The practical act of filial piety according to the concept of the word Hieu of our people, has become the culture of filial piety of our people.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

"The father as a mountain

Mother means like water in the source flowing out.

 One Heart Worship Mother Glass Father,

 For the whole word filial piety is the religion. "

Or:

"Through many hardships are not fraying

I will still be grateful for my mother forever. "

 Filial piety (孝) " The one that stood  here,  Vertical  shall not  stand , rail right into the pole". In the Chinese-Vietnamese dictionary, Duy Anh  Hieu  means wholeheartedly worshiping father and mother. Hieu is the moral category of Confucianism. Together with Trung (忠), Hieu (孝) built human codes of conduct in social and family relationships. Therefore, under the feudal regime: "Military history of death, god of immortality, unfaithful god of death, god of immortality and filial piety":

(Jun Shichen is dead, but the minister is not dead and unfaithful

Father history, son perish, son perish without filial piety)

(The king makes me die, I am not dead, I am unfaithful. Father makes children die, but children do not die, they are filial ...) and many godly and piety have become victims of feudal and extreme conceptions. there.

However, when Buddhism was introduced to Vietnam and Confucianism in general, the concept of the word Hieu in particular was Vietnameseized in many aspects and arose practical interpretations and acts of filial piety according to the conception. The word Hieu of our people has become the culture of filial piety of our people.

The word Hieu according to the concept of Orthodox Confucianism in our country still conveys the full original meaning, but the content has been expanded to suit each specific condition, situation and person: Nguyen's advice Phi Khanh said to Nguyen Trai "When I return to become solemn, I will wash humiliation for the country, avenge my father, that is my filial piety". Hieu is here not only with his father but also with the country. Today we still often hear: "China to the country, to Hieu to the people".

In society, when the personal relationship is attached to the ethnic community relationship, the word Hieu in family relationship also forms new thinking. Nguyen Trai's work during the rest of his life was in the process of rounding out the word Hieu with his father but also implementing the religion of Hieu towards the people of the country. But first of all, Nguyen Trai himself obeyed his father's teachings, returning to seek the great act of defeating the Ming god Le Loi against the Minh invaders was a concrete action in accordance with the spirit of Hieu in the orthodox conception of Vietnam Confucianism. Nguyen Trai ate the fortune of the Tran, became a celebrity and became a mandarin of the Ho dynasty and was the patriarch of the Le dynasty, but no one let Nguyen Trai be unfaithful! Because, depending on the conditions but invariant. The case of Nguyễn Trãi, filial piety, and filial piety, is clearly a big step forward with complete meaning in our people's conception of the word Hieu.

Buddhism is Hieu, the Buddha taught:

“Bhikkhus, there are two kinds of people, cannot repay the favor. how is two? Mother and Father. If one shoulder carries Mother, the other shoulder carries Father, doing so for 100 years to 100 years old. As such, the bhikkhus have not done enough or fully repay the grace of the Mother and Father. If you do massage, anoint, bathe, wash, and even though there, Mother Father has defecation, urination, even so, the monks have not done enough or repay enough for Mother and Father ... "(Tang Chi I, 75).

      Of course, this is how it is said. Children do not have to be filial to their Parents for only one day, but for the rest of their life they cannot pay the credit of being born and nurturing.

      The word Hieu is the foundation of morality. "Human beings are virtuous and virtuous"  ( 人生 百 幸 孝 為 先)  Among hundreds of human virtues, Hieu is first. And we also do not forget to affirm: "Hieu micro-merits  mother "  ( 孝 為 功德 母) Piety is the mother of merits.

      Children are filial to their parents, in addition to bringing happiness in the family, they also bring themselves peace and peace. Every individual, every family in society, every citizen of a country with peace, peace, society, that nation will have peace and peace, and every society, every nation has peace. safe, our world will be peaceful and peaceful. Because every family is a cell of society. If the family is harmonious and filial, the society will be civilized and progressive.

               If we do not have unconditional respect and love for our parents, we cannot have true love for others. A society without individuals with true love, only individuals, whose love exists only when the conditions derived from lust have been satisfied, if not according to the Desire, if contrary to will, that love will dissolve, easily turn into contempt, envy, jealousy and hatred. Then that society, will not be able to have true peace, peace.

               The customs of the peoples, the teachings of the religions all advise, promote and direct people to realize and show their filial filial piety. Especially our country with a long-developed civilization, the culture of "Confucianism - The religion of the three religions has the power"  ( 儒 釋 道 三 教 之 權)  Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism: all three religions are the same. having the same origin…) deeply influenced our society right from the founding of the nation. The word Hieu has formed and existed in each individual as its natural inherent nature since we were just born.

      The Buddha, the Enlightened one, the Master of all the heaven and the human realms, the Great wisdom, great power, great power, the one who is all over the six realms of Respect, the Right Path of Right Enlightenment ... after attaining enlightenment. show his filial kindness to his father, mother, mother and father, both following the common law and the right Dharma.

      The Blessed One walked, crossed a thousand miles of dangerous roads to return to visit his father, when he was about to die, he again crossed the road to reach his father's side and carried himself a spiritual corner to the cremation place. . Oh how loving kindness! As for his stepmother, he always showed filial piety.

