14. The Bodhisattva Siddhattha Totally Overcame Demons Of Heaven.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. After receiving the golden tray full of milk rice from Sujātā, the Bodhisattva got up from the foot of the leather tree, holding the golden tray full of milk rice and milk, went to the Nerañjarā riverbank, where the Bodhisattvas of Right Enlightenment -Enlightened last life-past, before becoming the Buddha, Buddha also came here to bathe, so this river wharf is called Supaṭitthita wharf. The Bodhisattva Siddhattha placed a golden tray full of rice and milk at Supaṭitthita wharf, then went down to the Nerañjarā river to bathe. After bathing, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha put on the robe symbolizing the victory flag of the Arahants, then the Bodhisatta sat facing the East, about 49 milked rice and milk. then drank all the water (from then on for 7 weeks including 49 days, the Buddha did not save food and water, only enjoyed the taste of Nirvana). After finishing the meal, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha took the golden tray and made a vow that: “If today I am going to become the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment, then let this golden tray float upstream, otherwise this golden tray will float down the stream.” After making the vow, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha threw the golden tray into the Nerañjarā river. It's rather extraordinary! The golden tray cut across the flowing water, drifted to the middle of the river, and from there it drifted upstream very quickly, about a long distance, then the golden tray sank to the bottom of the water, hitting 3 trays. The gold of the three Buddhas of the past: Kakusandha Buddha, Koṇā-gamana Buddha and Kassapa Buddha, emitting a resounding sound, awakened the Dragon-king Kālanaga, thinking: “Yesterday one Buddha appeared, today another Buddha will appear.” The dragon-king Kālanāga awoke in praise of hundreds of verses of praise in praise of a very rare event that had occurred in the world. That afternoon, the Bodhisattva Siddhattha rested in a Sāla grove, on the banks of the Neranjarā river, the sāla trees blossomed all over the forest, to welcome the Bodhisattva of Right Enlightenment. - Sense of Siddhattha. That evening, on the way the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment Siddhattha came to the tree of Assattha (1) in the forest of Uruvelā, along both sides of the road, the gods were decorated with very beautiful heavenly flowers. Devas in the heavens race to offer incense and heavenly music resounding throughout the ten thousand worlds of beings. 1 This Assattha Tree is the Great Bodhi Tree that was born at the same time as the Bodhisattva Siddhattha. Exactly 35 years later, the Bodhisatta Siddhattha came to sit at this Great Bodhi tree, to become the fully enlightened Buddha with the name Gotama Buddha. Therefore, this Assattha tree became the Great Bodhi tree of Gotama Buddha. Precious Bodhi Throne Arise At the same time, a lawn mower named Sotthiya, on his way in the opposite direction towards the Bodhisattva Siddhattha, seeing the Bodhisattva, immediately generated pure faith, so he made offerings. eight handfuls of grass on the Bodhisattva Siddhattha. The Bodhisattva Siddhattha received eight handfuls of grass and went straight to the Assattha tree. * The Bodhisattva when standing south of the Assattha tree, the Bodhisattva looks straight to the north, has a feeling of loss of balance, as if the entire southern three worlds are sunk deep into the hell realm Avīci , but the whole of the three worlds to the north was raised up to the ultimate brahma world of form, so the Bodhisatta thought: “This is not a place where I can become the Buddha of Enlightenment.” * The Bodhisatta came to stand to the west of the Assattha tree, the Bodhisattva looked straight to the east, in the same way, there was a feeling of loss of balance, as if the entire western three worlds was sunk deep. down to the hell realm of Avīci, while the entire three worlds in the east were raised to the ultimate brahma world of form, so the Bodhisatta thought: “This is not a place to sit, so that I can become the fully enlightened Buddha.” * The Bodhisatta walked to the north of the Assattha tree, the Bodhisattva looked straight to the south, in the same way, there was a feeling of loss of balance, as if the entire northern three worlds had sunk down. Avīci hell, while the whole of the three worlds in the south was raised up to the ultimate brahma world of form, the Bodhisatta thought: “This is not a place to sit, so that I can become the fully enlightened Buddha.” * The Bodhisattva Chief of Enlightenment Siddhattha sat to the east of the Assattha tree, the Bodhisatta looked straight to the West. It's rather extraordinary! The Bodhisatta felt that the entire three worlds were in equilibrium, so the Bodhisatta thought: “This is where I sit, so that I can attain Perfect Enlightenment.” The Bodhisattva Siddhattha spread