Time fleeting flies, old year is ending, going into the new year. New years eve, we take a few minutes for reflection, contemplation : we have to do for life to be useful , in terms of the earth and the Earth , in the last year and the previous year Is it
At the same time we also try to discuss the problem , "meaning of life", to have a judgment right for the life of us from now on, on the way to practice according Dharma .
From ancient times until today, from the east to the west, from Asia to the Europe, America, Africa and Australia, to discuss the problem meaning of life, in one way or another , people always expressed a wish life had meaning , a life ideal . But what is the ideal life , how is life meaningful? How to build the ideal life , how to build meaningful life? Gone through many centuries, through many different locations, many people have the conception , the perspective ,
Such as someone conception is to have more money , new life ideals and new life has meaning . Why so? Because more money , people can do many things useful for themselves and for everyone as its sole desire. The book has the sentence: "There is money to buy money," that is the meaning.
Such as have notions that have professional careers, must have eaten employment firm , new life ideals and new life has meaning . Why so? Because professional career, people will be able to help themselves and to society a way effective than, a positive more.
Such as someone concept is to have a happy family , a new life ideals and new life has meaning . Why so? Because despite a lot of money, no matter what professional career, despite the solid work , but the family is unhappy , life can not be called ideal , can not be called meaningful . It is a multi-faceted , multi-faceted, one-to-one, ten-tenth!
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In the scope of this article, we try to table through the concept above, especially research the meaning of life through the teachings of Buddhism , for the life of the Buddhist lay normal .
First, we briefly examine the perceptions of ordinary life ideals and life have meaning .
A.- The meaning of life according to the world view :
I) Material :
In the world, people often appreciate the power , status , money, jewels and wealth of material . Who have power large, standing tall, the money of many, the big business, often people admire, respect , admiring , dreaming. Everyone thinks that the lives of such people are meaningful , because such people want nothing. Everything in life is almost within their reach. They can do things according to their will , according to their plan , with little difficulty, Or no problem at all. They want to expand their career , or want to do good deeds , are all the way . Even they can upended a government or a country with forces much money their. If the rulers are truly virtuous , knowing for the sake of the people for the sake of the water, the wealthy eldest knows how to give money to help people, such as building hospitals, schools, temples, churches, nursing homes , Nhi, share happiness , happiness for everyone ,
II) Mentally :
II.1) Occupation and professional qualifications:
Apart from the issue of money wealth , people often born notion that the lives of people with degrees or professional careers are meaningful . Such people can help life, help people more specific and positive . For example, a physician can save a person's life . A scientist can save human life by discovering a new drug that cures incurable diseases. An engineer invents and manufactures machines and tools that can serve the utility and enhance the lives of people .
II.2) Happy family :
Also argue that, despite the many money wealth , despite the professional qualifications, whether professional firm , but no happy family , life has no meaning, not called ideal is . Happiness in common sense is the consensus of husband and wife, children obediently , warm family . Although not much money , not high level, people have a peaceful life, happy family , on the lower harmony, call yes yes, the glass on the lower, go to the show, light work hard, hunt Care for each other,
II.3) Ideal service :
There was also the notion that when we have an ideal point in my life , to steep wholeheartedly hard , dedicated to paddle service , new life has meaning . Such as people like to serve the country, serve the national peoples. Some people like to serve the literary arts. Someone likes to serve science and technology. Some people like medical services . Someone like to serve the army. Some people like to serve society . Some people like to serve religion . Those who sacrifice themselves for their country, the lifelong dedication to the society , for the literary arts, for the charity , indeed, they are living a life with meaning and help people see the meaning of Life .
Books with the sentence:
"Do people live in the world. Rang list mountain river who moments recorded".
However , the notion of the meaning of life so only personality fake temporary, short-term, one-sided and not necessarily absolute . Why so? Because if there is not much money, without a degree, no professional career, no solid job , no good husband, beautiful wife, good children, happy family , human can not life meaningful stars? Whether full power , status , money, degrees, employment ,
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B.- Man and life world :
I) The life of man has limitations :
We try to calm ponder view, the life of people living much longer, sixty five, eighty years or a hundred years? It depends on the so-called "network number" of man , in the way of the world . It is often believed that fate, or fate, has been created, destined for humans , from birth. That fixed, unchanging, also known as "destiny". If the situation is not as expected , people only know that the sky is too unfairly blamed. If the situation is as expected , People just enjoy the joy, because thinking that thanks to heaven, so happy than other people, there is nothing called unfair. Such people do not actively cultivate goodness blessed area, do not know to do good and avoid evil , to continue creating karma, so continue to go in the six paths of rebirth , known ever new liberation is?
