compassion and patience.
Today Mr. Buu Tho people you invite us to attend an ethics location Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and declaration of the temple bell, so I will lecture on the subject of Germany compassion and forbearance. Because statue Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes compassion in religion Phat.Tu compassion and patience are two essential dark practices of Buddhists as well as home people. Compassion is the original fun, sufferings. The compassion was injured all beings equally. Because injured people should bring all the thoughts in my power to make people be happy, all suffering, so-called ban fun, sufferings.
In life, one does not have pain, or more or less alone. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas injured'd give us all suffering so he taught us to cultivate. So compassion is the essential virtues of Buddhism. Next is patience. By having compassion without patience, never done compassion. Patience was always on the side of compassion, not individually, so I generally preach compassion and patience.
In the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha has taught, ie wants to enter the Tathagata must have compassion, want wear Tathagata immediately to bite. In summary, wanted to Buddhism, Buddha dressed to cultivate compassion and forbearance. Without compassion, no patience, no access to the Buddha, the Buddha is wearing. Should Buddhists lack of compassion is not a Buddhist. These are issues you need to understand Buddhists.
Speaking compassionate sense sufferings and fun, you Buddhists feel confusing. To close and easier to understand, I can say compassion is love for people and not for themselves. We all have love, but love for her more as people. For example, we go late car or boat late, there is a nice person invited to the house to drink water, eat to wait until the boat trip, ride later. They behaved very well, so we tell them so cute. Because they are good to me, so I say cute. If he is bad with me, I do not hurt. So to show our love go hand in hand with self. Love was not called compassion. How Often we see people begrime, ugly, not respectful, hungry but still injured. We give a bowl of rice, bread, though they do not thank but we still have fun. It is the love of compassion, seeing his suffering people injured, his help without reward.
As Buddhists said study Buddhism, Buddhist practitioners should practice compassion extended. You who suffer, who hunger, we hurt, not because of ego, not waiting for someone to help her, her new back injury. It is the love of compassion. And because I shall not be merciful. It should be understood thoroughly, nor injured people, injured another person and for that compassion is impossible. By compassion so important to the Buddhist religion to set foot in extending mercy everyone. It is the collective compassion. Having compassion then we can proceed tu be. And no compassion, no progress could we be on the path.
Why compassion must be coupled with patience? As on earth pious son, parenthood but poor family circumstances do not have enough to eat. Now director of a firm hired, the enterprise he hoppers, were rebuked many things, touch to narcissism. But for parenthood should still suffer shortages, patient do have money to feed their parents. Therefore to hide the ring, misery, humiliation and not dare give up.
So we love to help with endurance, patience. It's called patience. If we are not experiencing parenthood when scolded scene, silver contempt immediately left sarcophagi, need something to do, this place is not for another. But because of parenthood so endure any inconvenience, insult. It is because of love that have patience.
One more example, as the women met violent husbands, but had together two, three children. The husband can not bear violence is supposed to be divorced, but because love you, fear not enough children helpless parents, education etc ... Trade human downfall that endure her husband's violence. So also for the love that endured. Where previously loyal daughter, because parenthood that deserve all the difficulties, contempt. Where next for the trade without giving up was ever abused his friend, endures all things etc ... Be aware, thanks to the love that people can endure the difficult thing rings. Without love, then be sure that people will not have the strength to overcome the difficult situation of suffering.
Live the life we want to do good, good things but make what are people praise. So good to do good things to help people, then we have to practice before have strong compassion for people. That is compassion. Plan to have patience, to endure the difficulties.
We should not misunderstand patience is evil, as perceived by many, the ring is subjected to humiliation. In my opinion it is not. Patience is a strength and not weakness. The world is often said that people do what is scolded, scolded but she tries to endure the weak, spineless, so do not dare fight back, sometimes told that stupid. But in Buddhism, is not. Buddhism teaches patience is a strength. If we pay attention will find in the ancient temple often write sentences Ursa Buu Dien, ie worshiping god Ursa precious electricity. Buddha who is Ursa, but he had none to suppress that honor is Ursa?
In the Dhammapada, Buddha taught this:
Win a victory with his hosts not
win alone was the most glorious feat
Meaning who won his is new hero called. Win external enemy is not the hero. So patience is the easy or difficult? Being insulted, reviled me, I am insulted, reviled is easy or forbearance is easier? Yelled back is to ignore hard. Let alone adults, children being bullied it easy to angry shouting or silent easy? Thus he saw reviews, angry yelling kids do well, and patience, adults sometimes do not anymore. Thereby, it is difficult to know which one! It is difficult to do so-called Ursa. Buddha called Ursa because he is the hard ring ring.
