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A Brief History  of Shakyamuni Buddha  
(from Christmas birth to  Enlightenment ) 

A. Opening offer: 

Life  Buddha  Shakyamuni  is a mind  mirror morning 

Originates a  religious  public, the  rabbi  is always a plate  example  for  believers  to advance common inspiration. But in your  rabbi  of  religions  existing  in  the world  , there is no one specific full  meaning  and beauty,  a life  lived  deeply  by  Buddha Shakyamuni . Every action, every gesture , every  word ,  until  each  silent  His lessons are  valuable for  us . If  we  study  the teachings  of whom do not  understand  the life  of him, then the  learning  of  us  are  partial , flawed . His life is the expression of  the doctrine  of God. He said he  practiced  even the words he spoke. His life is a testament  obvious  to people born  realize that  the teachings  of His might implement  it, rather than the  words  empty, the  utopia , the castle  built  on the cloud, on the smoke. 

That's why when  we  study  His life,  we  should not have a  concept  study  said  to  correspond tonature  curious , but  we  need to  learn  the meaning  profundity  of  life  was to bring  the application  to  life life  of  us . 

How do the new parts from  the will  of the great  Buddha  born when struck down  planes Saha and was  doomed to  how that  suffering , hardships in life like everyone  of us . 

B. Chief Recommended 

I. Definitions The word Christmas Delivery 

Often in the name of the Buddha, when it comes to the  presence  of  the Buddha  Sakyamuni  in this world, people  often use  letters birth (birth means a  fun , making  joyful , bright to earth) ; or manifested (ie  appeared  in the flesh, for the  naked eye  of  us  see); or inflict birth (ie from a high place to a low place to born). 

Three words that are 3  significant  difference: The word birth to  extol  a notch  honor  the birth;letters  manifest the idea Buddha media functions are also available, but because the human eye can not see, have to make  clear  to see; Christmas letters the standard function being  Buddha  in a  realm  higher  fine  than that lowered  the realm of  the mortal. Three words are so different though, but can be used to refer to the birth of  the Buddha .  In contrast , when an ordinary person born is called "reincarnation".  Reincarnation  means is  karma  or good or evil required to reincarnation  to be  retribution  good or evil. And  Christmas  or  manifested  not in the sense function is  now human bondage , but  by where  kindness  compassion, wants  the benefit  to living beings , should volunteer  themselves to  appear  was born in a  time  to  save  sentient beings ;  finished  the gods gather  cessation ,  self in  endless problems  out  of life and death . 

II.  Circumstances  And  Field Track  Of The  Shakyamuni 

Buddha  Christmas  in  the land of central  India , is now central Nepal, a country along the slopes of  the mountains  the Himalayas , is a  mountain range  high  that most  world.  The scenery  there is very beautiful; to  Spring  flourishing country is like a great flower garden. Residential land of salaries was very domesticated. Is the reigning king  Suddhodana , a line of kings  Sakyamuni , is a  line they  were some ten largest life  successors  ruled the country. Ba Queen  Maya , is also a line of kings who  had long  died. both Mr. and Mrs. King  Suddhodana  are many lives who practice , have  the virtue  big, worthy as  parents  of all nations . 

One day, in  the Kapilavastu , the capital of King  Suddhodana , with l chickened  stars , kings got together to celebrate  dissipated . Queen  Maya , after  offering incense  offerings of flowers and is in the palace, the Ngo Mon  giving  food , clothing for impoverished people. When  returning  bow slept , she  dreamed  saw a white elephant with six tusks words in  vain  down the right hand side ivory Her declaration that chun on. She brought omen  dream  he told the king  Suddhodana heard. The king ordered the teacher invited guess dreams. The  prophets  predict that: "The queen will give birth to a  death precious  virtue  , but the whole". King  Suddhodana  very glad, because from this throne will be someone descends. 

In the morning eighth day  of lunar April  (BC 624 years), in the garden  Lumbini , way  into Kapilavastu  15 kilometers, Queen  Maya  is  breathtaking scene , saw branches  flowers Innumerable Advantages  newly hatched, fragrant, her right hand with scythes, the  Prince  has just  appeared  right there. 

Date of birth  Prince , in  the Kapilavastu , scenes are  fun  incredible, climate  cool , flowering plants are flowering fruit; rivers, canals, ditches, wells are in full; out  of nowhere  birds and  halo lighting all  the ten directions . 

King  Suddhodana  delighted to  invite your squeeze wise  prophet  to  see Minister  Prince .Among them, there are  hermit  named  Asita  convent in Himalayan mountains, predicted that Prince  because there are 32 good general  appearance , it would  become  a saint. But King Suddhodana  wanted his son to do a King to continue the  family line  only. So  Shuddhodana United  want to change  fate  their children, so named for  the Prince  's  Siddhartha  (Siddartha) by Sanskrit, means "He who will hold the position that we must keep". Positions that  Shuddhodana United  want to  imply  here that is crowned King. He did not expect that  the truth  of his position as civil servants Buddha. 

