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BÁO PHỤ
MẪU ÂN CHÚ
NAM-MÔ MẬT
LẬT ĐA ĐÁ BÀ DẠ TÁ HA.
(7 LẦN)
NAM-MÔ
ĐẠI-HIẾU MỤC-KIỀN-LIÊN BỒ-TÁT
(3 LẦN)
The Buddha Speaks the Ullambana Sutra
Thus I have
heard, at one time, the Buddha dwelt at Shravasti in the Garden of the
Benefactor of Orphans and the Solitary. Mahamaudgalyayana had just obtained the
six penetrations and wished to cross over his father and mother to repay their
kindness for raising him. Thus, using his Way Eye, he regarded the world and
saw that his deceased mother had been born among the hungry ghosts. Having
neither food nor drink, she was but skin and bones.
Mahamaudgalyayana
felt deep pity and sadness, filled a bowl with food, and went to provide for
his mother. She got the bowl, screened it with her left hand, and with her
right hand made a fist of food. But before it entered her mouth, it turned into
burning coals which could not be eaten. Mahamaudgalyayana called out and wept
sorrowfully, and hastened to return to the Buddha to set forth all of this.
The
Buddha said, "Your mother's offenses are deep and firmly rooted. You alone
do not have enough power. Although your filial sounds move heaven and earth,
the heaven spirits, the earth spirits, twisted demons, and those outside the
way, Brahmans, and the Four Heavenly King Gods are also without sufficient
strength. The awesome spiritual power of the assembled Sangha of the ten
directions is necessary for liberation to be attained. I shall now speak a
Dharma of rescue which causes all those in difficulty to leave worry and
suffering, and to eradicate obstacles from offenses.
"The
Buddha told Maudgalyayana, "The fifteenth day of the seventh month is the
Pravarana Day for the assembled Sangha of the ten directions. For the sake of
fathers and mothers of seven generations past, as well as for fathers and
mothers of the present who are in distress, you should prepare an offering of
clean basins full of hundreds of flavors and the five fruits, and other
offerings of incense, oil, lamps, candles, beds, and bedding, all the best of
the world, to the greatly virtuous assembled Sangha of the ten directions.
"On
that day, all the holy assembly, whether in the mountains practicing dhyana
samadhi, or obtaining the four fruits of the Way, or walking beneath trees, or
using the independence of the six penetrations to teach and transform Sound
Hearers and Those Enlightened to Conditions, or provisionally manifesting as
Bhikshus when in fact they are Great Bodhisattvas on the Tenth Ground--all complete
with pure precepts and ocean-like virtue of the holy Way--should gather in a
great assembly and all of like mind receive the Pravarana food.
"If
one thus makes offerings to these Pravarana Sanghans, one's present father and
mother, parents of seven generations past, as well as the six kinds of close
relatives will escape from the three paths of suffering, and at that time
attain release. Their clothing and food will spontaneously appear. If the parents
are still alive, they will have wealth and blessings for a hundred years.
Parents of seven generations past will be born in the heavens.
Transformationally born, they will independently enter the celestial flower
light, and experience limitless bliss."
At
that time the Buddha commanded the assembled Sangha of the ten directions to
recite mantras and vows for the sake of the donor's family, for parents of
seven generations. After practicing dhyana concentration, the Sangha accepted
the food. When they first received the basin, they placed it before the Buddha
in the stupa. When the assembled Sangha had finished the mantras and vows they
received the food.
At
that time the Bhikshu Maudgalyayana and the assembly of Great Bodhisattvas were
all extremely delighted and the sorrowful sound of Maudgalyayana's crying
ceased. At that time Maudgalyayana's mother obtained liberation from one kalpa
of suffering as a hungry ghost. Maudgalyayana addressed the Buddha and said,
"This disciple's parents have received the power of the merit and virtue
of the Triple Jewel, because of the awesome spiritual power of the assembled
Sangha. If in the future the Buddha's disciples practice filiality by offerings
up the Ullambana basins, will they be able to cross over their present fathers
and mothers as well us those of seven generations past?"
The
Buddha replied "Good indeed! I am happy you asked that question. I just
wanted to speak about that and now you have also asked about it. Good man, if
Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, kings, crown princes, great ministers, great officials,
cabinet members, the hundred ministers, and the tens of thousands of citizens
wish to practice compassionate filial conduct, for the sake of the parents who
bore them, as well as for the sake of fathers and mothers of seven lives past,
on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the day of the Buddha's Delight, the
day of the Sangha's Pravarana, they all should place hundreds of flavors of
foods in the Ullambana basins, and offer them to the Pravarana Sangha of the ten
directions. They should vow to cause the length of their present fathers' and
mothers' lives to reach a hundred years without illnesses, without sufferings,
afflictions, or worries, and also vow to cause seven generations of fathers and
mothers to leave the sufferings of the hungry ghosts, to be born among humans
and gods, and to have blessings and bliss without limit."
