STRATEGY DISCLAIMER GEOGRAPHY. Book on the 1st Composition The Buddha Appeared Magical Powers in Heaven's Palace 1. The Buddha showed miracles: "I heard this: At one time the Buddha was in the Heaven Dao Loi Palace, for his mother's sake he spoke the Dharma" . At the beginning of the text, we see that the Buddha did not speak this sutra in the world for ordinary people to hear; but went to Dao Loi heaven to preach the Dharma to the Buddha's mother, who gave birth to Thien. In particular, in this assembly, there were also the presence of Buddhas, great Bodhisattvas, gods, dragons, demons, gods in the Saha realm and other lands in the ten directions who also went to the Dao Loi heaven to attend. legal association. Thus, the scriptures clearly state that, in order to hear this Ksitigarbha Dharma, one must practice ten good deeds or more (which the sutras are for the heavens). Who can practice the ten good deeds? Those who are predestined to the Buddhadharma; whether it's heaven, dragon, demon, or god. Therefore, heavens, dragons, demons and gods in the ten directions want to hear this Earth Store Dharma, they must also go to the Dao Loi heaven, which means they must practice ten good things; In other words, make your mind pure. As for ordinary people with hearts full of lust, full of stubborn hatred, delusion (strength), they cannot hear, understand and practice this Ksitigarbha Dharma. The Buddha went to heaven to teach his mother about Earth Store Dharma to show his filial piety towards his mother; Because parents are the two who give birth to raise us to become human. But in all filial piety as well as spiritual, the most important thing is to make parents understand the true Dharma, know how to practice friendly behavior, and then move towards liberation and enlightenment called great filial piety. The example of Bodhisattva Muc Kien Lien repaying his mother's filial piety by relying on the Buddha and the Sangha after three months of seclusion, and then invited home to transform his mother, Mrs. Thanh De, from the life of hungry ghosts and suffering. called great filial piety Muc Kien Lien. As for ordinary people, depending on their ability to support their parents materially as well as spiritually; In general, there are no more than the following five things: 1. Nurturing: The two born people have endured many hardships to give us life, the source of life and the full reason for living. Mothers suffer from a heavy pregnancy until they give birth and raise their children to grow up. The father is one sun and two dew, busy up and down on thousands of roads, earning every piece of rice, taking care of his children. The upbringing of parents is as vast as heaven and earth, as vast as the ocean, and as abundant as an inexhaustible source. So, As a child, you must know how to be filial and respectful towards the two parents. But filial piety here has an implied meaning, like when you were a child, you had to obediently study hard, obey your parents, do small jobs according to your strength, so that your parents would be less tired. When growing up, the shoulder strength of youth will take the place of parents to shoulder the heavy work. When their parents are old, their children will depend on their economic circumstances (depending on their circumstances) to take care of their parents with every bite of food and drink, clothes and bedding depending on the hot and cold weather of the four seasons, and run by a doctor to take care of their health and well-being. take care carefully while the parents are sick or ill. When parents pass away, they take care of the funeral, filial piety, worship and memorial, to remember the biochemical roots in human life. 2. Respectful: Parents are the ones who have endured many hardships to give us life, the source of life and the mysterious reason for living. That kindness is so great, it's hard to get anything in return. Therefore, as a child, you must always respect your parents. Don't show disrespect, make your parents suffer. 3. Peaceful: Parents are the first people in life to give us a reason to live. The one who suffered and worked hard to teach me to walk step by step, then when I babbled, I learned to speak. When my children grow up, I will take care of books and clothes and then take them to school for them to study. May I become a human, not lose to them and be inferior to friends, so that in my life's path, my suffering will be less. The whole chain of parents has given me many good things, I hope you know harmony in life together. Consciousness "I fell, I lifted, my hands cut my intestines", so we have to live in harmony between brothers and sisters as if our hands and feet are the same body. A harmonious life between children is a great joy for the two parents. 4. Hieu is living a full personality: Living above this life, no one is without grandparents and parents. Countless generations of ancestors of the two lineages inside and outside have given us the body, the source of life and the mysterious reason for living. Therefore, protecting one's life for good is knowing how to cherish the treasures that ancestors and parents have passed on, so that when they grow up, they can be handed over to future generations. Self-destruction of the body with alcohol, drugs, drugs and poisons is a sin of filial piety towards the parents; as well as for future generations. This life body was born from the father's essence, the mother's blood during nine months of pregnancy, and the parent's upbringing throughout the length of childhood. The two people who were born did not manage toil and hardship, rushing back and forth on thousands of roads to create a source of life to feed us. So in adulthood, then we have to create a source of life to feed ourselves with our hands, brains and hearts (right life). Know how to divide the source of life to balance life, by dividing the source of life into four parts: The first part is for daily living. The second part is to accumulate capital to gradually increase the source of life. The third part is to take care of aging parents, and worship