Meaning 7 steps of Shakyamuni Buddha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Every spring to the full moon day of the fourth lunar month, the Buddha's disciples all over the world rejoice to celebrate the birth of the Enlightened One. The birth of the Buddha has opened mankind a way out of samsara, that life must bear in many reincarnations.

From the beginning to find a teacher to discover his own mind, he has gone through many hardships, sometimes seemingly giving up in the middle of the cloudy path. Finally enlightened, enlightenment and liberation also comes to the Blessed One, whom gods and men are returning to and relying on.

Today once again the lotus season is in full bloom, Buddha's birthday comes back. Together we burn incense and accept our hands respectfully, reviewing the Buddha's birth process. May I follow the path of his practice, no matter how much I meet with thorns, I will not give up and give up.

The birth of the Buddha through the seven steps that the Prince Siddhartha Sutta, the Sutta of the Blessed Mother, the Purification of the Pratyekabuddha, is recorded as follows: , Queen Ma Gia returned to her motherland. On the way back to the old countryside, the Empress rested under a beautiful Lam Pi Ni flower garden.

The Queen deliberately walked around the garden, breathing the fresh air of the cool spring breeze, listening to the flocks of birds on the branches, watching each blooming flower blooming in the early sunshine, then gently picking branches. Infinite flower, instant Birth of the great Saint. That birth is marked by the process of enlightenment, symbolized by the seven steps of the lotus bloom, which humanity today is hoping for and following Him.

1. The first step the  Buddha looked towards the East and said: "The East is the torch that illuminates the ultimate path for sentient beings in all areas"  (Thị Đông, the sentient beings, who lead the capital). Buddha took the sunrise to show the development of wisdom.

Indeed, from mortals to sages, no one does not need the light of wisdom. Wisdom is the torch to light the way to the foot - good - fine; that  "Culture is the key opening."  From secular to seminary, education is the first. Because  "Cultivation without learning is blind, and studying without practicing is just a library containing books" .

Initially learning Buddha, practitioners must form for themselves the Buddhist knowledge through Buddhist scriptures - laws - treatises left by the Buddha and the Patriarchs. Then, on the basis of reason and experiment, to form oneself with a common wisdom to transform the mind, body and mind, and then confess the wisdom with meditation, in order to overcome the stream of sarnsaric suffering.

From knowledge, the practitioner points to the mind to make the union unite, forming good karma according to the corresponding law of cause and effect, in order to transform the mind, body and mind, from bad to good, from evil to good, from suffering to happiness and happiness. Therefore, the Blessed One moved to the second step.

2. The second step the  Buddha looked to the South and said,  "The South is the field of blessing for sentient beings" (Thị Nam, Phuong, sentient beings, merit and richness). The Buddha took the South to show sentient beings by promoting their wisdom, knowing deeply into the reality of reality, and knowing the direction of good karma.

Having formed his Buddhist knowledge, he brings to contemplation and practice to transform the interior and exterior, and make the world popular, in order to bring stability, freshness and peace to the life. to live interdependently, happiness for mankind and scattered for all kinds of sentient beings. Seeing the corresponding cause-and-effect law in coincidental life, we do not surrender our lives to an unrealistic supernatural being, do not blame anyone, nor turn away from the face or run away from reality.

Buddha taught: "Riding on the clouds, you will drink orange juice, you also; but dig deep into the abyss of hell also because of you, not by anyone else . ” One karma interacts with the karma; and the karma also dominates each individual. It is clear that the world of crazy islands is caused by the crazy people 's hearts, and together we create so much misery for this world.

An individual who creates an evil karma will resonate with the life of the community; and the communities that create bad karma also affect individuals. Must see clearly all things coincidence, so one is all and all consists of one, without relying on or entrusting to anyone. In human life there are many sufferings, but not apart from the two sufferings of body and mind. 

The things that cause suffering are mostly physical; such as not being aware of the harms of drugs, tobacco, alcohol and foods containing chemicals, pesticides, things that pollute the environment, should cause harm to the body sickness suffering. The things that make the mind suffer are mostly psychologically unhealthy; such as greed, jealousy, pettyness, sarcasm, sarcasm, selfishness, stinginess, cruelty, high self-esteem, love to fight, better than defeat, misunderstanding and delusion.

There are agonies of subjective factors as analyzed above; but there are also the miseries brought about by objective factors such as natural disasters, wars caused by the evil karma of many past lives creating the  "Medicine of warning and righteous alert". Whenever promoting the insight, understanding the causes and consequences of all those miseries; we find a way to transform and eliminate. Therefore, the goal for auspicious karma is to create a blessed field for the true life of human life. The Buddha taught:

Taking hatred to take revenge

. Everyone, who is suffering,

Compassionate hatred wins hatred

An optimistic thousand thousand.