Actually there is no fixed thing and no change. According to Buddhism , all depending on the "karmic" of humans . Karma can be modified , due to elaborate practice and will of each person. The book has the sentence: "Buddhism is lawless law." Mean people know religious center nursing nature, can correctable life , transform lives, from sorrow and suffering become peaceful and happy . If only know information by network or network, then people will let go passive , negative acceptance , live freely. The book has the phrase "virtuoso digital", that is the meaning.
II) Human life is not like mind :
There is certainly no one school immortal , living forever not dead. The friars heard of living up to a few hundred years old, and then died as anyone. Certainly no one is young forever not old, the perfect revelation is only dream. Certainly no one ever painless health, whether to temple worship is for peace , begging God to be Buddha abundant health . If worship is, begging , which is peace, not sick, if drinking water rivers and streams, as holy water elixir , which is healthy from the sick, the hospital, The doctor's office should be closed , health professionals, health professionals should retire . What is certain in the end is that in life no one knows how old she lived before she left this life , and then going to where?
III) The life of human nonsense :
Have any of us spent a few moments trying to think : What was born to this world for? Can not say that god or create merchandise being a man , to punish people, to punish the other person, to dictate that person to love bless those who worship. In fact, man is born, not by voluntary, voluntary or self-reliant , but by "karma" leading man in six samsara . People come here to pay off their loans from previous lives , and at the same time, because of ignorance , they add new karmic loans, collectively called "karmic retribution", and pay for life or afterlife. Just continue like that, being continuously rolled within rebirth , not outside the six realms: heaven, humans, asuras , hell , hungry ghosts , animals . Such as beings , whether heavenly enjoy, whether heaven, whether fairy ,
As a child, carefree life , the baby does not know anything other than eating, sleeping and playing. Growing up, life closed in the four walls of the classroom. Then pass, be successful, people start fighting, to get a job satisfactory , to have status for life, then to marry married. Faculty postgraduate and then sub- department . Those who are not attached to school, are born early to make a living, to help the family . Next, give birth to the first child, not the boy. Lai rai a few more fun home fun, according to the conception of the pile of children are blessing heaven. By this time,
Such life is really meaningless! Millions of millions of people, from birth to the end of the century, are born, and grow up, rolling in life, do not know who you are, when suffering, pray to heaven, when the fun forget all, until When you close your eyes, go from life , that's it! Prince Siddhartha did not accept statements such networks, so he determined to go to practice , enlightenment of Buddha , and bring what enlightenment is spreading , lecture , sermon ,
IV) Downfall :
Almost everyone in this world thinks that this body is real, this soul is real. But actually , this four- body body is made of earth, water, wind, fire, nothing real. Why so? Because if someday we do not foster the body, substances from soil born as rice, milk substances such as water, the substance does not air, the warmth substance, the umbrella coral mortality . Towards the end of life , the body must also leave and disintegrate, dust returns to dust. What is real? Also the soul of us changes constantly , from little to big, from yesterday to today, from moment to moment before the present . Soul of us , in books called "consciousness", there is no such thing as real, that's just a line change , in every moment , in every moment, never stop, when humans Not gnostic .
In Buddhism , accepting the four elements themselves , the mind is impermanent self, called "ego". So the ego, which people regard as an "eternal soul", is an "illusion". The very illusion is the cause of sorrow and suffering in life .
V) Procedures :
Humans often said that everything in life will exist forever . Bless each other happy hundred years. Love you forever, love everlasting . Beg forever in peace, not in distress ear, no matter nuisance . All is just a dream, a desire, not a reality. People, when they achieve a certain status in society , have a certain career in the world, often think, hoping that these things are permanent , are permanent. People permanently keep what they have. Therefore, therefore, there is the Supreme Pontiff, the President of the Year, the President forever, the President of the Year!
In fact, all phenomena on earth , and all the life on earth, from matter to spirit will shift changes, never stop. And especially things that form , physiognomy , large earth globe, mountains , small orange, rapeseed, have gone through four phases: "born, office, horror, kill." Means all things are born somehow, that office was a time certain, it is also time to mutate and eventually is disappearing . In Buddhism called it "very often".
