2.- Five Aggregates

Topic: Lecture number 2 (two)

Five Aggregates

Author: MINH DANG QUANG

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(By version, published in 1993)

Editing and translating into English, this student: LE DUC HUYEN

Translator

(Pages 22-37) 

I. Five aggregates or five-warm

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     The five aggregates are also read as: "five warms", which are the five dharmas in the universe. Every single thing in this world, whether it has a form or even has no form, belongs to the details of the five aggregates. Those five dharmas are: ☑

• 1. Form-aggregates (forms, bodies)
• 2. Life-aggregates (feelings like to accept)
• 3. The aggregate of perception (thought or imagination); 
• 4. Action-aggregates (acts, ie, jobs); 
• 5. Consciousness-aggregates (intellectual distinction)
• Refer: Skandha; => The five aggregates or heaps of clinging are:

1. form (or material image, impression) (rupa)

2. sensations (or feelings, received from form) (vedana)

3. perceptions (samjna)

4. a mental activity or formations (sankhara)

5. consciousness (vijnana).[5][6][7]

     The word "aggregate" is concise and contains groups, aggregates, and blocks as big as treasures.

      The word "warm" is a cover, a vast body that covers (the same meaning as the word aggregate).

     The five aggregates or five warms come out: are dependent on each other, by this and that dharma. Like earth, water, fire, wind: hot and cold, fusion that gives birth to feelings. The feeling is the warmth of the four elements, so it is called a warm feeling, and the four elements are: warm color. Life warm blend, with the warm color of the four elements, that gives birth to: warm idea. Thought of warm blend, with warm color, warm feeling, but born: warm consciousness. So the five warms are born of each other, because warmth is the arising between this and that. ☑

       The Five Wounds are the common Truth of the universe and all things, the birth and transformation, the result of the Dharmas.

       There is nothing but the five warm, for it is the birth of all things, just as there is water, there is flour, which is then made into bread. Warm or aggregate this is bread, which is also water and flour. Or rather, "birth, accomplishment", that is: there is flour, there is water, there is bread. Water, flour, and bread are all in the birth, the accomplishment. Therefore, it is said that the five aggregates or five warms are the five dharmas in the world of the universe and all things. Because everywhere in the world, the universe and all things, everywhere is in a large, concise, grouped, aggregated, concealed body: covering everything! ☑

II. Condition of form-aggregates

        The aggregate of form means everything that has form in the world, such as: earth, water, fire, wind, globe, all things, living beings, all kinds of things...There is earth, water, fire, and wind, and there is a globe. So want to know where the globe comes from? Where do earth, water, fire, and wind come from? We should consider the cause and effect of the aggregates of form! ☑

____ Where does the aggregate of form come from?

____ Form-aggregates inherent in space, emptiness are the irregular changes of the globe, when it floats, when it collapses* (see the Cosmic view again). The aggregate of form has no cause and effect, because it is something that has no head and no tail, so naturally! It can also be said that the earth was formerly a cause, and after its dissolution, it was a condition. Some conditions give birth to form-aggregates, which are the present earth globe. Having the aggregate of form is having the globe, earth, water, fire, and wind, which is the origin of all things (form aggregates).

III. Form-aggregates to life-aggregates

          Soil and water are inherently viable. Over time, the soil produces resin like a white thread, is sweet, and after a long time turns into roots, grass (and animals). Water-borne water hyacinth, seaweed, thick, long, also turn into roots, grass, and animals. Grass and trees already have a pretty good life, this living knowledge is called feeling...; (The meaning of the word feeling is the times of self-induction or being touched, receiving feelings of others breeds.) Small trees feel very weak, big trees live for many years, feel old, like we see big trees or have god-life [24]. Many people think they are ghosts or gods. Due to long life: concise (life-aggregates). ☑

IV. Life-aggregates to perception-aggregates

       Trees live for many years of feeling old and practicing times, imagining. The imaginary mass makes the soul weak (feeling stronger). The soul already has should be incarnated with a very strong thought that depicts animals, becoming beasts. Animals have thoughts, or imaginations, and lifelong lives. That thought, the older it gets, the more wisdom it contains. It had a real soul. At this point, the thought has grown old thanks to the long-term containment of the group (perception-aggregation).