ancestors to show "Trees have roots, water has sources, eat fruit thanks to people who plant trees". The fourth part is to express the feelings between people and people, "enemies, neighbors and neighbors are satisfied with life" such as funerals, weddings, or when the lights are off. Or give to charity, help the lonely, unhappy in the middle of life, or suffer from natural disasters. Consciousness of life comes from the source of life, so you must protect your own life source and the life source of others. Intentionally stealing each other's life resources in any form is a loss of personality, loss of morality, causing parents to suffer as a result of being unfilial. In life, everyone wants to have a happy life. But happiness is not something that is bestowed on anyone; but from grasping the meaning of life for oneself and for others. The reason for living is first of all founded on good karma. Therefore, always cultivate a good mind, good speech and good action. Thanks to the three wholesome kammas (mind, mouth, and body), one can avoid harm to oneself and others. A life that knows how to give up evil to do good, to give up bad to do good, to give up anger and delusion to live in harmony, will gradually limit the conflicts arising from within and make life more peaceful. All terror comes from unrighteous greed, out of reach, from selfishness and fear, create unwholesome actions that make the outside insecure. So, if you haven't really let go of the selfishness of your mind, then watch out, "Wherever there is money, fame, and position, there will be disputes, and people are very easy to deal with. lose humanity”. Thanks to understanding the reason for a good life for each other, the husband and wife are faithful and loyal, friends become friends, brothers and sisters are like hands and feet, so they are aware of their broken hands, and their kinship is like water. from the same source, so the sense of protection should not dry up the line. Neighborhood is mutual affection while extinguishing the fire in the dark, so don't make the fence fall, the neighboring country is friendly, so it won't encroach on the land if it causes war, making the good people miserable. Because of the awareness of living together, it is necessary to use beautiful words (love words) to enter life, to make the inside and outside peaceful, and human love to be in harmony. Avoid saying harsh, rude, obscene, sarcastic, divisive, hateful, or discordant words. Intellectual consciousness is the torch that lights the way to truth, goodness and beauty, so always keep the calm and clear mind. Practice looking at life with contemplative eyes, to see clearly all the causes leading to suffering (the truth) to transform and prevent. Do not use intoxicating and toxic substances such as drugs, carcinogenic chemicals, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, which lose the calmness and purity of the soul and harm health and cause disturbances. mix the peaceful life of the community. 5. Filial piety: When the child grows up, the parents wish for the child to become a successful family and have a happy and peaceful life. Therefore, it is very necessary to know how to find a good reason to live for each other. Be aware that each family member is a decisive factor in creating a happy and peaceful life. Therefore, finding harmony to live for each other is a factor to create happiness in a shared life. Any idea that does not agree is not obstinate; any word that is not pleasing to the ear is not uttered; Any action that is not favorable and does not have good results is not done. To make it warm inside and out, to make parents happy in the late afternoon, that is to be filial and psychological. In addition to psychological advantages, they also know how to advise their parents to do good and avoid evil, know how to eat vegetarian food, recite Buddha's name, know how to practice friendly behavior in order to gradually bring the mind out of all suffering and escape from samsara. Therefore, among the five filial things, filial piety is the most important. And only filial piety can be called great filial piety, like the example of Duc Kien Lien saving his mother. The Buddha taught: "Those who repay the favor by nurturing and offering their parents with wealth, material things, Money is never enough to repay parents. But, bhikkhus, anyone who has no faith in his parents should encourage and guide them to abide in the good precepts. For parents who are not greedy, encourage and guide them to stay in giving. For parents who follow evil wisdom, it is advisable to guide them to abide in wisdom. To do this, bhikkhus, is to do enough and to repay the favor of one's parents" (1). Because only filial piety will create conditions for parents to come out of samsara; So the new Buddha went to the Dao Loi heaven to preach the Dharma to his mother. So what is the Dharma of the Earth Store? As the preface describes: “Earth is solid, deep, wide, and all-encompassing.” What is thick, wide, unfathomable, and all-encompassing? It is the mind and nothing else. The Buddha taught: "One mind has all the ten dharma realms: hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, humans, gods, shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas” (2). But the mind here is called Earth Store, which is the mind of the Tathagata, or the true mind that everyone has. The true mind is invisible and formless, variable throughout time, covering all space, so nothing can be destroyed, so the scriptures call it "permanence". All the Buddhas and bodhisattvas in the ten directions have returned to take refuge in their existing true hearts, so the sutras say that they all come to the meeting. The same idea, in the Amitabha Sutra, is described as: "With all the great and good people, they all return to the same place" (3). Returning to the same place of the Enlightened Ones is to return to your true heart (remembering one's mind). Therefore, the Buddhas together praised Shakyamuni Buddha, saying: "He in this world has the five defilements (4) and manifests inconceivably vast wisdom and