July fifteenth

 


I. The Meaning

 

Full moon in July under Vietnam folk tradition called the day of death far. On the full moon in July is more meaningful:
 

First, happy Buddha Day. On the full moon day in July called Buddha joy, because the loss of Buddhist disciples, We monks are closest disciples, they admit to spread contemporary Buddhism taught to beings, they bring the shape of the Buddha as a model in the world, but in three months they retreat has fullness and ends on the full moon in the seventh lunar month.
 

Normally, when the law was ordained monks are reciting finished, but for the most radical Buddhist notion that the practice should not be diligent in settling three months. The three-month Buddhist retreat under the Law regime, we monks must detention in peace, minimize the movement, a style of India because then giời summer is the rainy season, the insect reproduction many, they increase to beg will trample many insects, hurting scavenged compassion. Second, they increase the health seeking alms, clothes, bowls will be wet, took solemn, therefore the world have condemned. So should Buddha We monks during the rainy season retreat to detention, restrictions on going out to focus on reciting, reinforce the pure live in harmony, body and mind alert to be diligent in the way of virtue. So once a disciple of Buddha in the three months to practice pure perfection, ending three months of retreat, the Buddha gleeful. Good to his disciples have completed three months of pure residential security, so called day Buddha excited.
 

Second, date increase over time. Increasing day they settled after three months of practice thought: Even though we have to practice like that, but not necessarily avoid all mistakes, the full moon day in July to gather together, pray even the more limited chastity his only mistake for. If found myself mistake which must reveal penance. It's a very special work of the day slowly.
 

Normally, when an error is seeking to evade, tried to conceal fear lest anyone to know, ashamed, or afraid if your bug know the next time I do not do any longer, so often is concealed , not reveal, unless someone asked to, said to have stuck very new range, has stumbled other bugs the other error. Or, can reveal whether repentance is also revealed silently before the Three Jewels, do not usually publicize their error only by people between Mass. But Buddhists, three months settling down is finished, the Buddha taught monks to pray every other person for his error only, ie not to wait for others to show yourselves to others needs freedom only, his face before he that said, "Venerable Sir, today we increase slowly, slowly I also, I have something wrong that Venerable seen, heard or suspected, please Venerable mercy only if I saw as France ticket, please repent. " Say so implicit that: I do not complain, do not question and I have no resentment chi Venerable before! That is the meaning which he has been praying pure mind, there is no hiding at all, sincere others said freedom is not shy about anything, if there is an error as every show. It's a very noble attitude of openness to make yourself run out of sin. So on that day called on the increase over time. Self quarterfinals mean others do not hesitate to demand only his fault, let her know that repentance, so-called increase over time.
 

Tuesday, Tho Tang minnows. Life is getting old minnows. According to the world, if enough parents born 12 months, the new year was a year old called. But the Buddha Law manufactured goods monastic precepts of the Buddha does not count the years old worldly style on - whose age by lowering the Greek. What can mean years of retreat is perfect, only one year old. Example: The retreat from any lunar 15-4 to 15-7 lunar calendar is chronic abuse, so one year count down, ie a lower age. Who has ordained but not settled shall not be lower age, the summer retreat, retreat and those who constantly they are much lower age.
 

So we often hear in the temple when reading the biography of a monk died, often mentioned age and lowering the Greek. For example there're age 80 and 60 reduce the Greek, which means that your birth parents age of 80 years, while the age of 60 lower down Greek. Lower particle count and slowly fifteenth day, after three months down practice round. However, there are also cases where, in accordance with the Buddha Law regime, 20 years old, was ordained as monks, but due to lack of charm, is located 25 newly ordained monks and ordained each year after the summer retreat offers . If he died at age 70, he was 45 years old then lowered and age 70. If an ordained monks and settled without any time he shall be deemed absolutely no lower age, other than my parents' place of birth, whether or not we can do what we did or artificial sleep All year round a year away, it is still calculated the age by one year each. On the contrary, the monks have settled the new world fetters of age, still not settled, shall not be lower Greek world also called Greek, Greek law. That is the meaning of Buddha joy, Increase Increase Life slowly and minnows.
 

