Saturday, April 10, 2021
Practice the Four Immeasurable Minds in everyday life.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.
During the time of the Buddha's life, many Brahmin followers believed that after death they would be born into Heaven to live with the immortal Brahma. One day a Brahmin came to ask the Buddha what man should do in order to be sure that he would get along with the Brahma after death. The Buddha taught: "Pham Thien is the source of love, so if you want to mingle with the Brahma, you must practice the four immeasurable hearts, Lovingkindness, Compassion, and Discharge ...
"From" Sanskrit is Maitri, Pàli is Metta. "Bi" is Karuna and "Hy" is Mudita in both language systems. "Discharge" in Sanskrit is Upeksha and Pàli is Upekkha. The four immeasurable hearts are the four states of true love. They are called immeasurable because if you practice these mental states, they will increase every day until the universe is covered. You will become happier and the people around you will also become happier through practicing these four immeasurable minds.
According to Nagarjuna, a great teacher of Buddhism in the second century, the practice of loving kindness will help us to get rid of anger in our minds. Practicing compassion will help us to eliminate sadness and anxiety from the mind. The practice of Happy mind will help to eliminate sadness and generate joy. Practicing the Mind Release will help us to let go of hatred, jealousy, jealousy, and attachment.
If we know how to develop Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy, and Exhaustion, we will know how to heal the emotional wounds brought about by anger, grief, insecurity, enmity, loneliness, and perseverance. . According to the Anguttara Nikaya, the Buddha said: "If an angry mind arises like a bhikkhu, then he should practice letting go of loving kindness, compassion or relativity to the person who gives him the regret ".
Some Buddhist commentators believe that the teachings of the Four Immeasurable Minds are not the highest teachings of Buddhism, they do not lead to the cessation of suffering. This is not really true. The Buddha once taught Venerable Ananda, "Teach this four-mindless dharma to the young monks so that they can be safe, happy, healthy in body and mind, so that they are well equipped on you. the way to enlightenment ”. Another time, the Buddha taught that whoever practices the four immeasurable minds combined with the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path will soon come to enlightenment. Loving kindness, compassion, joy and discharge are the essence of enlightenment. They are the four dimensions of true love in us, in all people and in all things.
Lovingkindness is a mind that has the power to bring joy and happiness to oneself and to others. In order to develop Lovingkindness, we need to practice deep insight and hearing to know what we should do and what we should not do to create happiness for others. If you give the person you love something that he doesn't want, then you haven't practiced Lovingkindness. You have to understand the person's real situation and know what you will bring that will make him or her happy. For example, there are many people who like to eat durian. It can be said that they are addicted to durian. Its scent spreads widely and some people even finish their shells under the bed to continue enjoying its aroma. However, there are some people who cannot tolerate the smell of durian. If you invite them to eat durian they won't be happy. If you say you love that person and you want him or her to be happy, But if you force him to eat durian, that means you loved him but did not understand him. This is an example of ignorant love. Your intentions were good, but you didn't have the right understanding.
Love without understanding is not true love. You have to know deeply to understand the wishes, emotions, needs, and even suffering of your loved one. We all need love. Love brings joy and happiness is just as natural as our in and out breaths. We are loved by the plants, we have provided us with fresh air. To be loved, we must love, that is, we must know. In order for our love to be sustained, we must take the right action to protect the air, protect plants and trees, and protect the ones we love.
We all have seeds of love. We need to develop this wonderful source of energy, cultivate love without self-interest, without expecting any return. When we have a deep understanding of a person, even that person has harmed us, we cannot help but love that person. The Buddha of the future is Tu Thi Maitreya, a Buddha of Compassion.
Compassion is the second aspect of true love, the ability to reduce and transform suffering. In order to develop compassion, we need to practice mindful breathing, practice of listening, and practice of insight. Compassion tells us deeply. When you know that someone is suffering, you draw closer to him or her. You listen as if you could touch the person's pain. You have a deep understanding of the person and that will bring relief from suffering.
