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Retreat for Students
One-Day Cultivating Retreat for StudentsOne-Day Cultivating Retreat for Students
Update: 28/03/2016
After having breakfast, students gathered in the main preaching hall to listen to a Dharma talk from Junior Venerable Thich Tri Minh, lecturer at the Vietnamese Buddhism Insitude in Ho Chi Minh City.
On the occasion of a joyful celebration of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s birthday on lunar February 19th; the Junior Venerable shared stories about Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva as well as his vows to students.
To each of us, those who believe Buddhism or not, but almost people know Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva when his image has been reminiscent. Especially, in the front of any coaches during the long way, any floating boats in the ocean all day, the image of Avalokitesvara is always put in the most solemn position. It givesimpression of people' wish about a peaceful and lucky voyage. It seemed that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has specially sacred meaning to human life.
Therefore, when he is recalled , we cannot be reminded such stories as Avalokitesvara of Wonderful Goodness or Thi Kinh Avalokitesvara, etc., who have formed a very sacred image inside everybody.
His vow, especially, will be great lessons to every cultivator in practice. That is the vow of listening, always bestowing his mind of kindness to every being. This is the value we need to learn for achieving the perfection at most, helping to alter our body and mind, being a sympathetic bridge span to help us in concentration and calmness, be clear-minded in opening the wisdom, spreading our mind of kindness and sharing the sufferings to others; overcoming adverse circumstances together and coming nearer the true happiness of ourselves.
In the afternoon of the same day, after the time of sitting in deep meditation together with the Venerables, students were exchanged relations with the talk from PhD of Psychology Nguyen Ngoc Quynh Dao.
For more than an hour, the Doctor lectured a very practical topic to the students, the future owners of the country, of "I am the Vietnamese".
By the stories in practical life, he showed the wrong matters to students who are easily having about people with bad estimation about themselves and even the community. That was cultural behavior, the civilized community, etc..There were some things which seemed quite simple but making a person's noble personality; however, it is also this simple thing; if being acted in a wrong way, it would be estimated badly in personality.
Our Vietnamese completely have ability to receive the scientific, technical achievements of human being for development; besides, improving on the person's individuality and consciousness would be a necessary problem for this development in perfection. Therefore, a good learning would equip a good luggage to ourselves; in addition, the forming skills for us such as dynamic, modern, civilization would also be good conditions to make progress in the longer steps, more stabity. to contribute to the development of our people and country.
A cultivating day ended in the joy of all people. All received Dharma gift including a DVD "The Wheel of Dharma", a VCD "The Pleasure of Life", a Book "Buddha'sChild and Evil's Child", "Practice is progressive".
Recorded photos are attached as followings:
Translated into English by Ms. Giac Ngoc.