Buddha called this world the Evil World of Suffering, because this world includes five evils, five kinds of suffering and five kinds of burning. Buddha advised sentient beings to abandon evil and do good to leave suffering and attain happiness. Abandoning the five evils is to keep the five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, no addiction, which is also doing the five good deeds! So, abandoning evil and doing good is to guard the body, speech and mind so as not to violate the five precepts.

According to worldly law, if anyone commits these five evils, in this life they must be punished by the law, their body will encounter calamities, and they will have to endure the five kinds of pain and suffering. According to the law of cause and effect, if anyone commits these five evils, in the future life they will have to suffer the consequences in the three evil realms. Buddha called these five evils the five burnings. The five kinds of pain and suffering in this life are the flower retribution, the five burnings after death are the result. Why did Buddha only mention these five evils? Because people often create these five evils, the Buddha specifically pointed out these five evils so that living beings know how to avoid them. The Buddha taught that if one wants to avoid creating these five evils, one must be skillful in maintaining a pure mind and upright thoughts, that is, one must keep one's thoughts honest, truthful, and upright, and should not think of evil deeds, and stay away from the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. Not thinking of evil deeds means one should not even think or discuss the mistakes and evils of others, let alone think of creating evil deeds oneself. Understanding it even more deeply, "a pure mind and upright thoughts" means the mind is always directed toward Bodhi, not seeking anything else. If one can maintain a pure mind and body like this, one naturally will not dare to do evil deeds; that is truly the greatest virtue. Therefore, abandoning evil is doing good, doing good is abandoning evil!

The Buddha said that enlightening and educating sentient beings in other realms is easy, but this Saha world is very difficult. Why? Because in other realms there are many excellent conditions and strong good karma, but this Saha world does not have these two excellent conditions, and in addition, in this world there are five evils and great suffering, so enlightening and educating sentient beings is very difficult. What are the two excellent conditions that the Buddha mentioned here? They are “a straight mind and upright intention” and “not doing evil deeds.” People in the Saha world have an unsteady mind and unrighteous intention, and often do evil deeds, so the Master Shakyamuni Buddha appeared here to dispel ignorance, enlighten, and educate sentient beings, causing sentient beings to abandon evil and practice good, eliminate suffering, and leave the evil paths. The Buddha subdued and educated the minds of sentient beings in order to make their minds enter the path, obey the five good deeds, and follow the Buddha's teachings to practice the right path. The five good deeds are the five precepts: no killing, no sexual misconduct, no stealing, no lying, and no addiction. The Buddha said that if people keep these five good deeds, they will gain much merit. Merit has both near and far results: The near result is that by keeping the five precepts, in this life the body is at peace and without suffering, the far result is that at the end of this life or in the next life, they will meet Amitabha Buddha, be born in the Pure Land, and definitely attain Nirvana.

· Among the five evils, the Buddha first taught about the crime of killing. What people fear most is death, what people cherish most is life. Therefore, killing another person's life is the greatest evil of all evils. In this world, the strong often bully the weak, living beings take turns making enemies, forming grudges, destroying, harming, killing, and devouring each other. People and animals are the same! Like birds swallowing mantises, people kill birds; like snakes swallow toads, toads eat earthworms, etc. People think that is in accordance with the natural law of survival, they say: "Things are born to be nurtured by humans!" Let us ask ourselves: Humans are also animals, so why do we differentiate between things and humans, and then arbitrarily kill lives?

Buddha said, most living beings in this world do not believe in morality, do not know how to do good, and even commit all kinds of evil deeds, killing lives, so in the next life they must suffer punishments such as poverty, lonely begging, blindness, deafness, muteness, stupidity, madness, etc. However, in this life there are also wise and virtuous people, wealthy and wealthy, intelligent, brave and talented..., they all because in their past lives they were compassionate, filial, practiced good deeds, accumulated virtues, so they achieved such good things! All of us can clearly see before our eyes the good and evil things, the good and bad things, the good and bad things in the world, doing evil will receive evil retribution, cause and effect are never false! Those who commit evil deeds must first receive light retribution in this life, such as imprisonment, poverty, lonely begging, blindness, deafness, muteness, stupidity, madness, etc. These are just the types of punishments that are easily seen in life. How many people know that after their lifespan ends, there are other, heavier sufferings? Just as they leave the human body, they immediately take on the body of a hungry ghost or animal, transforming and changing form in the four births (egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, and transformation-born), living and dying countless times, just like that, they keep rotating in the six paths, enduring extreme pain and sorrow, not knowing how to escape. Just like the worldly law punishes murderers, first they are locked in a dark dungeon, their body is shackled, and they endure great suffering. Finally, they are tortured and lose their lives. After death, one is immediately condemned to the three evil paths, which include hell, hungry ghosts, animals, flying creatures, etc. Among them, hell is the most miserable place, the greatest torture. When one dies, the eighth consciousness, also known as Alaya consciousness, Tinh consciousness, or Mang tinh, will act as the master to decide where one is reborn. Wherever karma is heaviest, it will drag one there, and then depending on the retribution for the sins committed, one will fall into the evil paths. If the sins are too heavy, one will be immediately trapped in the Avici hell, and it will be difficult to get out for thousands of lifetimes. If one is born in the eight great hells or the long-lived ghosts, one's life will be very long. If one is born as moths, mayflies, etc., one's life will be very short. If one is born as bacteria, one will die and live in each moment. In the evil paths, the countless differences in life spans are all due to past karma. In the good paths, living long is considered a blessing, in the evil paths, living long is considered a great disaster!

