Dharma Talk “Take Free Step on the New Way” – The 93rd Seven-Day Retreat

On Dec. 12th, 2019 (Nov. 17th, LC), Ven. Thich Tam An, Hung Phap’s abbot located in Xuan Loc, Dong Nai, presented at the lecture hall for giving Dharma talks to all participants of the 93rd retreat course on the title of “Take free steps on the new way”.

Before the talks, he asks people to do a few minutes sitting for calming their minds.

To be born here we all have to bear the suffering of being birth, age, sickness and death and no one can run away from these things. So if we want to be happy in the next life we should prepare in this life. He shared some equipment for later happiness:

1.      Having unshakable faith and pure faith in the Tripple gems: close to the wise people, like to hear dharma, doing giving with joy, take the Law as the leader and take Dharma as the real teaching to practice.

2.      Keep well the five precepts to prevent the bad karma from arising and developing. A pure life only finds where the law is. Well-keeping the law brings peace and happiness not only this life but the next life also.

3.      Doing giving to reduce attachment. We can do according to our ability including material things giving, dharma giving, and fearlessness giving.

4.      Cultivating our wisdom by taking meditation to understand the Four Noble Truths: This is suffering, its causes, its cease, and the way to cease the suffering. This is the whole career for our liberation, one should study and practice for the benefit of self and others.

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