THE BINH NIRVAN SUTRA. Thich-Tam-Chau translates Chinese characters into Vietnamese characters XIII. THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF THE SUCCESSFUL THINA Mr. Ananda was comforted by the sound of the Tathagata's syllables, his anxiety was lessened, and he said to the Buddha: "Lord World-Honored One! My mind is now a bit enlightened, I want to make a request, respectfully ask the World-Honored One for mercy and joy!" The Buddha replied, "Whatever you want to ask for, just say it!" Mr. Ananda said: "Lord, World-Honored One! This Cuthina city compared with other great countries, it is very small, borderline, people are not crowded, respectfully ask the Blessed One to go to other great countries such as: -citadel, Vida-ly-city, Sa-vat-nation-city, Ben-la-complaint-city, Adu-sa-city, Champa-city, Cau-dim-di-city, Germany -soa-thi-la-thanh…; those cities are just in the middle, crowded with people, rich and happy, with many people of faith, wisdom and intelligence, respectfully request that the World-Honored One go to those cities and enter Nirvana, bringing great benefit to the sentient beings living in those places." The World-Honored One immediately replied to Ananda: "Now you should not make a request. I am this small, bordered city of Cutina. You should listen carefully, now I will tell you clearly!" Mr. A-Nan! In the distant past, in this city of Cuthina there was a holy king-turning-turner, whose name was Dai Thien-Kien. The king has all seven treasures. The king had a thousand children, had the power to put an end to the enemies, but they all taught the people the true Dharma. This city was then called the city of Cuu-thi-ba-de. In this city, the East and West gates are separated by twelve do-weeks [11], and the South and North gates are separated by eight do-weeks. The four sides of this citadel are surrounded by seven duplicates. The first worm inside, built of pure gold. The second worm, built purely of silver. The third match, built purely of lapis lazuli. Fourth, built purely of crystal. The fifth insect, built purely of mother-of-pearl. The sixth insect, built purely of onyx. On the seventh worm, build up all kinds of treasures. The floors and roofs of this city are made seven by one; The doors, windows, and balconies are all sculpted and decorated with precious treasures; hang many precious spirits (small bells) and nets above. And, each space is about two miles apart. [12] Those four gates, each of which are nine and the same, and all adorned with solemnity, bright and pleasing to the eye. In addition to the seven citadel, there are moats. The water of those moats is clear, full of eight merits [13] and the moat is built of seven treasures. On and in these moats, there are birds of all kinds flying, hurling, jumping, dancing, calling, perching, such as falcon, phoenix, magpie, water duck, swallow, lovebird, etc. In the moats... It has flowers of all kinds, such as the jasmine flower, U-bala flower, Fen-da-li flower and lotus flowers green, yellow, red, white and colorful. On the bank of that moat, there are seven rows of treasure trees, each with different kinds of treasures; the breeze, blowing slowly on those branches, the branches touched each other, the sound resounded like heavenly music. The people in the city, all of them are full of peace, rich, and happy to their peak; The five senses are as complete as the Dao-Li heaven. The streets of the city are hung with pearls of pearls; People-people go or rest, regardless of day and night. There are usually ten languages ​​in this city: first, elephant, second horse, third vehicle, fourth, drum, fifth, loudspeaker, six, harp, iron..., seven is, singing, eight is, bell sound, the sound of congress meeting, nine is, praise for people upholding the precepts, ten is, the sound of preaching to discuss with each other. King Great-Compassionate-Kien, possessing all mighty virtues, the most virtuous, everyone sees, everyone respects; live a long, happy life, with no defects in the body. The kingly character is benevolent, thinking and loving all, just as a good father loves his son, all the people, respecting the king as well as his father. Mr. A-Nan! King Dai-Thien-Kien, especially at one time, the king wanted to go out to the park and play around. The king ordered four types of troops [14], each of which was eighty-four thousand. Again, the concubines and harem-girls also set up eighty-four thousand carriages, wanting to follow the visitors. At that time, the king re-designated the Brahmins, elders, lay people..., following the king's departure. After adjusting the chariot, the commander-in-chief of the army went to the king and said: "Four types of troops have been