39th Practical Dharma Program of 103rd Seven-Day Retreat

On Aug. 24th, 2024 Senior Thich Minh Thanh, Member of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Dharma Propagation Board in HCMC, Abbot of Linh Quy Phap An Temple located in Bao Loc, Lam Dong province, the Lecturer of HCM Buddhist Intermedia-College presented a dharma talk at Hoang Phap pagoda in the 39th Practical Dharma Program.

The Venerable had a dharma talk named Mahànàma Sutta - The contemplation Section - Chapter Eleven Dharma of Anguttara Nikaya.

The Venerable repeated the teachings on the reciting Buddha's name to achieve the most effective, beneficial and complete results.

- Practice with faith, not without faith. Practice with diligence, not with laziness. Practice with mindfulness, not with forgetfulness. Practice with concentration, not with forgetfulness. Practice with wisdom, not without wisdom.

- Abiding in the above five dharma, the Buddha encouraged His disciples to diligently practice with the Tathagata mindfulness method: This is the World-Honored One, the Arhat, the Perfectly Enlightened One, Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, Well-Vow, Knower of the World, Supreme One, Tamer of Men, Teacher of Gods and Humans, the Buddha, the World-Honored One. While reciting the Tathagata, his mind is not haunted by greed, hatred, or delusion... the mind is upright by relying on the Tathagata. With an upright mind, there is confidence, there is joy in the Dharma. When there is joy, rapture arises in the body; thanks to that, the body is light; when the body is light, there is a feeling of joy; thanks to that, the mind is concentrated.  A Buddhist disciple living like this achieves equality with unequal beings, achieves without anger with angry beings, enters the Dharma, and practices contemplation.

Last, the Senior guided all attendees to direct their immeasurable compassion to ten directions, over the universe of space before ending the dharma talk.

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