My Experience In Jizō.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

 

I started chanting the Jizō scriptures since 1998. I experienced many inconceivable touches. During that same time, countless miracles happened in my family. Hence I am very grateful to Jizō Bodhisattva. Although I cannot share all of those stories with you today, I want to talk about what motivated me to attend this Seven-Day Retreat.

Simply put, I attended because I was scared. Why drag in fear like that? Recently, I have witnessed many deaths around me, and those who lost were my friends, colleagues, acquaintances. In most cases, death comes suddenly and takes them away while they are young and at their most beautiful stages in life. After feeling the same tremors around as the people around them, I felt restless and wanted to know what that meant. Who's next? What will happen?

Life and death can change positions in a split second. For ordinary people, there is no way to prepare in advance. Since being such a person, I have fear for many reasons. First, I have absolutely no idea when death will come. Second, I don't know where I'm going when this life ends. To answer these questions, I asked my husband to allow me to stay alone in the temple and attend the full seven-day retreat so that I could concentrate on spiritual practice without having to run back and forth between the temple and home. In addition, I know very well my lack of concentration.

By staying in the temple, I can save myself from getting impatient and angry with my husband or child for at least seven days. As a result, I signed up for That and moved to Phuoc Thap Floor.

Before the Seven Days began, I told my children to avoid talking to me if I saw me in the temple for the next seven days. My children obey this rule very well. When they see me, they just run back, smile at me, and run away.

Two days later, the school asked my husband to report to the public on progress on the school's project, and I was asked to do part of the translation. So I started talking with my family. I said to my two daughters, "Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the main holiday of Jizō's Bodhisattva. I hope you two can come to the ceremony." One of my daughters replied, "I want to come the whole day, early in the morning." My husband told them that it was too soon for my husband to take them away from home. Then my daughter requested that they stay with me overnight at Phuoc Thap Floor. I replied, "If you can do the full day tomorrow session from 4:00 am to the end of the day without missing anything, then you can stay with me." And I was surprised to see that both my daughters agreed.

Initially, I asked my child not to talk to me during the Seventh period so that I wouldn't get angry with my kids. Yes, on Wednesdays, I get angry with them for the little things they do. When that happened, I realized I was wrong.

My karma was manifested during the Jubilee Bodhisattva's Birthday! After the evening ceremony, I took one of my daughters out of the Main Hall and asked, "What did you do wrong today?"

My child replied, "Why did the stranger ask me to tell me? Don't you know what I did?"

I said, "You just want to hear what I say?"

My child said, "Mommy! A few days ago she told us that she attended the Seven Festival, in silence, and didn't talk to us, I was very happy!"

"Why?" I asked again.

"Well, if you don't, you won't get scolded." This is something I experienced during the Seven Times.

I also want to share with you that I have not slept well for the past few nights. That first night of That, I heard a very loud noise from the ground. The explosion resounded Bang! Bang! Bang! I think something is wrong with the old water pipes. The noises were so loud I couldn't sleep for many hours. In the end, I got so tired and slept a little. On Monday night, I was startled to wake up due to the same noises as before, but especially the sound of this period was even louder. I also heard footsteps in the hallways. I sat up thinking it must be morning chanting time and I didn't want to be late. I turn on the light. It was 2 a.m. and the others were all sleeping soundly. I turn off the light and lie down again. The noise on the ground was loud and clear, like the sound of metal colliding.

I think the underground water guys really need fixing. I also wonder why my roommates can still sleep with such loud noises. I tried to cover my ears but it didn't help either. The noise continued for about an hour. Then I heard footsteps walking towards the door (south). I wondered what was going on outside but didn't have the courage to open the door to look. At the same time, the sound of the metal object hitting the ground resumed. Then I heard a woman say, "Hurry! Hurry!" I was very scared and started reciting the title of Jizō the Bodhisattva and fell asleep. ? Loud voice! ” They told me they weren't listening.

The next day, I ran to a nun and asked, "Is it normal for you to hear a rumbling for hours each night? How can everyone sleep like this in this building?" The nun answered, "Is that so? Maybe Jizō's Bodhisattva pushed the door of Hell with his golden staff to open it. When I hear that, everything makes sense. It is true that the sound is coming from the south, and it really does sound like metal hitting metal.

On Tuesday night, I woke up to the sound of the sound as before. This time I see my watch. It was 1:30 am. The noise was coming from the south and slowly moving towards the main hall. After that, the sound changed to the direction of Vàng Sanh Đường. I'm sure the echo is very close. It was very dark outside at that time. Although curious, I was still afraid to go out.

I continued to diligently recite the name of Jizō Bodhisattva when the sound was just 15 to 20 meters away from me. As I listened to the noise, memories of my past mistakes, my spiritual practices, as well as things I would never normally think of, swept over my memory. I feel regret and shame. Compared with the great vows of Jizō Bodhisattva, I am just one of many beings who continually make mistakes and do not benefit much others. At that time, I also silently vowed to follow the Venerable Master and Jizō Bodhisattva from life to life and study their profound aspirations until I was able to level myself and others.

Wednesday night started the earth with noises at the same time as the nights before. Then changed to the clatter of iron rings like the door was about to open but not yet open. When I woke up the next morning, I said to my daughters, "Try to recite the name of Jizō Bodhisattva to help the Bodhisattva. If you try, the gates of hell will open faster!"

That is the story of my not being able to sleep for the past few nights. It is amazing how I am able to complete Seven Magic with all of you. I would not have been able to complete it without the help of Jizō Bodhisattva.

In addition to the things I experienced above mentioned above, I also realized in this Seven Times that samsara is a really important issue. Last night we watched the movie Luc To hid among the hunters and faced the impermanence of samsara daily. That situation is not different from what we are facing today. The Dharma Master told us a few days ago, "Before we end samsara, we will always suffer through the process of reincarnation, like changing clothes. We don't know next time. What kind of clothes will we wear and what realm of realm will we be born in. "

I think the time has come for me to be more serious about my spiritual practice. If I do not wake up now and begin to exercise effort, it is difficult to tell whether in the future I will escape hell or not.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/10/2020.