In the recount, once the Buddha on the road traveled, a Brahmin teacher trailing Buddha verbally but to take time. He too stopped immediately asked:
- He Gautama! He is not deaf?
Buddha replied:
- No.
- Do not you hear me deaf so insulted without reaction?
- I'm not deaf. The curse of what he had contact with me where.
Buddha then said examples:
- As a child he had invited her anniversary relatives attended. When they're on, give him bread wrapping. Those who did not receive the gift that be?
He Brahmin replied:
- If they do not accept the gift it to me nor to anyone.
Buddha said:
- Also, he insulted me but I will not get the words it should be sent back to curse him.
They thought patience is lost, but the case just mentioned, the Buddha had to give up? He swore that he did not fight back, the consequences of self-returned people verbally. We rehearse gets insulted when we keep silent quietly said nothing, the person ultimately more immediate. The news was insulted or verbally immediately? So the idea that the more competitive or lose is not as competitive as expected deeper into negativity. There is like a fire that kept oil processing more skeptical. As a party of anger, a silent party, there is no challenge each other, do have something to struggle to lead to the great harm. Clearly, patience is extremely important, not the ordinary. He knows that people do endure great job, but people do not prolong it can not do anything. So we want to do, or what good it must have strong faith patience, so new jobs succeed.
We all know the story of Quan Am Thi Kinh. I comb or special mention of her points Quan Am Thi Kinh. According to Chinese history, the grandmother of wealthier families, with honor, her husband was a studious scholar. Family two sides also homogamy. One day the husband's education should lie nap fatigue. She saw there whiskers unsightly ingrown upwards, should take scissors to cut behalf whiskers. But just take scissors to touch, he startled shooting hand is: "assassinate me. 'He yelled so the whole house under, said she had decided to pull her husband's assassination.
The injustice that has not? Because he did not doze alert should be touching the skin immediately startled, and saw she was holding the scissors, he cried saying his wife's murder. Despite what she has said no one believed before. Finally home side handing her husband about her parents, because the bride damaged. Her parents did not know how to say more, so they bring their children. His home and then she thought was a shame because the tycoon that is now a reputation for killing her husband, but did not know how to be vindicated. So she set out to become a monk to bring notoriety to the parents.
In the past in China no female monk, only male only. Should want her to fake-looking nun. As in the Most Venerable Abbot comments for accommodation, but because of her beauty as well as boys so beautiful. Thus hearts Thi Mau, children frequenting a rich Pagoda. Thi Mau have not so good later center close to the servant of the family, she became pregnant and religion falsely accused him of sheet glass, or her legal name. The declaration prior to Thi Mau village to the street demanding she questioned. She answered no nothing, but nobody believed. Though interrogated beaten away unpopular but she still suffered, does not reveal himself as a woman to whitewash. Finally invite Venerable village to the temple raise her pay back. So see the extraordinary endurance of her.
When the temple, Ven did not know how things should behave with other women before. She has not been in the right temple in the hallway. Time after Thi Mau born son, she carried the child to the temple over to her and said, "Your son today I delivered to him."
We see things clearly does involve that now occur up to such a degree. She courageously adopt the baby, because she thought people cultivate even more carefully without compassion, it is not deserved. As beings, because to save a life, she accepted every humiliation, every penalty. So in one verse story Quan Am Thi Kinh have this question:
Whether to build nine steps consistent map,
not by doing good to save a human.
In line map minaret ie, the verses speak despite a nine-storey tower building, not by save a human life. Think she should feed the child had hugged. This incident makes Venerable suspect, if not, why her son received the feed. Living in such circumstances she quietly endured. Every day holding the baby around the village would like milk feeding, endures all contempt, derision of the world. She patiently feeding the baby grows. Time subject to humiliating not know how much. A child is not related by blood or anything but because compassion wants to save a life, do not let it die so she suffered humiliation, bad everything. Until the child is grown up, from which she recently peaceful spiritual practice, and to deathbed people discovered she was a woman, she has attained Bodhisattva. Later generations often called Quan Am Thi Kinh.
That is my general matter, now I'm more mentally stressed her patience so we follow the practice.
First, her husband patiently when slander. The random stop that was such an unjust accusation. If people do not have the courage, it may be unjustly suicide. Often people think that suicide is the liver, but I shall say to the contrary, suicide is not courage. Because shame not tolerate well, not enough new suicide ring should, if they did not physically commit suicide ring. She did not commit suicide but lived and convent. It is a great virtue patience.
Second, when a monk is being slandered one relationship with Thi Mau pregnant. That preposterous because she was a woman. If you want to whitewash is easy, just say I was a woman, it all went off smoothly. But because he wanted to continue to practice, she does not want to reveal his whereabouts was a woman, should have received abuse, beatings, textbook investigation.
