Buddhists with the three rules and five precepts. A. The General Concept of the Three Refuges & the Five Precepts: People want to have happiness away from suffering in their own lives, so they have worked so hard to build a family and create a career. it will help a future orientation for themselves as well as future descendants. But all are just dreams and the direction is not always smooth, comfortable and glorious. It is these contradictory consequences that make people depressed, discouraged, lose faith in relatives, friends and even themselves!. Coming to Buddhism is coming to a basic belief through the Three Refuges and a method to help people get rid of suffering, perfecting their personality by applying the five precepts in life to build a "real person". and a happy family, a just and equal society between humans and animals. This is the main factor when lay Buddhists take refuge in the Three Jewels and practice the five precepts. I. Buddhists with the Three Refuges: When people realize that they must have a religion to follow, to become a Buddhist believer, they must first take refuge in the Three Jewels. This is a ritual expressing sincerity, earnestness, longing, a conversion of a person after clearly realizing the religion he has chosen. If you don't take refuge, even if you worship the Buddha, worshiping the Buddha is only an audience member, not a key person. The refuge has a great effect on the psychology of belief, steadfastness or inconsistency. 1) What does taking refuge mean?. To return is to return, Y is to take refuge. Returning to refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is called taking refuge in the Three Jewels. For a long time, we have been chasing after the desires of people's daily lives, without the opportunity to turn to our minds like pedestrians with no direction, no compass. It is startling to realize that an awakening is very important for the foundation of wisdom. It is by relying on the Three Jewels that even in this present life we ​​will be happy and free in the future, and there is no other dharma that we can rely on but the Three Jewels. Why should Buddhists take refuge in the Triple Gem? In life, all things are "Impermanent" and do not last long, only the Three Jewels and the Buddha's precepts are the four things that Buddhists can rely on that Buddhism calls the "Four Indestructible Faith" (four beliefs). faith incorruptible) also known as the four fulcrums. a) Because Buddha Bao is complete wisdom: Buddhist beliefs are pure in nature, Morality is not a cult of the gods, but it carries the spirit of blessing and disaster, but as a son respects his parents, stemming from gratitude for the one who was born, so is the belief in Buddha. The Buddha who attained the wisdom of liberation brought that liberation to teach everyone to also achieve the same results as the Buddha, so it is called complete wisdom. b) Because the Dharma is full of faith: A Buddhist understands the Buddha's teachings as a scholar who understands his expertise clearly and thoroughly. Understanding the Dharma here means understanding the Four Truths: life is impermanent and suffering, the causes have suffering, the result of the cessation of suffering, the way to the cessation of suffering. We rely on this righteous belief to apply the Dharma, overcoming the causes of suffering and the evil dharmas that make our mind impure. c) Because the Sangha is a complete charity: The Sangha is a monastic group that practices the Buddha's teachings and applies them to experimental life. Therefore, the monks have the responsibility to guide and teach Buddhists to follow the true path of the Buddha, called giving the Dharma. In contrast, Buddhists have an external obligation to support material conditions called giving. This is the interdependence relationship called charity. d) Because of the complete Precepts: If taking refuge in the Three Jewels also means practicing, because in the teachings of the Four Truths, practicing the eight paths (the eightfold path) leads the practitioner to attain good dharmas. But if only that is not enough, because people live in the world of sex, if they want to practice building personal, family and social life, they must first set up practice regulations as standards. standard, that is the precept (five precepts, see in part B about the five precepts) but here in the four indestructible faith called complete precepts. In the Three Jewels, Buddha Bao is the first because the Buddha is the one who enlightened the way, but the important thing in Buddhism is the Dharma, not the Buddha, because the Buddha is the one who gives the method, but cannot help people escape. From suffering but only the Dharma has the ability to bring people to liberation, so the Buddha taught: "Ananda, it is not reverence, worship, and offerings to glorify the Tathagata. Any bhikkhunis, good men, and women who practice the Dharma, live righteously in the Dharma, and maintain high moral character, are those who respect, worship, make offerings, and make resounding images of the Tathagata. Therefore, we must strive to cultivate and practice the Dharma to preserve our noble virtues." 