Why have the sentence "body difficult to be, Buddha Dharma hard to hear"

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Buddha: "Human body difficult, Buddha Dharma difficult to hear." This sentence just heard us feel a bit ridiculous, because we already have body. Here the Buddha said the future body, not the present body. If we die later, will we be reborn as human beings? It is a question of some people, we need to reflect and to find the cause.

Often some worldly doctrines claim that death is the end, everything returns to dust, there is no cause and effect of reincarnation samsara, so they put on evil work without fear of sin. The Buddha, after the death of the body, will be destroyed, but our minds are still and continue to reborn in the realm or the realms, because of the habit of sowing create.

A new baby, no one taught anything, but they have their own hobbies, the baby is crying, the baby likes toys, the baby is eating, the baby likes to sleep .... When they grow up to go to school, teachers are equal, but they are good at math, good at writing, good at physics, etc. So why is there such a difference?

According to the teachings of the Buddha, there are three realms of the six paths, also known as the samsara, which are the heavenly realms, the human beings, the asuras, the hells, the beasts, the hungry ghosts, the human realms and the heavenly realms. It allows the sentient beings to observe the ten precepts and apply the meditation practice. The beings who are lost, are reborn as good or bad according to the karmic cause of the present.

The karmic forces that we create in the present life, will bring us into one of the six realms of samsara, which depends on karmic retribution, which is karma near death. He is doing evil, but when he is about to die, his mind is strong and his good deeds can be reborn to the good and vice versa. The Buddha said: There are two types of people who can be reborn straight without having to go through the middle-stage for 49 days.

The first is the type of person who commits many serious crimes, such as killing parents, killing true monks, inciting hatred for natural resources, killing indiscriminately and inciting ten evils, after death, is directly to hell, not through the medium body.

And the second person created a lot of good grace, blessings song tu, compassionate discharge, the benefit of beings do not know tired tiredness, peace of mind in all circumstances should have survived death, unequivocal transformation. The remaining six paths of death live after death, depending on the habit of training that can be reborn into the realm or the realm.

To illustrate the difficulty of resurrection, Lord Buddha used the image of a blind turtle at the bottom of the sea, once every hundred years to rise to the sea once, to try to get his head into a hole in a tree . A hundred years old turtle emerging from the sea to find a way to get into the puddle of fruit is really hard! We are making people back so hard. Because of this world, few people keep the five precepts.

There are many people wonder, now the world population is over 7 billion people compared to the Buddha, human beings a few times more times. Thus, the Buddha said the body is difficult to be afraid that there is confusion. We read the sutras, the Buddha said in this vast universe of choices consists of three realms of six reincarnations. When the heavenly gods are blessed when they fall down on earth, the number of people increases. The number of people in this world is the number we can count on. But let's try to figure out how many species of animals from large to small, from the air, ground and under water, countless can not be counted, it is clear that human body difficult to be in the future is reasonable.

Let's imagine that in a small village, the number of people in the village can be known, but how many buffalos, cows, goats, dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, ducks etc. , which are just animals raised by humans. But there are countless ant colonies, honeycomb, and so many flies, mosquitoes, bugs, aphids, crickets, crickets, etc. They are all animals.

Then there are countless species of fish, snails, eels, tortoises, shrimps, scales, and aerial species in the forest. It is clear that the three lower realms are so ignorant that animals are subjected to bad karmic retribution, until they pay off those bad effects and then return to being human but without true knowledge.

And in the mountains, in the deep forest, in the sea, there are many animals in the sky like tigers, leopard, deer, bear, lion ..., aquatic species such as whales, sharks, white octopus ..., butterfly caterpillars and flying birds. There are countless numbers, which can not be counted, because billions of billions of billions can not represent the number of animals on this earth.

In sum, the number of 7 billion people in this world is so small compared to the ever-present number of animals that can not be counted. So in the world of samsara, being back to human is not as easy as people think, but if you fall into the livestock, you know when to be back to be human. True Buddhists must understand and understand this place. So what do we want to be back?

Buddha taught, want to be back to life as human beings, this life must hold five virtuous or five. The five precepts are: no killing, robbery, homosexuality, monogamy, do not lie to people, do not drink alcohol or smoke, drugs, opium and put toxic substances into in the body etc.

The first does not kill the object, first do not kill people by killing themselves, or use their mouth to tell others to kill or listen to kill each other. depending on the degree of severity that can be punished accordingly. In addition, we limit the maximum not to kill from large animals to small animals, this is not mandatory for the lay person, if who keep the whole is good. This is the first precept.

