SPIRIT, RENEWAL AND DISASTER ,VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.
Before Prince Tat Dat Da ordained his ordination, on the occasion of walking around the four gates of the citadel citadel, he noticed the misery of birth, old age, illness, and death. From there in the Prince's mind arose three questions:
1 ) Where do we humans come from? 2) Where do we go after death? 3) This life is full of suffering, so what if you want to get out of suffering and out of samsara?Because of that realization, he abandoned the golden palace of the jade palace, his beautiful wife and children were just to find the truth to save suffering, a way of liberation. He went away, left everything, renounced all ties, became an ascetic and had to struggle with extreme circumstances to find the light of truth. After 49 days and nights meditating under the Bodhi tree, he found the way of liberation, attaining the purification of Nirvana and full enlightenment. That's why Buddhism is called liberation. Liberation is openness means opening up attachments to get rid of all forms of suffering in life.
In historic night on December eighth over 2,500 years ago, he became enlightened after proving the three vindication and great powers of the continent. Tam minh is:
1) Tuc Mang Minh : Túc is the previous life, life is life and intelligence is wise. Therefore, it is wise to understand clearly in our previous lives. This is the answer to the first question, where do we humans come from? The Buddha saw his countless previous lives as clearly as it was yesterday. Who was he in his previous life? What's your name? And where to live? Since then countless lives appeared before His eyes, one life passed, another came. Because of the direct remembrance of their own past lives, later the Buddha's disciples gathered all their past lives to make the Buddha's deities.
2) Thien Nhan Minh : is a clear eye that clearly sees what is very far away. He saw the birth and death of beings based on the karma that they themselves created. His vision was like a man standing upstairs looking down the crossroads seeing passersby clearly. The Buddha saw that people are not dead, but must follow karma to live in the Six Paths of Samsara. This is the answer to the second question of where do we go after death.
3) Gonorrhea : Gonorrhea falls down, ends, ends. Therefore, smuggling into the clear knowledge is to know fully so that they do not fall into the six paths of samsara. The Buddha saw what causes sentient beings to have samsara and how to end this samsara so that they do not fall and fall in the six paths of samsara. This is the truth of the Four Noble Truths. Man without samsara means eternal suffering and this is the answer to the third question.
In addition to the three vindication, the Buddha also demonstrated the great powers of the continent, which are:
1) Divine eye information: there is an eye-force that can see all kinds of creatures and the birth in the vast and vast world.
2) The atrium : has the ear to listen everywhere including humans and animals.
3) Mindfulness of communication : have the mind to know the needs of others.
4) Claim the communication network : have the mind to understand their previous lives.
5) Divine sufficiency : has divine power to fly high or buffer.
6) Endless gonorrhea : wisdom through the three generations to no longer suffering, defilements and samsara.
Then the condition to become a Buddha is to prove the three proofs, obtain the information, not have Bat Nha. But in the Heart Sutra it has been affirmed that the Buddhas of the three generations must also meditate in the Prajñā Sāra Sutras to attain Bodhi. So what is the truth? At the time of the Buddha's life, the Buddha himself and so many Arahants only needed to obtain the four meditations, proving that there is liberation. It was not until 700 years after the Buddha's death that Nagarjuna Bodhisattva introduced the Prajñā thought into Buddhism and since then did the Prajñā Sutras come to him after he came to India to bring and translate Again, the Heart Sutra of Nagarjuna that we have today. So what is Bat Nha wisdom? This is an explanation based on the new text of Mahayana Buddhism to confirm that once a practitioner has Bat Nha wisdom that means he has enough wisdom to see ultimately that all things are non-self. can mean no. So the enlightened person is the one who realizes the truth of No-Self (no-self), meaning that in them there is no longer the concept of "the self "and" mine "too, though subtle.
Tuc Mang Minh and Thien Eye Minh give us a clear view that people are reborn because of karma that they themselves in the past life and of course death is not the end, but life sentient beings are like one like a straight rope, with no starting point and no end.
T hế is reborn?
According to the Buddhist spirit, each sentient being is our own product, who we are now a product created by ourselves in the past and now we are creating a life for ourselves in the future. . Life is a continuous process that is only temporarily interrupted when our physical body changes, is no longer suitable for continuing to exist and ceasing to function, we temporarily fall into a state of no body until have the opportunity to combine all the necessary elements, a new life cycle with the body begins. However, the concept of reincarnation is not specific to Buddhism, but many different religions of the past and now have both advocated reincarnation in which they believe that a soul can circulate in many different bodies.
So l inh What is soul? Is the soul immortal?
In general, theological religions claim that there is an immortal soul in man. If, when living as God teaches, after death, the person is saved by God to Heaven or vice versa, he is sent to hell. The immaterial part can go to heaven or go to hell, they call the soul.
At the time of the Buddha's life, Brahmanism (Hinduism today) believed that there was a soul or a self (Atman) that would last. For Hinduism, the most basic pair of categories is the minor self (Atman) and the great self (Brahman). The great self is the universal ego, the absolute. If viewed from the perspective of religion, the great self is the divine element that is contained and permeated in all things. And the minor self is the essence of each human being. Hinduism considers that the self and the great self are the foundation of cosmology, while the theory of karma and samsara is the foundation of human life. The Hindu theory of reincarnation holds that a person's death is a transformation into another life, rebirth in samsara is due to karma. In other words, any human action comes at a cost, it is omnipotent beyond human will and it pursues man never mistakenly. In the end, the theory of liberation holds that although it is very difficult, people can avoid samsara by trying hard to extinguish the driving force that pushes the wheel of karma to be able to come to liberation. And then the sub-self will merge with the great self of the universe. In a nutshell, Brahmanism thinks that worshiping God (great self) is also worshiping one's Atman, so the minor self is the soul and the great self (God) (Brahman) is the lord. those souls.