In the world people call it "the ruthlessness of time". All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! It was all rubbish after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! It was all rubbish after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both!
In the world people call it "the ruthlessness of time". All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! All worldly dharmas have not existed over time . A towering skyscraper , a great highway system , was all just a scrap of rubble after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! It was all rubbish after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both! It was all rubbish after an earthquake. A busy town populous, crowded homes, all just a plot of land devastated chaos , after a terrible storm passed. People see that and then lose it. Nothing in life is worth the "human wake" than to lose the dispute both!
Also pursue work than lose the dispute , people are still ignorant , not awake , so life can not sense it.
In the Diamond Sutra , the Buddha taught: "All property minister during marketing falsehoods".
Means that everyone in the world what form , physiognomy , can see with couples naked eye , are illusory , fake temporary, does not exist permanently , including the bodies of us out there .
The proverbs such as: "mixed beef and tan, full moon and then empty," "marine trade micro-filling", or "painting crane, life , death," is that meaning.
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C.- The meaning of life according to the Buddhist concept :
I) The reality of life:
People in the world often think that "life is long", it is still too long to go to the next world , so all day throughout the year , only concerned about earning a living, business The trade, the story of winning the fight, the struggle for the fight , the story better loses bad, the story of the market , the wrong story to harass . Generally people bother everything everything miscellaneous lang tang, whirring mess!
But the truth, people from all sectors , from all the world, of all ages, from all races, from all localities, of every religion , of every organization, can Die any time, any way, anywhere. When he was about to leave his life , the new man woke up , not knowing where he was going, what he was going to do, after death , and finally realized that "I have not lived a single day. Meaningful ".
It was too late . Throughout life people live in confusion , do not know awakening , only to "create karma", less good karma, many evil. Karma include things merit benefits , things get repay hostility, these things bring happiness well -being for everyone . Industry data includes things-my-neighbor, the taking resentment the grace , of the faultfinding, things stoned fingerprints, the sending anonymous letters, what threats he scare, what slander Price,
II) Activities of life:
Just because life difficult, people have to hustle, lives with living gold, live in poor love , live in the desire never satisfied , live in angry hatred filled, living in hysterical delusion love , live in anxious fear , low aromatic anxiety , stressthrobbing.
People live in life , but do not really know what they are doing, what they do, what to do?
Examples like humans when eating do not really know if I 'm eating . While eating , people busy reading the newspaper, busy talking, busy watching television, busy on the phone, busy angry children, busy mind ancient story , busy thinking plan to do business, reeling with enough Story in life. While grabbing food in the mouth, or holding a drink, sometimes not knowing what it is , what kind of food !
While sleeping, people are busy thinking about what happens during the day, busy thinking about tomorrow, busy worrying about yesterday, busy talking about today, busy thinking about hundreds of thousands of things. Sleep like that is peaceful, sleep like that is so healthy, sleep like that do not sleep anything! Daytime man to mind whirring messy , the other injured people are enemies, it must be the other thing wrong, appointed night dreaming nightmares!
While traveling, people are late for appointments, busy working hours, busy worrying, busy worrying about the west, busy looking at his skinny, busy laughing her fat, busy looking clouds, so many times stumbled rocks, many When we have to wire, sometimes pedal to the thorns, sometimes hit the lamp pole, sometimes fall down the drain!
While standing, lying, sitting, people were busy with the money, do business story, about indifference galaxy , angry about jealousy, about sparse posts litigation. Humans often to thoughts run freely, from east to west, from past to present , from his story about people, from about National University of the petty trifles.
In general, in the four daily activities of life: walking, standing, lying, sitting, people often do not know you are going, do not know you are standing, do not know you are lying, do not know you are sitting, Always groaning everywhere!
People always live by the attraction , the impact of the surrounding environment, not master their mind.
People live life but do not really know that they are living.
III) How is life with meaning :
III.1) its beneficial interests is living life with meaning . What you do not want others to do for you, do not do that for people. Such as other people do not want to be disturbed , did not want his privacy was combed, then we do not do the same for people. Such as the one I do not like being criticized , criticism , contempt, defamation , then we do not faultfinding, dig dirt to find bugs, writing anonymous letters, threatening cursing people. Should know that: sow seeds do reap the fruit, fight any fight!
