PRODUCT KULAVAKA
31. THE STORY nests (Formerly Kulavaka)
Let the bird's nest ...
This story, as in the United Vienna, the Master told about a monks drinking unfiltered water.According to legend, two young monks from the provinces Xa-defense goes, stay in a comfortable place to delight, and from there he left, towards the Member States to Career Enlightenment audience.
Some monks have on hand a water filter and the other without. The couple often shared water filter for drinking. One day, they are quarreling among themselves. Water filters are not root for the other person to use water filter, separate yourself then filtered drinking water. The other person does not have water purification items, and could not help but thirst, so drink unfiltered water. Two sequential he went to the States Members, pay homage to the Master, and sat down.
After the friendly welcome, the Master asked:
- The he come from?
- Buddha, at the national level Kossala us, living in a village, from there go to his audience.
- But the road he had not reconciled?
Who do not have water purification said:
- Buddha, who is halfway quarrel with you, not for the water filter.
The other said:
- Buddha, the water is not filtered, but said there is still water beings.
- Hey, monks were so, he however said, still drinking beings?
- Ladies that, venerable sir, I drank unfiltered water.
The Master:
- Hey monks, in the past, the wise city where gods reign, while defeated, fled over the sea, because the kingship decided not killing beings, should have abandoned big fame to save lives for birds sons Kim-sí-bird, and they had to turn back vehicles.
Said this is done, the Master tells the story past.
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Formerly in Ma-out-momentum, in Rajgir, there is a king Ma-out-momentum rule. Like this, Sakka (God all Sakka) in a previous life was born in the village of Ma-out Macala-momentum. At that time, the Bodhisattva was born as the son of an aristocratic family in the village with her Macala. On the date named, the Bodhisattva was named Prince Magha; growing up named Maghamanava (youth Magha).
Parents, married to a wife Bodhisattva from a family of homogamy. Bodhisattva with his son, daughter grew up, often giving, and keeping men in the village had thirty families. And who in his thirty families, one day, standing in the middle of the village you solve the problem of silver in the village.
Bodhisattva, standing in his place, used foot dust wipe become that place nice and stood there. Then another man came and stood in the place of it. Bodhisattva back to another place, another place, until a place for everyone to be nice.
In a different time, the Bodhisattva up a tent, then up the tents, and then built a large room, from which he had placed a chair and smashed the water bed.
In a different time, thirty person Bodhisattva guided by becoming as good as its people. Bodhisattva often accompany them to the merit, such as early morning wake up, with a small ax, hammer, mace hand, to the crossroads, beating them with mace, do turn up the stones, pushing stones over one side, clean a collision on the axle tree, smoothing the path rugged, building bridges, digging ponds, construction of premises, generosity and morality. Thus, most of all the people residing in the village obeyed the counsel of the Bodhisattva, to preserve the world.
Person thinking about their village head: "Before, when people drink, killing etc .., we take a lot of money, any amount of alcohol, fines and donations. Now youth Magha them precepts, should they not kill again, etc .. Now we will make them abandon the Five Precepts ".
But he went to the king indignant and said:
- Known unto God and death, there is a robbery group, is out villages and many crimes!
King heard guys say so, then asked:
- Let's go and take them to!
Village chief who arrested them bound, and led them to report to the king:
- Dear God, for whom piracy was leading to.
No investigation of their jobs, the king said:
- Take them to the elephants rub!
King caught all he lay down on the field and bring the elephant king again.
Bodhisattva counseled them:
- The practice of sex please. Let's start from the heart to those who slander, for King, for elephants, for themselves are the same.
They do this advice.
The elephants brought to the king's person to rub them died. The elephant was brought to, but not close, only trumpeted loud and ran away. They bring another elephant. They all fled so. King thought: "Maybe in their hands elixir!" and he ordered control. After over not see anything, they said to the king:
- So sure they have read the spells.
- Ask them.
The people of King asked, Bodhisattva replied:
- Neck.
They said to the king .. King to call all of them came and said:
- Keep reading your attention.
Bodhisattva replied:
- Dear God-mail, we do not know what else spells. But thirty of us not to kill, not taking what is not given, no sexual misconduct, no lying, no alcohol. We start from the heart, we are giving, we leveled the roads, we dug ponds, we build buildings. That is our talisman, is our strength.
King was very pleased with them, he gives them all the patrimony of accusers, arrest people falsely accused as slaves to them, and give them both the elephants and the village. From then onwards, they do merit according to their interests, they called the carpenter to build a large meeting room at the crossroads. Because no desire for women workers, they are not for women's participation in the merit making that meeting.
At that time, in the Bodhisattva has four French woman named Compassion, Thinking, joy, compassion Sanh. One in four French woman is compassion would go find a carpenter, bribes to him and said:
- Hey, let me contribute a major part of the work of this conference.
Carpenter accept the request, first the pinnacle dried wood, plastic, punching, finished the pinnacle, and then took cloth rolled up and put away. When the carpenter finished meeting, to set a pinnacle, could not cry:
- Oh, the Venerable sir, there is something we have not done.
- What is this?
- There should be a pinnacle.
- Yes, we'll bring.
- Now with new trees can not be cut. We need to have a pinnacle with trees cut before drying for a while, then cut carved, and punched to spend.
- So now what?
- Let's see if anyone in the house to build a pinnacle done and for sale.
They searched and found in the house of her tower Compassion French, but do not buy it.
- If he let me partake of merit as a meeting room, and I will give the pinnacle.
- No, we're not a part of women's merit.
Carpenter told them:
- Why the Religious authors say that? Brahma world Except, no other place women's exclusion! Take, pinnacles. Having so our job to complete.
They were willing to take the pinnacles, and meeting rooms are done. Then, they are about the long wooden chair, armchair placed water supply and rice porridge. They built a wall around the meeting room, fitted doors, sand between the walls and outside walls planted a row of coconut palms.
Thinking she also built a park in that location. There, no one plants flower, fruit tree without her name. She was happy to dig a beautiful lake, full of lotus in color. Thien Sanh and she did not do anything.
Bodhisattva vows full seven things: Almost mother served you, respected elders, said word of truth, did not speak, do not speak on the slander, convince avarice and summarized in the verse:
Dear family elders,
speaking from the air, loving,
down from the slander against,
Photography honest avarice,
Wrath is tame,
Devas Thirty-three
is the One Truth's Call.
The state of the Bodhisattva deserve such praise, and when the public network, was born as Sakka God in heaven Chairman thirty three. Friends of Bodhisattvas also arise there. During that time, in the realm of becoming Thirty-three, the Spirit Asura (Asura) also live. Thich Thien topic said:
- What's good for us as a kingdom have to share with others?
Then he let the Asura drinking gods, as they say, God Sakka owners hold them throw into the canyon Sineru (Tu-di). They fall into the castle in the realm of Asura. Castle of Asura is located on the lowest level of Mount Tu-di, as wide as heaven and thirty three.
At that can grow a tree like the gods live corals throughout a lifetime and called Cotton trumpet. Cotton plants flowering trumpet, let them know this is not our heaven because heaven with Coral blooms. They said:
- The old man liked us God drunk, then threw us on the big sea and took into our gods. Let us invade and take back his old into our gods!
