Mother of Buddha.

  (Maha Maya).

The Buddha had two mothers, mother Maha Maya, and nurse Maha Pajapati Gotami. Maya Maya's mother, however, is only briefly present, but has a very special place, as mentioned in the Flower Adornment.

"Maya" means "illusory". Maya was born in the Kolyan tribe, grew up with his sister Gotami in the city of Devadaha in the foothills of the Himalayas.There is a wilderness, with tall fields of larkspur and poppies blooming in the spring along the mountainside. The roofs were huddled up hill slopes under the snow white mountains. Little streams rip in the rows of beautiful trees with spread under the roots. There are tall wild boar plants, and the sun shines brightly when climbing up the mountain. In the summer the rhododendrons shine brightly in the fields, the cedar and fir trees in the winter cover a thick layer of snow, and the mountain sheep move slowly in the bush. Winds under the roofs.

Maya is cheerful, energetic and playful, making the younger sister more resentful sometimes annoyed, but the two sisters love each other. When the couple arrived, they were given to King Suddhodana, the head of the family of the Shakyamuni.

Shortly after marrying King Sri Soudhothana, Maya had a strange dream, including a milk-white angel like the snow-capped white peacock, with six beautiful long tusks. The statue from the sky shows down and enters the queen's hips. Then there was a bodhisattva in the sky radiating glowing radiance, streaming the light into the queen's body from the top of the head down, pervading the pores. Each ray of light bears the name of a Bodhisattva with full powers, and becomes the dome of Maya's body. A wonderful feeling of blissful fullness, with the heavens in succession, intersecting without obstacles in complete harmony. Then Maya saw the great Buddha sitting on the lion's court in a conference in the dharma. The queen's body suddenly becomes as big as a world, her broad belly is full of space, 

The next morning Maya told the king about the dream, describing how people had entered her body. "They take big steps like the whole universe.Incredible, but you know that, dreams are usually the same - in the dream is completely normal. In the dream it seems like I have experienced this many times before. Do you know what that means? "

King Sri Soudhothana invited a talented Taoist to entertain his dream. The old man, with his back handcuffed, puffed up the odor. Dream is predicted as a good omen-meaning very deep, mysterious and important. They both looked at Maya who was sitting on his pillow, looking serene, with a smile on his face. In the blink of an eye, suddenly the king felt a little lost, looking at Maya, but as close as it may seem to them, as if there was a large ocean separating them, as though they were born a far different. . 

"Maybe the queen was pregnant," said the Taoist. "And if everything was as it was - then the prince would be an extraordinary figure. Will become a great lord whether in the world or the world, but do not know what the prince will go? Then we'll see it later. "The Taoist muttered, then stood up. 

Maya feels better, stronger and healthier than ever. She felt as light as the air, walking on the rocks of the cool corridor in the palace as she glided over the clouds. She thought, pregnancy is a beautiful thing - nothing unpleasant, nothing to complain about. At the same time, Gotami was pregnant, and the two sisters walked together in the royal palace, hand in hand. 

Nearing the date of birth, Maya wanted to return to his hometown. King Sri Soudhothana sent a corps accompanied by a palanquin brigade with all sorts of elements from the midwives to the midwives, musicians, coroners, yachts and men. cooking. 

When walking through Lumbini Garden, Maya feels excited to go for a walk.Coming to the stream, Maya suddenly found in the weak tired, went down in the shadow of the tree full of flowers blossoming blossoming sweet flavor.Suddenly a branch of a tree descends into an arc on the queen, the first strange phenomenon occurred on that particular day. The crowd surrounded the city, holding silent breath. In the space a slight scent spread, and the clear ringing sound suddenly ringed. On the banks of the stream, like the queen's crystal, her legs were stretched out and the baby suddenly fell out. The whole body yellowish yellow baby, blue eyes in a squeeze, a bunch of hair hanging down between two eyebrows. Under each pedicure heel, there is a picture of a thousand-spoke wheel. 

Then everyone gasped, because the baby suddenly stood up, step by step, after each step is a white lotus appeared. Then the baby stood up, pointed a finger up to the sky, saying, "This is my last life," said the child as an adult, "I appear to be born to liberate all sentient beings. ". Then from the sky water sprayed rainbow color enough, watered on the baby. 

Maya looked at everything before her eyes as if through a veil; She fell asleep, slipping into sleep, contented in the new, explosive love of a mother.

She was brought back to the palace, next to the baby, quiet and dignified.Who would have believed that the kid had said that? But her eyes were still wide open, rarely closed. Coming to the house, Maya fever bedridden.Gotami hastily rushed to the Pure Land, but the Maya charm with this life was over. Birth and death in the moment, in the breath, and when the time comes, they pass through without a hindrance. Although one of the luckiest in the world, at one time inevitable and inevitable suffering, it is the death of the body. Maya has gone through death, and gently entered into an endless source of light, carrying the richness and splendor of inexpressible love. 

