Sunday, June 13, 2021
What is liberating wisdom?VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.
Out of compassion for all sentient beings suffering from afflictions and sufferings due to longing for longing in the ocean of samsara, the Buddha appeared in the world to leave the world innumerable methods of practice, depending on each individual's capacity. sentient beings who choose to practice to transform suffering and pain into liberation.
The World-Honored One's dharmas are likened to the medicine ladders that depend on the illness. Among them, the insight insight into the impermanence, suffering, and non-self of all dharmas, through which the practitioner contemplates the nature of detachment from greed, the cessation of cessation, and the renunciation of all dharmas, is the "ultimate" and wonderful dharma. 'most' because if a meditator regularly practices, he will 'gain' the Wisdom of Liberation, he will end all fetters, no longer suffer, the holy life has been accomplished, rightly liberated, an Arahant. Han.
This exercise focuses on understanding the related issues of the Wisdom of Liberation on the basis of the Nikaya (Pali Canon) scriptures in order to help you have some insight and detailed insight into pure insight: Vipassana insight. impermanence, suffering, and non-self of all dharmas. The main issues that need to be developed are as follows: What is Liberation Wisdom? How to get Liberation Wisdom? Do practitioners with the Wisdom of Liberation have supernatural powers?
What is Liberation Wisdom? How to get Liberation Wisdom? Do practitioners with the Wisdom of Liberation have supernatural powers?
What is liberating wisdom?
It can be understood that a practitioner who attains liberation wisdom is one who has mastered the practice of contemplating all dharmas as impermanent, suffering, and not-self, and from there, becoming dispassionate and dispassionate in all dharmas, attains ultimate liberation. , secure all sufferings and yoke, as instructed by the Blessed One to the new monk Susìma in Sutta 70 of the Samyutta Nikaya:
The new bhikkhu Susīma asked the Buddha about the Wisdom of Liberation because Susima was puzzled when he heard that many bhikkhus in front of the Blessed One had declared the right wisdom as follows:
“We know well that: Birth has ended, the holy life has been accomplished, what should have been done has been done, there is no going back to this state anymore! And they said to Susìma: "We have attained the Wisdom of Liberation".
Here are the teachings of Thich Ton:
Then Venerable Susīma arose from his seat and went to the Blessed One; After arriving, he bowed down to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Sitting to one side, Venerable Susīma presented to the Blessed One all the stories with those bhikkhus.
- Susīma, first of all knowledge of dharma-dwelling, then knowledge of Nirvana.
"World-Honored One, I do not understand the general meaning of this brief statement of the Blessed One. Venerable sir, how good it would be if the Blessed One spoke to me so that I could understand the meaning of this brief statement of the Blessed One!
- Susīma, whether you know or don't know, first there is the knowledge of dhamma-dwelling, then the knowledge of Nirvana. Hey Susīma, what do you think? Is form permanent or impermanent?
- Is it impermanent, venerable sir?
What is impermanent is suffering or pleasure?
- It is suffering, World-Honored One.
- What is impermanent, suffering, subject to change, is it reasonable when we contemplate it as: "This is mine, this is me, this is my self"?
- No, venerable sir.
- Is feeling normal or impermanent?
- Impermanence, venerable sir.
- Thought it was normal or extraordinary?
- Impermanence, venerable sir.
- Are formations permanent or impermanent?
- Impermanence, venerable sir.
- Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?
- Impermanence, venerable sir.
What is impermanent is suffering or pleasure?
- It is suffering, World-Honored One.
- What is impermanent, suffering, subject to change, is it reasonable if we contemplate it as: "This is mine, this is me, this is my self"?
- No, venerable sir.
"Therefore, Susīma, whatever is past, future or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all material phenomena should be contemplated as true: “This is not mine, this is not me, this is not my self.”
What belongs to the past, future or present ... (as above)...
Whatever is of the past, future or present consciousness, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all consciousnesses should be contemplated as true with right wisdom as follows: "This is not of I, this is not me, this is not my self."