Where the front ring to be living and practicing. The second case, because the practice should endure hardships. And the final stage is compassion injured baby was born without parental care. Afraid it died crime should adopt, subject to humiliation, not a day that dozens of years. Because of compassion, she had extraordinary patience so. Having overcome her stamina that instant success Bodhisattva. We show compassion, forbearance strength beyond all normal people. Thus accomplishing the Bodhisattva conduct. Now we honor her as Guanyin.
Thus, the bear is strong, has an extraordinary power ring. So tu want to place to place requires that we must have two sides, had compassion have virtues of patience. Compassionate enough patience, will we initiate progress, new success. And only compassion but lack patience, hard to succeed. For example, we see poor people want to help but they do not know indebted. So we do not want to help anymore. That we do good, the good but not so easy to undo virtue of patience too.
It was me saying Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara in the poem Quan Am Thi Kinh. Now I say Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara on the image for which you are the church.
We go to the temple ceremony Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva often saw him in the form of a woman, but actually the Bodhisattva no gender. In economic Mon has made clear, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as needed is the embodiment of men of men. When needed, the embodiment of female co-female brass, need the embodiment of the Sovereign Lord offices. So he does not have a certain body is male or female, but depending on the base itself being nothing like it did appear friendly. But because women love rich, he often female embodiment.
So when it comes to love, people tend to say good mother loves her child. He also injured but have the right commandment, must beat. And she loved that little caress often beaten. Therefore to say good mother, gentle taciturn father. Strictly so called father or serious side, she beat up or call from the sample. So compassion often symbolized through the woman. He Avalokitesvara should cultivate compassion he embodies the woman to express his vows.
Then we see on the left hand he holds a net average, the positive spike right hand. So how significant? Average to contain nectar. I would read a verbatim text of Compassion Shui Han repentance: "Thuy willow pediatric dislocate variable nectar. Unless of course the brain temperature during prime bar food. Vision Investment silent sufferings of birth. The sermon of six paths u escape. "
So he took a positive spike sprinkled in pure nectar from average. Nectar and branches symbolize something positive? The word is sweet oranges, exposing the mist. Blind dew on leaves, clean and fresh water that called nectar. Nectar is a symbol of compassion. Tam was clean, sweet as nectar. So compassion to where the brain fire off heat to sip it. Flames our afflictions fire burning up the water only from new bi extinguished. Defilement anger is golf. Want to give the yard, past the anger to compassion. Should nectar symbolizes compassion. When we see suffering, people have compassion counsel will decrease. These beings are in poverty and lack of, all sorts of accidents, to meet people who have compassion, they will be rescued. So suffering compassion only lead to peace.
The water nectar for everyone whoever puts it cool thanks to the positive spike. Someone took twigs or bamboo shoots architecture positive alternative branches to sprinkle nectar. But the true meaning sprinkled nectar only through a positive spike. Why so? For small positive spike, piece, when exposed to wind, it flexibility but without fracture. So to speak sense people have faith patience, difficulties encountered always either accept, perseverance, not opposition. New look as weak, the toughness to endure, not broken, lost. Thus speaks a positive image stems virtue of patience. Because patience can bring nectar or compassion for everyone chan sprayed. Without patience, never chan spread compassion.
Obviously compassion and patience, the work relies on what is accomplished. There is compassion without patience or vice versa, have patience without compassion is not. So impressive spike in business say he sprinkled nectar ocean up over all. Unless the brain temperature, he makes everybody was bathing in streams salary bar. Listen to the cry that sufferings born for the quarter. He lectures throughout the six paths.
Thereby we see a positive image of him holding branches scattered nectar to everyone, that is to bring compassion chan has poured all species. Because of the power of compassion that destroy human hatred. We live without compassion is impossible to accomplish what the Buddha taught.
I recall when the Buddha was in this world, there are times on the road teaching, met a group of hooligans insulted badly, but he remained unmoved, without any attitude seemed uncomfortable or dissatisfied. But the Venerable Ananda could not stand, immediately said to the Buddha:
- Buddha, we should go somewhere else.
Buddha said:
- Now go nowhere Ananda?
He Ananda said:
- Going places does not have his scolding people to be able missionaries.
Buddha said:
- Suppose we go to other places also insulted another person, how Ananda?
He Ananda said:
- So they I find the place had taught as a Xa-defense or where his disciples.
Buddha said:
- Hey A-nan! If there is a good physician should hang the plaque before that: "Here only cure common diseases, and serious illness are invited to go elsewhere"?
He Ananda said:
- No.
Buddha asked:
- Why why?
He Ananda said:
- Doctors are good at treating severe, and patients often have nothing important.
