6.   Dharmaraja  austerities [1]

T O heard something like this:

One time, Buddha at Mal heroin gallery  [2] ,  traveling folk, along with one thousand two hundred and fifty monks, gradually come to the Ma-long [3] . 

Then the Buddha said to the monks:

"Monks, you light yourself. Light the Dharma, do not light elsewhere. Make yourself your refuge, take refuge in the Dharma, do not rely on elsewhere [4] .

"Monks, how do you light yourself? To light in the Dharma, not to light elsewhere; Take refuge in yourself, rely on the Dharma, do not rely on another place?

"Here, Bhikkhu-body contemplation on the body, need not lazy, memory not forget, eliminate the desire in life. Body on the external body, body contemplation on the external body, need not lazy, memory not forget, except in life. Contemporaries, contemporaries, the same legal. It is the monks to light themselves; To light in the Dharma, not to light elsewhere; Take refuge in yourself, take refuge in the Dharma, do not rely on another place. Practice like that will not be harmed ghost, merit more and more. Why?

"In ancient times, there was a karmic name,  [5] the emperor of the Sultanate [6] , who conquered all the four kingdoms. Then the king is the self- ruling [7] , ruled by the dharma, is the ultimate winner in mankind. The king had all seven treasures: precious golden wheels, prized white elephants, precious horses, jewels, precious jewels, precious laymen, precious jewels. And there are thousands of heroic people, enough to defeat the enemy. The king does not need to use soldiers who are peaceful. 

Reconciliation King for a long time, one day the gold wheel in the middle of the air naturally left the old place. He looked at the wheel and said to the king, 'Sir, know this wheel is gone now.' After hearing this, King Kien Mindfulness thought: 'I heard the veterans say: If the wheels go out of the old car, the life of the karmic rotation is no longer long. I have now enjoyed the blessing in the human realm, seeking the means to enjoy heavenly blessings. Let us set up the Crown on the ruler of the four continents and ordain a hamlet for the hairdresser, to cut off the hair beard, then we put on forensic medicine, ordained.

"Then King Kien Mind called the Crown Prince and said: 'Khan know? I heard the veteran wealthy said, if the wheels leave the old place, the life of the West is not long. I have now enjoyed the blessing in the human realm, seeking the means to enjoy heavenly blessings. Now we want to shave off the hair beard, busy three forensic, monasticism. I bring you four continents entrusted to you. Strive to love the people. After the Crown Prince's life. The Emperor Constantine immediately shaved off his beard, engaged in forensic medicine, and became a Buddhist monk.

"The king was released seven days, gold wheels suddenly not appear. He regarded the wheel to the king: 'The king should know, now the gold wheel suddenly disappear. King unhappy. Waving to the King of Mind. Upon arriving, he said, 'The Sultan should know, now the golden wheel suddenly does not appear anymore.' The Eminent King replied to his son, 'Do not worry about unhappiness. That golden wheel is not yours. You just need to execute the administration of the holy emperor, then the full moon full moon, bathing incense, sit at the Dharma power, can women surrounded, immediately have the god of precious gold wheels come naturally. The full-color, full-color wheel is the work of the sky-maker, not the human race. '

"Prince Siddhartha King:" Sister, the chief of the dharma is the dharma. What to do?' The king told me: 'Be on the dharma, on the French security, achievements in France; Respectful, respectful, observant; Taking the first law, the Dharma chief. Again, teach the women by dhamma. Again, take care to teach the king, the king, the bureaucracy, the hundred and the dharma. Please guard, care for Sa-ard, Brahmin, until the beast. Then he said to me: 'Again, in the realm of your kingdom, if there are Sa-subjects, Brahmins, practice the bar, full merit, diligent effort, away from pride, patience Compassion, alone in the practice of leisure, alone rest, alone reached Nirvana; Self eradicate greed, teach others eradicate greed; Self destroy the yard, teach others to destroy the yard; Self eradicate ignorance, teach others to eradicate ignorance; In the spot where they are not polluted, in the place where they are guilty of crime, in the place where they are not foolish, where they can sink in front of them, where they are not In, the body of action; mouth to say substances directly, the idea of direct, pure personally, saying pure, pure thought, pure awareness, the lily [8] ,  not bored; Know enough in the dress, and take alms bowl to cause blessings to beings. If there are such people, you should often come to, depending on the question: what is the practice, what is good, what is evil, what is called, what is not Not worthy of, worth doing, what not worth doing, And what do you do for long-term peace? You ask and then decide to consider what you should do, try to do, should try to give up. In the country if there are old orphans should diagnose. The poor are weak and please be careful not to be inferior. In the old law country, you do not change. These are the Dharma that Dhamma Monks practice, you serve. "

