The Mahayana Sutra of Dependent Origination Buddha Theory of the Mahayana Dao Can Sutra Seven translations Vietnamese translation by Thich Tam Chau *** I have heard it myself: Once upon a time the World-Honored One was living in the Ky Xa-Quat mountain in the city of Vuong Xa, together with one thousand two hundred and fifty Great Bhikkhus and great Bodhisattvas. At that time, Mr. Tho (2) Shariputra came to the practice place (3) of the great Bodhisattva Maitreya. Arriving at the place, the two asked each other and sat on a large stone table. Thereupon, Mr. Tho: Sa-Li-Tzu turned to the great Bodhisattva Maitreya and said: "Bodhisattva Maitreya! Today, the World-Honored One, observing glutinous rice in the fields, said to the Bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, If anyone can see the cause and effect, then that person can see the Dharma; If anyone sees the Dharma, that person sees the Buddha." He said those words, He remained silent and said nothing more. Maitreya Bodhisattva! The Good One (4) why did he say these words? How was that? - What is Human-Destiny? – What is France? - What is Buddha? What does it mean to see the cause and condition, that is, to see the Dharma? - What is seeing the Dharma, that is, seeing the Buddha? After saying that, the great Bodhisattva Maitreya replied, "Now, the Buddha, the Dharma King, and the True-Transforming-Tri(5) tell the bhikkhus. - Khushi: "If anyone can see the cause and effect, then that person can see the Dharma; If anyone sees the Dharma, that person can see the Buddha.” What is the cause and condition of this time? Saying is Human-Destiny, time: "this should be there, there should be, here is born that's born". Such as: Ignorance condition for Actions, Behavioral conditions for Consciousness, Consciousness condition for Name-and-form, Name-and-form condition for Six-entry, Six-entry condition for Contact, Contact condition for Thu, Acceptance condition for Ai, and Ai condition for craving. Thu, Thu condition for Friendship, Friendship for Birth, Birth condition for Lao-tzu, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, grief, brain, born-arising. Thus, it is only the beginning of the agglomeration of great, pure, and extreme suffering. (6) In this same way, Ignorance ceases to be destroyed, Action ceases to be destroyed, and Consciousness ceases. Therefore Name-and-form is destroyed, Name-and-form is destroyed, so Six-entry is destroyed, Six-entry is destroyed, so Contact is destroyed, Contact is destroyed, Tree is destroyed, Tree is destroyed, Love is destroyed, Love is destroyed, Hand is destroyed, Hand is destroyed, Being destroyed, Being destroyed. So birth and death, birth and death, so Lao-Tzu, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, grief, and brain can also be destroyed. That is only the cessation of the accumulation of great, single, and extreme sufferings (7). That is the World-Honored One who said the Law of Dependent Origination. – What is France? - The eight Noble Paths: right view (seeing the correct truth), right thought (right thinking), right speech (right speech), right karma (right action) -righteous action), right-destiny (true-life), righteous-striving (truthful effort), right mindfulness (remembering the truth), and right concentration (focusing on the righteous, righteous path). So eight Saint-Path-results and Nirvana, the World-Honored One said, calling it the Dharma.(8) - What is Buddha? One who knows all dharmas is called Buddha. The wisdom eye (wisdom eye), the Dharma-body (dharma-nature-body) of the other sees all dharmas, creates the Bodhi-factor(9), and attains the state of Learning, No-- study-dharma.)10) – What is it that sees the Predestined-Destiny? - As the Buddha said: "If anyone sees the dharmas of cause-and-effect, he sees cause-and-effect. These dharmas are: permanence (permanently still not arising and passing away), no life (no longer having form and continuous life), separation of life (apart from even talk of short or long life), like-nature (attribute of emptiness, like reality), no-falling-of-nature (emptiness, as real, universal without error and bias), inanimate (nature) as real, so there is no birth and death), no-origin (no-origin), no-action (no-creation), no-action (no action), no-obstruction (no longer obstructed), no-sphere (no longer divided) boundary), stillness (permanent stillness), fearlessness (free from fear), invulnerability (not being invaded) and stillness (no longer even the form of a living being). tranquility and silence).