Buddhism with people

HT. Thich Tam Chau
To Dinh Tu Quang, Canada, 1982
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III.- HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS 4.

"All enlightened results are given by the human body"

Luan Di Ton Luan

Humans will have a special personality than other creatures

"People always face us and face the effort to learn and practice towards the perfect place, bringing balance and liberation."

People are often given the highest priority in sermon talks during the time of the Shakyamuni Buddha.

People inherit that honor, not because of its bias, but because of its character, though it also has the same animalistic desires: lust, misdeeds and crimes like other animals.

Based on the comment of Dai Ba Sa said that this feature here can be summarized as three things:

 

1.- LIQUID THOUGHTS

"All human dignity is due to thought".

Pascal

Meaning

Before the vast and mysterious universe, before the intangible but flexible impacts, before the necessary formulas of life, it made people have to write many questions there. Was wondering, of course, it is impossible to let the river flow freely, so there must be many meanings, thoughts, and initiatives in order to uncover the secret, bringing a reasonable source of life for people spiritually as well as materially, after experiencing experiences on a solid basis, full the meaning of "thought".

With these facts, under the enlightened eye of the Buddha, he recognized that people have more ideas than all beings. However, depending on the level or situation of the individual, there are many types, either true or not:

 

A few things to comment

• Reviews about the universe. There are people who generate ideological thoughts, atoms, karmic conditions, etc.
• Comment on the earth's shape. Someone arises the idea of ​​a square, a flat shape, or a circle, etc.
• Comment onism.  Someone promoted idealism, materialism, materialism, capitalism, proletariat, imperialism, colonialism, fascism, nationalism, internationalism, etc.
• Commenting on career.  There are people who think of being a king, a mandarin, a farmer, a fisherman, a fisherman, a net, a technology, an industry, a recluse or a monk, etc.
• Comment on morality.  There are people with important ideas about filial piety, loyalty, loyalty. There are people who like liberty and so forth.
• Commenting on the constitution.  Some people have ideas about the constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarchy, democracy, etc.

That is, thought is very much concentrated in people. But we only know: "Thought is a phenomenon of consciousness, caused by experience and thought. Only when it is the result of a complete, correct comment, there is evidence of an opinion. , then that is the right thought. "

A satisfactory result cannot be without genuine thought as a guide.

 

2.- SURVEY CAPACITY

"To succeed and enjoy happiness on the path of life needs a lot of practical capacity"

 

Victor Paucher

Meaning

There has been a clear shape, of course in which there must be a potential strength to help the growth, survival ... of the living odd of the organism. That means that power, always moving in accordance with the existing and training of the present and dominates the action under any effect. So the physicist called those forces together by the word "power". That power, according to the Buddha's comment, people have a relatively more abundant number.

To prove that remark, in the daily activities of human society has shown us:

 

The capacity in practice

_  Politicians have the ability to control the administrative apparatus, mass leadership, foreign communication, to bring peaceful settlements to the people.

_ The military has the ability to command, organize and control the army, making the security normal, and the world not being violated.

_ Cultural house has the ability to emit the main language, the writings of its talented place to provide the public with spiritual dishes according to the needs of the masses and, to appeal to the masses. the evolution of the nation and humanity.

_ Economists have the capacity to research, explore, produce and distribute the economy to suit the supply and demand of the masses.

_ Sociologists have the capacity to research and implement a full and progressive society so that there are no more backward achievements, grievances, injustices and deprivations.

Thus, we have seen in places where people are not too lacking in capacity. But, we must also recognize it as a force invented by storage, accumulation and discovery for life together. And, it is only valid when that power knows how to serve reason.

The true truth is a faithful reflection of pure competence.

 

3.- TOUCH ACTION

"The ultimate goal in life is to act, not to understand."

Huxley

Due to thought, the capacity to detect action.

If there is only lucid thought, abundant energy without courageous action, then that thought is only empty thought, that power is also the destructive power.

A courageous act is a decisive movement, visualizing flexible thoughts, abundant energy and working towards true work. "Having a clear mind is not enough, the main rule is to know how to apply it wisely."

 

Real value

Only brave actions are worth it. That value in fact and history has brought us a very clear lesson:

_ Civil servants in industries are honored and the right salary is not the result of chance, on the contrary, their efforts for a long time, if they are civil servants who know how to carry out their positions.

_ A person who is called a General, must have spent much effort in the birth and death of that name

_ Being full of granaries, many good goods have consumed the energy of farmers and workers.

_ Mrs. Trung Trắc, Mrs. Trung Nhi, Mr. Trần Hưng Đạo, King Lê Lợi, King Quang Trung were given high names in Vietnam's undying history, because they had forgotten themselves and followed the sacred call of To Quoc, to fight with the violence of the Han, Yuan, Ming and Qing Chinese to maintain Jiangshan, brocade.

His father Kha Christ (Christophe Colomb) Italy was famous on the globe because he was determined to go around the world, to find the earth's form.

Mr. Démosthène of Greece became the most eloquent, thanks to his vigor, day out on the pebbly beach, rehearsing in the roaring waves, even though he was just a lumbering child as a child. , clumsy.

_ Friends Tensing The president of the Sherpa Buddhist Association (Népal, India) in the British expedition was particularly welcomed, because of the brave action of his friends who came to Mount Everest, in the middle of the "Coronation" day. (June 2, 1953) by the Queen of England. Not only that, the courageous act was also uttered with words of joy and filled with the profound meaning of Buddhism: "That great victory belongs to the whole organization, not its own. Only the most glorious feat is to conquer himself ".

Thus, it is sufficient to bring a concrete evidence for the courageous action of the people to be very well off. If one knows the righteous action, that is to say, towards the common good of the whole, not following the call of desire, selfishness, then a courageous and rational action is a great success.

In short, people embody consciousness, potential and work. Humans have a more distinctive personality than any other creature, of course that trait is ready to help people create and maintain a rhythm of life that adheres to its name, honoring the site. human history, which increases in living and perpetuation in the boundless nature of the universe. Only man creates himself today and tomorrow in joy or suffering.

Let us receive those characteristics. Let us visualize our body and mind. Let us turn away, turn our backs on desire and head on the road to liberation.

"Liberation life requires no effort but efforts of thought, energy and genuine action to create a pure and meaningful life."END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/7/2020.