The second precept is not robbery. Theft is secret to the unknown, the tamarind, take. Robbery is openly won in the face of everyone, or abuse of power to exploit others also called robbery. Robbery is much higher than stealing, so punishment is higher.

The third precept is not sexual intercourse, that is, relations with other spouses, that is, we already have family, not to be adulterous with other people.

The fourth precept must not lie to the person. Lying is not true, there are two main motives. The first motivation is to talk to deceive people to take advantage of themselves. Second motive of evil, he did not sin, not guilty, but I slander, slander they are guilty of this crime, so that they are subject to imprisonment miserable. In short, lie to people because of greed, lie for evil, then sin.

The fifth is not allowed to drink alcohol, not to smoke marijuana and to inject drugs such as drugs, drugs ... The Buddha: Disasters when we commit these five precepts.

Being made, everyone values ​​their lives, but we want to kill others, of course, everyone must respect their lives. If we kill people, our lives will have to die, our lives will be jailed for ten years, until we die, our lives will be judged, the law of the world will be judged. And the law of cause and effect will follow us as the ball with the picture to pay off when enough conditions.

We know how to preserve our property, the other knows well. If we violate the property of the people, they will definitely seek to get back with many tricks. Theft robbery deception of others, karmic consequences of prison life, results tomorrow poor and miserable.

We know the importance of family happiness, do not want anyone to be a third person, if we will suffer so much when leading to insanity or jealousy that seek to kill the rival. Anyone who follows the press will know a lot of cases that happen, because of the unmarried monogamy.

We want to be intelligent, wise and wise, but drinking too much alcohol will be foolish for a long time, if excessive will lead to neuropathy or madness. Smoking marijuana, smoking drug addiction makes me feel passionate in the realms of the fairy and in lack of it will be crazy, be tortured, be very miserable, so I can not stand, forced to steal or deceive others to satisfy this foolish pleasures.

The Buddha advised the true Buddhist to keep the five precepts, to be ensured later life as a person with good moral personality. If we present life full circle of five, now who dared to contempt or not? Or praise it again! As the offender steals or snatches off another person, is firstly imprisoned and then despised by others who do not dare to close. Buddha said, who keep the five precepts deserve the title of good people in the present and tomorrow.

We all want to live long life and rich rich. Long live the money, so we have to keep the first two are not killing and stealing. Many people live long enough money but ugly, so want to be beautiful, to keep the sex not sex and sexual abstinence.

We have the body of the long life, rich, beautiful, with the speech disability hearing or dumb, then who would not? Certainly not, so we have to keep the precepts do not lie to people later life speak fluency, be loved and godly.

And then there's one more thing that people like to be stupid idiot or not? Because we live drinking alcohol or drug addiction is a drug that causes neuropathy or madness.

Buddha's body is difficult to be, so we want to be the next human integrity, try to preserve the five precepts. That is, we dare to be sure that we will be good in the present and tomorrow.

However, today we are human, but each person by the accumulation of karmic different, so the thought, talk, work of each other is no different.

In this world, how many people keep the five precepts. Therefore, when the loss of this body must fall into three paths hell, ghost, animal, more to be back to human is natural. So the Buddha said the body is very difficult, that's it.

The ancients said:  

Thousands of iron flowers are easy to plant,

Human body if lost, difficult to get back.

This is a profound metaphor for the rare but difficult to find, but millennia can also flow, while the lost body is hard to find, because the majority of people in this world have less hold. five worlds. That is more difficult than the iron flower, the iron flower that is unreasonable. This is just a deep metaphor, to help the practitioner to be aware of every moment that tries to keep the moral. As we all know, now that he was made sure many previous lives have his practice of precepts, so they can hear the Dharma.

Yet there are some who destroy this body, so that something is upsetting and angry that they commit suicide because they think that death is suffering. It is the misreading of the ignorant, they do not know that death is destroying their own lives, the more they fall into the darkness of the imperishable suffering of no end.

An example to show us this, like the buffalo when the owner yoke pulling the car pulling. He hates the yoke, so his horns are used to break the yoke. He did not expect the old yoke, the boss will make the new yoke even stronger. Buffaloes are living according to the customs, as long as the old debt is paid off, the car pulling.

