General Buddhism: Class 8 - Lesson 5 Chapter Maitreya Bodhisattva

V. CHAPTER Maitreya Maitreya.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

1. Maitreya Bodhisattva asks Buddha

At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva in the audience stood up, walked around the right side of the Buddha three times and clasped his hands respectfully, bowed down to the Buddha's feet, and straightly said,

-Bach Venerable Mahamudra, He for the Bodhisattvas and the Public, opened the secret treasure of Tathagata (Enlightenment of the realm) and made the present General with sentient beings of the next lucid fearless, distinguish the Chief Justice, deep understanding reincarnation, for the scene of the Great Nirvana (Nirvana Mahayana) birth certainty, no longer initiating the attachment, returning to the realm of reincarnation again.

Bach Duc The Ton:

1. Bodhisattvas and sentient beings, how can the root be reincarnated, to enter into the ocean of the Tathagata of Tathagata?

2. How many types of beings are there?

3. How many religious people follow the Bodhi religion of Buddha?

4. When the Bodhisattva enters the degree of birth, what means must be used to educate beings?

Bowing to the Blessed One, inviting great compassion for salvation, teaching the present Bodhisattvas and the sentient beings, making beings, their hearts clear, the eyes of wisdom blue, enlightened "Tri supreme knowledge ”of Tathagata.

Maitreya Bodhisattva sometimes invited like that three times, and respectfully bowed to Buddha and then returned.

THE SOLUTION

Because in the chapter of Vajrayana, Buddha taught: "Before the root of reincarnation from beginninglessness", this chapter Maitreya Bodhisattva asked: "... How can the root be reincarnated? AND how many types of beings are there? ”

The intention of this paragraph Maitreya Bodhisattva asked:

1. How can the root of the reincarnation root to enter the sea of ​​Nirvana of Tathagata?

2. How many types of beings are there?

3. How many people cultivate the Bodhi Bodhisattva's path?

4. When the Bodhisattva enters the world of being, what means can we use to educate beings?

Dai Dai Sea passed away. -It is the Nirvana of Mahayana, vastly vast as the sea, has been calm and quiet so it should be called "passed away". Enough all four virtues: Chon often, Chon lost, Chon and Chon net. Also another name Vien Giac or Chon Chon.

Maitreya Bodhisattva . -Japanese: In countless previous lives, the Buddha was born the name of Dai Thong Tri Thang Tathagata, at that time He (Maitreya) and Buddha Shakyamuni (predecessor) co-produced the Bodhi mind. It was not until the Buddha Nhut Nguyet Dang Minh was born that he became a monk, but he was a good-natured person, accustomed to the style of spontaneity and unrulyness, did not urge to practice spiritually, so he became a Buddha after Shakyamuni , in the tenth incarnation.

Later thanks to the Buddha Shakyamuni taught the method of Knowledge, He contemplates "Three Precepts of the ideal mind, all of them"

Because realizing that wealth, fame and title ... are like the shadow in the mirror like the moon under the water, due to the consciousness that disappears, he alleviates all the delusions about the delusion of the fictional scene, minus the "turn next accept "on" y tha ", enlightened nature" members of the truth "should be signed by Buddha Shakyamuni to later become Buddha in this world.

Maitreya's current body: 2500 years ago (544, before TL), when Shakyamuni Buddha was born in India, he embodied in Brahmin's house, Ba Ba Loi, who went to Nam Thien Truc, to the first day of the first lunar month His surname is Abhidharma (none more), the name Maitreya (Từ Thị). This surname represents His infinite compassion and joy. From many lifetimes to becoming a Buddha, he also took the name of Maitreya.

The Maitreya Sutta says: On the second full moon day of the second month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of the twenty first month (the month of the fourth month), he passes away on the spot of birth; and then reduced again in the increased lifetimes, human beings enjoy the life of eighty years old, at that time, he descended to this realm, and then came to sit at the base of the flower. He became a Buddha and turned countless sentient beings to six thousand years to pass away.

