HOW DOES I ENTER THE BUDDHA'S WORLD (Excerpt from Thai Thuong Touching Thien's explanation) Hello fellow initiates! Only twenty days left and the year 2000, the millennium has arrived. Every part of the world celebrates with great enthusiasm. We are at this moment, also holding a warm gala dinner, and inviting the nine major religions of Singapore to join us. Not only do we invite them to participate, we invite them to host the conference, we stand by the synergy. But everyone knows, in recent years, the whole world has been in constant accidents. Not only that, but the next time is more serious than the last time, everyone's heart is worried. There are some people who think that this accident is inevitable, but there are also people who say that this accident can be resolved. So someone came to ask me, how do we solve it? At the beginning of the 21st century, we synthesize Buddhism. Including all religions, the ancient saints at home and abroad, they have spoken out about the origin of the universe and human beings, in Buddhism called temperament, the ten dignified medical precepts, this is what they say. to the space of the Dharma Realm all sentient beings are only present, only variable. Ancient Hindus (their history is longer than that of Buddhism, Indian Brahminism at least 8000 years or more), they say the origin of the universe is Brahma, the Self. This self of theirs is not a small self, but the self of the "permanent and pure self" that Buddhism has said, is the true self. Usually religions say this world is God-created, life is also God-created, God-created, and there are religions that consider God to be wisdom. Mahayana Buddhism is called the dharmakaya, are all words on the body. This perception is the great sage, how can you know, how can you understand? In Buddhism, through the practice of precepts-concentration-wisdom, wisdom is opened from deep meditation, which is the Bodhisattva's three wisdoms, which are recognized and affirmed by the three wisdoms. This is to thoroughly understand the truth of the human universe. How big is its range? The Buddha called the ten dharma realms, called Bach Gioi Thien Nhu, truly "comprising all large and small". The great saints of the world who come out of the world are all right here to lower their efforts, and then personally witness this realm and confirm it. Modern people think that the spirit is beyond experience, the reality is existing. This is the above said that Xin, Pham, Self, God, Dharma body, God really exist, eternally exist, this is "The power of contemplation, generative, variable" that the world in our own experience can be divided into two parts. One is the phenomenon of the spirit, the other is the phenomenon of matter, this is the present, the birth, the variable. Department of appearance, department of birth, property of variable are immeasurable and boundless, but you should know, the power of birth and transformation is only one. So because of this, it is possible to know that, in the end, all living beings are one and the same life. We often hear the leader of the country, to the people of the country saying: "all compatriots of the country". We know from the place of the great sages, that is, all the compatriots in the space of the Dharma Realm, this scope is very large, the same root nature, the same life body. We have to know from here. After realizing it, turn around and look back, seeing all sentient beings clearly recognized or confused, completely incomprehensible. Thoroughly aware, in Buddhism called Buddha, called Bodhisattva, deluded without realizing it is called ordinary person. Then in religion, to know them clearly, call them Gods, call them prophets, call them paradise; If you don't recognize them, call them ordinary people. These great sages teach us, teach us to recognize the truth. The method that teaches us to transform, to transform evil into good, to transform delusion into enlightenment, to transform mortals into saints, is the general outline of the method. We are also learning, but why can't we switch back? I've heard it said, planting benevolent people get good results, so also learn to do good deeds, good deeds have also been done a lot, but can't change karma, what's the cause? Reality is the same as the back of Lieu Pham Tu Huan, the appendix "Du Tinh Ying's first encounter with Tao Than Ky", that work everyone will understand if you look at it. Du Tinh Y is extremely poor, facing great misfortune, he also does good deeds every day, is a scholar and understanding, why can't he change karma? Resentful of people, doing so many good deeds but no good retribution? The God of God immediately turned him, the good deeds that you have done are only superficial, good mouth, good body, your mind is not good, your mind is not good, so you cannot change. Than Tao said a series of pointers for him, it is worth our effort to study, read, recite, and review ourselves. Therefore, the great virtue of the past taught people to practice from the very beginning. What is so basic? The basic is the Mind, as long as your mind is good, your thoughts are good, what karma can't be changed, what