Friday, 04/17/2026
One-Day Practice
Update: 02/03/2025
All Buddhists came to the lecture halls to begin reciting the Buddha's name, walking meditation and chanting precepts in the morning.
Deputy Head of propagation Department of HCMC Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha, Junior Thich Tam Duc came to the lecture hall to share a dharma lesson named “According to circumstances to have a life without worries”.
The reality nowadays is that Buddhist concepts and terms are mislabeled, misused, and misunderstood, so the Venerable Lecturer has devoted himself to explaining the meaning of two basic Buddhist terms, so that the listeners can understand and apply them correctly in their practice, bringing benefits and meaning to practitioners.
The two terms: "phan duyên" (the mind clinging to this object, or an other object) and "tùy duyên" (mind according to circumstances) are familiar but few people understand their concepts correctly. So, the monk clearly explains as follows:
- The mind clinging to this object, or an other object is when one is attached to an external object. Beings give rise to delusions according to the dharma and cling to them, so love and hate arise, then forming afflictions in the mind and causing illness in the body. These are all due to the effects of clinging the mind. (Shurangama Sutra – Volume I).
- According to circumstances means having enough conditions, ripening effects at the right time, understanding the dharma, following the dharma, placing the dharma in the right position. This depending on conditions is different from being random.
The lecturer encouraged practice, taking the teachings as the foundation and learning the orthodox teachings in order, suitable to the receiver own capacity and levels. It is necessary to seek the sutra from enlightened masters, read and listen to the teachings from reputable sources so that the understanding is correct, truly bringing benefits on learners' own studying Buddhism.
The dharma talk ended with the joy of the mass.
After reciting the Buddha name in the afternoon, Buddhists practiced sitting meditation quietly.
Before leaving the temple, Buddhists received book gifts.
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