Earth - water - fire - wind, collectively, the four, more or less, it certainly does not Buddhist practitioners said four elements. Our problem today is not to discuss these elements that refer to the characteristics of the four components.
Each type has its unique characteristics and appearance to the Buddha's sons we follow that practice. Within the scope of this article, we talked about the characteristics of the earth, or in other words the collective cultivation of the land in accordance with unfortunate streak.
Ministry Milinda panha - Milindapanha record, he told King Milinda Nagasena that the earth has five properties worth practitioners maintain life [1]. In this noble nature worth to us to learn and apply in my practice life.
First, the land is like when someone is scattered objects are preferred or not preferred as camphor, tagara wood, incense, saffron, etc ... As are scattered bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, grease, saliva, nasal secretions, water in the joints, urine, feces, etc ... it was like that was. Although it poured and spread onto land clean things like flowers, fragrance, fragrant milk; or people poured onto land unclean things, like stinking feces, urine and blood; or even who would spit on the ground, the earth also receive all these things factly, not fun, joy nor disgust, shame, there is no resistance or opposition, iota nor have the consequences entangled in these things.
Living in life who also encountered many problems in life. Street life is not always smooth, not always the red carpet for us to walk. Sometimes in life we encounter many obstacles, is tough and challenging. There are times when we are many who welcome, praise and support but there are times when we are many people hate, derision and find every way to harm. Therefore, if you do not have enough stamina and lack of energy, it is difficult to survive and develop, difficult to withstand the storms of life. We must learn to cultivating soil, must set to endure, to make himself master of the small things in daily life, and then gradually form habits endure, said master before any merit criticism , proud of living flesh. Eight winds of life [2] always lurking blow rushed into our face if we do not give in and could be easily thrown and even gone with the wind.
Great king, similar medicine such earnest meditators who practice in every case of the preferred or not preferred as to have the benefit and not the benefit, the reputation and no reputation, the blame and praise, happiness and suffering of the world should be like that.
Gain or loss, praise and criticism ... just something temporary, impermanent, and then going away, but because of his ignorance was referring to not recognize what is true, what is false. So keep on as members of the super friendly virtual attendant to follow the game and partakers feet to endless reincarnation. Long ago, there was a gambler goes to the Buddha to ask direct, Buddha asked him:
- Brahmin, he was living by what?
- By gambling career, sir.
- So who wins, he or the other?
- When the child wins, sometimes the other person wins.
- Brahmin, the victory of others is a trivial task, winning like that may benefit whatsoever. But who wins and sensual self win myself, then how beneficial win more, no one can beat him. [3]
As rock-solid,
Not yet wind stirs,
Also, between praise,
The position does not fluctuate. [4]
Practice as land, land that follow the practice, do not let the filth taint your mind and do not let the flashy colored lights obscuring the Buddha's wisdom. It is the first characteristic that we must practice the characteristics of the earth.
Second, the land away from the makeup, jewelry, and is covered by its own scent, similar care so passionate yogi should shun the practice of jewelry, should cover gender aroma his own happiness.
The other said: "beautiful as silk, fine rice for distribution." Xin said, with Buddhism, the external beauty of a person no matter what is worth to mention. Beautiful shape, beauty and charming but not a virtue, to behave in immoral ways they have nice size whatsoever is just a thug and nothing more.
This success made of bone,
Scan bowl with blood meat,
Here old and die,
Maggie, contains deceptive.
King Car also pretty old,
This body will then old.
France ranks facilities old.
So even good grades
Speaking up for good grades. [5]
Jewelry with expensive jewelry, brand name clothes spend full price ratio, luxurious ride the trend of many people with a whole block. Their money is the only shopping fleeting material could not have been the jewels of the wise. The person would not even mind wearing the frivolous items that they only incense jewelry of morality.
Perfume fragrant flowers
Not against the wind
But the fragrance of virtuous person
Conversely wind pervades
Only foot's Career
Radiating all directions.
United sheep-herd, old-la,
Lotus, dancer quarter.
Among the floral notes that,
About taste is unsurpassed. [6]
The scent of virtue need not spend money, spend money to buy or to the adoration outside the shop to order as the famous brand. Those who cultivate a mature precept surely he is free on the shirt of morality. Moreover, the Buddha has taught about two ways to make people become beautiful, that is, who wants to better themselves should have two this method, it is the patience (khanti) with all the adversity and onions seemly behavior - gentleness (soracca) during the processing of [7].