Then they climbed the mountainside Tu-di as the ants climb up the column. Sakka heard the god Asura climbed, instant sea level fighting broke out, were they defeated, immediately fled in the car Vejeyanta one hundred and fifty miles long, runs on the southern tip of the waves . Sakka's car ran surfing on the sea, go to the throne of silk cotton trees. On the path of the vehicle, silk cotton trees severed as coconut and palm trees falling on the sea. The Kim-sí birds-birds (Garula, thim god golden wings) flying around on the sea, screaming loudly. Sakka asked Matali driving spirit:
- Hey you Matali, cry about? It's very tragic cry?
- Dear God Emperor, because silk cotton trees fall down, because the speed his chariot crushed, the Kim-sí birds-birds scared to death screaming in unison so.
Tier Magi said:
- Hey you Matali, not make them tired, because we do. We do not because the sovereignty paradise that killing. For the sake of us, we will give up his life and paid for the species Asura! Please turn around!
Said that done, Sakka read verse:
this O-ta-li That!
In the forest-ba-li Sim
mouth Avoid evil lord,
I am willing to pay the network
For the Asura,
and let the birds
nest was torn off.
Spirit charioteer Matali hear Sakka, turn around, head toward heaven by another way. The god Asura saw Sakka turn around, thinking: "Surely the world Sakka from the other, the strength reinforcements, so the new turn around". Wavering for fear of death, they immediately fled the castle Asura.
Sakka also enters into gods, standing in the middle of the city, with the two Empyrean Thien them surrounded. In that moment, cracked land, castles and Vejayanta (Min win) rising a thousand miles high. As it emerged as victors, should be called castles Vejayanta. To prevent the Asura again, Sakka ordered protection in place, contacting issues, Sakka in verse:
Put in place protection,
protection by the serpent god,
By Kim-sí-bird bird,
Kum-Bhan-da, Da-rubbed,
and by the four Heavenly Kings.
Being protected in this place, God owners enjoy life Sakka heavenly glory. She Shan France, after the public network, which is being made queen again. As a result the pinnacle offerings, began to give her a name is Thien French castle with natural family treasures, as high as five hundred miles. There, under a white canopy of the gods, God Sakka all sitting on a mattress with a miles wide yellow and jobs need to be done for the gods and humans. Thinking longer, after the public network, also being made queen of Sakka; as a result of building a park, have started to give her a park named Cittalatavana (Thinking Vienna). Hoan Hy, when the public network, also being made queen of Sakka, the results offered by the pool, have started to give her a lake named Nanda (joy). Thien Sanh longer, so do not do anything good karma, be born as a son of flamingos in a cave in the woods.
There was no sign Thien Sanh where, wanted to know where she is reborn, Sakka radial reviewed and found her, she went over to visit her and then took her to heaven, only to see the beautiful city of gods , castle of Good French Devas, climb trees of Thinking, Hoan Hy lake, Sakka said:
- What is she, because good deeds should be born as my queen. And she, not good works, to be born as crane. Starting today, keep the world!
After extension of her and gave her religious men, Sakka took her back and released her old seat. From then on, she kept the world. After some time, she wanted to learn the precepts again, Sakka went to figure out the fish as lying in front of her. Thought dead fish, fish head propped cranes. Fish tails, fish flamingos out immediately, and said:
- Oh, it's alive!
Sakka said:
- You instead, she could keep the world is!
Then he left. Cranes, after the public network, was born into a family making pottery in Balaam complaints. Sakka not know where she was born. Upon learning of her reborn site, instant Sakka a car laden with gold cucumbers, disguised as an old man, sitting between the village and shouted:
- Come get cucumber! Come take the cucumber!
Many others have said:
- Hey Mr. buddy, tell us!
- I just give people what precept! The Notes have not morality?
- We do not know the gender. We'll pay.
- I do not need money! I will give those who hold the world!
They said:
- This old man really dotage.
Then they left.
Thien Sanh heard, thought the cucumber was brought to her, and went on to say:
- Hey Mr. friend, please tell me!
- She can not hold the world?
- Sir, I have kept the world!
- The cucumber This brings us her own!
Then Sakka to the car ahead of her house cucumber and gone. She also holds the world until lifetime. Since then the public network, her birth as the daughter of Princess god Asura is Vepacittiva, thanks to her beautiful precepts.
By adulthood, meeting her father for the god Asura back to her daughter the freedom to choose her husband's liking.
At that time, Sakka is find out where Compassion birth, and knows her place of rebirth, thought to himself: "She was looking for her husband liking, surely she will marry me!". Sakka immediately turned out a god Asura, and go to that place. She was taken to jewelry and gathering spot to choose her husband desired. She looked Sakka, with love The early, even Sakka immediately select:
- This is my husband!
Sakka took her to the gods, she set up the first position holding the queen of twenty million dancers. She lived like this until the public network and followed his career.
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After counting the chuuyen, the Master was reprimanded her monks and said: - So this, monks, while erstwhile masters reign heavenly reign, oil networks abandoned their relatives nor killing. And he ordained in the Teachings of liberation so, the drinking water is not filtered, with the kind of charming.
After he chided monks and combine the two stories, the Master identified precursor as follows:
- At the time, the god charioteer Matali is Ananda, while Sakka is Me.
-ooOoo-
32. DANCE STORY CA (Formerly NACCA) you mellow sound ...
This story, as in the Master Member States were told about a monks have multiple objects. Like the story was mentioned in Devadhamma precursor (No. 6), the Master asked:
- Hey, monks, there were so many things he?
- What can be, venerable sir.
- Why do you have multiple objects?
Listen to this, he outraged monks, dropped medicine in, medical gown, standing naked in front of the Master and said:
- Now I will strip like this!
Everyone says:
- Oh, shame instead!
Monks disrobed him, then fled. The monks sat in France Road, said the indecent behavior of the monks did in front of the Master. The Master came in and said
- Hey, monks, now the meeting at this table he sits What story?
- Buddha, we're talking about impolite attitude of the monks did, in front of Bhagavan and between four of us, giving up the knife was standing naked as a child in the village, was hated by the masses, he was defrocked, abandoning the Dharma!
Career Ambassador said:
- Hey, monks, not far monks did not have the knife new, abandoning Dharma. In past lives, who had to abandon his precious wife.
Said this is done, the Master told the following story.
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Formerly in the first life, the four-legged animals Lion king religion, religious fish god Ananda fish, birds and geese respect Suvanna (Kim nga). Daughter King Suvanna geese, geese a very beautiful child, was given a king wishes. She aspired to be a husband according to their preferences. King geese follow the wishes of children, to gather all the birds at Mount Snow. Each variety of birds such as geese, peacocks, etc .. droves flying to rush, set on a plateau with large stones. King geese to call her daughter came in and said:
- The husband select birds that follow the proper attention!
She looked at the birds, see birds of beautiful colors with ancient treasures, with colorful tail feathers, the bird picks on him and said:
- The bird will be her husband!
Forums such birds around the bird said:
- Hey you peacock, this princess, among birds, has chosen you as a husband. Be happy to you!
Birds of the big happy talk:
- To date, you have not seen my power!
Then between the birds, take the knife away, peacock wings spread out. started dancing and it does not cover their bodies while dancing. Suvanna shy geese King said:
- This bird does not have the heart arises from within, not with your heart arise from the outside, I will not marry my daughter to the man who destroyed the knife!