Those who kill are born at the same time and place, and they repay each other with grievances. One kills another to repay their grudges. For example, if a person is killed because he wants to collect a debt of life, he will constantly pursue the person he hates. Both sides must appear in the world at the same time and place to hope to repay the debt. In this life, a person kills a goat, in the future the person will die and become a goat, the goat will die and become a person; it is like a cat will die and become a mouse, the mouse will die and become a cat, etc., they will be born together in life after life to take lives and collect debts from each other. Furthermore, because the debt collectors have to go through many lives to get revenge, they become enemies and relatives, one debt has not been paid off, another debt is born, not knowing when it will be paid off. The evils they have created have not been paid off, so they keep rotating in the evil paths, with no time to escape, the pain is unspeakable. In heaven and earth, karma is naturally like that! Cause and effect will respond to each other without fail! Even if one does not want to suffer the consequences of doing evil, the consequences will come naturally. Even if one does not expect the results of practicing good, the results will come naturally, just like a shadow follows a form, or an echo follows a sound. Evil people who do evil must suffer the consequences. Although the consequences do not appear immediately in the present, cause and effect are not false, and they will surely suffer the consequences in the next life.

· Next, the Buddha spoke about the crime of stealing. For things with an owner, whether small or large, if one takes them without permission, it is stealing. The act of stealing originates from the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. These evils support each other, resulting in the crime of stealing! In the Buddhist scriptures, it is said that greedy and stingy people easily give rise to the mind to steal. Those in positions who take advantage of their power and power to be deceitful, allow their subordinates to bribe people, rob others, plunder, harm others for their own benefit, harm the country, harm the people, create all kinds of evil karma, are thieves. It is because the ruling state is not wise, the officials and civil servants are not upright, that these thefts occur within the internal government. Taking bribes is already a form of theft, let alone being jealous of good people, harming honest people to protect and cover up one's own crimes of theft. Such people will surely speak deceitfully and dishonestly, follow the crowd to seek personal gain, slander good people, falsely accuse good people, and have inconsistent thoughts and words. These deceitful, scheming, and lying people often use flattering words to please people, in order to sway their minds to commit deceitful acts. Evil people do not care about hierarchy, superiors and inferiors, inside and outside, relatives and strangers; they lie and cheat to everyone.

The two poisons of anger and ignorance make people's greed grow even more. The three evils of greed, anger, and ignorance support each other, making evil desires even more illustrious. Coveting other people's wealth, only wanting to accumulate it for oneself, the vast sea of desire is never satisfied. No matter noble or humble, no matter rich or poor, no one does not want to accumulate, be busy, and work hard to get more. Because of competing for benefits and harms, harming others and benefiting oneself, one always calculates gains and losses, and anger turns into hatred. Hatred to the point of destroying one's home and losing one's life, without any concern, not taking the time to carefully consider the cause and effect. Before, one does not care whether one's actions and words are right or wrong; later, one does not care about the teachings and criticisms of wise people, nor is one afraid that ghosts and gods are always secretly observing and recording. Before not caring about the sins of the three karmas of body, speech and mind, then not considering the retribution in the future, such a person only wants to compete for victory for himself, only for his own pleasure, not afraid of both sides losing, hurting each other, not caring about anything, just freely creating all kinds of evil deeds. Even though he is a rich person, because of his greed and stinginess, he is not willing to give his wealth to others, but only likes to keep it for himself. Because of such a deep greed, he has to endure hardships all his life; until he dies, he comes and goes alone, he cannot take anything with him! Nothing goes with him at the time of death, only the karma that follows him forever like a shadow. The good or bad karma created during life and the good or bad results that karma creates never leave him, they follow his life to the place where he is born; therefore, in the next life, he is sometimes born in a happy place like a god, a human, or an asura; or sometimes have to be born into a place of suffering and misery like hell, hungry ghosts, and animals.