The
Buddha told all the good men and good women, "Those disciples of the
Buddha who cultivate filial conduct should in thought after thought, constantly
recall their present fathers and mothers when making offerings, as well as the
fathers and mothers of seven lives past, and for their sakes perform the
offering of the Ullambana basin to the Buddha and the Sangha and thus repay the
loving kindness of the parents who raised and nourished them."
At
that time the Bhikshu Maudgalyayana and the four-fold assembly of disciples,
hearing what the Buddha said, practiced it with delight.
End of
the Buddha Speaks the Ullambana Sutra.
To explain more clearly,
there are ten types of kindness
bestowed by the mother on the child:
1)
The first is the kindness
of providing protection and care while the child is in the womb.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, chín tháng mười ngày,
cưu mang nặng nhọc.
2)
The second is the kindness
of bearing suffering during the birth.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, khi sinh lúc nở, đau đớn vô cùng.
3)
The third is the kindness
of forgetting all the pain once the child has been born.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, khi sanh lúc nở, quên cả âu lo.
4)
The fourth is the kindness
of eating the bitter herself and saving the sweet for the child.
Nhớ lại công ơn, Mẹ ăn miếng đắng, lại nhả miếng ngon,
dành dụm cho con.
5)
The fifth is the kindness
of moving the child to a dry place and lying in the wet herself.
Nhớ lại công ơn, chỗ ướt Mẹ nằm, chỗ ráo xê con.
6)
The sixth is the kindness
of suckling the child at her breast and nourishing and bringing up the child.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, ba năm bú mớm, nuôi nấng thuốc thang, trong
khi sài đẹn.
7)
The seventh is the
kindness of washing away the unclean.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, giặt diệm hong phơi áo quần dơ dáy, ô uế tanh hôi mẹ đành cam chịu.
8)
The eighth is the kindness
of always thinking of the child when it has travelled far.
Nhớ ơn Mẹ ta, khi đi đâu xa, vì thương nhớ con, trong lòng
cầy cậy, một phút chẳng ngơi.
9)
The ninth is the kindness
of deep care and devotion.
Nhớ công ơn Mẹ, vì sanh nuôi con, mà mẹ cam lòng tạo bao
nhiêu ác nghiệp.
9.- Ẩn tu nhớ đến đức sanh thành
Lắm lúc vì con chẳng tạo lành
Con lớn Mẹ Cha oằn gánh nghiệp
Bảo châu đền đáp cũng mong manh !
10.- Ẩn tu nguyện trả nghĩa song đường
Hồi hướng công phu mỗi khoá thường
Lại khuyến nghiêm-từ tâm đạo phát
Nương thuyền Phật huệ đến Tây-phương.
BÁO PHỤ MẪU ÂN CHÚ
NAM-MÔ MẬT LẬT ĐA ĐÁ BÀ DẠ TÁ HA.
10) The tenth is the kindness of ultimate pity and sympathy.
Nhớ công ơn Mẹ, lòng rất thương con, trọn đời yêu dấu, không phút nào ngơi.
Celebration of Ullambana
Lễ Vu Lan
Ullambana is
the day for helping those beings who are suffering so that they can obtain
liberation.
The
Venerable Mahamaudgalyayana, one of the great disciples of the Buddha, was
foremost in spiritual powers. When he obtained the six spiritual penetrations,
he searched for his departed mother. He discovered that she had fallen into the
hells. Although the Venerable Maudgalyayana had great spiritual powers, he
could not save his mother. Thereupon he knelt before his teacher, the Buddha,
and beseeched the World Honored One to help.
The
Buddha explained that his mother was suffering in the hells because of her deep
offenses and so the Venerable Maudgalyayana must rely on the united strength of
the Sangha of the ten directions in order to save his mother.
The
Buddha said, “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you should make an
offering of the finest vegetarian foods and drinks and offer it to the Buddha
and the Sangha. By making this offering, the Way-virtue of the high Sanghans of
the ten directions will then be able to save your mother.”
The
Venerable Mahamaudgalyayana did as the Buddha had instructed. Due to the
strength of the greatly virtuous ones of the ten directions, his mother was
reborn in the heavens. Since then, the Ullambana festival has become an annual
Buddhist celebration and a day upon which anyone can rescue his or her parents
of seven lives past.
The
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua taught:
"No
teaching is apart from Filiality. Apart from filiality, there is no teaching.
When the limitless lessons under the sky are summarized, it is just this one
lesson. This lesson encompasses limitless learning. Study this lesson to
perfection and other lessons will also be completed."
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