1. Prince Siddhartha was born.
On the fifteenth day of April, in 623 BC in Lumbini ( Lumbini ) near Kapilavastu ( Kapilavastu ), a current is the border between Nepal and India , the Buddha Shakyamuni had Christmas , as Prince Suddhodana son ( Suddhodana ) and Queen Maha Maya ( Maya ). King Suddhodana ruled a small kingdom of the tribe of Sakya ( Gautama ).
Since Queen Maha Maya died seven days after Prince was born, so the Prince is aunt Maha Pajapati Gotami (Maha Pajapati ), directly nurture, teach, and the son of the aunt's Nanda was given to nursing nanny .
The future Buddha's name is Siddhartha , whose name is Gotama ( Gotama ). Because these tribal clan Sakya ( Gautama), so later with the title of Sakya Muni ( Shakyamuni ). Muni is the saint, Sakya Muni is the saint of the Saky tribe .
2. Taoist Asiatic and Crown Prince
The day of the Crown Prince I was born is a great festival of the whole kingdom. The people are far away to Kapilavastuto celebrate the capital . A Tao old monk named ASITA ( Asita ) also from where he austerities in the Himalayas (Himalayas ) to the king's palace to celebrate and see Minister Prince . Meet Prince , hermit ASITA suddenly folded hands bowed in salute to the attitude of utmost reverence . Taoist but laughs that face moments of sadness. Asked why,
In the Sutta-Nipata Sutta. There is a story Asita Taoist practitioners are on the Mount Snow Mountain , told by the Devil, went down the mountain, to Kapilavastu see General for the Crown Prince .
"The Crown Prince was bright
Brilliant as gold,
In the gold-stained ovens,
Well trained by workers
Bright and brilliant ,
With beautiful colors ...
After seeing the Crown Prince ,
Shining like fire flames,
Pure as Niu,
Operation between nowhere ,
Shining like the sun ,
Between clouds gathering cloud.
The joy of the mind
Was blissful vast ".
And Taoist ASITA say Prince future enlightenment of Buddhahood , because kindness mercy beings that spread the dharma on earth this.
"This prince will testify,
The ultimate outcome Bodhi
Will turn the French wheel ,
See the bar straight straight
Because compassion mercy ,
For the happiness of many,
And the life of virtue ,
Widely spread ".
But since his old, no longer live much longer, to be able to directly listen to Buddha's teachings , so ascetic sad and said:
"Life in my life,
Left not much,
By mid- life he
We will be destined together .
We will not hear the Fa ,
Career ardent irrational ,
So we sorrow ,
Unhappiness and misery ... "
3. The life of the prince during adolescence
Prince Si specification was raised, teaching, education in a comprehensive on two aspects : the literary and martial arts.
When the Prince was seven years old, the best teachers in the country were invited to the royal court to teach the princes to the world disciplines like Thanh minh ( linguistics and literature ), craftsmanship (industrial arts), Y the invention ( the subject of healing), Human intelligence (logic), and said that he ( Directed study ). About Dao School , Prince was taught about 4 of the Holy Vedas, is the book of Acts of Brahmanism . The book says: just about the time from 7 to 12 years, Prince has learned fluent in 5 subjects on and 4 of the Holy Vedas. By the age of 13, the Crown Prince learned martial arts, traditionally known as kingship (Ksatryas, slaughtering). Thanks to his extraordinary health ,he learned martial arts well; On archery, the book says that in a contest, the prince shot an arrow through seven layers of bronze drums, while the best at the competition shot only three layers of bronze drums. He had mastered five subjects and four books of St. Veda. By the age of 13, the Crown Prince learned martial arts, traditionally known as kingship (Ksatryas, slaughtering). Thanks to his extraordinary health , he learned martial arts well; On archery, the book says that in a contest,the prince shot an arrow through seven layers of bronze drums, while the best at the competition shot only three layers of bronze drums. He had mastered five subjects and four books of St. Veda. By the age of 13, the Crown Prince learned martial arts, traditionally known as kingship (Ksatryas, slaughtering). Thanks to his extraordinary health , he learned martial arts well; On archery, the book says that in a contest, the prince shot an arrow through seven layers of bronze drums, while the best at the competition shot only three layers of bronze drums. Traditionally, the chain of rank (Ksatryas, slaughtering).Thanks to his extraordinary health , he learned martial arts well; On archery, the book says that in a contest, the prince shot an arrow through seven layers of bronze drums, while the best at the competition shot only three layers of bronze drums.Traditionally, the chain of rank (Ksatryas, slaughtering). Thanks to his extraordinary health , he learned martial arts well;On archery, the book says that in a contest, the prince shot an arrow through seven layers of bronze drums, while the best at the competition shot only three layers of bronze drums.
