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Machine Translated by Google Two Realities (Part 1) (Master Thu - Tue Duc Forest Monastery, Vassa 2024) Number of words: 3435 Duration on Spotify: 25'11 Let's talk a little bit about reality. R...

Machine Translated by Google Two Realities (Part 1) (Master Thu - Tue Duc Forest Monastery, Vassa 2024) Number of words: 3435 Duration on Spotify: 25'11 Let's talk a little bit about reality. Reality. In simple terms, one would divide it into two categories, right? First, there are a kind of reality when it arises it is experienced experience something We also need to understand here that experience means it knows, right? It knows something. And when it knows something, that is the object. The object of what? The object of knowing. Page 1 of 24 Machine Translated by Google So the first kind of reality, when it arises, it experiences or knows something. It knows the object. And there is the second kind of reality, when it arises, it does not experience anything. In short, it does not know. It does not know. So here there are two kinds of reality. That is, one reality, when it arises, has the characteristic of knowing. And a second reality, when it arises, does not have the characteristic of knowing. And with regard to the reality that has the characteristic of knowing, o We call this reality by the general name Name or nÿma. Nÿma here means name, that is, it has the characteristic of knowing. As for the other reality, when it aris Page 2 of 24 Machine Translated by Google When it arises, it does not know anything. People call it Rÿpa or matter. So basically, in life, we are only concerned with these two realities, nÿma-rÿpa or name-and-form. And with the practice of observation, one has to be aware, to see the interaction of these two realities in life. daily That is the simplest way. And we also see these two realities clearly, one has the quality of knowing and one does not have the quality of knowing. So, These two do not have the same function, do not have the same characteristics. And in short, about the nature Page 3 of 24 Machine Translated by Google The substance is different. And it is you that has This knowing quality (nÿma) is called name, then you experience yourself without the knowing quality. Thus one self will know the other self. The other self is called the object. So this name, we will see that even though there is only one name (nÿma), but it is not the only he alone. he is a collection or a combination of several other men. Some other brothers here, in the simplest case, this name will include four brothers, which are Vedÿna, Perception, (Saññÿ), Volition (Sankhÿra), and Consciousness (Viññÿna). Among you, these four, also do functions or tasks Page 4 of 24 Machine Translated by Google different. Although, experiencing the same object, knowing the same object, but each of you has a different function, a different task - no one is the same. any. We can imagine it like this, it is like a company or an investment fund. An investment fund means that the job of this fund is to research facilities or places to evaluate investment capabilities and potential. People call it an inve If this fund decides to visit a factory, a factory that produces something - textiles or construction materials, abc, right? When visiting a factory Page 5 of 24 Machine Translated by Google that machine, then in the group came to visit a lot, but that meal was in the morning. Of course, in a group, it is impossible for everyone to go, right? They will assign four people to visit this factory. Among them, there is a man called the CEO - the director of the fund. this investment for example. And let's assume this is an investment fund. a member or an investment fund family nature. So with the family nature, this CEO is sometimes just a man with money, right? Something like that. He set up this investment fund. Maybe his level is just average. It doesn't have to be that great, something like that. Page 6 of 24 Machine Translated by Google But have money to be fund manager invest, play the role of CEO. When visiting this factory, you only need to know a little bit - you will see the gate, there are people, there is a factory, there are workers... That's all you know. As for the specifics, what else you know, you don't know anything. Going is just a representative, right? Mainly to bring the flag and colors. With him were three other guys, for example. like a guy in the Appraisal Room (Appraisal Room), that is, to feel - to know immediately how to feel about this business. He sees the atmosphere, sees people moving around, then people operating, then the arrangement, Page 7 of 24 Machine Translated by Google - This guy is like Tho. position… then the second brother, he only does the so-called clerical and archival work - just gathering, marking, recording things. So this brother performs the function of Mr. Tuong. If there is something, he just gathers it, he marks it, he receive…- He has no opinion, just purely acknowledge. And the second brother Third, this guy is in the Planning and Investment Department. Investment planning, the function is to evaluation, investment planning We saw that morning that he was with this CEO, this CEO was also Mr. Thuc, that is, he only knew purely, and for more details, we had to let the people below work, right? Page 8 of 24 Machine Translated by Google No? Then there is Mr. Tho who does the experience and evaluation work for that factory or that object. Then Mr. Tuong does the function of archiving documents. (documents, archives, marking events, etc.). Then Mr. Administration is the one in the Planning and Investment Department who will plan, right? Or his role that we often talk about in the scriptures is the role of creation - whether it is successful or not, he plan plan Although this CEO (or Mr. Thuc) doesn't know anything, he is quite an important person. Because it is because he decided to visit this factory that the others could go together, right? If so, Page 9 of 24 Machine Translated by Google If he doesn't visit, the others will have to endure. If this CEO doesn't visit the factory, then the others will have no way to visit this factory or make any decisions. So the CEO must go. He is a fate, he is a condition for the others to go together. But because he doesn't know anything, the others play an important role. This one (the CEO) is also important - in creating conditions, creating people. fate. But the others play an important role in performing professional functions or performing duties towards a certain goal. there. Page 10 of 24 Machine Translated by Google We can also say that this CEO has a leading role, right? Just like Viññÿna has a leading role. and the other brothers are playing a professional role to support this Mr. Thuc. The leader is Mr. Thuc. So among the four brothers in the group of this name including Tho, Tuong, Hanh and Thuc (this Thuc is the Mind or Citta). Mind here is the leading factor. When it arises, it knows some object. And goes along with it. with the mind, there will be three other brothers - Feeling, Perception and Action. These brothers belong to this mind, right? That is, the number of this mind - I hire you, that means you belong t What else do I have? During the time I pay Page 11 of 24 Machine Translated by Google If I pay you, you are my man. Wherever I go, you must follow me to do the work I assign you, for example, even though I don't need to know anything. The other three are called mental factors (cetasika). All These guys go together. Mind and mental factors go together. When they come in the morning, they