Rainy season retreat MEANING OF BUDDHISM SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS.

Wat Monks vow Dhammanongkol is the rainy season retreat

In these days, the monks of the Buddhist countries like Sri Lanka South transmit, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam recently started rainy season retreat in time from lunar 16/6 until 15 / 9 lunar. Buddhist monks also transmit it to settle North rainy season from 15/4 to 15/7 lunar calendar. [1]

In Vietnam alone, settling 3 month rainy season known as summer retreat known as retreat; here may be lower in summer, that summer. India's three seasons - the hot season, rainy season, cold season - are in China has four distinct seasons - spring, summer, autumn and winter. Meanwhile, in summer rainy season in order to Buddhism in China commonly known as the rainy season retreat summer retreat, retreat or retreat.

Predestined by the Blessed One study presented regulatory rainy season retreat allows Vinaya record is as follows:

At that time, Bhagavan Buddha sits in a Rajagaha (Rajgir), Veluvana (Bamboo Forest), which supported the squirrel. At that time, the rainy season has not been resident Buddha prescribed for the monk. In this case, the monk was traveling during the cold season, during hot weather, and in the rainy season again. The people complain, criticize, decry that:

- Why the death recluses Like traveling back in the cold season, during hot weather, and in the rainy season again? These are trampled on the green grass, are harmed species lives only one senses, and is causing mass killing many small beings.Even the wanderer pagan teachings have been worse still cling theory and fixed living in residence rainy season, even after these birds nest on the tops of trees and live well cling fixed residents rainy season; Interest also recluses particles traveling in the cold season, during hot weather, and in the rainy season again. These are trampled on the green grass, are harmed species lives only one senses, and is causing mass killing many small beings.

The monk who heard him complain, criticize, decry. Then the monk that he has submitted the matter to the Buddha. Then, the Blessed One's press event was the reason he had preached and told the monk voice that:

- Hey monk, we allow on the season (settling) rain (vassam). [2]

Indian origin, has three seasons a year; four-month rainy season, but the Buddha allowed Sangha three-month rainy season retreat, but a last month of the rainy season, he allowed monks have settled a three-month rainy season is wonderful success due to receive medical Kathina benefactors offerings and enjoy life's precious fruit Kathina year.

- Hey monk, we allow for the achievement Kathina monk who lived through the season (settling) of rain. This Bhikkhu, when ye have accomplished Kathina was, this year will become permitted (for you): the departure is not reported (anamantacaro), the departure did not bring (all three y) (asamadanacaro), the real-life group (ganabhojanam), (using a lot of) y as demand (yavadatthacivaram), the arising of medicine at that place will be of he (yo ca civaruppado compared tattha nesam bhavissati). [3]

Settling time is the Buddha allowed two time points, called cash settled (purimika vassupanayika) and after settling (pacchimikavassupanayika).

- Hey monk, this is the second time in the season (settling) of rain: the time before and the time after. Time prior to the date should be in the next (full moon day) in June Asalha, then it should at the moment when (full moon day) Asalha months had passed a month.

Pre retreat from June 16 to September 15 lunar. Settling post July 16 to October 15 lunar. The monks often retreat during the retreat money, only when there is no time to settle cash settled new post. By settling period that monks who intentionally did not retreat, the evil criminal Effects (dukkata). The retreat monks settled in the post will not be awarded a treasure Kathina.

By day retreat, monks should find appropriate abode for the rainy season retreat voluntarily, after deciding where to place, be cleaned up and the area contains sufficient water (if the water scarce accommodation). Accommodation retreat could be a temple (Arama), house Net loss (vihara) a housing (AVASA), or a bureaucratic own cup (senasana); to settle where the rainy season, the chapel there. In the lunar day or night 16/6 (cash settled), or lunar 16/7 (post-retreat), retreat to monks vow vows alone or together with other monks season retreat General rainfall in that abode.

Vow retreat as follows:

Imam temasamvassam arame Imasmim upemi - I pray rainy season retreat at this temple every three months. [4]

After the rainy season retreat vow, he must retreat at 3 months was not allowed to leave. In special cases, such as parents, teachers organizations were sick or died, or there Increase the importance, or benefactors invited as the Buddha of the need, the monks have to apply for a temporary leave voluntarily abode settled but not more than seven days, that is to return to the abode before sunrise of Saturday.

How to leave voluntarily, leaving abode settled as follows:

Sace me antarayo natthi puna Aham sattahabbhantare nivattissami - If there is no obstacle for me, I will return within seven days. [5]

He can monks pray in mind also, pray the words or to report the purpose of his trip go to a different location is also good, but keep in mind your departure time to return for a period of seven day allowed.

Chu monks Theravada tradition until the rainy season retreat must vow to retreat, even in cases where it has held down or not. Even alone, he must also pray monks retreat properly authorized.

Rainy season retreat is a fine tradition of Buddhism was Buddha and the Sangha he also issued lineage to today. In the material life of society today, sometimes the household products also busy with many Buddhist, so the most radical, so settling time is also a good occasion to look back on their own self itself on her own, looking for schools, their own strengths and weaknesses to pour washing themselves, exchanging, bodybuilding-gate-standard further. Because, the shirt can not make a monk, shaved the hair, wear is not the supreme duty of the ordained.

Even the Buddha, in the three-month rainy season retreat, he did not want anybody to visit him, he wanted solitude and meditation alone.

Then, the Buddha was residing in Icchanangala, a village in Kosala Brahmans.He had to call the monks to him and said

- Hey monks, we want to live in solitude Meditation for three months, not to anyone, unless someone bring food back.

- Ladies and yes, venerable sir.

The monks did Bhagavan replied yes. Thus, no one visited the Exalted, except one who brought the food back.

Then Bhagavan, after three months you have accomplished, from where solitude Meditation stood up, called the monks:

- Hey monks, if the wanderer pagan to ask him: "With the public reside, the reverences, recluse Gotama dwell more in the rainy season?". Asked so, this the monks, the answer for him for his pagan wanderer as follows: "With the concept of breathing, breath out, this reverences, Exalted dwell much in the season rain ". [6]

Let us follow the footprints of the Master directed. This may be seen as a reminder to us of His disciple is to put on more work, work and sometimes dropped from the monastic aspirant somewhere outside society unaware. Disciples themselves to find their own means to settle the three-month rainy season, rather than to initiate a movement for  "the hype surrounding you"  or a form of the so-called  "Catholic liturgy y act " . The rainy season as a time to rediscover themselves true liberation robes they wore on her already. END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/11/2016.MHDT.