V. Thought-aggregates to act-aggregates

       Animals live for many years, thinking old, but practicing times behavior. The act of making the foolish soul weak (imagining), gradually becoming wise and firm, the soul has become wise and firm, so it is conceived by the aggregates of formations, practicing the human form. People who live together in the world, through their actions that are skillful and wise, gradually evolve: surpassing! The longer life is, the more stable the behavior through experience, the wiser the soul. It is the behavior that has reached the highest level, the culmination, thanks to many lifetimes, full collection (action-aggregates). ☑

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Verses: Animal Imagination

monkey

• 1. Thoughts  come from all animals,
• Wild forests gather and live in groups
• Where the old forest was a cave,
• Covered by grass and trees, golden sunshine: shine!
• 2. Love them for their little memory,
• Eyes to distinguish dreams and smiles.
• Which is monkey, ape, orangutan,
• The pig put its nose and smelled the smell: recognize it!

chicken

• 3. The mountain chicken flies back and forth,
• The peacock spreads its left wing, showing off its feathers.
• Color! brilliant rainbow,
• The stream rings, the water flows, the dragon: rain!;
• 4. He has just returned to visit the old mountain,
• Mountains overlap: medium, low, high.

Yellow deer, bewildered somewhere,

The cat touched with, like hello: visit!

• 5. Its eyes look deep and cunning,
• "If the ant: authority is alive.
• Mankind's law is wide: how many?
• The elephant carries a heavy load, sighs: relief!
• 6. Without the owner, shrimp tails: chickens grow?
• The buffalo plows hard and suffers.

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The wings of storks wade through the reed bank, find the snapping fish, and meet each other vaguely.

• 7. Waving the tail of a foolish horse: waving,
•  Tears overflowed to see, but pity.
• Stairs, high and low, fields,
• Eagle with wings, in the direction: which sky?
• 8. They also have a desire to live,
• Lovebirds swim lightly: rivers, ponds, lakes.
• The cow eats the grass naively,
• Carrying the body of an animal, ambiguous*: is it stupid?
• 9. The turtle is the root cultivator for many lifetimes!
•  Carrying the body is an animal: karma goes forward.
• Gradual enlightenment: repay,
• The sacred sword returns, sustaining mountains and rivers! 
• 10. Forerunners, juniors, broad-minded,
• People: consciousness, belief, right faith.
• All the animals cried out: Shut up?
• Suffering pain, begging: human!

Novice

11.

Struggling for survival, lazy to think,

Humans, like monkeys, were out? 

Go back in time to investigate,

Does anyone have proof that, turns out to be a human!

12. It is a hypothesis: support your evil heart,

Compare people with different mindsets!

Human beings have compassion,

The same is charity, compare: true, more.

• 13. Who is enlightened, the source of understanding, knowing,
• Between the two sides, distinguish the solution.
• Sincere repentance: what sin?
• The animal is thought, despite disagreement!
• 14. I sincerely look up to the Buddha land,
• Avalokitesvara saves suffering: hearing loss.
• Amitabha Buddha demonstrated,
• Super birth pure land: ... because I have unjustly exploited!
• Namo Amitabha Buddha!
• Translator - THICH TAM DANG 

VI. The action-aggregate to consciousness-aggregates;

         People live many years old, the behavior has aged experience that birth wisdom. The intellectual aptitude, which is the old knowing, makes the soul evolve even more to the level of Super-human (who is superior to the human race), also called Heaven. From ordinary life to the superman class, one has to go through a long way of knowledge, that is, the knowing to distinguish, the knowing to distinguish is not only obtained in a lifetime. Through thousands of thousands of millions of kalpas, that new knowledge becomes more and more old, solidly gathered into a huge block like a treasure (consciousness-aggregation). ☑ 

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VII.- Consciousness Aggregates to Enlightenment: 

     Heaven lives a long time, intellectual: intelligent and lucid, reaching enlightenment, is enlightenment where escape from the mundane. True mind without hope, enlightened nature, not deluded, is often called Buddha. ☑

     The Buddha is the one who is all-enlightened, all-righteous, all-good-willed, all-beautiful, all-powerful, all-wise, all-virtuous, and all-human. After completing the task of teaching (passing the class of God), it is time to rest, succeed, and complete. ✔☑ 

VIII. Five Aggregates to Five Paths

The new child's body in the womb is the aggregate of form.