While Hinduism (Brahmanism) absolutely believed in a soul, an ever-constant sub-self, the Buddha's appearance blew a new life into Indian society at that time. The theory of Dependent Origination of the Buddha with the truth "No-Self", one of the three dharmas (impermanence, anatta, suffering) of the Buddha's teachings, has negated the Self in the Self of Brahminism. The more Hinduism develops and nurtures the "self", the more Buddhist teachings advocate leaving, overthrowing it to return to the state of non-attachment but purity of self in Nirvana. So the way of liberation of Buddhism is to destroy the grasping, in the time to destroy the ego-clinging, the outside to destroy the grasping, inside the outside is to have the purity of Nirvana.
Meanwhile, the Chinese believe that after death, the soul will be brought back to the underworld by the bearded head. After being judged by Pluto, the good soul is reincarnated in the earthly world and the evil soul is eternally exiled in hell. Therefore, the Chinese people think that "parasiticism" means "to live to send, to fall back" so the world is only a temporary realm while the realm is the real realm, so there is the custom of burning paper. silver and gold for your soul to spend in the underworld. But think about it being in hell, how can I spend it? With that same concept, in the 18th century, poet Nguyen Du (To Nhu) wrote in the story of Kiều as follows:
“… That: Talented people
Waterfall is the beat, also the elite ”.
The beat that poet Nguyen Du said here is that the four great bodies will disintegrate and disappear. The only thing left of the human being that poetically calls "the elite" is the "soul".
Although there are many theories about God and soul, Buddhism denies all of them. For Buddhism does not accept the concept of an immortal soul or an ordinary self. So how does Buddhism explain this phenomenon?
The Buddha taught that man is a collection of two main components called nama and rupa. Name is part of the thought includes 4 elements, that is feeling, perception, action and consciousness. Rupa consists of two, that is internal and external, but great to be the combination of earth, water, wind, and fire.
According to the Buddhist viewpoint, all phenomena, including human beings, are governed by the changing and changing laws of the universe. That law is called "impermanence". It is because the nature of all phenomenal things is not true, due to converging conditions, that they are subject to this impermanent law. The human body (rupa) or mind (mentality) is also subject to this control and impact. All phenomenal things, whether ideas or thoughts, always change, so there is no such thing as an immortal soul.
Therefore, Buddhism denies the notions of the immortal soul because these concepts are completely incompatible with the Buddhist theory of "dependent origination, dependent origination". Actually, in this world there is no such thing as eternal, immortal because all things arise and fall away impermanent. Whether as big as the planets, galaxies or as small as dust or atoms, there is no thing that exists without the convergence of the inner and outer conditions. Because existence is due to causes and conditions , so everything insubstantial, no mean nature is all that is not selfless. Causes and conditions to converge is called birth, cause conditions to disperse, called to kill.
Not only does the law of impermanence apply to the physical world, but even in the world of thought (spirit), all impermanence arise. The human universe changes every second, every minute, every moment, every idea. When do we still have a healthy young man, now with a thin back, worn pillows, back cuffs and cheeks, remember first and forget later, if not impermanent, what else? The former mind is not the same as the latter, so what is the thought that constantly arises and passes away in us, so what is it if it is not impermanent?
According to Buddhism, "soul" is knowing, knowing, perception, thinking ..., collectively called consciousness. Consciousness consists of a content known as marks, the seeds (seeds) created by one's actions in the present life and past lives, also known as karma or karma. .
In the Mahanidanasutta of the School (Dighanikaya), the Buddha asked Venerable A-nan that:
" Ānanda, if consciousness does not go on in the womb, the mentality can be formed in the womb is not ? "
Venerable A-nan replied:
" Bach The Ton, no ".
Buddhist consciousness is a continuous flow of ideas. These ideas depends on many other factors that arise and Buddha called the subject arises as the " origination " and " t thrilled " just a chain of 12 chain origination only. It is the continuation of these continuity of concepts that awake to be reborn, up and down in the 3 realms of 6 paths, not an immortal soul, eternal like other theistic religions. Therefore, the Buddhist concept of "consciousness" is completely different from the "immortal soul" of other religions.
At the time of the Buddha, there were only six consciousness, consciousness, consciousness, consciousness, consciousness, body consciousness and consciousness. Up until 700 years after the Buddha's entry into Nirvana, commentators such as Nagarjuna, Asura and the Body further analyzed the function of consciousness (the sixth consciousness) and introduced the Dharma consciousness (the seventh consciousness). ) and A is awake (the eighth consciousness). It is Abhidharma that is energy, a force called karma that, when a person dies, it forces Abhidharma to lean on a new body and images of suitable circumstances (respectively). with it. That is the meaning of "reincarnation soul" that Buddhism calls consciousness reincarnated.
So how does the happening of "consciousness"?
Now let us reflect on the meaning of "consciousness" based on the conception of Mahayana Buddhism. In fact, the mind has only one meaning that the subject of the eight consciousness has only one, but due to the analysis of supernatural abilities, it is divided into eight. Doing evil, doing good is the first seven consciousness, and bringing those good and evil causes to be deposited in the eighth consciousness. A re-consciousness (the eighth consciousness) is the treasure that contains all the seeds (seeds) of karma, ie karma. The manager of the treasure is the seventh consciousness (End of the world). Getting wealth, putting wealth into the warehouse is the 6th formula, and the first 5 are creating karma. Although there are eight consciousness, but Buddhism only takes the eighth consciousness as A re-consciousness as the subject of life because Abhidharma takes man into the sea of life and death and it is this consciousness that man has. can huan tu to transform the holy person.