(11) If anyone sees the Dharma of cause-and-effect like that, then for that Dharma it must also be seen as: permanent, lifeless, separated from life, as-true-nature, infallible- trade-nature, no-birth, no-origin, no action, no action, no obstacle, no realm, stillness, no fear, no invasion, no stillness (12). With Right-Wisdom, one can gain Victory over the Dharma, use the Unsurpassed Dharma-body to see the Buddha. (13) Question: Why is it called Human-Destiny? Answer: Having a cause, having a condition is called a cause and a condition, not that there is no cause, there is no condition, so it is called a cause and a condition. The World-Honored One spoke briefly about the behavior of cause-and-effect, saying: Because the other causes the effect, so whether the Tathagata appears to be born or does not appear in the world, the nature of all dharmas (things) object) is still permanent. Until the dharma-nature (the nature of the cause-condition), the dharma-nature (the nature of the dharma of the cause-and-destiny still abides), the dharma-nature (the nature of all such decisive dharmas), the causality-corresponding-nature (compatibility with cause-and-effect), truth-likeness (the nature of all dharmas is as it is), non-falling-hood-nature (true-likeness-likeness, universality is not wrong) -false, biased), invariant (trueness-as if there is no difference), truthfulness (trueness), realism (reality), realism illusory-nature (non-false), non-crazy-nature-inverting (non-disturbed) etc.. That's the World-Honored One who said such words.(14) Human-Dharma , because of two things it can arise. What are those two? - To be: Corresponding Cause and Corresponding Condition. The other cause-and-effect has two things: external-cause-conditions and internal-conditions.(15) In this, what are external-cause-conditions-dhamma, cause-corresponding? - From the seed comes the sprout, from the sprout gives birth to the leaf, from the leaf produces the stem, from the stem produces the burning, from the burning to the bud, from the bud to flower, from the flower to bear fruit; If there is no seed, the sprout will not be born, until there is no flower, no fruit will be born. There are seeds, new sprouts are born, so when there are flowers, new fruits can also be born. (16) However, the other seed does not generate the concept: "we give birth to sprouts". The sprout also does not give rise to the idea: "I am born from the seed". Even the flower does not give rise to the idea: "I bear fruit". The fruit also does not give rise to the idea: “I was born from the flower.” (17) However, because of the seed, the sprout is born, and likewise, because of the flower, the fruit is immediately accomplished. Should contemplating the meaning "foreign person-conditional-dharma, corresponding cause" like that! – How should we observe external-cause-conditions, the corresponding conditions? - Need six precepts (precepts) in harmony. - What are the six precepts of harmony? – They are: earth element (earth), water element (water), fire element (fire), wind element (wind), space element (space) and time (time). Those precepts are in harmony with each other, and at the time of the external-conditional-dhamma, they can arise. Should contemplating the meaning of "external-human-conditional-dharma, condition-applied-response" like that!(18) Talking about the Earth-world is something that often preserves the seed; The water element is what often imbues the seed; Fire element is what usually gives warmth to the seed; Wind precepts are the things that often help the seeds fluctuate; The void is that which does not hinder the seed; Time, time can change the seed. Without those graces, The seed cannot produce the seed. If outside, the earth element is completely complete, until the water, fire, wind, space, time element... is also completely complete, all in harmony, when the seed is destroyed. , sprouts can be born.(19) And, in this earth-world does not arise the concept: “we often keep the seed”. Likewise, the water element also does not give rise to the idea: “we often imbue the seed”; Fire-world also does not generate the idea: "I often help warm the seed"; wind-world also does not initiate the idea: “we often help the seed fluctuations"; neither the world nor the concept: “we usually do not obstruct the seed”; time does not give rise to the idea: 'I often change the seed'. The seed also does not give rise to the idea: “we often give birth to a sprout”; the seed does not give rise to the idea: "I am born from these conditions". (20) However, there are such conditions, when the seed dies, the sprout is born. And, in the same way, when there is a flower, a fruit is born. Thus, the other sprout is not self-created, nor is the other created, is not created by itself (the sprout) with another, is not self-created, nor is it created. must be the time of change, not the birth of self-nature, nor the absence of cause that can be born. However, earth, water, fire, wind, space, time-world... in harmony, when the seed is destroyed, the sprout is born.