Thursday, September 23, 2021
10 Blessings are grouped into 3 groups of blessings.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.
10 Blessings are grouped into 3 groups of blessings
1- Dānakusala: The merit of giving .
2- Sīlakusala: Good fortune keeping precepts .
3- Bhāvanākusala: The merit of practicing meditation .
4- Apacāyanakusala: Blessed and respectful .
5- Veyyāvaccakusala: Blessed support .
6- Pattidanakusala: Phuoc friendly helpfulness .
7- Pattānumodanakusala: Good luck and joy .
8- Dhammassavanakusala: The good fortune of hearing the Dharma .
9- Dhammadesanākusala: Blessed to preach the Dharma .
10- Diṭṭhijukammakusala: Blessings of Right View .
The ten meritorious blessings are grouped into three main groups of merit and virtue that have similar characteristics:
- Group of blessings-giving.
- The group of blessings that keep the precepts.
- Group of merit-good practices-meditation.
1- The group of meritorious charity-giving includes 3 types of merit-good, namely dānakusala: merit-good-giving, pattidānakusala: merit-good dedication, pattānumodanākusala: blessing-good-joy.
2- The group of good-will keeping precepts includes 3 types of merit-benevolence, namely sīlakusala: good-natured-keeping, apacāyana-kusala: reverence-benevolence and veyyāvaccakusala: supportive-benevolent blessings.
3- The group of merit-good practices-meditation includes 4 types of merit-goodness: bhāvanākusala: meritorious practice-meditation, dhammassavanakusala: meritorious hearing-dhamma, dhamma-desanākusala: blessed-goodness preaching, diṭṭhijukamma-kusala: Blessings of Right View.
Explain
1- The group of meritorious charity-giving includes 3 types of merit-goodness, namely dānakusala: merit-good-giving, pattidāna-kusala: merit-dedication-dedication and pattānumodanā-kusala: blessing-good-joy.
In this group of merit-good-giving, there are two merit-good deeds, pattidānakusala and pattānumodanākusala, both of which have two opposites, macchariya: the mind that is stingy and stingy in its possessions and issā: the mind that is jealous in its possessions or possessions. The merits and virtues of others are like the merits of giving.
Therefore, the three types of merit are dānakusala: meritorious giving, pattidānakusala: merit-dedication and pattānumodanākusala: this merit-good-joy-joy has similar characteristics, so they should be grouped into the group of merit- good giving (dānamayakusala).
2- The group of good-will keeping precepts includes 3 good-natured ones: sīlakusala: good-natured-keeping, apacāyanakusala: respectful-benevolent blessings and veyyāvaccakusala: supportive-benevolent blessings. In this group, sīlakusala: virtue-keeping precepts that is cetanā: mind-faculty in the great-good mind, keeping body and speech away from the three bodies of evil deeds, abstaining from the four words of speech, evil, and deeds. for proper body and speech.
* Apacāyanakusala: reverence-benevolence-benevolence-reverence for those worthy of respect, reverence-for-all-respect-worthy. A person who has the law of reverence is expressed by his body reverently bowing and offering offerings, by reverently speaking respectfully, speaking politely, etc.
* Veyyāvaccakusala: Blessing-good supports in all the good deeds of others. A person who has the dharma to assist in all the benevolent works of others, manifests himself by being dedicated to helping people, by sincere speech and by giving instructions to everyone.
Apacāyanakusala: blessing-benevolence-reverence and veyyā-vaccakusala: blessing-benevolence-support are two meritorious virtues belonging to carittasīla: the precepts of monastic monks, novices and lay people are near. -the-male, near-the-female.
Therefore, the three types of merit are sīlakusala: good conduct-keeping, apacāyanakusala: merit-benevolence-reverence and veyyāvaccakusala: merit-benefit-supporting has similar characteristics, should be grouped into the group of merit- good-keeping-sila (sīlamayakusala).
3- The group of merit-good practices-meditation includes 4 merit-good deeds: bhāvanākusala: meritorious practice-meditation, dham-massavanakusala: blessing-hearing-dhamma, dhamma-desanākusala: meritorious preaching and diṭṭhiju-kammakusala : blessing-righteous-view.
In this group, dhammassavanakusala: meritorious hearing-dhamma, dhammadesanākusala: meritorious preaching, and diṭṭhijukammakusala: meritorious right view, having the state of causing higher kusala dhamma to arise first, and then causing it to arise. That kusala-dhamma develops like bhāvanākusala: the merit-good practice of meditation is the practice of dhamma-practice of meditation and the practice of dhamma-practice of meditation-wisdom.
