Dharma Talk Four things need to know to live happily in the 99th Seven-Day Retreat

On April 13th, 2023 in the fifth day of the 99th Seven-Day Retreat; Nun Thich Nu Nhu Lan, Abbess of Hung Thien pagoda, came to main hall 1 of Dharma Wheel Building to have a dharma talk named Four things need to know to live happily.

None of us are immune to adversity, affliction, insecurity; or the pursuit of happiness is what everyone wants. In the Dharma talk, the nun shared that there are four essential things:

1. Recognize our own shortcomings to overcome, correct mistakes and perfect our personality; Know the advantages to promote, and gradually transform body and mind.

2. Think carefully before speaking, speak at the right time, in the suitable place, with the truth; Speak kindly words, speak lovingly with merciful mind, and prevent mouth karma.

3. Be grateful – live with love; Gratitude – have a meaningful life. In life, each of us has received and is receiving four great graces: the grace of parents, Three Jewels, the country, and sentient beings. Therefore, we need to be grateful and fully repay to become a true disciple of Buddha.

4. Minimizing the self, or ego, because the less ego a person has, the happier he/ she is.

After over an hour of preaching, the nun has equipped practitioners with extremely valuable personal insights, applied in their daily practice life to transform body and mind, step by step firmly on the path to the happy deliverance.

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