Thus, the function of the eighth consciousness is to store, but different from the god of wealth to keep the wealth, only allow it to enter but not leave the warehouse. Here in A re-consciousness (the eighth consciousness), the process of exporting and entering the warehouse continues to be incessantly, taking into the warehouse is psychologically affecting behaviors, and leaving a mark in the eighth consciousness called “ karma or seed ". And the depletion is the mentality that leads to the act of creating karma or feeling, called " karma, or present". In other words, if the seed becomes current, it is output. And the current into the seed is to enter. So throughout life, this process continues. In the past lives, this process is the same and of course in future lives, this process of import and export is the same. All are not out of the rule of relation between the race and the present. Just like that, human life and death continuity, life in succession without interruption.
Because of the constant change, constantly thinking between input and output, between the seed and the present, the nature of A is always in constant change. In other words, Abhidharma's process is mindfulness of birth and death, mindfulness of transformation and that is the engine that brings people into the world of samsara and at the same time, Abhidharma has the function of helping sentient beings to escape samsara, attaining pure Nirvana.
Listen to the Bodhisattva's explanation of Amatabha consciousness as follows: “ The flow of mental events that you experience, leaves the seed (the seed) of karma in the lingering consciousness. is the knowledge (A re-da consciousness). The seeds are stored in that warehouse until finally, when the right conditions are met, they ripen and then influence the events that follow .
Abhidharma contains all the experiences in each human life and the source of all mental conceptions. According to the concept of the Dharma General, A-re-da consciousness is a gathering place of all past kamma and then to a certain point, affecting the rebirth life. And the individual is actually just the continuation stream of birth and death of countless karmic seeds. Therefore, there is no fixed self in me.
In the Citadel of Consciousness, volume three explains that consciousness A re-consciousness has three functions as follows:
1) Keeping ( approved maintenance ) seed of the law: The law says here is just for all compounded. It is "possessed with vi" which means that contaminants belong to sentient beings and "non-contaminating possessions" that is, the pure Dharma belongs to the Holy Sage. However, the "seed" only has the potential (hidden) potential that does not arise. If there is not something to be kept, the seed seed of dhammas must be dispersed. If the dhamma seed is dissipated, the dharma s existing in the world and out of the world will be lost. Therefore, it is necessary to have consciousness A re skin, an infinite nature, and a single kind of continuous birth and death that can maintain the seed of dhammas.
2) To bear ( grasping ) the sense of identity and the world: This is to show that the supernatural ability to keep the body of sentient beings can continue to exist in an indestructible period.
3) Keeping ( grasping ) the connection to the next life ie " continuous birth karma" is due to three measures: defilement, karma and birth. Because people live in unconscious ignorance, they create karma that must connect the next life to experience suffering. The word " karma birth"Means that the longevity means starting from the moment of conception until the moment of birth. The process of the next life association begins from the living body to the dying body. Then from dying body to intermediate body (new body has not yet reincarnated). And finally from the intermediate state body to the next life body. If the bodies are continued without interruption, there must be something that circulates and keeps (grasping). That is consciousness A re skin. Indeed, if there is no this eighth consciousness to hold the "connecting to the next life" then when a person dies, it must be lost, no longer reborn. So fell into the theory of the cessation of paganism already. In addition, all the good and bad seeds are sown in the land of A again in a latent state. These seeds are trained, transformed, interdependent, and interminable. All these changes happen continuously and instantaneously, quickly and continuously. This one passes away, the other arises, which is continuous and endless, so it is called Satay Na Sinh Dying. Sat Na Sinh Diet can be compared to the masses of water continuously flowing in the floods. The previous block of water poured over, another body of water poured in, continuously thinking and of course the old water could not flow back to the place where it passed. That constant birth and death can also be compared to the waves that drift off on the sea. One wave pushes the other, the new one pushes the old wave. Because there is a delusional wind blowing waves that wash away on the sea, causing the waves to constantly bounce and dive, and ceaselessly think, so this wave dies before the new wave arises. equivalent continuous endless continuity should be called Sat Na Sinh Diet. Sat Na Sinh Diet can be compared to the masses of water continuously flowing in the floods. The previous block of water poured over, another body of water poured in, continuously thinking and of course the old water could not flow back to the place where it passed. That constant birth and death can also be compared to the waves that drift off on the sea. One wave pushes the other, the new one pushes the old wave. Because there is a delusional wind blowing waves that wash away on the sea, causing the waves to constantly bounce and dive, and ceaselessly think, so this wave dies before the new wave arises. equivalent continuous endless continuity should be called Sat Na Sinh Diet. Sat Na Sinh Diet can be compared to the masses of water continuously flowing in the floods. The previous block of water poured over, another body of water poured in, continuously thinking and of course the old water could not flow back to the place where it passed. That constant birth and death can also be compared to the waves that drift off on the sea. One wave pushes the other, the new one pushes the old wave. Because there is a delusional wind blowing waves that wash away on the sea, causing the waves to constantly bounce and dive, and ceaselessly think, so this wave dies before the new wave arises. continued thinking nonstop and of course the old water could not flow back to where it had passed. That constant birth and death can also be compared to the waves that drift off on the sea. One wave pushes the other, the new one pushes the old wave. Because there is a delusional wind blowing waves that wash away on the sea, causing the waves to constantly bounce and dive, and ceaselessly think, so this wave dies before the new wave arises. continued thinking nonstop and of course the old water could not flow back to where it had passed. That constant birth and death can also be compared to the waves that drift off on the sea. One wave pushes the other, the new one pushes the old wave. Because there is a delusional wind blowing waves that wash away on the sea, causing the waves to constantly bounce and dive, and ceaselessly think, so this wave dies before the new wave arises.
But how to have liberation, renunciation of samsara?
