Mo^.t thoa'ng ky? nie^.m Re: [Va(n Ho'a] Chu`a Thie^n Mu.

[Aiviet Nguyen <aiviet@cat.syr.edu>]

La^`n ga^`n dda^y nha^'t le^n chu`a Thie^n mu. la` ho^`i na(m 1991. Ho^`i 
ddo' co`n tha^'y cu. Ta(ng Tho^'ng Thi'ch DDo^n Ha^.u ngo^`i tre^n xe do 
mo^.t tha^`y dda^?y. Cu. ho^`i ddo' sa('p che^'t vi` be^.nh ung thu+.

  Bo.n to^i ngo^`i va^?n vo+ ha`ng tie^'ng o+? hie^n chu`a. Hue^' la` va^.y,
muo^'n thu+o+?ng thu+'c thi` pha?i tha^.t ti~nh ta^m va` co' thi` gio+` 
dde^? hi't tho+? kho^ng khi' Hue^'.

  Co' mo^.t tha^`y, tro^ng ra^'t thoa't tu.c dde^'n cho^~ chu'ng to^i xin 
thuo^'c hu't. Tha^.t kho^ng may, bo.n to^i kho^ng co' ai hu't thuo^'c. Tie^.n
the^? chu'ng to^i ho?i " Ba.ch Tha^`y, Tha^`y la` ngu+o+`i tu dda.o cao 
nhu+ va^.y ma` va^~n thi'ch ma^'y ddo^` tra^`n tu.c va^.y sao" Tha^`y 
cu+o+`i ra^'t thoa?i ma'i " O^` Ddda.o pha?i co' DDo+`i mo+'i thu' cho+'". 
Chu'ng to^i la` ddu+o+.c the^?:" Thu+a tha^`y nghe no'i Pha^.t no'i 
chu'ng sinh bi`nh dda(?ng. Sao ca'c chu' tie^?u ddang cuo^'c vu+o+`n ma` 
tha^'y la.i ngo^`i cho+i khe^?nh su+o+ng va^.y. Te' ra trong Dda.o cu~ng 
co' giai ca^'p cha(ng". Tha^`y no'i " Bi`nh dda(ng kho^ng pha?i la` 
ba(`ng nhau dda^u nghe. Bi`nh dda(?ng la` o+? cho^~, tru+o+'c to^i cu~ng 
ba('t dda^`u la` chu' Tie^?u cu~ng cuo^'c vu+o+`n. Lu'c ddo' thi` cha(?ng 
pha^n bie^.t la` con ai. The^' la` bi`nh dda(?ng. Co`n nay to^i dda~ qua 
nhie^`u tu ta^.p le^n dde^'n Tha^`y thi` to^i ddu+o+.c ngo^`i.. A` ma` 
ly' thuye^'t cu?a Ma'c to^i cu~ng ra`nh la('m nha. Ca'c chu' va`o Thu+ 
pho`ng to^i cho coi ddu? bo^." Bo.n to^i cu+o+`i " Da. tho^i Tha^`y, 
ma^'y thu+' ddo' ddo.c ddau dda^`u la('m. Tha^`y co' ca'ch gi` cho bo.n 
em leo le^n ddi?nh Tha'p ddu+o+.c kho^ng" Tha^'y O^ng na`y tra? lo+`i ra^'t 
la` "Pha^.t ho.c": " Co' Duye^n thi` se~ ddu+o+.c le^n kho^ng co' duye^n 
thi` kho^ng ddu+o+.c le^n". Ho?i hai ba la^`n dde^? ro~ la` va^.y thi` 
co' le^n ddu+o+.c hay kho^ng o^ng na`y chi? tra? lo+`i la.i co' ba^'y 
nhie^u ca^u.
Nghe dda^u o^ng na`y la` ca^y ly' lua^.n so^' 1 cu?a Thie^n mu. te^n la` 
Tri' Tu+.u. Hi`nh nhu+ sau lie^n he^. to+'i vu. co' ngu+o+`i tu+. tu+? 
tre^n Toa` Tha'p ma` bi. ba('t thi` pha?i.

   Ra ve^` bo.n to^i ghe' Qua'n Ba'nh Be`o o+? Kim Long. Qua'n sa't bo+` 
so^ng Hu+o+ng, ba`n ba(`ng dda' ke^ sa't re^~ nhu+ng ca^y si o+? be^n 
me'p nu+o+'c. Gio' so^ng Hu+o+ng ma't ru+o+.i. " Dda.o suo^'t ca? buo^?i 
chie^`u, ba^y gio+` theo lo+`i Tha^`y va`o DDo+`i. Ngon qua' the^?".
Ngo^`i cho dde^'n ta^.n chie^`u muo^.n mo+'i kha^.t khu+` ra ve^`. Ve^` 
dde^'n tru+o+'c Ngo. mo^n, tha^'y ddo+`i pho+'i pho+'i ddu? ca'c ta` a'o.
DDang lo+ mo+ thi` co' co^ na`o go.i, tha^'y cu+?a Thie^`n ddo^i ca'nh ga`i.
  
  Co^ na`y mo+`i " Hai eng sang..a'ng nha..a` em be^ng Ang cu+..u? a(ng 
che..e`...". Gio.ng Hue^' nga^n nga ke'o da`i trong gio' va` na('ng hanh 
va`ng.

   Mo^.t thoa'ng ky? nie^.m ve^` Linh Mu. Mo^.t na(m sau thi` nghe tin 
Tha^`y DDo^n Ha^.u che^'t, Tha^`y Tri' Tu+.u ddi tu`. Thi` ra dda.o ddi 
va`o ddo+`i co' tu+` buo^?i chie^`u ye^n ti~nh na(m na`o.

Cheers
Aiviet