Section  9

 

11th-16th in the city of Alavi (-574)

 

Alavaka-devil (demon-id) [1] 

After the 15th season, the Buddha went to the south. Buddha entered the 16th in the city of Alavi, on the left bank of the Ganga River, not far from Benares (Varanasi). Near the residence there is a desert shrine on the east side of the temple Narayana (Na-la-dien) worship Visnu (Pi-niu). It is Alavaka yakkha [2]  very violent, fond of eating human flesh. One day, the Buddha sitting in that shrine sitting meditation. Alavaka furiously came in front of the screaming Buddha:

- Get  out of here! Hurry up.

-  Okay, Tathagata come out here.

-  Now come back!

The Buddha returned to the shrine. The second time, and the third time, the devil Alavaka ordered the Buddha to go out like that, Buddha do it. Devil Alavaka liked to scream out the Buddha out. Buddha said:

-  Tathagata has been referring to the three times. Such is enough. Now I want to be here in silence.

-  Yes, he sa-subject, I will ask him 13 questions. If you can answer, I will leave him free to sit here as long as possible. But if he does not answer, we will disperse his heart, cut his heart, take his leg and throw it across the Ganga River.

-  Hey Alavaka, can not be. In this world I do not see anyone, whether gods, sa-subjects, brahmanas, or a crowd of people, no one can disperse Tathagata mind, or cut heart Tathagata, Tathagata's feet tossed across the Ganga River. However, what do you want to ask?

Alavace immediately raised the following questions:

1-      What is the most precious property of man?

2-      What, if practiced correctly, will bring happiness?

3-      What flavor is sweeter than all?

4-      What is the highest life?

The Buddha replies:

1-      Wisdom is the most precious possession of man.

2-      noble teachings, if practiced right, will bring happiness.

3-      Compassion is the sweetest taste.

4.      Live with the most noble intellect.

Alavaka asked again:

5-      How to overcome the water disaster? (How to overcome a dangerous accident?)

6-      How to overcome positive? (How to do a great hard work?)

7-      How to overcome the defilement?

8- How      self-purification? (How can body and mind be purified?)

The Buddha replies:

5 -      Overcoming the water disaster with faith.

6 -      Be positive with perseverance.

7-      Tame defilements by patience.

8-      Self-purification by wisdom.

Alavaka asked:

9-      How to achieve wisdom?

10-  How to make a career?

11-  How to achieve fame?

12-  How can friendship become tight?

13-  How to clean negativity when died?

The Buddha replies:

9-      Having the wisdom and perseverance to practice the Dhamma of the wise, will attain the wisdom that leads to Nirvana.

10-  Bright, persistent, diligent work, will set up a career.

11-  The honesty will make the achievement of fame.

12-  German generosity of tolerance makes friendship become tight.

13-  The layman has four qualities: truth, virtue, courage and tolerance, will not be afflicted when he dies.

If you have doubts, ask other saints and brahmins to see if they have something more precious, nobler than self-control, self-control, generosity and patience.

Alavaka has understood the Buddha's teachings, saying:

-  Buddha, taught by Bhagavan, I have the secret to understanding the pursuit of peace in the future. You do not have to ask other monks or brahmins what to do. Today, the Buddha fell to Alavi because of his well-being. I have understood that French medicine brings rich fruit. From now on I will go from village to village, from city to town to celebrate the merits and the noble teachings of the Chief of the Transfiguration.

-  Alavaka, want to be at peace, must keep the pure world, especially four realms of killing, stealing, lust, lied. Can you keep it?

-  Buddha, for 3 world of thieves, lewd and lie, then the hold. But you and your dependence only by eating blood flesh that is alive, now ordained do not kill what to know what to live?

- Good  deeds, Tathagata will tell the mendicant (monks) from now on, every meal should be often tested for you and your dependents. [3]

-  Buddha, the Buddha for refuge, refuge in the Dharma, the Sangha, and pray from now will wholeheartedly support the Dharma.

Having said that, the devil Alavaka prostrate Buddha and then go away.

12th-17th in Venuvana (-573)

Does anyone want to buy Sirima's corpse? [4] 

After the 16th Anwar residence in Alavi, the Buddha arrived in Benares (Varanasi) for a while, then went eastward, returning to Venuvana in the Rajagriha capital of Magadha. Buddha entered the 17th in Venuvana. In this low, the beautiful young Wanderer named Sirima, his mother with Jivaka physician, died in Rajagriha. She was only 25 years old. Her sudden death shocked public opinion in the capital, especially in the aristocracy and elite. Jivaka invited the Buddha to the cremation ceremony of his ill sister.

Before the temptation, the Buddha told the government representatives to spread the public to see if anyone wants to buy the body of the beautiful Sirima? No one raised their voices, although the original value was 1000 coins, down to only one. The Buddha said that anyone would want to receive a beautiful body without paying any money. No one speaks. The Buddha said:

-  Look at that, the body that was so seductive and attracted to so many people, now lying there, no one to come, no one wants to receive even if not pay. The body, whether beautiful or luxurious, despite being well-groomed with delicious food, by splendid clothes, until the end of breath is also subject to decay and disintegration, can not hold anything. Called beautiful, called precious again. You should not cherish the body, but focus on cultivating virtue, practicing the noble dharma of the enlightened one to get out of the suffering of samsara, attain the perfect purity of Nirvana. That is true happiness.

Then the Buddha said the following verse:

"Look at that beautiful body,

"Now it's just a painful body,

"A pile of deadly flesh and bones is ruining.

"Although many people are anxious,

"But there is nothing permanent, stable." (Dhammapada, vol. 147)

13th Lower 18th at Caliya, Koliya (-572)

Daughters of weavers [5] 

The Buddha entered the 18th at Caliya, near Calika, Koliya. After being exhausted, the Buddha returned to Jetavana for a while, then returned to the south, to Alavi, on the banks of the Ganga, to an 18-year-old girl, a weaver's son. Nearly three years ago, when Buddha entered Alavi, she heard the Buddha teachings of death (Marana-anussati) as follows:

-  You should diligently practice meditation, meditating on death. You should think, " Life is not stable, death is sure, I will surely die, death will end my life, life is unstable, no one can escape death. " , The uninitiated of the death that will go away in pain and fear, as well as a trembling trembling when suddenly saw a snake appear with him. The patrons of mindfulness of death will calm down, not afraid of death at the time of death, as well as acquaintances who meet the snake calmly use the stick to remove the snake away and continue to go.

At home, she often meditated on the teachings of the Buddha. Today returned to the aggalava monastery in Alavi, the girl wants to go to Buddha and hear the Dharma. But this morning, before going to the textile factory, her father instructed her to wrap the pieces all the way and then quickly bring to the workshop to him to weave the silk folding to the delivery of an important customer. The girl was busy wrapping some of them all in the morning, but it was almost finished. She changed the robes to bring some of them to the workshop for her father and then return to visit the aggalava hears the Buddha sermon.

At dawn, people offered offerings to the Buddha and the monks. After Buddha finished life, the people yearn to hear the Dharma. But the Buddha sat quietly, not saying a word.

On the way to the textile factory, passing through Aggalava, she saw a large crowd gathered. She crept into the crowd to get close to seeing Buddha. She just saw the Buddha face, the Buddha also raised his head to see her. She quickly put down the basket just down, sincerely come to pay homage to Buddha. The Buddha asked:

-  Where do you come from?

-  Buddha, I do not know.

-  Where will you go?

-  Buddha, I do not know.

-  I do not know?

-  Yes, I know.

-  You know what?

-  Yes, I do not know.

Most of us listen to four questions between the Buddha and the girl, who do not understand anything, they think that the girl answered silly. The Buddha mercy masses should ask the girl:

-  Baby  , when I asked  you Where do you come from? Why do you say i do not know ?

"  Lord, you must have known me from home to here." But he wants to ask you from the realms of being reborn here. That I do not know ..

-  Hey baby, when Tathagata asked  then I will go? Why I say I'm not the UN in t ?

You  must have known that I was going to the weaving factory because you were holding the basket just in your hand. But he wants to ask where he will be born again. That I do not know ..

-  When Tathagata asked  I do not know why? Why did I meet the UN in t ?

-  Lord, because I know for sure that you will die.

-  When Tathagata asked  I know really? Why did I not meet the UN in t  ?

-  Because you do not know as long as you die.

The Buddha praised the bright-minded girl who understood the Buddha's mind, and he said the verse:

"This world is blind,

"Few people see clearly.

"The number of people on the scene is rare,

"As the birds escape the net." (Dhammapada, vol. 174)

After four questions from the Buddha, the girl attained Sotapanna. She bowed at the foot of the Buddha and back out, bringing a lot to the textile factory for her father. That afternoon, at the textile factory, she accidentally died. Her father was deeply distressed, coming to Buddha, recounting her sudden death. The Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths to advise him and tell him that his daughter was reborn in Tusita. Then he asked to be ordained, diligent practice, soon after attained Arahant.

14th-19th in Griddhakuta (-571)

The nineteenth-century retreat of the Buddha lives in Griddhakuta (or Gijjhakuta, the Spirit Mountain). Griddhakuta is a small mountain south of Mount Chhatha. At the top of the mountain there is a large flat stone of 45 m2 where the Buddha resides and sermon. King Bimbisara built a stone road from the foot of the mountain up to where the Buddha resided. On both sides of this road and around the mountain there are many caves of the mendicants. The cave that the Ananda Venerable is usually located on the right side of Bimbisara Road as it approaches the retreat of the Buddha. One day, Venerable Ananda was sitting meditating in this cave, being martyred into a large bird standing in front of the door threatening cave. The Buddha used magic to put his hands in the cave of great virtue to reassure. At the foot of Mount Griddhakuta there is the Maddakuchchi Temple where Videhi Queen rubbed abdominal abortion. A little further, The entrance to the east gate of Rajagriha (Wang-Xa) is Jivaka's mango garden. Whenever the Buddha resides in the Holy Spirit, King Bimbisara and Jivaka are frequented to visit, offer and listen to Dharma.

The Maha-Kassapa Mahatma Gautama (Seated Flower ) [6] 

One day, lecture at the top of Mount Griddhakuta (Linh-Thứu), Buddha from the purest step out, holding a yellow lotus shoots up high, he silently unveiled the public eye without saying brain. They looked at Buddha for a moment and looked at each other, not knowing what the Buddha meant. A moment later, the Buddha said:

-  This Maha-Kassapa, Tathagatas have " the law of viscera, nirvana magic magic, real generals, magic methods " [7] , today handed down to the teacher. Take it.

Everyone looks up at Maha-Kassapa. The smile still floats on the lips of the great virtue. His eyes still looking up the Buddha, his face radiant.

Recognizing that most of the masses still do not understand, the Buddha declared:

-  Teachers, when the Tathagatus put lotus flowers in front of the masses, all the teachers have the opportunity to see flowers uniformly. But the majority of teachers started thinking, "What is it that Gotama today brought flowers up without saying a word?" Master, when born mind starts to lose mindfulness, mind moved, no longer able to direct the reality. The ten buddhas have a pure mind without thought, so they always dwell in the center of mindless nibbana, which is often untouchable.While the Tathagata gave the lotus flower, only Maha-Kassapa understood Tathagata. Because the mind has been purified, the new  mindless mind , thus penetrate the knowledge Buddha . Maha-Kassapa is a person who is capable of maintaining and extending the Proper Dharma.

