San Lwin - Advanced understanding of the basic concepts of Theravada Buddhism

Namo Tassa Bhagavad Gita Arahant Gita Sammassa Buddha

The basic ideas of Theravada Buddhism

Advanced Understanding First Welcome I had a feeling in my heart about the future of the young Buddhist audience. The essence of that feeling was first expressed in the book “Theravada Foundations Unveiled.” Again

To make this sentiment more clear, I wish that in the future, the young people of today and tomorrow will be able to understand and understand the true meaning of the basic ideas accepted by the Buddhism (Theravada) they believe in. I wish that they will become wise and noble devotees. Only then will the young people's minds appreciate the essence, value and depth of the religion they believe in and will be able to live in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha. They will have more faith in those teachings. Then they will become people who can apply the Dhamma in their lives.

They will come to understand that being a Buddhist is a matter of life. When they understand this,

You will come to know whether you are a uthai or a tihai. Then you will come to understand that your arrival in this world is not without reason, but because there is a reason.

Only when you understand this will you clearly understand the purpose of your life and the purpose of your life.

First, the Buddhist saint Arya Sravaka asked himself the question of what he had come to do in this life.

You have to make an effort. Only by understanding this will you find the goal of life. If young people do not know the goal of life, they will be lost in life. I feel that traditional Buddhists are like those who do not know the goal of life and are wandering aimlessly on the path of life.

In fact, even after finding the path of life, one still needs to be able to walk straight, not crooked. Only when the heart is right will the path be straight. If the heart is not right, the path will be crooked. Sometimes one gets lost and loses one's way. And there are many forks and side roads on the path of life. Then, one who walks the path of life will also need to be able to find the middle path (mizzimapatya).

For Buddhists, karma and fate are inseparable. You should know that pursuing the good life is the path of karma. Only the path of liberation from life and the end of life is the path of wisdom. You should understand the nature of karma and the nature of wisdom differently. Not many people even know the difference between good and bad. I wrote this letter to help young people understand the basic concepts of Theravada.

Understanding the Three Dharmas

I like my father's understanding and belief in the true Buddhism called Theravada. I think it would be more accurate to say that I am impressed than that I like it. Rather than understanding the essence of the Dharma before graduating from the tenth grade, I am more interested in the Dharma after graduating from the tenth grade.

I feel that my understanding of the Lord has become deeper. I took the LCCI exam. I got a diploma in Management Account. Then I wanted to go to a distance learning university. I was inspired by my father's love for the Burmese language and his devotion to Buddhism.

I also studied Burmese as my main subject. I studied Buddhist history, the teachings of the Buddha, and the teachings of the Buddha. At that time, my father had become a monk. Sometimes, when my father (now Phono Phono) came to Yangon for treatment, I would write down the questions I wanted to ask him.

• I have also heard of the Three Great Buddhas.

I have also heard of the Five Nikayas. I asked my disciple, "What is your advice on the three Pitakas?" The three Pitakas are the Vinaya Pitaka, the Sutta Pitaka, and the Abhidhamma.

Many people know it as the Pitakas. However, referring to the unique characteristics of these Pitakas, they can also be divided into (1) three types of teachings, (2) three types of religion, (3) three types of discourses, and (4) three types of morals. They can also be divided into three types of dharma. • My disciple, I have never heard of these terms.

Lord, please explain each of these so that the disciples will understand. Oh Lord... You young people, the foundation of Theravada Buddhism

I want you to understand the teachings in a broad way. This is the monk's generosity. Okay, so I will start with the first three sermons. • Please, my disciples, I will take notes. (My notes

(It's like writing it out.) Write it down in the Wa Aye book. The important thing is

Memorize it in your head and in your heart. • Very well, I will memorize it, O Buddha. The three Vedas are divided into four parts: (1) The Vinaya Pitaka

It is called the discourse of authority. (2) The Sutta Pitaka is called the discourse of vocabulary. (3) The Abhidhamma Pitaka is called the discourse of the Supreme. • I remember the term, sir. The meaning is

Please let me know. 1 The girl asked carefully and understood.

