Buddha Shakyamuni  
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20- Lower 42 at Venuvana (-548)

Early in the spring of -548, the Buddha returned to the capital of Magadha. He went leisurely. The route is divided into several stages so that the Buddha can rest for a couple of days at the infirmary along the way, and by the way he can teach and persuade the masters and laypeople in those places. The Buddha passes through the Sàkya, Malla, Videha, Vajji and eventually crosses the Ganges to Magadha. Buddha visits Nana land and Ambalatthikas before arriving in Venuvana.

At close proximity to Venuvana, there was a large crowd of workers and the population was crowding each other to build walls and houses. Venerable Ānanda inquired, knowing that Ajatasattu was moving the old Raju in the valley between the mountains of Vaibhara, Vipula, Ratna and Sona, to the new Rajputana building north of Venuvana, for economic reasons. , Political and military. The old ranch in the middle of the mountains should be cramped, and it would be inconvenient for traffic and defense. It seems that this plan was also planned by King Bimbisàra. At this time King Ajatasattu also wants to innovate, so carry out.

After visiting and staying in Venuvana for two days to encourage and teach them to increase them, the Buddha and Venerable Ānanda go up to the Griddhakùta Mountain. On the next day, Jìvaka visited the Buddha. He told the Buddha what had happened at rajagaha. He said that nowadays Videhi Queen has found a peaceful way of life. She is a vegetarian, diligently reciting Amitabha Buddha, practicing meditation, and frequenting the Venuvana monastery to offer the Three Jewels and study the Dhamma. King Ajatasattu was haunted by the death of the High King, conscientious at night, mentally impaired, or angry, lost his temper and often dreamed of nightmares, waking up sweat run. Medical doctors often come to the king, so far the decline has been reduced, but the heart is not safe. The king no longer contact with Venerable Devadatta anymore, But not contact Truc Lam. The king invited famous sages of Makkhali Gosaleiputta, Sanjaya Belatthiputta, Nigantha Naktaputta, Ajita Kesakambala, Pakudha Kaccana and Pùrana Kassapa to consult and treat mental illness. Everybody wants to please the king for grace, but no one succeeds.

Recently, he invited the queen to eat rice with Queen Vajira and Prince Udàyibhadda. Prince Udiyibhadda was less than three years old, who determined to bring the dog to the dining hall that day. Ajàtasattu lead children. But in the meal, the dog ran wildly, leaning on her mother. The king was a little embarrassed with the queen, saying:

- Bring the dog to the dining room is uncomfortable. But he could not bear to cry.

Empress Dowager said:

- I love your child should let him bring the dog into the dining room, nothing is strange. Do you remember the old days, your father because of love child that mouth suck blood pus in my fingers?

- I do not remember, please tell my grandmother.

- One day, my index finger sore and swollen. A boil grows under the nail, aching to make you cry throughout the day and night for three or four consecutive days. My father is impatient, he takes me to my thighs every day, sucking my painful fingers in my mouth to pass the warmth, hoping to ease my pain and make my pimples ache, soon break my pus. When the boil matured, his father used the mouth to pus out slowly. By the end of blood poisoning, the father continues to hold his finger in his mouth, afraid to pull the pain. A moment later his father was choking, swallowing blood in the abdomen. (She just sobbed and sobbed) She reminded me of this so I knew how old your father loved you. Now that I have much love for your child, so is the same.

Listening to the queen Videhi said there, King Ajatasattu hugged his head to the room, leaving the meal unfinished. Empress sat quietly whispered a moment and then also go to his room.

When Jìvaka came to the king, he heard all sorts of stories, ranging from the nightmares to the consultation of the mages, but Jìvaka kept silent. The king asked:

- Jìvaka, why do not you say anything?

- I dare not comment on your personal matters. I will only speak with you. I think only the Gotama dharma will help you get rid of the mind. His Majesty should seek the Buddha to teach him.

Silent for a moment, the king said:

- I'm afraid Gotama hated me.