Seeing this, Susīma, the noble disciple is weary of form, weary of feeling, weary of perception, weary of formations, weary of consciousness. Due to boredom, he dissociates from greed. Due to dispassion, he is liberated. In liberation, knowledge arises knowing: "I am liberated". He knows well: "Birth is over, the holy life has been accomplished, what should have been done has been done, there is no going back to this state." Susīma, do you not see: "Due to dependent origination, aging and death arise"?
- Yes, venerable sir.
Obviously, the above text is clear that the Buddha first pointed out to the sage Susima: Knowledge of Dharma residence - Knowledge of the true nature of all conditioned dharmas, the five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness) are impermanent. , suffering and not-self: there is no self-nature, then the wisdom leaves nirvana: contemplation of separation from greed, quantification of nature that takes away, and liberation.
When anger no longer reigns in the mind, or compassion is liberated, that is, harm is no longer in the mind, Joy is liberated, then unhappiness no longer reigns in the mind, Equanimity liberates, ie greed mind no longer reigns in mind; or the attainment of the first meditation...
Dharma practice to realize Liberation Wisdom
Regularly practice virtuousness:
All dharmas are equal, no more, no less, because all conditioned dharmas are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and not-self, often contemplating like this, so the practitioner does not cling to any dharma. Due to non-attachment, so there is no affliction, because there is no affliction, the practitioner himself realizes nirvana as taught by the Master in the sutta No.
Like this I hear.
At one time, the Blessed One was staying at Savatthi (Sāvatthi), Eastern Park (Pubbarama), and the Deer Hall (Migaramatu).
Then the deva Sakka came to the place where the Blessed One was, and after arriving, bowed down to the Blessed One and stood to one side. Deva Sakka, standing to one side, said to the Blessed One:
-- In a nutshell, Venerable Sir, to what extent, a bhikkhu is in love with liberation, the ultimate goal of achievement, the end of safety from suffering, the end of the holy life, the end of perfection the supreme victory between gods and humans?
-- Here, Lord, a bhikkhu is heard as follows: "It is unworthy, if there is partiality towards all dharmas". O Lord, if a bhikkhu is heard thus: 'It is unworthy to be partial to all dharmas', he knows all dhammas. Having known all dharmas, he knows thoroughly all dharmas. By thoroughly knowing all dharmas, if there is any feeling, pleasant feeling, painful feeling, or neither painful nor pleasant feeling, he lives contemplating impermanence, dwells contemplating separation from greed, lives contemplating cessation, living contemplating renunciation in those feelings. He lives by contemplating impermanence, living in contemplation of separation from greed, living in contemplation of cessation, living in contemplation of detachment in those feelings, so he is not attached to anything in life; Because he is not attached, he is not afflicted; because he is not afflicted, he attains Nirvana. He understands: "Birth has come to an end,
By living contemplating impermanence, living contemplating separation from greed, contemplating cessation, and living contemplating renunciation in feelings: pleasure, pain, neither pleasure nor pain, he no longer clings to anything. in the world, and he himself realizes nirvana: Clearly, the Blessed One meant to remind that in life those who often hold such views will be at peace from all sufferings.
Choose a method of practice that is suitable for your foundation and forte and from there, contemplating the nature of impermanence, contemplating the nature of separation from greed, contemplating the cessation of circumstances, contemplating the nature of detachment from life and happiness brought about by the consistent practice of the method you practice such as the "Bat Thanh" Sutta No. 52, the Central Sutra in which Anan pointed out eleven immortal dharmas:
The Four Immeasurable Minds, the Four Immeasurable Minds, the Four Immeasurable Minds, and the Three Meditations of Tranquility: when a meditator accomplishes only one dharma, for example in the Four Immeasurable Minds, he achieves only one mind such as liberating loving-kindness ie. Hatred no longer reigns in the mind, or Compassion is liberated, that is, harm is no longer in the mind, Joy is liberated, then unhappiness no longer resides in the mind, Equanimity liberates, ie greed no longer reigns in the mind; or the attainment of the first meditation...
From here, knowing from the heart of liberation, of compassion for liberation... is the conditioned dharma so impermanent, subject to destruction, from which the practitioner contemplates the nature of separation from greed, the cessation of cessation and the contemplation of renunciation of the dharmas this. As a result, practitioners no longer have attachments, so they themselves realize nirvana (52 Eight-Seven City Sutras, Central Sutras, or Eleven Doors of Liberation, Pure Mind).