Then the king of geese in verse between birds:
very beautiful person back,
you color Stock
another example lapis lazuli,
who fanned tail feathers wide,
Long wide to a range,
but because you dance,
I do not for girls.
In front of her birds, geese king married Princess for the geese. And the lost princess birds geese, shame, flying high, and escaped. King geese also go on their accommodation.
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The Master said: - Hey, monks, monks are not that far away took the knife new, abandoning Dharma. In the past, men did lose his precious wife.
When he had finished this Dharma, he combined the two stories, and identify precursor as follows:
- At the time the birds are more objects. And the king of geese is Me.
-ooOoo-
33. STORY harmony (Formerly Sammodamana) When living in harmony ...
This story, as in the Garden of eagle near Ca-Pi-la-defense, the Master told about another controversial because pillow. The story will be presented in the precursor Kunala (No. 536).
At that time, the Master told the people:
- Behold the Great King, the people should not debate each other. In the past, when the animals live in harmony. won by the enemy; even when living discord, have been major victims perished.
At the request of the royal family, her children, the Master tells the story past.
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Long ago, when Brahmadatta ruled in Balaam complaints, bodhisattvas do quail born leader, surrounded with thousands of quail, live in the forest. At that time, a bird hunter went to the cun quail, thanks to imitate the cries of cun quail species, those that know where the birds congregate. The hunter immediately threw the net onto the birds, stopped by the border, in short all form a bond quail herd, put in the basket went home, sold and supported him with money.
One day, the Bodhisattva told the quail:
- This bird hunter killed many of our people; now we have a way to go that this person was not able to catch us. From now on, when he had just started casting a net over you, every one quail pullovers into a hole of the mesh, mesh lifted up to where you want, and lowered on a bush. In doing so, we will escape many hauls!
They all obeyed. The next day, when the net was cast on birds, they immediately lifted up the grid as the Bodhisattva commanded and drop down on a bush, then escapes under down under. Bird hunters are also removed from the bush mesh, since it was already late in the afternoon, so go on with their bare hands.
The next several days, the quail are doing so. Sanchim workers struggling on until sundown, just worried removed through, took nothing and went home empty-handed.
The wife said angrily:
- Day after day, he was about two-handed. I think maybe he has a nurturing place else!
Bird hunter said:
- Woman, I do not have any other place to nurture. But the quail live in harmony with each other. They took away my net cast, and drop down to a bush and left. But we will always be at peace not. She do not worry. When we debate each other, then we will start Collapse all of them, will smile back on her lips!
Then in verse who was with his wife:
the net carrying birds go,
when they debate each other,
they fall into my hands.
Several days passed, when a quail pass down to eat, inadvertently stepped on the head of a bird other. He said angry birds:
- Who stepped on my head?
- It is I unintentionally walked. Do not be angry with me!
However, the bird was still angry, went on to say:
- You think that you alone net lifted up reasonable?
When we debate each other, the Bodhisattva thought: "When there is no controversy safety together. Now they will not bounce your birds to another grid. Therefore, we will distress cun quail, the hunter will understand opportunity. I will not live in this place anymore! ". Then Bodhisattva bring their birds to go to another place. Bird hunters came, after a few days, his imitations quail, and that they're casting a net to gather. A quail said:
- Heard that, when you lift up the net, falling feathers on the head. So let's now lifted up!
One other birds said:
- Heard that, when you lift up the grid, thy hair falling flanks. So let's now lifted up!
Thus, when the male quail debated, bird hunters lifted the net up, catch all the birds stuffed into a basket, took them home and hopefully bring lots of smiles to their wives.
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The Master said: - Thus, Sire, these people should not debate each other. Controversy is the source of destruction.
This dialogue sermon finished, the Master combines two stories and identify precursor as follows:
- At the time, no mind quail was Devadatta, and quail with the position I dress.
-ooOoo-
34. BABY FISH STORY (Formerly Maccha) cold ... I'm not so hot,
this story, as in the United Vienna, the Master told about a delusion monks before his wife left home.At that time, masters monks asked him:
- There were so, the monks, he was of attachment?
- Indeed, venerable sir!
- Equipment attachment by whom?
- Buddha, before my wife very gentle when touching. I can not leave her be!
The Master said to the monks that:
- Hey monks, the woman he has created for his misfortune. In the first, he nearly died of his woman.My thanks go to, he was spared.
Said this is done, the Master tells the story past.
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In the past, when Brahmadatta ruled in Balaam complaints, the Bodhisattva made in charge of the king's religious ceremonies.
At that time, you fisherman casting a net in the river. A big fish go play with females, it's wife was craving. He preceded females, smell the scent of the mesh, mesh swimming around and left. Drum fish blinded by greed attachment, go straight into the mesh. The fishermen know the fish were caught in the net he pulled up, catch fish, but not kill it, threw it on the sand. They say:
- We will grill fish on a flaming coal to eat.
Then they stacked a pile of coal and sharpen a stick. Fish thinking: "I do not weep because roasted on charcoal, or is penetrated by sharp sticks, or other suffering. But just because the females, will sadly my wife, thought it was out go with other females. that is what makes me pain! ".
Just wailing fish in verse:
not because of the mesh,
just scared my wife thinks,
I am passionate she was different!
At that time, the charge of religious ceremonies, along with a bunch of housemaids around, go imperial bath waterfront. He knows all things English. Listen coal fish, he thought, "This fish was crying plaintively wailing. They die in such a state of mental illness, it will give birth to hell. I'll be the help it!". He walked over to the fishermen and said:
- Hey guys, you do not sell us a fish every day to make curry there?
The fishermen say:
- Sir, why do you say that? He can take away everything he likes fish!
- We do not have any fish other than fish.
- Sir, you take it off.
Bodhisattva, with both hands caught fish, sit on the riverbank and advice:
- Hey you fish, if today I do not see you, then you are dead. But from now on, do not be so dominant imperial love!
Complete counseling, Bodhisattva fish drop into the water and returned to the city.
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After this dialog legal matter, the Master Theory of Truth. Last lecture, the monks were attained Du saved attachment. The Master combines two stories, and identify precursor as follows: - At the time, the females are the wife time ago, fish were empty as pretentious billion- attachment, also in charge of religious ceremonies is me.
-ooOoo-
35.CHUYEN quails (Formerly Vattaka) There flightless wings ...
This story, while traveling in the land of Ma-out-momentum, the Master talked about the forest fire was extinguished .. A when Bhagavan was traveling in the land of Ma-out-momentum. While walking through a small village in Ma-out-momentum, after a meal, on his way back to us, monks, Bhagavan saw a great fire flared up. In front and behind him there are many monks. Flame streamed forth, spreading, forming a curtain of smoke and a fire screen. Some monks also byproducts, for fear of death and said:
- Let's make a spot opposite the fire burning fire, burning flames will not spread there.
And with this intention, they took fire and flame rods do is rekindled. Some other monks said:
- Hey Hien blowing, doing? The Sage as those who did not see the moon standing the middle of nowhere, or circle the sun with rays of thousands of the world rises from the east, or ocean where we were standing on the shore. Or the Mountain Sage Tu-di not see when the sage went with Shanghai's rank in this life and on the natural world. The sage does not look to Career Enlightenment but is: Let's make a fire opposite! The sage does not know Buddha's power. Let's go back near the Master.