As mentioned, the main function of A consciousness is the constant fluctuation between the seed and the present or the karma and the karma. Just as the continuous flow of water is due to flowing water, so the goal of liberation of the Buddha is how to cut off the continuous flow of samsara. Once the effect of A, the consciousness ceases, means that in A again the consciousness ceases to contain anything, the present is not and of course the seed does not, then the practitioner has successfully converted "consciousness" to " Tri ", turns samsara afflictions into Bodhi Nirvana. When sentient beings practice to purify their mind, non-stubborn seeds are gathered, grown and born into the present. These presents are gathered into consciousness to become the new seedless seeds. Depending on the nature of these new non-gonorrhea strains, the latent gonorrhea strains that are available in the subconscious are degraded and destroyed or the non-gonorrhea strains available in it are grown and proliferated. If sentient beings practice the practice of continuing to cultivate the pure immaculate seeds until all the karmic existences and seeds are completely destroyed, then they will attain the Bodhisattva- slap of the Mahayana. At this point, the unconscious contains only the non-contraband seeds. The fertile seeds of defilement, samsara's karma are no more, and Abhidharma is now transformed into "Unconsciousness". Unconsciously also other names are Yêm-ma-la consciousness, Bach pure consciousness, Pure consciousness, Truth as consciousness, Tathagata consciousness or ninth consciousness. Although there are many such names, in general there is only one pure, immaculate meaning.
In a nutshell, once sentient beings reach the Bodhisattva's results, the karmic seeds that obstruct the mind will be destroyed, but there are actually subtle karmic karmas hidden in the secondary consciousness. these eight. Only when the Bodhisattva's eight places continue to practice the supreme practice of ignorance, called the Brahminary Brahma, to transcend the Tenth-century Bodhisattva level to the level of Enlightenment and initiation If the concentration attains Buddhahood, this eighth consciousness completely dispels all the subtle and even profound innocence and transforms into Great Vien Canh Tri. At that time, the non-gonorrhea and concretions were all, this consciousness transformed into a pure mind radiating around the ten directions as many realms as should be called Dai Vien Canh Tri. This is the pure body of Chon Tam as well as the mirror that illuminates all things truthfully that the Buddha calls "as impossible market thought ”.
Then A skin consciousness cannot be "soul" because the soul is eternal, while A consciousness has a supernatural ability to enter Saints and liberate birth and death. This is a specific feature of Buddhism, completely different from any religion in the world because the holy man of Buddhism is completely liberated. . They always live in the pure freedom of Nirvana and most importantly, the mastery of life and death. For the Buddhist saints, life is dependent on life, so when the conditions end they go to meditation (the four meditations from high to low and vice versa), purify the breath and enter Nirvana. Mr. Xa Loi Phat taught that:
Without passing away, Also do not need immortality. Not the time to stay, Time comes, then go.Buddhism "never" has a tradition of canonizing anyone because anyone cultivates that person, whoever eats that person is full, never one person eats but another can be satisfied (Lang Nghiem Sutra). The Buddha taught that " a drowning person cannot save another drowning person " so how can anyone be qualified to canonize another mortal?
When we fall in love, we accept the self, we have the Self, so we create karma to endure constant samsara. By the time the awakened consciousness is enlightened, the mind-blowing thought-mind disappears, the Self-image is no longer the truth and Buddha-nature manifest. People often think that there must be a Self in them, so in mind they always think that this Self must be different from all things and until death they also hold "I" to the end to change from this body. to another body. But consciousness is all over the ten directions of the world, going nowhere. And the Self is just an illusion, not real, but people cling to deluded views, so they are forever floating in samsara. Listen to the story in the Bhikkhu Na Tiên as follows:
King Di Lan Da now asked Bhikkhu Na Tien that:
- Bach Dai Duc! After man dies, what arises again?
The monk Na Tien replied immediately:
- My Lord King! That is Name (feeling, perception, action, consciousness) and Form (body ie earth, water, wind, fire ...).
- Is that the Name and Form of the old born again?
- Not the old Name, nor the old Sac-body born again. The Name-Body of this life does good and evil deeds, which by virtue of that good and evil karma, transforms into another Form and Body in order to receive the merits or retribution caused.
- So it is not the old Name-Body-body that is born again. Then this life is evil, the next life cannot bear retribution? And if we do not come back, then we have escaped samsara?
- Not so! If you live in life and only do good things, you may not be born again after death. But usually, doing good is also a lot of evil. How can we escape samsara?
- Please give an example of the relationship between the old Name-Body and the new Name-body:
- Like someone else stealing mangoes. The owner of the mango garden caught the fruit and brought the fox to the Dai King. In front of the King, the accused said: "I did not pick his mangoes. His mango tree planted in the past was a tiny seedling. And the mangoes I picked are now on a large, lush tree branch. Then I did not steal ". Before such arguments, did the King think that he was innocent and decided that he could win the case?
- Are not! King Di Lan Da replied. He's guilty. Tram will treat the mango farmer to win the case. Because in the past, thanks to this person to cultivate and fertilize the seedlings, nowadays, there are big mango trees that bear fruit.
- My Lord King! It is the same for man who is born again. With this Name-body, people live in the world doing good and evil deeds. Karma of good and evil continues to ceaselessly transforms into the birth of a new Form and Form. Just as by carefully digging holes to remove the seeds and nurturing the seedlings, later on, there will be mango trees with branches and leaves with mature fruits. To do good and evil in this life means to sow the seeds on the ground and to cultivate the seedlings. In the next life, it can't be helped.
The King asked again:
- Bach Dai Duc! What is in man? Is that the ordinary soul?
- My Lord King! What is the ordinary soul like?
- It is usually in us, using our eyes to see shapes, hearing sounds with our ears, smelling smells with our nose, using our tongue to taste flavors, using our bodies to feel smooth, using our mind to understand and think. It is like Venerable Venerable and I am in this palace, but since all four sides have windows, we can see the outside landscape through that window.
- Thus, the king's intention is to compare human senses to the windows of this palace? Through any of the windows, we can see the scenery outside. Then through any of the senses, the ordinary soul can see the same exterior, right? So can the ordinary soul see form with ears, nose, tongue, body and mind?
- No, sir.
- Can the ordinary soul hear sounds, smell odors, feel smooth, and think with eyes, nose, tongue, body and mind?
