The Life of Ananda Sangha.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH. Chapter X Aanda after the Buddha passed away -ooOoo- T swine Ton Additional shelves language (Theragatha) No. 1035 and 1036, after cremation of Buddha, Ananda became taciturn and love hidden in its net loss. One day he complained to himself: '' Dao brother da vanished shadow (1), the Guru has also passed away. Fusion like a dream, I have to treat the body The good example is no more, the bad example is filled with (2), take care of self-cultivation. Meditation force patiently builds, Like a bird in the wind. The group is the concentration of mind, the six sense bases keep it. According to good law do not be mistaken! (1) implies that Mr. Xa-benefits-waving passed away. (2) Good example: refers to the Buddha; Bad example: refers to the supernatural beings that are easygoing Since then, Abanda knows that she has only one duty to free herself, according to the teachings. When he broke up, Elder Maha Guru compassionately advised him to come to cultivate in the forest of Kosala, because there are near the two tribes of Mallas and Sakyans (Shakyamuni lineage), he will be enthusiastically protected by the Buddhas. degree. When the people in the vicinity learned of the Buddha's closest disciple and also the uncles of the Buddha to stay in that forest, they came together to visit Abanda in great numbers. Ananda thought that only she was to miss the Buddha and the Relics of the Buddha, and Muc Kien Lien was persistent. I thought that the Buddhists around the forest where he lived, I also deeply regret those three levels. At the same time, the father of Kosala, who was loved by many subjects, Pasenadi, had just died, so they came to Aban to comfort them, not only about the Buddha's shadow, and of the two Saints. Monk Xa Loi Phat, Muc Lien Lien, but they also asked to be comforted about the death of Thai Thuong Hoang Pasenadi. The more virtuous the late Thai Thuong Hoang, the more cruel and the more aggressive the Prince and his children become, so the death of Thai Thuong Hoang has caused the entire subjects to suffer a great loss. Four deaths: of the Buddha, of Xa Loi Phat and Muc Lien, as well as of Emperor Pasendi, took place in the same year, so day and night people in the areas around the forest of Ananda went to retreat, Unable to bear the overwhelming sadness, he immediately dragged each other to Aanda's hermitage, making him never alone. In addition, there is a deity, living in the forest, appearing to worship Abanda. This deity praised his spiritual progress and advised Aban to clear his mind with a few verses saying: "Now sitting quietly by the tree stump, Your Mind follows the Nirvana Meditation! Advise you to wait for panic. Concentrate on the aura will light up." As Ananda was encouraged by the deity, she felt herself, so she was extremely diligent after that. (According to Samyutta Nikàya: Journal A Function 9.5). On the side of the great Elder Ca Lettuce, the most noble of all the ranks of the Buddhist disciples, the execution of the Guru's last will is very important. He decided to summon the Holy Sangha monks to repeat the teachings and sutras of the Buddha's teachings. Accordingly, about five hundred Arahants who are still alive must be present in full, plus the presence of a noble Sangha, Ananda. Because apart from Abanda, there is no one who is blessed to hear most of the teachings of the Buddha's teachings. But the political situation of Kosala was temporarily unstable, the princes were competing for the throne, so the gathering place, the first Buddhist Canon of Law had to be moved to Vuong Xa Thanh, the ruler of Ma Kiet Da. (Magadha) and put under the protection of King A Xa The (Ajatasattu). When approaching the date of the meeting of the sutras, Anuruddha again suggested: Master Arahantha be accepted into the congress only if he attains Arahant. The Sutra Pitaka and the Vinaya only). Anuruddha thanks to the compassionate understanding, knowing the determination of Aanda, so she proposed so, in order to incite and urge the Venerable Arahant, to be more diligent, to quickly reach the Noble Truth of Solving. Exit. Asana heard that at times, he not only was not angry at all, but also volunteered to be as diligent as possible, taking advantage of his Vipassana ability, personally