powers, To tame sentient beings to be strong and to make them clearly know the Dharma of suffering and the Dharma of joy." To subdue strong sentient beings is to subdue the delusions of arising and passing away hidden in our samsāra (flow of consciousness) energy. For everything that has a concrete form can be easily thrown away; but the deluded thoughts in the mind, it is the potential power, so it is difficult to let go of infinity; So the scriptures say: "sentient beings are strong and difficult to overcome". Therefore, it is necessary to let go of the false mind with wisdom that is not entangled with both sides, so the sutra says: "present inconceivable great wisdom and supernatural powers", also called unsurpassed wisdom, also called wisdom, Buddha wisdom or awareness. Therefore, the Buddha taught: "I am a Buddha who has already become, and sentient beings are Buddhas will become, because each sentient being has Buddha nature." The different mental appearances (false thoughts) were, is and will be taught by the Buddha Earth Store. The Buddhas are already, the Bodhisattvas are, and the gods, dragons, demons, and gods will gradually undergo the teachings of the Tathagata's mind (Kingitigarbha), if they know how to turn back and take refuge (also take refuge). The teaching of the true mind by overcoming false consciousness is an art of "useless conduct", so the Buddha graciously handed over to Mr. Kassapa: "The original dharma is not the dharma, the dharma is not the dharma, and the dharma is present when give no dharma Every dharma where every dharma.” (5) Because every intention to seek truth with a subjective consciousness is like a blind man lost in the jungle, it is difficult to find the way back home. The bundles of prejudices that we carry, it creates forces that weigh down the soul and divide reality. While, the truth of all things is the living essence that is inclusive, always operating in a shimmering and mysterious way. If we examine our mind according to the pattern of a memory that has been dead forever, we inadvertently turn our backs on our faces, ignoring reality with its origins. While, we just need to empty everything, then our mind is liberated, circulated and free of impurities. We see ourselves again as we really are, exactly as it is, without any preconceived notions, no discriminating consciousness interfering. Using all means to monitor the mind, identify the mind, guide the mind, and tame the mind is just a way of controlling the mind and establishing the mind of the Two Vehicles by the censors and the censored. Meanwhile, the censor and the censored are just the mind. However, "Mind cannot be grasped from outside, from within or in between. Mind is directional, non-conceptual, has no medical facility, has no place to gather. The Buddhas did not see the mind in the past, in the present or in the future” (Buddhist words). What the Buddhas cannot see, how can they be contemplative? If there is contemplation, it is merely contemplation of the arising and passing away of mental objects. A sword cannot cut itself. A finger cannot touch it by itself. The mind cannot be contemplative. Meanwhile, everything accumulated from immeasurable kalpas up to now, it is only the borrowed products of the predecessors; what the ancients called "Saint's vomit". Forget about all thoughts, which in turn create chaos, lead us back to confusion. Forgetting even what is being said and forgetting about forgetting, the door of truth instantly opens. The dharma doors are established by the stream of consciousness, only creating more confusion by the artist's own mind and mind, and are still trapped in a thousand-year-old thought basket, like ants crawling around the mouth of a cup, Always looking for a way but can't get out. Searching for the mind or contemplating the mind is like trying to avoid the shadow and standing in the sun. Didn't know it was just "Heads grow more heads, snow sprinkles more dew". Understanding the truth is not limited by language with knowledge borrowed from the past, then placed for the present, or projected into the future. True seeing and knowing is beyond the range of the two sides (dualistic). Non-action is a path without a name. When the root of the mind has no ground to rely on, the cycle of samsara enters the place of no birth. When the sun rises, the dark night recedes. Wisdom flares up every time the deluded mind ceases to exist. That is the return to rely on the awareness inherent in the mind. Therefore, the Buddhas extolled the liberation of enlightenment in the mind; and bodhisattvas return to take refuge in their true heart, should say "Bodhisattvas of the ten directions go home together". And ordinary people praise the fruits of lust, with a focus on fame, gain, and love, and then expand their greed without end; So life is a battlefield with no end date. So if you want to get rid of suffering, you have to get rid of karma, that is, remove the false mind, make the mind no longer entangled in the two sides, so the scriptures let the clouds flow freely in the sky. “At that time, the Tathagata smiled and released hundreds of thousands of thousands of millions of billions of clouds of great brilliance, such as: A round cloud full of great light (great perfection of light and clouds), a cloud that relieves suffering and brings joy and great radiance. (great compassion and light clouds), a great bright cloud of wisdom (great wisdom light of the valley)..vv….”