Therefore, the four types of merit are bhāvanākusala: meritorious practice-meditation, dhammassavanakusala: meritoriousness in hearing the Dharma, dhammadesanākusala: meritorious teaching, and diṭṭhijukammakusala: this merit-good view has a future state. are similar, should be grouped into the group of merit-good practices-meditation (bhāvanāmaya-kusala).
However, dhammadesanākusala and diṭṭhijukamma-kusala are combined according to the Buddha-speech and the Commentary as follows:
* The Buddha taught that:
"Sabbadanaṃ dhammadanaṃ jinati." (1)
1 The Dhammapadagathā verse 354.
Dharma-giving is superior to all alms-giving.
Thus, dhammadesanākusala: meritorious preaching is combined with dānakusala: meritorious giving.
* The Pāḷi commentary, the Pāthikavaggaṭṭhakathā, the Saṅgītisuttavaṇṇanā Sutra explains that:
"Diṭṭhijukammaṃ sabbesaṃ niyāmalakkhaṇaṃ." (2)
2 Bộ Dī.Pāthikavaggaṭṭhakathā, Saṅgītisuttavaṇṇanā.
Diṭṭhijukammakusala: Blessings of right view have a state of conditioning and support for all ten puññakriyāvatthu.
Thus, diṭṭhijukamma: meritorious right view is combined with the group of meritorious deeds of giving (dānamaya-kusala), the group of meritorious virtues of keeping precepts (sīlamayakusala) and the group of meritorious deeds of meditation (bhāvanāmayakusala).
* If the donor creates merit and virtue in giving, the practitioner practices the practice of keeping the precepts, the practitioner practices the Dharma- practices meditation, the practitioner practices the practice of meditation-wisdom has diṭṭhijukamma : the blessing of right view and support, the group of meritorious acts of giving, the group of virtues keeping the precepts, the group of meritorious deeds of meditation, these blessings belong to the great kusala kamma in the four great elements. - Good-hearted with wisdom, there are 3 causes: no-greed, no-hatred, no-delusion (wisdom).
If the great kusala kamma in the four great kusala-cittas associated with that wisdom has a chance to bear fruit in the next rebirth period (paṭisandhikāla), there is a great fruition-consciousness associated with wisdom called rebirth. The birth-mind (paṭisandhicitta) is responsible for being reborn in the next life as a human being (tihetukapuggala) with three good causes: non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion (wisdom).
Or be reborn in the next life and be reborn as a three-person male deity or a three-human goddess in the desire-world heaven, possessing a lot of power, having a brilliant aura, resplendent everywhere, etc.
* If the benefactor creates merit and virtue in giving, the practitioner practices the Dharma-practices, the practitioner practices the Dharma-practices meditation, the practitioner practices the Dharma-practices meditation-wisdom without diṭṭhi- jukamma: the blessings of right view support, the group of meritorious acts of giving, the group of virtues of keeping the precepts, the group of meritorious deeds of meditation, those blessings belong to the great wholesome kamma in 4 great-compassion-mind is not compatible with wisdom, there are only two causes, non-greed and non-hatred, and no non-delusion (wisdom).
If the great kusala kamma in the four great kusala-cittas does not match that wisdom, there is a chance for fruition in the next rebirth period (paṭisandhikāla) where the great fruition-consciousness does not match the wisdom called wisdom. is rebirth-mind (paṭisandhicitta) doing the task of reincarnation after reincarnation as a dual-rooted human being (dvihetukapuggala) with only two wholesome causes, non-greed and non-hatred, no non-delusion (wisdom-non-delusion). wisdom).
Or be reborn in the next life and be reborn as a dual-human male or female deity in the sex-world heaven, having little power, having little aura, etc.
Therefore, diṭṭhijukamma: meritorious right view has an important role to play while creating any of the 10 types of merit, so that it becomes noble, with many noble fruits. gratifying and rejoicing in this present life and innumerable future lives.
Dānakusala, sīlakusala, bhāvanākusala
In order to have a comparative understanding of the merits and effects of meritorious deeds or great wholesome kamma and the results of great kusala kamma of the three groups of meritorious virtues, the group of meritorious gifts of giving (dānamayakusala), the group of meritorious virtues keeping the precepts (sīlamayakusala), the group of meritorious virtues in meditation (bhāvanāmayakusala), through the study of the Velāmasutta sutta (1) are summarized as follows:
1 Aṅg. Part Navakanipātapāḷi, Velāmasutta.
Once, the Blessed One was staying at the Jetavana temple of the rich man Anāthapiṇḍika near the city of Sāvatthi. At that time, the rich man Anāthapiṇḍika came to pay homage to the Blessed One, and after sitting in a proper place, the Blessed One asked the rich man Anāthapiṇḍika that:
- Hey rich man! In your family, do you still create the merit of giving?