         At birth is the aggregate of life.

         Reaching the age of six is ​​the idea.

         When twelve years old, the behavior.

         About thirty years old is awake.

        (Forty-eight years old is enlightenment).

Hell is the four elements, or the body in the womb, which has form. (shape)

A hungry ghost is a plant, or a newborn child, with the aggregate of a life span.

Animals are all kinds of animals, or six-year-old children, with the aggregate of perception. (tri giác; sense)

Humanity is a person, or a small person, with an action.

The Devas are gods, or adults, with consciousness.

Reference: Inferred: an adult citizen, 18 years of age or older, is called "awake". Buddha, or the old man, forty-eight years old, enlightened. ).

a.- Hell: Scene of a child, sitting in his mother's womb, enveloping the fetus like the sheath of a seed, the skin of the mother's womb like the earth. In it, thanks to the warmth, the image takes shape. At first, like a sleeping person who has no knowledge, then, because of external disturbances, which is the practice of dharma, new consciousness arises. The new consciousness is feeling; there is a new feeling out, as well as those suffocating in search of light, overcoming the place of ignorance and delusion (hell).

b.- Ghoul:  When a child is born, he only knows how to eat and drink, just like grass grows, he only knows hunger and thirst, asking for food and water, and the root of greed. (ngạ quỉ; goul).

c.- Animals:  Six-year-old children play in the dirt and play in the mud, preferring dust like animals; more naughty, destructive, aggressive, greedy to cause, root anger (animals).

     These three classes are in evil without knowing it themselves, living by harming others around, and still not knowing. Like a plant born from the earth and water, and then eats the soil and water to live, how is it like a child who lives by the mother's body and eats the mother's flesh and blood? The child who takes the mother's blood and flesh as a body (hell) is born and then sucks again, eats the mother's blood and flesh, adding cravings like a hungry ghost (ghoul). ☑

           When I was six years old, I stopped killing my mother. I came to the age of playing, destroying, causing trouble, to harming my father and grandfather (animals) ☑

That's because only the physical body is like hell, the sensations like hungry ghosts, and the thoughts like animals! We shouldn't blame those who don't have this complete understanding, because everyone goes through these stages of evolution. We ourselves have each gone through these three evil stages: we were in the suffocating realm of the womb hell (form), then progressed to the hungry ghost realm of craving (feeling), and then ascended to the mischievous and destructive realm of animals (thought). But gradually we will reach the good of the human stage (action). Heaven (consciousness) forgives and helps many others. We help others, and we help others in return. Everyone is born from the same parents and must rely on that original birthplace for a while. Later, we learn to take care of ourselves and repay our parents' kindness by helping and raising others.

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d. - Humanity, Person

At the age of twelve, if one does not do evil, forgives parents, does not kill, has a narrow-minded compassion, earns a living independently, helps the family, and gradually learns to care for relatives. If one practices vegetarianism, reduces the number of animals killed, begins to crave material things, and focuses more on oneself, then one is called a small person (humanity).

e. - Heaven, God

Around the age of thirty, with a broad and generous heart, one is called a mature person, associating with people, living in society, and knowing how to love one's fellow human beings. Speaking of great things, doing great things, one's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind all conform to great principles and goodness. Forgetting oneself to care for the world, helping those below one's level, whether near or far, one's children and wife, or even an entire nation. Noble and magnanimous, setting oneself above others, one is called God. Living with the spirit that husband and wife, after a long time, are like friends, helping each other is considered a duty. Understanding the truth, knowing what is good, possessing wisdom, practicing vegetarianism, releasing animals, valuing the lives of both humans and animals, one's benevolence is already vast (heaven).