2. The Three Jewels Refuge. Buddhism takes the middle path (the middle way) as the foundation, so from the perception of things, world phenomena and life, it is not biased on one side, but very objective, besides, Buddhism is an internal religion. so is the concept of the Three Jewels. There are two sides to the truth, practice to see the truth and understand the reason to not cling to it, in the Zen house it is called "the perfect solution". Here the Three Jewels have an important role for Buddhists, we need to understand that otherwise we will fall into the boundary line because of our insistence on taking refuge in the Three Jewels, also known as taking refuge in the Three Jewels outside. a) Taking refuge in Buddha: We were born in the period after the Buddha was born, so we have to make even more efforts to follow the Buddha's path so as not to go astray. b) Taking refuge in the Dharma: Determined to practice the teachings of the Buddha recorded in the scriptures, in order to transform greed, Anger and delusion make the Dharma wheel circulate in the digestive veins, turning it into the living substance of every human being. c) Taking refuge in the Sangha: Taking refuge in the monks for guidance and practice. We know that when the Buddha was still in the world, the congregation relied on the Buddha as the center of the refuge. After the Buddha passed away, Buddhism took the Sangha as the center of worship. Taking refuge in the Three Jewels is for the purpose of learning the Dharma, and if you want to learn the Dharma, you must be guided by the Sangha, so the Sangha represents two factors: the transmission of ideas and the exemplary life of the Sangha. 3. The Three Jewels of Refuge: This refuge is also known as the Three Jewels of the Self-Mind because the outer Three Jewels are the object, the Self-Mind's Three Jewels is the essence. Take refuge in the outer Three Jewels to develop the Three Jewels of the mind. The Buddhist system of teachings is the teaching of introspection, turning to oneself, That is the real purpose of Buddhism. a) The reason for taking refuge in the Buddha said: Everyone has self-awareness, the first thing that people who learn to take refuge in the Buddha outside realize the awareness of their own mind is to develop their own wisdom. b) The reason for taking refuge in the Dharma: When we study the Buddha's scriptures, we realize that each person has the virtues of compassion, wisdom, joy....and knows how to develop the qualities of the Dharma from the heart. This is the Dharma refuge. c) Reason for taking refuge in the Sangha: Looking at the silhouette of the Sangha helps us to realize that we also have the virtues of harmony, purity, and liberation...and develop those qualities, so called taking refuge in the Sangha. told. II . Conditions & stance to become a believer. first . Conditions & positions: The condition to become a believer must, of course, take refuge in the Three Jewels: take refuge in the enlightened teacher, Buddha Bao, Taking refuge in his teachings is the Dharma, and taking refuge in the Dharma monks and nuns is the Sangha, these are the three treasures that the Buddha's children must rely on to practice liberation. a) Why should the path to liberation take refuge in the Triple Gem? Although the concept of Buddhism is completely voluntary when choosing Buddhism as a religion of one's life, the condition to become a Buddhist is necessarily to take refuge in the Three Jewels. In the spirit of Buddhism, "Buddhism is the way of truth, knowledge and understanding" and only the Buddha is the one who realizes and experiences it in a "realistic" way, likewise only Buddha's disciples are those who practice according to the Dharma. rightly so, apart from the Three Jewels, we don't see any Dharma that can lead us to liberation. The issues mentioned above show us why to take refuge in the Three Jewels. b) Rite of Refuge: When you want to take refuge, the teacher you choose is your guru, you will guide the Buddha to repent and then make a vow. - My name is ...... please take refuge in the Buddha for the rest of your life, take refuge in the Dharma, and take refuge in the Sangha for the rest of your life. This prayer comes from the mind of the refuge, without any compulsion or instigation, so that prayer will be the eternal seed that will never be lost. The ceremony of taking refuge will have an important impression on Buddhists when entering the religion. It can be said that Buddhism arouses the spirit of self-awareness, voluntary never advocates forcing or swearing so that one does not dare to renounce the religion, because this is contrary to the voluntary spirit of Buddhism. When you realize the true value of Buddhism and then vow to take refuge, understand and then follow that is the spirit of enlightenment of Buddhism. - My name is ...... all my life I take refuge in the Buddha, not taking refuge in angels and demons. Coming to the Buddha is coming to enlightenment, finding the true value of spiritual life, relying on the Buddha outside to find the Buddha of the mind, so there is no reason why Buddhists follow angels and demons. , a species that is still alive in confusion, is immersed in samsara, samsara. - My name is ...... my whole life has taken refuge in the Dharma, not taking refuge in pagan religions. The Buddha's Dharma is a medicine to cure diseases of sentient beings, Buddhists apply the Dharma to have peace and freedom from suffering in life, now we hear that there are other religions and other dharmas that are better and more sacred. "If fathers have to be so inconsistent, how can they learn the Way. If they become relatives with non-Buddhist religions, it will be difficult for them to get out of samsara in life after life, but expect to see the Buddha Fa again. - My name is ...... ... take refuge in the Sangha for the rest of his life, not taking refuge in evil teachers or evil friends. Buddhists have made a vow: " vow to forsake evil, vow to do good..." So we never get close to evil elements.Western proverb has a saying: "Tell me who you are close to, I I will tell you how my love is" That saying is also synonymous with the Vietnamese proverb: "near the ink, it is black, near the lamp, it is bright. 