can't be done to resolve the accident? Just like a tree trunk, the mind is the root, the mind is the body, the body is the branch, the mouth is the leaf, you stay on the branches and leaves to practice, your trunk is decayed and cannot be saved. If you can save the stem right at the root, the branches and leaves are easy, the branches and leaves are not difficult. Therefore, we see that there are many people who, on the surface, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, but cannot convert their pressures, in the end resent God and blame people, saying that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have no spirit, saying that Gods are not spiritual. they, along with Du Tinh Yi, are exactly the same. Therefore, change must be from the place of the mind to change, must change from right on the concept, change to be pure. Master Hui Neng - the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism said very well: "If you are a true practitioner, you won't see the world's faults." This is from the mind, from the right mindset that transforms, seeing only one's own faults, not seeing the faults of others. Therefore, everyone can transform from delusion to enlightenment, from mortal to saint, right here. We today, mouth is also good, body is good, but often see the bad of others. That bad person has good retribution, I accumulate good virtue day by day but do not receive good retribution, I have resentment in my heart. So, you must know, your body is good, your mouth is good, but your root is lost. You have to make a big change from the ground up, right from the heart, think about everyone's good deeds, don't think about everyone's bad deeds. People do not have bad things, bad at our own roots. We see the bad deeds of others, immediately know that our roots are damaged. Why does the Buddha see all sentient beings as Buddha, and the Bodhisattva sees all sentient beings as Bodhisattvas? Their root is good, the root is not sick. The purpose of the practice, we summarize, very realistic, is these two words of peace, in the void of the Dharma Realm, all sentient beings can live together in harmony, treat equally, without discrimination. regardless of race, religion, or nationality. In the ten directions immeasurable boundless Buddha lands, the world of gods, we can see in the Dai Phuong Buddhist Hoa Nghiem Sutra, that phenomenon is indeed the cultural pluralism that we people today say, Its quantity is so many, we can't imagine it, the realm is inconceivable, everyone can live together in harmony, can be treated equally, Moreover, all can do to mutual respect, mutual love, mutual cooperation, only construction without destruction. Therefore, we see the world of Huazhong, see the world of Ultimate Bliss, see the world of Gods, their lives are full of happiness, truthfulness, and fullness. We look back, over thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, it's still impossible to be in this planet of ours, what's the reason? We don't get along, we can't live in harmony with others, we can't treat all sentient beings equally, the main reason is right here. Therefore, today we promote Buddha's education, promote religious education, our goal is towards all the world, all beings can live together in harmony and equality. treat. If you want to achieve this goal, it is necessary to awaken the right enlightenment of all sentient beings to be able to achieve it. To awaken the right enlightenment of all sentient beings, other than education, there is no other method that can be achieved. Ancient Chinese saints and sages attach great importance to education, making education a great thing for a lifetime to do. In the ceremony, it tells us: "Kien Quoc military and people, teaching vi Tien". After Buddhism spread to China, the formation of China's mainstream culture is an inseparable link. Buddha's education was personally abducted by the Emperor, while Confucian education was assigned to the prime minister. Educating saints and sages out of the world right here in this land and at the same time developing widely, this is the luck of the Chinese nation, being able to create Chinese civilization and Chinese culture. But years later, After the Qing Dynasty, unfortunately, we lost the confidence of the nation, so we encountered more than two hundred years of accidents. We have painful experiences, from the teaching experience that awakens. Scientific civilization brings to the world side effects. Thinking many times, it is still necessary to rely on religious education to save this world, only religious education can promote dissemination and lead people to understand. We are the same life. Life is eternal. Every religious believer affirms that there is a past life and a future life. This life is very short, the next life is very long. We must definitely cut off evil and cultivate good, turn delusion into enlightenment, we need to pursue eternal happiness, must repent, must repent, cultivate our own goodwill, good thoughts, and good deeds. Human natural disasters in the immediate future, even if they cannot be completely avoided, but we affirm that accidents