That teaching is still a golden ruler to save humanity's destruction for today and for the future to come. We cannot find jihad battles by killing our fellow-branded people in the teachings of the Buddha. Eliminating evil and bad karma, practicing good karma is the first step to studying Buddha, or going to the south.

3. The third step the  Buddha looked to the West and said: "The West only gives beings how to neutralize the motive of birth and death, ending the last body and birth"  (Thi Tay, the sentient being of the last body). The West is the setting sun, to show the absolute rest of the mind.

The flow of consciousness (Samsàra) has sent sentient beings in the six paths of rotation from countless lifetimes to the present. The Buddha saw clearly that the cause of the stream of life and death is due to the impetus of ignorance. From ignorance that arises, from arising arising consciousness, from consciousness arising nama, from nama arising six-entry, from six-entry arising contact, from arising-feeling-contact, from feeling-born-born-craving, and loving-kindness. arising from Acceptance, from Acceptance arises Huu, from Huu arises Sanh, from Sanh arises Elderly disease.

Elimination of knowledge, or chopping off the cause of all causes, so samsara also ends. Here the Buddha asserted:  "Birth is done, smuggled has taken, the burden has been put down, what to do; from now on no longer coming back to life and death ” ; Or is this the last birth? At this point, the self-enlightenment was completed, the Buddha began to commit himself to life to save sentient beings.

4. The fourth step the  Buddha looked to the North and said,  "That North shows sentient beings that we have attained the supreme Dharma result of right awareness" (Thi Bac Phuong,  sentient beings fell to A Nau Da La La Tam). Miao Tam Bodhi). Beings are writhing in the long, cold, dark night (North) with sorrowful anguish.

The shadow of ignorance seems to always weigh on the human soul. The mind-consciousness that arises and falls away as you create seems to keep swinging. The shadow of time obscures the image, such as pushing the uncertainty into the cycle of coincidence. But no, the Enlightened One appeared in the middle of the world, to make the torch light the way to enlightenment.

At this point, the Blessed One began to turn the wheel of dharma. He approached the illusory world full of suffering. The Buddha is like a physician who knows the sick and gives medicine, so anyone who is seriously ill is saved first. Therefore, he moved on to the fifth step, which is to approach life to fate.

5. In the fifth step the  Buddha looked downwards and said: "The method below that we will show sentient beings to conquer the magic power (of craving, delusion, and anger) to overcome all suffering"  (Thi Ha Phuong's being a heterosexual being who tries ma). Because of the compassion for sentient beings writhing in the sea of ​​suffering by darkness of ignorance, Buddha began to turn the wheel of dharma.

From the city to the countryside, from the desolate jungle to the bustling streets, from the upper class to the poor, the poor; Buddha depends on the serious illness and save the medicine. The method below is just for the suffering of Hell, Peta and Animal. The reason that sentient beings fall into these three evil ways is due to the evil karma of the mind, mouth and body, and by the impulse of attachment, hatred, and ignorance.

Indeed, because of greed beyond one's reach, one can violate other people's money, fame, status, and oddness. How many wars from ancient times to the present day, where not due to that greed? Also because of the greedless bottom, people call this and that to make war, to torment each other as if there was no end date. In order to overcome the three evil paths, the mind of the upper direction must be brought, so the Buddha continues to show the sentient beings above.

6.The sixth step  the Buddha pointed to the top and said,  "Above method is only for living beings in the right five personality and ten good things" (Thi Thuong local beings take refuge in natural people). Beings that want to escape the three evil paths, Hell, Preta, and Animal, must return to live the five personalities (the five precepts) and the ten good deeds.

Indeed, the five personalities are the basis for a happy, selfless, self-directed life, the capacity to protect the human race, the body, the source of life, and the life of humanity. This is the moral measure of a rational and loving human being in this world.

1-First of all to be aware that: The body is the most precious, so you must respect your life and that of others. Do not destroy it with toxins, food sources with chemicals and unhealthy mental products such as movies, books with violent content, hatred, etc. ... Do not kill each other's lives.

Neither war nor any unwarranted war is approved. Must take reason to resolve suffering, take from the heart to love all. Humans are not obnoxious objects, but the obnoxious material is ignorance (ignorance) because they do not realize the reason for living in each soul. Eliminating ignorance by living true to the five human qualities is the first step of being an honest person.

2-Having a living body should have a source of life to support themselves. Therefore, we must know how to create life with our hands, brains and hearts. Be conscious of protecting their own life and the life of others, so they do not attempt to rob each other of their lives in any form. The source of life is created by the enlightenment of the intellect and the guidance of love, so it does not lose its personality and does not create suffering.

3-The pursuit of a happy couple is what people about to mature in the world are longing for. But that happiness does not come from one who gives it, it is created by reason and love. Because of our intellect, we know how to chisel in every act of life. Always make-up for life with fresh flowers, and warm the love of life with true love.