(21) Should observe the meaning of "external-human-conditional-dharma, condition-corresponding” like that! Should bring the five kinds of contemplation of the dharma, contemplation of the external-human-conditional-other. What are those five things? – Is: not permanent (irregular), not ending (no break), not moving (unmoving), from small causes to great results and the same-similar to the other old cause. What is not common anymore? - Because, germ and seed, both sides are different; the other sprout is not the seed; not when the seed is destroyed, a new sprout is born, nor is it a seed that does not die, but a sprout that can arise; When the seed decays, the sprout is born, so it is "not permanent". What is non-stop? - It is not the seed of the past that perishes, but gives birth to a seed, and the same is not a seed that does not die, a germ can arise, a seed also decays, meanwhile, it is just like a high balance, a little low, but the sprouts are born, so it is "unstoppable". What is non-transferable? – Since, sprout and seed are different, sprout is not seed, so it is “unmovable”. What is a small cause that produces great results? From a small seed, a large fruit is produced, so it is called "From a small cause, large fruit is born". What is the same analogy with the old kernel? For, like a seed when it is first planted, produces the other result, so it is called "the same with the old cause". That is why the five kinds of contemplation of the dharma, the contemplation of the external-caused-conditional-dhamma!(22) - Likewise, the internal-cause-conditional-dhamma is also born of two things. What are those two? – Is: corresponding cause and condition-corresponding. – What is the meaning of internal-cause-conditions, cause-correspondence? - That is, before from ignorance to the condition for action, up to the birth condition for old age and death. If ignorance does not arise, there will be no formations, even if there is no birth, there will be no aging and death. Thus, there is ignorance, so new formations can be born, until there is birth, so old age and death will be.(23) However, ignorance also does not generate the concept: "we are born"; practice also does not generate the idea: "we are born from ignorance"; even birth does not arise the idea: "I give birth to old-age-and-death"; Lao-tzu also does not give rise to the idea: “I come from the place of birth.” (24) However, because of ignorance, new born behavior; Likewise, because there is birth, old age and death will be obtained.(25) Therefore, contemplating the meaning of "internal-caused-dhamma, cause-corresponding" like that! - How should we observe the internal-cause-conditional-conditions, the corresponding conditions? - Need six precepts of harmony. What are the six precepts of harmony? - Is: earth-world, water-world, fire-world, wind-world, space-world and harmony-consciousness. Such "internal causes and conditions" should be observed!(26) – What is the practice of the six precepts, in the internal cause-and-conditions? - What makes this body solid, called "earth-world"; things that cause this body to gather, called "water-world"; which digests food and drinks in this body, called “fire element”; what makes the breath out, in, out in this body, is called "wind-world"; but to make this body empty, called "space-world" the five consciousnesses of the body correspond (match) with the right-whole-consciousness, as well as bunches of reeds, attaining the name-and-form (mind, body) germ of this body, called "consciousness-world"(27). Without these conditions, time cannot give birth to a body. If the inner sphere is completely complete, and likewise, even water, fire, wind, and space, the consciousness element is also completely complete, and everything is in harmony with each other, the body and body will be born. out.(28) However, the other earth-world also does not generate the concept: “we often do things firmly in the body”; The water-world also does not generate the idea: "we often do the gatherings for the sake of the body"; Fire-world also does not generate the idea: "we often do digestion of food and drink in the body"; wind-world also does not generate the idea: "we usually make the breath out, in, out of the body"; no-world also does not generate the idea: "we often do the emptiness in the body"; Consciousness-sphere also does not generate ideas: “I often accomplish the name-and-form of this body; The body also does not give rise to the idea: "I was born from all these conditions". However, there is a time of these conditions, the body can be born. But, the other earth-world is not I, not a living being, not a life-false, not a life-false, not a Confucian, not an author, not a son. boy, not girl, not like Hoang Mon, not self-sufficient, not ego, nor anything else. Until, the water element, the fire element, the wind element, the space element, and the consciousness element are not me, not a being, not a false life, not a false life, no must be Confucian, not an author, not a son, not a girl, not a Royal-like, not self-sufficient, not self-centered, nor anything else like that.