General Buddhism: Course 8 - lesson 4 Chapter Kim Cang Tibetan

IV. CHAPTER KIM CANG TANG.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

1.  Vajrayana Bodhisattva asked Buddha

At that time, Vajrayana Bodhisattva, in the Great Bodhisattva stood up, walked around the right side of the Buddha three times, and respectfully clapped his hands, bowed at the feet of the Buddha, and then knelt straight and said:

White Venerable Mahā biāra bii, he did for the Bodhisattvas to express the "Tanh Vien Giac" of Tathagata, and only taught the means and austerities to enter into Tanh Vien Giac. He opened the shady cloud of ignorance for sentient beings. Occasionally in this conference, thanks to the compassion of the enlightened Buddha, the wisdom eyes are clear.

Bach Duc The Ton:

1. If sentient beings have become Buddhas from past to present, why is there all ignorance to return to being sentient beings again?

2. If sentient beings have ignorance, what are the reasons for Tathagata to say, "beings have become Buddha from ancient times to the present"?

3. If 10 directions have been Buddha since the old, later born ignorance; So the current Tathagata has become the Buddha already, as long as the Buddha was born again afflicted?

Bowing in Germany, World Religion, because the Bodhisattva present and all sentient beings of the next life, uproot the doubtful roots, making beings enter enlightenment.

THE SOLUTION

An outline of this paragraph, he Vajrayana Bodhisattva suspected: There is ignorance, called beings, not ignorance called Buddha; And yet the Tathagata said, "beings have become Buddhas from time to time."

If sentient beings have become Buddhas from ancient times to the present, there must be no ignorance. If there is no ignorance, then it is no longer called beings. Why does Buddha even call: "Beings"?

Again, if sentient beings are available ignorance, it is not possible to say, "Hybrid to become Buddha." Why does the Buddha say: "the original being has become the Buddha".

We practitioners have to go through three countless lives to become a Buddha. If after becoming a Buddha, ignorance arises again as sentient beings, then we know how long it is! Again, the Buddhas have become Buddhas, so when will they become ignorant and become beings again?

This passage is like in the Shurangama Sutra, when His Holiness Phu Lau Na Di Da La Ni Tu asked the Buddha: "The mind is inherently pure, why at the time of birth came the great mountain and the beings?"

2. The Buddha praised the Vajrayana Buddha

At that time the Blessed One praised Vajrayana Bodhisattva and taught,

- Hey Thien nam, very precious! He because the current Bodhisattva and later beings asked Tathagata the magical teachings.

We now say that you say the Mahayana teachings, the ultimate and noble meaning, cause Bodhisattvas to study in the ten directions, and all the sentient beings of the next generation, to eliminate all doubts and beliefs. mind for sure. So you should listen closely to my advice.

At that time, Kim Cang Bodhisattva Bodhisattva and the Great Assembly rejoice, respectfully obey the teachings of Buddhism.

THE SOLUTION

Kim Cang is a gem, hardest in the type of pearl. It is hard but sharp (sharp), or destroys things, but things cannot destroy it.

This section Kim Bodhisattva Bodhisattva stood up to ask the difficult places, which is typical to use the vajra position to eliminate deep delusions (ignorance).

Kim Cang Bodhisattva is also a prime minister in the Bodhisattva's row.

3. Buddha taught: Enlightenment says enlightenment, Enlightenment becomes a delusion

-This is Thien Nam! All measures, with fidelity, birth and death, afterlife, property, any convergence, start, stop, rotate, back and forth, the discharge of discharge, each concept is always connected. The above categories are all reincarnation. People not out of reincarnation that inconceivable to Park, the nature of "the sense" which also became samsara  (the production of reincarnation pediatric measures Giac Vien, Belgium Giac tanht memories flow)  If persons from samsara  (out of delusion)  then there is no such thing.

THE SOLUTION

The intention of this paragraph Buddha said: People are still in "love" that the "enlightenment" then the "rage" a also into "love". Using the mind of sentient beings to think about the Buddha realm, the Buddha realm also becomes a being. Using the mind of reincarnation to think of the nature of Enlightenment, the "enlightened nature" also becomes the reincarnation.

