General Buddhism: Class 7 - lesson 9

Universal Buddhist Studies

SRAMANA. Thich Thien Hoa.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

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Table of Contents Seventh Course

Buddhist Philosophy or
General outline of the Surangama Sutra  ( continued) - o0o -

Post Ninth

Table of contents

I. Ten dishes of warm onions:

1. Acceptance of not being born

2. Four common acceptables

3. Accept a part usually, part impermanence

4. Handicap has four border items

5. Four dish confusing discourse, not fixed

6. Acceptance of sixteen generals

7. Accept eight impermanence

8. Accept eight cu cu dishes

9. Accept seven kill items

10. Accept the current five Nirvana dishes

II. Ten dishes about warm food:

1. Accept the soles

2. Accept birth

3. Accept feet usually

4. Accept the plants and trees also know

5. Acceptance of nothingness

6. Copy four great modern birth

7. Greed for long life

8. Attachment to sex scenes

9. The nature of Thinh-van

10. Tanh Duyen-sensation

I.  TEN MANGES ON WARNINGS:

1. Acceptance of not being born

A Nan, who meditates when he has all impressions, the mind is vindicated, no longer initiates the desire of desire as above, so the ghosts do not have the convenient opportunity to disturb anymore. At that time the practitioner naturally saved the origin of all beings, and then he gave birth to two paths:

a / Because you can only see the sentient beings from eighty thousands of lives back, in addition to the eighty thousand lifetimes, you cannot see it, so you accept the attachment: ».

b / Research practitioners only see that people who gave birth to people, birds born to birds, crows from now until now remain black, not due to staining but black, storks have been white until now, not by washing new white, etc. ... from 80,000 lives up to now, so from here on out. Practitioners think that from when we did not become Bodhi, then later on, there became a Buddha, and then the evil attachment: «The objects of the present day have no cause». By delusion TanhBo-subject, lost Chief Justice, born two ways above, should fall on the wrong path.

2.  Four common acceptables

A Nan, a meditator, thinks that when the mind is warm, the mind is vindicated, so the ghost is no longer convenient to disturb. Then practitioners take part in the root of all beings, initiating four common attachments:

a / Accept two thousand ordinary lives. - Because practitioners study the same mind and sight are immeasurable, because the power of knowing only beings being eradicated rotates from two thousand lives back and forth without losing, so accept for often.

b / Accept four thousand ordinary lives. - Practitioners take part in the supreme salvation of the four elements, because the practice of knowing only sentient beings from four thousand lifetimes, though there is birth and death, is still often lost.

c / Accept eighty thousand lives is usually. - Practitioners take care and take the eight consciousness, find it constant. Because seeing from the eighty of kalpa back to life beings can not rotate away, so accept is usually.

d / Accept what is not being killed is often. - Practitioners meditate when the idea of ​​being warm and kill has ceased, thus kicking the mind to accept what is not to be eradicated.

A Nan, a meditation practitioner, due to his loss of right view and ignorance of Bodhi Bodhisattva, initiates the four above-mentioned attachments, so all fall into the wrong path.

3. Accept a part usually, part impermanence

Practitioners meditate, when the idea is warm, study the ultimate root of being, and then start the four crazy attachments:

a / Accepting the mind is often, beings are impermanent. - Practitioners when they contemplate their own silence in all ten directions, sentient beings from within their own mind are reborn and die by themselves, then accept our mind is often, beings are infinite.

b / Accepting the world, the places that are wrong are extraordinary, the places that are not wrong are usually. - Practitioners meditate to contemplate all ten directions of the world, where life (as from the Third Jhana or Tam Tai harms), the accept is impermanent; places do not know the accept is often (from the Fourth meditation upward, three ears do not do them, accept the end of Nirvana).

c / Accepting the mind is often, and samsara is infinite. - Practitioners meditate, as1t their mind does not change, it is small and delicate like dust particles and flows all ten directions, again causing the body to arise and kill without changing it; should accept for: «The mind is often; all things are born from the mind, there is birth and death so impermanent ».

d / Executive normal warm; color, feeling, thought is impermanent. - Practitioners meditate, when seeing colors, feeling, thought that the three warmth were gone, the attachment is impermanent, the loss of warm movement is often better and the attachment is often.

