A- BODY FAMILY BACHELOR-CA-NI.

In the scriptures, especially in the two Jatakas and Itivuttaka, there are many stories about Buddha's precursor. We only mention two lives [1]  before the Buddha was born and succeeded.

1-Bodhisattva Sumedha (Thien-Hue) [2]

In a life too-distant past, of life page-strictly [3]  (Vyuha-kalpa), with Thai-mail name is Samantaprabhasa (Prussian-ray) son Arcimat (Sign-Lighting), please allow your father to Mount The Himalayas find teacher teachers, the name is Sumedha (Thien-Hue). He studied with many great masters, noble, but not satisfied. One day, Sumedha battled 500 foreigners who were victorious, earning 500 gold coins. Sumedha is happy to say good-bye to the teacher, bringing money to meet the Buddha Dipankara [4]  (Dien-Dang) residing in the capital of Divapati. In the middle of the road met a girl (princess Yasodhara's predecessor) was walking, holding seven blue lotus flowers just beautiful, he asked. But the girl replied: "I bring flowers to Buddha, not sell that he asked to buy." Sumedha offers 500 gold coins, Begged to buy five lotus to worship the Buddha, but the girl still stood silent, did not reply. So, he said:

-  She offered two cotton okay. I am far from here, looking forward to this precious lotus to offer Dipankara Buddha and to learn his noble teachings. Please sympathize with me for years to go; Then what do you want me to do?

-  Brother, the girl blushed pink cheeks, stood looking down, shyly said. I do not know how to see him, then I love his brother. I want to give him not this lotus flower to offer him enlightenment.But you must promise me that you will marry me as your wife in this lifetime and forever after.

-  Miss, Sumedha replied. She is very nice and very honest. Having met her I also fell in love with her right away. But I have freed the path of liberation. If married, then bound, how can I get married?

-  You promised me to go. Then later, when he wanted to go home, he pledged not to stop but to find a way to help him fulfill his wish.

Listening to the girl, Sumedha reluctantly accepted.

Then they went to where Dipankara Buddha was staying. Massive crowds are gathering around the Buddha. There are both the king and the courtiers to offer flowers to Buddha. Sumedha and the girl tried to come close, but about twenty more, they could not move forward. Sumedha was happy to see Dipankara Buddha with his own eyes. Suddenly he felt the spirit of the g  pleasure incredible. He vows to try to study until he is completely enlightened like him . He threw his five lotus flowers into the air to make offerings to the Buddha at that time. The year of the lotus is bouncing in mid air to turn into a magnificent, majestic lotus floating in the air. The girlfriend gave him her lotus flowers, thanks to offerings. He again tossed into the airless Buddha. Two lotus present two large lotus stands on the two sides of the Buddha. To the great surprise of the great Buddha, Dipankara was happy to explain that such miracles were due to the purity and sincerity of the donors. Then the Buddha called Sumedha and said:

-  He is a good person, try diligently practice will achieve great results. She also has good luck with him, but she should respect the promise, should encourage, not discourage her from leaving the family.

Since then, Sumedha followed Dipankara Buddha's teachings, followed by Bodhisattva and Bhikkhu. Sumedha tries to improve the Bodhisattva virtue. One day, the Buddha Dipankara went from Sudarmana's mansion to Ramma, in the middle of the road to the mud. Sumedha Bodhisatta took off his shirt and spread it wet, but missed a bit. Throwing away the hair that lined the Buddha's body.Recognizing that Bodhisattva Sumedha will practice the full 10 saintly virtues, [5]  the Buddha's life-signature [6]  will enable him to become Sakyamuni in the life of Bhadra- Kalpa).

 

2-Bodhisattva Vessantara (Household-Ming) [7]

At the time Kassapa Buddha (Ca-lettuce) [8]  was born, in order to Bride-ninth life, Bodhisattva Sumedha (Thien-Hue) reborn as Crown Prince Vessantara (Visvantara, Household Ming), practice practice Bell Since childhood; When he grew up to be king, he became a Kassapa Buddha and became a Bodhisattva Vessantara (also known as Svetaketu). By virtue of good deeds, when the Bodhisattva Vessantara was born, he was born to the Tusita heaven as the Bodhisattva, the Dharma Master, and gave a speech to the Divine. He spent four thousand years, using realities [9]  to educate sentient beings. One day he looked down at the world to see that many sentient beings were only evil creatures, immersed in evil, blindly knowing the cause and effect of sins, living in physical and mental suffering, dying in death. Three evil lines [10] . He develops compassionate minds, converts the world to the teachings of sentient beings, brings to light the truth to save sentient beings from the old, dead disease, the result is Nirvana, peaceful peace. At that moment his whole body-optical magnification-intelligent, great local minister eighteen, nor hiding, every planet moon sun rays, sun dragon concussion all eight sets [11] . He observed the following five things:

1-      Observation period, he saw human life at about 100 years then, very convenient; Because life is too long, people are unaware of how old they are, with too short a life span they do not have enough time to practice.

2-      Looking at the continent, he chose Jambudipa (Indian Peninsula) because at that time language and philosophical thought here was more developed.

3-      Look at the nationality, he chose Majjhimadesa (Central India, the river valley); Because there are many sages and wise men appear.

