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3. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JANUARY AND BUDDHA'S CAREER POINTS.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. Before Buddhism appeared, the religious tradition in India had a view of karma, namely Jainism. Then how different the Buddhist and Jain views of karma are, this is the point that we need to make a clear distinction, in order to avoid misunderstanding between the two different religions. Jainism is one of the six sects of Indian philosophy (the Six sects of paganism), in the sutras the Buddha often referred to this sect as the Nigantha-nata-putta, which later developed into Jainism. a very popular religion during the Buddha's time. Jainism believes that the reason people are not liberated is because of the bondage of karma , people want to be liberated and enlightened, they need to be eradicated. karma , by practicing asceticism. In fact, this idea is inherently the successor to the Brahmin's thought of karma . Ni Kienzi was born in the Sac Emperor class, his mother was a princess, and his cousin was a royal concubine, so the doctrine of this school is meant to maintain the interests of the ruling class [1] . Jainism and Buddhism are two different, if not mutually exclusive, views. In the "Majjhima Nikaya", " The Sutra of the Aggregates of Suffering " (Cula dukkha kkhandha suttam) [2] . The Nirvana school expressed its views as follows: “If you have done bad karma in the past, let it be consumed by this fierce asceticism.... Thus, it is through burning, the cessation of past karma, the non-doing of karma. new, so there is no continuation in the future…………”. This is the point of view of the Jain sect. They believe that ascetic practice is a method to destroy the negative karma that people have created in the past. It is through ascetic practice that one can burn off evil karma, which is the basic condition for people to achieve happiness and reach the realm of liberation and enlightenment. They believe that happiness cannot be achieved happiness, only suffering can achieve happiness, as saying: “Happiness cannot be achieved through happiness, happiness must be achieved through suffering. Friend Gotama, if happiness can be achieved through happiness, then King Magadha Seniya Bimbisara can achieve happiness, and King Magadha Seniya Bimbisara lives happier lives than Venerable Gotama." [3] Through the two passages above, we see that the Jain practice's method of practice is asceticism, the reason they give this point of view, because only ascetic practice can destroy evil karma. in the past, was the only condition for attaining enlightenment, that's why they argued, happiness cannot be achieved through happiness, happiness can only be achieved through suffering. Because if happiness can be achieved through happiness, in the time of King Magadha Seniya Bimbisara, happiness can be achieved. The Buddha did not advocate that happiness is achieved through ascetic practice, or happiness through happiness, which is the enjoyment of worldly sensual things. The Buddha said that a person can only achieve happiness and liberation when he or she accomplishes the precepts, meditates, and achieves wisdom. Virtue is the basic condition for the practitioner to be able to control the lowly desires in the world; Meditation is a method of training to subdue people's lethargic mind, because a loose mind is not a stable condition, which causes defilements; Wisdom is the result of the attainment of morality and meditation, the ability to distinguish between unwholesome and wholesome dhammas. The unwholesome dharma is the dharma that creates suffering for people, obstructing the path to liberation, the good dharma is the dharma that helps people achieve liberation, Through the role of wisdom, practitioners do not practice unwholesome dharmas, practice wholesome dharmas. Thus, he is liberated from enlightenment. Stemming from such a concept, the Buddha did not accept the ascetic practice, but he also did not accept a life of enjoyment of lust, because asceticism and enjoyment of lust only bring suffering. What does it do for the realization of the path to liberation?[4] This is the difference between the Buddha's and Jain's views on the method of practice, but what is the reason for the different method of practice? To answer this question, we base ourselves on the " Uraja Sutra " [5] which reports the story between the Buddha and the Jainists, presenting the different views on karma as follows: - The Blessed One asked: According to the doctrine of the Nirvana school, how many punishments (karmic) are there for not doing bad karma, not creating bad karma? - The Buddhist nun replied: Dear Gotama, according to my Master's teaching, there are three punishments for not doing bad karma, not creating evil karma. It is physical, verbal, and mental punishment. - The Blessed One asked: What is the difference between physical punishment, verbal punishment and mental punishment? - The Buddhist nun replied: Dear Gotama, in our opinion these three penalties are not the same. - The Blessed One asked: Which of these three penalties is considered important? - The Buddhist nun replied: Dear Cudham, according to our Master, the punishment of the body is considered important... the punishment is considered the lightest. After presenting their views, the Buddhist nuns asked the Buddha. - How much punishment does the recluse Gotama advocate for not doing evil deeds and not creating evil karma? - Nii, I do not teach about punishment so as not to do bad karma, not to create evil karma. I only teach about karma so as not to do bad karma, not to create bad karma. - The nun asked: According to the recluse Cu Dam, how much karma is there? - The World-Honored One: I advocate that there are three karmas in order not to do evil deeds, not to create evil deeds. That is body karma, speech karma and mind karma. The Nirvana asked: What is the difference between these three karmas? - The Blessed One replied: These three karmas are different. - The nun asked: According to the recluse Cu Dam of these three karmas, which one is considered important? - The Blessed One replied: Of these three karmas, mental karma is considered the most important. The above dialogue between the Nirvana school and the Buddha, is a dialogue expressing different views on karma. Here, we see, the Nirvana school describes the act of creating evil deeds, this school does not use the word "karma " but uses the word "punishment ", because it advocates taking the practice of asceticism to destroy the evils. bad conduct in body, speech and mind, the reason for using this word is probably to emphasize the practice of asceticism. In contrast, also describing this act of creating evil deeds, the Buddha did not use the word "punishment " but used the word " karma " .". In fact, these two concepts, although different in terms of usage, are similar in meaning. An important point that we need to note here is: Jainism holds that, of the three karmas, bodily karma is the most important, but the Buddha said that, of the three, mind karma is the most important karma. . Jainism advocates that personal karma is important karma, so this sect takes ascetic practice as a method of practice to destroy past negative karma, as a condition for liberation and enlightenment. In contrast, the Buddha maintained that of the three karmas, the mind karma is the important karma, because he thinks that the mind karma is the master of all actions, an action without consciousness cannot achieve karma.. In other words, all the wrong actions in our lives are guided by our consciousness, so if we want to correct our actions, we must first change the wrong perception from the outside. In fact, correcting the wrong perception is the basic condition for us to achieve the path to enlightenment. Thus, physical torture, without changing misconceptions is useless torture, does not help enlightenment and liberation from suffering. This is the different view of karma between Buddhism and Jainism.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/12/2021.

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