One-Day Practice

Good men and believing women everywhere gathered at Hoang Phap pagoda to attend One-day Retreat on Dec. 25th, 2022 (Dec. 3rd, LC).

After having breakfast, all Buddhists came to the lecture halls of Dharma Wheel Building to begin reciting the Buddha's name, walking meditation and chanting precepts.

After the rite, Most Venerable Thich Chan Tinh, Head of Hoang Phap's Pagoda had a few words of dharma to the mass on the One-day Practice at the end of the year.

When spring comes again,

Person wishes extra 1 year old,

Alas, loving the life is short,

The dream is forever floating.

(Most Thich Chan Tinh)

Human life will decrease as the years go by, so we need to reflect on ourselves. In the journey of cultivating, what we have done, or what is lacking we try to supplement such as giving, keeping precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, wisdom, harmony, smile; bad things need to be let go, such as greed, hatred, delusion, killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, drinking, etc., in order to transform three karmas of body, speech, and mind for purity. For lay Buddhists, it is necessary to be responsible to family, relatives, society, protect the Three Jewels, and practice good deeds to benefit themselves and others. Life is short, everyone needs to diligently practice five precepts of Buddhists to have peace and happiness in this life and the next life.

After the break, the mass listened to a dharma talk shared by Nun Dr Thich Nu Hue Hoa (Lecturer of Vietnam Buddhist University in HCMC).

In her dharma session, the nun reminded all practitioners the journey to learning and deliverance is a long process. Let's review the example of Shakyamuni Buddha who spent countless lives cultivating and practicing immeasurable good deeds. Therefore, each practitioner needs to follow the Buddha's example and cultivate, diligently practice, accumulate blessing and merit as a luggage to return to the Buddha land. When we encounter obstacles and afflictions, we need to look back to remember, recite the Buddha's name and contemplate compassion to transform our mind, and stop suffering. Actively sowing good seeds in the mind, practice the habit of reciting the Buddha's name to stabilize body and mind, since then wisdom is born and certain results are achieved on the path of deliverance. After the sharing, the nun answered questions from Buddhists around dharma study and practice.

After reciting the Buddha name in the afternoon, Buddhists practiced sitting meditation quietly.

Before leaving, Buddhists received a gift of Dharma.

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