Can a monk work like a doctor?.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH. There are some Buddhists who often misunderstand the following question, is a monk able to work as a doctor for the Buddhist community, or not? If you want a pure mind, recite the Buddha's name Because there are some monks who are skilled in herbal medicine, and know other traditional therapies, however, have monks ever been allowed by the precepts to behave like a doctor? The Buddha once said, "Bhikkhus, whoever wants to take care of me, he must want to take care of the sick", and this famous saying has often been used to justify a working monk. like a doctor. However, the above statement has been taken out of proper context, this we will understand more clearly, in the explanation below. The full text, found in the Vinaya section, Great Products, chapter 8, verse 26, relates to the story that happened when the Buddha met a monk who was a disciple of dysentery. With the help of Venerable Ananda (Ananda), the Buddha cleaned, and cleaned up sick monk. Immediately after that, the Buddha gave sermons to the Sangha: “Bhikkhus, you have no mother, you also have no father to take care of you. Bhikkhus, if you don't take care of each other, who will take care of you? Bhikkhus, whoever wants to take care of me must want to take care of the sick. ”(Translation from Pali Text Association, Book of Precepts, Vol. 4, Page 432). The full text above shows us very clearly that, when the Buddha said "Whoever wants to take care of me, he must take care of the sick", his meaning is that the monks must take care of the monks. the monk initiate is sick. The Buddha was not talking about monks working as doctors for Buddhists. As a mind healer, that is the act of a compassionate, peaceful and wise monk. As a mind healer, that is the act of a compassionate, peaceful and wise monk. In fact, the Buddha said many times that monks working as doctors for Buddhists, having an improper profession (miccha-ajiva), went against the right profession (Right Life). , the fifth part of the noble path has eight parts (the Eightfold Path), and is the devalued way of working (tiracchana-vijjā). For example, in the Digha Nikaya, the first sutta in this sutra, is the sutta sutta that includes the views of all people (Brahmajala Sutra, the Pham Vong Sutra), the Buddha said the following: 27. “There are a number of ascetic monks, and Brahmins, while living off the food offerings of the Buddhists, they make a living through an improper occupation (miccha-ajiva), crossing the street. tiracchana-vijjā, for example: the promise of giving gifts to the gods to favor the monks; fulfillment of the above promises; studying and believing in demons; recite the mantras after entering a house of earth; making potency pills, and powerless drugs; preparing sites and giving sacred blessings to the house; do mouth rinsing and body wash rituals; making offerings to the fire god; make up vomit, bowel bleach, cough medicine, and decongestant; ear pain medicine, eye pain medicine, nasal pain medicine, eye wash, and over the counter ointment; treatment of cataract eye diseases, surgical practice, being a pediatrician; providing physical healings, and skin-healing bombs, to counteract the potion's effects - while the Buddha, as the ascetic Gotama, did not live by not-right career, you are not-in-service. (excerpt from the Sutta of the Net of People's Perspectives (Brahmajala), page 61, English translation by Kandy, Buddhist Publishing Association). Stress is the source of illness in body and mind Therefore, it is clear that the Buddha condemned any monk, making a living by working as a doctor for Buddhists. The tradition has been passed down to Theravada Buddhist monks, depicted in the Samantapasadika (Collection of Commentaries in Pali, in Theravada Vinaya), excellent commentaries on Law Bodhisattva, compiled by Buddhaghosa in Sri Lanka in the 5th century. This credible commentary states that a monk can prescribe and provide medicine to fellow monks (for monks, and nuns), for their parents, or for those who take care of their parents, and for any Buddhist who lives in a Buddhist monastery, who should be a standard to be a monk, or to be a helper for monks. In addition, a monk may prescribe, but not buy medicine for brothers and sisters, for aunts and uncles, for grandparents, and for any tourists, for bandits, for those wounded in battle, and for those without relatives coming to the monastery for urgent help. If a monk prescribes or gives drugs out of the law, he violates the precepts (a dukkata offense, the 6th out of 7 types of crimes - category of crime. the worst crime is the number 7 crime, the most serious crime category is the # 1 extreme crime). Furthermore, if this monk prescribes, or gives medicine to a Buddhist for the purpose of being rewarded with a gift, he violates the precepts by "spoiling another person's family" (kuladusaka). This is what is said in the Commentary of the Samantapasadika Vinaya, which is respected in all Theravada countries. This passage is also found in the Pali Text Association version, Samantapasadika page 469f (only regret that this passage was written in Pali, From the question "Can a monk work as a doctor?", We have the answer from a trustworthy text, showing us the wise balance, acknowledging the duty of a monk to his parents, acknowledging his duty towards other monks, and his duty towards the Buddhists who live with the monks in the monastery, and the monk's compassion for those visiting the monastery who needed his help urgently. In any case, however, the above text states that monks should prevent accepting material rewards for the aforementioned services. Furthermore, we need to remember that the role of a Buddhist monk for the Buddhists is not a physical healer, but a mind healer, it is practice. the movement of a monk who is compassionate, peaceful, and wise.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/2/2021.