Four ways above accept, all wrong, due to the love of Bodhi Bodhi, lost the right view, should fall on the wrong path.

4.  Handicap has four border items

The practitioner meditates, when the thought of warmth is gone, seeing the ultimate root of being, then there are four border attachments:

a / Accept the three generations. - Practitioners who meditate, at that time accept the present thought of continuous (warm practice) is boundless, and the past and future are organic.

b / Accept beings. - Practitioners meditate because they can only see sentient beings in eight thousand lifetimes, so the attachment is organic; also before eighty thousand lives, the President was neither seen nor heard, so the attachment was boundless.

c / accept the mind nature. - Practitioners meditate when they see their mind turning all over and turning out all of them, so arouse our attachment boundless. And all the people in my mind, are marginalized.

d / Accept birth and death. - Practitioners meditate when they are warm, seeing their mind, being mindful of accepting all sentient beings and the world, with half being and half passing away; being is boundless, cessation is boundless.

The above evil, all due to the meditation practice lost the right view, ignorance of Bodhi nature, so they all fell into religion.

5. The  four dish of disordered discourse have no definite

Practitioners meditate, when thought all warm, instant kicked out four crazy attachment not certain island:

a / Accept eight items as well. - People who practice meditation, when observing the transformative origin of things, see that there are changes, some often remain; There is birth, there is death; There are measures to increase, there are things to reduce, there is something, there is nothing. Because of this, anyone who came to ask the dharma said: «Every turn, also constant, also being, also falling, also rising, and falling, also, nor». Always say such confusion, making people do not understand at all.

b / Accepting the «nothing». - Practitioners meditate, because both the mind and the dharma are not; and then accept at the place «nothing». When anyone asks for a word, they only answer with a "no"; other than the "no", there is no more talk.

c / Accepting the «yes». - Practitioners meditate, due to contemplation of their minds everywhere, everywhere they are, and then accept where the «is». When anyone comes to ask for a religion, they only say one word "yes"; other than the "yes", there was no more saying.

d / Accept «also» and «not». - Practitioners meditate because seeing in the scene was wandering, and the mind is confused, so some people came to ask the religion and replied, "What is also" means "what is also not"; in the "nor" »that is, the" also ". They always say things like that, no one can talk to them.

The practitioner meditated because he lost the right view and ignorant of the Bodhi Bodhisattva, starting such attachments, so he fell into the wrong path.

6.  Acceptance of sixteen generals

Practitioners meditate when they think that all warmth, only the warm action, they see an endless source of life, so the mind for «death and general».

The attachment of aggregates has four: a) the attachment of aggregates is «we», b) the attachment of «we» has the aggregate of aggregates, c) the attachment of aggregates belongs to «we», d) the «us» accepts the place of aggregates.

And Tho, thought, each of the aggregates also has four such attachments, plus sixteen generals. Or accept both negativity and Bodhi duality, there is no new afflictions to Bodhi; two emptiness together.

Because the practitioner during meditation, lost the right understanding, ignorant of the Bodhi Bodhi, initiated the evil ways above, they all fell on the wrong path.

7.  Accept eight championship

The practitioner meditates when color, feeling, and thought have already ceased, at that time, seeing that the present body's appearance is not real, then when he dies, he has no appearance. Because of such a comparison, should accept the dead then no form. Low warm colors such as life, thought, onions, such as accept current and future are not generals), into eight faceless dishes. Or accept Nirvana only name empty, without multiplication, ultimately extermination.

Because practitioners ignorant Tanh Bodhi, lost Chief Justice, kicked out such evil ways, should fall on the wrong path.

8.  Accept eight cu cu dishes

Practitioners meditate, for the three warmths: rupa, sensation and perception, which have previously been seen and which are not; And for warm current onions, whether or not later. Because they accept each warm has two generals: dead and non-righteousness and non-wealth; all four warm into eight generals, By practitioners ignorant Tanh Bodhi, lost Chief Justice should fall on the wrong path.

9.  Accept five kill items

The practitioner meditates, initiating attachments: the sexual realm then sharpness of body »kills all; the First Jhana realms the «desires» eradicate; the Second Jhana realizes the "suffering" of all cessation, the Third Jhana realizes the "fun" of eradication; realms of meditation, the «equanimity» all kill.

