Sermon plants .

 

Fortune cover grass court Bodhisattva (1)

This article please please give me one who has brought a kind heart and his passionate heart to beautify your life!

Grass grows everywhere, under every footstep people grass, grass has a marvelous vitality, flexibility and endurance.

Many people have used every means to herbicides, but days and months, the plants regenerated from the dead, they come back with a new silhouette, youthful. We crept sprout from those rocks, where the vegetable garden, or on the trails cover both brick and so on. Generally, where also our present.

With the presence of trees, I have learned a great sermon and lively.

Sermon "herbs" I learned from life supreme Buddha, learning from elders highly intelligent, from teacher Guru quarter glass.

We see that often grows grass beneath our feet, we exist where a space humble and lowly. It does not match, tree, bush, it does not appreciate such beautiful roses in the garden, plants in pots Bosai. In return, it is best to live close to nature, it is the most liberal. It does not need to water and fertilize, it does not expect wholesale or barter, so what weather sá change, what attention sá care or neglected. Thus, the plants have been vitality to such supple.

Through lectures plants that I know look at ourselves, modify yourself, practice virtue in just myself. Episode rectify the "ego" of his towering, set less demanding cultivate and fertilize life, collective stand with legs "truth" sustainable Buddhism.

In the past I have calculated "ego" heavy. Every few notes or junior guys younger than me, everyone who was being sassy unruly or disobey, my anger plate rises intense, my ego climb a few more steps. Because I want other people to my weight, my reverence, because I'm "adult" that. Long life to the old village, but okay! Many know they have certain faults, but because of ego "forever" so I can not easily identify errors before juniors. Generally my ego is larger than a pure heart. As ego, the more narrowly altruistic, the more acquisitive the nominal, the more lost virtues as honesty and compassion.

And then, many years sitting on the Buddhist schools, the image of Buddha Guru gave me to look back: He have stayed under the tree, hugging each bowl from house to house to receive offerings of the men thousands People, living frugal, restrained to a minimum. And I think, a man with noble origins even so, still have to enjoy yourself as flood with the destitute, to be able to reach people that turn their degrees. He lived in such self prove what his ego is heavily brushed clean, self in his heart infinity, infinite freedom. As for me, bring honor is Tathagata disciples, then what standards to build monuments high drain conceit? Since then, I realized that people respect me or not as they do of themselves heart and minds they come out, but absolutely no one has the right to impose. My kids are not respected by others in their eyes because their elder valuable nothing honorable, or assume they misjudged me. So, despite how they treat away with us, we also need to look at ourselves. And I practice respect collective ego, the peace of the public, whether he is a small member of the "I" of the mass. His ego must be the peace of the public wealth and raised. Mass nonetheless called "virtues we like seafood."

In-discharge relationship with everyone, I still do not know who disdained his fix, not a lifestyle or cultivate food thien.Toi dislike of the evils they have had, but the good ones or hidden inside I can not find them. But in fact, if you open yourselves know episode will see thousands of people have bad thing at least has a certain good. Moreover "parked car wound" of the bad, it is instructive to "carefully" for me, help me "open carry of sight" to avoid similar mistakes in the future.

Through this lesson, I can make my heart lighter before the criticism of how the compliment. They used insults in front or behind me, have made ​​me angry arising hiềm mind, but time healing heart, I turned silently thank them, because they were "enlightened" me I do not know the mind of all negativity! A monk gave me all medications of this center: "Whoever gives his afflictions, do not look him look again center his afflictions "(Ajahn father).

Know learn to know his soul is easily recognized around him have "reverse happy Bodhisattva" Bodhisattvas are pros happy. Net Bodhisattva Dharma always that the people behave so fortunate.

 

Who knows, Lord Bodhisattva Siddhartha grass used Cat Tuong (Kusa) to cover the court sitting before becoming Enlightened. The grass was so young cowherd Svastika name (or Sotthiya) offerings Bodhisattva, with your kindness and glasses. Court normal grass where he underwent root Bodhi vajra is also building lasting and real. Grass court where the Buddha meditating, nobody won the scramble to safety and disengaged over the throne of the kings. And truly he must have been sitting judge is one who transcends this world, the world of mud and darkness, there are many pitfalls of thorns, too much greed and arrogance. Therefore, Buddhism during the Tran, had honored Thich Ton lofty as " Unknown location's foot ". A human foot disregard rank status, money, and not burdensome for ego, no more hate losing. But in return, Chan's degree had a lot of peace and relaxation, with noble and great compassion.

