“A short period of life” - Dharma Talk in the Seven-Day Special Retreat

On Apr. 15, 2020 (Mar 23, Year of Mouse), Junior Venerable Thich Tam Dong had the lecture: " A Short period of Life’" to all the mass in special Seven-Day Retreat.

In the life journey, each of us has spent the childhood with our own experience of joy, difficulty, mistake, depress, etc. Then, each of us would choose our own path. Some people dream about a prosperous and powerful life, some dream about a peaceful one, some wish  leaving the house for enlightenment. In the lecture, the Venerable helped the assembly feel his story from a little boy to the time he volunteered to practice in the pagoda, the good condition of which is that he followed the Buddha's rules and became a monk. He shared his experience for them to understand the monks' life and merits. 

Thanks to this story, the Venerable had a message to the young monks: ‘If you have a solid mind, the difficulties and obstacles you get will help you come closer to your goal. Do not blame yourself on your mistakes, do not isolate yourself from the monk's group. We should take advantage of our power, our intelligence to serve and to bring happiness and peace to all living beings in the world.

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