So the same spelling all five seats accept the money to destroy, kill and not be born again. Because practitioners ignorant Tanh Bodhi, loss of right understanding, being so evil, should fall on the wrong path.

10.  Accept the current five Nirvana

Practitioners meditate, when the warm life is over, considering the same root of being, arising na7m attachment at Nirvana: a) Accepting the precepts is Nirvana, b) Accepting the First Jhana is Nirvana, c ) The second attachment is Nibbana, d) The third meditation is Nirvana, e) The four realms of meditation are Nirvana.

Because he loves the dark Bodhi Bodhisattva, accept the five scenes of heavenly realms that smuggled that Vo Vi Nirvana, should fall on the wrong path.

Summary

Ananda, ten scenes of ghosts on this warm act, is the one who uses the wrong mind and is thus born. Because ignorance practitioners do not know, claiming to be Holy, born of great expectations, should fall into a hell of a cockroach. So you guys should bring these ghosts to teach the sentient beings of the next life, do not let the meditation practitioners get kicked out of the mind by the spirits. You must protect the monks who go straight to the Bodhi religion, do not let them meet the way of sharing.

II. TEN MASTERS ABOUT THE WARNINGS:

1.  Accept the soles

The practitioner meditates when the practice is warm, and only remains awake, the generals of birth and death are gone, but the mind of tranquility and tranquility has not appeared. At this time, if the practitioner of the attachment mind is chon, he loses the right view, ignores the Bodhi nature, becomes friends with the Ta-ta-ca-la sect of the Dharma, accepts the ignorance (General A-complaint- da) is the return place of all things contrary to Nirvana, falling to the opposite direction.

2.  Accept birth

The practitioner meditates when the practice is warm, the generals being eradicated have passed away, but the mind of tranquility has passed away, then he sees the consciousness awakening, then initiates the attachment: «All sentient beings are born of me» . Because the mind being born accept, should lose the idea, love mistaken nature Tanh Bodhi, a relative of heaven-falls-side (Me-prime-la-heaven).

3.  Accept feet usually

Practitioners meditate when the practice is warm, the seal appears, and the mind is born: The body and the ten emptiness of space appear from the other consciousness, so the mind of attachment for «Consciousness is feet often», takes right view, delights Tanh Tanh Bodhi, friends of heaven at.

4.  Accept the plants and trees also know

Practitioners meditate when all warm practices, generosity, cessation, cessation, cessation of mind and consciousness have ceased to appear, at that time the consciousness awakens all over, then birth of attachment: «Ten directions of plants and trees are also sentient beings, together with other people not. The grass made to be human, the dead returned to weed the tree. »Meo Tanh Bodhi, lost the right view, will make friends with the two peoples of Ba-tra and Can-ni, accepting all things. there is perception (knowing).

5.  Acceptance of four great birth

Practitioners meditate when the practice is warm, the feet are not yet visible, at that time see the bright fire, clear water, wind, hard earth, because these four items produce objects, and accept as often there, respectful respect worship. Like Mr. Ca Lettuce and the Brahmin sect worship fire, water worship, etc. to pray out of samsara, bewildered Bodhi nature, lose opinions, fall into the religion.

6.  Acceptance of nothingness

Practitioners meditate when all warm practices, seeing warm members, then born accept the warm nothingness, is the refuge of all things, all things are empty. So that lost the right view, ignorant Tanh Bodhi, should become friends with heaven Unbelievable, Four and God Nowhere.

7.  Greed for long life

Practitioners meditate on initiation for this body, often, trying to make this body live and not die, so they become friends of A Tu Da, pray for a long life, bewitched by the Bodhi nature, lose their opinions, fall into the wrong religion.

8.  Attachment to sex scenes

Practitioners meditate when the practice is warm, then see the body and mind annihilate, so being mindful of attachment to the mundane scene, transforms itself into many beautiful ab1u scenes and many beautiful women, then wears joy. Because of the loss of right view, ignorance of Bodhi Bodhisattva's nature, became a friend of Thien ma in the heavenly realm of Heaven (on the crown of the Realms).

