The invisible power of the precepts.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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Contrary to the transgression is ... keeping. But if you keep good precepts, you will also have ... your own cause and effect.

Tam Quy, the five precepts, are invisible measures of force for home practitioners, in the middle of life, there are still many worries about money and money.

Buddhism has been introduced to our nation since ancient times, bringing with it the immeasurable moral, spiritual and spiritual values. From the wisdom of Buddha Da, through many ups and downs changing between life, until today and forever, what Buddha said was absolute truth, nothing could be wrong. As lay Buddhists, we have once been given refuge by the guru, received the precepts, knelt in front of the solemn Buddha, clapped hands in earnest respect to be his son, vowed to study and walked on the path of enlightenment. Enlightenment, ideal liberation, egolessness. Tam Quy, the five precepts, are invisible measures of force for home practitioners, in the middle of life, there are still many worries about money and money. On the other hand, the five precepts are also the barrier of moral conduct and morality that we need to be aware of so as not to cross. Or if you cross the line,

We humans are low-base now, blessed because we were born thousands of years after Buddha's birth. Living in the secular world, especially the world that people call modern civilization, the era of enjoyment and individualism like today ... surely, old moral norms will be degraded. and despise. Meanwhile, Cause and Effect hides, operates and governs all the subtle and flexible blessings to every corpse of thought. It is difficult for the lay Buddhists to live and maintain the Five Precepts that Buddha teaches. Today, due to the complicated situation of traffic accidents, most serious and tragic incidents that have occurred in recent years are caused by alcohol and drugs. I would like to share a couple of lines about the cause and effect of alcohol use in particular, and the sin of precepts in general.

Alcohol, Beer, Drugs, Game ...: Are all addictive, Are in the Five Precepts

In classics, beer, drugs, and games are not recorded. But for an intellectual practitioner, one must understand that the mind of the Buddha is much broader and far more profound than what we have learned through the classic texts. With the Samyaksambuddha, complete selflessness, Buddha knew all the things and happenings of the world, the dharmas, and the three great heavenly states of the world would be like and where they were going, but at the time of Buddha's death, Buddha was just saying that is enough, if you say more, far too far until the 21st century today, sentient beings will be wistful, struggling and insecure, hard to practice. But today we only talk about alcohol and drugs. Because these things directly affect our physical and spiritual life. Moreover, it is closely related to traffic safety for the community.

During the Buddha's life and education, the only addictive substance was alcohol. They have not "discovered" and manufactured beer. That said, we know, drugs and games ... are lagging behind the alcohol era. In other words, the birth of new drugs is one of the fruits of the development of human civilization. Therefore, to understand with their intellect, things like drugs and games are addictive. All of the forbidden things in the Buddha's precepts teach us. But what the Buddha has illuminated the way for us to avoid, that we "indifferent" to enter, then we will be the one who will suffer the misery, where we live, our family, the surrounding society I ... have been burdened by me.

In the past and to this day, according to the traditional craft method, the wine is made from rice and cereals. Where did rice and cereals come from? From seeds, peasants, workers and traders to our hands ... using money to buy food.

If anyone understands that way, it is a misunderstanding. Talking about the subtleties and wisdom of her grandparents, it is not simple that our ancestors taught their children: "A grain of rice is ... a pearl of Heaven". In this modern era, the element "Heaven" we do not believe much ... but: If there is no impermanence, sunshine, rain, wind, earth ... the intercourse of Heaven, day and night ... is permanent, though How much effort is taken care of ... the grain is still the grain, the seed is still the seed. There is never any germination, flowering and seeding!

Speaking of this, we understand that rice, rice, maize ... are all the fruits of the hard labor of humans, thanks to favorable rain, wind, vitality of Heaven and Earth, of insects, so that we can obtain them. abundant food and food. Ensure life, eat, have the power to serve, help, love and ... practice!

Now, a child also knows, if the tree does not have water the tree will die, or the seed will not sprout. Apart from the vast deserts, there has never been a single crop of rice or a corn. Currently, there are lands, small islands in Europe for sale for several hundred Euro on the internet. Because there is no rain all year round. No plant grown, not even grass ... It's like a dead island, yet in the past, that place was very prosperous. People grow barley, grow grapes, etc. To make fun of parties and celebrations, people use fermented barley, called beer and wine. Use grapes to make wine ... finally, cause and effect makes the years after the place where the green land is rich with rain and wind ... there is no longer a drop of water to live. Saying it is like telling a fairy tale, because of the cause and effect that Karma has hidden its face, that Cause and Effect,

So it was people who misused food and food for the wrong purposes. Bring rice, grape corn processed into a spicy drink, causing hallucinations, dulling the mind. That karma ... that has sprouted out of so many bad fruits. Drunk, first of all losing the personality and virtue of man. From loss of consciousness and behavior, we disturb the family and neighbors. Because of his uncontrollable control, anyone who talks to him will argue, leading to fighting, fighting, and worst of all, murder. And then when traffic control, we neglect, leading to accidents. Lightly and fortunately, we bear themselves, heavier then collide with others, heavier is causing injuries and accidents for many people ... the worst is that we cause a fatal accident. If you mention and list another year, it is impossible to say all about the terrible harm only to the use of alcohol when participating in traffic.