At the age of 16, Prince married Princess Yasodhara ( Yosadhara ), coeval with the Prince . And nearly 13 years after the wedding, Prince live a life of happiness in velvet, carefree , oblivious to all the suffering and misfortune in life.About his life, the Buddha recounted the following with his bhikkhus , his disciples :
One for winter , one for summer , one for rainy season. And I, the monks , in the castle of the rainy season, I was the music of dancing, singing around me ... "(Tang Chi 1, 161 - 162).
4. Determined to leave the religion
But, with time , due to a deep reflection skills and compassion inborn , Prince could not orange heart alone lives on in velvet, between a social injustice, one that presented suffering . Prince soon enlightened on temporary, trivial of happy physical world and have the will ordained for moral liberation , find a way to save beings from old age, sickness, death and all that misfortune Other of life .
One day, Prince Siddhartha went out on the promenade and for the first time in his life was exposed to dark and frightening facts : the prince in turn met a frail old man, a sick man, a corpse and Finally , a monk with liberation andliberation skills on the road. Thai suicide found himself as the Crown Prince , can not escape the old scene, pain, and death;
From then on, the Prince raised his determination to renounce his family , to become a Buddhist monk . But, a news came, causing the prince not happy : Princess Yasodhara gave birth to a son. He said, "One obstacle (rāhu) has been born, a bond has taken place." Whereupon, grandfather, father Suddhodana grandson is named Rahula ( Rahula ).
5. The waiver greatness
Castles, palaces no longer a place in appropriate anymore for Prince , please laden love being immersed in suffering and Prince even more determined ordained bridge director , to find the path to save suffering for all beings. Then one night the Prince ordered the servant in the city is Channa ( Channa ) ligation horse Kantaka ( Surveying ). Before the starting , the Prince walked along the corridor internal supply , front room to Princess Yasodhara ( Yosadhara ) and sons are asleep. Prince opened the door to look at, the Prince very loving wife and his son, but for humanity suffering misfortune , heart mercy of the Prince even more skin away. After that, the prince set out on horseback alone , out of theroyal palace , followed by only loyal servants Channa. Prince very loving wife and his son, but for humanity sufferingmisfortune , heart mercy of the Prince even more skin away. After that, the prince set out on horseback alone , out of theroyal palace , followed by only loyal servants Channa. Prince very loving wife and his son, but for humanity sufferingmisfortune , heart mercy of the Prince even more skin away. After that, the prince set out on horseback alone , out of the royal palace , followed by only loyal servants Channa.
Going out, the Prince gave up all, the king, the throne, his wife and children, the full life and happiness of a prince. Not a sacrifice to abandon one's old age, sickness, a poor, sick, bored life , which is the sacrifice waiver of a prince's youth, who lives in the Elites Rich . Truly it is a renunciation , sacrifice great, unique in the history of mankind .