f.- Buddha

Over forty-eight years old, having attained enlightenment, with pure six senses, compassionate and wise, living in purity, knowing the true experience of impermanence, suffering, and non-self. Specializing in teaching goodness to children, with dignified conduct and complete enlightenment; unlike adults and children, transcending the pursuit of material evil and good; only speaking of the Dharma, not caring about hunger or satiety, eating whatever is available. Eating only one meal a day to nourish the true nature of the mind, free from worldly concerns. Willing to bury or kill as one pleases. Loving all sentient beings. Treating grass, animals, and humans equally, following the principle of oneness, living in the world to receive golden words. Not living for oneself, clearly understanding birth, old age, sickness, and death, joy and suffering, and having no desires.

g.- Over sixty years old, no longer traveling, settling in one place of retirement, ceasing to teach, resting in true tranquility. With wisdom and a complete mind, this is called the bright and silent Nirvana. Like a dried lotus seed, preserved for eternity, it is eternal and indestructible.

IX. FROM THE FIVE AGGREGATES TO TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT

Form is the physical body (hell).

Feeling (hungry ghosts)

Perception (animals) is the mundane mind.

Voluntary actions (humans)

Consciousness is the mundane intellect (heaven).

Finally, there is enlightenment, which is the true nature, or mind, of the Buddhas. Within enlightenment are already contained the five aggregates. Each aggregate contains the influence of the other four and enlightenment. Just as a young coconut has a shell (object, body), a mature coconut has flesh (mind), and an old coconut has a seed (sprout), the shell, flesh, and kernel all gradually disappear (mind).

Thus, within the hidden shell (mushroom) and flesh of the rice, there is a seed (mushroom); that seed (mushroom) will sprout. The seed (mushroom) contains the essence of the flesh, water, and shell; therefore, it is said that sentient beings have Buddha-nature, and the influence of the Buddha will lead to Buddhahood. It can also be said that sentient beings exist within the Buddha, but because the seed is not sown, it will not grow; however, if it is planted, it will sprout immediately.

Dividing into the five aggregates, clearly defining each boundary for easier distinction, where does enlightenment come from? What is enlightenment? Why does it exist? What is its purpose? In truth, we see that the body gives rise to the mind first, then the intellect gives rise to the nature. When nature exists, nature gives rise to intellect. When the mind exists, the mind gives rise to the body. Thus, from body to nature, from hell to Nirvana, is the path of evolution, or the learning process of sentient beings, also called the Way. From the beginning of ignorance to the end of enlightenment is attaining the Way. There, only knowing exists. From not knowing to complete knowing. From stillness to movement, and then to rest, the seed, or the certain self, remains.

X. THE FIVE AGGREGATES ARE TOO EXCESSIVE, CAUSING SUFFERING FOR LIVING BEINGS

Living in this present world around us, everything seems to tempt us, drawing us into an endless cycle of desires. Behold, magnificent mansions and palaces, beautiful and smooth silks and brocades, exquisite and delicious delicacies… all of these urge and draw people into a busy cycle for food, clothing, and shelter. It seems that everyone in the world finds it difficult to resist these three things once they have a physical body. Moreover, with the brilliant achievements of material civilization and machinery, today, everywhere is overflowing with material goods, catering to the boundless desires and cravings of humankind.

With all those tangible things, once they become too prevalent, we develop desires, feelings of pleasure, imagination, and thoughts of how to acquire them, giving rise to actions stemming from deluded consciousness. Then we are trapped in this cycle, suffering when we don't obtain them, suffering when we have them, and suffering even more when we lose them.

The five aggregates, the source of "suffering", have two dharmas: objective and subjective. (Page 29) As mentioned above, the five aggregates are merely external objects that invade us and cause suffering, but internally, there is also a subjective element that receives those external objects. Because we have a physical body, we have feelings, thoughts, actions, and consciousness (delusion) that receive external physical forms, which then give rise to feelings, thoughts, actions, and consciousness (delusion). It is also because of delusion that we have actions, because of actions we have thoughts, because of thoughts we have feelings, and because of feelings we have a physical body. Thus, we are trapped in the machine of the five aggregates, spinning and swirling in a chaotic mess, suffering. To eliminate suffering, we must eliminate the five aggregates, that is, to have no more of them, to have nothing at all. The absence of the five aggregates is called true enlightenment, because the existence of the five aggregates is inherently delusion.

XI. THE ESSENCE OF ERADICATING THE FIVE AGGREGATES

Because of the physical body, sensation arises after a long time.