All monks from behind the front are approaching the Master, standing in a group. The Master with them monks standing on a patch. The roaring flames spread to the forest as if to devour all, but when it came to the Tathagata vertical spread, they spread around, not nearer sixteen views. It does not have the power to spread a large area of thirty-two games (1 class = 1.8 m).
The monks say virtue praises the Master:
- Oh virtue of Buddhas! This senseless flame can not fire spread to where the Buddhas stood, which was extinguished as torch domestic grass. Oh, the power of the Buddhas It is a miracle!
The Master, hear their story and said:
- Hey, monks, not only today I have the power to make the flames go off, when the fire came to this land. This is the true power of the ancient virtues I did. It was at this place, completely during a lifetime, the fire will not burn. This divine power exists throughout a lifetime.
Then Venerable Ananda Sangha shirt ranked Chile as four of the Master cushion for sitting. The Master sitting cross-legged. We monks prostrate Tathagata, surrounded around him and sat down. The monks asked to:
- Buddha, we only know the present, the past also been covered. Blessed One clarify matters for us.
According to their requirements, the Master tells the story past.
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Long ago, in the Ma-out-momentum, in this place, the Bodhisattva was reborn as quail. From the eggs, the bird itself and exit the shell operation, the size of a soccer ball shape. Parents put it in the nest, the mother bird feeding its food tha. Itself has no power to spread wings to fly the middle of nowhere, did not have the strength to go on a raised foot on the mainland.
At that place, year after year, often ignite fire. During this time, the fire is burning with tremendous roar. The birds from the flight crew, the fear of death, cried, and flew away. Parents Bodhisattva fear death, flying fled leaving the Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva lying in the nest, poking neck outstretched, saw the fire burning spread to, immediately thought: "If I had the power to stretch your wings to fly nowhere, and we can go to another place; or if we have power lifting up, we can go by foot to another place. the parents do, for fear of dying, had left me alone, had fled to save themselves. Now we have no other refuge. themselves helpless, we must do it! ".
And he thought: "In this world, there is merit, indeed merit. There is even the fullness of the past achievements of honey almond Balaam, sitting under the Bodhi, stock Enlightenment , full of insight world, liberated, liberating knowledge, achieved the truth, rambling compassion, patience gathered self love and equality for all living beings, where the Buddha is necessary. There merit the French that he had realized. And we get a true: one existing legal nature. Therefore, we need the concept of merit has been the past Buddha attained, holding himself legal nature of truth is where we, as a happy foot repel flames, bringing safety to us and for the remaining birds. " Thus, this verse says:
honesty, continence, compassion,
truth is with him
and I will be a happy,
Hanh supreme truth.
Or its direction French conception,
Buddhas past Mindfulness,
Based true strength,
I do truly qualified.
Then the concept of merit Bodhisattva Buddhas has entered Nirvana in the past, the true identity is in itself, as a truly qualified, and read the verse:
there feet can not walk,
my parents left,
O fire, go back!
When Bodhisattva was telling the truth, the flame goes callbacks about sixteen games (1 class = 1.8 m). When such callbacks, the fire did not burn it off through the woods and was extinguished on the spot, like a torch plunged into water. Therefore, the verse is spoken as follows:
high heat flame monitors.
Going back sixteen Games
As the torch with water.
During this lifetime, it was not burned with fire, called Kabbalah in a lifetime. Thus, the bodhisattva has truly qualified, and when the public network, he followed his career.
The Master said:
- Hey, monks, not only today I have the strength not to fire to the forest fires, which in ancient times, when the quail, I had the power of a truly qualified.
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After this dialog legal matter, the Master preached the truth. Last lecture, some people experience the results expected burners, some people attained Real Lai, some people attained Arhat. The Master, combines two stories, and identify precursor as follows: - In those days, our parents are our parents present in the past, also king cun quail species is Me.
-ooOoo-
36. BABY BIRD STORY (Formerly Sakuna) The birds live in life ...
This story, while at the Jeta, the Master tells the hut burnt leaves. Legend says the monks themed the Master Meditation. From Members States went to Kosala, he lived in an abode in the woods, near a border village in the field. In the first month, he burnt leaf hut. He let everyone know:
- I burnt leaf bower. I live difficult.
And these people are saying:
- Now we are limited fields, scooping water for farming is done, we will do.
When water slapped me, they sow seed, finished their seeding for fencing; fencing is complete, they weed, they reap, thresh them. Thus, they mention one task to another, until three months have elapsed.Monks did in the three months to live outdoors miserable, grew Meditation topic, but it is not the standard. So slowly ceremony finished, he went to the monks the Master, bowed and sat down on one side. After the friendly welcome, the Master asked:
- Hey monks, he settled comfortably rainy season has not, the subject of his meditation can achieve results?
Monks him to report the incident, and said:
- Because I was not a suitable abode, should be subject to no avail Meditation.
The Master said:
- During this advance, monks, even the animals know the appropriate abode with him, how can he not know?
Said this is done, the Master tells the story past.
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Long ago, when kings ruled Barhmadatta in Balaam complaints, the Bodhisattva of birth as birds, with birds surrounded negotiations depend on a large tree, full tree in a forest. One day, when the trees rub together, bushes falling, smoke arises. Seeing this, the Bodhisattva thought: "The two branches rubbing so this will give birth to the fire. The fire will burn the leaves fall to the old. Since then, this plant will be burnt. We can not be here. We have to away to another place. "
Then Bodhisattva said this verse with birds
yet abode Given,
It was born of fire,
O birds away,
Take the other way,
if he leaned his seat,
Fear may bring forth.
The birds have listened position Bodhisattva, immediately along with soaring Bodhisattva of nowhere, go to another place. These birds have no place to say:
- He like frogs sitting bottom of the well.
Should we not follow the Bodhisattva, he still lives on the spot.
From here not long, as the Bodhisattva had thought before, fire and burned born tree. While rising smoke and fire, the bird can not smoke blinded away, crashed in flames, all this child to other children and destroyed.
The Master said:
- Hey monks, during earlier; the highly arboreal animals are well known for their appropriate place, did he not know?
*
After this dialog legal matter, the Master preached the truth. Last lecture, the monks he attained a Stream. The Master combines two stories, and identify precursor: - In those days, the birds follow the bodhisattva is the Buddha congregation, and birds location is Me.
-ooOoo-
37. Move the pheasant (Formerly Tittira) Who elders glass ...
This story, when to go to Xa-defense, the Master tells the elders Sariputta was deprived of abode as how. When he-she-toxic level are done Vihara and send herald, the Master from Rajgir to leave, to Pi-amnesty-ly lived in it for delight and then sailed Xa-defense. At that time, the disciples of the Six monks go forward; when the residence was not the elders in, they win:
- Place of residence this country for our master teacher, this abode for our chief, this abode for us.
The elders came after not being the abode. The disciple of the Elder Sariputta find abode for elders, but is not. Elders are not abode, was sitting or meditation under a tree not far from the Master abode how much.
Early morning, the Master came out, cleared his throat loud. Elders coughed again. Bhagavan asked:
- Who's there?
- Buddha, I was Sariputta.