4-      Observing race, he chose Sakya lineage with King Suddhodana who is the most psychic.According to the Lalitavistara, the family has 64 virtues.

5-      Observing the qualified person as mother of the future Buddha, he chose Queen Maha-Maya; Knew that she only lived another 10 months 7 days. According to the Lalitavistara, Maha-Maya has 32 virtues.

When the predestined charm arrived, Bodhisatta Venerable Vice-President bless the gods to Maitreya (Maitreya, Metteyya) as Bodhisattvas, then from Tusita. Sakuravastu, Sakya [12] , near the foot of the Himalayan mountains in the north-eastern part of India and Nepal today, is the son of King Suddhodana, And Queen Maha-Maya. The royal family is of SAKYA lineage.

 

B- BUDDHA BUDDHA

A Buddha born is a very rare causal charm, an endless joy for all living things. The Buddha is the Supreme Master Ching Hai, the intellectual and compassion of the vast, because the sympathy suffering endlessly limitless beings of delusion so he used the means of the present birth to Teach and guide sentient beings from the cycle of birth and death, attaining purity of pure joy.

Historically, we would like to present to the myth of the five families of the Buddha: Gotama, Sujata, Okkaka, Suryavamsa and Sakya. (Ca-Ca), then it comes to Buddha's birth.

1-History of the Gotama and the Sakya clan [13]

In ancient times, in the capital Saketa, now Ayodhya [14] , in central India, with the Aryan race.According to the Abhinikramana-sutra, the Ambattha (Digha-nikaya 3) and the Mahavastu (commented by Buddhaghosa in the fifth century AD), the place was formerly tasteless. The king named  Maha-Sammata  (Great Mao-Thao) ceded the throne to him, leaving home according to the great Gotama (Gotama) [15]  in the forest. Letting people not recognize themselves as kings, he took his teacher Gotama as his family. From that time, he was called his teacher Maha-Gotama and called him  Culla-Gotama  .

Two teachers in the forest, in an am next to a large sugar cane (orange-okkaka). One day 500 robbers robbed the fortune of the mandarin, while fleeing through the sugar cane field, dropping the robbers in the garden. The guerrillas approached, for Culla-Gotama, a robber, using a shotgun, dropping blood to the ground. Maha-Gotama is going away, using celestial saw, sad tears. He flew back to the place, gathering blood mixed with mud on the ground, vo in two large tablets by hand, put on the altar in the middle of heaven,

- Go  -Dam I sincerely pray the gods turn these two blood into a human.

After 10 months, by absorbing sunlight, the left side turns into a boy, the right side turns into a little girl, they take the  Gotama  (Gotama). The imperial mandarins in the court heard the procession of feeding. Boy named  Sujata  (Thien Sanh) [16] , also known as  Okkaka  (Orange Price) [17] or Suryavamsa  (Japanese strain) [18] . The girl was named Subhadda.

Later, the great emperors Okkaka (Shan Sanh) as king Ikshvaku  (Italy- Marquis  ), and Subhadda (Thien Hien) as queen, birth four sons Okkamukha, Karakanda, Hatthinika, Sinipura, and Five daughters are Piya, Suppiya, Ananda, Vijita and Vijitasena. Then Queen Subhadda died, King Ikshvaku married a beautiful young princess as a queen after birth a son named Jantu.

For wanting to establish Jantu as king, the second queen urged King Ikshvaku to banish the four sons of Queen Subhadda out of the water. The four princes along with five sisters in the northeast, near the foot of the Himalayan mountains, met sage good astrologer Kapila advised to stay here. This place has become prosperous. King Ikshvaku received this message, praising " Sakya vata bho raja-kumara, " which means "These princes are indeed capable." From then on, the ruling clans of their princes and kingdoms were named  Sakya  , which means "capable person" or hero. To thank the Kapila sage, the Sakya princes named the Sakya capital Kapilavastu. Shortly after, The elder sister is Piya leprosy, into the forest. Meanwhile, the king of Kasi in Benares, Rama also suffered from leprosy, passed the throne to his eldest son and went deep into the jungle. The two met, King Rama just for her drug Piya be healed, two people eat together, founded Origin Koliya reigned [19] .

In Kapilavastu, the four princes of King Ikshvaku (Okkaka) were unable to marry the natives because none of them belonged to the aristocracy (Ksatriya) and lived with the other four sisters as husband and wife. [20] . Of these four princes, three died, the other prince  Okkamukha (Ni- Qa  -La[21] ) as king. After passing the throne to his son is a  sentence-Block [22]  (?). The sentence for the throne is  Jayasena  (Cu-Block-Lot [23] ). Jayasena passed the throne to her son,  Sihahanu  (Su-Tu-Giap). The Sihahan (son-born) had four sons:  Suddhodana  ,  Dhotodana  , Sukkodana  (White) and  Amitodana  (Cam-Lo-Sanskrit); And a daughter,  Amita,  gives King Suppabuddha of Koliya.King Sihahanu passed the throne to his son, Suddhodana. King Suddhodana and Queen Maha-Maya were born Prince  Siddhattha and  later became  Sakyamuni  .

