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[Rel - To^n Gia'o] Bodhisatva - Bodhidharma
Cam on anh Lam dda~ gia?i thi'ch the^m ve Pha^.t Gia'o (PG). To^i
kho^ng bie^'t ve^` Dda.o Phat nhu+ng co' di.p nghe nguoi ba.n gia?i
thi'ch ne^n xin ddo'ng go'p the^m mo^.t va`i chi tie^'t.
1. Pha^.t gia'o dde^'n VN tru+o+'c Ta`u. PG ddu+o+.c truye^n` ba'
tu+` A^'n Ddo^. dde^'n VN qua 2 ngo?. Hu+o+'ng Nam qua cac nu+o+'c
Mie^'n Ddie^.n, Tha'i, Cam Bo^'t, La`o. Mo^.t so^' su+ A^'n dda~ dde^'n
VN ba(`ng ddu+o+`ng bie^?n khoa?ng the^' ky? so^' 1 va` dda~ truye^`n
ba' PG mo^.t tho+`i gian tru+o+'c khi qua Ta`u. PG hu+o+'ng na`y
thu+o+`ng la` PG Nam To^ng (co`n co' te^n la` PG Nguye^n Thu?y, PG
Tie^?u Thu+`a, hay la` Theravada). Hu+o+'ng Ba('c qua ca'c nu+o+'c Ta^y
Tan.g, Mo^ng Co^?, Ta`u, Ddai Ha`n, Nha^.t, ... PG hu+o+'ng na`y
thu+o+`ng la` PG Ba('c To^ng (co`n co' te^n la` PG Dda.i Thu+a+`, hay
la` Mahayana). Ba('c To^ng co' nhie^`u to^ng nhu+ Thie^`n To^ng, Ti.nh
Ddo^. To^ng, v.v. PG Ba('c To^ng dde^'n VN tu+` Ta`u sau Nam To^ng.
To^i nghe no'i 3 cuo^'n "VN PG Su+? Lua^.n" cu?a Nguyen Lan Thi'ch
Nha^'t Ha.nh co' ba`n ro? li.ch su+? PG VN.
2. Bodhisatva la` tie^'ng Bali ddu+o+.c di.ch la` Bo^` Ta'c. Trong
Ba('c To^ng, Bo^` Ta'c la` mo^.t vi. dda~ pha't dda.i nguye^n. cu+'u
ddo^. chu'ng sinh tre^n con ddu+o+`ng tu ha`nh dde^? tha`nh Pha^.t,
Cha(?ng ha.n nhu+ Quan The^' A^m Bo^` Ta'c ( Vi. Bo^` Ta'c la('ng nghe
>nhu+~ng lo+i` ca^`u cu+'u tre^n kha('p the^' gian dde^? cu+'u ddo^.)
3. PG Nguye^n Thu?y co' 5 bo^. kinh: Tru+o+`ng Bo^. Kinh, Trung
Bo^. Kinh, Tie^?u Bo^. Kinh, Ta(ng Chi Bo Kinh, va Tu+o+ng U+ng Bo^.
Kinh. Rie^ng trong Tie^?u Bo^. Kinh, ngoa`i pha^`n kinh, gio+'i, co`n
co' 7 cuo^'n lua^.n Vi Die^.u Pha'p. To^i nghe no'i la` Vi Die^.u
Pha'p lua^.n ra^'t tha^m sa^u ve^` ta^m. Nhu+~ng Ta^m Ly' Hoc cu?a
Freud, Carl Jung, ... kho^ng the^? so san'h ba(`ng.
PG Ba('c To^ng cun~g co' 5 bo^. kinh: Tru+o+`ng A Ha`m, Trung A Ha`m,
Tie^?u A Ha`m, Ta(ng Chi A Ha`m, va Ta.p A Ha`m. 7 cuo^'n lua^.n Vi
Die^.u Pha'p thi` be^n Ba('c To^ng co' ca'c cuo^'n lua^.n Duy Thu+'c
Ho.c. Ngoa`i 5 bo^. kinh tre^n, PG Ba('c To^ng co`n co' nhu+~ng bo^.
kinh phu. nhu+ ca'c bo^. kinh La(ng Nghie^m, Hoa Nghie^m, Ba'c Nha?,
Ta^m Kinh, Di Dda`, Pha'p Hoa, ... 5 bo^. kinh chi'nh ghi che'p la.i
nhu+~ng lo+i` thuye^'t gia?ng ve^` kinh, gio+'i, va` lua^.n cu?a Ddu'c
Pha^.t. Nhu+~ng bo^. kinh phu. kho^ng pha?i la` lo+i` cu?a Pha^.t ma`
la` do nhu+~ng dde^. tu+? suy lua^.n hoa(.c nho+' la.i nhu+~ng ba`i
thuye^'t pha'p cu?a Ddu+'c Pha^.t. Nhie^`u ngu+o+`i kho^ng do^`ng y'
vo+'i ddie^?m sau na`y.