Buddha told the monks:

"Monks, when the Cursed Sword Holy Whisper heard the dharma teacher finished, as the teachings that practice. To the full moon full moon, bathing incense, sit at the power, maybe surrounded by women, natural wheels appeared in front of the car, thousands of brightly lit car radiator have been. Wheel full of foot, needle diameter of a wheel. At that time, the CCP dictated: 'I heard the veterans say: If the King of the Charms, to the moon full moon, bathing incense, sit in the security, can The women around, the golden wheel in front of the face, the thousand-spoke wheel, the brilliant light, is the work of the sky craftsman, not man made, made of gold, sugar The glass of truth, then called the Cursed Divine King. Now is the wheel that is not coming up now? Let's try that wheel?

"At that time, the king turned over four million soldiers, headed for the golden wheel, put on his right shoulder, kneeled to the ground, and clapped his hands on the wheel and said, Which is transported to the East, not illegal. The wheels turn to the East. The king led four soldiers to follow the golden wheel, in front of the golden wheel with four guiding gods. When the golden wheel stopped, the king stopped the car. At dawn, the Eastern States saw the great king come, they brought gold bowls of silver and gold rice bowls to the king, bowed, said: "Sultan comes, it is good! Now in the East, fertile land, abundant people, temperate temperaments, from the middle of the court. Bowing to the Holy King for this Dharma Legislation, we will provide the servants, servants of all things to use. ' The emperor said to the emirs: "Okay sage! So you have offered me then. You should take the Dharma to rule the people, not to bias, not to make the country illegal. That is, we mean that. The emirate obey the command. They followed the king to patrol the country, returning to the East Sea to return.

"The king went to the South, then to the West, to the North. Whenever the golden wheel arrives, the monarchs come to serve as Eastern states.

"Then the king of Cracow, after having followed the golden wheel on all four seas, led the right path, consoling the people, returning to the country, the golden wheel stopped in the air at the palace door. The emperor's revelation excitedly said: 'This golden wheel is a good omen. Now I am truly the Cursed Divine King. '

"It was a golden wheel achievement.

"He took a lifetime, then the golden wheel in the middle of nowhere suddenly left the old place. He looked at the wheel and said to the king, 'The great king should know, the wheel now is gone.' I heard myself thinking: 'I heard from the old dynasties that, if the wheel of opportunity went away, the crescent was no longer so long. I now enjoy the blessing of human beings, should also find means of receiving blessings in heaven. Let us set up the Crown Prince of the four celestial spheres, set a hamlet for the hairdresser, and ordered the beard removed, worn by three forensic practitioners.

"Then the king called the Crown Prince and said: 'Khan know? I heard the veteran wealthy said, if the wheels leave the old place, the life of the West is not long. I have now enjoyed the blessing in the human realm, seeking the means to enjoy heavenly blessings. Now we want to shave off the hair beard, busy three forensic, monasticism. I bring you four continents entrusted to you. Strive to love the people. After the Crown Prince's life. The king shaved off his beard, was busy with forensic medicine, and became a Buddhist monk.

"The king was ordained seven days, then the golden wheels suddenly did not show up. The watchman came up to announce to the king: 'The Great King, this wheel suddenly disappeared.' The king did not hear it was a worry, nor did he come to ask the sub-king.