The reincarnation of Maitreya: The Sutta says, "Bodhisattva has the benefit of being an obligation": Bodhisattva takes salvation to benefit sentient beings as his duty. He manifested many bodies to confuse each and every one of his classes in order to convert beings. Among his incarnations, Buddhists in China and in Vietnam understand and worship most of all the body of the Venerable Father. He embodied a Venerable in the land of Minh Chau Phung Hoa district in China. He often plucked the cloth around the market, who gave away everything he put in it. He gathered the children, then distributed them to confectionery, taught the Dharma, and had fun chatting, so when he went, the children gathered there.

He often preached to the poor, doing incredible things. At that time, no one understood what he was like, just together they called him the Venerable Master (the Venerable was carrying cloth). In the reign of Luong Minh, the third and third year of Trinh Minh, he met them at Nhac Lam pagoda, and then he sat upright and said the verse:

Maitreya Maitreya

Natural transformation incarnation

Time of good times

Time of unconsciousness

(Maitreya is really Maitreya, transforming hundreds of thousands of memories, often present in life, but no one knows about it.) It already shelf, He passed away. The monks and nuns came together to worship and erect the statue of him worshiping at the temple east of Nhac Lam pagoda in China.

Because based on this response, so in the temples in China or Vietnam often worship the Venerable Father with a gentle face from joy, a smile and a smile, symbolizing the virtue of joy. Fat, big belly, or holding a rope There were six babies climbing around him, symbolizing the six thieves (six enemies) who had been surrendered to him. This is the reincarnation of the hundred thousand incarnations of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

The future of Maitreya: Today Maitreya is a Bodhisattva patron in the inner palace of Tushita, waiting until this world ends, declining the 9th, then until the 10th rose, while multiplying kind of life expectancy is over eighty thousand years old, at that time he was new cockroach birth in this world, in the house of a Brahmin named Tu Pham Ma, his mother named Pham Ma Bat De. When he was born, he had many good generals, integrity, and intelligence. When he grew up, he became a monk and went to Ke Tuc mountain to receive the medicine of Shakyamuni Buddha, given by Mr. Ma Ha Ca Lettuce, and later he went to sit under the tree of Long Hoa using Kim Cang to eradicate the subtle and immaculate. proving, the supreme witness to Bodhi.

He lectured at Hoa Lam lecture hall under the Long Hoa tree. The first association was forty-six memories of Arahant, the second assembly of ninety-four memories of Arahant, the third assembly accounted for twenty-two memories of Arahant. Htế should call "Long Hoa triploid". His sermon to sixty thousand years, chemical countless beings.

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2. Buddha praised Maitreya Bodhisattva

Then the Blessed One praised Maitreya Bodhisattva and taught,

-This is Thien Nam, very precious! He, because of the present Bodhisattvas and the sentient beings, asks Tathagata with the sublime noble meanings, makes the Bodhisattvas have a pure wisdom eye and all sentient beings after Samsara samsara, real enlightenment mind (1)  and a testimony to Be infinite (2) . You should listen attentively, I will because you teach.

At that time, Maitreya Bodhisattva and the Great Assembly rejoiced in obedience and obedience to Buddha's instructions.

THE SOLUTION

At this stage, the Buddha praised Maitreya Bodhisattva: Having asked him to let the Buddha teach, so that the present Bodhisattvas, the wisdom eyes, are enlightened, and the sentient beings of the next life will also come out of this question forever. reincarnation.

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(1) Truly General: General is true, not disappointed, not changed by time, transformed space, through ancient times, it has often been like; also a nickname for "Vien Giac".

(2) Infertility: The word "forbearance" means patience, abiding or witness. The word "not born" is not born. That is: abiding at the place where the Self and the Dharma are no longer arising, that is, abiding by the "mind"

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3. Buddha taught: Loving and education is the root of samsara

-This is Thien Nam! All sentient beings from beginning to now, due to the "sex and craving" should be born reincarnation. All of us in the world have four species in short:

1. The species that produces eggs

2. Species have children

3. Species being wet

4. Species of being

These types of beings, are all created by "lust" that constitute its life (especially beings of lustful pediatric life).

