The Central Sutras
Majjhima Nikaya

53. The Right to Study
(Sekha sutta).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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Like this I hear.

At one time, the Blessed One lived among the Sakyas (Shakyamuni), the city of Kapilavatthu, at the Nigrodha monastery.

At that time, a new lecture hall was built shortly for the Sakyas in Kapilavatthu, and not yet a novice, a Brahmin, or a person came to live. Then the Sakyas in Kapilavatthu went to the Blessed One, after arriving, paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down on one side. The Sakyas of Kapilavatthu are sitting to one side, the Buddha:

- Here, White World, there is a new lecture hall, was erected shortly for the Sakyas in Kapilavatthu, and has not yet been a monk, Brahmin, or another person. The Blessed One, the Blessed One, use that lecture hall first, then the Sakyas of Kapilavatthu will use it later, and so the Sakyas in Kapilavatthu will enjoy lasting happiness and bliss.

The Ton silently accepted the invitation. The Sakyas in Kapilavatthu, after being told that the Blessed One accepted the invitation, from the seat stood up, bowed to the Blessed One, his right-hand side turned to Him, and went to the amphitheater, after arriving, the mattress was spread out. lecture hall, arrange seats, put water jets, hang oil lamps, then go to the place of Religion, after arriving, pay tribute to The Ton and then stand aside. The Sakya in Kapilavatthu stood on one side, the White Buddha:

- Bach The Ton, the lecture hall has all been covered with mattresses, seats have been arranged, water jets have been reserved, oil lamps have been hung up. Bai Thế Tôn, Thế Tôn, please do what The Ton thinks is trendy.

Then The Ton covered y, holding the bowl of robes, along with them Female-stilts Increase to go to the lecture hall, after arriving, he washed his feet, entered the lecture hall and sat down, leaning against the column in the middle, facing the East. The Monks-monks, after washing their feet, entered the lecture hall, sat against the western wall, facing the East, with The Ton sitting in front of them. The Sakyas of Kapilavatthu citadel also washed their feet, entered the lecture hall, and then sat down against the East wall, facing the west, with the Blessed One sitting in front of them. Then the Blessed One until past midnight, sermon, enlightenment, encouragement, excited, rejoice in the Sakya in Kapilavatthu, and then told Venerable Ananda:

- Hey Ananda, please teach friends to study the religion of the Sakya in Kapilavatthu. I have back pain. I will rest.

- Yes, Bach Thế Tôn.

Religious obedience Ananda obeyed The Ton. Then The Religion spread the great medicine in four folds, lying down on the right side like a lion lying, with legs resting on each other, mindful awareness, direction of reciting until he sat up again.

Then Venerable Ananda said to Sakya Mahanama:

Here, Mahanama, the saint disciple, attains morality, maintains the sense faculties, knows moderation in eating, attentive vigilance, attains the seven miracles, currently dwells the four Zen, belongs to the monks. Enlightenment is not difficult, attestation is not tiring, attestation is not wasteful.

And hey Mahanama, what is the holy disciple who attains morality? Here, Mahanama, the disciple of virtue, lives in subjection with the control of the Patimokkha, full of majesty, sees danger in small faults, receives and studies the dharma. . This Mahanama, so is the holy disciple who attains morality.

And, Mahanama, what is a saint who maintains the bases? Here, Mahanama, the disciple, when the eye sees color, does not hold a general, does not hold a general. What are the causes because the eye-sense is not tame, causing greed, evil, unwholesome dhammas to arise, he self-dominates the cause, maintains the eye-sense, and practices the protection of the eye-sense. When he hears the sound ... the nose smells the aroma ... the tongue tastes the taste ... the emotional body ... the sense of the dhammas, he does not hold the general, does not hold his own form. What are the causes because the will-sense is not tame, causing greed, evil, and unwholesome dhammas to arise, he overcomes the cause, maintains the sense-base, practices the protection of the sense-sense. This Mahanama, so is the holy disciple who holds the sense doors.

