GIỚI BẢN NĂM
GIỚI TÂN TU
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Đạo Tràng Mai Thôn, Pháp Quốc
The Five Mindfulness Trainings
Sisters and brothers in the community, this is the moment when we enjoy
reciting the Five Mindfulness Trainings together. The Five Mindfulness
Trainings represent the Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and
ethic. They are a concrete expression of the Buddha’s teachings on the
Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the path of right understanding
and true love, leading to healing, transformation, and happiness for ourselves
and for the world. To practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings is to
cultivate the insight of interbeing, or Right View, which can remove all
discrimination, intolerance, anger, fear, and despair. If we live
according to the Five Mindfulness Trainings, we are already on the path of a
bodhisattva. Knowing we are on that path, we are not lost in confusion about
our life in the present or in fears about the future.
Reverence For Life
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to
cultivating the insight of interbeing and compassion and learning ways to
protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not
to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the
world, in my thinking, or in my way of life. Seeing that harmful actions
arise from anger, fear, greed, and intolerance, which in turn come from
dualistic and discriminative thinking, I will cultivate openness,
non-discrimination, and non-attachment to views in order to transform violence,
fanaticism, and dogmatism in myself and in the world.
True Happiness
Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and
oppression, I am committed to practicing generosity in my thinking, speaking,
and acting. I am determined not to steal and not to possess anything that
should belong to others; and I will share my time, energy, and material
resources with those who are in need. I will practice looking deeply to
see that the happiness and suffering of others are not separate from my own
happiness and suffering; that true happiness is not possible without
understanding and compassion; and that running after wealth, fame, power and
sensual pleasures can bring much suffering and despair. I am aware that
happiness depends on my mental attitude and not on external conditions, and
that I can live happily in the present moment simply by remembering that I
already have more than enough conditions to be happy. I am committed to
practicing Right Livelihood so that I can help reduce the suffering of living
beings on Earth and reverse the process of global warming.
True Love
Aware of the suffering caused by sexual misconduct, I am committed to
cultivating responsibility and learning ways to protect the safety and
integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society. Knowing that
sexual desire is not love, and that sexual activity motivated by craving always
harms myself as well as others, I am determined not to engage in sexual
relations without true love and a deep, long-term commitment made known to my
family and friends. I will do everything in my power to protect children
from sexual abuse and to prevent couples and families from being broken by
sexual misconduct. Seeing that body and mind are one, I am committed to
learning appropriate ways to take care of my sexual energy and cultivating
loving kindness, compassion, joy and inclusiveness – which are the four basic
elements of true love – for my greater happiness and the greater happiness of
others. Practicing true love, we know that we will continue beautifully
into the future.
Loving Speech and Deep Listening
Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen
to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate
listening in order to relieve suffering and to promote reconciliation and peace
in myself and among other people, ethnic and religious groups, and
nations. Knowing that words can create happiness or suffering, I am
committed to speaking truthfully using words that inspire confidence, joy, and
hope. When anger is manifesting in me, I am determined not to speak. I will practice mindful breathing and walking in order to recognize and to look
deeply into my anger. I know that the roots of anger can be found in my
wrong perceptions and lack of understanding of the suffering in myself and in
the other person. I will speak and listen in a way that can help myself
and the other person to transform suffering and see the way out of difficult
situations. I am determined not to spread news that I do not know to be
certain and not to utter words that can cause division or discord. I will
practice Right Diligence to nourish my capacity for understanding, love, joy,
and inclusiveness, and gradually transform anger, violence, and fear that lie
deep in my consciousness.
Nourishment and Healing
Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I am committed to
cultivating good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and
my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming. I will
practice looking deeply into how I consume the Four Kinds of Nutriments, namely
edible foods, sense impressions, volition, and consciousness. I am
determined not to gamble, or to use alcohol, drugs, or any other products which
contain toxins, such as certain websites, electronic games, TV programs, films,
magazines, books, and conversations. I will practice coming back to the
present moment to be in touch with the refreshing, healing and nourishing
elements in me and around me, not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into
the past nor letting anxieties, fear, or craving pull me out of the present
moment. I am determined not to try to cover up loneliness, anxiety, or
other suffering by losing myself in consumption. I will contemplate
interbeing and consume in a way that preserves peace, joy, and well-being in my
body and consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of my
family, my society and the Earth.