The rich man Anāthapiṇḍika respectfully said:
- Dear World-Honored One, in my family, I still create the merit of giving, but my giving is now too common, only rice cooked with flat rice and pickled cabbage. stop.
The fruit of the merit of giving without reverence
The Blessed One taught that:
- Hey rich man! A donor who creates merit in giving with ordinary or noble gifts, but gives with a mind without reverence, makes offerings without reverence, does not reverently make offerings with his own hands, gives excess of giving, no faith in the great-good karma and the results of the great-good karma of giving.
If that great meritorious kamma of giving has a chance to result in rebirth in the next life as a member of a wealthy family, he or she will not be inclined to eat delicious food, will not wear cloth clothes. well, will not use a luxury car, will not enjoy the five pleasures of sensual pleasures.
His subordinates such as his wife and children, servants, employees, friends, etc. will disobey, will not heed his teachings.
These are the results of what karma?
These things are the result of that person's negative karma.
The fruit of the merit of giving reverently
- Hey rich man! The donor creates merit and gives by giving ordinary or noble gifts, but gives with reverent heart, makes offerings with reverent mind, makes offerings with his own hands, reverently, and does not bring objects. having an abundance of giving, having faith in the great wholesome kamma of giving and the results of the great wholesome kamma of giving. If that great wholesome kamma of giving has a chance to result in rebirth in the next life as a person in a wealthy family, then he will direct his mind to eat delicious food, will wear clothes of fine fabrics, will use a luxury car, will enjoy the five pleasures of sensual pleasures.
His subordinates such as his wife and children, servants, employees, friends, etc. will obey, will heed his teachings.
These are the results of what karma?
These are the results of his reverence great-good karma.
Creating merit and virtue outside of Buddhism
- Hey rich man! Once upon a time, a Brahmin named Velāma (Buddha Gotama's previous life) created great meritorious deeds like this:
– Giving 84,000 gold trays full of gold and silver (rūpiya).
– Giving 84,000 gold and silver trays (rūpiya) full of gold.
- Giving 84,000 bronze trays full of silver.
– Alms of 84,000 elephants, full of gold ornaments.
– Giving away 84,000 cars covered with lion skins, tiger skins, etc.
– Giving away 84,000 dairy cows with silver milk containers…
– Giving away 84,000 beautiful young girls with jewelry jade maṇī,…
– Giving away 84,000 seats decorated with precious things…
– Giving away 84,000 x 10,000,000 special fabrics.
In addition, the giving of food, drink, and other utensils is as much as the flowing river water is indescribable.
- Hey rich man! In those past times, the Tathagata was the brahmin Velāma who created merit-and-wholesome generosity, but had no one worthy of offering (the era without the Buddha and the great monks-- Get a raise).
Creating the merit of giving in Buddhism
- Hey rich man! A person who creates merit in giving to a stream-entry saint with full right view, that person has much merit, and has more valuable results than the brahmin Velama who creates merit in almsgiving. in that past period for 7 years and 7 months.
* A person who creates good fortune by giving alms to up to 100 stream-entry saints, that person has much merit and riches, and has more valuable results than a person who creates merit-giving alms up to 1 stream-entry saint.
* A person who creates good fortune by giving alms to one of the One-Returned Saints, he will have many blessings and more valuable results than those who make good gifts of giving up to 100 Stream-entry Saints.
* A person who creates good fortune by giving alms to one hundred One-Returned Ones will have much more merit and reward than one who has made merit of giving to one One-Returner.
* A person who creates good fortune by giving alms to 1 non-returner, that person will have many blessings and more valuable results than a person who makes good gifts of giving up to 100 Saints of the One-Returner.
* A person who creates good fortune by giving alms to up to 100 non-returners, that person will have much merit and more valuable results than a person who makes good deeds of giving alms up to 1 non-returner.
* A person who creates good deeds by giving alms to 1 Arahant, that person will have many blessings and have more valuable results than those who make good gifts of giving up to 100 Saints. future.
* A person who creates good deeds by giving alms to up to 100 Arahants, that person has many blessings and has more valuable results than those who make good deeds of giving alms up to 1 Arahant. - Han.
* A person who creates good deeds of almsgiving and makes offerings to a Pacce-Buddha, that person will have many blessings, and will have more valuable results than those who make good offerings to 100 Arahants. - Han.
* A person who creates meritorious deeds by giving alms to 100 Solitary Buddhas, that person has much merit and riches, and has more valuable results than a person who creates merit and gives alms to 1 Single Buddha. Cup.
* Those who make good deeds of giving alms to the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment, that person will have much merit and good deeds, and have more valuable results than those who make good gifts and give up to 100 Poisonous Buddhas. -Gear.