Does the Wise One have supernatural powers?
The Buddha did not deny the criticism of the wanderer Vehhanassa about the incompetence of some bhikkhus who had abandoned craving and accomplished their transgressions:
A wandering wanderer Vekhanassa, from the Kaccana tribe, was outraged and disgruntled that there were some recluses and brahmins who did not know the past, did not see the future, but they said to themselves: " Born has passed away, the holy life has been accomplished, what should have been done has been done, from now on do not return to this life again" . Such statements of theirs prove themselves laughable, prove themselves frivolous, prove themselves empty, prove themselves illusory.
The Buddha did not deny the criticism of the wanderer Vekhanassa. But the Blessed One said: "Let go of the past, let go of the future. Come, one who is wise, deceitful, unscrupulous, straightforward, and says thus: " I teach, I preach ". If he practices according to what has been taught, he will soon know himself and see for himself: "This is indeed liberation from the principal bondage, that is, the bondage of ignorance" (Sutta 80 Vekhanassa Sutra) , Central Kinh).
Supernatural powers do not exist for the Wise Ones of Liberation, as Susìma Samyutta Nikaya does not deny the criticism of the wanderer Vekhanassa because for a bhikkhu who has attained the Wisdom of Liberation, he does not have such supernatural powers. It is well explained in Chapter 12: The Samyutta Nikaya, vi Great Product, Sutra No. 70 Susìma of the Samyutta Nikaya:
The new bhikkhu Susìma asked the monks who had attained the Wisdom of Liberation directly about their psychic abilities and was answered by the monks no in the typical passages below:
- Is it true that the venerable ones in the presence of the Blessed One proclaimed right wisdom as follows: "We know well that: 'Birth is over, the holy life has been accomplished, what should have been done has been done, there is no more coming back back to this state again'”?
- Yes, yes, sage.
So do the venerable ones know this, see this, and remember many past lives? Like one life, two lives, three lives, four lives, five lives, ten lives, twenty lives, thirty lives, forty lives, fifty lives, one hundred lives, two hundred lives, one thousand lives, one hundred thousand life, many broken kalpas, many successful kalpas, many destructive eons, and many eons. He remembers: " In that place I had such a name, such a family name, such a caste, such a painful life, such a life span. After we die there, we are born there. At that place, I had this name, this family name, and this long life. After I died there, I was born here ." So, venerable ones, remember many past lives with their outlines and details?
- It is not so, sage.
"Then do the venerable ones know this, see it like this, with their pure divine eye, see the life and death of living beings?" The venerable ones know well that sentient beings, the lowly, the noble, the beautiful, the ugly, the lucky and the unfortunate, are all due to their actions. These beings do evil deeds in body, do evil deeds in speech, evil deeds in mind, slander saints, follow wrong views, create karmas according to wrong views. These people, after the breakup of the body, after death, must be reborn in an evil realm, an evil destination, a lower realm, and a hell.
But these beings do good deeds of body, do good deeds of speech, do good deeds of mind, do not slander saints, follow right view, create karma according to right view. Those people, after the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in good destinations, in heaven, in this world.
Thus, with the divine eye, which is pure and superhuman, they see the life and death of living beings. Do you know that sentient beings, the lowly, the noble, the beautiful, the ugly, the lucky and the unfortunate, are all due to their actions?
- It is not so, sage.
- So, do the venerable ones know this, see it like this, after having crossed the Formless Realm, the body and emotions of the Formless Realm, abide in the tranquility of liberation?
- It is not so, sage.
"Or here, did the venerable ones answer in this way and fail to realize these dharmas?"
- Hey, sage, there is no proof.
- How?
- Dear friend Susīma, we have attained the wisdom of liberation .
- I do not know the broad meaning of this brief statement of the Venerables. It would be nice if the venerable ones told me, so that I could widely understand the meaning of this brief statement of the venerable ones!
—Friend Susīma, whether you know it or you don't, we have attained the wisdom of liberation.