. The great bright cloud represents the light of the shining true mind, or prajna wisdom. Because of the light of the true mind, it is not controlled by consciousness, not attached to all sounds and forms, like clouds in the sky. In the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha uses the image of the sun in the middle of space to lure wisdom into no place (like the sun and the sky). Enlightenment wisdom, or Buddha wisdom, is the wisdom that shines all over, so it covers time and space (great perfection of light and clouds). That wisdom: "From the nature, far away from the signs and names, away from the signs of speech, away from the signs of hopelessness, the mind is predestined, ultimately equal, unchanging, indestructible, just one-pointed, so called foot like." (6). Wisdom free of attachment to form should symbolize the release of great bright clouds of the Buddha; It also means that from within the awareness emanates unfathomable miracles such as: "compassion, wisdom, prajna, samadhi, auspicious, meritorious, merit, refuge, praise". Kindness is happiness and compassion is suffering, but here it is to save suffering and give great joy; ie to bring the mind out of samsara so that the mind is no longer entangled in all suffering. Because of bringing the mind out of the stream of samsāra (samsara) by returning to the base and relying on the true mind (Kingtai Store), the light of the true mind radiates completely (great wisdom light cloud). That light makes the mind great concentration (great samadhi light cloud), makes the mind absolutely peaceful (great auspicious light cloud), makes the mind accomplish meritorious virtues smuggled (great merits virtue light cloud). and the unstained meritorious virtues (great merits of light and clouds), making the mind to return to its base and relying on the Tathagata's inexhaustible treasury (great refuge in light of the clouds), should praise that luminous mind that is neither born nor destroyed. also not the end (great praise of Quang Minh Van). The worldly wisdom is due to the broadcasting of the cerebral cortex, Because of the consciousness of each false mind, that knowledge is synonymous with karma, creating less joy but more suffering. Knowledge is formed by the entangled mind, creating a long chain of birth and death in the samsāra lineage for countless kalpas to the present. “The Buddha released like this, unable to speak of such great bright clouds, but emitting wonderful sounds such as: The sound of generosity, the sound of keeping the precepts, the sound of patience, etc. ...". Thanks to the light of the true mind, the mind no longer builds up words and phrases (the mind is not based); and outside sounds no longer cause the mind to waver. The sound of "giving alms" means the mind of detachment is not capable; also called the constant pure dharmata, ie hearing only by hearing, seeing only by seeing..etc.. By starting up the mind set before the main object is the object of the birth of the consciousness, not the reality itself; but reality is "like market". The mind no longer dances and dances, so the sutras are called "precepts". Degree means free from all constraints. With the same true meaning, the patriarch Hui Neng also taught: "A peaceful mind is not a burden to maintain precepts, and a righteous life is not used to practice meditation". Peace of mind is the world, is concentration, is wisdom, is liberation, is to liberate all knowledge, etc. Thanks to the ultimate renunciation, so different thoughts no longer dominate the mind. The different mental signs that the scriptures describe are: evil thoughts, deep schemes (for example dragons, demons, gods), to good thoughts (heaven), realms of wrong meditation should be the mind falls into bliss (Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, Heaven of Dao Loi.. etc.), falls into a state of insignificance, depression and stagnation (Heaven of non-perception, non-non-perception) must also let go, then the vast, unbroken mind will exist. And every time the mind is completely relinquished (the ability to die), objective objects cannot dominate the practitioner's mind. Therefore, the scriptures describe: "In the world of Saha (for the heart) and other worlds (for the object) there are immeasurable billions of heavens (good), dragons (deviation), and so on. Demons (rogue, cruel, stingy, selfish, greedy...), gods (anger, hot-tempered, ferocious) also come to the meeting in Dao Loi heaven. The meditator aims for liberation by letting go of all his own good and bad thoughts and those of others (Saha, the world, and the land), as well as the wrong meditations that make the mind cling to the mind. pure pleasures (for the heavens of the sensual and form realms), or clinging to the deep no sign (example for the non-perception heaven) stagnation (the example for the non-non-perception heaven); that brings all the hope back to one place (necessarily the gods, dragons, ghosts and spirits, and all future assemblies). Letting go of multi-centred is inevitable. The above passage describes in general all the good and bad thoughts of sentient beings in the six paths, including the consequences of meditation where the mind still has an object to cling to, even clinging to emptiness should fall into "the base of boundless space, base of boundless consciousness, base of no possession, base of non-perception, base of non-perception". This passage the Buddha describes each type of consciousness (only for its own effect= S:Vijnana, P:Vinnana). First of all, it describes the destructive power of the germ of anger in the mind (as an example for gods). The greater the power, the deeper the destructive anger, but the scriptures are for the god of the sea, the god of rivers, and the god of canals. There are also lofty animosities that seem impossible to put down, but the scriptures are for the tree god, the mountain god (the stubbornness is getting bigger and bigger every day). There are also strong hatreds, seemingly indelible, that the scriptures are for the earth god. There are also endless hatreds flowing in the soul, seemingly unable to stop, but the scriptures are for the river god. There are also angers still in the germ, which the scriptures are for the god of rice. There are also anger and hatred caused by disputes between two sides such as: right and wrong, gain and loss, victory and defeat, honor and shame, right and wrong, good and bad, this ideology, that ideology, this religion, that religion. , this country, that country opposes each other, but the scriptures tell the god of the day, the god of the night. There is also anger and hatred due to attachment to docility, atheism, nihilism, that the scriptures for the god of the