(29) – What is Ignorance? - For these six precepts arise single-perception (perception as one), unified-perception (perception as an entity made up of dharmas), permanent perception (perception as permanent and permanent), persevering (thought as firm), indestructible (thought as indestructible), peaceful and happy (thought as being happy) perceiving being sentient beings, life, life-false . There is ignorance, for the realms arise: greed, hatred, delusion; what for the realm-arising: greed, hatred, delusion, that is ignorance-condition for practice; which for all things is usually clearly distinguished, called “consciousness”; together with the four aggregates of consciousness (form, feeling, perception, action), called name-and-form; y into the base of name-and-form, called six-entry; three French harmony (base, ceiling, consciousness) called contact; know-feel the touch, called receptors; indulge in that feeling, called craving; growth of that craving, called holding; from the place of clinging that gives birth to "birth-karma" (active in the act of generating name-and-form), called being; that from the other (karma) gives birth to five aggregates (name-and-form), called birth; born and then mature five aggregates, called old (old); old age then five aggregates destroy-destruction, called death (death); while dying, the interior is full of greed and heat, called melancholy (sorrow); from that place of sorrow, birth of words, called lamentation (lamenting); the body of the five consciousness suffers, called suffering; ideas (initiating ideas); consciousness-bear all suffering, called pros (lo); enough of the above like that with the dependent-afflictions, called the brain.(31) Much darkness should be called ignorance; creation, should be called the action (all actions); clearly distinguish, so called wake; rely on each other, so called name-and-form; do birth-start door, so called six-entry; touch-touch should be called contact; sensation should be called receptor; longing should be called craving; accept, should be called defense; birth-start has the body later (after-belonging body) should be called being; born in five aggregates should be called birth; five mature aggregates should be called old; five aggregates of destruction-destruction, so called death; sorrow should be called melancholy; lamentation should be called lamentation; brain body called suffering; brain mind called pros; affliction should be called brain.(32) Moreover, not clear-nature-truth, insanity-don't know, called "ignorance". Because of such "ignorance", there are three kinds of actions (actions): happy actions (doing good deeds), sinful actions (doing sins) and non-actions (doing in unwavering action). )(33). From the place of happiness (doing good deeds) born happiness-consciousness (karmic-consciousness in doing good deeds), which is ignorance-condition for action; from the place of sin (of sin), born guilty-form-consciousness (karmic-consciousness in doing sin), then called the practice-condition for consciousness; from the place of non-movement (doing in the unwavering), giving birth to the non-action-consciousness (the kamma-consciousness in doing without wavering), then it is called the consciousness condition for nama-rupa. Because form-growth, from within the six-entry door into things, it is the name-and-form condition for the six-entry. From the six-entry, there are six aggregates, contact, which is the six-entry condition for contact. From the place of contact that gives birth to the other, the other feels each other, then it is called the contact condition for the feeling. Distinguishing clearly the feeling then, but born infected-love, passion-imitation, then it is called receiving predestined for love. Knowing that, born with love and passion, not wanting to be separated from beauty and living in a peaceful place, but born with the desire for joy, that is the love condition for grasping. Having generated the desire for pleasure, from the body, the mouth, mind creates post-becoming karma (karma of having a body later), which is the precondition for becoming. From the kamma of that other existence will arise the five aggregates, which are the conditions for birth. After birth, the other five aggregates mature and pass away, then it is called the birth and death conditions for old age and death.