Therefore, they should know: the root of samsara is "Loving" and "Sex". Because there is "education" for new born attachment, due to "attachment" should be born and death, connecting always end.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph Buddha pointed out the root of samsara is "love and craving". Just as the body of our brothers here, are all created by lust.

By the body was born due to craving, nnânm nàng still craving longer, craving longer, the body longer.

In the Buddhist scriptures, it is written: "There is craving for birth, craving for everything is gone; Said the root of samsara is craving (organic love rules being born, take advantage of death cessation, trying tri samsara, craving for the duty).

In the Nirvana Sutta also says: "loving kindness, goodness, loving kindness, weakness for craving, good love, love for living beings". Meaning: Because craving should be born lo, lo lo new born fear, if people are already craving, what is the concern and what is it afraid?

Four species:

1. ovum: species that produce eggs, such as birds, fishes etc.

2. Pregnancy and birth: species to give birth, such as humans and animals, etc.

3. Low birth: species of humid places, such as larvae, germs, etc.

4. Biochemistry: as the pupae make butterflies, or as hell species, hungry ghosts and gods ...

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-This is Thien Nam! Nhon craving should be born "sex", due to the new sex should have body. Therefore, should trace to the root of saying, being sentient beings attachment to the body ie "Lust". Craving is "loving", but loving one's body is "fruit".

CONSOLIDATION

Mr. Sun said: "Because the external sex scene it teases, making the mind to be craving; due to the attachment, so new born craving. Because of craving should create karma, created new career results. hi life expectancy and then suffering to create again. So samsara is not the same ”.

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4. Buddha answered the question: "How many beings are samsara?"

-This is Thien Nam! There are so many things going on in the red scene, if people encounter adversity, birth and hatred, create evil karma, then they fall into Hell, Hell, and animals.

If people know boring scenes, prefer to create good karma, ridicule bad karma, then be reborn in the realms of heaven and the sex world.

As for the mundane people who criticize the mundane scene, pollution in the realms of Education, craving for the scene of Tuu meditation and the Eight Precepts of the two realms, as well as the root of craving, so being born of two realms is "heavenly Sac" gender "and" Colorless gender ".

The above types of beings, are still in the cycle of birth and death, because there are craving, so there is no Holy Path. So, beings who want to escape samsara, they must first eradicate craving and attachment.

THE SOLUTION

The passage above was Maitreya Bodhisattva asking, "How many types of beings are samsara?". At this stage the Buddha answered that there are three types of samsara:

1. Evil karma:  Like Hell, Peta and animal being (evil karma is angry, then fall into hell, bad karma, medium is damned Hungry, bad karma, then down to animals).

2. Good karma:  - This is about friendly property. Such as: Thien, Nhon and Spirit of A Tu La (An unwholesome wholesome career is born in the six realms of Heaven,

3.  Real estate  (Meditation) - Like heaven and the four heavenly heavenly. Because of meditation practice that was born in the four realms of Zen in Sac (1. Ly, born Hy Hy Lac location; 2. Dinh, born Hy Hy Lac; 3. Ly Hy, marvelous land; 4. Discharge concept, purity) ). And the four realms of Hông, in the form of Heaven Without Form

Three types of beings (bad karma, good karma and real estate career), although highly visible, vile to different, but also also craving and sex, not only rough or subtle. Craving also means defilement of property; because troublesome property is still illegal, there must be samsara.

In short, because beings in the three realms (sex world, gender identity and gender identity gender) still craving should all reincarnation.

At the end of this paragraph, the Buddha taught a sentence:

"... Therefore, sentient beings, in order to get out of samsara, they must first eradicate craving and craving" (The visions of beings, liberation from samsara, as long as reincarnation, first pass, except craving).

The Buddha taught the Dharma to come out of samsara, there is only one sentence:

"The passage of sex and desire"

Very simple and extremely clear. What a "golden mold of pearl", worthy of making an old rule for eternity! Practitioners only practice as the Buddha taught here, that is Tu, Tu is already there.

