LESSON 11: A HISTORY OF BUDDHISM AND THE 48 PRAYER

UNIVERSAL BUDDHISM 1

SRAMANA=THICH THEN HOA.

Course II: THIEN THUA BUDDHIST

Lesson 11: THE HISTORY OF BUDDHA AND THE DIA AND 48 PRAYER.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

A. INTRODUCTION: 

Tree have a root, water comes from source. We Buddhists, for the most part, practice the concept of reciting the Buddha's name to pray for birth in the Pure Land (Pure Land), they must understand the history of Amitabha Buddha, and how the 48 prayers are. 

Buddha Amitabha has great merit and great generosity. He has predestined relationships to sentient beings in this Ta-world world a lot. 

Wanting to give sentient beings beyond this miserable life of suffering, birth, old age, sickness and death, Buddha Shakyamuni clearly stated the cause and condition of Amitabha Buddha's teachings and gave instructions on the Pure Land practice method. very easy. From upstream intellectuals to ordinary people, if anyone is a monk, he will be reborn. 

B. BACKGROUND: 

I. EXPLAINING THE NAME OF "A DI DA" 

Amitabha is the translation of Amita words. Chinese translation means Amitayus and Amitabha. Amitayus means long life without quantity; Immeasurable Light, is He has unintended brightness. 

II. HISTORY OF BUDDHISM AND THE EFFECTS OF THE BUDDHIST BUDDHISM  

The human place of Buddha Amitabha in the previous life is very much, can not be described, this strategy says 4 lives as follows: 

1. The Magic Sutta of Lotus in the For example, the story has written: 

"Buddha Amitabha, the previous life is the son of Venerable Tri Thang Tathagata. He thanks to the merit of giving Buddhist teachings to sentient beings, so he became a Buddha called Amitabha, in the Western realm of Ultimate Bliss." . 

2. The Sutta Pitaka Buddha, in: 

"In the past, he was a Buddhist monk, respectfully contemplating the visual appearance of the white eyebrow of the Lord Buddha, so he was given the name of Buddha Amitabha." 

3. Kinh Bi Hoa, copy: 

In the past, many times in the past life, he was the King of Zhuan Falun called Infinite Avoidance. He has a high official named Bao Hai, who is very rich in belief. One day, the King heard the Buddha Bao Tibet come to lecture in the Matching Garden near the city. He came to Bao Hai and came to hear him very satisfied. The king made the request of the Buddha and the masses to make offerings to the palace for three months to pray for blessings. 

Buddha advised the king to send Bodhisattva's mind to pray for the supreme noble mindfulness. 

At that time, the Buddha Buddha Bodhisattva immediately radiated bright light, illuminating the whole world of the Buddhas of the ten directions, showing them to the assembly. Bao Hai said to the King of Void Avoidance, "Your Majesty, thanks to the majesty of Buddha, you can see the worlds, so what world will Your Majesty wish to pray for?" 

The king prostrated to the Buddha, knelt, and clapped his hands together to make a great prayer, praying that after he became a Buddha, his country and his people were solemnly pure. Due to that grace, he became a Buddha named Amitabha in the Western realm of Ultimate Bliss. 

4. Shakyamuni Buddha said: 

"In the long past, more than 10 lives, there was a country called Dieu Hy, the father was Nguyet Thuong Luan king, his mother was THuy Thang Dieu Nhan. The queen had three children: the eldest was Nhut Nguyet Minh , the second son was Kieu Thi Ca, the third son was Japanese Emperor They, At that time the Buddha was born, the name The World At King Tathagata. In the Buddhist monkhood, the Buddha gave him the name of Dharma Monk, and the Dharma Bodhisattva in front of the Buddha, issued 48 vast vows, covering all ten directions of sentient beings; At that time, the gods spread their flowers, praised the earth, the earth shook, and there was a compliment in the air: 

"Dharma Bodhisattva will become a Buddha named Amitabha". 

Thus, we know that the Buddha Amitabha, formerly known as Prince Kieu Thi Ca, left the throne, ordained as a monk and attained Buddha Amitabha. 

III. 48 PRAYER OF BUDDHISM 

Prayer 1:  When I became a Buddha, if in my country, there was hell, hungry ghosts, animals, then I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 2:  When I became a Buddha, if the natural people in my country, after living together, would return to fall into the three evil paths, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer No. 3:  When I became a Buddha, if the natural people in my country, my body was not yellow at all, my time was not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 4:  When I became a Buddha, if the natural people in my country had good bodies and bad people, they were not the same, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 5:  When I became a Buddha, if the celestial people in my country had no Túc karma, at least I knew well the hundred thousand memories of na-do-tha karma (countless lives) in my time when I was not in the seat of Chanh sense. 