prepared. The king immediately got on the white-statue chariot, with brahmins, elders, lay people, ministers, and relatives, and surrounded by four types of troops, front and back. When you leave, To get to the other park, the elephants went as fast as the wind, the officials, the brahmins, the elders, the laypeople, and the king's officers: "The king is forever in the inner palace, the people are outside. , did not have the opportunity to see the Great King, now the Great King comes to the park, the people are crowded, the whole road is crowded, all are looking forward to seeing the Great King; Because of that matter, please Great-King let the person watch the car, don't go fast!" When the king heard this, he immediately gave the car to the driver, so he went slowly. By walking slowly, the people on the side of the road, freely admire, like a son seeing his father. At that time, King Dai Thien Kien saw that the roads, alleys, everywhere were smooth, and there were rows of seven treasure trees, covered and shining, but, seeing no pond of water, the king immediately became sharp. for a mandarin, bordered the roads, dug seven treasure ponds, and each pond was separated by a hundred bows. Wrong to plant more precious flowers. In each pond, the servants must be cut off, and someone bathes them, brings incense and flowers to them, and gives them food and drink, as they please; providing like that, day and night unceasingly. Again for the other official, from now on, the people from the four directions far away, who will ask for whatever they use, provide for them. When he arrived at the forest, the king, with the brahmins, the elders, the lay people, and the great ministers, played around until the evening, and saw the light of the brilliant treasure. , as daytime no different. When he did not see the shadow of the sun, knowing that it was night, the king, with the brahmins, elders, laypeople and subjects, having finished playing, returned to the palace. -Fort. On another day, the brahmins, the elders, the lay people, and the ministers, brought all kinds of precious jewels and presented them to the king, and the king said, "It's a new day. mandarin in the forest, I have an identity for that official: from now on, who will ask, as they please, give them; This is my alms-giving, now gentlemen, why are you bringing me treasures?" At that time, the king's mind thought to himself: "The reason why these people have brought me treasures is an excuse to make them rich and rich in the country. Something like that, must it be caused by the poor people that they bring?” The king immediately ordered the mandarin to watch the storehouse, bring the treasures of the palace and personal belongings, put them at the crossroads, ring the bells, beat the drums, and give orders to the four directions far away that King Dai Thien Kien, now opened the treasure chest to give, and if anyone needed it, he could take it as he pleased, and the king used to make such generous alms, day and night. The brahmins, the elders, the lay people, and the great ministers of the country, then said to the king: "O Great King! The palace of the Great King is often here, very narrow; when we questioned the great king again, can't even tolerate those who follow us, we respectfully ask Great King to open it up more widely!" The king heard this, silently accepted the word, and thought to himself, "Now I should expand this abode!" At that time, King De Thich knew well the thoughts of the king, and immediately called a heavenly son named Bhikkhu-shou-kienma, who was very talented and skillful. said, "Now in Jambudvipa, there is a holy king named Great Compassionate View, who wants to open the palace, he can come down as a worker to take care of it. for him, make that place of sculptures and ornaments dignified and beautiful like my place?" The Son of Heaven who obeyed the decree of King De Thich appeared to the world like a man who stretched out his arms for a moment and came to Jambudvipa and stood right in front of the king. At that time, When the king saw the figure of the Son of God, who was dignified and dignified, knowing that he must not be a human, the king asked, "Who are you, suddenly here?" - The other Heavenly Son replied: Great King should know, I am King De Thich's great minister, named Bhikkhu-Known-ma, a very skillful worker. Tam Dai Vuong wanted to expand the palace, so King De Thich sent me here to work as a worker to take care of the king. When the king heard this, he was very happy in his heart. The other Heavenly Son began to build and expand the palace. The four gates of the city, each wide open, were spaced twenty-four do-weeks apart. Build the king's palace again. This palace