Journey to find the new body of the spirit .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

In the intermediate state, you don't have any help but really need help. You try to focus on finding a way out of the intermediate state, especially to find a body to lean on.

How is the intermediate state body and why is it necessary to take the intermediate state body? 

In the intermediate state, you have no help but need it very much. You try to focus on finding a way out of the intermediate state, especially to find a body to lean on. It doesn't matter what type of body you are, but you are very desperate to have a body because you are so lonely and desperate now. So you are looking for a body or something with a form. At the end of this period, you cannot even see any form, you find yourself lost, and you will search for a body by all means.

While you are searching for a body, sometimes when your karma is ripe, you will see a glimpse of a form, such as a very vague form of a tree, water surface or at times you can see. see people, sometimes animals ... You see very vague and images exist only for a short moment. I think it's like a television with no signal or bad satellite connection, sometimes images come out and sometimes not. The image just appeared and then disappeared. And then any time the image appears, your attachment arises very strongly, it provokes your attachment strongly because you are very longing for a body for yourself.

In the intermediate state, you have no help but need it very much.

How is a person's life expectancy after death?

As such, you need wisdom and awareness to have a clear awareness of all that is going on. In a certain period, you will see an image of a palace where the gods and goddesses are dancing and playing together. Or you will see a lake where swans swim, along with beautiful herds of horses and cows. Sometimes you will see a beautiful home in which a man and a woman (your future parents) are having intercourse. When we see all these visions, we need to understand that they are essentially projections and manifestations from our own consciousness, which do not exist independently, separate from the outside.

This is entirely projected by the mind, like a mirror reflection. It is your mind that creates these images, it is no different from looking in the mirror, you see your face in the mirror. You have to be aware and understand this very well in order not to be drawn into such visions. In fact, you cannot see them clearly because there is no light from the moon and sun for you to see clearly. Everything around is dark and fuzzy and you are tired, desperate to find a place to go to, because now you have completely forgotten where you came from.

Maybe in the past life, you have been a human, male or female, used to live in a certain city or countryside, but up to that point, you have completely forgotten this. And now, you cannot think of anything but a strong desire to escape the Bardo state, because it has been more than 20 days that you have experienced all kinds of tremendous fear and misery, all the experiences. That's enough for you so you just want to escape right away. Therefore, whenever you see a palace, a lake with swans, a person swimming freely, happily in the lake, or when you see the image of men and women having intercourse ..., you will very easily it is easy to be attracted to these visions, because you do not have the power to meditate on mindful awareness.

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You are motivated by a strong desire to go somewhere else to get out of the terrifying bardo state that is tormenting you now. You really long for a new life, so when you see anything attractive, inviting, you will immediately rush without hesitation, consider, you will be attracted to in which, despite all the consequences I will have to pay the price. At that time, you do not care what happens later. You are suffering with despair, a burning desire to have something. Therefore, this is a very important moment that you have to concentrate, practice mindfulness awareness so that you can choose wisely where you want to go.

For example, when you see a lake with swans swimming, it is a picture of where you will go in your next life. This image is a birth invitation to the Sex Realm, the Eastern realm named Dong Thang Than Chau. When you see the image of the castle where the male gods and goddesses are playing, it is a sign that you will be born in Heaven. Since you do not want to be born in the realm of the gods where you cannot practice liberation, if you want to continue the path of spiritual training, you must definitely find a way to be reborn in the human realm. Therefore, when seeing these images, you must be extremely careful, avoid being attracted to them, causing you to plunge into it without any consideration, awareness of what you are doing. As the verse teaches:

If we see the celestial palace

Where the children of the gods were playfully playing,

A lake of swans,

Beautiful monks and herds,

Or see a splendid palace

The place that unites both mother and father,

Sincerely I pray fervently

Please invite compassion, Master

Bless us to be truly free

From greed, ignorance, bound jealousy.

These things are very small, but have a huge impact on your next life, so you must pay close attention. Sometimes, you feel like you are being chased by rain, thunder, storm, and tormented by heat and cold. You feel extremely scared, want to run away and find a place to hide. At times, you will come across a narrow mouth, a deep slot, a tree stump, or a small hole in the ground. When you see these images, you will definitely be fascinated. While longing to find a place to hide, protect, suddenly see a cave mouth, you will immediately arouse the desire to enter it without any consideration. Choosing like that will bring you the sufferings of samsara. When you are fascinated by the image of the mouth of the cave, you are being drawn to reincarnate into the realm of Animal Life. When he saw the ravine with streams of water pouring down, Like a river or a river but in fact they are dry, the image shows you are being attracted to the realm of the hungry ghosts. When you see the image of a tree, you will be born without any hesitation wanting to hide, hide after that, so you will be attracted to the realm of Hell.

Is the Buddhist intermediate or middle realm a negative realm?

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In case of storm, thunder, or rain,

Cold or hot chasing chats

We hurry to find caves, trees or canyons

For shelter - if the same happens,

Sincerely I pray fervently

Please invite compassion, Master

Bless us to realize the truth

That is just a low realm of rebirth.

In particular, this may be very rare, but among the virtual scenes that appear, you can see the butcher, holding the killing tools in a castle made of metal. Occasionally, you will also see a lot of sparks flash from the metal rod. When you see such a scene, similar to what I explained in the previous section, you will feel very happy because for many days, you have not seen a house, a fire. When you see whether it's the flickering flames and the blurry image of a house or a metal citadel with the butcher,…, you feel completely fascinated by the image. If you run to it, that is your invitation to go to Hell on a deeper level. You must be very careful not to fall on this path!

If we see the palace creepy

Made of deadly red hot steel,

If you want to get inside, if you want to arise,

May we truly realize

Its nature and fearless lethargy

Sincerely I pray earnestly

Please invite mercy

Help us to avoid this hell.

In short, you have to find ways not to be attracted by these images. That is, you should not let lust drive you to go anywhere. These images are not only illusory delusions, they will take you to the next samsara realm such as hell, hungry ghosts, animals, ... You don't want to be deceived by those fleeting illusions. Therefore, in order to have enough strength to get out of the influence and attraction of these fascinating images, right now you must train and nurture your inner strength. If not, at later difficult and decisive times in the state of the reborn Bardo, how can you have the strength, freely conquering all temptations? From this moment on, you need to practice hard to fully prepare for yourself on the path of samsara.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/10/2020.