All the masses heard here are happy and believe that the Maha-Kassapa virtue was the one who was sent by the Buddha. Zen is derived from here.

Jivaka wives 

Jivaka was the son of King Bimbisara with Ambapali when he was crown prince. He studied medicine at the age of 14 in Rajagriha. That year, he was picked up by his mother, taken to the Venuvana monastery to visit the Buddha. This year (-571) Jivaka has been 31 years old. Graduating from age 23, Jivaka has become a well-known physician after healing many of the sick. Jivaka was also the spiritual healer of King Bimbisara and the Buddha. The physician Jivaka suggested to the Buddha some sanitary measures should be applied to the mendicant as the cleaning arrangements to facilitate the body to move. Clothes every seven days must be washed at least once. Each mendicant should have a water tool to drink. Drinking water from the pond must be boiled. The bathroom needs to be erected in the bathroom. Food today should not be left the next day. All the things Jivaka suggested, the Buddha accepted. By then lowering 39th, physician Jivaka was 51, at the Buddha from Jetavana back Griddhakuta, he applied for and was rash renunciation of self [8]  is Vimala Kondanna.

Blessed yoga (sanghati, robe) 

At the time, offerings of sanghati became a very popular act among the people. One day, the Buddha saw a mendicant begging for alms, with a thick oversized sanghati on his shoulders. Buddha asked:

-  How much do you have?

-  Lord, you are offered all eight y.

-  You need to use so much y?

-  Buddha, I do not need much care like that, but because it was so I have to get donations.

-  According to the teacher, how many seniors each need to be enough?

-  Lord, I think you are just enough for each one. Sit in meditation in the jungle, or sleep in the night under the tree to get her father warm enough.

-  Tathagata also see that. From now on, each mendicant should have only one bowl and three sets of casserole. If you are offered more, you should refuse.

Another day, the Buddha stood on a tall hill overlooking a large rice field, brilliant golden rice, with small embankments divided into squares that looked very beautiful. Give newspaper:

-  Hey Ananda, do you see the rice field at the other end of the hill? So beautiful! What do you think? Should we tailor the sanghati for the masters of this model?

-  Lord, I see that very good idea. So far, sanghati shirts are often sewn together with pieces of cloth. Depending on the eyes of the sewing, sometimes the dress is beautiful, sometimes very hard.Chihuahua has a certain pattern of combining small pieces of cloth, the mendicants will have a more uniform garment look better. I have also heard the Sun say a serious cultivator is a very good farmer, danapati donation to the mendicant is like sowing seeds of merit now and future. So if the Blessed One allows, I will discuss with the great brothers to study and recommend a beautiful and convenient model and call that style blouse  -fill-y .

Buddha smiled nodding his consent.

After the 19th, the Buddha set out for the north, scheduled to enter the lower part of Jetavana in Sravasti.

15th-20th in Jetavana (-570)

Angulimala left home after killing 999 people. [9] 

One morning, the Buddha went to the alms-giving place of Sravasti. Almost finished, he found himself sitting alone in a forest jungle. When he was done, he got up and went to the suburbs in a large, deserted road. Some farmers saw the Buddha, rushed to say:

-  White-eared, this road today very dangerous. It is said that the Angulimala killer is present in this area. He is a very violent man, killing people does not hurt, the military are afraid. Whenever he killed someone, he cut his little finger, put it on his neck, now he has thousands of fingers.

Many people have come to see the Buddha, say so. But the Buddha just thanked and went on.When there is no human silhouette, Angulimala sees the Buddha, hides himself in the shade of a tree, watches for a while, and then kicks him to the path. At first, he ran slower, later  he ran faster and faster, until he was sweating and still did not catch up with the Buddha, while he saw the Buddha only to walk gracefully. He exclaimed angrily:

-  Mr. sa-subject, stop!

-  Angulimala, although walking, Tathagata has stopped. And he, he stopped yet?

-  Hey recluses, he did not lie but !? He said he had stopped, why am I running after him without catching up?

-  Yes, Angulimala, Tathagata has stopped long ago. As long as I no longer kill or hurt any one life. And he, he killed how many lives with the evidence of flowers with his fingers on his neck. His hands and his soul were covered with blood. It was he who had to stop. Angulimala, can not find happiness by killing. Murder only causes horror, hatred and misery. This is Angulimala, only the fun, relief, gentle with people, forgive all mistakes of others to bring happiness.

Angulimala was very surprised. No one ever dared to come near him. No one ever dared to look at him from afar. Yet today the monk seemed to stand in dignity before him, looking straight into his eyes, using mildly exhortation to admonish him. Yes, he was none other than Gotama Satan whom he had heard. Angulimala fell to the ground, fell down at the feet of the Buddha, then weeping and said:

-  Lord, I am Ahimsaka to pay homage to the Blessed One. I was very sorry to meet the Sun too late. You have caused so many crimes, can not stop anymore. I have no way to redeem past mistakes.The people and the people will not let me down.

"  Ahimsaka, being good, penitential, returning to the righteous life, is never too soon or too late.Ahimsaka, if you join the almsgiving congregation, determined to live a good life, diligently follow the Dharma, the Tathagata will have a way to protect him.

-  Buddha, pray from here to repent, abandon evil to do good, determined according to the Buddha to learn compassion. I wish the Buddha to accept me as a disciple.

-  Come here, monks Ahimsaka, live lives of holiness!

At that time the great sages Sariputta, Ananda, Upali, Kimbila and many other monks appeared.Or believe the Buddha is entering the danger area Angulimala, the great virtue rush to find the Buddha.Now see the Buddha peacefully and Angulimala submitted, everyone is happy. Buddha told Mr. Upali to Ahimsaka's hair; Ananda gave Ahimsaka a sanghati; Sariputta and Upali teach some basic precepts and teachings. Then everyone went back to the monastery Jetavana.

Going to the Jetavana monastery, Angulimala tells the Buddha to hear his life as follows: Angulimala (Young-Tha-ma) at the young Ahimsaka (innocent people). My father is Gagga, the masters of the Pasenadi king of Kosala. Mother is Mantani. He was brought to Taxila [10] (Takshasila) by a father to study with a famous master. Ahimsaka was so smart that he became a brilliant disciple. That is why friends give birth to jealousy, fabricated talk to bad him with teacher.The teacher convinced his words, angered Ahimsaka by ordering him to kill a thousand men and depositing a thousand of his right hand's fingers to enable him to teach special miracles. Ahimsaka realized the truth, obeyed. After killing several people to pinch his youngest finger, he was ordered by authorities to go into hiding in the jalini forest. Once he became a formidable killer, Martial arts high power, the Devil into the gods, even the imperial government must be afraid. King Pasenadi ordered Ahimsaka to be arrested and given a prize to anyone who captured him, but no one has done so. His fingers tight, he pinned like a wreath on his neck to avoid being eaten by birds or animals. So people call him Angulimala. When he had 999 fingers, the people were too frightened to dare to leave the house, the soldiers were very strict, Angulimala struggled all night without finding his last finger. He intended to sneak home to cut his mother's fingers. But in the middle of the road, the Buddha. His fingers tight, he pinned like a wreath on his neck to avoid being eaten by birds or animals. So people call him Angulimala. When he had 999 fingers, the people were too frightened to dare to leave the house, the soldiers were very strict, Angulimala struggled all night without finding his last finger. He intended to sneak home to cut his mother's fingers. But in the middle of the road, the Buddha. His fingers tight, he pinned like a wreath on his neck to avoid being eaten by birds or animals. So people call him Angulimala. When he had 999 fingers, the people were too frightened to dare to leave the house, the soldiers were very strict, Angulimala struggled all night without finding his last finger. He intended to sneak home to cut his mother's fingers. But in the middle of the road, the Buddha.

For the next ten consecutive days, Venerable Ahimsaka was taught by Upali the great virtue and upbringing of Sariputta. He taught the doctrine and methods of meditation, walking meditation, begging, and eating. Study and practice very diligently. Half a month later, when visiting Ahimsaka at his am in a quiet place in the Jetavana monastery, Lord Buddha was also surprised by his progress.Ahimsaka became a solemn mendicant, gentle with calm speech.

The Angulimala rumors that the Buddha had requested the ordination came to the king of Pasenadi. The people and courtiers are all feeling light. The prestige of the Buddha and the Sangha is stronger. One month after Angulimala's ordination, King Pasenadi visited the monastery of Jetavana and asked:

-  Buddha, station heard the killer Angulimala asked ordained his followers, have that right?Where is he now? Did he do anything to harm the Blessed One?

-  Great King, indeed Angulimala was ordained. He is currently reciting in an am in the quiet place in the mansion. I have decided to reform the righteous, living life, practice diligently. Tathagata advised him to practice cultivation until the end of the season.

-  The Blessed One, Angulimala is a dangerous killer, a great disaster for everyone. The Buddha should be careful to watch over him.

-  Dai King, do not be afraid, Ahimsaka now has become a mendicant mendicant, he also has more prospects.

-  If so, then it is a great blessing for the people of Sravasti, people will run out of fear, peace to do business. What I did not accomplish with the strong hero, the Blessed One was completed by compassion, not only save the people from fear of death, but also the killer Angulimala on the holy path. I beg for mercy.

Monks Ananda was chosen as the false counterpart [11]  regularly for the Buddha 

T seaweed about 20 years from the day the Buddha attained enlightenment far, he had all eight attendant. It is the teacher Nagasamala, Sunakkhatta [12] , Upavana, Nagita, Sagatta, Radha, and attach Meghiya novice Cunda. But they are nominated only temporarily. No one has enough virtue to be a regular attendant to the Buddha. This year the Buddha was 55 years old, one day he said to the great virtue Sariputta:

-  Sariputta, now I am older. When Tathagata says "Let's go this way", someone goes the other way. Some people also dropped the bowl of Tathagata. So you choose a person to regularly attend Tathagata. [13]

Well  , the virtue Sariputta said, I volunteer as a attendant regularly attend the Exalted.

-  No, the Buddha replied, he was too old and also had to do more important things such as organizing, operating and guiding the congregation.

Moggallana and many other disciples also volunteered to be the attendants, but the Buddha refused. Particularly Venerable Ananda remained silent.

During a lecture at the lecture hall at the Temple of the Eastern Mother, the disciples of the Buddha go to two important suggestions: 1- Recommend Ananda teacher as a regular attendant for the Buddha; 2-Proposal from now on, to the season of residence, the Buddha will return to Sravasti import.