Because of sensation, thought arises after a long time.

Because of thought, action arises after a long time.

Because of action, consciousness arises after a long time.

Because of consciousness, enlightenment arises after a long time.

When enlightenment arises, there is no longer consciousness, action, thought, sensation, or physical body.

Without the physical body, where is sensation?

Without sensation, where is thought?

Without thought, where is action?

Without action, where is consciousness?

Without consciousness, where is enlightenment?

True enlightenment is the principle of emptiness, or it can also be said: the absence of consciousness is what is called true enlightenment. At this point, there is no longer delusion in illusory phenomena, so where is willpower and suffering?

To attain true enlightenment, one must eliminate consciousness.

To be free from consciousness, one must abandon actions.

To be free from actions, one must cease thinking.

To be free from thoughts, one must cease sensations.

To be free from sensations, one must be free from the physical body.

This means considering the physical body as nonexistent, or as dead, ending delusion and attachment, ending reincarnation, and never being reborn. True enlightenment is complete peace and joy, free from suffering, the highest and most distant realm for sentient beings, and also the state of no return.

The five aggregates are also the ladder or level, the stage of evolution for sentient beings, in which suffering is the wind that carries them upwards. Reaching the ultimate joy is Buddhahood, Nirvana, or the ultimate goal of sentient beings. Therefore, suffering is evolution, a lesson that leads from the material to the spiritual.

XII. THE FIVE AGGREGATES: IF LOST, LIVING BEINGS GO MAD

The five aggregates are the conditions for the evolution of living beings, from earth, water, fire, and wind to plants, animals, humans, gods, and ultimately, Buddhas. Therefore, it is said: The five aggregates are like a body: Consciousness is the head, volitions are the hands, perception is the chest, feeling is the stomach, and form is the feet; all five elements form one body. There are three kinds of bodies:

Evil form, evil feeling, evil perception, evil volitions, evil consciousness—this is a black body (hell).

Good form, good feeling, good perception, good volitions, good consciousness—this is a white body (hell).

Pure form, pure feeling, pure perception, pure volitions, pure consciousness—this is a pure body (Nirvana).

Purity is purity, renunciation, liberation, enlightenment, and true reality, free from the defilements of the world.

Furthermore, the five aggregates can be likened to a house: Consciousness is the roof, volitions are the four walls, perception is the objects, feeling is the storehouse, form is the floor, and enlightenment is the owner of the house, free and peaceful; or delusion is the prisoner, confined to suffer punishment. Delusion leads to a cycle of suffering in hell and heaven. Enlightenment leads to liberation from the house of the five aggregates, attaining the peace and joy of Nirvana. Nirvana is like leaving school after passing an exam and completing one's studies. Samsara is like someone still learning, still weary, just entering school, just moving up a grade. (We only understand this to clarify the path; Nirvana is not something you can reach in a single leap. If we are still at a lower level, we should understand this to strive and find peace of mind; sooner or later, depending on our determination, we will reach it.)

Our path is long. The four elements give rise to life; no one wants to deny it. But once we have life and knowledge, joy is greater than suffering. The joy of the Dharma is more eternal than the joy of goodness. The joy of goodness is lighter and higher than the joy of evil. The joy of evil and material things is the root of suffering, sorrow, and calamity. Therefore, we should trample on evil as the earth and embrace goodness as the heavens, walking on the path of truth taught by the Buddhas and saints. Only then can we be sure of reaching eternal Nirvana.

Conversely, the Avici hell is a place of annihilation, the realm of those who suffer so much that they go mad. Suffering will destroy consciousness and intellect, and further suffering will destroy sensation.

Like a person who goes mad, initially losing consciousness and intellect, like a child playing with another child. Next, losing actions like an animal playing with another animal, then losing thought, like a plant in a thicket. Finally, sensation ceases, leaving only a lifeless physical body, and when the physical body dies, the earth and water crumble. This is because, by losing the five aggregates, a person is annihilated. Destruction by suffering, suffering arises from the root of evil. Evil is the worm's egg, suffering is the worm, gnawing away at and killing knowledge; life is the branch of the five aggregates.

