Four meanings of the Tathagata.

Four meanings of the Tathagata.

The four meanings of the Tathagata - Sutra As Theory - 

 Today's prayer, a very beautiful translation of the vocabulary and sutras, is a prayer we can use as a prayer to remember the Buddha's blessings. The meaning of the lesson today is the word "Tathàgata" or "Tathagata" a very familiar noun. Sometimes we often find in a prayer that is a word that the Buddha proclaims himself. But we also occasionally find some of the writings mentioned as the third "Tathagata", which we often translate. And "Tathagata" is a relatively significant word that has been found scattered here even in the Pali Canon, in the passage, in the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures.

First of all, here we talk about a little detail in terms of grammar. If we read in Sanskrit, the word "Tathagata" is written as "Tathāgata". Here, even linguists also have a split in translation. Tathāgata can be said to be a combination of the two Tathāgata words which means that one has come to this and may also be from Tathā-āgata meaning one who has come.

We know in Sanskrit that the words come and go are gacchati and agacchati and in past participle is written as gata or agata. Even this term in terms of grammar is not intended to be clearly defined as Tathāgata or Tathā-āgata.

In English they usually translate into double, which is "one who has so come" (Tathā-gata) or "one who has thus gone" (Tathā-āgata). That is the person who came and so went.

The word coming and going here is very interesting.

Even if these two words are exactly "come" or "go like that" is very beautiful.

In the kanji, choose "come here". As Lai means the future. For example, we say that the future is not yet, the future is coming. Thus, if we read the translation of the Chinese characters Kumarajiva then His Highness and Xuanzang are used in the sense that Tathā-āgata is the so-called "Tathagata", the word is very beautiful.

In the Pali Sutra the special part of the prize does not mention the meaning of the word "Tathagata" in terms of language in terms of grammatical analysis.

In the commentary of the School of the Ministry composed by Mr. Buddhaghosa in which he spoke about eight meanings of the Tathagata.

- The first meaning of saying that He came in such a way, means that His path to enlightenment is the same as the enlightenment journey of the Buddhas who practice the path of happiness, Because he appeared in this life along the path of the past, present, and future Buddhas, the same is called the Tathagata. And so he went on this journey, as he came to this life. For example, when he was born in the midst of a divine birth, from the birth of the Buddha himself, to the steps of his life, he had the same characteristics as the Buddhas of the past, Now he is called "Tathagata".

- The third meaning to be mentioned is the path of realization of His Supreme Dharma to the One who is the path of all the Buddhas who walk the same way. The Buddha is the winner of the truth, meaning that from knowing the truth he becomes the winner of the Tathagata. The Buddha knows the truth, the truth here is to understand the so-called Tathagata. The Buddha is the truth or truth proclaimed the truth called the Tathagata.

- The seventh meaning, the language of his actions is consistent, what he says so and how to say so should be called Tathagata.

- The eighth meaning, the Buddha is the highest Y Vuong is the highest healer in this life should be called Tathagata

That is a passage we read from the Sutra of the Sutra.

There is a very interesting point about the word "Tathagata". In the tradition of Theravada Buddhism today, the monks of the North have rarely spoken about this, but it is a very close definition that can be said to be very similar to that of the Mahayana Buddhism which is the statement of Lord Long Life in the work of Madhyamaka, product Nirvana. In Nirvana, Nagarjuna said:

"I called" Tathagata "because I can not say Tathagata exists after the death of Nirvana, can not say Tathagata does not exist after the death of Nirvana. It exists after the death of Nibbana. And it can not be said that neither exist nor exist after Nirvana. "

We talk about four notes.

Nagarjuna said that one who reaches such a state is called the Tathagata.On this point we will discuss in a different way, but it must be said that the word "Tathagata" was translated and then Mr. An The Cao, Xuanzang used is a beautiful translation Tathā -gata.

Here we can find definitions from the Buddha himself from his discourse about what is the meaning of the Tathagata and this is a beautiful translation:

"This was said by the Blessed One, which was spoken by Arahats and I heard: O Bhikkhus, the world is Tathagata-like."

 " The world is Tathagata .

 The world here is usually about three meanings:

1. The term world is understood as the realm of birth and death, sexuality is sex and genderless.

2. The word world here consists of samons such as Samon, Brahmins, Hosts, Devas, Devas, Brahma. The world speaks in terms of the inherent, inherent way of living beings. This life.