Furthermore, people often see others doing good deeds, but do not admire or imitate them, but instead give rise to jealousy and slander. Such people have neither good thoughts nor good deeds. In their hearts, they are filled with thoughts of competition, of encroaching on other people's property and land, always looking for ways to harm others and benefit themselves, hoping to enjoy the benefits of others to provide for themselves. That is also breaking the precept of stealing! Unrighteous wealth is easily obtained, so they spend it lavishly and quickly run out, or it is robbed by others, and cannot be kept for long. The gods all know such things, and in the end, when they die, they fall into the path of evil and suffer immeasurable suffering. The Avatamsaka Sutra says: "When a person is born, there are two gods who always follow him on both sides. One is called Dong Sanh, the other is called Dong Danh. Those two gods often see that person, but that person cannot see the gods." The Female Being on the right shoulder records the evil deeds that have been done. The Male Being on the left shoulder records the good deeds that have been done. These two deities are collectively called gods. Because there are gods who record the good and evil deeds of each person, the retribution is never wrong. Both places, inside is one's own inner consciousness and outside is the god, both clearly record one's good and evil deeds, so how can one deny it to King Yama? One must follow the evil karma that has been created and revolve in the three evil realms of suffering, many lifetimes difficult to escape, this pain is indescribable!

· The third thing is lust and evil. Lust and evil are the causes that give rise to the evils of greed, anger, and ignorance. Living beings rely on the combination of karmic causes to be born in this world. Each person has collective karma and individual karma. Because one person and another share the same karmic retribution, they are born at the same time in the same world. But because each person's karma is different, they are either born as relatives or become enemies, born together in the same place to repay kindness and revenge. A hundred years is as short as a moment, impermanence is fleeting, human life is like a breath, gone in the blink of an eye, but people in this world are crazy, do not know suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and non-self, only crave illusory joy like moths flying into fire, burning themselves. Buddha calls them “unscrupulous people, with unrighteous bodies and minds, harboring evil thoughts, always thinking of lust.” Lust is debauchery, greed for beauty, disregarding propriety. Lust is the cause that gives rise to evils of greed, anger, and ignorance. Lust is one of the ten evils, the shackles that bind living beings. Lust is the root of sin that gives rise to disasters. People lose their lives and homes because of lust. In fact, all living beings are born and die in the six paths of suffering because of lust. In the fundamentals of life and death, lust is the most important. Therefore, the sutra teaches: “Living lustfully is not as good as dying chastely.” The ancients also said: “Among all evils, lust is the worst. It is the path of death, you cannot go. If you continue to do lustful things, it is like going to the path of death.”

In the five precepts for lay people, Buddha only prohibits sexual misconduct, but in the ten precepts for monks, Buddha says to completely cut off lust. Monks are not allowed to commit all sexual acts in life, that is breaking the precepts. Therefore, how can people who leave the world to become monks still break the precept of lust? Although lust does not oppress living beings, it binds living beings in the cycle of birth and death, so it is still considered a great sin. Lust is the source of the cycle of birth and death, is the cause that makes living beings far from liberation, so why should we, because of being attached to the joy of the moment, have to suffer great suffering for many lifetimes? The great sage said: “In the prison of birth and death, lust is the shackles that bind living beings, it is a difficult disaster to escape.” The Yogacara Sutra states: “Among all kinds of love, lust is the heaviest. If one can overcome it, one can naturally subdue the others; just as if one can subdue the strong, the weaker ones will naturally submit. This dharma of lust has three sins: suffering that seems like joy; a little sweetness but much harm; impurity that seems like purity.” The Ha Duc Sutra teaches: “Female beauty is a shackle in the world. Ordinary people are attached to it and cannot give it up. Female beauty is a great disaster in the world, because ordinary people cannot escape female beauty until death. Female beauty is the world's decline. When ordinary people encounter it, there is no accident that will not happen!”