- No, sir.
- Thus, the words of the King before and after are not compatible with each other. Again, while the Great King and Venerable were sitting in this palace, if we broke all the windows on the four sides, would our eyesight widen?
- Yes.
- So, breaking down a door where our body is a pair of eyes, for example, does the ordinary soul see further away?
- No, sir.
- And if you break down the other doors where my body is the ears, nose. Is the tongue, body, and mind the ordinary soul in which to hear more widely, smell more, taste more, touch more and think more broadly?
- No, sir.
- So the words of the King before and after are not matched.
Na Tien explained,
- The eyes and the shape met each other, provoking the mind. Mental agitation immediately arises feeling suffering and happiness. With ears and sound, or with nose and flavor, tongue and taste, body and texture, so is mind and memory. Mental agitation immediately arises feeling suffering and happiness. Due to the sense of suffering, instant happiness. Due to the concept of transforming achievements for each other, creating an impermanent boss is the false Self. The so-called soul usually has nothing to do with here.
Based on the above story, if a person is currently living, that is, they now have enough materiality, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness. People, because they are obscured by ignorance and pretend to be feet, think that there must be an unchanging constant Self (Self), which they call the soul to take control of their life and when they die this soul. will switch to another body in the next life. So let's see if man really has an unchanging soul? Man is the union of the five aggregates, ie rupa, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness, meaning that man is created by the conditions of harmony, they cannot be obtained by themselves, therefore, the five aggregates have no self nature, the subject so it is non-self ie No. The distinguishing knowledge of the six sense-consciousness when dependent on the six-sense-sense-sense-sense-limit is just the ever-changing notions in the human mind while the soul is fixed without change. Based on the theory of theistic religions, a person who has just crystallized and born already has a soul. Until I grow up and until death, this soul remains the same, not increasing, decreasing, fixed. But in fact, the more a person understands the life story, the more extensive the mind does not have any fixedness. A doctor, an engineer, a scientist is sure that their current understanding is very different from when they were not yet successful. In addition, the creation of good and evil is caused by the mind-set. Because the mundane consciousness has a constant sense of salary, so always accept it as himself, being his own, and giving birth to indulgence. Because we still discriminate against, we see that there are people and of course we see that the I and My are right, is beautiful, is better. These are the basis of afflictions, suffering also due to ego-clinging. That is why it is called the Cross, the Cross, the Cross and the Cross. After all, all the seeds of good and evil stored in A are awakened for transfer to the next life. Because we still discriminate against, we see that there are people and of course we see that the I and My are right, is beautiful, is better. These are the basis of afflictions, suffering also due to ego-clinging. That is why it is called the Cross, the Cross, the Cross and the Cross. After all, all the seeds of good and evil stored in A are awakened for transfer to the next life. Because we still discriminate against, we see that there are people and of course we see that the I and My are right, is beautiful, is better. These are the basis of afflictions, suffering also due to ego-clinging. That is why it is called the Cross, the Cross, the Cross and the Cross. After all, all the seeds of good and evil stored in A are awakened for transfer to the next life. But how is this process?
Because people live in unconscious ignorance, they create karma that must connect the next life to experience suffering. The word " karma birth"Means that the longevity means starting from the moment of conception until the moment of birth. The process of connecting the next life begins from the living body to the dying body. Then from dying body to intermediate body (new body has not yet reincarnated). And finally from the intermediate state body to the next life body. If the bodies are continued without interruption, there must be something that circulates and keeps (grasping). What is usually circulating and preserving that is the eighth consciousness, is A re-consciousness. Indeed, if there is no this eighth consciousness to hold the "connecting to the next life" then when a person dies, it must be lost, no longer reborn. Therefore, Buddhism denies that the soul is always constant in man, because the soul does not change but man every second, every minute is always changing with time and space. All the seeds of good and evil that people gather will be stored in A-consciousness and will be transferred to another body when conditions meet. Remember that the body is due to a combination of the great elements (earth, great water, wind element, fire element, great view, no great and great great), so when people die, the great loss disintegrates, the earth returns to earth, water returns to water, fire returns to fire… A wake will return to air in this infinite space. A re-consciousness exists in nothingness (not great) does not mean it is not. It is always present but the naked eye cannot see so the Buddha calls it no. Like the wind, no one can see the wind, but the wind is always in this terrestrial space. The air is the same, somewhere where there is no air, but the air has no taste or shape, so the five senses of people are unaware of it. Another example is gas. The gas has no taste or color but is very toxic, so when using the new gas technique, add the stench to make it easy to recognize. So when it meets "predestined relationship ", when A is conditioned, creates a new human being, that is, there is rebirth.
A new person died, although slowly disbanding, cold hands and feet, heart stopped beating, but the consciousness (A skin awake) still remains in the dead body. According to Buddhism, about 8 hours after the heart stops beating, the consciousness will come out of the body. All the heat in the body (fire element) followed the Tang consciousness out, so the dead body was really cold at that time. It is A-skin consciousness which is the energy called karma, an invisible force that enters the mother's oocyte before the great loss is formed. That is the meaning of "reincarnation of the soul". But at the time of death, all the great disbanded first and then the new consciousness came out later.
Has anyone died without being born again?
If a being is still heavily indebted to sexual desire, he or she will be born again in the next life. And those who have escaped the cycle of sexual lust will not be reborn again. In other words, creating karma is still life and death, all creating karma is escaping samsara, entering Nirvana.
What is the essence of Buddhism?
Here, the Buddha has finished explaining the first two questions about reincarnation of karma, but this is not the core of the Buddha's teachings during his 49 years of teaching. The most important teaching of Buddhism is to help sentient beings get rid of suffering and liberation without having to expect any forgiveness because Buddhism is a belief of self-reliance.
But why do people have to suffer?
