Monday, 04/20/2026
General Dharma The 20th
Update: 20/12/2015
The Buddhists who had registered for the Retreat Course gathered to the lecture halls to listen the\r\nDharma Talk from Jun. Ven. Thich Minh Thanh, the lecturer of Buddhist High &\r\nIntermediate College in Ho Chi Minh City and the abbot of Phap An temple\r\n(Lam Dong province). On the topic “Pure Land’s addressâ€, he\r\nsupported the further meaning and helped people more understanding about the\r\nPure Land’s doctrine.
Happiness is one of the Truth which presented by the Buddha\r\nhimself in his first sermon _ The Four Noble Truths. All people can\r\nattain this happiness when theyseize the core of Dharma and this is\r\nsomething not too far but very normal. People normally are not in the tranquil\r\nstate because they always follow some positive thoughts of the worldly as\r\nsadness, hatred, anxiety, anmd so on. Their minds move from the past to\r\nthe present and to the future. The Buddha taught that our existence is\r\nonly at the present moment, which is called “To be happy\r\nin presentâ€. Taking back our mind to body and feeling the\r\nhappiness here and now is the extreme ease.
The value of life expresses in the way that people feel it.\r\nWe have to learn how to live, not just existence. We must understand and\r\nrespect the moment of living and put it in practice. We have to\r\ndeeply perceive the value of human being and from then maintain\r\nthe life in mindfulness and awakening. Just open mind we can get the happiness.\r\nDon’t try to trace back to the past nor think of future when we exist\r\nonly at the moment. The address of Pure Land is not far but in\r\nevery step, every breath, every deed of the daily life. Breathe in with “Namo\r\nA†and breathe out with “Mitabhaâ€. Keep mindfulness in every breath\r\nand the Buddha name is the best way to receive the unlimited light from\r\nAmitabha Buddha.
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