come together. They don't go first or last. They all get in the same car, in the same car. It's not like, for example, If each man has his own car, then it's over. One man first, one man later, all the candy will be ruined. Almost done with work, sometimes stuck in traffic for half an hour, then everyone is done. So they all get on the same bus. Go to the same place. And when it's time to leave, everyone gets on the bus and leaves. There's no Mr. Page 12 of 24 Machine Translated by Google No one can stay here. All that goes is going together, and all that comes back is coming together. We also understand that here all is born and dies together. All is mind and mental factors, born and dies together. And they all come to the there. Not on the same car, then. Then, halfway, he said, “Let me get off here for a bit!” He jumped off, and the others continued on, that wouldn’t do! Just go straight, right? That means going to the same place, meaning the same object. Having the same object. Same birth, same death, then same scene. Scene here means the same object, it can’t be that halfway he asked to get off. Some guy asked to get off, Page 13 of 24 Machine Translated by Google Even if you go to the toilet now, you can't, right? When you get there, you can do whatever you want. But let's go there together, there's no stopping anywhere on the way. That means everything here fits together, it's all in the same direction. next. So when we say that in a set that includes this factory, right? This factory is the object, let's call it a Color (a combination). This is a color for these guys to come to. Identify this object (factory) with the aim of evaluating the investment, abc... But that day, for example, in the morning, there was nothing, when I arrived Page 14 of 24 Machine Translated by Google also called socializing (catching legs, catching feet), that's it, nothing much. But we will see these guys after lunch or 1-2 hours of doing something then go back to the ho Back at the hotel, he began to think about the morning he had just arrived. The factory was no longer there, but all he had known in the morning was: he was a clerk. archive, he is like a secretary role there, he took notes, he stored them, now he starts to take them out, he even takes pictures of everything. Now then that factory is gone but all angles, all workshops, ABC …, now you take it out and evaluate it. Page 15 of 24 Machine Translated by Google At this time we will see that there is another group of people called the fan advisors who will intervene. Because in the morning there will not be enough cars, for example this car is only a 5-seater car, it cannot be Which company can go all the way, right? So that means this group now just started crawling in (it's still in the hotel). Now it's starting to continue the review. It sits in, it meets, right? Because this company is a one-member company, and at the same time, there are sometimes military advisors. fan mo - it evaluates in this way or that way. If it evaluates as bad, for example, evaluates in a negative way. Then it means that starting this visit, abc and that has become in a negative way. That is, it has Page 16 of 24 Machine Translated by Google turns into a state of an unwholesome mind. Then, for example, another set of minds, right? Same thing, but it's evaluated in a positive way, it's cultivated, which means this visit (the morning visit), it's evaluated in a fairly positive way and tends to make investments - which also means it becomes a wholesome mind. So, it depends on your assessment after returning to the hotel. In the morning when we arrived, there were only five of you, including this factory, right? We can also say that this is a combination of a process that happened - that is, there must be that factory, it mu that factory or nothing Page 17 of 24 Machine Translated by Google happens, right? That is, there must be such a factory object, such a workshop, such a facility. that office, and then together with this investment fund including a team of four other guys. Like So, the whole complex of this phenomenon, which includes five elements (the factory and the hedge fund manager include four of them). If we only talk about the investment fund and the factory, then there are only two of them, people call them Name-Form and if we talk more specifically about this investment fund, we can say that this is a combination of 5 components (5 elements) or The Five Aggregates - including Form (which is this factory), then Feeling, Perception, Mental Formations, and Consciousness (the four of you are the components of the investment f Page 18 of 24 Machine Translated by Google or also called Name). So, if we talk about Name-Form, there are only two of them, that is to say briefly, and if we talk about it in a broader way, that includes the Five Aggregates, right? or five components - including the factory (Form), there is the Assessment Department (preliminary assessment of t experience - Tho), a clerk The secretary does the archiving and marking work (Tuong), the other one is the Planning and Investment Department which does the function of Hanh and this CEO (Thuc) just came to call for show, right? that is, just for show, doesn't need to know anything - wearing a really nice suit, then just walking back and forth, this is Mr. Thuc. So, to put it more b Page 19 of 24 Machine Translated by Google There are five elements: Form, Feeling, Perception, Volition, and Consciousness (related to the Five Aggregates). But when we got back to the hotel, we saw that there was an additional person called the strategist (he was in hotel) - he came in, he sat at the table with. Now it begins to color the morning visit. We imagine that when we get back to the hotel, it begins to sit, it gathers, it discusses, it studies together - that is, we need to understand that this is when the process begins to take place in Italy. The first process, when we come to visit in the morning, is a process that takes place at the senses - that is, the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body only. But when they got back to the hotel, they sat together, discussed, researched, and prepared. Page 20 of 24 Machine Translated by Google To decide how we need to understand this is the process that is taking place in Italy. Even though we say it in such a long-winded way, we see it happening in a split second - all of it. All that we have just said is a little bit, that is, everything has already happened and it has already taken on some kind of creation - regarding good and bad, very quickly! If we go down to the dining room, just smelling it, for example, it will include all this process, and then we will see that we start to see, we start to smell, we start to feel. however it started out as liking that thing or not Page 21 of 24 Machine Translated by Google I don't like that dish, even though I haven't even eaten it yet! But it's over, it's over! So it was a very quick process it happened, So as we just said, it is in a unit of Mind. We just talked about four of you. Just the name, right? But we need to understand that when we go with this CEO, even though we say that there are only three representatives (Tho, Tuong, Hanh), but strangely real when going with this CEO (or Tam) These) then the men who go with them are always at least seven brothers - these brothers are called Contact, Feeling, Perception, Thought, Intention, Life Root and One-pointedness. So there are seven brothers Page 22 of 24 Machine Translated by Google At least always have to go with this Mr. Tam, there is no other way. When we returned to the hotel