It seems we all have the germ of suffering within us, so we must catch it, correct it, and nurture the plant to bear fruit for life. Suffering is death, joy is eternal life; evil is a deadly disease, goodness is the cure.

To make the physical body friendly, one must consider it as nonexistent.

When the physical body is nonexistent, sensations are peaceful and joyful.

When sensations are peaceful and joyful, thoughts become mysterious.

When thoughts are mysterious, actions become miraculous.

When actions become miraculous, consciousness becomes enlightened.

When consciousness becomes enlightened, true reality is awakened.

The physical body is evil because it is considered as existing.

When the physical body exists, sensations are troubled and painful.

When sensations are troubled and painful, thoughts are ineffective.

When thoughts are ineffective, actions are materialistic.

When actions are materialistic, consciousness becomes obscured.

When consciousness is clouded, delusion and delusion arise, losing sight of truth and falsehood, past and present, above and below... Living blindly, recklessly letting desires drag and pull one along, thus shame and glory, gain and loss, suffering and joy are like winds, tossing and turning, the mind in turmoil. Then, life and death, coming and going, gain and loss, existence and non-existence, are left to the whims of impermanence, perpetually punished in one place, endlessly reincarnated in one place—not to mention the backwardness, hundreds of lifetimes, thousands of generations without any hope of progress!

XIII. THE CULTIVATION OF THE FIVE AGGREGATES:

From the moment an earth explodes, and its fire dies out, only a thick, lumpy layer remains. Over time, the heavy matter settles down as earth, above which is water, and above that is vapor. The earth is heavy, dense, and thick; over time, it heats up and ignites fire. The fire burns strongly, and the water and earth swirl together to form bubbles, called glass. Later, earth rises to the surface, called the Earth.

The universe contains countless Earths, too many to count, because some rise, some dissolve, and then disperse. The universe is ignorance or nothingness, unknown; it is a vast, dark, and silent realm. Because of the Earth, there is the sun and the moon; without it, there would be nothingness.

Earth, water, fire, and wind are within nothingness, thus becoming relative truth. Therefore, the existence and non-existence are endlessly debated; the causal conditions of creation and transformation are later; initially, we only speak of nature, that nature inherently contains both NOTHINGNESS and EXISTENCE.

The five aggregates originate from the four elements of the Earth, clearly revealing the truth before our eyes. But beyond the four elements, it is too distant; even if we were to discuss it, it would only make it more difficult to understand.

We only know that: Life in the universe, the Earth, is the five aggregates, and our body, a living entity in the universe, also possesses all five aggregates without error. We have physical form, feelings, thoughts, actions, and consciousness. Therefore, let us consider the good and evil aspects of the five aggregates:

Evil physical body gives rise to killing.

Evil sensations give rise to theft.

Evil thoughts give rise to adultery.

Evil actions give rise to false speech.

Evil consciousness gives rise to drinking alcohol.

These are five harmful things to avoid, because evil is like a worm that is born in a tree and then eats and kills it. Whichever branch it is born on, that branch will die first, and eventually the whole tree will die.

Killing leads to the death of the physical body.

Stealing leads to the death of sensations.

Adultery leads to the death of thoughts.

False speech leads to the death of actions.

Drinking alcohol leads to the loss of consciousness.

Therefore, those who wish to sustain life must nurture the five aggregates to give rise to true enlightenment, like planting a tree to bear fruit.

A good physical body gives rise to compassion.

Good sensations give rise to kindness and gratitude.

Good thoughts give rise to politeness.

Good actions give rise to trust and honesty.

Good consciousness gives rise to wisdom.

Wisdom then yields true results; good is life, evil is death.

Compassion nourishes the physical body.

Gratitude nourishes feelings.

Politeness nourishes thoughts.

Trust and sincerity nourish actions.

Wisdom nourishes consciousness.

Only with consciousness can one attain true enlightenment. Only after enlightenment can one know the true nature of reality. To attain the true nature of reality, one must constantly be enlightened. This is the concise method of practice; whoever practices in this way will clearly see liberation, because the cessation of greed, hatred, and delusion is the cessation of suffering, and the absence of suffering is the path.