The first suggestion was made by the great saint Sariputta. Dai Duc said:

-  Brother Ananda is one of our most enduring memories. Memory of the Brothers is strange, in this world no one matched. Whenever the Buddha teaches what is present in Ananda, the Buddha's teachings do not fall away. When Duplicate the Buddha's teachings, Brother Ananda repeats a sentence without missing a word, not an hour. Therefore, if the brother is the Buddha's attendant, he will have the opportunity to listen to what the Buddha says, whether for a crowd or for a person. Any teaching of the Buddha is not the same, should be fully recorded as a source for posterity. In the past 20 years, we have been foolish to fall off and lose so much. Brother Ananda should be due to all the mendicant and future generations who take responsibility for the Buddha's attendant.

The masters present at the meeting all agree with the opinion of the great virtue Sariputta.Venerable Ananda looked reluctant. You say:

-  I find there are many inconveniences if the brothers appointed me to attend the Buddha. Not sure the Buddha was willing to let me do the attendant. Because of that, it can be said to favor the Sakya people. For nun Maha-Pajapati who is a model of a man who is also very tough. And Rahula, from the day he was done, never sleep in the net of the Buddha, or sit alone with the Buddha. For me too, Buddha never gave me close contact. Particularly, I am afraid to bring the screams whenever there is a brother called Buddha to rebuke.

Speaking of this, Venerable Ananda glanced at Sariputta and said,

-  As with Sariputta. He was praised by the Buddha as the most intelligent and talented among the disciples. Brother is a great help to the Buddha in teaching as well as in the organization. Most of the proposals of the Brothers were approved by the Buddha. So brother was jealous of some brothers, slander. I'm afraid if I am the attendant I will not avoid those things. I do not want to spoil any fraternity.

Venerable Sariputta smiles and says:

-  For me, I do not mind being misunderstood or jealous, of course if you avoid it is good. It is more important to realize that what really benefits the majority, you must have the courage to do and take responsibility, though anyone who falsely told you should not be discouraged. Brother Ananda, we know you are very intentional. But if you do not accept as a attendant, the Dharma will be greatly disadvantaged, not only for the present mendicant congregation but also for many generations to come.

Ananda silently thought long ago and said,

-  I agree to accept the attendant if the Buddha himself told me to do, and if no fraternity objected. Also, I would like the Lord Buddha to approve the following eight petitions:

1 - The Buddha did not give me the robes of good faith for him.

2- The Buddha did not give me real things for him.

3- The Buddha did not allow me to live together in a net.

4- The Buddha did not allow me to follow him when he was offered his own master.

5- The Buddha would be happy to accompany me when I was invited by a patroness.

6 - The Buddha will be happy to allow me to guide guests from afar to come see him.

7- The Buddha will be happy to allow me to come whenever I have a doubt.

8- The Buddha will rejoice repeating the discourse that he preached in my absence.

Ðại Đức Upali suggestions:

-  The brothers Ananda gave are all just; I'm sure these things will be accepted by the Buddha.The fourth thing I do not feel good. If he did not follow Buddha when he was invited to live, how could he hear the Buddha's teachings to repeat to us? Maybe it is new things that Buddha never said. It is better to have another brother with you.

Ananda laughed:

-  Upali monk said not well. In case you only give enough donation to two people?

That  day the Buddha and the two brothers eat a little less.

The teachers laughed happily. The attendant's problems have been resolved, the teacher discusses the Buddha's annual residence in Sravasti.

Sravasti now has two large dispensaries, Jetavana and Pubbarama. There is also a small clinic for them. Taking Sravasti as the central practice center for the Buddha and the almighty congregation is very convenient. In neighboring countries, anyone who wants to see the Buddha without knowing where he is, arrives in Sravasti during the retreat. That is equal opportunity for everyone. The mendicants and mendicants from the neighboring countries may come to Sravasti to settle down with the master without any obstacles, as great benefactors like Anathapindika and Visakha make vows of food, medicine, Clothing and shelter for any marshal coming here.

After the end of the talk, the great monks go to the net of the Buddha to present the opinions of the masses. The Buddha welcomed the two proposals.

Venerable Ahimsaka (Angulimala) was assaulted [14] 

After the settling season. One day, the great Ahimsaka went begging to the monastery, walked limp, face his nose bloody. Svastika sees glimpses of the great virtue. Venerable Ahimsaka asked him to bring in the Buddha. Today during the alms round in the city, the great virtue identified by a group of great virtues is Angulimala. They came around and attacked the great virtuous with a stick.Ahimsaka put his hands in front of his chest, absolutely not fighting back, nor fled, letting them beat him. A moment later, seeing him fall to the ground they left. He tried to stand up, looking back to the clinic.

Seeing Ahimsaka in a traumatic state, the Buddha stepped forward to help him. Venerable Ananda went to pick up a bowl of water and a towel. The Buddha wiped his face and wounds for Ahimsaka. He told Svastika to pick herbs to cover the wounds, and tore off an old tunic with a bandaged cloth. Ahimsaka's old-fashioned dress was ragged and covered with blood and dust. Your bowl is broken. The Buddha comforts:

"  Ahimsaka, be brave enough to bear the consequences of the suffering you have sown over the past few years. I should pray that the pain of the teacher today relieved the suffering of those who have lost children, lost father, lost mother, lost him, lost his teacher. He developed great compassionate mind, great joy, great discharge to clean off evil and hatred. You should be happy to think that you have paid some blood debt today.

-  Buddha, you understand. I was happy to pay my blood debt. It is gratifying to get a debt. I pray that your pain today will alleviate the suffering you have caused.

-  That's good, so let's go on a few days. Ananda will find you a sangati and another bowl.

Venerable Ahimsaka bowed and waited.

Ahimsaka assists a pregnant woman [15] 

Venerable Svastika instructed Ahimsaka to return to his teacher. Ahimsaka smiled to tell the story of what happened not long ago. One day, while Mr. Ahimsaka was about to enter the alms-gathering, he met a poor pregnant woman in labor who was born under a tree in the street where she was absent.The painful sirens are alone and still can not deliver. The Emperor exclaimed, "Suffering too much suffering!", And he ran quickly to report to the Buddha what to do to help the woman. At that time there was no nun or monk there. Give newspaper:

"  Come to the mother and father like this," she said, from the day I was born so far, I never tried to commit the life of a species. peace."

-  The Lord, can not be, so is the child lied. You have committed many lives already!

-  If so, he said, " Hey, since I was born in the teachings of enlightenment, I have never tried to commit the life of a species. "

Mr. Ahimsaka immediately ran to the moaning widow. He stands behind the tree and repeats the teachings of the Buddha. Minutes later, the under-babies were given a baby's peace. He went to find him to help.

After being assaulted, Ahimsaka was lying dormant in his bed, and on the third day he opened his eyes to see Ananda sitting next to him, smiling,

-  Hey brother Ananda, I have caused crime to sa hell, may thanks to the Buddha of compassion rescued. Today, debt is paid off, I enjoy good results.

After saying this, Ahimsaka closed his eyes and entered Nirvana immediately afterwards. The Buddha was informed, say shelves:

He has caused evil karma

Know how to improve the practice

Like full moon without clouds

Illuminate the whole world. (Dhammapada, verse 173)

I - FROM THE 21ST TO THE 43TH ANNIVERSARY

The Dharma has been spread throughout the Ganga basin. The basic rules and doctrines (the Four Noble Truths, the 12 Decalogues) have been taught quite well. Now, when the Buddha began teaching the sublime teachings as the equality of the dharmas, the emptiness of the dharmas, all beings have Buddha-nature and Possible to become Buddha (flower-law). This is a very prosperous stage of Buddhism.

1st 21st in Jetavana (-569)

King Pasenadi was associated with Mahanama. [16] 

In April 569 BC, the Buddha from Vesali went to Sravasti at the request of Sudatta Anathapindika. This year the Buddha and King Pasenadi are 55 years old. Believing the Buddha to settle in Jetavana, the king rejoiced, bringing the royal family to visit the Buddha. The followers of the latter included the Visabhaksatriya (Vasabhakhattiya) and the two sons of the latter, prince Virudhaka (Vidudabha) and Princess Vajna. On the 14th, after listening to the Buddha say that the mendicants refused to come to the king of feast king due to lack of trust in the king, King Pasenadi knew that the kingdom of Sakya still see the kingdom of Kosala as a threat to the poison. Set up Sakya, sent envoys to Sakya to marry a princess in the royal family as a posterity. After discussing with the courtiers, Mahanama used his daughter with a maid, Visabhaksatriya, to give King Pasenadi.

During the retreat, King Pasenadi did not miss a lecture by the Buddha without coming to the hearing.

Kisa-Gotami asks for mustard seeds to save her [17] 

Ms. Kisa-Gotami [18]  in Sravasti has just born a son. Unfortunately when the baby just toddler and babbling talk is very cute, then morbidly died. She did not believe her son was dead. She did not allow people to carry her body to the graveyard. She hugged her beloved son, went from house to house like a demented person, sought medicine to save her children. But good salaries can not save a dead baby. Some people find that pity, only to go to see the Buddha in Jetavana monastery can save the rescue. She hurriedly rushed to Jetavana, pay homage to Buddha and cry and said:

-  Buddha, asked him compassion to save the state of human medicine. Many say that only he can save it. Please feel sorry for us.

-  Hey Kisa-Gotami, do not be sad anymore! Come quickly and find a Trampler here for a handful of mustard seeds in any house in Sravasti City to save your children. But you should remember to ask for it in a family that has never died before it can work.

Mrs. Kisa-Gotami was very happy, hastily running from house to house seeking for mustard seeds. White mustard seeds are almost everywhere, but throughout Sravasti there is no family with no deaths, or children, or parents, or grandparents. Calculates the number of deaths more than the number of people who live on the earth.

It was late afternoon, the last rays of sunshine erased the hope left by Kisa-Gotami. The cherished cherub in her arms started to cool down, cold and stiff, with no facial expressions of life. In extreme suffering, she began to realize the overwhelming truth of life and death. She whispered: "This is not the law of the village,

"It's not the law of the city.

"This is not the family's own law

"It is the universal law of the whole world:

'All are impermanent, the birthright is gone. [19]

She carries her body home, using a wrapped sari, with her husband brought to the grave. Then she came before the Buddha said:

Well  , I can not find a white mustard house without a dead person! I left his beloved child no longer laugh, no longer say, no longer put his little hands touching his face as before. I used the most precious sari of the body wrapped around its body, placed under a grove, next to the banks of the stream. I beseech the Buddha, please show me where you can ask for white mustard seed without the shadow of death.

-  Hey, Kisa-Gotami, you found something that few people found. It is a consolation in the bitter truth: Love clings to parents, spouses, children, and livestock, though sweet today, but tomorrow the death comes like a waterhole in the dark night. Swept away the whole village is good sleep. [20]

Then the Buddha told her about the Impermanence and the Four Noble Truths. Listening to her results in Tu-momentum. She asked to be ordained. Soon after, she attained Arahantship.