to meet, in addition to this CEO (Mr. Tam), there were other guys participating - that was in the afternoon. In the morning when we visited, there were always at least seven guys like that, so we also need to understand that in a unit called Tam, how many guys must there always be? The seven guys who went with Tam were called the assistant guys. depends on Tam, right? I hired you, so you have to depend on me! That is, these seven brothers, called the Mental Factors, must always be present with Mr. Mind. Page 23 of 24 Machine Translated by Google plus Mr. Tam is 1 like 7 plus 1 means 8 means it has 8 members including the CEO. Thus, in a Tam unit (in the smallest unit) there must be 8 members - immutable, impossible No other way. Whenever this CEO goes, the other seven guys have to go with him. If you fire this guy, you have to hire another guy, but he still has to play that role, there's no other way. Always in the smallest unit, at least with 8 members, the process is roughly like tha Page 24 of 24 Machine Translated by Google Two Realities (Part 2) (Master Thu - Tue Duc Forest Monastery, Vassa 2024) Number of words: 2874 words Reading time: 28' Let's talk a little about the types of mind, the smallest unit of which is the mental factors that always accompany the mind. As we said last time, in the smallest unit, a mind There will be 7 accompanying mental factors, also known as 7 universal mental factors. Universal means always present. So There are 10 types of mind in all and only 7 variable actions. mental factors, there is no other brother. And the others 1 Machine Translated by Google Other types of mind may have other mental factors. again. We know that in the smallest unit of mind, There must always be at least 7 mental factors, 7 always go with all the minds. There are 10 types of mind but it has only 7 mental factors. Then the person We call it the five pairs of consciousness. The five pairs of consciousness, the pairs here are pairs, right? That is, the five pairs of consciousness. That is, the consciousnesses that arise at the ey ear, nose, tongue, body. Then people call it "dve", “dve” is two, is it song? Pañca viññaÿÿ; pañca is five, viññaÿÿ is consciousness. As So this fivefold consciousness is “dvepañca viññaÿÿ”. 2 Machine Translated by Google We may have heard the pentatonic here. It is the resultant mind without cause. When seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching, right? Look, hear, smell, taste, touch, 5 of you. But But why is it a pair? It means it involves both good and bad. So there are five of them. And it can happen to what is called good or bad. So that makes 10, right? So that's people call it pentameter. So it is correct These are five pairs or ten types of mind, but there are only seven mental factors. As we said last time, there are 7 variables. mental factors, namely, Contact is Phassa, Feeling is Vedanÿ, with Perception as Saññÿ, with Intention as Cetanÿ, 3 Machine Translated by Google The mental factor of Intention is Manasikÿra, the mental factor of Life is Jÿvitindriya and the mental factor of One-pointedness is Ekaggatÿ. So each of them has its own function, right? So Contact, its function is to come into contact with the object, or in other words, it is the converge, right? Thanks to Touch, it is the the convergence of Sense-Object-Consciousness, right? Or to put it simply, that is, the senses, the object and the knowing, Sense-Object-Consciousness. When these three factors converge, it means Contact. That feeling (Vedanÿ), its function is to experience the object. We can also say that every object, it always has a certain taste, right? So the function of Feeling is the experience of this taste or it's enjoyment. 4 Machine Translated by Google get this taste. It is a mental factor with the function enjoy the view, right? Saññÿ, as we said last time, is like a keeper, a clerk, a secretary, right? Saññÿ, its function is to mark and remember the object. Next is Cetanÿ, whose function is to coordinate the functions of the co-existing dharmas, right? It coordinates all of them. This, properly perform its duties and functions to target the object. Then, the function of Manasikÿra is to direct the mind and its concomitant mental factors to the object. 5 Machine Translated by Google object, right? Aim for the object there. Functions of the mental factor Jÿvitindriya is to preserve the mind and mental factors that arise together until they cease. During the period of birth and existence - To destroy is to have this Life Root, right? Until it is destroyed, then that is the end of one's responsibility. It. Finally, the seventh is One-pointedness of Mind (Ekaggatÿ) which has function to stay on the object of perception. Stay on that object and not on another object. So we see, in all minds when they arise, there is One Mind. Including when we are distracted, you are still there 6 Machine Translated by Google This One Mind, right? Its function, its duty, is to stay on the object of perception. Without this person, one would not be able to stay, would not be able to grasp onto any object. Even when the mind is distracted, there is still an object. It will not be a fixed object, but it still means there must be an object. Thus, One Mind is to stay on the object. that statue So we will see that there is a mental factor that is also often talked about. Not one but two. There are two brothers: the mental factor Cetanÿ and the mental factor Action. intention (Manasikÿra). But there are also times when the mental factor Thought (Cetanÿ) is also called Intention (Manasikÿra). So there will be a mistake or confusion. 7 Machine Translated by Google People confuse these two, and when they talk, they don't really know what they're talking about. Which brother? Thus, we will understand the mental factor brother. This thought. The word thought here in Chinese means to think or contemplate, to arrange, right? We will see that there are three words, Citta, Cetasika and Cetanÿ. Citta is mind, Cetasika is mental factors, and Cetanÿ means thought. All three words come from the root “Cit”. The root “Cit” here means to think, to contemplate. That is, there is a reflection, a consideration, an arrangement, right? In English it would be clearer. In English Cetanÿ Hey, people translate it as Intention or Volition. Intention means intentional, right? Do So sometimes people also call it intention. 8 Machine Translated by Google So we will see a sentence like that. This is the sentence “Cetanÿhaÿ, bhikkhave, kammaÿ vadÿmi. Cetayitvÿ kammaÿ karoti - kÿyena vÿcÿya manasÿ”, that is: “Bhikkhus, “The Tathagata declares that thinking is karma.” (That is, thinking here is intentional, right?) “After thinking about creating karma of body, speech, and mind.” So this very mental factor of Thought, it is precisely this Karma. Karma is this mental factor, not not someone else Here, there is another problem like this, the mental factor of thinking. Is this in the Mind? Because We have just listed the mental factor of Thought or mental factors have an intentional nature, they are present in all mind. So does it mean that every mind creates karma? 