Buddha said:
- Also, people are sick we have to treat them, as long as they do not need, then we New go.
He Ananda said:
- They are cursing themselves where they need me.
These people heard that hooligans immediately voiced awakening:
- Bach Him, we need him.
So Buddha was staying teachers goods of those people.
The story shows us, whether goods of our Buddha but not to where it is also the same admiration. Even Buddha went instructive also experienced bitter, with all sorts of obstacles, but he also calmly endure. Therefore His new enlightenment and propagation of Buddhism until today.
We are disciples of the Buddha must study his example. For those suffering injuries or defiant so whether they cause difficulties and do aggressive, we still have much that they should not anger them. In Buddhism always remind Buddhists always try to perform to get the spirit of compassion patience. No act is unfortunate that we are not yet disciples of the Buddha.
In fact we all have compassion, but the compassion that is limited. For example, someone goes to the theater to see actors of grief tears they cry, so there is love, find new misery cry. But the strange thing is seen suffering on the stage crying, but see people suffering outside the unflinching truth. So the cry that is suggested by the actors skillfully his feelings, even those not suffering emotionally suggestive not cry, just because of poor trade only.
This is because compassion was affected in particular affection from. So we understand and practice Buddhism according to the virtue of compassion, we will be the major benefit. Everything we do good for others, see as a disadvantage but honestly we help people, then later I will be people to help again. His good behavior with the people, then people will behave well with them. Also wonders why I behave well with the people who behaved badly with me? We should not rush to think "do good to suffer resentment". The truth is not so.
I usually like before we torment someone, now I play good gentle heart, but its improvement is not good value for what you do when suffering people before. So even if we help people but they did not owe us but also furious, too. So to understand the cause and effect are not angry with them but then to know for his work not worthy, not very precious, noble people who have not yet satisfied.
It was said up to now I have not done one bit of suffering yet, but we should remember the Buddhist saying things that happened to us not only happen in this life that there is a relationship to many generations before. Today we are kind to people but maybe before we make too many suffering people. The resentment of the past still hiding in the subconscious mind of the people, now meet again, whether we do good things good, but not good value for the old, they are not satisfied, not sympathize with us.
Understanding such we just blame yourself and not blame people. Thus the new practice does not interfere. Understand this, all of us who are well aware that their life is good if worthy, that we know of compassion, love people, help people know. Did not we just know only verbal but also must have stamina, patience.
I tell more stories again, once the Buddha begging for food, a Brahmin teacher followed cursing even currency but Buddhism remains unruffled. He Brahmin exasperation ran ahead blocked the road to ask:
- Gautama! He lost me yet?
Buddha then spread cushions sit down, say the verse:
The more, the more resentment
there sleeping Losers yen
over lost two were discharged
sleep, It was peaceful.
He said someone was seen more, see however is still suffering . More people, resentment, and lost people, sleepless night to sleep not. Just drop by more people losing it be secure and happy.
As I said, we respect the Buddha as god Ursa, because in any case he is fasting, it did not resist or persecute anyone. He just gently remind teachers of severance. So he does not sulk, no anger, no hatred. Endurance is called Ursa.
Buddha who is Ursa Major, we do at least as strong as our profile is the Buddha. So the family to society we have to live and cultivate like? If at home, the husband loudly wife is patience. Patience does not mean that shame, that disadvantage. Outsider patience while not losing alone that endure in the house. We prolong itself ie we tame his anger. Fasting person alone is greater than or equal ease, while the smaller ones new fasting is difficult. There are small people poor virtue, rude speaking, are we to go quarrel with them? So fasting all, big and small do need patience, we just patience. Remember compassionate patience not only to outsiders but also for the family. Well so we know initiates new god called Ursa disciples are.
If you want to become a true Buddhist, there must be compassionate, virtuous patience. Buddhists that has touched each of them angry or see that person suffer no injury does not help, then called Buddhists worthy yet? In Buddhist scriptures often remind us to have compassion injured beings, endured hardship and suffering for innocent heart, purity. That is indispensable.
We have to know that on the path always met obstacle. If you do not understand we will think, maybe I did not have merit? The convent where patience but to also get the glasses you can not practice patience. For as the Buddha if no Ma Li, how we see His great virtue. Thanks to those who dare to curse his chamber, we see the extraordinary power of his ring. We train our people that the glass, someone cursing, someone contempt, we also naturally so, who actually initiates a new call.
The majority of Buddhists today is reverently kept wondering convent, is doing good without knowing convent was built for himself a compassionate patience. So the obstacles on the path, I do not call obstacle called winning conditions. Thanks to his people swore that round is patience. Otherwise, we did not know her ring or not.