When the fire of lust burns inside, it makes the stomach hot and the mind crazy, rising to the chest, and it is clearly shown on the outside as lewd, licentious, dissolute, and flirtatious characteristics. In human life, there are so many good things that should be done but people do not do them, do not seek independence, do not diligently do righteous things, do not seek to leave the three realms, do not know how to seek blessings, seek wisdom, seek rebirth in the Pure Land, but instead seek sexual intercourse, causing afflictions to overflow to fill the chest. Seeking sexual intercourse will lead to bad things as the Buddha said: Lustful people often associate with evil people, raise armies to fight, attack and kill, rape and rob. The acts of siege, robbery, killing, stabbing are sins caused by sexual intercourse! In human history, there have been so many things that have happened, such as people relying on power to threaten and rob others of their love with their power, or people bringing their whole lives to countries to exchange for women, causing the people to suffer. These are all due to the evil of lust filling the chest and are also theft! People commit all kinds of theft and murder just to possess or please their loved ones, so no matter how much they commit evil deeds, they still find it enjoyable; that is the consequence of lust! Because of such evil deeds, they are caught in the cycle of law, having to suffer punishment from both people and ghosts and gods. If they commit evil openly, they will be caught in the punishment of people and authorities, everyone will hate them, the law will punish them, disasters and suffering will pile up. If they commit evil secretly, they will be caught in the scrutiny of the underworld, gods and heavens will see clearly and secretly record. How can those who commit such evil hope to escape the punishment of ghosts and gods? Because of this, they will fall into the three evil paths, with boundless suffering, spinning around in them, many lifetimes difficult to get out, pain beyond description!

· Fourth is the crime of lying. Lying is words that go against the mind, are incorrect, not in accordance with the truth, dare to say they do not see, say they do not see. Lying is done with an impure mind, wanting to deceive others, conceal the truth, or say something else, creating karma from the mouth. Lying is divided into three different types: double-tongued speech, harsh speech, and fabrication. Double-tongued speech is also called double-tongued speech, words that incite discord, make fun of right and wrong, cause people to fight with each other, cause harm to others, and destroy the harmony of the Sangha. Harsh speech is also called harsh and evil speech because it is harsh and evil words uttered from the mouth that make others sad and miserable. Fabrication is unrighteous and evil speech, like mixed colors and shadows to bewitch the listener. Bodhisattva Hanh Co said: “The tiger’s mouth harms people, the sword’s tongue takes lives. If the mouth can be kept like the nose, then death will be free from any calamity!” People who keep their mouths silent like the nostrils will avoid causing calamities; Yet people often like to commit the sin of lying, not caring about the consequences in the future. This is because their false karma is deeply accumulated, the seeds of false karma in their consciousness are many, so when encountering the external world, they immediately activate and create lies.

In the past, when the Buddha was still a prince, named Siddhartha, he married Princess Yasodhara. After the Prince left home, the princess gave birth to a son named Rahula. When he was young, Rahula followed the Buddha to become a monk and often stayed by the Buddha's side to study. Rahula was often mischievous, liked to lie and deceive people for fun. Once, someone asked: "Do you know where the Buddha is now?" Although Rahula knew the Buddha was in the room on the left, he deliberately pointed to the right and said: "The Buddha is over there." When people were fooled, Rahula was very happy, taking it as a joke. Later, someone told the Buddha about this, the Buddha immediately called Rahula in to admonish him. Rahula saw the Buddha's solemn expression and did not dare to say a word. He hurriedly brought the basin of water for the Buddha to wash his feet and waited for the Buddha's instructions. After washing his feet, the Buddha told Rahula, "Now, drink the water in that basin." Rahula was startled and said to the Buddha, "The Buddha just used this water to wash his feet. How can I drink this dirty water?" The Buddha taught, "When you lie, your mouth is as dirty as the water in this basin. I do not want to drink this dirty water, just as others do not want to hear your lies." After hearing this, Rahula took the basin of water and poured it out. Then, the Buddha said, "Now, you have poured out all the dirty water in the basin. Use this basin to hold your food." Hearing the Buddha's words, Rahula was very embarrassed and thought to himself, "Although all the dirty water has been poured out, this basin is still very dirty. How can it be used to hold food?" The Buddha knew Rahula's thoughts so he taught him: "When you lie, your mouth is as dirty as this basin. Think about it, who would ever use dirty things to hold clean things?" From this story we see that the Buddha was not pleased with people who lied and deceived others. The Buddha said that there are ten sins of lying. What are the ten? One is bad breath; two is good spirits stay away, and non-humans take the opportunity to harm you; three is even though you sometimes tell the truth, others still do not believe it; four is when a wise person discusses, he cannot participate; five is often slandered, his bad reputation spreads throughout the world; six is others do not respect him, even though he teaches and orders others, they do not obey; seven is often sad; eight is creating the cause and condition for slander; nine is when the body perishes and life ends, one will fall into hell; ten is if one escapes hell and is born as a human, one is often slandered by people. We see that the evil karma of lying gives rise to many such disasters, and when we die, we fall into hell. Therefore, the Buddha always reminds us, advises us to be careful, and not to despise the sin of lying.