* A person who makes good deeds of giving alms to the great monks, monks, and Sanghas presided over by the Buddha, that person has much more merit and rewards than those who do alms-giving. seems to be the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment.
* A person who builds a dwelling place to make offerings to the bhikkhus from the four directions, that person has much merit and worth more than a person who makes good deeds and gives alms to the bhikkhus. -The Sangha is presided over by the Buddha.
* Those who have pure faith in the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, and respectfully take refuge in the Three Jewels, that person will have good fortune. many, more valuable results than those who build houses and make offerings to the monks from the four directions.
* A person who has pure faith in the Three Jewels, has great wholesome intentions and a pure mind, abides by the five precepts, and then keeps the five precepts pure and complete, then that person is blessed. many good people, have more valuable results than those who sincerely take refuge in the Three Jewels.
* A meditator who practices meditative practice with the object of mindfulness scattering immeasurable loving-kindness to all sentient beings, within the time span of the moment of smelling the fragrance, that meditator has many blessings, more valuable results than a person of pure faith who observes the five precepts, and then keeps the five precepts pure and complete.
* And those who practice the dharma-practice-practice-wisdom-wisdom, have discerning meditative wisdom, know well the arising and passing away of the rupa-dhammas, the three-world name-dhammas, have meditative wisdom. - the wisdom of seeing clearly, knowing the three general states: the state of impermanence, the state of suffering, the state of not-self of matter, the three worlds of mental phenomena, in the time interval of the moment. with the snap of his fingers, he has much merit, much more precious fruit than one who conducts meditation with the object of spreading immeasurable loving-kindness to all sentient beings, in the span of a moment. smell the fragrance.
Comments on the Velāmasutta . Sutta
Through the Velāmasutta Sutta, there is a comparative understanding of meritorious virtues and the results of meritorious virtues as follows:
* The benefactor who creates the merit of giving with great kindness and reverence, has many blessings of giving, has more treasures of the merit of giving than the benefactor who creates the merit of giving. - giving with great-kindness-mind without reverence.
* The benefactor who creates the merit of giving in Buddhism, even though it is small in a short time, still has many noble merits of giving, there are many precious fruits of the merit of giving more noble than giving-- The owner of the meritorious giving of alms outside of Buddhism, though many and for a long time, still has little merit in giving, and there are few fruits of the merit of giving.
* The benefactor who creates merits in giving alms, even if there is only one person who has noble virtues, still has many noble blessings of almsgiving, there are many precious fruits of noble almsgiving blessings. than the benefactor who creates the merit of giving, even though there are many people who are not virtuous.
* The benefactor who creates meritorious alms-giving, even if it is less than one, the nobler the virtue, the more noble the merits of alms-giving, the more precious fruits of the merit-giving-- more noble.
* Men and women who have pure faith in the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, respectfully take refuge in the Three Jewels. -said to take refuge in the Buddha, to take refuge in the Dharma, to take refuge in the Sangha, to have noble merit, and to have more precious results of noble merit than giving- The owner creates good-willed almsgiving for a long time, or builds a large residence, and then makes an offering to the monks and nuns of the four directions to receive it.
* Men and women who have pure faith in the Three Jewels, respectfully request permission to take refuge in the Three Jewels and observe the five precepts, and then keep the five precepts within pure and perfect, having the merit of keeping the noble precepts, having the many fruits of the merits of keeping the noble precepts.
* Practitioners of dharma-practice-meditation with the object of mindfulness of spreading loving-kindness to all sentient beings are immeasurable, even in the moment of smelling the fragrance, there are many noble merits and virtues, there are more noble fruits than merit-good deeds, keeping the precepts pure and perfect.
* Practitioners practice dharma-practice meditation-wisdom, have discerning wisdom-meditation-wisdom, know well the arising and passing away of rupa-dhamma, three-world name-dhamma, have meditative wisdom. -wisly see clearly, know clearly the 3 common-states: the state of impermanence, the state of suffering, the state of not-self of rupa, nama, ... even in the moment of flipping the head. finger, also has many noble merits, has many nobler precious fruits than the merits of practicing the Dharma, practicing meditation, with the object of mindfulness of spreading loving-kindness to all sentient beings immeasurable.
Thus, what kind of merit a good person creates, whether he has a lot or a little of that good, has a lot or a little reward for that good, is entirely dependent on the object with the higher great kusala mind. or low-level great-kindness-consciousness towards that virtuous person goes through three periods of attention:
- Pubbacetanā: attention before creating that merit.
- Muñcacetanā: attention while creating that merit.
- Aparacetanā: attention after creating that merit.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/9/2021.
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