MAINTAINING THE VOLUNTEERS (PART 21)

May Saturday, "the Buddha's head"

This is also very important. Currently, the Buddha is no longer in the world, so we can only manipulate the Buddha statue to donate, symbolizing the Dharma world often. The great masters who say the Buddha Dharma, we have to invite them to stay in this place to teach the long-talking dhamma, we will receive real benefits. Try to think, how many people heard a business immediately enlightenment? No, so what should I do? Day to hear. Today, blessings are not equal to the ancients. In ancient times in the forest monastery of China, every day teaching business is not interrupted. There is always a lecture hall.

Historical records, Master Thanh Luong in ancient Hoa Hac script, can say before and then no one to lecture him. He has been through fifty times. The person who was close to Master Thanh Luong if he had patiently listened to fifty times had no reason to do so. A lecture through at least a year. Listen fifty turn takes fifty years. Fifty years, the day of the training is reasonable but not enlightened.

Today we listen to difficult business is where? On a hot day, to ten days cold, every day lectures, training not more than two hours. Twenty-four hours only two hours to hear business, still twenty-two hours start thinking, you say see what accomplishment. The old Buddhist monk was in the past eight hours teaching. A Sutra Suffering eight hours a day, one full year of teaching. We have two hours of lecture every four years to be full. Thanh Luong was much better than him, he lived over a hundred years, people called it Bodhisattva Avatamsya. In addition, he and the mass also in the Buddhist concept, eight hours recitation, what time to start thinking. They are in three categories this year ashrams more efficient today we cultivate thirty years, is called " secular religious orders", The training is too great.

At the beginning of the National People's Congress, the Chinese colonel is roughly one place, that is the director of the Buddha's anthropology in the temple of Linh Nham, Son Su Chau. He did not lecture business, no Dharma conference, no legal meditation, but the Buddha throughout the year, a Buddha concept to the same. Each day six cilantro, each incense a half hour. Six cumin is nine hours. Every day recite Buddha nine hours. Day and night uninterrupted, dark evening alternating. During the year of dilapidated Buddha. His seven-folded Buddhist practice is composed of nine incarnations, nine incarnations of the Buddha's name. So in every place in the Buddhist concept of India Buddhist nembutsu organization several years, not discussed at home are born rebellious good generals. After the birth of rebirth, the old magic Dieu Chan, German successor inherited the old, maintain a period of time. After five years of resistance, the colon decreases. At present, if we want to build a new colon, there is not enough chance. Only the director can train the new birth, new real achievements beings.

So the construction of the infinite merit immeasurable. To build a direct colon leg study, real people there to become a Buddha, reincarnated into Buddhism, the merit of the director will be very large, attracting a lot of knowledge of interest and will do according to the. How do good knowledge stay here? True people learn Buddhist monks do not have their own love, do not say love, so do not use good hospitality to keep them again. We use the method of medical education. We really want to learn, really want to cultivate, everyone to play the heart, even if not find good, the Bodhisattva Buddha will also come here. The Buddha often said, " Buddha meditation, the most irresponsible personality"So who is that person? Truthfully want to learn, sincerely want to cultivate, sincere wish this life into the Buddha. This is the average mind that Hoa Nghiem said. What is the center of ordinary people do not have the Buddha Tathagata does not mingle, the problem is that we have emitted the heart, not so that can touch the common knowledge of this area, so that we have Long-lasting grace can be a real benefit.

Established the Dharma TV channel

Today science development, people understand dharma too little. Dhamma practitioners are bodhisattvas, not ordinary people. Now the real people have great wisdom, great blessing, no need to build the colon, but should build satellite television, lecture business twenty four hours non-stop so that people around the world can see. They do not need the colon but only at home to open the television. If they sincerely want to study the Buddha, they can listen to the eighth hour every day.

To train some mages is like organizing a mission. Only ten, twenty, is enough. These masters day in the recording room, teaching the recording. Then the tapes were brought to the satellite broadcasting station. It is a high-tech scientific director. We have to do that. Should not spend money to build pagodas, bring money buried to the ground unfortunately, no great effect. We have to put that money into a useful place. Most important is fostering professors, recording lectures recorded. Sound recording studio equipment must be professional. In addition, on weekdays we also offer these masters in the material life so that they do not worry, the mind can calm but study the Mahayana Dharma, lecture each set recording record, similar Hybrid will be a live Tibetan Tripitaka.

