From: tdn7039@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Thomas Nguyen)
Subject: Re: [REL] Gia'o ly' DDa.o Pha^.t
Reply-To: tdn7039@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:31:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.151507.288@news.media.mit.edu>, tran@neep.engr.wisc.edu writes:
>
>Tha^n gu+?i ba.n Thomas Nguyen,
>     Nhu+~ng ca^u ho?i cu?a ba.n ve^` PG dda~ ddu+o+.c gia?i dda'p mo^.t pha^`n
>(Vu L. Pham).  Nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i hie^?u la^`m PG kho^ng pha?i la` i't, ke^? ca?
>mo^.t so^' ho.c gia? chuye^n ve^` PG no^?i tie^'ng tre^n hoa`n ca^`u.  Ly' do
>ra^'t gia?n di.: gia'o ly' PG kho^ng pha?i dde^? ba`n lua^.n mo^.t ca'ch 
thua^`n tri' thu+'c (thua^.t ngu+~ PG go.i la` hy' lua^.n) ma` la` dde^? tu 
>ta^.p,ha`nh tri`, chu+'ng nghie^.m va`o chi'nh ba?n tha^n.  PG tu+o+ng tu+.
> nhu+ 1 bo^ng  hoa
>nhie^`u ca'nh, mo^~i ca'nh co' 1 ve? dde.p rie^ng, nhu+ng ta kho^ng ne^n la^`m
>mo^.t ca'nh hoa la` ca? bo^ng hoa.  To^i ra^'t hoan nghe^nh tinh tha^`n
> ro^.ng ra~i cu?a ba.n, kho^ng criticize, mock, hay verbally attack,
> nhu+ng ba.n ne^n  hie^?u ra(`ng du` ba.n co' la`m nhu+~ng ddie^`u tre^n thi`
> PG cu~ng kho^ng co'
>pha?n u+'ng vi` PG co' the^? coi nhu+ 1 ta^'m gu+o+ng soi, cha^'p nha^.n
> va` pha?n chie^'u ta^'t ca? nhu+~ng gi` qua tru+o+'c no' ma` kho^ng giu+~ 
>la.i gi`,hoa(.c nhu+ bie^?n ca?, tha?n nhie^n cha^'p nha^.n ta^'t ca? 
>nhu+~ng gi` ddo^? va`o bie^?n ma` kho^ng he^` pha`n na`n, bo+?i vi` ta^'t
>ca? dde^`u se~ bie^'n  the^? dde^? ho`a ddo^`ng va`o nu+o+'c dda.i du+o+ng.

Ba.n Chu'c Nga^n,

Lo*`i cu?a ba.n cao sie^u la('m -do'.   Cha^'p nha^.n va` an
nhie^n tu*. ta.i nghe thi` hay la('m. Nhu*ng trong xa~ ho^.i,
Gia'o ly' cu?a -da.o pha^.t -da~ la`m cho con ngu*o*`i
thu. -do^.ng, chi.u -du*.ng va` nga^.m mie^.ng, an tha^n, an pha^.n.
To^i nghi~ da^n to^.c Vie^.t chi.u a?nh hu*o*?ng cu?a gia'o ly' nha` pha^.t 
ma` mo*'i co' nga`y nay.  Vo*'i lo^'i suy nghi~ "la`m cho la('m cu~ng a(m 
ma('m vo*'i ca`" thi` individuals se~ kho^ng co`n ha(ng  say -de^? tranh -da^'u
cho ly tu*o*?ng va` co^ng ba(`ng.  -Da^y la` tri`nh 
-do^. suy nghi~ cu?a to^i ne^'u ba.n va` ba` con tha^'y kho^ng o^?n thi` xin
tu*. nhie^n  go'p the^m y' kie^'n.