Anyone born in this world thinks that in us there must be a divine, owning one's own life and calling it "the I", ie the Self. Since then, their possessions are called "My Things". When the feeling of “Cai Ta” arises, self-centeredness, self-centeredness, or self-centeredness also begins to flare. I take care of my own selfishness, others take care of selfishness, so people begin to dispute, to be jealous, to lose more than to lose, to worry about protecting the I and the things that belong to Me. The feeling of the I and the I is considered clinging, grasping once the six sense doors come into contact with the six ceilings and suffering also begins to arise from there.
How does ego develop?
A newborn baby does not have a feeling of a separate "I" in its mind. Gradually according to the growing environment, the baby was stuffed into the mind of the parents, the people around him. This is his parent, his food, his bed, his toys, his room, this cup and the cup is his, his brothers and sisters ... Because it's his to preserve Itself from which the mind begins to develop narrow selfish ideas. That Self continues to change and grow every day under the influence of new things it learns and new experiences in life and in its mind there is always a new Self which is different from the previous Self. there. In general, Cai Ta changes from childhood, gradually to adulthood and finally to the common web. Each moment in life has a different Self, which is the I in school, the I of the lovers, the I of the parents, the Self of the parents. the elders and eventually his Self is about to die. In general, the Self is sequentially transformed in this life through different forms from childhood, to adulthood, then old age and finally through death to become the Self of another child under one. a different name, into another family, another family line, a different homeland, another religion and of course it brings many experiences, memories, knowledge from previous lives in the form of traces bold on its continuous stream of knowledge. The Self of the elders and finally the Self of the man is about to die. In general, the Self is sequentially transformed in this life through different forms from childhood, to adulthood, then old age and finally through death to become the Self of another child under one. a different name, into another family, another family line, a different homeland, another religion and of course it brings many experiences, memories, knowledge from previous lives in the form of traces bold on its continuous stream of knowledge. The Self of the elders and finally the Self of the man is about to die. In general, the Self is sequentially transformed in this life through different forms from childhood, to adulthood, then old age and finally through death to become the Self of another child under one. a different name, into another family, another family line, a different homeland, another religion and of course it brings many experiences, memories, knowledge from previous lives in the form of traces bold on its continuous stream of knowledge.
People try to cling to the I and My in all forms and they conceive that the Self is life in life. But in reality, whenever grasping and clinging to anything in the world from matter to mind, even the best, it will immediately generate suffering.
For example, if we consider this body to be Mine, we must definitely refine, wear, make-up, sparkling jewelry, silk clothes, create a rich and precious reputation for Cai Ta to enjoy, buy a big expensive house. for Cai Ta to live, buy high-quality salaries for Cai Ta to use, contend for civil servant for Cai Ta to be proud. Further a person cuts this place, adds another place to My body more attractive, brilliant ... But this body is really Mine? If it is Mine then I must master it. I told him not to get old, don't get sick, don't die ... did he hear? If it's Mine, why don't I take it with me when I die, but the four elements return to dust?
Even worse, if I now think that the mind is Mine, selfishness will arise, hatred arises, tormented narcissism, greed arouses, many hopes, dreams, Conspiracy, regret, love, hate ... from that arose so many delusions and unrealistic imaginations and this is the nexus of many worries, sorrows and disputes in life. There is a war of killing also because people always protect the notion that this is My home, My family, My country, My hometown, My temple, My religion, My church. Me… Do you know where you were before coming to this world? What hometown is really yours? Hometown now, homeland in past lives or homeland in future lives? Which house is My house? If it's really Mine, why don't you take it with you when you die and leave it all to the world? Are those My children, My spouses, My parents? Once My thoughts are hidden in the mind, tendencies such as selfishness, mastery, tyranny, tyranny will find out, making life in the family unbalanced and unhappy. Are you satisfied (happy) when other people control you? Does a marriage certificate guarantee you ownership of your spouse's life? If so, why do so many couples bring each other to court for divorce every day? They are My children, why do they not listen to Me? My parents? Once My thoughts are hidden in the mind, tendencies such as selfishness, mastery, tyranny, tyranny will find out, making life in the family unbalanced and unhappy. Are you satisfied (happy) when other people control you? Does a marriage certificate guarantee you ownership of your spouse's life? If so, why do so many couples bring each other to court for divorce every day? They are My children, why do they not listen to Me? My parents? Once My thoughts are hidden in the mind, tendencies such as selfishness, mastery, tyranny, tyranny will find out, making life in the family unbalanced and unhappy. Are you satisfied (happy) when other people control you? Does a marriage certificate guarantee you ownership of your spouse's life? If so, why do so many couples bring each other to court for divorce every day? They are My children, why do they not listen to Me? Are you satisfied (happy) when other people control you? Does a marriage certificate guarantee you ownership of your spouse's life? If so, why do so many couples bring each other to court for divorce every day? They are My children, why do they not listen to Me? Are you satisfied (happy) when other people control you? Does a marriage certificate guarantee you ownership of your spouse's life? If so, why do so many couples bring each other to court for divorce every day? They are My children, why do they not listen to Me?
According to the Buddhist spirit, nothing in the world is the I or the Mine. It's all just a predestined relationship. Husband and wife are due to the fate of debt. Two people who have had debts from their past lives, now have enough conditions to meet again, then they will marry again to pay off their previous lives and of course continue to re-create the debt for the future. If there is no debt but only fate, then they only love each other through a period of trouble and eventually break up. External love may be covered with fresh flowers, but in fact it is obscured by human selfish and indulgent natures. It is the instinct of enjoyment that motivates boys and girls to come together and it is that selfish instinct (My Own) that drives them to suffer each other. So if people know how to bring the true love of sacrifice, With generosity and selflessness in life, that love will no longer be the bleak color of selfish instinct. Often, out of jealousy and selfishness, we are less likely to accept the beauty of others because others stand out, which will obscure us. We are indifferent to the strengths of others and rejoice when we find his shortcomings because of the obscure person we will stand out. Due to our selfish mind, we easily fall under the trap "praise, cancel forgiveness ", that is, praise yourself, criticize people. This is the source of birth defilements and karma because of the ego alone. This selfishness must be changed with a spirit of altruism and life will be peaceful and free. Seeing good people, they commend. Seeing rich people, they are happy, and seeing poor people helps. Practicing like this, defilement ceases and the causes of disturbing emotions cease.
