No Speech - No Theory No Speech - No Theory: According to the spirit of Northern Buddhism in particular, we often hear the saying: "For forty-nine years the Tathagata has not said a word" and indeed that statement has What is the origin and why did the Buddha declare that? We can read through the excerpt from the Sanskrit Lang-Golden Sutra below and each person will have their own thoughts or answers. Again, at that time Mahāmati said: "World Honored One, you have taught that from the moment the Tathagata experienced enlightenment until the night of the complete experience of Nirvana, during that period of time such as the Tathagata. Lai never said a word, never preached; Because not preaching is the Buddha's teaching. Does the Perfectly Enlightened One say that not preaching is the teaching of the Buddha? The Blessed One replied: Mahāmati, it is on the basis of two things of profound significance that this statement is made. What are those two things? (1) The self-realization of the Dharma-nature and another profoundness is (2) The principle of existence (the main pillar) of the Dharma-nature. It is according to the above two things of profound meaning that my statement is established. What is the intimate meaning of self-realization of Dharma? Whatever the Tathagatas experience, it is also experienced by Me, in which there is no growth, no loss. Since the realm of self-experience goes beyond conceptual language and structure, it also has nothing to do with dualism. What is the meaning of the principle of existence of Dharma? Mahāmati, the ancient path of dharmata is always here all the time, that is, the nature of the Dharma is like gold, silver, or jewels stored in a mine. Mahamati, whether the Tathagata appears or the Tathagata does not appear, the Dharma-nature remains permanent, the dharma-sign, the dharma-nature, the dharma-dwelling, and the dharma-seat remain stable, just like the roads in an ancient city . Supposing, Mahāmati, a man was walking in a forest and discovered an ancient city with orderly streets, those roads could lead him into the city and when he had entered the city. Once there, he can rest, act himself as a citizen there, and enjoy all the pleasures that there can be. Hey Mahamati, what do you think? Did this person invent the road leading into the city he went to and how many different things in that city? Mahāmati said: World-Honored One, no! The Buddha taught: That's right, Mahāmatti! What I and the other Tathagatas have experienced is the principle of existence of this dharmata, the dharmata, the dharmata, the suchness, the reality, the truth. Therefore, Mahamati, I declare that from the night the Tathagata experienced enlightenment until the night the Tathagata fully experienced Nirvana, during that period of time, the Tathagata did not say a word and certainly did not say a word. will never preach. So say [two corrections] like this: /7/ From the night of enlightenment until Nirvana, during that period, I did not declare anything. /8/ It is because of the profound meaning of the principle of existence of the self-experience of dharmata that we have talked about; In this respect, there is no difference between Me and the Buddhas. (Phuoc Nguyen Translated from chapter 3 anityatāparivarto nāma tṛtīyaḥ - Saddharmalaṅkāvatārasūtram, ed. by PL Vaidya, tatkimidaṃ saṃdhāyoktaṃ tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena avacanaṃ buddhavacanamiti ? bhagavānāha-dharmadvayaṃ mahāmate saṃdhāya mayaitaduktam | katamaddharmadvayam ? yaduta pratyātmadharmatāṃ ca saṃdhāya paurāṇasthitidharmatāṃ ca | idaṃ mahāmate dharmadvayaṃ saṃdhāyedamuktaṃ mayā | tatra svapratyātmadharmatānusaṃdhiḥ katamaḥ ? yattaistathāgatairadhigataṃ tanmayāpyadhigatamanūnamanadhikaṃ svapratyātmagatigocaraṃ vāgvikalparahitamakṣaragatidvayavinirmuktam | tatra paurāṇasthitidharmatā katamā ? yaduta paurāṇamidaṃ mahāmate dharmatāvanme hiraṇyarajatamuktākaravanmahāmate dharmadhātusthititā-utpādādvā tathāgatānāmanutpādādvā tathāgatānāṃ sthitaivaiṣāṃ dharmāṇāṃ dharmatā dharmasthitita dharmaniyāmatā | paurāṇanagarapathavanmahāmate | tadyathā mahāmate kaścideva puruṣo' ṭavyāṃ paryaṭan paurāṇaṃ nagaramanupaśyedavikalapathapraveśam | sa taṃ nagaramanupraviśet | tatra praviśya pratiniviśya nagaraṃ nagarakriyāsukhamanubhavet | tatkiṃ manyase mahāmate api nu tena puruṣeṇa sa panthā utpādito yena pathā taṃ nagaramanupraviṣṭo nagaravaicitryaṃ ca (anubhūtam) ? āha-no bhagavan | bhagavānāha-evameva mahāmate yanmayā taiśca tathāgatairadhigatam-sthitaivaiṣā dharmatā dharmasthititā dharmaniyāmatā tathatā bhūtātā satyatā | ata etasmātkāraṇānmahāmate mayedamuktam-yāṃ ca rātriṃ tathāgato'bhisaṃbuddho yāṃ ca rātriṃ parinirvāsyati, atrāntare ekamapyakṣaraṃ tathāgatena nodāhṛtaṃ nodāhariṣyati// tatredamucyate - yasyāṃ ca rātryāṃ dhigamo yasyāṃ ca parinirvṛtaḥ | etasminnantare nāsti mayā kiṃcitprakāśitam || 7 || pratyātmadharmasthititāṃ saṃdhāya kathitaṃ mayā | taiśca buddhairmayā caiva na ca kiṃcidviśeṣitam || 8 .|| 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.12/1/2023.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.