XIV. THE FIVE AGGREGATES OF THE TIMES

The world today exists because of the five aggregates. Like a person, traveling from their peaceful and tranquil homeland to another civilized land, seeing all sorts of sophisticated and ingenious machines and inventions, such as towering buildings reaching the sky, cars that move without being pushed, and boats that cross the sea without rowing. People can fly in the air or dive underwater, using airplanes, submarines, etc. Each object of FORM is strange and wondrous, causing people to experience FEELINGS of delight and admiration. Upon returning home, they constantly remember and IMAGINE, then begin to CREATE  and develop. The more experience and skill they gain, the more their CONSCIOUSNESS expands, and the more they distinguish. Because of this discriminating consciousness, they become attached and infatuated, giving rise to deluded thoughts and desires, to the point of forgetting the path of morality. The misuse of technology to satisfy unjust ambitions breeds resentment and anger, causing two opposing forces to clash, war to break out, and suffering to spread everywhere. After the war and suffering, people finally awaken, abandoning their intellect, reaching true reality, free from delusion; also known as ceasing all delusion. That is, only when people learn and gain experience do they realize the futility and irrationality of their own actions. Only then do they see the necessity of goodness and the most precious thing: cultivating true enlightenment. At that point, spiritual practice naturally unfolds.

XV. THE TRUTH OF THE FIVE AGGREGATES

Regarding the theory of the five aggregates, it is essential for our understanding, because only after understanding can we practice according to the truth. The practice is very natural and can improve our lives if we recognize that life still has some shortcomings. Through study, we will find that the five aggregates have many different aspects, almost contradictory, such as the theory of the five aggregates of the universe, from the newly formed Earth, the birth of land, water, grass, trees, and animals, and their evolution to humans, gods, and Buddhas… The theory of the five aggregates of a human life, from the time in the womb to birth, sequentially according to the stages of the physical body's evolution…

The human theory of the five aggregates, from the beginning of deluded consciousness to the appearance of a physical body, or from the gradual development of physical form to consciousness and wisdom; the theory of the five aggregates, based on deluded phenomena, accepts form, feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness through delusion and suffering. The theory of the five aggregates divides phenomena into two: existence and non-existence, good and evil, enlightenment and delusion, great and small, body and mind, subject and object... The theory of principles is inherently endless; therefore, the five aggregates must be separated into different categories of doctrines, but ultimately they all stem from the truth: "To enable people to quickly attain enlightenment." Once enlightened, people find a peaceful and joyful way of life, free from suffering and delusion, from clinging to the world as real and their own body as real.

The true meaning of the two words "true nature" is that "true" means not false, it is natural; "truth" means principle, the natural truth. True nature is the original, fundamental source. If we are suffering and distressed, but understand the natural truth, then suffering will end.

Goodness and righteousness lead to nature, "True Nature." Neither evil nor wickedness leads to nature, "True Nature." Even the ignorant in Nirvana find peace and joy! The enlightened in the cycle of rebirth also find peace and joy. So, whatever happens, happens; it is enough to simply know the natural "True Nature." (Chơn Như)

There is good, there is proper also to nature, "Truth as" not evil, not wrong, nor to nature, "Truth as". Dark guys in Nirvana also: peace and happiness! The light in reincarnation is still fun. So whatever, well done, just to know the nature, "Truth as" is adequate.

IN SUMMARY, Living beings are born from the warmth of the body, arising from causes and conditions; one thing gives rise to another. "Existence" gives rise to "existence" only; there is union and separation. The more the "Four Elements" revolve, the more all things transform, taking a very long time to achieve: a human body, which is very difficult to obtain; whoever lives according to the truth will experience complete joy and life, reaching Nirvana: not a single lifetime without error.

So we must quickly come to true enlightenment, that's all! 

     

 Patriarch: Minh Dang Quang

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Tham khảo; Refer: Phần mềm Dịch tiếng Anh & Từ điển; English Translation Software & Dictionary: https://vikitranslator.com/; Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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The following is a direct quote (Page 70) from the book *I Ching and Prediction*:

___ The German mathematician (Lepbunixt) based his invention of the computer on the Chinese Eight Trigrams, shaking the scientific world, and is therefore called the "mother" of the computer.

___ Medicine, thanks to this *I Ching* book, has reorganized the genetic system for more accurate genetic analysis.

___ I was lucky to have my fifth uncle teach me from the first grade. And I have passed through four translated versions of it by four different authors.