In the Infinite Life Sutra, the Buddha teaches that people commit the sin of lying because they often feel jealous of virtuous people, destroy the wise, are unfilial to their parents, underestimate their teachers, do not trust their friends, find it difficult to be honest, are arrogant, and think they understand the Dharma. “Being jealous of virtuous people” is evil speech that causes the sin of double-talk. “Destroying the wise” is false speech. “Being unfilial to their parents, underestimate their teachers” is also evil speech, creating the sin of rebelliousness. “Not trusting their friends, find it difficult to be honest” is disloyalty, creating the highest sin of lying. “Being arrogant” creates evil speech. “Thinking that they understand the Dharma” is speaking two-sidedly, making up stories. If one has not yet attained the holy path but claims to have attained it, then he has committed the great sin of lying, and will have to suffer a heavier retribution than all other verbal karma. Furthermore, because he wants others to respect him, to consider him the master, the leader, to want everyone to listen to his orders, to only know how to obey him, his mouth specializes in saying words that divide and separate, destroying the harmony of others. Also because he wants others to respect him, he often pretends, acts pretentious, and appears moral on the outside, but inside he harbors evil and scheming thoughts. This sin of arrogance belongs to the private mind. If combined with the three poisons, he will have all kinds of arrogance, anger, and ignorance. This type of person often relies on his position and power to give rise to arrogance and pride, and does not know shame, self-restraint, or respect. For this type of arrogant person, it is difficult for the Buddha to teach and subdue their deluded minds. Those who commit evil deeds are temporarily helped by the blessings of their previous lives. Now they have status, rank, and wisdom, so they can do evil as they please. However, when the good karma of their previous lives is exhausted, their bodies no longer have a place to rely on, they immediately encounter many calamities and suffer many painful things. Furthermore, the gods record the sins of those evil people in the register, and then report to King Yama. When they leave their human bodies, they are immediately captured by ghosts and gods, and are cornered, with nowhere to run. In the end, their own consciousness drags them into the burning fire and boiling water of hell, suffering from being burned, their bodies and minds shattered, their physical forms in agony. At that moment, even if they regret it, there is nothing they can do!

In the Buddha Crown Victory Dharani Sutra, it is recorded that: At that time, in the Trayastrimsa Heaven, there was a celestial being named Thien Tru, residing in a great treasure palace, enjoying music, dancing, and playing with celestial maidens. Suddenly, in the middle of the sky, a voice called out: “Thien Tru celestial being! In seven days, your heavenly blessings will run out, you will lose your physical body, and fall to the Jambudvipa realm, becoming an animal seven times, often eating filthy food. Then you will fall into hell, and suffer all kinds of suffering through many lifetimes before you can become a human. Although you have a human body, you are short, dark, ugly, blind, and have incomplete senses. Your breath often smells bad. You are poor and humble, and always lack food and clothing. Everyone hates you and stays away from you.” Thien Tru celestial being heard this and was extremely terrified, his hair stood on end. He was filled with sorrow. He quickly went to the Heavenly Emperor, knelt down, and cried, recounting the above incident. After hearing this, the Heavenly Emperor was very surprised and thought to himself: “What merit did Thien Tru Thien Tu cultivate in his previous life to be born in the heavens and enjoy wonderful joy for many years? What karma did he create in his previous life that after his heavenly blessings were exhausted, he had to suffer seven times as an animal, then fall into hell, and when he was born as a human, his eyes were blind and he suffered all kinds of evil?” Having thought like this, the Heavenly Emperor immediately concentrated his mind and used his heavenly eye to see Thien Tru Thien Tu die in the heavens, then fall into seven lives as an animal such as a pig, dog, weasel, monkey, poisonous snake, vulture, crow, and often eat dirty and smelly things. The Heavenly Emperor thought again: “My heavenly eye can only see a little bit, it cannot understand the profound causes of karma. Only the Tathagata, the One of Perfect Enlightenment, can thoroughly understand all the causes and effects of good and evil. Only the World-Honored One, the Great Compassionate One, can save Thien Tru Thien Tu from the cycle of suffering.” Having finished thinking, he guided Thien Tru Deva and the devas to fly down to the garden of Thệ Đa Lâm Cấp Cô Độc to meet the Buddha, asking the World-Honored One to compassionately save Thien Tru Deva so that he could escape the cycle of suffering.

