he also heard about it, but did not meet. One day, I went to his house. He has a nephew named Quan Chiem Hai, who is the son of his brother; That evening, Quan Chiem Hai saw a dream. He has never met me before, nor known me; but in a dream, he saw me, and I don't know why, he immediately prayed to me. Quan Chiem Hai heard me say: “You He has never met me before, nor known me; but in a dream, he saw me, and I don't know why, he immediately prayed to me. Quan Chiem Hai heard me say: “You He has never met me before, nor known me; but in a dream, he saw me, and I don't know why, he immediately prayed to me. Quan Chiem Hai heard me say: “Youcan't seek the way, can't practice the way; why is that? Because of the harshness on you!" "Negative skin" is pity, the skin of sin. At that time, he still wanted to pray with me; he immediately saw me use my hand to peel off a layer of skin from the top of his head, then throw it on the ground. He looked back, it was a layer of pig skin. In a dream, he heard me say: "This sinful skin of yours, I took it off for you, now you can practice the Way!" The next day, I went to his house. He asked his uncle: “Who is this? Last night I had a dream, seeing this person come and peel off a layer of my pig skin!" His uncle replied: "This is a filial piety in Hoang Ky, Lam Tay that everyone knows." He was very happy, and immediately narrated the dream to his uncle. Because his uncle was a devout man, as soon as he heard it, he immediately thought: “Ah! This trip Dao has come to our house! We both want to pray with him!" So the two of them knelt in front of me and refused to get up, wanting to worship me as a teacher. At that time, I was only twenty-three, twenty-four years old, I said, "I can't be everyone's teacher! I don't have any religion, I'm still looking for a way right now!" They said, “Have mercy on him! We know that you are a cultivator, and we definitely want to worship you as a teacher!" "You don't need to worry, I will take you everywhere for religious consultation, if you see someone who is qualified to be your teacher, please pay homage to him. You shouldn't worship me as your teacher!" I rejected them. So they followed me everywhere, to the places of reputable religious cultivators, I told them to come and have an audience. But Quan Trung Hy was not satisfied, returned to pray with me. I said, “I have no religion, I can only teach you a spiritual method; is to sit down-old. Try it first, can you sit cross-legged?" He immediately sat down with his legs crossed, his right leg bent over half a meter high, unable to touch the mat, about half a meter from the bed, unable to get close to the bed. Why? Because he was born in the mountains, people live in the mountains, his knees are very big, called "big bones in the first period", so it is very difficult for him to sit cross-legged, but even if he tries, he can also cross his legs, Can also sit. After teaching him the practice of sitting like that, I left; About seventy days later, I went to his house again. His knee, which was already very big, was now bigger, it was so swollen that he couldn't even walk. My northern wheel, about two inches wide. As the cart rolls, grinding to the ground, forming a trench about more than two inches wide (ie 2 cun or 6.66 cm). He can't even step through the tire tread now, his legs are swollen like that! Seeing how dire his condition was, I immediately said, “Don't practice sitting like this anymore! Sitting like this, you probably won't succeed. You should stop practicing!” He said, “Unless I die, I don't practice sitting like this; If I don't die, even if my legs swell up more than this, I'll still practice! Because of practicing the Way, if you don't have the heart to endure pain, how can you practice the Way? I can't even practice sitting in an old age, so what else can I practice? I must practice successfully!” I said, "You are like that, I don't care about you anymore! If you practice, practice, if you don't practice, it's up to you!" and I left. A hundred days later, I went to his house again; Now he can walk, and his legs are no longer swollen. I asked, “Have you stopped practicing sitting cross-legged?” He said, “No! Now not only is there no swelling, but my feet are no longer painful! When sitting, my feet can touch the mat, I sit on the chair, my legs are not raised, and there is no pain!" That's someone who has the will to make things happen. He had that kind of spirit, he succeeded. So I taught him the method of zazen; he immediately practiced meditation. Quan Chiem Hai, his nephew also went with him everywhere to pray; for three years, two more years, a total of five years, and still couldn't find a master. He loves me very much, on New Year's Day, he buys a lot of gifts, or delicious food, to give to me; in short, he gave me a lot of things; At the time, I just assumed that he had a crush on me. Once, I took him to my Tam Duyen temple, to meet the monk Phuong Truong. When I met the Venerable Master, I thought that he would worship him as a teacher, but he did not, and returned with me to his house. In the middle of the road, when passing through a forest, about half a mile; at this moment he suddenly grabbed my sleeve, then knelt down again. I asked, “What are you doing?” He said: “I have been going around for so many years, the people I have met, the person I trust the most is You! Now I definitely have to worship you as my master!" Seeing him grab my sleeve like that, I pretended to be angry, pulled my sleeve back, and turned to leave. After walking more than half a mile, I looked back, he was still kneeling in the same place! He did not get up, still kneeling there wiping his tears. I turned around, walked up to him and asked, “What are you doing?” "You must accept me as your disciple, or I will kneel here until I die, determined not to get up!" “Oh! It's fine if you kneel here until you die! That's because you volunteered, no one has to pay for your life, because you kneeled voluntarily!" I left again, to see if he would get up or not? About a mile away, he was still kneeling there, refusing to get up. Ha! At this time, I couldn't bear to be cruel, so I turned around and said, "Okay! I agree!" This was the first disciple I received in the Northeast. Before taking refuge, he was a vegetarian; After taking refuge, he began to practice zazen, just sitting and not lying down, eating one meal a day. After practicing for about five years, he knew the day of his rebirth, so he told everyone: "On that day I will go. Don't cry, don't cry. The person I am most grateful for and would like to meet the most is Mr. 'Hieu Tu'." Referring to me, he said: “If Mr. 'Hui Tieu' could come, that would be great! But now I don't know where He is? There is also no way to contact him. Other things, I can let go, only this is not fulfilling my wish, I feel incomplete!" Sure enough, on that day, he sat in the middle of an old age, without any sickness and pain, and was reborn. On the night he passed away, many people in the village dreamed about strange things, how strange? Everyone dreamed that two pupils in blue shirts walked ahead, leading him to the west. This story was later told by his wife. Sitting cross-adjacent, for those who practice the Way is very important; Therefore, if you can practice sitting cross-legged, it is a very good thing for people to practice the Way. After saying the "Sutra of Infinite Meanings", Buddha Shakyamuni immediately sat down, entered the samadhi of Immeasurable Meaning; Entering into the Immeasurable Meaning of Concentration is the same as entering the real state of concentration. Body and mind do not move; body, is the body; our mind is our mind. Someone asked, saying that the body is not moving, it can be seen; If the mind doesn't move, who knows this? If your body doesn't move, your mind won't move; If your body moves, your mind will also move. Therefore, a person who has entered samadhi, if the body does not move, the mind will not move. This mind, not the humiliation of the heart (heart), this is the true mind; True mind is something that doesn't move, whether you enter concentration or not, it doesn't move. Body and mind do not move. Why not move? Because when he entered samadhi, his body and mind reached the state of primordial purity, so his body and mind did not move. This is a good omen of the Buddha's samadhi, That's what "good omen" is. E3. GOOD POINT OF RATING OF FLOWERS At that time, it rained mandala flowers, mandala flowers, mandala flowers, and mandala flowers, and scattered them on the Buddha and the assembly. . Thi time, heavenly dance mandala flower, maha mandala flower, mandala flower, maha mandala flower, praising the Supreme Buddha, visiting the great assembly. This passage is a good omen about the rain of flowers. At that time: As soon as Shakyamuni Buddha entered samadhi, his body and mind did not move. It rains: it rains; What rain? Mandala flower: Mandala is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as white flower (white color flower), translates again as pleasing flower (likes flower), pleasing white flower (white color likes flower), pleasing white flower flower idea). Flower mandala: this is a large white mandala flower. Manthusa flower: this is a red flower (pink flower). Flower ma-ha Manjus-sa: this is a very large red flower. These four types of flowers, sprinkled on the Buddha and the assembly: scattered on the Buddha, and the assembly present in the Dharma assembly, were also offered these flowers. When it rains, these four flowers are meant to represent the four stages of "Above, Hanh, Return, and Earth". Pillar, indicating the stage of the Ten Pillars; Hanh, denotes the Thirteenth Hanh; Dedication, indicating the stage of the Ten Dedication; Earth, representing the rank of the Ten Earths. Mandala flower represents the Ten Pillars, ma-ha Mandala flower represents the Ten Hanh; Manthussa flower