9 Machine Translated by Google or not? We note this, it is related to the function of the mental factor of Thought, right? Are not? The mental factor of thinking, its main function is to coordinate the mind and its co-existing mental factors to experience the object. It coordinates to ensure that all these co-existing dharmas perform their proper functions with the same object. And then what? The function by which it creates intention is creating karma, right? Or accumulating karma (Ayuhana), in English called accumulation, that is, to form an accumulation in here. It exists only in wholesome and unwholesome dharmas. We note that both, both 10 Machine Translated by Google wholesome and unwholesome dharmas. Only then does it perform its intentional function. As we just talked about the five dual consciousnesses, the five The dual consciousness is the result of the mind. And if it is the result of the mind, it is neither good nor bad. Therefore, the fourth brother in this mind only performs the function of coordinating the mind, not the function of intentio We take note of this. So we will see that many times we will misunderstand if we are not careful. We will see this, right away. greed, greed is not karma. No matter how greedy, how strong, how capable then greed is not karma. We see what the Buddha declared? “Hey guys, 11 Machine Translated by Google Bhikkhu, the Tathagata declares that intention is karma.” Intention here means Cetanÿ. “Cetanaham Bhikkhave kamma vadÿmi”. “Bhikkhus, the Tathagata declares that this intention, this reflection, is karma”. So it is clear that greed is not is karma. So what about greed? It does the job. its mission. What is its mission? Its mission is to cling. Karma is not greed. Karma is just Thought. We pay attention to this. Thus, the mental factor of Thought can be said to have two functions. function. Its function is called Sahajata Cetanÿ. Sahajata Cetanÿ means it performs the function of co-existence. And the second one is Nÿnÿkhaÿika Cetanÿ. And Nÿnÿkhaÿika Cetanÿ is that. 12 Machine Translated by Google create karma. It is the karma of the different times, right? No? It creates karma of different times. So when we say “Cetanÿhaÿ, bhikkhave, kammaÿ vadÿmi” we need to understand the kammas. including both co-arising karma and karma that produces different results at different times. Co-arising karma only has a coordinating function. And does not The function of accumulating kamma. Only when in wholesome or unwholesome consciousness with respect to wholesome and unwholesome dhammas does this Cetanÿ factor function. only the function of creating karma. When we say there is “intention to offer” then that is Cetanÿ. But we will 13 Machine Translated by Google It is not called "offering", right? We will say that there is an intention to offer. So when we use the word intention here, it is very likely to be confused with Manasikÿra. But in fact, when talking about the intention of offering, the intention of offering is this Tu. right? We'll take note of this. Then when we take the precepts, we will see that there is from Veramani Sikkhapadam Samadiyami. Then from Veramani is intentional avoidance, right? Intentional avoidance is this Cetanÿ. Veramani is the reference to this Cetanÿ. That is to say, Cetanÿ means intentional action, right? That's it. is why we see that sometimes it is translated as 14 Machine Translated by Google “Bhikkhus, the Tathagata declares that intention is karma.” Intention is karma. In Ten The Second Cause (Paÿiccasamuppÿda) we will find another word referring to Cetanÿ, this intention or action. This kamma is called Sankharÿ or Action. Sometimes we say that Action means a creation. Creation is creating karma. We will see right from the beginning of Avÿjjÿ paccayÿ Sankharÿ Ignorance gives rise to Actions, Sankharÿ paccayÿ Viñanÿ Volition gives rise to Consciousness. Volition here is kamma. And the kamma factor here is also is Cetanÿ or the mental factor of Thought. 15 Machine Translated by Google Sometimes people translate it as intention, which is easily confused with the intention in Manasikÿra. So we will distinguish Manasikÿra. Here Manasikÿra includes two words, Manasi and Kara. Manasi means mind and Kara means to do or create. action. So Manasikarÿ means action of the mind or action of the mind. We will find it easier to visualize in English, as Attention. It is attention or focus, mindfulness. So what is its function? It directs the co-existing dharmas towards the object. It directs these co- existing dharmas towards the object. And what is its accomplishment? To reach the object. It is also likened to a boat that Having a rudder, Manasikÿra is likened to a wheel. 16 Machine Translated by Google steering the ship to move towards its goals. So we will see that when a dharma is present, Whether it arises or not, this Manasikÿra is a condition or a necessary factor. For example, when we are sitting in a room and reading a book or something, we seem to not pay attention to anything around us. At that time, someone knocks on the door but we still do not hear it. So why is it that the knocking sound is quite loud and clear but we still do not hear it? Why is that? Even though we have good ears, even though there is a sound or a knock on the door a That knocking sound also reached our ears or the effect it touches our ears but why can't we hear it? It's because of you 17 Machine Translated by Google Manasikÿra, we want to use the word directed mind. As for Cetanÿ, we want to use the word intention or intention. Manasikÿra is mind-directed, but unfortunately, in all documents, books, and scriptures in Vietnamese, the word Manasikÿra is translated as " That is why there is often confusion with mind. Cetanÿ office. So when these formulas arise, we see that there is always the Manasikÿra element, that is, there must be attention, mindfulness and inclination for hearing to arise. Otherwise, there is still good ear, there is still sound, sound affects the ear but still cannot be heard. Thus, its function is to direct the d 18 Machine Translated by Google co-existence to reach the object. There is the function of Manasikÿra. So we see that this Manasikÿra is one mental factors are very important. It is a very important mental factor. important. We will see that there is a sentence that is “All dharmas arise from intention” - “Sabba dhamma manasikÿrasambhavÿ” means This serves the function of being decorative. mind. Thus, the mental factor Manasikÿra here highlights the special features of the object or scene so that the mind can perceive the scene clearly. quickly And we need to be a little bit aware of the difference between Cetanÿ and Manasikÿra. We need 19 Machine Translated by Google understand that when we say that there is an intention abc… something, we also need to clearly understand which guy it is, otherwise it will be easy to confuse this and that. Let's go over these two things a little bit so we can recognize them. When we know more clearly about specific dharmas, we will begin to pay attention and observe. everything will seem clearer. Thus we will see that the mental factor Cetanÿ for example, right? If at the moment of anger then it will do its duty as it accumulates anger and we also need to understand anger It arises due to the accumulation of anger from the past but at the same time it is also a function of accumulation and accumulation of karma, ÿyÿhana, right? Continue it is strengthened, stronger than that 20 Machine Translated by Google At the moments of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, it performs one function, which is to coordinate. Coordinate all these co-existing dharmas so that they experience and recognize the obje but it does not do the accumulation function. We also need to understand the accumulation of karma (ÿyÿhana) which we will know more clearly when we learn specifically about these Dhammas. 