Understanding Dharma through "Example The Raft" and "finger pointing to the moon".

 

When Buddha sermon,  he used metaphor, by the last things only specific to underground Buddhism, or use natural scenery, the common phenomena in life ... to speak to some certain aspects of Buddhism, thereby making the listener easily break out of religion. Doing Business In vajra and his staff used two picture sense "EXAMPLE raft" (tycoon example) and "finger pointing to the moon" (Quarter only) for no purpose.

 

Understanding the Dharma THROUGH

" EXAMPLE raft "AND" finger pointing to the moon "

 

When Buddha sermon, he used metaphor, by the last things only specific to underground Buddhism, or the natural scenery, the common phenomena in life ... to speak to some certain aspects of Buddhism, thereby making the listener easily break out of religion. Doing Business In vajra and his staff used two picture sense "EXAMPLE raft" (tycoon example) and "finger pointing to the moon" (Quarter only) for no purpose.

Through 20 Bodhisattva (as they Manjushri, Samantabhadra etc ..) in order asks the class to practice the biblical teachings Park, Buddha preached the wisdom not uncivil, ie manipulate the mind Property for reasons not shop the shop the super Vietnamese truth take beings escape the ego and compliance measures. For Business Users sense, the purpose is just the awareness fullness, the specific nature of steady running, complete fullness that the Lord Tathagata was enlightened. That awareness is the Heart Truth, the sight of the beings. Do hydro far from invisible sensory nature park (also known as foot emptiness, buddha nature, the legal world, nirvana, bodhi etc.) But still constant, pure, but by beings are ignorant membrane should not yet realizing the primordial view available items in themselves. Therefore, Buddha is focused on breaking realization maze appears, the evil appears out right, to gradually reach a middle seat champions-elect, recognize the true dharmas minister, now the truth will naturally revealing. Therefore, often Tathagata teaches : "Bhikkhus should know: my teachings as well as the boats take people across the river, the place he should not accept the teachings office, office accepted the Dharma was not much more illegal " (Diamond ^{Sutra) ( 1)} , and Vien Giac Kinh also emphasized: " All of the Tathagata Kinh teachers are like fingers pointing to the moon "( moon sleep for members of truth) . "  ^{( 2 )}

For the "finger pointing to the moon" (periods only), "finger" example to the teachings of the Buddha, "moon" the only possible truth. The purpose of using "finger" only "moon" is advised not to accept that being finger is the moon, or bigotry of his teaching is the truth, but to realizing the truth that . And in "example raft", the Buddha advised to make a raft to cross the river, but once through to the other side and then have to leave it. Here the picture is meant to be a raft Buddhism, it means on the steps used in the practice in order to reach nirvana, but you have to arrive before then whether it is dharma go too must discharge this bo.Vi All his teachings are also just a raft, we should not be attached to it. Photos raft is Doing A great advantage the contingent investigation (centrally Agama) clearly teaches:

"Where the profound mountain river, no boat, bridge. Some people want from one bank to the other side, they had to raft through, to where then immediately thought this: This is useful raft with me, can not let it stay here, so bring it in. The disciples how? Doing so does not benefit?

The bhikkhu replied no avail.

Buddha asked, while he's still in the river, or close to shore, the raft how to lie to them?

-Very Handy.

Buddha: also like ... The disciples knew that Tathagata Dharma often metaphors that can leave alone illegal? ^{" ( 3 )}

 "France," just rules, Dhamma ... As the teachings of the Buddha called the Dharma, or the Dharma teachings. Cai permanent immutable truth is also called France, the purpose of his teachings are to uphold this truth. FRANCE is defined as " taking maintenance nature, animals born prize fund . " " nature took prime responsibility "is maintenance nature to not change, that only the existing nature of all law; " creatures prize fund "was just what nature is capable of doing normative for everyone based on that explains everything. But if that all things have a fixed entity also caught in "legal compliance". So Hsien Yang said church teachings by transformers argument accepted accounting department where false mind, accept the existence of instant measures fall into two things crazy delusions, which can be deluded by that law students tri block basis, fascinates its wrong place also become entangled in human afflictions such chuong.Vi is due five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, and consciousness), author of, should know it is fake bogus, yet unrecognizable so, that with tri block basis. From there, for it was born craving, defilement also entangled in karma. Once enlightened and aware of only five aggregates fake, bogus fails, this time craving will not start up. Therefore, we can say that due to the new mortgage law has ego; due to new facilities negativity tri stumbling block.