represents the Ten Dedication; flower ma-ha Manthusa represents the Ten Lands. These four flowers represent four stages, four levels of Bodhisattvas; All those who practice the bodhisattva path have to go through these Ten Pillars, Ten Actions, Ten Dedications and Ten Grounds. E4. GOOD POINT OF EARTH SHOCKING All the Buddha lands are shaken in six ways. Universal Buddha world, six races shaken. This is a good omen for earthquakes. All worlds have Buddhas, These six types of tremors appear, why? It is because Shakyamuni Buddha is about to speak this "Dharma Flower Sutra". Before saying the "Flower Sutra", there were various realms that appeared to visualize and represent the importance of "The Lotus Sutra", so there were many such realms appearing. There are six types of tremors, namely, shock, roar, shock, move, courage, and start. "Shock, roar, jack" is a sound with the sound of vibrations, roars, and collisions; "movement, courage, start" is the figure; There is an image of movement, there is an image of rising, there is an image of rising. Three are bars, three are shapes; These six types of vibration are also indicative of the six senses, including: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. There are six types of tremors, if expanded, there are three types in each type, resulting in eighteen types. These eighteen types of expressions represent the eighteen precepts. The eighteen precepts are six faculties, six senses and six senses. The six faculties include: eye-base, ear-base, billion-base, truth-base, body-base and mind-base; six ceilings include: color ceiling, bar ceiling, incense ceiling, taste ceiling, exposed ceiling and dharma ceiling; The six consciousnesses include: eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, and consciousness. Why can each type turn into three? “Dynamic” has: dynamic, volatile, isovolatile. “Concussion” includes: concussion, seismic, isomorphic. “Ham has: heh, hey, and isovariable. "Kick" has: size, variable size, isovariable size. "Dung" has: brave, turn brave, equal turn brave. "Initiation" has: initialization, variable initialization, isovariable initialization. Why is it called dynamic? Why is it called volatility? Why is it called isovariance? "Shock" is just a shock to this locality. "Changing", is a four-world shock. A four worlds, is the four major continents due to the same sun. a shining moon, ie Dong Thang Than Chau, Nam Thiem Bo Chau, Western Niu Hoa Chau and Bac Cau Lu Chau. These four great continents are all shaken, this is called change. "Equal fluctuations", that is, the three thousand great worlds are shaken, and the space-changing Dharma Realms are shaken, this is called the fluctuations. These six types of action represent the Ten Pillars, the Ten Hanhs, the Ten Returns, the Ten Grounds, the Equal Enlightenment and the Wonderful Enlightenment. What does this type of tremor represent? Manifesting our ignorance. Because if you go through these six stages, you will break ignorance six times; you break once, ignorance will be a little less; once broken, will be a little less; broken six times, so called six types of concussion. These six types of vibrations, all people who practice meditation have, will experience it themselves; People who do not meditate also have, which is the manifestation of the six senses, just the vibration of the six senses. Bringing the word "brave" out to preach, leaping up from the east, the west falls - East rises and falls, this starts from the east. The East belongs to the carpentry, the carpentry is the color blue; On the human body the blue color belongs to the liver, and the main color belongs to the eyes, so this belongs to the eye-sense. The south belongs to the fire element, fire is red; Red belongs to the human heart, the tongue belongs to the heart, is also red. The West belongs to the metal element, the needle is white, the white body belongs to the lungs, of the six senses belongs to the billion (nose), the billion belongs to the lungs. The north belongs to the water element, the water is black, the black body belongs to the kidney, the six kidneys belong to the ear (ear) sense. What is this meant to represent? The merit of the eyes arises, the defilements of the nose disappear; The merit of the nose is born, the afflictions of the eye are destroyed; the merit of the ear is born, the affliction of the tongue is destroyed; the merit of the tongue arises, the affliction of the ear disappears. That is, the merit and defilements of one faculty, exchange back and forth with five other apartments. These six roots, each of which has merit; in the later part of the "Flower Sutra", it is explained that "how much merit is in the eye, how much merit is in the ear, how much merit is in the nostrils, how much merit is in the tongue"; In the "Langama Sutra" before, there was also a lecture. Therefore, when merit arises, defilements immediately disappear; When afflictions arise, merit immediately disappears, shaking back and forth. The body is the master of the four directions, the eyes - ears - nose - tongue all belong to the body; Mind has the ability to predestined these four things. Therefore, the Ten Pillars, the Decades of Action, the Ten Dedication, the Ten Grounds, the Equal Enlightenment, and the Wonderful Enlightenment are six types of external vibrations, three of which are sound, three are shapes; and our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, are the six types of inner vibrations. Inside the shock, there are six senses; These six types of vibration are intended to represent vibrations in the six senses. Six eyes, These ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind support each other, it can also be said that they form a faction, "strangers of the world." Why is it called the space zone? Because the wolf and me need to be together to be able to go; if not combined together, they will not be able to go. Why? For this wolf and cub are not like ordinary wolves; the front legs of the guinea pig are long, the hind legs are short; On the contrary, the front legs of the child are short, the hind legs are long, the young man will not be able to stand, the young man will not be able to walk, the young man will not be able to walk. . These six senses of eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind are the same, it can do evil, it can also do good. Going down, it can cause your dharmakaya to follow them into hell, or become a hungry ghost, or transform into an animal body, all by the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, This idea pulls you away. What if I become a Buddha? It is also because the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind cooperate with each other; you help it, it helps you. As I said, the merit of the nose is born, the affliction of the eye is destroyed; The merit of the eyes arises, the defilements of the nose disappear. What is the affliction of the eye? What is the affliction of the nose? What you want to see but don't see it, when you see it, you immediately get greedy, and there is a kind of affliction; This affliction comes from the eye, this is the affliction of the eye. What is the merit of the eye? Eye see classic, ha! This classic is so good, I want to read a little bit! This is also because the eyes help your mind to understand the principles of this sutra. My eyes saw the Buddha image, so I immediately bowed to the Buddha; Why do you bow to Buddha? Your eyes see the Buddha image, immediately "I want to respect, I want to make offerings", this eye already has merit, has helped you. Just like your eyes help you, so do your nose and ears; The six senses of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind are all like this, have this power, can help you, can also destroy you, see how you do? If you base your actions on merit and virtue, your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind will help you do good deeds; If you use sin as a foundation, creating a crime obstacle, then your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind can also help you create a crime obstacle. In the "Shuangama Sutra" says, you fall into hell because of your six senses; you become a buddha also because of your six senses, nothing else. That's why I say "stupidity is wisdom," which is the same as the principle of these six senses. You have heard many sutras, you just need to understand one to understand all, to understand one is to understand all, to know one is to know all, to understand one is to understand all. Self-nature like space Chan echoes from within Understanding the eternal truth One communication, all communication. (Self-nature is like space. Chan hopes at the middle of the period. Thoroughly understanding the original logic of the One and all necessary communication.) Our self-nature is like space. Inside that void, there is enough true hope, the void covers everything. You understand the inherent morality of the inherent nature, through one and all; If you understand one form well, all forms will understand! Take our eating out, why do people have to eat? It is for the cure of hunger of the stomach; All foods intended to cure hunger, whether good or bad, have this effect. Wearing clothes is to fight the cold; No matter what clothes you wear, you can prevent the cold, can be refrigerated. Currently each of us has to eat, wear clothes, sleep and think that these three things are very important; Without them, our lives would be in trouble. Now that we want to study the Buddhadharma, we should consider it as important as eating, as important as wearing clothes, as important as sleeping; Without the Buddhadharma, our own self-nature would have problems. Therefore, now we take advantage of these six existing senses to seek unsurpassed enlightenment, these are all called six tremors - the ground shakes six times. You see people meditating! People who have not meditated before will not