Wednesday, Day Ullambana death far. Vu Lan is day requiem for the deceased ancestors of the Buddha. Sri Ullambana rooted tastes of venerable newspaper Section-hopea-venture. This analysis was written in doing Yu-lan-tub. Yu-lan-tub word transliterated from Sanskrit (Sanskrit) is Ulambana. The Chinese translation mystical island means Award (Award sin hanging). Stories on the say, the person must make crime where life hell retribution, peta, animals, bear the suffering extreme abuse like people hanging. Thinking of you parents, the Vu Lan to day, often bringing Buddhist devotion, fondness even buy furniture for cozy street Jewels to pray for his family, his money casualties escape extreme pain medicine such confessions are hung upside down.
 

Thus, on the day of the Vu Lan Buddhist gratitude by visiting the temple monks bridge after residents eat three months of calm, to pray for their dead who escape damnation of hell darkness, succumb demons and animals, and pray for all others escape suffering extreme crimes like Venerable Section-hopea-venture did when . 

Venerable Section-hopea-venture is the outstanding disciple of the Buddha. Venerable saw the Clerk informed:

1. Thien label: Was the eyes as the sun, see around all.
2. Thien atrial informed: Be sun ears like ear, heard over all.
3. Psychic power: With his heart knows what the mind of another person, fond of.
4. Additional network: As said before his death ...
5. Information sufficient spirit: Being psychic go underground or in the air are very afraid of liberation. Also known as ornamental Spirit.
6. Gonorrhea take information: Dut minus any contraband or, to escape from the cycle of birth and death.
 

Also venerable wisdom also evidence labels (labels in five eyes is humiliation, third eye, mental labels, elegant and Buddha label legal) ie eyes, see things and order its properties. They are born with eyes just meat, just see those immediate, medium-range, even ones far too small, too large, too invisible. When he was six spiritual and intellectual proof labels immediately remembered his parents, venerable label use visual understanding the four winds, see his dying form is where? When you see your sample casualties hungry ghost is in very distressed and hungry, venerable extremely upset. Lowland rice bowl of instant venerable mother to offer, but because the mind xan venerable mother and previous life too seriously arises, fear that others see that to stealing or less please, give her a hand to cover the rice bowl, eat a loading arm. But rice has yet to turn into charcoal fire mouth can not eat. Venerable saw it, extremely painful, do not know how to save the mother, went to the Buddha and. He says: Sins of thy mother, despite the miraculous powers of local angel row and not save any where! Only use our powers after three months Increased settling, purification of practice focused prayer for the chance of a new metabolic karma and your mother, then your mother, newly escaped woeful only.
 

Hearing this, venerable sir Section-hopea-venture with Buddha: Buddha, how this child invite ten monks offering such a moment? Buddha says: On the day slowly Ullambana of monks, he should purchase these offerings to the monks of the day slowly, the oil that day in meditation, or meditation lowered life, or of the multiplication Time, also gathered to suicide and pray for your mother, then your mother will be free from suffering, and venerable practice the teachings of Buddha and the therein, venerable mother escaped ghosts that blessed gods.
 

Therefore, venerable overjoyed and said to the Buddha, if the latter have no wish to play mind being hospitable to pray for the happy parents from suffering, there do me? Buddha taught that can be done during the day slowly. Therefore, where the transmission of a French Buddhist salvation for our ancestors in days increased slowly.
 

Venerable Section-hopea-venture doing so has set an example of great hospitality even for all Buddhists to follow forever. The venerable hospitality not only in my life but the current Buddha Formerly he also was a cootie hospitality. In a lifetime Cash, venerable born in a peasant family. Parents only son venerable unique, extremely loving spoiled, and venerable and equally loving parents. Only parents he came to know his birth he was the only child, venerable parents think of the old age, not counting on anybody know, so venerable lifelong celibacy vow in order to worship their parents, rather want to get married. But while parents love their children do not want to because in such children, afraid of loneliness, the latter has no one to help at is old, so always pressed me to marry. Before the pressing it, venerable parent had acquiesced.
 