So the Buddha had all five of them: Gotama, Okkaka, Sujata, Suryavamsa and Sakya. But people of that time used Gotama to indicate the Buddha's name, Sakya for the lineage, tribe or place of origin, and Sakyamuni for his Buddhist name.

The Sakyamuni Buddha means "mercy". Sakya is the "hero", the more capable hero. Muni is "president", calm, quiet, also means the word. Sakyamuni also means "perfect hero".

2- At birth (year-644)

King Suddhodana GOTAMA and Queen Maha-Maya are rich in kindness and respect for the sage. It was nearly forty years old and had no children. Emperors and queens often set up worshipers, and set up a charity for the poor to pray for a royal son to succeed the king.

624 [24]  BC , in the forest-beautiful park Lumbini [25]  (Lumbini, now territory of Nepal), Status-Siddhattha Gotama, of the line-monitored tribal Sakya, child King Suddhodana GOTAMA, 42, and Queen Maha-Maya, 44, were born on the full moon day of Vesak [26]  (also known as Visakha or Vaisakha, corresponding to April or May dl).

Ten months earlier, while permitted by the king to keep the eight precepts, on the full moon of the month of Asatha (June or July dl), at Kapilavastu (27  ) Maya dreamed that a white elephant with six tusks [28] , in the abdomen with a shower big white, from the sky, flying down chun on the right hip of her, then she felt the body and mind pleasure, gentle, Bright as the full moon. The next morning, she narrated the miracle that he dreamed of. The king invited 64 Brahmin prophets to entertain; They guessed that the queen was pregnant and that the soon-to-be Prince would be a great emperor or celebrity. From the moment of conception, the body and mind of the queen is always peaceful, calm, wise and wise.

According to custom, near the day of birth, Queen Maha-Maya went from Kapilavastu to his biological parents, King Suppabuddha and Queen Amita in Devadaha, also known as Ramagama of Koliya. Nepal territory). In the midst of a temporary detour in Lumbini, about 30 km south-east of Kapilavastu, is a beautiful flowering season. He came to a bathing lake, changed clothes, and went to admire the scenery around the lake. See  beautiful asoka flowers ( 29) (very beautiful asoka), with her right hand to pick the labor abdomen. She stood up the tree branches. The ladies rushed to stand the four sides. Suddenly the earth vibrated, glittering everywhere, then the Prince appeared [30] , his pure body is not dirty, painted a good face without crying. The gods know the Savior came to life immediately to flower, music, singing congratulations. Queens and concubines welcomes Status-mail [31] . When the new born-from Siddhattha was also bathed for the first time [32]  at the lake above. This lake Puskarini is now rebuilt in a square 20m each side, famous as sacred, capable of curing people down the bath. Next to the lake there is a large Bodhi Tree, branches of leaves sum-sê, have been since the Buddha was in the world. Next to the lake there is the temple of the goddess Maha-Maya, which depicts the exact location where the Buddha was born, and there are two sculptures depicting the birth of Buddha, a stone and a picture. By marble By the year 244 BC, King Asoka came here under the guidance of the master Moggaliputta-Tissa. King Asoka has built a stone pillar near the lake. On the stone pillars are carved five rows of 93 words in Brahmi as follows:

<<  Devanapiyena Piyadasin a [33]  la jina-visativasabhisitena

Atana-agacha mahiyite. Hida Budhe-jate Sakyamuniti

Silavigadabhi dad kalapita silathabhe dad usapapite.

Hida Bhagavam jateti Lumbini-game ubalike kate.

Atha-bhagiye cha . >>

(That is, King Piyadasina, who was loved and supported by the angels, personally came to this place after having been ordained for 20 years, where the Sakyamuni Buddha was born. The wall of stone surrounds this place and a stone pillar to mark the birthplace of the Buddha. The King allowed Lumbini villagers to pay only one-eighth of the grain tax.

In the chronicle of Xuanzang in the seventh century, it was said, "The head of a stone is of a fine and smooth horse shape." But there is no special monument to this particular horse.

 At the same time the Buddha was born, the following seven persons were also born: 1-Great Bodhi Tree, 2-Yasodhara, 3-Kaludayin (Ca- 4-Channa, 5-Kanthaka, 6-Elephant, and 7-Four Charms[34] .

3- After the birth

The next day, first he ASITA Kaladevala (A-status-momentum) due to see visions of heaven, know the holy goodness just Christmas, went along with his disciple nephew called him by his name Nalaka [35] , from the Himalayan slopes permission to see Minister for Status king-mail [36] . King Suddhodana was very happy for the ceremony to honor his death. But, before everyone's astonishment, Prince Suddenly turned to his forefathers and placed his feet on his head. Sitting in a chair, he first stood up hastily ASITA amnesty offered hands-mail status [37]  and Status-mail predicted giants will become the highest-press of humanity. The king also followed, greeted the Crown Prince-death. While watching the general for the Crown Prince, Asita said he was very happy, but when he finished watching, he burst into tears sobbing. The king asked wondering how good he is, Why is he happy to cry again? Asita replied:

-  Great Prince, Crown Prince has 32 good generals [38]  and 80 beauty [39] , the latter will be the Holy King of the United Kingdom ruling four worlds; However, he is likely to be a monk, a great teacher of all the heavens and the human realm, teaching the dhamma to give relief to sentient beings.I'm sorry that I am too old to live until then to hear your instruction, so I cry myself out.