(34) So the other twelve factors of cause-and-effect, cause each other, make each other's conditions, not must be permanent, not impermanent, not conditioned (with creation), not unconditioned (without action), not without cause, not without conditions, not feel-"becoming-karma", not the dharma (caused by condition), not the destructive, not the destructive; From beginningless time to the present, it is still like a stream flowing downhill, without interruption.(35) However, those twelve factors of cause-and-effect, cause each other, make each other's conditions, are not permanent, not impermanent, not conditioned, not unconditioned, not having no cause, not having no conditions, not feeling "becoming-karma", not being all dharma, not being destructive, not being destroying dharma; From beginningless time to the present, it is still like a stream flowing downhill, without interruption, and it has four permanent limbs that capture twelve causes and conditions. What are those four limbs? - Is: ignorance, craving, karma, consciousness. "Consciousness", taking the seed-nature as the cause. "Karma" takes filling-nature(36) as the cause. "Ignorance" and "love" take defilement-nature as the cause. In this, "karma" and "defilement", give rise to the "consciousness" of the seed (seed). "Karma" is the time to make a field for the "consciousness" of the seed, the "love" time to imbue the "consciousness" of the seed, the "ignorance" for the birth of the "consciousness" of the seed. Without these conditions, the "consciousness" of the seed-seed cannot be fulfilled.(37) However, the other karma also does not generate the concept: “I now make a field for the seed's 'consciousness'; craving also doesn't give rise to the idea: "we now imbue the "consciousness" of the seed"; Ignorance also does not give rise to the idea: "we now give birth to the "consciousness" of the seed"; The "consciousness" of the other seed also does not give rise to the idea: "I am born from all these conditions."(38) Nevertheless, the "consciousness" of the seed seed, he enters the karmic field, and that craving permeates. - Absorbed, the birth of ignorance, into the mother's womb gives birth to name-and-form (39). That name-and-form seed is not self-made (made by oneself), nor is it other than one (made by others), neither by oneself nor by others, neither by self-existence, nor by self. right time variable; It is not self-born, it is not a temporary author, nor is it born without a cause.(40) However, when parents are in harmony with other conditions. harmony, dharma (cause and condition): no-self (no self), no-self, ego (no TA, TA's), as well as space-nothing. The other illusory dharmas, the cause and the conditions are completely complete, the birthplace of that cause and the other, entering the mother's womb, attaining the "consciousness", holding the mother's womb, the name germ- color.(41) As the birth of eye-consciousness, if enough five conditions are born, you can be born. What is that year? - That is: y enters the eye (eye), form (form), light (insight), space (emptiness) and y enters the mind (initiation of ideas), so eye-consciousness is born. Okay. In this, the eye acts as a refuge for the eye-consciousness, form and time serve as an object for the eye-consciousness, light and time work manifest, space-time works unobstructed, and attention spans time. work-thoughts. Without these conditions, eye-consciousness cannot arise. If, within the access of the eye, completely complete, even form, light, space, and attention, are equally complete, everything is in harmony, the eye-consciousness can be born.(42) However, the other eye also does not give rise to the idea: "I am now the refuge of the eye-consciousness", the form also does not arise- concept: "we now make the scene for eye-consciousness"; light also does not generate the concept: “I am now working to manifest for eye-consciousness”; space also does not generate the concept: "we are now working without blocking for eye-consciousness"; the mind also does not generate the idea: "we now make the place of thought for eye-consciousness"; The other eye-consciousness does not give rise to the idea: "I am from these conditions". However, there are conditions that eye-consciousness can be born; to the other roots, depending on its type will know it.