The World-Honored One told the king of heaven, Indra, that countless eons ago, there was a country called Bà La Nại, in that country there was a poor Brahmin who gave birth to only one son and then died young. The boy stayed with his mother until he grew up, and was assigned to work in the fields. The mother stayed at home and worked hard to prepare food for her son every day and brought it to the fields. One day, the food was late, and the son was hungry and thirsty. He became angry and used vicious words to scold him, saying: “My mother is worse than an animal! I have seen pigs, dogs, weasels, monkeys, snakes, vultures, and crows, who still care for their children. Why did she let me go hungry and thirsty without bringing food and water?” Because of his angry waiting, the son said these words three times. A moment later, the mother hurriedly brought food and water and spoke many words of comfort, making the son happy and free from anger. The son had just sat down to eat when he suddenly saw in the sky a Pratyekabuddha in the form of a monk flying from the south to the north. The son saw him and felt a sense of reverence. He stood up, clasped his hands, bowed his head, and asked the Pratyekabuddha to descend. The Pratyekabuddha accepted the request and slowly descended. The son was delighted, spread a white mat to make a seat, offered clean and beautiful flowers, and reduced his portion of food to make offerings to the monk. After finishing the meal, the Pratyekabuddha spoke the essentials of the Dharma for the son, making him happy. Later, the son became a monk and became a monk administrator. At that time, a Brahmin had just finished building a monastery. On the day of the inauguration, monks came and a donor brought a lot of food to offer. The monk administrator was annoyed that the monks were disturbing him, so he did not bring out the food to entertain them. Several monks asked: "That food was offered by the lay people to the current monks, why didn't you serve it?" The monk administrator got angry and scolded loudly: "Are you all blind? Where is the bowl of rice and milk that you tell me to hide? If you want more, I only have feces and urine for you to eat!"

The Buddha told Indra, the son of the poor Brahmin was the present Thien Tru Thien Tu. Because of anger in his previous life, he used vicious words to call seven kinds of animals and scold his mother, so he had to be an animal seven times. Because of his previous life, he uttered dirty words and scolded the monks, so he felt the sin of often eating unclean food. Because of being stingy and keeping the food of the current monks for himself, he received the retribution of hell and suffered poverty and ugliness in his human life. Because of scolding the monks as blind, he had to be blind for seven hundred lifetimes, living in darkness and suffering much pain. Such sins have causes, must be paid for, and their effects will not disappear. Thien Tu Thien Tru was able to enjoy wonderful joy in heaven because of his previous life, he spread out a seat, offered flowers, and offered food to the Pratyekabuddha, and because of the influence of hearing the Dharma. Also, because of the merit of his previous life, he clasped his hands and raised them toward the sky, respectfully requested, and bowed his head to the Pratyekabuddha, so he heard a voice in the sky warning him of the impending disaster and sincerely repented. Thien Tru Thien Tu heard the Buddha's teachings, knew that his karma had past causes, and was extremely repentant and self-reproachful. He prostrated himself before the Buddha, confessed his sins, begged for repentance, cried, shed tears like rain, blood and tears fell on the handkerchief in the flower basket, fainted for a long time before regaining consciousness.

The Buddha told Emperor Thich and Thien Tru: “Among the ten evil deeds, the karma of speech is the most powerful, you must know that evil words are even worse than a fierce fire. A fierce fire only burns away worldly treasures. The fire of anger and evil speech not only burns away the seven holy treasures and all the merits of the other world, but also attracts evil retribution in the future. Thien Tru, because of his anger and scolding his mother and the monks, lost his heavenly blessings, had to suffer the body of an animal and hell; therefore, towards parents and monks, one should respect, revere, make offerings, use gentle words to praise, often think of their kindness, and not despise them. The only compassion in the world is from parents, the field of merit in the three lives is nothing more than the monks. If one makes offerings to the true and holy monks, one's merits will not be lost, and one's desire to seek the Dharma of the other world will encounter good conditions and can be successful. The Sangha should not be hasty in speaking contemptuous words towards the Sangha! The parents' work of raising them is very difficult, carrying them for ten months in heavy suffering, and feeding them with milk and rice for three years. They go through all kinds of worries and hardships, raising them, educating them, hoping that they will be established and have more virtue and talent than others. If they become monks, they also hope that they will attain enlightenment and escape the cycle of birth and death. This kindness is as vast as the ocean and the sky, and is difficult to repay. Therefore, I told Ananda: If there were a person who carried his father on his left shoulder and his mother on his right shoulder, and circled Mount Sumeru a hundred thousand times, with blood flowing down to both feet, he would still not be able to repay the kindness of raising them, let alone give rise to thoughts of resentment and speak words of contempt towards his parents! The World-Honored One looked at Thien Tru Thien Tu and consoled him, saying: “You should not be too worried, sad, or crying. I have a Dharma door called Buddha-Crown Victorious Dharani. If you recite this mantra, you will definitely escape the cycle of suffering, eliminate the five heinous sins, ten evils, and leave behind all suffering in the realms of Yama, animals, hungry ghosts, hell, etc.” Having said this, the Buddha recited Buddha-Crown Victorious Dharani Mantra for Thien Tru and all the assembly to hear:

“Amo bhagavate trailokya prativiśiṣṭaya buddhāya bhagavate.
Tadyathā, om, viśodhaya viśodhaya, asama-sama
Samantāvabhāsa-spharana gati gahana svabhāva viśuddhe,
Abhiṣiňcatu mām. Sugata vara vacana amṛta abhiṣekai mahā mantra-padai.
Āhara āhara āyuh saṃ-dhāraṇi. Śodhaya śodhaya gagana viśuddhe.
Uṣṇīṣa vijaya viśuddhe sahasra-raśmi sam-codite.
Sarva tathāgata avalokani ṣaṭ-pāramitā-paripūrani.
Sarva tathāgata mati daśa-bhūmi prati-ṣṭhite.
Sarva tathāgata hṛdaya adhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhita mahā-mudre.
Vajra kāya sam-hatana viśuddhe.
Sarvāvaraṇa apāya-durgati pari viśuddhe, prati-nivartaya āyuh śuddhe.
Samaya adhiṣṭhite. Maṇi maṇi mahā maṇi.
Tathatā bhūta-koṭi pariśuddhe. Visphuṭa buddhi śuddhe.
Jaya jaya, vijaya vijaya. Smara smara, sarva buddha adhiṣṭhita śuddhe,
Vajri vajragarbhe vajram bhavatu mama śarīram.
Sarva sattvānām ca kāya pari viśuddhe. Sarva gati pariśuddhe.
Sarva tathāgata siñca me samāśvāsayantu.
Sarva tathāgata samāśvāsa adhiṣṭhite.
Budhya budhya, vibudhya vibudhya,
Bodhaya bodhaya, vibodhaya vibodhaya samanta pariśuddhe.
Sarva tathāgata hṛdaya adhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhita mahā-mudre svāhā.”

· The fifth evil among the five sufferings, five pains, and five burnings is addiction. This evil includes all three evil actions of the body: killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct, and the four evil actions of the mouth (double-tongued speech, harsh speech, fabrication, and lying). Why does addiction alone give rise to so many sins? Because addiction is the cause of other rotten habits, causing people to lose the seed of Buddha wisdom, becoming disordered. Addiction includes other typical faults such as drinking alcohol, gambling, drugs, sexual misconduct, ignorance, etc. In truth, being greedy for the five desires of wealth, beauty, fame, food, and sleep is also an addiction that is difficult to quit. In the five precepts, the Buddha specifically mentioned the sin of drinking alcohol as a general representative for all other sins of greed that cause all three evil karma of greed, anger, and ignorance in the mind. Why is addiction a sin of greed, anger, and ignorance in the mind? Because being addicted to drinking is greed poison. Being drunk makes one easily hot-tempered, which is anger poison. Alcohol makes the mind dull, drinking too much can even make one unconscious, which is ignorance poison. There is a saying that “alcohol causes disorder in the nature,” meaning that alcohol has the ability to confuse the mind and good nature of a person, causing them to commit evil. Therefore, just the sin of drinking alcohol alone includes all three evils of the mind, let alone the four sins of the four walls: drinking alcohol, gambling, using drugs, and committing adultery.