"Then his father suddenly glided up.

From here forward, there were six kings of karmic rotation, and they were exchanged for the throne and the right to rule the people. Only one king later ruled the country. Poorly nationalized, the spirit of the people. Seeing that there is a great Brahman lineage to the king: 'Now the country is going down, people are spirits, not the same as before. Now in the kingdom, there are many wise, clever intellectuals who know the dharma, so why do not you go back and ask them what they know and ask them to answer. " The king immediately asked his elders to ask the precepts of the king of the gods, gods meet all the things. The king heard that he had done the old dharma, but he still could not diagnose the elderly, the poor people, the people in the country were gradually brought to poverty, Invade each other that into the raging pirates. Whenever anyone was hounded to the king, he said, 'This man is an enemy, and the king is over him.' The king asked: 'Are you really the enemy?' He replied, 'Really. Because I'm hungry and hungry, I can not live on my own, so I have to fight. ' The king immediately left the storehouse, took the gift and advised: 'You bring this gift to the parents, help the relatives, do not do anymore to hear.'

"Others saw the rumor: 'There are those who do the king's business for the king,' so they also imitate. They were taunted to the king, who said, 'This man is the enemy, and the king is over him.' The king again asked: Are you really the enemy? The other replied, 'Yes, really. Because I am hungry and hungry, I can not live on my own. The king left his stockpile and told him, 'You brought this thing to your parents, to help your relatives, and do not listen anymore.'

"And they heard that some of the men of war had been given up by the king, and they mocked one another, and they were caught up with him, and said to him, 'This man is an enemy, and he is the king.' The king asked, 'Are you really the enemy?' The other replied, 'Yes, really. Because I'm hungry and hungry, I can not live on my own, so I have to fight. ' This time the king thought: 'Before the people do the enemy, we see poverty for material, told not to do. Others listen to it imitate it. The cyber-plagiarism spread forever. Well, now it is better to order this person to take the alleyways, then take them out of the city to the empty place where the execution takes place. Then the king saw him tied up and drummed the order to go around the lane. Finished and brought to an empty place outside the city where the execution. Everybody else sees this saying: 'If we do evil, Must also be treated like that. From here the people, to protect themselves, to create the staff, sword, bow, mutilate each other, attacking, robbing each other.

"Since this king began to be poor. Human beings are poor together with the new hijackers. People have new hijackers. People have a new knife to kill. Human beings have killed so new human beauty, short life expectancy. They live from forty thousand years old, after the age of two thousand years old. Some of them live long lives; Some people die prematurely; There are people suffering; Someone happy Those who are suffering are born with sexual misconduct, covetousness, and misuse of means, so that the poor and the poor, thieves, thugs and murderers become more and more degraded. Live ten thousand years old.

"During the lifetime of one thousand years old, theft still robs each other. Whenever he was taken to the king, he said, 'This man is in charge of the king, and he is the king.' The king asked: 'Are you really the enemy?' The other said, 'I do not do it.' And in the middle of the crowd it deliberately lies. So beings are at that time because the poor should steal. Because robbery should have soldiers. Because the soldiers should have killed. Because of the killing, there should be sexual misconduct. Because of sexual misconduct, there are lies. Because of lying, life expectancy decreases, only one thousand years old.

"During the life of a thousand years old, people begin to create four negative acts of the mouth in the world: lying, double-edged, talking cruel and embellished. Those three bad karma increase gradually, the life expectancy of human beings is reduced, only five hundred years old.

"During the five hundred years of life, three more evil acts are made, unlawful lewdness, wrongful greed and wrong view. These three kinds of karma gradually increase, the life expectancy of people is reduced to only three hundred and two hundred years old and now humanity in our time only a hundred years old. The number of life expectancy is increased, but less that much. As long as you do evil, the life expectancy will continue to decline until humanity is ten years old.