- You do not say that. Gotama does not hate anyone. The Buddha is the teacher of the High King, and also the best friend of the High King. His Majesty will visit the Buddha as well as to visit the king. Only the Buddha can bring peace to your Majesty. My medical skills can not do this. The Buddha is the king who can cure all mental illness . Do not be afraid, Lord Buddha often teach disciples should practice compassion to save sentient beings from delusion and suffering, then he himself does not practice them.

After that conversation, King Ajatasattu approved to visit the Buddha.

Buddha says the Lotus Sutra [1]

After a few days of rest and preparing to enter the 42nd, the Buddha told the monk Ānanda and the great disciples widely informed the mendicants in the vicinity gathering on the Vishnu to hear a sermon. very important.

On that day, the whole Griddhakùta mountain range (Flea market) crowded like a fair. There are twelve thousand Arahants dressed in brilliant yellow robes, two thousand masters of the rational and uneducated, eighty thousand bodhisattva non-rotating from the Buddha realms, twenty thousand angels From the heavenly and long arcs, King Ajatasattu (A Soothe) and the great spirits, princes and royal family all came to hear the dharma.

In the beginning, the Buddha briefly described the " Infinite Dharma Bodhisattva Dharma Dharma " for Bodhisattvas. Then the Buddha sitting cross-legged, entering the right mind "Immeasurable Voodoo", body and mind of the Buddha are not shaken. It began to rain flowers Mandara and Manjusaka, throughout the Buddha's echoes. The Buddha from the middle of the two white eyebrows pours out a golden halo illuminating throughout the eighteen thousand eastern divisions, down to Aphi Hell and above to the sky of the Sacred Sides. All audiences are happy to see the unprecedented, hands look reverent Buddha, waiting to hear the magic.

Buddha from the right, told Sir Sarututta:

- Sariputta, the wisdom of the Buddhas [2] is very deep, hard to see, difficult to understand , hard to enter. All of the bar-text with Prismatic sense are not known. From the moment we become Buddhists to the present, only the means of teaching say the conditions, four truths, eight actions righteous, 37 to help direct ... to lead beings away from attachment. In fact, to express the profound knowledge of the Buddhas, the Tathagata never say a word. In addition to the Buddhas, no one can understand.

- Buddha, Venerable Sariputta said, please Bhagavan triumphantly presented only profound knowledge of the Buddhas. I believe in this conference there are many people have planted the good from many generations to understand life and joy of life.

- Okay! Sariputta, if you say that, all the heavens and the asura will be terrified and doubtful, the monks rising will be fallen.

The Buddha said here, in the auditorium there are five thousand people stand up Buddhist and then leave. They think that they have been following the Buddhist doctrine for decades, have attained holy arahant, end defilements, are nirvana, why today the Buddha is so despised that I need to learn more what else. The Buddha sat unbroken. When the hall returned silent, Lord Buddha continued:

- Sariputta, now the Tathagata can be said, because the rising monk, not evidence that has proved, has left the hall, leaving only those who have pure wisdom. Please listen diligently, Tathagata will speak for you because of you.

"Sariputta, the Buddha was born only because of a great cause and condition is" declaration, market, enlightenment, enter the knowledge of Buddha . " Buddhas use countless means, conditions, for example to lead beings to the Buddha. But because Buddhayana very profound magic confusing to distinguish said three ministers [3] . Just as the long way is divided into many stages so that people do not hesitate long tired. But to each station to rest, travelers must know that they need to go further to the destination. Likewise, even now, most of the teachers have come to the Arahantship, their defilements, beyond birth and death, enjoy nirvana, but that is not enough, you need to be more diligent to achieve. To the ultimate goal is the Immaculate One. Again, 

- Buddha, Venerable Sariputta said, children from past to present in virtually Buddha, never heard supreme law such excess. Today I heard the Buddha said dharma, I am very happy, please hear and remember.

- Sariputta, today Tathagata will be because of the bar, but say the Mahayana sutra name is " Miracle of Confucianism Buddhist Bodhisattva Buddha Dharma ." This Sariputta, to the future generations, too immeasurable immeasurability inconceivable after life, after offering thousands of Buddha memories, serving the Dharma full Dharma practice of the Bodhisattva, he will become the Buddha As Lai.