Item ordinary, not gain wisdom by outflows, shuns reality has taken the dung that accept difference phenomenon should get stuck within the very useful details, Secretary, born kill etc .. (delusions about interpretations). Conversely, understanding the measures are conditioned by birth, because of the interdependence should not, because the interdependence should count not causally where birth, endorsed by conditions that kill. The capacitor is born causally it insubstantial and no self minister. It is illusory, like fake magician turns out the animals, it is "as illusory ie not" ,, "not have that", so Business vajras all things in the world are as illusory unreal , such as vanity, it is only one pretending that no entity (legal compounded Circuit set, and illusory image cells, such as the classic route deaf, improvising as marketing shop)  ^{( 5 )} .

The minister has no fixed method, the true form of it is just not true illusory minister, should the Buddha taught: " France confusing at first with that Buddha should select it, only the Buddha and Buddha can comprehend extreme Minister leg truth of "(Sutra) ^{( 6 )}

From here can understand the deep meaning of "true minister": 1.THAT ANONYMOUS GENERAL MINISTER: is not there a wall because it shuns all falsehoods minister; General Vo 2.THAT REAL MINISTER: Although General won countless generals but also from this author that the minister; 3. General won RADIO REAL MINISTER MINISTER: Minister but shuns real meaning all but the minister if it is not, but contains all that nature has passed away, so "vacuum" without hindrance "magic organic "," outstanding property "no obstacle" vacuum ". If talking about the "have" outstanding property is not available; If talking about the "no", the vacuum is not zero; once away from all generals have been all legal news.

It was also minister called a vacuum, because it leaves all falsehoods minister. Vacuum is "no flowers spotted capital, so it has no birth flower flower spots or specks that kill" (The wealth of flowers, herons pilot launch ^{attempt). ( 7 )} The vacuum is the essence of all things, it is not may change, up or down, but not without the right artifacts artifacts, vacuum line for places, which enlightens the measures are equal, in which infection-Net, as it remains unchanged, as does the such as foot, barefoot. Organic vacuum is outstanding, outstanding property is also a vacuum, such vacuum. Again, as the invariant vacuum that depending coast, creating variable depending but truthfulness as legal but still no change under. For example, water turns into waves but its nature is still wet. Understand that, whether living cosmos constantly being destroyed killing, bare landscape have changed any way, one must also recognize the "moon foot as" must "pass to the other side" . For this to all activities not leave the direction of wisdom, have this new telecommunications center, very afraid of liberation, freeing the suffering of birth and death. Root of samsara is ignorance of craving, then born ego, legal compliance. Government should live so need to "shop not intellectual," "sensory park position". This is the practice of a rooftop restaurant location. For us the lower row, the practice started from paragraph negativity, then keep clean end to the annoying habits of negativity but nao.Tap gas is not negativity but it is the seed (seed ) also is implicit in "stealth mode plots" and from there to cause suffering so much negativity. Therefore, the first to practice closing stages to move human afflictions holy city, after closing its seed cleaning, this new real time "step up" the realm of Buddha.

In summary, using two metaphors  " EXAMPLE raft "  (the Diamond sutra) and  "finger pointing to the moon"  (biblical Vien Giac) spoke on the purpose of the Buddha is the wish for all beings Dharma insight honestly ultimately, for any law (whether it is good or evil legal measures) should not be obstinate, who, because they are all conditioned by where being charming glass that kill, all all things in this world are as illusory unreal there. It minister is "emptiness", the "leg like", the use of the foot as it appears depending but all phenomena appear. Understanding the nature of things is not the one nor the other, it separates all generals, all attachments which distinguish false mind. He can count presidents calm nature, not increase not decrease, not dirty uninfected. Talking about happiness, this is the most peaceful place, the happiest. Referring to freedom, this is the most liberal place, while it is also beyond all appearances quotations. So we do not duplicate efforts practice, shifting under "raft", "finger" to stop unless enchanted, to purify the body and mind to be president, in order, an lac liberation, attainment of Nibbana.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.