Sunday, 04/19/2026
38th Practical Dharma Program of 102nd Seven-Day Retreat.
Update: 27/04/2024
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The Venerable had a dharma talk named Holy wisdom in human life.
From the lecture, he pointed out:
+ What is life? Life includes five types of forms: Body, things, scenery; Feelings: happy - sad, not happy - not sad; Thoughts: Images in the mind; mental formations: whispering in mind; Consciousness.
+ Why is there this life? Because of ignorance and attachment to five aggregates of grasping. The mind clings to the body, this object is called aggregate of grasping of form. The mind's grasping of feelings is called aggregate of grasping of feelings. The mind holding to the image and illusion in the mind is called the aggregate of grasping of thoughts. The mind holding to thoughts and whispering is called the aggregate of grasping of mental formations. The mind grasping of clearing is called the aggregate of grasping of consciousness.
+ The end of life: Remember that impermanence can come to five aggregates at any time; this body can leave life at any time.
+ The sweetness of life: because of the sweetness of five aggregates, we are greedy, deluded, bound in the cycle of birth and death.
+ The dangers of life: impermanence, change, destruction, etc.
+ Liberation from life. Life exists in breathing; by seeing the fragile nature of the body, one can abandon gently and peacefully. Always contemplate: we will grow old, get sick, and die; All living beings must die, end in death and cannot go beyond death. We often remember this so that our minds can calm down greed, anger, ignorance, desire, ego, etc.
+ The way to escape from life is a noble eightfold path: right seeing, right thinking, right speaking, right doing, right living, right diligence, right contemplation, and right concentration (eight right things of the saints) lead us to liberate Samsara.
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