You try sitting on the beach there, sit on earth with this view, have been falling again or not? Can not fall because it was the lowest, most robust and and here is almost the "bodhisattva your intentions then. However, people are saying:" climb high, then fall sick "is the meaning of this so. Sitting under low does not mean kowtowing to bend their knees stooping at how money power metal, or appalled by three guys, "terrorist", that is greed, the anger is ignorance. Sitting at position called "no position", not minister unto position steadiness and comfort, then once he got up itself can launch themselves high into the power of faith Pi Lo, empty endless, self at infinity.

Has anyone ever used the authority and power, or by mỵ incisive discourse language, or the title silver bribe money, fame or adulation couple of tongue in cheek tops. It's called the imperishable core sores tree shining lacquer. This time, it was feared that his majesty that stooping to bend their knees, not made of glass or respect. Who used overwhelming force, they fear, not respect, as if they feared evil tiger in the jungle. That is why we set up except sit low to the ego, it still does not sit high dependence topping market but arrogantly disdainful things.

Learning from the vitality and endurance of trees, we find that the plants are "waiting" people, waiting companion on Buu basis. They brought word of the Buddha from the ancient gold to give to Buddhism fortunate.

In the past I have often tried to learn diligently cultivate desire, to afford sufficient merit to build ashrams, development dharma illustrious directing style, that reinforces the supremacy of Buddhism. This wish, the latter can be so or not yet dare to speak, but now the desire gnawing fatigue that is enough for the moment money mystery. And, after studying the word "normal" I see that watch as eager glory negativity increasingly bustling around, as droppas increasingly separated themselves in their footsteps.

Despite knowing that, ashrams expand Buddhism proving very precious bone, but not so that absent those who quietly serve, simply dedication. He offers this on its own strength. Remember two years ago, people visit a country, on the same day with children playing, to find grass Just as "chicken" ice together, pulling together a walk around the village streets, yet game master bath splashing river, Hyacinth any two ports to small raft underwater lights at night drop. A normal approach and simple, but to benefit immensely: kids in the neighborhood gradually becomes wise sage, no swearing profanity. You live in a neighborhood of this small working poor, adult hardy year-round living, the children are reveling eat tasty candies, cake, or donate a toy, and the happier we warmth, love of adults. Some candy in my bag always ready to "associate" new you, so I gave them "infected" the sweet taste and compassion. If back then, I present the story of a teacher tu majestic stately, deliberate meditation minister, then surely what we children to stay away, "a distance" rather li! Have kids then "breaking out village neighbors" to communicate with them too easily and ! Now they occasionally wrote to visit me there! They sent the letter twice before, but I never once replied to them (only conveyed by phone visit only). Worse than that! Making "trees" are also subject to the new pole!

We learn to live normally like grass, from where the inner normal. It is "normal direct marketing center". Normally that is not trivial, superficial, messy, but it is self-interested exercise, not trying to flaunt appearance to that concealed inside the hollow section, nor try to levels of suffering extreme happiness. Normal is directly interested, is living with his own true self, is living with virtue. Living with virtue through three criteria; " eat real, honest and true " (or more clearly, the teachings of the Buddha: "All bodily from intellectual revelation, all the intellectual work of revelation and all the industrial and intellectual from revelation " ) If we have many talents and many contributions the prestigious reputation it to us, we should still see it as normal, do not let it heavy heart "soldiers". Normal because our rewarding volunteer work, without demand being chant lyrics. Normally as wing swallows skim lakes, ball in the water it does not need to be maintained. People who live "normal" appearance so, are called "extraordinary" in the earthly world.

We try to look nervous heart, we have each status despise people who sweep trash sugar or other occupations earn more money? I despise them or take their own self-contempt? Without them, the space where the "noble person" walking, still place for "great men" live, when everywhere is full of dust, filth and disease. It is true that as people devote a simplicity in the world must also have the courage mutilated people often! So should: Dear gratitude the human hand beauty to this world! Dear gratitude the noble heart, was involved in mud and turbid water world, to bring the so-clean fragrance for life and humanity!

Usually people do good also very "race chen" and brandishing gong drum appearance, named. If Buddhists want to interject that saved the reputation or the fact that trace forged vain training center location! Rewarding work done, so to "landscape mind President". More tolerant heart is spiritual as nominal discharge the illusory image, it can also do much to relax more. " Life is a constant striving, and good results will come with goer " (This sentence Hoanh teacher, who teaches a course in biology class scored 11 gave me when I was learning to master). Vegetation it live so then it reborn in a new shape to its youthful residual lesson of humility and simplicity.

A few words of simple rustic vegetation, and the plate with respect and gratitude, kindly donated fortunate people all over the place. With the desire to create solid faith where thousands hearts and minds of those who silently, the boisterous zeal devoted to mankind is full of green and cool.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC VA THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN PRAYED BUDDHIST MONASTERY AND VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,ADELAIDE AND SYDNEY.19/7/2015.