9.  The nature of Thinh-van

The practitioner meditates when the practice is warm, the generals of birth and death have passed away, but his feet have passed away yet; -Day, fall on Dinh Dinh Thinh-van Dinh, like Mr. Vo Van Bhikkhu-stilts, being born on the upper side.

10.  Tanh Duyen-sensation

Practitioners meditate when the practice is warm, seeing only a pure, clear color, then the mind of birth for nirvana; then take part before this scene, not increasing demand, ignorant Tanh Bodhi, lost the right view, should fall on Dinh Tanh Duyen-sensation.

Summary

Ananda, the ten dishes, by the meditator, when using the mind of pāh minus the warm consciousness, so it turns out such scenes. Because of the loss of right understanding, delusion of Tanh Bodhi, initiating attachment, giving oneself to meditate, to lead, to become Buddha, to become a Saint, etc. there are people born crazy, so they all fall into the foreign religion.

So you must keep in your heart and obey My teaching: After I have finished, you have to teach me to teach sentient beings to the next generation, protect the spiritual practitioners, don't let them ghost do harm. On their way to spiritual practice, they were straight to the place where Buddha's knowledge did not meet the lines.

This A Nan, who during meditation, met ghosts that appeared many very subtle scenes, if you know, clean the mind of infection, do not create wrong views, then the other ghost scene destroyed, he will go directly to Bodhi

As for the next life, if there are sentient beings who dare not practice meditation, fear of being harmed by ghosts, then he should advise them to persevere in this Shurangama Mantra, so that the other obscurations cannot be harmed, and then go straight to the path. Bodhi.

When Buddha said this Sutta, the whole assembly, which is: monks, nuns, good men, believers, heaven, people, the gods A-tu-la, Saints, Elves, demons, Sravels, Duyen-Giac , Bo-slaps, all happy wedding ceremony Buddha and then back.

NOTE

Buddhists read all these five elements, from here on out, on the way to practice should be cautious, should not meet this information, but dangerous for themselves as well as the future.

We see that among Buddhists, most of the women (sorry ladies) are very confident! Whenever I see an unusual thing, has a magical personality, refuses to calmly consider the foot or the puppet; let it be that the Buddha appeared or the Bodhisattva descended on the earth and so on ... and then invited each other to believe in the order, be as addicted to the drug addicts, invite each other in great numbers till the whole movement. Like the things before you ... that you saw just now ... how are you going to end ... How incredibly dangerous! If you miss an evil step, it will be difficult for hundreds of thousands of lives.

I would like to bring some evidence in the Sutta, for you to look through it, to be careful of the dangers of spiritual practice.

«In the old days, the Superior Patriarch Quat Ton was entering samadhi, was disturbed by Thien Ma for three weeks ... When he came out, he used supernatural powers to subdue the Ghost. After they had regained refuge in the Three Jewels, because of the Master's gift of grace, they came to ask him for a meal to show their gratitude.

The master taught: - «I am a monk who does not have time to go to the boys. I just want to see one thing, if you agree, that is my favor ». Thien ma: - «Yes, disciple please». The master taught: - «When Buddha was born, there was you: so how was Buddha and the saints in the meantime? Today you reappear for me to see ». The angel replied, - «I will obey the Founder Master. But when I appeared to the Buddha, please don't forget to bow to me, for fear of hurting me a lot ». The master promised.

Thien ma a week disappeared, in the moment that the Buddha appeared, the golden body was bright, enough of 32 good generals, 80 beauty, aura shining brightly throughout a corner of the sky, in the forest slowly came out. Which is Sir Xa Loi Phat, Maudgalyayana, Ananda, Ca Lettuce standing on both sides of the majestic enough to fully adjust 1,250 disciples, eagerly followed ...

The Superior Lady Quat Ton saw the Buddha come to a brilliant halo, the Saints followed them, dreadfully and so on ... so very happy, he stood up respectfully, but forgot the previous promise. At that time, Thien Ma disappeared ».

Buddhists we see through this section, should consider: As the Superior Patriarch Quat Ton had known that ghosts appeared to Buddha and had promises before «not bowing», but when ghosts appeared, they forgot, regardless be a ghost or Buddha. If we come across such a situation, how do we think in our hearts?