The empowerment was held on the fifth day after the birth of the princess. King Suddhodana summoned six brahmins to choose their future names and predictions. The chosen name is Siddhattha (Siddhartha, Sarvarthasiddha), meaning the person who attained vows. After discussing the future of the Crown Prince, the five raised two fingers, declaring,

-  To the Great King, Crown Prince becomes Cakravartin, the greatest king of the world if he wants to rule-for heaven. If he is a monk, he will become the Samkhya-sambuddha, who will save mankind from the darkness of suffering.

But the youngest Kondanna (Kety-Tran-Như) [40]  just put up one finger and said:

-  O Lord, later, after seeing an elderly person, a sick person, a corpse and a monk, finely-mail will appear in search for true-reason and will become a Buddha, Wuxi-Shanghai Right-Chief Justice.

After birth status-mail seven days, royal-Maya from the ceiling [41] , born in Heavens knife-profit [42]  (Tavatimsa Heaven). Thai-mail is delivered to the second-aunt is also behind in her reign as Pajapati Gotami [43]  (Three-soap-Ba-De Kieu-Dam-Di), care. Because of the prophecies of the prophets, King Suddhodana sought all sorts of ways for Prince Siddhattha to enjoy all the pleasures of the palace, never seeing the scenes of suffering, sickness, old age in his life. When Prince Siddhartha was six years old, King Suddhodana invited the famous teachers to attend the teaching school, hoping to train him into a future king with sufficient capacity and virtue to succeed him. 

C- WORK TIME-THII

1- Childhood  

Prince Siddhattha attended the feast  [44] 

Prince Siddhattha was going to the southern gate of the southern gate with his father in order to open the plow season. Sitting under the shade of a large log [45]  , the care-taker looked at the plowman's hand with his feet muddy, his naked face under the sun, his sweaty parody, Just trying to plow deep into the ground while holding the whip and screaming the buffalo. The buffalo tried to pull the plow under the whip, bouncing on the large patch of land. The worms-agonizing pain. Birds flew to fight worms. A weeping mink is catching birds nearby. A hunter's brother is trying to catch a mink trap. The Prince whispered, "Oh life is a school of struggle to kill one another suffering.  While everyone was happy to observe the fun of the ceremony, he sat cross-legged in the way of deep thought-reciting samsara, concentrating in the way of samatha [46] and attained sotapanna [ 47] ).While the passage of time that the log was not moving, remained in the shade of the crown prince. The queens see that strange phenomenon is so surprised to tell the king. The king arrived, stood silently gazing at the eighth-time crown salute and said: " Dear children, this is the second time my father prostrated ." Then the king read the compliment praise: The queens see that strange phenomenon is so surprised to tell the king. The king arrived, stood silently gazing at the eater for a moment then saluted and said: " Dear children, this is the second time the king prostrate himself ." Then the king read the compliment praise: The queens see that strange phenomenon is so surprised to tell the king. The king arrived, stood silently gazing at the eater for a moment then saluted and said: " Dear children, this is the second time the king prostrate himself ." Then the king read the compliment praise:

"  Like fire on the top of the mountain,

"Like the moon in space,

Fill all stars.

Sitting meditating under a tree,

"Illuminating the light.

Just like at birth,

"The body has meditated,

"The gods are all over

"Ten directions of beings

"By the way." [48]

 

Prince Siddhattha studied literature 

Ever since childhood, the Crown Prince has shown great intelligence. In all subjects, from literature to martial arts ... he only needs to study a short time is his teacher.

At the age of 8, the king invited the famous teacher Visavamitra into the court of the Sanskrit and the Vesak- Momentum (Veda). I just met the first meal-eater asked:

"  Teacher, I am very glad to be here today to teach you, I want to learn the Sanskrit and Veda books. These are 64 types (Brahmana, Nighandu, Sokkharappabhedana, Itihasa, Veyyakarana, Rigveda, Atharvaveda, ...) [49] . [50]

Professor Visavamitra is a smart, intelligent, broad-minded, but when listening to the new 8-year-old asked such a grave-foul head, because he did not know all 64 kinds that Prince said . He hurried to kneel down to read the poem praising etiquette:

"  Good or bad!

"A wise man is like you.

"Wisdom in the morning,

Understand the dharmas of the world.

"We were lucky to meet you

"By moving your heels to school!

The books you just said,

"  We have never seen.

"  Of course you understand!

"To be a teacher of heaven,

"We do not dare to do science!

"Ask him to tell you." [51] 

Prince Siddhattha learned martial arts 

On the martial arts, when the prince was about 12-13 years old, the court introduced the Kshantideva Martial Arts Master (TM) who understood 29 martial arts to teach eighth-degree martial arts. The monk was ordered to go to the city, into the king's palace; The king was very happy to teach morale. First, the martial arts practitioners show the right subjects for the Crown Prince. "These subjects I have already understood, do not have to learn," said Thai. So these martial arts courses are only taught to the other crown prince. Then, the martial arts master presented the secret subjects for the princess to see wrestling, horse riding, elephant riding, driving, using bows, swords, and hooks. But she also said: "These things I have understood already." Come here, the martial arts master knows that he has no more talents to teach,

"  Thai-born childhood,

"Learning is very leisurely,

No loss of power,

"The blink of an eye understood.