eight handfuls of grass to the east of the Assattha tree. It's rather extraordinary! At that seat, it suddenly turned into a precious 14-armed throne that was magnificent and magnificent, but no art architect could create a wonderfully beautiful bodhi tree. so. Because, this precious bodhisattva throne is born out of the majesty of the 30 fully complete perfections of the Bodhisattva Siddhattha who is about to become the Right Buddha. Enlightenment has the title of Gotama Buddha. The Bodhisattva Siddhattha sat cross-legged firmly on the precious bodhisattva throne, facing east, and made the vows: “Even if the flesh and blood in my body are dried up, even if this form of body is only skin and bones, if I have not become the Buddha, I will never leave the throne of Bodhi. this precious.” The Bodhisattva All-Conqueror of Evil Demons In the Anguttaranikāya, the Catukkanipāta, the Pannatisutta, the Buddha taught that there are four sentient beings who are designated as the most transcendent (aggapannatti). – Of all beings with large bodies, only Rāhu Asurinda is the deva with the largest body. - Of all sentient beings enjoying the pleasures of the five worlds, only King Mandhātu, the Wheel-turning-Holy King, is the one who enjoys the highest pleasures. – Of all beings with power, only Demonic Heaven is the most powerful heavenly king. - Out of all human beings, kings, ascetics, brahmins, gods, and Brahmas in the whole world, only the Buddha is the Supreme One. Mara is the most powerful heavenly king in the Paranimmitavasavatti realm, the sixth ultimate heaven of the Desire Realm heaven, he has a malicious mind that does not want any sentient being to be liberated from the sufferings of death and rebirth. reincarnation in the three worlds, so he tempts him with his five-element bait such as beauty, good reputation, fragrance, delicious taste, warm touch, or high fame, great position, and interests... to make sentient beings happy. He is infatuated, immersed in the body, in that realm. If lures cannot be used, he uses magic and weapons to make the opponent submit. The Devil of Heaven vie for the throne of bodhisattva For a long time, Demonic Heaven has always been watching to find a way to hinder the Bodhisattva's practice of the Way, with words, both times failed, because he could not make the Bodhisattva discouraged. Now Mara Mara saw the precious bodhisattva appearing and heard the vow from the bodhisattva's steely determination, he felt truly shaken. Now that the decisive stage had come, the Demonic Heaven thought to himself: "I have failed to tempt Sa by using my position as a Wheel-turning-Roman King, and even with kind words of earnest encouragement I have not been able to move Sa. Gotama subject. Now the only way is to use the power of the gods and my powerful magic to drive away the recluse Gotama, determined to fight for that precious throne for me." Then, the Devil of Heaven mobilized all the forces of the mighty Heavenly Demon Army, the mighty Heavenly Demon General, equipped with all the weapons of the most monstrous and terrifying shapes, and departed from the Heavens in a rush. The Devil of Heaven rode the elephant Girimekhala at the forefront, it turned out that thousands of arms were holding different weapons, and with them angels appeared to surround the Assattha tree, lasting 12 yojanas, above the dense sky 9 yojana, they screamed, the terrible resounding sound shook everywhere. Just now there were ten thousand worlds of gods and Brahmas who came to respectfully worship and praise the Bodhisattva like the heavenly king Sakka blowing the whistle Vijayutara, the Dragon King Mahākāla praising the Bodhisattva hundreds of verses, the Great deity. Brahma held a golden umbrella to cover him... but when he caught a glimpse of the Demonic Heaven with the same message, each group and layer appeared, all the gods, Brahma all flew away from his face, the king of heaven Sakka flew far away and watched, the Dragon King Mahākāla ran to the dragon palace, the great Brahma god returned to the form world, the gods and the Brahma gods all flew back to their residences, so there was no longer a god or Brahma. who stayed, he alone was calmly sitting on the throne. Evil Demon Heaven shouted loudly, commanding his subordinates: "Hey, heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, the recluse Gotama has extraordinary power, no one dares to compare, don't look down on him, wait for orders. mine. Now, I personally decide to fight the recluse Gotama." The Bodhisatta looked around, not a single devas or Brahma remained. He saw only Demonic Heaven riding on the elephant Girimekhala, with a thousand arms holding all the weapons, along with the mighty angels and demon generals. with all kinds of extremely dangerous weapons, surrounded Him. He thought: "Evil Demon brought them powerful angels with the aim of hoping to win against me alone, here I have no parents, brothers, relatives, I only have 30 virtues. The la mias are considered to be our trusted