Queen  Maya  postpartum  Prince  for seven days, fun too because I've seen rounding  the task noble, and have washed  retribution  should she be empty and bare flesh on  Trayastrimsa heaven. King  Suddhodana Affairs  Prince  Queen's sister  Ma Ha Pajapati  nurtured . 

III.  Talent  and  Virtue  Of  Prince 

Prince  larger every year, more and more, the recovery house appearance,  talents  as  revealed multifold. He has a  healthy  than people, an  intelligence  made them. From a writing career  until now martial,  Prince  does in school with him at the next, he must ask the professor rot statement, because no longer  enough  to teach again.  Until  teacher fame  filed  a temporary  time was  She came in to offer  and yield to him always. 

But, despite the financial effort than people,  intelligent  manufacturing them in  position  noble nobles  supremely,  Prince  never seemed arrogant, disdainful. He had an  attitude  very  gentle peaceful ,  impartial ,  equal . Compassion, His Damage to none, have the opportunity to help, no matter how much trouble he was not from the spokes. Therefore, he was on the king beloved father, as his subjects  respect , my admiration. 

IV. The  Binding  Of  Shuddhodana United  To Prevent Chi  Monks  Of  Prince 

The more you  love ,  cherish  the  United Shuddhodana  even fear their children will not stay with him, which will  ordained  Directed to find a saint, as predicted by  hermit  Asita . Especially since found  greater,  Prince  even seems  to think  the distance , and face  the Prince  were not  perky like the  childhood , King  Suddhodana  even fear that  the prophecy  of old will become  a reality .Therefore, the king and courtiers covertly  arrange  any  plans  to  bind  the Crown Prince  on the throne. He commanded  build  palatial mansion three  magnificent  to  Prince  changing accommodation for where  weather  all year round , and selected hundreds of  concubinesbeauties talented folk music or, better to dance entertainments, for  Prince . But as long as that was not enough he also married to  Prince  for a  princess  daughter of King  Good Sense  is Da Du  Da La , a  princess  beautiful and  virtuous  immensely . 

Prince  was arrested  forced up  household furniture  and have a child is  Rahula . 

But, despite living a  life  too full: no title  glory , the castle palace yet, no music and dance, yet his wife and child,  Prince  has found his heart  heavy with  how anxieties, concerns wear. He was living his life for this scene is not  happy  true , that is  false ,  confused , just makes life more severely  distressed . He saw the  need to  find a way out, a life of  honesty , with  meaningful  and more beautiful. 

Get Out  Four Generals suffering in life one day's date  down filled ceremony ,  Prince  follow his father into the fields plowing public view. Spring Landscape, glance, it is  beautiful , yet lush greenery, all racing birds singing; yet the sky  cloudless , breezy spring breeze.  The scene  seems peaceful ,  peacefulness  much. But  the soul  Prince was not a  soul  superficial,  judging  a superficial way.  Instead , he looked into the scenery and  painfully  realized  that the earth is not pretty  happily as glance. He sees and cattle farmer who worked  hard  under the  sun  scorching, in exchange for a bowl of rice, most of the grass. Eat fresh scrambled birds  devour  insects are struggling  on new land plowed furrows. Also  during that time , in  the bush  hunters are shooting for that bird, and in the nearby forest, they are aggressive hunters prowl. It is a similar situation closely fratricidal, no single moment to stop! Just because the pieces that people eat to live and use all kinds of animals  resort  to killing each other not know abhorrence. He  perceived  clearlythe live birth is suffering. 

One other day, his father's permission to go for a walk outside the four King of the gate to get  in contact  with his people. East to the door, he met an old man's  gray hair , missing teeth, blurred vision, deaf ears, bent, gradually shifting times hesitantly sticks like going down. 

Go to the South gate,  the Prince  saw a man lying on the grass pain, are crying out  groans ,  pain immensely . 

Central to the door, he saw a dead body lying between the lines, flies bu stick, and bloated, looked very disgusting. 

Three old misery, pain, death,  adding  to the  impression  fratricidal in life that  Prince  had  noticed when going to the plowing ceremony makes him grief,  pity  beings  immensely . 

Another One day, his northern door, met a  monk  physiognomy  sedate ,  calm  calmly  as people passing by the road unscathed.  Prince  arises at the heart of your affection a  monk . He hurried to greet and ask about  the benefits  of the  practice . You  recluses  said, "I  practice  the decision left end to all the  constraints  of the earth, the bridges themselves from suffering and  enlightenment to  universal beings  have  been liberated  as yourself". 

Word  answers  with ambition that hit  Prince  is cherished for so long, so he squeezed wisdom excited . He immediately  returned to his father would also  ordained . King  Suddhodana  not accepted.  Prince  requested  that if the king father 4  settlement  is He deferred the monk, to return  people worry blankets, water treatment. Four kites are: 

1. How ageless child 

2. How strong child forever painless 

3. How can the children do not die to live forever 

4. How do the  people  all suffering 

This makes four father  confused ,  not the  decision was that at all. 

