[vn-families] Khi Tro+`i kho^ng pha?i la` God, khi God kho^ng pha?i la` Tro+`i

Thu May 24 10:30:36 PDT 2007

Khi Tro+`i kho^ng pha?i la` God, khi God kho^ng pha?i la` Tro+`i 
(Pha.m Quo^'c Bi`nh vie^'t nga`y 24.5.2007) 

Be' Ta^m na(m nay ddu+o+.c ba tuo^?i\. Khi qua.y, hay khi 
ca^`n nha^'n ma.nh ddie^`u gi`, ha('n thu+o+`ng che^m va`o: 
"tro+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+`i o+i, ..." 

Ca^u tre^n kho^ng the^? di.ch ra Anh va(n la` "god o+i", hoa(.c 
"oh! my god" bo+?i Ta^m cha(?ng bie^'t "god" la` ai\. (Tu+` 
"my god" la` mo^.t tu+` a^?n chu+'a ba?n nga~ (= ego) va` chu? 
quan (= subjective))\. 

Trong va(n hoa' VN, chu+~ tro+`i co' nhie^`u nghi~a\. Co' lu'c 
no' die^~n ta? mo^.t hie^.n tu+o+.ng tu+. nhie^n, cha(?ng co' 
y' nghi~a gi` cao sie^u. 
Vi' du. 1: 
tro+`i a^m u 
tro+`i mu+a 
tro+`i na('ng 

Tro+`i theo nghi~a tre^n thi` ddo^`ng nghi~a vo+'i chu+~ "no'" trong 
Anh va(n\. 
Vi' du. 2: 
It is dark outside 
It is raining 
It is sunny 

Hoa(.c chu+~ tro+`i dde^? die^~n ta? mo^.t o^ng tha^`n cai qua?n 
mo^.t vu`ng tro+`i\. Ngu+o+`i VN kho^ng vie^'t hoa chu+~ tro+`i\. 
Vi' du. 3: 
La.y tro+`i mu+a xuo^'ng 
La^'y nu+o+'c to^i uo^'ng 
La^'y ruo^.ng to^i ca`y 
La^'y dda^`y ba'c co+m 

Khi tu+` "atheism" ddu+o+.c hie^?u la` "vo^ tha^`n", thi` tu+` 
"theism" pha?i ddu+o+.c hie^?u la` "co' tha^`n"\. Christianity la` 
"monotheism", tu+'c la` to^n gia'o ddo^.c tha^`n\. Ngu+o+`i 
Christians "worship God", cho ne^n chu+~ "God" o+? dda^y co' the^? 
tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng vo+'i chu+~ "tha^`n"\. Ho^`i gia'o cu~ng la` to^n 
gia'o ddo^.c tha^`n\. Tha^`n cu?a ngu+o+`i Ho^`i co' te^n la` Allah. 

A^'n DDo^. gia'o (Hinduism) la` to^n gia'o dda tha^`n (polytheism). 
Nhu+~ng tha^`n na`y dde^`u co' te^n rie^ng\. 

Trong Pha^.t Gia'o, "tro+`i" cu~ng co' nghi~a la` ca?nh gio+'i 
cu?a nhu+~ng o^ng tha^`n, hoa(.c nhu+~ng vi. so^'ng tre^n tro+`i\. 
Vi' du. 4: 
"Chu+ thie^n co' ma(.t trong ca? ba co~i gio+'i\. Co' 6 loa.i 
chu+ thie^n trong Du.c gio+'i (ha.ng so^' 6 dde^'n 11 trong 
bie^?u ddo^`), trong ddo' kinh ddie^?n thu+o+`ng dde^` ca^.p 
dde^'n co~i tro+`i DDao-lo+.i va` DDa^u-sua^'t\. Co~i tro+`i 
DDao-lo+.i co`n go.i la` co~i tro+`i Ba Mu+o+i Ba vi` o+? ddo' 
co' 33 vi. tro+`i ma` nga`i DDe^'-thi'ch (Sakka) la` thie^n 
chu?\. Chi'nh o+? no+i dda^y, theo truye^`n thuye^'t, DDu+'c 
Pha^.t gia?ng Vi Die^.u Pha'p trong 3 tha'ng ha.\. Co~i tro+`i 
DDa^u-sua^'t la` no+i lu+u ngu. cu?a nhu+~ng vi. Bo^` Ta't dda~ 
thu+.c ha`nh tro`n ddu? ca'c Pha'p ca^`n thie^'t dde^? dda('c 
Qua? Pha^.t, cho+` co+ ho^.i thi'ch nghi dde^? ta'i sinh va`o 
ca?nh ngu+o+`i la^`n cuo^'i cu`ng" 

Ke^'t lua^.n: 
Chu+~ "god" (vie^'t hoa hay kho^ng vie^'t hoa) co' the^? 
coi tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng vo+'i chu+~ "tha^`n"\ la` ta.m o^?n nha^'t\. 
Tuy va^.y, tu+` "god" ha`m y' chu? quan, cu.c bo^., va` mo^~i 
ngu+o+`i hie^?u mo^~i kha'c\. DDu+`ng du`ng chu+~ na`y bu+`a 
ba~i la` to^'t nha^'t\. 

Chu+~ "tro+`i" trong va(n hoa' VN ra^'t phong phu'\. 
Khi vie^'t va` no'i tie^'ng Anh, to^i kho^ng phie^n di.ch chu+~ 
tro+`i vi` Anh va(n kho^ng co' chu+~ chi'nh xa'c (= ai 
cu~ng ddo^`ng y') dde^? die^~n ta?\. 

Tro+? la.i ca^u no'i cu?a Ta^m, thi` "tro+`i o+i" cu~ng tu+o+ng 
ddu+o+ng vo+'i "tro+`i dda^'t o+i!", "u me.t o+i!", 
"che`ng dde't o+i!", "o^i! ma' o+i", ... 

Chi? co' va^.y tho^i\. Ta^m tu ta^'n ddi! 

Tham kha?o: 
1. Concept of God in Hindu Dharma: 
http://www.hindunet.org/god/ 

2. The Moslem Doctrine of God, There is no God but Allah: 
http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/Books/Zwemer/God/chap1.htm 

3. Allah is the Arab name of God: 
http://www.faizani.com/portal/allah.html 

4. Khi Chu'a kho^ng pha?i la` Chu'a, Nha` tho+` kho^ng pha?i la` nha` tho+`: 
http://www.giaodiemonline.com/noidung_detail.php?newsid=1249&PHPSESSID=1b404ecefc1a20d8f97ede7ad081b61e 

5. The Buddhist Attitude to God: 
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/buddhist_attitude_to_god.htm 

6. Buddhism and the god idea: 
http://www.buddhanet.net/10-gqga.htm 

7. Thu+o+ng ye^u la` tho^ng ca?m: 
http://www.zencomp.com/greatwisdom/uni/u-tyltc/tyltc04.htm 

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