instructed by the Buddha, to progress to the Noble Truth Exit. (In the sutras also called this result Huu Du Nirvana: that is, the practitioner has attained Nirvana, but the body is still alive). At dawn of the next day, when Abanana was dwelling in a meditative state, he suddenly felt without a doubt that his mind had become clear to all sexuality, and defilements had disappeared. He became an Arahant Saint. And the day of the congress to gather the scriptures also comes. The site was a cave deep in the mountain, with only one locked entrance. Five hundred Saint Sangha Arahants must use divine powers to attend the assembly. When they were fully present and Aanda's seat was vacant; The monks were waiting when a light stream of anh1 pierced through the doorway, shining on the empty seat, at the same time Aanda appeared. The Saints Sangha, especially Anuruddha and Great Ca Lettuce (Mahà Kassapa) saw A Nanana fully fulfilled, immediately praised the merits and opened the congress. At that time, it was autumn, so the monks in the surrounding areas could not come, so that the Holy Tang community could be worshiped. As for the monks who are far away, they must be naturally absent. Dai Ca Lettuce was elected as the chairman and conducts the practice of law practice as follows: 1. The Elder Dai Ca Lettuce has asked questions about all the laws, to the Upali monk, who is known as "One who clearly remembers the forbidden laws". This Upali monk gave a full answer, reiterating both the reason, the place, the time, and the witnesses, when he was given the precepts by the Master. And so it continued like that, so the Vinaya was gathered first. 2. Next, Elder Dai Ca Lettuce asked Aanda about the Buddhist sermons: The beginning is long sutras, with the same history, to gather into a set called A Ham School (Dìgha Nikàya). Next are the average suttas, sharing the same history, gathered into a set, called the Middle AH € m (Majjhima Kikàyà). Then there are short sutras, with the same history, arranged into a set called Tieu A Ham (Khuddaka Kikàya). At the end of Aanda, she mentioned discrete sutras, engraved history, to gather them into A Ham (Samyutta Nikàya), or mentioned articles listed by numbers, independent history, called Sangha Nhat Chi A Ham (Anguttara Nikàyya) etc .. 3. After the Vinaya and the Sutra Pitaka have been fully concluded, Ananda presents the will of the Buddha to leave. He told the congress that the Buddha, before entering Nirvana, allowed the Sangha to abolish unnecessary precepts. But the congress of St. Sangha did not agree, because the meaning of the three words "unnecessary" has no clear standards. The chairman of Great Ca Lettuce (Mahà Kassapa) immediately suggested: "If we cancel some of the Buddha's commandments, the house rows will disagree, saying that the monastic disciples, not long after the Buddha's death, have begun to be idle, not wanting to keep the precepts. Furthermore, the Buddha did not clearly teach which laws were unnecessary laws It is better to stand and abolish any of the commandments. . " And the suggestion of the great Elder Ca Lettuce was completely approved by the Holy Sangha. Through the subjugation section, the serious samana have complained that: First there is a defect related to the Vinaya. Ananda did not ask Buddha which law is the necessary law. That defect now Aanda should repent! And secondly, Amanda, when the Buddha was in money, often stomped on the Buddha's robe, stretching it to mend. Ananda happily replied that: "The first defect, when the Buddha falls in favor of his sickness, the poverty of his mind is too confused, so he forgets. to patch, not out of disrespect to the Buddha. However, if the brothers have reminded him, then please repent ". Then regarding the treatment of Abanda at the end of the Buddha's Cremation, the Saidas seriously continued: Tuesday, Aanda at that time gave priority to women who came to worship Buddha's relics first. even high ranks of Buddhist followers. Ananda immediately replied happily: "Because at that time a poor monk has not attained Liberation, and for a human being, when the female believers want to worship the Buddha and make them wait for a long time, it is a pity. Now the poor Sangha is an Enlightened One, so I am ready to acknowledge the error ". Finally, some of the Sangha did not