Unfortunately, getting married, having a wife venerable Zeba not half, she was not a woman's pattern of net salary. At her last wedding on, venerable teach drawing to his wife instead of his parents early today, the rice water to build up adequate parents as venerable usually do. At first wife obediently followed, but some time later she proved cold and indifferent to his parents. Therefore, in bowel habit born child was not injured sometimes biological parents wholeheartedly what circumstances daughters or grandparents how injuries such as commercial real parents! He had to work for subsistence food, at home as she showed negligence in the husband and his parents. When was remiss to abandon the plans to find, concoct. One day, venerable work on that water spilled between home and ask where this country? The wife went to the old man just saying Mr. karma too, offered me water on his belly, he swung couch, damn hot water and cold water to drink poured swung between home so that I can not bear !
 

Then one other meal, venerable work on rice scatter found between home and asked where rice scattered such a full house? The wife immediately pointed to the old woman answered, she, she karma too, I cook to cool, turn offered to her, but she criticized early rice lunch at home, then scattered out like that, I take off well! Just a chorus that wives who numb forever, long enough to captivate her husband also listen. Venerable think like that, my parents too offensive should tell his wife: "Well, we will have a"!
 

The next day, venerable horse renting a car, lying to parents that some parents not long visit from an external line, now invite parents to visit a trip to the future with eyes closed and decrepit from regrets. Her parents should agree to go right. The venerable holding the reins for carriage on the way, when going to a deserted passage, road roughness, venerable jump off the horse and lying to their parents to let me go reins loosely follows protect lest this place so much looting . But in fact, what protection such venerable, which aggregates reviews grab sticks to parents that said: "There was spared yet? All obstacles yet? All obstacles yet?" Even so beaten, but the parents did not think I was beaten again just thinking about you, they cried out: "Son, lest it running off beat to death, running off my son!" It was during the beatings but her parents do not think about the pain I thought was beaten to death and they cried, so the word son, then it has awakened venerable. Venerable heard two hours makes it sacred, sight, earnest affection and closeness strangely. The venerable his reverie is disloyalty overwhelming! His parents so that his injured left inhumane, lacking faith, so venerable instant recollection and rushed to the car return and repent parents. She returned to her Venerable decisions about her hometown and live in voluntary celibacy for life such as their parents. It is a venerable past lives.
 

Also present life, venerable named Category-hopea-venture, a cootie hospitality, want to make a report to parents at home but not implemented. Should the monastic life, venerable performing determination to bring his parents to the joyful scene.
 

The story of Venerable Section-hopea-linked past and present such as a lesson for us, for those children whose mothers have also said the father. Much anybody piety to their parents, but because it is not un casting, reminders, do not see him or you better be there when the mind is shaken into disloyalty. There are cases where disloyalty because you listen to evil, sometimes listen to fame, power, listen to gambling, alcohol, or even make him the face with that woman and her parents, brothers, contempt Her uncle relatives, neighbors that become disloyalty. Such a lucky the other he became a great official. At that time no buses to pick up, the house where the parents say that labor. But when making a post office to then not even stomach as they once were afraid of losing face he related. This is because to listen to authority but became disloyalty.
 

Some people blindly follow routines dabbled free of material culture selfish, but unknown to civilized morality so hospitable to become disloyalty.
 

Thus, the volume of the Venerable Section-hopea-venture is a precious mirror reminds us cultivate their piety, piety do not let other things being muddied, causing blindness, but lose go. In past lives, Venerable Section-hopea-linked deficiency should become alert disloyalty because listened to his wife. In society then and now, there are very pious children with their parents, but with social intimacy, encounter circumstances not good, close your little sage, affected by the ugliness so when returning home, parents say not listening, he refused her advice, even argue, I do not understand the details, she did not know the details, but they themselves understand this new, new insight, new learning. It was a wake-up attitude and lack of disloyalty.
 

Therefore, so anyone have good close friend, lo, the new concept deluded become filial sons. In Digha A-levels, the Buddha has shown us the best way of signaling: If the family has children knows Giving, said Ai language, said Loi Dong the issue and said the new parents receive Honor the child. If the child does not know generosity, Kind words do not know, do not know and do not know Dong Loi issue of the parents are not entitled to be the child's honor.
 