- Hey Sariputta, at this hour, he doing here?
The elders recounted it. The Master heard the story, thinking: "Now I am alive, the monks lack of respect, mutual respect. When I kill it, they'll do it any more?". Think so, the Master anxiety arises because Dharma.
As it got light, he told a public gathering, and asked the monks:
- There were so, the monks, the disciples Six monks go before devoting abode of monks Head Laos?
- Ladies and indeed, venerable sir.
Bhagavan immediately criticized Six monks. His sermon, told the monks:
- Hey, monks, who deserve the best seat, the best drinking water, food is the best alms?
Someone said:
- The family joined the Sat-imperial-town.
Someone said:
- The family joined the Brahmin, the landlord family.
Others say:
- The legal position, the preacher, the first have evidence Zen, Zen second, third Meditation, Zen fourth.
Others said
- these examples up, the First hybrid, Real hybrid, Arhat, even the evidence Ba Minh, Thang position six.
When the monks spoke his mind, the Master said:
- Hey, monks, the Dhamma I deserve to be the best seat, not from family monks Sat-imperial-town , not monks from family Brahmin, from the owner family, not the position the law, not maintain economic position, not the position of speech, not even the Zen etc .. witnessed Profile not even the store etc .. But this project, monks, in this Dhamma, depending on which big decisions about the prostrate, welcomed continued, hands, catering, which received the best seats, The best water, the best food alms. It is here, big as a measure. Thus, monks deserve big these things. But today, the monks, Sariputta my highest disciple, the legal transfer Depending Wheels, deserves to be the next abode my abode, he has not been abode, went through tonight live under a tree. If he does this the respect, not respect each other, then the time passes, they would behave like?
For the purposes of teaching the monks, the Master said:
- Hey, monks, in the past, the animals also think: "It is not proper for us, if we do not respect life, mutual respect, depending upon each other alive. After learning one of our oldest, we will pay homage to his position. "
After skillfully learn, most seniors know, we pay homage to his position, so when the public network, they are full of heavenly birth.
Said this is done, the Master tells the story past.
*
Long ago, on the slopes of Greek-Greek-paint code has three children living near a large almond tree: the quail, monkeys and elephants. We live not respect, no respect, not depending upon each other. Then we thought: "It is not worthy for us to live like this. Who among our seniors, we will pay homage he!". While they learn the most senior among them, then one day, between them, this means starting up when all three children sat under a tree eagle, pheasant and monkey asked the elephant:
- Hey you elephant, you know, when you see the first eagle tree, that tree to look like?
The elephant says:
- Hey guys, when I was little, tropical almond tree is just a bush, I passed it touched my thigh. When I cross the tree was standing, highest bough just touches navel. So I know this plant as a shrub.
Then the two animals like monkeys asked him moan. The monkey said:
- Hey guys, when I was a monkey, I sat on the ground, just take the collar off, edible shoots of the tree highest this young eagle. So I know this tree since childhood.
Two other animals such as pheasants asked me out. The quail said:
- Hey guys, erstwhile, at the other place, there is a large eagle tree. I eat fruit, defecated in this place, from there, the trees grow. So, I know this tree does not grow from the tree. Therefore, I am older than you.
To be heard as such, the monkey and the elephant said to have location pheasant:
- Hey you, you are older than us. Henceforth, we will reverence, respect, worship, offerings to you. We will prostrate, welcomed continued, hands, serving victims. We will obey the teachings of your promotion. Starting today, you will only teach our advice.
From that day onwards, the pheasant counseled them, they reside in the rule, and the rule himself habitually. All three animals with respect, mutual respect, depending upon each other, so live up to the public network, and then go to heaven.
The Master said:
- The purpose of the three animals are celibate because the quail. This, monks, if he lived animals with respect, mutual respect, why, he was ordained in the Law faculty this smart, can not respect life, respect for each other? This, monks, I advised him, starting from now, depending on the big, let's pay homage to him, welcome to, hands, serve; according to big, take the best seat, the best food alms; starting from now, not ever again be an older young a scramble abode. Who will scramble offenders.
After this dialog legal matter, Career Enlightenment verse reads:
is skillful in France,
this was praise Life,
Life follows, healthy living realms.
*
Thus, the Master speaks praises elders happy feast and combined the two stories together, and then identify precursor: - At the time, the elephant is the Section-devout-venture, the monkey is Xa- profit-waving and the quail is me.
-ooOoo-
38. STORY stork (Formerly Baka) ... He who has defrauded location,
this story, as in the United Vienna, the Master told about a tailor monks y. According to legend, there is a resident monks in Member States, a very skillful job of medical garments, such as cut, assemble, organize, and etc .. Due sewn this expedient, and they often do the named Tailors is y. What did he do?From the worn piece of cloth, with deft hands, he made a soft pleasant care. After sewing is finished, he dyed powder with water, seashells, bulldozed, make beautiful smooth glossy medicine. The monks do not know y, bringing new cloth to his monks and said:
- Hey Sage, we do not know medicine, please help us unfortunately.
Monks had said:
- Hey Sage, completed a medical need more time, but I now have a new medicine are done. Let this cloth, taking care that he used.
He brought them to watch out for health. The monks that he only saw the beautiful colors without knowing in his appearance, he thought that he should definitely give approximately monks Tailors new fabrics, and exchange medical leave. When he was a bit sticky and be washed in hot water, the essence of medicine is evident. Here then, the worn spot was exposed. They regret the exchange before. Thus he defrauded those who bring cloth to sew, and everywhere all what had happened.
Like you, monks deceived in Member States, the other in a small village, there is a medical garment monks also cheated other galaxies. The monks friend he advised:
- Hey venerable, in Member States with a tailor galaxy y deception so as venerable.
He himself said: "I will deceive this urban tailors". He made a medicine with many beautiful old cloth, dyed with dark yellow robes and went to the Members States. Other tailors who see them, starting with greed and asked:
- Venerable Sir, this medicine has unfortunately not have venerable?
- Hey Sage, yes, I did.
- This venerable, let them give me this medicine, other medical Venerable will take.
- Hey Sage, we are the people in the village, very difficult to get these items. If I give this medicine Sage, I will cover what?
- Venerable Sir, I have no sewing new cloth. Venerable said so, then I refuse what is? Well, Sage take it.
After putting the health of many old cloth, he took a new fabric, he deceived monks, and then went away. Area United monks in Vienna, after a few days he robes, he was cleaning with hot water, see the worn cloth, and a hissing shame. Overall we Increase known as the tailor in Member States has been the tailor in the small village of deception.
One day, in France the road, the monks were sitting talking about stories. The Master came and asked the monks were sitting talking whatsoever. The monks were sitting talking whatsoever. The monks presented the story, the Master said:
- Hey, monks, not only in America today who tailors activated hoodwink others. In the past, he has already defrauded. And the tailor in the small village, not just this new tailor fraud in Member States.In the past, he has defrauded and
so finished speaking, the Master tells the story past.
*
Long ago, in a forest house, Bodhisattva spirit trees being done. Trees that grow near a lotus pond. At that time, in a different lake is not very big, season drought, low water, but now it has a lot of fish. A stork see the fish, think how deception and eat them. Stork went to the lake, sitting on the bank of the water reflection. Folk saw it asked the trigger:
- He sat thinking about?