Body like a water bubble [21] 

A group of buddhists was given by the Buddha to the subject of meditating, withdrawing into the desert of practice. But after a few months of practicing realizing that no results were achieved, they discussed with each other and returned to the Jetavana monastery to meet the Buddha. Just to the gates of the monastery there was a heavy rain down. While standing in the rain, the mendicants watched the drops of rain fall into the water, causing water bubbles to float on the surface of the water. There is a foam formed suddenly bursting immediately after, there are foam floating on the water a few inches, a few inches or a few yards before breaking. The mendicants suddenly think of the body as well as the foam. Because they are familiar with the practice of mendicant, the mendicant naturally goes deep into the subject of meditation: body as water bubbles, see that then lose it, birth and then kill it, what is born kill? What's missing? This world is the same, birth abolition, for what? What does that mean?The masters realized the deep meaning of impermanence, selflessness, and causality.

After the rain stopped, the mendicants went to see the Buddha, expressing their feelings and experiences. The Buddha said shelves:

It should reflect the world

Like dreams, bubbles.

People look at life like that

Never fear death. (Dhammapada, verse 170)

After hearing, the mendicants immediately attained Arahant.

2- Lower 22nd in Jetavana and Pubbarama (-568)

The Buddha says Satipatthana-sutta [22] 

In the next spring, 568 BC, in the Kammassadhamma capital of Kuru, about 300 km west of Sravasti, the Buddha speaks the four foundations of mindfulness for over 300 masters and a large number of local audiences. This is a very important way to practice meditation (Vipassana). The Buddha says that the Four Foundations of Mindfulness helps one to cultivate a pure mind and body, overcome all sorrows, attain wisdom and attain liberation. Satipatthana is the four topics to be contemplated carefully and memorably clear. The four themes are:

1 -  Impure body: Human body is very dirty, nothing worth respecting, preserve.

2.  Life is suffering : All the excitement, unpleasant or neutral of the ears, eyes, nose, tongue, body and mind are ultimately bring delusion, bigotry and sorrow. Receiving something that you do also brings you anxiety, sadness.

3 - Heart impermanence : Xinxing people very unusual, when happy, when sad, when hate, when injured, the air, when angry, nothing lasting to be called the "I" (ego) unborn everlasting.

4.  Fa-no-self : For all things in this world are unchanged in the cycles of "city, city, no," nothing is true to call "essence" (self) Its eternal birth.

In the realm of the body, the meditator contemplates the three stages of his or her breath (out, in, stop). For example, when exhaling, the practitioner wonders: what makes one breathe out, strong or light, long or short, how much goes out, what stops breathing ...  Four postures  (walking, standing, lying down, sitting) and all movements of the body; What gives rise to these movements, how each action arises, progresses and stops. Always pay attention to keep the majesty while walking, standing, lying, sitting. The meditator is mindful of the heartbeat, the jumping blood vessels, and the circulation of blood in the body. The meditator meditates on the digestive tract, from the time the food is introduced into the mouth, to excretion. The practitioners of the  32 components of the body (dvattinsakarapatha) are hair, nails, teeth, skin, meat, tendons, bones, Kidney, heart, liver, lung, spleen, lung, intestines, intestinal tract, stomach, bile, bile, skin, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, fluid, saliva, mucus Nose, viscera, viscous fluid, urine and brain. One contemplates about nine wreak havoc phase of the body  from the moment of death until the body dissipate [23] . Mindfulness of the body is not only done during meditation but also throughout the day. When meditious mindfulness is realized, the practitioner will find that the body is conditioned, implicit, impermanent, unclean, without substance, until the ravages return. One contemplates about nine wreak havoc phase of the body from the moment of death until the body dissipate [23] . Mindfulness of the body is not only done during meditation but also throughout the day. When meditious mindfulness is realized, the practitioner will find that the body is conditioned, implicit, impermanent, unclean, without substance, until the ravages return. One contemplates about nine wreak havoc phase of the body from the moment of death until the body dissipate [23] . Mindfulness of the body is not only done during meditation but also throughout the day. When meditious mindfulness is realized, the practitioner will find that the body is conditioned, impersonated, impermanent, unclean, without substance, until the rash returns.

In the field of feeling (feeling), one meditates on the arising of feeling. Six bases come in contact with the six ceiling and how six births. Then, in the six  senses , there are  pleasant feelings  , unpleasant  feelings, neutral feelings  (not pleasant or unpleasant). How those pleasant and unpleasant feelings arise, how they progress and how they end. How to never have an unpleasant feeling. Feeling contemplated not only during meditation, but also throughout the day. The word "life" also means to receive something that is owned by you. The practitioner observes whether possession has brought any suffering. When meditated maturity, You will find that feeling and possession bring us much less suffering. The temporary pleasures that feelings and possessions bring to us, sooner or later are fade.

In the field of mind, the meditator meditates on  how psychic phenomena  arise [24] , progress and cease. Examples of greed, anger, love, craving, ... arise, how and how to end. How do these psychological phenomena bring about mental states of distress? How to have fun without suffering.Mindfulness meditation is not only done during meditation but also throughout the day. When meditious mindfulness is realized, the practitioner will find that our mind often changes according to the conditions of each time, there is no substance, nothing can be called the "we" forever.

In the field of things in the world, the meditator contemplates  the stages of arising, changing, and disappearing  of every visible and invisible thing. When you are meditated, you will realize that all things in the world are conditioned, are impermanent, constantly changing, eventually come to pass away.

When meditating on the four themes of " impure body ," " feeling is suffering ," " impermanent mind ," " dhamma of no self, " he will no longer live fear of death, no desire for money The world, no longer infected with the mundane pleasures, ready to cheerfully leave all, meditated meditator meditation [25] , the mind relaxed mind, enter the holy line.

The Buddha only teaches each mindfulness in all four areas. He told the person who diligently practices the four foundations of mindfulness within seven years would certainly make much progress on the path of liberation. Those who are well-grounded, intellectual, and practicing this practice can enter the stream of deliverance within seven months or seven days.

The next day, after Venerable Ananda coincides with the Buddha's teachings, Venerable Assaji said that the Buddha had already taught the Four Foundations of Mindfulness several times, but this was the first time he had synthesized and condensed into a sermon. Neat, full and most philosophical.Venerable Sariputta said that the four foundations of Mindfulness are very precious and important, that masters should memorize it for daily practice.

Ms. Sundari was buried at the Jetavana monastery to slander the Buddha. [26] 

In Sravasti, the prestige of the Buddha is growing, the reputation of the Buddha is growing louder, people are flocking to the Jetavana monastery offering and listening to the Dharma. Foreigners feel their prestige and interests are deteriorating, gathering together to find ways to save the situation.They say to each other:

-  From the day Gotama arrived in Rajagriha and in Sravasti are the two major cities today, our prestige and interests are declining. People almost forgot our presence in these two places. We must seek to eradicate Gotama's prestige.

-  Yes. Let's discuss this with the Sundari female witch, who is both smart and gorgeous. She can help us succeed in this case.

Then they invited Ms. Sundari to a meeting, discussing a plan to make people doubt the Buddha had a deal with Sundari. When the people began to discuss each other about this, foreign diplomas decided to kill the monopoly. They hired two duels to kill Ms. Sundari and buried her body in the pile of flowers withered near the Buddha in the Jetavana monastery. They finished pretending they were searching for Ms. Sundari everywhere, announcing that Miss Sundari was missing. They asked to see King Pasenadi and said:

-  Great Lord, Sundari recently went to Jetavana to hear Dhamma, sometimes she stayed up late.From this morning we let her go looking for her everywhere. So please let the Great King to us to find in the Jetavana area.

Allowed by the king, they entered Jetavana to search and found Sundari's body buried in the heap of debris near the Buddha's ambulance. They announce to everyone and propagate as follows:

-  There is a recent rumor that Gotama has a relationship with Sundari, perhaps Gotama's disciple wants to kill Ms. Sundari to silence the world.

People of the same truth also condemn the mendicants, claiming that the mendicants killed Ms. Sundari. The mendicants inform this message to the Buddha, or Buddha said:

-  So do you protest against them?

Then the Buddha said shelves:

Who propaganda deception:

The story is not sure there is,

There is no security do,

Both after death

To be born in hell

The pay for this karma. (Dhammapada, vol. 306)

King Pasenadi very trust the Buddha, do not believe the message of the pagan, to the underground investigators. Just a few days later, the two wives who killed Ms Sundari were arrested with full evidence, when they went to the bar for bonuses, drunken stunts and quarrels. After being arrested in the temple, they named the religious leaders who had hired them to do so. King Pasenadi condemned these pagans to travel around the capital, Sravasti said loudly:

-  It is we hire someone to kill her for slander Sundari recluses Gotama. Gotama and his disciples were not at fault.

King Pasenadi to Jetavana monastery visits the Buddha, happy for the Buddha and the congregation just escaped. The Buddha thanked King Pasenadi, and said:

-  Great king, jealousy and hatred are two poisonous snakes can bite deadly bite that can also die yourself. Religious must eradicate jealousy and hatred in his heart. Please recommend and reduce the crime of offenders.

Within the next two days, people in the capital knew the truth about the pagan conspiracy. The prestige of the Buddha and the Sangha is higher.

The Buddha took care of a mendicant suffering from hemorrhoids [27] 

One day, the Buddha accompanied the Venerable Ananda to visit the abbots of the mendicants in Jetavana. As soon as a small am have a foul odor rush out uncomfortable. The Buddha and the Venerable Ananda came in and saw a mournful body mourn, who was lying moan, full of foul smells.The Buddha went to the side to ask:

-  What is the disease? How long ago?

-  Buddha, children with dysentery had 2-3 days and not less.

-  So who is taking care of medicine for you?

-  The Blessed One, no!

- What  's wrong? No teacher care for you?

-  Master, all the teachers must go begging. I used to wash myself alone the other day, but today I can not wake up today.

Buddha told Ananda to go to collect water. Two teachers wash and clean clothes for the mendicant. Then they put the teacher on the bed. Buddha and teacher Ananda sweep in the wash all the stinky smell and bring laundry to laundry.

That afternoon, during a meeting in the lecture hall, the Buddha asked:

"  Teacher, do not you know that a seriously sick teacher is in there?"

-  Lord, we do know.

-  He is so sick, why do not you stay with him today to take care of him?

- Well  , we must go begging alms.

-  Mendicants, we have left the family, no father and mother-in-law care for us as at home. If we do not care for each other, who cares for us? Whenever anyone is sick, whether he is a teacher, a friend, or a student, we must take good care of him until he is fully healed. Hey teachers, if the Tathagata sick then the teachers have dedicated care for Tathagata?

- Well  , we will definitely care for the Blessed One.

-  So, from now on, whenever there is any disease mendicants, physicians should also take turns caring for him as caring for the Tathagata so.

The novices are present hands folded bow, respectfully obey the Buddha.

Maha-Pajapati nuns, Khema and Dhammadinna 

In the 568th year of his reign, the Buddha entered the Sravasti, he often preached at Jetavana, and Pubbarama. Nun  Maha Pajapati  leadership retreat numerous nuns in the nunnery nearby. Associate Professor Maha Pajapati has nuns Khema. Nun  Khema [28] which is a non precious Bimbisara of Magadha. She is very clever but proud of her beauty. On the second Monday, King Bimbisara took her to hear the Buddha sermon at Venuvana. Thanks to Buddha, she became disillusioned and sought refuge in the Three Jewels. After four years of home-schooling, she applied for ordination and joined the nunnery led by Pajapati. She studied diligently, only a few years later she became one of the important leaders of the ni ni. Female Visakha often accompanied the children to donate and hear the law in the nunnery. Thus she knew the life of the women of Khema, Dhammadinna, Bhadda Kapilani, Uppalavanna and Patacara.