      In addition to displaying the word filial piety according to the common law, the Buddha's filial kindness also aims to direct all sentient beings to understand and practice the Fa-rectification for liberation. During the meetings with his father and mother, he gave a sermon to enable the two to attain Arahantship. sample sermons).

The story "Chu Dong Tu" (渚 童子) below is an understanding and rational evidence of the word HIEU.

According to Linh Nam Chich Gua (嶺 南 摘 卦) of Vu Quynh - Kieu Phu: The third King Hung has a daughter named Tien Dung My Nuong who is 18 years old, beautiful face, not wanting to get married, just having fun, and travel all over the world. Back then, there was a fisherman in Chu Xa village, Chu Vi Van, who gave birth to Chu Dong Tu (渚 童子) (a son by the river). Unfortunately, the house had a fire, the wealth was clean, only a loincloth was left, the father and son came in and took turns dressing. The father, old and sick, called his son before closing his eyes and said, "Father Diep should just leave it naked and bury him, keep his treasure." The word Dong Tu did not hatch, he used loincloths to cover his father.

Since then, Dong Tu was naked, when he saw a merchant boat, he stood in the water begging, then fishing and picking vegetables. Unexpectedly, one day, Tien Dung's boat arrived, the bell drum. Flutes, servants, and servants are many. On the sand, there were clusters of reeds, Dong Tu hid in it, plucked the sand into a hole and lay down and covered with sand. After escaping, Tien Dung set up a boat to roam on the sand, ordered the curtain to stay in the cluster to bathe.

Tien Dung entered the curtain, took off his shirt, poured water, sand drifted, and discovered Dong Tu. Tien Dung was horrified, seeing that he was a son, and said: “I used to not want to get married. Now I meet her again, living together, that is because of the fate of heaven. Get up and bathe, I will give you clothes, and then join me in the boat and celebrate. Everyone in the boat thought it was a reunion never before.

"Chu Dong Tu" (渚 童子) is a story through which our folk "reflect the aspirations and dreams of marriage freedom and promote filial virtue" through two characters Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung.

Chu Dong Tu (渚 童子) is a very filial son to his father. This is reflected in the detail that he "made a loincloth for his father and then buried", although both father and son only share one loincloth, and before that, his father had told him to "keep it and use it". But the meaning of death means ending, Chu Dong Tu could not have the heart to let his father go home nine streams. The fact that Chu Dong Tu did not listen to his father, judging from the conservative Confucian concept of Hieu was not only not considered filial, but on the contrary, it was also considered filial. However, the fact is that no one is not moved by his deep filial piety, nor is anyone to blame, but all unanimously praised that act of filial piety. In this case, our people have a very practical concept of the word Hieu. Chu Dong Tu, Although he disobeyed his father (which was a sign of filial piety), his work shone a very filial heart. Chu Dong Tu has been given a "reward" of being a beautiful princess to be his wife. Indeed, this is a very noble reward that cannot be compared with silver or gold (Because material possessions cannot be used as a measure of human filial piety). This detail shows a very profound way of thinking imbued with the human nature and can be considered as a supplement to the concept of the word Hieu in our nation's folk.

Princess Tien Dung, considering the criteria and conception of the conservative Confucian word Hieu, is considered a "filial" son by disobeying her father, "refusing to marry" and her own will. getting married for themselves - the act of "wearing a shirt over the head" which was considered taboo in a feudal society about the relationship between children with their parents. And Chu Dong Tu, a filial young man, ironically, was rewarded by folk as a "filial" daughter! At first glance, it seems that our folk mean to "prank" our character, but in fact, it is not.

In the perception of our people, Tien Dung has never been considered filial because her work will not only harm anyone but also aim for a noble life with free marriage and social class discernment. deleted. The depth of our folk here is to create an external paradox to illuminate the inner reason. Chu Dong Tu deserved to be rewarded and Tien Dung also deserved his "reward".

The story of "Chu Dong Tu" (渚 童子) ending with Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung going to heaven is also a folk intent, to avoid conflicts in the king-me, father-son relationship between Chu Dong Tu. and Tien Dung and his father, when the king sent troops to fight for the integrity of Trung and Hieu. Fairy tales, especially the miraculous tales of our people, reflect the "naive" period in the history of human society, but what is expressed in "Chu Dong Tu" shows conceptions and ways of handling. the situation is not naive.

The concept of Hieu word through the story of a boy named Chu has a rich color and practical value that is suitable for the community's psychological and social life, although it still retains the core core of the concept of the word Hieu. The absorption and application of foreign cultures and ideas with the Vietnamese people's wisdom, soul and ethics through the story "Chu Dong Tu" in particular, in the process of building and developing cultural identity, National thought in general is always what makes us ponder and admire.

Chu Dong Tu is one of the Four Immortals, symbolizing the filial piety of the Vietnamese nation, and was the first Buddhist to live around the second century BC.

Reverence to Parents is a long and fine tradition of the Vietnamese people. That tradition from ancient times has been kept and handed down from generation to generation, to the present day and forever after. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/8/2020.