In Buddhism, we say to the 10 realms of existence: six
ordinary realm of humans, animals, ghosts and asuras, plus heaven and hell;
and four holy
realm of audio documents, charming sense, Bodhisattva and Buddha. In fact, in every moment,
we can experience one of the ten planes, depending on the direction of our
thinking. With
intellectual thought and love, in that moment we are in the realm of
enlightenment. With sad thoughts golf or greedy, we can in the realm
where ignorance. Throughout the day, we go over 10
planes.
If we feel the joy in mind when meeting people, if we
dedicate unconditional help others sublimate their life to be peaceful and
happy, then right at that moment our mind is the mind Buddha. Buddha considered living
beings as his only child. Their pain is the pain of him, their happiness is his
happiness. Such a good heart, like the hearts of humble father,
is the heart of the Buddha. But we do not get the full attention and
enlightenment reach holiness center stage as well as boundless love for all
living beings is always present as Buddhist, but we can still learn and strive
to arouse this interest.
If we cherish sincere desire to
be enlightened and guided all living beings, then our mind is the mind of a
bodhisattva. Bodhisattvas work to bring joy to people and free
them from suffering. When human material needs have been prolific,
ingenious instant Bodhisattva guide these people to the true understanding of
life, so they can really escape from suffering. This is something none of us can
do. We can
serve as a bodhisattva here and now.
If we feel that life is full of
suffering and desire to learn and the executive to be freed, then our mind now
is the center of a bar text: a French study spiritual practitioners through
listening and participated at the teachings of the Buddha. Or we contemplate all phenomena
of this world and the changes in nature, and from the visualization that realize
the impermanence of things and looking at things that exist as a result of human
and coast, at that time our mind is the mind of a charming sense: a spiritual
practitioners gain insight from observing the world. Although the text bar and
charming sight can develop pure personality and lofty intellect, they can not
attain enlightenment as the Buddha altogether. Because, just practicing for
enlightenment for themselves and for all new species gradually taken a
completely achieve enlightenment.
In daily life practice, our minds have often exposed
the truth of life and full of love for all living beings? Or we care about people
suffering and commitment to help them? We also devoted a lifetime to observe it?
From the
observation that we have recognized the truth of the impermanence of life is
not? We have
focused the mind on the path of Buddha and Bodhisattvas not? If the answer is yes to all
these questions, then we are feeling all this holy realm 4 in one
day.
On the other hand, if we do not
have the mind to practice, it is likely that we will be in six realms drifted
lower throughout the day. If we enjoy and feel the soothing comfort of
sumptuous material or immersed in satisfying pleasure, then in that moment, we
are in the realm of disaster them. Heavenly realm full of riches and
enjoyment.
Or perhaps we are working hard to fulfill the
responsibility for family and office, but we still feel discontented because the
work is not very smooth. This is the state of mind of an ordinary man.
Life in this
world, including facing the people and the work, and in this process, human
issues, differences of opinion, no such standard in work ... is both inevitable
. They are
part of life, but with a mediocre mind, we are stuck in these issues and can not
transcend them.
Or we want to help inspire others, our hearts touched
by their difficult and full of compassion, but suddenly something happens makes
us angry. Or
agitated mind, easy to get frustrated and angry, often react to external
conditions the mind of a asuras. Asuras are born they have sex or moody and
angry.
We may also in hell.
For example,
maybe we are suffering because of work too hard, strenuous work conditions and
may we be painful because the job requires us to do, or heavy physical work.
Tim us as
being any tight, full of anxiety and fear, and we can not feel the confidence
and tranquility. Or we are suffering because of the problems in social
relationships, certain misfortunes heaped on us, or a disease itself make our
lives difficult. We are trapped in a rigid way of thinking and
negative and can not let go or expand the heart to accept the situation, in that
moment, we are in hell.
We too can experience the realm of hungry ghosts.
Maybe we
need food, but if we do not have anything to eat, then a terrible hunger.
Then there
is the animal realm. As well as animal beings, but they take the shape
differences: some crawl on land, some swimming in the water, and some flying
overhead. We
live in different conditions and have their own world. What makes us humans different
animals? In
fact, there are times when we exercise strains lack the minimum right of a human
being, then at that moment, we are like an animal.
10 is such that realm.
Now, we are
a natural pick them by life enjoyment and comfort and we vow to live with
wisdom, insight, or the awakening of a Buddha? or we choose to live given, or
we just focus on your own work?
Live like Buddha or live like an animal depends on
thought in mind, or impure perfection of ourselves. It depends on the direction and
nature of our thoughts. That's why we really need to take good care of your
garden center.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.13/5/2015.
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