In the Nikaya, when the Buddha spoke directly about the Eightfold Path, the path in order is Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration In short, that path is Tue - Precept - Concentration.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. An ordinary person who wants to gain wisdom, must first listen to a lecture from a fully enlightened one... - Illustrated image by pixabay Again, there are passages of sutras, specifically in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra and some other sutras, where he says the path is Morality - Concentration - Wisdom, and this is also the path that almost everyone learns. Buddha believes and unites. And when talking about the Five senses and the five powers, the World-Honored One spoke in the order of Faith, Strength, Mindfulness, Concentration, Tue or, in short, Mindfulness - Concentration - Tue. So, between these three explanations in terms of the birth and death process (cause and effect) between the parts, is there anything that contradicts each other? To understand correctly, it is necessary to clearly analyze each explanation: I. Path of Wisdom - Precept - Concentration In most of the Nikayas, which fully cover the eight factors of the Eightfold Path, the Buddha begins with the part of Right View and ends with Right Concentration, such as this passage in the Turning of the Dharma Wheel : "And what is the Middle Way, bhikkhus, which is accomplished by the Tathagata's right enlightenment, by the realization of wisdom, that leads to peace, to perfect knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nirvana? Is the Noble Path eight sectors, namely: Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration "(Beijing Saṁyutta , set V, the Move methods rotation). We need to understand that, from antiquity to the last, Buddha Gotama is the only person in this world who does not teach, but finds out the truth himself, which is the Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination. Not only did he find the truth himself to achieve the ultimate goal of life, which is liberation from all suffering, but he also taught many others the way so that they could be liberated like him. Other than that, no one else has that ability. The Paccekabuddhas of the past also found the way to liberation, but they only liberated themselves and could not teach any other person. The rest, those who want to be enlightened and liberated must go through the process of starting with listening to the teachings of the Fully Enlightened Ones, then thinking about what they have heard to deepen it, and finally from the knowledge that has been learned, has that mindset, and practices cultivation and training to gradually gain wisdom and liberation. That is the path of Literature - Tu - Tu that the Buddha taught for 45 years. This is the only path to attaining the Wisdom that understands the truth of dharmas (Vipassana) and attains Liberation from samsara suffering that anyone must follow. If an ordinary person wants to gain wisdom, he must first listen to the teachings of the Perfectly Enlightened One (the Buddha) or the disciples of the Perfectly Enlightened One (the Sangha) or investigate and study by himself through the Sutras and Laws of the Buddha. The teachings of the Perfectly Enlightened One are recorded in books and other documents. This learned wisdom is called the Wisdom of Literature, which is the true understanding of dharmas, the Right View. Thus is Right View leading. After studying as above in order to obtain Literature Wisdom or Right View, one must think and reflect on what has been learned, compare those knowledge with previous understandings, and ponder over those things to reflect on what happens in life, in the ongoing reality... so that that wisdom is deepened, and this wisdom is now enhanced by a level called wisdom. And this stage is Right Thought in the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path. After having such knowledge of wisdom and wisdom, that person arouses faith (Right Faith) in the Buddha, in the Dharma that the Buddha realized and taught well, and for the Sangha, the Buddha's disciples. That trust is expressed: - To the Buddha: "This is the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, the Perfect One, the World-Speaker, the Unsurpassed One, the Master Master, the Master of Heaven and Humanity, the Buddha, the World-Honored One. ". - As for the Dharma: "The Dharma is well taught by the Blessed One, is practical in the present, has no time, comes to be seen, has the ability to move upward, and is understood by the wise themselves." - For the Sangha: "Magnificent conduct is a group of disciples of the Blessed One, Direct conduct is a group of disciples of the Exalted One, Perfect conduct is a group of disciples of the Exalted One, Righteous conduct is a group of disciples of the Exalted One. That is four pairs eight them. The Buddha's disciples are worthy of respect, worthy of offerings, worthy of respect, worthy of clasping hands, the unsurpassed field of merit in the world." Because of such faith in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the desire to practice the Eightfold Path arises. Because he has pure faith in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, has a desire to practice the Noble Eightfold Path because he understands that this is the only way to end suffering, he will give up worldly affairs, he will give up killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, drinking alcohol and intoxicants in preparation for