Nuns  Dhammadinna [29]  is one of the most famous preacher of the nunnery. When she was not ordained, she was in Rajagriha. Visakha, her husband, was a devout layman who often visited Venuvana to hear the sermon. He enlightened and attained Anatomy. One day, Visakha heard the law, went home to tell her:

-  Dhammadinna, all this property I gave her all. Take care of your children. I go out to follow the Buddha.

-  You want to hand over this burden to me !? I can not afford it alone. Well, you stay home, let me go home. Heard that the Buddha has allowed women to ordained, I also want to be a family.

-  Yes, she wants to go out as well.

Dhammadinna ordained, shortly after attaining Arahant. She returned to Rajagriha to Visakha.Upon hearing the news of her arrival in Rajagriha, Visakha went to the nunnery to see how she had progressed. He arrived, bowed to her monk, sat down on one side, and asked her advice on how to attain Buddhahood-complete. She answered the right things as he knew. He asked about how to attain Ava-momentum. She also answered the right things as you know. He asked about how to develop an anatomy. She also answered the right things as you know. He asked again about how to attain Arahantship. She replied:

-  Dear man, you are very good. But if you want to know about how to attain Arahantship, then you should go and ask the Blessed One, who will explain to you more clearly.

Visakha went to see the Buddha, recounting the story between him and Dhammadinna. Give newspaper:

-  Visakha, Dhammadinna, answered very well his questions. If you ask Tathagata, Tathagata will also answer like that.

Then the Buddha said shelves:

Three lives clean:

Currently, nothing

The past, nothing

The future, nothing

No, not wanted

It is Arhat. (Dhammapada, lesson 421)

In addition to nuns Dhammadinna, nuns  Bhadda Kapilani  are well known for good sermon.These two laypeople are often invited to preach at many places in Kosala.

Misery of Patacara [30] 

Patacara [31]  is the daughter of a rich man in Sravasti. Patacara's parents kept their daughter very well, never letting them out. At puberty, she fell in love with a domestic servant boy. Her parents are completely ignorant. They arranged to marry her for another guy, another rich man. Panic, she discusses with her lover fled away. Nearing the wedding day, she dressed up as a toddler and left the house. She dates with her lover met at the wharf, then two people away as far away. Having been together for three years, she was pregnant. Nearing the date of birth, she asked her husband to take her to her parents for birth, according to the custom of the time. Her husband is scared of her grandparents, but because of her reluctant wife to take it away. But when she was halfway through, she gave birth to a baby boy. It is no longer necessary to return home to parents. The couple returned to the old place.

Two years later, she was pregnant again. And this time she wants to return home. In the middle of the road encountered a heavy storm, she was again in labor. The husband told his wife to temporarily hide the rain on the road so that he entered the forest to cut a canopy to cover a hut. Patacara waited forever not to see her husband again. In the middle of the night she gave birth to a boy while it was still raining. The next morning, when the storm was over, Patacara took a newborn baby and brought her three-year-old baby to the forest to find her husband. She found her husband lying dead in the forest, poisoned snake bites on his legs bruised purple. Patacara mourned. She used a piece of wood to dig up her husband buried her husband, then took her hand to lead her children go to the parents home. She travels until she meets the Aciravati River. River level rise because of rain and wind has lasted several days and nights. Do not know how, she instructed her three-year-old waiting for her by this river to carry her new baby to the other side of the river first. Her hands lifted the baby from his head, wading across the river. In the middle of the line, a large falcon swooped down, stealing the baby away.Panicked, Patacara shouted to the hawk that feared the baby. Unbelievably three-year-old boy is standing on the shore, thought her mother called, ran into the water to find her mother. As the bird flew away, Patacara looked back over the river to see her three-year-old son wading into the water. Panic, Patacara yells and tries to shore up to rescue her. But slowly, the baby was swept away by the water.Patacara looked back at the river when her three-year-old son waded into the water. Panic, Patacara yells and tries to shore up to rescue her. But slowly, the baby was swept away by the water. Patacara looked back at the river when her three-year-old son waded into the water. Panic, Patacara yells and tries to shore up to rescue her. But slowly, the baby was swept away by the water.

On reaching the shore, Patacara was exhausted. She can not cry anymore. She was on the river for a long time to regain some strength. Then she made her way back to Sravasti. To Sravasti, she was told that her parents' house had been crushed by the recent typhoon, both her parents and her brother were crushed to death. She rushed to the place where her parents cremated, the fire also died.

Patacara collapsed on the side of the road. She no longer wanted to live. Never before have so many miserable events hit a woman so fast. The passers-by stopped by to visit and take her to the Jetavana monastery to see the Buddha. The Buddha asked the lay women to take Patacara to wash and change clothes. Then he sat down and listened to Patacara's story. The Buddha comforts:

-  Patacara, I have had many accidents and risks. But life is not about suffering and accidents.Things past you should not think to grieve anymore. You should think of the present, today and at this moment what should I do to bring happiness to your child, to your parents and husband and child who have died, to the people around you. Learn to live the noble life to benefit yourself. You will find life more meaningful, more work to do to create peace for children, for everyone, now and in the future.

Patacara begs the Buddha to go home. Buddha told Maha Pajapati to take Patacara to the nunnery. After a period of apprenticeship, Patacara was ordained. Patacara was loved by the nuns and nuns. After a few years of study, Patacara found a smile. One day, while scooping foot-washing water, seeing the streams of water flowing down and infiltrating into the ground, the mendicant, Patacara, suddenly began to drink water. For a few days, she practiced meditation with that image. One morning, Patacara experienced the principle of birth and death of all things. She read the following verses: 

"The other day was washing his feet

"I see the flow of water

"Penetrated into the ground

"I asked: Where water?

"Meditate in silence

"I hold six bases

"Like the curly knob

"I observe the six ceiling

"Sitting on the oil lamp

"I went into the consolation

"The moment passed quickly

"The lights are on

"Get the wicked toothpick

"I dabbed down the oil

"The light suddenly went out

"All night sank

"The fire of Nirvana

"But my soul suddenly dawned on me

"Mind is untied

"The sun just shines. 

That afternoon, nun Patacara presented to the nun Pajapati poetry, nun praised very much.

 Anapana-sati ( mindfulness of mindfulness) [32] (Anapana-sati) 

Occasionally, the Buddha or the great disciples came to visit and speak French at the nunnery.Once a month, mourners can also be heard at Jetavana or Pubbarama. This year, according to the request of the Venerable Sariputta, the Buddha prolonged the security season by one month. The feast will be celebrated on the full moon day of Kattika month (November dl) instead of the full moon day of Assayuja month (October dl) as every year. The purpose is for the mendicants, after the completion of the training center in the vicinity of Sravasti can Jetavana to meet Buddha.

News of the Buddha will extend this year's residency in Jetavana for a further month. Therefore, after the four self-service, teachers and nuns from other localities seeking to visit the Buddha is very crowded. The great benefactors such as Sudatta, Visakha and Queen Mallika have all sought to provide shelter and food for the monks from the back home. At the end of Kattika month (11 dl), the number of mendicants and nuns in the capital Sravasti amounted to three thousand.

On the full moon of Assayuja, the white lotus Kumudi blooms under the lake, the lotus blossoms radiating from Jetavana. The Buddha sits on a tall tower in the midst of the sky, praising the masses who diligently studied during the last season and deserve one more year. Then on this occasion, the Buddha says Anapana-sati.

In fact, every mendicant has learned to contemplate breathing. But this is the first time that most of the masters present are heard directly by the Buddha on the contemplation of breathing. This is also the first time the Buddha synthesized the teachings of this method and summed it up in a lecture.

Present in today's lecture are nuns Yasodhara, mother of the great Rahula, and nun Sundari Nanda, the seed of the master Pajapati Gotami. Six months after empress Pajapati Gotami's departure, Yasodhara and Sundari Nanda also sought refuge in the northern suburbs of Kapilavastu. This nunnery was also founded by nun Gotami. In just one year, Nurse Yasodhara became a good assistant to nun Gotami. Beginning this summer, every year they are in Kapilavastu, all the way down to Sravasti, to inherit the teachings of the Buddha and the great disciples. Queen Mallika and female laywoman Visakha have dedicated themselves to supporting their nuns in setting up a monastery for women. For the first two years, they were allowed to use the royal gardens to settle in. By the third year they had established a separate monastery. Knowing my age was high (97 years old), nun Gotami focused on training young talented nuns to become excellent leaders later. Yasodhara is one of the leading nuns.He joined Sela, Vimala, Soma, Mutta and Nanduttara. All of them were present at Jetavana today.

Beginning the method of mindfulness, the Buddha said:

-  Oursmen, the Mindfulness of Breathing, if developed and practiced continuously, will bring about great results. The Mindfulness of Breathing is the basis of all meditation. Through mindfulness of breathing, the meditator has a calm and pure mind and body that can easily attain the Samatha and Vipassana such as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Enlightenment, and so on. French Breath Recognition consists of  16 breaths  as follows:

First : Breathe in a long breath, knowing we are breathing in a long breath. Breathe out a long breath, knowing I'm breathing out a long breath.

Second : Breathe in a short breath, knowing we are breathing in a short breath. Take a short breath, knowing I'm breathing out a short breath.

These two ways to stop the thought and cause the arising of mindfulness.

Third:  Breathe in and consciously vaporize and circulate throughout our body. Breathe out and have a little consciousness from all over the body come out.

This way we have a sense of whole body and all parts of the body.

Fourth:  Breathe in and make our whole body calm. Exhale and make our whole body calm.

This way to make the body calm, calm mind.

The above four breaths are aimed at mastering and operating the  body.

Thursday:  Breathe in and feel happy. Breathe out and feel happy (happy).

Friday:  Breathe in and feel peaceful. Exhale and feel peaceful.

These two ways are meant to give rise to the feeling of "joy" and "touch" to nurture the body and mind, so that one can stay in mindfulness for a long time. Hy is a common pleasure. Lost is the pure joy, delicate.

Saturday:  Breathing in and knowing we are paying attention to our in-breath. Exhale and know that we are paying attention to the outgoing breath.

Eighth:  Breathe in and make our mind calm. Exhale and calm our mind.

The four above breathing methods are aimed at self-control and self-emancipation  .

Ninth:  Breathe in and know that I want to breathe in. Exhale and know that I want to breathe out.

T ten:  Breathe in and feel pleasure in the breath. Exhale and feel pleasure in the exhalation.

T eleven:  Breathe in and shooting in mind. Exhale and mindfulness.

T twelve:  Breathing in and keep calm mind not thinking. Breathe out and keep the mind pure without thinking.

The four modes of breathing above aim to master and free themselves from the attachment of the mind .