know, people who have meditated, sometimes the hands move, sometimes the eyes blink, the nose also moves, the ears also flutter, this is a manifestation of the six senses of vibration. The place is called "pure aurora communication", you are pure, use the work to the extreme; has a world of its own, there is another landscape. During the summer of this year, someone who meditated had a bit of a motion, his hand would move; your hand moves, you don't want it to move, it's still moving, this is a body that has a change - movement changes, changes changes. This kind of practice, it is necessary to be someone who has used it to understand it clearly; must have a true master to point, to not go the wrong way. If there is no wise teacher or good knowledge to show, at this time it will be easy to go astray, it is also very easy to be afraid and not dare to use further work. If any of us find ourselves in this situation, don't be afraid, this is just one of the shocking phenomena of the six senses. The morality said in the sutras, must be in accordance with the nature and nature of each of us. Why have periods? It is to show each of us a path to take. So these sutras, these paths that the Buddha spoke of, are sufficient in each of our self-natures; The Buddha said that eighty-four thousand Dharma doors are meant to counter the eighty-four thousand bad habits of sentient beings. We ourselves have bad habits that we don't know ourselves, but we also go with them, get transferred by them, think it's fun; In fact, I myself fall every day and I still don't know it. So in the sutras, Buddha has shown each of us this path. These six types of vibrations do not leave your six senses; why should your six senses be shaken? This vibration is the manifestation of your ignorance. Why are there six styles? Because it takes six times to break ignorance - that is to break the ignorance of ordinary people, to destroy the ignorance of the first row, the ignorance of the second fruit, the ignorance of the three results, the ignorance of the four results, and then break it again. ignorance of the Ten Grounds, ignorance of the Levels of Enlightenment; After breaking the ignorance of the level of Enlightenment, it is the Wonderful Enlightenment, this is the time to become a Buddha. The ground is shaken six times, also to represent these six stages, ie the first fruit, the second fruit, the three fruits, the four results, the bodhisattva, the buddha; are the six sequences of attainment of Buddhahood. This is the summary of the "six types of concussion". E5. GOOD GOOD WELCOME At that time, in the assembly, the monks, the bhikkhunis, the Upasakas, the Upasakas, the Gods, the Dragons, the Yakshas, ​​the Ganvas, A. -tula, Kalala, Khannala, Magalara, human and non-human beings, and the emirs, the Wheel-turning-Holy King, these multitudes all obtained the unprecedented, joyfully clasped hands, single-mindedly looking at the Buddha. At the time, the association of bhikshus, bhikkhunis, upasakas, upasi, celestials, dragons, yakshas, ​​kangaroos, asuras, and cauldrons -la, Khannala, Mahārāna, human and non-human, visit the kings, the Holy King, the great assembly, attain the position of a friend, joyfully join hands, and contemplating the Buddha with one mind. This is a harbinger for them to rejoice, a good omen for all to rejoice. “At that time”: At that moment. When? That's right when the six types of tremors occur. "In the assembly, bhikkhus, bhikkhunis": In this Dharma Flower assembly, there are a number of bhikkhus, there are a number of bhikkhunis. Bhikkhu-stilts have three meanings, namely the mendicant, the father of the ghost, the evil one. Bhikkhu-stilts are women who have left home. There was a person who practiced meditation, after a period of diligent practice, he became enlightened. After being enlightened, he wanted to ask a high Venerable to increase his seal. The high monk asked, "What have you attained?" The other replied, "I don't get anything!" It's like asking, "Did the Tathagata attain the Ano-dala Samadhi Samadhi?" (Vajra Sutra). The enlightened monk replied: "I have not obtained anything!" "So what did you realize?" The bhikkhu replied, "I know a bhikkhuni is a woman. The high monk immediately said: “Ah! I confirm you are enlightened! He is truly an enlightened man.” This high monk has attained the five eyes: the Buddha eye, the wisdom eye, the Dharma eye, the heavenly eye, and the flesh eye. That bhikkhu replied like this, the high monk immediately knew he was not lying, already enlightened, so he immediately sealed it. If we say so, are we already enlightened? Speaking according to others is not enlightenment; Enlightened people do not have to imitate what people say, must have their own understanding, unlike others. Because of his statement, which had never been said before, he said: "Now I know one thing for sure: a bhikkhuni is a woman." On that occasion, he was certified as enlightened. If you say the same thing, then you are not an enlightened person, no one can confirm you. Why? Because you learn from someone else; If it's re-learned, it's not something you've come to realize yourself. "Upa-sat": is the male layman; "Upa-di": is the female laywoman. Here again there are two ways of saying it, translating as being close to male, close to being female is one way. People who stay always in the temple are called near the male pillar and close to the female pillar; pillar, is to reside in the temple. Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, Upasakas, and Upasikas are the four groups of disciples. "Heaven": are the heavenly beings in the six heavens of the Desire realm. "Dragon": is a large insect. This large worm feeds on small insects; The golden-winged eagle (Eagle) because of revenge for the small insect, so it ate this large insect. "Yaksha": is Sanskrit, Chinese translated as "Tac Tich". Speed ​​is very fast; disability is also very fast. Translated as "Courage". Courage is brave, brave is strong; It means that the power of this demon is very strong, very strong. This yaksha demon can move mountains to fill the sea; One hand can push the mountain several hundred miles away, move the mountain to another place, the other hand can pull the mountain back. Would you say strong? This is called the great power of the demon spirit (the demonic spirit has power.) “Candàtà”: This is a kind of demonic spirit that plays music. "A-tu-la": is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as "No wine", they don't have alcohol to drink; Translated as Unrighteous, male Atula's appearance is extremely ugly, there is no one so ugly! But the female Asura is very beautiful, making everyone who sees it fall in love. Not only humans, but even the Jade Emperor, seeing them, couldn't help but have sex; Therefore, he asked to marry the daughter of King Atula. Asura has heavenly blessings, but no heavenly power, no power in heaven; They specialize in fighting, love to fight. "Calola": is the Golden-winged Eagle. Someone has seen it before, But some people just listen to it. Who has seen this Golden-winged Eagle, what does it look like? Little Sa-di Uncle Fruit Knows this bird, he calls it Peng bird (Eagle bird). "Kin-na-la": is Sanskrit, Chinese translates as Nghi God; Because this species looks like a human, but on the head there is a horn, so people usually call them Nghi God or Doubt. Doubt is doubt; god, is an angel. Doubt they are fairies, are they fairies after all? There is no definite proof. They specialize in playing music for Ngoc De, who is the god of Ngoc De's music. "Ma-hula-old": is the big python (great python). This is a very large python, how big is it? Only slightly smaller than Dragon; If you know how big a Dragon is, you know how big this species is. But dragons have large children and small children; so pythons also have big children, have small children. "Non-human": are eight sets of ghosts and gods. "And the kings": and the kings of the small countries. "Chuan Luan Saint King": Zhuan Luan Holy King, with King Kim Luan, King Silver Wheel, King Tong Luan, King Tie Luan; If Shakyamuni Buddha left home a day late, he would become King of the Golden Wheel! Speaking of King Kim Luan, this person really has great blessings; How great is the blessing? This one had a thousand children, and there were seven kinds of treasures that spontaneously appeared—golden wheel jewels, precious elephants, precious horses, precious wish-fulfilling jewels, precious female jewels, treasured treasures, and treasures of the military. These seven kinds of treasures are like jewels like the treasures of such a mind; Wherever the king of the wheel went, how much gold and silver he wanted to use, he said to the earth: "Bring silver here!" The land is naturally separated. In this underground, you need to use as much gold as you can get; how much silver is needed, how much silver is available; That's it, be satisfied. The King of Wheels also had a chariot that, in a very short time, could roam the four worlds. The circumference of this four galaxy, compared to the way to the moon, I'm afraid it's even farther; but in a very short time, was able to go round and round. King Kim Luan is the ruler of a Four Heavens; Why is it called a Four Heavens? It is Nam Thiem Bo Chau, Dong Thang Than Chau, Tay Nguu Hoa Chau and Bac Cau Lo Chau; These four major continents are under the management of this position. King Ngan Luan ruled three continents: Tay Nguu Hoa Chau, Nam Thiem Bo Chau and Dong Thang Than Chau. King Dong Luan ruled two continents: Nam Thieu Bo Chau and Dong Thang Than Chau. King Tie Luan only ruled Nam Thieu Bo Chau. Someone asked, in the time of Shakyamuni Buddha, there was a Wheel-turning Holy King? Right! In our world, At that time there was no Holy King. So where did the Holy King come from? Come from another world! You should not have such a narrow view, only knowing the premises of your house. You still