Buddha As Lotus.
Lotus flowers grow muddy ,
Blossoming fresh flowers, fragrant life.
This body is impermanent,
There is a clear mind of all species.
In the power of all that is present, all human beings desire to have money, beauty, fame, good food, beautiful clothes and comfortable sleep. But more than 2600 years ago a Crown Prince was released and practiced enlightenment into Buddha.
The Buddha is not a divine divine blessed man, but the Buddha is human like all of us, also born from the womb still enjoy full pleasure in the world. Time, but by knowing how to let go, should get rid of the mud pit became the complete enlightened.
In the world almost everyone is attached by money, beauty, fame, good food, nice clothes and sleep. Speaking of the lotus, first of all in the temple, we see the Buddha statue on the lotus and many pagodas to worship Buddha holding lotus branches. If you read history we will know the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree, on the grass. But now we worship the Buddha sitting on the lotus seat, so does the wrong meaning?
What does the lotus sense mean that anyone cultivating Buddhism is respected, to court the Buddha sitting? It is important to know that Buddhists have a clear understanding of the purpose and meaning, so that when someone asks us how to respond properly.
As we know, the lotus always grows in the pond, in the lake from the mud. So the value of the lotus is from the mud to rise out of the mud, then out of the water flowering flowers and mirrors, stigmas, seeds at the same time that other flowers can not have, Of the lotus.
Sen is much more different than other flowers, in that it sprouts in the mud, but when it blossoms out it goes out of the mud and rises out of the water before flowering. The characteristics of sen when in the mud is foul, but when it blooms, fragrant lotus. So Buddhism uses the meaning of the lotus, to symbolize the true practitioner who has attained enlightenment, complete liberation.
Historically, the old Buddha was the prince of King Sri Soudhothana, who lived in the noble and prosperous state, with all his descendants. Although He lived and drowned in the five desolations like all the people of the world, He awakened after walking four doors to see the old, sick, dead, and the monk. From then on, he would reflect on me and then he would grow old, sick, and die, but he would find a way out of it and eventually he decided to leave everything behind to seek the truth.
After a long period of about 11 years due diligence diligently practicing, finally he has attained enlightenment right and right to become a Buddha, then teach us. So the value of the lotus is from the smelly stink that blossom with pure scent, so the lotus is often used as a noble symbol in the Buddha.
First, when he was in the king's palace, he enjoyed the sensual pleasures, such as the lotus still in the mud. Second, when he left everything to go beyond the search for the truth to no longer enjoy the sensual, such as the lotus out of the mud but still in the water. Until he diligently diligently practiced diligence, finally achieving the results of full enlightenment, liberation like the lotus out of the water, and then blooming fragrant.
In the same way, the lotus from the beginning until flowering goes through many stages: the first stage is in the mud, the second stage is out of the mud in the water, the third stage is out of the water and blossoming Fragrant flowers.
As we all know, the lotus grows from the mud. The lotus out of the mud, spit on the water, and finally emit a scent. The lotus lotus without nourishment, the lotus will not be able to live. It is the characteristic of the lotus and therefore it is chosen as a noble symbol in Buddhism.
We can not leave this life to find enlightened enlightenment freed. From the place where life has good and bad things, more than just loses, righteousness, wrongness, sadness and confusion, we try to transform suffering into joy and happiness. It is the positive spirit of those who let go of bad thoughts harming people and things. Like the lotus flowers that live from mud and rise to fragrant blooms.
The meaning of the lotus, in the Buddha's house is very extensive and often takes the lotus as a noble symbol. It can be said that the lotus is an important symbol that most of the Buddhist scriptures are most talked about is the Lotus Sutra.
In addition, the lotus is symbolized in other areas of cultural specificity of each country ethnically Buddhist. As Buddhist family unions, for example. So, here, we will only provide a brief explanation of some of the more peculiar, iconic traits in Buddhism.
The lotus has eight miraculous properties:
The first is uncontaminated : the lotus grows from the mud, but its essence is pure, clean, not polluted mud. Vietnamese folk songs have poems about this non-defile characteristic:
In what beautiful dress with lotus
The white cotton leaves stuck yellow
White gold leaf moths
Nearly mud that does not stink of mud.
Although it is in the mud over many years, the lotus still waits for the day to rise out of the water to bloom and show its pure scent throughout the sky. As we have seen, the sludge is dirty but does not make the lotus polluted. Mud is a symbol of affliction, greed, hatred, and the lotus symbolizes purity. This meaning tells the Bodhisattva Buddhas are born, they are living eating, working as everyone without being washed away.
On the contrary, our ordinary people are different, where they are touched by the persistence of people. The lotus is metaphor for each of us who are available Buddha wisdom. Like the nature of the mirror is clear, due to dust, so we have to clean dust regularly. Likewise, we, for ignorance, cover up the pursuit of karma that produces many sins, and then suffer the sorrow of suffering.
Senna usually grows in places where water is available, such as rivers, ponds, lakes ... but the lotus still sprouts beyond the mud and blossoms of pure scent. It is like true people who practice, live in the worldly world with so much injustice, but still surpass and rise to master themselves to share the joy of suffering with everyone.
