One - Day Practice at Dong Cao pagoda, Thanh Hoa

On Nov. 24th, 2024 (Oct. 24th, LC) Dong Cao Pagoda in Thanh Hoa province (belonging to Hoang Phap pagoda's sect) continued to organize One-Day Practice for Buddhists everywhere to attend.

First, Junior Abbot Thich Tam Hung instructed the mass of meditation walking around the temple, reminded Three-Refuge and Five precepts, the ritual of six-sense repentance, then chanted the mantra to release creatures.

 

At 9:30 a.m, the mass solemnly listened to a dharma talk named Always contemplate death in everyday life, preached by Junior  Abbot Thich Tam Hung.

 

After over one hour with his lecture by own experiences and simple fables, he helps listeners understand that death is one of the four laws of life (birth-aging-sickness-death) that no one can avoid. Therefore, the listeners have more knowledge and diligently to overcome five desires, firmly step on their practice path that the patriarch taught, especially when the practitioner will face death. The dharma talk ended with everyone's happiness.

 

The mass practiced in sitting quietly mindfulness and reading Sigalovada sutta, as well as reciting the Buddha name.

 

Last, all attendees sat together to share the peaceful energy after a day of practice before leaving the temple.

 

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