ATTENTION OF CONCRETE POSITIONS.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

ATTENTION OF CONCRETE POSITIONS

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Pure Land Buddhism advocates reciting Buddha's name, visualizing Buddha Amitabha and the hostility and solemnity of the Pure Land of Pure Bliss, by self-reliance with Tin, Happiness, and the Prayer of the Buddha, Amitabha pretending to rely on Buddha's power to rebirth in Pure Bliss in the state of one-pointed mind without disturbance (Right concentration). As for Happiness (in Tin, Happiness, May), not only is dedicated to reciting Buddha's name, contemplating but also maintaining the Three Precepts, the Five Precepts, practicing the 10 virtues, cultivating blessings and merits, and moreover, generating Bodhisattva -the mind, prayer to Buddhism, chemical beings. The  Amitabha Sūtra  says clearly: Practitioners who want to die in the Pure Land must meet the following three conditions:

* One is to take care of his parents, worship the chief monk, cultivate compassion from not killing, and practice ten good karma (Cross of good karma).

* The second life is maintenance of the Three Precepts (taking refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in the Dharma, and taking refuge in the Sangha), full of precepts, and not taking majesty.

* The third one is Bodhicitta, believing deeply in cause and effect, reciting Mahayana scriptures, advising others to practice together.

From that, it shows that the Pure Land Buddhism is not a sect that has only Pure Land Bliss and Amitabha Buddha, the sect only has faith, but it is the sect that advocates the path of practicing Precepts and Precepts. , Tue, though it seems to be more about gender and concentration. Thanks to elaborate effort of reciting the Buddha's name, accomplishing Dinh (one-pointed mindlessness, reciting the Buddha's eighty samadhi), thanks to the maintenance of the Three Precepts, the Five Precepts, the 10 Good Deeds and the creation of merit and virtue (including the protection of the Three Jewels). , propagating Dharma, charity-giving, releasing, etc.), which attain gender precepts (including the Law of the Contemplation of the Precepts, the Contemplation of the Precepts of the Dharma Realm, and the many useful things of the world).

In addition to the three suttas, an essential treatise of the Pure Land  (Buddha preaching Amitabha Sutta, Amitayus Sutra, Amitabha Sutta,  and the  birth of Pure Land Abhidharma ), perhaps  the Sutta  (The Dharma Master Cu Ma La Cross translated from Sanskrit into Han in the life of Qin Qin 384-417) is a sutta that clearly expresses the intention and purpose of the Pure Land Buddhism, explaining clearly and thoroughly about the purpose and the way practice the concept of reciting Buddha's name for rebirth. In the second installment,  Ten conquerors  (Chinese-Vietnamese translation of Venerable Thich Thien Tam, 1997-PL.2541 edition) said:

"The practice of reciting Buddha's name is to transform the mind of sentient beings, by not letting the mind be charmed with desire, with the six mundane elements of beauty, silence, flavor, taste, contact, dharma, and illusory sight, with comments accept, with wishes, with discriminatory consciousness etc ... That just bring the mind to grace with the title Nam-tissue Amitabha Buddha. Before long, people reciting Buddha's name naturally went into a quiet, lucid, peaceful place, touched by the will of Amitabha, found themselves born in the realm of Bliss, and sat on the treasure lotus seat, listened to Buddha. and Bodhisattva speaks Dharma, or sees Buddha rubbing his hand ”  (page 21, lines 14-24). This is similar to the Buddha's teaching in the Amitayus Sutta  : "Tathagata Buddhas are the dharmakaya body, into the mind of sentient beings, so your mind thinks of Buddha, then that mind is thirty-two good generals, eighty beauty, that mind is Buddha, that mind is Buddha. The Buddha's Virtue Turns from where the mind comes from, so you must remember and contemplate the Buddha's body carefully. ”

It is just the peace of mind in the tranquility, but the intellect and concentration are not enough to destroy the basis of ignorance, defilement or subtle defilements. Therefore, it is often necessary to remain in the pure state of mindfulness by reciting the Buddha's name with one-pointedness, the attainment of samadhi, plus the assisted photographic work of Amitabha Buddha, the Saints, and the pure circumstances of the Pure Land realm for complete transformation. safety, achievements liberation. After being able to come in and out of life and death, all beings still go through the process of practicing the Bodhisattva path, and eventually become Buddha, turning the Wheel of Dharma as the path of the previous Buddhas has gone through. Continuing to examine the  Brahmin Sutta , we will see that clearly. Kinh wrote: "Although the practice of reciting Buddha's name in the present life has laid a solid foundation for the cause of liberation, then he must die in the Pure Land and receive the teachings of Buddha and their Saints until the attainment of the Dharma. After that, you will be able to embody all the ten Bodhisattva directions, going in and out of samsara without binding, returning to evil without pollution, saving sentient beings without limits ”  (ibid, page 22 , lines 16-24).

"People who recite Buddha's name, though they have generated a strong and uninterrupted faith, but if they are reborn in the Ta-Ba realm, they will still be rotated because the wisdom is still young and the virtue is not yet complete. It is necessary to rebirth in the world of Bliss, close to the Buddha and the Saints, to attain immeasurable Brahmin, to penetrate the Three Sages of the Presidency, to spread the vow to go through the ten directions of countless countless sentient beings. Soon after, he took weed in Bo Bodhi's ashram, and his army of demonic soldiers, became Dang Chanh Giac, turning the Supreme Dharma. It should be known that being reborn in the Pure Land will never return to the ordinary state with the five aggregates. That's why it's called Real rot. From then on, gradual achievement of ten things, eighteen real communal measures, five eyes, six continents, countless da-la-ni, countless tam black, supernatural powers, and so on, etc. full of smuggled merit of the great Bodhisattva, until he attained Buddhahood. That's why we, Shakyamuni the Buddha today respectfully affirm that: "LIFE means being a Buddha" (Ibid, from line 5 page 23 to line 2 page 24).