A word, action or thought with compassion can reduce suffering and bring joy to others. A true, correct statement can bring confidence, comfort, relieve doubts, help avoid mistakes, reconcile conflicts and open the door to liberation. A good act can save lives, can help people create happiness. Thought has the same value because thinking often leads to words and actions. With compassion, each of our thoughts, words and actions can be a miracle. We often wonder why the Buddha always had such a beautiful, beautiful smile while the world was filled with suffering. Why wasn't He affected by suffering? The reason was that because Buddha was calm, insightful, and understanding enough, suffering could not knock him down. He can smile at suffering because He knows how to overcome it, transform it. We need to be aware of suffering, but we also need to be calm, discerning and energetic to transform the situation. The ocean of sorrow would not have drowned us if we had enough compassion. This explains the smile of the Buddha.
Tam Hy is the third aspect of true love. True love always brings joy to us and to the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love. Some commentators explain that "Bliss" is concerned with both body and mind, while "Joy" is concerned only with the mind. They often give an example: When a person is walking in the desert, if at that time they see a stream of cool water, they feel about Joy. When they drink water, they feel lost. We don't have to rush to the future; We know everything is here, right now. There are many small things that can bring great joy to us. For example, if we know that we have a clear eye, we simply need to open our eyes and be able to gaze at the blue sky, purple flowers; We can see plants, children frolic and all kinds of magical color images. Settling in mindfulness, we are able to come into contact with these miraculously green fresh things and joy spontaneously arises in our mind.
Some commentators believe that the word "Mudita" means rejoicing, which is the joy that comes from seeing others happy. This meaning seems limited, it separates oneself from people, "Mudita" should be understood more deeply as joy filled with peace and happiness. We rejoice when others are happy, but we also rejoice in our own serenity. Why do we only feel happy with others and not happy with ourselves? Joy is for everyone.
The fourth element of true love is the Mind Release (Upeksha). "Discharge" means no attachment, no attachment, no discrimination. Discharge means letting go. "Upe" means "all over" and "Ksha" means to look. "Upeksha" is the pervasive view. Just like when you climb to the top of a high mountain you can see pervasiveness and comprehensiveness, not limited by either side. If your love has discrimination, prejudice, then that is not true love. If you have many children, you should love them all. Discharge does not mean not loving, but Xa is about loving how your children receive your love evenly, without discrimination. Even in a fierce conflict, we remain undivided, able to love and understand both sides. We remove all prejudices to break the border between us and people. As long as we still have the distinction between ourselves and humans, we still do not have a mind of equanimity in its true sense. We have to put ourselves in the shoes of others, become one with them, then we understand that person right. It is also a way to eliminate narrow-minded selfishness.
Without discharge, our love becomes selfish. A starling may be beautiful, but if we keep it in an iron cage to own it for ourselves, the bird is no longer beautiful in its natural form. So is our loved one, like a cloud, a bird or a flower. If you lock them up, they will "die". However, many people still do the same. They take away the freedom of the one they love, they live only to satisfy themselves and use others to satisfy their ambitions. That is not love; that is vandalism. You say you love the person, but when you don't understand his or her feelings, needs, and circumstances, he or she is just in a prison called love. Real love is not like that. True love helps you to preserve the freedom of you and the person you love.
In order for love to reach its true meaning, it must contain Compassion, Compassion, Joy, and Discharge in itself. In order for Lovingkindness to reach its true meaning, it must contain compassion, joy and discharge in it. The same goes for compassion, joy, and discharge. This is the interdependent nature of the members of the four immeasurable minds. When the Buddha taught the four immeasurable method, he provided us with a truly necessary, productive and important way of life. It is more important that we understand them thoroughly and practice them properly in our daily lives. It is the best way to love and be loved, to have happiness and to bring happiness to oneself, for humans and for all species.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/4/2021.
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