The second characteristic is lingering in pure . If they have time to observe where the lotus is sprouting, then the water is never opaque, which is a special feature of sluggishness. Because of its inherent nature of purity in purity.
This speaks of the noble symbolic meaning of Buddhism, where there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were born, that place will help beings be more joyful and beneficial. On the contrary, where there are many bad elements evildoer, then certainly where social virulence is rampant, causing the consequences of suffering hurt many people.
The lotus has wonderful characteristics, its flowers are very beautiful, fragrant and attractive, but no insect species can harm its flowers, because the stamens are in the quality of the lotus. Purity should make the insects dare not approach.
The special features of the lotus lily, other flowers can not be obtained. This characteristic, will help us to have enough confidence in our wisdom Buddha, to know how to apply in daily life, so that we can overcome the traps of life to transform suffering Pain, into immeasurable wisdom and compassion.
We often sluggish in all the filthy defilements of greed, greed and hatred, our fresh water is purified. It is like the virtue of the true monk, always take the moral, moral virtue to benefit beings are not tired tired of not see me, people, sentient beings.
The lotus has good characteristics, where there is lotus, the water there will be very clean by lotus with water filter and sterilization. The lotus is also a noble symbol in the Buddha's home and wherever there is a Dharma, it reduces suffering, by knowing how to change, transforming the evil mind of man.
The third characteristic is patient tolerance : As we know it, the lotus is a germination from its roots. The lotus has the patience to bear, because its roots lie in the mud for a long time, to wait for its fullness, it will sprout right away. The wait, that is patience tolerated in the mud. We, the followers of the Buddha, need to train patience endured in all circumstances to have the opportunity to commit and contribute without seeing us, people, sentient beings easily let go of evil mind evil And his attachment.
We, when talking about this characteristic, are really embarrassed, because we have so much anger that we have missed so many good opportunities. The habit of attaching to many life causes us greed, selfishness and leads to anger. Even then, if we do not have enough restraint, the practice of practicing cultivation for many years will be solved.
The life or the direction of achieving good results, we must first have patience tolerance this. That is why true Buddhists want to have a great compassion to practice patience as the lotus flower patiently endures, to rise out of the water and to bloom fragrant.
The fourth characteristic is pure impatience : This virtue, in the flowers never have, but only the lotus. Because the lotus has the petals covered with round lotus mirror. The lotus from hatching until the end, without the butterfly bees to spoil, unlike other butterfly bee butterfly looking to pea and sucking pistil.
The lotus will die out over time, especially in winter, but the spring of the lotus grows stronger. While lotuses and lotus seeds can be buried under the mud, but it can last for a long time without being destroyed, until the conditions are full, the lotus still grows strongly. Vitality back.
In the midst of a hot summer, the lotus still rises up and blooms, as we are being afflicted by fire, burning ... but we still have the strength to renew ourselves. I know how to let go of bad evil. This, to express the meaning of the Bodhisattva Buddhas born in the evil realms, sentient beings many afflictions, urgent repressed, they bring compassionate nectar, to irrigate soothe the mind body everybody.
The fifth characteristic is that the taste is pure gently . The lotus has both the taste and the harmony of beauty that makes people enjoy watching them bored. The lotus usually comes in two colors, white and pink. The special characteristics of the lotus give us the taste of time, gentle tenderness, not passion, make people feel good when enjoying and watching this flower.
The sixth characteristic is straight and empty . There are few flowers that grow up with straight bodies like lotus flowers. Also, the true monk, despite living in a polluted situation, but we are aware of each moment not to be disturbed by bad thoughts, good bad, better than losing, good evil dominates the mind. To live like this, we are truly peaceful and happy, like a lotus flower growing up and then showing off the pure scent.
The body of the lotus is always straight and solemn. Although not empty in the gut but still standing, empty but still rise up the incense, showing the beauty and comfort of seeing people. And it is manifested through the practice of mental clarity that only keeps the pure mind of clear mind and let go of all the thoughts, that is the life of the true monks, regardless of the monk or home. This particular magic to express a very deep meaning is that the practitioner needs to have compassion and tolerance, tolerance and tolerance, sympathy and forgiveness, and no one is the enemy.
The seventh characteristic is simultaneous causality . The other flowers, when the new flower buds into the fruit and seeds. In contrast, the lotus when hatched, has a mirror already. That is the simultaneous cause and effect because when there are lotus, there are lotus and lotus seeds at the same time.
This, said right where the body of impermanent old death of people with pure Buddhist mind but clear clear. The mind of the Buddha in the nose and tongue but intimate, but still know that without all good thoughts, evil, bad, bad, dominant defeat.
The eighth feature is sacrifice . People often use lotus leaves to pack nut or steamed lotus, young leaves and flowers to make medicine, lotus and lotus root for food, and lotus seeds are very tasty ... Most of the lotus parts are used to make Food and medicine are very beneficial to humans. This speaks of the spirit of Buddhist compassion and equanimity, is willing to commit to contribute, help to share with the heart of love and understanding for everyone, when there are conditions.
