" /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " /> " />MeditationMeditation for BeginnersHow To Build The Habits Of The ChildrenTo Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#5"Phra Sangha” means the group of people who have great minds.Why Are We Clever If We Pay Respect To The Bhikkhus?Parents have to teach children who the bhikkhus are: The word “Phra Sangha” is combined by 2 words: “Phra” means great and “Sangha” (pronounced Song) means group.“Phra Sangha” means the group of people who have great minds.What makes their minds great?They have no more kilesa; meaning no more greed,, anger, and delusion in their minds.The way to get rid of greed, anger, and delusion is not easy.Then there are 2 kinds of monks:1) Som Mutti Sangha means a person who ordains as a monk in Buddhism and focuses on practicing the Dhamma rules strictly in order to get rid of greed, anger, and delusion until becoming Phra Arahant.2) Phra Ariya Sangha means persons who have no more wondering of the Lord Buddha’s enlightenment, since being trained to practice according to the Lord Buddha’s Dhamma, and these persons finally become Phra Ariya Bukun, also known as Phra Ariya Puggala (reach higher states of holiness). They are Phra Sotapanna, Phra Sakidagami, Phra Anagami, Gotrabhu and Phra Arahant. (Ariya Sangha people don’t have to ordain to be monks, they just focus on getting rid of all kilesa as a rule to their practice).Most people can’t classify the needs and the excesses in their lives. They are the result of many troubles in our world.Therefore, monks’ lives are an example of living for us to measure the need of life. There are 3 sets of clothing, 2 meals a day, a tree as their residence, and medicines when needed in order to avoid wasting time to arrange unnecessary excess things. There’ll be more time to practice the Dhamma. They can get rid of kilesa sooner and they can be great people to inspire others.So we should support them to be able to practice their Dhamma as much as they can, the more they can practice and learn the Dhamma from the Lord Buddha, the more we can learn the Dhamma from the Lord Buddha, the more we can learn the Dhamma fromthem as well. Then we can know right –wrong, boon – kamma, should – should not etc. Learning the Dhamma from a Phra Sangha who practices well and directly fromPhra Nibbana will guide you to know the truth of the world and life.As the result of learning the Dhamma, it makes us know more reality of liand right from wrong in that:1) Death is not the end of life. We still have to be reborn and be in the cycle of life endlessly (samsara) unless we can get rid of all kilesa.2) As long as we are still in the cycle of lire, all the lives will be influenced by kamma that we caused in the past. That means whoever did well would be happy; whoever did badly suffer.3) The quality to utilize in the cycle of life’s journey is virtue. Virtue has to be developed by ourselves; no one can create it for others.Therefore, paying respect to Phra Sangha is to realize the goodness of them.The truth of life also makes the great monks know that everybody has their “work of lire”. There are 4 main factors one must abide by in order to follow the routine of the Lord Buddha and the Phra Arahants who have knowledge and dhamma and who know that each person has a duty in their life.1) Work for a living with honesty. It’s also called Samma Ajiva (pronounced sam-ma-ar-che-wa) to fit in with your sex and age in order to live proudly in the world. Don’t depend on others and don’t be harmful to others.2) Work for creating good Dhamma for yourself. Protect the mistake of making bad kamma by using body speech and mind to build up the bad kamma, but support and use your body speech and mind to make good kamma and virtue as much as much as possible. Make up your mind to get rid of the bad, and do well or fulfill your practice of Parami (perfection).3) Work for creating good Dhamma for others. Build a good environment, which means surrounding yourself with good people. Begin with your howm, your job etc. and support them to make good kamma. You should not lose time, or lose emotions, which give you the opportunity to create worse kamma. There’ll be no one against you making good karma.4) Work for getting rid of kilesa from your heart and mind completely. This is in order to have no more suffering an cycles of life. Follow the Lord Buddha and all of the Arahants to concentrate on Bhavana (meditation).Therefore, paying respect to Phra Sangha is to realize the goodness of them. They have good Dhamma from good behavior and they follow the Dhamma rules sturictly. So we should often learn and practice the Dhamma from them, We should support them to be great people as much as we can. The Phra Sangha will be the best to make boon (merits or virtue) for and they are the best teachers of Sila for the world’s people.Our grandparents realized the importance of learning from Phra Sangha so they train their children to get used to Phra Sangha and Buddhaism by getting up early. And by offering food for the monks every morning. Then the monks have food to eat and have more energy to learn and practice the Dhamma effectively.If we train children to offer food to the monks every morning, they will learn to share and donate to otehres when they grow up. They’ll know the need and the excess of their lives. They will know how to offer Sanghadhana for those in their family who have passed away.When they grow up and are working, they’ll know how to manage their assets, they will know how to earn, collect, spend, save and train the next generation to donate and make Dana (generosity) well. This is because they got used to the simple lives of the Phra Sangha since they were young. Then they will be realizing the very importance of taking care of Buddhism in the tradition of their grandparents. They will make samghadhana and send the merits.In the opposite way, if the children are not trained to respect Phra songha small, then when the parents pass away, of course they will not find people to give Sanghadhana because they never trained the children to respect Phra Sangha and the children were never trained in the Dhamma.
How To Build The Habits Of The Children To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#5
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