forget to remind Amanda clearly: his act of not requesting the Buddha to enter Nirvana was a very important mistake. Asana knew his own fault, he honestly expressed: "It was the Demon King (Mara) that haunted him, making his mind dark, but in fact he was the disciple who was afraid of Buddha entering Nirvana much sooner. than anyone else ". Ananda's gesture toward those critics was indeed respectable. He submitted to the judgments of the Saints Sangha, without a hint of dissatisfaction. Though inwardly, he knew for himself that: Mistakes that are made accidentally by mistake are always forgiving. After that, Ananda continued, to another will that the Buddha taught, just before he entered Nirvana. This teaching is related to the authority of the Church to punish bhikkhu Channa, who disobeyed the teachings of the Guru. After listening to Aban finished, the General Assembly of the Holy Sangha immediately asked Aanda to personally apply the transfer of the commandment to Channa. Ananda honestly said, "You cannot do this work alone, because Channa is a gruff and undisciplined person!" The general assembly of unanimity authorized Ananda to lead some bhikkhus to impose the ordinance of Channa Bhikkhu Buddha. So Ananda obeyed, led a group of monks, up the road to Kosambi, where Channa hid, to proclaim the last commandment of the Buddha. That commandment stated: "If a bhikkhu Channa continues to oppose the Church, he will be expelled from Buddhism". (Additional words of translator: According to the original text in the Great Nirvana Sutra, the bhikkhu who disobeys the Buddha's teachings will be "dead" from the Church. That is to say that the person has already "died", no longer mentioned above plus Copper Increase them as well). With this punishment, the Buddha at birth also clarified: He used the example of a patient and experienced horse practitioner, but could not train a patient and experienced horse, but could not train. can train a horse. In the end, the practitioner had to bring it to the slaughterhouse, for keeping it would not be of any use. A horse that refuses to pull a carriage, cannot pull the plow, does not want to carry anything on its back, only the slaughterhouse is waiting for it. Similarly: If a monk who is not proficient in the good dhamma because it is no different that they "kill" their name on their own, in the list of Church Sangha. In the case of such an untrained bhikkhu who linger in the monk community, the Buddha ordered his disciples not to speak, not to contact, to be advised or to teach at all. All co-boycott those intentionally undisciplined people. Channa heard Arahantha reciting the Buddha's diaspora when he was extremely sympathetic and frightened. When he woke up, a deep shame tormented his mind. Especially he was ashamed that the punishment was given to the Church by the Buddha himself, before he passed away. And also because of that deep shame, that he more and more awakened, determined to submit good. Unexpectedly, the stubbornness of a stubborn Channa, in the face of the Buddha's punitive teachings, gave way to a spirit of submission, so strong that, since then, he has only cared for spiritual practice, to soon, he attained Arahantship. So the Buddha's final punishment, by itself, proved that: At the last minute, before entering Nirvana, the Buddha left the ultimate instructions, able to transform a deluded, dark soul Dark, but few people expected. Since then, in Buddhism, there is only one Channa Than1h Monk, very pure, always living with peace, not a recalcitrant bhikkhu named Channa anymore! After the Holy result was attained, one day, Channa Monk came to ask Aban to convene a Church council for him to repent and ask Aanda to cancel the punishment. Ananda immediately replied with a friendly, "All the Sanghas always believe that you have obtained the results of the Immortal. by itself has expired since the sage filed the witness of Giai Escape " And Channa's story ended so perfectly. Next, the post-Buddhist period begins: The leadership ranks in the Sangha are naturally formed as follows: - The Elder Dai Ca Lettuce (Mahà Kassapa) is the tallest, oldest and most virtuous monk who is trusted in the leadership role of the entire family. We can call him the first Buddhist monk. And the Buddha is the Taoist, the founder of Buddhism. Please do not be mistaken. Therefore, good-hearted people later, when they want to enter Buddhism, they will seek refuge in the Buddha, take refuge in the Dharma, and take refuge in the Sangha (represented by the Church), but they will not take refuge with the Sangha. It was Dai Ca Lettuce when receiving the Supreme Consul confirmed it. According to the Buddha's teaching, the Elder Dai Ca Lettuce has ten branches to play the role of a noble leader. The ten genera are: 1. Virtue abides strictly in the Vinaya and completely in gesture. 