have neighbors, you still have a big city! Don't say that you've never seen it before, so you don't have it; If you are a country person, when you go to a big city, you are still like a country person. Therefore, at the time of Shakyamuni Buddha, in this Saha world there was no Wheel-turning-Sarah King, but there was still a Wheel-turning-Sarah King from another world. Which world? If research on this issue takes a long time; but now there is no time to study this matter with you. "These masses": these masses; which is the majority mentioned above. “Getting the unprecedented”: Never heard of such a Dharma before, "rejoice with folded hands": everyone was happy. Like now, someone understood what I was saying and felt happy; and those who don't understand, "Wow! What are they laughing at? What's up?" In their hearts they also wanted to laugh along, but were afraid to laugh at the wrong, so they did not dare to laugh; Wait until it's translated, I'm sure you'll laugh too. "Looking at the Buddha with one heart": Everyone looks at the Buddha together, their eyes never leave, all eyes are directed towards the Buddha. E6. THE BENEFITS OF RADIATION At that time, the Buddha released a sign of light from the middle of his eyebrows, illuminating the ten thousand eight thousand worlds in the east, nowhere but everywhere. At the time, the Buddha released his false eyelashes and white general light, illuminating the eastern ten thousand eight thousand worlds, the beauty of the continent changed. “Then”: when again? This "then," as well as "then" in the previous six types of concussion, but not at the same time. So when? It is when the masses are happy and look at Buddha with one heart. At this time, the Buddha saw that all of them in this assembly were so happy, the Buddha was also happy; The Buddha was happy, and immediately released light, this is a good omen of the sixth light. This sixth radiating auspicious is the radiating auspicious omen in this realm; Below, there is also a good omen of the sixth ray of light in other lands. "Buddha releases light from the middle of the eyebrows": the middle of the eyebrows, ie the space between the eyebrows. Between the eyebrows of the Buddha there is a white general (a white hair, emitting light); You can see that between the eyebrows of the Buddha statues, there is a pearl, which is indicative of this white general; but because nowadays we either use clay to make Buddha statues, or use wood to sculpt Buddha statues, There is no way to show the inherent whiteness of the Buddha, so it was encrusted with such a gem to represent. The light from the Buddha's white general, can shine far, can also shine near; This kind of light is like a ray of transparent lapis lazuli. "Projecting the ten thousand eight thousand worlds in the east": The east belongs to the wood, the wood master about "birth", symbolizing the spring of all things to grow, so the Buddha released the sign of light between his eyebrows, illuminating all ten thousand eight thousand worlds in the east. These ten thousand eight thousand worlds, not too many, because there are still numbers. In these eighty-eight thousand worlds are all illuminated by the Buddha's light, "nowhere not everywhere": in ten thousand eight thousand lands, the worlds are all illuminated by light. The lower part is to say six good omens appearing in other lands, including: (1). Good omen seeing six beasts, (2). Good omen seeing the Buddhas; sentient beings in the six beasts are mortal, Buddhas are saints, this is a pair of ordinary saints (the most holy ones for 凡聖一對) (3). Good omen listening to sermons, (4). Good omen to see the four groups attaining the path (good omens of results); this is the opposite of 'cause' and 'dhamma', a pair of opposite dharmas, people and dharmas. (5). Good omen to see bodhisattva practice, (6). It is a good omen to see the Buddhas entering Nirvana. Bodhisattva is the beginning (water), Buddha is the end (common), this is called a faithful couple (beginning to the end). D2. SIX OTHER GOODS IN THE OTHER STORE (6 parts) E1. Good omen to see six beasts; E2. Good omen seeing the Buddhas; E3. Good omen listening to sermons; E4. The good omen sees the four groups attaining the Way; E5. Good omen see Bodhisattva practice; E6. Good omen seeing Buddhas enter Nirvana E1. GOOD POINT OF FINDING THE SIX Beasts Lower to the hell of Abhi, above to the heaven of Acanitra. In this world, They all see sentient beings in the six beasts in the other realm. The summer solstice of Api hell, the high solstice of Acanitra heaven. U test the world, fully understand the six beasts of sentient beings. This is the auspicious sign of the six beasts, one of the six auspicious omens in other lands. At the time when Shakyamuni Buddha's light shines forth, not only good omens can be seen in this world, "down to the Abhi hell": it can even shine down to the Abhi hell. Abhi is Sanskrit (Avichi), China translates as Uninterrupted hell, hell without gaps. One person in this hell is also full, many people in this hell are also full; from that hell, fall into this hell, how long do I have to stay in this hell? Time has no discontinuity, nor space has no discontinuity; All time and space are uninterrupted, hence the name Uninterrupted hell. "Above to Heaven Acani-tra": Acani-tra is Sanskrit advancement (Akanishtha), Chinese translated as Form Salvation, which is the highest heaven of the Realm of Form. "In this world, all beings in the six beasts of the other realms can be seen": that is, in this Saha world, one will also see the lands in the east, ten thousand eighty-eighth away from the Saha world. thousand worlds. The six beasts are the six heavens, humans, asuras, hells, hungry ghosts and animals; sentient beings in the six beasts are samsaric beings in the six paths. Such beings can clearly see: in what path they are, and what kind of retribution they will experience. Six beasts, are the natural beasts, asura beasts, human beasts, this is called the three good roads; hell, hungry ghosts, and animals are called the three evil paths. Atula is sometimes listed in the three good ways, at other times listed in the three evil ways; the four evil beasts, that is, Asura, hell, ghosts and animals. "Heaven" here, is the gods in the sky. Why be a god? It is because you keep the five precepts and practice the ten good things that you can be reborn in heaven. The five precepts are the most basic precepts that Buddhists must keep, including: not killing, not stealing, not engaging in sexual misconduct, not lying, and not drinking. If you regularly do not kill, your life span will be prolonged, and you will be blessed with longevity. Why do some people live so long? But someone's life is so short? People live long because they keep the precepts not to kill, so they are reported longevity; people have short life span because they like to kill, so they suffer short life retribution. Why should we keep the precept not to steal? Because stealing is harming people's property, damaging people's fortunes and blessings. This 'stealing' is the same as 'stealing', so collectively it is called theft; is the act of sneakily taking things or property of others without their knowledge. If you intentionally steal other people's things, what will be the retribution? Your property in the future will not be durable, you have to live for the retribution of property that cannot be kept for long. Suppose you have a lot of money, a lot of property, but suddenly it is robbed by powerful men. Why must this retribution? Because in your previous life you also stole other people's things, robbed other people's property, you don't keep the precept of stealing; so in this life, your property will be destroyed by others. If you don't destroy people's things, your property will last a long time; because you keep the precept not to steal, you will be rich forever. Lust, lying, drinking are the same. Just like you don't keep the precepts of lust, go fornication with other people's wives; In the future you yourself will be ridiculed by others, this is called cause and effect. Lying, if you don't cheat people, you won't be deceived either. Say: "I have never deceived anyone in this life, why have so many people deceived me?" Didn't I just say that? This cause and effect is not just a matter of a lifetime; This retribution through all three lives: past, present and future. So, only in this life you don't deceive others, so do you know how many people you have deceived in your previous life? Do not know! If you don't know, then someone deceives you, this proves that the conditions of reunion have come to maturity and reap the rewards, so you must be deceived by them. Drinking alcohol, drinking alcohol will be disordered - chaotic character, disorder; once drinking, the tongue becomes slurred, speech is not clear, the body is tilted, Whatever you do, you'll get messed up. Therefore, Buddhism does not advocate drinking alcohol, it is forbidden to drink alcohol. But Taoism does not advocate forbidding alcohol, saying that alcohol can improve character, can also make you forget sadness in your heart. Confucius of China said: "Liquor alone is immeasurable, inadequacy" means that drinking wine is very good, no need to limit the amount, no need to tell oneself how much to drink; But don't get drunk, that's a very good thing. If you get drunk, you won't know what it tastes like anymore. If you don't want to get drunk, you should drink a little less, don't drink too much! In fact, people who like to drink alcohol are like that; If you don't like drinking, you won't want to drink. Because for a person who likes to drink, if you tell him that he must not drink, there will be a harsh reaction. So, When it comes to drinking, it's a little bit more expansive. The five precepts, if explained thoroughly, will be very long, the key point here is that not only do you not kill with your own hands, but