Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and his great vow to save all sentient beings. Reading the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra, we can see that the Buddha talked about the four previous lives, with the four great vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Who is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is one of the six important Bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism. The remaining five are Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Dai The Chi Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Maitreya Bodhisattva. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva of great compassion, vowing to save the world. He is the leader of the U Minh realm. Earth is earth. Tibet is the boss containing. The Bodhisattva has made a great vow to save all sentient beings as well as the earth is the refuge for all things, so it is called Earth. There are also people who explain the meaning of the word "Earth" based on the Ksitigarbha Sutra, which says: "U Minh Cult Master of the Deity Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva". Because the use of words in the scriptures is very literal and clear, "Tai" is the original mind, "Tun" is precious, "Earth" is the mind-ground, "Tibetan" is the Tathagata's organ. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a Bodhisattva who specializes in saving lives in Hell and unborn children. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue and what Buddhists should know 4 stories of Ksitigarbha's predecessors Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's predecessors in countless past lives, depending on different conditions and times, broadcast the words Great vow to save all sentient beings in countless samsara. Story No. 1: Elderly son (son of a wealthy man) During the time of the Buddha, the Lion Buddha Phan Tan Tac Tu Van Hanh Tathagata, his predecessor Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was the son of a wealthy man. Seeing that the Buddha had a beautiful face and a thousand blessings and solemnity, the rich man asked him what kind of life and vows he practiced to be so good? At that time, Venerable Master Phan Tan Tac Tu Van Hanh Tathagata told the elder, "In order to realize this beautiful body, it is necessary to go through a long time to free all sentient beings who are suffering." . After hearing this, the elder son made a vow, saying, "From now on to an indescribable number in the next life, for the sake of sentient beings suffering in the six paths of suffering, I will explain many means to make them all liberated. Only then will I attain Buddhahood." It is because of that vast vow that up to now, after hundreds of thousands of billions of kalpas, he is still a bodhisattva. Story #2: The King of a Country In countless eons of the past and beyond, There was a Buddha born with the name of Necessary Knowledge of Achievements Tathagata. Before he left home, he became the king of a small country and befriended the king of a neighboring country. He and the neighboring country's king practiced ten good deeds to benefit the people. The people in that neighboring country mostly created evil deeds, so the two kings together discussed ways to lead the people. One man made a vow: "I vow to become a Buddha soon, so that all these people can be liberated without any leftovers." The other man made a vow: "Just as I can't save sinners from suffering to make them happy and attain Bodhi, I would not have been able to become a Buddha at that time." The king who vowed to soon become a Buddha and then save all sentient beings is the Buddha of All Wisdom Accomplished Tathagata. And the king who made a vow to save all sentient beings and then become a Buddha was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Story #3: Daughter of the Brahmin lineage, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha in countless kalpas long ago was a daughter of the Brahmin lineage, with deep merit and virtue, often accompanied by devas. Her mother was a superstitious person who despised the Three Jewels, although the Saintess gave many advices, her mother did not believe it completely, so when she died, she fell into the Uninterrupted hell. Because she believed in cause and effect, knowing that her mother would have to be born in an evil path, she sold her house and land, bought incense, flowers, and offerings, and made offerings at temples to worship Duc Giac Hoa Dinh Tu At Vuong Tathagata. Once she admired his image, she immediately developed admiration, thinking that if the Buddha remained in the world, she would know where her mother was reborn. Suddenly in the air there was an echo that said: I am the Buddha of the Past, Hoa Dinh Self-Relief King Tathagata, seeing that she loves her mother more than usual, so I came to teach her how to know where her mother was born. Obeying the Buddha, after making offerings, she returned and faced the Buddha image, sitting upright, contemplating the name of Buddha Giac Hoa Dinh Self at King Tathagata. Over the course of a day and a night, she finds herself coming to a beach, where boys and girls are floating in the boiling sea, being eaten by wild beasts. At that time, the Poisonless Demon came and told her that this is hell, the people who fall here are because they don't sow good deeds while living, create many bad karmas, when they die, they don't have anyone to do good deeds within 49 days. so follow the karma that suffers. When the Saintess asked the Demon King about her mother's birthplace, she was told that she was filial and obedient, so her mother was fully fortunate to escape hell and was born in Heaven. Also thanks to that merit, on that day the sinners in hell were also reborn in the good realm. At that time, the holy woman of the dream suddenly woke up and understood everything, She immediately faced the statue of Buddha Giac Hoa Dinh, the King of Tathagata, and made a great vow, saying: "I vow that from now on to the future lives of sentient beings who are guilty of suffering, I will set up many methods to make them suffer. they are liberated.” Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva vows to save all sentient beings, ie no more sentient beings, no karma and afflictions, this is Nirvana. The merits of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Story #4: Quang Mu saved his mother Countless countless lives ago, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha used to be a girl named Quang Mu. Because she wanted to save her dead mother, she did good deeds, made offerings to the Arhat to dedicate her blessings, because when she was still alive, her mother liked to kill and eat fish species. Feeling sympathy for Quang Muc's filial piety, The Arhat said that her mother had fallen to hell and advised her to sincerely recite the Pure Lotus Flower Muc Tathagata, paint a Buddha image, and those who died would be blessed. She obeyed the teaching, immediately exported money, created a statue of the Buddha Lotus Flower Muc Tathagata and then respectfully worshiped and paid homage. Her devotion was inspired by Padmasambhava, one night she dreamed that the Buddha released light and said: Soon your mother will be born in your house, when she knows hunger and cold, immediately know how to speak. After that, the maidservant (servant) in her house gave birth to a boy. In less than three days, he could speak. The child cried and cried and said to Quang Muc: I am your mother, thanks to the blessing you created, I was born. as a lowly person, but at the age of 13, he will be sent to hell. Because I don't want my mother and sentient beings to suffer in samsara, Quang Mug faced the statue of Buddha Padmasambhava and made a vast Bodhi vow: "From this day onward, for hundreds of thousands of millions of kotis of kalpas in which worlds are thousands of sentient beings suffering in the hells? With the three evil paths, I vow to save them so that they can all escape from the evil places: hell, animals, hungry ghosts... Those who have committed such crimes have become Buddhas, then I will become a Buddha. Righteous Enlightenment”. Thanks to that great merit and vow, her mother, when she gave up the sambhogakaya, was reborn as a Pham Chi who lived for a hundred years. After that, he was reborn in the land of Worryless and lived an incalculably long life. And in the end will become a Buddha, save many kinds of people, Heaven is as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. What are the great vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? From the four stories of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's predecessors and vows, we see that he is the symbol of compassion. He loves sentient beings suffering in the three evil paths, vows to go there to accompany and save suffering beings.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/10/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.