As in the Shurangama Sutra, Buddha taught that:

" ... Tam Tam except,

The ceiling is impossible ... ”

Means: The mind thinks about taking part in sex, if it doesn't stop, then this rosy scene never knows when to get out.

5. Bodhisattva embodied, not by craving but by compassion and vow

-This is Thien Nam! The Bodhisattvas incarnate themselves in the world, not because of the defilements of craving like sentient beings, but due to their compassion and great vow to salvation, so they have appeared the body of desire to enter samsara to transform beings. , causing sentient beings to let go of craving.

THE SOLUTION

Because of fear of people misunderstanding: Bodhisattva also has parents, wife, etc. ... all must have craving, defilement and also birth and death as sentient beings, so this paragraph explains Buddha: Bodhisattva due to compassion and vow to save the world, should appear the body of desire, to enter samsaric existence so that all beings, not really there is craving and samsara.

6. Buddha taught: There are five strains

-This is Thien Nam! If all sentient beings of the next generation, to abandon the sensual desires, except for the mind of hatred, to completely stop samsaric existence, where the mind is pure and pray to enter the world of Vien Giac of Tathagata, they will be enlightened.

-This is Thien Nam! All beings born from ignorance take part in sex, so they produce five other false nature. These five characteristics are based on the elimination of two shallow and deep rooted channels.

What are the two obstacles?

1. Physical obstacles: obstacles Chief Justice Chief

2. The obstacles: do continue the birth and death. If for the two dishes this cheek has absolutely no paragraph then called being

THE SOLUTION

Then on Maitreya Bodhisattva asked, "How many people practice Buddhism in the Bodhi religion?" At this stage Buddha answered there were five classes. But the five classes are based on the elimination of the two shallow and deep obstacles of the meditator.

Ly obstacles: Disturbance on Ly, also named "Department of obstacle", due to the French birth. Because the law should make obstacles "Chon as reason" does not appear; Therefore, it should be said that "Li chapter is the obstacle of right understanding of Buddha"

The obstacles: Disturbing about, also known as "negativity, due to ego. Because of the defilements should create karma because creating karma should take reincarnation. So Buddha said: "The obstacles continue to follow samsara."

By clinging to ego should arise the negativity as obstacles Bodhi. By accepting ego should be born Department of obstacle, making mind austerities, for these two obstacles have not been any, so only called "beings" that are not listed in the five racial identity.

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-This is Thien Nam! What is the year racial identity?

1. Thinh van racial identity

2. Pratyekabuddha nature

3. Bodhisattva racial identity

4. Uncertain identity

5. Foreign religion racial identity

1. Thinh Van and

2. Pratyekabuddha nature

If sentient beings do not take part in sex, except for the hindrance (ego) but the reason for hindrance (the law) is not broken, then only the vipāka and the Pratyekabuddha do not remain in the realm of Bodhisattva.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph is about the racial nature Thinh Van and Pratyekabuddha, collectively known as "the duality of racial nature".

Granted that these two fruits completely abandon greed, break the ego, except the obstruction, the same stage being samsara and also not deducted the obstacle (the law) but the practice of ahai is different.

-One party practice from the Four Noble Truths is the obstruction (ego) is called "poetic literature"

-On one side of practice, "Twelve charming graceful coast is the obstacle (ego) is called" Pratyekabuddha nature ".

Mr. Sunshi explained, "Knowing suffering and suffering, eliminating the mind of climbing, is called subtracting the" hindrances ", in fact it is not possible to deduct the three sacrifices" (the three sacrifices, see in the Mahayana) news).

3. Bodhisattva Tanh Tanh

-This is Thien Nam! If the sentient beings of the next generation want to enter the Great Enlightenment sea of ​​Tathagata, they must first make a vow, painstakingly eliminate the two obstacles. Until the two dishes were obedient, the enlightenment into the realm of Bodhisattva.