First is giving. Beijing A-levels understand the parents teach people who know the practice generosity. People know giving is always brought joy to everyone of generosity, even a smile, a gesture of respect. Her smile, her reverent gesture, her gentleness, her way of speaking is his mild, but if I do not do, can not currently be no alms. When I do, it will bring and expressed joy to everyone, not necessarily limit the money in alms. Sometimes a smile makes people dissipate suffering, while you give them a bag of money not sure they were all suffering. Thus, the child knows the parent charity might have the honor of you, even if you only know your own money, avarice, just want to milk the parents, the parents certainly do not enjoy the hospitality my glasses.
 

There have been cases like this. A needy mothers, the elderly, people do not bother to ask. When despite ailing mother, do not even eat sleep not even interested. The mother went on with boring neighbors. Every day, she sells tea and go gleaning savings winning lottery ticket bought, when she hit the probe sewing stars. When she hit the jackpot, the tumbler to tell her: "Well mother living with children for fun, I miss my mother away, night nobody worried sick mother!" Thus the child when the mother saw no shortages are excluded, to see wedding mother then eh, why? Because the lack of religious people, see the wealth, eat heavier pieces grace born of parental nurturing. So in a family, if for avarice, you win together, several guests, no generosity, their parents will not enjoy the benefit of children. And conversely, children with generosity will bring peace to the parents. That is the benefit of charity.
 

Secondly loving. Kind words are a very necessary thing, it is very easy to do, but also very difficult to do. Kind words are said gently, cordially. Some say: The words sweet, that's alright, but hard to do. But extremely difficult, if not cultivate loving speech can not say, as the following story:
 

In the past, a family survives only with a horse go charter, by virtue of which family eat everyday wear. One day, people brought it too late to hire transport, he could hardly wait until the new way people rent transported map. Available upset inside, so just leave things up to the carriage, the horse, he began to hit one and say: Furniture brat, go, go, bad food, killed minced map. "Hearing this, ì horse out there, do not go, hit a few out there ì themselves well. He had bear and get off. But gradually, anger passed, he gently stroked the horse, affectionately say with it: "Well son to go away, there is little time to go home again, help me go home carrying children." Animals heard it, it gently pull the car away. Animals that also know the price of loving speech therapy alone the people. Therefore, for parents, we must use loving speech, if not become disloyalty.
 

Thirdly operating profit. Operating profit was working interests. Khoan said benefits to the village, to the society that said benefits for himself, for his family. There are people I consider my family as the one where, not related to her, not even to touch, even as Lowland rice bowl water cup for aging or sick parents will not do next. Those are the beneficial practice without doing, do not do so, the parents how to enjoy the hospitality of the glass!

Wednesday is the colleague. Same work together, along with several colleagues casts, causing feelings of mutual love fun, otherwise, not how to raise filial affection with parents. So Buddha taught a poignant way that: Those who know Giving, Kind words, Benefits and Executive Council of the parents might have the honor of children.
 

Thus, signaling by their parents know you parents of young deep as high an even thickness, but money's mercy we have mentioned:
 

"The father as a mountain sky,
Mean mother at sea as frozen water,
Alpine vast sea,
isle lap record nine digits, son ".
 

Our ancestors speak very keen; lap record nine letters islet son, nine letters islet aggregate record that we have got it. But parents signaling insufficient in form but also in the spirit of filial duty.
 

In the Buddha taught: Parents do not take refuge in the Dharma, how to help, guided parents reside in Dharma, the parents do not reside in the Gospel, how to parent residing in the Gospel parents no refuge should put parents reside in the refuge. Thus, parents not only enjoys material happiness outside, but also enjoys bliss in the soul, freed less defilements, shunned the worldly attachments, delusions of rebirths, which Buddha prompt. When parents liberating, joyful, then the taste of the new report achievements. Germany should neck that says: "Sub prime form glass ceiling, the achievements to piety". (Parents are liberated, the people who leave the new ceiling fulfill my duty).
 

As Buddhists, remember so his teachings to daily reciting daily for the merit of their ancestors, especially during holidays Vu Lan, a glass minds, Buddha, recite , Lord Buddha, worshiping Jewels way, monks from the offering, to pray the prayer of monks pay for his pre-death escape u super being optimistic map that country. That call was the studious, devout Buddhists are in season tastes newspaper.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/6/2015.