(43) Thus, there is no dharma (cause, condition) from this life-moving to another life; however, causes and conditions, being completely complete, the karmic effect (result of kamma-consciousness) also manifests. (44) Just as an image appears in a bright mirror, although the other aspect does not move the mirror, the causes and conditions are completely complete, so the image also appears. Thus, not a little thing from one place dies, is born to another, the cause and conditions are completely complete, so karma also appears (45). For example, if the moon moves up here about forty-two thousand yojanas, and yet the image of the other moon appears in a small bowl of water, then the moon does not move from there to the bowl. have this country. However, the cause and conditions are completely complete, so the moon also appears. Thus, there is not a little thing from one place to die, to be born to another place, but the cause and conditions are completely complete, so karma-results also appear.(46) For example, fire, cause and other conditions are not. full, time cannot burn, when causes and conditions are complete, it can burn. Such, no-self, no-self as well as space-space; When he entered the illusory dharma, the causes and conditions were completely complete, he was born in the place of birth, entered the mother's womb, and attained the consciousness of the seed, the karma and the defilements that gave birth to the name-and-form. .(47) So, it is necessary to observe about the: "internal-cause-conditional-dharma, dependent-correspondence" like that! Should bring the five kinds of contemplation of the dharma, contemplating the internal causes of the dharma. What are those five things? – Is: not permanent (irregular), not ending (no break), not moving (unmoving), from small causes to great results and the same-similar to the other old cause. What is not common anymore? That is to say, the five ultimate aggregates of the other sambhogakaya disappear, together with the five aggregates undergoing birth, the two directions are different, because the five ultimate aggregates pass away, not the five aggregates undergoing birth. out; That ultimate retribution body ceases, and the five aggregates also cease, The five aggregates that are subject to birth can also appear, so it is called "not permanent".(48) What is not ending? – Not when the five aggregates are destroyed, the five aggregates are subject to the birth and death; nor does it not cease to be, the other ultimate sambhogakaya ceases, the five aggregates also cease, while the five aggregates are undergoing birth, it is just like a balance, a little high and low, but born. okay, so it's called "no ending.(49) What is not moving? – Since, sentient beings, from a place that is not “their co-genes”, are born where “they are co-identified”, so it is called “non-transferable”.(50) What is a cause small, bear great fruit? – Do small karma, feel great results (51), so from small causes, big results. - Like doing the other cause, feeling the other result, the same with the other cause, so it is called "similar". Therefore, you should take up the five kinds of contemplation of the dharma, contemplation-of-destiny-dhamma! Venerable Sa-Li-Tzu! If there is one who, using right wisdom, contemplates the dharmas of cause and condition, which the Tathagata utters, such as lifelessness, separation of life, suchness, as-nature, non-falling nature, non-birth, no-starter, no action, no action, no hindrance, no realm, stillness, no fear, no invasion, no end, no existence truthfulness), falsehood (false), madness (unreal deception), unreal (unrelenting, real), disease-like (like a sick person), cancer-like (like a person with boils), as arrow (like being shot by an arrow), past loss (error), impermanent (not permanent), suffering, emptiness, not-self (without TA), so: were we born in the past life or not , without discerning the boundaries of the past? Where will you be born in the future life, but you can't even distinguish the boundaries of the future? What is this (current)? Here it is again, what to make? Where do these sentient beings come from? From here, when you die, where will you be born? But also can't distinguish the "have" of the present.)53) Again destroy the wrong views (distortion of thought) of the Sa-Mons, Brahmins(54) in the world, is the self-view, the sentient's view, the life-false view, the human-person view, the sham view, the auspicious view, the open-air view. Know clearly, like Dala tree, cut off all roots then, in the future life, witness the law of birthlessness, non-destruction.(55) Venerable Sa-Li-Tzu! If there is a person who is fully capable of such "forbearance of the law of non-birth"(56), who can clearly distinguish between these causes and conditions, the Tathagata, the Consecration, the Righteous Transformation, the Wisdom- Practice-Face, Good-Speaking, World-Solving, Unsurpassed-Scholar, Regulatory-Scepter, Celestial-Sphinx, Buddha, World-Honored One(57), immediately signed for the way- Unsurpassed Righteous Enlightenment. At that time, the great Bodhisattva Maitreya spoke these words.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.25/7/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.