is eight yojanas high, deep, long, and wide, each side eight yojanas and all equal to seven treasures, dignified and beautiful, like the palace of King De Thich. In that hall, there are eighty-four thousand apartments, separated from each other. And they all have beds, mosquito nets, and crouching tools made of seven treasures. After that, he built a lecture hall for the king. This palace is high, deep, long, and wide as well as eight yojanas and as dignified as the seven treasures as before. On the four sides of this shrine, there are seven treasure trees with precious flowers, planted in rows, shaded and bright. Dig treasure ponds again. The water in that treasure pond is pure and full of eight merits. As for the center of that hall, there is a very tall and wide Lion throne, dignified with seven treasures, covered with a treasure mosquito net, and let down the fringes of seven treasures. And, because the guests far away from the four directions listened to the Dharma, so they built the throne of the Four Jewels: Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal; and the number of people sitting in that court was eighty-four thousand. When the Bhikkhu-knowing-ma was finished building the palace for King Dai-Shan-Kien, he said goodbye to the king, suddenly no longer appeared, and returned to heaven. Dai-Thien-Kien-King, seeing that the palaces have all been built and repaired, immediately issued a decree to the official directly under his command, beat the drum, and gave orders to all the people in the world: In seven days, the king will speak for all the people; If anyone wants to listen to the Dharma, they all gather at the Dharma Hall. At that time, brahmins, elders, laypeople, ministers, and people, hearing this command, on the right day, all assembled at the lecture hall. At that time, the king went up to the lecture hall, sat on the lion throne, and all the people who came to listen, also sat on the throne of the Four Jewels. Dai-Shan-Kien-King, first because everyone talked about the ten-good dharma, then declared many other Dharma-doors. Thus, until twelve thousand years, sentient beings in that country, who have heard the Dharma of King Dai Thien-Kien, at the end of life, will be reborn in heaven, not falling into hell, falling down. -demons, animals. Mr. A-Nan! King Dai Thien-Kien often works for the benefit of sentient beings like that! Mr. A-Nan! When King Dai Thien Kien was in the retreat, his mind thought to himself: "What kind of deeds did I do in the past, what good roots did I cultivate, and when I was born, I was born with nobility and dignity. greatness, strength, life span, people can't compare? It is because in the past that we practiced generosity, patience, and compassion, that we now have that reward! So now we should practice even more.” The king immediately thought, "It won't be long before I attain the first jhāna, until the fourth jhāna, and again practice the four immeasurables (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, discharge) more! Mr. A-Nan! Not only himself, King Dai-Thien Kien taught his wife and other nuns about the Four Meditations [15]. At that time, there were eighty-four thousand white elephants in Tuyet-san, who came and lined up in front of the king's palace every day. The king thought: "These white elephants often come to me, have to walk on the roads, they must be trampling on living beings!" Think so, the king immediately ordered the official about the army, from now on, no need for these elephants, coming to me every day; About once every thousand years will come, but, only forty-two thousand is enough, not necessarily all eighty-four thousand. At that time, the king's jewel-woman named Thien-Hien, together with her concubines, eighty-four thousand, sitting in meditation and contemplating in the retreat for forty thousand years, said to each other, : "We've been sitting here meditating and thinking for forty thousand years, haven't seen the Great King, now we should go to the place of worship!" Having said that, everyone followed together to the king's place. At that time, the palace-person appeared at the king's place and said: "Now Thien-Hien and eighty-four thousand women are visiting the Great King again!" When the king heard it, he went up to the lecture hall and sat on the lion throne. Moments later, Thien-Hien and everyone came, The king called in front of the palace. Thien-Hien and everyone followed each other up to the place where the king sat, bowing down to the king's feet. After the ceremony was over, he sat down one by one and said: "We and our sisters have been sitting in meditation and thinking together in a retreat for forty thousand years, haven't been able