subordinates, which we have created and nurtured over a long period of time over countless lifetimes. Now I must use these perfections of conduct as well-armed armies to protect me, they are also safe armor against the magic of the Demons of Heaven." After he visualized the thirty perfections of practice, he was still sitting calmly on the precious throne. THE WAR OF THE DEVICE OF THE DAMN At first, the Demon God used wind and storm magic, with the idea of ​​making the ascetic Gotama scared to leave the throne and run away. He immediately allowed a terrible storm to emerge, strong winds emanating from all directions East, West, South, and North. This stormy storm not only uprooted the entire forest of longevity trees and destroyed villages, but also had the ability to sweep away all seven mountains 3 weeks long. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of majesty, that stormy wind, when it approached him, immediately disappeared, unable to make his robes move. What an extraordinary thing! At first, Mara was very surprised, then he became very angry and immediately used the second magic that is flood water to drown the Bodhisattva. He allowed a torrential downpour of rain that filled lakes, ponds, rivers and mountains, flooded the ground, rose to the tops of trees, and then rose to the top of the mountains to drown Him. Due to the great power of the Bodhisattva, the great flood suddenly turned out to be ineffective, not a single drop of rain could wet his robe. The more angry he became, he used the third kind of magic, the hail of embers, to burn the Bodhisattva. Medicine allowed to make a rain of embers, burning red and hot continuously, endlessly pouring down on His body. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of power, those embers turned into beautiful colorful heavenly flowers that gently fell around him. He was extremely angry, so he used the fourth kind of magic, the rain of weapons, to kill the Bodhisattva. He allowed sharp weapons such as swords, spears, serrated teeth, sharp hooks, etc., to fall from nowhere to stab him. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of power, those sharp weapons turned into heavenly flowers, and treasures scattered around him. He was furious, and immediately used the fifth kind of magic, the rain of coal fire, to burn the Bodhisattva. He allowed the rain of fire and coals to ignite the whole sky and cover his body. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of power, the rain of coal fire turned into beautiful heavenly fireworks that fell around him. He was now furious and furious, using the sixth kind of magic, the rain of hot ash, to burn the Bodhisatta. He allowed the rain of hot ash to fall on Him. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of majesty, the rain of hot ashes turned into fragrant heavenly agarwood and scattered all around him. Demonic Heaven used the seventh type of magic, which was a weapon of fine sand rain with tremendous heat, to incinerate the Bodhisattva. He allowed the rain of fine sand to fall on Him. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of power, the rain of fine sand turned into heavenly fragrances scattered around him. Demonic Heaven used the eighth kind of magic, which was a rain of mud with terrible heat, to incinerate the Bodhisatta. He allowed the rain of mud to fall on Him. Due to the bodhisattva's perfection of majesty, the rain of mud turned into a cool damper and scattered all around him. The Demon of Heaven was furious, when using killing spells with no effect; so he changed his tactic to use the ninth type of magic, that is, the pitch-black space to make the bodhisattva run away in fear, he used the magic to make the space dark. Due to the perfection of majesty from his golden body, he emitted an aura that spread like a bright sun, dissolving the pitch-black darkness in an instant. So the Demon of Heaven used all nine powerful spells: hurricane, storm, floodwater, embers hail, weapon rain, coal fire rain, hot ash rain, hot sand rain, hot mud rain and the space is dark... but the Bodhisattva is still sitting peacefully on the precious, impregnable throne. Having suffered a bitter defeat, knowing that it was impossible to make the Bodhisattva give up the throne, but still, Evil Demon God still showed great majesty and shouted loudly commanding the demons, saying: - You should attack and arrest them. The recluse Gotama, drive the recluse Gotama out of that buddhist throne. Demonic Heaven shouted loudly, but no demon army or general dared to approach, because of the Bodhisattva's perfection of majesty. Evil Demon God still did not fail, sitting on the elephant Girimekhala raised his hand to point at the Bodhisattva and said as if commanding: - O monk Gotama, quickly leave that place, because the throne is mine! The Bodhisatta slowly replied: - Evil Demon God, this precious bodhisattva throne arose because of the merits of the 30 perfections, the five acts of great generosity, and the three practices that the Tathagata