Wearing ornaments can be dangerous to life, its hard to guard and one more thing that you will lose it; but if there is a virtue, we will not lose it and I'll bring it after themselves corrupt public network, will be useful even for himself in many other journey. Land senseless but said retaining its own scent, people claiming to be the most intelligent species, please try to be as wise people, trying to keep the world in order to make luggage, jewelry for yourself.
Third, land with no gaps, no cracks, no holes, thick, thick, is spread, similar medicine such earnest meditators who practice gender should have no gaps, no piece pool, no cracks, no holes, thick, thick, is spread.
Buddhist practitioners love to his conduct as a woman during a beautiful young often their beauty, not for a certain impurities. And each day the world should consider their get round or square, for adolescents who often look in the mirror to see if acne is not. Have to rethink their own virtue, if any place was spotless, need surgery, they must find the cure. Buddhist students always tried to keep his conduct to clean, would rather die than let minor offenders.
The laity should maintain life in the world to be sure, those who commit themselves in this world are digging out lost their good roots, leaving the original lose the good, and then dig holes to bury themselves deep into the root of misfortune , cling, cling to existence of birth and death, never escape from this world of pain. So, we should try not to commit such evil karma, must try to maintain life gender study. In ancient times, there are five hundred laymen complained that it was difficult to keep the world round the year, because each person has one or bisexual does not hold. Listen to the story, the Buddha taught that gender is not less important than gender. All instructions are hard to keep, but to hold it fully before being freed.
Killing anyone in the world,
Lie not true,
In life, not to take,
Return with his wife.
Drink men, cooking wine,
People live so passionate,
Main right in this life,
Self digging their origin. [8]
Story predecessor had noted that people generally ship barber goes to a holy disciple of Kassapa Buddha. He was advised that his wife must care practitioners carefully Saints. Out to sea, the ship sank. Two people with broken planks should be limitless pool. Here, he began to eat bird food and offerings layman; but he did not eat, only three security kindness thoughts. From center, bar royal residence on the island of transforming itself into a boat and sea gods boat captain brought back Jambudipa layman. The barber wanted to follow but was rejected because he was saying that without merit. So he would like to share all his merit is so long established, moral guy so long kept the layman. Then he was invited aboard. Back to Baranasi, sea god himself used his powers turns out many assets for both humans and taught: "Be wise close to the location. If the barber is not close to the layman, he was dead middle of the sea. "[9]
About's inventory of each of us in the journey of reincarnation. No morality is seen as self-clean we lose our heritage and must be miserable in the future. Please remember this story as an example, people with high moral bar, loved his conduct, petty crime oil does not do, that new traders who know her really. People with high sound morality, because morality was brought to the place happily, also likened boats take people through the sea of suffering. Thanks to the moral high bar that people avoid sin as well as the globe thanks to support people.
Fourth, land effortless while supporting villages, towns, cities, country, trees, mountains, rivers, lakes, wildlife, birds, people, men, women, exercise , similar medicine such passionate yogi practice is not tired of preaching the Dhamma, while the Catholic world, while instructive, while explaining, while teaching, while awake, while encouraging, while creating excitement.
Land has support for plants, flowers, earth as fulcrum for human life and animals. Without the support of the earth, life could not exist on this earth. Learning in support of ground almond, we must strive to perfect ourselves, first of all to independence and continue to prop physically and mentally to another person, the closest are loved ones around you. Support here is also help, assistance. Do people live in society, we can not live heartless, selfish lives but to know centripetal consider others, seeking to help others in their abilities, bring others joy joy, happiness being. If it can not bring others joy, not help, do not make people suffer and do not harm.
To that person so must this earth, have the courage to firmly withstand all difficulties and obstacles in life as well as in religion, and the right for us as the path on which the difficulty of the case to roll back and forth as well as large and small vehicles, light and heavy on the road but the road did not upset anything.
Apart from issues of personal practice, here also want to mention the mentality of a messenger Tathagata, the Tathagata Dharma brought preach to people. Missionary work is not just the sole responsibility of the monks but also the duty of all of us Buddhists. Buddha encouraged his disciples on the road itself, commitment to propagate the Dhamma immortal beings equal to Ordinance Hoang Duong is holy and noble: "Hey monk, please take steps travelers operating for the benefit of many people, for peace of many people, because of the mercy earth, because evolution, the benefits, the joy of gods and humanity, do not go two people sharing (sugar) . This Bhikkhu, be perfect teachings preached at the beginning, in the middle perfection, and perfection at the end, significant achievements, achievements in writing, explaining the holy purity one way full and complete ". [10]
Accept mission missionary teachers, missionaries to carry the ideals committed to the Dhamma. Footsteps traveled here and there to bring the Dharma to many people not always red carpet procession invited but also very difficult time. But the ideal tirelessly, bringing joy to legal immortal people will be motivated to help the messenger perform their tasks.