In addition to teaching the Dharma, we also help people recite the Buddha. Twenty-four hours of unbroken Buddha statue, the most stately Buddha displayed on television screen. Audiences see Buddha Amitabha, hear the Buddha's name Amitabha immediately followed by that concept. At home can also practice Buddhist furniture, can also one day listening to the eight hours, reciting Buddha eight hours. You see our blessings are not different from the ancients. The old people spend a lot of energy building a lot of new colonists can be universal beings. Today we use a satellite TV is enough. Do not buy other people's channels, because they will have to be controlled by the time. If you are truly talented, this kind of wisdom should be a professional channel, broadcasting satellite television of Buddhism, broadcasting all over the world.

Today we are not strong enough to bring this thought to every practitioner. Everyone has the same idea, each person often think the event will succeed, the thought of success. If only one person thinks the strength is very weak. People think the Buddha will help. Lay practitioners often say, although we do not have the blessings but Amitabha Buddha is blessed. How much does it cost to develop such a great director ?, even if we do not think about it, we still think. Buddha Amitabha will bring the money, how much will he bring to it, will definitely achieve. That is the purpose of "the Buddha ," a very important thing.

Establishment of the Institute of Translation

The present world is due to the convenient transportation, the expansive life, each area need to have Buddhism. What do we have many teachers to the place to teach the Dharma talks. That is extremely difficult. Therefore, thanks to science and technology, the number of professors can also bring Buddhism to the world. If there is more grace, we can translate the words into the necessary languages ​​to propagate the Dharma around the globe, so that everyone will gain the benefits of Buddhism, the value of this will deepen. wide. Now, thanks to science, it is more convenient than before.

Today we are short of the lack of protection, there is no caretaker. Because there is no caretaker, translation work is difficult. Interpretation of the business must be according to ancient regulations, certainly not one of two independent translations of a business. Days before the Chinese translation of the business are done by the collective. Everyday participation in business, it is a conference. Some lecturers to lecture this business, all translators are engaged in listening to lectures, true listening comprehension, complete wall and then start the draft. Suspected or immediately asked. After the translation of the manuscript, must read to the audience, see the public have any ideas, there is a word or not to lucrative, tu tu, make the translation is fine, fine people exposed Business can be happy birthday. So the translation should not be done by one person but by the composer. We see the Buddhist scriptures have the translator on the subject. The man on the subject is the editor in the director of business, it is not certain he translated. He must bear the name of his responsibility to this translation, also to prove that the translation is not wrong, can be circulated, they are fully responsible.

The history of records, the school of La Thap more than four hundred people, the school of Master Xuanzang more than six hundred people, are specialized. Previously a layman in the United States, a person with a mind, invited many people to translate Chinese scripts into English, expensive enough. The number of translations is also relatively good. When I arrived in New York, he took me to visit the library of New York University. He borrowed some rooms in the library as a Buddhist library. He told me that for many years he had invited people to translate the Buddhist scriptures into English, which were a large stack of manuscripts but could not be used. I nod, can not really use, why? Find only some people who know Chinese and English to translate. Interpreter does not understand the Dharma should translate only meaning,

Formerly layman Li Bingnan told me, there is an American Buddhist scholars visiting Taiwan to visit. It was said that Taichung had a layman, Li Bingnan, who was a great Buddhist monk. He immediately came to the retreat and asked some questions. Professor Li explained to him, but this man is very unhappy, shaking his head is not satisfied. Professor Li immediately invited him through the interpreter, then Li also shook his head not agree. The exchange was very difficult, luckily he brought with him a book of Buddhist dictionaries translated into English. Professor Li suggested him to test the " dormitory " is what. We have known refuge in the Buddhist religion, but try to explain how the " formula " in the English Buddhist dictionary how? He translated, " dormancy"Are the two most precious feet. Correct. " II " is two, " sufficiency " is the truth, " religion " is precious. Master Li heard and laughed, did not say anymore. Finally, " he went well, foreign Buddhists of my grandfather understood. " It is known as the United States but not the Buddha, completely based on the word to translate. It is true that the Buddha said, " Medicine interpretation, tam oan Buddha ." Three Buddha's life are unfair to jaw. In the opening business has taught " True Tathagata Award ", it is not easy.