I often ask questions. Good.

• That's right, I want to understand clearly in the minds of the disciples.

God. Don't just remember it in your head, remember it in your heart, that's how it will grow.

I will not forget. The ancients used to recite a Dhamma so that they would not forget it for the rest of their lives. Nowadays, people rely more on records. The monk will explain the three things. • Please, my disciples, I will remember it so that it will be remembered in their hearts.

God.

Good luck. Then the Vinaya Pitaka (Discipline of Authority)

Let me start with the reason. The Vinaya is called the authority sermon. This is the beginning. The Buddha said that if his disciples and monks behaved in a way that was sinful, they should be punished. If they committed such sins, they should be punished. Only the Buddha had the right to make such orders and decrees. The Paccekabuddhas, Aggasavakas, and Mahasavakas did not have the right to make such orders. The Buddha, who was truly an authority, wrote in the Vinaya Pitaka the sins that monks should avoid.

He gave precise instructions on the rules and regulations to be followed with authority. That is why the Vinaya Pitaka is called the authoritative sermon. • I understand clearly, Buddha, the Sutta Pitaka.

What do you mean by "vocabulary sermon"? There is an order, God. 0 Aye... Listen carefully, vocabulary sermon

It is not easy to understand the desire for power. The vocabulary is related to the wisdom and perspective. • The disciple will listen attentively, O Lord.

1 Aye... Don't listen lightly, listen seriously.

Listen carefully. The most important of the teachings that the Buddha discovered and revealed are the Four Noble Truths (the Four Noble Truths). The truth of the world is hidden. • Yes, I have heard of the Four Noble Truths, my disciple.

Buddha. The truth of suffering, the truth of the ocean of suffering, the truth of the cessation of suffering, suffering.

The Noble Truth of the Path

It is not easy to preach in a way that all beings can understand. It is very difficult. Beings are covered by ignorance and craving. We need to have the eyes of wisdom to see that the body we have acquired is the truth of suffering. It is not easy to preach in a clear and concise manner, so that we can clearly understand and see that our attachment to the five bodies is a false view. It is not easy to do so. In order to make the audience understand, we need to preach in such a way that we can use words, phrases, idioms, and sentences that will be understandable to the audience. Only if we can preach in this way will all beings be able to understand this Dhamma. • Yes, sir. Sometimes the body is

I think about the five. I also know that the Dhamma is always corrupt and damaged. No matter how much I cultivate it, no matter how much I indulge in it,

But, he is a pervert, Oh, Na, Thane. Life ends with death. Whatever you do, whatever you seek, whatever you have, on the day of death, nothing has meaning, nothing has value, nothing is in vain, I understand, God. But it's not good.

Knowingly, I cannot find the answer to why I love and cherish this body, no matter how hard I think about it. 1 Oh my God... Yes, every living being cherishes the body. Life

There is a desire to cling. • Why is that, God? In short, it is because of my attachment to the truth, the view of the truth.

It's because I'm not yet pure. The reason I can think and see so much now is because I've read and heard the scriptures of the Buddha. The Buddha is unparalleled in his mastery of words.

Therefore, the Buddha, in the Sutta Pitaka, adorned his discourses with various words and expressions to suit the knowledge of various beings. • Yes, my Lord, the examples given in the Dhammapada are very

That's good, very easy to understand. 1 Yes, the Buddha, who knows the world, is an example.

(When a large number of metaphors are suddenly extracted from the experiences of ordinary people and expressed, the meaning of the Dhamma is clearly perceived and understood by the minds of ordinary beings. That is why this Sutta Pitaka is called the Discourse on Words. • Knowing this one thing, the disciple is precious in his heart.

I feel like I'm going to do it. Next, please explain the meaning of the Paramattha Dhamma. 1 Paramattha Dhamma is the true teachings of the world. English

It is called Absolute reality. The Buddha knew all these true truths, encompassing the entire world. The knowledge he knew in this way is called omniscience. He himself, with this omniscience, understood and understood

The Abhidhamma Pitaka explains and expounds the supreme teachings in a comprehensive and complete manner. That is why the Abhidhamma Pitaka is also called the Supreme Discourse. • Is Abhidhamma the same as the Buddha?