"Hundreds of thousands of others,

"Learning how many years,

"Very little success.

Martial arts with literature,

"  Thai-mail besting people . [52]

Prince Siddhattha saves swans [53] 

In addition, the princess also showed special kindness. One day, at around 12-year-old, playing in the yard, a bird of paradise was hit by a bird at the side. Thai gentle-natured heal the wounds of the celestial beings, after a while his brother Devadatta, less than the one-year-old prince, in his hand. The name of the bow, to say that he shot himself to ask for swan birds again. The Thai did not pay.Eventually this was put to trial. In the midst of the tide, Devadatta said:

-  When the swan flying in the sky, it does not belong to anyone. But I shot the swan on the ground and it became mine.

Thai-Thai argues that:

-  Life is a precious thing in life Nhut, then is freedom. The flying bird in the sky is a symbol of life and freedom. It can not become the possession of the person who shot it. So the bird of paradise must be given to the protector of life and freedom for it rather than to the person who kills it. Culling is not something to do. Consequently, the person who kills karma has no right to control the life and freedom of others.

After a long discussion, the court officials said Siddhattha Siddhattha reasonable.

2-year-old

Thai Siddhattha married [54]  

When Prince Siddhattha was 16 years old, King Suddhodana consulted with the courtiers to find the future wife of Prince Siddhattha, hoping that with his family ties the Prince would abandon his intention of ordaining and would become a great emperor. Glory to the Sakya clan. The deities introduced many beautiful and virtuous girls, but King Suddhodana said:

-  Prince difficult to count! We must first ask how the prince likes to have a wife.

Well, the king's orders, the princes came to meet the Prince to consult him about the choice of future wife. Siddhattha replied:

-  Seven more days I will answer you.

Then he thought to himself:

-  I have known that a lot of suffering is due to desire, craving that. Love is the source of suffering, friction, ferocity, sorrow, the poison, the fire, the sword of the harm. I do not feel very happy to be with a woman. Why not choose a quiet lifestyle in the forest? There our mind will be comforted, relaxed in the joy of meditation.

But under the pressure of the family and of the people around him, the prince eventually leaned on the family tradition and put aside the ideal of renunciation. The Prince recalled the former Bodhisattvas are also married. Pure lotus flower can not be muddy. At the appointed time, the Prince told his ministers:

-  If you have a family, I prefer to have more virtuous wife is the only beauty. He must be magical, charitable, honest, hypocritical and jealous, do not like seashore, alcohol, gambling and partying. He must also be a gentle bride, a good owner with a servant, not too warm up late at night.He must be beautiful but not tall.

After listening to the great narrator, Prince Suddhodana ordered the brahmin priest in the court:

"  Grandfather, go around the Kapilavastu capital, into every house looking for girls whose characteristics you describe, whether noble or Brahman, or Merchants, or farmers are also. Because the Prince is only focused on virtue, not class distinction. He told us all the girls.

Soon, the Brahmin reported to the king about the girls he had chosen for Prince Siddhartha.Among them he paid particular attention to the princess Gopa-Yasodhara, the same age as Prince Siddhattha, the son of Suppabuddha, who had the most complete features that Prince Siddhattha has raised it. The king immediately held a grand ceremony to give gifts to the girls mentioned above.During the ceremony, young beautiful girls came to receive a precious jewelry by hand Prince Siddhattha handed. But the Prince remained calm, not paying any attention to her. Yasodhara finally arrived, his bright, cheerful, magical eyes looking directly at the prince's face. Prince Siddhattha was a little confused as there was no jewelry to give to her. Yasodhara smiled and said:

"  Prince Siddhartha, I seem to have a fault so you do not want to give me gifts?

"  No, it's only you that came last." So get this gift.

Having said this, the prince removed the ring in his hand, giving it to Yasodhara. But Yasodhara laughed and said:

-  I do not dare get Chie c  rings are used Prince own where?

- You  go away, this is my gift to you!

-  I dare not! I did not come here to get Prince's jewelery but to make Prince's jewelry.

Having said this, Yasodhara withdrew. Siddhattha is the follower.

The ministers said Prince Siddhattha paid special attention to Yasodhara. King Suddhodana immediately sent envoys to the capital, Devadaha of Koliya, to propose to Princess Siddhattha Yasodhara. But Suppabuddha dashed, claiming that no one had ever seen Siddhattha martial arts. King Suddhodana was very upset about losing face. To comfort his father, Prince Siddhattha revealed to his father that although he never performed martial arts, he could compete with anyone. Suddhodana king, King Suddhodana suggested to King Suppabuddha to hold a martial arts competition where the winner would marry Yasodhara.

The competition consists of three disciplines: swordplay, archery and art. There are 500 participants. On the swordsman, only Devadatta won the 5th of Siddhattha's prince, Nanda received 3 tricks, while others only won one or two moves.