to see the Great King for a long time, and now we are here to visit the Great King's health and have a few things to say, respectfully ask the Great King for permission!" The king replied.” “Precious! You can say whatever you want." Thien-Hien immediately said to the king: "The four directions of the world are here: Southern Jambudvipa (Jumbudvipa), Western Codani (Apara-godâniya), Northern Uttara-kura. , Dong Phat Bodhi (Pùrva-videha) the people are very large, rich, happy, peaceful, all practice the ten virtues, which is due to the virtue of the Great King. . In Jambudvipa, like this Citadel, that number still has eighty-four thousand cities. These cities, kings, subjects, and brahmins, all came here, wanting to see the Great King. But, when the Great King sat in meditation, after many years, people were still in court, and they could not see it, for example, a filial son could not see a good father. Moreover, in the four worlds, for a long time, I did not see the Great King travel, so I respectfully ask the Great King to use his time wisely, comfort, and guide the people. We are weak women, not very useful to the country, so we like to meditate for a long time, but like the Great King in a noble place, ruling inside and outside, all the people, who also respect, how can you act like the works of our women! White elephants, chariots, horses, each with eighty-four thousand, Great-king should go to du-quan! In the past, Great King, used to speak for all sentient beings, preaching all the benefits, and imparting the ten virtues, but recently, when the Great King meditated, it was abandoned!" When Thien-Hien brought these things to the king, King Dai Thien Kien heard this and replied: "In the past, she used to dissuade me with good deeds, but now, when I listen to her, I see that it is contrary to my previous intentions!" At that time, Thien-Hien listened to the king's teaching, and his heart was filled with anxiety and depression, thinking: "Recently, the reason for my disobedience to the king is my own opinion, which is considered to be loyal. in harmony with the middle way), unexpectedly gives birth to sin!” She immediately got up from her seat, bowed down at the king's feet, and said: "Now I am a fool who does not know the truth, take this matter up to the upper step, and respectfully beseech the King, be repented!” [16] At that time, King Dai-Thien-Kien replied to Thien-Hien, saying: "All physical acts are impermanent, and the union of love must also be separated; Although these four worlds are numerous and prosperous, I will soon leave. Once upon a time, eighty-four thousand years I was the elder brother, eighty-four thousand years I was the medium, Eighty-four thousand years I was crowned Crown Prince received the empowerment [17], eighty-four thousand years ascended the throne received the crowning permission, and later became the Holy King, ruling the four directions. the world, full of seven treasures, eighty-four thousand years of governing the affairs of the people, eighty-four thousand years of teaching all dharmas for the people, eighty-four thousand years of sitting in meditation and thinking. Since then, fifty-eight thousand four thousand years have passed. Although such a life-span is long, but, the assembly will all return to its place. Now that I am old, the hour of death is coming; kings of old, nobility and pleasure, just as I am, but also moved to the place of impermanence. The Citadel of Cuuthiba-de along with eighty-four thousand other great cities, there is a meeting, and there is a time of destruction. Therefore, it is not advisable for those cities to give rise to love and passion, and to increase the mind of lethargy. Now the reason I have this victory, All because in the past we have accumulated all good karma. Now I need to plant a lot of good roots and create causes in the future, so I meditated for so many years!” At that time, Thien-Hien and everyone heard and heard the king say that, very happy heart, bowed down to the king's feet and retired to his residence. Thus, not long after the king became seriously ill, knowing his own life-end, immediately crowned the Crown Prince as king; gathered the great ministers with brahmins, elders, and lay people, took water from four pools and sprinkled it on the crown prince's head. The matter was over, the king died and was reborn in the Brahma realm. Mr. A-Nan! King Dai-Thien-Kien, who ruled over the four worlds, but the king's residence was only in a large city in Jambudvipa; Although there are eighty-four thousand cities, the king's residence is only this one city of Cuthi-ba-de. There are eighty-four thousand precious white elephants in Tuyet-son, but the king rides only