LONG HOA HIGHNESS ASSEMBLY, SECOND PERIOD

Stupidity has no root; as if, it has the root - thus the practice would never lead to enlightenment. Contrarily, the stupidity has the source instead. Why?

Because the initial conditional generates the mind, that is the source of stupidity. Once the mind is generated, the mind then has it own nature that is the source of stupidity. That nature must have its consciousness that is the source of stupidity. Consciousness is lively in ceaseless motion, because the disciple or the non-disciple who wisheses for the consciousness to be halted and clung thus it becomes karma. That is just the source of stupidity in the four stages, mistakenly be embracing attachment and it becomes the living creatures world. The disciple who clearly perceives without either embracing attachment or clinging will acquire complete, or yet complete in every aspect of superior and inferior degrees, and clearly understands the source of stupidity. One thoroughly knows that the source of stupidity is created by karma. He has to penetrate deeply the dharma world until the true acquisition then finishes off the source of stupidity. Consciousness hereby is the spiritual consciousness, the spiritual consciousness is the thought that frequently clings and attaches to the possessive ego of the consciousness creating the karma.

Therefore, the disciple needs to seek for the procedure to dissolve the karma or to search out the one who has entirely attained the path of bodhisattva instructing to dissolve the karma. The karma is incalculable and also called the hundred rivers with many directions and aspects and is extremely clever and delicate. Many disciples are still having karma-consciousness and do not know what the karma-consciousness is, thus they are duped by the karma-consciousness. This leads them to proclaim themselves to be somebody, and it is really mistaken and eternally disastrous. Clearly dissolving all karma, the disciple will be able to return to the true supreme that is called towards the vast sea.

Overcoming the most difficult time in one’s life, the more the karma is gradually dissolved, the more the wisdom can develop and receive the precious dharma. The living creatures are using the abilities of learning through literature, study without knowing how to dissolve the karma; they are just like the water foam floating in the river without reaching their goal of enlightenment. Enduring and overcoming immeasurably thorny embarrassments is extremely difficult. That is the power of ocean becoming the Buddha. Fully attaining it, that is the bodhisattva.

“Praising with himself, the Buddhist master has conducted his right mindfulness to communicate with the Buddhas of Ten Directions, shaking the three lives. The Buddhas have unanimously ordained the zealous words pronounced by the Buddhist master. Afterward, the Buddhist master has said: “oh, great men of old acquaintance, in the practice the parallel way of present enlightenment you have never yet met me, but now you are meeting me wherever it is, provided that you have recognized the true practical doctrine, we are of old acquaintance. Otherwise, even meeting together and living in the same place if you were negligent and lazy, though reciting the sutra you could not perceive me at all. What a big waste to spend your whole life and not yet constructing.” –T.V.

For those who have dissolved all karma, they can communicate with the Buddhas of Ten Directions even by just one newly coming thought. As for the Enlightened One like the Chief Monk of Long Hoa, Lord Supreme Maitreya Buddha, every arisen thought is a right mindfulness, which can shake the three lives and also communicates with the Buddhas.

The great men of old acquaintance are precisely the great bodhisattvas who have practiced, relied on the moving consciousness, which is the moving dharma of the spiritual consciousness, and mindful consciousness.

For the high practitioner, consciousness is the clinging to the consciousness without being attached. That is the bodhisattva who is clinging, but without clinging. It is by doing so that he can dissolve the stupidity’s source of the consciousness. The profounder one, like the great bodhisattva, knows thoroughly the origin of the consciousness. He has practiced until attaining the awareness of his own nature, not relying on the consciousness to be clung and embracing attachment in the consciousness. If embracing attachment then naturally his practicing enlightenment would only reach to a certain degree. It is like relying on the non ego to seek for the true ego; it is that old acquaintance in the past who is meeting together now in Long Hoa to receive the obvious explanation of practice.

All the patriaches, the fairies and deities of the time of the Sakyamuni Buddha have assembled adequately at Long Hoa; they are now reborn in Vietnam. The majority of them reach the degree of arahant, sravaka, pratyeka who are in the difficult embarrassment of consciousness, as if they practice, the Lord will continuously teach them, otherwise, relying on the reciting of the sutra they will be at a standstill with attachment and being mistaken therefore it becomes mistaken.

“Oh, all of you, the old acquaintances, now let me tell you: together we take a look at the infinite emptiness, at the mountains and rivers along with us. We ourselves are seeking for the enlightenment direction. In our own nature, we dissolve the attachment and stupidity. We exterminate the ego, in the reason and fact of the practice. I am together with you treading it under our foot. But it persists through millions of human, heaven lives or is reborn in the animal world, becoming devils and ghosts in the interminable fall and rise. For that reason, the Buddhas and saints constantly persist while living creatures are constantly changing. When there is an end between Buddha and living creatures, while seeking for awareness, they are being in stupidity, and in the stupidity, they will perceive the awareness. How strange it is, there is higher pride in the saint’s position and less in the living creature’s position. How difficult it is, the practice for purity is caught with the impure mind. The correction of mistakes gives rise to bad habits.” –T.V.