can be slowed down, and the scope of accidents can be mitigated. Maybe because of us, living beings on this earth, bring true blessings, hope everyone of us works hard. It's good now! Time is up for today, let's talk here. Amitabha Buddha! Lecturer: HT Tinh Khong Time: December 11, 1999 Location: An Duong Tinh Tong Hoc Society Singapore. The True Meaning of the Precious Recitation of the Buddha. Master Gnostic brought here a question from a fellow practitioner at Nanjing Ly Cong University: "I would like to ask, recently there was a person who taught the Buddha's vow to recite the Buddha's name, not following the Pure Land of the Three Sutras, but saying that as long as you believe, you will have can be reborn, no need to make vows, no need to recite the Buddha's name, hearing and questioning the same thing, Ask the master to be compassionate and open." This is indeed a very serious matter. If this problem is misinterpreted, it will confuse many fellow practitioners, making the opportunity to recite the Buddha's name to be reborn in this life missed. The person who transmits these words must be responsible for cause and effect, in the Buddhist scriptures it is said that one must fall to Abhi hell. The original vow to recite the Buddha's name is not wrong, but they have completely misinterpreted this idea. Before the Buddha entered Nirvana, for this modern state of our society he was very clear, very thorough. In the Shurangama Assembly, in the passage Thanh Tinh Minh Hoi, everyone has read, the Buddha said: "The evil teacher preaches the Dharma like Hang Ha Sa". What the sutras have said is that in this present age of ours, the Dharma is weak and powerful, sentient beings accept falsehoods and do not accept the truth. We pure sect fellow practitioners must definitely follow the Buddha's teachings. Buddha for these people has the patience to wait. So I feel that even among our fellow initiates, there is so much enthusiasm, so much surpassing Buddha, that it is impossible to bring all these beings to the Western world of Ultimate Bliss. However, should you turn back and try to reflect, can you be reborn or not? I can't save myself, but I want to save others, in the Buddhist scriptures it is often said that there is nothing like that. People often hear it said, listen a lot and then become familiar with the ear: "Buddha does not save ungrateful people". We should understand that they have no predestined relationship with Buddha, if they don't have a predestined relationship, they won't believe or believe what the Three Classics have said, can't practice medicine and practice, want to hear other people say these words. This is not having a relationship with Buddha, Their life is definitely not successful. What is a vow? 48 prayers. After our Pure School was founded, it was he who followed the original vow to recite the Buddha's name. You see our morning session, the chanting course of Tinh Tong, the morning session is to read 48 prayers, the evening is to repent of karma. If karma is not eliminated, it will definitely not be reborn. Although this method is talking about the karma of rebirth, the great ancestor has said a lot: "Only carry the old karma, do not carry the current karma". You are currently creating karma, this karma cannot be taken away. Bringing is carrying past karma, the past is wrong but it doesn't matter, today change it, so it's called just the past, not the current argument. This is the principle principle of the karmic zone of rebirth. Currently still creating karma, so it is not possible to be reborn, this principle must be understood. The original vow, some say the original vow is the 18th vow, but ordinary people cannot understand the meaning of the beast. In the 18th vow, fully fulfilling all 47 vows, the other 47 vows lack one vow, this 18th vow cannot be fulfilled. Does this venerable person who transmits the Primordial Prayer to recite the Buddha's name understand this principle? Of the 48 vows, any one will fulfill the other 47 vows, the same vows. Although our Flower Adornment Sutra has not been fully explained, everyone has heard it, and it is not considered too little. On the Avatamsaka Sutra, it is said that one is all, all is one, more or less not two, do they understand that? The primordial vow to recite the Buddha's name is one and all, so its merits are unsurpassed. Absolutely cannot say that only follow the 18th vow, and the other 47 vows are not needed, Thus, 48 ​​vows are also zero. What is the 18th vow? As the general program for the other 47 vows, this is the magic lecture, not the Buddha preaching. Before the Buddha passed away, taught us to follow the four medical dharmas. The first four medical dharmas are medical non-medical people. What is France? The first Pure School Sutra is the Infinite Life Sutra. Master Dong Tan Hue Vien in Lo Son built the first Buddhist recitation ashram, "Dong Lam Nembutsu Hall", fellow initiates and co-religionists including 123 people, at that time the scriptures of Tinh Tong had only one set. The other series has not yet been translated. There are so many people coming to Vien Cong's Lo Son