21 Machine Translated by Google Two Realities (Part 3) (Master Thu - Tue Duc Forest Monastery, Vassa 2024) Number of words: 4255 words Duration on Spotify: 31:23' Yesterday we talked about the combination of 3. Say In simple terms, it is about the senses, objects and knowledge. Or to put it more technically and classically, it means the roots, the scene and the consciousness. That is to say, this is a process or processes that occur at the senses. our perspective, including our intentions. It can be said that 1 Machine Translated by Google It happens every day to each of us and maybe we don't even notice it, right? It happens but we often don't notice or don't know, and maybe we know but we don't know exactly and we always take it for granted. For example: listening is a given, seeing is a given... and it seems like we can always be proactive or in control of these processes. Here we see, especially with regard to the senses, relating to the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body, right? We have these five senses, the first five senses, the mental senses are a little complicated. 2 Machine Translated by Google a bit more complicated, we put it aside for now. Let us consider these five senses first. We will see that each sense only receives, is capable of receiving, one corresponding and unique object. In addition, it will not receive any other objects. For example, the ear can only receive sound, it cannot receive smell. If the ear can now smell, then we understand that this does not happen, right? If the ear can now taste, then this also happens. is something that never happens. That means because These senses correspond to it being just one the only object, the only one, the only one, the only one, there can be no other. 3 Machine Translated by Google We will see here that the eye receives what is called form. But more specifically, the eye receives color, it registers color. Then the ear reception of sound (sadda), color (vaÿÿa)... vaÿÿa, sadda. Then the nose registers the smell. (gandha). The tongue registers taste (rasa), and The body feels the touch (phassa), right? And the touch here includes only three objects, which are earth, fire and wind. Considered at 1 from some angle the body cannot feel the water, only in the mind can you feel it. Saying this is a bit roundabout, it might be a bit difficult to understand for some people we, we temporarily note it like that. 4 Machine Translated by Google We just noticed this, both eyes, right? no? Both the sense organs and corresponding to them are the object organs, one side is the sense organs and the other side is the object, consider these first five. Then both the sense organs and the object organs, both are matter, people call it matter, and both of thes are realities. So what reality is it? As So this reality here is the reality without the quality of knowing. The eye does not have the quality of knowing. The eye here also means the eye nerve, the ear here means the ear nerve, the nose here means the nose nerve, the tongue is the tongue nerve and the body is the body nerve (pasÿda) - the menta the senses 5 Machine Translated by Google We'll make it a little simpler, We also understand here in the simplest way that the eye does not have the characteristic of knowing. Similarly, the ear, nose, tongue, and body also do not have the characteristic of knowing. And on the other side, the other column corresponding to it is the objects, then color itself also does not have the characteristic of knowing, sound also does not have the characteristic of knowing, smell does not have the characteristic of knowing, taste does not have the characteristic of knowing, the other touch: earth, fire, wind also does not have the characteristic of knowing. Thus, all do not have the characteristic of kn And then when it interacts with each other, right? Then it arises, and what arises is generally called a knowing, right? So then 6 Machine Translated by Google This knowing is a reality. It has a characteristic, which is the characteristic of knowing. So for the eye it will be starts with a look, right? In the scriptures it is often said: when the eyes see color, the ears hear sound, the nose smells scent, the tongue tastes flavor, the body feels sensation... Ah, there! It means it is related to this process. When it acts, This process happens, it arises. The knowing that arises corresponds to the eye, it arises the knowing that is seeing. For the ear, there arises hearing. For the nose, there arises smelling. For the tongue, there arises tasting. And for the body, there arises up the shovel. 7 Machine Translated by Google So then the view, when the view arises then here it does not work alone but goes together with it there are 3 other guys, right? So the look here means a knowing or what people call consciousness. Consciousness is knowing, right? Consciousness is knowing (viññÿÿa), it knows. Thus, when this knowing arises, it never goes away. It will go with the others. It will go with you, feeling (Vedanÿ), feeling is here to feel. It will go with you, perception (Saññÿ) to do. memory function. Go with him (Saÿkhÿra), the action here includes one or more other brothers in it, which can be is the desire, then the others… like that, they are gathered into the action. So when the knowing, or the 8 Machine Translated by Google consciousness arises, it will always go. together with feeling, with perception, with action. So it is accomplished. 4 brothers, right? And again, form is on the other side, with the characteristic of not knowing. Ah! Put it all together: form is not knowing, right? So one has form on this side and 4 names. So a combination of 5 factors arises every time one sees, hears, smells, tastes, touches. So a combination of the five aggregates will arise. So we can say the five aggregates will arise every second, every minute, without stopping, one after another. And that means all that we have just talked about are realities. Eyes are reality, colors are reality. 9 Machine Translated by Google At, the sight is reality, similarly, the ear is reality, sound is reality, hearing is reality... then all are realities, and reality It arises because of causes and conditions. It arises because of causes and conditions. So we see that when we have vision, it also means that color is now present. And the eye nerve element is also just now arising, and before that then there is no, right? No, only when a process occurs does this element arise, is within a process. People call it the process of dependent origination, of dependent origination. arising, right? Or an arising of the five aggregates. All arise, all arise. up… So continuously, continuously it arises. 10 Machine Translated by Google But if it doesn't start, what does it mean? Meaning: first it doesn't exist, second it doesn't. It's damaged, right? Now if our ears are deaf, it's as good as non-existent. The nerve element of the ear is damaged, it can't work. what, right? So there is no, meaning is it does not arise. And when it does not arise, it also depends, it could be due to karma or it could be due to some reason abc… that it does not arise. We may call it exists, but it exists in a conventional way, in the way we think it exists. but what arises is different. And what we keep saying is there, but it doesn't do anything, right? It sits there and it doesn't do anything. 