Buddha told him to be a Bodhisattva Bodhisattva: If he stands within the void of hope, relative, there are saints, beings, Buddhas, etc. but it is impossible to consider the absolute, disinterested realm of the Buddhas. Therefore, people who want to understand the sublime place of Buddhism need to cultivate, not be able to speak without understanding.

4. Buddha used the example to explain the meaning above

-This is Thien Nam! For example, because the eye winked, the water was wavy; because the eye cannot see it, it becomes a ring of fire; But flying in the clouds saw the moon run. Because the boat went and saw the shore. While things are moving, such as blinking eyes, flying clouds, running boats and so on. but the other peaceful objects such as standing water, fire spotting, the moon stopped, and saw c moving instead, let alone using the mind of infection of samsara to observe the pure Vien Giac nature of Tathagata, then the nature of Vien Giac How can this not be infected? So he gave birth to three questions above.

THE SOLUTION

In this paragraph, the Buddha used trivial things in life as examples, such as blinking eyes, flying planes, boats etc. That sees water, moonshine flying, shore running, etc. to indicate: because of using the mind's structure of delusion of sentient beings, observing and thinking about the Buddha's realm, the Buddha's scene becomes relatively delirious.

Because Kim Cang Bodhisattva uses the mind to discriminate whether there is no birth, kill, holy etc., so there are beings who have not become Buddha and already have Buddha. Therefore, he spawned three doubts above. If he entered into the pure nature of enlightened Enlightenment, then the good generals treated like holy beings infected with impurity, samsara and nirvana, beings and Buddhas. At that time, he did not doubt as above. So the following paragraph Buddha rebuked: "... the words he asked there, there is no right ..."

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5. Buddha taught: the illusory Dharma, not real birth and death

-This is Thien Nam! For example, a blind man looks hopelessly hopeless, and sees speckled flowers. By the time the sickness was gone, the spotting flower would kill itself. At that time, he should not ask: "This sickness is already gone, so long as birth again?" - Why? - Because the blindness that it is illusory is not real.

And, also should not ask: "Spotted flower spots disappear in nowhere, so long as the spotting flowers are born again?" - Why? - Because nowhere without flower spots, so it does not have spotting flowers or kill spotted flowers.

Samsara and nirvana for the nature of Enlightenment, like flower-blooming, kill in vain. Tanh Vien Giac is still full of mystery, quietly shining, leaving the mundane ignorance and the spotted flower realm.

Hey Thien nam! Should know nowhere else is not temporary and temporary, let alone Vien Giac Tathagata of Tathagata is the nature of nowhere, it's equal depending on the coast, but it is temporary and temporary or not.

THE SOLUTION

The main idea of ​​this paragraph says: Ignorance and false views, are illusory illusory, as well as spotted flowers and eyes. Because flowers are spotted with food, they are not real plants, so it is not really born and die. Therefore, when the end of the chewing, should not ask: "as long as chew back again?" Or the spotted flower is gone, should not ask: "When will it be born again?"

United spotting and gnawing, despite its expectation, the hope of passing away, but nowhere is still pure and quiet. Just as ignorance and outlook, despite the expectation of arising and passing away, that Vien Giac awareness is still pure and full of separation from ignorance and outlook.

Emptiness is unequal depending on objects, which appear to be General Square and Round. As well as equals Vien Giac equal, depending on the coast that appears to all France.

Nowhere, neither is the flower spotted by the flower that it temporarily has, nor is it the flower blooming am2 it temporarily does not; by nature often does not have equality and equality, depending on the flowers dressed in love to kill, but nowhere remains unchanged.

Similarly, the pure awareness of Tathagata is often equal and depends on the Dharma. Not ignorance at the time of ignorance that it temporarily has, or ignorance that it temporarily does not, it depends on all, without obstacles.