Maya has transcended more than ordinary people. We are still able to stay awake after death and be born into the heavens, returning to the same state with all the merits of perfection. She was mentioned in the Flower Adornment, when the charity on the way to find the direction came to seek education. Thien Tai is a young teenager but very religious, and like most of us, we do not know where to start, how to do it, so wandering to find all the good intellectuals to learn And learn the practice. 

When Mayan came to Maya, she was sitting on a large, jeweled lotus throne.The bells ring in the air, the names of all the Buddhas, and the pendants hanging from the sky reflect their immense color. 

Maya has the mysterious ability to see all sentient beings simultaneously and appear to each person as they wish. Usually they want to meet someone like yourself, so she appears in the same form as everyone else, but in a perfect state. Because of the ability to see what goes on in the past and in the future, she knows what beings need and how to help them. In other words, she herself was filled with countless beings who were enlightened, just as she had dreamed before.   

Thien Tai on a long journey to find Maya. He saw that she looked like herself, so she felt rejoiced at the miracle. Thien Tai bowed and asked for education, want to know how the enlightened beings achieve wisdom throughout everything.

Maya said, "Goodness son! I'm accomplished bodhisattva practice great volunteer rescue illusory position, means knowing vows have been created. Previously I was the wife of Suddhodana and Siddhartha was manifested from our own birth. But not only that all Siddhartha Buddha Bhikkhu Lot Price Na Oldtimer are also so, are manifested in our body which was born. In the past I used to make lotus ponds. Then there are bodhisattvas born in shower merchandise we carry, instant, care, nurturing. The world calls us the Bodhisattva's mother. I also used to do Bodhisattva. There are Bodhisattvas in my heart. So we are called the mother of the Bodhisattva. 

As in this world, in the present life, we have become the mother of the Buddhas, the Kamma, the Kamma, the Shakyamuni, in the future we will also be the mother of the Bodhisattva Di Likewise, I have and will be the mother of countless Buddhas in my present life in this world. 

I recall that in the old days there was a Chuyan named Dai Dai Duc. Then there is the Bodhisattva Ly Trinh Trang to the rectification of the rectangle by the German Spirit from the guard. The Bodhisattva is troubled by ghosts, thanks to the Great Wheel King Oai Germany used magic to dissolve the ghost. Spirit from Germany saw the birth of rejoicing, mistakenly received the Wheel is his son, standing in front of the Buddha vowed that no matter where the United Kingdom where the mother will be born. This is the precursor to the goddess, and the Wheel is the precursor of Lord Buddha Price. " 

Thien Tai silently listens, full of wonder and admiration. Maya asked gently:

"It's hard to understand, is not it?"

Thien Tai nodded at her, feeling rejoiced. Maya says:

"But I know you understand. And I think everyone understands. "

Thien Tai then performs the ceremony from dying to go, carrying in his heart a loving womb, a vast womb beyond boundless time and space, and always with us. 

The story of Maya in thought is like a mythical legend, but hidden in a very profound sense. When Buddha Shakyamuni was born, Maya dreamed of a white elephant, symbolizing a supramundane saint, with six tattoos symbolizing the full six chants, not only the countless beings. Also entered into the vast Maya belly as infinite as the universe, Maya also sees the Buddha sitting in the lecture hall. Thus the Buddha had before, not by Maya born. Just as the Buddha-nature already exists in all sentient beings, not from birth. The purpose of the cultivator is to enlighten the Buddha in his place.But the experience of enlightenment or the nature of enlightenment is only the beginning, ordinary people with deep concentration of gas can not suddenly become Buddha right, It also has to go through an elaborate process all the time to penetrate that open mind and undergo the next many enlightenment until the full realization of enlightenment or enlightenment.This enlightenment is the basis for the transformation of self, the removal of the air, turning the inner into the dark, turning the defilement into the present. Maya symbolizes the "motherly care" of the enlightened being from the beginning of enlightenment to the Buddha, with the vow of motherhood for all living beings. All Buddhas from the past to the future have to go through the process of nurturing this conception. Maya's ability to know all sentient beings and to understand their needs and abilities helps them, and to come to them in a similarity, is the ability to develop the bodhisattva vows. In other words, it is the ability to "know yourself" to live with people in harmony,

Mother of our flesh and blood gives us the body, nourish and nourish us.Maya is the mother who nourishes our nourishment, develops the seed of Bodhi where every living being attains Buddhahood. No mummy does not have us, so no Maya will not have a Buddha. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2017.