void. There are also anger and hatred due to blind beliefs, so we cling to one god (Heavenly Brahma), the destiny of heaven, and God, whose scriptures represent the gods of heaven. There are also anger and hatred due to the instinctive struggle for material things, which the scriptures give the god to eat and drink. There are also angers caused by high tribute, conceit, arrogance, and contempt for others, but the scriptures are for the gods of plants. It is impossible to mention all the factors that cause anger to arise, and then generate destructive minds. The destruction caused by the combined anger of mankind is infinitely great and happens endlessly, so it is called an uninterrupted hell. If humanity knows how to awaken, in order to nurture compassion and protect survival, it must also bring the mind back to a pure place, which the scriptures call a gathering, that is, relying on a solid heart, vast and contained enough of his own (Jizō). The three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion of the consciousness stream are the engines that create all wars with no end date, if humanity does not save itself. At this point, the text describes the evil thoughts, or actions of themselves and others (the great demon kings in the Saha realm and other lands). Due to ignorance (ignorance), evil visions are born, forming extreme religious or ideological beliefs, turning into insidious actions that cause suffering for themselves and others. for the demon king with evil vision (evil rotten demon king), the blood-sucking demon king (the demon king's blood protein), the semen-suckering demon king (the demon king's semen protein), the ovary-eating demon king king), the demon king creates disease (like putting melamine in milk...), the demon king captures toxins, etc. Many times out of compassion, but the action falls into evil, so it is also said to be insidious, like "killing a cat to save ten thousand mice" for example. Influenced by Confucian thought, Nguyen Du also wrote: "Hurting one person, saving thousands of people, know what to respect, know what is right." Therefore, let Ho Ton Hien kill Tu Hai. Harming a person also commits murder, which is also a cruel act, so the scriptures call it the demon king of compassion (from the heart of the demon king), the demon king of blessing (wealth of the demon king), the demon king of love and success. great respect (great love and respect for the demon king).vv… Cute mind but not cute actions, also lured the devil. This is the difference between the teachings of the Buddha and the teachings of other religions, other cultures. The Buddha shows that his mind and conduct are both good; so the beginning is good, the middle is good, and the end is good. Opposite, Other religions that kill others don't carry the same label as themselves, and are sometimes canonized (Holy War). The Buddha taught: to gather all the bad thoughts back to the pure mind, so it's called a gathering. At this point, the Buddha told the king of the Dharma, the bodhisattva Manjushri, that: "You observe the Buddhas, bodhisattvas and gods, dragons, demons, and gods in this world and in other worlds, in this land. and other countries, now come to meet at Dao Loi heaven, do you know how many?" Manjushri Bodhisattva is a symbol of basic knowledge (basic knowledge), so it is also called the king of the law (dharma king), also called the teacher of the Buddhas in the three times. Because if you want to become a Buddha, you must also return to your original mind, so it is called the basic knowledge. Basic knowledge or awareness is beyond dualistic (extreme) reciprocity. Therefore, regardless of the number of Buddhas in this land and in another, that is, their pure minds and others are no longer treated or compared. Therefore, the bodhisattva Manjushri said: "Venerable One! If you use your divine power to calculate the number of thousands of kalpas, you won't be able to know how many." As for the bodhisattvas, they are walking towards enlightenment step by step, but it is impossible to know how many bodhisattvas are in this and other lands. Because bodhisattva means Enlightenment (Bodhisattva), which is letting go of the emotions in your mind, so there is no longer any knowledge. As for the heavens, dragons, demons, and gods, there are countless good and evil thoughts. Who knows how much is the difference in false thoughts in their own minds and in the minds of others? Even my own delusions in this life, I can't count how many. Buddha himself, He also could not know the number, so he said: "As I use the eyes of the Buddha's wisdom to see, it is still impossible to count how many. These saints and mortals belong to Bodhisattva Earth Store (Tathāgata's heart) from many eons, long ago, or have been saved, or are being converted, or have not been. Either has achieved, or is achieving, or has not yet been accomplished.” The delusions of oneself and of others from immeasurable kalpas up to now are countless. Buddhas are those who have achieved enlightenment, Bodhisattvas are taking steps towards enlightenment. As for ordinary people, they have not yet accomplished, because there has never been a moment to return to live with the Tathagata with their own mind. The main gathering is to bring the mind back to one place (meaning the mind in one place), that is, to return to the center of the vast, thick, and sufficient center of gravity. From good thoughts (heaven), to deep schemes (dragons), deceitful thoughts, cruel, stingy, deceitful, arrogant, hot-tempered, angry, delusional, etc. (demons, gods), including the wrong states of meditation, dead water should fall into insignificance, depression not stagnation (non-perception, non-perception), also bring them back to the true mind. And when the false mind no longer has a place to stay, the new true mind will appear, so the sutras say "when all sentient beings are saved, they will realize bodhi". Understanding this, the bodhisattva Manjushri said: "World-Honored One, since a long time ago, I have cultivated good roots, so I have attained unobstructed wisdom. Now listening