And hey Mahanama, how is the Saint disciple who knows how to be polite in eating and drinking? Here, Mahanama, the saintly disciple of righteous awareness, takes food, not for fun, not for passion, not for adornment, not for self-beauty, just for this body. maintained, maintained, from harm, in order to maintain the Virtue, thinking: "Then I eliminate old feelings and not give rise to new ones; and I will not make mistakes, live safely ". Hey Mahanama, so is the Saint disciple know moderately in eating.

And hey Mahanama, how is the disciple attentive vigilance? Here, Mahanama, the Saint disciple during the day while walking and while sitting, clears his mind from dharma obstacles, at night in the first watch, while walking and while sitting, Clear his mind from dharma obstacles, at night in the middle watch, this person lies down on his right hip, like a lion lying, with his feet resting together, mindful awareness, mindfulness towards sitting up again. At night in the last watch, when waking up, while doing my meditation and while sitting, clear the mind from all dhammas. This Mahanama, so is the disciple attentive vigilance.

And hey Mahanama, how is the disciple who attains the seven miracles? Here, Mahanama, the Saint disciple who has faith, has faith in the enlightenment of the Tathagata: He is the Religion, the Arahant, the Chief Justice, Minh Hanh Túc, Thien A, World Award, Supreme Si, Thư Trượng Phú, Thiên Nhân Nhân, Buddha, Thế Tôn. This person has a humble heart, self-shame because of the evil body, bad speech, evil will, self-shame because of evil achievements, evil deeds. This person has a precious heart, self-fear because of non-evil actions, speech, evil actions, evil thoughts, self-fear because of evil achievements, evil deeds. This person is multi-literate, remember to think what he has heard, to accumulate what he has heard. What law, primary, neutral, friendly, meaningful, written, speaks of the virtue of complete purity, such measures, he listens to many, feels recited, recites oral recitation contemplating, being the right view to enter. He lives diligently, eliminating akusala dhammas, accomplishing good dhammas, effort, perseverance, not giving up the burden on good dhammas. He has recite, achieves supreme insight, remembers, remembers many times what he has done for a long time, said for a long time. He has wisdom, accomplishing the wisdom of arising and passing away, achieving the Eucharist to enter the foot of the cessation of suffering. This Mahanama, thus the disciple attained the seven miracles.

And hey, Mahanama, what is the current Saint disciple living in the four Jhānas, attaining the upper mind, attaining no difficulty, attaining tirelessly, attaining no waste? Here, this Mahanama, (he) divorced, unwholesome, evidence and residence First meditation, a state of bliss due to divorce being born, has range, has four. Kill the range and the quartet, he attains and resides the Second Meditation, a state of bliss due to samādhi, no quartet, internal calmness of mind. Ly Hy discharge discharge, mindfulness awareness, body feeling that the Saints called discharge discharge concept lost residence, the evidence and residence Tuesday Meditation. Discharge, discharge of suffering, happy wedding favor was felt before, he witnesses and stays meditation Wednesday, no suffering, no communication, discharge pure concept. This Mahanama, so is the current Saint disciple living in the four Zen, belonging to the upper mind, attaining no difficulty, attaining no tirelessly, attaining no waste.

Hey Mahanama, when a Saint disciple attains such morality, maintains such senses, knows how to behave in such a way, attentively attentively attentive attention, full of seven such dharma s, present bliss. stay in the four Zen, belong to the upper mind, attaining is not difficult, attaining is not tireless, attaining such a waste of effort, Mahanama, the saint disciple is said to be walking on the path of friendship, having eggs undamaged, capable of breaking, capable of enlightenment, capable of attaining supreme peace from the yoke.

