Refusal the uninvited guests

As the Buddhist practitioners, every day, we use the mantra broom to sweep out the consciousness’s house.  In the parallel with that, we try not to collect garbage without cleaning the garbage.  But how to identify the consciousness’s garbage that refuse ,  while its small subtle, so that the scientists use the microscope without impossible to see?

Some practitioners of Buddhism and external  Buddhist use only one  way to avoid the pollution environment.  Such as, it is said that in the market,  at home so easily to collect the garbage of consciousness so they come into the temple to avoid. Or others said that in the bustling city, prosperous so they hide in the mountain to avoid the social communication.  However, it’s so hard to do because their consciousness  are disturbed by delusion ( present, past, future ) .

In the “Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone” sutra, Buddha has shown the failure, and also taught the treatment pattern:

“Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is
In the very here and now,
The practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows how
to dwell in mindfulness night and day
“one who knows the better way to live alone”.”

So, according to the Buddha teachings, best way for practitioner who dwell in the mindfulness  day and night,  but how is mindfulness ? We need to concretize and detailed to avoid “ importing “ the garbage of consciousness. But firstly, we need to understand what is meaning of “mindfulness”? All our thought ( the raw level, reality level ) still operate in the circle of the Buddhism doctrine,  called mindfulness.

Shakyamuni Buddha – Artist: Gonkar Gyatso

Here , it is  noted that difficulty subtle so hard to distinguishing. For example, some practitioners don’t come to liberation, but their purpose to get  peace,  profit, hypocrisy . Then, looking into their purpose is not mindfulness that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva as “unrighteous thoughts of wayward habits “  ( Great vowing  of Avolokitesvara) For example , there are some practitioners wherever they go and still advice others to do the good things , avoid the bad things, but they don’t encourage for liberation, it also called mindlessness  because it not liberation . Because it so simple to understand that the Buddhism to be liberate rather than good or bad karma , still in the circle of Samsara .  Because of creating the good karma will be reborn in the higher realms, creating the evil karma will be reborn the lower realms and pure karma come to the  Pure Land Buddhism.

Creating pure karma will come to the Pure Land Buddhism.

Now , thoughts are triggered under which direct to be called mindfulness? Always remember to think, say, act following 4 topic that is called mindfulness in the body, speech, mind : Guru, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. “Once our consciousness always revolves round this axis , that is always in the mindfulness . This is further explanation that the mindfulness we turn the directly attention into the good subject. Good subject is good reaction for mindfulness, whereby  again the liberal mind, avoiding the negativity thoughts from the crude to the reality, that is the origin of suffering, and more easily come to the step in the path ( from the Geshe Kelsang Gyalso, the author of the book “ the understand of the source of c mind ). This is the way to refuse the consciousness’s garbage efficiently, but to more fully understand to practice Dharma in the everyday life, we listen the  listen to the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni:

“Always remember enough, keeping  dharma simplicity , leading  wisdom ( the Eight Realization of The Great Being )

Mindfulness in the body, speech, mind: Guru, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha

“Don’t cling to this life, it look like pleasant dream, Stay away the temptation of the bad, evil things because that never have the end. Don’t attach to “Eight mundane concerns”, you only foolish for yourself, don’t make any plan, remember you might die tomorrow, please be dedicate persistently of body, speech, mind to the Dharma. Please encourage everyone to practice , anytime you can. In your deathbed,  I will lead you to the realm of Pure Land Buddhism. Ommani padme hum (Great vowing of Avolokitesvara  )

Geshe Kelsang Gyalso

According to the teachings of  Gelsang Gyatso, author of “Concentration  understanding of  mindful resource “, the Buddhist practitioners should cultivate mindfulness in the mind the following:

1 / Loyalty and respect their teachers

2 / To take advantage of our precious human body to practice Dharma

3 / Thinking remember the dead

4 / Don’t attach to this happily life

5 / Fearing of reborn in the lower realms

6 / To take refuge in the Three Jewels

7 / Believing  in Cause and Result Law

8 / Creating only good virtuous deeds,  don’t create the bad virtuous deeds

9 / Considering samsara is suffering

10 / Want to rid of the negativity thought and defilement that is the cause of samara

11 / Deciding to achieve liberation

12 / Want to practice three senior Dharma practicing

13 / Esteem the human being

14 / Rid of own ego

15 / Enlightenment the selflessness

16 / Like practicing  Vajrayana

Applying the above spiritual pattern , we can easily refuse uninvited guests to: Garbage of consciousness!

Phuoc Thanh Village

August 01, 2013

THINLEY-NGUYEN THANH

Translated by Mat Kinh

Original Vietnamese post: Từ chối vị khách không mời mà tới