created from countless kalpas. Thus this throne belongs to the Tathagata, not to you. Until he has attained Perfect Enlightenment, the Tathagata has not yet been able to leave this precious bodhi throne. FINAL WEAPONS The Bodhisatta said so, Evil Ma Thien was so angry that he went mad, and immediately used the extremely dangerous iron ring magic weapon, determined to kill the Bodhisattva. This is a final fatal blow. If that iron ring is thrown on the ground, the earth will be burned for 12 years without any plants growing. If that iron ring was thrown into the air, not a single drop of rain would fall in the school for 12 years. If the bracelet is thrown on Mount Sineru (Surema), the mountain will be cut in half. With the determination to defeat the Bodhisatta, with a malicious intent to kill sentient beings, Evil Ma Tian threw his iron ring weapon into the air, emitting a thunderous sound that resounded in the sky, and at the same time ordered the heavenly army and the heavenly general to push the people away. the great mountain down where the Bodhisattva was sitting on the mandala. Demon God thought that he would win, if the recluse Gotama did not give up his throne, his body would be crushed. All the gods, the Brahmas from afar, when they saw the magic of the iron ring weapon of the Demon God being thrown, some were extremely concerned for the life of the Bodhisattva, others believed that it was due to his majesty 30. His perfect perfection of Dharma, and about to attain Perfect Enlightenment, no dangerous weapon of magic could kill him. Indeed, because of the bodhisattva's perfection of majesty, the extremely dangerous iron ring weapon turned into a doormat that gently fell beside the throne, and all the other great mountains were gone. transformed into beautiful heavenly flowers that scattered around the precious throne where he was. FINAL COMPETITION At that time, he contemplated: "When the Bodhisattvas in the past had fully practiced the 30 perfections, the precious bodhisattva throne would arise for them to attain Perfect Enlightenment, I too am a bodhisattva. Slaps have fully practiced 30 paramitas. Thus, this precious bodhi throne belongs to me today, to attain Perfect Enlightenment." After thinking about it, He asked the Demon of Heaven. - Hey Evil Demon, the precious throne arises due to the full completion of the 30 perfections of the Tathagata; you have not completed the full 30 perfection of Dharma, but you dare to say that this throne is yours; So what proof do you have? Demon Ma Thien proudly pointed at his angels and declared: – All the heavenly soldiers and generals testify that the throne is mine . They all replied in unison: – That's right! The other throne belongs to our King. Evil Demon God thought he had prevailed, so he asked the Bodhisattva: - Master Gotama, you claim that precious throne belongs to you, so who bears witness for you? The Bodhisattva looked around and there was not a single god or Brahma, he thought: "I have created 30 perfections over many lifetimes in the past, not talking about the distant past life, just referring to the past life. In the last life, when he was born as Prince Vessantara, he performed the great perfection of giving: giving away precious elephants, wealth, wife and children..., this mindless earth has also been shaken 7 times." Then the Bodhisatta stretched out his right hand and pointed to the ground with his index finger, declaring in truth: "In my previous life, when I was the crown prince Vessantara, I did the great alms-paramita seven times. Now, in this place, there are no sentient beings to testify for me, only the ground, this mindless ground, can bear witness for me?" It's rather extraordinary! As soon as the bodhisattva's truthful words ended, immediately the earth turned, vibrated, emitting thunderous thunders that missed the earth. Evil Demons panicked and urged the elephants to flee and return to the realm of alienation and freedom. Heaven, and the chaos of the chaos, the ghosts and soldiers were extremely frightened, removed their masks and weapons, and fled in panic to escape to follow their commander. THE bodhisattva ALL overcame the devil The Bodhisatta, sitting on a precious lotus under the tree of Assattha, defeated Evil Demons just as the sun was about to set in the west, and the moon appeared in the east. At that time, ten thousand worlds of gods, gods of the world of Desire, of Brahmas of the world of form, of the Dragon Kings of the aquarium... all the gods and Brahmas rejoiced and resounded throughout the heavens, praising and praising their majesty. The perfection of the Bodhisattva's power said: - Siddhattha Bodhisattva has already won! – The Demon Heaven has completely failed! Therefore, this precious throne is called "Aparājitapallanka": the throne where the Devil is completely defeated. Devas and Brahmas brought beautiful and fragrant heavenly flowers to offer, praise and praise His perfection of majesty.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/9/2021.