LESSON 3: QUAN BINH

UNIVERSAL BUDDHISM 1

SRAMANA=THICH THIEN HOA.

COURSE IV: ENJOYING AND BODHISATICS BUDDHISM

Lesson 3: QUAN QUAN.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

A. OPENING 

Among the causes of suffering for oneself and for oneself, anger is a great cause, as bad as greed and ignorance. From beginning to now the immense building of mankind; the destruction caused by their anger, is also tremendous. Humans build and destroy, destroy and build incessantly, just like children who build houses on the sand, build and then pedal, and then rebuild. And the cause of that destruction is anger. There was little anger in the house between husband and wife breaking the dishes; There is anger among brothers that cause a swollen forehead; there was anger between friends who broke the way home; there is anger between a rival, or a business colleague, who needs to pay with a blade, a gun tip or a squint; there is greater anger, between one country and another, one skin color and another, 

All of these disasters are caused by anger. Anger lies in everyone's heart, like smoldering flames, like gunpowder fuses ready to explode at any time. Fire meets fire, gunpowder meets gunpowder, not to say, not everyone knows how big the harm caused by them! 

B. BACKGROUND  

I. DEFINITIONS 

Usually, people have the misconception that: Compassion is compassion, softness, mourning, negativity ... People think that as long as you are compassionate, everyone who wants to do whatever they like will live in whatever circumstances I followed, lacking the spirit of progress ... In short, compassion in the common sense is mourning and feeble. 

In fact, compassion in Buddhism has a different meaning. The Buddha taught: " From the fierce energy most sentient beings touch; The most compassionate energy set the sentient beings suffering ". Meaning Word is for the enjoyment of all sentient beings; Bi is eradication of suffering for all species. To end suffering and to enjoy it is all the aspirations and acts of self-seeking, saving the life of a compassionate person. So compassion is not passive, fleeing life or feeble. The suffering and joy mentioned here are not only physical and material suffering but also mental suffering and pleasure. 

Suffering and being happy are two aspects of life, but they cannot be separated. When a part is happy, that is, partly less suffering, it is in Compassion; and on the contrary, when part of suffering is reduced, that is having such a part of happiness, it is in Compassion. Just like a child who is miserable because he has lost his way, when someone suddenly shows him his way, he immediately rejoices and runs out of suffering. 

So compassion is a vast, infinite compassion that causes people to use all their abilities, thoughts, and means to make everyone and everything free from joy. 

II. COMPARISON FROM BIBLE WITH LOI  

Charity is great love. In this way, charity and compassion have the same nature in a narrow, deep, shallow place. Some people believe that charity is broader than compassion. It is because they do not fully understand the meaning of the word compassion. As above defined: Words are for the  pleasure of all beings ; Bi is eradicating  all suffering for all species. We know Buddha used the word sentient beings to refer to all living things. So Xu is for all creatures, not just for humans. All things with life are shared by that love. And Bi is eradicating all suffering for sentient beings. We should note that in the sentence that defines Chinese characters, sutras use the word "tar" to mean rooting. Yes, to eradicate the root of suffering, not just to alleviate the present suffering, but leave the cause causing suffering forever. A compassionate person is both to alleviate the present suffering and to cure the cause or cause of suffering, like a gardener, to not only clean grass on the ground, but also dig deep down , uproot all the roots of the grass also. 

Thus, compassion, in terms of space, includes all species, and in terms of time, includes all past, present and future. And charity only focuses much on humanity but pays little attention to creatures; and just take care of suffering, give happiness in the present and think little of the fruit in the future. 

In other words, compassion is all about the meaning of charity in, and charity does not cover the reason of compassion. 