Just talking about the sin of drinking alcohol alone, there are already ten harmful effects: an ugly face, weak strength, blurred vision, anger, loss of career, increased illness, increased quarrels, loss of reputation, poor wisdom, and when they die, they will fall into the three evil realms. In addition, alcoholics only want to be at ease in their bodies, so their minds are often hesitant, negligent, dependent, and lazy. They do not even want to do the work that is needed to make a living every day, let alone do good deeds, cultivate themselves, and correct their karma. A drunkard is not diligent in cultivating righteous deeds, correcting his body and mind, and is often rebellious, rude, violent, and insolent toward his parents' teachings. Parents who have such a child are considered enemies, and it is better to have no child at all. A wicked child, ungrateful to his parents' kindness, disobedient to their etiquette, does not repay his parents' kindness at all, but is also dissolute and unrestrained, doing whatever he pleases. This is the result of being addicted to wine and women, and being greedy for alcohol and intoxicated without knowing when to stop. Drunkards often become rude, boastful, boastful, doing whatever they want, being stupid and infatuated, not understanding anything but daring to do anything. Because of being drunk and crazy, they no longer understand human affairs, so they often show an inhuman, unjust, disobedient, and shameless appearance. Furthermore, drunkards often cause quarrels and conflicts, are ignorant of human feelings, and are unrighteous and disrespectful. Not knowing how to decide right from wrong, right from wrong, seeing something that pleases you and doing it without distinction between hierarchy and order, going against standards and laws, these evil things are rude. Not knowing right from wrong, doing wrong is meaningless.

We must know that being infatuated with money, fame and power is also an addiction that is very difficult to quit, no different from drinking alcohol, gambling, using drugs, and committing adultery. There are people who are so infatuated with money, fame and power that they do not hesitate to sell their country for glory, bring snakes home to bite their own chickens. Such people are really difficult to stop, difficult to use morality to explain, advise them to correct their behavior. Such evil people, towards the things necessary to maintain the lives of their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, children and relatives, they completely do not care about them. Towards the kindness of their parents, the affection of their teachers and friends, they are indifferent, not even thinking about it. They are also completely indifferent and unconcerned about the fate of the nation and the sufferings of the people.

The Sutra of King Ajatashatru's Questions on the Five Heinous Acts teaches: "There are five heinous acts. If a son or daughter commits these acts, they cannot be saved and will surely fall into hell, without any doubt. What are the five? That is, killing one's father, killing one's mother, harming an Arhat, causing a disturbance in the Sangha, and harboring ill will toward the Tathagata." These five evils are the five uninterrupted karmas, which attract suffering in the uninterrupted hell. Addicts, whose minds often think evil, whose mouths often speak evil, whose bodies often do evil, have never done a single good deed. They do not believe in Buddhism, do not respect the saints and the good, deny cause and effect, and even destroy Buddhism or use Buddhism as a tool to achieve the things they are passionate about; they are the icchantikas. Such evil people often want to harm honest people. Who is honest? The book Huyen Ung Am Nghia explains: “A true person is an Arhat.” Wanting to harm a true person is wanting to kill an Arhat, creating the five grave crimes. Towards a Sangha that is in harmony and practices according to the Buddha Dharma, they use tricks to separate them, causing disputes to arise, causing the Dharma to be abolished, then that is destroying the harmony of the Sangha. The crime of destroying the harmony of the Sangha, destroying wise people, taking advantage of Buddhism to maintain a foolish and perverse political system is the same as the crime of killing an Arhat, harming an Arhat (a teacher of the Buddha Dharma), causing the Buddha's body to bleed.

The evils of anger and ignorance that addicts often commit are due to the toxins of addictions that make people become ignorant and deluded. Being ignorant and deluded, being arrogant and self-righteous, thinking oneself to be wise and understanding the Dharma, then truly being deluded to the extreme! Again, because of ignorance, one does not believe in the cause and effect of the three lives, does not know where one comes from in this life, and does not know where one will be reborn after death. One does not understand cause and effect, does not believe in reincarnation, does not know that benefiting others is benefiting oneself, does not know that taking responsibility to save others is helping oneself, so one only knows how to worry about one's own interests, and treats others inhumanely, unjustly, and unfavorably. Yet one still hopes to live long! Having done things above that do not follow the will of Heaven, below that go against the will of the people, and yet wants to exist for a long time, that is the ultimate delusion. With such a deluded mind and poor virtue, wanting to exist for a long time, causing others to suffer because of oneself, that is the ultimate evil person. Even if this evil person meets a wise and kind-hearted person who advises him, he will not believe it, so no matter how much he tries to advise him, it will be of no use. Because, for such a deluded person, their heart is closed, their mind is difficult to understand, so even if they listen, they cannot understand. It is clearly due to ignorance that leads to such suffering! Because ignorance covers the mind, it becomes ignorant and confused, this is truly the great suffering of a human life. People do not know cause and effect, while still alive do not take care to cultivate good deeds, when the time of birth and death is near, the fire of hell appears to burn the body and mind, in that event they feel fear and regret, but it is too late, there is nothing they can do!