On Archery there are three stelae erected from near to far, each one is only shot one arrow on each stela. Nanda shot just one shot at the nearest target, while the other two went out. Devadatta shoots two arrows at the center of the first beer and the second one, cheering enthusiastically, but the third shot goes to the center. The other three arrows are wrong. At the Prince Siddhattha session, three times the bow, bow was broken. Prince asked his father if there is any other bow than sure. King Suddhodana sent his bodyguard into the temple of King Sihahanu carrying a large and heavy bow that no one could use. Siddhattha lightly bow, shot all three arrows hit the center of the three stela. All the applause applause warmly.

To the graveyard, no one could stand Siddhattha. Devadatta 3 times hit the ground. Finally the prince agreed to 36 youths to hug her a comb, he transferred the force of one arm out, all 36 people fell to the ground. Devadatta angry with jealousy, put forward.

King Suddhodana was very happy, excited, and highly impressed by his cavalry, Channa, who led the fierce Kanthaka to everyone on trial. Some of the test takers were knocked down by the horses.Siddhattha sat on horseback until the horse stood still. The prince ran for three rounds, then returned to greet Suddhodana and King Suppabuddha.

To honor Prince Siddhartha, Suddhodana sent Channa to lead his best white elephant to Prince Siddhartha. Channa took the elephant out to the city gate and met Devadatta just arrived. Devadatta asks:

-  Where did you take the elephant?

"  Sir, I took the elephant out for the prince to go home.

In anger, Devadatta, with his left hand grabbed by the elephant's trunk, punched the elephant with his right hand. The huge elephant collapsed and died, lying on the gates of the city walls, making it impossible for passersby. Nanda came after, grabbing the elephant drawer out of the gate. Prince Siddhattha, on his way to the top of the tank [55]  , arrived as soon as he arrived. He saw Devadatta blaming him and complimented Nanda, then stepped down with the force of lifting the elephant and threw himself out of a saloon. ), When the elephant fell to make land subsidence into a large hole, now also handed down  elephant hole.

At that time Prince Siddhattha was 17 years old, solemn ceremony with Princess Yasodhara held solemnly. But a while later, seeing that Yasodhara was not attractive enough to make Siddhattha abandon his intention of ordaining, King Suddhodana again conceded to the two princesses, Gopika and Migaranika, Other than that, the women do not count. The king built the palace for three state-mail in whichever-heat, cold or rain [56] .

On the silk life that the Buddha has recounted as follows:

"My life was very delicate, very delicate." In the royal palace, where I live, my father digs ponds, builds lotus ponds. The red lotus rose to the other side, and in the lagoon next to the white lotus, the beauty of the sun was in the morning, and our aromas were of fine Kasi [57]  . And our clothes are also sewn with the highest quality silk from Kasi.

"Day and night, every time we step out of the palace, there is a cover to cover the sun.

"The tent also produces three separate palaces, one for us in the cold season, one hot season and one rainy season. To the queens of the royal family are also eaten in good spirits, not as in other homes, the family can only eat bad rice and old food. [58]

King Suddhodana did everything in his power to prevent the eunuch's ordination. Organized games, songs, dance, music, drama in the interior, both organize the release, release, advise the good people, Hunger, old, sick, dead. Crown Prince Siddhattha was in the palace enjoying the five senses-lost the world ten years.

 

Thai Siddhattha remember the vow [59] 

At that time in heaven Tinh-Cu [60]  have a Fairy (Rishi) name Suddhavasa (Work-Binh) see Status-mail fun-fun with five scenes sex-located in the palace, net-life of 10 years, even Although the mind is not passionate, but the time is short-lived without waiting for him, so he stood on the night observation loudly saying: " Dear Vessantara, Bodhisattva, Let's soon bored with the mundane life of the Buddhist religion. Please do not be happy with sex but forget the vow of saving sentient beings suffering from birth, old age, illness, death . " Then Suddhavasa read the following verse:

" Or rather high-fake age,

"Come home soon satisfied.

"Early benefit interests in the sky.

"Five scenes of lust [61]  should be boring,

"Do not fall for six bare [62]  in the world.

"Only the dealer,

"Meditation, concentration, wisdom, attain Chon [63] ,

"I hope to save suffering.

"The eagles - many distress-brain trouble!

" Human-authors are undergraduate-y-Professor

"The theory of many medicinal healing people,

"Hurry up to the station.

"They are blinded by darkness,

"Along the way,

"Intelligence disclosure-knowledge is shining,

"Make heaven, people, eyes sick.

Thai Siddhattha has many lifetimes to grow up so when he heard the song on the do not finish reading, he knew it was time to leave the religion.

That same night, Suddhavasa used the power of Suddhodana to dream of seven sights as follows:

1-      Find the name of King Thich Nhat from the East Gate.

2 -      Seeing the Crown Prince riding the white goat go out to the south gate.

3-      Seeing Thai-sits on the four-wheeled car from the western gate.

4-      See a large car carrying a lot of guns - strictly go out the north gate.

5-      Seeing Thai people standing in a big street in the middle of the city, holding a punch in a large drum.

6-      Seeing the Crown sitting on the floor to throw down treasures and many people took away.

7-      Outside the city, there were six people crying loudly, and the thing that rolled to the ground looked terrible.