In addition, in the past, if we marry our children, we will meet them in this life. If it is a blessing, they come to repay the old days of gratitude. They care, worry and help with everything for their parents. They try to study, become good people to bring joy to their parents. If it is evil, it means that they come to collect the debt, causing suffering for their parents. Parents are weak, they don't care. They just like to play debauchery, waste money, have a dark future and cause troubles for their families. Instead of trying to create a good future for their life, they only pay attention to the great legacy of their parents. Then what are My children?
Buddha was born in the golden palace but he found that suffering is always hidden behind youth, health and life of all living beings. Suffering is an invisible phenomenon, but it affects no less than the swords, swords that penetrate the mind of man. The pain in the soul necessarily does not hurt anyone. The rich and wealthy bear the sufferings of the rich, and the poor also have to endure painful misfortunes exclusively for them. Queen and queen have suffering in the royal style, whereas the poor also have pain like no other. But why do sentient beings suffer?
In the A Ham School (Digha Nikàya) the Buddha taught that:
- Where does lust come from and where does it arise? Wherever there is pleasure and pleasure, there is craving that arises and arises. Rupa, bar, flavor, taste, contact, France has pleasure and pleasure. So craving comes from there and arises there .
Because people are obscured by ignorance, they do not see and know right And from that, craving has the opportunity to arise and then cling, the clergy clings to "The I" and the so-called "Mys". For example anyone can build a house, out of wood, out of bricks or out of reinforced concrete, but the Buddha taught that that kind of house is not really "My thing, but mine in name. meaning, by convention, in concept. It is a phenomenon that we just call the house in the world. And our real home is a calm state of mind. A physical house outside can be beautiful and magnificent, but it is the cause of anxiety after anxiety, from worrying to self-anxiety. Because it is outside of us, which is an external body, so sooner or later we must leave it behind, so the more clinging to it, the more difficult it is to get rid of, the more suffering. It is not a place where we can live forever in it, because it does not really belong to me but is part of the world. Therefore, craving is the motive for people to lead to the action of creating akusala kamma with one's own body, speech or mind. It is craving, which is under the influence of ignorance, that causes people to attach, cling to, cling to life and that longing attracts people to drift away from this life. to another life. Hence there is suffering. clinging to life and that longing and longing attracts people to drift continuously from one lifetime to another. Hence there is suffering. clinging to life and that longing and longing attracts people to drift continuously from one lifetime to another. Hence there is suffering.
In general, suffering is a state of dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction that makes people uncomfortable. The happiness that man pursues also cannot exist because the conditions that condition it to arise are always changing, so no happiness is truly sustainable. The things that sentient beings want are only temporary and the objects that people yearn are just transient, there and then lose, like holding a shadow, like holding catch a wave of incense.
In addition, according to the Buddhist theory of "karma, dependent origination," all the good and evil seeds not only come from this life, but also many past lives come from human thoughts, words and actions. All are stored in A re da (human). When the conditions are met, that good and evil seed will turn into fruit and these are the results of suffering and joy that people receive in this life and in the next lives. For example in the backyard garden, we sow different kinds of seeds (seeds) (kernels). Since they are located underground, the naked eye cannot see, there are times when we think that those seeds no longer or die. After many showers and warm weather (predestined) they begin to sprout (fruit). The most important thing is which breed should germinate in the same way, never mess up. For example, a mustard plant produces a mustard plant. Like a chili, it gives birth to a chili tree ... Absolutely never growing cilantro, but becoming a chili tree means that when good is good, it will receive good results, otherwise evil people will surely receive evil. Therefore, if people know how to practice many virtuous seeds, those good seeds have the power to lead them to be reborn in peaceful realms to continue enjoying good karmic retribution. On the contrary, it must be reported to the realm of suffering and pain. Karma is the act of repeating many times and then becoming a habit that is to practice qi. It is this habit, or practice of qi, that has extraordinary power that Buddhism calls karma to depend on conditions, to indulge in a suitable environment to live, so it is called karma. However, Buddhism is a karmic path meaning that in the past, no matter how much karma people live in ignorance (cause). But if now know how to calm down, stop, cultivate nature, avoid negative karma, and create more good karma, those evil people will not have the opportunity to create with negative karma to cause their suffering. Causes without conditions (conditions) are absolutely never successful (effect). Just like rice (human) without water, without cooking (predestined) can never become rice (fruit).
