Prerequisites of the monk .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

A true renunciate needs to understand the importance of a life. Discipline, discipline, discipline. If there is no discipline in our religious life, it is difficult for us to overcome the affliction of desire. Because delusions of desire are like crazy buffaloes, which can lure and draw us into the path of demons.

The virtue of renunciants, a beauty in Buddhist culture

Many people want to make a personal transformation, but the practice of many lifetimes keeps pushing them on the path of stray, because they are not clever in organizing a structured, well-organized life. Buddha taught his disciples to take precepts as a teacher. In Zen paintings, the precepts are symbolized by a bowstring.

Some people misunderstand Zen, saying that the teachings of "Zen dependent on old karma, innocent wearing Siamese clothes", or "hungry, sleepy and sleepy" of Zen teachers mean that Zenism advocates freedom, No need to follow etiquette. In fact, freedom is not loose and loose, do whatever you want. Freedom cannot be separated from discipline, morality, whether in daily life or in a religious house. The Shurangama Sutra, the Buddha taught, "If you do not keep the precepts, even when you reach meditation, you will fall into the net of ghosts." For Zen masters, because they have realized and lived with their own Buddha nature, that innocent, predestined condition arises from nature and manifests action. They live freely, freely and inversely, inversely and morally. And we, when not completely living with the pure mind, never forget the precepts to uphold,

At the time of the Buddha's life, each year from the full moon in April to the full moon in July, the monks had to follow the settlement regime, that is, to stay in a place of residence to take photos, to make efforts to practice the precepts - to - wisdom.

The spirit of building morally healthy lives for monks and nuns

Buddhism is a religion that is not heavy on theocracy, but gives people its inherent values; man is the master of the universe and his own. Therefore, Buddhism is a self-reliant religion, based on the cause and effect principle and a very high human spirit. Usually, when we encounter misery or unpleasant things, we often blame others and forget to look back to see if we are at fault or not. Buddha taught, from countless lifetimes, because our body, mind and mind have created so many good and evil deeds, and then followed the karma of birth and rebirth, forever and again. These things are called luck or risk. There are causes, plus conditions to support, there must be fruit. Cause and effect are an eternal truth, so people who understand the religion always have a sense of responsibility and self-reliance, not looking outward,

When the Buddha was about to enter nirvana, Ananda asked the Buddha four questions as follows:

1. Depending on what measures to stay?

- Relying on the four foundations of mindfulness.

2. After Buddha extinguished, who to be a teacher?

- Take the precepts as a Master.

3. What is the beginning of each script?

- Like a prose.

4. How does an evil monk cure?

- Treatment by wearing clothes.

Here we discuss the precepts only. Truly the precepts are the great masters of the four Buddhas. Whatever method we are cultivating, we must follow the roadmap of unsurpassed learning, which is gender - concentration - wisdom. To observe the precepts is to stop all evil deeds, to do all good deeds, to build oneself with a basic moral life. The renunciants who want to build a high intellectual, must build a strong rule of law.

The spirit of continental harmony is the driving force for the Sangha's development and perfection, in which equality is the focus: material equality (body of the head, benefits of the army), equality in law inventions (about fellow practitioners), harmony in thought and speech (ants reconciliation, the idea of ​​approval, and export of peace).

The renunciation journey of a young person

During the time of the Buddha's life, each year from the full moon in April to the full moon in July, monks and nuns had to follow the ruling regime, that is, to stay in a place of residence to gather their roots, to make efforts to practice the precepts - to - wisdom. The first reason the Buddha set up this regime, is because in the three months of summer, in India, it rains heavily, the water floods the aisle, after which the insects proliferate, making it difficult for them to propagate the Dharma and to enter. insect trampling love. After three months of detention, the Buddha noticed many bhikkhus who attained the attainment of the fruits, thanks to less travel, less karmic conditions and drastic practice. As a result of that, after that, the regime of detention and residence for three months was maintained in the Sangha forever.

Settlement must go hand in hand with the precepts. Monks' activities during this time are different from weekdays. Normal days, due to the chaos of the chaos, you can travel to Buddhism, discipline in the Sangha sometimes lax. But in the three months of the summer, everything was neatly arranged, the monks were just walking around within the confines of the monastery; only those who have special predestined affinity, have to ask for permission to go out. At first glance, the monks seem to have a free time, not bothering about their livelihoods because of the Buddhist support of offerings; but actually your inner self is a battle field! On the one hand, you have to close yourself in a very strict discipline, on the other hand you have to fight non-stop with how troublesome temperament is. Thus, after the fetters period, if anyone keeps the precepts, tries to practice and has the awareness, they will make significant progress. Where a serious monastic organization is able to produce people who are out, if it is loose, it will be difficult to train the Sangha. Thus, the renunciate who, if arranged the work, to avoid the predestined, can annually organize for themselves a certain time to retreat.

Purifying the monastic life through the discipline is not only of particular importance to the monastic community and to the individual monks and nuns, but it also has profound implications for the surrounding environment and the whole society. .

Can you become a monk?

As mentioned above, spiritual practice does not mean focusing for only three months, because it is a continuous and long-term process. However, on ordinary days, due to many buddhas having to be exposed to scenes, the impulse of body and mind is not as strong as the time spent in a calm environment, with the masses gathered. Especially for the young monks and nuns, the lower school is also a favorable place to be close, to learn about the morality and the monastic behavior of religious dignitaries, those who have high moral standards, who have experienced the cultivation process.

Back to the question of discipline, in addition to applying to each individual practitioner, there are principles of living together in the Sangha group. The spirit of continental harmony is the driving force for the Sangha's development and perfection, in which equality is the focus: material equality (body of the head, benefits of the army), equality in law inventions (about fellow practitioners), harmony in thought and speech (ants reconciliation, the idea of ​​approval, and export of peace). Thanks to living in this spirit, the masses have the harmony from form to content, as the Buddha taught: "To increase the Sangha to be stable, to keep the bhikkhus difficult to hold, so that the good monks try on your own ”. Purification of mind and body of each individual and harmony in collective life is the profound and noble meaning of the two words Sangha (Sangha).

To actively uphold the precepts is the first and basic content, always upheld and reminded throughout the religious life of renunciants.

Those who die for ordination

Sutra of the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Buddha taught: "Precepts are the root of Bodhi, the gateway of Nirvana, and the boat that leads beings through the sea of ​​life and death". The Buddhist precepts are not dogma, rigid legal regulations, but voluntary principles of spiritual practice. Each person has the right to uphold respect or not, and enjoy his or her own good results or suffer bad consequences according to his actions. Purifying the religious life through the precepts is not only of particular importance to the monastic community and to the individual monks and nuns, but also to the profound impact on the surrounding environment and the whole society. . Because every human being has an organic relationship with all things, a monk with three pure karmas will have a great deal of affection for the community, not only by his or her own but also by his body. Therefore,

To actively uphold the precepts is the first and basic content, always upheld and reminded throughout the religious life of renunciants. From that first step, the new monk deserves to be the Head of the Tathagata, a dharma master in the Sangha, bringing Buddhism to build the world, making Buddha Dharma clear, all sentient beings Thanks to France. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/6/2020.