Birth, old age, sickness, death. The South, the North and the North, Niem is dead for all of us Letting go of anger, Telling your own stories, Zen masters' teachings are often short and simple in a straight-forward way, are meditative experiences, and contemplative wisdom that can help your actions. Beginners add means of inner peace, promote wisdom, and let go of attachment. - Anything that has form brings afflictions. - If we consider unsustainable things as our own, then our life is also unstable. - When pain arises, stay with the pain. When pleasure arises, stay immediately with pleasure. Know them well. Know what just happened, when. When we abide in them, really observe, to see them through. Eventually, they will melt away, just like when you put a block of stone on a bed of grass, the grass below will die by itself. - When pain arises, We can focus our attention on something or someone to forget the pain, fine, but that's mindfulness, not awareness. Your awareness must be right where what is happening within you, if you want to have both mindfulness and alertness. Old age, sickness and death are treasures for those who understand them. They are Noble Truths, noble Treasures. If they were human, I would bow at my feet every day. Thanks to his illness, he was able to stay as a monk for so long. - Eating less is very good in meditation. When he wanted to observe his breathing closely, he ate as little as possible. When the body is hungry, he can feel any labored breathing that arises anywhere. If the body is too full, it is difficult to observe these things, because nothing abnormal happens in the body when it is in its normal state. So from the monk's point of view, when hungry or sick, we do better. The body is "death". Mind is "birth". If we can separate them, we will be liberated from birth and death. If the mind is defiled, it will experience birth, old age, sickness and death, as a matter of course. It is like a seed, covered on the outside, and kept in a dark place. When there are enough conditions such as soil, water, sun and air, the seeds will sprout, grow into trees, bring more seeds, and so on. But if we peel the seeds and roast them, they cannot germinate. Similarly, if we make an effort to practice to destroy the defilements in the mind - by practicing meditation and constantly visualizing the characteristics of the mind according to the four abodes (body, feeling, mind, and dharma) - The defilements that arise in the mind are like grains of roasted rice that will jump out of the pan. When we reach this point, Reaching the deathless mind, one is liberated from death. The wise view death as like stripping off old ragged clothes and throwing them away. - Practicing meditation is like collecting vegetable seeds and cherishing them until they mature. As soon as there is moisture, they will sprout into plants with branches, leaves and flowers. Similarly, our meditation will sprout into wisdom, giving us comprehensive insight into world problems and Dharma problems. We will know what the elements, aggregates and sense media are in the body - to the point where we see that there is no reason to fear old age, sickness and death. It's like when we grow up, the childishness disappears. Don't put too much emphasis on life and death. Don't think about that. Just purify your mind, and it will arrange everything.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN ZEN BUDDHIST MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/3/2023.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.