"During this ten-year-old human race, her daughter was born five months old and married to her husband. At that time, the sweet taste like oil, fat, sugar can not hear the name. Beans, sesame, rice, sticky rice turns into trash. Things that are good, silk, cloth, white cloth, birth-three, silk, embarrassment like now do not wear, but have to braid thighs to beat up to make a dress shirt. Now, the whole earth is full of thorns, full of mosquitoes, flies, lice, snakes, bees, scorpions, poison. Jewelry, glass, pearl, name are all diving to the ground, only stone tile, pebbles are floating up. Mankind at that time no longer heard of the good name, but only the evil world. As long as the name of fidelity is not heard, humanity does not know where to practice good virtue, so everyone who do extremely evil, not with parents,

"Humanity at that time, many created ten evil, so many evil paths, as they see each other is that they want to shoot each other as hunters see the deer.

"The land was full of bunkers, streams, caves; Wide area of ​​people say, go scary. At that moment, the infantry emerged. The branches of the weeds in the hands also turned into a mutation, killing each other within seven days. At that time, those who are wise, and seek refuge in the deep forests, and in the caves, in the seven days they are too afraid to say in charity, 'You will not harm me, I will not harm you.' They are feeding on the plants that survive. After seven days they came out from the mountain, and when they found the survivor, they saw each other happily, saying, 'You will not die? Do not you die? Just like the one-off parent, far away, this is an unforgettable one. They were so glad to ask each other to do so, after visiting the house, they heard that their relatives died a lot, so they sad cry, groaning, complaining for the next seven days.

Seven days of sadness followed, seven days together they congratulated, joyful, and thought to themselves: 'Because we contain too much evil should encounter accidents, causing death kinship families lost. So now we should practice together good things, but do good things? We should not kill. '

"Then mankind came from the heart, not to harm each other, so that humanity is gradually increased color and life expectancy from ten years old to live up to twenty years old. During our twenty-year life, we thought, 'We have to cultivate a little bit of good deeds that do not harm each other, but our life expectancy is twenty years old. Maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? Before we did not kill, now we should not steal. ' And do not steal articles do not steal life par up to forty years old. While in his 40s, he thought: 'We have a little bit of good fortune, but maybe we should practice less good things. But what good should practice? We should practice non-adultery. Since then, people have not committed adultery, and life expectancy has increased to eighty years. During the age of eighty, thinking: 'We make a little less tu good but increased life expectancy, Maybe we should cultivate a little more good here. But what good should practice? I should not lie. ' Since then, everyone has not lied, and life expectancy has increased to one hundred and sixty years. While living one hundred and sixty years of age, he thought, 'We have to cultivate little good things that increase our life. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? I should not say two tongues. ' Since then, people did not speak double-edged, and life expectancy increased to three hundred and twenty. During the life of three hundred and twenty years, thinking: 'We rely on a little bit of good things that increase the life. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? I should not be evil. ' Since then people are not evil, and life expectancy increased to six hundred and forty years. While living six hundred and forty years, thought again: 'We get a little bit of good things that increase our life. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? We should not say weaving. Since then people have not said weaving, and life expectancy increased to two thousand years. While living two thousand years old, thinking: 'We rely on a little good things that life increased. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? We should not ignore. Since then, people have not been greedy, and life expectancy has increased to five thousand years. While living five thousand years, thinking again: 'We rely on a little good things that life increased. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? We should not be jealous, from the mind of good. Since then people are not jealous, from the heart of charity, and life increased to the age of ten thousand. While living ten thousand years old, thinking: 'We get a little bit of good things that increase our life. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? We should right understanding, not crazy island. Since then, people have right understanding, not being crazy, and life expectancy increased to twenty thousand years old. While living forty thousand years old, thinking: 'We rely on a little good things that life increased. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? I should be grateful to my parents, my tutor. ' Since then, everyone has been fond of parents, guardians, and life expectancy increased to eight hundred years. Think again: 'We rely on a little good things that life increased. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? I should be grateful to my parents, my tutor. ' Since then, everyone has been fond of parents, guardians, and life expectancy increased to eight hundred years. Again think: 'We rely on a little good things that life increased. Now maybe we should cultivate a little more good. But what good should practice? I should be grateful to my parents, my tutor. ' Since then, everyone has been fond of parents, guardians, and life expectancy increased to eight hundred years.