If the obstacle course (ego, attachment) has completely disappeared, then enter the scene of Giac Vien Vien Giac of the Tathagata, perfect the result of Bodhi and attain Nirvana.

THE SOLUTION

This paragraph is about the bodhisattva identity. There are two periods:

1. The new period of two obstacles nestle.

2. The period of two paragraph break

Practitioners since the status of ordinary people, are being two obstacles (negativity and Department of knowledge obstacles) raging, then undergo the stage of tension, until the two obstacles are obeyed, just like that Bodhisattva. When ascending to the Bodhisattva's position, continue the obstacle, until the time of breaking the disturbing emotions (ego) is to be Bodhi (the virtue), the rupture will be the knowledge of hindrances (dharma), so that it will be Nirvana (the passage). virtue). The two obstacles are permanently broken, then into the "Buddha".

Why make a Bodhisattva nature without making a Tathagata? Because the Bodhisattva cultivates until it is completely final, then attaining Buddhahood, so there is no more Tathagata.

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4. Uncertain identity

-This Thi Thi nam! There are types of beings who can witness Vien Giac. However, if they meet the Good Knowledge, they become a Hinayana; also meet good knowledge is Bodhisattva chemical level, they become Mahayana. If you meet Tathagata teaching the highest path of Bodhi, then they become Buddhas.

THE SOLUTION

This passage is about "Uncertainty about identity". This means beings are not certain Mahayana or Hinayana. If you meet the Knowledge-based wisdom of Mahayana Mahayana, then they become Mahayana; also meet Thien knowledge belonging to the Hinayana, then they become Hinayana.

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5. Foreign religion racial identity

-This is Thien Nam! There are sentient beings who reach the level of knowledge, who only teaches the way of spiritual practice, but they meet the pagan deviant teacher who teaches him, so they produce wrong views and understand no real chon Chanh, so-called "pagan religion of nature". This is not the fault of that being, but the fault at the evil monk.

In short, sentient beings from Bodhi, there are five different racial characteristics, as we have just finished.

THE SOLUTION

This passage is about the "pagan religion of nature". Although this being still has austerities, but does not meet the "good knowledge" of education, meets the deviant teacher who teaches, so the pagan.

Because our understanding is false, not the right path, so called "pagan". Foreign direct racial identity, in other business called "Xian filed racial identity," meaning "paragraph like Buddha". Because of the four strains of nature, although there is different Mahayana and Hinayana, they are also "enlightened", only the Outer Path, born of wrong views, eradicate right view, in contrast to the chief Buddha should be called "they Xan threads" (paragraph like Buddha).

7. Bodhisattva entered the world of birth and appearance, the scenes and reversible scenes

-This is good man! The bodhisattvas all take care of their vow of being born from beginninglessness and due to pure compassion (1), they  should enter the world of being. Bodhisattva uses the means to appear many appearances, sometimes the scene is favorable, sometimes the scene is adversely, sometimes lurking with living beings and co-working as beings (Comrade photographer) for convenience chemical surface, making beings to be Buddha.

THE SOLUTION

Then on Maitreya Bodhisattva asked the Buddha: "When do bodhisattvas enter the world of being, what means must we use to educate sentient beings?"

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(1) Great compassion: Bodhisattva, due to compassion, is merciful to beings, and embodifies the religion, not because of fame and profit, etc. so it says "Pure"

An outline of this paragraph the Buddha answered: Bodhisattva due to the original being born from beginningless (bodhisattva of course being born for the duty of nostalgia), and the Great compassion pure urged, should enter the world of being; unlike beings as craving pollutes and is attracted to karma.

