First day of Retreat "Establishing communication in the family - Solving knots, reconnecting deep love" of Plum Village.

In the willing of dharma propaganda as well as wishing to support monks and nuns having a facility to organize retreats; from March 22nd-25th, 2023 the Sangha of Plum Village will organize the Retreat "Establishing communication in the family, solving knot, reconnecting deep love" with the participation of a large number of meditators.

After registering, completing the retreat procedures on the morning of March 22nd, 2023, meditators’ groups were guided by the Organizers’ monks to areas where to listen to dharma, eat, sleep, and disseminate rules in the retreat.

Under the leadership of monks-nuns, the practice officially took place at 14:00, the mass gathered in lecture hall 01 of Dharma-Wheel Building to stabilize the ashram, practice mindfulness, and feel happiness in the present.

Then, Br. Phap Nhiem had a Dharma talk to all practitioners named "Mindfulness is the foundation of communication, and happiness". In mindfulness, the mass listens and practices the miraculous awakening. Each practitioner will return to itself to listen, understand, calm down the turmoil and restlessness in the thinking, practice transformation, and renew body-mind. In the quiet moments, meditators practice letting go of all external conditions, contemplating each breath, and feeling the presence of life. In his preaching, the monks showed out methods of mindfulness practice to make the basic equipment for the practice, such as: walking, standing, lying, sitting, coming, going, laughing, talking...

In the evening, it is chanting sutra, and guided meditation.

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