T thirteen:  Breathing in and contemplate the impermanence of all things. Exhale and contemplate the impermanence of all phenomena.

T fourteen:  Breathing in and starting mind away from all things. Exhale and initiate mind away from all phenomena.

T fifteen:  breathe in and reflect all the dharmas are not, are completely quiet. Exhale and reflect.

T sixteenth:  Breathing in and start the mind, do not think. Exhale and start the mind, do not think.

Four ways of breathing here to help our mind freed from the  objects of mind  , ie help six pure bar, no longer entangled in six ceiling. This world has nothing that can bind and afflict us anymore. So we are liberated.

Once he attains liberation, he lives peacefully in life without anything in life that can bind him.

The Buddha taught the practice of sixteen breathing cages in the contemplation of the body, the sensation, the mind, and the object of the mind. Breath is the reins to subdue the mind like subtraction, anger, fear, desire ...

Nearly three thousand mendicants and nuns who heard this sutra were delighted to be manifested in the practice of liberation, the more the faith is more firmly, no doubt. All thanking Venerable Sariputta for arranging for everyone to enjoy the taste of relieving Kumumi lotus under the magical moon.

Suicide is not self-liberation 

At the end of 568 BC, while the Buddha was in retreat at the Mahavana monastery in Vesali, several mendicants commended suicide in the monastery. The reason is that while practicing the Four Mindfulments of Impure Body, practitioners of the Nine Commentaries practice the graveyard in the forest where the poor dead donate to the birds. The Nine Commentaries is the visualization of the nine stages of the body's decay from the moment of death of the bruised body, the time of busting up, the chilling, the flowing yellow water, the flesh of flesh, Taps, birds, animals ripped tearing, until the pieces of bones disintegrated rotting. You feel so badly disgusted your foul stinky body, do not want to take it anymore, want to throw away the impure body as soon as possible.

After the retreat, the Buddha was informed of this. He summoned all the mendicants in the Kutagara Hall and taught:

-  Teachers, the Nine Commentaries is to exclude craving, is to exclude the self is self or fall, to abandon the habit of clinging to the body. Because clinging to the body is the cause of suffering and samsara. The teacher should not cling to the body, should not be too much to favor the body, but should not destroy it. Why should not destroy the body? Because human body is difficult, because human body is the best means to practice liberation. Self-destructive body to be liberated also like people want to go up the mountain that cut themselves by two legs because of bad footprints ...

Teachers, liberated mind is the mind is not entangled, not attached, not accept the purity of the noble value, nor the corrupt body of destruction. The wise person must know how to rely on the means that he is temporarily there to diligently cultivate in order to attain liberation from all constraints of the world, the realm of the plane of color and of the astral plane, until When completely free from birth and death.

Hey teachers, what is liberation? Six pure net, not infected with six ceiling is liberation. The eye is not immersed in the shape, the ear does not penetrate the sound, the nose is not infected with the scent, the tongue does not touch the taste, the body does not touch the soft touch, not touching the praise praised praise. That is liberation. Blinding, ear muffs are not freed. The blind, the deaf are not liberated.

Hey teachers, from now on Tathagata hope teachers, especially those who have just left home, know where is the liberation and no longer committed that mistake again.

Listening to the Buddha, the newly born monks are happy to see the difference between death and liberation.

3- Lower 23 in Jetavana (-567)

Teachings are the finger pointing to the moon 

Beginning in the spring of 567 BC, the Buddha returned to Sravasti to prepare for the twenty-second residence season. Here, the Buddha had the opportunity to lecture on the problem of disobedience. It was during a talk, mendicant Arittha said that the Buddha's teachings are the truth.During a lecture at Jetavava, the Buddha said:

-  Teachers, the teachings of the Tathagata has low high depending on the level of the audience that said. For lovers of worldly pleasures, Tathagata says life is suffering. For the Bodhisattva new mind, Tathagata said all legal world beings are pure. For those who desire worldly possessions, the Tathagata says that all things are impermanent, unmanageable. For those who seek happiness, Tathagata says that the realms of Nirvana are full, ordinary, falling, and net.

My teachers, the teachings of the Tathagata is not the truth but not the truth. Just like the moon finger. The finger is not the moon. But people who do not know the moon have to finger the fingers to see the moon. Because truth is inconceivable, it is impossible to use words and inferences that can be described. Teachers should not accept the words, where the text that must be followed in order to understand the truth, as well as the fingers to see the moon. Those who care only look at the finger can not see the moon.

The doctrine is that rafts bring people to the river. [33] 

The Buddha continued:

-  Teachers, the cradle is the raft to take people to the river, from the spell to the terminal.Passengers must use rafts to cross the river of life and death. But when reaching the shore then the raft becomes useless, should not raft on the head that go.

Teachers, all the teachings that Tathagata has taught as the Four Noble Truths, the Four Great Truthfulness, Four As Conciousness, Five Essence, Five Powers, Bodhi-Part, Eightfold Path, impermanent, non-self Suffering, no, formless, undefended ... are the things that teachers need to learn, understand and practice to attain enlightenment and liberation, not the teachings you must worship.

Speech and sermon [34] 

This year, the nuns' training center in Sravasti has up to 500 sisters. Pajapati usually invites the Buddha or the elders from Jetavana or from Pubbarama to teach. Ananda's attendant was given the responsibility by the Buddha to nominate professors for the nuns. Recognizing that Venerable Bhanda is a true cultivator, but seldom speaks, some of them have asked Venerable Ananda to nominate Venerable Bhanda once. Venerable Bhanda was appointed and many teachers said so can not refuse.The next day, after the begging, the Venerable visited a clump of forest to eat the clams. The boy finished, the monk went to the nunnery. The monks were warmly welcomed by the nuns. She Gotami invented the court.

From above the court, Venerable Bhanda said:

-  Dear friends, I'm not used to speaking in public. Today, I would like to read to my friends about the verse that I often recite:

"Stay in the static wear,

"Seeing the Dharma, returning to the source,

"No hatred of violence,

"Peace is flowing.

Restored to be arrogant,

"Live peacefully,

"Beyond coping,

"It is the greatest pleasure.

Read the verse, the silent meditator entered the city.

The sermon of the Venerable Bhanda is only a few dozen hours, but the virtue of the venerable ni made them very happy. Some nuns with her nun Gotami asked the Venerable Master to add. She Gotami thought, asking the Venerable Monks to teach more about the meaning of the verse. But Venerable Bhanda just re-read the verse again and stepped down the court.

This story is presented to the Buddha. It is recommended that from now on should only send lecturers to argue. The Buddha taught:

-  Teachers, advocates need but the direction of the realization is more important. The sermon is often more effective than the sermon.  From now on, Ananda should get the general public's opinion on the nomination of nuns.

Then the Buddha said shelves:

The speaker speaks fluently

Not quite the right direction.

People listen to little learn

But understand the meridians

It is the religious

Ability to transmit. (Dhammapada, v. 259)

Jivaka asked the Buddha about vegetarian eating salty. [35] 

After the retreat, the Buddha of Rajagriha (Rajasthani) visits and teaches the masses here. After a few days at Venuvana, Buddha went to Mt. Griddhakuta in his retreat at the top of the mountain. The Buddha likes here more because the place is pure, cool, spacious and is very convenient for the maintenance and meditation.

Few days ago, Dr. Jivaka invited the Buddha to his mango orchard at the foot of the mountain to refresh him and give him the opportunity to look after the Buddha's health. Jivaka built a small net for the Buddha in the mango garden. He cooks daily vegetarian food offerings to the Buddha. He advised the Buddha should take a thirty-minute leave to give him nutritious drugs. This medicine is made up of roots, leaves and fruits. One day, sitting in the mango garden, Jivaka asked,

Well  , there are rumors that the monks are allowed to eat fish meat. They also said, "Gotama grants permission to kill animals to make offerings to him and his mendicants." Lord, I know these rumors are not true, but I want to hear the Sun directly speak about this.

-  This Jivaka, Tathagata does not allow killing animals, any kind, to make food for the mendicant. Tathagata once reminded the mendicants like this:  If you see people kill animals to make food offerings to themselves, then must refuse, not eat. If you do not see it, you just hear that people have killed animals and you do not receive them. And even more, though not seen, not heard, but once suspected that people because of themselves that kill animals must also refuse, not eat .

Hey Jivaka, in alms giving, people give themselves what food they must receive, not be complimented. But in case you have seen, heard or suspected that people have killed themselves for animals then you have to refuse. Thus, to nurture and protect one's compassion.

Often, the donors are offered with vegetarian fast food. Unless they do not have vegetarian food available, it's time for them to share their available meals with them. Or the new offerings for the first time, do not know, offering salty food, the mendicant can also be used to free from the patroness, and also give the patroness the opportunity to grace slowly rescue.

But according to the precepts, killing animals should not be carried out by animals that harm the life of any animal.

-  Lord, I see a vegetarian diet that makes the body soothing and less sick than eating salty. Meat and fish tend to be more toxic than vegetables and fruits. For ten years now I have been a vegetarian, I have been both healthy and loving. Today I am very glad to hear that the Buddha himself teaches this.

The Buddha praised Jivaka and invited him daily to the Venuvana monastery to tell the novices about the sanctuaries in daily life.

Sister Subha meets du-thom [36] 

Having made many blessings in the past, Ms. Subha was reborn in the family of a brahmin in Rajagriha (Rajasthan). She has gorgeous beauty, so it should be named Subha. In the second season of the Buddha, she has heard the Buddha sermon several times and has become a faithful patriarch. When Pajapati Gotami was ordained by the Buddha to establish the Sikh Woman, she went to join the congregation. Ms. Subha diligently diligently practices Samatha and Vipassana meditation. She has achieved the third saint (anagami).

One day, in the early spring of 566 BC, Monk Subha plans to go to Griddhakuta to visit the Buddha. As she arrived at Jivaka's beautifully deserted mango garden, a young man walked up the stairs, teasingly teasing. She said:

"  Sir, I am a monk, do not touch me. I do not do anything offend you, I'm not fault that you blocked my way? I am very fond of the Dhamma and very much respects the precepts of the gurus. I practice the dharma and strictly adhere to the precepts to keep my body and mind pure. Why are you blocking my way?

-  Hey, she is young, her beauty is pure, her body is gorgeous. What are the benefits of joining the Church? Get rid of yellow yoga cover her beautiful body. Come here, she, let's enjoy the pleasure in this blooming forest of flowers, let's have fun with your love of men and women. Hey, come here with me!

-  Hey you, he was filled with mind thoughts of lust, but my heart was pure. Your heart is stirred up by despairing desires, but I'm fed up with this filthy mundane body. Why do you always stand in my way?

-  Miss, do you see, behold, fragrant flowers wafting of the wind. Enjoy the spring is blooming, joy in joy. Come enjoy life in this forest full of flowers like butterflies hovering hovering over, find the romantic pleasures of spring men and women . The trees were full of flowers, leaning against the wind, seemingly singing to welcome us. But she fell into the forest alone, how to find happiness in it?