Prayer 6:  When I became a Buddha, if the celestial people in my country, not to be able to see Heavenly eyes, at least see clearly the hundred thousand na-do-spared world of the Buddhas, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding . 

Prayer # 7:  When I became a Buddha, if the people in my country, without God, were at least informed, at least listened to and recited all the sermons of the hundred thousand na-do-tha Buddha, my time not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 8:  When I became a Buddha, if the heavenly beings in my country would not be forgiven, at least know the thoughts of all sentient beings, among the hundred thousand memories of the world, in time I am not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 9th:  When I became a Buddha, if the heavenly people in my country, without the spirit of enlightenment, about one thought, at least passed through the hundred thousand na-do-tha-world, when I was not in the throne Mindfulness. 

Prayer 10:  When I became a Buddha, if the people in my country had the concept of taking attachment to my body, then I would not be in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 11:  When I became a Buddha, if the people in the realm of my country, not to be cultivated, patient to the end, I would not be in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 12:  When I became a Buddha, if the light was limited, at least one hundred thousand na-do-tha-world would be shining, at the time when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 13:  When I became a Buddha, if my life span was limited, at least hundreds of thousands of na-do-spasms, I would not be in the seat of Right Understanding.  

Prayer 14:  When I became a Buddha, they were Thanh Van in my realm, if anyone counted how many, even if it were countless Pratyekabuddhas, counting Buddha for hundreds of thousands of lives, when I was not in the seat of Chanh sense. 

Prayer 15:  When I became a Buddha, if the heavenly people in my realm, life expectancy is limited, except for those who have their own aspirations, my time was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 16:  When I became a Buddha, if there were people in my country, there were still people who listened to the unwholesome nouns of my time at the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 17:  When I became a Buddha, if countless Buddhas of the world would cross, would all praise and confess my name, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 18:  When I became a Buddha, a multitude of sentient beings, a devout mind, wanted to be born in my country, tolerated up to 10 thoughts, if I were not born, my time would not be in the seat of awareness; except those who create misdemeanor criminals, together destroy the Dharma. 

Prayer 19th:  When I became Buddha, the cross of sentient beings generated bodhicitta, cultivated merit, aspired to return to my country, until the time of death, if I did not join the mass before him, my time was not. at the throne of awareness. 

Prayer 20:  When I became a Buddha, the other sentient beings listened to my name, specialized in remembering my country, and cultivated merit, dedication and dedication, wanting to be born in my country, if it were not fulfilled, my time not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 21:  When I became a Buddha, if the natural people in my country were all thirty-two generals, I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 22:  When I became a Buddha, the Bodhisattvas of other worlds, who came back to my country, saved their lives, determined to be angry. praying, cultivating merit, escaping all species, going around the world, practicing Bodhisattva conduct, making offerings to the Buddhas, professing countless beings, making all stand firmly in the supreme path of enlightenment, the supernormal merit of ordinary frustrations, the present practice of Praying of Samantabhadra, if not like that, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

The 23rd Prayer:  When I became a Buddha, the Bodhisattvas of my country, who had the excess of Buddha's divine power, went to make offerings to the Buddhas, in the course of one meal, or would have come to countless countless na -do-spare the world, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 24:  When I became a Buddha, the Bodhisattvas in my country, while in front of the Buddhas, manifested our merit, wanted offerings, if they were not as they were, my time was not. throne of awareness. 

Prayer 25:  When I became a Buddha, if they were Bodhisattvas in the realm of my country, they must not be Unite in the world, while I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 26:  When I became a Buddha, if they were Bodhisattvas in the realm of my country, there would not be Na-la-Dien diamond body, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 27:  When I became a Buddha, in the realm of my country, all the utensils of the celestial being, the colors were bright, clean, very beautiful, very wonderful, could not count, even though the person was blessed. If someone knew the list of such things clearly, my time would not be in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 28:  When I became a Buddha, if the Bodhisattva in my country, even though I was the least meritorious, could not see the root of the ash tree four hundred and ten weeks tall, countless colors, my time was not in. throne of awareness. 