Hey Mahanama, for as there were eight, ten or twelve eggs, hens cleverly hatched, cleverly incubated hot, well nurtured; oil for that hen does not arouse: "May my chicks, after breaking the eggshell with their toenails, or with their beaks, escape safely". These chicks, after breaking the eggshell with their toenails or beaks, can safely escape. Likewise, Mahanama, when a Saint disciple, attains such morality, maintains such faculties, knows the moderation in such eating, attentive vigilance, full of seven such dharma s. , at present, living in the four Jhānas, belonging to the monk of the mind, attaining no difficulty, attaining tirelessly, attaining such a waste of effort, Mahanama, the disciple is said to be walking on the path of righteousness the eggs are not damaged,

Mahanama, that disciple, when witnessing the supreme discharge of this pure memory, remembers the past lives of difference, such as one life, two lives, three generations, four generations, five generations, twenty lives, forty generations, fifty lives, one hundred lives, one thousand lives, one hundred thousand lives, many perils, many lives. He remembers: "There, I have a name like this, a family like this, class like this, eating like this, living with this misery, longevity like this. After being there, we are born at that place, there we have a name like this, a family like this, class like this, eating like this, misery like this, the lifespan is this. After dying there, I was born here. " As such, he remembers past lives, also with outlines and details.

This Mahanama, the Holy disciple, when he attained this pure mindfulness, with pure divine eyes, he saw the life and death of beings. He knows well that living beings, who decapitate the noble, the beautiful and the bad, and the lucky and the unfortunate are all due to their karma. He thought, "Actually these beings accomplish physical negative actions, accomplish non-virtuous actions of speech, attain negative actions of mind, defame saints, follow wrong views, create These people, after their body perishes, have to be born into the realm of evil, evil beasts, fall of land, hell. about the speech, accomplishing the good deeds, not defaming the saints, following right view, creating karma following right view, these people, After the body destroyed the common network, was born to the friendly beast, Heavenly Yard, in this world. Thus, he with pure divine eyes, superman, sees the life and death of beings. He clearly knows that sentient beings, those who decapitate the noble, the beautiful and the bad, and the lucky and the unfortunate are all due to their karma. This is the second breaking of the chicks out of the eggshell.

This Mahanama, the Saint disciple, upon realizing this pure mindlessness, with the cessation of contradictions or, in the present moment with triumph, realization, attainment and abiding in the present , inexhaustible mind liberation, intellectual liberation. This is the third breaking of the chicks out of the eggshell.

This Mahanama, the Saint disciple who attains morality, so belongs to his virtue. This Mahanama, the Saint disciple who maintains the senses, so belongs to his virtue. This Mahanama, the Saint disciple who has a degree in eating and drinking, so belongs to his virtue. This Mahanama, the Saint disciple who pays attention to vigilance, so belongs to his virtue. This Mahanama, the Holy disciple who fully seven magic, so belongs to his virtue. This Mahanama, any disciple who currently lives in the four Zen, belongs to the upper center, attains no difficulty, attains no effort, attains no effort, so belongs to his virtue.

Hey Mahanama, which disciple, remember past lives differently, like one life, two lives ... (as above) ... along with outline and details, so belongs to the virtue of the position. This Mahanama, the Holy disciple with pure divine eyes, superman, sees the life and death of beings. That position knows well that beings who decapitate the noble, the beautiful and the bad, the lucky and the unfortunate ... (as above) ... are due to their deeds, so belongs to the virtue of him. This Mahanama, any disciple with the end of the contraband or, himself right in the present with enlightenment, enlightenment and dwell in the present, contraband the liberating mind, liberation wisdom, about his virtue.

Thus, this Mahanama, the Saint disciple is known as the intelligent instrument, full happiness, and intelligent virtue. This Mahanama, Pham Thien Sanankumara (Usually the same image of Brahma) has said the verse as follows:

Beings believe that the
royal family class is the ultimate.
I am very happy, I
win in Nhon Thien.

Hey Mahanama, that poem was sung skillfully by Pham Thien Sanankumara, not awkwardly singing, cleverly speaking, not clumsy, meaningful, not meaningless, and able to be sealed by the World Religion.

Then the Blessed One sat up, said to the fake Ananda:

- Well, rather, Ananda! Fortunately, this Ananda, who taught his friends to study the religion of the Sakya (Thich ca) in Kapilavatthu (Ca-la-la-guard).

False religion such as Ananda, Dao Master is able to press. The Sakyas in Kapilavatthu rejoice, taking the teachings of Venerable Ananda.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/8/2020.