Tiantai.

Opening nest: Chih University Founder Professor in the 6th century in China.
 Missionary University communications professor to Japan in 9th century
fundamental teaching: Apostolic Lotus Sutra only: All beings are nature Buddha, can enlightenment of Buddha.

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The name is the name Tiantai Mountain Tiantai, where Patriarch enlighten this cardboard occupants. Staff for taking Lotus Sutra should weaken one often called the Lotus cardboard. Cardboard was founded in about the 6th century, spread widely and flourished until about the 14th century new waning, mainly due to the impact of growing so quickly Shinshu at the time. Great Master Chih before ordained that the home they Tran, himself is German An earlier ancestor who Dinh Xuyen area (now in Xuchang, Henan), but he was born in 538 in Huarong, Jingzhou, (now part of Hubei). Since childhood he had faith Buddha. At 17, meet at the Food and failure grit war chaos everywhere, you have to wander here and there. At 18 came before primary at-home European Integration, full 20 years old, ordained. At first dating Gia Thien Tran Van De (560), he came to the mountain Great Plates, Quang Chau (now the Imperial Trans , Henan) as he Hui Tu Tu peaceful school, tu attained Us Triple-soot. Nien first sign Quang Dai Tran Phe De (567), Khuong Ants teach him to meditation, in very bitter Interest in 8 years, preaching Modern Decor and theoretical arguments filed Thursday meditation disciplines, and faculty Lotus Sutra and many other classics. To date 7th Thai Kien Tran Tuyen Empire (575), he entered the Tiantai Mountain ( also called Thien Dai) retreat practice. Until 3rd dating Chi Germany (585), Tran Hau Owner edict committee invite him back King Kien Nhan Khuong teaching experience and some Bat-tastefully other business. The following year (586), Prince Tran to ask ordained with him. In 587, he was in the temple Quang Trach teaching experience Lotus Noble Energy Area, is his disciple initiation records all teaching, writing into Patterns of France shot. Since the Sui Chen was killed, he came in Lushan. By the 11th Hoang Khai dating life Emperor Wen of Sui (591), Tan Vuong Duong Quang (the Emperor Wen of Sui) invited him to Yangzhou to be ordained with him, corrugated board is brand value, there's contemporaries honored him is the value of Grand Master. In 592, he went to Jingzhou build temple Ngoc Tuyen, preached the Lotus suspension means and Ma-ha just shop, shop Peak disciple is also copied into the book circulated. By the 15th date Khai Hoang (595), he left for Tan Vuong Duong Quang Tinh list that compose the business number (no interpreters Duy-ma-hard). The following year (596), his farewell return Tiantai Mountain, the monastery restoration. Sang years later (597), then passed. Over a lifetime he established 36 temples, ordain increase to 14,000 status, legal practitioners have linked 32 people, headed by Mr. Quan Peak. Before working for interpretation of annotations to 29 sets, 151 volumes. Even before deathbed longer interested oral transmission of speech, as well as a treatise by the latter seriously. Not to mention there are so many other books have been attributed to him but did not dare to say, because there is doubt as the later confusion. It was indeed a little taste of this ancient monk there! Tiantai transmitted to Japan in the early 9th century, due to his work Saicho, was honored as person advent Missionary University Professor. In 803, the Great Mission Professor obey the emperor's edict to China to study religion. After returning home, he brought a lot of discussion of Tiantai, then spread the doctrine of this tone in Japan, made ​​in one of the two most powerful sects of Peace era (794-1186). The researchers used the name "Ping An delicate tones" to refer to the two most powerful tone in the era of Peace, which is Tendai and Shingon. Missionary Monk at halftime mountain-descendant (Hiei ) spread the teachings of Tiantai, so that mountain became a famous mountain is known. At that time, both the ref-descendant mountains soon had more than 3,000 temples and amphitheater. And the mountains here are also known as Tiantai rename. He Saicho, Japanese name is Dengyo Daishi, or Saicho, translated into Chinese is Saicho, born in 767 and died in 822. He learned from age 12, as his disciples Gyo Hyo (Action Items) at Temple Kokubunji (National molecules) in OMI (Near Giang), initially under the Zen Mahayana school. He left home when he was 14 years old, ordained at age 19 at Todaiji Temple (East Dai Tu), then to the mountain retreat at halftime-descendant. There he practiced meditation and studied the teachings strictly States cardboard. But soon he was more concerned to Tiantai teachings, and become learned after reading through his writings Chih. The reputation of his erudition spread that the emperor at the time the His proposed formula to China to learn about Buddhism, in order to return the country can establish an appropriate form of Buddhism to Japan. He went to China by sea in 804, traveling with trains with his famous friend Kkai (No customs). To China, he studied with his teacher and studied Zen doctrine Text Tiantai with Mr. Dao Thuy, held the 10th of Tiantai in China. He also learned the Shingon teachings with him Thuan Understanding. All these teachings are not taught as an independent tone in Japan in the era Libra (or Complaint Salary era, ie the period from the year 710 to the year 784). He returned to Japan in 806 and formally established Japanese Tendai. Despite the strong influence of Tiantai teachings, but through his relationship with Shanghai No, he is also very interested in the Shingon. And so, his teaching system tends to blend well. He spent rest of his life to spreading the site acquired his Buddhist studies at halftime-descendant mountains, but also regularly encounter opposition from cardboard were set up before, especially on the reform, which he made ​​when efforts to rationalize some ordain ordained rite of Mahayana. His writings are many, among them more important is the work Shugo kokkaisho (Thu national border protection program, Hokkeshku (the Us from deep) and Kenkai ron (Show presented arguments). Currently, Tiantai in Japan is still flourishing, there is about 6,000 This cardboard temples, with 11,300 monks, laymen practicing 900,000 home and more than a million devotees frequenting of salutation. Tong also the social charitable activities significantly as construction schools, health diagnostics for the poor and orphans pensions, elderly, people with disabilities ...