You do not fear difficult Buddhist convent, do not be afraid to be challenged. Because the primary challenge is a great opportunity for us to express their religious spirit. Tu is there an energy ring, have stamina all challenges, not the convent is to embrace all things peacefully. By practitioners as well as rowing upstream, against the wind. If we forgive, the boat would drift out to sea. If tried paddle, we are seeking new sources, take place we want.END=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.9/12/2015.
In the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha has taught, ie wants to enter the Tathagata must have compassion, want wear Tathagata immediately to bite. In summary, wanted to Buddhism, Buddha dressed to cultivate compassion and forbearance. Without compassion, no patience, no access to the Buddha, the Buddha is wearing. Should Buddhists lack of compassion is not a Buddhist. These are issues you need to understand Buddhists.
Speaking compassionate sense sufferings and fun, you Buddhists feel confusing. To close and easier to understand, I can say compassion is love for people and not for themselves. We all have love, but love for her more as people. For example, we go late car or boat late, there is a nice person invited to the house to drink water, eat to wait until the boat trip, ride later. They behaved very well, so we tell them so cute. Because they are good to me, so I say cute. If he is bad with me, I do not hurt. So to show our love go hand in hand with self. Love was not called compassion. How Often we see people begrime, ugly, not respectful, hungry but still injured. We give a bowl of rice, bread, though they do not thank but we still have fun. It is the love of compassion, seeing his suffering people injured, his help without reward.
As Buddhists said study Buddhism, Buddhist practitioners should practice compassion extended. You who suffer, who hunger, we hurt, not because of ego, not waiting for someone to help her, her new back injury. It is the love of compassion. And because I shall not be merciful. It should be understood thoroughly, nor injured people, injured another person and for that compassion is impossible. By compassion so important to the Buddhist religion to set foot in extending mercy everyone. It is the collective compassion. Having compassion then we can proceed tu be. And no compassion, no progress could we be on the path.
Why compassion must be coupled with patience? As on earth pious son, parenthood but poor family circumstances do not have enough to eat. Now director of a firm hired, the enterprise he hoppers, were rebuked many things, touch to narcissism. But for parenthood should still suffer shortages, patient do have money to feed their parents. Therefore to hide the ring, misery, humiliation and not dare give up.
So we love to help with endurance, patience. It's called patience. If we are not experiencing parenthood when scolded scene, silver contempt immediately left sarcophagi, need something to do, this place is not for another. But because of parenthood so endure any inconvenience, insult. It is because of love that have patience.
One more example, as the women met violent husbands, but had together two, three children. The husband can not bear violence is supposed to be divorced, but because love you, fear not enough children helpless parents, education etc ... Trade human downfall that endure her husband's violence. So also for the love that endured. Where previously loyal daughter, because parenthood that deserve all the difficulties, contempt. Where next for the trade without giving up was ever abused his friend, endures all things etc ... Be aware, thanks to the love that people can endure the difficult thing rings. Without love, then be sure that people will not have the strength to overcome the difficult situation of suffering.
Live the life we want to do good, good things but make what are people praise. So good to do good things to help people, then we have to practice before have strong compassion for people. That is compassion. Plan to have patience, to endure the difficulties.
We should not misunderstand patience is evil, as perceived by many, the ring is subjected to humiliation. In my opinion it is not. Patience is a strength and not weakness. The world is often said that people do what is scolded, scolded but she tries to endure the weak, spineless, so do not dare fight back, sometimes told that stupid. But in Buddhism, is not. Buddhism teaches patience is a strength. If we pay attention will find in the ancient temple often write sentences Ursa Buu Dien, ie worshiping god Ursa precious electricity. Buddha who is Ursa, but he had none to suppress that honor is Ursa?
In the Dhammapada, Buddha taught this:
Win a victory with his hosts not
win alone was the most glorious feat
Meaning who won his is new hero called. Win external enemy is not the hero. So patience is the easy or difficult? Being insulted, reviled me, I am insulted, reviled is easy or forbearance is easier? Yelled back is to ignore hard. Let alone adults, children being bullied it easy to angry shouting or silent easy? Thus he saw reviews, angry yelling kids do well, and patience, adults sometimes do not anymore. Thereby, it is difficult to know which one! It is difficult to do so-called Ursa. Buddha called Ursa because he is the hard ring ring.
In the recount, once the Buddha on the road traveled, a Brahmin teacher trailing Buddha verbally but to take time. He too stopped immediately asked:
- He Gautama! He is not deaf?
Buddha replied:
- No.
- Do not you hear me deaf so insulted without reaction?
- I'm not deaf. The curse of what he had contact with me where.
Buddha then said examples:
- As a child he had invited her anniversary relatives attended. When they're on, give him bread wrapping. Those who did not receive the gift that be?