___ I am deeply saddened by the prisoners who practiced fortune telling. They were imprisoned one after another from 1975 to 1986.

___ The book has been translated into over 100 different languages.

 LÊ ĐỨC HUYẾN (Fortune Teller)

Source #ceocali and #dinhemo

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Link : Ánh Nhiên Đăng;

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Is the difference in political issues due to ideological or policy differences? Presenter Le Duc Huyen, please give a brief opinion.

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Analysis of the Difference Between Political Ideology and Policy

1. Political Ideology

Political ideology is a system of concepts, beliefs, values, theories, and long-term goals pursued by an individual, group, or political party. It is general, abstract, and directional.

Nature: It is the "goal" that society/nation strives for (e.g., Socialism, Democracy, Individual Freedom, etc.).

Scope: Broad, influencing perceptions and views on how society is organized, power, and human nature.

Characteristics: Philosophical, theoretical, and forms the basis for specific solutions.

2. Policy

A policy is a specific decision, action, or rule that a state (or organization) makes to address a practical problem or achieve a specific goal within a certain timeframe. It is specific, practical, and enforceable.

Nature: It is a specific "path" or "means" to implement an idea (e.g., Education Law, tax policy, election regulations).

Scope: Narrower, focusing on specific areas or issues (economic, social, foreign affairs).

Characteristics: Normative, measurable, and its effectiveness can be evaluated.

LE DUC HUYEN (Pre-1975 materials from the Student Executive Committee of Cuong De High School)

Source: #ceocali #dinhdemo

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Give me a chance

[Music]

My future, a canvas yet unseen,

Awaiting colors, vibrant and keen.

If only given a single chance,

I'll step forward, in a fearless dance.

_ This heart, though it trembles with doubt,

Will find our courage and let it out.

(Chr.) No longer bound by what might be,

I'll chase the dreams meant for me.

Really? And really? Maybe and maybe.

[Music]

_ The whispers of fear, I'll push aside,

With newfound bravery as my guide.

Each step I take, a bold decree,

My future, a brave reality.

[Music]

#CEO Cali. ##dinhdemo

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Trong đề tài thuyết pháp số 2 về Ngũ Uẩn, loài thú vật đã có tư tưởng. Tư tưởng của loài cầm thú là tưởng nhớ và ghi nhận đồng thời là phân biệt.

___ Ví dụ: Loài chó nó tri nhận ra chủ của nó. Người nuôi dưỡng nó, nó quẩy cái đuôi mừng rỡ và le lưỡi liếm. Nhưng nó nhận ra người lạ vào nhà nó, thì nó sủa gâu gâu!

___ Như vậy tư tưởng mà đem ví sánh với con người. Tư tưởng ông A, tư tưởng bà B vượt trội hơn và tư tưởng ông C lại càng tồi tệ.

KẾT LUẬN: Chúng ta không nên ví sánh một cách sái trật, như nói trên mà thành ra bất kính. Mất tôn trọng là xúc phạm quá đáng! Vậy chúng ta không nên xúc phạm giá trị nhân phẩm của một ai hết!

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Nguồn #CEO Scarlett Johansson 

#dinhdemo 

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In the second sermon topic on the The Five Aggregates, animals already possess thought. The thought of animals is remembrance and recognition, as well as discrimination.

___ For example: A dog recognizes its owner. When it recognizes its caretaker, it wags its tail happily and licks their tongue. But when it recognizes a stranger entering its home, it barks loudly!

___ Thus, when comparing thought to human thoughts, the thoughts of Mr. A and Mrs. B are superior, and the thoughts of Mr. C are even worse.

CONCLUSION: We should not make such inaccurate comparisons as above, which would be disrespectful. A lack of respect is an outrageous insult! Therefore, we should not insult the human dignity of anyone!

./. (End)

Source #CEO Scarlett Johansson

FROM : #dinhdemo sent to Scarlett Johansson SeriouslyScarlett 

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VOCA.

...inacurate /inˈakyərət/ adj. không chính xác; sái trật.; 

___ Not innacurate that means false or inaccurate descriptions of goods.

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