Journey to the Western Pure Land.

 

Journey to the Western Pure Land

                                                   

"Pure Land" is a purely pure world, often referred to as the Western Bliss of the Buddha

Amitabha.

A) Open the subject

Pure Land practitioners like those who want to build a boat to cross the sea to escape the suffering Ta-ter world that go to the Pure Land completely pure and happy. How should we prepare and carry out a successful crossing? Kinh says we need to cultivate all three subjects of faith, vows and actions that can be reborn. Here, for example, we prepared a crossing to make it easy to understand.

B) Headline

    The Buddha said: "Tears of beings more than ocean water."

   

    Pure-hearted practitioners must develop great compassionate mercy all sentient beings, including themselves, but most decided to recite the Buddha's birth, the throne of rotten. Then take the great volunteer back to Ta-grandmother to universal beings, just as the reincarnation of the Great Buddha. This is called Bodhi mind, for example, I need a skilled Captain to help me navigate the boat to the shore of the Pure Land.

  

    Then be prepared to prepare everything necessary for the difficult adventures. They are Faith, Vow and Action,

    1) "Credits" means Confidence

     Want to cross the sea, first to buy a good boat. This is the boat of the Buddha Amitabha. He made 48 great vows and created a perfectly good world to save sentient beings there. If we do not believe in the Buddha Amitabha and the Blissful Land, we can not buy a boat, let's not talk about the sea. Even if we have good Buddhist notation but still have the suspicion is not reborn. Because if the boat is not strong, when the wind waves rise, the boat will disintegrate and we will be sunk off the sea. Therefore Tin can be said as a boat to cross the sea.

     2) "Pray" as the rudder of the boat

     If the boat is good but the rudder is not strong, the middle of the road when the waves are big winds, it will decay and we can not navigate the boat to the right target, and the boat will drift to the unknown. It means that if the desire to reborn is not earnest, then in the face of difficulties we will rot - and especially when dying, mental confusion should be easy to get lost in other realms. Therefore, the Pure Land practitioner needs to first develop Bodhidharma, the ultimate decision to be born in the Pure Land to attain the status of rottenness, then return to Ta-grandmother to save sentient beings until the Buddha. We must always think of the Ultimate Bliss, do good work and dedicate all the merits of the Pure Land for ourselves and beings are born reborn. If the mind to love bliss in the realm of heaven, How can I be born in Pure Land? The person who has bodhicitta solidarity, the match with the vow of Amitabha Buddha and easy to be reborn. It is likely that the boat owner has the skillful Captain, so there is much hope of crossing the sea to be successful.

   

 3) "Onions" such as engine for boats, preparing gasoline and food

   

Bodhi mind can be like a good captain, elaborate Buddhist concept (or Pure Land visualization) can be like the main engine of the boat, the other elaborate such as accessories brought. To recite the Buddha's heart, we should follow the teachings of the Bodhisattva Great World in the Labyrinth Business: "All six apartments, pure thought connection, Tamma-land, which is the first " In addition, the Pure Land Buddhist monk needs to carry three food items from hunger along the way. That is:

     - Kindness to parents, worshiping the Chief.

     - From the heart do not kill, tu ten good.

     - Chanting the Mahayana, encouraging people to practice. 

The elderly are weak or poor skills, should only concentrate on reciting the Buddha to ease the mind that birth (See also "Elderly Man") . Those who have good intellect, according to experiences and ideas of Phuoc Thiet, can cultivate the following additional aids:

    1) Often, the ceremony of the Buddha's name is celebrated at the same time. For example, recite the words: "Nam-a-di-Buddha, vow and all beings are reborn" (1 prostration). Every day, if we can prostrate so many times, it is good for our reborn aspirations.

    2) Usually recite at least  5 variables Great compassion , cost about 15 minutes, lifetime not missing. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in the mind of the Dalai Lama promised to bring him to the Pure Land when dying. This is a very good side-by-side boat, if we can afford it.

    3) Recite and prostrate daily  10 great blessings  of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra . Sutra says that one who can do so at the time of death is not confused, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva guide rebirth on the welfare realm, as the will.

     4) Better mentors can meditate more diligently in order to see their mistakes and use the name of adjectives of adjective Amitabha to sharpen the afflictions fix the mind. For example, to exclude nature or anger, may prostrate Buddha and recite "male Amitabha Buddha, vow soon to eliminate racy temperament (as many times as possible) .This is the wisdom of Wisdom, which reminds itself of the power of Aditya, ie self. When the master has mastered, the Buddha will be the good knowledge to guide us to practice. Those who cultivate the wisdom of this wisdom, very hope to be born in. high taste. 

   

      These doings do not take much time, and also lay the foundation for the recitation of the name of the Buddha Amitabha and the Pure Land - so it will not dilute the essence of the Buddha, such as Some people may be suspicious.

C) Conclusion

     Being successful is not easy. Do not speak only due to a little blessing grace that is born Reborn, permanently free suffering and straight to the Buddha. However, for the full-worshiper and practitioner, the reincarnation is not too difficult. "The reincarnation is whether the rebirth is due to the high or low dignity of the practitioner." The special advantage of the Pure Land method is that if we are full Faith and know how to achieve grace will be the powerful help of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, there are many hopes are fulfilled success, rebirth and permanence of suffering.

    

Finally we write here the gold tips of the Patriarch Quang:

1) The secret of success of the practice is to have the mind  Sincere  and  Supply glass .

2) "Whether a practitioner or a monk, it is necessary to be on the glass under the air, to endure what is difficult for others, to do things that other people can hardly do; When it comes to sitting, standing, lying, sitting, eating, wearing, from morning to evening, from evening to night. In the morning, just recite the Buddha's name not to interrupt: or small thoughts, or silently recite.In addition to reciting the Buddha, do not start another idea. If you have to cultivate, you have to understand that my workmanship is shallow, not self-arrogant, pompous, just care of housework. I should not stick to his home. Just look at the good shape and do not look at the bad shape, ruin. Consider all people as Bodhisattvas, but I'm just ordinary people.

If you can cultivate the above, then you are destined to be born in the Western Bliss of the World. " 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.21/7/2018.