DI TRAN AFTER THE BUDDHA.

Below is a summary of Buddha's last words. In fact, Buddha was sick three months ago and started to tell the closest disciple, A-Nan-Da. Buddha told A-Nan-Da to gather disciples to listen to the lecture and to announce his passing away. At that time Buddha was 80 years old. In the last months, Buddha was emaciated and tired, but still preached as usual, though no longer going away. A-Nan-Da asked Buddha to calm down for the rest of the day, but he went away and taught that:

"My body, though inferior to my health but My compassion, my wise mind is no less. I still have a day that day is not a useless day. ”

In a forest near the town of Cau-thi-na (Kusinaga, also known as Kuçinagara), today is a small town called Kasia, 50 kilometers east of Gorakhpur province, and 150 kilometers north-east -bac Varanasi (Bénarès), Buddha lies between two trees of Saul.

He folded his robes into four, then lay on his right hand, head to the north, face to the west, legs stretched straight, feet resting on the other leg. Then Buddha addressed the final words to the disciples to repeat once again the importance of Dharma. Buddha reminded his disciples to understand that their teacher was not a character at all, even though it was a Buddha. Their true teacher is Dharma. Buddha spoke and told his disciples to sit around him like this:

"Behold, disciples, do your own torches to enlighten you, rely on your own strength; should not depend on anyone. My teachings will be the way for you to lead the way, as a refuge for you; There is no need to depend on any other teachings.

Look at your body, how long you will see that body unclean. When you understand that the pleasure and pain of the body are only the source of suffering, when you understand that, you will not be able to let go of desire to dominate your children.

Look at your consciousness, you will see that mind transforms constantly. So you will not be able to let yourself fall into the hallucinations of the mind, then maintain the pride and selfishness created by the mind, especially when you understand that those emotions are the most only to bring suffering.

Look at all the surrounding objects to see if anything is permanent.Are there objects that are not constructions? All will break, disintegrate and disperse. Do not be afraid when you see suffering with everywhere, follow My teachings, even after I have passed away. So you will eliminate suffering. Indeed, to follow My teachings, then you will definitely become My true disciples.

Hey my disciples, the teachings I preach to you, you never forget, never let it go tomorrow. These teachings must be preserved, researched and practiced. If you follow these teachings correctly, you will achieve happiness.

The most important things in My teachings are that you must control your minds. Get rid of all your desires and keep your body upright, pure mind and true words. If you know how to remind yourself that your life is only temporary, you will be able to eliminate all hunger and ferocity that lead to suffering.

If you realize that your mind is tending to cling to or entangle with desire, you have to get rid of your desire and stop it. You must master your mind.

Mind can turn a person into a Buddha or an animal. When we fall into confusion, we can become demons, but when enlightened we will become Buddhas. Therefore, you must control your mind and not stray outside the Path.

To be able to keep up with My teachings, respect each other and don't argue. Don't imitate like water with oil pushing each other;imitate like water with milk, can completely blend together.

Let's study together, explain each other, practice together. Don't waste your mind and your time in controversy or laziness. Gladly welcome the fragrant flower of Enlightenment at the time of flowering and pick up the sweet fruit on True Road.

The teachings I give you are because of My own experience, and I have followed that path. You should obey those teachings and keep them in the same way no matter what difficult circumstances you encounter. If you are distracted, it means that you have never met Me, you are really somewhere far away, even if you are sitting next to Me right now. But if, on the contrary, you accept and practice My teachings, even if you are far away in the end of the world, it is like you are beside Me in this time.

My disciples, the last minute of Me, are near, minutes away from Me and you are not long. However, you should not mourn. Life is a constant change and nothing is hindering the disintegration of the body. That fact, I am proving to you that right on My body, My body will disintegrate like a ruined carriage. Do not mourn in vain, on the contrary, you must rejoice when you realize that transformation law and understand that human life is just empty.Do not try to maintain the unreasonable aspiration, wish that temporary things must definitely become longevity.

The demon of worldly desires always seeks to deceive your minds.If there's a poisonous snake in the room, you won't be able to sleep if you haven't chased it out. You must cut off the bonds of secular lust and throw away those bonds as you have driven the poisonous snake out of the room. You must carefully protect your minds.

My disciples, my last moment, have come, however you must understand that death is only the disintegration of physical body.The body was born by parents, it grew up with food, it had no way to avoid illness and death. An authentic Buddha does not carry the human body, but merely an Enlightenment. There is only Enlightenment. The human body must dissipate, but the Wisdom of Enlightenment will endlessly exist in the reality of the Dharma, on the path of practicing the Dharma. If anyone sees only My body, he will not see Me really. Only those who accept My teachings will truly see Me.

After I passed away, Dharma instead of me as a teacher for you.Knowing to follow the Dharma is the way you show your loyalty to Me. For the last forty-five years of My life, I have not hidden anything in the teachings. There is no secret teaching, no words with meaning. All of my teachings are given in an honest and transparent way.

My beloved children, this is the end of the moment. In another moment I will enter Nirvana. These words are My last words for you. ”

He copied these words of the Buddha, hoping to join hands:

- For Buddha, let's read the above messages once more.

- Because of all sentient beings, because of the suffering of all beings, we read one more time.

- To send to the smallest units of life, we read again, read one more time ...

We vow to read and read for each one of the beings, we read until the Buddha's precepts become the instructions that come from our own minds, to remind ourselves, message the people around us, including the smallest beings of life. When Buddha's sincere and compassionate remarks here become his own breath, then will we be a Buddha then? END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/1/2019.