Prayer 29:  When I became a Buddha, they were Bodhisattvas in the realm of my country, if they persevere, recite, and preach sutras but are not wise in their wisdom, my time was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 30:  When I became Buddha, if anyone limited the wisdom of the Bodhisattva in my country, my time was not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 31:  When I became a Buddha, my country was pure, all places saw all the countless countless world cares in the ten directions, as if seeing my face in a shining mirror. If that were not the case, my time would not have been in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 32:  When I became a Buddha, in the realm of my country from the ground up to nothingness, the palace of the palace, the pond filled with flowers and plants, all things were immeasurable treasures and hundreds of thousands of incense, united together. that becomes; everything is beautiful and wonderful, the aroma bursts across the world. Bodhisattvas everywhere smell to that aroma, Buddha's all-time practice. If it were not like that, I would not be in the seat of Mindfulness. 

Prayer 33:  When I became Buddha, all sentient beings of the ten directions of myriad world-mindings were shone upon my mind and body, their body and mind were softer and softer than nature, otherwise like that, when I was not in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 34:  When I became Buddha, all sentient beings in the world's ten disinterested states, heard my name without being forbidden to be forbidden, and with the general disciples, when I was not in the throne Mindfulness. 

Prayer 35:  When I became a Buddha, the women of the world's ten disinterested states in the ten directions, rejoice and love to generate Bodhicitta, hate the body of a girl. If after making the net but still make a female body, my time is not in the throne of awareness. 

Prayer 36:  When I became Buddha, they Bodhisattva in innumerable world-class carelessness in the ten directions, listening to my name, often practiced virtue, up to becoming a Buddha. If that were not the case, my time would not have been in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 37:  When I became a Buddha, the people of the world in countless carelessness in the ten directions, heard my name, bowed at the beginning, bowed down to the ground, rejoice in the joy of cultivating Bodhisattva conduct, gods and people respect that person. If it were not, my time would not be in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 38:  When I became a Buddha, the people in the realm of the kingdom I wanted to wear clothes, the right period of good clothes in accordance with the mind of that person came on the body. If I had to cut and sew and dye and wash, my time would not be in the seat of Right Understanding.

Prayer 39:  When I became a Buddha, if the people in the realm of my country, enjoying the joy unlike the Bhikkhu to the Bhikkhu stilts, my time was not in the seat of awareness.

Prayer 40:  When I became a Buddha, if the celestial people in my country, I would like to see the countless strict worlds of the Buddhas in the ten directions, immediately see the whole place in the treasure tree, as I wish. , like seeing his face in a shining mirror. If it were not, my time would not be in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 41:  When I became a Buddha, they Bodhisattvas in other worlds heard my name, from then on to becoming a Buddha, but the bases were still bad, while I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 42:  When I became a Buddha, they were Bodhisattvas, in the other world heard my name, they were all freed from samadhi. That eighty-eight pillars, during a period of recitation, makes countless offerings to the Buddhas, without losing mindfulness. If it were not, my time would not be in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 43:  When I became a Buddha, the Bodhisattvas in other directions heard my name, after they gave birth to the noble family, otherwise, my time would not be in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 44:  When I became a Buddha, they Bodhisattvas in other directions heard the title of joy and joy, cultivated Bodhisattva conduct, full of merit, if not like that, when I was not in the seat of Right Understanding. 

Prayer 45:  When I became a Buddha, the Bodhisattvas in other directions heard my name, all in order to attain the universal samadhi, which became until the time of becoming a Buddha, often saw innumerable impartiality to all the Buddhas. If it weren't like that when I wasn't in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 46:  When I became a Buddha, they were in the realm of Bodhisattva, and wanted to hear what the dharma was, to naturally hear it. If it weren't like that when I wasn't in the seat of awareness. 

Prayer 47:  When I became a Buddha, if they were Bodhisattvas in another world, heard my name without being bothered Any change, when I was not in the seat of Mindfulness. 

Prayer 48:  When I became a Buddha, if they Bodhisattva in another world heard my name, I could not receive the Ring of the First Voice, where the Buddha Dharma would not immediately get angry Any change, my time was not in the throne Mindfulness. 

C. CONCLUSION

In short, the history of Amitabha Buddha, with 48 great aspirations: The merit of Amitabha Buddha is very vast, due to great compassion and great compassion. He had to abandon all noble throne, vowing to become a monk when he became a Buddha, in a solemn and splendid realm, to save sentient beings. Over a period of time to bear fruit, the paramedic, the chief vajra, appeared brilliantly as his vow. 

We Buddhists, ever since, know how to recite the name of Amitabha Buddha, know how to recite the Buddha's name for reclaiming the Pure Land (Pure Land), thanks to the teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni. 

So please advise all Buddhists, to follow the example of Amitabha Buddha's great vow, should play the vast vow of prayer, praying when they will be reborn in Ecstasy, reborn from a lotus, and become enlightened. back to the Ta-she realm of relative relatives and all sentient beings to practice Buddhism. . END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/1/2020.