Chanting sutra and preaching dharma in the evening

After the anniversary night of Amitabha Buddha Birth, Senior Thich Chan Tinh, Abbot of Hoang Phap Pagoda, monks and Buddhists at the pagoda had a meeting to chant doctrine and listen to Buddha teachings on the evening of Dec. 21st, 2021.

At exactly 18:00, all practitioners bowed respectfully to venerable monks stepping onto the platform to start the session of chanting and reciting the Buddha's name.

After the ritual, Junior Thich Dao Quang, Lecturer at Primary Schools of Buddhism of the city, shared a dharma talk to the mass.

The monk talked about the last of the 88 Buddha titles mentioned in the Repentance Sutra, which is "Namo Dharma Realm of Amitabha Buddha 's body" - that is, Amitabha Buddha is always present throughout living realms in every sentient being's consciousness.

Since Amitabha Buddha's title is an immeasurable life, limitless light and boundless merit, the monk analyzed each aspect in a simple and understandable way to help the listeners understand this name of His. Then, he emphasized that Amitabha Buddha is always in mind of us, in all sentient beings.

Hope to be born to the Pure Land, we need to sow the Pure Land causes in this life and have the Pure Land quality within each practitioner. Therefore, Buddhists must have the correct view of the Pure Land in order to practice thoroughly and clearly. Cultivating the Buddha's teaching is the purity of three karmas: body, speech, and mind: "Not doing evil things, diligently doing good ones, keeping a pure mind, is the Buddha's teaching" (Dharma Sutra, verse 183). Thus, Buddhism taught some things like that.

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