However, besides the strict laws and decrees on the use of alcohol, drugs and drugs, I think no one is afraid. That component is so stubborn and not afraid of that, we cannot speak and hear, punishing them by law is only temporary, only until they have the consequences, then ... they will feel miserable.

Buddhists' responsibility 

Has taken refuge in the Triple Gem, feeling and promising to preserve the Five Precepts. We must be responsible for what we have vowed, especially the use of addictive substances!

Unlike other people, we are the Buddha's children. Has taken refuge in the Triple Gem, feeling and promising to preserve the Five Precepts. We must be responsible for what we have vowed, especially the use of addictive substances! There is a law like this in life, whenever we enjoy the Blessing of the Body, we will lose the blessing of the mind. Thus, the wise, the intellect and the diligent, do we have the foolishness to immerse ourselves in those slippery and trivial things of the world and then continue to accept the debauchery of life.

Or will we use our blessings and health for the service, to help people, to preach and to create merit, and then night and night we will focus on practicing meditation, opening the door to the Noble Path and direction. about loving kindness and liberation? This is the problem that spiritual and moral practitioners must understand.

In the Buddhist scriptures, He said a dreadful cause and effect about wine: "If anyone holds a glass of wine and forces others to drink, then after death, he will go down 500 lives without arms and legs." We read up to here we have chills, fear and thinking ... then we are also religious. But when reading here, listening to the Buddha's teachings like that without fear, it is the end of the cure! However, we understand here, this person's next life, will not have to enter his realm but lose his hands and feet. He will be reincarnated into the realm of pythons, snakes ... those animals are not worthy to live in the human realm, because they have lost the dignity, morality, intelligence and wholesomeness of a human in the times he eats. play depraved. You have to pay 500 lives in places that are dark, wet, dirty, without limbs to travel and find food, but no matter where you crawl, everyone is afraid and everyone dodges. , chase and kill

Understand and see the severity and severity of the law of Cause and Effect due to the compassionate transcendence of the Buddha because of sentient beings, so far from now on, will we still be holding glasses of beer and a glass of booing and gloating or not? Or do we see it as something a wise person must avoid and prevent, determined to never commit? After the adoration of beer and wine, the world called it relief of melancholy. But we understand that, these are the times we burn our merit, health and wisdom ... for useless bouts, slippery things and then ... the real consequences from those superficial sentences foresee. But one thing's for sure ... Cause and effect are never wrong.

Invisible virtue

If anyone keeps the precepts Do not drink alcohol or do not use these addictive substances, we will be the power of speech. Making people respect and respect ... that is a requirement of the law of cause and effect.

Contrary to the transgression is ... keeping. But if you keep good precepts, you will also have ... your own cause and effect.

We only analyze gender separately. No drinking. Or broaden in the Buddha's mind: Don't use addictive substances. Non-users of beer, alcohol and stimulants: Will be healthy. This everyone sees, understands, knows ... that is the nearest elegant cause and effect. Next, we will not lose money on useless things ... have the opportunity to do merit, help life, alms, release to increase merit and spirituality. Keeping precepts Don't drink, don't "see" beer, don't get addicted to drugs and this game ... then you can be assured that one thing you won't do is wrong. Because of the spirit we are always alert, sometimes, because as an ordinary lady we have anger and anger ... but also not as agitated and irrational as alcohol brings. Keep for a long time, people naturally beautiful. Being beautiful and bright here is not a complete change in appearance, but because of invisible virtue, deep deep that we have built the world. This is what we need. Realms of life, we are moral, reputable. Metaphysical realms, we are the mighty virtue, are feared by both demons, and the gods or interested in protection.

If anyone keeps the precepts Do not drink alcohol or do not use these addictive substances, we will be the power of speech. Making people respect and respect ... that is a requirement of the law of cause and effect. In the family, I will be the one who easily teaches my children and grandchildren, because my whole life is too perfect in the maintenance of virtue, so ... according to cause and effect, I will naturally be supreme in raising, teach others, force others to respect and gradually learn their own conduct. Truly, a wonderful thing. These, as the close cause and effect, we easily see, easy to know, easy to "lure" others to practice. Nothing magical or sublime ... So from now on, as a Buddhist, we should be aware and use our kindness to seriously consider the issue of discipline.

Especially in the current social situation, the mass of people, the flow of vehicles and the density, we are alert and we have to propagate to all people who are conscious and alert in our mindfulness. What to do ... to avoid tragic accidents as the press has informed in recent times.

Male Model Teacher Shakyamuni Buddha: May every time I drive, or walk ... with all beings moving on the road, everyone will be at peace, go to the place, to the place, to be alert when driving.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/7/2020.