36th Practical Dharma Program

On Sep. 05th, 2023 (July 21st, Year of the Cat), Senior Thich Minh Thanh, Abbot of Linh Quy Phap An Temple located in Bao Loc, Lam Dong province, the Lecturer of Ho Chi Minh Buddhist Intermedia-College presented a dharma talk at Hoang Phap Pagoda in the 36th Practical Dharma Program of 100th Seven-Day Retreat.

In the program, the Senior guided practice to recognize the mind, the five aggregates: form, feeling, thought, mental formation, consciousness; from there, apply controls, and subdue the urging feelings.

The human body is temporary, the destruction of four elements from the inside to the changes, then destruction of four elements outside always takes place, so, death can come at any time. We need to clearly realize that life is fragile, that all things are easy to change-ruin, which cultivate a mind of joy, forgiveness, tolerance, generosity, and kindness in order to have a peaceful mind and escape the sufferings in life.

Furthermore, each practitioner needs to practice directing the mind into the body, recognizing feelings; use right thinking to block wrong thoughts, wrong words, and wrong actions.

Finally, the Senior shows how to neutralize three poisons of greed, anger, and delusion by contemplation of impermanence, suffering of karma, impurity in the body, contemplation of non-ego, recognition and control of feelings, and loving-kindness, ... these are extremely important and necessary wisdom, helping practitioners calm down their body-mind, be at peace right in the present and move steadily on the path to enlightenment and liberation.

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