Having been human body and then encountered the Dharma again, it is blessed many of our lives. However, Buddhism is difficult to hear, because why? Being difficult to do, but to hear the Dharma to learn how to practice harder. Because many people do not know the two words of Buddhism, or have heard the Dharma but do not understand, so to speak hard to hear. As we all know, Buddhism teaches the truth, just the truth, but contrary to human selfish greed, we are difficult to accept, it is difficult to hear that.

Dhamma is difficult to hear, so the lack of blessed coast has little chance to hear the law, if there is no listening also know what. Now we have to see the Dharma, we have to try to learn, then we have to contemplate, contemplate and then apply in daily life. That is tu.

We must learn the way the Buddha teaches the three wisdom is "literature, tu, tu". "Van" is to hear the Buddha's teachings and then new thinking, contemplation, testing to know the truth-false imitation, until then new practices by let go of evil thoughts and modifications. Misconduct, damage to people and things.

When we have learned how to develop our own capacity, to see the true value of being able to rely on one another to preserve our lives, we need to be responsible for loving, supporting, and helping each other. By the human spirit in life.

It is not mandatory for Buddhists to hear and believe, but when we listen, we have to contemplate, when we know the truth and then believe and try to practice it, that is the true belief after when wisdom arises.

The majority of men are heavy in gambling, gambling, and the heavy women lie or jealousy. Many women trading in the coal market that do not lie, difficult to sell too. We have defects or defects that are too worth paying any kind of stick, true Buddha must say the right price, so that customers trust the next time to buy more and introduce more people to buy anymore.

We initially lie to deceive people, because they do not know the price should clear, then know they do not come to buy anymore, so it is disadvantage for us. So the smart people will know how to do the right and still have many people buy expensive clothes. If we take the world for a long time will become a bad habit is to lie because it is too greedy, it is better to accept a little bit of words that keep trading long.

Dhamma is very difficult to hear because it goes against the desire of yourself, the greed that the Buddha taught to reduce greed and detachment, not only do not engage but also know how to donate to help others. half. Dhamma is very difficult to hear, for those who do not trust the Three Jewels, do not believe in the cause and effect, when we have believed then will find a way to end evil do good, to transform suffering into happiness happily, right here and now.

When you listen to the Buddhist or Buddhist scriptures, you must meditate, reflect and apply the practice, though initially it seems difficult, but later when wisdom arises, you will know how to perfect yourself. . Buddhists at home in the context of many constraints, can not cultivate as much as monks and nuns, just try to do a good two days each good.

When listening to the Buddha teaches this body old sick death, everyone knows it will ruin so that the preparation for tomorrow, we wait for it to be rash and then blame the earth: After so much suffering! Heaven does not save the spirit of the rescue, save after being relatives as parents, spouses, children also suffer only.

Buddhist teachings: Only we do sin, only we do what is clean, sinful or pure is decided by me, the true Buddhist will know how to choose a good way. We ourselves ourselves, but no one harms us.

Buddha said life is impermanent, networks of people living in the breath, exhale without breathe in this body tan is considered abuse. Yet few would accept the network of breath, thinking that a hundred years of his life, even more training seekers of immortality, but one life not die. Exhaling without breathing is dead, that is a truth that few will believe. So the Buddhadharma is so difficult to hear, it goes against human thoughts and desires.

Now we have the grace encountered Buddhism, then, to try to hear the truth was to break the attachment to our body and mind as self, when we realize that the true facts about yourself, about life, we will reduce everything Unnecessary needs, so easily let go of suffering negativity.

When it is difficult to know the body, Dharma hard to hear the more we must try to learn and practice, to live better. That is, we know how to use this body, to benefit ourselves and others, if we only eat, sleep, wear, so as to be comfortable enough until near the far land do not know where to go, Too poor for me?

Having a child play tripping, we pick it up and comfort a few words, which does not cost a penny, but also a lot of sympathy with the baby. Seeing an old woman who is going through the road without a mentor, we just need to take her by the hand, which is not a waste of money, just a little bit of money, I will help the old woman less anxiety fear of accident.

For our thoughts, we always arise in mind in the morning, the mouth speaks comforting to share, making people less sad and happy life. The body helps others when necessary, not afraid of hard work. That is we use this temporary body to benefit others, but we are still happy.

In short, being a true Buddhist, we always listen to the Buddha's teachings and then reflect on meditating, knowing the true fake, so that our remedies are gentle, not difficult. Next, we use our knowledge to help others have the right understanding and practice with us.

It is we know to apply the Buddha's teachings in daily life so that we always fulfill our responsibilities to our family and relatives and contribute to the society with loving and understanding hearts. This will be a happy paradise. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/4/2018.