Oh! This gorgeous beautiful young woman, like a statue cast in brilliant gold, glittering like a dancing fairy in paradise, come here with me. I will give her the silk costumes of the city of Benares, she will be even more beautiful nobody.

Oh! Her pigeon's eyes are daydreaming, beautiful as he is, two stars shining in the middle of the night. I would bow under her authority if we could all enjoy the wilderness together. You are all my life. I love you more than my life.

If you take note of my sincere words, we will live together in the lay life and enjoy the pleasures of life. The lovely ladies will take care of and provide her with all her needs in magnificent buildings.Every day she will be decorated with fresh flowers, perfumed sweet aroma. I would be very happy to give you lots of gold jewelry of all kinds, with shining diamonds.

Every night, she would lie on her bed in a cozy, comfortable and luxurious bed with the fragrance of timbers, a soft cotton blanket, a soft warmth, and a supple pillow on her head. Swan soft pillows.

Hey, you should not waste your youth to live a life of pure virtue, because then she will grow old, weakened, decayed like a lotus wilting in a wild pond.

-  Hey, look at this part of the weak phytoplankton that he enjoys? Is there anything that you consider affectionate in this foul filthy body?

-  Oh! Her eyes are as fond as the eyes of a shy pensioner fearful, he is like two bright stars.Look at that my heart is numb, full of aspirations. Her face is more beautiful than the full moon, her body is more alive than the statue of gold. Look at that my heart fluttered passion. But it is invaluable to me personally for your eyes. There is nothing in the world that I love with your eyes.

-  He blocked the way a monk who left the family life. Your desires are crazy, and you are on the wrong path. Your despicable desires will be punished by the king's law. It is well known that King Bimbisara was a loyal follower of the Gotama Teacher. Even if he has escaped the king's law, his conscience will never be peaceful. After the general network, he will fall into hell to bear the penalty of iron bed, bronze pillar.

Sir, do not use the sweet words and pleasures of the world to tempt me in vain. I no longer know what craving is. My happiness is that the High Path is opening in front of me, leading to enlightenment and liberation. If you want, you go to tempt the woman who does not have enough insight to see this body is dirty, fake, and this life is impermanent, suffering, no, no self.

I am a disciple of the Buddha, who has transcended all contamination, has eradicated all craving, and is using the Prajna Sutra to take me straight to Nirvana. The arrows of desire no longer touched me. I just prefer to live in solitary places to ease back to the self as static.

Hey, he tried to cling to this body as a precious and permanent treasure of his own, while it was originally a bubble, a bubble. This transient phytoplankton is like a magician's game. The eye is just two bubbles filled with tears, mucus and bloody pus. If only because of this eye that he blocked my way, I do not regret anything cheap.

When she came here, she surreptitiously raised her hand and held up her eyes and handed it to the duke, who said,

-  This, my eyes here. Take it away, then get out of my way.

The name was frightened, screaming:

-  Ouch! Hey monk! Noble noble bar! I made a big mistake. The level of her volunteer cheer!May your monk be restored! I never dare to repeat this crime again. Beseech my teacher forgive me for forgiveness

Finished, the name ran away. Teacher Subha was searching for the Buddha in Jivaka's mango garden. Standing in front of the chancellor, she looked up, suddenly her vision was restored as she was,[37] and she attained Arahantship.

After hearing Subha's story of this tragic story, Lord Buddha ordered that the women beggars could not go anywhere alone, go begging, go to the village, wade across the river, across a field Or a forest. At bedtime also have to sleep with another female mendicant to protect each other.

The Buddha says Brahmajala-sutta 

In the middle of spring 566 BC, the Buddha began his journey to the north, preparing to return to Jetavana to enter the 24th. Along the way, while the mendicants silently watched the breath to nourish the head Reciting, the back of the mendicant two sisters Suppiya accompanied by the teacher. The two talked about the Buddha and his teachings. They deliberately speak out loud for the mourners to hear.Suppiya raises the opinion and reason to excite the Buddha and the teachings of the Buddha. On the contrary, his disciple Brahmadatta is devoted to the Buddha's teachings and the teachings of the Buddha, but also cleverly uses words and concrete examples to praise the Buddha, making the mourners go ahead. Sympathize with him.

That afternoon, the Buddha and the mendicants spent the night in Ambalatthika Forest near Nalanda. This forest is a royal resort. King Bimbisara allowed monks of any religion to temporarily use the Ambalatthika Forest to rest. That night, two Suppiya teachers spent the night here.

The next morning, the mendicants talked about the attitude of the two Suppiya teachers yesterday. Hearing these words, Buddha said:

-  Teachers, when listening to people attacked, defamatory Tathagata or teachings, or almsgiving monks, teachers should not be heartbreaking or sad. Because it is harmful to the pure mind of the teacher. When they hear people praising the Tathagata or praising the teachings and the almsgiving congregation, teachers should not be happy, contented and fulfilled. Because it is also harmful to the pure mind of the teacher. Teachers should calmly comment on whether the criticisms or compliments are true or false, where, where, where to go, to have the opportunity to learn more.

The teachers, most of the praise of the Three Jewels only see the beauty or the small appearance, such as lifestyle habits, elaborate morality, simple life style, our attitude of leisure only. Few people see the wisdom, enlightenment and liberation are the essence of the teachings. Only true practitioners know the value of this section.

Teachers, in the world how many doctrines and how many arguments, Tathagas are clear. The sects continue to argue and assassinate each other for the difference between the doctrine and argument. But no matter what the differences are, they do not go out of the 62 basic arguments.Thousands of philosophical and religious doctrines are presently dwarfing the 62 fundamental arguments, so there are misfits and missteps. Only the teachings of enlightenment and liberation are beyond all the trappings and blundings of thought, perception and feeling, since the  teachings of enlightenment have the essence of liberating knowledge [38] .

Then Brahma Net Sutra Buddha says Luc Twelve Ants [39]  (Brahmajâla-Sutta), separating the contents of the 62 is accepted and outlined the mistakes of place this is accepted. Of the 62 pubs (pubbantakappika) there are [40] :

· 18 past and present attachments (atman) and loka in the past , including:        

4 advocate falls and the world is often,

The four directions of self and the world are both permanent and impermanent,

The four directions of self and the world are boundless, infinite, infinite, infinite, infinite nor infinite,

4 advocacy sophistry, no clear answer,

2 advocated fall and the world arises without cause at all.

· 44 future falls , including:        

16 advocate fall is the perception left after death,

8 advocated a self-perceptual fall after death,

8 advocates fall not also not perceptible after death,

7 advocated killing, after death no longer fall,

Nirvana 5 is both a five pleasures and a meditation experience in this life.

After separating and presenting the falsehoods of 62 attachments, the Buddha said:

-  Hundreds of thousands of currently disputed doctrines in the world of philosophy and religion are trapped in the net of the 62 ants that can not break through. Teachers, teachers do not go to that fascinating net to lose all the time and opportunity to cultivate liberation. Do not go into the net of thought.

Master, all of these attachments arise from the deception of thoughts, perceptions and feelings.Because of not practicing mindfulness and contemplation, one does not know the truths of thought, perception, and feeling, thus being deceived by thoughts, perceptions and feelings. Once you have seen the origin and nature of thought, perception and feeling, you will see the impermanence and nature of things. When one sees the nature of impermanence and the arising of things, one sees the true nature of Satanas, loses oneself, falls, and is no longer entangled in craving, anxiety, or fear. At the moment all the comments, arguments are all analytical, no real sense.

After listening to the Buddha's teachings of the Brahma Siddhartha Dusita, Ananda felt a slight of loneliness, no longer questioning the theories of the heathen monks.

Sixth Patriarch [41] 

Svastika has heard the Buddha say about 62 attachments, including the insults of six foreign pagans of the time, but he did not understand well. I went to the Moggallana Venerable for further clarification on the insults of the Patriarchs.

Venerable Moggallana told Svastika know is the oldest religion in India is a  Brahmin teacher[42]  (Brahmana) take Vedas (Vedas, Phệ-momentum) as the original, advocated polytheism.According to the Rig Veda, the world is divided into three worlds: Heaven, Earth and Earth. Each of the realms has 11 gods. Heaven has 11 angels. Hu-no realm of 11 non-air spirit. The land has 11 geographical. Brahminical activity is centered on sacrifice, as sacrifice is seen as the only means of contact with the divine spirits or blessed. In addition, the Brahmins must also know divination and numerology. Ba-la-monk lineage is hereditary, other class people can not become brahmins. The brahmin priest is full of status preferences,

In the 7th century BC there were six sects emerging in India against the traditional wisdom of Brahmanism, and created a strong influence among the people. Because these six sects are not Buddhist, the Buddhist scriptures are called "foreign professors" to avoid confusion with Buddhism.The outlaws include:

1 -  Sanjaya-Belatthiputta  : Two Venerable Sariputta and Moggallana are in this cult before being ordained by the Buddha. This sect advocates Unknowable (Doubt) and Adaptive. They argue that human knowledge can not attain absolute truth (agnostic). So there is only relative truth depending on circumstances, space and time. Truth in this situation, at this time, in this locality may not be truth in another circumstance, or in another time, or in another locality. Cultivators do not need high sutras, do not need to understand the absolute truth, because the search is not understandable, just eat in accordance with the customs and habits of their localities, experiencing eight natural lives Attainment.

2-  Ajita-Kesakambala  : This sect advocates the Objects, Extinction and Pleasure, denying cause and effect. They assume that man is made up of four elements of earth, water, wind and fire. After death those four factors disintegrated, nothing else. There is no good evil, blessings, conditions, retribution, past, future. In this sect, the purpose of human life is to enjoy life while still alive.

3-  Makkhali-Gosaleiputta  (Mat-old Chile sentence-amnesty-pear-mail): This denomination was born in Sravasti, advocates the doctrine of self-nature. The world and beings are born under the law of nature. Human pleasures and destiny are conditioned by the laws of nature. Man can not resist, it is better to be happy according to the law of nature.

4-  Purana-Kassapa  : This sect advocates no virtue, no good karma. The concept of good and evil is just a misconception created by humans to deceive.

5  -Pakudha-Kaccana  : This sect advocates not real human beings, but only the combination of eight elements of immortal beings are land, water, Wind, fire, space, suffering, joy and soul. Living and dying are the aggregation or dispersion of the eight immortal elements. Human life and suffering are created and determined by Para-nimmita-vasa-vattin.

6  -Nigantha-Nataputta  : Born in the suburb of Vesali, is the founding of Jaina (Jainism) today.He was 72 years old at Pava, near Kusinagar. This sect advocates absolutely not killing, not killing animals to sacrifice, the maximum austerity about eating, not clothes. They think that the destiny of life is created by previous life, can not be changed by the practice. Evangelism in this life is to bless the next life.

Venerable Moggallana said:

-  Hey Svastika,  Brahmin teacher  but is the most ancient religion, but only exclusive to those who descended caste Brahmin. Those of other classes can not become brahmins. It is an absurd form of dictatorship, because not all brahmanas are perfect, nor all those of other classes are unwholesome.Ba-la-monks only care about ritual sacrifices to avoid disaster, be blessed, born in heaven Brahma.That is to deny the intrinsic value of man. On the contrary, it is the moral value in the human heart that is truly precious, that it can elevate man to the holy one.