Next, the Lord Buddha's life was signed by Venerable Maha Kassapa, who would become the Venerable Quang Minh Tathagata. Venerable Subhùti would become the Buddha as the Tathagata, Kaccàna will become the Buddha's name, and will become the Buddha's name. It will become the Buddha's name as Dalai Lama, Tathagata, and Venerable Punna Mantàniputta. Phu Lau Na Man Tu) will become the Buddha Dharma Minh Tathagata, the Kondanna Venerable (Kieu Tran Nhu) will become the Buddha as Pho Minh Tathagata. Then the Buddha in the class of life for all 1200 Arahant disciples will become Buddhas. Next, the Buddha once again signed for Ananda, Rahula and two thousand of the learned and uneducated will become Buddhas.

Five hundred disciples A-la-drought has just finished the Buddhist record, joyfully excited, straight from the seat up to the Buddha before the ceremony said:

- Lord, we often have the idea that we have been finally demolished. So far it is known that no mind. We need more diligence to get the wisdom of the Tathagata.

All audiences listening to Buddha's life for over three thousand people will become Buddhists, are happy, is unprecedented. They are convinced that all beings have Buddha-nature, and that the path of Dharma practice is long, requires a lot of perseverance and diligence, but  progress will definitely come to the ultimate goal of Supreme Being Righteous Enlightenment .

At that time, the Buddha turned to the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva:

In this mass, from the gods to monks, monks, nuns, superior-she-rule, she-di happy depending on the Buddha in the United States, Every life expectancy is up to the highest level of right understanding.

"If there is a reverence of life, reciting, explaining, transcribing the Lotus Sutra, even if there is only one verse, he should know who is going to become Buddha.

Hey pharmacist, if there are good men, women, after the Tathagata, want because four of them [4] said the Lotus Sutra properly, then he  must go to Tathagata, Tathagata, the Tathagata court sitting, and then recommended because four of them that say this wide [5] . Tathagata is a great compassion for all sentient beings. Austria Tathagata is the nature of harmony, patience. Tathagata is the "all France does not ". When someone speaks the Lotus Sutra, the Tathagata, wherever you are, will send angels, guardians, and kings to support him in every way.

Buddha said here, there are towers with seven treasures [6] high 500 by week [7] (5000 km), measuring 250 by week (2,500 km) from the ground emerged cylindrical middle of nowhere [8] . The tower is decorated with treasures, statues, and perfumes. The pyramid, like a surreal painting, Equally for all audiences in the Assembly, the Buddha is solemn, dignified, pure, precious, inconceivable, all over space and time. But only those who abide in "nothingness" [9] can see clearly, and those who are short are required by the Buddha's power to bring "nothingness" can see. The Buddha proclaimed loudly:

- In the realm of Ta-she (Saha, this world), who can broadly say the Lotus Sutra, the Tathagata will bring the deputy to wish him, because no longer as Tathagata will enter Nirvana.

All hearers have seen the Dharmas of the Buddha sitting together in the same court with the Shrine of Shakyamuni in the seven precious stones, surrounded by countless buddhas of Shakyamuni Buddha. , Just heard the Buddha declared deputy business, the development of the mind to maintain the United States. Buddha taught wish life over the Lotus Sutra for efficient, fast and good, the  people maintain economic right from where the Buddha before his that give rise to [10] maintain economic and also to cultivate the virtues of generosity, morality, Patience [11] , Effort, Meditation and Wisdom [12] . The virtue of the French economy like that is extremely victorious immeasurably infinite, quickly to the point of necessarily racial. Again, such economic men will soon be six pure bar,

When the audiences had the courage to develop the Dharma-Lotus Sutra, the Buddha recited the example of the Bodhisattvas who have maintained the Lotus Sutra, such as the Bodhisattva Precepts, the Bodhisattvas of the Divine Power, the Bodhisattva Yin, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. In each story, the Buddha stated the method of saving the Lotus Sutra of these Bodhisattvas, and the inconceivable benefits of the Lotus Sutra.