V. The  Export Gia  Find Religion 

Shuddhodana United , knowing that  the intention  renunciation  of the  Prince , the more fear, to find out how to  prevent ,  bound  him in "providing fun". But once  the Prince  has decided there is no  strength  to be his obstacle. 

One night soldiers guarding excess occasion and  concubines  beauties sleeping after a party lavish ,  Prince  sneaks rise, looking  wife and children  one last time, then  wake  names groom Channa  up, saddle, then two teachers and students fled out of the city. At that time in February for the eighth night, and he was 19 years old. 

After  jettison  from  life  royal,  Prince  went into  deep to find the Way. 

Initially  he came in with your religious  asceticism . But this person live Rating of austerity, fasting drinking, drenched with sunlight,  fog beams , operating body can damage a  gruesome . Find ways  to practice  like that  effectively , he advises that you should give up  the method  to practice it, but they did not listen. He took injuring them, should seek  other places  to  practice . He traveled from place to place, where listening has a  spiritual enlightenment  , He come to school;but to where he saw their faith is still narrow, low-iron, can not  extricate  the  man  all. From there he fled  his practice , the night of  mulled  to direct the  rescue , forgot to eat away sleeping  body every day every  emaciated . One day he  exhausted , lies down on the grass paralysis, and is a blanket of grass to milk poured him  awake . Since then he  noticed  if you want results,  need tofoster  the body  to be  healthy , not  forget  it away. 

When we find ourselves  strong enough  to battle in the game healthy  last  to the dark  ignorance and  desire , and bring the light  of enlightenment , he went to sit  in samadhi  under a tree  Bodhi and vowed that "if we are not  a religion  broken bones, the meat melts, we also decided not to leave this place. " 

VI.  The Act 

Germany  Gautama  was sitting  in samadhi  49 days and nights under the  Bodhi . In 49 days he had fought four wars with  negativity  in the  interior  such as greed, hatred and delusion, comfortable, romantic ... and struggling against  Thien Ma  by  Mara Three Weeks  commander . 

After winning both wars in  inner  the  external environment ,  the mind  is cleared, he  suddenly became enlightened . 

During the night of the 49th, in the second watch, he proved to be effective "Additional Par Ming", clearly is all  past  their  three worlds . By midnight, he proved to be effective "Eye Ming", see all the essence  of the universe  and  cause  structure  of it. The fourth watch, he proved to be result of  suffering  and  methods to control your  suffering  to  be liberated  from  the justice  of reincarnation . 

From that day, he was Director  supreme , the rank "Awakened", known as Buddha  Shakyamuni .Date  of religion  His calculated  lunar calendar  is the day of December 8, the day star arise at the moment.  At the time  he was 30 years old. 

VII.  Meaning  Cao Both In The  Export Gia  Find Religion Of  Buddha 

The soldiers fight  soldiers win  the enemy in the field, often  hailed  as  heroes . The more you win a lot more enemies are cheering the  hero  the world. But those  heroes  so that he, like Napoleon, Genghis Khan , Xe majority (Cear) can win yourself? So who wins hard to win her back harder. Buddha  has won both  external  and  internal , have overcome the enemy  Mara  Desire .  Buddha truly worthy of  the title of  Ursa  Great Power . 

His words are not his own rights that fight. He fights for  love . But  love  here is not only to  love  in the  range  of narrow-minded  family : injured  parents ,  wife and children , friends.  Love  here is loving  beings , all realms of life.  Love  does it deep wide as heaven tank, passionate as the mother loves her child.  the Buddha  truly worthy of  the title  belt from  the Great Compassion . 

Back  love  him, he  rejoiced  forsake  their palaces throne, his wife and child, male or dancing and delicious smell strange taste to live  a life  of austerity,  meager ,  inadequate , between the sacred forest toxic water . Once that leave things that life is precious to the above, he is not a single moment of  regret , want to  go back  to enjoy again. The proof is that  Mara  had sent his daughter to her pretending to call Da Du  begged  him  to return  bow, which he does not mind a little retrogression . He deserves the  title of  the  Great Blow  Great Drain . 

So today, each time  claiming canopy  honors  Him,  being  not  able to do not  contemplate  the meaning  profound and  proper  that men from the past  to now  has honored him as  Ursa Major , the Great Power ,  Dai Tu ,  Dai Bi ,  Dai Hei ,  Great Drain . 

C.  Conclusion 

Are We  Should  Play Mind  Wide And Powerful 

We  already know from  the life  of  Buddha  from newborn  to  enlightenment . His life's lessons teach  us  many  meanings , many  aspects  precious . 

But what is  valuable  for those who most  beginners  as  we  are to  rise to  the Bodhi  Great, pray for life, as fellow citizens,  fellow  that  practice , rather than a  benefit  for  us . 

We  must  rise to  the mighty ,  active  in the  practice ; Once on the path, whether in danger, rugged  difficulties  do not necessarily  turn back  turned on his heel .  We  should aim to be the moral  tenacity as  the Buddha  when  meditating  under the original  Bodhi . 

Be so worthy as "a true Buddhist." END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH GIAC TAM.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.4/12/2016.