11 Machine Translated by Google is like nothing, right? Ears you're broken, so let's just say you have ears for fun, but you're deaf If it's over, then what's the point? If it's there, it's like it's not there. We need to understand that, if it happens, If it is like that, it means that these things all arise. The ear arises, the sound arises, the hearing arises, they all arise together. All these are called realities. We note here, they are all realities. So then, if one has mindfulness, right? no? Then for example one will realize that seeing is reality. Mindfulness is realizing 12 Machine Translated by Google seeing, seeing is reality. And then, we can't be so focused that we call it mindfulness of seeing. No, no. That moment somehow, right? Mindfulness begins We just meet, but we don't always have the mindfulness to catch it! If we keep staring, staring, it will happen. not like that. not like that. because Mindfulness arises also due to conditions. If we cannot create mindfulness, we will die. can't create! What about what we think? is that we are being mindful, actually we can also call it mindfulness, just mindfulness. Really called mindfulness is not right? 13 Machine Translated by Google It's called practice, it's called there but it's only in a blink of an eye, right? It's like studying now but not taking the exam yet, so I don't know if there will be any... OK or not? But anyway, you guys just keep studying, maybe when it's time for your exam, you either pass or fail. Then there's a review, right? But for now, it's like he is learning, he is practicing. So people We often call it mindfulness, but in fact it is not exactly mindfulness. true to its meaning. It is not mindfulness, mindfulness does not arise easily, it does not arise easily. The other thing people call mindfulness, that's good enough, right? For example 14 Machine Translated by Google Even though he hasn't taken the exam yet, he's still studying, so that's good. But there are those who don't study even before taking the exam, then it's difficult. We need to understand that too. So first of all, mindfulness will realize the seeing if it really arises when mindfulness arises. Then again, mindfulness is not understanding, right? It is not understanding yet, but we are paying attention here to mindfulness is also a reality. Mindfulness is a reality. Why and why? Mindfulness recognizes seeing but it is not understanding. When this understanding arises, the process is understood. 15 Machine Translated by Google This arises due to causes and conditions. And then what happens? Will see no one there, what does that mean? It means no one sees, no one hears! It is purely a process of causes and conditions, without self. So here, thanks to the power of understanding. Of course, when there is understanding, there must be mindfulness there There must be mindfulness there, mindfulness that recognizes the seeing, understanding will see this process. is due to fate and no one sees there, no one hears. That's how we see, if we understand it this way, we see to have real mindfulness when it arises not easy, not easy! 16 Machine Translated by Google See, we also need to understand that, and now we need to cultivate the conditions that help mindfulness arise, not must keep looking, looking, right? Like sitting there waiting to train it, it doesn't goes the way it does, it doesn't go the way we think. Then of course, we still have a feeling, a feeling of something? Actually it could be a record of something but certainly not What is called mindfulness in the true sense? its. Here we will also realize like this, now let's take an example, right? We 17 Machine Translated by Google Or for example: now I'm sitting casually, I'm sitting at the door, right? I can sit right at the door, sitting inside drinking tea, casually, just looking around, nothing specific. Then suddenly we see something lurking right at the door. What does that mean? Just saw something, now it's gone. So suddenly at that moment we will see something that we clearly don't know what it is, but we clearly see it but we don't know what it is. That's the first case. 18 Machine Translated by Google And the second case we also see. And then we guess, we guess, see and guess, right? The first case is just seeing, not knowing what it is, but clearly there is something lurking, waiting to die, not knowing what it is, but there is, I saw it. But if you say I saw something specifically, I don't know, right? Otherwise, it falls into the second case, which is just seeing and then because I don't know anymore, now I guess. Then you can guess, it could be a mouse A forest like ours has all sorts of animals, right? Maybe something else, I don't know. Now I guess, continue to argue, to reason, to 19 Machine Translated by Google guess. So the second case is see and guess. So seeing and guessing involve another process. Now if we say we just see, it means we just see and stop there, right? Now we see a process that is “in seeing there is just seeing”, it is just there and now do you realize Can you figure it out? Can you figure it out? is that so? Likewise “in hearing there is only hearing”. Then why will we see that, In the previous section, when Venerable Sariputta spoke about the powers of wisdom, for the Buddha he never look beyond, beyond the 20 Machine Translated by Google level or limit in this context, same meaning to create, right? When not What about looking beyond? There is no creation of establishment, otherwise one would create establishment. You guessed it, you established it, he built, he guessed. We will see that if so, we can say that we have just begun to touch reality a little or approach reality. If not, we have missed it, we have slipped into the usual, slipped into the usual! So we see that first we need to understand these processes specifically, then slowly, no one forces us to 21 Machine Translated by Google immediately, immediately there is mindfulness, immediately there is this, there is that. But if now we desire too much, then everything is a product created by the mind, it is not real. We just have a feeling like that, and it is still not its true nature. We just saw, in that one day, this is We are talking about awareness, which is already very little. But if we really call it achieving the quality of mindfulness, how little is it? And how difficult is it? It's not an easy thing, although in layman's terms we can say there is a record. accept, is to have mindfulness, then say like that. 22 Machine Translated by Google But the essence of it, the reality of it, means not so If we don't see this, we think it's really difficult. For us, it's difficult, not easy. Before, I just thought, just gently, just noted and observed like that, that was mindfulness. In fact we can say it is a noticing, an observing, a presence, an awareness, that's all. And to say it is mindfulness or not, in a way Honestly we have to say no. It's like he's practicing, he's practicing, that's fine. He can't write yet. 23 Machine Translated by Google The letter O you can write into any letter as long as you are practicing and you are writing, That's fine. You're in elementary school, so I don't expect you to be able to do it right away. You practice the letter O, so you write it in a triangle, and I still accept it because you're still practicing, so it's okay. All day long he just sat, he just doodled, he just drew, when did he draw a circle? Suddenly one fine day, or with some process, right? He drew a circle very naturally. At that time, he himself, he knew. But now he just sits, he doodles scribble, you draw a triangle and you call this an O shape, I still accept it 24 Machine Translated by Google sir, because this is in a process that people call practice, practice, then it's ok. So here it is also necessary to understand, if a process like this, at least in some sense, One also needs to understand the reality of progress. That process does not require immediate understanding, but at least there must be a clear understanding, information, and intellectual understanding, and