the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path. Thus, these are the next 3 factors of Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood in the path of Right View... Right Concentration. After having put aside worldly affairs, he initiates the effort to eliminate the evil unwholesome dharmas that have arisen, not to give rise to the unborn evil unwholesome dharmas (which is also to keep the precepts as above) to start to diligently practice the Eightfold Path, this is the Right Effort in the eight factors of the Eightfold Path mentioned above. Thus, these six factors (from Right View to Right Effort) are the preparatory stage for the practice of the Eightfold Path. These steps are also mentioned in the result of the sutta, the Buddha taught King Ajatasattu (A- sa -the world): "Great King, now in this world, the Tathagata appears as an Arahant, Rightly All-Knowing, Perfectly Enlightened, Well-versed, World-Knower, Unsurpassed One, Master of Master, Master of Heaven, Master, Buddha. , The Ton. The Tathagata, after personally realizing with superior wisdom, this world with the celestial world, the demon world, the Brahma world, including this world with ascetics, brahmins, and Thien Nhon, again preached what he had said. realizations. He preached the Dharma in the beginning, good, in the middle, and in the end, with full of meaning and meaning. He taught the holy life, which was completely and completely pure. The patriarch, or the son of a patriarch, or a person born in a (lower) caste hears that dharma. After hearing the Dharma, that person develops faith in the Tathagata. When he had such faith, he thought: "Family life is full of ups and downs, the road is full of dust. The monastic life is as liberal as space. It is very difficult for a person who lives at home to live a completely complete, completely pure, and white life like a conch shell. So we should shave off our hair and beard, put on the kashāya, go forth from the home life, and leave the family.” Some time later, that person gives up small or large possessions, leaves his small and large relatives, shaves off his hair and beard, puts on the kashāya, and leaves home, living in solitude. family. When he has gone forth like this, he lives in restraint with the precepts of Patimokkha, complete with dignity and right conduct, sees danger in petty faults, upholds and learns in precepts of study, bodily karma, speech, and speech. pure karma. Living in a pure and ethical life, Consistency, guarding the senses, being mindful and aware, and knowing fullness ... ". When he has completed the thorough preparation for the practice, he will begin the practice. And the practice of cultivation (the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path) was taught by the Buddha in 3 suttas: the Sutta of Mindfulness, the Sutra of the Entry and the Outflow of Mindfulness, and the Sutra of the Body of Mindfulness. The whole practice is summed up in the verse: "Sitting cross-legged, with your back straight, abiding with mindfulness in front of you." The practice of cultivation has the content of contemplating on four objects, i.e. the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, including: contemplating the body on the body, contemplating feelings on feelings, contemplating the mind on the mind, and contemplating the dharma on the dharma. This practice is essentially a memory training, with the content of remembering what you have learned and thinking (Victory and Wisdom) to face what is happening in reality when practicing. This stage is Right Mindfulness in the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path. Then, through continuous Mindfulness, there arises constant attention from one object to another without distraction, without interruption. Thus leading to the states of Concentration including the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Jhanas. By remaining on these four jhānas, the meditator is in a state called Awakening. This is the part of Right Concentration, the last part of the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path according to the above explanation. But the mind process does not stop here, but proceeds further, depending on the object of contemplation and on the actual objects. But how to proceed will be said in the following section (another explanation of the Noble Eightfold Path). II. The Road of Precepts - Concentration - Wisdom In some texts, especially of Mahaprajna Nirvana ( School of Business), have repeated this sentence: "This is morality, this is samadhi, this is wisdom. Concentration and practice together with precepts will lead to great results and great benefits. Wisdom together with concentration will lead to great results, great benefits. Mindfulness practice together with Tue will lead to complete liberation of contraband items, ie smuggled sex, smuggled existence (trafficked view), smuggled ignorance. This route of Precepts-Concentration-Wisdom is believed and agreed upon by most Buddhists, but many people roughly understand that: The practice of the Eightfold Path as taught by the Buddha begins with keeping the Precepts, " Precepts are the root and foundation of Buddhism", "The precepts remain, Buddhism remains", "when the Buddha is in Nirvana, the precepts are the teachers", due to keeping the Precepts, Concentration arises, due to Concentration. that gives rise to wisdom. Because of such understanding, many people consider the Precepts as the core, some even understand that just keeping the Precepts without making a single mistake