At that moment, I immediately petitioned the layman Tham Gia Trinh that he had made a mistake, translating very importantly. If you want to translate a business, you must first find the virtues that have been learned from this sutra; invited him to preach; At the same time invite people involved in translation business to hear. To hear through a clear way; Have any questions to ask immediately, then can pen down the draft. When the draft is accomplished, it must continue to be discussed. The best manuscripts for the great virtues are studied there tu studied. Invite them to correct, then make a complete book, so the circulation will not have problems.

Interpretation of business is very difficult and very important, Huay translation is more difficult. In each sentence, each word of Hoa Nghiem has deep meaning. If you do not understand it, the whole text turns into " noble legs ", nothing. So the translation was not resolved by some people sitting in the small room that must be like China in the past. That is to open the organization of the Institute of Translation, business professional fostering talented translators, invited high moral ethics study that business to the lecture, everyone to listen to, study together, then can be penned write the manuscript. Can not afford to spend a little money to invite people to interpret.

I do not know English, so I can hardly believe the English translation, so I always choose. One time, I suggested to layman Trinh that I realized that the Buddha's Mindfulness of the Prophet of the Proverbs is not so big. That is not business. This verse is the record of the Wizard of India, very easy to understand. The layman is available in English, I suggest taking this English. In the first year of economic life, the quantity of life was not much, very thin, I immediately brought the Mindfulness of the Buddha, Trung Anh, to the back of the Infinite Life, the same circulation. Then I printed ten thousand books to the countries. Some time later, I went to lecture in Vancouver, Canada, a Cannada doctor told me not to print the book again. I asked why. He told: "This English, the British people do not understand, Chinese people do not understand . I hear it hurts. Later in the English translation, I do not dare to print, let the foreigners themselves circulation, I do not dare to print anymore.

Therefore we need to foster talented translators, they must be honest and have studied where the Buddha has just passed two kinds of languages ​​can take over this task. If you do not communicate the Dharma and the text, then no matter how good literature can not handle this task. The Flower Adornment said, " Buddhism does not speak, but also can not understand the mind ." The wise man of all world size can not understand the Dharma, because the Buddhist scriptures are always out of words, each word in a sentence includes a lot of meaning.

Last three vows

The ten bodhisattvas of Samantabhadra have only seven: feasts, confession, offerings, repentance, as well as, the Dhamma, and the Buddha. The last three vows are dedication. " Often depending on Buddhism, " the direction of sentient beings , " Forward beings " in the direction of beings, "Universal period" is the legal direction. The direction of righteousness, the direction of beings, the direction of dhamma, is the direction of self-nature, the legs. Therefore, the legs, as well as nature, and dhamma have the same meaning.

What is called dhamma? One is the legal world. Gender consists of two meanings: one is the part, the other is the nature. Part is the line, for example, the country with the national boundary; Province with province, or district and district also have borders. Tanh is self-nature, the Buddha called the most legal world, is the same as the legs.

In short, we accomplish ourselves, boundless merit, determined not to create pity. That is the way to break the habit of arrogant jealousy from non-life. Some lecturers teaching business and often find the masters still have to use high-tech science can bring Buddhism to the world. Gradually fostering the talents of propagation, fostering talents interpreters, people do not need much but that is really a small model research institute. Participants must be true to heart, true spiritual practice. Flower Adornment said the standard must be the center of ordinary people.

Why Buddhist students can not accomplish? Not that you do not mind, not that you do not make a vow, nor do you have no use. Every day you make vows in front of the Bodhisattva Buddha in a very effort, very laborious, but why not? Because the mind is too small. Your mind can not break the six realms of samsara. The six realms of samsara are a lineage. The small amount of love within its limits should be covered by it, making it impossible for you to break through.

