translated summary by Thich nu Tinh Quang
"Religious beliefs have differences. Most of world religions believe
in a creator who is Supreme Lord of all things in universe, and created
human, living beings... Basic of Buddhist philosophy is to believe in
the karma of beings and also supreme power of the man himself, so that
our God is mainly infinite compassion, between people and people,
between people and the animals so on...
Buddhism includes the
Sakyamuni‘s teachings nearly 26 centuries ago. Later divided into the
three major sects: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana schools, depending
on cultures and regions they have the different practices and rituals.
The Theravada Buddhism Practices in Pali systematical texts, Mahayana
and Vajrayana (Diamond) Buddhism base on classic Sanskrit texts, derived
from Indian Buddhist philosophy and culture of each country. However,
the basic fundamental teachings of all three traditions as the four
noble truths, the eightfold…
And the essence of the doctrine
that is enlightenment and compassion. Enlightened teachings basically
dissolve our ignorance. The nature of ignorance is craving, to having
something, clinging to ego…Buddhist philosophy teaches us to practice
sunyata (emptiness), The sunyata is experimental philosophy very deeply
in order to eradicate delusions of craving for the self. Because more
attach and crave, so we are selfish, just thinking about their own
interests, forgetting that all of us and living beings in sunyata have
equal value; we’re lack of our compassion in dealing with others. We
Buddhists are interested to practice compassion can be expressed our
enlightenment with noble values for our family and society.
The
power of compassion is the key to perfecting the great value of
ourselves and others. People are born to be loved; we are sentient
livings, we are born and die all the same way. But the difference is
that while in the mother's womb, If the mother has a calm heart and
peace of mind, the mind of full love, these will help to develop a very
good child. But if the mother during pregnancy filled with worry, fret,
and sufferings those will adversely affect her unborn child. We are born
with drinking the mother milk and the mother's boundless love. Thus,
human nature is love. Love is the key to keep the mind‘s freshness ,
peace, and happiness. Love makes good health. Compassion besides helping for health benefits it always brings to peace of mind. In contrast, anyone
who only cares about money and power to satisfy five desires will lead a
lot of anxiety and insecurity and easier to making one’s diseases and
crisis . Life begins with our love, so love plays a very important role in
livings. Therefore, if someone love his (her) friends, relatives and
people around, that person will be happy. So how to get rid of suffering
in living? Starting with immeasurable love, we must develop compassion
in our mind in order to provide happiness for our family, society and
the world.
Even those who have no religion, this is also very
effective and necessary. We are the part of 7 billion people on this earth,
love will get us together, become a big harmonious family, and lead us
to peace.
Don’t forget the development of compassion and peace
inside, educational efforts should be the mind of compassion, because of
the violence comes from the uneducated mind. I appeal Buddhists have
to consider to peace by mindfulness and reflecting compassion right
now, so that we can provide true peace for the world.
Secondly,
being a Buddhist monk may I just develop harmony between religious
faiths? I saw there are many people used the name of their religious
belief but much killing each together today. How to get along and
respect each other's religious beliefs? And how do we learn from other
the teachings without distinctions?
The different religions have
different philosophies, perspectives, and concepts but getting together
to convey a message, that is love and compassion. At here, most of the
Vietnam Buddhists you are, just live in harmony with other religious
beliefs; anywhere, live in harmony with others. (Tibetan territory in
the highest position of the world; in geographical impact, The Tibetan
also more harmony, relaxed, and comfortable than other nations. In
addition, absorbing by Buddhist philosophies which are also very high
and deeply, so why the Tibetan has more good understand and tolerance
than people.)
We must develop an honest heart, a good heart to
behave well for everyone. So, our lives will be happy, society will be
happy, the world will be happy and peace. We should not be too concerned
about making much money and be famous in lack of compassion. In
addition, we need to educate and develop the compassion and love for the
youth to maintain peace still growing up.
Compassion is the big
message of Buddhist philosophy. The compassion must be assisted by
wisdom. To develop immeasurable compassion, we must rise to the bodhi
inside. The bodhi mind is guiding for living beings, and wisdom towards
light of our enlightenment. To get rid of the hree poison of greed, hatred
and delusion, root of sufferings and wars. When the bodhi (enlightened) mind
has evolved, great abilities in building full peace for the individual,
family and society have more opportunities."
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