III.2) Live no anxiety , no negativity in every situation that life has meaning . Because the pressure of life is often weighed in mind, we are external govern too much, day of appetite , night sleep there alone. It is happy when it is sad. When humiliation is annoying, honor is good. At the moment of dissent , when critique is crowded. When suffering, charcoal, when joy will bear! Smiles are gentle, unyielding , calm , in every circumstance helps us to live life with meaning . Smile love , smile consciousness is always beautiful and often helped people live lives with meaning a mystery difficult inconceivable.
III.3) Live in awareness that life has meaning . We know who we really are, know what we 're really doing, know what we 're really saying, know what we 're really thinking. We usually wear the fame , so forget about the "real man", always living in illusion . "True man" is a person who is always living in awareness , controlling action, speech and thought , regardless of gender , Qualification , origin , life , ethnicity. Live in mindfulness means to have the right view , under the right thought, keeping right speech , practice right action , live with right livelihood , there is right diligent , always mindful , get the right concentration .
III.4) Live in peace and happiness that life has meaning . Life without attachment, no anger , no delusion , no afflictions , no attachment, no prejudice , no stigma, no dispute , no more than lose, not bon chen, not racing . When someone brings fire to the fire, we do not bring the mug out, it will not be burned. It means that if the person curses, or when receiving the letter, whether anonymously or by name , heavyweight insults, we do not get angry, whether in the face or in the heart, Then we are peaceful. We do not have what we like, please enjoy what you have. To be so, good night to sleep, and certainly we live a peaceful and happy life .
III.5) Live dwell in the present life has meaning . We tend to remember the past , dream the future. Living in the present life , we should know that "we are alive", are breathing air, are in mindfulness , live with kindness , live without thoughts. To be so, our mind like cool water, no dust , no sorrow . Peace on earth for people of good heart .
In the Kim Cang Kinh , the Buddha taught:
The mind can not exist , the
present mind is not possible ,
the mind is not possible .
present mind is not possible ,
the mind is not possible .
Means something past the feeling has gone, do not remember anymore, about the current show and then lose that feeling will somehow pass quickly, no regrets, about the future yet to come, do not worry concerns sorrow , only makes life more complicated afflictions alone!
III.6) Living in the enlightened and liberating as life has meaning . We want to live meaningful , peaceful, calm, peace and happiness , we must know to observe the truth , actually probably realize, see real-Minister of beings . We want to live meaningful , they should know that we are born to pay off the loan debt, have artifacts from many past lives , not to create new business, termination mortal reincarnation , Not deluded , not wishful thinking, not begging , not expecting. We must judiciously identified clear : life suffering little more fun.
So, accepting life is accepting : birth and death, death, loss and congratulations, gratitude, joy and sadness. To accept life is to accept it : to do it, to do it, to give birth, to wind and to reap . Accept life is to accept : now tomorrow is gone, now bad tomorrow good, now you morale, change non-stop. Need to have time to practice experimental long term , need to have sophisticated contemplative persistence, need to have strong willpower , energy firm , to transform the life of sorrow , anxiety , worry , fear , become happy , cheerful , calm , carefree . So, we will be liberated from the cycle of birth and death reincarnation . Cheerful , serene , at ease. So, we will be liberated from the cycle of birth and death reincarnation . Cheerful , serene , at ease . So, we will be liberated from the cycle of birth and deathreincarnation .
IV) How to build life have meaning :
To have a life with meaning , we must always awake , keep the mind average normally, calmly , self in every situation , in every position, in every action, every word , in every thoughts . In all circumstances , in any position, whether good or bad, whether compliment or negativity, whether body or foe, whether fun or miserable, whether unfair or wrong, right or wrong, we must always be aware , keep Normal mind , no disturbance , no thought. When walking, standing, lying, sitting, We know we are walking, standing, lying down, sitting. Doing something to focus mentally on it, no distractions , no distractions. So, we did not see the accident occupation, can finish their work well and we have a life of meaning .
In every action, we should always not hurt people and things. In every speech , we always keeping industrial exports , do not say words do damage to people , using words carriage of love , whenever necessary to bring the light of truth , expounded teachings for everyone The person is washed fresh orange juice. In every thought , we must always preserve the righteous ,
When consciousness arises, when consciousness arises, we must awake , know immediately and let go , not follow.
We should not let the false mind greed, which instigated do nonsense . So we have life meaning and ideals , and can help people around life has meaning so.