Thu*? nghi~ la` ngu*o*`i ai cu~ng co' ti`nh ca?m, tham, sa^n, si, hy?, no^.,
 a'i o^'.  Gia'o ly' nha` fa^.t da.y de.p bo? tham, sa^n, si, hy? no^., a'i
o^' , Ne^'u con ngu*o*`i -da~ -da.t -du*o*.c tri`nh ddo^. na`y thi`
tro*? tha`nh la` mo^.t xa'c kho^ng ho^`n.  -Do^`ng y' ra(`ng, no^., tham,
sa^n, si o^' la` negative  va` ca^`n fa?i gia?m, nhu*ng a'i(agape)
va` hy? con ngu*o*`i ma` kho^ng bie^'t vui, buo^`n, ye^u thu*o*ng thi`
-da^u fa?i la` ngu*o*`i nu*?a? 
Ba.n va` ba` con nghi~ nhu* the^' na`o?


>    To^i mo+'i ddo.c SCV ga^`n dda^y va` nha^.n tha^'y co' 1 so^' ba`i lo+`i
>le~ kho^ng thi'ch ho+.p vo+'i to^n chi? va` mu.c ddi'ch cu?a SCV.  SCV la`
>die^~n dda`n dde^? chu'ng ta ho.c ho?i la^~n nhau. Ngu+o+`i VN pha^n bie^.t
>ro~ ra`ng ngu+o+`i co' ho.c va` ngu+o+`i co' gia'o du.c.  Ngu+o+`i co' ho.c
>chu+a ha(?n la` ngu+o+`i co' gia'o du.c va` ngu+o+.c la.i.  Theo truye^`n
>tho^'ng VN thi` nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i co' gia'o du.c, du` i't ho.c, va^~n ddu+o+.c
>tro.ng ho+n nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i co' ho.c ma` kho^ng co' ha.nh.  Do ddo',nhu+~ng
>ngu+o+`i co' ba(`ng ca^'p cao, tha`nh co^ng o+? ngoa`i ddo+`i, co' ddi.a vi.,
>nhie^`u tie^`n v..v.. chi? la` ddie^`u kie^.n ca^`n chu+' chu+a pha?i la`
>ddie^`u kie^.n ddu? dde^? ddu+o+.c mo.i ngu+o+`i coi tro.ng. Ngu+o+`i VN
>cu~ng thu+o+`ng no'i: xem va(n bie^'t ngu+o+`i, co' le~ chu'ng ta ne^n tha^.n
>tro.ng khi vie^'t tre^n SCV.  Mong va^.y thay.
>
>                                                   Chu'c Tro.ng Nga^n
  Ba.n Nga^n a`, 
                
  Theo to^i nghi~ ca'i ca^u  "Judge not and ye shall not be judged" la`
hay nha^'t. Vo*'i nhu*~ng lo*`i nha('n nhu? tre^n, ba.n cu~ng ma('c va`o 
lu*o*'i cu?a   reputation, status, degrading, judging , Nha^n ca'ch,
manners,nghi le^?(ritual), tie^'ng ta(m.
Ne^'u vi` so*. ngu*o*`i ta -da'nh gia' tri`nh -do^. ho.c va^'n, ta`i
vie^'t va(n, la`m tho*, thi` nhu*~ng ngu*o*`i bi`nh da^n 
i't ho.c nhu* tui fa?i -du*'ng ngoa`i  la('ng tai nghe
chu*' kho^ng da'm bo^.c lo^. y' nghi~ vi` so*. bi.  -da'nh gia' tri. con 
ngu*o*`i  qua tu* ca'ch a(n no'i.  

tho^i tui no'i ba^'y nhie^u tho^i, tui co`n tre?, -do*`i co`n da`i, tui
co`n ra^'t nhie^`u thu*' -de^? ho.c ho?i the^m.

  
take care everyone,

TDN

ps. Ne^'u ba.n no'i gia'o ly nha` pha^.t cao sie^u kho^ng the^? -dem
ra hy' lua^.n -du*o*.c thi` la`m sao ngu*o*`i da^n hie^?u -du*o*.c??
To^i nghi~ the truth must be simple and elegance that even
ordinary people can grasp it without any difficulty. Any religion
claims to be intellectual, is not a religion. Buddhism is not
a religion! it is a philosophy and good for debating and pondering.
(I don't know what the heck I am talking about but give it a shot anyway!
:-)    
enuf said!