Mong ca'c ba.n ra`nh ve^` PG gia?i thi'ch the^m ve^` ca'c bo^. kinh
tre^n, nha^'t la` 7 bo^. Vi Die^.u Pha'p, ...
Hoan`g
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>Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 13:21:45 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Phan Thanh Lam <phtl@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
>To: vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu
>Subject: [Rel - To^n Gia'o] Bodhisatva - Bodhidharma
>Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970529131557.25309A-100000@fn3.freenet.tlh.fl.us>
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>
>Cha`o ca'c anh chi.
>
>To^i xin tra? lo+`i ma^'y ca^u ho?i cu?a anh A'i Vie^.t ve^` Pha^.t
>Gia'o. To^i cu~ng nha^n co+ ho^.i na`y no'i the^m i't ddie^`u ma` ho^m
>tru+o+'c anh Hie^.p cu~ng co' nha(c dde^'n .
>
>Bodhidharma (co' no+i vie^'t la` Bodhidarma), tie^'ng Vie^.t la` Bo^`
>DDe^` DDa.t Ma , la` te^n vi. To^? Su+ ddo+`i thu+' hai mu+o+i ta'm cu?a
>Pha^.t Gia'o . Nga`i tu+` A^'n DDo^. sang Trung Quo^'c truye^`n dda.o,
>lu'c ga(.p vua Lu+o+ng Vo~ Dde^', Vo~ DDe^' ho?i : "Tra^~m du`ng cu?a
>rie^ng chu ca^'p ca'c chu`a, sa(c phong ca'c ta(ng ni. Tra^~m dda~ xa^y
>tru+o+`ng ho.c cho tre? con, a^'n to^'ng nhie^`u kinh sa'ch, nhu+ the^'
>co^ng ddu+'c Tra^~m ddu+o+.c bao nhie^u?" Nga`i Bo^` Dde^` DDa.t Ma
>(BDDM) tra? lo+`i :"Kho^ng co' gi` ca?" Nha` vua ho?i the^m ma^'y ca^u
>ho?i nhu+ng nhu+~ng ca^u tra? lo+`i cu?a BDDM kho^ng gio^'ng nhu+ nhu+~ng
>ca^u nha` vua dda~ nghe tu+` ca'c su+ trong nu+o+'c (Vi' du. nhu+ o+?
>hie^`n ga(.p la`nh , pha?i la`m phu+o+'c dde^? le^n Nie^'t Ba`n....).
>Sau ddo' BDDM ve^` tu o+? Thie^'u La^m tu+. Nga`i ngo^`i nhi`n va`o
>va'ch tu+o+`ng ma` tu trong chi'n na(m lie^`n .
>
>To^i xin ke^? mo^.t chuye^.n hay nhu+ chuye^.n co^? ti'ch vo+'i ca'c ba.n
>tre^n die^~n dda`n vnsa. Mo^.t chu' (ngu+o+`i ddi tu nho? tuo^?i)
>ngu+o+`i Ta`u te^n la` Tha^`n Quang co' tha`nh ta^m ddi theo ca^`u ho.c
>vo+'i BDDM nhie^u` na(m nhu+ng BDDM va^~n chu+a da.y . Sau nhie^`u na(m
>BDDM ca?m lo`ng tha`nh cu?a nga`i Tha^`n Quang, nga`i mo+'i ho?i : "O^ng
>muo^'n ho?i ta ca^u gi` ?" Nga`i Tha^`n Quang ho?i : " Xu+a nay con
>qua'n tu+o+?ng cho ta^m con ddu+o+.c an ti.nh. Nhu+ng mo^~i lu'c qua'n
>tu+o+?ng con bi. phie^`n na?o qua^'y nhie^?u khie^'n ta^m con kho^ng an.