ashram, just according to the Wu Luong Tho Sutra, these 123 people are stable and stable, and all are reborn. This ashram is dignified and has no equal. We must follow the path that the ancients went, inheriting the ancients. People today, at the end of the Qing dynasty, At the head of the nation, the old shaman An Quang, this fact is known to many fellow practitioners, is the reincarnation of Great World Chi Bodhisattva in the Western Western World. We can't see the old magician, but the old magician's Van Sao is handed down in the world. [We] have to work hard in reading and chanting, and in practicing medicine. The path that we take today is to inherit the great master An Quang. My guru, the old layman Ly Binh Nam, a student of the great master An Quang, has followed his teachings all his life. I've been close to that old man for ten years, he doesn't dare to take the position of a teacher to treat him, he introduced me to a teacher, who is the teacher? Master An Quang, his teacher. Because this can be known, the honest person has virtue, the educated person is humble, taught me to honestly make up my mind to read and recite Van Sao, to practice medicine, to serve as a student of Master An Quang. I everywhere advised fellow initiates to follow the Infinite Life Sutra, to directly settle down as a student of Amitabha Buddha. The old layman Ha Lien Cu gathered to practice the Sutra of Infinite Life, if he was not reborn Amitabha Buddha would definitely be the reincarnation of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. If it weren't for the reincarnation of the Buddha, this sutra would not have been compiled so perfectly. We know that Wang Longshu in the Song Dynasty did the first assembly, and Wei Mosham in the Qing Dynasty did the second assembly, both of which were not complete. That is the great virtue in our Buddhism. In the Dharma-ending period, it is really necessary to gather and move the Buddha and Bodhisattvas to appear. You don't believe, but I do. Believe in the benefits, according to this book of spiritual teachings, people will be born in a rare good condition. In the last few decades, we've seen a lot, heard a lot more, you don't believe, listen to the words of others, so what else is there? In this current era, with liberal democracy, no one can disturb anyone. We must consider whether we and Buddha and Amitabha have deep or shallow predestined relationships. We read the original assembly of the layman Ha Lien, no need to ask what kind of person Ha Lien is, no need to worry, whether his original assembly is correct or not? Our faith must be built from this place, not superstition, not blindness. Therefore, I brought the five original translations of the Vajra Sutra, the four types of efficacious associations, and I printed them into one volume and made one volume. I cited a copy of the book, the Pure Land Five Classics, which I read, and printed twenty-three thousand copies before and after. Fellow initiates have seen it, you can go see it for yourself, compare it yourself, so that you can build steadfast faith from here. Then you carefully observe, People who recite the Buddha's name to be reborn, and those who follow their vows to recite the Buddha's name for rebirth have how many people, and how do they get good marks? In the Infinite Life Sutra, it is very clear that the three basic conditions for rebirth are "Generating bodhichitta, single-directed mindfulness", how can there be rebirth without making vows? There is no such morality. If you don't make a vow to recite the Buddha's name, the ancients said, even if one day recites 100,000 Buddha names, but if you don't make a vow, your mouth will hurt and your throat will be sore. Why is that? You won't be reborn. Praying for rebirth, letting go of all conditions, this mind is bodhicitta. Master Ichnich in the summary tells us, if we are to be reborn, if we want to improve our dignity, you must definitely want to, then the mind must be like the mind of the Buddha. Your taste can be high. Mind is not like Amitabha Buddha, vows are not like Amitabha Buddha, behavior is not like Amitabha Buddha, even if you are reborn, your dignity is still very low, let alone you are basically unable to be reborn. We must remember it very clearly. In the Sutra of Contemplation of Infinite Life, Lady Vi De Hi asked to be born in the Pure Land, directed to Shakyamuni Buddha to ask for advice on how to practice and learn in order to be reborn in the world of bliss. Buddha Shakyamuni, before explaining the method of cultivation to her, before explaining to her the Pure Karma of the Three Prosperity, clearly told us that this is the righteous person of the pure karma of the three Buddhas. In other words, the Buddha of the past, the Buddha of the present, the Buddha of the future, including all those who practice to become Buddhas, are established on this foundation. Without this foundation, no matter how much cultivation practice, it is impossible to achieve. Just like building a building, this is a stratigraphic foundation. This foundation, the first two sentences are "filial piety to one's parents, serve the