to the Buddha's teaching, is to believe and receive immediately. As for the shravakas, or the gods, the dragons, the eight orders, and the sentient beings in the next life, although listening to the sincere words of the Tathagata, doubt will arise. Even if you bow and say yes, you cannot avoid blasphemy. May the World-Honored One explain the human ground of the great bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, what practices are practiced, what vows are made, that achievement the inconceivable like that?". From the Thanh Van line down, because they still use the dharma of the Two Vehicles, hearing the description of the true mind and birth of doubt is inevitable. Therefore, Manjushri asked the Buddha to elaborate on the vows of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. Buddha said that, take everything from plants to minerals in the three thousand vast worlds (how many grasses, groves... rocks, mountains, dust); Every object is a Ganges river, then every grain of sand on the Ganges river becomes a realm of water, and then in a country every small speck of dust makes an kalpa. Calculating the number of such lives from the time when Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha attained the tenth stage (the tenth ground = Buddhahood) until now is thousands of times longer than the number of lives in the example above. Why so? Because Ksitigarbha is an example for Tathagata's mind, or Buddha nature; and Buddha nature is beginningless and ending (infinite life) so it transcends quantity. So therefore, The Buddha told Manjushri bodhisattva that the majesty of Earth Store Bodhisattva's vows was inconceivable, that is, the true heart was excellent. The Buddha said, "In the future, there will be good men and women who hear the name of this bodhisattva (i.e., the text of the self-nature), or praise it (praise the self-nature), or pay homage to it (contemplation of the self-nature). …then you will be born in the Dao Loi (purely good) heaven, you will no longer fall into the evil path”. Making the mind pure, it will be free from the three evil realms is inevitable. The Buddha gave two stories for metaphor: 1. Jizhong was the son of a great rich family (the elder son) born in life, and met the Buddha, the Lion, Phan Tan Tan Tu Tuc Van Hanh. The patriarch then asked him what he wanted to practice to get this good sign. The Lion Buddha taught: "In order to realize this beautiful body, it is necessary to go through a long time to free all beings who are suffering." Beings are suffering here is an allusion to evil mental formations created by self-centered thinking, so they are controlled by the five skandhas, forming a long chain of birth and death, with sorrow, pain, and grief. Therefore, when the Elder heard this, he immediately made a vow, saying: "From now to the end of the next life, I cannot tell all the kalpas, I will for the sake of sentient beings guilty of suffering in the six paths, widely speak many means. make everything liberated, then I myself will realize the Buddha way." Sentient beings are guilty of suffering in the six main paths, which are the six roots of attachment to the six worlds, so they fall into hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, humans, and gods. Therefore, the practice of liberation is to make the mind no longer attached, ie not controlled by the mind. And only when we transcend the mind-stream of self-grasping and dharma-grasping (which liberates all), will our awareness manifest, Therefore, the sutras say, "You will realize Buddhahood by yourself". The sage meets the Buddha, the Lion King, means to return to his own inherent nature (Buddha), and must diligently and vigorously practice all the good deeds (the lion strives to be full of good deeds). good luck). In the Vajra Prajnaparamita chapter, the Buddha also taught: "Do not give rise to false thoughts about myself, do not arouse thoughts of others, do not arouse thoughts about many factors of dependent origination (assume they are dependent on birth, children write sentient beings), Not thinking about feelings, but practicing all good dharmas, it is the result of unsurpassed righteous enlightenment." (7). 2. Brahmin female save her mother: First of all, the introduction of the Buddha in the past countless lives ago could not be thought of as the Buddha's Buddha, Hoa Dinh Self, King Tathagata, ie the introduction to the original enlightenment. The original enlightenment has no beginning and no end, so the sutras say "inconceivable". Buddha nature is not polluted, so it is called "enlightenment flower". Because it is not dominated by delusion, it is called "concentration in king Tathagata" (8). That Buddha lived up to four hundred thousand billion kalpas, ie alluding to leaving the hopeless attachment (separation of the four owls) and ending the words and phrases in the mind (excellent trinity); That is the life span of the Buddhas (9), ie Buddha nature is beginningless and endless. The second is to introduce a virtuous Brahmin girl, who has many lives filled with deep blessings, so everyone respects and is always protected by the gods. Blessings deep and thick is to give up all evil, and practice all kinds of good deeds. The body does not kill, but also releases living beings, does not steal but also offers alms, does not commit adultery, but also helps people to keep their virtue. The mouth must not lie, but speak the truth; do not speak two-way, but help the mediator; do not speak evil, but speak peace, Do not speak eloquently, but speak truthfully. The mind does not covet, does not become angry, and does not give rise to wrong views. The Buddha took ten good deeds to show the gods, so the scriptures say that the gods protect them day and night. Practicing ten good karmas is to protect yourself well. On the contrary, having no right views but also superstitious views, do not return to the base and rely on the Three Jewels but believe in pagan religions. Not knowing the cause and effect of good and evil, good or bad, entrusting it to hope is hopeless. If you do not recognize the Buddha-nature