The king awakened, anxious minds, false million people guessing on how to try evil how.Mongol to the king, heard the king finished, thought for a long time,

- Your Majesty! Difficult, I do not understand, please Pty-pardon!

The king is sad, the door keeper said:

- Your Majesty! Outside the city gate there are people asking for a guess at the palace.

- Yes, let them come in here.

First Suddhavasa pretending to be a dreamer, came to the place, heard the king finished and said,

-  Your Majesty! The first sign is that eunuch will be ordained; The second sign is that the state of being will be fruitful; The third omen is the drooping-quartet [64] ; Fourth is the post-death of Buddha; Fifth is the dharma-death wheel rotation; Friday is a mendicant-mortal thirty-seven security measures [65] ; Saturday is the omen of the exiled Patriarch [66]  crying sadly. Please do not worry about what to do, because it is a good omen.

Finished talking, Suddhavasa foreword back. King Suddhodana finished listening, but sadly less anxiety, but thought of adding more fun spent in the palace to the Crown Prince forgot to even released.

Prince Siddhattha roamed the four gates 

Lord Suddhavasa wanted to let go of the Prince out of the city to know the good deeds of life, the purpose of encouraging the thirst quench the five dishes of sex [67]  palace. He pretended to be a soldier who talked to the Crown Prince, praising the place where mankind is the happiest. The Crown Prince heard his father's permission to go outside the gates. The king ordered the repair of the road, hanging a flag, digging solemnly on the paths passing by.

That day, the Crown Prince sat in the bright yellow car with Channa and his servants fled  to the eastern gate . The people were gathered on both sides of the road to scatter flowers and celebrate the crown. Mr. Suddhavasa was transformed into a poor old man, his back cuffs, his teeth falling out, his face lost, his face bent to the ground, his breath puffed up, his head was snow like snow, his hands were sticky, trembling, I walked across the front of the car. Thai-see, pondering Channa:

-  What is this person doing?

-  Sir, this person is old.

-  What is old?

-  Prince-e-death, people born at an early age called young. From the age of sixty or more, the body is decaying, with graying prey hair, lumpy back, dark-haired spirit, breathing out, not breathing in, just waiting to die, called old.

"  My body is like this?

-  Yes! Ladies and gentlemen, to the different, but with all children are old, definitely no one out of this old age. Crown-like later.

Thai people feel sad for the human body, immediately told the delegation of the car returned to the palace. For a few days, the egotistical gentleman thought to find a way to escape the old general suffering for his future and all sentient beings. 

Another day, Crown Prince accompanied Channa and her entourage  to the south gate .Suddhavasa transformed into a sick person, shivering, shivering, lying on his part and urine on the sidewalk, moaning rancid, almost dying. Thai see, ask Channa:

-  What is this person doing?

- Yes  , this person is suffering a severe illness is dying.

-  What is the disease called?

-  When the body can not be calm, either hot, or cold, or painful, injury in five, weakness, weak mental strength, life-insecure, called disease.

-  Only one person or who is the same?

-  Sir, not only this person, all heaven, people, to all, no one out of the disease.

-  So it's like this myself!

The sad Thai ordered the carriage return to the palace. For a few days, the egotistical Prince thought alone to find a way out of old age, illness for himself and all sentient beings.

Another day, Crown Prince accompanied Channa and his entourage  to the western gate. Suddhavasa turned into a corpse lying on the side of the road, beginning to swell, smelly, swollen, swollen, looking disgusted. Crown Prince asked Channa:

-  Hey, Channa, what's this guy doing?

-  Sir, this is the dead body waiting for cremation relatives!

-  Why is it called corpses?

-  Sir, the human or severe illness, or injured in the corrupt places, the soul leaves the body, the body no longer a little energy, Mother, wife, children, relatives, after body cremation will only leave a pile of ashes.

- We  ourselves are like this again?

 Thái - ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

The sad Thai ordered the carriage return to the palace. For a few days, the gentleman thought to think alone to find a way out of the old, sick, dead for himself and all sentient beings.

Shortly after the Crown Prince, Channa and her entourage  came to the north . Suddhavasa this time embodied a monk [68] in a  cocktail dress, a bearded, smooth-looking beard, a slick face, a drunken leg, Real side of the road. He looked back at him for a moment, remembering his past life, getting off before the monk and then asked:

-  What is your benefit, sir?

-  Sir, I realize that the man at home is always suffering from birth, old age, illness, death, all the things in the world are impermanent, crashing, unsafe, so I Leaving family, relatives, came to the place of leisure, quiet, to escape the yoke-brain. I practice the path of  liberation [69] , the five senses [70], do not let fall in the seventy - seventy  -seventh sense of the world, The fearless [72]  for life, and keep the mind-equality-mindedness [73]  sentient beings are not polluted by the worldly dharmas, are directed away. That is my export goal.

The Prince-in-law listened in joy, thinking to himself, "  In the whole of human nature, perhaps only this way of cultivation is above all . " He threw his car back to the city. That afternoon, the eunuch sat quietly thinking: " It is our body that has to bear, be born, sick, dead, brain-damaged and defiled. Because of being born, old, sick, dead, brain-bent and impoverished, we are aware of the harm of those things. reach, leg-cool-for justice, well-being the ultimate nirvana scene  " [74] . Then he thought, " The life in the prison is narrow-minded, is the refuge of dust, negativity, brain-bound and bound.  