Bodhisattva used the means, many appearances to the form of birth. As Mr. Guan Yin has 32 candidates, Maitreya Bodhisattva manifests himself as the Venerable Venerable, or has the emanation of Kim Cang, the embodiment of Tarn, the Decade, the Tithing of Minh Vuong, the Head of Taurus, the Code of the Institute and so on. sometimes "From", sometimes "Oai" should say:

" Kim Cang revealed the reason for the four ghosts

Bodhisattva mi mi market by someone from the continent "

Means: God Kim Cang rolled his eyes to submit to the four ghosts. Bodhisattva invites you to be compassionate beings in 6 paths. Bodhisattva when the scene appears: teaching the Dharma to encourage people to practice etc. sometimes adversity such as the current pan of boiling oil, to let Mr. Nan Da fake false, or use frames to beat etc. so that the awakened one will wake up. Oldman said, "People who do not have an accident don't know how to return to goodness." (Nhon in thousands of thousands, no beginning). Or like Mr. Thien Tai Dong Tu went to study with Ms. Tu Mat Nu Nu, etc.

The Colonel sometimes appears at the same time as beings and co-workers such as sentient beings (like Sir Luc To when being with hunters etc ... to lead the sentient beings back to the Chief Path).

In summary, the Bodhisattva entered the world of birth, are driven by the mind of great compassion, taking the Vow as the basis, using the means of many subjects, though not fixed, but generally not apart from Thuan and Mischief. Either use the teaching (oral education) or embody the chemical (physical education), or use colleagues, photography, one purpose is to make sentient beings be liberated and become Buddha.

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8. Only pray to become a Buddha, not be a duality and not meet the pagan

-This is Thien Nam! If sentient beings of the next generation develop the pure vows of the Bodhisattva and initiate the mind to increase their prayers and enter Vien Giac, they must make this vow:

I pray today, to meet the Knowledge of Goodness, teach me to practice to enter the Vien Giac of Buddha, not to meet the pagan deviant and the Second Vehicle.

Con Y according to the prayer of practice, the end of time except the obstacles. When the obstructions are completed, you will be fully contented, and you will be able to enter into the great Giac Vien, solemnly nice and up to the pure palace of Tathagata's liberation.

THE SOLUTION

In this paragraph, the Buddha taught the sentient beings who want to pray for enlightenment, they must make a vow: "Please do not meet the pagan monk and the Hinayana who are only concerned about the negative selfish practices and refrain from propagating the Dharma of birth. I pray to meet with the Mahāyāna knowledge, actively cultivate and benefit, teach me how to practice Buddhahood. ”

Mr. Nhu Son said: "Li, although enlightened, but for the general, the times must be eradicated."

When the obstacles are gone, then go, sit and sit in all the time and all seats, are freed. It is the pure liberating palace and the solemn Vien Giac member of Tathagata.

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9. Buddha said verse, summed up the above meanings

At that time, Lord Buddha, in order to summarize the above meanings, he said:

D i Lặc! He should know:

All beings

Because of desire,

Should measure into samsara

There is no great liberation.

If someone loves it,

Along with greed, hatred and delusion.

No need to practice anything else,

All are Buddha.

Pray to see the Master,

Enlightenment is the Chief Justice,

He followed the Bodhisattva vows,

Except for the two obstructions,

To enter the great Nirvana

The Bodhisattva ten directions,

Because of compassion,

Vow into samsara,

Depending on the type of beings.

Current spiritual practitioners

And the sentient beings later,

Must eradicate or,

Just to enter Vien Giac

THE SOLUTION

This verse Buddha called Maitreya Bodhisattva that dthoat. If the whole paragraph is greed, hatred, ignorance etc. then you can attain Buddhahood. So austerities must pray to the enlightened Master, and then follow the Bodhisattva's wish to eliminate the two obstacles and witness the Buddha's Nirvana.

The Bodhisattvas in the ten directions are all motivated by the great compassion and self-willed, so they cannot rest in peace and liberate themselves, enjoying the pure solitude of selfishness as goods. Hinayana; that Bodhisattva vows to enter the world, being mixed with labor to customize the coast. Not afraid of pollution, not to mention labor time, no hard words.

As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva vows,

"Beings to the witness of Bodhi

Hell does not swear to become a Buddha "

Ananda also swore that:

“... The first five enemies of the world entered

Like all beings become Buddhas

They tried it out completely… ” END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/2/2020.