in your own mind, but always create many bad karmas, you will inevitably live in an uninterrupted hell, that is, always live in darkness (ignorance) of suffering. Therefore, the more Ignorance, the more suffering, so the scriptures call it "the soul that falls into hell without interruption". So wanting to free the mind from all suffering, First of all, we must practice the precepts - concentration - wisdom that the Buddhas have taught, and the scriptures and examples for incense and flowers (five parts of incense offerings). Fragrance of the world, incense of concentration, incense of wisdom, incense of liberation, incense of liberation from all views and established tri; That is the offering of our true mind or Buddha-nature. Contemplating Buddha's Enlightenment Flower Concentration King Tathagata or contemplating self-nature, making the mind no longer entangled should be called Enlightenment Flower. Because the mind is not attached to the two sides, the mind is calm and free (concentration in the king). True mind is often static, so it's called Tathagata. That's why, Buddha Giac Hoa taught: "You hurry back home, sit upright and recite my name, then you will know the place of your mother's birth". Returning home is "Returning to self-nature" or reciting self-nature as mentioned above, making the mind concentrated again (Concentration at King Tathagata). Thanks to the clear and peaceful mind, we can clearly see where the actions of the deluded mind are dispersed, and because of what actions they are dispersed there (the mother's birthplace). Reciting the name of Giac Hoa Dinh at King Tathagata for a day and a night (awakening all day and night), he immediately found himself standing on the other shore, ie beyond the sea of ​​karma. Enlightenment mind (Enlightenment Flower) is the pure mind, so it is not in the place where the mind is born and destroyed; That's why the Buddha taught to return home. Now, looking back at the sea of ​​karma, I see that the water of craving day and night burns the heart (sea water boils), creating evil karma (many beasts) flying on the surface of the waves (on the sea surface). ) chase each other. These mental signs of birth and death (boys and girls) are countless, at first submerged in the sea of ​​consciousness and dominated by evil karma, to form various kinds of sufferings (which are wild beasts, which are the Yaksha ghosts with many hands, many feet, many heads, many eyes, etc.). The holy woman relies on her strength to recite the Buddha's name (reciting self-nature), so she is not influenced by those evil karmas (not afraid). The demon king is the lord of demons, but has the name of being non-poisonous, because once the mind has returned to awareness, it is no longer poisonous. But only insidious thoughts can clearly see the evil actions that lead to suffering (hell) in the mind of ignorance (deviation), so the demon king replied to the holy woman: "This is the level The first sea is west of Tiet Vi mountain. The west is the direction of the setting sun, for example the dark night or the darkness of ignorance. Because ignorance is so dense, not a little light of wisdom can penetrate, so the big mountain is surrounded by iron (great iron). Therefore, the Buddha taught: “Silence is the root of all sins, wisdom is the root of all good deeds.” The holy woman asked the demon king, "I heard there is hell in Tievi mountain, is it true?", that is, I heard in my ignorance mind giving rise to a lot of suffering, is it true? The non-poisonous demon king replied, "There is a hell." That's right, the more ignorance, the more suffering, so the Buddha said: "There is nothing like grief to cause pain, nothing is equal to stupidity to shoot arrows. Nothing can be done to eliminate these two sufferings. Only by studying widely and understanding much can it be eradicated. Blind people gain eyes by learning, and dark people gain insight through learning. To study is like giving eyes to the blind. So let go of ignorance, let go of pride, and enjoy wealth. It is called the gathering of virtues, which is called the gathering of virtues." The saint asked, "Then how do I get into that hell?" Poisonless replied: "If it is not due to divine power, it must be due to karma to enter". The majesty is the power of means by the aspiration of the Saints. And sentient beings are due to karma, so they should take it upon themselves. Called because of the emotional touch, then no one can replace suffering for anyone. So while you are still healthy, you must rely on the Dharma to practice; Don't wait until you're about to die to ask someone else to pray for you to be reborn, you can never, because the Buddha's law of cause and effect says so. The saint asked, "Why is the water in this sea boiling like that, and there are sinners and wild animals?" Poisonless replied, "The sinners in this sea are the evil creators of Jambudvipa." As mentioned above, Jambudvipa is the heart. If you let the sea of ​​evil karma run rampant, then the mind is always hot like boiling water (boiling sea water), always suffering terrible pain like being bitten by a wild animal, etc., is inevitable. The heart that creates bad karma feels suffering, so the sutras say to wade through this sea. Again, "There is a sea ten thousand yojanas east of this sea, and there is more suffering in this sea than in the sea above." Ten is representative of the ten basic delusions in the mind, but in the Vajrayana Sutra, the Buddha exemplifies ten types of sentient beings. These are birth by egg, birth by fetus, birth in a humid place, birth by metabolism, species with matter, species that are not material (god of wealth, land), species with perception (independence, freedom) , species of utopia (God, destiny of heaven), species of non-perception (meditation falling into emptiness), species of non-Utopia (meditation falling into stagnation). In short, From concrete concepts to abstract ideas, that is, the ten basic types of delusions that create thousands of thousands of false positives, obscure the light of the true mind (which the scriptures are for