In that year, Prince Round 29. When to waterfront Anoma, Prince stopped, leaving the horse, shaving, hair, given clothes and jewelry to Channa, Channa ordered back . While Prince alone to go, with the yellow shirt simplicity of the monks , from today's life is not a renunciation of enlightenment . He has no permanent residence. Then sit in the shade of a tree, while resting overnight in a cave. Bare feet and head bare, he walked calmly in the heat as well as in the cold night dew,
6. Attended two monks Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta
At that time, the situation of politics at the origin in India is quite stable, many knowledge- eminent , ordained spiritual advancement , become masters of spiritual with many practitioners attending. Prince Siddhartha , on his way to the path, came to preach with the two most famous teachers of those days are Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta. Both of them have practiced yoga and have attained the highest levels of meditation at the time. Alara Kalama attests to being granted Indigenous Meditation , Uddaka Ramaputta is certified meditation non-ideal non-ideal origin . These are the two levels of meditation of the infinite , the two highest levels of meditation that the monk Yogurus at that time achieved .
But only a short period of study , Prince easily reached the two levels mentioned above, and was invited by two masters , with them lead them disciples . The Prince knows that the levels of meditation he attained were not the ultimate truths , Nirvana , the cessation of birth and suffering. So, he refused politely , and then hit the road to continue the journey of enlightenment around. Through experimentation, He saw the ultimate truth , Nirvana , ending all suffering of samsara , can not be outside, in any master . Truth ultimatum that by his own must find myself insight enlightenment get inside the interior of him, could not rely on a ruling otherwise.
7. Ascetic six years
The prince came to a place called Uruvela, the town of Senàni. He found a beautiful and cool land, a small river running through the white sand. Recently , there are small villages, can go begging daily. It's a quiet place, beautiful , very suitable for contemplation and meditation making. Along came here to practice with the Prince also has religious Kondana ( ascetics ), Bhadhya, Vappa, Mahanama and Asaji. Kondanna was the youngest of the priests, among the priests invited by King Suddhodana to the capital to see the Crown Prince ,
Time, in India there are practices and beliefs that, who needs religion liberation , must persevere asceticism , mortification . Also according to tradition , the Prince with 5 fellow in 6 years uninterrupted, perseverance ascetic mortification to the people of Prince skinny like skeletons, eyes deep-down, health reduced to He can not go on anymore. He experienced, the more ascetic persistence , the ultimate truth as far back as far, mind as confusion, body increasingly weakened . He saw clearly, asceticism , mortification is not the way out of suffering and sufferings .
The prince decided to eat normally again . Five fellow practitioners , who had entrusted their beliefs and absolutehopes to the Crown Prince , thought the prince had disdained , left the Crown Prince , and went to the Deer Park in Isipatana near the city of Banares to continue the practice . They said that Prince Siddhartha had come back to acomfortable life and material pleasures .
8. Certificate Four Truths Ultimate
Stay alone , he determined to strive himself to realize the ultimate truth . He regained power, by drinking milk bowl, by a village woman named Sujata offerings , then, He bath in river Neranjara (Ni Contact Boat). At night, he sat under a treepippala, later renamed the Bodhi tree , to mark the event enlightenment His great.
With attention to provinces and highly skilful , bright as a mirror, he thought about maybe living death, about the causes of accumulation leads to samsara and the path of liberation , leading to Nirvana , he remembered, clearly His past lives, one life, two lives to hundreds of thousands of lives. He recalled, clearly see the succession cycles of a world, many worlds . He clearly see the beings , depending on the light heavyweight , good evil created himself, how samsara in the realms, from time without beginning until today. He saw clearly, knows itself itself he eradicated all craving , cankers , ignorance , has been liberated and enlightened , and achievements leading the Supreme . He became a Buddha .
Supreme peace from the suffering yoke , Nirvana ; He himself is sick, after knowing the dangers of the disease, seeking for the sick without the supreme peace from the suffering , Nirvana ; The death itself, after knowing the dangers of the dead, seeking the not dead, supreme peace from the suffering yoke . Nirvana and have witnessed the non-death, supreme peace from the suffering yoke , Nirvana ... Tri and Rise arise in Me. My liberation is not agitated .