He Brahmin replied:
- If they do not accept the gift it to me nor to anyone.
Buddha said:
- Also, he insulted me but I will not get the words it should be sent back to curse him.
They thought patience is lost, but the case just mentioned, the Buddha had to give up? He swore that he did not fight back, the consequences of self-returned people verbally. We rehearse gets insulted when we keep silent quietly said nothing, the person ultimately more immediate. The news was insulted or verbally immediately? So the idea that the more competitive or lose is not as competitive as expected deeper into negativity. There is like a fire that kept oil processing more skeptical. As a party of anger, a silent party, there is no challenge each other, do have something to struggle to lead to the great harm. Clearly, patience is extremely important, not the ordinary. He knows that people do endure great job, but people do not prolong it can not do anything. So we want to do, or what good it must have strong faith patience, so new jobs succeed.
We all know the story of Quan Am Thi Kinh. I comb or special mention of her points Quan Am Thi Kinh. According to Chinese history, the grandmother of wealthier families, with honor, her husband was a studious scholar. Family two sides also homogamy. One day the husband's education should lie nap fatigue. She saw there whiskers unsightly ingrown upwards, should take scissors to cut behalf whiskers. But just take scissors to touch, he startled shooting hand is: "assassinate me. 'He yelled so the whole house under, said she had decided to pull her husband's assassination.
The injustice that has not? Because he did not doze alert should be touching the skin immediately startled, and saw she was holding the scissors, he cried saying his wife's murder. Despite what she has said no one believed before. Finally home side handing her husband about her parents, because the bride damaged. Her parents did not know how to say more, so they bring their children. His home and then she thought was a shame because the tycoon that is now a reputation for killing her husband, but did not know how to be vindicated. So she set out to become a monk to bring notoriety to the parents.
In the past in China no female monk, only male only. Should want her to fake-looking nun. As in the Most Venerable Abbot comments for accommodation, but because of her beauty as well as boys so beautiful. Thus hearts Thi Mau, children frequenting a rich Pagoda. Thi Mau have not so good later center close to the servant of the family, she became pregnant and religion falsely accused him of sheet glass, or her legal name. The declaration prior to Thi Mau village to the street demanding she questioned. She answered no nothing, but nobody believed. Though interrogated beaten away unpopular but she still suffered, does not reveal himself as a woman to whitewash. Finally invite Venerable village to the temple raise her pay back. So see the extraordinary endurance of her.
When the temple, Ven did not know how things should behave with other women before. She has not been in the right temple in the hallway. Time after Thi Mau born son, she carried the child to the temple over to her and said, "Your son today I delivered to him."
We see things clearly does involve that now occur up to such a degree. She courageously adopt the baby, because she thought people cultivate even more carefully without compassion, it is not deserved. As beings, because to save a life, she accepted every humiliation, every penalty. So in one verse story Quan Am Thi Kinh have this question:
Whether to build nine steps consistent map,
not by doing good to save a human.
In line map minaret ie, the verses speak despite a nine-storey tower building, not by save a human life. Think she should feed the child had hugged. This incident makes Venerable suspect, if not, why her son received the feed. Living in such circumstances she quietly endured. Every day holding the baby around the village would like milk feeding, endures all contempt, derision of the world. She patiently feeding the baby grows. Time subject to humiliating not know how much. A child is not related by blood or anything but because compassion wants to save a life, do not let it die so she suffered humiliation, bad everything. Until the child is grown up, from which she recently peaceful spiritual practice, and to deathbed people discovered she was a woman, she has attained Bodhisattva. Later generations often called Quan Am Thi Kinh.
That is my general matter, now I'm more mentally stressed her patience so we follow the practice.
First, her husband patiently when slander. The random stop that was such an unjust accusation. If people do not have the courage, it may be unjustly suicide. Often people think that suicide is the liver, but I shall say to the contrary, suicide is not courage. Because shame not tolerate well, not enough new suicide ring should, if they did not physically commit suicide ring. She did not commit suicide but lived and convent. It is a great virtue patience.
Second, when a monk is being slandered one relationship with Thi Mau pregnant. That preposterous because she was a woman. If you want to whitewash is easy, just say I was a woman, it all went off smoothly. But because he wanted to continue to practice, she does not want to reveal his whereabouts was a woman, should have received abuse, beatings, textbook investigation.
Where the front ring to be living and practicing. The second case, because the practice should endure hardships. And the final stage is compassion injured baby was born without parental care. Afraid it died crime should adopt, subject to humiliation, not a day that dozens of years. Because of compassion, she had extraordinary patience so. Having overcome her stamina that instant success Bodhisattva. We show compassion, forbearance strength beyond all normal people. Thus accomplishing the Bodhisattva conduct. Now we honor her as Guanyin.