All listeners from the great bodhisattva to the layman listened to the Buddhist doctrine of the Lotus Sutra, they are happy to know that they have available the Buddha nature, Will diligently practice diligently until the ultimate goal is Supreme Immaculate.

At the end of the season, Jìvaka, a 55-year-old physician, was given the Vimala Kondanna.

When the season was complete, the Buddha continued to stay in Griddhakùta under the care of medical Jìvaka. The health of the Buddha is greatly restored.

Sàmanna phala sutta [14]

Dr. Jìvaka Komárabhacca arranges a meeting between King Ajatasattu and the Buddha in his mango garden at the foot of Mount Griddhakùta. The king first encountered the Buddha on a moonlit night in the midst of the blooming season, Kattika month (November 11), escorted by soldiers, and Jìvaka led the way. As the mango garden approached, the king suddenly became frightened by the quiet scene. Jìvaka let the king know that the Buddha is living in his mango garden with nearly a thousand mendicant, but here he still hear silent noises, no shadow anyone. The king asked:

- Jivaka, if he was fooled us into the enemy's location affordable insurance?

- Your Majesty, I dare not. Maybe the Buddha and the monks are in the auditorium with the lights over there. Let's go there. Please do not doubt anything.

King down elephant, go with Jìvaka and some guards. At the auditorium door, the king saw the Buddha sitting in front of a column, leaning against the base of the column (for backache), in front of hundreds of mendicant sitting in silence, silent, listening hard. The scene is solemn and warm. Jìvaka's doctor came to announce that the king was coming. The Buddha stepped out of the door to invite the king to the lecture hall, sitting in the high chair. Buddha open words:

- Dear King, today the King to visit Tathagata has something to ask, please keep on saying.

- Buddha, station only to hear Bhagavan preached several times, in small substation. Today I would like to ask the Blessed One, "What are the benefits of the spiritual practice that thousands of people have left home, their parents, their wives and children?"

- Has the king asked who he?

- I have asked many famous teachers and masters, but no answer to my heart, including the answer of the Venerable Devadatta.

- Sultan, today Tathagata will tell the Sultan of the fruits, the benefits of the cultivation of Dharma. The fruits can be harvested right in the present, and the fruits can be harvested in the future. The king does not need to resort to complex methods of deduction. Sultan only need to use the heart to comment, will immediately see the fruits of the graduation, clearly see the mango in the palm.

The king, for example, has a servant who is a servant of man, must stay up late to serve and follow the orders of the master; One day suddenly had the following thoughts: The owner is human, I am also human, why do I have to torture myself like this? Thought like that, he renounced the status of I demand, go home, follow the righteous Dharma, live a life of virtue, bright, awake, eat one meal, practice walking meditation, Become a majestic, mourning, moral. What do you think? Knowing that the old mendicant was a part of the servant, the king called him and said, "Hey man, come here to be our servant, stay up early and carry out every command of I "or not?

" Sir, I will not do that, will not say so. On the contrary I will pay homage to that person, invite him to sit down to offer, and will order his protection under the law.

- Great king, it was the first fruits of which the monk could reap even after renunciation. He  escapes class discrimination, racism, discriminating against the rich, and restores his dignity .

- Please teach the next.

- Great king, human dignity is only the first fruit of the monk. By practicing the 250 precepts the monk is residing in a state of pride and purity. Those who do not hold precepts can commit sins such as murder, theft, adultery, debauchery, drunkenness, and self-inflicted physical and mental pain. The monk not only keeps the five precepts of killing, does not steal, does not commit adultery, does not deceive, does not get drunk, but also holds over two hundred other. As a result, he  always lived in a state of security and comfort; Not afraid, do not regret not doing anything wrong; Do not despair because of lack of desire . That is another kind of fruit that the monk can reap in the present life.

- That's great! Sir, please teach me again.