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6. Buddha used for example, to show that when he became Buddha, he did not come back as a being

-This is Thien Nam! For example, the mineral substance, after being filtered, removed all the ore, then only gold. This gold is not made by purification, because it is already available before, and once it becomes golden, never again becomes ore, no matter how many years it has gone, it will not spoil.

Tanh Vien Giac pure of Tathagata as well.

THE SOLUTION

Buddha used gold to for example nature Vien Giac, used to lure beings. When gold is in the mineral, just as Buddha Nature (Vien Giac) is in the shell of sentient beings. Because y where Buddha nature is available, Buddha said: "beings have become Buddhas".

When the mineral metal is brought to smelting and refining, the ore is only y gold.

Like sentient beings, after going through the cultivation period, refining all ignorance, disturbing emotions, and Tanh Vien awareness, they become Buddhas; then there is no longer ignorance of disturbing ignorance back to being beings.

Untreated oil, refining the ore, then gold is still available. When cooking, refining all the ore into gold and then, not then have the gold. Tanh Vien sensory too, when making beings, it is still available, should say: "beings have become Buddha". Experiencing time to eliminate all the ignorance of disturbing emotions, Vien Giac nature appears, not then it is born.

When Vien Giac nature has completely appeared, the ignorance of afflictions is no longer being born again.

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7. Tanh Vien Giac Africa all generals

-Hey thien nam! Tanh Vien senses the mystery of Tathagata without Bodhi, and Nirvana, without becoming Buddha and without becoming Buddha, nor with reincarnation and non-samsara.

THE SOLUTION

Standing on the relative side that said: Because there is negativity should have Bodhi, there is birth and death should have Nirvana, reincarnation should be freed, there are new beings with Buddha.

But on the side of absolute reason, that is, the enlightened mind of Vien Giac, Lai negativity did not, so Bodhi did not exist, samsara did not, so Nirvana did not exist, until sentient beings didn't, so neither did Buddha.

To this realm, the speech did not hit, thinking nor aiming. Practitioners must self-certification.

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8. Tanh Vien Giac cannot think

-This Thien Nam! Very hungry as the realm of Nirvana body and mind cessation of Sravaka  (1)  Theravada other, and can not be used by discrimination which itself evidence, let alone the realm of Vienna combining purity of the Tathagata but use the mind to think compared to sentient beings, how could they enter?

As well as fire users spotted, to burn Mount Tu di, how to burn. User mind reincarnation, birth expectation accept reincarnation, but want to enter the sea of ​​Nirvana President of Tathagata is not possible.

So I teach: All the Bodhisattvas and sentient beings of the next generation must first finish the end of samsara from beginningless life.

THE SOLUTION

The realm of Nirvana of Sravaka is the state of Hinayana (depression not confessing to death) but also cannot think, let alone the realm of the supreme Buddha, and use the mind of samsara In the world of Theravada and Hinayana's mind to think about the discrimination of Vien Giac Vien's realm, it is impossible to understand (lice) as well as the fire of a spotted firefly to burn Mount Meru is not possible.

Therefore, the Buddha taught: "before the end of the basic samsara from beginningless existence", that is, eliminating the mind of discrimination. As in the Shurangama Sutra, the Buddha clearly taught two basic things:

1. Must be the basis of samsara samsara is the mind

2. Must abide by the basic place

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(1) Body and mind of the vanishing van Thinh Van Hinata Hinayana very afraid of the chemical director of birth, for fear of encountering adversity and ignorance negativity emerged, which must be transformed. Because of that, he kept worrying about liberating himself. From this life to the next life, preferring to live in solitude, infatuated with the Nirvana scene of Hinayana, keeping the mind calm and still not daring to commemorate, fascination with meditation, the body does not move as well as cold ash, so said: "Body and mind cease" Another place called: "Tram does not confess to the body, kill mind", meaning: drunk with no scenes, enjoying the solitary place, the body is silent like cold ash, the mind is dead, not clawed.

Because of this, the Buddha rebukes the Hinayana, which is dry, withered apricot (decapitated), meaning that the seed is dry, unable to crack dreams.

