Deer auspicious stories (Money Than Lakkhana)

Humans have morality ...,

This story, while at the Bamboo Grove, near Rajgir, the Buddha tells of Devadatta. The story of Devadatta will be counted until done robber in Khandahala precursor (No. 533), until he was driven from office depositories in Cullapanthaka precursor (No. 533), until the earth is swallowed alive in the sixteenth chapter in Samud-davanija precursor (No. 466).

One time, Devadatta requires five conditions, but is not, and they destroy the harmony of the Sangha, bring five hundred monks to stay in Gayasisa. Then the location of the monks that are mature, know this, the Master told his first two disciples:

-  Hey Sariputta, five hundred monks of his disciples, acquired interest of Devadatta, who went with him. Their position was now tamed. He let go there with many monks, preach to them as they enlightened the Paths and the Fruits, and take them on.

-  In the words of the Blessed One, venerable Sariputta go there, they do their sermons for enlightenment on Paths and Fruits; until the next day, when the new dawn sky, venerable monks that brought about Truc Lam. After about, Elder Sariputta Exalted prostrated. When standing here, the monks praised the Exalted Elder as follows:

-  Buddha, Dharma dazzling splendor of our senior parents, the legal Shogun rank, with five hundred monks went around back. And Devadatta lost all the followers who take.

-  This, monks, is not this just a new Sariputta dazzling splendor of her son when surrounded by the congregation, but in the past, and such dazzling splendor!

The monks ask Exalted clarified this issue. Bhagavan clearly presented following the past story.

-ooOoo-

Childhood later, at the Ma-out-momentum, in Rajgir, a king Ma-out-momentum reigning. At that time, the Bodhisattva was born as a deer, and grew up in the woods with a thousand deer. Bodhisattva had two deer, named Lakkhana (auspicious) and Kala (Black). When old, Bodhisattva said to the children:

- Dear dear, now I am old, you just take care of the deer.

Then Bodhisattva delivered five hundred deer for each child. From then on, two deer herds that care.

In Ma-out-momentum, in the fall of grain, rice flowering when full, are more dangerous for the deer. With the aim of killing the animals eat rice, the villagers dug trenches, plugging husband, described the trap rock, trapping sop and other kinds of pitfalls. Many deer in distress to die.

Bodhisattva known to bear the full grain, to call back and say two children:

- Dear relatives, this is the full flowering of grain, many deer were near accidents. I am old now will use any means to stay in one place. And you bring herds of children, hidden in the rocky mountain path in the woods, waiting for the rice harvest is complete, will return again!

We obey the teachings of his father, leaving the deer entourage. The villagers know their way away. In this time, the deer climbing; in this time, we went down the mountain, so they hide in the secret, here and there along the way, to shoot and kill countless.

Kala deer, with his ignorance, do not know when to go, what time should not go, just bring the deer to go in the morning, afternoon, when dusk, dawn, past the village gate. And the farmer or revealing or hiding here and there to kill them, causing many deer in distress. So, with his ignorance, deer Kala makes many deer in distress, the rest goes into the woods with it very little.

And thanks to the location Lakkhana deer, intelligent, skillful, yet know when to go, what time should not go, it does not pass through the village gate, do not go during the day, do not go at sunset, dawn, but only bring the deer away at midnight. Therefore, not a deer in distress yet, and we go into the woods with it. We lived here for four months when the rice has been harvested, new down the mountain.

Kala, on the way back, repeating foolish action before, making the remaining deer crashed, again, alone it back. Lakkhana deer doe does not make a distress, along with five hundred deer around, going about with their parents. When the Bodhisattva saw two go on, think about the deer and said this verse:

Humans have morality

Welcome reward,

See Lak-kha-na to,

She led them children,

Take a look at this Ca-la

With her children destroyed.

Thus, the Bodhisattva celebrate deer, live in it for the end of life and followed his career.

-ooOoo-

The Master said:

-  Sariputta today not only shine with her new baby around, which previously had such brilliance. And Devadatta not new today only makes retinue is destroyed, which previously been the case.

After this dialogue sermon finished, compare the two stories, and combined them together, he concluded with the identification of precursor as follows:

-  At that time, deer Kala is Devadatta, its entourage entourage male Devadatta; deer Lakkhana is Sariputta; the doe is the mother of Rahula (Rāhula) and deer father is Me.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.14/3/2017.