the East), should create Floating misery; That is, the more ignorance, the more suffering. Therefore, there is no suffering like the suffering of the soul. The ocean of karma is created by body, mouth and mind, so the result is making our body and mind miserable. Therefore, in those three seas of karma (mind, mouth, body), the karma of the mind that dominates all should form eighteen distinct precepts (six senses + six senses + six consciousnesses). Therefore, The scriptures say that "about the great hell, there are eighteen places, then there are five hundred places, and the suffering is immeasurable." The eighteen precepts are also not out of place beyond the delusion of attachment to the five aggregates of life. Each receiving aggregate causes a hundred dharmas, to become five hundred entanglements of self-mind. Where is hell? Hell is in the three seas of karma of mind, mouth, and body. A person who always harbors evil thoughts, always speaks evil words, and always acts evil, he is in hell for a long time (non-intermittent). The motive to create the sea of ​​karma is greed, hatred, delusion, pride, doubt, personal view, boundary view, view and precept in each soul. From greed, hatred, and delusion to mind create generals evil mind, then use the mouth to speak evil words, and control the body to act unjustly. Crude, rude, obscene, sarcastic, divisive, hateful, disunity. Despotic acts, authoritarian dictatorships, monotheistic religions, monotheism, atheism, creating wars, and endless hatred, all stem from unrighteous greed. In everyday life, if we are not taught by the Buddha Enlightenment, that is, do not bring the mind out of all attachments, we will always wade through those three seas of karma (mind, mouth, and body) to form the earthly hell of hatred, of ambition and war, and then forming a long chain of sorrow and grief (incessant hell). And after death, the bardo body also carries those karmas as a driving force to continue to be reborn in the respective realms (hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras...) and not give it to anyone. Okay. There is only one thing that if you want to be born on a good path, you must know how to take refuge in the Three Jewels, believe in cause and effect, live in accordance with good karma, and create many blessings. Saintess and Non-poison are symbols of basic knowledge and later acquired wisdom, or symbolic of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha and Bodhisattva Tai Thu (10). Whenever the mind is brought to the base knowledge, the delusions immediately disappear and the mind becomes pure, should not be influenced by evil external circumstances. Therefore, Poisonless said: "The criminal Duyet De Loi has been born in heaven for three days now. It is said that thanks to the daughter of a filial person, for her mother's sake, she prepares gifts, cultivates blessings, makes offerings to pagodas and towers, and worships the Duc Giac Hoa Dinh Tu At Vuong Tathagata. Not only the bodhisattva's mother escaped from hell, but also innocent sinners were reborn." Because of bringing the mind (mind) out of the entanglement of both sides, the mind is pure and wholesome (wonderful contemplation of wisdom); since then the seeing is only by seeing, the hearing is only by hearing, the smell is only by the smell, the taste is only by the taste, the touch is only by the touch, so it is called the intellectual property; manna consciousness no longer clings to the seed, so it becomes intellectual equality (equal nature); and consciousness A again transforms into full wisdom (great landscape) covering the entire dharma world, which sutras for both mother and sinner (transforming consciousness into wisdom) are reproduced. The mind no longer wanders about the story of the three times (past, present and future), so the scriptures say: "The guilty woman Duyet De Loi has been born in heaven for three days now". Because she returned to her original wisdom, she made a vow: "I vow that from now on, until the future life, I will devise many ways to make sentient beings who have committed the sin of suffering be liberated." Returning to life with basic knowledge or getting out of the mind stream of birth and death will end all suffering, ie water awareness returns to original awareness, so it is called "Neither Water Origin". Because of preserving the wealth of liberation and enlightenment, it is called Tai Thu, which is also the mind of the Tathagata, or Earth Store. In short, the meaning of this passage only teaches: If you want to be full of all good deeds, you must save all sentient beings who are suffering. The beings suffering here are the evil karma of mind, mouth, and body. Bringing the mind out of suffering by self-realization should be called Enlightenment, by meditation, it should be called Self-Concentration. Therefore, the Buddha-Enlightened Ones, the King of Tathagatas and Buddhas, made a vow: "I vow that from now on to the future, sentient beings who are guilty of suffering, I will devise many methods to make them liberated. .” Liberated by self-awareness of the original mind, by the natural meditation of the mind ground, the opening text of the text reads: "Knowledge of the natural purity of the mind ground", ie reviving with your available deity, for example Ksitigarbha. Otherwise, the stream of consciousness will be motivated by greed, hatred, delusion, and the mind will forever rush in the direction of birth and death with: gain and loss, victory and defeat, right and wrong, honor and shame, etc., so that the mind must be right. go into a cold life only (cold hell). So, Hell is not outside of the mind, and heaven is not outside of the mind. The mind is the master painter who creates a long chain of birth and death, but also the place of nirvana. But in the monastic life, how many people come back to be good and keep their big, thick and sufficient focus? Please practitioners know.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.29/11/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/11/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.