Thus, the bear is strong, has an extraordinary power ring. So tu want to place to place requires that we must have two sides, had compassion have virtues of patience. Compassionate enough patience, will we initiate progress, new success. And only compassion but lack patience, hard to succeed. For example, we see poor people want to help but they do not know indebted. So we do not want to help anymore. That we do good, the good but not so easy to undo virtue of patience too.
It was me saying Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara in the poem Quan Am Thi Kinh. Now I say Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara on the image for which you are the church.
We go to the temple ceremony Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva often saw him in the form of a woman, but actually the Bodhisattva no gender. In economic Mon has made clear, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as needed is the embodiment of men of men. When needed, the embodiment of female co-female brass, need the embodiment of the Sovereign Lord offices. So he does not have a certain body is male or female, but depending on the base itself being nothing like it did appear friendly. But because women love rich, he often female embodiment.
So when it comes to love, people tend to say good mother loves her child. He also injured but have the right commandment, must beat. And she loved that little caress often beaten. Therefore to say good mother, gentle taciturn father. Strictly so called father or serious side, she beat up or call from the sample. So compassion often symbolized through the woman. He Avalokitesvara should cultivate compassion he embodies the woman to express his vows.
Then we see on the left hand he holds a net average, the positive spike right hand. So how significant? Average to contain nectar. I would read a verbatim text of Compassion Shui Han repentance: "Thuy willow pediatric dislocate variable nectar. Unless of course the brain temperature during prime bar food. Vision Investment silent sufferings of birth. The sermon of six paths u escape. "
So he took a positive spike sprinkled in pure nectar from average. Nectar and branches symbolize something positive? The word is sweet oranges, exposing the mist. Blind dew on leaves, clean and fresh water that called nectar. Nectar is a symbol of compassion. Tam was clean, sweet as nectar. So compassion to where the brain fire off heat to sip it. Flames our afflictions fire burning up the water only from new bi extinguished. Defilement anger is golf. Want to give the yard, past the anger to compassion. Should nectar symbolizes compassion. When we see suffering, people have compassion counsel will decrease. These beings are in poverty and lack of, all sorts of accidents, to meet people who have compassion, they will be rescued. So suffering compassion only lead to peace.
The water nectar for everyone whoever puts it cool thanks to the positive spike. Someone took twigs or bamboo shoots architecture positive alternative branches to sprinkle nectar. But the true meaning sprinkled nectar only through a positive spike. Why so? For small positive spike, piece, when exposed to wind, it flexibility but without fracture. So to speak sense people have faith patience, difficulties encountered always either accept, perseverance, not opposition. New look as weak, the toughness to endure, not broken, lost. Thus speaks a positive image stems virtue of patience. Because patience can bring nectar or compassion for everyone chan sprayed. Without patience, never chan spread compassion.
Obviously compassion and patience, the work relies on what is accomplished. There is compassion without patience or vice versa, have patience without compassion is not. So impressive spike in business say he sprinkled nectar ocean up over all. Unless the brain temperature, he makes everybody was bathing in streams salary bar. Listen to the cry that sufferings born for the quarter. He lectures throughout the six paths.
Thereby we see a positive image of him holding branches scattered nectar to everyone, that is to bring compassion chan has poured all species. Because of the power of compassion that destroy human hatred. We live without compassion is impossible to accomplish what the Buddha taught.
I recall when the Buddha was in this world, there are times on the road teaching, met a group of hooligans insulted badly, but he remained unmoved, without any attitude seemed uncomfortable or dissatisfied. But the Venerable Ananda could not stand, immediately said to the Buddha:
- Buddha, we should go somewhere else.
Buddha said:
- Now go nowhere Ananda?
He Ananda said:
- Going places does not have his scolding people to be able missionaries.
Buddha said:
- Suppose we go to other places also insulted another person, how Ananda?
He Ananda said:
- So they I find the place had taught as a Xa-defense or where his disciples.
Buddha said:
- Hey A-nan! If there is a good physician should hang the plaque before that: "Here only cure common diseases, and serious illness are invited to go elsewhere"?
He Ananda said:
- No.
Buddha asked:
- Why why?
He Ananda said:
- Doctors are good at treating severe, and patients often have nothing important.
Buddha said:
- Also, people are sick we have to treat them, as long as they do not need, then we New go.
He Ananda said:
- They are cursing themselves where they need me.
These people heard that hooligans immediately voiced awakening:
- Bach Him, we need him.
So Buddha was staying teachers goods of those people.