also don't start thinking about killing in your mind, this is really keeping the precept to kill. The same goes for thieves, not only do not take them with their own hands, nor do they have thoughts of stealing in their hearts; whether it is a large or small object, if the owner does not agree and you steal it and use it, it is also a violation of the precept to steal. To give a very small example, people buy a bottle of wine, “Wow! You see, this wine is not bad, his is also mine, mine is also mine, let's have a drink!" This is a crime to steal. Oh my! You have already broken the precept of stealing, and you have broken the precept of drinking alcohol, and the two precepts have been broken at the same time! Someone said, "I don't drink alcohol, I won't break this precept." You don't drink alcohol, Do you drink cow's milk? Someone bought a bottle of milk to keep in the refrigerator, you see the milk, no matter three, seven, twenty-one, just open it and drink it. You don't know who's still drinking, would you say it's overbearing? Milk is a small matter, you have not yet agreed to buy it, but have taken it and drank it, you have broken the precept to steal. Same goes for other foods or utensils. So, a few days ago, someone told me that in a group home, someone ate food clumsily, causing people to lose their belongings. Here, although the other party violates the precept to steal, but again and again, the person who buys milk or buys wine also needs to examine himself a bit: “Why did he steal my food? Ha! I used to steal people's food in my previous life, so in this life, people will steal back from me." That's right! Buyers should think so, but clumsy people shouldn't think: “Oh! Now I steal your food, wait until the next life you steal mine back is fine." You don't know whether you will have it in the next life or not? Or if there is nothing in the next life, what is there to steal from you? So don't embrace this thief mind. If it's not something you buy, you shouldn't take it for yourself! If it is approved by the other person, it will not violate the precepts; Without the consent of the other party, but secretly using other people's things, it is called stealing. If the explanation is more detailed, even a blade of grass, a leaf, a needle, or a thread, without the owner's consent, and then arbitrarily takes it, also called theft, is guilty of theft. So is lust, lying, drinking; so I'm only teaching one precept, you should contact the rest of the precepts and you'll understand. "Heaven": why was he born in heaven? It is because of keeping the five precepts that one can be born in heaven. The blessings of heaven are immeasurable, but there are times when they run out. Wait until you have enjoyed all the blessings, the five generals appear, you still have to fall, so this is not the ultimate realm. "A-friend-la", who also does some merit, but creates merit with a fighting mind, doing merit by their own defilements. Why do you say you can still do merit because of afflictions? Although doing merit, but specializes in competing with people. How competitive? 'I made five dollars, how much did you give out?' is to compete with others. “If you give out five dollars, I will give you ten; Did you export ten dong? I'll give you twenty dong!" ie more competitive than people, leading in terms of competitiveness; This person will definitely become an Asura in the future! If you have merit, yes, but competing for merit with others, not wanting to do it from the bottom of your heart, can also be said to be competing for fame, want others to praise: “Oh! He considers Mr. A and Mr. B to be the first. He made a lot of money!” Competing for the first name, these are all doing merit with the Asura mind. Therefore, if you practice the Buddha's Dharma, you must understand this cause and effect clearly, then you will not go too far. Or if you don't have a reputation in this place, go to another place to make merit, compete for your name there, and then tell the people in this locality that you have done great merit in New York, so that everyone all know. That kind of thing, is to plant the Asura cause, in the future to be the Asura. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he became angry; When it comes to anything, I want to compete at the top. These are all seeds of Asura, unending affliction. You do this kind of merit, it's unscrupulous merit, not unscrupulous merit. Merit still must be done, but should not intentionally let people know that you are the top, or second. There are people who, on the surface, appear to have no need for fame, secretly do good deeds, but then deliberately whisper to others: "In that area, I have made five thousand dong in merit, but no one knows me. do both. I'm just talking to you in private!" In fact, this person is also an Asura. This class of Asuras, compared to the class of Asuras just now, is one level worse, why? This belongs to the negative Asura, not the positive class; on the surface they are not pretentious; in fact, their propaganda behind their backs is even worse! Therefore, you develop your mind, a place called: "Human earth is not true, the fruit of the witchcraft": When you plant the cause, if you plant the cause is not right, then when the result blooms, it will be skewed, resulting in a result. fruit is not good, must do Asura! So what's wrong with Atula? Asura has a lot of bad places! Every day I go to war with others, Would you say it's good? Where does "person" come from? Also from the place of practicing good virtue, keeping the five precepts, and cultivating ten good things come out; it's just the five precepts of low grade, the ten good things of low grade; Asura is the five precepts of the middle grade, the ten good things of the middle grade; heaven is the five precepts of superiority, the ten virtues of superior quality. If we carefully analyze this dharma sign, there will be many and many small items. This is the cause of the three wholesome paths. The three evil paths are caused by greed, hatred, and delusion. If your mind is too greedy, it will turn into a hungry ghost. Why are hungry ghosts hungry? It is because when they are born, they are greedy, gluttonous, no matter what they eat, they want to eat a little more. You like to eat a lot, will become a hungry ghost; then, nothing can be eaten, nothing is available. Why do they want to eat so much? Because they already have a bit of "enlightenment". Enlightenment what? They know that in the future there will be no food to eat, to make the devil hungry, so now eat quickly and eat a little more! They all have the skill of predicting fortune-telling! Mind of anger, do you like to get angry? Good! Play back and forth, finally play to hell – fall into hell. I can't control myself, okay! Go up and try the mountain. I get angry, run to the mountain of knives, my legs will be cut. Why cut the leg? It's because of a hot heart. “I want to test your knife, to see how formidable you are?” Jump into the cauldron, “Huh! Can't you guys dance? I will try first!” Why dare to jump into the cauldron? Because of being angry; Because of anger, the mountain of knives, the cauldron of oil, and the hell all dare to try. This is the mind of anger, love of anger, love of anger. My disciples, no matter who they are, if they have a temper, they must quickly correct themselves; a person without a temper, Don't let it happen either. This is the most urgent thing, I congratulate you! Don't treat my words like the wind in your ears, don't say, "It's nothing! The preacher is just saying that; If I don't have a temper, I'll fall into hell." Then go ahead and try it! When he entered hell, he regretted it, saying: "Wow! My master used to remind me that if I get angry, I will go to hell, but now I know it's true!" But it was too late! Do you dare to be angry anymore? This is why I have made a rule that if one person gets angry, three people must kneel together for twenty-four hours. I made this strict rule, for fear of you going to hell. I don't like you going to hell, that's why I used this strict method. Is the monastic angry? Now these three novices, if one gets angry, the other two uncles must kneel down, kneel for twenty-four hours, absolutely not holding back; This rule of mine has already passed, no affection, no complaints. So what to do? If you don't get angry, don't use my law; if you get angry, then my law will have its use. Kneeling for twenty-four hours like that is still not too strict, even more strict is not allowed to eat rice, not to drink water, not allow defecation, this is the strictest discipline. I made this rule so long ago, when I asked three novice monks: "Are you angry again?" “No, sir!” "Little Sa-di, why don't you get angry anymore?" "I do not know!" (I don't know!) They don't know why I'm not angry anymore. Would you say this is wonderful or not? It's so wonderful! Incredibly wonderful! If you get angry, you will go to hell; I'm afraid you'll go to hell, so I made such strict rules. Stupid, do you like stupid? Don't you study Buddhism? If you don't like stupidity, you should study the Buddhadharma; Studying the Buddhadharma is to increase your wisdom, to open up your wonderful wisdom and wisdom. If you don't study Buddhism, you'll be stupid; Where will stupidity go? Will make animals. Why are animals like horses, buffaloes, goats, chickens, dogs, pigs not intelligent? You see, pigs are extremely stupid, eat full, then go to sleep, sleep bored and wake up to eat; except for these two things, they can't do anything else. As for horses and buffaloes, although they do some work, they are stupid. Why stupid? It is because as humans, they do not study the Buddhadharma; not only do not study the Buddhadharma, but when someone wants to study the Buddhadharma, They even said: "Don't study the Buddhadharma, anyone who studies the Buddhadharma is a very stupid person!" They say that people who study