>Xin tha^`y tu+` bi chi? cho con ca'ch ma` con co' the^? an ta^m ." Bo^`
>DDe^` DDa.t Ma mi?m cu+o+`i dda'p la.i : "O^ng ddem ca'i ta^m ba^'t an
>ddo' ra dda^y ta se~ vi` o^ng ma` an no'cho . " Nga`i Tha^`n Quang
>du+`ng la.i ho^`i la^u ro^`i no'i "Con ti`m ta^m con nhu+ng ba^y gio+`
>kho^ng tha^'y dda^u ca? " BDDM mo+'i no'i :"Va^.y thi` ta dda~ an ta^m
>cho o^ng ro^`i ddo' " Chi? ba^'y nhie^u lo+`i , nga`i Tha^`n Quang
>ddu+o+.c tha^'y tu+` Vo^ ta^m dde^'n Nha^'t ta^m kho^ng co' gi` giao
>ddo^.ng ddu+o+.c ca? . Sau na`y nga`i Tha^`n Quang tro+? tha`nh Nhi.
>To^? Thie^`n To^ng Trung Hoa .
>
>Bodhisattva go.i la` Bo^` Ta't , danh tu+` chi? nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i dda~
>sa(?n sa`ng gia'c ngo^. nhu+ng chi.u o+? la.i the^' gio+'i kho^? na?o
>dde^? cu+'u ddo^. ngu+o+`i kha'c . DDa^y la` nhu+~ng vi. co' lo`ng tu+`
>bi, bo^' thi' va` hi sinh tro.n ve.n cho lo+.i i'ch cu?a mo.i ngu+o+`i .
>Bo^` Ta't la` nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i so^'ng cu`ng trong ca?nh kho^? vo+'i
>ngu+o+`i kha'c nhu+ng co' ta^m tu+` bi ne^n cu~ng nhu+ o+? Nie^'t Ba`n .
>Bo^` Ta't DDa.o da.y ngu+o+`i Pha^.t tu+? giu'p ddo+~ nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i
>kha'c trong cuo^.c ddo+`i na`y .
>
>Thie^`n : tie^'ng Vie^.t , di.ch tu+` tie^'ng Ch'an cu?a Ta`u . Ngu+o+`i
>Ta`u di.ch tu+` tie^'ng Pha.n "Dhyana" co' nghi~a la` nghie^n cu+'u
>tu+o+`ng ta^.n va` qua'n tu+o+?ng. Ngu+o+`i Nha^.t di.ch tu+` tie^'ng
>Ta`u "Ch'an" go.i la` Zen . Ta^y My~ dde^`u go.i la` Zen ca? . The^'
>thi` ngu+o+`i sa'ng la^.p ra Thie^`n la` ai? Chi'nh la` du+'c Pha^.t
>Thi'ch Ca. Pha^.t Gia'o nhie^`u to^ng pha'i nhie^`u ca'ch tu , nhu+ng
>cu~ng ddu+o+.c vi' nhu+ ca'ch ho.c bo+i . Bo+i sa~i, bo+i bu+o+'m, bo+i
>ngu+~a, bo+i e^'ch dde^`u la` nhu+~ng ca'ch bo+i hay, bo+i nhanh cha^.m,
>ca'ch na`y ca'ch kia dde^`u do o+? So+? Thi'ch ma` ra, tuy co' kha'c nhau
>nhu+ng dde^`u cu`ng mu.c ddi'ch la` no^?i tre^n ma(.t nu+o+'c ma` dde^'n
>ddi'ch . Ho.c phu+o+ng pha'p bo+i ro^`i tu+. mi`nh pha?i ta^.p bo+i
>la^'y , ne^'u ddu+'ng tre^n bo+` kho^ng xuo^'ng nu+o+'c thi` cu~ng nhu+
>ddo.c ca? tra(m cuo^'n sa'ch ma` kho^ng thu+.c ha`nh thi` "Ca? DDo+`i
>cu~ng "ru+'a" ma` tho^i" . Cu~ng nhu+ ngu+o+`i ho.c vo~ ma` cu+' mu'a
>quye^`n lung tung kho^ng bie^'t dda^'u , dde^'n lu'c ga(.p ddi.ch thi`
>kho^ng bie^'t la` vo^ chie^u hay hu+~u chie^u ga(.p pha?i anh du dda~ng
>cho+. Ca^`u Muo^'i chi? bie^'t co' chie^u Le^.nh Ho^` Xung thi` O^ ho^ A
>ha...Ca'c mo^n pha'i Ma^.t to^ng, Ti.nh DDo^. To^ng, Thie^`n To^ng dde^`u
>la` do ngu+o+`i sau dda(.t ra theo ca(n co+ cu?a ho. , nhu+ng tuy ca'ch
>tu co' kha'c cu~ng nhu+ ca'ch bo+i lo^.i nhu+ng cu`ng mu.c ddi'ch gio^'ng
>nhau .