2 . What are the benefits of taking refuge in the Triple Gem? When a Buddhist takes refuge in the Three Jewels and becomes a Buddhist, there are benefits such as: a) Not falling into hell: There is a clear direction that we are going, we freely enter the Buddha's house. , Dharma, Sangha, from now on, don't be afraid of falling into suffering because you don't receive the way as the Sami-Ten Precepts says: "The suffering of being burned in the three ways, the suffering of a camel, a donkey carrying a heavy load, The suffering of hunger and thirst and the oppression of hungry ghosts is not yet suffering. Buddhism was born because people or in other words, the object of Buddhism is people, so the purpose of Buddhism is: - Bringing understanding about human values ​​to make people realize the truth. real, do not rely on other forces and accept responsibility for what you do "man is the master he decides about his own status and no one else". - Guide people to improve their lives with methods, prevent lust and make their body and mind pure so as to bring a peaceful and happy life result. - Show people the value of true freedom for themselves and everyone around them with peace of mind, equality, and a moral life in the social community. Here, the building foundation for Buddhists in the matter of practice is the five precepts, aimed at building people in life. It is also the basic precept that is further developed for the later monastic world. Thereby we can see the importance of the five precepts. I. Definition. first . What is gender? The Sanskrit precept is Sila, Chinese translation of the Thi la sound, also known as the La Ba la de mocsa separate liberation, the precepts of Buddhism to help people a method that does not create bad causes, to reduce suffering and be happy. self-benefit for others. Gender has 6 capacities: . Control: Prevent 3 karma (body, speech, mind) not to let loose. . Purity: Because the three karmas are pure, they are not burned by the births of sex, making the mind cool and gentle. . Karma: Preventing mistakes, bad intentions, so that evil karma is eliminated, making good karma to develop. The Buddha said: "The Tathagata says that volition is karma". . Law of suspicion: Regulations are meant to build human morality and improve personality. . Virtue: Actions worthy of praise. . Protection: Preservation and protection is also known as: "Preventing evil only" (preventing bad things, stopping evil deeds). Thereby we see that the five precepts taught by the Buddha are for our own purposes, for family happiness, not for Buddha's sake. II . Five Precepts. The Buddha taught Buddhists to avoid evil and do good deeds. Doing good and avoiding evil in Buddhism is expressed through compassion, to bring happiness to individuals and society based on the spirit of love and understanding. Those who keep the five precepts do not suffer. Precepts are not the superior, forbidding those below from doing, if they do, they will be punished, but precepts are what we voluntarily do, because these things are in accordance with morality and when we practice, we will have mental and physical peace. first . The first precept: Not to kill (not to kill). Killing people is the main factor that Buddha forbids Buddhists from killing, in addition, the Buddha advises Buddhists to know how to limit killing other creatures with love towards protecting the lives of all species. . We respect our own lives, it is not possible that we infringe and kill other people's lives. Not killing also includes killing ourselves (suicide), inciting others to kill (skilling to kill), seeing others kill us, we must start with compassion and should not be happy (seeing killing with joy). Buddhists must learn to share the sufferings and difficulties of ethnic groups in society, neighboring countries, and living creatures around. From there we have a view of life and the ecological environment, animals and people. 2 . The second precept: Do not steal. Not stealing means not using tricks to appropriate other people's property. Our property, we do not want anyone to invade, the same goes for people, not to appropriate or steal from people, doing that means we go against the human spirit of Buddhism. With the mindset that Buddhists must work to create material wealth, contribute to the development of society, love life, respect people's lives and properties, they should never steal. You can only think about yourself and forget the suffering of others. This is the message of love for everyone that the Buddha sent to humanity more than 25 centuries ago. 3 . The third precept: Do not commit adultery. Buddhists build a happy family life, while also respecting the happiness of others. Therefore, when being married, Buddhists must not destroy the happiness of other people's families. Loyalty is a contributing factor to a peaceful and harmonious home life. Therefore, Buddhists do not violate other people's families because of their sexual needs. The ancients said: "What you don't want, don't give it to others". (Corporate property of the real estate of the human being). 