THEORY

A. All living beings have Buddha-nature available: Tiantai based on the teachings of the Lotus Sutra which developed the principle of "all sentient beings have Buddha-nature." For availability Buddha-nature, so all beings are capable of enlightenment the Buddha, whether as worms, ants, until humans, gods, spirits ... are no differences in the nature of this . When you realize that all beings have Buddha-nature available, are going to Buddha, the practice would have been a real awareness of equality for all creatures, of all things. And that is the first facility to help people practice may abolish all discrimination in the way of further propagation material, which is the most important cause of the commercial development, hate, resentment, ignorance love ... But the same availability Buddha nature, but by countless foreign sensual charm, so all beings are propelled into samsara, karma life the various consulates, born to life in scenes different world ... But even with all the differences that, despite countless lifetimes immersed in samsara, the Buddha nature available there is never possible loss or other change. Just beings temporary realize that, back toward rid of all karmic sense objects can then instantly be able to manifest their Buddha nature, can reach the realm of liberation ultimately not What other Buddhas. B. Three thousand legal world in one concept: Catechism Tiantai whole universe divided into ten planes, called Cross Gender. In the world there are four realms Cross belongs to the saint is Buddhahood, Bodhisattva, Pratyekabuddha gender and Qing literati; 6 belong mortal realm is paradise, the world, Asura gender, gender hell, hungry ghosts and animals presented world. Ten planes again expression into three five warm earth is the earth, the earth beings and the worldly retribution country. All three forms of this world exist simultaneously and mutually dominate each other. Each one of them born in mind are enough ten realms, each realm again with other planes into the hundreds France, and are available in three types of the world, should turn out a total of three thousand French border. Three thousand-world is enough in one mind, so the enlightenment nor out his mind. A true concept of the foot as, naturally manifest Buddha nature, revealing all three thousand French border. A deluded concept obscured the Buddha nature, although there are enough three thousand French border without identification, propelled only under karmic sense objects have thousands of suffering in samsara place. So, even Buddha or they are also born from an idea that success. When anesthesia ie beings, ie when enlightened Buddha. Buddha and sentient beings which are not two, not others, just by a different conception of love encounter. Like the water at one time or churn quiet capital has not changed the nature of water, differing only in strong wind weather or quiet well alone. But even strong winds do churn, the other waves will not depart from the country. Just when the wind died down, the sun still another wave itself lost, revealing the nature of water. So even deluded beings nor destroyed Buddha nature. Just know practice awaken, shake off the karmic sense objects naturally manifest Buddha Nature, wiping delusion. Hence, Buddha and sentient beings who do not leave each other, just like two sides of a sheet of paper. If rejected beings that need to be accomplished Buddhahood, which is the hope for the crazy, never have been. Just return to the concept of self-interested one, hold true, you can see all three thousand French border.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN PRAYED BUDDHIST NUN MONASTERY.THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN PRAYED BUDDHIST NUN GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,NEWCASTLE,SYDNEY.19/8/2015.