In fact, the meaning of the lotus is extremely noble. We only temporarily interpret it according to our understanding based on the Buddha's teachings and the experience of those who go before. The lotus is a special flower of causality and, when flowers are mirrored and seeded, should be a noble symbol in Buddhism, to express the spirit of compassion and wisdom of Buddhism.
The lotus is a unique image associated with Buddhism from ancient times to the present. The lotus is existing and attached to Vietnamese Buddhism. Thanks to these rare qualities, the lotus deserves the honor of being the nation's national flower.
Next we talk about the lotus symbol in the spirit of Buddhism developed in the Lotus Sutra. France is the magic, Lotus is the lotus, the Duster is like a lotus so called Lotus Sutra.
What is magic? That is knowledge Tri Buddha. The Lotus Sutra says: "The buddhas are born for the sake of saying that they are enlightened ones, that is, they teach us how to realize the knowledge of the Buddha. Is it Often clearly know where the eye, see only see that not sticking to mind attached to the image of things, nose and tongue also like it.
In the Lotus Sutra the Buddha says: The three realms are not as peaceful as being in the fire. Our impermanent body is consumed by the fire of affliction and greed, causing us to die at every moment, however, even in this body, there is one that has never been consumed, always bright in it. Net clarity, to know as true.
As we all know, the life of the Buddha goes through many stages: the first stage is the worldly sensual pleasures, the second phase is the manifestation of the harm that it exits all to overcome the emancipation. The third stage is because he knows how to harmonize body and mind and diligently diligently cultivate enlightenment into fullness.
As a monk asked a Zen master: How did the lotus come out of water? He replied: Lotus. After leaving the water how? Lotus leaf If we run according to the language of the masters, we are cheated by the Lord. Why so? What to hear, if you do not hear it often, how to know the sound big and small.
The monk asked the "lotus when not out of water how" is the idea implicitly asked how our Buddha nature looks! To get rid of the acumen of the monk, he replied: Lotus.
Then the monk asked again: After leaving the water how? Should have been out of the water is the lotus flowers are blossoming and pure, as well as our Buddha's mind when not obscured mind defile obscurity, pure clarity is never absent! Here he responds as "lotus leaf". Thus, the Zen master responds to the lotus, responding to the lotus leaf, so that we can not be understood but have to see, to hear in awareness.
When our minds are no longer chasing the whimsical nature of the environment, the pure mind is clear and the fragrance of the lotus is no longer muddy. That is the meaning of the lotus. In the present life where we refuse to cultivate, asking for deep forests deep mountain monastery, so it is more difficult to progress when our minds are not stable. How do we like the lotus in the mud that is still pure, it is like that really benefits themselves and people.
We cultivate what we do not know what is bad, then try to give up slowly until the new one, do not have high tribute to others contempt for yourself is good, good. We must know humility low, to be ashamed of doing something wrong and sincere penance repentance to correct mistakes.
In our lives without true spiritual practitioners, the world will be a huge disadvantage, because no one can guide us to human virtue. In a social community without morality, the evils will spread, affecting and causing suffering for many. If anyone is infected with bad habits such as murder, robbery, fraud, sophisticated fraud in many forms ... then ask how this life will be? For the sake of humanity, the benefit of many people we must strive to cultivate to open our compassionate heart to share our happiness with selflessness.
The good deeds, beautiful life always help the society, temporarily overcome the suffering pain to be happily happy with the heart of love and understanding, right here and now.
And the path to happiness, to long-lasting peace, must be done by the individual himself, no one can help us, we do evil from the body of our mouth and we do well from there, Wise people will choose good things, good things to do. World life if many people lack morality, then society will easily be disturbed and many will live in miserable misery.
When we achieve something we want, right there, jealousy, anxiety, and selfish greed. Buddha told to come here and practice to release! Of course we do not have to live easily according to the insight of the Holiness, we have to suffer, suffer and be content with the present, live in less want to know enough and have a harmonious regulation.
Indeed, the lotus rose from the mud that blooms to be never polluted. Also, the Buddha's mind when we live in awareness should not be buried mesmerizing. The lotus flowers are still fragrant but unlike other flowers because of the following characteristics.
GOLDEN
The characteristic of the lotus when it hatches is that it already has a mirror inside, we call it causal at the same time. Grows in mud but still clean fragrant, lotus grown in the mud, flowers from the root have separated the branches alone rose to bloom fragrant flowers.
All butterfly bees visited the bean and smoked the pistil, but especially the lotus did not come to its purest purity, and was not made by man for jewelry. . And we from endless life to death live reincarnation, do not know how to turn back to live in crazy crazy island.
In short, the pure lotus is not contaminated by mud and still rising out of the water to bloom. Also, this body changes impermanently so everyone suffers from aging. However, even in this defilement body has a clear mind, mind is the mind of the Buddha in the eye, see only but often know clearly, see the know, People, sentient beings, and tongue-in-cheek are the same. That is why the Buddha's mind is like a lotus. That is a special feature of Buddhism.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.20/7/2017.
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