III. HOW IS BUDDHISM AND FUNNY?

In comparing compassion and charity, we have said, spatially, compassion covers all species. In fact, the love of Buddhism is immense. The Buddha taught not to kill people but all things. True Buddhists, thoroughly following the Buddha's teachings, not only do not kill the creatures to eat, nor do they kill the animals in hunting or fishing for pleasure. In the old days, monks before drinking water from ponds and lakes, had to use a filter to filter the water, thus both hygienic and avoiding killing small creatures in the water. Whenever entering the bridge, the practitioners have to knock on the ground for three hours, to let the creatures under the bridge know to avoid first. These gestures, although small, have sincerely expressed the compassion of true Buddhists. Thanks to that compassion, life is less harsh, 

But if just for fun and kill suffering in the present money without thinking for fun and suffering in the future, it is not called compassion. Therefore, it is necessary to cause joy and eliminate suffering. Where do happy and suffering people have? In the business often teaches: Suffering due to career, career or. Or ie afflictions. Disturbance is in our hearts. The mind is the source of all actions, of all results. Then the result is dukkha or pleasure only by the mind. Sentient mind is full of defilements, bad habits, containing countless seeds of bitterness and bitterness. Of course, those seeds will bear hardships. Therefore, Buddhism pays great attention to the problem of cultivating the mind and nurturing the nature for oneself and others. 

Want to save suffering truly, not only to save suffering, but also to eliminate suffering early. New World true definition of the word mentioned above BI ( Baht Nhut equipment expenditures suffering beings ). For example, in order for a person to be free from suffering of imprisonment, labor, persecution, persecution, we must teach them not to be greedy, robbery and need to know how to give and treasure their wealth. In order for those who are free from suffering because of division, murder, and hatred, we must teach them not to be angry but to be gentle and patient. In order for those who are free from suffering because of the foolishness of temptation, exploitation, and disdain, we must teach them to be lucid and enlightenment to life. When they understand, of course not telling them to avoid misery, they still avoid. 

In order for this benefacting career to be completely accomplished, the compassionate cultivator has a duty to teach people around the methods of spiritual practice to be effective, such as reciting Buddha's name, taking meditation, for example, for the mind. Their territory is growing merit. 

IV. METHOD OF MAGIC  

In the preceding paragraphs, we have separated the meaning and effects of compassion. We have seen the good and great value of compassion. Here let us address the issue: "How to train compassion". 

One of the effective methods to train compassion is "consistent compassion." There are three types of compassionate and compassionate meditation, depending on the basis of the three classes of practice: 

1. Being conditioned from.  This custom is usually for the practice of Hinayana practice. 

Being conditioned from, meaning compassion due to contemplate the suffering of beings that arise. 

Beings that are referring to those who are still in love, immersed in the samsaric misery, are still bound within defilements. Such as hell species were fined all things, hungry hungry hungry ghosts, animals being spared execution scenes, A tu la struggled, killed. Come as sentient beings in heaven, though fun, but still five active general failure, reincarnation, fallen as usual. And, most of all, human beings, they endure so much suffering, from material to spiritual, from individual to mass. Especially with the law of impermanence: birth, old age, sickness, death, no one has ever escaped it. He could not escape but also accidentally went to get more and more miserable, sometimes forgetting the old age, every day piling up, how pitiful! 

So, facing the sufferings of sentient beings, what should Buddhists do? Have to generate compassion! But how can that compassion be given? 

The Buddha taught us to observe all sentient beings in the six paths, the ten directions as familiar relatives. 

This is the first method to get along with all sentient beings. Use affection and practice Compassion. In the past, we had a habit of being something other than "us", rarely paid attention to. Now, the compassionate shop means that we have broken that narrow selfishness and enlightened and realized that: 

Our human world is here, like a big house, where the family reunites and unites together. Still know that humanity is different in color and race; but that difference is just different in appearance, but everyone who has the same flesh and body is also afraid of misery, bad know good, etc ... So for older people, we have to respect our parents and grandparents; peer or approximate age, as siblings; Younger people even look like great-grandchildren ... 