then slowly begin to apply it to each step little by little, little by little, right? Then, most importantly, the first time, the first moment when we see, just like now, we sit there in a daze grabbing, sitting drinking tea right in the middle of the entrance, 25 Machine Translated by Google right? Now let's just look here and keep watching, watching to see if there's any guy nothing ever happens when someone is lurking. Sometimes if someone is lurking, we can guess who it is immediately. But sometimes I don't know, I don't know. wait, not wait, not expect, then suddenly there is someone lurking, suddenly I see. Ah, at that time I saw, ah there was seeing. Then suddenly I saw that there was no one, suddenly now I see again, then suddenly there is no one anymore, right? There, naturally this process happens completely naturally, without waiting, without expecting. Do we 26 Machine Translated by Google happens in such a way, like “pop”, everything, at that exact moment, everything converges and flashes in one go. So if the energy is strong, we will feel something. If not, it means that at least we see it gives us a little experience of reality. So then starting with that moment, that first experience, it is very important. If not, we will not feel it. any. For example, there are people who say they are not yet in samadhi, they cannot feel what samadhi is like, and they cannot feel what samadhi is like when it is present. 27 Machine Translated by Google when it just feels a little bit quiet, not really clear. That's where the first impression plays a very important role. And we also note here, we will see that there are two things: what is there is seen and what is there is seen. Oh, they are different, everyone! what is there is seen and what is there is seen. These two are different. Similarly, what is not there is not seen and what is not there is not seen, are different. If one does not understand this, one will see that there is always a seeing even though the objec Whether I act or not, I will always have a constant seeing. There is a seeing. 28 Machine Translated by Google constant, I always have something that is always there. Like a bell right? When you type, you hear it, but you say that when Even if the bell is not rung, there is still hearing. That is, hearing is all-encompassing, it covers everything, so it will fall into this situation. So what exists can be seen, and what does not exist cannot be see different from what is there is seen and what is not there is seen. Let's go over this process a little bit so we have some information that we can apply to our observations. Although we have shared and mentioned it many times before, we think maybe the whole practice after all 29 Machine Translated by Google it's all about this. It's just different levels of how these events happen in life. Even so, In fact, if we keep saying it over and over again, we will just got into the mind. Because going around and around, All year round we always refer to this topic or this process and it never gets old. There is always something very new and there is also a lot of information, aspects that need to be clearly recognized, clearly understood, and specifically applied, then we will be able to create or cultivate the the fate, the real powers of the righteous 30 Machine Translated by Google concept, as well as helping to understand reality birth 31 Machine Translated by Google Two Realities (Part 4) (Master Thu - Tue Duc Forest Monastery, Vassa 2024) Number of words: 2712 words Duration on Spotify: 21:43' Today we will talk a little about the realities that occur at our senses. It can be said that throughout the day, seeing and hearing seem to take place all day long, from the moment we open our eyes, wake up until we go to sleep. Seeing or hearing happens continuously, constantly. What else is there? Oh, 1 Machine Translated by Google we will see the touch. The seeing, the hearing and touch. So, with that smell or taste, when there is what a special smell, when i eat, right no? When we eat, of course we will recognize it with taste or flavor. When we eat, there is taste, the taste will arise. As for smell, when we pass by a place with a certain sm characteristic, quite special. Going through a flower garden, going through a place as special as To Lich river or Thi Nghe River… then you will detect a very distinctive smell. Only then will the smell appear, right? So smelling and tasting also happen but not often. 2 Machine Translated by Google constantly. Only seeing, hearing, and touching occur quite frequently throughout the day. Do we realize these processes? This is a process that is very close to us, right? Very close, it even happens from the time we are born until now, every day, from the time we open our eyes when we wake up until now. when going to sleep, but sometimes not conscious whether or not it is clearly recognized. So let's try to work with one process, which is seeing. Now, for example, There is a table in front of us, right? 3 Machine Translated by Google The table, and on this table there is only one just a glass of water, nothing else. So We note that we are limited to the thing is we only pay attention to this table. If we expand without looking at the table we still see this and that, of course. But to analyze specifically than we are limited to the scope of just this table Then we can generalize in processes, in everyday life. then there is a glass on this table, right? Now we will see is see the glass, we say see the glass, right? Or we observe 4 Machine Translated by Google see the glass. Let's pay attention! We'll break it up for everyone to hear. See the glass. What does that mean? We have two elements: see and the glass. So that means seeing the glass, right? So there is seeing and there is the cup. There is seeing and there is the cup. We need to understand here that the cup is the object of the eye, when there is the cup then seeing appears. And this seeing recognizes the cup. So the cup here is the object, or what is it called? the object of vis So thanks to this visual object, when we have good eyes, the seeing of the cup it will arise. 5 Machine Translated by Google Okay! Suppose I put the glass away now, that is, the The glass is no longer on the table. What shall we say? We can say: the glass is not seen. So, the first case is the glass is not seen, and the second case is the glass is not seen. Do we get the point? The first is seeing that there is no cup, the second is not seeing the cup. Which do we think is more correct? Seeing that there is no cup or not seeing the cup. We notice here, when does seeing arise? When there is a cup. or if there is a visual object, then the seeing arises. start 6 Machine Translated by Google So now say: see there is no glass. Without the cup, how could this visual object arise? Therefore it is said: see? there is a glass. What does that mean? It means it doesn't happen in the eye, it doesn't happen in the eye. Because The eye only sees, right? Or does seeing only arise, appear when there is a cup? Now if you put the cup away, what does it mean? Is not seeing the cup, not seeing. In short, not seeing, right? Seeing does not arise. start So if you see that there is no glass, it means that it happens in a different process. It means that it is thinking, not happening in the eyes. 7 Machine Translated by Google Can we imagine? So when we put the glass of water on the table, we will see the glass and when we put the glass away, we will not see the glass. It is not that we do not see the glass, right? At first glance, it seems the same but it is different, it is different. So we will see here, the glass here, the glass of water is the visual object of the eye. And the cup here is also color, right? And color here, we will see which colors can create color, colors that have the ability to create color. That means this color is the four elements, so it has the color element. Then there is color called subtle color or color that is not real, so the eye cannot recognize it. And which of you will recognize it 8 Machine Translated by Google these colors? It's just in the process of thinking. So if the eye receives and recognizes a visual object, it means that this object is color and color has the ability to create color. When color creates color, the eye sees. We remember the old days when we went to school over there, In a hall of the library there was a very clear glass door. At that time, I was also walking quickly, so as soon as I got close, there was nothing, one foot kicked the glass, then the head bang, almost fell over. Because I was walking quite fast, it turned out that when I tripped, it was very hard. Because I couldn't see the door, it was transparent, too transparent. 