So on the way to practice, we must always be very careful, should not see anything strange, do not consider carefully, just close your eyes in the stretch, rushing to believe and believe that the Spirit, the true God. If one fall into the wrong road, then hundreds of thousands of lives will be hard to come back. We should remember that: whatever it is, it still loses, whether we believe it or not believe it will not lose. And what is false is massively for a time only, if people do not believe it will destroy itself.

The Buddha taught his disciples: «Should not see the Buddha, follow the Buddha's words and believe; but always think, if true logic will believe ». The Buddha taught so, so that Buddhists will not be deceived by pagan devils.

In the Sutta, the Buddha teaches:

Of course, the color of the self falls

Of course, the sound of praying for falls

Thi Nhon deviant religion

Impossibility of Tathagata

General idea of ​​this paragraph Buddha taught: If anyone thinks that the Buddha's body has 32 good generals, is to see the Buddha, then Zhuan Falun also has 32 good generals, or it appears that the Buddha's body has enough General good, so Buddha or what? -Or hear the voice of the Buddha's ethereal law that is said to hear the Buddha, the bird-steering-frequency-old-age, calling very elegant, so is the voice of the Buddha? Those who believe in this way, being followers of the evil religion, never see the Buddha.

The Buddha often reminded and advised his disciples: Must use the true teaching of the right foot to teach people. When a person understands the truth and believes in it, then that belief is true. Buddha forbids his followers from using miracles or miracles to convert people. Except for a few cases of alienation or demonic subjugation; for fear of later devotional devils use miracles or miracles to fascinate people.

Therefore, Buddha did not fall down from nowhere, or naturally appear; but he also appeared as a human being, grew up with a wife and children, then became a monk and became enlightened, etc. so that sentient beings would later, do not believe in magical or magical things.

When Buddha was still alive, a Vietnamese man offered a bowl to the monks, left it on top of a tall pole, and said, "If anyone takes it, I'll give it to him."

At that time, Mr. Tan Dau Lo, a fake Pharaoh Xa, took supernatural powers to get that bowl. He was severely rebuked by the Buddha, and punished him to stay in the world to worship, to make merit for sentient beings, not to die. And Buddha also instituted the rule of forbidding practitioners to use miracles or miracles before ordinary people.

In the sutta there is also a saying that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sometimes appear to appear to transform beings, such as Maitreya or Avalokiteshvara etc. But when they appear no one knows, except until their passing away, they left some relics. Only then can people know Buddha or Bodhisattva appearing; when they know they will no longer see them.

As Germany Maitreya Bodhisattva embodied as the Venerable Venerable Master. He often carried a large cloth bag, going around here to convert sentient beings, which people did not know, just called Him the Venerable Venerable (1). When he passed away, he said a verse, then it was known that Maitreya Bodhisattva was embodied.

Shelves:

Maitreya Maitreya,

The celestial incarnation,

In modern times,

Time of unconsciousness.

Meaning: Maitreya is really Maitreya, transforming hundreds of thousands of memories of the body; often show people, but people do not know.

III. CONCLUDE

General idea of ​​this whole sutta, the Buddha teaches beings to return to the nature of the mind, head and mind, synonymous with the meaning as in the Lotus Sutra: «Enlightenment of enlightenment and the Buddha's knowledge».

Buddha taught us that: Buddhas and sentient beings have the same true mind. Because sentient beings love the nature of this mind, they should be born in samsara; and the Buddhas who have realized their feet should be liberated. That's why the Buddha taught: «I am the Buddha who became, and the sentient beings of Buddha will become».

The reason why Buddha said this Sutta is that A Nan appeared to be in danger of being arrested by Magdalene. After the Buddha saved salvation, he then prayed to the Buddha to teach any method that the ten directions of the Buddhas to practice were enlightened.

Therefore the Buddha said the Sutra of Surangama, to specify the mind. If enlightenment is realized, you will become a Buddha. It is the only spiritual path of the Buddhas of the past, present and future.