We practiced countless lifetimes, eternal lives still fall into this step, must understand the last fault where? Because of the small amount of heart, it is necessary to play the heart. New heart breaking the six realms. Breaking is not out? I am larger than it will pass easily. Arhat, Buddha Bich, bodhisattva why can be out of the three worlds? Because their minds are bigger than the three worlds, they can be overcome.

The miraculous method is the transgression of the three worlds. However, this method is difficult, difficult to cultivate. The Buddha taught us, the mind has expanded, then the breakthrough. Although there is still a world outside the legal world, but the mind is still open, we can also go beyond. So Buddha together with the legal body, the mind of the French throughout the world. Ten Laws are in their minds, so they are transcendent, including all the suffering of the gas do not stop naturally disappear, why? Afflictions are all from the narrow mind that turns into reality. When the large volume, disturbance of gas from innumerable birth to no need to break, natural no longer. This method is miraculous.

From then on we are truly honest, so religious because our world speak French, " only the most legacies, neither two nor three" This word of the Buddha is not wrong, Buddha because we say that the dharma is to teach us right in this life fullness Buddha. You do Bodhisattva, Buddha shook his head because that is not enough. Not only do you want to do Buddha, but also want you to save the Buddha. The four teachings of the Thien Thien, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist teachings, Buddhist do not do. Becoming a member of the Buddha is the true purpose of the religion that appears in the world. He teaches all beings, if we do not understand meaning, can not reach this level, we are not the disciples of religion. Being a pupil is certain not to spare the expectation of the teacher, a certain life must be Buddha. If you follow the Flower Adornment and Life Expectancy, then certainly will not matter. The two sets of business is the security, is the super legal.

The ten verses of Samantabhadra, in which the seven things preceded from the feast, proclaimed, offered, repented, as a rule, until the turn of the dharma, and the presence of the Buddha, is the vow. Moreover, in every thing is full of other things, that is the teaching of Huayen. The three vows in the back belong to the divination.

Eighth, "depending on Buddhist studies"

" Normally Buddhist studies " is the direction of Bodhi, or in other words, the Buddha. In the afternoon, Li introduced the two initiates to visit me. They are currently doing social welfare work, but little is known about the dharma of life. When I heard the lecture, they found that Buddhism can be applied right in life so very happy, praised. I told them that the practice of Buddhism was not by me, but by the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha. How can we get the merit of the Buddha to do their own.

The ordinary people think of learning the Buddha feel strange, why people have to study the Buddha, to be good people, then why study the Buddha? Since then, learning the Buddha is almost abnormal, then they are born a great misunderstanding of Buddhism, they do not know what is the Buddha?

Buddha is wisdom, learn the Buddha is to learn wisdom, learn enlightenment; In other words, learning the Buddha is to study a high intellectual life of enlightenment. This is very normal. In fact, the society misunderstood the Dharma because we have not brought the teachings and intentions of the Buddha Dharma to everyone. So how to praise? Absolutely have to " Tu tu Pho Hien ". Compliance is compliance, tu is learning. Bodhisattva Samantabhadra is a good model for us.

In the Mahayana Buddhism, you need to know, the three Bodhisattvas represent the overall program of Buddhist studies include Mr. Pho Hien, Quan Yin, Van Thu. Bodhisattva Samantabhadas real delegates, say be done, see to be done. Man shows wisdom, Quan Yin shows compassion. The Sun in the Mahayana business, said, " Ten thirds of all the Buddha Tathagatas through the study of these three disciplines to achieve the ultimate Buddha ." Buddhahood is the ultimate wisdom of salvation. We use the phrase " Buddha fruit supreme", Ordinary people can not explain. They do not know the exact meaning of this phrase, so misunderstanding it is a religious achievement. They do not know it's their own education. Therefore, the nouns of technical terms in the Buddha should be more clearly presented in order to fit the way of speaking the present and avoid being misunderstood.

In short, in the eighth, the main direction is the desire, the direction of Bodhi. We must seek high wisdom to save the fullness.