9 Machine Translated by Google So it is transparent like that then it has no color, it has no color then the eye cannot perceive. The eye cannot perceive, but Not being able to perceive means it does not see. Seeing does not arise, does not appear. If now one could stick something on it, could create something yellow, some kind of reflective material, abc, right? One just needs to leave it alone, just a few touches and one can detect it. But it doesn't leave anything, no stickers. nothing, the eye does not detect. In short, a visual object is a type of color that can produce color. Here, up to this point, we are 10 Machine Translated by Google picture a problem. We're talking about the four elements here, right? That also means Nowadays, with modern 3D technology, people do not create a combination of colors like a specific material, but when using lights, they create a stereoscopic 3D image like that. That means people can also recognize it, as long as it creates color. The problem here is to create color, and when it creates color, the eye will recognize it and that means at this time the vision will a Now for example close your eyes, right? In the previous case, if you put the cup away, you will see that the cup is not visible, right? When you put the cup away, you cannot see the cup, but when you leave the cup on the table, 11 Machine Translated by Google say see the cup. And when put the cup away, then don't see the cup, not see no cup. Let's pay attention to that. When you close your eyes, what happens when you close your eyes? Of course you won't see anything, won't see the cup, won't see anything, right? Now what shall we say Tell me I still see black. No, if I see black it's just thinking, just thinking! So when closing like that, seeing also does not arise. Because there is no object to make the seeing arise. So it's like going into a completely dark room. Now we open our eyes, and it's really dark, not light. 12 Machine Translated by Google thanks to, pitch black. Just like when we close our eyes, at this time no seeing arises. So when you enter a dark room, there is no seeing, no seeing, no seeing happening. When you open your eyes, you will see something, see something. Let's pay attention! See something. So seeing here, seeing here, it is a reality. It is knowing, right? Or we call it seeing. Seeing is knowing, or visual consciousness. And that something, we say something, that something here, it is the object of the eye. Or the visual object. What is this object? It is form. And this object 13 Machine Translated by Google How? This object is the unknown. This object does not know, it has no quality of knowing. We pay attention to this point. So right after seeing, immediately the seeing disappears, it disappears. And in that mental process, we will see fully, It has 17 mind moments. And it has only one moment where seeing arises, this happens. Those The mind that arises after seeing also experiences the visual object, but why? It does not see that object. Let us notice this! It experiences that object, but it does not see it. Because this seeing, what is called seeing, only happens to the eye. 14 Machine Translated by Google consciousness only. After visual consciousness comes the receptive mind. (sampaticchana citta), the mind that attains (santirana) citta), deciding mind (votthapana citta)... Obviously these minds do not have the characteristic of seeing. It also experiences that object, but it does not have the quality of seeing. So just the quality of seeing, the seeing only occurs to the eye consciousness. and that's it. And immediately, as it arises, it passes away. We find this a very interesting process, don't we? I don't know if you find it interesting? We find it very interesting. All day long, open your eyes, close your eyes, … Have observe many things for us to contemplate and observe. close. 15 Machine Translated by Google Then we will see the same thing, when with hearing. Such as the sound of a bell, we will say hear the bell. When the “bong” sound comes, we say hear the bell. And now without knocking no more knocking, then what shall we say? Say is not hearing the bell. Then clearly, there is no bell to hear, right? It's not that hearing without the bell is different. Hearing without the bell means hearing still arises even without the bell. Of course we have to limit ourselves to the scope of the example. But if we don't hear the bell, we can still hear the 16 Machine Translated by Google other sounds, hear the birds, hear the fan, hear the wind... right? Around us there are many sounds that can reaches the ear. And hearing can still arise. But now we are only talking about the bell ringing. What if the bell is not rung? No bell, no sound bell. It's not that there is no sound of the bell. Hearing no sound of the bell means you think. It's like when you put away the glass of water, you see that there is no glass. You also think, that is what you think. But in reality, there is no seeing when you put away the glass. And there is no 17 Machine Translated by Google listen, when not ringing the bell. We note this, very interesting. And then the same thing happens with our touch. We have a lot of touches. When we touch, what are the most prominent characteristics that we can perceive? Usually when we touch we will recognize touch this thing, that thing. That means he plays all the time. with concepts, play with the facts usually. And can we recognize the characteristics of hardness and softness when we have this touch? no? Now let's touch the glass. We touch the glass or we perceive the hardness. Which one does it happen? Let us 18 Machine Translated by Google notice, we observe. But not according to the way we keep looking, looking. It will be very natural, slowly we will understand. Then very naturally, we will realize, this process is very interesting. Maybe at first we will not realize anything, right? But slowly let's be patient, patient, patient again, to take it easy Can be both learned and observed. Can be not discovered at once. But there is when something seems new, it seems a little strange to us. But at least we have an attention, an observation, then we can recognize 19 Machine Translated by Google out. We will find it very interesting. Then everything People just try to do it, as an exercise or an observation. Throughout the day, we will have many moments that can be observed. For the processes of seeing, hearing, touching… many other things, it is like that. So. 20