can be achieved. These are shallow understandings and not in line with what the Buddha taught, which is to misrepresent the Tathagata. Also in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra , the Buddha advised: "Ananda, those who, after I pass away, are themselves a lamp for themselves, rely on themselves, and do not rely on anything else; use the Dharma as a lamp, use the Dharma as a refuge, and do not rely on anything else.” This means that the Dharma, or wisdom, is the foundation, the root of Buddhism, not the Vinaya as some people mistakenly believe. Discipline is secondary, and this is also Bhagavan repeated many times in the Pham hammock ( School of Business): "Hey, monks, there are issues that are not important, little, only belongs to the precepts that ordinary people use to praise the Tathagata." As explained in the Eightfold Path in Section I (Path of Wisdom-Precepts-Concentration), an ordinary person wants to practice according to the teachings that the Buddha has realized and taught well to achieve the goal of being freed from Suffering. then you have to go through the process of studying Literature-Tu-Tu. After having acquired the correct understanding of the dhammas, he understands that in order to have Right Mindfulness in practice, it is necessary to keep the Precepts, so he takes up the training precepts. Such precepts are due to the correct understanding of the Dharma, not because of greed, hatred, and delusion that keep the precepts. Such precepts are to help eliminate Greed, Hatred, and delusion, but specifically to create conditions for Right Mindfulness to arise when practicing the Eightfold Path. Keeping the Precepts like this is a preparatory work for the practice of Mindfulness. Thus, it is not because of Precepts that Concentration arises as many people understand, but Concentration is obtained through Mindfulness. And those who do not have the correct understanding of the Buddha's teachings also keep the Precepts, they keep them very well, but they keep the Precepts not for the purpose of eliminating Craving, but keeping the Precepts for the sake of the next life. being born in a good environment, in order to have a good appearance, to have good health, to keep the precepts so as not to fall into hell, the evil beasts, the evil realms... Keeping the precepts like that is due to likes and dislikes, i.e. due to Greed and Hatred, then it is the Precept of the Forbidden, not the Precept in the Precepts of the Noble Ones belonging to the Holy Realm of Aggregates. Because of the knowledge of literature and wisdom, the meditator generates a pure faith in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, believing that this is the only way to be freed from Suffering, so he puts aside worldly affairs and puts aside things that are not. goal-oriented, take the precepts, and begin to practice. Because of the Precepts, worldly affairs, information, and worldly thoughts rarely arise, but only information about the Dharma, Right View, Wisdom, and Vipassana, so he has full mindfulness. Due to mindfulness (remembering, activating the lucid information in memory), there is constant attention on the objects seen, heard, and felt, so that the meditator abides on the four levels of concentration. (Right Concentration) from the First to the Fourth Jhana. The meditator abides in the state of Awareness, which is the state of mere knowing in the senses without the arising of conscious awareness, so he abides in the state of mind that is quiet of all thoughts, free of likes and dislikes. No object, no idea of ​​Ignorance, Self-grasping arises. It is also abiding in the Emptiness of Liberation or Not Abiding. The basic Dharma-door sutra is called Victory Tri, also called Outer Emptiness, and modern psychology calls it Cognitive Sensation... with the knowing of nothing. thoughtless, non-verbal, non-discriminatory. This part belongs to the section of Concentration in Precepts-Concentration-Wisdom. Not stopping there, with outstanding objects, from abiding in Awareness, there will continue to arise acts of thinking, comparing and contrasting the information activated by Mindfulness with the information that is known by the mind. The awareness that generates the conscious mind, Right view, is that which has concepts, words, and distinctions that psychology calls rational cognition of objects. This is what knows the truth, is Minh, is wisdom, and will know all dharmas. Due to the correct understanding of dhammas, which no longer generates the attitude of Greed, Hatred, and Misunderstanding towards the object, there is no Suffering with respect to the object. This liberation is due to wisdom arising, so it is called liberated wisdom. This is Wisdom in Precepts-Concentration-Wisdom. Thus, Wisdom-Precepts-Concentration or Precept-Concentration-Wisdom is unified, there is no contradiction between these two interpretations at all. III. The Path of Mindfulness - Concentration - Wisdom In the Nikaya, speaking of the Five senses and the Five Powers, the Buddha taught that: "Monks, there are these five faculties. What is the year? The faculty of faith, the faculty of effort, the faculty of mindfulness, the faculty of concentration, the faculty of wisdom. These dharmas, bhikkhus, are the five faculties” (Sutta Sautta , volume V). “Monks, there are these five powers. What is the year? Faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom. There are, bhikkhus, these five forces" (Sutra of the Sangha branch , chapter Five of the Dharma). Thus, in addition to the two