While humanity lived eighty-five years old, the daughter was five hundred years old and married, and nine things were cold, hot, hunger, thirst, defecation, urination, lust, hunger and aging. The land at that time flat without streaks, burrowing thorny root, also not mosquito, snake centipede, poison. Tiles, stones, sand, bricks turn into cups. Good people, cheap grain, rich in fun. There are eighty thousand big cities erected, hamlets close together, crows to hear.

"At that time, the Buddha was born Di-Lac  [9]  Tathagata, Chi legs, full sense, full ten, such as Shakyamuni like today is not different. Di-hac himself himself in the midst of the gods, gods, gods, gods, gods, brahmans, and human, which itself, as we are today. Right between gods, gods, gods or goddesses, gods, Brahmins and human beings that self-evidence.

"Di-Lac will preach, around the beginning, middle and end are all perfect, full of meaning, pure happiness as today, I lecture, beginning, middle, end is true, full sense, Pure behavior so pure.

"Di Maitai has many disciples of thousands of thousand, as I today have several hundred disciples . The people then called his disciples as Suffolk as my disciple is nowadays.

"Then, there is the Same-old king named [11] , was king Sat-seat cakkavatti empowerment [12] , to rule the galaxy four continents. The king takes the government of the people, everyone loves. The king had all the seven golden wheels, white elephant, blue horse, gods, pearls, lay people, warlords and thousands of children with the courageous, Need to beat the world peace. 

"The king set up a great coronet  [13]  round the net ten rounds, one thousand high, to be solemn with a thousand colors mixed. The rectum has one hundred corners [14] ; Each corner has a hundred branches, woven with treasures, with mixed greens. After setting up a coronet to donate Sa-subjects, Brahmins and the poor in the water, the king trimmed his hair beard, wearing three forensic practices, monasticism, At the self-endorsement, birth and death, accomplishments of accomplishment, full employment, no longer bear the body again. "

The Buddha taught:

"Monks! Please cultivate good deeds. By virtue of good deeds that long life, the beauty of the freshness, peace and pleasure, abundant financial resources, full power, like the kings of the prosecution of the past dharma, The beauty of the fresh, safe pleasure, good financial status, full power. Monks, too, should learn French, life long life, fresh beauty, happy pleasure, abundant wealth, full power.

"What is called monks longevity? Monks practice training, need not be dissatisfied, due to the achievement of killing the psychic powers [15] .  Practicing diligent determination, intention, thinking, need not be dissolved, due to accomplishment of killing the psychic powers. So monks are long life.

"What is called monks get more beauty? Here, Monks have meteorology, accomplished posture, found guilty have a great fear of fear, full study in the study of gender [16] , absolutely no shortcoming. As such, monks and natures more fresh.

"What is called monks are safe pleasure? Here, monks remove the lewd, discharge the wrong dhamma, there is a sense of touch, there is bliss arises due to distance, the most meditative test. Internal refinement [17] , the most specialized, without consciousness, there is bliss arises due to concentration, second degree meditation  . Independence, indulgent discharge, dedicated attention not scattered, self-awareness of feeling lost in the body, dwelling in what the Sage said is discharge-concept. [18]  three meditations. The end of suffering, good and happy has been eliminated before, no suffering, not discharge, and pure meditation, meditation. So monks are safe, pleasure.

"What is called monks are supposed to be expensive? Here, monks care from the heart, one direction, then the other direction too, cover, wide, equal countless, except all resentment, mindless jealousy, Concentration, mind, discharge the mind as well. Thus, Monks are well-equipped.

"What is called monks are full force? Here, monks know a real way of suffering, impermanence, cessation, impermanence. So monks are full force. Hey monks! Now I see the people who have strength no more than power, but monks are eliminated or smuggled, then won them.

Then, the monks after listening to what the Buddha taught, joyful worship.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.9/5/2017.