master", we Chinese often say "filial piety to master", this is the foundation. In the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, everyone is a great filial piety and is the teacher's best student, it is also said in the Wu Liangshou Sutra. How did the first disciple of the Tathagata have such a way of speaking? This is completely wrong. It only takes a person with a slightly transparent mind to be able to tell the difference. If even this can't be distinguished, our study of Buddhism is a waste, if you've listened to the sutras for so many years, it's useless. Pure Karma Tam Phuoc is the Buddha's conduct, the behavior of the Buddhas Tathagata. Applied right in life, Tam Phuoc, Luc Hoa, Tam Hoc, Luc Do, ten vows, this is the practice of Buddha, have we done it yet? Initiating thoughts, words and deeds, I often encourage fellow initiates to compare these five courses based on these five courses. If compatible, your conduct is righteous; if not, your conduct is wrong. Evil cannot be reborn. Therefore, in these five courses of pure Buddhism initiates, I all wrote on the book Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu, We have made a small book. Dealing with work, for people, to treat things, even in the work of daily life, it is essential to adhere to the principle, which cannot be violated. If you have violated, reciting the Buddha's vows still cannot be reborn. Why is that? That vow is false, is not real, does not match reality. We make a vow to dedicate, what do you bring to dedicate? Without reciting the mouth, empty dedication cannot be counted, You need something practical to dedicate to. What is reality, the reality of cultivating to realize results, cutting off evil, cultivating good, turning delusion into enlightenment, this is our own true cultivation merit, we use this to dedicate. Today you do not make a vow, nor recite the Buddha's name, how can you be reborn? Tinh Tong initiates heard and questioned many things, these are ignorant, stupid people, pitiful people. Just like in the past, layman Tran Kien Minh in the US declared in the world that karma cannot be reborn, making people who recite the Buddha's name all over the world fear. This is a ghost, not a Buddha. When I came to America, even Chau Tuyen Duc, such an old layman, was shaken by faith. I went to Lac Chan Co, he picked me up at the airport, and when I met him, he asked me: “Magician! Now some people say that karma cannot be reborn, I have to destroy my karma to be able to be reborn, so what should I do?" At that moment, I said to him, "If you can't go, then that's it." When he heard these words of mine, I was completely bewildered. I saw him like that, standing there, unable to say a word. I immediately said to him: "If there is no karma, then the Western world of Ultimate Bliss has only Amitabha Buddha alone, what do you go there for?". He is still not listening. I said to him again: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Great World Chi Bodhisattva, Equally Enlightened Bodhisattva still have the first grade of birth and ignorance, isn't that a karma?". He just woke up, Quan Am, The Chi are all karmic, without karma, there is only Amitabha Buddha. The scriptures do not say the karma of rebirth. I said: "Does the scriptures say four degrees, three grades, nine grades?". “Yes!” he said. If there is no karma, everyone is equal, how can there be three levels of nine? This is the Buddha who teaches us the meaning of no medicine. Although the Buddha did not say this sentence of karma zone of rebirth, but told you three levels, four degrees, nine levels, the meaning of karma zone is complete. The more you support, the lower your dignity, the less you earn, the higher your dignity. People who study Buddhism must open their minds, why is it possible to hear people say a few words, and their faith will be shaken? Fascinated, you say, is this person pitiful or not? Reciting the Buddha's name for a lifetime, seventy-eight years old, listening to people's preaching, my faith is still shaken, how pitiful! Therefore, the Buddha taught us the medical dharma without medicine. France is classic. The Sutras of Tinh Tong, today are the Five Sutras of the One Commentary. Medical meaning is not medical, must understand its meaning. Is the Buddha's original vow wrong? It's not wrong, what is the vow? The Five Sutras are the original vows, the 48 vows are the original vows of Amitabha Buddha, you can't take out one vow from there, then you can't. Any one of these vows, you should understand that one is all, one sentence is the entire five sutras, that's all. If you have this kind of practice, it's okay, without this practice, you will be obedient, honest, honest, and sequentially follow each sutra to study, only then can you have achievements. Anything that does not conform to the Dharma, the interpretation of the meaning of the Buddha's primordial vows is a ghost, lest your lifelong achievement will be dragged back, bringing you to the hell of Abhi. They will be happy.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.27/7/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.