Meaning of the birth of the Buddha .

Each year, for every full moon of the lunar April, all over, the Buddhists celebrate with joy and solemnity celebrate the Great Anniversary of the birth of the Buddha. 2641 years ago,  "A single being, an extraordinary human being who appears in this world, has compassion for the good and happiness of the gods and humans."

In order not to lose sight of superstition, worshiping the Buddha as God, a god blessing the devil; And to determine the religious belief, a true faith, we will learn deeply the image of the birth of the Buddha.

Prince Siddhartha was born from the right side of the Queen Maya and walked seven steps, one hand pointing to the sky, one hand pointing to the earth, saying,  "Heavenly galaxies, unique solitary."  Then the gods above. Nothing can be played drum music, lotus flower, lotus pink ... pattern-dalliance of heavens, fried flour-flock on the Crown Prince ... These factors can be considered as related legend To the birth of the Buddha was found.

From birth, growing up, ordained, studied and enlightened until Nirvana, every step of the person is the embodiment of voluntary birth, bringing love, joy and happiness to all species. .As Buddhists, we must understand precisely about His life to develop the heart of worship.When discussing the birth of the Buddha, it is not enough if we are only based on historical or legendary beliefs. We must combine the historic Buddha and the legendary Buddha to portray the perfection of the transcendent human being.

According to the history of the Buddha, Queen Ma Da dreamed of seeing six white elephants from the air down and hiding in the right hip, then conceived. Historical fact is how nobody knows, but with the image of white elephant 6 tusks is a symbol of the Bodhisattva with life saving life. Elephants symbolize the power, the heroic always forward. Six dynasties represent the Bodhisattva achievement of the Bhàpa-bile (Charity, morality, patience, effort, meditation, wisdom).

Crown Prince was born from the right hip. This is also a fairly understandable information for Indians who view right as representing truth and truth. The evidence is that they always place revered images to the right. Thus, the right symbolizes goodness; Ie Nibbana forward and reverse birth control. Prince Siddhartha is a supreme being, pure mind and body, in "immaculate habitat", not attracted by the vortex of samsara. On the contrary, He has transcended the suffering of the bondage of the nakedness and brought the truth of enlightenment. Prince born from the hip symbolizes the pure, unpolluted as the secular, the body completely pure mind, not interested in the temporal realm.

The Prince has seven daughters, seven daughters, seven daughters, and seven daughters.Why are there only seven steps without any number, this has many texts written, though a bit different, but the number 7 is still the general theory. There are many different explanations, with the following ideas:

+ Number 7 is a good figure, the Oriental mystical number that Indians are very important.

+ Crown Prince of seven steps is because he is the seventh Buddha, followed by six Buddha preceded by the Buddha, the Buddha, the Buddha Vajradhara, Buddhist monks, Buddha Na Na Buddha, Ca lettuce and come to Him Buddha Shakyamuni.

In accordance with the concept  of Flower Adornment , the whole universe is not apart from the number 7: above, below, in, out, right, left and middle. From small things such as mulching to large objects such as Mount Meru, they are all out of 7.

+ Seven steps symbolize three times (past - present - future) and four directions (East - West - South - North).

+ Seven steps for the Great: earth, water, wind (wind), fire (fire), nothingness, ants and consciousness.

+ Seven steps only for the Bodhi section (Trạch Pháp, diligent, happy, contemplation, meditation, discharge, discharge).

In terms of the image of the seven lotus under his feet, he is considered by some as the symbol of the succession of seven disciples of the Buddha, including monks, monks, nuns, samas, nuns , Consciousness-consciousness, Pregnancy and Pregnancy-di-di.

All the Buddha images, Bodhisattvas are standing on the lotus lotus because of the specific nature that other flowers do not have: Grows in the mud without muddy, flowers in one turn, butterfly bees The young women do not get hair, flower bloom before dawn. The lotus is not only a pure flower, but it also has some qualities such as fragrance, purity and softness. That is also the beautiful image of the Buddha, born in life without life, living in the mundane world without being infected first, symbolized the spirit of the Buddhist incarnation that the Patriarchs often say is " The Buddha Dharmas of the sensible world, "" Exactly naked ceiling "as the lotus flower grows in the mud but still blooming fragrant.

Prince standing on the lotus, one hand to heaven, a land only hands, saying, " Heavenly galaxy, unique solipsistic.  Infinite life and death, the needle . This verse also has many different presentations, but the meaning of the commonplace. The main sentence is still "In heaven, under heaven only I is precious." It is easy to hear through us that the Buddha is self-righteous. Because we think that this Ta is the Ta of Prince Siddhartha, an ego and self-destructive birth like the hundred thousand of other beings. If so, how to explain the immortal sayings of the Buddha in the Mahayana scriptures: "49 years of sermon I have not said a word.

If say the Self that is the I of the five aggregates "Duyen born author of", is what I 32 general good and 80 beauty is contrary to the law of impermanence and the doctrine of selflessness of Buddhism: "In every ownership Generals of false expectations " . The truth of life is tangible, so that no living being can escape the suffering of old sickness. So, what I am here for sure is not what I am, but what I am - the truth. It is Chon Chon, Chon Tanh, Buddha Tanh, is the pure heart, is Tam Tam, is the Buddha. The nature of I that is not named so it has many names. It has no form so it is not destroyed.

The Buddha showed us the noble "I" through the process of practicing, practicing, attaining enlightenment, and achieving the ultimate wisdom, liberating Nirvana like him. Declarations such as,  "I am the Buddha, the Buddha is going to be", "The creatures of the Buddha nature"  are unique to other religious people in the history of humanity. Thus, the sentence "Heavenly allies, unique solipsist"  is not only for the individual Buddha, not only for the birth of the kill but it is the self that is not kill not kill that everyone has. That new fall is the "I treasure".

In short, for the advent of a great man, there are always legendary elements that are more or less man-made to make a difference to ordinary people, and also to fit the mind. Oriental concept. So, beside a historical Buddha, we have a legendary Buddha. However, the study of the deep meaning of the Buddha's life is necessary for those who "begin to study the Buddha.

To commemorate the birth of the 2,634th Buddha, we need to further practice the Buddha's teachings or the implications of the Buddha image, as Buddhism is the direct experience.Without practice, we will not have the source of peace, not progress to be liberated happily.Therefore, in addition to studying the Buddha, we must be aware of the effort to practice, to practice mindfulness of mindfulness, so that in every moment of life we ​​always have a Buddha born in the minds of each child Our Buddha.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.11/4/2017.