Buffalo with Buddhism.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. From time immemorial, buffaloes and cows are not only valuable in the working life associated with the fields but also in the minds of Vietnamese people. But people are like bias, often heard that "the buffalo starts the business", and the cow is only for meat? In fact, the buffalo worked harder and harder, the fields were shallow and deep, and they could plow and pull the poles. Cows accept it, step down, feet will get stuck in any way. The two animals are also different in that the cow is not resistant to water, whereas the buffalo likes water, so the buffalo in Chinese characters is also called Thuy Nguu. Farmers often drive buffaloes where there are puddles for water buffaloes throughout the day. When I was a child, I heard that buffalo meat could not be eaten, tied a rope and dropped it into the well for two or three days, and it was still fresh, but I couldn't see it. While teaching in the Long Xuyen Quadrangle, in the year of great water, someone's buffalo died in the river. At that time, I witnessed the scene of a few farmers huddled together to drag the smelly buffalo to the shore. At first, I thought people pulled it up to keep the environment clean. But no, they cut buffalo meat to remove the rotten outer layer of meat, the inner layer of meat is still edible red. That's strange! From time immemorial, buffaloes and cows are not only valuable in the working life associated with the fields but also in the minds of Vietnamese people. From time immemorial, buffaloes and cows are not only valuable in the working life associated with the fields but also in the minds of Vietnamese people. The image of the buffalo also enters the human mind through folk proverbs and poetry. Honestly, I don't know what lessons today's students grow up to remember when they were young, only a few generations ago and then my generation, even though they're old, they still remember many of the lessons they learned by heart in third and fourth grade. . Especially articles with buffalo images: - Buffalo, I say this buffalo Buffalo goes out to the field, buffalo plow with me Cultivating agricultural capital I'm a buffalo, who takes care of the public? When will the rice plant still have flowers? When there was a blade of grass in the field the buffalo ate. Or like this one: - The buffalo has one tooth Eat grass in the plains and drink water from the pond Normally you stay with me When you're weak, I'll love you Your meat cooks porridge to feed the soldiers Your skin is covered with a drum chanting in the temple Your horns are convenient for me The handle of the knife is thin and thick comb. The buffalo when he lived and worked hard, when he was weak or dead, he should have been taken care of and buried; In this way, on the contrary, death is still not peaceful, it is a pity for its fate. Another paradox is that vegetarian temples do not kill animals, but cover the drums with buffalo skin to chant sutras. But if not, how do you know what to cover? It's an irresistible thing. The image of the buffalo has also been illustrated by Zen masters in their lectures, or included in Zen koans, poetry or paintings. The image of the buffalo has also been illustrated by Zen masters in their lectures, or included in Zen koans, poetry or paintings. Year of the Ox talks about herding buffaloes: Ten Mui oxen Meanwhile, images of buffalo appear a lot in Buddhist scriptures. The Lotus Sutra is a Mahayana series of profound philosophies with many examples. The parable of the house of fire is one of the prominent examples of this sutra. A guardian has a big house with only one exit. The house was on fire, the children were playing and refused to run out. He had to use goat carts, deer carts, buffalo carts to lure the children. The house of fire here refers to the sentient being's consciousness being burned by lustful desires and then the mind goes crazy. The bourgeois using three vehicles is an image implying that the Buddha uses the three vehicles of shravaka, pratyekabuddha, and buddha vehicle to lead sentient beings out of samsara. In the Fourty-two Chapters, the Buddha uses the image of a buffalo to refer to a monk who must strive to cultivate: "The ascetic practices the way like a buffalo carrying a heavy load in the deep mud, No matter how tired you are, you don't dare to look back, but you have to go quickly, and then get out of the deep mud to rest." Even in the days when he was about to enter Nirvana, the Buddha also once used the image of a buffalo to teach his disciples about mindfulness and keeping oneself pure "just like herding a buffalo, holding a stick to watch over it, not letting it go. indulge in trespassing on people's rice." Obviously the familiar buffalo image, the buffalo's nature is not aggressive, tame, diligent, easy to teach... but sometimes still doing bad things, stupid. The image of the buffalo comes to life when entering Buddhist poetry. Zen masters of the Ly and Tran dynasties wrote many poems with the silhouette of a buffalo. Tue Trung Thuong Si, real name is Tran Quoc Trung, son of Tran Lieu, brother of Hung Dao Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan and mentor of King Tran Nhan Tong - The founder of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect, in the first step of practicing meditation. onion. He has many poems about buffalo such as Dance Fairy: One song of lifeless willow, Make sure to finish flipping the ancient homeland. The top of the head is too much of a lake, Ha Huu, The best fish is the island ky. (When I finished singing the song of immortality Then hold the flute across the old village. Ignore the ones that used to be nothing. Wear the power to ride an earth buffalo). Or as the article on the bull shows a person's journey from being a buffalo herder, leaving to repay the country, and then returning to be happy in the countryside without a mandarin's allowance: Unexpectedly, Quy Son won the unicorn Desperately committed to the oxen The King of Germany is like a sea Although our fate is spring hydroponics. (The Quy Son village suddenly turned around.) Committed to herding buffaloes in the wilderness The King's grace is like an ocean Particularly happy grass streams with thousands of flowers). By the image of the buffalo in the ten pictures above, Buddhism has cleverly brought the meaning of cultivation into the human mind, reminding people, especially the children of Buddha, about "herding buffaloes". mine. The silhouette of a buffalo through folk songs, Vietnamese Buddhist proverbs The image of the buffalo has also been illustrated by Zen masters in their lectures, or included in Zen koans, poetry or paintings. Ten cows oxen is the name of ten buffalo herding paintings created in the Song Dynasty. These are typical paintings, presenting the essence and essence of Chinese Zen Buddhism. From the very beginning, it became very famous, its influence spread to countries following Mahayana Buddhism with its own meaning, corresponding to each picture: Picture I: Finding buffalo - The buffalo represents the mind. Finding buffalo is finding the heart, finding yourself again. Picture II: Seeing the mark - Finding the footprints of the buffalo means that there are traces of his mind. Picture III: Seeing buffalo - I thought it was far away, the buffalo was still lying there, right in front of my eyes. Picture IV: Catching a buffalo - Having a buffalo, but the wild nature of the buffalo is still there, always wanting to pull the rope and run. Picture V: Herding buffalo - The practice is as good as herding a buffalo. When the animal is tamed, even if he let go of the rope, he still won't run. Picture VI: Riding a buffalo home - The mind is no longer wandering, returning to its original source, just like the buffalo returning home. Picture VII: Forgetting buffalo and people - No longer having to herd buffaloes, people are also gentle. Picture VIII: The buffalo people have forgotten - All of them return to their feet, so the people and buffalo are all gone. Picture IX: Returning to the roots. Painting of birds flying to the mountains, water flowing to the source. When returning to the source, the journey from I to VIII is like a dream. Then success or failure is normal. Eat rice in the morning, drink tea in the evening. Then people who have a different world view see that mountains are really mountains, rivers are really rivers. Don't see high mountains and dry rivers like before, but your mind goes crazy. Picture X: Hands hanging in the market - Light must shine in all the caves and alleys. People who come here cannot sit and enjoy themselves, but must go and save sentient beings. The market is a crowded place with many differences, but people who are no longer different must blend in. If in the past people shunned me, now I go to the market, people happily find me. In short, with the image of the buffalo in the ten pictures above, Buddhism has cleverly brought the meaning of practice into people's minds, reminding people, especially the children of Buddha, about the own "buffalo".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.9/10/2021.