Buddha taught again: No one should plant seed in vain, but must cultivate it on the ground. Like Bodhi, it is not possible to cultivate in vacant places, but to cultivate in the land of sentient beings. Therefore, if you want to attain Buddhahood, you have to convert beings.

9. Can not use sentient beings mind, distinguish the Buddha scene

-This is Thien Nam! If there is a discriminating thought from the arising of mind-consciousness (consciousness) arising, all thoughts are delusional discriminatory delusions according to the shadow of the six senses. It is as hopeless as a spotted flower in nowhere, not the feet. If he uses this mind of thinking to think about the realms of the Buddhas, then the realm is also lurking within the delusion of sentient beings. Just as a person sitting in waiting for a flower to bloom in the middle of nowhere will produce fruit, it is not possible.

Hey Thien nam! he used the mind of vanity and vanity, giving birth to crafty attachments, so he could not enter the true Path of Tathagata Vien Giac. Therefore, the words he asked above, are ambiguous distinctions, not true questions true.

THE SOLUTION

The Buddha, after spending three countless lifetimes, became a Buddhist monk, Shakyamuni, taught him: Buddha is available. ” In kin said: "The city is still not successful", or the sentence: "Wukong willow enlightenment, lawless herons." (Enlightenment is the same as before enlightenment, because there is no dharma and no other mind.)

This Buddha nature, not only that he alone has, but all beings are available. Because based on this Buddha nature is available, so he said: "All sentient beings have Buddha nature" or in the Nghiem Hoa business, "All beings have full wisdom and virtue of Tathagata." . Therefore, he said, "Sentient beings have long become Buddhas."

So, one who wants to understand this reason must enter the Buddha realm, the level must be almost Buddha to understand. If you only use the mind's gross structure, which is differentiated from sentient beings, how can one understand it compared to the realm of Buddha? Just like someone who wants to understand the old lady's eighty words, at least the level is almost like the old lady will understand. If using the immature mind of children aged five and ten, if they think of an old man's sentence, how to understand it. That is why Buddha said: "The words he asked on the dotted line are deluded, not sincere.

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10. Buddha said the verse to recap the above meanings

Then Germany World Religion, want to summarize the above, should say that:

K im Cang Tibetan! Should know:

Tathagata became quiet,

Never had it been,

If you use the mind of reincarnation,

Thinking about the Buddha realm,

Buddha into reincarnation

People on the edge of reincarnation,

Unable to enter the Buddha Sea.

Although Buddha nature is available,

It is necessary to practice clearly.

Just as gold is available,

New ore must be filtered.

When he became a yak,

Do not go back to make ore.

Birth and Nirvana,

Phàm phu and the Buddhas,

All like spotted flowers.

The mind of thought is illusory,

How to enter feet?

If this mind is clear,

Just got Vien Giac.

THE SOLUTION

This verse summarizes the above meanings. The general idea: Tanh Vien Giac of the pure Buddha tranquility, no saints, beings and Buddhists, etc. If using the discriminating mind of sentient beings to distinguish the Buddha realm, then the Buddha scene also becomes a sentient being.

Beings, though Buddha Tanh, is available, but they must be cultivated. Like gold, although it is available in minerals, it has to be filtered to make gold. When it became gold, then no longer back to make ore. Just like when he became a Buddha, he no longer returned to being a being.

Because standing within the expectation of relative infection, one should see samsara and nirvana, beings and Buddha; Don't stand on the nature of Vien Giac Tathagata, the above measures are like flower spots in the middle of nowhere.

Kim Cang Bodhisattva because he wanted to represent the ordinary woman, so he used the mind of infection of sentient beings to think and measure, see the sentient beings and Buddha, and fake those unreal questions. These questions, with respect to the true awareness Vien Tathagata, are not intended at all. Therefore, Buddha rebuked, saying, "The words you ask are not righteous."

Therefore, practitioners have to leave differentiated thoughts to understand Vien Giac nature. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/2/2020.