- Great king, monk no property or possessions beyond what value-sa three robes and a bowl. So there  is nothing to fear, rob . No offense, so  do not be afraid to be harmed . So can sleep alone in the forest, under a tree in peace, optimism, quiet. No fear of a great happiness . It is another kind of fruit that the monk can reap in the present life.

- That's great! Sir, please teach me again.

- Great king, monk by sexual minorities know contentment (less want, know enough) should be simple lifestyle to the fullest extent. Every day only eat a meal, no home farm field, not rich in luxury, should be free, leisure, leisure. Leisure is a great happiness . It is also a fruit that the monk can reap in the present life.

- That's great! Sir, please teach me again.

- Great king, if the Great King said mindfulness of breathing, meditation know, the Great King get new ideas of happiness cultivators. Happiness is meditation. By meditating, the monk knows how to preserve the six purity bases, without the six ceiling causes of defilements and defilements in the mind. By meditating, the monk is blissfully happy, a joy filled with peace, pure, transcendental, from meditation to four meditation . This blissful heart also has a magical power to heal the debilitating diseases of the body and spirit. This is the precious fruit of cultivation that the monk can reap in the present life.

- That's great! Sir, please teach me again.

- Great king, monk abides by ardent discipline and mindfulness in which concentration. Using the power of concentration, contemplation of all things in the world, see the impermanence, non-self of all things. By seeing the impermanence and non-self nature of all things, it is not bound, bound to anything in the world. Thanks to no obstacles should be liberated, relaxed, self. The new king,  the new liberation is true happiness, longevity, never lost, is the most valuable fruit of the study . Among the mendicants are sitting in this lecture hall, many enjoy the precious fruit. That is the kind of fruit that a monk can reap in the present life.

- That's great! Your Excellency, please continue teaching again.

- The monk,  the monk, by preserving the precepts that the mind is determined, through concentration that generates great wisdom . Then use that elegant wisdom that contemplate in the nature of the law, see the nature of all things are not born, not kill, not dirty, not clean, not increase, not reduce, so that  the See the pure , clear, without distinction . By eliminating all sense of discrimination, the monk sees life with calm eyes, no worries, no fear,  riding on the waves of life and death that automatically come to life to save beings , Only show the path of the Dharma, so that sentient beings can taste the taste of liberation . Lord, Helping others to be happy is also a great joy for oneself . This joy is also a beautiful fruit of cultivation, the monk can perform some part of the present and will continue to perform in the future. Sultan, the mendicants during the day-to-day mourning, is responsible for guiding people on the path of morality, acting according to the Dharma, to be blissfully liberated. The king, the fruit of the training not only for the satirical enjoyment, but also the wealth of the nation and humanity. It is the task of guiding the people to go on the path of virtue, to act according to the Dharma, to be happy and free. The king, the fruit of the training not only for the satirical enjoyment, but also the wealth of the country and humanity. It is the task of guiding the people to go on the path of virtue, to act according to the Dharma, to be happy and free. The king, the fruit of the training not only for the satirical enjoyment, but also the wealth of the nation and humanity.

King Ajatasattu stood up, accepting the two glasses of white bow:

- Amazing! Lord Buddha, in simple words, the Sun enlightened me, helped me to see the true value of the Dharma. The Buddha reconstructed what had fallen, revealing what was hidden, showing the way to the lost, illuminating the dark. I wish to be accepted as a disciple of his household, as well as the old days, the Buddha received the king and queen as a disciple of the Buddha.

After saying this, King Ajatasattu reverently bowed at the feet of the Buddha. Then the Buddha grinned, then told the Sàriputta to instruct the king and queen to take refuge in the Three Jewels and to maintain the Five Precepts. After the refuge ceremony, the king from the weed, please return to the palace. Give newspaper :

- Well , do what the monarch thinks should do.

After that meeting, King Ajatasattu often visited the Buddha without the arrangement of the Jìvaka physician anymore. The king also did not need to bring elephants with horses and escorts. King Ajatasattu also stepped up the stone steps to climb Mt. Griddhakùta like the old Bimbisàra. From now on, King Ajatasattu also became the very protector of the Buddha like King Bimbisàra before. 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.14/5/2017.