Only when the mind rests completely into the state of pure tranquility (pure, blissful), but according to the Pure Land teachings, there is only the realm of the Buddhas and undeniable Saints there, subtle afflictions, the new life-and-death episodes that do not have the conditions to arise and gradually be transformed, the new practitioner does not fall back to the previous five-dimensional existence (no longer be reborn again to the Ta-ba realm), from which follow the teachings of Buddha Amitabha and practice until the day of the perfect attainment of the Bodhi fruit.

The  above - mentioned teachings in the Sutta of the Brahmin Buddhist Sutras  are also the answer to the question: The Pure Land Method is only Concentration or Meditation, but there is no insight (meditation). clever, subtle or illegal. Although the Pure Land practitioners contemplate the appearance of the Buddha and the merit of Amitabha Buddha and the solemn hostility of the bliss realm, that is meditation; or that the word Dinh (single-mindedly unconstitutional, reciting the Threefold Buddha) will generate Wisdom (insight, insight), but there are still people who are not satisfied with that answer, but according to those people, meditate here. is consistent about the birth, no-self to witness the Bat-elegant position or insightless wisdom.

According to the intention of the Pure Land, "rebirth" is a Buddha in the sense of "any change" (infertility, no more rebirth in the Ta-ba realm), but "rebirth" is not a Buddha in the meaning of enlightenment fullness, the virtue of duality, full of three, four positions, self-accomplishment, enlightenment and fullness. Rebirth is not the end of the path of practice to achieve the ultimate goal of Bodhi or real Buddha. This is not only for the  Buddhist Sutta,  but also for the other Pure Land Sutras. The purpose of the Pure Land Buddhism is to obtain the opportunity of rebirth.

The reason why many people practice the Pure Land method is because they believe that this method is more secure than other disciplines in that "not regressing", practitioners are safe in the realm of Buddha and the Bodhisattva of good people, This is a very good situation to increase the predestined for the practice process. If not reborn in Pure Land Pure Land, and reincarnated back to the previous life, there is no guarantee that the practitioner will not rotten Bodhi mind, retreat his spiritual training, become entangled in the five sensual desires in the past process exposure coast if not diligent practice, no concept, concentration, wisdom firmly.

Tue Vien Dai (333-416) of the Dong Tan dynasty (317-420), who is considered to be the Founding Founder of Pure Land Buddhism, is a person who specializes in the study of Zen, the practice of Precepts, Dinh, Tue, but he founded Bach Lien Xa in Lo Son, gathering the four fellow initiates to recite Buddha's name for the Western bliss. The dragon statues in Dharma, such as Sir Ma Minh, Long Tho, The Body, etc., all praise the Pure Land method. In  Mahayana initiation of faith , Ma Ming wrote : "Should be vigorously diligent, day and night on the feast of worshiping Buddhas, sincerely repenting, encouraging, customizing, rejoicing, and returning to Bodhi. Practicing like that without stopping will be able to get rid of the obstacles, the root of healing will be bigger . ” Say again: "Tathagata has won the means to the photographer of faith. It is the predestined use of professional memory to recite the Buddha, according to the prayer of birth of the Pure Land, because often the Buddha should be found permanently away from the evil path. As in the practice, it is said: If someone who specializes in reciting Amitabha Buddha in the West, bringing his good roots into the other world, he will be reborn. Because often see Buddha should no longer worry about rotten move.  In the  Great Tri argument  of Long Tho said: "Reciting the Buddha's eightfold can eliminate the afflictions and sins of the previous life. Again, reciting the Buddha's eight samadhi has great merit or sentient beings. So the Bodhisattvas want to give birth, if they practice other samadhi dharma, not equal to the discourse of recitation of the Buddha, because this subject has great merit, quickly eradicates the sins. Buddha is the Dharma King, the Bodhisattva is the Dharma General, where the Bodhisattva respects only Buddha. Bodhisattvas often skillfully cultivate people to recite the Buddha's name, so they often meet Buddhas, as the  Sūtra  says: This Bodhisattva enters this samadhi (recites the three samadhi) and immediately appears to the Buddha realm. ”  His Holiness taught the practice of reciting the five disciplines in  Amitayus, discussing the  following: "If you cultivate the five contemplations of accomplishment, the result will be born of the Pure Land, seeing Amitabha Buddha. What is mindfulness? Ceremony to worship, praise the subject, vow the subject, contemplate and dowry. What is worship? It is used to worship the Buddha Amitabha, showing respect, praying to Buddha for longevity. What is praise? It is to use the mouth to praise the body, name, light, and wisdom of Amitabha Buddha, wanting to practice like the real thing in order to be satisfied. What is vow? It is a heart to mind where the Chief Justice, aspirations born of Bliss. What is contemplation? It is to use mindfulness to observe the solemn merit of the Pure Land, the solemn merit of Amitabha Buddha and the solemn merit of the Bodhisattvas and Saints. What is dedication? It is the compassionate mind that doesn't abandon sentient beings, vows to bring our merit and merit to goodness, Through the praise and encouragement of the Pure Land practice of the statues of the Buddha in the Dharma, we cannot disregard the Pure Land method, because that method will certainly have miraculous hostility. This marvelous animosity is more and more evident when we have practice and experience. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/11/2019.