Before merely chon the mind, the Buddha asked the mind to follow the sentient sentient beings normally. Seven chapters asked the mind to make Mr. Ananda the same way; then Buddha slowly pointed to the mind six times. At first Buddha temporarily senses the intuition such as seeing, hearing, etc., which is the mind. When Ananda and the mass understood, Buddha pointed up one more time: «The senses are not disappointed, but they are not mind, it is like the second moon etc ...» Buddha pointed to the Ban being able to produce the senses (phenomena) is truly mindless. That is about the paragraph, in the Chinese script: copy: «Detailed comments, knowledge of knowledge, knowledge of knowledge, ability to access, etc.».

Buddha taught: because you are still in a delusion, it is just called the senses: Seeing, hearing, or knowing of beings; until enlightenment then called the four virtues of Nirvana: often, bliss, self, net. And the Buddha taught: All things are from the heart to appear, such as the five warmths, the six doors, the twelve states, the eighteen precepts and the seven elements, all born of the mind, and then return to the true nature. So he led the general rules about chon Tanh.

At this stage, Mr. A nan realized his feet, so he stood up and prostrated to the Buddha and was worthy of the broad body and mind and made endless deep and wide vows.

He vows: «In the life of five contravenes of evil, I swear in first to save sentient beings; if there is any sentient being yet a Buddha, then I swear it will not result in Nirvana joy ... »And the sentence« Nowhere else can be consumed, don't your will here won't move ». Because of being enlightened to the heart, he made such a large vow.

We have been the level, want for beings to be also degrees, so Mr. A nan Buddha pray for teaching methods for austerities for life after:

Buddha taught three things:

1.- When the scene cannot not remember the concept of hope according to expectations; ie the sentence «any arbitrary distinction». That is, turning the senses as seeing, listening, or knowing all returns to the true nature. If expectations do not start, then the mind is displayed, this is a direct practice of the upper root.

2.- Buddha taught morality. Nhon maintained the mind is pure, thanks to the new mind arises wisdom, to destroy ignorance. Ignorance is all over, the feet themselves manifest. But in this Sutta says morality is just for the mind. That is, the body has not killed, directed, lust until the «know that he has already eradicated» also no longer exists. It is extremely high, extremely difficult. Because if the mind still has an idea of ​​thoughts, then the mind is not pure. If the mind is not yet pure, the world is not.

3.- The Buddha taught that if anyone karma is heavy, he should recite the mantra of Surangama, no matter how heavy the karma is, he will eliminate it all the time, the blessing of growth will become Bodhi; like the wind tossing dust with no difficulty.

On the way to practice, the Buddha taught to go through all kinds of ghosts (colors, feelings, thoughts, and actions, with every ten warmths), it manifested all sorts of things, such as inner ghosts, external ghosts, and enough ways to disturb practitioners. . Until it became a Buddha, it still followed. Like Prince Si Dat Ta, before the moment of enlightenment, under a Bodhi tree, still being disturbed by the new Ma Ma's three children. He will soon become a Buddha after tomorrow.

After each apparition, the Buddha taught: «Because the practitioner uses the practice of meditation, so it appears, it is not to lead or witness, if the practitioner knows in advance, the other ghost scenes are gone. kill no harm, still deluded not to know, for his sake or to witness the Holy Scriptures, being attached to the attachment, then being tempted by its ghosts, then having to fall into evil ways, making relatives of ghosts.

Therefore, austerities need to be cautious, should not encounter this information that is tempted by ghosts, very dangerous for his life as well as the future.

Buddha repeated many times, telling the disciples: «Should I say this to teach the next generation of sentient beings, that everyone knows well, to avoid being harmed by ghosts, on the way to austerities straight to Bodhi religion ».

The Buddha earnestly appealed to his disciples: Today you have been sacrificed by me, so you should not die soon, but you must vow to stay in the Dharma life, to protect the next generation of monks and nuns. who is grateful to Buddha.

The Buddha's kindness is truly infinite, the level of sentient beings is endless, loving us like a mother loves us, teaching us like a gentle mother to encourage children; Repeatedly tirelessly. It is true with the sentence: «Pronoun compassion and sentient beings. Dai Hy, great discharge formula ... ».

Buddhists, we must do how not to sub-loving loving Father, to be worthy of the word "Buddhists".

(1) Venerable Venerable is a Venerable holding a large cloth basket. Big fat belly, face often happy. At present, most pagodas worship him, people often call him Maitreya. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/2/2020.