WORDS OF LOVE & UNDERSTANDING (Hãy Nói Lời Yêu Thương)

Bhikkhunī, Giới Hương

Parenting & Relationships

Huong Sen Buddhist Temple

Ngh&#7879; Thu&#7853;t S&#7889;ng là m&#7897;t &#273;&#7873; tài s&#7889;ng &#273;&#7897;ng cho m&#7885;i con ng&#432;&#7901;i trên th&#7871; gi&#7899;i này. &#272;&#7913;c Ph&#7853;t &#273;ã t&#7915;ng d&#7841;y nguyên t&#7855;c d&#432;&#7905;ng sinh thân tâm trong hi&#7879;n &#273;&#7901;i và t&#432;&#417;ng lai: "Không v&#432;&#7899;ng b&#7909;i tr&#7847;n danh l&#7907;i, quay v&#7873; ng&#7897; &#273;&#7841;o tu tâm." Trang T&#7917; t&#7921; h&#7887;i th&#7871; nào là cách s&#7889;ng an bình: "&#272;&#7901;i ng&#432;&#7901;i là h&#7919;u h&#7841;n, nh&#432;ng lòng tham c&#7911;a con ng&#432;&#7901;i l&#7841;i vô h&#7841;n. Ph&#7843;i làm sao &#273;&#7875; có &#273;&#432;&#7907;c m&#7897;t cu&#7897;c s&#7889;ng th&#7843;nh th&#417;i, yên bình và nhìn th&#7845;u &#273;&#432;&#7907;c lòng ng&#432;&#7901;i gi&#7919;a cu&#7897;c &#273;&#7901;i bon chen xô b&#7891; này?" Tôn M&#7841;c T&#7917; ti&#7871;t l&#7897; ngh&#7879; thu&#7853;t khi&#7871;n thân tr&#432;&#7901;ng th&#7885; s&#7889;ng lâu: "T&#7913; chi ch&#259;m ch&#7881; v&#7853;n &#273;&#7897;ng, &#259;n u&#7889;ng &#273;i&#7873;u &#273;&#7897;, nhai k&#7929; nu&#7889;t ch&#7853;m, sau &#259;n r&#7917;a m&#7863;t súc mi&#7879;ng, gi&#7845;c ng&#7911; &#273;&#7847;y &#273;&#7911;". Tuân T&#7917; mô t&#7843; cách tu tâm d&#432;&#7905;ng tánh nh&#432; m&#7863;t n&#432;&#7899;c h&#7891; thu: "Lòng ng&#432;&#7901;i nh&#432; n&#432;&#7899;c trong bát, rót nh&#7865; thì n&#432;&#7899;c m&#7899;i trong. N&#7871;u lòng ta b&#7845;t &#273;&#7897;ng, tâm t&#297;nh nh&#432; m&#7863;t h&#7891;, tâm nh&#432; ch&#7881; th&#7911;y, thì còn có th&#7913; gì có th&#7875; &#7843;nh h&#432;&#7903;ng t&#7899;i lòng mình?" Hòa th&#432;&#7907;ng T&#7883;nh Không than r&#7857;ng: "Ng&#432;&#7901;i hi&#7879;n t&#7841;i không &#273;&#7885;c sách Thánh hi&#7873;n, hoàn toàn tùy thu&#7853;n theo phi&#7873;n não c&#7911;a b&#7843;n thân," v.v... Bi&#7871;t bao l&#7901;i d&#7841;y vàng ng&#7885;c, ch&#7911; tr&#432;&#417;ng &#273;i&#7873;m t&#297;nh, buông x&#7843; v&#7853;t ch&#7845;t, s&#7889;ng hòa thiên nhiên, b&#7891;i d&#432;&#7905;ng tâm linh c&#7911;a &#272;&#7913;c Th&#7871; Tôn và các b&#7853;c ti&#7873;n nhân &#273;&#7875; l&#7841;i, mà chúng ta quá b&#7853;n &#273;&#7875; &#273;&#7871;n n&#7895;i quên &#273;i nh&#432; Hòa th&#432;&#7907;ng T&#7883;nh Không v&#7915;a c&#7843;nh t&#7881;nh. The Art of Living is a crucial subject for every human being in the world, regardless of time and location. The Buddha taught the principle of nourishing the mind and body in the present and the future: "Not getting caught in the dust of fame, returning to inner enlightenment and cultivating the mind." Mencius wondered how the peaceful way looks: "People are finite, but man's greed is infinite. How can we have a peaceful life and see through people's hearts amid this hustle and bustle of life?" Tun-Mo-Zi (Tôn M&#7841;c T&#7917;) revealed the art of making the body live a long life: "The four limbs exercise hard, eating and drinking regularly, chewing, swallowing slowly, after washing face and mouth, and having adequate sleep." Xuan-Zi (Tuân T&#7917;) compared the way of mind like a lake: "The heart is like water in a bowl; pouring it gently then the water is clear. If our heart is stillness and our mind is calm like water in a lake, what else can affect us?"