The story shows us, whether goods of our Buddha but not to where it is also the same admiration. Even Buddha went instructive also experienced bitter, with all sorts of obstacles, but he also calmly endure. Therefore His new enlightenment and propagation of Buddhism until today.
We are disciples of the Buddha must study his example. For those suffering injuries or defiant so whether they cause difficulties and do aggressive, we still have much that they should not anger them. In Buddhism always remind Buddhists always try to perform to get the spirit of compassion patience. No act is unfortunate that we are not yet disciples of the Buddha.
In fact we all have compassion, but the compassion that is limited. For example, someone goes to the theater to see actors of grief tears they cry, so there is love, find new misery cry. But the strange thing is seen suffering on the stage crying, but see people suffering outside the unflinching truth. So the cry that is suggested by the actors skillfully his feelings, even those not suffering emotionally suggestive not cry, just because of poor trade only.
This is because compassion was affected in particular affection from. So we understand and practice Buddhism according to the virtue of compassion, we will be the major benefit. Everything we do good for others, see as a disadvantage but honestly we help people, then later I will be people to help again. His good behavior with the people, then people will behave well with them. Also wonders why I behave well with the people who behaved badly with me? We should not rush to think "do good to suffer resentment". The truth is not so.
I usually like before we torment someone, now I play good gentle heart, but its improvement is not good value for what you do when suffering people before. So even if we help people but they did not owe us but also furious, too. So to understand the cause and effect are not angry with them but then to know for his work not worthy, not very precious, noble people who have not yet satisfied.
It was said up to now I have not done one bit of suffering yet, but we should remember the Buddhist saying things that happened to us not only happen in this life that there is a relationship to many generations before. Today we are kind to people but maybe before we make too many suffering people. The resentment of the past still hiding in the subconscious mind of the people, now meet again, whether we do good things good, but not good value for the old, they are not satisfied, not sympathize with us.
Understanding such we just blame yourself and not blame people. Thus the new practice does not interfere. Understand this, all of us who are well aware that their life is good if worthy, that we know of compassion, love people, help people know. Did not we just know only verbal but also must have stamina, patience.
I tell more stories again, once the Buddha begging for food, a Brahmin teacher followed cursing even currency but Buddhism remains unruffled. He Brahmin exasperation ran ahead blocked the road to ask:
- Gautama! He lost me yet?
Buddha then spread cushions sit down, say the verse:
The more, the more resentment
there sleeping Losers yen
over lost two were discharged
sleep, It was peaceful.
He said someone was seen more, see however is still suffering . More people, resentment, and lost people, sleepless night to sleep not. Just drop by more people losing it be secure and happy.
As I said, we respect the Buddha as god Ursa, because in any case he is fasting, it did not resist or persecute anyone. He just gently remind teachers of severance. So he does not sulk, no anger, no hatred. Endurance is called Ursa.
Buddha who is Ursa Major, we do at least as strong as our profile is the Buddha. So the family to society we have to live and cultivate like? If at home, the husband loudly wife is patience. Patience does not mean that shame, that disadvantage. Outsider patience while not losing alone that endure in the house. We prolong itself ie we tame his anger. Fasting person alone is greater than or equal ease, while the smaller ones new fasting is difficult. There are small people poor virtue, rude speaking, are we to go quarrel with them? So fasting all, big and small do need patience, we just patience. Remember compassionate patience not only to outsiders but also for the family. Well so we know initiates new god called Ursa disciples are.
If you want to become a true Buddhist, there must be compassionate, virtuous patience. Buddhists that has touched each of them angry or see that person suffer no injury does not help, then called Buddhists worthy yet? In Buddhist scriptures often remind us to have compassion injured beings, endured hardship and suffering for innocent heart, purity. That is indispensable.
We have to know that on the path always met obstacle. If you do not understand we will think, maybe I did not have merit? The convent where patience but to also get the glasses you can not practice patience. For as the Buddha if no Ma Li, how we see His great virtue. Thanks to those who dare to curse his chamber, we see the extraordinary power of his ring. We train our people that the glass, someone cursing, someone contempt, we also naturally so, who actually initiates a new call.
The majority of Buddhists today is reverently kept wondering convent, is doing good without knowing convent was built for himself a compassionate patience. So the obstacles on the path, I do not call obstacle called winning conditions. Thanks to his people swore that round is patience. Otherwise, we did not know her ring or not.
You do not fear difficult Buddhist convent, do not be afraid to be challenged. Because the primary challenge is a great opportunity for us to express their religious spirit. Tu is there an energy ring, have stamina all challenges, not the convent is to embrace all things peacefully. By practitioners as well as rowing upstream, against the wind. If we forgive, the boat would drift out to sea. If tried paddle, we are seeking new sources, take place we want.END=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.9/12/2015.
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