Speaking to those of old acquaintance, He is expressing his confidences to the disciples who are intentionally seeking for enlightenment belonging to the bodhisattva rank. Looking at the infinite emptiness is looking at the manifestation of all dharma without attachment and objection. And with a clear mind to understand thoroughly the dharma, just like to look at the immense mountains and rivers to make the mind generous and tolerant, not attached to any dharma. As for the reason and fact, which require daily practice, it aims to experience the dharma world. Otherwise, any form of practice would be prolonged to millions of lifetimes. Being excellent in theory without knowing the harm of embracing seeds of bad karma even whoever you are, after departing from life you would receive the results of your deeds to become some kind of buffalo, cow, horse... It is really disastrous. Those who are cruel will appear as ghosts and devils, which is their right destiny. Therefore, the Buddha and the living creatures are separately millions of miles away. The living creatures practice for purity, then, by being entangled in the isolating purity that is still impure mind, clinging in disastrous emptiness. And correcting the mistake without knowing the origin of the karma consciousness is still to carry the immense self-ego which also is impure and not yet pure. If the disciple is not yet dissolving clearly his karma, but regards himself as a saint, then being of higher pride he also admits himself as a living creature, then he would not realize he is receiving a noxious karma and is sinking. That is natural.

“He said: How wonderful it is! The nature, the mountains and rivers, the vegetation, the sky, the cloud and myelf are simply one: the mutual transformation by unanimous correspondence appears in the awareness. Whereas people believe human beings and vegetation, or the mountain and rivers, are two. That is extremely erroneous.

The Adi Buddha, at that time, he already has the physical nature quality similar to the mountain, river and the universe. Therefore, he has often entered in meditation to observe and control all over. He said: my eyes see the emptiness. I put myself into the infinite emptiness; i am seeing the emptiness no more, but understanding thoroughly the emptiness. That is the enlightened form. I am getting in and out of all dharma without being polluted with defilement. I did not yet see how all dharma manifest; nevertheless, i recognized how all dharma naturally progressed. That means I have spontaneously perceived the physical nature of all dharma.” –T.V.

One day, after emerging from right meditation, the Buddhist Master has comprehended the mystery of the universe. These at first seem to be simple and trivial. However, if it is carefully examined it can perceive wonderful, unique, and fascinating things in its deepest meaning.

• The human body and four species are formed by the four elements: soil, water, wind, and fire. The vegetation, the sky and cloud are also formed from the four elements such as the trunk, the branch and the leaves are from the soil.

   √ The vegetation as trees, plants, contains four elements:
      • Soil: trunks, branches, and leaves
      • Water: breaking a branch or a leaf, which shows a Liquid like water
      • Wind: the circulation of the chyliferous sap along the Branch to nourish  the  plant
      • Fire: the high or low temperature of the plant

   √ Just the same, a block of stone, a grain of soil already has four elements:
      • Soil: The formation and density of the stone
      • Water: It becomes wet when immersing it in water.
      • Wind: It becomes broken when smashing it
      • Fire: It is hot according to the temperature when burning it.

Therefore, all things have their four elements and spirit and mind. If we take a log, a stone or clay to create Buddha, saint or deity for praying and supplicating, after a while, there is maybe a success. Therefore, all things also have spirit and successful nature. This successfulness is corresponding to the nature and the sincerity of the prayer.

Therefore, under the Buddhist master's eye, the mountains, the rivers, the sky, the clouds and the human beings are one.

Human beings have the knowledge after the organs have been formed by mutual transformation. The vegetation has also its knowledge, which nourishes and grows the plant; it knows to develop its leaves, flowers and fruits. It has also its longevity according to its species. Human longevity is about 70 to 100 years each lifetime. The stone and the soil also have their knowledge as it produces all living things, insects and organism of all species on earth according to the environment and condition of the temperature. In the water, there are lots of fishes produced as well. In the air, there are also numerous bacteria and virus. How wonderful it is. The nature, the mountain, the river, the vegetation, the sky, the cloud, and we ourselves, are one; the mutual transformation combines homogeneity to appear correspondingly.

The eye seeing the emptiness means the seeing of the natural manifestation of all dharma, it is not by anyone’s hand to create the manifestation of the mountain, river and earth element. I integrate myself to the infinite emptiness means I bring my entire body and mind to observe carefully the manifestation of the mountain, the river, the vegetation, the cloud and water. I do not see the emptiness and yet I thoroughly understand it. That means entering into the mountain, river and earth element to observe and understand the natural manifestation of all dharma, but I do not see myself in it, but understand the mutual transformation, which naturally produces the whole of nature. That is the enlightened form of all dharma.

The origin of all things depends upon how to combine and transform. Reaching the truly entire knowledge I am no longer myself. I and the nature, the mountain, the river, the vegetation, the sky and the cloud are into one. Hence, I witness in reality the physical nature of all dharma naturally manifest so.

The mountain, the river, the globe, the vegetation, and the total of things naturally manifest, this manifestation belongs to the physical nature which naturally transforms, spontaneously transforms, by itself. It harmonizes with all living creatures and four species naturally to manifest without discrimination.