Vinaya is a moral foundation, an open field for the cultivation of healthy seeds. People know how to live prudent, discipline, delicate, friendly, fresh, etc. not only peace of mind but also bring stability to others. In a social community, if people know how to act, talking cautiously, they will avoid many unfortunate misery, most of which is caused by lethargy, carelessness or lack of discipline. Indeed, precepts play a vital role in bringing endless benefits to human life.

-  Avoid bad habits : Lung slack, sloppy, disciplined, not self-made is the process of forming the habit of despicable, bad habits can be a failure of a lifetime. People know how to live cautiously, homemade in every gesture can not fall into bad habits. And if there are bad habits, it is easy to escape the virtue of caution to help him know the right and wrong to adjust.

- No harmful consequences : People who do not know how to self-restrain themselves will cause harm to themselves and others through their wrong actions. More seriously, carelessness can lead to accidents, injury, illness or death. For example, a negligent driver, a careless worker, a doctor, etc., are not responsible for others. Careful people can avoid such damaging effects easily.

- No regret : He acted carelessly after making a mistake, often tormenting himself, biting, and at the same time being deceived by the people, so they are always tense . In contrast, people with mental well-being often cool, fresh, peaceful, relaxed.

- Do not be afraid of the crowd : People with guilt are often lack of confidence so they are always confused, afraid, nervous, anxious in the crowded. They do not like to meet anyone because they are almost obsessed with their sense of guilt being discovered by others. In contrast, the virtues help you confident, calm, so not afraid in the crowded place.

- There is a natural temperament : A cautious actress will easily find the right thing wrong to regulate his or her behavior. Therefore, although not trying to create their own way they still have the style of calm, natural, comfortable, natural many people believe love.

- At death do not panic fear : Sinners will certainly be very afraid, panic at the moment of dying, because their bad image automatically appear before a film. Sometimes it is an impressive detail in his sinful behavior, like bloody knives, pungent gunpowder smell, etc. Sometimes it's a horrific sight like a bad omens. It is the karmic access of those who do evil. On the contrary, a person who knows the virtues of his pure behavior, will go away calmly.

- Be the basis of meditation and wisdom : The slumbering person usually acts in a negative way, so that he is unable to focus (due to lack of concentration), and because of being driven by impulses Should not be wise enough to know the truth (lack of wisdom). While the person acting, cautious talk (with precepts) will be easier to focus on, and thus be able to see clearly and clearly. In other words, the action, the good word (tranquility) leads to the calm mind and the enlightenment will illuminate all things. Therefore, the most important benefit of gender is to provide a solid foundation for meditation, wisdom, liberation and liberation of knowledge.

- Give others the gift fearless : You might think that the new service selfless action, and morality is only for his own benefit. That's a misconception. A virtuous person does not harm anyone, meaning that they do not dispel anxiety and fear for others. They do not seem to do anything to anyone, but they are actually helping others live peacefully, not fearing harm. Therefore, keeping the precepts is not self-interest, it is also seen as altruistic actions: A gift of fearlessness to people.

Ask:

- I find it difficult to keep all five sexes in the relationship today, especially the liar and drinkers. So can adapt to adapt to the circumstances are not?

A:

-No one has the right to tell you or not. You must contemplate yourself, discover how the nature of causality in your actions will then know whether you should do or not. There are a variety of laws designed to limit the activities of others to protect the interests of the employer or corporation. For example, the laws of the landlords set for the peasants, or colonial countries imposed on the colonists. So there will be resistance to reclaiming justice. In this case, breaking the law is good and courageous. On the contrary, Buddhist precepts only help you self-awareness of your behavior to identify the true-false nature, good and evil, no evaluation from outside. That is why gender is called learning. So why do not you take that lesson to see yourself? Buddha just for your sake that hint, No one binds you, you have the freedom to manipulate how you customize. There is something you need to discover the nature of right and wrong wrong in your acting because it is your responsibility and interests and not anyone else.

Ask :

-The farmer who wants to protect the crops must kill pests, how to avoid the crime of killing? So what is the solution?

A:

- People, who claim to be "superior to all species", know how to make a living to protect themselves. But if you protect your life and despise the life of all species has become "the most scary in the world"! Humans do not have the "advantage" at all only to know their own interests, greed for everything, ravaging the habitat of all species and willing to harm anyone who is unfavorable for themselves. Science now demonstrates that indestructible insect destruction has caused a serious ecological imbalance that not only harms sentient beings, but also destroys their own habitat.

We exploit forests, the sea, etc. so that many species of plants, medicinal plants, seafood, animals have become extinct, along with the weather changes that cause natural disasters. Pesticides have made everything toxic. So today we need flowers, food, air, clean environment healthy to live safely.