During his life on earth this wish life had meaning , we should often reflect that he had let the life of his passes in forgotten how many days last year? Try settling pleased consider whether experience: what have I done with my life, apart from the employment for prebiotic life and recreational fun?
To see the meaning of life , in the Flower Adornment , the Buddha said : "From the label of beings."
That is to life with meaning , we need to look at all people with eyes of compassion petal . We should know how to love as well as to love oneself, to understand one's suffering as our own suffering, not to suffer, even the enemy .
The book says: "Eyes look at life," that is the meaning.
In the Lotus Sutra , the Buddha taught:
Want life has meaning , please wear the Tathagata , in the Tathagata and sat buildings Tathagata .
That is, in all circumstances , we always "wear the Tramp" of the Tathagata , ie ring without humiliation, to behave in a life of affliction and suffering, should not cause further affliction and suffering pain for everyone . To be able to practice to be well resigned to the ultimate extreme, in books called three Perfections, we need to dwell in "house pronoun compassion" of the Tathagata . There is the greatcompassionate heart of the Buddha , We can only be patient , no anger , or angry when being cursed , insulted, humiliated , slandered, sued. And finally , after the patient is already developing heart from bi okay, do all things merit then, we always remember sitting on the "building law is not" of the Tathagata , ie we forget All good things have done, so that arrogance does not arise , to always keep "normal heart" In every moment . Perform three things the Buddha taught over here, though living in the world is she this suffering, we still equanimity self at the center average conventional and new life has meaning really so.
Let us reflect on the following story : One day the two brothers went down the same mountain. When they got back to the stream, they saw a girl dressed up , who was not sure how to wade through the stream. After questioning the matter , the monk immediately took the girl to the stream. Throughout the remainder of the journey, the monk elected, grumbled at the girl who had touched the girl, thus breaking the precepts , which were not to be done. Area junior c? Calmly walked, silent , unresponsive . At the gate to the temple, The brother still continued to profit, thinking that he was quiet, that is, pleaded guilty . Until then, the new monkuttered the words: I have left the girl on the side of the stream long ago, why do you still carry her piggybacked here?
Through this story , we examine two things:
First of all, the people living with mindfulness are often silent , not arguing, not marketing , not correcting , unjustly pleading without excuse , for justification is unrepentant personality, unjustly as the door to virtue .
Secondly, in our daily life, after work or going out, we carry as many as the characters go home, sometimes even carry a bed to sleep is another!
That's why, we contain so many shadows, the injured enemies , treasure consciousness of us . On the occasion of the end of the year , we usually clear the storehouse clean, always convenient to empty the mind treasure for empty. Life is so we will be less negativity and suffering. From here, life has meaning .
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In short , although it is considered as a religion , Buddhism is not only a form of worship, a ritual, and a Buddhist who is not required to have faith , is not obliged to have faith . It is imperative to close your eyes to believe , to bow to accept , whatever, whether recorded in the scriptures , when the mind has not accepted . People Buddhist angle to the teachings of the Buddha to media transformed her life,
The aim ultimately , aim at the glass, aim extreme Buddhist remains just pitching method practicing the temperaments , methods of cultivating the mind nursing nature, to help people live with "human truth" of his rather than live with the broken body four great heaviness requires all sorts of things, rather than live with the soul changes constantly , wrong handling all kinds of things to help people relieved afflictions and sufferings now Life, peace and happiness , Nirvana were out of money , liberation from the cycle of birth and death reincarnation .
In the Mahaparinirvana Sutra , the Buddha taught:
The impermanence .
City of France.
Birth kill kill.
Prescription kill microbe .
City of France.
Birth kill kill.
Prescription kill microbe .
Means everything in the world are impermanent , not survive long-term , including the plate itself big four heavy tens of kilograms, with the mind whirring mess of us , all of which are legal birth and death , Things that are born and will disappear, do not last forever , nothing important. If vital body and mind die , then human beings will live in affliction and suffering.
The important thing is to make the chaos of chaos and chaos disappear, it is no longer, we are no longer greedy , we are no longer the yard anymore, we are no longer delusion , when that realm passed away out of money , right before his eyes , that's really fun, it was Nirvana, are ecstatic that.
In the Surangama Sutra , the Buddha taught: "Born to kill, kill the present, that is the meaning.
Generally, Buddhism has the purpose of helping people to live in awareness , knew he was really living a life with meaning , a life ideal that. 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.25/4/2017.
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