This Svastika, the teachings of  Sanjaya-Belatthiputta,  can only help a cultivator to become a good human being in society, unable to help one attain enlightenment and liberation.

On this Svastika, the teachings of  Ajita-Kesakambala are  not only good for making up for the debauchery, but for the lowly pleasures of cultivating the noble ones.

This Svastika, according to the teachings of  Makkhali-Gosaleiputta  , the practice as a hyacinth floating in the river, just drop into the stream of old life sick death, there should be no initiative, no need to study or build anything. What, because they are all natural law?

This Svastika, according to the  Purana-Kassapa  , does not need cultivation because there is nothing good, nothing is evil, who wants to do anything. This catechism only leads to a disordered society, full of robbers and fugitives.

This Svastika, according to the  Pakudha-Kaccana  , the life and the pleasures of the world are created and determined by the self-in-heaven. So man is like the chess of self-in-heaven. People can not have the initiative and have no right to decide at all, all are controlled by self-in-heaven. Man has no responsibility at all.

This Svastika, the  Nigantha-Nataputta cult  has many good points, such as the ban on killing, the ban on killing animals for sacrifice, the asceticism, the lack of education, but still trapped in the ants so can not reach liberation. . Because of the insufficiency of the lack of the spirit of arbitration, the discharge. Because of the consensus, they advocated absolutely not wearing clothes. After all, their nakedness kills mundane people. And when their teachings were transmitted to the icy regions of the Himalayas, monks here also had to wear white clothing to withstand the cold. In addition, they think that this life is to pay the karma created in the previous life, so it is like saying that this life I was imprisoned for my previous life to steal.

Venerable Svastika thanked the Venerable Moggallana, and all that day he thought that the Buddha's teachings were sublime, beyond all insights and arguments. The teachings of the Buddha help the practitioner liberate his knowledge, before liberating himself from samsara .

Balaka Upali [43]  belongs to the Nigantha infidelity seek ordination to the Buddha 

Upali is the most intelligent and wealthy layman in the city of Balaka, in northern Magadha. So he was called Balaka Upali so as not to be confused with other Upali names. He is the greatest benefactor of the Nigantha Nataputta. This denomination, at that time, was heavily populated by the faithful.

At mid-spring, the Buddha resided in Pavarika's mango orchard in Nalanda. One day, Digha Tapassi, a high priest of Nigantha Nataputta, beggars alms in Nalanda, visited the Buddha to discuss ethics. Through the story, the Taoist Tapassi said:

-  Hey recluses Gotama, in our teachings not act now use nouns (karmani) that only nouns crimes reported (Dandani). Crime is heavy, mild. The heaviest is the crime committed by the body.

"  Tapassi, according to our teachings, is the most important, since mind is the root of action.

Tapassi forced the Buddha to repeat this three times so that the latter could not be denied. Then he exclaimed leaving. He went to the Nataputta congregation, recounting the details of the conversation. Nataputta laughed, saying:

-  recluse Gotama has serious mistake. Sin in the mind and where words are not necessarily sin.Only crimes committed by the body in a particular way are important. For example, when people are thinking or talking about killing people and not practice, then there is no crime. Only when it is really murdered will the new crime be clear, undisputed. Tapassi, you have grasped only our teachings.

While Nataputta and Tapassi talk, there are many lay people present, including Balaka Upali.Listen to this, Balaka Upali volunteer to see the Buddha to confront and point out the wrong place of the Buddha. Nataputta agreed, but Tapassi feared that Upali would be conquered by the Buddha.Nataputta smiles and says:

"  Tapassi, do not be afraid to be a Upali disciple who will become a disciple of Gotama. On the contrary, maybe Gotama would become a disciple of Upali, unaware of it.

Tapassi tried to stop it but could not. Balaka Upali went to see the Buddha and conversations between the two were very exciting. This is the first time this intellectual meets the Buddha. Through seven consecutive examples, the Buddha showed upali the idea of ​​the basis of sin. Knowing that the Nigantha sect was very close to killing, the Buddha asked:

-  Upali, while on the road, many people do not intentionally step on the insects are not guilty of not?

-  In this case, cardinals Nataputta sure because unintentional pedal should not guilty.

"  Upali," said the Nataputta, who recognized the idea as the basis of sin.

Upali can no longer find a way to quibble. He acknowledged that through the first examples he had seen the Buddha was right. He admired the virtue and wisdom of the Buddha. He immediately paid homage to the Buddha, please be a disciple. Buddha said:

-  Upali, think carefully. A person like him can not make a rational decision. Come back to think for the first time.

- Well  , I was thinking very well. Blessed Buddha turn to rely on the Buddha, Dharma, Sang. I am very glad to have found the path of true righteousness. I am very happy to see the Blessed One.

-  Upali, he has been a great benefactor of Nigantha. So do not follow me to stop giving offerings to the teachers there.

-  The Blessed One is noble. Lord Nigantha is not like that.

Upon hearing that the Upali had followed the Buddha, Tapassi reported to the Nataputta. He does not believe. They both go to Upali's house to be informed by Upali himself.

Believe this, the mendicants are very happy. Give newspaper:

-  Teacher, good or not is that the monks are diligent or not. We should not be happy about the prosperity. We should be calm before the thought as before the prosperity.

Young Brahmin sonadanta quarrel [44] 

After visiting and teaching in Nalanda, the Buddha went east, to Campa, the capital of Anga, 150 km from Nalanda. Campa is now the city of Bhagalpur. Anga is under the protection of King Bimbisara. The population here is crowded, fertile land, lush flowers. The Buddha resides in a cool forest, next to Gaggar Lake. In the lake, the lotus blooms.

Upon hearing that the Buddha dwelt at the shores of Lake Gaggara, the crowds visited, offered and heard the sermon. Sonadanta is a Brahmin youth, who is well known for local excellence, also wishes to visit the Buddha. The Brahmins prevented others, but Sonadanta smiled saying that Buddha is a brilliant person, in life there is little, if not to go to the real opportunity is wasted thousands of years. Grandfather:

-  I have to go there to learn. To know who is more than who at any point.

Hearing Sonadanta say so confidently, the intellectuals who accompany him are so loud to hear the debate between them. Upon arrival, after greeting, Sonadanta said,

-  Gotama, we have heard the reputation of salat from a long time, today we came here to learn his teachings. Do not know what the characteristics of his teachings?

-  Ladies and gentlemen, before we talk about our teachings, I would like to know the good in your teachings. Please tell me how a true Brahmin monk should be?

-  Hey recluses Gotama, a monk Brahmin genuine need to have enough years following conditions: The first is to have the face of the beautiful, the second is to know the techniques initiated recite Veda, The third is to have pure blood Brahmin in seven generations, fourth is to have virtue, fifth is to have wisdom.

-  Of those five, which is the fundamental, which is secondary?

-  All five conditions are equally important, can not lack a condition at all.

"  Sonadanta, what do you think?" If there is a brahmin who is virtuous, intellectually superior, praising the great sutras, does he fulfill his monk's mission? Is he a true Brahmin monk?

-  Well, anyway, if there is more beautiful face and pure blood still more.

"  Sonadanta, if you have a beautiful brahmin, pure blood, but lack of morality and wisdom, what do you think? Does that fulfill the mission of Brahmin monks?

-  Of course it can not fulfill the mission of a priest without moral and intellectual.

"  Sonadanta, do you see that moral and intellectual conditions are more important than face and blood?"

- Yes,  sir.

Speaking of which, nearly 500 Brahmins raised their hands against Sonadanta. They accuse Sonadanta of being put into a trap by the Buddha to accept the fact that blood is not important. Buddha intervenes:

-  Dear guests, if you have faith in your representative, Sonadanta, please silence me to continue talking with him. And if you do not have faith in him, tell him to be quiet so I can talk to you.

Everyone back silent. Sonadanta says:

-  Gotama let me have some words with my friends.

Then Sonadanta returned with 500 Brahmins. He pointed to a young man sitting first and said,

-  Do you see my niece is Angaka sitting there? Angaka is a young, handsome, handsome, elegant manners. Regarding the little face of Angaka. Angaka understood the three Vedas, the grammar, the grammar and the technique of mantras, which everyone knows. Angaka also has pure blood for up to seven generations, including father and mother. But suppose Angaka murdered, robbed, sexually abused, lied, drunk, would you accept Angaka as a brahmin? Dear friends, the new virtuous and intellectual conditions are important. This is the truth common to all, not Gotama's own reality.

Sonadanta came here and the cheering resounded. Waiting for the acclamation to end, the Buddha asked Sonadanta:

-  But in the other two conditions of morality and wisdom, can one thing be reduced to just keep one thing?

-  Gotama, can not be. Because of the virtuous wisdom that wisdom is developed; Thanks to intellectual development that morality is more strict. As well as hand to wash hands, feet to brush foot.Morals and wisdom must coexist that development, indispensable.

-  Yes so, Sonadanta, virtue and wisdom that development must come along together. But how to develop morality and wisdom to the highest degree?

-  Must meditate the Veda mantra according to the technique and as much as possible.

"  Sonadanta," he said, "must chant the Veda mantra in the right way." So what exactly is the technique?

-  Must have a good voice, to know where to climb, where low ... to sound in harmony with meaning, has a strong impact on the listener's mind, just touch the gods.

-  Sonadanta, as he said, the monk is only mediating between humans and gods. Not the best way to develop morality and wisdom. This Sonadanta, who wants to develop virtue and wisdom to the maximum extent, must practice the three precepts of Kamma, Concentration, and Wisdom. Monk to be determined, to develop wisdom, and then use wisdom to develop gender. The more pure, the more stable the strength, the more stable the greater the wisdom. Sonadanta, to achieve virtue and wisdom, must practice vipassana to know what is suffering, what is the source of suffering, how to eliminate the source of suffering To know the true nature of all things in life, to know that all things in life are impermanent, suffering, no, no self, no greed, anger, ignorance,

This is Sonadanta, the self-taught method of self-development, self-development of morality and wisdom to the fullest extent. It is not by asking the gods.

Sonadanta and 500 Brahmins listened attentively. When the Buddha finished his words, Sonadanta stood up graciously said:

-  Gotama, today, through hearing the instructions of the subject, I feel like a man in the dark as the light, like the lost in the forest just to see the exit. Thank you salmon opened my eyes. I would like to take refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in France, taking refuge in the Sangha. I would like to be your disciple. I congratulate the Blessed One and the congregation tomorrow to my son's home.

The Buddha nodded approvingly. Hundreds of Sonadanta's friends also seek refuge in the Three Jewels. Shortly thereafter, at the village of Lechanankala in Kosala, another famous Brahmin student named Ambattha, along with his teacher Pokkharasadi, sought refuge in the Three Jewels after visiting and conversing with the Buddha. The higher the prestige of the Buddha and the congregation, the more jealous and exasperating the other sects are. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2017.