Commentaries recorded that day-she-toxic level he went to Bhagavan audience twice but he had no problem with the Buddha religion. It is said that the reason he did not dare ask for too dear little Buddha. He thinks that the Buddha is a Buddha is a noble and graceful prince. The reason Bhagavan preach to anyone because he thought it was his benefactor. If now to preach to us, he will labored more tired. For that reason, he did not dare to question religion with Buddha. When he sat down, the Buddha thought: "This fake head patronize us when we do not need to patronize. I spent four aeons period and hundreds of thousands of lives to achieve attainment. Full of jewelry worn hair was cut off, his eyes had to throw away, a heart of flesh and blood have also eradicated. My son, my wife's life as their relatives, have also abandoned, just to bring the Dharma to living beings. People patronize us when we do not need to patronize "[11]. That is the example of Bhagavan, the master of all gods and humanity, we need to follow to make the guideline for the birth aspirant morality of the messenger as hybrids. Buddhist Monastery see the Buddha and Buddha wanted to see, they must act according to Buddhist teachings.
Puñña venerable Catholic life over words presented Buddha and asked to return to his hometown in Sunaparanta to preaching. Bhagavan new saith
- Tathagata knows that most people Sunaparanta origin live up to the fanatical sect, their nature is still wild. Harsh, violent, cruel as their temperaments. So if they are abusive, defamatory, taunted him, then he should do? There stand it?
- You instead, rather benign, this puñña! Complete serenity with this order, he could live in the land of Sunaparanta. Puñña Hey, now he just does what he thinks is right time. [12]
The example of Bhagavan, examples of Gods there, what we hesitate not dare to sacrifice for the ideal engagement with religion. Be ready, be zealous tirelessly for Dharma, for the cause propagate Dharma to all beings are imbued with Buddhist teachings.
And fifth, land entitlement escape or hate, similar medicine such earnest meditators who practice alive with similar mind as Earth, is being released from the pampered and hate .
Immerse myself in the flow of worldly beings should always be miserable and feel deprived of everything. For Buddhists, to try to break out of the ordinary secular line, crossing the river from craving to be able to escape the pleasure and pain, joy anger of the world. The reason we are suffering because we are not able to untie himself. Visakha often rely niece named Datta, brethren care while she was away. Datta died shortly after.
Visakha cremated corpse finished granddaughter, too sad she went to pay homage to the Buddha and sat back side. Buddha asked:
- Visakha! Is there anything you sitting here full of sadness, tears crying?
Ai attachment, the shackles of fear.
The heart like nowhere
What bondage dungeon forever locked? [13]
Practice as land, though beings on earth have, how they hate or pamper land is still land, without resentment or interest. Do not let the mind run in the normal emotional. Let's follow the example of Lord Bodhisattva Kundaka [14] in precursor story follows:
One time, the bodhisattva born in a wealthy family in Kasi. His name Kundaka. After his parents died, Kundaka generosity of all assets inherited and up mountain Hy-Greek stocks to asceticism. At another, he went down the mountain, countless lives in royal park, and is the general post-treatment. One day, King Kalabu in Baranasi excursions in the royal park concubines and concubines. At King no drunk and asleep, and travel around the supply frequency. When he woke up to find that she was listening and ascetic theory of moral endurance. He ordered the endurance test of the Taoist nature by barbed whip whipped him two thousand and dismemberment, according to the breadth of his nose. Taoist execution is finished, the king left. Listen to the military intelligence, the general went to bandage injuries to officers and directors do not anger anyone but the king. The hermit not only does she resent but also read shelves king wished a long life longevity and not anger anyone.
Above are five characteristics of good earth for all of us together to learn and practice the. Hopefully go anywhere, meet any circumstances, be of good practice to cultivating the land. Life can be, land in or waves, please remember that we can not leave this earth. So when experiencing adversity obstacle please try to set his feet looking down to remember the characteristics of the earth and to awaken ourselves.HET=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/11/2015.
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