Monday, June 19, 2023
The Buddha preached the Sutra of the Endless Dharma. The Buddha Dharma is sublime, very deep, and is difficult to seek for hundreds of thousands of eons. I now listen to reciting / May the Tathagata reveal the mysterious meaning. Your lucky chain, watch now!. As I have heard, at one time the Buddha was in the city of Kuthina. The Tathagata will enter nirvana in three months, so bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, and countless sentient beings come to pay their respects. The Blessed One was quiet, he did not say a word and the light did not appear. Ananda respectfully bowed down and asked: "World Honored One, when ever the Blessed One preached the Dharma, the light of the Blessed One's majesty appeared spontaneously, but today in the assembly, no radiance is seen. That light radiates from the World-Honored One, there must be some cause and effect, we would like to hear the World-Honored One's explanation." The Buddha remained silent and did not answer, until Ananda appealed three times, then the Buddha said to Ananda: "After the Tathagata enters nirvana, when the Dharma begins to weaken, in the life of the five defilements of evil, the demonic path will very popular, the devil turns into a recluse, distorting and destroying our teachings. They wear worldly clothes, prefer beautiful clothes, colorful robes; drink alcohol, eat meat; kill creatures that crave taste; have no compassion, often carry anger and jealousy towards each other. “At that time, there will be bodhisattvas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Arahants who are very respectful, diligent in spiritual practice, and will be treated with respect and hospitality by everyone, all of whom will teach equally. These religious people often help the poor, take care of the elderly, and help people in poverty. Encourage people to worship and protect the statue. They often do meritorious deeds, wholeheartedly do good, do not harm others. sacrifice to help without self-interest, often humbly benevolent. “If there were such people, the evil bhikkhus would be jealous of them, and the demons would slander them and banish the true bhikkhus from the monastery. After that, these evil bhikkhus do not practice morality, the temples and monasteries will be deserted, weeds will grow. Due to lack of care and maintenance, temples become derelict and forgotten, the demon bhikkhus will only be greedy for wealth, accumulating countless riches, refusing to let go, not cultivating merit. “At that time the demonic-bhikkhus will sell slaves to plow fields, cut down trees, burn mountains and forests, and kill sentient beings without compassion. Male slaves become bhikkhus and female servants become bhikkhunis without morality, lust, and filth, without distinction between men and women. It is these people who weaken the religion gradually. Those who flee the law will seek refuge in my religion, please do as a monk but do not practice precepts. In the middle of the last month of the month, although there is recitation of precepts, it is only in name. Due to laziness and distraction, no one wants to listen anymore. These evil recluses will not want to recite the full text of the sutra, summarizing the beginning and the end of the text to their liking. Soon, the chanting of the sutras will also cease. Even though there are still people chanting, they don't understand the sentence. still insisting on them being right, conceited, arrogantly seeking fame, pretending to be elegant in order to make offerings. When the life roots of these evil bhikkhus end, their consciousness immediately falls into the Abhi hell. Having committed five mortal sins, they have to be reborn and suffer continuously among hungry ghosts and animals. They will taste the sufferings of countless eons as much as the sands of the Ganges. When their sins are gone, they will be reborn in border areas where there are no Three Jewels circulating. “When the Dharma is about to disappear, women will become diligent and often do meritorious deeds. Men will become lazy and there will be no one to teach the Dharma. The true ascetics will be considered as dung and no one believes in them anymore. When the Dharma is about to decline, the gods will begin to weep, the rivers will dry up, and the five types of cups will not ripen (failure, famine). Epidemics occur frequently, claiming countless lives. People have to work hard, local officials plot their own interests, don't follow morality, and love disorder. Evil people multiply as much as the sand in the sea, good people are few, almost only one or two people. “As the incarnations come to an end, the revolutions of the sun and moon become shorter and human lifespans decrease. The first forty years old was silver. Men who are lustful, run out of semen, will die young, usually before the age of 60. As men's lives decrease, women's lives increase to 70, 80, 90 or 100 years old. The great rivers will rise abnormally not in accordance with the natural cycle, but people do not notice or do not care. Extreme climates are considered normal. People of all races cross each other without distinction, sink, and float like fish and turtles foraging. At that time, the Bodhisattvas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Arahants were banished by demons and were no longer participating in the assembly. The teachings of the Three Vehicles are still circulated in remote areas, and practitioners still find peace and long life. The gods will protect them and the moon will shine on them, the teachings of the Three Vehicles will have a chance to merge and the righteous path will flourish. However, in fifty-two years, the Shurangama Sutra and the Eighth-Chuan Samadhi will first be revised and then disappear. The twelve sutras will then gradually fade away until they are completely destroyed and never appear again. The canonical text is then completely unknown, and the medical precepts of the ascetic will themselves be turned white. When our teachings are about to disappear, just as an oil lamp shines for a moment before it fades away, so too does the Dharma glow and then fade away. From then on it is difficult to say for sure what will happen. This period will last for ten million years. When Maitreya was about to appear in the world to become the next Buddha, all the lands were completely happy. The poisonous gas will be dissipated, the rain will be abundant and regular, the five kinds of cups will be lush, the trees will be tall and luxuriant, and the human race will be eight feet tall (more than 24 meters) and the average human lifespan will reach 84,000 years, sentient beings are difficult to count. Venerable Ananda asked the Buddha: World-Honored One, what should we call this sutra, and how should we uphold it? The Buddha said: Ananda, this sutra is called the Dharma of the End. Teach everyone to spread this sutra widely. Those who propagate this sutra, their merits are inconceivable, incalculable. When the four groups of disciples heard this sutra, they were all very heartbroken and sad, each one aspired to cultivate the way to reach the ultimate sainthood, they respectfully bowed to the Buddha and then withdrew. The merits of such people are inconceivable, incalculable. When the four groups of disciples heard this sutra, they were all very heartbroken and sad, each one aspired to cultivate the way to reach the ultimate sainthood, they respectfully bowed to the Buddha and then withdrew. The merits of such people are inconceivable, incalculable. When the four groups of disciples heard this sutra, they were all very heartbroken and sad, each one aspired to cultivate the way to reach the ultimate sainthood, they respectfully bowed to the Buddha and then withdrew. END= NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).PHAP NHAN VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE.GOLDEN ZEN BUDDHIST MONASTERY= VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/6/2023.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/6/2023.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.
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