THE ART OF LIVING - NGHỆ THUẬT SỐNG (Bilingual language: English-Vietnamese)

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Every day Nuns and Buddhists at H&#432;&#417;ng Sen Buddhist Temple, California, USA, have practiced and recited following the Vietnamese scripture, "Nghi L&#7877; Hàng Ngày - 50 Kinh T&#7909;ng và các L&#7877; Vía trong N&#259;m" (Daily Chanting - Fifty Discourses and Annual Festivals) of the Pureland Sect, which was composed in 2021 by Bhikkhun&#299; Thích N&#7919; Gi&#7899;i H&#432;&#417;ng. It is based on the original ritual of her late Master, the Venerable Elder H&#7843;i Tri&#7873;u Âm at Liên Hoa Temple and D&#432;&#7907;c S&#432; Temple. Since many Vietnamese-Americans, Hispanic, native Americans, and English speakers have come to Huong Sen Temple in search of practice and ritual, Bhikkhun&#299; Gi&#7899;i H&#432;&#417;ng composed an English version of DAILY MONASTIC CHANTING. It encompasses 16 popular rituals to serve the spiritual needs of any Buddhist sect, including the Pure Land and Meditation Traditions as below: <ul> <li>Practice Meditation</li> <li>The Ceremony for Peace</li> <li>The Rice Offering to Buddhas</li> <li>The Lunch Offering at the Dining Hall</li> <li>The Ritual Offering Food To Hungry Ghosts</li> <li>The Pureland Course of Amitabha Sutra</li> <li>The Medicine Buddha Sutra</li> <li>The New Year Ceremony</li> <li>The Great Parinirvana Ceremony</li> <li>The Buddha''s Birthday Ceremony</li> <li>The Ullambana Festival (Parents'' Day)</li> <li>The Marriage Ceremony</li> <li>The Blessing Ceremony for The Deceased</li> <li>The Ancestral Ceremony</li> <li>The Enlightened Buddha Ceremony</li> <li>The Uposatha Ceremony (Reciting Precepts)</li> </ul> With regard to mindful chanting, we take sources from the sacred book, Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices of Thích Nh&#7845;t H&#7841;nh. In the field of the Pureland School, we have taken material from the above Vietnamese scripture, "Nghi L&#7877; Hàng Ngày," and translated it into English. We should chant at least once a week, any place and any time, or more often if we have more time. The chant will help to avoid negative thoughts, defilements, distractions -any of the myriad things that intrude into the one-pointed mind. We definitely feel the connectedness with Dharma (the Buddha''s teaching), we feel the spirit being lifted up, the awakening and the settling of the mind to enter meditation. We will become bright, enduring, detached, diligent, generous, loving, understanding and so on . . . because we practice following the chanting and the role model of Buddhas. Chanting out loud or silently listening to chanting can also be very relaxing as we go about our day. It can be used to calm our mind before work or sleeping. For the sake of all the general practitioners, there are some changes, combinations, additions, reductions, and creations made in this English version. This is the first time that both traditions have been combined in an English version for the necessary needs at Huong Sen Buddhist Temple. We would like to gratefully acknowledge with special thanks the Buddhas, Boddhisattvas, Sanghas, the English translators, Master Thích Nh&#7845;t H&#7841;nh, our Late Respectful Teacher - Venerable Elder Bhikkhun&#299; H&#7843;i Tri&#7873;u Âm and others. You all provided us the awakening words to remind and guide us in the right way of practice. We will keep chanting, learning and practicing it until we and all beings get the enlightenment as well as realize our Buddha nature. If there is any merit in compiling this book, may it be shared with all sentient beings. May they diligently practice and soon gain the way of love and understanding. Reciting the sutras, practicing the way of awareness gives rise to benefits without limit. We vow to share the fruits with all beings. We vow to offer tribute to parents, teachers, friends, and numerous beings who give guidance and support along the path. (Thích Nh&#7845;t H&#7841;nh) H&#432;&#417;ng Sen Temple, California March 15, 2023 Bhikkhun&#299; TN Gi&#7899;i H&#432;&#417;ng

The Uposatha Ceremony - Reciting Precepts

The book, The Three Jewels and Five Precepts, was launched ten years ago (2007) with the second reprinting in 2010 and the third (2016) at H&#7891;ng &#272;&#7913;c Publishing, Vi&#7879;t Nam. This current edition (2020) will be printed at H&#7891;ng &#272;&#7913;c Publishing, Vi&#7879;t Nam. In presenting this edition, I have maintained the contents written in the first edition, however, for the sake of greater clarity, a few changes have been made, errors have been corrected, P&#257;li and Sanskrit terms are included, and a summary, as well as discussion questions, have been added at the end of each chapter.I would like to gratefully acknowledge with special thanks Bhikkhun&#299; Viên Quang, Sikkhamana Di&#7879;u Nga and Pamela C. Kirby (English editor) who worked as my assistants for English translating, proofreading, book design and publication. University of California Riverside, Bhikkhun&#299; Gi&#7899;i H&#432;&#417;ng

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