May ninth, "living beings"

The meaning of this is very clear, referring to beings. Why have to lead beings? I have spoken with you, in the Flower Adornment, through all the real world, all beings together with us is a body, the same nature, the same mind, the same entity turns out . The world is not the same, but similar, like our bodies. If we want to say that this body is our own, then everyone can understand, there are many cells in the body, each one is itself, not the other. Our nails are ours, our hair is our own. But why cut it, is not it all themselves? After understanding this crude doctrine, you meticulously think and observe. The Buddha said, ten medical law is solemnly all due to me. Self-indulgent, birth - Buddha equality, beings and Buddha is equal, is also a body. So we have to know the direction for beings.

What direction? To use simple words to say is to take heart sincerity, pure, equal, compassion care of all beings; love and wholehearted help as help yourself. People who do not care to help beings show that this person does not care about themselves. The world often says, human beings must know how to love themselves, so what is the self? It is nowhere around the world, but few people understand. If we do not go through Mahayana, we do not understand. We have the fate of contact with the Mahayana school, that is the virtue of virtue from the countless fertile lives that have the opportunity to win so. After understanding, we must be able to do, must know social concern, love the whole world, more must use mind equality, can not have "Here is another pale . " That is the moral.

What about? On the real distance is far different, because of different coasts. Huayen said " the cause of cause and effect ", in the cause of cause and effect is different, equal. Our mind is equal, vows are equal, understand equality, equality, but in the family, parents are very close to us, that is fate, so we have to love, help them . Of course the first help to the parents, then the house, the neighbors nearby, the people in the village, and then move away a bit, because of unequal charm. On the right to be equal, right in equality is different, right in the difference is equal, should be called " members are not afraid to run, not afraid to take care". We have to study, to propagate such a benefit, is to guide beings

May tenth, "Universal era"

Universal spectrum is the direction of self-nature, foot referral, as well as say that we start mindfulness, speech work, are compatible with self-nature is the right.

"VIRTUE"

The topic of the general program of business teaching is " penitent manipulators ", learning micro-sciences, offenses. The Bodhisattva Buddhas of the nine kingdoms display many forms, in order to help all sentient beings who have not been enlightened, still in a delirious situation; they represent an enlightened person, expressing a high intellectual life so that we can see, hear, and touch, in the path of enlightenment, of being able to give birth, to be reborn, and Study future with them. This is the virtue of the great man, the virtue of the Bodhisattva Buddha, and the Western World of Ultimate Bliss. Thus, the ten worlds of the Buddhas, all natural use of mind purity of the Buddha's birth of Pure Land, virtue of course also correspond to the well-being of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, we call the same direction, the same item pepper.

"THE HOLY SPIRITUAL"

Quantity is not counting, countless " happy ", immeasurable " vow ". Happiness includes all our lives, not just one life but also the past and the future, the endless futures. So on the new two words " immeasurable ." At present we are living behavior, Buddhism usually uses three words to general, " body language", We call it a karma. Body is the creation of body, language is language, meaning is thought, interpretation. We initiate mindfulness, including all actions. Infinite immeasurable acts are not in addition to these three great kinds, also known as the three karmic acts, which correspond to the ten platforms of the bodhisattva. If this is contrary to the 10 major vows or ten platforms, this behavior is considered wrong, but if our mindset of behavior is the same as the ten vows of the Bodhisattva Pure Land, even if it can not do the same. Full satisfaction can also be achieved. Just like we are in elementary school, even if we do not reach any level of education, we have a goal. If you have not yet started, but your direction is very accurate, your well-being, that is Pho Hien. Of course, the standard of happiness is quite high, ordinary practitioners find it hard to reach his standards. Your standard is also very low, but the lowest we can not reach, so how to do? Must be in the direction, according to the target.

" Absolute wealth immeasurable peace of the most central solution ," this sentence is very broad sense. Here we turn only a few schools of learning, convenience in the daily life; Take our wrong actions, y according to this section to modify. We say through the blessings, the three, the third school, the final level, the last is Samantabhadra. When our Institute established, selecting these five courses, is easy to remember. Each hour per minute is subject to these ten items for study. These five categories include the immeasurable dimension of the Bodhisattva. Studying the Buddha if we despise the practice of thinking in the Buddhist Dharma, not discuss how to use the public to solicit, even say that the sky is falling is not useful. Professor Li often said "Worth birth and death still birth and death like, "is to say compared to willow to escape birth and death out of the realm is not related.

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