Thus, after 6 years of arduous, persistent , tireless , at the age of 35 years. The Crown Prince has realized the truth to save the Supreme Business and become the Buddha , the Enlightenment which appears to be the most rare story in the world.
Henceforth, the world address Him as Buddha Gotama or Buddha Shakyamuni Gautama . From the Pali, the "Buddha" (the Buddha ) has the original "buddha" as knowing , enlightening the ultimate truth , saving lives. His book is called Samma SamBuddha Pali, with mean grade Buddhahood , do not know, do not see; saint, not the enlightenment sufficient for ourselves alone, but also enlightenment sufficient for all everyone else, for all beings .
9. The Buddha hesitated before turning the wheel of France
Zhuan Falun is turning the wheel , that is spread for the world to know about religion France where Buddha was enlightened . Sitting still is under a tree Bodhi , after having attained enlightenment supreme , Buddha had thought as follows:
cessation , nirvana . If I preach now , other people do not understand Me, such times are so hard for Me, so annoying for me. "
But then the Buddha looked around the world with an eye of wisdom and thought :
Reaching out of the water, not wet. Also, behold the monks , with Buddha eyes , I see classes being less contaminated dust of life, many infected homeless, ranked benefit grounds , padded base , ranked wholesomeness , evil nature , rankeddocile , hard Teach, and a few see the danger of being reborn in another world and the danger of doing wrongdoing . And, monks , I say the following verse : We find classes being less contaminated dust of life, many infected homeless, rankedbenefit grounds , padded base , ranked wholesomeness , evil nature , ranked docile , stubborn, and some see the danger must re Birth in another world and the danger of doing wrongdoing . And , monks , I say the following verse : We find classes being less contaminated dust of life, many infected homeless, ranked benefit grounds , padded base , ranked wholesomeness , evil nature , ranked docile , stubborn, and some see the danger must re Birth in another world and the danger of doing wrongdoing . And , monks , I say the following verse : And some see the danger of being reborn in anotherworld and the danger of doing wrongdoing . And , monks , I say the following verse : And some see the danger of being reborn in another world and the danger of doing wrongdoing . And , monks , I say the following verse :
"The immortal door is wide open
For those who listen
Give up the mind
Not exactly his .. "
Then the Buddha decided to align sounded the drums of France, will turn the wheel of Dharma , will declare the world, with humans and species of Heaven, road religion sufferings and end suffering , path religion leads to the realm of immortality , realm of Nirvana . So the French wheel began to move.
10. Buddha lecture first in Deer Park , near the Banaras (Benares)
As mentioned above, five monks , fellow of the Prince , in Uruvela, still continue ascetics in the Deer Park near Benares city. They left the Crown Prince , because they thought the prince was discouraged , in the way of giving up.But in fact , after six years of ascetic , Prince was experimental and clearly see all the futility and absurdity of the practices of asceticism , mortification only human weakness of the body, fatigue of spirit .
After deciding to spread the doctrine of salvation to the world , because of human and heavenly mercy , the Buddha thought of his two former teachers, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta. Died not long ago. With the Buddha's name , the Buddha saw five of his former fellow practitioners were in the Nai's garden near Benarès and decided they would be the first to hear his teachings .
Then the Buddha set out for Benarès. Here, at the Nai's Garden near Benarès, the Buddha gave his first sermon to five former fellow practitioners . This memorable event took place on a full moon day , exactly two months after the Buddha attained enlightenment . Later, it symbolized a wheel, with two deer supporting the two sides.
Two deer symbolize the place of sermon , the Deer Park , also known as Deer Park . Wheel - Dhammacakka - the French wheel, the Chinese book translated as Falun Dhamma . The title of the discourse is Dhammacakkappavattana, which means "turning the wheel of France". 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.23/7/2017.
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