Tu Mind and Thought.

 

 this talk, the word "tu" is used to refer to the issue of practice of all the followers of Buddhism, Buddhists called, despite refuge or no, in or ordained. The word "tu", according to the world often use, is to append the word as: repair, maintenance will, amended, revised, cultivate, cultivate, cultivate, repair, mend, prisoners merit, cultivation of virtue, and that is "correct", such as: repair, modification, repair themselves, correction, retouching, prepared, generally "remodeling".

 

 

Within the scope of Buddhism, we will address the issue of practice in two parts, namely: "tu tu minister and mind". We try to find out: What is Thought? Tu mind about? Why should religious minister? Why must cultivate the mind?

 

1) What is Thought? Why should religious minister?

 We know that people born in this world has different forms, those great small man, lanky man who less sporadic, skinny fat guys. Persons with clever forms, languid slow guys who have wealth form the radio, the poor ugly. This does need to be discussed so much. We need to mention that "the Minister" of people in four movements: walking, standing, lying, sitting. In other words, there are four postures of religious persons in circumstances that daily treatment. It is difficult to accept a religious dress oblique shock, speak gross, joke noisy, dancing feet dancing hand, rolled her eyes puff bring.

 

Ideology means we try to preserve the outside appearance, dressed up for solemn, dignified. Laypeople often follow the ritual, culture, customs and habits of the society in order to preserve external appearances, to the social relations of civilized, polite, nice, respectful, hard and hierarchical lines. Home person must follow rules to maintain posture unfortunate fact, create impressive devotion and good for everyone around. General practice is therefore very necessary for people who want to practice the Buddha, whether at home or renunciation.

Tu Nguyen also mean the practice of employment can be seen, through external forms, such as: go to temples, Buddha, refuge, ordained, Bai continental, chanting, Buddha, sitting meditation, charity, donations, bell, create objects, building temples, Dhamma books, generally means creating merit, also called religious blessing, that any Buddhists always do.

2) Apart from the religious minister, a Buddhist monk to remember the next important thing, which is to cultivate the mind. Talk to enough of: cultivation of virtue. Tu mind about? Why must cultivate the mind?

We often lament, as well as many others heard lament that: "life back home so much!" . Why is that? The reason life that many people suffering because often torment myself and torment others. Homemade human suffering and torment yourself other people, by the mind: greed, hatred and delusion.

 

Because greedy mind, people often want to have a high door wide, much money, no money like water dripping money, fame illustrious, so do not give up any chance to gain the That dream, despite reason, defying tricks, despite suffering to others, through actions, words, or thoughts-my-neighbor, slander slandered, recoilless hui delinquent.

Because of anger, people often cling these nasty incidents, other people always remember what his indisposed, the feud unforgettable live to dead carry, does not ignore his words are not pleasant though accidentally or deliberately, engraved hurt the other person much less honor, pride or his property.

Because of the deluded mind, people often create as many evil deeds, now plaintive, now without knowing evil, believe many things superstition, bigotry these outdated traditions, unjust, demanding irrational, excessive, selfish, follow these precepts, commandments, laws irrational, inhumane and cruel.

That's why, want carefree life, peace and happiness, not hard on themselves and not cause suffering to the people, we must practice the mind, or the cultivation of virtue. Want gradually rid greedy mind, we should uphold the precepts, practicing generosity, frugal collective motto. Knowing what is enough, life will ease our suffering so much greed the dominant center. Want to get rid of your anger gradually, we should meditate, practice compassion, love people, like his injury. Sympathetic others, our lives will be much less painful dominated by anger. Want to sweep down the deluded mind, we should cultivate wisdom, act happy petal, where judgment is causal, not regret the past, know what is right and wrong. Know skip unnecessary things, our lives will be much less painful dominated by the deluded mind.

Those who practice diligently cultivating the mind, whether by any sectarianism, practiced any public practice, according Dhamma, having tasted the legal status or legal real joy, real browser or meditation, ie subtle sweetness, and pure joy due to the practice of dharma brings, that religious people are achieving the benefits, such as: mind growing brighter, more peaceful, more pure, less anxiety than, less disturbing than, day delicious edible, dark bedrooms are quiet, peaceful life increasingly happier, better people to affection, looking at life with the eyes of compassion, sympathetic joy with discharge, should face always fun, intimacy and harmony with everyone around us, look with the eyes of the intellectual life, comprehended the law of causality, understand impermanence, life should not blame people for evil face of adversity , or when having these nasty incidents. That's good results of the practice according Dharma. Therefore, tu tu center synonymous with wisdom, or religious hue.

Kamma biblical Cross Path, the Buddha taught:

From the stately center, for beings, the brain damage does not start.
Compassion dignified, injured all beings, often loathed.
Mind solemn joy, find people practicing hospitality, not hostility hate mind.
Mind discharge dignified, the reversible scene, angry heart not injured.

Patriarchs have taught: Cabinet to spend the anniversary engraving. Foreign missionary faith any detailed paintings.

Ie: Inside diligence allelopathic the mind whirring mess, elaborately practice that is called compassion. Outside always appointed undisputed, practice of the religious virtues, that is part of the foot tu tu minister really learn.

Aims to make the practice easier mind, we need to know the following verse to apply in real life everyday:

Sharp eyes and see it.
Tai hear not listen then.
impassive lightheadedness heart.
Gently walked off from damnation.