the Buddhadharma are very stupid, in fact they are really stupid people, in the future they will have to be horses, buffaloes, goats, chickens, dogs, pigs. Why do they suffer such bodies? I tell you, it's because they don't study Buddhism! Someone said, "I don't believe it! I don't study Buddhism myself, on the contrary I want to see if I'm really going to be a pig or a horse?" OK! Then you just try it! When the test is over, you go back to studying the Buddhadharma. So there is no need to be forced, should not force anyone, as long as you like it, you can learn it anytime, anywhere. These six paths of samsara are very important, whatever causes you plant, there will be results. Plant good, will produce good results; If you plant evil, you will bear evil fruit. You plant melons and you get melons, you plant beans and you get beans. must see what kernels you grow; you grow people to become Buddha, you will become Buddha; If you plant the cause of hell, you will fall to hell. You choose your own path. The various forms and appearances of beings in the six realms of the worlds, one thousand eight thousand worlds away to the east, are all clearly visible in the light of the white sign from Shakyamuni Buddha. -ni launched. This white general of Shakyamuni Buddha is intended to represent the "Middle Way that will mean"' which is not biased to the left, not inclined to the right; In the middle of the eyebrows, it is also the symbol of the true Middle Way, the Vien cutting method of the "Flower Sutra". The Tathagata's white general can stretch and contract, can be far or close, hollow like lapis lazuli, light shines everywhere. If you still don't understand, I can give a not very similar example. For example, when we hold a flashlight, or a headlamp, when we turn on the light, a beam of light shines straight ahead, it will shine very far, this is something everyone knows. The light from the Tathagata's white general is like a floodlight; This light shines forward, not just one mile, two miles, but can illuminate all the eighteen thousand worlds in the east. Is it only pointing to the east? Not! Just like you hold a flashlight, you can shine wherever you like; If you like to shine in the east, then shine in the east; if you like in the south, then in the south; in the north, in the north; in the west, in the west; above, below, in the sky, on the earth, depending on your preference. mind. The light from the white general of the Tathagata is the same, throughout the universe, it can shine in any direction at will. Now where that light shines is one hundred and eighty thousand lands in the east. "The Shurangama Sutra" mentions: "At that time, from the Buddha's fleshly design, a precious white light was emitted. In that light appeared a thousand-petaled precious lotus, with an incarnation of the Tathagata sitting in the middle of the flower-table, emitting rays of hundreds of precious jewels, each ray of light appearing throughout ten thousands of hasa." In the Surangama Dharma Assembly, when the Buddha spoke the Dharma, then on the humiliation, light from the general of no vision[2] emanated. In this Fa-Flower Assembly, the light came out from the general white generously. This light is not the same as the light in the Surangama Dharma Assembly; These two types of light have different meanings. Therefore, every day we (come) listen to "The Lotus Sutra" without saying anything; even if you only hear one word, one sentence, or one sentence this evening, you have already planted the cause of becoming a Buddha;you will become a Buddha. Not now, so how long will it take? That is not certain. Therefore, now that we can listen to "The Lotus Sutra", these are all people with good roots; People with good roots will definitely learn the Buddhadharma, don't look down on themselves, shouldn't say that the Buddhadharma has nothing to do with them. You should know, apart from the Buddhadharma, nothing has anything to do with you. Only the Buddhadharma is important to you; How important is the relationship? Help you become a Buddha! Someone said, "I don't believe it! How can I become a Buddha?" It is because you do not believe that you can become a Buddha; because you don't believe you can become a buddha, but in the future you will, so this is the magic! That's why this sutra is called "The Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law", it is such a miracle! E2. GOOD POINT OF FINDING THE BUDDHAS Again seeing the other world, present Buddhas. In the past, the Buddhas are present. This passage is a good omen to see the Buddhas, who are saints in opposition to each other; sentient beings in the six paths are ordinary, the Buddhas are holy The Buddhas, from within the white appearance of Shakyamuni Buddha, appear the land of the Buddhas; there is a land of Buddhas, that is, there are Buddhists who transform sentient beings in that land. Therefore, this passage is the auspicious manifestation of the Buddhas, in the light emanating from the white appearance of the Tathagata, the Buddhas appear. Why does Buddha need to project light? Why back from the general white generous light? Because Buddha emits light that illuminates all conditions. Why is it called fate? It is all sentient beings that need to be converted. Therefore, projecting light is a sign of "Human body and teaching"; essential is the establishment, the teaching is the teaching; If there is any chance, they will establish the Dharma. There is also another meaning, is "Delete or remove doubt"; Buddha released light, in order to make the doubting mind of all sentient beings disappear, helping to clear them. Because of destroying the doubts of sentient beings, the Buddha released light. This "white general" I have already explained, it is intended to represent the Middle Way. Amitabha Buddha has a white color, other Buddhas also have a white color. In the verse "Praise the Buddha Amitabha" mentioned: Amitabha Buddha with metal body, General good light, no equal; Bach Hao flexible five Tu-di, Cam Muc Thanh Thanh four great seas. Light neutralizing Buddha countless billions, Transforming Bodhisattvas herons boundless; Forty-eight bowls of vows to save sentient beings, Nine products of the function of the post of the mountain. (The body of Amitabha Buddha is pure gold, Incomparably bright and good generals; Year Tu-di flexible white halo, Blue eyes settled in the four great seas. In the aura that transforms innumerable Buddhas, Bodhisattvas transform into boundless, Forty-eight vows to save sentient beings, Nine levels of spiritual awakening.) Amitabha Buddha's body is pure gold, with thirty-two marks. His good and eighty beauties were radiant, with no example to compare. This white mark between the eyebrows of Amitabha Buddha is flexible, that is, turning back and forth like this, like a dragon moving, not straight, but moving like this. How big is this white general? As big as five Tu-di mountains combined! Amitabha Buddha's blue eyes are as big as the four great oceans, Can you tell how big this eye is? Within the radiance of Amitabha Buddha appeared countless Buddhas. He not only transformed into a Buddha, but also transformed into a Bodhisattva; The number of bodhisattvas is also innumerable. Amitabha Buddha has made forty-eight vows, each one is to want sentient beings to become Buddhas. The lotus flower is divided into nine products, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower; From these three levels, there are nine grades - including upper-higher, upper-middle-class, upper-middle-high, middle-high-medium, middle-low, middle-low, low-middle, and low-grade. When the spirit functioned to enlightenment, he made all sentient beings reach the shore of Nirvana to become Buddhas. The white general of Amitabha Buddha is as big as five Tu-di mountains; The white general of Shakyamuni Buddha, in terms of size, is about the size of five Tu-di mountains. If we talk about smallness, according to the "Sutra of Quan Buddha Tam Muoi Hai" said: When the Buddha was born, this white general was five meters long (chain)[3]; when he practiced asceticism, the white general was fourteen yards; When he became a Buddha, his white glory was always fifteen yards. The center of the white general is empty, like the shape of a lapis lazuli; is to represent the four virtues of the Buddha's "permanent happiness and purity". the middle is empty, which represents the Middle Way, this is the "permanent" virtue; the white general is extremely pure, representing the virtue of "peace"; The white general is soft, can be short and long at will, is a sign of "self"; why white? White is the symbol of "pure". The virtues of permanence, happiness, self, and purity represent the four virtues of Nirvana. This white general, represents the seal of the true Middle Way; The real seal of the seal is represented by this white general. Present, from the white general of Buddha Shakyamuni emits light, in the light of the white general, the Buddhas in other realms can be seen; general bright white of the Tathagata, from the Buddha's birth until Nirvana; when he practiced asceticism... the general appearances, the virtues that came after he entered Nirvana all appeared in this bright white sign. E3. A GOOD POINT TO LISTEN TO THE dharma and to hear the sutras preached by the Buddhas. Updating the Buddha's theory of sutras. This passage is a good omen to hear the sermon. In the white appearance of the Tathagata, I also see (the four assemblies) listening to the sutras, and all the Buddha's teachings of the Buddha. E4. GOOD POINT TO SEE THE FOUR COMMUNITY READING The same goes for bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, Upasakas, and Upasikas in the other realm cultivating and attaining enlightenment. Thoroughly disparaging the bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasakas, the practitioners attained the false path. This paragraph, It is a good omen to