THE WAY OF liberating. "Bhikkhus, the ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt, so the teaching of the Tathagata has only one taste, the taste of liberation" - Minor Discourse, Udāna Compared with the countless beings living on the sea In the world, humanity is only a very small part, so being born as a human is not easy. But maintaining life in its entirety is even more difficult because we have to endure old age, sickness, death, anxiety, depression, suffering, and disappointment. who has to drag himself through a tragic life because of disability or poverty. However, among the rest, not everyone deserves to be a real person. They live barbaric, cruel, depraved, selfish and ignorant lives like animals. Confucius himself had to lament: "For human reason". Therefore, having been born as human beings, we need to live a meaningful, virtuous life, transforming ourselves until perfect. But in the world there are hundreds, thousands of philosophies and religions that say to improve people, but in fact, there are only a few possible teachings worthy of being called the right way; and most are superstitious or lead people deep into dark lust. A concrete proof is that today some philosophies are leading young people on the path of debauchery and debauchery, while many religions have made a fair number of the old generation slaves and sacrifices, afraid of demons. god for not promoting the power of a true human. Finally, it is difficult to meet the Buddha or the born sages, because the Buddha was a great teacher, a great revolutionary who broke the bondage of the external gods and of greed and hatred. , inner delusion to raise people to holiness. His teachings have the definite purpose of enlightenment. All his extraordinary efforts from giving up the royal life and becoming an ascetic until the time of defeating the demon king and becoming the Fully Enlightened One was for one purpose only, that is, to teach them. give birth to the path to liberation from ignorance and craving and bring them a happy and peaceful life. So let's try to find out the content of the Buddha's liberation teachings, to confirm what is the true path that leads beings out of the river of suffering. When asked "What is the way to Nirvana", the Buddha replied: "It is morality, concentration, and wisdom". Precepts are not commandments set forth by a cardinal to force followers to obey him. In Buddhism, precepts in the negative sense are to get rid of previously acquired unwholesome habits and prevent future evil; In a positive sense, it is to develop the good that is already there and to create more of the good that is not there. Precepts are like the reins, by which a horse trainer teaches a wild horse to become mature. In the same way, precepts are a prerequisite for keeping the mind undisturbed, so it is said in the sutras: "The precepts generate concentration". When the precepts are properly practiced, the mind is relatively less agitated, and if kept on an object of meditation, the mind will be calm, free from desire, and become clear. Abiding in meditation, the mind will be tame, lucid, firm, and strong. Those are the necessary conditions for developing wisdom as in the sutras taught "Intellectual function". When the mind is calm, Through meditation and insight, Vipassanā will develop through which we can intuitively perceive the true or true nature of all things. This is the final view that leads to complete liberation. Man is a collection of five aggregates: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. All five factors are in a state of change, insecurity, and without substance. But because we are obscured by ignorance, we do not see the phenomenon of gender as it really is. The Buddha taught: "Whether there are Buddhas appearing in the world or not, this obvious truth (impermanence, suffering, and not-self) still governs all things. That is the truth that the Tathagata has realized and awakened. enlighten and proclaim, teach, preach, demonstrate, explain and analyze so that others can understand" (Anguttara Nikāya - Sangha). The Buddha appeared in the world to show beings the way to liberation from samsara (samsara). He taught only one teaching which is suffering and freedom from suffering. In The Word of the Buddha, Venerable Nyanatiloka explains the word suffering as follows: "The word suffering is not only used to describe a physical pain or a mental discomfort but also includes all that is The truth of suffering teaches that: Because of the principle of impermanence, all forms of pleasure, whether heavenly or ecstatic, are transformed and destroyed, and all All forms of existence, therefore, must inevitably carry the seeds of discontent and suffering. It is because of suffering that people strive to seek pleasure without knowing that they will be betrayed by deceitful pleasures, and then the more they seek pleasure, the more disappointed they become; and so they sink into the pool of suffering. So according to the Buddha, the desire for pleasure (craving) is the cause of all suffering. In the Samyutta it teaches that: "It is impossible to predict where the beginning of the cycle of samsara is, and from where beings begin their life. It is certain that they have been subject to the cycle of birth and death because of ignorance and craving." One day in Kitogama, the Buddha taught Venerable Ānanda and the Sangha that: "Because of not realizing the four truths, you and the Tathagata have wandered in the round of samsara from countless kalpas to the present. What are these four truths, bhikkhus, that is, suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the way leading to the cessation of suffering. that truth, and thus we have put an end to cyclic existence" (Mahā Parinibbāna). Also in the above sutra, The Buddha assured that anyone who practices according to the truth that he has practiced and realized will surely be free from the cycle of birth and death. "The Tathagata has made himself a refuge for himself. Bhikkhus, be diligent, mindful, and pure. Subdue your mind with samadhi. He who lives diligently in this