- I sat thinking of you!
- What he thought about us?
- In this pool, shallow water, little food, large drought. Now, what would you do? It is I sit here thinking like this.
- Well sir, we'll have to do?
- Hey, if you follow my words, you're going to suck each of our mines, bringing you to a large lake filled with lotus in color, and drop you there.
- Sir, from my youth to this place opening up, never storks think of fish. He just wanted to eat us one by one only.
- I will not eat you when you have faith in me. If you do not believe my words there is a lake over there, please appoint a fish go with me to see the lake itself was.
He believes Egret Folk, immediately sent a large fish, blind in one eye, thinking that it is capable of opposing the aquatic and terrestrial heron, egret and told to take. Stork was sucking fish taken, carried away, drop in the lake, only to see the whole lake, then put it in, drop it back to the old fish in the lake. This fish on praising the charm of the new pool for you to hear them. Play it praise, the fish will want to go and tell her:
- You instead, he take us away.
First stork carrying a big fish it out, take it to the edge of the lake, only for it to see the lake, and landed Vanara trees grow lakeside. Co throwing fish into two branches, the fish get fat tissue, killing it and eating meat, bones drop down a tree, then returned to say:
- The fish that were released before us. Other children go.
With the way, heron carried away every fish one, ate all the fish, and finally, do not find any more fish. At only crabs that remain. Stork want to eat it should say:
- Hey you crabs, all my fish had been carried away, drop into the pool filled with lotus large, come to that, I will take you away!
- How he take me?
- Dogs get you, I will take.
- Shut me carried away like that, he will drop me down. I will not go with you anywhere.
- Do not be afraid, I will suck you tightly and carried away.
Crab thinking: "It brings fish without fish in the lake. If it drop me into the lake is good. If it did not drop, I will cut off its neck, and kill it".
Then the crab said to her:
- Hey you trigger, you can not shut me certainly. We crabs were then clamped clamp. If I get the more grip your neck, my neck will grip you and will go with you.
Egret not know crabs want his deception came consent. As the grip of a blacksmith, a crab with his claws, clamps tightly flamingo neck and said:
- Come on, let's go!
Stork put crabs go, first of all just let it see the lake, then walked toward the tree Vanara. Crab says:
- Hey you, this lake side, how can you take me to the other side?
- Yes, I was a close friend of the people, and you are my friend. Do you think that I am the slave of thee, and give thee lifted okay? Look at this pile of bones under a tree Vanara! And we've eaten all the fish he, too, I will eat you!
- The fish was so dense you should be eating. But I will not let you eat me where. Crab said. I will kill you! You really are stupid! You're being cheated without knowing. If dead, both dead! I will cut off your head before I hit the ground!
After saying this, the stork crab neck clamped as clamps. With his mouth wide open, tears slowly flowing, too terrified for fear of death, she said:
- Sir, I will not eat him. Let me live!
- If you're down and drop in the lake.
Stork flying back and forth, down to the lake, dropping mud crabs on the lakeside. But the crab, before going into the water, cut off the neck stork as knife a lotus stem.
Gods lived in trees showing this strange, made up the whole forest echoes praises in verse as it sounds sweet:
Unfortunately guys were tricked,
deceived location Stork has
gotten back amputations.
*
The Master said: - Hey, monks, not only in America today who activated seamstress tailor in the village were defrauded.In the past, he also against fraud already.
After this dialogue sermon, the Master combines two stories and identify precursor:
- At that time, Member States seamstresses in the stork, the tailor in the village is the crab, but I am the god of trees.
-ooOoo-
STORY OF SLAVERY 39. Nanda (Formerly Nanda) ... Thought is the burial place,
this story, as in the United Vienna, the Master told about a disciple of the Elder Sariputta. Legend has it that monks had been a docile, endurance, often attempts servant elders. One time, after applying the Master, Elder was gone, the issue came to land in southern Dakkhinagiri Magadha (Ma-out-momentum), his brethren, to this country, become arrogant, stubborn, disobedient elders. When Elder said:
- Hey Sage, let's do this.
He immediately cause against Presbyterian.
Elders do not know why he temperaments such changes. After pedestrians in there, Elder went on Member States. Since according to the United Presbyterian in Vienna, mood, monks came back the same. Elders said to Tathagata:
- Buddha, I have a disciple, in a place, behaved like a slave bought for a hundred coins, but in a different place, to become arrogant, stubborn, sure do also cause opposition.
Guru says:
- Hey Sariputta, monks are not present such new personality. In the past, when this place, this person was acting like a slave bought for a hundred coins, but while away, then trouble, rival.
Said this is done, according to Elder request, the Master told the story past.
*
Long ago, when kings reigned in the land Brahamadatta Balaam complaints, the Bodhisattva was born in a landlord family. Friends of the Bodhisattva is also a older landlords Bodhisattva, but has a young wife bore a son. Older landowners who thought: "My wife was young, when I die, do not know who will take the property and this spending, instead of delivered to my son? So let's better assets buried underground ".
Think so, the landlord brought a slave in the house named Nanda, go into the woods, buried her assets into a place and said:
- Hey Nanda body after I die, tell my son to know this asset. Do not forget the forest.
After such advice, the old landlord was common network. The boy grew up gradually, of full age, his mother said:
- Dear relatives, father and son brought slaves Nanda, was buried assets. Make sure it carries on that legacy patrimony governance.
One day, the young man told Nanda:
- Hey, are you my father was buried assets?
- Dear boss, yes!
- Buried Where assets?
- Dear Boss, in the woods.
- So let's go get.
After bringing hoes and baskets, come to bury, he asked:
- Hey, where property?
Nanda climb, stand on the site was buried assets and property due to it, it starts the heart arrogance and upbraided the young master it:
- Scat! Spoiled children, child slavery. From where you get this property?
Its evil hear language, the youth do not hear anything, just say:
- Well, we go on.
Then two people on. After two or three days, both to go, but Nanda again insulted the same. The youth did not speak evil terms with it, and reflecting on them as follows: "The slaves, when I intend to let the property know. But there, again upbraided me will not know for some reason what? Well, my father had friends landowner, he asked to come. "
Youth goes to meet Bodhisattva present all facts and asked:
- Sir, what reason Nanda stands reviled site is where the father and son buried legacy assets?
- Dear, When Nanda insulted me, I should say, this slave, who insulted Who? Then pull it out, grab a hoe digging that place, take the property of the family heirs, told the slaves picked up and brought home.
Said that done, Bodhisattva read this verse:
gold coins and jewelry,
give it spleen and lower birth
name is Nan-da-ka
was standing and shouting
violently Words.
The young man immediately bowed Bodhisattva, go home, and put Nanda come to bury assets. Be in accordance with the counsel, the youth also obey the Bodhisattva advice, such as the merit of alms ... to the public network to follow his career.
The Master said: - In the past, the personality of those who did so well.
*
After the Master this dialogue sermon, he combined the two stories and identify precursor. - At that time, Nanda was a disciple of Sariputta, and who is where landlords have Me.
