Story desert (Money Than Vannupatha).

Unmanaged tired, they dug ...,

These talks are Bhagavan when He speaks in Xa-defense. Because whom he said? For some monks gave up diligently. When Bhagavan at Xa-defense, a man can have a permanent home in the friendly Xa-defense went to States Members, the Master heard the sermon, psychological and net credits, see the dangers of sex, should get ordained. Live five years awaiting ordination, he memorized two abstracts, in meditation practice, take from the Master a subject of meditation that you enjoy, then go into a forest house.

Experiencing a rainy season retreat period, after three months, he can not start up a light or visualize anything. Then he thought: "gurus who teach four classes. In them, we have the lowest is not happy? I can not think for ourselves Paths and Fruits us, so do we live in the forest? Let go of the Master, to live to admire Buddha body with ultimate color solution, to listen to the sermon than sweet.

Think so, he returned to Member States. The friend told followers he:

-  Hey Sage, you have received from the Master a subject of meditation, went to the determined implementation of recluses. Now you go back, enjoyed live congregation. Or do you have achieved the ultimate goal of duty-home people, and ended rebirth?

-   Sage Hey, I did not see was the Paths and Fruits, his thought was not capable, so I gave up on this effort and.

-  Hey Sage, you did not do one thing, you have ordained in the teachings of the Master persistent effort, you give up the effort. Let's go to the audience with the Tathagata. We will present to him this straight.

They took this position to close the Master. When he saw he and said:

-  This, monks, the monks brought him here this unwanted him. What did this person?

-  Buddha, the monks, after the renunciation of the true dharma of liberation so, after practicing law recluses, to abandon this effort and return.

Bhagavan told his monks:

-  Hey monks, were so he gave up the effort?

-  Ladies and indeed, venerable sir.

-  Hey monks, why after the renunciation of Dhamma so, he did not know how to live less education, contentment, renunciation or effort, but the effort was abandoned? Due to the diligence of his alone, but in the sandy desert, and herds caravan of five hundred carts had been drinking, was to live at peace. Now why did you abandon the effort?

With such words, monks feels encouraged tonnes books. Heard so, the monks requested Bhagavan:

-  Buddha, we have clear renunciation of this current effort of the monks. But erstwhile, due to the diligence of its people, in the sandy desert, the cows and groups who drink and live peacefully. The story is still being covered up for us, just to be clear with Bhagavan is located Necessary steps. Tell us the story.

-  So this the monks, listen.

After suggesting the attention of the monks, Bhagavan clearly raised the incident happened in the past.

-ooOoo-

Erstwhile, while Brahmadatta ruled in Balaam complaints Kasi country, the Bodhisattva was born in the family merchant caravans, raised and often trade with five hundred vehicles. One of the Bodhisattva enters sandy desert, sixty miles long, with five hundred vehicles. In that desert, sand is very fine, when scooping the fist, it will run down before. When the sun rises, the sand becomes hot flaming coal close, could not come up on it. Therefore, those who go through that desert, carrying firewood, water, oil, rice ... on the carriage, just walk in the night; when the sun rises, they put the carriage into a circle, making a canopy overhead, after eating really early, they usually sit in the shade all the day.

When the sun sets, they eat early afternoon, the sand was cold, they won the chariot around and leave. Going through this desert-like sailing so. Instructor, called "geographic growth" guidelines caravans passing through understanding the stars. This caravan owners at that time going through desert with such facilities.

After all fifty miles away, he thought: "Today was another night, we will be out of the desert." After dinner, he ordered the wood and water disposal, won the car and leave. Travelers head to cover the cloth in the forefront carriage to sit and watch the stars and the words that say the road will go, and then lay down. He had not slept for a long time, so tired, asleep, unaware that the cow went around and return to the old way. The cows all night to go that way.

When dawn sky, leaders wake up, look at the stars and said:

- Give back the carriage turned the fold!

But when the rover has returned, and it was already lined up in the morning. The people in the group said:

- Yesterday, we had to camp there chariot. Firewood and water we got rid of all. Now we are in danger then.

They untie the car in a circle, extended a veil on the head, each one lying down his chariot, melancholic despair. Bodhisattva thought: "If we abandon the effort, all will be in jeopardy". In the morning, when the weather is cool, he went up and saw a patch of grass dabbha, thought to himself: "Under this grass, how to make the circuit also water, grow new grass", went to grab a hoe and dig that place. They dug sixty elbow; come here, touch stone hoes below. Then, all disappointed, not try anymore. Bodhisattva thought how water also under the rock. He went down. standing on a rock. Leaning down, he listened.

Hear the water flowing under a rock, he climbed back, told the attendant servant:

- Hey buddy, if you abandon the effort, then all of us will be in jeopardy. You do not abandon the effort. Grab a large hammer, comes down and beats on this stone!

Obey all, while everyone stood dejected, who does not abandon effort, climb down and smote the rock. The stone is broken in the middle, falling and standing up jets of water, horizontal high palm tree trunks. All of them drinking and bathing, and then play the wheel tight, excess axle, porridge and rice. When finished eating, they eat beef.

Until sunset, they had a chance to plug the tree near the water, then go to the designated place. There, they sell proceeds of goods obtained twice, four times the amount of capital and then return home. They live every life, and the common destiny to follow his career. And the Bodhisattva, giving life and making merit, and followed his career.

-ooOoo-

When finished speaking this dialogue approach, Career Enlightenment plausible reading verse:

Tirelessly, they dig,

They dug sandy road

By the time the water line

There, they were water!

Likewise, tier hermit

With the power of diligence,

Not discouraged fatigue,

Find peace of mind.

Then he preached about four Truth. Last lecture, monks had to abandon his effort attained supreme, fruit Arhat.

After the Master had finished two stories and combine them together, he concluded with the identification of precursor as follows:

-  At that time, the attendant not give effort, smashing the rock and bring the water to groups of people ie monks had to abandon this effort. Owners entourage entourage that caravans of Buddha, also owners of caravans as 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.