On another floor, for beings of the five categories, let us consider them as members of the extended family of uncles, aunts, and aunts ... Still knowing that form, humans are different from other species , and sometimes we don't see each other anymore, but after all, being sentient beings, of course, we all share the same source of life, and when we are alive, of course we all want to be afraid of death, we all feel joy and suffering. pain. The closest we can see, meet and depend on is the animal. Although they cannot speak like us, if we treat them kindly, they also love and remain loyal to us. Although they have no education, they still listen to us and help us in many heavy works. It is because of heavy karma, so they are animals in this life, but maybe in the previous life, they are not my brothers? And after, 

Although the Hinayana practice method has not broken the ego, but has also expanded the narrow scope of the small self and the possibility of merging into the bigger self; and then from that big emotional self, will gradually move into a higher sublime reason, by following the "Dharmakyamma" following. 

2. French predestined words.  Dharma-loving-kindness is compassion caused by predestined "Dharma-nature". This is the customary law for the Hinayana. 

Practitioners while practicing this practice, observing all sentient beings, with him and her all having the same "dharma precepts," so suffering beings are suffering; so the practitioner starts to be compassionate and saves suffering for all sentient beings. To this position, they no longer distinguish as male or female, no longer have their own notions of people, do not think that they are relatives, only see themselves with the same "legal precepts". Bodhisattva has received sentient beings and one body, so when it comes to saving suffering, no matter who it is, and when it does, it doesn't accept what it has done. Beings are suffering, the Bodhisattva has Bi. This natural sympathy is like a sacred love between a mother and a child. With this meaning, in the Trung A Ham business there is an example: Before a victim was hit by a poison, The most urgent job of a physician is to withdraw that poison immediately. You don't need to ask him what his name is, where he is, who doesn't need to see what his arrow is made of, who shoots it, etc. 

The salvation of sentient beings, for Bodhisattvas, who have witnessed this "law of predestination" is just for the purpose of making others happy. 

3. ungainly from.  Within the scope of this article, we should only learn through the two classes of compassion above, namely: Compassion due to our predestined relationships with sentient beings, or due to our conditions and sentient beings of the same nature. initiates. And the third type of compassion is "ungainly" is a special sublime type of Mahayana, we do not have enough base-level and level of practice. However, in order to have a full idea of ​​compassion, we should also know about this kind. 

Ungainly, is compassion without love energy and afflicted scenes, no longer use, no longer observe, treat between himself and him, himself and things like the two previous compassion. This compassion is worthy according to the nature of the mind that arises immensely, covering it all, without any bias. Just as the sunlight shines all over the near and far, regardless of high and low, not paying attention to any place, illuminating everything in a carefree and effortless manner. 

V. BENEFITS OF FRENCH QUAN QUAN BINH  

Some people worry that if everyone is compassionate, they will become weak, the nation will be weak, and the desire to exploit will be illustrious, etc. 

Worry like that is too far away, so it is not realistic. Since ancient times, mankind has not had to suffer because of being so compassionate, society is not weak, crazy because love is so vast. On the contrary, the suffering of individuals and groups, in large part due to the cruelty of the human heart. One comment that no one can deny is that the more civilized a society is, the less evil it becomes, the more love will grow, or vice versa, the more love and evil will decrease, the more civilized society will be. , happy. Let fear of compassion make people weak, but only fear, if hatred and cruelty does not diminish, then humanity will surely be destroyed. 

According to Tang Nhat A Ham, the Compassionate Ben Quan will get the following benefits: 

a) When waking or sleeping, be happy 

b) Currently loved by many people 

c) Live in your life without a robbery accident 

But practicing the dharma of mercy, not just to let us pray for our own karmic benefits, and that's all there is. The purpose of our cultivation is to make sure that we and all sentient beings in the six paths are not suffering. Of course, during cultivation we will: 

- Except for the cruel anger 

- The narrow self is narrow 

- Unite with everyone 

- Personal and corporate life thus is fun and meaningful. 

C. CONCLUSION 

Compassion is a remedy for the mind of anger. Anger is a formidable murder, a key to all treasures of sin. To get rid of it means to kill, and to quell the stinger of chaos. How many guns and especially atomic bombs will become useless. Among mankind, there is no one left as an adversary, no longer have a class of exploitation and struggle. Everyone is pitiful, worth helping. Between people and people, between people and things will have a close contact, solidarity. People will be extremely happy to see around them are relatives, four seas are brothers and harmony in Buddha nature. . END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/1/2020.