For the immediate benefit of no long-term disaster for all life on this tiny planet, it is important to review it seriously. Let's see if we are protecting life or are promoting bottomless greed, selfishness, cruelty, and destruction. Perhaps we still do not understand the full meaning of the depth of gender as learning. If people really want to learn, there is no way to protect life without destruction.

Ask:

- Confucianism is synonymous with Buddhist precepts?

A:

There is the same, different. Confucianism emphasizes the human nature of human beings, in the relationship between the king and me, father and son, husband and wife, etc. or ritual sacrifices of God, including the god. In line with universal human morality, there is only one that fits with the feudal monarchy.

In the Buddhist precepts too, some things are just adaptations to the situation, others represent the virtue of being human, but not the specific age or social class but the moral. weak and universal, suitable for everyone and all time. However, the main purpose of Confucianism is to stabilize the social order of human beings, while the Buddha's law aims to free us from wrong and unwholesome actions in order to be fully enlightened.

It is because the rules are those that regulate the behavior of the people in feudal societies according to the hierarchy of order, so that they are more effective in the organization of political institutions than in the nature of the institution. the core of morality. Although the "feast of education", but only the control of external desire and desire deepened pent-up, hidden inside. So Lao Tzu complained: "Oh! It is the fragility of fidelity, the clue of chaos. " Meanwhile, Buddhist precepts are considered as factors leading to peace and liberation (Silena nibbutim yanti).

Ask:

-We have seen many people keep their precepts very strictly, but they seem to be obstinate and condescending, despise and condemn people who do not hold back as strict as they are. Why is that so?

Reply:

- Simply for the following reasons:

1) They focus only on the external appearance of the world without seeing the true meaning inside, so they are too strict with themselves and others.

2) They borrow gender to create prestige and identity for themselves or for their organization rather than living honestly with themselves and others.

3) They are based only on finite things to judge right and wrong, not to do it to learn to see and adjust their moral behavior.

4) They simply believe in the framework that the rule of law prefers to abstain rather than believe in the careful discernment of complex psycho-physical events between the right-sideways behavior. His morality.

5) They always have one of two psychological attitudes: self-esteem or self-esteem. When you find yourself holding more serious than self, high self-conceited, but when breaking gender is easy to fall into the state of self-esteem.

Ask:

- Teacher, there is no crime, but sin, reverse, transgression without sin is not?

Reply:

- Well, this is a difficult question! I'm wondering how to answer this? It is difficult to have a definite answer whether or not from others. You need to understand thoroughly all the world, in particular in each case can answer yourself or not. Otherwise all answers are just nonsense. On the other hand, if you hold on to the overconfidence, it is difficult to recognize the creative flexibility that only shows the hard surface of the gender.

The following are situations in which you can use your intelligence to see which case is guilty, which is not.

The first scenario is that someone wants to kill the robber, but does not succeed, meaning that he has not been murdered, stolen and should not commit any crime. Or someone else, more cunning to wriggle out of the boundaries, such as he likes to drink, but it is a prohibited world, unless the use of alcohol with drugs. So he spoiled to drink the so-called drug wine because it does not exist. So you think that person is guilty?

The second scenario is a tragic one: An army is urgently withdrawn from the fighting field, leaving a wounded soldier unable to save lives. carried away. Do not let your lonely one twist the pain in the horror of the battle, so the captain decided to shoot his teammates. In terms of sex and life rules, the captain violates the rules, even if he can be tried. But if you are the captain, then how will your conscience tell you? Are you blessed or guilty? END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/1/2018.

Buddha nature is a subject that the Buddha did not preach in the first turn. It is not that He holds back some of the great discoveries that can only be passed on to the best and brightest disciples. Like a responsible teacher, he focuses on the basic principles before addressing higher topics.

Talking about Buddha-nature, it has nothing to do with virtue and the manner of a person in yellow robes on the way to begging. The word Sanskrit in the literal translation is literally "enlightened." If considered a title, this word is usually given to Gotama-Gotama, who attained the ultimate enlightenment 2,500 years ago under the Bodhi Tree.

However, the Buddha Nature is not a title. It is not a feature reserved for the historical Buddha or Buddhist practitioners. It is not something that is created or imagined. It is the essence or essence within all beings: an infinite potential for action, seeing, hearing, experiencing an event. Through the Buddha nature, we can learn, can develop, can change. Every one of us can and has the right to become a Buddha.

Buddha nature can not be expressed in terms of relative concept. It needs to be experienced directly, and direct experience can not be expressed in words. When we look at a majestic setting, we can say that it is majestic, that the cliffs are red, the air is dry and the smell of cedar trees. Well, our description can not really contain all the experience felt in front of that majestic. Or when we try to portray the view from Tapei 101 in Taipei, one of the tallest buildings in the world, is considered one of the seven modern wonders of humanity. We can talk about the panorama, the road with cars and people are seen as ants or we have to hold our breath when standing in a place too high on the ground. But we still can not convey the depth of our experience.