>
>Vi` sao an chay? Tru+o+'c khi to^i tra? lo+`i anh Ai' Vie^.t thi` to^i
>cu~ng xin no'i la` to^i khong co' a(n chay nhe' , ne^n to^i chi? nha('c
>la.i ddie^`u mi`nh nghe chu+' kho^ng theo ddie^`u mi`nh chu+'ng ,
>la` a(n chay co' nhu+~ng i'ch lo+.i sau: Kho^ng sa't sanh. Kho^ng gie^'t
>ha.i thi` ta^m de^~ an bi`nh . Rau co? ca^y tra'i to^'t ho+n thi.t vi`
>i't cha^'t be'o , ngu~ co^'c (grain) co' co^ng pho`ng be^.nh ung thu+,
>ngu+o+`i a(n rau co? i't be^.nh ho+n thi.t ca' , da^n ta^.p ta. va` ca'c
>ngu+o+`i du+. cha.y marathon, iron man... dde^`u kie^ng cu+~ thi.t chu+'
>kho^ng rie^ng gi` ca'c nha` tu . To^i cu~ng xn no'i the^m la` Pha^.t
>Thi'ch Ca kho^ng a(n chay . Nga`i ddi kha^'t thu+.c (a(n xin) , ai cho
>chi a(n na^'y , vie^.c a(n uo^'ng de^? da~i kho^ng ca^`u ky`, ddo' la`
>mu.c ddi'ch a(n chay, co`n nhu+ a(n chay ma` pha?i co' gio` cha? chay,
>nem chay, ca' chie^n chay (tu+'c la` soy bean curd la`m cho gio^'ng ca')
>thi` e ra(`ng ta ddi ngu+o+.c la.i mu.c ddi'ch dda~ dda(.t ra la` la`m
>cho cuo^.c ddo+`i gia?n di , kho^ng ba^,n ta^m ve^` mie^'ng a(n thu+'c
>uo^'ng va` tra'nh gie^'t cho'c.
>
>Tra'nh nu+~ sa(c : Theo to^i bie^'t thi` Pha^.t co' da.y la` ddu+`ng co'
>"ta` da^m" , vi` tho+`i ddo' nhie^`u ngu+o+`i be^n A^'n DDo^. theo chu?
>nghi~a "Sex" , nuo^i ca? tra(m dda`n ba` dde^? phu.c vu. sinh ly'...
>Theo kinh ddie^?n thi` Pha^.t Thi'ch Ca co' ra^'t nhie^`u dde^. tu+? tu
>o+? nha` , co' vo+. con dda`ng hoa`ng . DDa.o Pha^.t la` mo^.t dda.o
>ra^'t khoan dung, Pha^.t tu+? cho.n con ddu+o+`ng tu cho chi'nh mi`nh,
>theo phu+o+ng pha'p mop^n ho+.p cho chi'nh mi`nh . Mo^.t ngu+o+`i co'
>the^? tu tre^n nu'i hay trong tu vie^.n hoa(.c tu o+? nha`, so^'ng nhu+
>thu+o+`ng , ha(`ng nga`y tu ta^.p dde^? la`m tro`n bo^?n pha^.n vo+'i
>chi'nh mi`nh va` vo+'i xa~ ho^.i. To.a thie^`n kho^ng pha?i la` xa la'nh
>cuo^.c ddo+`i ma` la` lao va`o cuo^.c ddo+`i, so^'ng ddo+`i so^'ng co'
>i'ch cho mi`nh va` cho mo.i ngu+o+`i . To.a thie^`n cu~ng kho^ng pha?i
>la` ngo^`i mo^.t cho^~ cho te^ cha^n ma` la` thu+.c ha`nh ddo+`i so^'ng
>toi^'t , qua'n tu+o+?ng lu'c na^'u a(n ddo.c sa'ch , ddi cho+i, ho.c
>ha`nh ... DDu+'c Pha^.t co`n khuye^n ba?o dde^. tu+? nga`i pha?i lo cha(m
>so'c cho vo+. con . Nga`i no'i ngu+o+`i cho^`ng pha?i ddo^'i xu+? nha~
>nha(.n vo+'i vo+. , trung tha`nh vo+'i vo+. , va` pha?i mua nu+~ trang
>la`m dde.p cho vo+. nu+~a (Ca'i na`y to^i kho^ng no'i do+~n dda^u nhe'
>).
>
> No'i to'm la.i thi` tu Pha^.t ra^'t vui, ra^'t bao dung, ra^'t bi`nh
>dda(?ng tu+o+ng ki'nh lu+u ta^m dde^'n mo.i ngu+o+`i va` ra^'t tu+. do .
>
>Phan Thanh La^m
>5/29/97
>
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