one. Although there were eighty-four thousand good horses, the king rode only one. Although there were eighty-four thousand seven-wheeled carriages, the king used to ride, but only one. Although there are eighty-four thousand concubines, the king loves, there is only one. Although there are eighty-four thousand jewels for the palace, the king's residence is only one house. The need for the body, just enough! Yet the king has to take care of the affairs of the four directions, and is tied to the work of sentient beings, exhausted mentally and physically, for nothing like that!" Mr. A-Nan! King Dai-Sien-Kien, then, is it someone else, that is my body! Once upon a time I had that honor, and here is my city. I am in this city as a wheel-turning king, doing things that can benefit immeasurable beings, which cannot be counted. Now the gods come to fill the void, These are the people from the past when I was king, who brought good dharmas into practice. And, today all the dharmas in this city, seeing me enter Nirvana, will bring them the fruit of Parinirvana. Mr. A-Nan! With such a thing, how can you say that this city of Cuthina is a narrow border? Now I have decided to enter Nirvana in this city!" While the Tathagata talked about this, the gods, the multitudes of millions of people, in all dharmas, separated from the mundane, and possessed of pure dharma eye, immediately spoke to the Buddha in unison, saying: "O the World-Honored One! In the past innumerable, immeasurable, boundless eons, the World-Honored One brought all good dharmas to benefit us, and now in this place, He establishes with the joy of Parinirvana. for us!” After that, they immediately scattered precious flowers, played heavenly music together, sang praises, and made offerings to the Tathagata. At that time, Mr. Ananda said to the Buddha: “Strange, O World Honored One! In this city of Cuthina, in the past, there were such miracles, and now I no longer have a mind of narrow questions!" SUMMARY After being comforted by the Buddha, Ananda's mind gradually eased his sadness, he immediately said to the Buddha, asked the Buddha to go back to other great cities, enter Nirvana, the place of Cuu-thi- This na is too narrow and borderline too! The Buddha said to Ananda: "You shouldn't invite me like that! You do not know the beauty of this city in the past, I will make it clear to you: This city was formerly known as the city of Cuuthi-Bad, and was ruled by a holy king named Dai Thien-Kien. - cure. This city is tall and wide, palaces, houses, gates, roads, lakes, trees... are all built and dignified with seven treasures. The people are kind, live a long, happy, happy life..., because the king completely only brings the Dharma to rule. However, According to the needs of the common people who frequented, this city was still cramped in those days. Therefore, a time when the king wanted to expand the palace, naturally, he was helped by the Bhikkhu-Kien-Kien-Ma Thien Tu. The construction work was done, the king gave an order, opened the door of the lecture hall, preached many benefits, many people listened to the enlightened Dharma. Then the king thought to himself, "This is how I got, because I did good karma before, now I need to practice even more!" The king practiced Zen and taught his wives and female bodies to practice together. After a long time, the goddess Thien Hien and her wives advised the king to go everywhere to teach the people. The king refused and said: “I have been since I was a brother, when I was a young man, when I was a crown prince, now as a king, then as a holy king, ruling over the four worlds, sometimes preaching the Dharma to the people, while sitting in meditation, it's been 584,000 years now, a long time to tell. However, “things are impermanent, love must be separated.” Therefore, I do not love, indulge; need to plant a lot of good-roots, create causes in the future only!" Thus, not long after the king fell ill, passed the throne to the Crown Prince, then died, and was born in the Brahma world. Mr. A-Nan! King Dai-Thien Kien had a palace, elephants, horses, vehicles, wives... each side was 84,000, but the king only used "one". The need for the body, just enough, that the king had to take care of the work for the four directions, forced himself into the work of living beings, mentally tired. Mr. A-Nan! The King of Great-Compassion-Kien in the past is now my body. In the past, when I was here, doing such work of unspeakable achievements for sentient beings, would I have thought that this place was narrow and borderline? I decided to enter Nirvana in this city! END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/10/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.