explanations above, the Eightfold Path is also taught according to the path of Faith, Strength, Mindfulness, Concentration, Tue, for short, Mindfulness-Concentration-Tue. Just as in Part I said, a person who is not a Perfectly Enlightened One, not a Paccekabuddha, wants to be free from Suffering, there is only one way that is to practice the Eightfold Path according to the Path of Literature-Tu-Tu. When they have acquired Literature and Wisdom, practitioners will develop faith in the Buddha Dharma Sangha. This faith (pure faith) is not superstition but is brought about by Van Intelligence and Tu Wisdom, so it is Right Faith. Because of Right Faith, that person puts aside worldly affairs, he gives rise to the practice of diligence, which will cut off efforts for worldly dharmas, so that is Right Effort. These two factors (Tin and Tan) also belong to the preparatory work, belong to the mundane world, not yet the Dao chi. When practicing the Eightfold Path, specifically practicing the four types of Mindfulness, he "sits cross-legged, mindfully abiding in front of him," or in any posture, from walking. , standing, lying, sitting, living, working... whenever he sees, hears, or feels an object, he remembers what he has learned (Literature and Wisdom), which is Mindfulness. Because there is tight Mindfulness, which does not interrupt, gives rise to Effort, because there is Effort that generates constant attention on the objects seen, heard, and felt, so the meditator abides. the meditative state of Right Concentration. The practitioner experiences the state of Awareness as mentioned in Section II. The mind path goes like this: Contact (sense + ceiling) -> Feeling - Perception -> Right Mindfulness -> Right Effort -> Right Concentration -> Awareness. so he has no happiness or unhappiness with respect to the object. The arising behavior (speech, deed, eating and drinking) to deal with real objects is not due to greed, hatred and delusion, so it no longer creates (non-action) the result of suffering like in ordinary people. The mind path is: Contact (sensation + sense) -> Feelings - Thoughts -> Right Mindfulness -> Right Effort -> Right Concentration -> Right Awareness -> Right Thought -> Right Understanding -> Right Mindfulness -> Right Speech, Righteousness career, Chief of the network. This right speech, right action, and right livelihood are the precepts of the saints. This is the way the mind of the supramundane Noble Eightfold Path arises when the practitioner practices the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in accordance with the Buddha's golden words. This path is full of 8 factors in order of dependent origination: Right Mindfulness, Right Effort, Right Concentration, Right Thought, Right Understanding, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood. This route with the main axis is the three factors of Mindfulness - Right Concentration - Right View, which is called Mindfulness-Concentration-Wisdom for short. Why is Mindfulness at the top? This is very subtle, only for the wise, those who practice the Eightfold Path with real experience can experience it. If only reading the sutras and clinging to the sutras and practicing improperly the Buddha's teachings, they will find contradictions and conflicts. lead to debate. The Buddha said but did not specify it, but only those who study the scriptures know how to think deeply, chain, link, and relate the suttas logically, as well as a talented lawyer when it comes to investigating cases knows how to sequence the details of events, and at the same time, he must test through practice with witnesses to confirm. In the Sutra of the Supreme Chariot (Sutta, volume V), His Holiness said that "Mindfulness is the driver of the chariot", which means that when the six senses contact the six senses, the saints or the mortals all generate six kinds of sensations (Tho). and 6 direct knowing consciousness (6 consciousnesses). Here will be the turning point, if Mindfulness arises, then the supramundane Noble Eightfold Path will arise as above. And if wrong thoughts arise (for those who have not properly practiced the Four Foundations of Mindfulness), the Eight Evil Path mental processes belonging to the worldly reality of ordinary people will arise, and lead to suffering and afflictions. Contact (base + ceiling) -> Life - Thought -> Evil thoughts -> Evil thoughts -> Wrong views -> Greed and hatred -> Evil concentration -> Sex -> Evil efforts -> Phi like rational intentions - > Evil language, Evil karma, Evil life -> Sorrow, sorrow, pain and grief Or as in the Sangha (Chapter of the Ten Dharmas ), the Sutra Based on the World Honored One , the Buddha said, "The Dharma takes Mindfulness as the Sangha...", which means that righteous or wrong thoughts arise. the mind process (the dharmas) will be purified (upper) or defilement (lower). And the suttas that teach the practice are the Sutta of Mindfulness of the Foundation, the Sutra of Mindfulness of the Body, the Sutra of Mindfulness of the Breathing, the Buddha also taught the practice of Mindfulness. Conclude Thus, the Noble Eightfold Path or the Noble Truth, no matter how it is explained, whether it is Wisdom-Precepts-Concentration, Precept-Concentration-Intelligence or Mindfulness-Concentration-Intelligence, there is no contradiction but unity with each other. , and must follow the Van-Tu-Tu route. Any person, who is not a Perfectly Enlightened One or a Paccekabuddha, must follow this path of attainment.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.30/12/2021.