However, although the Buddha Nature can not be described. The Buddha made some suggestions as the map helps us know the direction and the path to that indescribable experience. One of his methods is to point out the three characteristics of Buddha Nature:  Infinite Freedom : the ability to perceive in a self-reliant manner everything past, present and future; infinite power : unlimited power to bring us and all beings out of suffering; and  infinite compassion : unlimited consciousness of the interconnectedness of all things, a consciousness that extends to others, which is considered the driving force in creating favorable conditions for all. beings are evolving.

It is unquestionable that so many people believe in the Buddha through study and practice, able to experience that unlimited freedom, strength and compassion.

In many scriptures, we see the Buddha always ready to talk to those who have doubts about what he says. He was the only teacher who traveled throughout India in the fourth century BC with the aim of convincing the public on many issues. Unlike many passers-by, however, he does not attempt to convince the public that the method he finds in the liberation of suffering is the only method. An important point throughout many Buddhist sutras can be summarized in today's language: " That's just what I do and what I realize. Do not believe what I say because that's what I say. Practice yourself to show your experience . "

The Buddha does not strictly prevent others from choosing what they should learn and how to learn. Instead, in the Buddha's teaching, he presents to the audience a kind of thought experience, calling them to discover from within their own experience.

They express the Buddha nature at all times of daily life. He presented this experiment with a picture of a house in which a lamp was lit with shades and closed windows. The house represents the dense view of the dependence on the physical, psychological, emotional ... The lamp represents the Buddha Nature. Even if the ghosts and windows are closed, a bit of light from the inside still shines through.

Inside, the light from the lamp provides clarity to distinguish between a chair, a bed, or a rug. Just as the light of the lamp can penetrate dark spaces and windows, we can experience the light of wisdom as an intuition, a "seeing in depth."

Words and tales shine through the windows in these moments when we, spontaneously, help or comfort one another, not for the sake of self, but for feeling it should do. It may be a very simple condition for a person to lean on a shoulder to cry when they are suffering, helping a person cross the street, sitting next to a sick or dying person. We all have heard people who do not think of danger to jump into the deep water to save people who do not know ...

The power of Buddhahood often manifests in the overcoming of difficult events. Recently I met a person who has practiced Buddhism for a long time. He's been investing in securities since 1990, and when stocks slip, he's lost everything. Many friends and co-workers also lost money and some fell into crisis. Some people lose confidence and are no longer capable of making decisions; some fall into depression; Some look like in the 1929 economic crisis, jumping through the window. But he is still confident, not lose confidence, not down. He calmly invested again and rebuilt his strong financial foundation.

Looking at his calm face in the big events, some friends and associates blamed him for how calm he could be. He replied, " Yes. I got all of that money from the stock market, then it came back to the stock market, and now it's back. Conditions change, but I still. I can make decisions. I can stay in a big house for a year, then sleep on a friend's house for the next year, but that does not change the fact that I can choose how I think about myself and my socks. All the problems around me. Actually, I find myself very lucky. Some people do not have the ability to choose and some do not realize their options . "

I've also heard similar comments from peTople who deal with chronic illnesses in their parents, their children, or family members, friends. A man I met recently in North America talked about trying to keep a good relationship with his wife and children while continuing to visit his father, Alzheimer's ). He said, " Of course it's hard to balance things. But that's what I do. I do not see any other way . "

Simple statement how fresh! Although he had never attended a Dharma study, had never studied the Buddhist scriptures, nor had he considered himself a Buddhist, his description of his life and how he The approach to life has represented a spontaneous expression of the three aspects of the Buddha-nature: wisdom sees the depth and breadth of his situation, the ability to explain things and act upon the See your self, behave spontaneously according to compassion.

When I hear you talk, I realize that these three properties of buddhahood can be summarized in a simple word: courage - especially the courage to be, as we are, right here and right. Now, with all our doubts, our uncertainty. Direct confrontation with experience opens us up to the possibility of realizing that what we experience - love, loneliness, jealousy, joy, greed, sorrow, and so forth - from nature is an infinite potential manifestation of the foundation of our Buddha nature.

This principle is in the "diagnose" of the third truth of the  Four Noble Truths . Whatever troubles we experience - subtle, intense, or at intermediate level - will sink and we will overcome attachment to limited vision, depending on and depending on them. I, to begin to see with our own ability, to experience things in its entirety. Finally, come and stop in the Buddha nature - like a bird stopping at home. There the suffering ceases. Nothing to fear, nothing to resist. Even death does not confuse us. END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH TAM GIAC.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/1/2018.