-ooOoo-
FIRE IN THE HOLE STORY THAN 40. Acacia (Formerly Khadirangara) hell ... I would rather fall,
This story, while at the Jeta, the Master told about him Anathapindika. He spent Anatha for Buddha Dhamma an amount of five hundred forty million to build his residence, and he did not think of jewels other than the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. While the Master also in Member States, every day you go to his residence millionaire three times to make offerings: one in the morning, one at noon, one in the afternoon. In addition, many other help.
He Anathapindika never go empty-handed, or afraid of novice monks have brought their children see nothing in hand. He brought porridge morning, after breakfast take ripe avocado, fresh butter, honey, molasses. In the afternoon he brought flavoring, garlands, fabric and garment care. Day by day, the consumer does so, without restriction.
In addition, many people living by selling personally handed the debt stock, asset lend him a hundred million estimate and does not require great millionaire paid. What about other property worth one hundred and eighty million was buried on the riverbank. When storm water break waterfront, patrimony was drifting out into the ocean. Sink to the seabed as the copper pots smashed longer locked and sealed intact.
Indoor're millionaires always have rice for five hundred monks, a millionaire like the great blue wells at the crossroads for them monks, as house parents for all the public. So, Career Enlightenment often go to the house of millionaire. Eighty university also went to the elders. Other monks can not come and go untold. The great millionaire home to seven floors, are decorated with seven doors upstairs. At the door of the home guard was fourth, a female god wrong resident. When Career Enlightenment into the house, was not in the female spirit in its floor, was brought down in several small children in the last floor. When eighty contemporary elders and other elders to come and go, he also nymphs to do so.She thought: "When the recluse Gotama and his disciples into this house, we are not at peace; we can not always get to the ground floor. We have to how those who did not come home anymore."
One day, when he was general manager of the resting room, he went to the female spirit, dazzling aura and stand back. Asked:
- Who is it?
She answered:
- I am the god of permanent female guard at the door Wednesday.
- Why is she coming here?
- He did not see the status of work to do millionaires, do not think about the next life for themselves, wasting assets, enriching recluse Gotama, do not worry trafficking, negligent work. He advised the millionaires take your work, do not let recluse Gotama and his disciples into this house again.
General manager who told nymphs:
- Hey god foolish woman, if you use the property millionaire, he only used for Buddhas Dhamma to liberation. Whether you're a millionaire holding bun and sell us into slavery, we still will not say anything. She let go.
Another day, he went to the female god conn eldest millionaire status and recommend similar teachings. Eldest son also scolded her as before. But she did not dare say this with the millionaire.
Do not stop giving, because no business and pre-recorded in less time, he went to the property bankrupt. Gradually millionaires into poverty missing, household products, clothes, couch, food is no longer the same. Oil in a situation like that, he still offered Anathapindika we Increases, though not offering fine cuisine.
One day, after he Anathapindika bowed and sat down, Bhagavan asked:
- Hey Gia owners, at home he has no material alms?
- Buddha, said to have the character of generosity. It is the plate of porridge with sour dough left over from yesterday.
The Master said:
- Hey Homeowners, worry not mind when giving bad rough objects, as well, the objects center offering to the Buddhas, Buddha unicorn, disciples become Buddhas nor coarse. Why? As independent horror tremendous results. Who can do good heart, the raw materials can not be giving bad. So he needs to know.
And Buddha verse reads:
do not call Giving small,
Cho Tathagata, Buddha,
Or for His disciples,
no public offerings
To be considered insignificant.
- Hey Homeowners, he offered bad raw dishes, but offering eight saint. During Velama, I disturb the whole Yan-line-deals with the alms seven precious things; while great generosity, I make them flow in rivers such as becoming a cascade. But I did not find anyone Life keeps Year Three refuge or gender.These people deserve to be offered so it was hard earned. Therefore, when we give to coarse food, not lamenting his mind.
Then the Master said Beijing Velamaka.
Then the nymphs did not dare tell the millionaire when he is authoritative, back thinking: "Now you see millionaires this difficult situation, can listen to my words." So in the middle of the night, he entered the room nymphs halo lighting, stood in the middle of nowhere. Area millionaires saw her, he asked:
- Who are you?
- This modern millionaires, we are at the door hung nymphs fourth.
- You come with nothing?
- I'd say his advice.
- So let's say go!
- This modern millionaire, he does not think of the following, do not look to son, daughter. He was wasting asset for teaching of the recluse Gotama. Because he has squandered the property for a long time, due to a new job, because recluse Gotama, he became poor lack. The work was so, he did not abandon recluse Gotama. Today, the recluse he still went into his house as before. What they took away from him, can not be taken home. Make sure is. But starting from now on, he not himself go to recluse Gotama. Do not allow the disciple of recluse in this house anymore. Turn back, do not look anymore recluse Gotama. Business yourself trafficking and rebuild the inheritance.
Area millionaire told nymphs:
- Is that advice, you need to tell us teachers?
- Exactly.
Area millionaire said:
- masters did for us not being swayed by the hundreds, by the thousands, by the hundreds of thousands of women, such as ye gods. My faith as a mountain Tu-di not waver, be smart dwell. Assets for French consumers told us to liberation. You say inappropriate words, is a blow because you hit the Buddha Dhamma, black demon lack respectful, follow evil world, no matter you live in my house. Take me out of the house quickly, go elsewhere.
Goddess heard the words of the saint disciples had attained a Stream, not be able to stay, went on in his place, carrying a baby is gone, which means: "If we can not find another place, we will sorry you millionaire and will stay in it ". Think so, she goes to the city Thien upholding death, he bowed and stood up. When asked:
- what's she up to?
She replied:
- Dear Thien Tu, unintentionally I talked to him Anathapindika, so you angry millionaire me, kicked me out of the house. Take me to your millionaire sorry and that I may stay in the same house.
- But she has told the millionaire what?
- Starting today, do not upholding Buddha, not upholding them Increased, not to recluse Gotama into the house. Dear God and death, I said so!
- Word unwarranted she said, is a blow to the Dhamma. We can not take her to meet with the millionaires.
Do not get the support from this location, go to the four Great female god heavenly king, was four he denies. Female god Sakka went to God all his stories and technical requirements more urgent help:
- Dear God all, you must not shelter, have carried you in his arms, not wandering the shelter. With his power, give me a place to live!
Thien owner replied:
- You do not like the appearance, were a setback to the teachings of the Career Victory. I can not tell you're millionaires behalf. But I will tell you a way to forgive you're millionaires.
- Dear God all, good replacement, please speak up.
- There are many people who borrowed the great millionaires of some assets worth one hundred and eighty million ... thou representatives disguised millionaire status without anyone to know, holding her in debt paper, with some young Yakshis surrounded, one hand holding the debt paper, a handle receipts, go to their home, standing in the middle of the house, threatening them with powerful Yakshis her, and said: "This is a paper your debt. When our millionaire ranks have power, did not ask for you. Now, he met the attack poverty, return the money you have borrowed. "
With Yakshis power of you, you will regain all of one hundred and eighty million gold coins that, fill the empty coffers of millionaire status. Area millionaires also have other assets buried in the riverbank Aciravati, when sores waterfront property was swept away into the sea. With the power of, bring some of that fortune, to full coffers. Even more have a property worth one hundred and eighty million is not all buried in somewhere, get brought back to fill empty coffers. With a hundred and forty million years that, you fill the empty coffers, take it to penance, then the great millionaires please forgive.