teaching. will be free from samsara and end suffering." Those were the last teachings before the death of the Buddha, reminding us that the ultimate goal of Buddhism is liberation. The Buddha set the example of a teacher who was patient, patient and diligent. His teachings are like a lighthouse guiding us, who are swept away by the stormy seas of samsara, to the safe shores of liberation. Sentient beings exist in the world with an incurable disease. But Buddha, a perfect physician, after examining the pulse, finding out the medical condition and the cause of that disease, he detailed in detail the miraculous remedies that he had searched so hard for in the twenty a-hundred thousand years. aeon and heal yourself effectively. There is only one condition that the patient must try to follow the correct treatment method to soon get rid of the severe disease. He kindly advised before leaving this world: "Truly, bhikkhus, the Tathagata reminds you: conditioned dharmas are impermanent, be diligent and not lethargic" (Handa dāni, bhikkhave, ānantayāmi vo: "Vaya dhammo sankhārā, appamādena sampādetha"). The path to liberation that the Buddha has realized and taught is included in the Four Noble Truths: - The Truth of Suffering: Beings in the world live in suffering - The Noble Truth: That suffering is caused by ignorance of craving - The Noble Truth of Cessation : Ignorance can be eradicated by the middle way. - Dao Truth: That path includes: the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four spiritual powers, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold path. The four foundations of mindfulness help the practitioner to develop mindfulness and awakening, two essential factors for seeing clearly the true or true nature of impermanence, suffering, and non-self of all things. The four right efforts are the four things by which the practitioner can eliminate evil and develop good. The four divine powers are the four factors that promote mental capacity, especially the transformational miracles, helping practitioners to move faster on the path of self-realization and saving sentient beings. The five senses are the five basic conditions for gaining insight and understanding the truth. Through the development of the five faculties, the meditator acquires the five powers, which are the power of faith, effort, mindfulness, right concentration, and wisdom. The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are the seven factors that help yogis realize the supreme bodhichitta: mindfulness, investigation of the dharma, diligence, joy, lightness, concentration, and equanimity. All of the above are summed up again in the Eightfold Path, the only way to help sentient beings liberate themselves from the cycle of birth and death. The Dhammapada says: "The noblest path is the Noble Eightfold Path, the noblest truth is the Four Noble Truths... that is the only way, there is no other way leading to pure knowledge. Go. follow that path, in order to soon get rid of all the madness of Mara." The madness of Ma King here is a cycle of suffering or suffering, which only the Eightfold Path can eradicate. Outside of Buddhism We can hardly find anywhere else the middle way is presented in such a clear manner. The Buddha confirmed to the ascetic Subhadda: "O Subhadda, In any law that does not have the eight Noble Paths, there are no (four saints) first..., second..., third..., fourth recluse. Subhadda, in the law where there are eight Noble Paths, there are first..., second..., third..., fourth recluse. Subhadda, it is in this law that there are eight Noble Paths... if the bhikkhus lived righteously, this world would not be without arahants. (Mahā Parinibbāna sutta). At this point, we must try to question the meaning of liberation according to Buddhism? Liberation according to Buddhism is not being saved by an Almighty, but breaking free from the bondage of afflictions (greed, hatred, delusion) or of the five aggregates. In terms of nature, which is often called the purity of liberation, that is, the nature of peace and freedom of the Buddhas and saints. The dharmakaya of the Buddhas and saints consists of five parts: morality, concentration, wisdom, liberation and liberation of knowledge. One of the immeasurable virtues of the Perfectly Enlightened One is pure virtue, which is absolute purity, unwavering before any circumstances. That pure virtue is often described in seven aspects: 1) Pure morality (sīlavisuddhi). 2) Pure mind (cittavisuddhi). 3) Purification (ditthivisuddhi). 4) Tranquil passage (kankhāvisuddhi). 5) The non-pathetic path of pure knowledge (maggāmagga nāna-dassana visuddhi). 6) Practice pure knowledge (patipadā nāna-dassana visuddhi) 7) Pure knowledge (nāna-dassana visuddhi). In terms of signs, it is often called the hindrance of liberation, that is, the cessation of all afflictions, especially ignorance and craving. There are ten afflictions that bind (uncle) beings: 1) Greed (lobha). 2) Courtyard (dosa). 3) Si (moha). 4) Manliness (māna). 5) Wrong view (ditthi). 6) Doubt (vicikicchā). 7) Sweden (thīna). 8) Restlessness (uddhacca). 9) Innocent (ahirika). 10) Precious (anottappa). Or the ten fetters are body view, doubt, the precept of forbidding, attachment in the sensual realm, anger, attachment in the form world, attachment in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance. As long as the above afflictions dominate our lives, we cannot be liberated from the cycle of birth and death. From the point of view of mind and knowledge, liberation includes the liberated wholesome mind, which is the mind that is liberated from unwholesome mental factors, and the liberated wholesome wisdom, which is the wisdom that understands the truth without any hindrance. which ant. For us the path to liberation is too difficult and requires much effort. But if we are often persistent, diligent and always mindful and aware, then even in the present moment we can also be at peace in the midst of afflictions.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.13/9/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.