4 . Fourth Precept: Do not lie. Lying is speaking untruthfully to seek one's own advantage. There are 4 (way) called lying: - Untruthful speech (false speech): Not seeing and speaking, seeing and speaking, not seeing, hearing and hearing, not hearing, not hearing. listen, do say don't do, don't do say do. - Spoken language (speech language): - Double-tongued (dual-verbal) speech: Do not watch movies, books, and magazines that are mentally toxic. In order to become a full-fledged Buddhist with moral character, we must consciously avoid those kinds of things that harm the mind and body. Of the five precepts, the above four precepts belong to the precepts that are forbidden by Buddhists to be avoided because it is an act of creating evil causes, and the fifth precept belongs to the general precepts, which are the precepts that the Buddha called brats. Today's Buddhists must consider that as the factor that makes the body and mind paralyzed. III . Benefits of the five precepts: Lay Buddhists can receive the five precepts or, depending on the circumstances, one, two, three... voluntary precepts without any coercion. If you keep a precept called: one-tier layperson; keep two genders called: lack of lay section; keep three precepts called: semi-residential; keep four precepts called: majority of lay people; keep the five precepts called: complete lay life. Therefore, the precepts taught by the Buddha are aimed at benefiting each individual family member as well as affecting the social community. first . For himself: A person who knows how to keep the five precepts of the Buddha's Dharma is a person who knows how to choose and build for himself a basic moral foundation in the present and in the future. - If Buddhists do not kill, they will not be killed in the next life, peace of mind, gentleness, no worries and fears created by hatred. One of the conditions of peaceful living is the absence of enemies. - Keeping the precept not to steal, we will not be imprisoned, wherever we do everything, we will be loved and trusted by everyone, we are not afraid of anyone watching, we are not afraid of the sea, then life will be joyful. - Keeping the precept not to commit adultery, each of us does not worry and sorrow when the wife and husband are unfaithful, do not stand on this mountain looking at that mountain If they work together to build a family, it is a warm and happy family. - Keeping the precept not to lie is to help us practice the virtue of honesty, to be trusted everywhere and not to be suspected by others. Success on the road to making a living, everyone wants to be trusted, this is a success factor on the road of life. - Keeping the precept not to drink alcohol is to preserve one's own dignity and bring happiness to the family, and at the same time, alcohol is a factor according to medicine, it is the cause of cardiovascular diseases, the liver and blood vessels do not shrink. yes, prone to bleeding, nerves in the brain are also affected, reducing memory. 2 . For family & society: If people know how to apply the spirit of the five precepts, it is to build a happy family, a just, civilized and equal society. Buddha aimed at people, bringing people a peaceful, happy family, an equal society with love and understanding. It is the five precepts that are the factors that create the foundation of morality, building a better social cell in any era. - A person who respects life is a moral person, if life is precious, a civilized society needs to protect life, on the contrary, trampling on the life of all species is barbaric. - o Living in a human society requires mutual trust, lack of social trust will be disturbed by doubts as to how society can have loving people to share and help each other. joys and sorrows in everyday life. - Security and order are peaceful, do not fight with each other, causing harm in the family, as well as in the village due to alcohol, and toxic substances. So Buddha forbade Buddhists not to use harmful poisons. Conclusion Life is full of suffering, Injustice, hatred caused by people's lack of love and understanding, the Buddha wanted to give mankind a true and equal love, in order to help people escape suffering and be happy. Building the individual, family and society is the goal that the Buddha aims at. Mainly people because people themselves are the engine to do what's best for life from the joys of wanting people to be happy. Relying on the Three Jewels and keeping the five precepts is the foundation of a lay Buddhist who has just entered the religion, this is the first but extremely important step in determining a direction and method of personal training. cultivate love and understanding, and enhance human morality. The human factor was established by the Buddha, the role of family, Social community is also from where people are built well, happy and happy. A Buddhist is a person who applies the Buddha's teachings in life, to have happiness for himself and otherS.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.20/7/2021.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.