Please also give me the meaning of the meaning of the universe, O Lord. (1 Abhidhamma means Abhi = unique, Dhamma, unique knowledge.)

Remember this as a necessary dharma. Singhaha = sāgaha means, in short, counting. In the Abhidhamma Pitaka

The book that briefly enumerates the Dhamma concepts of mind, body, and Nibbana that have been preached is called the Sangaha Book.

• So the content is the same, right? Wow, the content is helpful. The description is brief and detailed.

It must be said that there is a difference. • The Abhidhamma Pitaka, which is the supreme teaching among the three teachings,

It is more profound, my Lord. Scholars say that the Abhidhamma Pitaka is profound in four ways.

• May the disciples have the right to know, O Buddha. o The wise say that there are four kinds of mysteries in the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

(1) Dhammagambirā = The depth of Pāli vocabulary and expressions (2) Atthāgambirā - The depth of meaning (3) Dhedanagambirā = The depth of the discourse (4) Pati Vedagambirā = The wisdom that can penetrate the meanings of Pāli.

Remember, there are four kinds of depths.

• The disciple remembered, Lord. So the Master ordered:

I remember that he said three kinds of sana, three kinds of sasa, three kinds of katha, three kinds of sikakha. I remember that he said three kinds of sasa. How do you distinguish the three Pitakas from the three kinds of sasa, my lord? To make it easier to remember, (1) the Vinaya Pitaka is the most important.

It is called the religion. (2) The Sutta Pitaka is called the Yathana Loma Sasana. (3) The Abhidhamma Pitaka is called the Yathana Dhamma Sasana. Have you finished? • It is finished, Lord. o Now, tell me again. • The Yathana Prada Sasana is the Vinaya, the Yathana Loma Sasana is

Sutta, the true Dhamma is the Abhidhamma, the Buddha. Oh, okay. Now I will explain the meaning. What is one? • The true Dhamma is the Buddha. Oh, good, that is called the Vinaya.

Please, O Buddha, tell me the rules of the Vinaya Pitaka.

He punished the monks who violated the rules by showing them the sins they deserved. Therefore, the Vinaya Pitaka is called the Yathapradha Sasana. (The law is correct, the supreme sin is the end of the religion) It should be considered as the Dhamma that corrects the sins by showing them the sins. • Please explain the Yathapradha Sasana, Venerable. That is a name for the Sutta Pitaka. Here are various

He guides and advises all beings with different tendencies and dispositions, according to their inner nature, by comparing them with His omniscience. Therefore, the suttas are the teachings of the Buddha.

It is called the true religion (the religion that is truly and properly, not contrary to the world, is pleasing to the eye).

• I like it, God. 1 It's important to like it. The youth of your generation are in awe.

It is important to accept. • Explain the true Dhamma, Lord. Do you know what the world is? Daughter? • I have heard of the world of beings, the world of mental formations, and the world of space.

The world is called the infinite universe, isn't it, God?

. Oh, that's not a Buddhist view. Water, land, forest, mountain,

The physical world and the spiritual world, which are combined with the sun, moon, and stars, are the world of laws and the so-called samuti that humans know.

The world is divided. In the view of the Supreme, the world is the five aggregates of form and matter. In reality, the five aggregates (physical, sensory, mental, and emotional) are reduced to these and are called the two aggregates. Try to remove these two aggregates and the five aggregates from your mind. What is left in the world?

• There is only zero left, God. | Oh my God. What is evident in this world is the two forms and names.

Individual beings, male and female, this and that, are not real. The so-called laws, the truths contained in these laws, are what human beings think are real. These individual beings are not real, but only the form-name-dharma is the real reality, and he taught them to understand it as it is in nature. The Abhidhamma Pitaka that taught them in this way is called Yathadhammasa. (Yathadhammas = true nature of the Dhamma, the ultimate teaching of the Dhamma) Do you like it? .