Why did the Buddha choose birth in this world?

As a Bodhisattva in the highest heaven, the Buddha observed and saw the full convergence of the five necessary conditions for him to be born into the realm of samurai: the proper time for his birth, The land where He will spread the teachings, the rank of His family will give birth, the royal family and the mother He will send himself reborn.

Christmas time

At first, the Buddha observed that the time of his birth would be in the Dharma Ending Age when the life expectancy of a person lasted only about 100 years. In this period, human beings are being consumed by negative emotions of oneself more than at any stage of the present. Therefore, infinite compassion urged him to take part in this special period in order to teach the path of liberation for all living beings, who are in deep desolation, suffering in the sea of ​​samsara. On the other hand, this period is still in the time of Holiness because of this one thousand Buddhas in turn appeared and taught the Dhamma, so in fact, this is also a period of luck.

Christmas Location

The Buddha observes that the city of Kashmir, the Indian sub-Brahmin kingdom, where a large number of Brahmins study and practice according to the four suttas Veda. At this time, at this time, eighteen missionaries of strong pagan schools spread their teachings to the people of India. Particularly in this area, Ma-ky-momentum, a neighboring kingdom of Kashmir, was crowned by thousands of Buddhas and blessings, while Kashmir It is considered to be the center of the point spreading the teachings everywhere. The Buddha decides to be born in this vital area, which is in a favorable position for spreading the teachings in all four directions.

Class of the Buddha family will give birth

The third observation is about the choice of class for his birth. Birth in the highest order is a very important role for the Buddha to facilitate the teaching of the dharma to all social classes after he attained enlightenment in the body. If He chooses low class parents, with extremely deep caste discernment, Brahmins will not let Him approach or listen to Him preaching the teachings. Therefore, he cautiously chose to be born in the Brahmin class as the highest class in Indian society at that time.

The Buddha's family will be born Christmas

The fourth observation of your family's choice of Christmas is also very important. If he was born into a poor family or business family, he would have no power or influence over the public. Therefore, he chose to be born in the royal line so that all people from one civilization to the highest order also benefited from his teachings. He knew that with the title of Prince, the people would listen and reverently obey his golden instructions. As the saying goes, the king is the supreme leader of the country, and one word of the king is respected in the thousands of other people's words. Therefore, the Buddha chose Christmas to be one of the noblest families of kings.

Select parent

The fifth observation on the choice of the parental family is of great significance. The Buddha chose the noble and stable Chaldean family, a lineage of Indian nobility of pure and ancient at that time. Shakyamuni means "competent person", because he was born into this family should be called Shakyamuni Buddha.

Her mother, Queen Ma Da, in a past life as a celestial goddess of good fortune, prayed fervently that she would be reborn in the human realm and become the mother of birth. A Buddha. The power of the earnest prayer brought her into the Shakyamuni line and ascended the throne, the wife of King Suddhodana. Immediately after the Buddha was born, she died and was reborn in the heaven of heaven. Therefore, there are many reasons for the Buddha to choose this particular mother to enter the human realm. Empress Buddha constricted ten months, corresponding to the ten achievements of the path of Bodhisattvas. The scriptures record that the Buddha perfected ten Bodhisattvas through ten months in the womb and was born with full virtue of enlightenment.

On a full moon day, the future mother of the Buddha, Queen Ma, who was the princess of the Koliyan clan, The Siddhartha Bodhisattva from the Sun is in the form of a six-month-old ivory statue that is infiltrated into her womb. At that time, elephants played a crucial role in the war, shipping and are considered as powerful symbols of a country. In particular, the white elephant (ivory) also represents the perfection of mind and the royal authority. According to the usual military layout, the king held four warriors, The pioneers acted as a solid shield, the second was the cavalry, followed by the tank squadrons, the rear guards, and the rear guards.

Enter into the womb of your mother as an elephant symbolizing the power of compassion and wisdom of the Buddha. It also implies that he will triumph in the fight against ignorance, by using six tusks symbolizing the eunuchs to overcome all obstacles and demons, thereby promoting the perfect holography. Generosity, morality, patience, diligence, meditation and wisdom.

In some Buddhist countries, the white elephant is considered a sacred and good animal because it brings prosperity and blessings to the family as well as to the fortune of the kingdom. The Brahman worshiped elephants like goddesses, so the Buddha also embodied in the form of a precious elephant representing the good that the presence of his noble mother brought among other Brahmin families. In the kingdom. The Buddha's mother dreamed of many signs, such as dreaming of a white elephant entering his body; Dream of walking in the sky; Dreamed of climbing high mountains, and dreamed of the huge crowds prostrate in front of her.

The birth of the Buddha is to obliterate the darkness of ignorance, to guide the human being out of suffering. Human beings who want to be peaceful, happy and peaceful must first learn the ways to extinguish hatred, greed and delusion, because that is the root of sinful energy. The teachings of the Buddha help the society to advance in culture and civilization, to live in peace and harmony, to enlighten humanity through a world of darkness, hatred and suffering, Towards a world of light, full of love and happiness. 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.21/7/2017.