2. Study broadly and remember a lot. 3. Full legal tri. 4. Firm and tame in the four meditation steps. 5. Many abilities for ordinary people to the human realm and heaven. 6. Dac Thien ear information (listening to thousands of miles away) 7. Dac Tha Tam communication (know what others are thinking) 8. Dac Tuc network communication (know the past, future) 9. Dac Thien label (see far ten thousand miles) 10. The mind is no longer greed, hatred, delusion, and defilement. Elder Dai Ca Lettuce is indeed a worthy symbol of a great apostle of the Dharma. The second person in the Church is Aban, because he is the one who is loved by most (if not all) of the Sangha. Aanda is also the person who has been assigned by the clergy community to take the responsibility of serving the Buddha during the 25 years of the school. If you count each stage, Ananda has 40 years as a monk before spending 25 years in order to lower the Buddha. Then, after the Buddha's death, he lived another 40 years to serve Buddhism. In comparison, among the very rare people with longevity like him, they are only the most diligent in cultivation. When the monks gathered the Buddhist sutras for the second time, exactly one hundred years since the Buddha's entry into Nirvana, there was one of Arahantship's righteous disciple alive. This person named Sabbakamin, has been considered as the only Elder left from the Buddha's time. (According to Cùlavagga 12 (Skit, chapter 12) in the Vinaya, Venerable Sabbakamin has a longevity of up to 120 years). As for the Holy Sangha Ananda, when he lived to the age of 120, he felt Nirvana near. Than1h Monk Ananda immediately left the Royal Citadel (Ràjagaha) to go towards Vesali, just like the Buddha had done before, to find the place of Yuan Xi, then the news reached the king of Magadha (Ma Kaya) and heard the the Prince of Vesali. All simultaneously turned to Him to ask Him to enter Nirvana in their domain. Saint Monk A Nann Da did not want his relics (remains) to then cause discord among the admirers, stopped at the border between the two countries, and then miraculously lifted his body into the air. The section of Thanh Tăng used the fire of the Three Sisters of Death and burned the body, then divided Xa Loi into two neatly falling parts on the two territories, so that they could pick up the chedi to worship. To commemorate that magical Nirvana entry, in Ton Tuc verse 1049 (Theragathá 1049), there is a verse that: "Abhidharma, virtuous Amanda, A hero in the sea of ​​misery. Perfectly replacing the perfect law enforcement, Now passing away also avoids controversy". And with those lines of praise, the translator would respectfully conclude this great natural history of Ananda, an Arahant Buddha. * * * Poem Offering to St. Ananda The night before, He still practices Da Qua The next day, Arahant, and Eighty-two thousand pure Dharma Bao (1) He has fully recited in a rock cave. * In the congress of the Holy Sangha by miracle, Oai virtue is more than an elite force A ray of light penetrates into the keyhole, he is naturally on the peaceful pedestal. * In the midst of the world, divine powers are precious, Liberation then what does it mean, The Holy Zone is a simple life, Intrigued people, alleviating pain. * When the lifespan is over then a light burden, People on the way to destroy the distant world But the flesh is still happy. The king struggles to keep his home land. * In order to settle for the integrity of his grace, he lifted himself up, burned in the air, the Soda fire burned his body brightly, Relic was divided into two areas. * The passing away brought people into history books, The miracle of the past until thousands later, A monk Than1h Monk Arahant Buddha, A Nan Life, the last miraculous life.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/4/2021.