Tomorrow everyone is dead.
Today no controversy.
Muon is not forever.
Try to keep a pure mind.

Buddhist mindfulness or meditation.
Remember words To teach.
Circuit not to argue.
Try to keep a pure mind.

Please study the soil well.
Get under the earth.
Thom tho and stinking.
It turned into a fresh flower.

Who gave birth bullet name.
Critique and libel.
The cultivation of virtue.
It turned into a fresh flower.

Swallow the school.
Photo bass fishery welding.
Swallow countless monuments spending reviews.
Shui wealth chi center image retention.

 

In everyday life, to keep a constant calm mind, we see sharp eye and then only, not stored any images though love or hate, ears to hear and hear not, not kept any sound or jarring though mellow. We should study the behavior of the land, even to endure verbal praise or criticism donate defamation of the workers, who know religious center turned into fresh flowers, adorn the spiritual life of piety day more and more diligent.

 

Like the swallows overhead, silhouetted under cold water while flying over the river, but when flying swallows silhouette disappearance, no longer local. Why is that? Because I have no intention tern saved traces, and cold water flows not mind keeping the image of the other swallows.

Such practice is, our hearts will calm, gentle, carefree, birth and death damnation scene will soon pass, pure nirvana soon be realized.

We all know life is impermanent, this morning was lost, now says another tomorrow, all the nothing is eternal, immutable, not changing, so we appointed uncontested, no wonder However, as not frustrating, to see someone who is relatively assured, from good to bad, or vice versa, from bad to good.

3) However, there are only negative case tu tu minister does not know about, or vice versa, just know tu tu minister unaware center. Who had been the general practice, do not pay attention to cultivating the mind, does not know learn the Dhamma, clinging form of ritual, Lord Buddha with the name of the center, like the reverent, walking focuses excessively, even to look like robots, or who has recovered, or focus more on the physical part outside, which is inclined to the general part, unknown to observe and inner transformation, do not know how to apply methods use.

There are men who only take care of cultivation minister attentively the works of merit, or only known temple do work for blessing, not learning doctrine membrane to cultivate the mind. So therefore, the only care of cultivation minister had just entered the temple gates, do not step in to stop religion, outside appearances it looks different, but the mind remains intact negativity ago, this community also add new afflictions of the religious minister: often cling personal prejudices, arguing non-market, shuffling insecurity.

Here we do not mention the worst case of the false ideology to cheat people, painting won fame, seeking avaricious, taking advantage of the world faiths.

Westerners have a saying: "The robe does not create the religious" (ne fait pas le L'habit Moine). Collar workers also have a saying: "covers any knowledge Tri tri human mind", that is: to know people, know the face only, see form outside, no place inside the mind knows.

Actually, in scripture that says: "The reason the dung", meaning that people should have strong theory, doctrine smoothly, and must pay attention to the issue, that is ideological and religious center of the time, but religious knowledge or blessing. Being so, one is sure to step in to stop religion, peace in the sea of the Buddhas, liberated from negativity and suffering.

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T hugged back we can hardly comment was different human character how through external appearances. Therefore, in matters religious center, where someone initiates the self he knows, or should know more practitioners. Books have a saying: "He who eats flourish, who from now certified," meaning it was the same. Simply comment: What practitioners increasingly feel more peaceful, more disturbing diminishing, then that person is practicing the Dhamma properly, there is progress. By such person as practitioners increasingly seen more disturbing, it should review its practice methods.

Patriarchs often recommend "counter autism opinion", meaning that we should take care of the general practitioner and take care of cultivating the mind, illuminating the mind of his own, namely to fend for themselves religious, do not let reviews eyeing other people around practice how to talk us out for criticism chaotic non-market, right and wrong, must be wrong.

Books have a saying: "Being formless mind, Minister Spare your mind," "Friends heartless minister, General Parts Removal Centre".

Ie: Someone although formless good, not excellent minister, but develop compassion petal, practice gradually, someday external appearance more dignified, more gentle face, trunk purity and mind, everyone who sees also being much more sympathetic, more affection.

Conversely, there are people outside but beautiful appearance of luxury, but intentions greed, hatred, ignorance, cruelty, shifty, long before the beauty of annihilation, no longer, deeper strokes Road coverage gradually over time faces, everyone can find easily.

The Diamond sutra, the Buddha taught:

"Separated Nhut necessarily real generals generals marketing list".

Means: On the way elaborately practice, if there is no heart obstinate, clinging mind, know forsake all external appearances, including the practice clinging, sectarian, we will be enlightened carried minister, that is the center of the net that all beings share the same, no different. In other words, do not accept the Prime Minister, we will achieve the fullness of religious interest.

 

Who had been cultivating the mind, not paying attention to ideology, not know to learn the ritual, not the practice of prostration, not to go to the temple, just focus on the study of the classics, inclined to the theoretical part, unknown practical applications, how often think about is important tu, tu center is just enough, the appearance anyway, dress, walk, talk of how well directed duoc.Giao Buddha magic in that: actively helping people transform suffering into disturbing peace and happiness, transformed into a contaminated mind pure heart, metabolic byproducts supreme continuous particle Career Enlightenment, ie is a Buddha. It all depends on our mind creates.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.5/6/2015.