The new bhikkhu Susìma brought this matter to the Blessed One, and after being explained by the Master, the knowledge of dharma-dwelling, the knowledge of nirvana (as described above), and asked the sage Susìma through In this method of pure contemplation, the bhikkhus testified that the Wisdom of Liberation has supernatural powers , and was answered by Samon Susima himself as no as in the following passage:
- But hey, knowing so, seeing like that, you have witnessed the miracles of many different types: One body appears many bodies; many bodies appear one body; shapeshifting, transforming across walls, walls, and mountains as if passing through space; burrowing, emerging across land as in water; walking on water does not sink like walking on land; sitting cross-legged walking on space like a bird; with the hand touching and touching the moon and the sun, such powerful, mighty things. Is it possible to use the body freely up to the Brahma realm?
- No, venerable sir.
"Do you, Susima, know thus, see thus, with the divine ear pure and superhuman, you can hear two kinds of voices, the voices of gods and the voices of men, distant and near?
- No, venerable sir.
- Susīma, is it to know like this, to see it like that, with your own mind to know that the minds of sentient beings are different, that of human beings are different. With the mind with greed, you know the mind with greed… with the mind that is not liberated, you know that the mind is not liberated; with liberated mind, you know is liberated mind?
- No, venerable sir.
- Susīma, do you know that, seeing like this, you can remember many different past lives. Like a life… (as above)… can you remember many different past lives with outlines and details?
- No, venerable sir.
- Hey Susīma, but knowing that, seeing like that, with the pure divine eye superhuman, you can see living beings dying and being reborn… can you know living beings according to their karma?
Practitioners from the first jhāna to the third jhāna do not have magical powers, only those who have attained from the fourth jhāna and above with a pliable and pure mind can have magical powers...
There can be no god through the two suttas of the Central Sutras No. 70 Kytàgiri and the 52 Eight-Suttas No. 70- Kytàgiri The Buddha mentioned and succinctly explained about the two Arhats: the one who got the sentence of liberation and the one who had the wisdom to solve it. The liberation in which the Wise One of Liberation does not himself attain the serenity of liberation, transcending form and formlessness as follows:
And what, bhikkhus, is the stage of liberation?
Here, bhikkhus, there is a person who, having attained the tranquil liberates of the body, transcends the material and immaterial dharmas, and having seen with wisdom, his taints are completely subtracted. This position, the Male-stilts, is called the type of people who catch the part of liberation.
Monks, to this bhikkhu, I say that there is no need to do, by not being distracted. Why? Since that has been done by him, by not being distracted he cannot become distracted.
And what, bhikkhus, is a liberated wisdom? Here, bhikkhus, there is a person who, after the body has not attained the tranquil liberates, transcends the material and immaterial dharmas, and after having seen with wisdom, his taints are completely subtracted. Such a taste is called liberated wisdom.
Monks, to this bhikkhu, I say there is no need to do, by not being distracted. Why? Because the thing was done by this position, thanks to not being distracted; he cannot become distracted.
In Sutra No. 52 Eight-City of the eleven methods of immortality, there are four meditations of present bliss, four immeasurables, and three meditations of serenity (unless the base of perception): as long as the practitioner achieves one method, for example such as the first meditation, or the second meditation, or the third meditation, or the liberation from the heart... and from here recognize this first meditation, this second meditation, this third meditation, this liberation from the mind is a conditioned dharma created by reflection. become impermanent, subject to the cessation, and if firmly stay here, the practitioner will end the contraband or (52. The Bat Thanh Sutra, the Central Department, or the Eleven Doors of Liberation, Pure Mind).
Practitioners from the first jhāna to the third jhāna do not have magical powers, only those who have attained from the fourth jhāna or higher with a pliable and pure mind can have miraculous powers as in the Fruit Samon Sutra. , the School of Sutras, or according to the Visud-dhimagga Sutra, this divine power is only achieved when the practitioner has firmly succeeded in the fourth jhāna or higher .
Conclusion: Through what the Buddha taught in a number of suttas as presented, practitioners of this time can achieve the Wisdom of Liberation by regularly practicing pure insight: All dharmas are equal, not more, no less. The true nature of all conditioned dharmas is impermanent, subject to change, suffering and not-self. Therefore, the meditator becomes bored, does not cling to any dharma, because his attachment does not disturb him, he realizes Nirvana by himself" .END=NAMO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.14/6/2021.
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