Prince Siddhattha asked his ordination 

The next morning, princess Yasodhara, who is about to be born, is tired, and waking up to the Prince says,

-  Ladies and gentlemen, the day I was naked-sleep is not enough, until the nap as I dreamed 20 signs not good as follows: I saw the earth shake, The land, the falling stars, a big tree in the city was taken away by Channa, and even cut my hair to take notes, the string of his lost, lost his body, my body suddenly So ugly, limbs fall naturally, and naked body, sitting on the chair, the seat down, lying on the bed, the broken leg, and see the great mountains collapse, The moon falls out of sight, the moon loses its light, the sun goes out of the moonlight, in the flaming torches, outward, the guard cry, Kapilavastu transforms into a wilderness, The garden falls fall-out, the gurus guard running dispersed.

-  This is just free-princess worry-fear I go out-in [76]  there. But this dream is just a good omen, nothing to worry about, God-peace of mind, should not mind-brain to make tired mental. [77]

"  Prince Siddhartha, I'm about to give birth, our baby is about to be born, maybe a prince. Ask the Prince to think of her mother will have to live a lonely sad life in the palace without the Prince next door. Please stay with me and you, do not go out.

-  Princess [78] , have you ever seen an old man or woman 80, or 90, or 100 years old? Their back shackles like a collapsing roof, hands shaking against sticks, limp-like gait is about to fall down at any time, youth to them just a distant memories, broken teeth- Shredded, thin hair thin silver on the head, skin wrinkled like dry melon! Have you ever thought that one day you will suffer the same old day, no way to avoid it?

Princess, have you ever seen a sick man or woman sick, subjected to buckling in her own urine and urine? Some people are cared for by others, others are not cared for by anyone! Have you ever thought that one day she would suffer the same sickness, would not she?

Princess, have you ever seen the body of a man or a woman, two or three days after death, chubby, cracked, stinky, ragged? Have you ever thought that one day she would suffer the same tragic death, no way to avoid it? ...

"  Well, Prince, let's not talk about such horrible scenes, it will have a bad influence on our children.

-  princess, I want to go out into the family is to try to find a way out of the suffering scene in birth, aging, sickness, death, birth and death for ourselves, for her, for our children, and for All living beings are immersed immersed forever in the ocean of birth and death. When it comes to success, I will come back here to save you, save you and all of you. She should be brave to wait for me, do not stop me.

Princess Yasodhara lies face down on her sobs.   

A few days later Crown Prince-in-law to meet the king asked permission to leave:

-  Gracious Sub-king, my heart wants ordained night aspirant award-escape, glass for Extra-royal-wedding festival for children is unsatisfactory.

-  Crown Prince! Father loves me so I do not have the heart to see you become a beggar is not home door, meal hungry, then tomorrow. Further, I wish you the future of the reigning ruler of the galaxy. You do not go anywhere, stay here with your father, then what do you want your father also want me.

-  As Surya wanted to let her stay, I would like to ask Surya to give me these four things: One is to keep the child forever not old; Second is how to keep strong healthy without disease; Dad is how to live forever not dead; Fourth, how can I learn the direction of escape to save beings from the suffering in life.

"My  dear son, do not follow my father's four wishes, and I will not give you anything!"

After Suddhodana was saddened, the king saddled all the relatives in the palace, saying,

-  Thai-born here recently asked permission to leave home. If we agree to let go, then there is no successor, so who has the idea or to keep the Crown Prince live?

-  Dai-vuong, the General Quan said troops, the god will put 500 strong hero-healthy rotations day and night guard at each gates, and 500 soldiers weekly Day and night on the face of the city, it is certainly not how the sneak out of the city.

-  Royal Highness, Prince Pajapati said, will increase the morale-enhancing the most beautiful women in the palace to day-and-mortar, and fun with games, The singing voice, just watch out for the crown.

"  Careful kidneys," said the king, "I will reward you." 

One day, Prince Siddhattha was walking in a park outside the city, when it was sunny, Prince Siddhattha in a green lake among the tall trees to cool off. As he was washing his hand, he heard Sakka Indra's kingship in his ear:

-  Honorable Mr. Ming-Bodhisattva, the period of ordination has come, he should not wait anymore, suffering beings constantly needing him to save.

After hearing this, Prince Siddhattha felt enthusiastic. At the time, there were troops to bring the king's orders to the princess Yasodhara, who was born. Crown Prince joy on horseback to the city. As Prince Siddhartha was passing by, Kisa Gotami stood upstairs to see him singing:

-  Happily being a father,

Happy to be a mother,

Happily being a wife

Of a guy like that.

As he was excited, Prince Siddhattha mounted his horse, threw her a necklace of jewelery worth one hundred thousand gold coins, and then went back to the palace. Prince suddenly thought: Everyone is looking forward to happiness, but happiness in the world of impermanence, birth, old, sick, died this fade quickly; How to get Happiness-True-Truthfulness?END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2017.