Goddess response:
- Goodness instead, said bias control.
Than Thien all women accepted, bring all properties as has been said.
Midnight, nymphs go into your room millionaires brilliant, shining halo, standing in the middle of nowhere. Asked was, she replied:
- Higher millionaire Sir, I am the god of blind stupidity women at Wednesday attic door. Because I was so ignorant, not knowing the Buddha merit, had told him the words mistakes in the days before.Forgive him my fault! According to Thich Thien topic, I have to reclaim the money owed one hundred and eighty million for him, brought the amount one hundred and eighty million were drifting out to sea, and buried in a derelict and there. So I have brought five hundred forty million filled the coffers empty to atone for his sins. The money he was spending on his residence Member States, all this has been gathered. Because I do not have very miserable abode. Do not think about what I did because of the very location of the bowl. Forgive me, sir Higher millionaire.
He Anathapindika heard this, thought to himself: "This woman is said Shen has founded the atonement and her pleaded guilty. Master will consider this, and will let it know their merit. I will Job offers came nymphs Enlightenment ". Area millionaire said:
- Hey nymphs, if people want to apologize to me, apologize to me before the Master.
- You instead, I will do so. Take me to the Master.
Area millionaire consent. When the night was brutal, in the morning, the female god millionaire brought to the Master and to report to the Tathagata all female god job. Listening to the Master then said:
- Here, the Homeowners, who do evil, if evil is unripe, who was found to be good. When the wickedness of man was ripe, only then he can see who is evil. He who does good, not good when ripe, who was seen as evil, the goodness of the person was ripe, just when he was seen as good guys.
Then the Master said to the two verses in the Dhammapada 119 and 120
when evil is not yet ripe,
ripe When evil,
see evil evil person.
The gentle seen as evil,
when God is ripe,
when charity is ripe,
The sages saw as friendly. "
- Buddha, because the infected attachment, the field was hysterical, being wicked delusion, ignorance is covered, I do not know the merits of the Exalted, has said evil words, please forgive me.
Then she was the Master to forgive, and be forgiven the great millionaires.
At that time he Anathapindika before the Master, says his merit:
- Buddha, god this woman tried to stop me: 'Do not make offerings to Buddha etc ..! But no human being can stop. She tried to stop me, Do not alms! But you have been giving. Venerable sir, it is my merit.
The Master said:
- Hey Homeowners, his disciples have attained St. The store, have estate trust, with pure knowledge.
It's no miracle that he had not been stopped by this spirit helpless female. But there is something truly magical was the location Hien past childhood, when the Buddha has not yet appeared, when immature wisdom, evil oil, all worlds, standing in the middle of nowhere shouted: If you give alms, you will burn in hell, and indicate a deep pit full of flaming coal to eighty elbow, oil is prevented, Do not alms, who reigned between lotus stand still as usual alms.
Speaking done so, according to his request Anathapindika, the Master tells the story past.
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Long ago, when Brahmadatta ruled in Balaam complaints, the Bodhisattva was born into a millionaire family in Balaam complaint, raised in luxury as a prince. Once into adulthood, just sixteen years old, Bodhisattva has reached virtuosity in all techniques. After his father's death, is set up millionaire status, Bodhisattva built six alms schools, four houses in four-door, a house in downtown, a front door of his residence, and held great generosity, morality, keeping the Bodhisattva day.
One day, during breakfast hours, when the scrumptious dishes are brought to the Bodhisattva, a Buddhist unicorn, after seven days of meditation, has just published and commented: "It's really out of sight now, now we you must go to the home of millionaire Balaam complaints ". After cleaning by brushing teeth with sticks betel climbing stalks, wash your face at the lake Anotatta, then stood on the plateau Manosila, bring your health Buddhist unicorn under, tied a belt, outer robes take earthen bowls Kabbalah by chemical currently, passing nowhere and at the door, while breakfast is brought to the Bodhisattva. Instead of reading Bodhisattva Buddhist enlightenment, immediately stood up from his seat, looking at the head almost, indicating need food offerings. The servant said:
- Dear Boss, I have to do?
Bodhisattva said:
- Bring he last bowl.
Even in that moment, turned loose Devil shows up, thinking: "The Buddha unicorn is only food from the past seven days, if today not to eat, he will die. I will die, and he do you millionaires cease alms ".
Just then the Devil comes along, manifested in the house a deep pit coal illustrious eighty elbow (an elbow = 45 cm). Lake was filled with acacia forest coal burning, fire red flame, appears as hell. After he created a flaming coal pits, Devil himself stood in the middle of nowhere. Most people go to, to bring the bowl back, saw it, panicked backtracking. Bodhisattva asked:
- Dear dear, how did you come back?
He says:
- Dear Boss, indoor coal pits have a flaming, red fire, burning.
Others go to the panic also fled before.
Bodhisattva thought: "Today, Devil had the power, we are working to stop giving. I need to let it know whether hundred Ma, Ma thousand, hundred thousand Ma did not make us oscillate. On now we will make them see someone who's stronger, who have more power than anyone. "
Bodhisattva himself took the bowl of rice ready, go out of the house, standing right on the shores of Lake flaming coal, looked up to heaven and saw Devil asked:
- Who are you?
- I am the Devil.
- Are you a flaming charcoal pit manifested this?
- Yes, it would turn out.
- For what purpose?
- For the purpose of stopping you give alms, because the purpose of your life Ðộc kill Buddhist enlightenment.
Bodhisattva said:
- I will not let you stop me alms. It is also not for the life of you you kill Buddha unicorn. Today, I will make thee know between me and you, who have greater power.
Still standing on the bank of flaming coal pit, the Bodhisattva said:
- Buddha, Buddha unicorn, baby oil can fall into the pit head coal hung upside of this, I still did not come back. Blessed One accept food donations by children.
Then Bodhisattva read this verse:
Legs on, first the bottom,
I will work St.,
Please take dishes.
Then with firm determination, the Bodhisattva holding bowl of rice hung up the coal pits! When Bodhisattva do so, from the flaming charcoal pit depth to eighty elbow, grow a beautiful lotus feet caught Bodhisattva. From his lotus, lotus stamen is about a big fight sprayed on, fell on their first Great Master, covering the whole body as sprinkle gold beads. Bodhisattva standing on a lotus flower, placed in the bowl of your food Ðộc Giac Buddhist different epigastric. Buddha received enlightenment Ðộc taste the food, speak to their rejoicing and thrown bowl up out of nowhere, and in front of the public, on their own nowhere soar toward Greek Son Hy-code, leave a line including many shapes clouds special magic. Devil also failed and sorrow go about your abode. Bodhisattva stands on a lotus, a public sermon, praised the generosity, morality, and along with them surrounded, entering his abode. Lifetime Bodhisattva making merit, then the public network to follow his career.
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The Master said: - Hey homeowners, it's no miracle that a full knowledge of people like him do not let women do fluctuate god. It's the magic is what Job did reign in the past tense.
This dialogue sermon finished, the Master combines two stories, and identify precursor:
- At that time, the Buddha's enlightenment in that location Ðộc enter Nirvana, but I was the one millionaire Balaam complaints, after defeating the evil-ma, standing on lotus flowers, offerings of food alms bowl Buddha's Enlightenment read.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.16/2/2017.
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