see the four groups attaining the path (good omen and results). What do the Buddhas in each country do? Preaching the sutras, preaching the Buddhadharma. What is the use of preaching the Buddhadharma? The Buddhadharma is for the four groups of disciples Bhikkhu-stilts, Bhikkhu-stilts-ni, Upa-sac, Up-a-di to follow that practice; depending on the practice, will witness results; or attain Arahantship, or become a Bodhisattva, or become a Buddha. Inside the white appearance of the Tathagata, seeing the Buddhas preaching the Dharma, this is called a good omen of hearing the Dharma; see the four groups of practice to witness results, this is a good omen. This 'Dharma' and 'person' are called dualities - dharma, human and dharma opposite each other. E4. GOOD POINT OF FINDING THE bodhisattva's practice of the bodhisattva's conduct Again saw the bodhisattva mahasattvas practice the bodhisattva path using various causes, beliefs, and appearances. To meet the Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas, the race of causes and conditions, the race of faith, race of appearance, practice the Bodhisattva path. This is a good omen to see bodhisattvas practice the bodhisattva conduct, a good omen for bodhisattvas to practice the doors of conduct. "Seeing the Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas again": Seeing Bodhisattvas and Great Bodhisattvas again. "All kinds of conditions": Using all kinds of causes and conditions to practice the dharma doors and teach sentient beings. “All kinds of beliefs”: The, that is, not one type, but many types. Belief is explained, either because of the "Four Truths" that believes and understands and then practices, or because of the "Dharma of the Twelve Causes and Conditions" that believes and understands and then practices, or because of "The Six Thousand Hanhs" that believes and understands and then cultivates. "All kinds of appearances": This is not to say that bodhisattvas have many kinds of appearances, but that they practice the doors of life and cultivate many dharmas. "Practicing the Bodhisattva's Way": what they do is the way of the Bodhisattva; The bodhisattva way is to benefit oneself and others (self-benefit), self-enlightenment and enlightenment of others (self-enlightenment). The white general of the Tathagata, from one realm to another Buddha's land, is also meant to represent the method of self-awareness, self-benefit, and self-benefit. E4. BEAUTIFUL POINT OF FINDING THE BUDDHAS GET INTO Nirvana Again seeing the Buddhas entering Nirvana; I saw again that after the Buddhas had entered Nirvana, they took the relics of the Buddha and built a seven-treasure stupa. Resurrection of the false Buddhas of Parinirvana; after seeing the Buddhas of Parinirvana, because of the Buddha's relics, there were seven stupas. This passage is a good omen to see the Buddhas enter Nirvana. Good omen to see Bodhisattva practice and good omens to see Nirvana Buddhas, called the water-common pair (beginning and ending); Bodhisattva is water, Buddha is common. "Seeing the Buddhas enter Nirvana again": Inside the Tathagata's white appearance, I see the Buddhas entering Nirvana. Nirvana, also known as the passing away. Nirvana, also known as no birth and death. Nirvana, is the unborn; table, is immortal, ie the end of birth and death. "Seeing again after the Buddhas have entered Nirvana": Seeing these Buddhas have entered Nirvana again, "bringing the relics of the Buddha, building a stupa made of seven treasures": the relics are in Indian, Chinese Flower translation is the spirit core; I mean this bone is very flexible. Inside the tower, worship relics to make offerings. After Shakyamuni Buddha entered Nirvana, when he was burned by fire, he gave out a lot of relics, not knowing how much to tell; Therefore, treasure stupas were built everywhere to make offerings to these relics. In the white light of the Tathagata, it is also seen that after the Buddhas in other lands entered Nirvana, they also used fire to cremate, the number of relics the Buddha obtained, also built stupas to make offerings. Tower, also in Indian, Chinese translates as the square; i.e. a square four-sided tomb. The dead, buried underground, are called graves; and this tower is a square tomb. The translation is high, because it is very high, very clear, anyone can see, so it is also called high visibility (high and obvious place). What is the tower used for? We build a treasure tower to make offerings to the Buddha's relics, because the place where the Buddha's relics are located is also the place where the Buddha's Dharma body is located, the same Buddha in this place, so we should build a tower to commemorate him. In the last lecture, there are six auspicious omens in other lands. I have preached to you again and again, but you are not paying attention; Buddhism must definitely pay attention to be able to understand. You listen but like the wind blowing in your ear, going into one ear and going through the other will have no effect; Even if you listen to it for a hundred years, you will never hear it. Why? Because you don't care, don't pay attention! Now you listen to sutras, study the Buddhadharma, suddenly encounter a situation where someone invites you to give a lecture; you can still talk and talk without stopping – speak fluently, Like a flowing river, the lecture is very interesting. But if someone asks: “Dear Master! I have a question to ask: How many types of Nirvana are there? Please help me preach!” So you: 'Eh…eh! "So who did you study with?" “I studied with a magician for several years, this I have heard, but now forget!” Tell me, have you lost face? Even the "four kinds of Nirvana" don't know, it's too embarrassing! Now I'm going to tell you these four words, if I don't say them, you won't think of them; but I believe that as soon as I say it, you will immediately remember: “Oh! I didn't forget! It is these four types!” but to no avail, this is called "backend code". Zhuge Liang is the "Customer Code", the job has not come yet, he has already predicted it; and you wait until it's over to know, it doesn't work at all! What are these four types of Nirvana? First, Self-nature is pure nirvana; second, Residual medical nirvana; third, No residue medical nirvana; Fourth, No-dwelling Nirvana. D1. At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva thought: Today the Blessed One appears to be a deformed deity, because of what causes and conditions this auspicious omen? Now that the Buddha, the Blessed One, is entering the samadhi, this inconceivable rare occurrence should ask who? Who can answer?" Again thought: "Mr Manjushri, the son of this Dharma King who used to be close to and made offerings to countless Buddhas in the past, must have seen this rare sign, I should ask him now." At the time, Maitreya Bodhisattva created a vision: The World-Honored One Kim fakes the god of transformation, is it because of the predestined predestined children to try it? Kim Buddha, the World-Honored One, entered the samadhi, the market was inconceivable. Of course, the problem? Loyal answer fake? Remembrance test: Thi Manjushri benefit from the death of the Dharma King, of course, made offerings to the past immeasurable Buddhas, surely satisfied with the rare and precious signs, self-imposed questions. In this passage, Maitreya Bodhisattva aroused a doubt; He did not know what Buddha intended to do? The Buddha released light, the earth trembled... six auspicious omens in this realm, six auspicious omens in another realm, the situation of these six auspicious omens, Maitreya Bodhisattva did not know, so he had doubts. . Maitreya Bodhisattva aroused doubts, the other great assembly also aroused doubts. “At that time”: at that moment; as soon as Shakyamuni Buddha showed six auspicious omens in this realm, and six auspicious omens in another. At that time, “Maitreya Bodhisattva”: Who is Maitreya Bodhisattva? It is the Bodhisattva who is very fat and often smiles. Maitreya is Sanskrit (Maitreya), Chinese translated as Tu Thi, This means that this bodhisattva often enters samadhi from the heart of the samadhi. He has another name, Adada; Amada is also Sanskrit (Ajita), Chinese translates as Wukong Victory, victory is victory. Bodhisattvas are sentient beings. Maitreya Bodhisattva is extremely compassionate, regardless of whether you are a good person or a bad person, once he meets him, he is happy; He used his eyes of kindness, looking at all sentient beings equally, without discriminating against sentient beings. Maitreya Bodhisattva at that time, "thought": aroused doubt, "today the World-Honored One appears to transform himself": Now the Blessed One appears in this world of transformational miracles. What magic? It is the release of light from the white general, and there are six types of vibrations, which are all a form of miraculous powers of Shakyamuni Buddha; but in the past, Maitreya Bodhisattva had never seen this kind of transformation, so he didn't know what it meant. Maitreya Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva bodhisattva who is first born in the land, waits after Shakyamuni Buddha abdicates, he will become a Buddha in this saha world, so he is honored as "In the future, Maitreya will be reborn, worshiping Buddha". Maitreya Bodhisattva was originally a person of great wisdom, but he still did not know what Shakyamuni Buddha wanted to do. Why doesn't He know? Because in Buddhism, "The first place does not know the second place"; The Bodhisattva of the Beginning will not know the realm of the Bodhisattvas of the Second Ground; The Bodhisattva of the Ten Grounds does not know the realm of the Bodhisattvas of the Enlightenment. What is the realm of Buddha? The place is called: Dung people do not know false knowledge, Tan Nhan do not know false assumptions, People do not know Saints, Hinayana do not know Than Tu. "Mirror is ignorant of intellectuals", stupid ordinary