3. The word here is understood as the operation of the source of birth and death, which is the condition of birth. For example, we talk about karma and afflictions.

The world has been like the Hybrid.

The word is right here: Right is right. Righteous Enlightenment or Right Variable, the word Bich Tri is know all, the word is right, know right and know all. In general, for example, in this life the scientists find many things but these are not necessarily called samma (Sammasambuddho). It does not necessarily solve the problems of the way. of life. Many of us have learned a lot from them, but their learning is only for gossiping so that the discussion is just for the war and their knowledge does not bring real value to the family for society. The knowledge that can be in the right place and can benefit is the loss of suffering as the Buddha taught: " Tathagata teaches suffering and the cessation of suffering"The Buddha does not speak simply of suffering, he also teaches about the cessation of suffering, so called sammasambuddho here, we understand that. Here is to be understood as a verb " The world is Tathagata .

" Tathagata is not responsible for life "

His Buddha does not have any hope or desire in this life. There were times Buddha also taught in the Middle School:

" The world argues with the Tathagata, the Tathagata does not argue with the world ."

 Buddha is a level for all the law he does not have a clue, do not say that secular matters more than lost the fate of the fall, that is not in the Buddha. In fact, the life of the Buddha from an emperor living in his gold jewel palace became a mystical mantis living in the deep forest.The Buddha is willing to live in the jungle alone if necessary. The Buddha gave up the means of the King of what the disciples of the sovereign rulers provided, he went with his bare feet, and even once he picked up the old cloth at the yard to do y. The Buddha did not have any wish in this life " Tathagata does not implicate the world ."

" Bhikkhus, the world is beginning to Tathagata .

"The world is starting" means the cause of this world is well known to the Buddha, know very deep, not this life that many previous life, not only the outer surface but deep In the germ of ignorance and craving, all Tathagata is thoroughly touched tri and in the most accurate term is known as Chief Justice.

" The world is destroying Tathagata ."

The Buddha did not simply understand the birth of the world He is thoroughly aware of the destruction of the world. No one 25 centuries ago gave the teachings that humans could not comprehend at that time. For example, the Himalayan mountains were once sea and had mountains, At that time, human knowledge of continents drifted, about seismic phenomena about the world's disappearance absolutely no. In the religious history of mankind almost all think that this earth will forever have the humanity has come to this earth and in the good and evil it will make this world chaotic, beautiful , bad. And then one day on earth, the Garden of Eden will be established and when the Garden of Eden is established, it will be forever eternal. The Buddha did not say so. The Buddha said very well that it is not only our body that one day will die but all that exists is born, there is annihilation, birth by grace and destruction by grace. And even today, with the knowledge of astronomy, with the observation of all the spheres in the universe, we see that not only are the planets like the Earth, , Jupiter will be destroyed, even a solar system will be destroyed, even a series of Milky Way will also destroy, the Galaxy (Tianhe) is destroyed in the observation of the telescope as The Hubble or Chandra telescope.Blessed is the birth of the destruction of this world. And even today, with the knowledge of astronomy, with the observation of all the spheres in the universe, we see that not only are the planets like the Earth, , Jupiter will be destroyed, even a solar system will be destroyed, even a series of Milky Way will also destroy, the Galaxy (Tianhe) is destroyed in the observation of the telescope as The Hubble or Chandra telescope. Blessed is the birth of the destruction of this world. And even today, with the knowledge of astronomy, with the observation of all the spheres in the universe, we see that not only are the planets like the Earth, , Jupiter will be destroyed, even a solar system will be destroyed, even a series of Milky Way will also destroy, the Galaxy (Tianhe) is destroyed in the observation of the telescope as The Hubble or Chandra telescope. Blessed is the birth of the destruction of this world. Galaxys are destroyed in the observation of telescopes such as the Hubble or Chandra telescope. Blessed is the birth of the destruction of this world.Galaxys are destroyed in the observation of telescopes such as the Hubble or Chandra telescope. Blessed is the birth of the destruction of this world.

There are very simple things when his Buddha taught that " three months as Tathagata will die " Sun Ananda very shocked to say all his emotions:

" I do not think the Blessed One will leave without leaving a will for the Sangha. "

His Buddha taught him: " What are you waiting for in Tathagata? "Then before the great emotion of Sunnah Ananda Buddha He taught:

 " Tathagata does not say anything that has to be born must have ."