Nowadays, people, instead of trying to find ways to change their lives in accordance with human morality, they close their eyes in search of blessings. The Buddha's teaching is very brief, that is to stay away from evil and try to do good deeds. When you have achieved it, then trying to keep your mind pure is that there is liberation. But most Buddhist cultivators ignore it, even though they also do good deeds without wanting to let go of their bad habits. Therefore looking for merit without letting go of evil is never there. All good and evil actions come from body, speech, and mind, so that is the place where you have to look back at yourself that the Buddha calls " Reflecting Autism."Means re-examining oneself, re-contemplating oneself, from body to mind, clearly seeing how the body and the interior are. Meanwhile, "Reflection Reflection" has a special character for the upper level, especially those who practice meditation in Buddhism. See if your behavior is wrong or not? Every day we try hard to clean our homes, cars and dishes, but forget to look back at the dirt in our hearts. Because without seeing oneself, man can do all kinds of bad things. When a bad thought flashes in their mind, they look around to see if anyone has seen the intention before they do. But they forget that someone knows and that person is nobody else (conscience). If you can look at yourself, you will know the difference between good and evil very clearly. If you are going to do an evil deed, you look at yourself at the right moment, you can stop. Normally, because looking from the outside, the human mind is full of ambition and illusion, but now if you look inside and look at yourself, you will see very clearly good and evil. Seeing goodness reminds us to try to do the same. To let go of evil, practice good deeds is immediately blessed. The Buddha said: " Sentient beings, if they want to cultivate their blessings for fullness, turn away from evil"That is, if I don't do evil, then all my actions will become good without distinguishing between good and evil." On the contrary, while doing some good deeds, but still doing evil, there is still constant worry, compassion, and suffering. Therefore, if our mind is kind and virtuous, then this is happiness in this life. For people, happiness is progressing according to their wishes, when people around the world only say nice words to them, but if this is really the happiness you want, then you build yourself. castle in the sand. Not only outsiders make us upset, but even loved ones around us sometimes make us sad, compassionate, and miserable. Even we ourselves make us sad, unhappy. So, If you can look back at yourself to let go of evil, you will be happy yourself because a good mind has no anxiety or defilements. When your mind is at ease, you smile. In contrast, the troubled mind, the anxiety, the heart is upset, the face is dry, the aggressive, the angry.
Buddhism's principle is to help sentient beings to be free from all the effects of afflictions, suffering to have a peaceful and free life. In order to achieve this end, sentient beings must know to let go. So the biblical Middle Agama (Majjhima Nikaya), Buddha summed up the core of Buddhism in one sentence it short for those who want to go on the path of enlightenment, that is, " Do not cling v IU in whatever "which the Vajrayana calls" the unqualified love of the mind "means that once eyes, ears, nose, body, and mind come into contact with material, sound, flavor, taste, contact, dhamma but the mind does not cling to or grasp.
With the same idea, in the Bahiya Sutta, the Buddha explained to a disciple named Bahiya about clinging, grasping once the six sense doors come into contact with the six objects as follows:
“ Hey Bahiya,
When we see a form, it is just a way of seeing.
When a sound is heard, it is just the way of hearing it.
When you smell a smell, that's just the way you smell it.
When it comes to taste, it is just the way to taste it.
When a physical sensation happens, it is just a feeling.
And every time a thought arises, it is just a natural phenomenon appearing in the mind.
That's the way there is no self.
That is the cessation of dukkha (suffering). This is nibbâna (nirvana).
The above article is short, but very important. So what does the Buddha want to teach us?
1) When the eye sees a form, it is enough to know only that the eye sees form. Why? For example, if the eye sees a car, it is just a car and the eye sees hundreds of thousands of other objects, so that view has no attachment, the nonchalant view is not important. That is seeing as well as not seeing so the mind does not waver. On the contrary, if we think that our eyes see the car, the view now we see, we bring the silhouette of that vehicle into our mind and then craving arises, the craving arises and the suffering and pain also arise from there. . If you try to work night and day to have money to buy such a car, it is too much, if you want to do it, it will be too painful.
2) When listening to music, know that the ear is listening to music. Don't add the ego-clinging to thinking that My ears are listening to music.
3) When your nose smells the scent, you know that your nose is smelling that scent.
4) When the tongue tastes sweet, it is enough to know that the tongue is tasting the sweetness.
5) When the body touches a hard or soft object, you know whether your body is touching a hard or soft object. Don't assume that your body is touching a hard or soft object.
6) Finally when there is a thought appearing in the mind, it is enough to know there is a thought appearing in the mind.
For example, when you want to do something (good) for others, you just worry about making it complete, creating joy for others is enough, the mind is free. On the contrary, if you think that I do it myself, the mind will set out countless conditions, that is, the mind is attached. If you want people to repay their gratitude, if you want others to give them a compliment, take pictures or publish a newspaper, your troubles will immediately arise. This is the difference between selfless work (for the people who do it) and self-interested egoism (buying and selling, doing business).
If people know contemplative thinking and properly practice the above teachings of the Buddha, in them the Self is gradually destroyed and the feelings of "I" and "Mine" will also disappear. This is the way out of suffering, liberating oneself at Nirvana that is:
" In the case of mindless meditation " then.
Therefore, if man lives in mindful mindfulness, does not chase after rupa, bar, flavor, taste, contact, dhamma, the feelings of "I" and "mine" will disappear and be right at that moment. there is no longer the shadow of suffering and of course pure Nirvana will manifest.
Then is enlightened and still suffering?
Return to the Na Tien Bhikshu Sutra:
King Di Lan Da asked:
- Bach Dai Duc, an enlightened practitioner no longer rebirth in the next life, but does he still see suffering in this life?
- My Lord, United Kingdom, depending on each one. There is still suffering, some work.
- Have a job, have a job, is how?
- The suffering of the body remains, the pain of the mind ends.
- Why?
- The reason that the body is still suffering is because the cause and condition to give birth to this kind of suffering is the body. As long as the conditions exist, the suffering of the body remains. The reason that the mind ceases to suffer is because the cause of the mind causes the second kind of suffering, the greed, once the mind has eliminated all the evil, the craving is no more, the suffering of the mind ceases.
- The practitioner has attained enlightenment and cannot make his body leave suffering, so has he not attained Nirvana yet? If I have a religion, but the body still suffers, how is it called enlightenment? What should I do to stay in the world to still suffer?
-My Lord out of the United Kingdom, the enlightened one does not like but also does not hate, not looking for but not banished. Calmly live in this world, not in a hurry, not in a hurry. For example, young bananas do not have to be pressed. Again, there is no need to wait for bananas to ripen to begin picking. Therefore, the former Xa Loi Phat taught that:
Without passing away,
Also do not need immortality.
Not the time to stay,
Time comes, then go.
The King said:
- Or rather! Or rather! END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.10/10/2020.
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