One - Day Practice

On March 14th, 2021 (lunar Feb. 02nd, Year of Ox), Hoang Phap pagoda held One-day Practice for all good men and believing women everywhere to attend.

After breakfast, practitioners gathered at the Dharma Wheel Building to begin reciting Buddha's name, walking meditation and chanting precepts.

In the recent retreats were confidences about the predestination of ordinators. The monk to be present today is Junior Thich Tam Hiep who will share about the journey he has experienced.

Enjoying life's pleasures is considered happiness, however, it's just temporary emotional satisfaction that will disappear after that. When one's happiness depends on something, that thing will come back to cause suffering for it. Therefore, we should keep a balance between suffering and joy in life is extremely important. The more ups and downs we experience, the more permeated we are of the Buddha's teachings. From here, he talked about the bleak in his childhood. Fortunately, he had listened to the Buddha's teachings and changed all his life.

By the preacher's words, the practitioners understood more clearly about the hardships, sacrifices and spirit of cultivators on the way of propagating Dharma. At the same time, we can understand more about each practice method, the stages that a practitioner will have to spend on the path of  deliverance.

He said that the cultivator tries to overcome all adversity. No matter how we come from, or how wrong we were that we should live a good life, perfect our personality ; On the  contrary, if we are attracted to six senses, we are just slaves to desires and suffering. This is a reminder to those who are still in the dark, step out into the light.

After ending the Buddha recitation time in the afternoon, Buddhists practiced sitting meditation together.

The cultivation day closed in joy of the participants.

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