  Because he has thoroughly grasped the birth and he attained extinction so his view of the world is very different from ours. What do Buddhists do when we do something from the temple, the story of the Church, the story of the near, the story of ourselves or the story of other people? We all think of what is permanent, what is permanent. If we do that then we will not accept it. I think of what is very good, very durable. I think it must be. But not really. We have lived with such an elevated figure as He Hyung Enlightened, He is present, He has His contribution, but then He goes away, we talk about the image of the Buddha, say the image of What is more, the image of an elder living near her, At times disciples students think that He is there forever, but some time He left. I find that I know so, I see that, I still lack, I still feel agitated, is why? Because all our conception of this world is based on the idea that if it is impermanent, it is only temporary, it is not to do. Or how often do we regret that beautiful person died, like the only bad people worth dying beautiful people do not deserve to die, he is too gentle death that person, like the only evil people worth dying He is not worthy of death, so rich and dead, but really rich or poor to die. why is that Because all our conception of this world is based on the idea that if it is impermanent, it is only temporary, it is not to do. Or how often do we regret that beautiful person died, like the only bad people worth dying beautiful people do not deserve to die, he is too gentle death that person, like the only evil people worth dying He is not worthy of death, so rich and dead, but really rich or poor to die. why is that Because all our conception of this world is based on the idea that if it is impermanent, it is only temporary, it is not to do. Or how often do we regret that beautiful person died, like the only bad people worth dying beautiful people do not deserve to die, he is too gentle death that person, like the only evil people worth dying He is not worthy of death, so rich and dead, but really rich or poor to die.

When we see the problem of the Tathagata comprehending the beginning of the world, the destruction of the world is not simple. When talking about the beginning of the world, he said that there is this one, the ignorance of the conditions, the conditions for the consciousness, the conditions for color, the color coast, longevity charm, love charm, coast charm, natural charm, birth of old age charms. Those looks are wonderful, it does not just see it. The Buddha thoroughly grasp the root cause of birth and death.

 " Bhikkhus, the way to the world to destroy the Tathagata Buddha. "

 Not only did he see the way to destruction. This simple, that is the legal means that the legal start, birth due to the coast must also be destroyed.

" Bhikshus, in the whole world, Heavenly beings, gods and gods, with the Samaritan, Brahmins, gods and men are seen, be asked to be considered, all are as the Hybrid Chancel so called Gia Lai so called .

 The word Loka is perceived by the world, meaning here:

 - The realm of birth and death when we talk about sex, gender, colorless but we also say another aspect of this world, that world is a lively world including life, This is what the Buddha preached about that world.

 - Heaven is the world of beings have many blessings.

 - Ma is the world of sentient beings have influential influence other beings, this dominance it constitutes the grim life.

 - The world of beings is to reach the purity of meditation.

- The masses are the masses of the people who practice themselves, Brahmins are the advocates of religious beliefs.

- The gods here understand that beings are born by blessed, who understand beings born relatively blessed and have a very heroic struggle in this world.

To be understood, to be heard, to be perceived, to be known, to be reached, to be sought, to be cared for ", ie here we speak of" seeing, hearing, perception, experience, experience, cognition, the pursuit of that direction is the same as the Hybrid Sermon so called Tathagata .

Thus the first meaning of the word "Tathagata" speaks of the Buddhist mind, talk about the understanding of the Buddhas, talk about the realm of understanding of immeasurable Buddhas. Here we talk about the many points from the phrase " the birth of an extinction or of the world that begins the world of extermination " and then speaks of " the path to the world of extermination ", referring to "their tendency to know. Born in this life, all such as Hybrid Chancellor so the Tathagata does not implicate with life and Tathagata called the Tathagata .