Conscious that bringing happiness to people is also building up happiness and happiness for ourselves. Clearly understand the reason in each other and go together (interbeing), so do not hurt yourself, people. To make a happy life together is to know how to open up the wisdom of straying for yourself and others.

4 - And also thanks to the wisdom of peace, should know how to use love in all communications of life. Know how to use soft, soft, loving, united and constructive words. Do not use heavy, rough, vulgar, obscene, obscene, taunting words, high drain, fall, causing division and hatred. Avoid not saying anything untrue, except when selfless. Do not pass the wrong person, nor criticize what you do not know.

Aware that language is a common property of everyone, we should take the word or good intention to come to life, in order to bring each other healthy communications, create a communal world in the belief of love and harmony. glasses. Don't listen to books, movies, and newspapers that have unhealthy content.

5 - Consciousness that wisdom is the torch that illuminates the path to goodness and beauty, should always keep the calm and purity of the soul. Because the soul has a new purity that helps us to understand all acts of good and evil, good and bad, in order to transform the body, mind and mind. Therefore, promoting wisdom and protecting love is the neighbor of human morality. Conscious like that, should not fall into alcohol, gambling, drugs and other pleasures of sexual immorality, passion loses reason.

That is the return to live the five basic personalities, to be a virtuous person in life. In addition, the Buddha also advised people to practice the ten good things to get the moral of a god.

There are three bodies: no killing, no stealing, and no adultery. Mouth is four: do not lie (expectation), do not say two-way (biddha), do not say rude rough words (evil password), do not say useless words (dependency). There are three ideas: greed, anger, and delusion. Practicing ten virtues will lead a peaceful life of a god. On the contrary, doing ten evil deeds falls to the three evil paths, Hell, Preta and Animal. Therefore, the upper method is the heavenly direction.

7. And finally, the seventh step:  Buddha points one hand up, one hand points down and says,  "Heaven is on earth. Infinite life and death, utterly happy ”: From the realms of heaven to hell (beings always drift in the three realms of the six paths) are driven by the mind of attachment; so it has been so long in countless lifetimes, and this life is my last birth. 

Indeed, the sentiments of sentient beings that have been rooting in the soul for countless lifetimes up to now, it's hard to put down. Sometimes being human, sometimes being born in the heavens, sometimes flipping into hell, hungry ghosts, animals, etc. overlap predestined coincidence. Here he realized that the owner of the construction of the mortal house is the consciousness (solitary solitude), so he must find a way to escape, or eradicate all the motives of ego and attachment.

Therefore, every intention to find the truth by the subjective consciousness of each brain (discipline), it only creates forces that weigh on the soul and differentiate reality. If we contemplate the mind in the pattern of the dead memory, then we will by chance turn our heads to ignore reality and its causes. The truth of all things is a living being that involves, and always operates in a shimmering, mysterious way.

Therefore, using all means to monitor the mind, identify the mind, guide the mind, subdue the mind is just a way to tame the idea, or to settle the intention of the Second row by censors and censored people. While the censor (power shop) and the censor (department store) are just the mind.

Buddha realized that: The mind cannot grasp from the inside, from the outside or in the middle. Heart scalar, no concept, no place for medicine, no place to sufficiency. The Tathagata does not see the mind in the past, in the present, or in the future . ” (Buddhist scripture). What can't be seen by the Buddhas? If there is contemplation, then it is nothing but the contemplation of the false thoughts of the mind only. "A sword cannot cut itself, a finger cannot touch it, the mind cannot contemplate . " The disciplines created by the consciousness (unique solipsism) only create more circles and distress by the artist himself, and are still imprisoned in the vault of thousands of thoughts; Just like ants crawling around the edge of a cup, trying to find a way but can't get out.

The Buddha taught: "Seeing that knowing is the root of ignorance, seeing without knowing is the Nirvana" . The realization of truth is not limited by the subjective consciousness, so there is no need to accumulate knowledge nor need to borrow the knowledge of others. The true view of it is beyond the duality of the duality, so we only need to be empty of everything to be liberated, circulated and impartial.

Here the Buddha affirmed:  "Birth has ended, smuggled has taken, the burden has been put down, the things that should have been done, from now on no longer return to life and death" . Self-discipline, enlightenment, enlightenment and fulfillment, a Buddha was born into the world. A process from ordinary to Buddhahood must go through seven steps, which the Buddhas of the past, Shakyamuni Buddha in the present have become, and future Buddhas will become.

Today, celebrate the birthday of the Blessed One; with many revered rituals of Buddha's disciples all over the world. But these memories are not limited to space and time, but to the memory of a rare great cause and condition that always shines, guides spiritual development, increases the determination to practice, practice according to his teachings. Together, we review the Buddhist practice that Buddha has accomplished. May it be taken as a salary for your spiritual path, no matter how hard the storms are, you will not give up.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/5/2020.