people will not know the realm of the wise; why? Because ordinary people are stupid, thinking very slow, not incomparable, but beyond their strength. “Dispersing without knowing presumption”: like a person who is always scattered; Why is it called dispersion? It is the person who always looks east and west, looks south, looks north, looks east, looks west; Everyone enters samadhi here, the other person also doesn't know the state of your concentration. "Ordinary people do not know Saints": ordinary people, that is, people who have not yet witnessed results like us; Ordinary people will not know the realm of the Saint. "Unknown Hinayana Than Tu": Who is Son Son? It is the venerable Sāriputta, the Venerable Sāriputta, also known as Than Tu. Why does Hinayana not know Sariputra? Because the wisdom of the Hinayana is not enough. In the A-la-Han, Mr. Sariputra is the position of great wisdom - Great Tri Sariputta; so the normal fruition saints will not be able to know the realm of Mr. Sariputra; but among the bodhisattvas, he became a minor wisdom. But ordinary bodhisattvas cannot know the realm of bodhisattvas. "Suspension", through the end of this life, the next life will definitely become a Buddha; that is, the future Buddha replaces (in the place of) the current Shakyamuni Buddha, so people also call Maitreya Bodhisattva "the Bodhisattva of the most birth and complementing the land". But the bodhisattva of origin does not know the realm of the bodhisattvas of Buddhahood. Ton pole, is the Buddha; Noble to the extreme, this is the realm of Buddha. Because in the realm of the bodhisattva, one will not know the realm of the Buddha. But at present, Maitreya Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva of origin, and will become a Buddha in the future; but Shakyamuni Buddha manifests this kind of magical realm, he didn't know either, so he had an illusion! Maitreya Bodhisattva also aroused delusions. What hope? He thought, now, why does Shakyamuni Buddha use the bright white sign, manifesting miraculous powers to transform this type of sign (manifesting supernatural powers, transforming the form of Pure Land), "for what causes and conditions? this auspicious omen?”: must there be a reason for these six auspicious omens to appear? He raised doubts. Doubt what? It is doubt: what is going to happen? He gave rise to delusions. The bodhisattva had no illusions, but seeing the Buddha appear like this, his delusions also arise. This passage says that at present, Maitreya Bodhisattva has three doubts. The first is to doubt the divine transformation of the Buddha, why is this auspicious? "Now, the Blessed One is entering the samadhi": now the Blessed One has entered the samadhi, This realm is "inconceivable": cannot use the mind to think, cannot use words to discuss, no one knows. So what to do? "Showing the rare thing": The Buddha showed this rare thing, never before, "who should I ask? Who can answer?”: here comes the second doubt, who should I ask? Which bodhisattva can answer this question for me? "Think again": here comes the third thought; What do you think? This question, who should I ask? "Mr Manjushri, son of this Dharma King, was once close to and made offerings to immeasurable Buddhas of the past life": Ah! Manjushri Bodhisattva can answer me! Manjushri is also known as Dieu Cat, Dieu Duc. This Manjushri throne-guarding Bodhisattva is the true son of the Dharma King, who has been close to the Buddhas, and also made offerings to innumerable Buddhas in the past. "You must have seen this rare general": Manjushri Bodhisattva, who has been close to and made offerings to the Buddhas of the past, has of course also seen this auspicious phenomenon, so he will definitely know. Currently Maitreya Bodhisattva has arisen such thoughts, ie the second doubt is also gone; the second thought, was that he wanted to find someone to ask; now found, so the second doubt is gone. Mr. Manjushri-Lei Dharma Prince must have seen this rare sign, a very rare good sign, never seen before. "We should ask him now.": Now we should ask Manjushri-sama, the Prince of Dharma! D1. At that time, the Bhikshus, Bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasakas and gods, dragons, ghosts, gods, etc., all thought: "The general is wise and intelligent. this brilliance of the Buddha, who should I ask now?" At the time of Bhikkhu-stilts, bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasi, visited the gods, dragons, demons, gods, Function test concept: Thi Phat Quang Minh of divine powers, Kim Duong queried lobe? In this passage, public skepticism arose. Not only Maitreya bodhisattva aroused doubts, but even the four groups in this Dharma assembly also had doubts, wondering what Shakyamuni Buddha intended to do? "At that time": it was the time when Maitreya Bodhisattva had doubts, the four groups of disciples: "Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasikas, and gods, dragons, demons, gods, etc....": the gods, the dragons, and all the gods and demons in the heavens do not know. “All think”: evenly, that is, all have such thoughts; What do you think? "Whom should I ask about this brilliant miraculous sign of the Buddha?": Currently, from the white appearance of Shakyamuni Buddha, light and miracles are emitted, Who should I ask now? So does Maitreya Bodhisattva really don't know? Genuinely skeptical? I believe it is not! Why? In the past, Maitreya Bodhisattva also made offerings to innumerable Buddhas, so there must be experience of this fact; He knew vaguely, but deliberately pretended not to know, in order to ask for the Dharma for the sake of the great assembly, and asked Bodhisattva Manjushri. And the skepticism of the masses is true. E1. WORD OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUCCESS At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva wanted to solve his doubts; Again observe the four groups of Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasikas, and the whole heavens, dragons, demons, gods, etc., in the mind of the assembly. At the time, Maitreya Bodhisattva education self-determined; Huu contemplating the four groups of monks, bhikkhunis, Upasakas, Upasakas, visiting gods, dragons, ghosts, spirits, and minds. "At that time": At this moment, Bodhisattva Maitreya looked over, noticed that the general public also aroused such skepticism; so "Maitreya Maitreya wants to solve his doubts": He also wants to solve his doubts, so that there is no doubting mind. "Contemplating the four groups again": He again contemplated the four present groups. The four groups, namely Bhikshus, Bhikshus, Upasakas, Upasikas "and all heavens, dragons, demons, and gods": and heavenly beings, and all kinds of dragons , demon, god. Why is it called “demon” (guǐ)? Some people say they know, that demons have hungry ghosts (ghouls), and satiated ghosts (storm demons). What is a hungry demon? What is a demon no? This devil word, which also has the meaning of a word, is “gui” (guī) (return); dead people become ghosts, just like returning people. Where do we come from? We come from where Buddha came. Now back to where? Back in hell, back in the hungry ghost path. Why go back there? Because of going the wrong way, do not return to their old place – they think that is their old place, this is called going astray! Just like they also call "quy" (taking its similar sound), which is to return. Later, when talking about the word "demon", you should know, why is it called "demon"? It's the wrong way, will they still come back? Back to where? Returning to Buddhahood, this is the meaning of "demon". Devil, in English called ghost, can also be said to go (take the sound similar to "ghost"). Going to where? Going to hell. Although I don't know English, I explain an English word. "God" here, called "Heavenly Heart". Thien means "natural". To say they have supernatural powers is to have natural induction. “etc…”: not only that, but also many gods and dragons of eight sets are present. "Mind of the assembly": the assembly is present in the assembly, Maitreya Bodhisattva observes people's minds. E2. OFFICIALLY QUESTION, Ask Manjushri, "For what are the causes and conditions of this auspicious omen, and this miraculous sign, which radiates brilliant light, illuming all the ten thousand eight thousand lands in the east, they all see it. the dignified land of that Buddha? Manjushri Manjushri's speech: Do Ha Ha's predestined predestined children try Thuy, divine powers of generals, exaggerate the light, illuminating the East of ten thousand eight heavens, all disparaging the Buddha's dignified world? "But ask Manjushri, saying": So Maitreya Bodhisattva immediately spoke on behalf of the great assembly and asked Manjushri Bodhisattva. Great Bodhisattva Dharma Prince, please kindly tell me "for what causes and conditions this auspicious omen": for what reason, for what morals, does Shakyamuni Buddha emit light now? shining brightly, illuminating one thousand eight thousand lands in the east? "Divine General": This miraculous general, it is very rare, I have never seen it before! Shakyamuni Buddha "released a brilliant light, illuminating all the eighty-eight thousand lands in the east": never before had I seen such a great light, this light reaching all the way to the east ; The eastward projection does not only reflect the near places, but also reflects the eighty-eight thousand realms of the country. So you see, now that we're going to the moon, that's pretty awesome, ha! You see, Shakyamuni Buddha shines to one thousand eight thousand lands in the east. Eighty-eight thousand realms, then there is not only one planet, moon sphere (star, moon) but shine through to one thousand eight thousand planets, moon sphere. "All see the Buddha's dignified land": not seeing a few, but seeing everything clearly.END=NAMO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/6/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.