At another point:

- " Monks, from the night Tathagata realized the Supreme Auditor hall sense of the night he entered Nirvana without any redundancy during that time, what he said, stated, stated all is like There is no other, so He is called Tathagata . "

 Here, it is about consistency and on this point there is great controversy of Theravada Buddhism. The Theravada Buddhist teaches that His Holiness was the means by which Mahayana, Hinayana and Mahayana have been explained. Even today, it is said that Hinayana teachings are the teachings of the Buddha, but then the Buddha himself criticized the Hinayana teachings. Actually it is not in the Pali Tripitaka. In the Pali Tipitaka the doctrine of the Buddha is uniquely consistent. "Since the Tathāgatas came into being and from the time of the turning of the Wheel until he passed on to Nirvana what he declared,

Another point:

 " What do you say, monks, what do you say, because saying what to do, say so, he was called Tathagata ."

  The word "Tathagata" here we say that the unified consciousness, the know and the action, the words and the actions are consistent, He is the virtuous One who knows and is consistent. Particularly in this life there is a person whose action can not be different from that of the Buddha.For example, we all praise filial piety but we are not sure we did as we say, we praise chastity but we can not live as pure as we say, we talk about commitment, sacrifice for life but we also can not do a small part of what we say. Often what we praise we say is more ideal. Because our strength does not reach that. And maybe our afflictions are left that makes us live not what we say.

  Another point:

" Monks, in the whole world, the Divine, the Magical, the Divine, the Brahmins, brahmins, gods and humans, the Tathagata is the victor, No one is defeated, the whole tri, all ants, great in, so he was called Tathagata .

 No one can take the life of the Buddha, no one can make the Chief of the Enlightenment is arrested can not answer, no one can do to make the Buddha to become a champion Buddha .

  The devil had gone to the abode with the Buddha and finally at the Bodhi Tree the Buddha was calmly sitting on his plate.

  As Alavaka once said, "If the Buddha did not answer the questions of Alavaka, Alavaka would tear the body of the Blessed One to the other side of the Ganges.

  The Buddha answered: "If asked, the Tathagata will answer but no one can tear the body as to throw to the other side of the Ganges."

And  Saccaka  is an arrogant arrogant who has declared to extinguish the Buddha with the power of his argument and eventually became silent in front of the Buddha.

   Sundari had falsely accused the Buddha and, in his own righteousness, clarified the truth.

Nàlígiri, a drunken elephant, has been attacked by drunken souls who have attacked the Buddha, and with his immeasurable kindness, the Buddha has transformed the elephant madness.

And many stories tell us about the Buddha as the winner.

 

   Then the whole meaning "Tathagata" is taught here is very beautiful meaning.

 

   Buddhists recite the Buddha often recite the name of this Buddha other names, but rightly when we recite the Buddha we consider the grace of the Buddha, reciting the Buddha, the Buddha. But each one has a predestined relationship with a different Buddha, some people are very progressive when it comes to Arahan, some people are very progressive when reciting Buddho. But it must be said that for our own sake we enjoy the script today, the sutra becomes a sutra becoming something we recite as we go to worship the relics of the Buddha Education. This passage has become what we often recite as we arrive at the temples of the Buddha statues on a journey to visit Buddhist countries. It is not clear to us what this is what goes into the heart and read to the heart is very excited, Very joyful and feel like a stream of cool water flowing into the heart. So the meaning of this "Tathagata" if the Buddhist country where grace is often recited you are also very poignant. We say that each person has his own personal charms. You may not rejoice with this verse, but you can rejoice with another verse, but with this passage the definition of the Tathagata is personal to us. It is a very tall, wide skyscraper

"O bhikkhus, the world is Tathāgata-sense-like, ie Tathagata is not corrupted to life. This is the rate-pretentious, the world is destroying the Tathagata, the world is the destruction of the Tathagata. The path leading to the world Tathagata destruction was practiced.

What is the rate-pretentious, in the world with the world, Mạ Gender, Brahma paradise, together with the masses Sa-subject, brahmanas, gods and humans, seen, heard, To be aware, to be known, to be reached, to be sought, to be considered, all are Tathagata. Thus called the Tathagata. From the Tathagata, from the night Tathagata realized Supreme Void Chief Hall of the night he entered Nirvana without any medicine during that time, what he said, stated, stated all that, no other. So He was called Tathagata.

What kind of monks, Tathagata said what to do, what to say so. Because saying what to do, what to say so, He was called Tathagata.

The monks, in the whole world, Heavenly, Magical, Brahma, with the masses Sa-subject, brahmanas, gods and humans, Tathagata is the winner, no Whoever defeated, all tri, all ants, great in, so he was called Tathagata. 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.4/7/2018.